User manual ASROCK 770ICAFE

[. . . ] 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 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. [. . . ] 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!!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 OS With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows OS 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. 3 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: A. B. Set up BIOS. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: A. B. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. 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, "Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press <Y>. 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. Press <Y> 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 <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>. 8 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 <Y> to restart the computer. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. Boot the PC or server, launch Windows, and log in as the Administrator. If you are not logged in as the Administrator, log out, then log in again as the Administrator. When the first installation screen appears, choose an installer language from the dropdown menu. 10 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 license" option selected, the installation will quit when you click Next. 9. When the Choose Install Folder screen appears, make your selection of a folder for the RAIDXpert applications you are installing. [. . . ] · None ­ No Boundary function. 13. Select an Initialization policy from the dropdown menu. · Fast Initialization ­ Erases the reserve and master boot sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive. · Full Initialization ­ Erases all sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive. If there are physical drives available, the Select RAID Level screen appears again, where you can create an additional logical drive. [. . . ]