ASRock X58 Extreme6 RAID Installation Guide
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- ASRock X58 Extreme6 | 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 Extreme6 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
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. You may - ASRock X58 Extreme6 | 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 Extreme6 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. RAID 10 RAID 10 is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. This configuration has the same fault tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for faulttolerance as mirroring alone - ASRock X58 Extreme6 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
is 60GB. 3. Please verify the status of your hard disks before you set up your new RAID array. 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 - ASRock X58 Extreme6 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen 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 - ASRock X58 Extreme6 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. After the installation of Windows® XP / XP-64bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix - ASRock X58 Extreme6 | 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 . If you migrated to a RAID 0 volume, use Disk Management from within Windows® in order to partition and format - ASRock X58 Extreme6 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
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 CD - ASRock X58 Extreme6 | 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 Extreme6 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
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. Select the option Create RAID Volume and press - ASRock X58 Extreme6 | 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 Extreme6 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
), use the up or down arrow keys to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array then press .The available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. The default selection is 128 KB. The strip value should be chosen - ASRock X58 Extreme6 | 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 Extreme6 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 15
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 a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the
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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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