Intel PCH RAID Configuration Utility USER'S MANUAL
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1. PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides instructions on how to use the Intel PCH RST RAID Configuration Utility to configure RAID settings for Supermicro motherboards or systems Manual Organization Chapter 1 Provides an overview on the Intel PCH RAID Setup and Rapid Storage Technology enterprise RSTe Chapter 2 Provides instructions on how to configure the BIOS for SATA RAID and how to use the Intel PCH RST RAID Configuration Utility to configure RAID settings Conventions Used in This Manual Pay special attention to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage to the system or injury to yourself Warning Important information given to prevent erroneous RAID configuration and to ensure proper system setup Note Additional information given to ensure correct RAID configuration setup SUPER Intel PCH RAID Configuration User s Guide Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Custo2. RAID volumes using your system disk Choose to keep the data on the system disk To install Windows 2003 using an alternative method refer to FAQ 14616 located at http www supermicro com FAQ index aspx 2 12 Disclaimer continued The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale
3. RAID 5 configuration both data and parity information are striped and mir rored across three or more hard drives To use RAID 5 a minimum of three hard drive disks are required The following example provides a visual example of a RAID 5 configuration f Note RAID 5 is only available for the PCH AHCI controller RAID 5 O a Segment 1 Segment 2 Parity 1 2 Segment 3 Parity 3 4 Segment 4 Parity 5 6 Segment 5 Segment 6 RAID 5 Example RAID 10 RAID 10 a combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0 provides superb system perfor mance and system security RAID 10 stripes data across the primary disks in a drive group and then duplicates that data to the secondary disks in a drive group To use RAID 10 a minimum of four hard drive disks are required Any additional drives must be added in pairs The following illustration provides a visual example of a RAID 10 configuration RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1 ot Ba r Ll Drive B ii Ll RAID 10 rl i Segment 1 Segment 1 B Segment 2 Segment 2 j Duplicate T Duplicate Segment 3 Segment 3 Segment 4 Segment 4 Duplicate I Duplicate l L L 4 L i RAID 10 Example 1 3 SUPER Intel PCH RAID Configuration User s Guide Notes 1 4 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCH RAID Settings Chapter 2 Configuring the PCH RAID Settings This chapter provides instructions on how to configure the BIOS for RAID settings and how to use the PCH RST RAID configuration ut
4. the Intel PCH RSTe RAID Configuration Utility When the system is booting press lt Ctrl gt and lt I gt simultaneously to enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise RAID configuration utility The main menu of the RSTe RAID utility displays as shown below a e e olo e e ATA O o RO 0 00 o 00 e o o o i Create RAID Volumej Reset D o Non RAID f Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supermicro s endorsement or non endorsement of any third party products Your screen may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual 2 3 SUPER Intel PCH RAID Configuration User s Guide 1 Creating RAID Volumes Creating a RAID 0 Volume From the configuration utility main menu select Create RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears o Lumed In the Name field specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or lt Enter gt to go to the next field To select the previous menu press lt Esc gt In the RAID Level field use the up down arrow keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and press lt Enter gt In the Disks field if available press lt Enter gt to select the hard drives you want to configure for RAID Use the up down arrow keys to highlight a drive and press the spacebar to select it A triangle appears to confirm the drive selectio
5. AID Configuration User s Guide 9 From the Save amp EXit submenu navigate to Save Changes and Re set Press lt Enter gt to save the changes and exit the BIOS The system will reboot 10 During the system bootup you are prompted to Press lt Ctrl gt lt I gt to enter Configuration Utility This prompt appears twice first for the SCU controller and a second time for the AHCI controller as shown below Press lt Ctrl gt lt I gt at the appropriate prompt to enter the Rapid Storage Technology enterprise RAID configuration utility for the desired controller Intel R Rapid Storage Technology enterpris Option ROM 3 5 6 1005 Copyright C 3 12 Intel Corporation All Rig RAID Volumes None defined Physical Devices ID Device Model Serial 314685 9 136 7 136 31468 JE 3U 136 7 Size Type Status Vol ID Press JE to enter Configuration Utility Intel R Rapi ge Technology enterpri Copyright C Intel Corporation Tynts Reserved ATA Option ROM F 3 5 0 1005 RAID Volume None defi Physical Devices ID Device Model ST91000640N 000640N Type Status Vol ID SXGO4WU8 ter Configuration Utility f Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed unless a RAID configuration exists 2 2 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCH RAID Settings 2 2 Using
6. SC Exit LENTER1 Se1ect Menu Use the up down arrow keys to highlight the RAID drives to reset and press the Spacebar to select it Press lt Enter gt to reset the RAID set drive A warning message displays Press lt Y gt to reset the drive or press lt N gt to return to the main menu Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to a non RAID HDD Resetting a RAID member HDD will remove its RAID structures and revert it to a non RAID disk Depending on the RAID setup the RAID array will either be de graded or fail completely 2 9 SUPER Intel PCH RAID Configuration User s Guide Exiting the Intel RSTe RAID Configuration Utility 1 From the main menu select Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning message ap pears as shown below 2 At the prompt press lt Y gt to delete the drive or press lt N gt to return to the main menu 2 10 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCH RAID Settings 2 3 Installing Windows OS and RSTe RAID Drivers After all hardware components have been installed you can then install the Win dows OS and perform the necessary driver updates This section provides instruc tion on how to install Windows Server 2008 and Windows 2003 OS only If you are installing a different Windows OS follow the instructions displayed on your screen Note To download the necessary RSTe driver go to i ftp ftp supermicro com driver SATA Intel_ PCH_RAID_Romley_RSTE Windows Instal
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8. d press the spacebar to select it A triangle appears to confirm the drive selection Press lt Enter gt when finished selecting drives 5 In the Stripe Size field use the up down arrow keys to select the stripe size from 4KB to 64KB for your RAID 10 and press lt Enter gt The default setting is 64KB Note For a server use a lower stripe size For a multimedia system use a higher stripe size 2 6 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCH RAID Settings 6 In the Capacity field press lt Enter gt to specify the disk capacity you want to configure for RAID 10 The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed Note Unclaimed space on a disk can be used to create another RAID array by following the above procedures with the same group of drives 7 After entering the parameters for each field highlight Create Volume and press lt Enter gt A warning message displays indicating that all data on the selected disks will be lost 8 Press lt Y gt to create the RAID volume or press lt N gt to return to the main menu o e e olo e e ATA O o RO 0 00 0 lume0 RAID Leve RAIDS P Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity 1 From the configuration utility main menu select Create RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears 2 Inthe Name field specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press the lt Tab gt key or lt Enter gt to go to the next field To select the previous menu press lt Esc gt 3 In th
9. e RAID Level field use the up down arrow keys to select RAID 5 Parity and press lt Enter gt 4 In the Disks field if available press lt Enter gt to select the hard drives you want to configure for RAID Use the up down arrow keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the drive selec tion Press lt Enter gt when finished selecting drives 2 7 SUPER Intel PCH RAID Configuration User s Guide 5 In the Stripe Size field use the up down arrow keys to select the strip size from 16KB to 128KB for your RAID 5 and press lt Enter gt The default setting is 128KB Note For a server use a lower stripe size For a multimedia system use a higher stripe size 6 In the Capacity field press lt Enter gt to specify the disk capacity you want to configure for RAID 5 The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed Note Unclaimed space on a disk can be used to create another RAID array by following the above procedures with the same group of drives 7 After entering the parameters for each field highlight Create Volume and press lt Enter gt A warning message displays indicating that all data on the selected disks will be lost 8 Press lt Y gt to create the RAID volume or press lt N gt to return to the main menu Deleting a RAID Volume 1 From the main menu select Delete RAID Volume as shown below and press lt Enter gt Intel R Rapid Storage Tech
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11. er increases response time on data intensive applications because it will access data on multiple hard drives simultaneously Note The above RAID configurations will protect against drive failure but none provide 100 protection against data loss Data backup is always recommended 1 1 SUPER Intel PCH RAID Configuration User s Guide Intel PCH RAID Configurations The following types of RAID configuration are supported by Intel PCH Rapid Stor age Technology enterprise RAID 0 RAID 0 writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections between multiple hard drives RAID 0 is used to double data transfer rate over a single hard drive in order to enhance system performance To use RAID 0 a minimum of two hard drive disks are required The following illustration provides a visual example of a RAID 0 configuration Drive B Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3 Segment 4 Segment 5 Segment 6 Segment 7 Segment 8 RAID 0 Example RAID 1 RAID 1 allows identical data to be copied from one disk drive to another By doing so a mirror of source data is created in order to enhance data security To use RAID 1 two hard drive disks are required The following illustration provides a visual example of a RAID 1 configuration Drive B S t1 Segment 1 SOREN Duplicate S t2 Segment 2 egen Duplicate RAID 1 Example 1 2 Chapter 1 Intel PCH RAID Setup Overview RAID 5 With a
12. erview Chapter 1 Intel PCH RAID Setup Overview After all hardware has been installed you must first configure the Intel PCH RSTe Rapid Storage Technology enterprise RAID settings before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers For instructions on installing the Windows OS and Intel RSTe driver go to section 2 3 on page 2 11 f Notes 1 This setup guide describes RAID configuration instructions for the Intel PCH RAID controllers designed for the Windows OS 2 Two RAID controllers AHCI and SCU are supported by the Intel PCH The AHCI controller supports SATA drives and the SCU controller supports both SATA and SAS drives Note The SCU controller for PCH C602 supports SATA only 3 The current version v 3 5 of the Intel PCH RSTe SATA SAS RAID utility sup ports Windows 7 amp 8 and Windows Server 2003 64 bit 2008 and 2012 OS 4 The AHCI controller supports SATA RAID 0 1 5 and 10 The SCU controller supports the following SAS SATA RAID 0 1 and 10 for PCH C606 and SATA RAID 0 1 5 and 10 for PCH C602 Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise Intels Rapid Storage Technology enterprise RSTe protects data against hard drive failure when the system is configured for RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 10 These RAID settings are fault tolerant because they copy and store data on multiple hard drives to avoid data loss or system downtime caused by single hard drive failure A RAID 0 setting howev
13. figure for RAID Use the up down arrow keys to highlight a drive and press the spacebar to select it A triangle appears to confirm the drive selection Press lt Enter gt when finished selecting drives 5 In the Capacity field press lt Enter gt to specify the disk capacity you want to configure for RAID 0 Note Unclaimed space on a disk can be used to create another RAID array by following the above procedures with the same group of drives 2 5 SUPER Intel PCH RAID Configuration User s Guide 6 After entering the parameters for each field highlight Create Volume and press lt Enter gt A warning message displays indicating that all data on the selected disks will be lost 7 Press lt Y gt to create the RAID volume or press lt N gt to return to the main menu b E e4 AID Leve AIDIOCRAIDO 1 Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 From the configuration utility main menu select Create RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears 2 Inthe Name field specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press the lt Tab gt key or lt Enter gt to go to the next field To select the previous menu press lt Esc gt 3 In the RAID Level field use the up down arrow keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and press lt Enter gt 4 In the Disks field if available press lt Enter gt to select the hard drives you want to configure for RAID Use the up down arrow keys to highlight a drive an
14. ility for the AHCI and SCU controller If you do not wish to configure RAID settings skip this section and go directly to OS Installation For OS installation instructions please refer to our web site at www supermicro com 2 1 f Note For system stability do not use both SAS and SATA drives or both SATA 2 0 and SATA 3 0 hard drives in the same array Configuring the AMI BIOS for SATA RAID Settings You may need to configure RAID setings in the BIOS before using the PCH RAID configuration utility Follow the below instructions to ensure the BIOS is configured for SATA RAID 1 Press the lt Delete gt key during system boot to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Use the arrow keys to select Advanced in the BIOS menu bar at the top of the screen In the Advanced menu navigate to SATA Configuration and press lt Enter gt to enter the SATA Configuration submenu In the SATA configuration submenu navigate to SATA Mode and press lt Enter gt The Options window displays From the Options window highlight RAID and press lt Enter gt to select it In the Advanced menu navigate to SCU Configuration and press lt Enter gt to enter the SCU configuration submenu In the SCU Configuration submenu make sure that Storage Controller Unit and OnChip SCU Option ROM are set to Enabled Press lt ESC gt to return to the previous menu and use the arrow keys to select Save amp Exit from the BIOS menu bar 2 1 SUPER Intel PCH R
15. isk device to the motherboard Do not create any RAID array at this time Insert the Microsoft Windows 2003 Setup CD in the CD drive The system will boot from CD Press the lt F6 gt key when the following message displays Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver When the Windows 2003 Setup screen displays press lt S gt to specify ad ditional devices Load the driver from the floppy disk and select the device ntel R C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller and press lt Enter gt Press the lt Enter gt key again to continue with installation If you need to specify additional devices to install do so at this time Once all devices are specified press lt Enter gt to continue with the insatllation From the Windows 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Win dows 2003 installation Install Windows 2003 on single disk connected to the SATA port The system will automatically reboot once the Windows 2003 OS installation is complete Install all chipset drivers and install Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enter prise located at ftp ftp supermicro com driver SATA Intel_PCH_RAID_Romley_RSTE Management Download the Hot Fix from the Microsoft website http support microsoft com kb 932755 and run the exe file then reboot Open Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise and begin creating
16. ling Windows Server 2008 OS The following installation instructions only describe how to install Windows Server 2008 in Intel RSTe RAID non RAID and AHCI mode it is assumed that Intel RSTe is enabled in the BIOS setup 1 In the initial Windows Server 2008 installation screen select the desired language time and keyboard input method and click Next 2 Click Install now to start the Windows Server 2008 installation 3 If prompted select the OS version to install and click Next 4 Accept the Windows Server 2008 license agreement and click Next 5 Select the Custom advanced installation type 6 If the Intel RSTe RAID volume is already created the Intel RSTe driver must be loaded to continue the installation process Insert the USB drive that contains the RSTe driver Select Load Driver then select Browse to locate the driver file 7 Navigate to the appropriate driver highlight it and click Next Note By default a check mark should appear next to Hide drivers that are compatible with hardware on this computer Do not un check this item 8 Follow the remaining standard on screen steps to complete the OS installa tion 2 11 SUPER Intel PCH RAID Configuration User s Guide 10 11 12 Installing Windows 2003 OS Before creating any RAID volumes make sure the Intel RAID setting is en abled in the motherboard BIOS see section 2 1 Copy the RAID driver to a floppy disk and connect the floppy d
17. mer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho Dist New Taipei City 235 Taiwan Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Email support supermicro com tw Technical Support Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Technical Support Preface Notes SUPER Intel PCH RAID Configuration User s Guide Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Intel PCH RAID Setup Overview Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeteeeees 1 1 Intel PCH RAIDGo fl UratiOlS i ix s cansxannlaan nebina nian n nega h san anka 1 1 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCH RAID Settings 2 1 Configuring the AMI BIOS for SATA RAID Settings EEEL EEEEEEEEE 2 1 2 2 Using the Intel PCH RSTe RAID Configuration Ulility 2 3 Greating RAID VOlUMeS sii alay n ileal ere 2 4 Deleting a RAID VOlUMG cccccceeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeneeeeeeetaeeeeeeeaaes 2 8 Re setting to Non RAID s xc sack lazya b nih Ay 244y dak aya Da an D R AWA Zan eku r N AVEK VIAN 2 9 Exiting the Intel RSTe RAID Configuration Utility 2 10 2 3 Installing Windows OS and RSTe RAID Dr VerS EE E 2 11 Installing Windows Server 2008 OS Installing Windows 2009 OS sriain ies eel aa ates vi Chapter 1 Intel PCH RAID Setup Ov
18. n Press lt Enter gt when finished selecting drives In the Stripe Size field use the up down arrow keys to select the stripe size from 4KB to 128KB for your RAID 0 and press lt Enter gt The default size is 128KB Note For a server use a lower stripe size For a multimedia system use a higher stripe size In the Capacity field press lt Enter gt to specify the disk capacity you want to configure for RAID 0 Note Unclaimed space on a disk can be used to create another RAID array by following the above procedures with the same group of drives 2 4 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCH RAID Settings 7 After entering the parameters for each field highlight Create Volume and press lt Enter gt A warning message displays indicating that all data on the selected disks will be lost 8 Press lt Y gt to create the RAID volume or press lt N gt to return to the main menu o lumeO Creating a RAID 1 Volume 1 From the configuration utility main menu select Create RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears 2 Inthe Name field specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or lt Enter gt to go to the next field To select the previous menu press lt Esc gt 3 In the RAID Level field use the up down arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and press lt Enter gt 4 Inthe Disks field if available press lt Enter gt to select the hard drives you want to con
19. nology enterprise SATA Option ROM 3 5 0 1005 Copyright C 2003 12 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved r 1 1 Create RAID Volume 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID E Delete RAID Volunme 4 Exit E RAID Volumes ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable 0 Uolume0 RAIDS Parity 128KB 2 5TB Yes 1 Phusical Devices D Dev i Size Type Status Vol ID 31 5GB 640NS 4UC 931 5 31000640NS 931 5GB Select ESC Exit LENTER Select Menu 2 Use the up down arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press the lt Delete gt key A warning message displays 3 Press lt Y gt to delete the RAID volume or press lt N gt to return to the Delete Volume menu Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set 2 8 1 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCH RAID Settings Resetting to Non RAID From the main menu select Reset Disks to Non RAID as shown below and press lt Enter gt Intel R Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM 3 5 0 1005 Copyright C 2003 12 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved r 1 1 Create RAID Volume B Reset Disks to Non RAID 2 Delete RAID Volume 4 Exit r 1 RAID Volumes ID Name Level Size Status Bootable 9 Volumed RAIDS Parity 2 51TB Yes Physical Devices ID Device Model i Size Type Status Vol ID to E 000640NS 9X60 C 5GB 91000640NS 9xX604UU8 t Select E
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