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1. FastBuild tm Utility c 2004 2005 ATI Technology Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv arr P An A Stripe Block NA Past Init Gigabyte Boundary ON Cache Mode Drive Assignments Drive Model Capacity MB 380013AS 80027 R 380013AS 80027 PAPAY arrow at lar le Pr unter array capacity Keys Available Space Change Option FastBuild tm Utility c 2004 2005 ATI Technology Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status Functional 4 J BBBEE Keys Available t Up 1 Down ESC Exit Enter Select Press the up and down arrow keys to select an available logical drive number and press lt Enter gt 05 ATI Technology Define LD Menu LD No RAID Mode Total Drv LD 2 RAID 1 2 FastBuild tm Utility c 2004 20 Stripe Block NA Past Init Gigabyte Boundary ON Cache Mode Drive Assignments Channel I Drive Model Capacity MB ST380013AS 39960 ST3B80013AS 199 ST380013AS 80027 ST380013AS 80027 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 lt Ctrl Y gt to save your logical drive configuration 5 Press lt Esc gt to exit to the Main Menu Press lt Esc gt again to exit the Utility2. 6 Press lt Y gt 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 support CD or Quick Installation Guide 2 AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide AMD Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using RAIDXpert RAID management software under Windows environment The RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all AMD SB710 SATA logical drives that exist anywhere on a network Its browser based GUI provides email notification of all major events alarms memory cache management drive event logging logical drive maintenance rebuild and access to all components in the RAID configuration server controller logical drives physical drives and enclosure RAIDXpert is designed to work with AMD SB710 SATA RAID controllers Other brands of RAID controllers are not supported Please read this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to configure and manage RAID functions 2 1 Components of RAIDXpert Installation Software RAIDXpert installation software will install two major components to your system 1 RAIDXpert RAID management software The RAIDXpert software installs on the PC with the AMD SB710 SATA RAID Controller the Host PC 2 Java Runtime Environment in a private folder The RAIDXpert inst
3. RAIDXpert D monogen RAIDXpest com mansye oF meeiter AD RAID preducts er omser Irom anywhere m a G Wibod nrar 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 Management View The Select RAID Level screen appears 3 Select the option beside the RAID level you want for your logical drive RAIDXpert displays the RAID levels you can use with the available physical drives 14 Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID combines multiple physical drives to form one logical drive RAID Ready ramno PAID 1 RAIDS RAD 10 3500 In the Select Drive Type screen click the following option e Free Drives Select all Free unassigned physical drives The Select Drives screen appears Please select a free drive s or one logical drive that has free space Select one of the folowing groups Free Drive s Click the Next button If you want to split the capacity of your physical drives between 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 Logical Drive Size cet Use Maximum Ca Aleace select at least 3 drives fo
4. 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 60GB 3 Please verify the status of your hard disks before you set up your new RAID array WARNING Please backup your data first before you create RAID functions 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 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 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the SATA Operation Mode option to RAID STEP 2 Make a SATA SATAII driver diskette A Insert the ASRock Support CD into your o
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6. 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 SB710 Controller where you install RAIDXpert you must have one of the following browsers Internet Explorer 6 0 Mozilla Suite 1 7 Mozilla Firefox 1 0 or Netscape Navigator 7 1 If you do not have one of the above browsers install the browser first and make it the default browser Then install RAIDXpert You must use one of the browsers listed above on your networked PC in order to access RAIDXpert over the network 2 3 Installing RAIDXpert Follow these steps to install RAIDXpert on your Windows based PC or Server ie Boot the PC or server launch Windows and log in as the Administrator If the computer is already running exit all programs If you are not logged in as the Administrator log out then log in again as the Administrator 2 Insert the software CD into your CD ROM drive 3 Double click the Install CD s icon to open it 4 Double click the Installer icon to launch it right The first RAIDXpert installation dialog box appears 5 Follow the prompts in the installation dialog boxes 6 When the first installation screen appears choose an installer language from the dropdown menu 10 Choose Setup Language x er Select the language tor th
7. any fault tolerance Hot Plug any HDDs of the RAID O 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 management software will direct all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive if one drive fails RAID 10 Stripe Mirroring RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques resulting in a RAID 10 solution for improved performance plus resiliency The controller combines the performance of data striping RAID 0 and the fault tolerance of disk mirroring RAID 1 Data is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set of drives JBOD JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Disks and normally refers to one or more physical drives working independently The AMD SB710 controller offers the added feature of concatenation where the capacity of multiple drives is added together When one drive is full the data is saved to the next drive automatically As independent physical drives JBOD does not offer the performance or security advantages of RAID logical drives However in RAIDXpert you create manage and delete a JBOD the same as a logical drive You can designate from two to four physical drives with online capacity expansion If you a
8. d if possible verify your certificate by certificate authority like Verisign or Thwate See your MIS Administrator for guidance Click the Next button when you have made your choice RAIDXpert InstallShield Wizard Check HTTP SSL RA Dispert has the abiitt to be irstalled with or without Secure Sockets Laver SSL support The setting can be changed at atime Fese read the H ll pet Users Manual hor addtional infomation l Extenal Hite Security eee et et ee eet ri natal Shel Back Carcel i 11 When the Ready to Install screen appears click the Install button to continue 12 RAIDEpert InstallShield Wizard Ready to Install the Program The wead i ready to begin instalation Gick Install to begn the retalletion F pou wan fo view or change any of your installstion sattings click Back Cick Cancel to ext the zard netal Shige Back 12 When the Install Complete screen appears click the Finish button Back F Cancel 2 4 Logging into RAIDXpert Choose RAIDXpert in the Windows Programs menu Or log on manually with your browser 1 Launch the Browser 2 In the Browser address field type the entry explained below If you did not choose the External 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 con
9. e installation from the chose below i English United States Chinese ropltied Chinese T recihonal ech Geman Geman sk Hungaran lalian itabi Japaneze Korean Portuguese Brazi Aussian Spanizh Trscibonal Serl SWedEA RAIDXpert InstallShield Wizard aes Welcome to the Installshield Wizard for RAIDS pert The Inctalhield Wizard wil instal RAIDS pert on pour computer To continue click Ment Cancel 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 BAIDY park Inctallfhiald Wizard license Agreement Please reed the following icense agreement carelully dvanced blicio Devices Ine Solware Licenze Agreement IMPORTANT READ GAREFULLY Ca not load his oltware util you have caretully read and agreed bo the following terme and conditions Thit it alegal agreenmerk Agieement between you ether an individual or an entky Liceesee and Advanced Micro Devices lnc PAMO IF Licensee does nol agree to the terme of thie Agreernent do nol retall or use this Scthware or any potion thereat By loading of urng his software thal may inchide associated media printed Sottwere and onl
10. e number of disk drives to your logical drive Then press lt Ctrl Y gt to save your logical drive configuration You have the option of using all of the 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 below One Logical Drive After selecting the logical drive in Disk Assignments as the above mentioned procedures press any key except for lt Ctrl Y gt to use the full portion of the logical drive for one logical drive Then please follow the steps below 1 Press lt Esc gt to exit to the Main Menu 2 Press lt Esc gt again to exit the Utility 3 Press lt Y gt 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 lt Ctrl Y gt to allocate a portion of the disk drives to the first logical drive Then please follow the steps below 1 2
11. hnology inc Maan Menu View Drive Assignments Define LD Delete LD Keys Available Press 1 4 to Select Option Press 2 on the Main Menu screen to display the Define LD Menu FastBuild tm Utility c 2004 2005 ATI Technology Inc Define LD Menu RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity MB Status BEBEEBESB Keys Available t Up 1 Down ESC Exit Enter Select Press the arrow keys to highlight a logical drive number you want to define and press lt Enter gt to select it The Define LD Menu for the logical drive number you selected will next appear FastBuild tm Utility c 2004 2005 ATI Technology Define LD Menu LD No RAID Mode Total Drv LD 1 RAID 1 2 Stripe Block NA Fast Init OFF Gigabyte Boundary ON Ca ch M de Writ B ck gady Y Drive Assignments Drive Model Capacity MB ELELE 80027 ST380013AS 80027 ST3IB0013AS 80027 ST3B0013AS 80027 Choose the RAID level you want In the Define LD Menu section press the spacebar to cycle through logical drive types including RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID Ready JBOD and RAID 10 WARNING While you are allowed to use any available RAID level for your bootable logical drive it is recommended to use RAID 1 for most applications Press the arrow key to move to Disk Assignments Press the spacebar to toggle between N and Y for each available drive Y means this disk drive will be assigned to the logical drive Assign the appropriat
12. ine or electronic documentation or any potion thereat that e made available bo downoad Irom big server o CD ROM Software Licensee agrees to al ol the terme of is Agqreernent C donot accept the terme of the icense agreement Back Cancel ih When the Choose Install Folder screen appears make your selection of a folder for the RAIDXpert applications retalS Hence you are installing For example the Windows default folder is C Program Files AMD RAIDXpert 11 If you want a different folder type its location or click the Choose button and select a new location Click the Next button when you are finished RAIDXpert InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select Folder where setup wil retall iler Setup wil retall RA Dispert in the folowing folder To metall to thie Folder chek Hest To instal to a derer folder click Browse and select another Folder C ezinaton Folds C Program FlessAM DRAID Apert Browse naala hiec 10 When the Check HTTP SSL screen appears you can choose External Security An explanation follows External SSL Security Applies security to all connections involving the Internet or 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 An
13. ndows XP or AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller x64 platform for Windows XP 64 bit NOTE If you install Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage create convert delete or rebuild RAID functions on SATA SATAII HDDs you still need to set up SATA Operation Mode to RAID first Then please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in this document for details 1 3 2 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA SATAII HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up BIOS A Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the SATA Operation 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 Install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system Insert the Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system and follow the instruction to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system When you see Where do you want to install Windows page
14. nection http e Enter the Host PC s IP address 127 0 0 1 or localhost e Enter the Portnumber 2 125902 e Add to launch RAIDXpert 0 0 00 00 cee eee amd Together your entry looks like this http 127 0 0 1 25902 ati or http localhost 25902 ati 2 6 Secure Connection RAIDXpert uses a secure HTTP connection https e Enter the Host PC s IP address 127 0 0 1 or localhost e Enter the Portnumber 0000 022s eee 18443 e Add to launch RAIDXpert 0 0 0 0 000 cece ee amd Together your entry looks like this https 127 0 0 1 8443 amd or https localhost 8443 amd Note that the IP address shown above applies to a log in at the Host PC When you log in over a network enter the Host PC s actual IP address or hostname Press the Enter key Then when the login screen appears type admin in the Login ID field Type admin again in the Password field The RAIDXpert login and password are case sensitive FJ AMD NAIDXpert Login Microsoft Internet Explorer aini xj De cot Yew Fortes Imk teh Ook J J Search raorto amp re ot fades E ips loca host SA Yendinde 2p ga Lrs AMD RAIDXpert Language Sesics B ContactUs 1S M Local intraret Click the Sign in button After sign in the RAIDXpert opening screen appears 1B xi De Got few Perotes ok tb r Oba ea Sah Faota P AMD
15. ng RAIDXpert over your company network It is also possible to connect to a Host PC from the Internet Your MIS Administrator can tell you how to access your network from outside the firewall Once you are logged onto the network you can access the Host PC using its IP address Please note that only the Host PC can read and write data to the logical drives However other PCs can monitor 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 Internet is currently available message 2 Click the Work Offline button 3 In the RAIDXpert login screen enter your user name and password if used then click the Sign in button A webpage unavailable while offline message will display 4 Click the Connect button A no connection to the Internet is currently available message will display 5 Click the Try Again button After a few moments RAIDXpert will display normally in your browser 17
16. ng to RAIDXpert from the Internet ccc ccc cece cece cece eee eaeeeaeeeaeeeaeeenees 17 2 9 Running RAIDXpert without Network Connection ccc eee ene cence eee eeaeeeaeeeaeeeaeenas 17 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 After you make a SATA SATAII driver diskette press lt F2 gt to enter BIOS setup to set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of the User Manual in our support CD or Quick Installation Guide then you can start to use the onboard FastBuild BIOS utility to configure RAID 1 1 Introduction to RAID The term RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks which is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit For optimal performance please install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set RAID 0 Data Striping RAID 0 is called data striping that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel interleaved stacks It will improve data access 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
17. please insert the ASRock Support 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 1386 For Windows 7 Vista OS AMD64_ For Windows 7 64 bit Vista 64 bit OS After that please insert Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation NOTE1 If you install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage create convert delete or rebuild RAID functions on SATA SATAII HDDs you still need to set up SATA Operation Mode to RAID first Then please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in this document for details NOTE2 Currently if you install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit on IDE HDDs and there are no SATA SATAII device used please set up SATA Operation Mode to IDE in BIOS 1 4 Create Disk Array Power on your system If this is the first time you have booted with the disk drives installed the AMD onboard BIOS will display the following screen MAID BIOS Wersiom 3 8 1548 23 ic 27 iwemced Bicre Pevices lec All rights reserved E is defined Press Ciri F gt te exter FaestBaild ta Btility _ Press lt Ctrl F gt keys then the FastBuild Utility Main Menu appears FastSuild tm Utility c 2004 2005 ATI Tec
18. ptical drive to boot your system B During POST at the beginning of system boot up press lt F11 gt 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 lt Y gt 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 After reading the floppy disk the driver will be presented Select your required driver to install according to the OS you install Select AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller x86 platform for Wi
19. r RAID 5 Click the physical drives to select them Available drives have a black frame Selected drives have a red frame For RAID Ready select only one physical drive RAID 5 Striped Parity Data is striped over 3 or more drives parity provides redundancy using less space Best overall balance of performance capacity and protection Logical Drive Size CA W use Maximum Capacity Please select at least 3 drives for RAID 5 Drive on Port 1 81 9 GB Free 1 89 GB Drive on Port 2 81 9 GB Free 81 89 GB Drive on Port 3 81 9 GB Free 61 59 GB Drive on Port 4 61 9 GB Selected E Avalable Assigned Spare Invaid 15 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Click the Next button The Assign a Name screen appears Enter a name for the logical drive in the field provided Assign a name to the logical drive Assigned Name Logical Dive ME EACE Click the Next button The Final Settings screen appears RAID 0 and 10 Choose a Stripe Block Size from the dropdown menu The choices are 64 and 128 KB The Write Cache policy is None You cannot change this setting RAID 0 and 1 Select a Gigabyte Boundary policy from the dropdown menu e GigaByte Boundary Rounds the size of the logical drive down to the nearest whole gigabyte This is the default For more information e None No Boundary function Select an Initialization policy from the dropdown menu e Fast Initialization Erases
20. the reserve and master boot sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive e Full Initialization Erases all sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive RAID 0 and 1 only e None No initialization This choice is not recommended Confirm your Choices Make any changes here Mame Logical Drive 1 RAID Level RAID S Logical Drive Size Maximum Capacity Stripe Block Size Write Cache Gigabyte Boundary Initialization Click the Finish button If there are physical drives available the Select RAID Level screen appears again where you can create an additional logical drive Click the Logical Drive in Tree View to see all of the information about your new logical drive 16 Logical Drive Information Information Settings Migration synchronization Basic Information Assigned Mame Logical Crie 1 RAI Level RAIDS Capacity 50 00 GB Status Functional Background suctivity lde Graphic View Drive on Port 1 91 96 GB Assigned LE L 01 25 000 G8 E Drive on Port 2 81 56 GE Assigned LO L 02 25 00 GA Drive on Port 3 81 96 GE Hesiored LO L 03 22 00 GH B Available isagad isagad bo Logical Orivs J Backup Spare invalid Before you can use your new logical drive you must partition and format the logical drive using your PC s operating system 2 8 Connecting to RAIDXpert from the Internet The above instructions cover connections between the Host PC and other PCs usi
21. ttach a single physical drive that was previously partitioned RAIDXpert will recognize it as a JBOD However RAIDXpert does not allow you to create a single drive JBOD RAID Ready RAID Ready arranges individual physical drives the same as if they were attached to the PC s motherboard controller The advantage is that the AMD SB710 Controller can accommodate up to four physical drives more than most PC motherboards As a single physical drive RAID Ready does not offer the performance or security advantages of other RAID logical drives However you can create a backup drive by Inserting an unformatted physical drive or designating an installed physical drive In RAlIDXpert you create manage and delete a RAID Ready the same as a logical drive A RAID Ready logical drive has only one physical drive You can designate from one to four of your physical drives as RAID Ready 1 2 RAID Configurations Precautions le Please use two new drives if you are creating a RAID 0 striping array for performance It is recommended to use two SATA drives of the same size If you use 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 O set is 120GB 2 You may use two new drives or use an existing drive
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