Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME RAID Setup Guide
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- Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME | RAID Setup Guide - Page 1
Configuring a RAID Set (AMD X670/B650 Series) RAID Levels...2 1-1 Configuring SATA Controllers 2 A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup 3 C. UEFI RAID Configuration 3 1-2 Installing the RAID Driver and Operating System 7 A. - Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME | RAID Setup Guide - Page 2
used to set up a RAID set either with an M.2 SATA SSD or a SATA hard drive. (Note 3) Refer to the "Internal Connectors" section of the user's manual for the installation notices for the M.2, and SATA connectors. - 2 - - Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME | RAID Setup Guide - Page 3
RAID, make sure to set NVMe RAID mode to Enabled.) Figure 1 C. UEFI RAID Configuration Step 1: In BIOS Setup, go to Boot and set CSM Support to Disabled (Figure 2). Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 2 The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings - Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME | RAID Setup Guide - Page 4
Step 2: After the system reboot, enter BIOS Setup again. Then enter the Settings\IO Ports\RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility sub-menu (Figure 3). Figure 3 Step 3: On the RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility screen, press on Array Management to enter the Create Array screen. Then, select a RAID - Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME | RAID Setup Guide - Page 5
Step 4: On the Select Physical Disks screen, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array and set them to Enabled. Next, use the down arrow key to move to Apply Changes and press (Figure 5).Then return to the previous screen and set the Array Size, Array Size Unit, Read Cache - Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME | RAID Setup Guide - Page 6
After completing, you'll be brought back to the Array Management screen. Under Manage Array Properties you can see the new RAID volume and information on RAID level, array name, array capacity, etc. (Figure 7) Figure 7 Delete RAID Volume To delete a RAID array, select the array to be deleted on the - Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME | RAID Setup Guide - Page 7
driver during the OS installation process, please refer to the steps below: Step 1: Go to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the AMD RAID Preinstall Driver file on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and copy the files to your USB thumb - Gigabyte X670E AORUS XTREME | RAID Setup Guide - Page 8
B. Rebuilding an Array Rebuilding is the process of restoring data to a hard drive from other drives in the array. Rebuilding applies only to fault-tolerant arrays such as RAID 1 and RAID 10 arrays. To replace the old drive, make sure to use a new drive of equal or greater capacity. The procedures
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Configuring a RAID Set (AMD X670/B650 Series)
RAID Levels
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1-1 Configuring SATA Controllers
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A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
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B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup
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C. UEFI RAID Configuration
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1-2 Installing the RAID Driver and Operating System
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A. Installing the Operating System
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B. Rebuilding an Array
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