Manual to SATA Hard Disks Installation RAID Configuration(1)
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1. 0 Healthy NVIDIA RAID 1 74 54G Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility After rebooting your computer wait until you seee the RAID software prompting you to press lt F10 gt The RAID prompt appears as a part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading the OS You have a few seconds to press lt F10 gt before the window disappears 12 After you press lt F10 gt the NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array window appears By default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring so you do not need to change it when setting up RAID 1 And the Striping Block is set to Optimal as default NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 Define a Nev y RAID Mode Stripimg Block Optimal o a kl Striping Model Name Stripe Mirroring Spanning ER Popup Then for the following steps please to refer to the detail description in RAID 0 And you will see the below windows RAID Mode Stripimg Block Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model I Quit F6 B 7 ER Popup 13 NVIDIA RAID U fine a New Arr Free Disks 12 2005 Stripimg Block Array Disks Loc Disk Model N Loc Disk Model Name 0611 1 M Maxtor 6Y120M0 R Popup NVIDIA RAID Uti Array List Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name 2 Healthy NVIDIA MIRRORING 74 53G Ctrl X Exit 11 Select B S et Boot N New Array ENT R Detail 14 Create JBOD After the system powers on press lt F2 gt key to2. Stripe Mirroring Spanning Striping block size is given in kilobytes and affect how data is arranged on the disk It is recommended to leave this value at the default Optimal which is 64KB but the values can be between 8KB and 128KB 8 16 32 64 and 128KB Then you have to assign the disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disk 1 Tab to the Free Disks section The first disk in the list is selected 2 Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right arrow key 3 Continue pressing the right arrow key until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Stripimg Block is Array Disks Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate 11 Select ENTER Popup Stripimg Block Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate 11 Se TER Popup After assigning your RAID array disks press lt F7 gt to save your changes of RAID array disks 10 Depending on the platform used the system can have one or more channels In a typical system there is usually one adapter and multiple channels and each channel has a slave and a master The adapter channel master slav
3. Disk Striping SEH rss Then for the following steps please to refer to the detail description in RAID 0 And you will see the below windows RAID Mode Stripimg Block Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name Array Disks Loc Disk Model h TAB Navigate 1 I 16 NVIDIA RAID Utility Jan 12 2005 Define a New Array RAID Mode Stripimg Block Free Disks Ar is Loc Disk Model I Loc Disk Model Name Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup Boot Id Status Vendor f I I Name Yes 2 Healthy NVIDIA SPANNING 74 53G Ctrl X Exit Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detai 17
4. 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ooonorerrrrr00ne 1 1 Serial ATA SATA Hard Disks Installation 1 2 Making a SATA Driver Diskette rrnrnnnrnnrnrrnrnrrnren 2 Guide to RAID Configurations osresrvnnrnonvnonvenvrrrnnvrernnn 2 1 Introduction of RAID serrrrvrnrernnnernnerrnrsrnrsnrrsrrrnrennr 2 2 RAID Configuration Precautions 00 eee 2 3 BIOS Configuration Utility eorrrrrrnnrrnnrnornrrvrrreenr 2 3 1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 2 3 2 Create Disk Array rrnrnnnnnrrrrnrnnnrnnvnrnnnrreenne 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1 1 Serial ATA SATA Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts nVidia nForce3 chipset that supports Serial ATA SATA hard disks with RAID functions including RAID 0 RAID 1 and JBOD You may install SATA hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices For SATA installation guide please refer to Serial ATA SATA Hard Disks Installation of User Manual in the support CD This section will guide you how to create RAID on SATA ports 1 2 Making a SATA Driver Diskette If you just want to install Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows XP 64 bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions there is no need to make a SATA driver diskette However if you want to install Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows XP 64 bit on your SATA HDDs with R
5. AID functions you will need to make an SATA driver diskette before you start the OS installation STEP 1 Insert the Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive at this moment STEP2 During POST at the beginning of system boot up press lt F11 gt key and then a window for boot devices selection appears Please select CD ROM as the boot device STEP 3 When you see the message on the screen Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette YN press lt Y gt STEP 4 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 lt Y gt STEP 5 The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy diskette Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready you may start to install Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your system or you may start to use RAID BIOS Setting Utility in the section 2 3 to set RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD configuration before you install the OS You may also set the RAID configuration by using RAID Utility for Windows in Windows environment Please refer to the document in the Support CD Guide to RAID Utility for Windows whi
6. ance 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 JBOD Spanning A spanning disk array is equal to the sum of all drives Spanning stores data onto a drive until it is full then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array When any member disk fails it will affect the entire array JBOD is not really a RAID and it does not support fault tolerance 2 2 RAID Configurations Precautions le 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 capa
7. ch is located in the folder at the following path VRAID Utility for Windows 2 Guide to RAID Configurations 2 1 Introduction of RAID This motherboard adopts nVidia nForce3 chipset that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD function with two independent Serial ATA SATA channels This section will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID and the guide to configure RAID 0 RAID 1 and JBOD settings 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 toler
8. city 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 2 3 BIOS Setup Utility 2 3 1 Enter BIOS Setup Utility After the system powers on press lt F2 gt key to enter BIOS setup utility Highlight Advanced and press lt Enter gt then the main inter face of BIOS setup utility will appear Please set the option SATA Operation Mode to RAID BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced y Config SATA operation IDE Configuration mode OnBoard IDE Controller Both OnBoard SATA Controller Enabled gt Primary IDE Master Hard Disk gt Primary IDE Slave Not Detected gt Secondary IDE Master ATAPI CDROM gt Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected gt SATAII Not Detected gt SATA2 Not Detected Select Sereen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02 53 C Copyright 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc After the below window appears please press lt F10 gt to enter the NVIDIA RAID Utility NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4 81 Copyright C 2004 NVIDIA Corp Detecting array Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility 2 3 2 Create Disk Array Cr
9. e status of each hard disk is given in the Loc location columns of the Free Disks and Array Disks lists For example 1 0 M 0 o M Master S Slave Controller Channel Typically channel 0 is used for Parallel ATA drives while channel 1 is used for Serial ATA drives Serial ATA 1 0 M Channel 1 controller 0 Master 1 1 M Channel 1 controller 1 Master Finally the Array List window appears where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up Boot Id Status Vendor Yes 2 Healthy NVIDIA Ctrl X Exit Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail 11 Create RAID 1 After the system powers on press lt F2 gt key to enter BIOS setup utility Highlight Advanced and press lt Enter gt then the main interface of BIOS setup utility will appear Please set the option SATA Opera tion Mode to RAID BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Config SATA operation IDE Configuration mode OnBoard IDE Controller Both OnBoard SATA Controller Enabled gt Primary IDE Master Hard Disk gt Primary IDE Slave Not Detected gt Secondary IDE Master ATAPI CDROM gt Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected gt SATA1 Not Detected P SATA2 Not Detected Select Sereen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02 53 C Copyright 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc Then the below window appears NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4 81 Copyright C 2004 NVIDIA Corp Detecting array
10. eate RAID 0 After the system powers on press lt F2 gt key to enter BIOS setup utility Highlight Advanced and press lt Enter gt then the main interface of BIOS setup utility will appear Please set the option SATA Opera tion Mode to RAID BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Config SATA operation IDE Configuration mode OnBoard IDE Controller Both OnBoard SATA Controller Enabled gt Primary IDE Master Hard Disk gt Primary IDE Slave Not Detected gt Secondary IDE Master ATAPI CDROM gt Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected gt SATA1 Not Detected gt SATA2 Not Detected Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit Then the below window appears NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4 81 Copyright C 2004 NVIDIA Corp Detecting array 0 Healthy NVIDIA RAID 0 74 54G Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility After rebooting your computer wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press lt F10 gt The RAID prompt appears as a part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading the OS You have a few seconds to press lt F10 gt before the window disappears After you press lt F10 gt the NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array window appears By default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring but please set it to Striping if you want to create RAID 0 And the Striping Block is set to Optimal as default RAID Mode Free Disks F TEET Mirrorin
11. enter BIOS setup utility Highlight Advanced and press lt Enter gt then the main interface of BIOS setup utility will appear Please set the option SATA Opera tion Mode to RAID BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Config SATA operation IDE Configuration mode OnBoard IDE Controller Both OnBoard SATA Controller Enabled gt Primary IDE Master Hard Disk gt Primary IDE Slave Not Detected gt Secondary IDE Master ATAPI CDROM gt Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected gt SATA1 Not Detected gt SATA2 Not Detected Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02 53 C Copyright 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc Then the below window appears NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM BIOS 4 81 Copyright C 2004 NVIDIA Corp Detecting array 0 Healthy NVIDIA JBOD 74 54G Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility After rebooting your computer wait until you seee the RAID software prompting you to press lt F10 gt The RAID prompt appears as a part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading the OS You have a few seconds to press lt F10 gt before the window disappears 15 After you press lt F10 gt the NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array window appears By default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring but please set it to Spanning if you want to create RAID JBOD And the Striping Block is set to Optimal as default RAID Mode Free Disks A Per Mirroring Loc
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