ASRock X58 Extreme3 RAID Installation Guide
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- ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 1
2 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 11 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 11 2.6 Deleting RAID - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
Disks Installation Intel ICH10R chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 3
of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. This section will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID, and the guide to - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage technology supported allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. This technology also - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the total storage capacity for this RAID 0 set is 120GB. 2. You may use two new drives, or use an existing drive and a new drive to create - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
Storage Configuration. B. Set "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette. A. Insert the Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for boot devices selection - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
how to build an Intel "RAID Ready" system. 1. Assemble the system and attach a single SATA / SATAII hard drive. 2. Set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 6. When done, exit Setup. 3. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette as step 2 of page 6. Begin Windows® setup by booting from the installation CD - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID configuration. 7. After setting up a "RAID drive when initiating the migration. 2. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID]. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
If you want to use "Intel Matrix Storage" in Windows® environment, please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that "Intel Matrix Storage" will be installed to your system as well. 10 - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
set the option Configure SATA as to [RAID]. Save your change before you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS Reboot your computer. Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press . Press . Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Create RAID Volume window appears - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 12
key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your RAID volume then press . Volume0 Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID Level. You may select RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID 5, RAID 10, or Matrix Storage for your RAID level. Press , and then you can select Strip - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
or down arrow keys to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array then press .The available values range from 8 typical disk usage • 128 KB - performance disk usage After you set disk block size, press to set disk Capacity. Volume0 After setting up Capacity, please press . 13 - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 14
Volume0 Press under the Create Volume item. The utility prompts a confirmation message as below. Volume0 Press to complete the setup of RAID. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. 14 - ASRock X58 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 15
Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under BIOS RAID environment. If you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you install OS. 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks
Installation and RAID Configuration
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation
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Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation
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Guide to RAID Configurations
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Introduction of RAID
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RAID Configuration Precautions
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Installing Windows
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Setting the BIOS RAID Items
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Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS
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Deleting RAID Volume
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