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AMD RAID Installation Guide

1. Free Drive s Click the Next button If you want to split the capacity of your physical drives between two logical drives enter the capacity for the first logical drive in the Logical Drive Size field Or to use the maximum capacity of the physical drives check the Use Maximum Capacity box For RAID Ready and JBOD the system will check the Use Maximum Capacity Box automatically Logical Drive Size po ci Huse Maximum Capacity Please select at least 3 drives for RAID 5 Click the physical drives to select them Available drives have a black frame Selected drives have a red frame For RAID Ready select only one physical drive mance tecti Logical Drive Size foo GB Bluse Maximum Capacity Please select at least 3 drives for RAID 5 Drive on Port 1 81 9 GB 15 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Click the Next button The Assign a Name screen appears Enter a name for the logical drive in the field provided a Name to the logical drive Asinednome EEE Click the Next button The Final Settings screen appears 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 RAID 0 1 and 5 Select a Gigabyte Boundary policy from the dropdown menu GigaByte Boundary Rounds the size of the logical drive down to the nearest whole gigabyte This is the default For more informat
2. FastSurld tm f c 2004 2005 ATI Technology Inc Maan Menu View Drive Assignments DOLINO Dos snccsisceoev resis tec Delete LD Controller Configuration Keys Available to Select Option Press 2 on the Main Menu screen to display the Define LD Menu FastBuild tm Utility c 2004 2005 ATI Technology Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status BEBEBEEB Keys Available t Up 1 Down ESC Exit Enter Select Press the arrow keys to highlight a logical drive number you want to define and press lt Enter gt to select it The Define LD Menu for the logical drive number you selected will next appear FastBuild tm Utility c RAID Mode RAID 1 Stripe Block NA Past Init Gigabyte Boundary Cache Mode WriteBack Drive Assignments Channel ID Drive Model Capacity MB Keys Available L Down ESC Exit Space Change Option 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 Ready JBOD 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 nu
3. When the Welcome screen appears click the Next button RAIDXpert InstallShield Wizard x Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for RAIDXpert The IretalShield Wizard wil instal RAIDMper on pour computer To continue click Next 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 license option selected the installation will quit when you click Next PAIDYpart InctallShiald Wizard License Agreement Please reed the following icense agreement carelully danced Micio Devices Inc Sofwale License Agreement IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY Do nol load tie Soltwere util you have careiully toad and agreed to the Iellouing terme and condtions Thic it a legal agreemert Agreement beiween you ether an individual o an entty Liosnses and Adverced Micro Devices Ino AMD If Licensee does nol agiee fo the terme of this Agreement do nol retall or use this Sctlware or any portion thereof By loading o using brs soflware thal may inchide associated media printed Software and crline cr electronic documentation or any portion thereof thal made available to download Irom tris serve oF CD ROM Software Licensee agoes to al of the terme of te Agreement aii z accept me tems of the licente ageemerg Pin F do no
4. 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 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 JBOD JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Disks and normally refers to one or more physical drives working independently The AMD SB750 controller offers the added feature of concatenation where the capacity of multiple drives is added together When one drive is full the data is saved to the next drive automatically As independent physical drives JBOD does not offer the performance or security advantages of RAID logical drives However in RAIDXpert you create manage and delete a JBOD the same as a logical drive You can designate from two to four physical drives with online capacity expansion If you attach a single physical drive that was previously partitioned RAIDXpert will recognize it as a JBOD However RAIDXpert do
5. SB750 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 10 Choose Setup Language x en Select the language for the installation from the choioas below Engish United States Chinese Simpl ied Chinese Tiodtonal German Gemany Giek Hungaran Ilalian tab Japanese Korean Nonvegian Bokmal Polish Poriuquese Brazi Flussian Spanish Trecitonel Sert
6. to connect to a Host PC from the Internet Your MIS Administrator can tell you how to access your network from outside the firewall Once you are logged onto the network you can access the Host PC using its IP address Please note that only the Host PC can read and write data to the logical drives However other PCs can monitor the Host PC from virtually any location 2 9 Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection While RAIDXpert was designed to run over a network you can run RAIDXpert without a network connection but only from the Host PC Follow this procedure Ae Choose RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu Or choose RAIDXpert in the Linux Applications menu Your browser opens and displays a no connection to the Internet is currently available message 2 Click the Work Offline button 3 In the RAIDXpert login screen enter your user name and password if used then click the Sign in button A webpage unavailable while offline message will display 4 Click the Connect button A no connection to the Internet is currently available message will display 5 Click the Try Again button After a few moments RAIDXpert will display normally in your browser 17
7. 1 AMD RAID Installation Guide AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide 0 0 c cee ee ec ee eect cee eee eee ee eee ee eee eee ea ee eaeeeeeeee eee 2 1 1 Introduction 10 RAID E E EA A A eat Gass 2 1 2 RAID Configurations Precautions cccceceeeeeeeee ee eee ee ec eens eens teense eeeeeaeeeeeaeaeaees 1 3 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Funtions 1 3 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit With RAID Funtions 1 3 2 Installing Windows Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Funtions o 1 4 Create Disk Array monocitai ia cdisaeedeadivvey vised abide a A eben pite o a EO E ated 5 AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide 0 e eect eee nent eee nets a eeeeaeneen ete ea eeeeaeas 10 2 1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software 0 ccceeceeeee eee ee nese ea teeta eeeen ease 10 2 2 BROWSE SUPDOM AEREE E AEE EEA E EAE atid Sead toa eee 10 2 3 Installing RAIDXpett eienenn eina ire cteguceteeediarsbeegenes TE i 10 2 4 Logging into RAIDXpert e a ose che dees oved aaa Ea ioe Eia EAAS O Ainaa erka Rara 13 2 5 Regular COonNectiN si iisonic ueuvn iaa aiK EE E EE 13 2 6 Secure CONMECHON ra r a a a a aa A A E aaa EEEE 13 2 7 Creating a New Logical Drive sessesssssssssrsrsrssssrsrriresererstsrsrrerrtrsrsererersrsrereesn 14 2 8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet 0 0 cece cece cece cence eee eee ee ea eeeeeeenees 17 2 9 Running RAIDXpert
8. OS you install Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller x86 platform for Windows XP or AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller x64 platform for Windows XP 64 bit NOTE If you install Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage create convert delete or rebuild RAID functions on SATA SATAII HDDs you still need to set up SATA Operation Mode to RAID first Then please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in this document for details 1 3 2 Installing Windows Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows Vista or Windows Vista 64 bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA SATAII HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration B Set the SATA Operation 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 Install Windows Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system Insert the Windows Vista Windows Vista 64 bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system and follow the instruction to install Windows Vista Windows Vista 64 bit OS on your system When you see Where do you wan
9. There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack please choose the one for Windows XP XP 64 bit B 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 C When you see the message on the screen Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette YN press lt Y gt D Then you will see these messages Please insert a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A press any key to start 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 SATA SATAII 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 making a SATA SATAII driver diskette and set RAID configuration you can start to install Windows XP XP 64 bit on your system At the beginning of Windows setup press F6 to install a third party RAID driver When prompted insert the SATA SATAII driver diskette containing AMD RAID driver After reading the floppy disk the driver will be presented Select your required driver to install according to the
10. 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 SB750 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 SB750 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 SB750 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
11. 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 over a network enter the Host PC s actual IP address or hostname Press the Enter key Then when the login screen appears type admin in the Login ID field Type admin again in the Password field The RAIDXpert login and password are case sensitive Porat icon Mook inenet bebe REE De Di Yew Poote Imk tsb r Adtres E pte op Be me AMD RAIDXpert Language aN contact ve E B Muamara Click the Sign in button After sign in the RAIDXpert opening screen appears AMD RAIDXpert a m chow event Contact 0s Logout Hamp Fy S Witecd roar 2 7 Creating a New Logical Drive A logical drive is a collection of physical drives in a RAID To create a new logical drive 1 Click Logical Drive View in Tree View 2 Click the Create tab in Management View The Select RAID Level screen appears 3 Select the option beside the RAID level you want for your logical drive RAIDXpert displays the RAID levels you can use with the available physical drives 14 l nt A ot ombines multiple to form one RAID Ready RADO RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 JBOD In the Select Drive Type screen click the following option Free Drives Select all Free unassigned physical drives The Select Drives screen appears
12. an 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 XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit Windows Vista or Windows Vista 64 bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA SATAII 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 or Windows XP 64 bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA SATAII HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration B Set the SATA Operation Mode option to RAID STEP 2 Make a SATA SATAII driver diskette A Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system
13. es not allow you to create a single drive JBOD RAID Ready RAID Ready arranges individual physical drives the same as if they were attached to the PC s motherboard controller The advantage is that the AMD SB750 Controller can accommodate up to four physical drives more than most PC motherboards As a single physical drive RAID Ready does not offer the performance or security advantages of other RAID logical drives However you can create a backup drive by Inserting an unformatted physical drive or designating an installed physical drive In RAIDXpert you create manage and delete a RAID Ready the same as a logical drive A RAID Ready logical drive has only one physical drive You can designate from one to four of your physical drives as RAID Ready 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 th
14. ion None No Boundary function Select an Initialization policy from the dropdown menu e Fast Initialization Erases the reserve and master boot sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive e Full Initialization Erases all sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive RAID 0 1 and 5 only None No initialization This choice is not recommended oniirm your choi Name RAID Level Logical Drive Size Maximum Capacity Stripe Block Size Write Cache write Trroch xl Gigabyte Boundary Initialization Click the Finish button If there are physical drives available the Select RAID Level screen appears again where you can create an additional logical drive Click the Logical Drive in Tree View to see all of the information about your new logical drive 16 Logical Drive Information Information settings migration Synchronization Basic Information Assigned Name Logical Deve 1 RAID Level R Capacity 50 00 GB Status Background Activity Graphic View Drive on Port 1 81 96 GB t 01 Drive on Port 2 61 96 GB Drive on Port 3 81 96 GB LD L Before you can use your new logical 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
15. mber of disk drives to your logical drive Then press lt Ctrl Y gt 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 Press Ctrl Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to use maximum capacity 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 Disk Assignments as the above mentioned procedures press any key except for lt Ctrl Y gt to use the full portion of the logical drive for one logical drive Then please follow the steps below 1 Press lt Esc gt to exit to the Main Menu 2 Press lt Esc gt again to exit the Utility 3 Press lt Y gt to restart your computer You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive Please install the operating system to your computer by 7 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 Disk Assignments as the above mentioned procedures press lt Ctrl Y gt to allocate a portion of the disk drives to the first logical drive Then please follow the steps below FastBuild tm U
16. nstallation irg Mealy fo review or change any ct your installation eetlings clics Back Cich Canos io ant the wizard retalShisic Bark Crea Cancel 12 When the Install Complete screen appears click the Finish button RAIDXpert InstallShield Wizard E InstallShield Wizard Complete Selup has finshed installing RAD pert on pour computer c Back MENE Cancel 5 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 Browser address field type the entry explained below If you did not choose the External Security option during RAIDXpert installation use the Regular connection If you chose the External Security option during RAIDXpert installation use the Secure connection 2 5 Regular Connection RAIDXpert uses an HTTP connection 0 http e Enter the Host PC s IP address 127 0 0 1 or localhost e Enter the Portnumber 0 2 125902 e Add to launch RAIDXpert 0 0 0 0 0 00000000000 amd Together your entry looks like this http 127 0 0 1 25902 ati or http localhost 25902 ati 2 6 Secure Connection RAIDXpert uses a secure HTTP connection https e Enter the Host PC s IP address 127 0 0 1 or localhost Enter the Port number 0 0 00 00 e ee eee ene 18443 e Add to launch RAIDXpert 2 0 0 0 00 0 00 000 l
17. t accept the tems of the Icense agreement rstal hie When the Choose Install Folder screen appears make your selection of a folder for the RAIDXpert applications you are installing For example the Windows default folder is C Program Files AMD RAIDXpert 11 If you want a different folder type its location or click the Choose button and select a new location Click the Next button when you are finished RAIDXpert InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where setup wil retall files 10 When the Check HTTP SSL screen appears you can choose External Security An explanation follows External 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 and verify your own certificate for the webserver And if possible verify your certificate by certificate authority like Verisign or Thwate See your MIS Administrator for guidance Click the Next button when you have made your choice RAIDXpert InstallShield Wizard Check HTTP SSL L 11 When the Ready to Install screen appears click the Install button to continue 12 RAIDXpert InstallShield Wizard xj Ready to Install the Program The wead it ready to begin instalation Dick Install to bagn the i
18. t to install Windows page please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive and click the Load Driver button on the left on the bottom to load the AMD RAID drivers AMD RAID drivers are in the following path in our Support CD There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack please choose the one for Windows Vista Vista 64 bit 11386 For Windows Vista OS AMD64 For Windows Vista 64 bit OS After that please insert Windows Vista Windows Vista 64 bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation NOTE1 If you install Windows Vista Windows Vista 64 bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage create convert delete or rebuild RAID functions on SATA SATAII HDDs you still need to set up SATA Operation Mode to RAID first Then please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in this document for details NOTE2 Currently if you install Windows Vista Windows Vista 64 bit on IDE HDDs and there are no SATA SATAII device used please set up SATA Operation Mode to non RAID in BIOS 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 BIOS will display the following screen iac All rights reserved Press lt Ctri F gt te ester FastBaild te Stilitg _ Press lt Ctrl F gt keys then the FastBuild Utility Main Menu appears
19. tility c 2004 05 ATI Technology Define LD Menu J RAID Mode Total Drv RAID 1 2 Past Init Cache Mode WriteBack Drive Assignments Channel Model 1 Enter the desired capacity MB for the first logical drive and press lt Enter gt The Define LD Menu displays again c 2004 2005 ATI Technology Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status RAID 1 10000 Functional 2 Press the up and down arrow keys to select an available logical drive number and press lt Enter gt RAID Mode Total Drv RAID 1 Past Init OFF Cache Mode WriteBack Drive Assignments Drive Model Capacity MB 1 Mas ST380013AS 1996 Mas ST380013AS 1996 Mas ST380013AS 80027 Mas ST380013AS 80027 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 lt Ctrl Y gt to save your logical drive configuration 5 Press lt Esc gt to exit to the Main Menu Press lt Esc gt again to exit the Utility 6 Press lt Y gt 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
20. without Network Connection ceeeceeeee ener eee eee tenet eeeeeeeeenes 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 SATA SATAII driver diskette press lt F2 gt 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 FastBuild BIOS 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

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