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AMD RAID Installation Guide

AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide …………………………………………………………………….. 3

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Introduction to RAID ……………………………………………………………………………….. 3

1.2 RAID

Configurations Precautions ………………………………………………………………… 4

1.3

Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions … 5

1.3.1

Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions …………………………………. 5

1.3.2

Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Funtions ……………… 6

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Opening Option ROM ………..…………………………………………………………………….. 7

1.5

Using the Main Menu ………..…………………………………………………………………….. 8

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Viewing Drive Assignments ………..…………………………….……………………………...... 9

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Secure Erasing a Physical Drive ………..……………………….…………………………….... 10

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Creating a Logical Drive ………..…………………………………………………………….….. 12

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Deleting a Logical Drive ………..……………………………………………………………..….. 17

1.10 Viewing

Controller Configuration ………..…………………………………………………..….. 18

1.11 Responding

to Logical Drive Problems ………..……………………………..……………..….. 19

Summary of Contents for A55

Page 1: ...tions 5 1 3 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit With RAID Funtions 5 1 3 2 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Funtions 6 1 4 Opening Option ROM 7 1 5 Using the Main Menu 8 1 6 Viewing Drive Assignments 9 1 7 Secure Erasing a Physical Drive 10 1 8 Creating a Logical Drive 12 1 9 Deleting a Logical Drive 17 1 10 Viewing Controller Configuration 18 1 11 Responding to Logical Dri...

Page 2: ...on Software 20 2 2 Browser Support 20 2 3 Installing RAIDXpert 20 2 4 Logging into RAIDXpert 23 2 5 Regular Connection 23 2 6 Secure Connection 23 2 7 Creating a New Logical Drive 24 2 8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet 27 2 9 Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection 27 ...

Page 3: ...ss 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 ca...

Page 4: ...isting 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 capacity for the RAID 1 set is...

Page 5: ... 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 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 any key E The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA SAT...

Page 6: ... UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the SATA 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 Make a SATA SATAII driver diskette STEP ...

Page 7: ...t But the logical drive has lost fault tolerance For RAID levels 1 5 and 10 the logical drive contains a failed physical drive You must identify and replace the failed physical drive then rebuild the logical drive using the RAIDXpert software Offline The logical drive is no longer operational meaning you cannot read and write data to it You must identify and replace the failed drive s Then you can...

Page 8: ...splay the Main Menu The Main Menu above has five options Press 1 to view physical drive assignments Press 2 to create a logical drive or view information about an existing logical drive Press 3 to delete a logical drive Press 4 to view the controller configuration Press Esc Escape to exit the utility and reboot your PC ...

Page 9: ... is OK Capabilities The type and speed of the physical drive such as SATA 1 5 Gb s 3 0 Gb s or 6 0 Gb s Capacity GB Reflects the capacity in GB gigabytes of the physical drive Assignment This field identifies the logical drive to which the physical drive belongs In the example above there is one logical drive composed of two physical drives LD 1 2 means logical drive 1 physical drive 2 Unassigned ...

Page 10: ...Utility until the Secure Erase operation is finished Secure Erase takes about the same amount of time as a partition and format Plan ahead and allow yourself enough time The Secure Erase feature overwrites all sectors on a physical drive To secure erase a physical drive 1 From the Main Menu screen press 1 to see the View Drive Assignments screen 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight a physical drive...

Page 11: ...splays 6 Press Ctrl P to secure erase your physical drive Watch the screen to monitor the progress Secure Erase runs until all sectors of the selected physical drive have been overwritten Depending on the size of your physical drive this operation can take some time You cannot exit the Option ROM Utility until the Secure Erase is done ...

Page 12: ... Stripe ٛ RAID 1 Mirror ٛ RAID 5 Stripe with Distributed Parity ٛ RAID 10 Stripe Mirror ٛ RAID Ready Single Drive JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks 4 Press the arrow keys to move to the next option Option choices depend on the RAID level you selected ٛ Initialization Press the Spacebar to toggle through Fast Full and None ٛ Stripe Block Size Press the Spacebar to toggle through 64 KB 128 KB and 256 KB ٛ ...

Page 13: ... and press Enter Press any other key to use the default name such as Logical Drive 1 If you set Fast Initialization the following message displays 7 Do one of the following actions ٛ Press Ctrl Y to perform the fast initialization ٛ Press any other key to cancel logical drive creation You have the option of using all of the physical drive capacity for one logical drive or allocating a portion to a...

Page 14: ...ical drive Note You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use it Two Logical Drives Continued from Create Logical Drive step 8 above 1 Press Ctrl Y to allocate a portion of the physical drives to the first logical drive 2 Enter the desired capacity in GB for the first logical drive and press Enter The Define LD Menu displays again 3 Press the up and down arrow keys to ...

Page 15: ...er You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive Note You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use it Viewing Drive Assignments Split Physical Drives After you create two logical drives from the same set of physical drives press 1 on the Main Menu screen to see the View Drive Assignments screen In this example observe how each of the physical drives in Ports ...

Page 16: ... combined size of the extents is slightly smaller than the total capacity of the physical drive Unassigned physical drives are labeled Single Disk You can use an unassigned physical drive to create a new logical drive ...

Page 17: ...nstall the OS on it you cannot delete that logical drive To delete a logical drive 1 From the Main Menu screen press 3 to display the Delete LD Menu 2 Highlight the logical drive you wish to delete and press the Del key or Alt D The Delete LD Menu for the selected logical drive appears 3 Press Ctrl Y to confirm and complete logical drive deletion The screen returns to the Delete LD Menu Press Esc ...

Page 18: ...Menu screen press 4 to display the Controller Configuration Options screen The Controller Configuration Options screen provides diagnostic information that might be helpful for troubleshooting purposes The system IRQ used by the RAID controller Base Address ...

Page 19: ... 0 and JBOD logical drives go Offline when a physical drive fails A RAID Ready logical drive disappears from the user interface when its physical drive fails When you boot your system the Option ROM screen informs you if there is a critical or offline logical drive Allow your PC to finish booting and use RAIDXpert to identify the failed drive and to rebuild your logical drive See the RAIDXpert Use...

Page 20: ...allation 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 Controller where you install RAIDXpert you must have one of the following browsers Internet Explorer 6 0 Mozilla Suite 1 7 M...

Page 21: ... 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 For example the Windows default folder is C Program Files AMD RAIDXpert ...

Page 22: ...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 C...

Page 23: ... 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 http Enter the Host PC s IP address 127 0 0 1 or localhost Enter the Port number 25902 Add to launch RAIDXpert amd Together your entry looks like this http 127 0 0 1 25902...

Page 24: ...pears type admin in the Login ID field Type admin again in the Password field The RAIDXpert login and password are case sensitive Click the Sign in button After sign in the RAIDXpert opening screen appears 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 Mana...

Page 25: ...tween 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 7 Click the physical drives to select them Available drives have a black frame Selected drives have a red frame For RA...

Page 26: ...rest whole gigabyte This is the default For more information 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 RAID 0 1 and 5 only None No initializatio...

Page 27: ...nitor 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 1 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 I...

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