ASROCK 990FX Extreme9 Manuel utilisateur

AMD RAID Installation Guide

1. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide …………………………………………………………………….. 2

1.1 Introduction to RAID ……………………………………………………………………………….. 2

1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions ………………………………………………………………… 3

1.3 Installing Windows®8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With

RAID Functions .……………………………………………………………………………………. 4

1.3.1 Installing Windows®8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID

Funtions …………………………………. …………………………………………………. 4

1.3.2 Installing Windows®XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions ……….…….. ……………… 5

1.4 Create Disk Array ………………………………………………………………………………… 6

2. AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide ……………………………………………………………… 10

2.1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software ……………………………………………. 10

2.2 Browser Support ………………………………………………………………………………… 10

2.3 Installing RAIDXpert ……………………………………………………………………………. 10

2.4 Logging into RAIDXpert ………………………………………………………………………… 13

2.5 Regular Connection……………………………………………………………………………... 13

2.6 Secure Connection………………………………………………………………………………. 13

2.7 Creating a New Logical Drive ………………………………………………………………….. 14

2.8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet ………………………………………………….. 17

2.9 Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection …………………………………………… 17

1. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide

AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using the onboard

FastBuild BIOS utility under BIOS environment. After you make a SATA3 driver diskette, press <F2> or <Del> to enter

BIOS setup to set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of the “User Manual” in our support CD

or “Quick Installation Guide”, then you can start to use the onboard RAID Option ROM Utility to configure RAID.

1.1 Introduction to RAID

The term “RAID” stands for “Redundant Array of Independent Disks”, which is a method combining two or more hard

disk drives into one logical unit. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the same model and

capacity when creating a RAID set.

RAID 0 (Data Striping)

RAID 0 is called data striping that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved

stacks. It will improve data access and storage since it will double the data transfer rate of a single disk alone while the

two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate.

WARNING!!

Although RAID 0 function can improve the access performance, it does not provide any fault tolerance. Hot-Plug any HDDs of the

RAID 0 Disk will cause data damage or data loss.

RAID 1 (Data Mirroring)

RAID 1 is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second

drive. It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system since the disk array

management software will direct all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in

the other drive if one drive fails.

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 providing parity data. In the event of a physical drive failure, data can be re-calculated by the

RAID system based on the remaining data and the parity information. RAID 5 makes efficient use of hard drives and is

the most versatile RAID Level. It works well for file, database, application and web servers.

RAID 10 (Stripe Mirroring)

RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques, resulting in a RAID 10 solution for improved performance

plus resiliency. The controller combines the performance of data striping (RAID 0) and the fault tolerance of disk

mirroring (RAID 1). Data is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set of drives.

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 each drive. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage

capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes

60GB, and the total storage capacity for this RAID 0 set is 120GB.

2. You may use two new drives, or use an existing drive and a new drive to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array

for data protection (the new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you use two

drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size. For example, if one

hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity

for the RAID 1 set is 60GB.

3. Please verify the status of your hard disks before you set up your new RAID array.

WARNING!!

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.

1.3 Installing Windows®8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With

RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows®8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk

composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you

install.

1.3.1 Installing Windows®XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows®XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID

functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY →Advanced screen →Storage Configuration.

B. Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID].

STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use an USB floppy or a floppy disk.)

A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.

B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and

then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device.

C. When you see the message on the screen, “Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.

D. Then you will see these messages,

Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive.

WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will

lose ALL data in it!

Start to format and copy files [YN]?

Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.

E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA3 drivers into the floppy diskette.

STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.

Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check this RAID installation guide for proper configuration.

Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this document for details.

STEP 4: Install Windows®XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows®XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows®

setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA3 driver diskette containing the

AMD RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the

OS you install.

1.3.2 Installing Windows®8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID

Functions

If you want to install Windows®8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more

SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY

→Advanced screen →Storage Configuration.

B. Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID].

STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.

Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check this RAID installation guide for proper configuration.

Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this document for details.

STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use an USB floppy or a floppy disk.)

Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 1.3.1 step 2 on page 4.

STEP 4: Install Windows®8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.

1.4 Create Disk Array

Power on your system. If this is the first time you have booted with the disk drives installed, the AMD onboard RAID

Option ROM Utility will display the following screen.

The RAID Option ROM includes a Utility with tools to set up your physical drives as RAID logical drives. The RAID

Option ROM Utility can perform these functions:

- Monitoring RAID status

- Viewing physical drive assignments

- Secure erasing of all data on physical drives

- Creating RAID logical drives

- Creating multiple logical drives using the same physical drives

- Deleting RAID logical drives

- Diagnosing critical and offline RAID logical drives

- Displaying the IRQ and base address (for system diagnosis)

Press <Ctrl+F> keys, then the RAID Option ROM Utility Main Menu appears.

Press 2 on the Main Menu screen to display the Define LD Menu.

Press the arrow keys to highlight a logical drive number you want to define and press <Enter> to select it. The Define

LD Menu for the logical drive number you selected will next appear.

Choose the RAID level you want. In the Define LD Menu section, 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.

Press the arrow key to move to Disk Assignments. Press the spacebar to toggle between N and Y for each available

drive. Y means this disk drive will be assigned to the logical drive.Assign the appropriate number of disk drives to your

logical drive. Then press <Ctrl-Y> to save your logical drive configuration. You have the option of using all of the disk

drive capacity for one logical drive or allocating a portion to a second logical drive.

Choose one of the following actions:

1. Use the full capacity of the disk drives for a single logical drive: Please read “One Logical Drive” below.

2. Split the disk drives among two logical drives: Please read “Two Logical Drives” below.

One Logical Drive

After selecting the logical drive in DiskAssignments as the above-mentioned procedures, press any key (except for

<Ctrl-Y>) to use the full portion of the logical drive for one logical drive. Then please follow the steps below:

1. Press <Esc> to exit to the Main Menu.

2. Press <Esc> again to exit the Utility.

3. Press <Y> to restart your computer.

You have 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 or “Quick Installation Guide”.

Two Logical Drives

After selecting the logical drive in DiskAssignments as the above-mentioned procedures, press <Ctrl-Y> to allocate a

portion of the disk drives to the first logical drive. Then please follow the steps below.

1. Enter the desired capacity (MB) for the first logical drive and press <Enter>. The Define LD Menu displays again.

2. Press the up and down arrow keys to select an available logical drive number and press <Enter>.

3. Choose the RAID level and options for the second logical drive. Note that the disk drives in Channels 1 and 2

reflect smaller capacities because a portion of their capacity belongs to the first logical drive. In this example the

disk drives in Channels 3 and 4 are not assigned to a logical drive.

4. Press <Ctrl-Y> to save your logical drive configuration.

5. Press <Esc> to exit to the Main Menu. Press <Esc> again to exit the Utility.

6. Press <Y> to restart the computer.

You have 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 or “Quick Installation Guide”.

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 SB950 SATA logical drives that exist anywhere on a network. Its browser-based GUI

provides email notification of all major events/alarms, memory cache management, drive event logging, logical drive

maintenance, rebuild, and access to all components in the RAID configuration (server, controller, logical drives,

physical drives, and enclosure). RAIDXpert is designed to work with AMD SB950 SATA RAID controllers. Other

brands of RAID controllers are not supported. Please read this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to

configure and manage RAID functions.

2.1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software

RAIDXpert installation software will install two major components to your system:

1. RAIDXpert RAID management software: The RAIDXpert software installs on the PC with the AMD SB950 SATA

RAID Controller (the “Host PC”).

2. Java Runtime Environment (in a private folder): The RAIDXpert installation program installs a private JRE in

folder _jvm under the same directory where RAIDXpert is installed. RAIDXpert uses this private JRE to avoid

incompatibility issues with any other JREs that may be present on your system.

2.2 Browser Support

On the Host PC with the AMD SB950 Controller, where you install RAIDXpert, you must have one of the following

browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla Suite 1.7, Mozilla Firefox 1.0, or Netscape Navigator 7.1.

If you do not have one of the above browsers, install the browser first and make it the default browser. Then install

RAIDXpert. You must use one of the browsers listed above on your networked PC in order to access RAIDXpert over

the network.

2.3 Installing RAIDXpert

Follow these steps to install RAIDXpert on your Windows-based PC or Server.

1. Boot the PC or server, launch Windows, and log in as the Administrator. If the computer is already running, exit

all programs. If you are not logged in as the Administrator, log out, then log in again as the Administrator.

2. Insert the software CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3. Double-click the Install CD’s icon to open it.

4. Double-click the Installer icon to launch it (right). The first RAIDXpert installation dialog box appears.

5. Follow the prompts in the installation dialog boxes.

6. When the first installation screen appears, choose an installer language from the dropdown menu.

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