ASRock B650E Taichi RAID Installation Guide
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- ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 1
AMD RAID Installation Guide 1. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide ...2 1.1 Introduction to RAID ...2 1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 4 1.3 UEFI RAID Configuration ...6 2. AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide 19 2.1 Create a RAID volume under Windows 19 2.2 Delete a RAID array under Windows 26 1 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
support. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide is an instruction by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD, then you - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 3
RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second drive. It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system since the disk array management software will direct all applications to the - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
RAID 10 (Stripe Mirroring) RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques, resulting in a RAID 10 solution for improved performance plus resiliency. The controller combines the performance of data striping (RAID 0) and the fault tolerance of disk mirroring (RAID 1). Data is striped across - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
WARNING!! Please backup your data first before you create RAID functions. In the process you create RAID, the system will ask if you want to "Clear Disk Data" or not. It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your future data building will operate under a clean environment. 5 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
1.3 UEFI RAID Configuration Setting up a RAID array using UEFI Setup Utility and installing Windows STEP 1: Set up UEFI and create a RAID array 1. While the system is booting, press [F2] or [Del] key to enter UEFI setup utility. 2. Go to Advanced\Storage Configuration. 3. Set "SATA Mode" to . - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
5. Press [F10] to save your changes and exit, and then enter the UEFI Setup again. 6. After saving the previously changed settings via [F10] and rebooting the system, the "RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility" submenu becomes available. 7. Go to Advanced\RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility\Array Management - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
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8. Go to Advanced\RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility\Array Management\Create Array 9 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
9A. Select "RAID Level" 9B. Select "Select Physical Disks". 10 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
9C. Change "Select Media Type" to "SSD" or leave at "BOTH". 9D. Select "Check All" or enable specific drives that you want to use in the array. Then select "Apply Changes". 11 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 12
exit. *Please note that the UEFI screenshots shown in this installation guide are for reference only. Please refer to ASRock's website for details about each model. https://www.asrock.com/index.asp STEP 2: Download driver from ASRock's website A. Please download the "SATA Floppy Image" driver from - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
STEP 3: Windows installation Insert the USB drive with Windows 11 installation files. Then restart the system. While the system is booting, please press [F11] to open the boot menu that is shown in this picture. It should list the USB drive as a UEFI device. Please select this to boot from. If the - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 14
2. Click to find the driver on your USB flash drive. Three drivers must be loaded. This is the first. The folder names might look different depending on the driver package that you are using. 14 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 15
3. Select "AMD-RAID Bottom Device" and then click . 4. Load the second driver. 15 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 16
5. Select "AMD-RAID Controller" and then click . 6. Load the third driver. 16 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 17
7. Select "AMD-RAID Config Device" and then click . 8. Once the third driver is loaded, a RAID disk appears. Select unallocated space and then click . 17 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 18
9. Please follow the Windows installation instructions to finish the process. 10. After the Windows installation is finished, please install the drivers from ASRock's website. https://www.asrock.com/index.asp 18 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 19
11. Go to Boot menu and set "Boot Option #1" to . 2. AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide Caution: This chapter describes how to configure a RAID volume under Windows. You can use for the following scenarios: 1. Windows is installed on a 2.5" or 3.5" SATA SSD - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 20
2. Set the "SATA Mode" option to . (If you are using NVMe SSDs for RAID configuration, please skip this step) 3. Go to Advanced\AMD PBS\AMD Common Platform Module and set "NVMe RAID mode" to . (If you are using 2.5" or 3.5" SATA drives for RAID configuration, please skip this step) - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 21
5. Install the "AMD RAID Installer" from the AMD website: https://www.amd.com/en/support Select "Chipsets", select your socket and chipset, and click "Submit". Please find "AMD RAID Installer". 6. After installing the "AMD RAID Installer", please launch "RAIDXpert2" as administrator. 21 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 22
7. Find "Array" in the menu and click on "Create". 8. Select the RAID type, the disks which would like to use for RAID, volume capacity and then create the RAID array. 22 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 23
9. In Windows open "Disk Management". You will be prompted to initialize the disk. Please select "GPT" and click "OK". 23 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 24
10. Right click at the "Unallocated" section of the disk and create a new simple volume. 11. Follow the "New Simple Volume Wizard" to create a new volume. 24 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 25
12. Wait a bit for the system to create the volume. 13. After creating the volume, the RAID is available to use. 25 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 26
2.2 Delete a RAID array under Windows. 1. Select the array which you would like to delete. 2. Find "Array" in the menu and click on "Delete". 26 - ASRock B650E Taichi | RAID Installation Guide - Page 27
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AMD RAID Installation Guide
1. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide
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1.1 Introduction to RAID
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1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions
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1.3 UEFI RAID Configuration
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2. AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide
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2.1 Create a RAID volume under Windows
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2.2 Delete a RAID array under Windows.
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