ASROCK 4Core1333-eSATA2 Manual del operador

Guide to SATA Hard Disks

Installation and RAID Configuration

1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ............................ 2

1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation............... 2

2. Guide to RAID Configurations ......................................... 3

2.1 Introduction of RAID ............................................... 3

2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions ............................ 5

2.3 Installing Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM /

VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions ........................ 6

2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items ................................ 11

2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS........................... 11

2.6 Deleting RAID Volume.......................................... 15

1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation

1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation

Intel ICH6R southbridge chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard

disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, and Intel

Matrix Storage. Intel ICH7R southbridge chipset supports Serial

ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID0,

RAID1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage. Please read the

RAID configurations in this guide carefully according to the Intel

southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. You may

install SATA hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage

devices. For SATA installation guide, please refer to Serial ATA

(SATA) Hard Disks Installation of “User Manual” in the support CD.

This section will guide you how to create RAID on SATA ports.

2. Guide to RAID Configurations

2.1 Introduction of RAID

This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that integrates

RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage /

RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA

(SATA) channels. This section will introduce the basic knowledge

of RAID, and the guide to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix

Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings.

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 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 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.

Intel Matrix Storage

The Intel Matrix Storage technology supported allows you to

create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk

drives. The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions

on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID0 and RAID 1 sets.

This technology also allows you to change the hard disk drive

partition size without losing any data.

RAID 10

RAID 10 is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose

segments are RAID 1 arrays. This configuration has the same

fault tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for fault-

tolerance as mirroring alone. RAID 10 achieves high input / output

rates by striping RAID 1 segments. In some instances, a RAID 10

configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. A

minimum of four hard disk drives is required for this setup.

RAID 5

RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or

more hard disk drives. Among the advantages of RAID 5

configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance,

and higher storage capacity. The RAID 5 configuration is best

suited for transaction processing, relational database applications,

enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a

minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.

2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions

1. 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 0 set is 120GB.

2. You may use two new drives, or use an existing 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 RAID1 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.

2.3.1 Installing Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With

RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA

/ SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set up BIOS.

A.EnterBIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE

Configuration.

B. Set “ATA/IDE Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the

option “Configure SATA as”, please set the option to [RAID].

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette.

A. Insert the Support CD into your optical drive to boot your

system.

B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11>

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 ATAdriver 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

<Y>.

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 the RAID function, you need to

check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper

configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD,

“Guide to SATA HardDisks Installation and RAID Configuration”,

which is located in the folder at the following path:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide

2.3 Installing Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM /

VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM /

VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID

functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS

you install.

If you want to use “Intel Matrix Storage Manager” in Windows®environment,

please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that “Intel

Matrix Storage Manager” will be installed to your system as well.

After the installation of Windows®2000 / Windows®XP / Windows®XP-64bit OS, if you

want to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation

Guide” and “Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information” for RAID configuration.

Please refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installa-

tion and RAID Configuration”, which is located in the folder at the following path: ..

\ RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, “Guide to Intel Matrix

Storage Manager”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix

Storage Manager Information

2.3.2 Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System

You can also set up a “RAID Ready” system with a single SATA / SATAII

hard disk. A “RAIDReady” system can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0,

RAID 1 or RAID 5 at a later date by using RAID migration feature of Intel

Matrix Storage. The following steps outline how to build an Intel “RAID

Ready” system.

1. Assemble the system and attach a single SATA / SATAII hard drive.

2. Set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 6. When done, exit Setup.

3. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette as step 2 of page 6. Begin

Windows®setup by booting from the installation CD.

4. At the beginning of Windows®setup, press F6 to install a third-party

RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette

containing the Intel®RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver

will be presented.

STEP 4: Install Windows®2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your

system.

After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette and using “RAID

Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration, you can start to install

Windows®2000 / 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 the

Intel®RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be

presented. Select the driver to install according to the mode you

choose and the OS you install. You may select: “Intel(R) 82801GR/

GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP/2000)” for

Windows®XP/2000 or “Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAIDController

(Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP64)” for Windows®XP 64-bit.

2.3.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0,

RAID 1 or RAID 5

If you have an existing “RAID Ready” system, then you can use the

following steps to perform a migration from a single non-RAID

configuration to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 configuration or three

drive RAID 5 configuration. To prepare for this, you will need another

SATA/ SATAII hard drive with a capacity equal to or greater than that

currently being used as the source hard drive.

1. Physically attach one additional SATA / SATAII hard drive to the SATAII

port not being used. Note the serial number of the hard drive already in

the system; you will use this to select it as the source hard drive when

initiating the migration.

2. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if

not already installed, using the setup package obtained from a CD-ROM

or from the Internet. This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility

and start menu links.

3. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select “Create

RAIDvolume from Existing Hard Drive” from the Actions menu. This will

activate the Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Click

through the dialogs as prompted. It’s important to understand what will

occur during the migration process because any data on the destination

hard drive will be lost.

4. Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. If you migrated to a

RAID 0 volume, use Disk Management from within Windows®in order to

partition and format the empty space created when the two hard drive

capacities are combined. You may also use third-party software to

extend any existing partitions within the RAID volume.

Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS

you install. You may select: “Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller

(Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP/2000)” for Windows®XP/2000 or “Intel(R)

82801GR/GH SATA RAIDController (Desktop ICH7R-Windows XP64)”

for Windows®XP 64-bit.

5. Finish the Windows®installation and install all necessary drivers.

6. Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM

included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the

Internet. This will add the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console which can be

used to manage the RAID configuration.

7. After setting up a “RAID Ready” system as the above steps, you can

follow the procedures of the next section to migrate the system to

RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5.

2.3.4 Installing Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With

RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA

/ SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set up BIOS.

A.EnterBIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE

Configuration.

B. Set “ATA/IDE Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the

option “Configure SATA as”, please set the option to [RAID].

STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID

configuration.

Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to

check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper

configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD,

“Guide to SATA HardDisks Installation and RAIDConfiguration”,

which is located in the folder at the following path:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide

STEP 3: Install Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your

system.

Insert the Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the

optical drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to

install Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.

When you see “Where do you want to install Windows?”

page, 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 Intel®RAID drivers. Intel®RAID drivers are in

the following path in our Support CD:

.. \ I386 (For Windows®VistaTM OS)

.. \ AMD64 (For Windows®VistaTM 64-bit OS)

After that, please insert Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit

optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the

installation.

After the installation of Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS, if you want to manage

RAID functions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” and “Intel

Matrix Storage Manager Information” for RAID configuration. Please refer to the

document in the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID

Configuration”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID

Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, “Guide to Intel Matrix Storage

Manager”, which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage

Manager Information

1. If you want to use “Intel Matrix Storage Manager” in Windows®environment,

please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that “Intel

Matrix Storage Manager” will be installed to your system as well.

2. If you install Windows®VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS, please do not create RAID 0

and RAID 5 or RAID 1 and RAID 5 at the same time under BIOS environment. It

is recommended to create RAID array one by one.

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