User manual ASROCK 770DE3L AMD RAID INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] 10 2. 3 Installing RAIDXpert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. 4 Logging into RAIDXpert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2. 5 Regular Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2. 6 Secure Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing AMD RAID driver. Select your required driver to install according to the 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. 4 1. 3. 2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: A. STEP 2: Set up BIOS. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. 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 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system. Insert the Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want 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. \ I386 (For Windows 7 / Vista OS) (For Windows 7 64-bit / Vista 64-bit OS) . . \ AMD64 After that, please insert Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation. NOTE1. If you install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / 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 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / 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. 5 Press <Ctrl+F> keys, then the FastBuild 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. 6 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. The RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all AMD SB710 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). [. . . ] Click the Logical Drive in Tree View to see all of the information about your new logical drive. 16 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. 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. [. . . ]