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- ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 1
/A55 Chipsets 12 1.4.2 Configuring Legacy RAID ROM For AMD X370/B350/A320/A88X/A78/A68H/A58 Chipset ...15 2. AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide 18 2.1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software 18 2.2 Browser Support ...18 2.3 Installing RAIDXpert ...19 2.4 Logging into RAIDXpert ...21 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
environment. After you make a SATA driver diskette, press or to enter BIOS setup to set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD, then you can start to use the onboard RAID Option ROM Utility to configure RAID. 1.1 Introduction - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 3
RAID 5 (Block Striping with Distributed Parity) RAID 5 stripes data and distributes parity information across the physical drives along with the data blocks. This organization increases performance by accessing multiple physical drives simultaneously for each operation, as well as fault tolerance by - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
1.2 RAID Configurations 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 base storage size for - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
the instruction inside the RAID ROM utility to create the target RAID disk. (Please refer to Section 1.4 in this guide for Support CD into the DVD-ROM drive. E. Go to Tools Easy RAID Installer F. Follow instructions to finish the driver copy process. STEP 4: Windows installation A. During Windows - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
Create and configure the RAID disk in GPT mode to support RAID disk size over 2TB and speed up system boot time. STEP 1: Set up UEFI A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen → Storage Configuration. B. Set the " - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
J. Choose to create a RAID Drive. K. Choose and select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. Click on keyboard to toggle checkbox. Then choose . L. Enter - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
to the previous page and choose to check the logical drive list. Press to save and exit. O. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY → Boot to set the "Fast Boot" option to . Press to save change and exit. STEP 2: Windows® 8 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 10 64-bit OS - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
> in BIOS setup. B. During system boot, press or key to enter UEFI setup utility. C. Plug a USB drive into one of the USB port. D. Insert the Support CD into the DVD-ROM drive. E. Go to Tools Easy RAID Installer F. Follow instructions to finish the driver copy process. STEP 4: Windows - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
> to show RAID information. * Please refer to the step 3 of Section 1.3.2 to copy rcadm.efi file to USB flash disk or download the file from ASRock website http://download.asrock.com/drivers/AMD/SATA/BoltonRAID(v6.1.0.00117).zip. *See the Appendix section for more information on "rcadm.efi". 10 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
appears, enter "rcadm -M -id -d" and click to initialize disk. H. Enter "rcadm -C -d " and click to create RAID option to . Press to save change and exit. STEP 2: Windows® 8 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 10 64-bit OS installation Click to - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 12
drives - Diagnosing critical and offline RAID logical drives - Displaying the IRQ and base address (for system diagnosis) 1.4.1 Configuring RAID Option ROM For AMD A85X/A75/A55 Chipsets During the POST process, press keys, then the RAID Option ROM Utility Main Menu appears. Press 2 on the - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 13
Press the arrow keys to highlight an option. Press the spacebar to cycle through logical drive types, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10. WARNING!! While you are allowed to use any available RAID level for your bootable logical drive, it is recommended to use RAID 1 for most applications. - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 14
successfully created a new RAID logical drive. Please install the operating system to your computer by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD. Two Logical Drives After selecting the logical drive in Disk Assignments as the above-mentioned procedures, press - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 15
instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD. 1.4.2 Configuring Legacy RAID ROM For AMD X370/B350 /A320/A88X/A78/A68H/A58 Chipset When the appropriate prompt appears during POST, press to enter the RAID BIOS - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 16
Use the arrow keys to select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array and press . The selected hard drives will be shown in green. To use all of the hard drives, simply press to select all. Then press . Use the arrow keys to select a RAID level you want. Press to - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 17
Select a caching mode and press to proceed. Press to confirm and then press to return to the previous screen. When completed, you will see the new array on the main screen. Press to exit the RAID BIOS utility. 17 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 18
2. AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using RAIDXpert RAID management software under Windows environment. The RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all AMD SATA logical - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 19
7. When the Welcome screen appears, click the Next button. 8. When the License Agreement screen appears, click the "I accept the terms of the license agreement" option to proceed with installation. Then click the Next button to continue. Note: If you leave the "I do not accept the terms of the - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 20
for the RAIDXpert applications you are installing. For example, the Windows default folder is: C:\Program Files\AMD\RAIDXpert If you want a different folder, type its location or when you have made your choice. 11. When the Ready to Install screen appears, click the Install button to continue. 20 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 21
Finish button. 2.4 Logging into RAIDXpert Choose RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu. Or, log on manually with your browser: 1. Launch the Browser. 2. In the localhost • Enter the Port number 25902 • Add to launch RAIDXpert amd Together, your entry looks like this: http://127.0.0.1:25902/ati or - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 22
Enter the Host PC's IP address 127.0.0.1 or localhost • Enter the Port number 8443 • Add to launch RAIDXpert amd Together, your entry looks like this: https://127.0.0.1:8443/amd or https://localhost:8443/amd Note that the IP address shown above applies to a log-in at the Host PC. When you log in - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 23
4. In the Select Drive Type screen, click the following option: • Free Drives - Select all Free (unassigned) physical drives The Select Drives screen appears. 5. Click the Next button. 6. If you want to split the capacity of your physical drives between two logical drives, enter the capacity for the - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 24
10. Click the Next button. The Final Settings screen appears. 11. RAID 0, 5, and 10. Choose a Stripe Block Size from the dropdown menu. The choices are 64 and 128 KB. The Write Cache policy is None. You - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 25
system. 2.8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet The above instructions cover connections between the Host PC and other PCs using RAIDXpert the Host PC. Follow this procedure: 1. Choose RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu.Or choose RAIDXpert in the Linux Applications menu.Your browser - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 26
2.10 Using RAIDXpert2 to Create RAID Array in Windows (for AMD X370/B350/A320/A88X/A78/A68H/A58 Chipset) 1. When you install the all-in-one driver to your system from ASRock's support CD, AMD RAIDXpert2 will be auto-installed as well. 2. Execute RAIDXpert2 in the Windows Programs menu. 26 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 27
3. When the login screen appears, type "admin" in the Login ID field. Type "admin" again in the Password field. 4. Create new username and password. Then log in to RAIDXpert with new username & password. 27 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 28
5. Be sure to delete the existing disk arrays before creating a new array. 6. To create array, Click on Array → Create. 28 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 29
7. Select the disks to be included in the RAID array. Select Array Type Enter Array Name & Array Size. Then click Create to create a RAID array. 8. Check if the array is created successfully. 29 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 30
9. In Disk Management, create partition and initialize the disk as GPT. 30 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 31
Appendix -rcadm.efi information for AMD X370/B350/A320/A88X/A78/A68H/A58 rcadm -? -?, --help Displays all primary rcadm commands, or if used after an option, displays help for that specific option. -log, -- - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 32
a user-supplied name. The name can be up to 30 characters, but only 17 of those characters display in the BIOS. -p, --priority Sets an array's task priority from 1-10, with 10 being the highest priority. -q, --query Lists information about specific controllers, arrays, and disks. -qa, --query-all - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 33
and EXAMPLES ADD SPARE --add-spare --array --disk -as -a -d Examples: rcadm --manage --add-spare --array * --disk 1 rcadm -M -as -a 1 2 -d 5 6 REMOVE SPARE --remove-spare --array --disk -rs -a -d Examples: rcadm --manage --remove-spare --array - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 34
Examples: rcadm --manage --cache-array rw --array * rcadm -M -ca nc -a 1 DISK SETTINGS (Advanced) Disk cache: --cache-disk --disk -cd -d Cache attributes: for read cache for read and write-back cache for write-back cache for no - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 35
array_number> Example: rcadm -M --array 1 --scan-array on cadm -M -a 1 -sa off SMART POLL --smart-poll --disk -sp -d Example: rcadm --manage --smart-poll on --disk rcadm -M -sp off -d 1 2 3 TASK CONTROL --task --array -t - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 36
] [--max-size] [--name "name"] [--priority ] [--zero][--scan-array] Short form: rcadm -C -d [-s ] [-sub ] [-sp ] [-ns] [-ds] [-ca ] [-ms] [-n "name"] [-p ] [-z] [-sa] } RAID Types: --volume, -v Single disk or - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 37
30 characters, but only 17 of those characters display in the BIOS. -p, --priority Sets the background initialization task priority from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest the array. rcadm -C --raid5 --disk * --max-size rcadm -D DELETE Long form: --delete --array [--no-ask] Short form: 37 - ASRock AB350M Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 38
-D -a [-na] [-cg ] OPTIONS -na, --no-ask If the no ask option is specified the array is deleted without confirmation. EXAMPLES Example: Delete arrays 1 and 2. rcadm -D --array 1 2 Example: Delete all arrays. rcadm -D --array 38
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AMD RAID Installation Guide
1. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide
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1.1
Introduction to RAID
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1.2
RAID Configurations Precautions
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1.3
Installing Windows
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OS With RAID Functions
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1.3.1
RAID Functions for AMD A85X, A75, A55 chipsets
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1.3.2
RAID Functions for AMD X370, B350, A320, A88X, A78, A68H,A58 chipsets
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1.4
Create Disk Array
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1.4.1
Configuring RAID Option ROM For AMD A85X/A75/A55 Chipsets
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1.4.2
Configuring Legacy RAID ROM For AMD X370/B350/A320/A88X/A78/A68H/A58
Chipset
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2.
AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide
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2.1
Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software
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2.2
Browser Support
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2.3
Installing RAIDXpert
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2.4
Logging into RAIDXpert
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2.5
Regular Connection
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2.6
Secure Connection
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2.7
Creating a New Logical Drive
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2.8
Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet
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2.9
Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection
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2.10
Using RAIDXpert2 to Create RAID Array in Windows (for AMD
X370/B350/A320/A88X/A78/A68H/A58 Chipset)
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Appendix –rcadm.efi information for AMD X370/B350/A320/A88X/A78/A68H/A58
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