ASRock Z77 Extreme11 RAID Installation Guide
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- ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 1
RAID Configuration Guide 1. Introduction of RAID 2 2. RAID Configuration 4 2.1 Install the hard disk drives 5 2.2 Set up UEFI 5 2.3 Configure Intel RAID BIOS 6 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 10 4. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 12 - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
when creating a RAID set. The following are common examples of RAID. Please refer to the user manual for the types of RAID your motherboard supports, and notice that other requirements such as a RAID supporting disk drive and operating system are also crucial for creating a RAID volume. RAID 0 (Data - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 3
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 fault-tolerance as mirroring alone. RAID 10 achieves high input / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. In - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
2. RAID Configuration RAID Configuration Precautions 1. Please use two new drives if you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for performance. It is recommended to use two SATA drives of the same size. If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
and capacity to your system. Before creating a RAID array, please check the user manual for information of: 1. What levels of RAID does your motherboard support 2. Which SATA ports support RAID 3. Other related requirements 2.2 Set up UEFI Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
2.3 Configure Intel RAID BIOS Reboot your computer. Press to enter the RAID BIOS when you see the RAID software status screen. Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . In the Create Volume Menu, please insert a unique name for your RAID volume. 6 - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
Select your desired RAID Level. If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), you are required to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array. The available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. The default selection is 128 KB. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. •8/16 KB - low disk - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
After setting strip size, set the disk Capacity. Press and then Press to continue when the utility prompts a confirmation message. After the configuration, you will see the detailed information about the RAID array that you set up. 8 - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
a time under BIOS RAID. If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under Windows to configure RAID after you install the OS. If you want to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64bit OS as usual. 10 - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
-bit. After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup, please follow the steps below. STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 12
Start Windows® Installation. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?" page, please click "Load Driver". Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; select "Browse" to find the RAID driver. Then choose the directory you have copied in the first step. Please keep the USB flash disk - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
64-bit on a large hard disk (ex. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. If you encounter this problem, you will need to follow the instructions below to fix this problem. Windows® VistaTM 64-bit: Microsoft® does not provide hotfix for this - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 14
B. Disable "Volume Shadow Copy" service. a. Type "computer management" in the Start Menu, then press "Enter". b. Go to "Services and Applications>Services"; Then double click "Volume Shadow Copy". 14 - ASRock Z77 Extreme11 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 15
Disable" then Click "OK". C. Reboot your system. D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. Windows® 7 64-bit: A. Please request the hotfix KB2505454 through this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/ B. After installing Windows® 7 64-bit, install the hotfix
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RAID Configuration Guide
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Introduction of RAID
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RAID Configuration
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Install the hard disk drives
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Set up UEFI
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Configure Intel RAID BIOS
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Installing Windows
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Installing Windows
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