ASRock Z77 Extreme3 RAID Installation Guide
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- ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 1
3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.5 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 9 2.6 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 9 2.7 Deleting RAID Volumes 13 1 - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
Disks Installation Intel Z77 chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. You - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 3
of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid 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 configure - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
hard disk drives. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. This technology also allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. RAID 10 RAID 10 is a striped configuration with - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
!! 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 Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 2.4 Installing Windows® XP / XP - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration, you can start to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver diskette containing the Intel® RAID driver. After - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
document in the support CD, "Guide to Intel Rapid Storage", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information If you want to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in Windows® environment, install "SATA2 driver" from the Support CD again so that "Intel Rapid Storage" will - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
[RAID]. Save your change before you exit BIOS setup. 2.6 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 - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
press . Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID Level. You may select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), RAID 5 or RAID 10 for your RAID level. Press , and then you can select Strip Size - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down 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 based on the planned drive usage. •8/16 KB - low disk usage • - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 12
Press under the Create Volume item. The utility prompts a confirmation message as below. Press to complete the setup of RAID. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. 12 - ASRock Z77 Extreme3 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under BIOS RAID environment. If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you install OS. 2.7 Deleting RAID Volumes If you want to
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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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1.1
Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation
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Guide to RAID Configurations
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2.1
Introduction of RAID
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2.2
RAID Configuration Precautions
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2.3
Installing Windows
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7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
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Vista
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64-bit With RAID Functions
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Installing Windows
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XP / XP 64-bit
With RAID Functions
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Setting the BIOS RAID Items
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Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS
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Deleting RAID Volumes
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