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AMD RAID Installation Guide

AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide …………………………………………………………………….. 2

1.1

Introduction to RAID ……………………………………………………………………………….. 2

1.2 RAID

Configurations Precautions ………………………………………………………………… 3

1.3

Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Funtions ………………… 3

1.3.1

Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Funtions …………………………………. 3

1.3.2

Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Funtions …………………………….. 4

1.4

Create Disk Array ………………………………………………………………………………….. 5

AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide ……………………………………………………………… 10

2.1

Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software ……………………………………………. 10

2.2

Browser Support ………………………………………………………………………………… 10

2.3

Installing RAIDXpert ……………………………………………………………………………. 10

2.4

Logging into RAIDXpert ………………………………………………………………………… 13

2.5

Regular Connection……………………………………………………………………………... 13

2.6

Secure Connection………………………………………………………………………………. 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

Summary of Contents for A770CROSSFIRE

Page 1: ...ntions 3 1 3 2 Installing Windows Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Funtions 4 1 4 Create Disk Array 5 2 AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide 10 2 1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software 10 2 2 Browser Support 10 2 3 Installing RAIDXpert 10 2 4 Logging into RAIDXpert 13 2 5 Regular Connection 13 2 6 Secure Connection 13 2 7 Creating a New Logical Drive 14 2 8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Int...

Page 2: ...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 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 m...

Page 3: ...se 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...

Page 4: ...y 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 S...

Page 5: ...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 I386 For Windows Vista OS AMD64 For Windows Vista 64 bit OS After that please insert Windows Vista Windows...

Page 6: ...nu 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 ...

Page 7: ... 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 ...

Page 8: ...ssignments 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 ...

Page 9: ... drives in Channels 3 and 4 are not assigned to a logical drive 4 Press Ctrl Y to save your logical drive configuration 5 Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu Press Esc again to exit the Utility 6 Press Y 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 s...

Page 10: ...t 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 SB700 Controller where you install RAIDXpert you must have one of the following browsers Internet Explorer 6 0 Mozilla...

Page 11: ... 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 12: ...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 13: ... 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 14: ...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 15: ...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 16: ...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 17: ...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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