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- ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
RAID functions by using the onboard FastBuild BIOS utility under BIOS 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 - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
RAID Functions for AMD A85X, A75, A55 guide for more details) STEP 3: Copy RAID driver to a USB flash drive A. Please install the DVD-ROM into one of the SATA ports 5 ~ 8 which support Support CD into the DVD-ROM drive. E. Go to Tools Easy RAID Installer F. Follow instructions to finish the driver - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 . Choose and set - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
N. Click to return 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- - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
the instruction inside the RAID ROM utility to create the target RAID disk. (Please refer to Section 1.4 in this guide for more details) STEP 3: Copy RAID driver to a USB flash drive A. Please install the DVD-ROM into one of the SATA ports 5 ~ 8 which support IDE Combined Mode. *Due to the AMD A68H - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
G. When the following screen appears, enter "rcadm -M -id -d" and click to initialize disk. H. Enter "rcadm -C -d " and click to create RAID disk. RAID Types: --volume, -v Single disk or concatenation of disks (JBOD) --raidable, -ra Single disk, RAIDAble -- - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 18
all AMD SATA logical drives that exist anywhere on a network. Its browser-based GUI provides email notification of all major events/alarms, memory with AMD SATA RAID controllers. Other brands of RAID controllers are not supported. Please read this guide carefully and follow the instructions below - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 20
SSL Security - Applies security to all connections involving the Internet or outside your company firewall. Security options are invisible to authorized users. AMD provides a default certificate for the server as well as for internal data communication. However, in some cases it is better to install - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 21
into RAIDXpert Choose RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu. Or, log on manually with your browser: 1. Launch the Browser. 2. In the Browser address field 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 cannot change this setting. 12. RAID 0, 1, and 5. Select a Gigabyte Boundary policy from the - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 25
drive, you must partition and format the logical drive using your PC's operating system. 2.8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet The above instructions cover connections between the Host PC and other PCs using RAIDXpert over your company network. It is also possible to connect to a Host - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 30
9. In Disk Management, create partition and initialize the disk as GPT. 30 - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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. - - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 32
an array with 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 - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 33
-sp, --smart-poll Turns SMART polling on or off for the specified drive(s). -t, --task Used to pause, resume, and remove tasks. -ul, --unlink Unlinks two arrays linked through a create copy operation. SYNTAX and EXAMPLES ADD SPARE --add-spare --array --disk -as -a -d - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 34
for no cache 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 - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 35
QUERY ALL --query-all -qa Example: rcadm --manage --query-all RESCAN DISKS --rescan -rsc Example: rcadm --manage --rescan SCAN ARRAY --scan-array --array -sa -a Example: rcadm -M --array 1 --scan-array on cadm -M -a 1 -sa off SMART POLL --smart-poll < - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | RAID Installation Guide - Page 36
rcadm -C CREATE Long form: rcadm --create --disk [--size ] [--sub-member ] [--spare-disk ] [--no-sync] [--d-spare] [--cache ] [--max-size] [--name "name"] [--priority ] [--zero][--scan-array] Short form: rcadm -C -d - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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 priority. For redundant array types only. -led, --leave-existing-data - ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac | 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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