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Summary of Contents for NVMe/SATA RAID

Page 1: ...Advanced Micro Devices Public AMD NVMe SATA RAID Quick Start Guide for Windows Operating Systems Publication 56268 Revision 1 05 Issue Date November 2021...

Page 2: ...ights is granted by this document Terms and limitations applicable to the purchase or use of AMD s products are as set forth in a signed agreement between the parties or in AMD s Standard Terms and Co...

Page 3: ...ssors 13 3 5 Enable RAID for FP6 Processors 14 Chapter 4 Create the Bootable Virtual Disk 15 4 1 RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility HII Mode for AMD Ryzen Desktop and Mobile Processors 15 4 1 1 Use Conf...

Page 4: ...RAID Quick Start Guide for Windows Operating Systems 56268 Rev 1 05 November 2021 4 Contents 6 1 2 Windows AMD RAIDXpert2 Management Suite 20 6 1 3 Windows AMD RAIDXpert2 Management Suite Installatio...

Page 5: ...November 2021 AMD NVMe SATA RAID Quick Start Guide for Windows Operating Systems List of Tables 5 Public List of Tables Table 1 System Requirements 7 Table 2 Information about Supported Configuration...

Page 6: ...on not to use SMR hard drives with AMD RAID systems August 2020 1 04 Remove Web GUI to just GUI Replaced 6 1 and 6 12 with 4 4 2 4 4 4 from the RAIDXpert2 UG In 6 1 3 removed list under step 4 removed...

Page 7: ...d Disk SSD Total 14 devices Support includes ATAPI DVD SATA drives SATA SSD drives M 2 SATA drives NVMe M 2 devices NVMe HHHL devices or NVMe U 2 devices The number of disks depends on the number type...

Page 8: ...ode on the system b This enables the loading of the AMD RAID UEFI driver 4 Initialize the disks using the RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility HII or UEFI shell 5 Create arrays using the HII Configuration...

Page 9: ...quired for OS installation onto an AMD RAID bootable array 1 Power on the system 2 Locate and use a system that is running a Windows operating system and has a CD DVD drive or an I O port for removabl...

Page 10: ...n press Enter e Set Storage to UEFI then press Enter 4 In the BIOS setup a Select the Advanced tab b Select AMD CBS then press Enter c Select FCH Common Options then press Enter d Select SATA Configur...

Page 11: ...ot option filter to UEFI only then press Enter e Set Storage to UEFI then press Enter 4 In the BIOS setup a Select the Advanced tab b Select AMD CBS then press Enter c Select FCH Common Options then p...

Page 12: ...hen press Enter e Set SATA Controller to Enabled 5 In the BIOS setup a Select the Advanced tab then press Enter b Select the AMD CBS tab then press Enter c Select FCH Common Options then press Enter d...

Page 13: ...d Set Force RAID Mode to Enabled then press Enter 4 In the BIOS setup a Select the Boot tab b Set Boot Type to Dual or UEFI Boot Type then press Enter c Set EFI Device First to Enable then press Ente...

Page 14: ...ation support is restricted to Raid0 level only The steps to configure a system to RAID mentioned here are specific to AMD NDA BIOS based off the Insyde BIOS 1 Power on the system 2 Press ESC to enter...

Page 15: ...nfiguration Utility HII to Create a Bootable Virtual Disk 1 Power on the system a Press ESC to get into the Platform BIOS b Select Device Management then press Enter c Select RAIDXpert2 Configuration...

Page 16: ...e for the AMD Ryzen SP3 Series Processor 4 2 1 Use Configuration Utility HII to Create a Bootable Virtual Disk Note The steps to configure arrays in RAID mode mentioned here are specific to AMD NDA BI...

Page 17: ...ter completion of array creation save and reboot the BIOS 4 3 UEFI Mode 4 3 1 Use the Command Line to Create a Bootable Virtual Disk 1 At the system Power On Self Test POST screen press F7 F12 ESC or...

Page 18: ...RAID drivers rcbottom and rcraid are loaded a valid AMD RAID Virtual Disk displays 1 Power on the system 2 Create a bootable array see Chapter 4 3 Insert the Microsoft Windows operating system CD ROM...

Page 19: ...gate to the directory containing the saved AMD RAID drivers Select OK Select the AMD RAID Config Device rccfg inf driver from the list Select Next 9 Select Next at the Where do you want to install Win...

Page 20: ...D RAIDXpert2 and select the AMD RAIDXpert2 Management Suite Desktop Application from the search results 3 Select Get 4 Sign in with your Microsoft account to finish downloading the application 5 After...

Page 21: ...ment Suite and GUI 21 Public 3 Install the AMD RAIDXpert2 setup exe by Open a command prompt must be run as Administrator Type cd C User User_Name Desktop For silent installation type setup exe For GU...

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