ASROCK IMB-X1314 User manual

Brand: ASROCK

Model: IMB-X1314

Type: User manual

ASRock IMB-X1314 is a high-performance motherboard that supports the latest 12th and 13th Gen Intel Core processors and DDR5 memory. It offers a wide range of features and connectivity options, including PCIe 5.0 slots, M.2 slots with PCIe 4.0 interface, and USB 3.2 Gen2x2 ports. With its robust design and advanced features, it is ideal for gaming, content creation, and other demanding applications.

Guide to SATA Hard Disks

Installation and RAID Conguration

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

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

2. GuidetoRAIDCongurations ...........................................3

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

 2.2 RAIDCongurationPrecautions ..............................6

 2.3 InstallingWindows®1064-bitWithRAIDFunctions .7

 2.4 ConguringaRAIDarray .........................................8

2.4.1 ConguringaRAIDarrayUsingUEFISetupUtility ...... 9

3. InstallingWindows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID

mode ..................................................................14

4. InstallingWindows® on a RAID volume ...........................15

1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation

1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation

IntelchipsetsupportsSerialATA(SATA)harddiskswithRAID

functions,includingRAID0,RAID1,RAID5,RAID10andIntel

RapidStorage.PleasereadtheRAIDcongurations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.Thissectionwill

guideyouhowtocreateRAIDonSATAports.

2. GuidetoRAIDCongurations

2.1 Introduction of RAID

ThismotherboardadoptsIntelsouthbridgechipsetthatinte-

gratesRAIDcontrollersupportingRAID0/RAID1/IntelRapid

Storage/RAID10/RAID5functionwithfourindependentSe-

rialATA(SATA)channels.Thissectionwillintroducethebasic

knowledgeofRAID,andtheguidetocongureRAID0/RAID

1/IntelRapid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 Rapid Storage

TheIntelRapidStoragetechnologysupportedallowsyouto

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

diskdrives.TheIntelRapidStoragetechnologycreatestwo

partitionsoneachharddiskdrivetocreateavirtualRAID0

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congurationwithRAID1segments

whosesegmentsareRAID1arrays.Thisconguration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congurationcansustainmultiplesimul-

taneous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con-

gurationincludebetterHDDperformance,faulttolerance,and

higherstoragecapacity.TheRAID5congurationisbestsui-

ted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.

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dierent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capa-

city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dierent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rst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.

Intel Rapid Storage Technology for PCIe Storage Use cases

Prerequisite:

*ThePCIeStoragedevicemustbeattachedtoremapablePCIeslotor

PCIeM.2connector.

*ThePCIeStoragedevicemustbeAHCI-controllerbased.

*SystemmustbeinRAIDmode.

*ThesystemBIOSmustusetheIntel®RapidStorageTechnologyUEFI

driveoption,LegacyOROMdoesn’tsupportPCIestoragefunction.

2.3 Installing Windows® 10 64-bit With RAID

Functions

IfyouwanttoinstallWindows®1064-bitOSonyourSATA/

SATA2/SATA3HDDswithRAIDfunctions,pleasefollowthe

proceduresbelow.

STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items

After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary

RAIDitemsintheBIOSbeforesettingyourRAIDconguration.

Bootyoursystem,andpress <F2>key to enterBIOSsetup

utility.Go toAdvanced   EnterVMDsetupmenuand set

Enable VMD controller and Map this Root Port under VMD to

[Enable]. Press <F10> to save the conguration changes and

exitsetup.

STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer

EasyRAIDInstallercancopytheRAIDdriverfromasupport

CDtoyourUSBstoragedevicewithjustonesimpleclickin

UEFIsetup.Pleasenotethatthisfeatureisnotavailableforall

models.

A.PluginyourUSBashdriveintoaUSBport.

B.EnterUEFISETUPUTILITYToolandhighlight“Easy

RAIDInstaller”.Press[Enter]toconrmtheselection.

C.Followtheonscreeninstructiontocompletetheprocess.

STEP 3: Set RAID conguration

Pleaserefertop.8-17ofthisdocumentforinstructionsonhow

tosetRAIDconguration.

STEP 4: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS on your system.

2.4 Conguring a RAID array

YoucancongureaRAIDarrayusingeitherUEFISetup

UtilityorIntel®RAIDBIOSsetuputility,dependingontheHDD

capacityandtheOSyouareinstalling.Pleaserefertothetable

belowtochoosethecorrespondingRAIDUtility.

OS Windows 10

HDD

Capacity

Over 2.2 TB

Under 2.2

Over 2.2 TB

Under 2.2

Ultra Fast

Boot Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled

Option ROM

Setting n/a n/a

UEFI SETUP UTILITY\

Boot\CSM [Launch

Storage OpROM policy]

= [UEFI only]

n/a

Required

RAID Utility

UEFI Setup

Utility

UEFI Setup

Utility

UEFI Setup

Utility

Intel® RAID

BIOS setup

utility

2.4.1 Conguring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility

STEP 1:

EntertheUEFISetupUtilitybypressing<F2>or<Del>right

afteryoupoweronthecomputer.

STEP 2:

Go to AdvancedEnterVMDsetupmenu.

STEP 3:

Enablethesetwooptions:Enable VMD controller and Map

this Root Port under VMD.Thenpress<F10>tosavethe

congurationchangesandexitsetup.

STEP 4:

EnterIntel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page.

STEP 5:

SelecttheoptionCreate RAID Volumeandpress<Enter>.

STEP 6:

Key-inaavolumenameandpress<Enter>,orsimplypress

<Enter>toacceptthedefaultname.SelectyourdesiredRAID

Levelandpress<Enter>.

STEP 7:

SelecttheharddrivestobeincludedintheRAIDarrayand

selectastripesize.SelectCreate Volume andpress<Enter>.

STEP 8:

TheRAIDvolumeyoujustcreateisasfollowing.

 IfyouwanttodeleteaRAIDvolume,selecttheoptionDelete

ontheRAIDvolumeinfopageandpress<Enter>.

Click

YestodeletetheRAIDvolume.

 *PleasenotethattheUEFIscreenshotsshowninthis

installationguideareforreferenceonly.Theactualscreen

maydierbymodelontheRAIDvolumeinfopageandpress

<Enter>.

3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in

RAID mode

 After theUEFIandRAID BIOS setupyoumay start

installingWindows® 10 64-bit OSasusual.

4. Installing Windows® on a RAID volume

 AftertheUEFIandRAIDBIOSsetup,pleasefollowthesteps

below.

STEP 1:

 Please download the drivers from our website (https://

www.asrockind.com/)andunzipthelestoaUSBash

driveorcopythefiles from ourmotherboardsupport

CD.

STEP 2:

 Press<F11>atsystemPOSTtolaunchthebootmenu

andchoosetheitem“UEFI:<Windowsinstallation

media>”toinstallWindows®1064-bitOS.

STEP 3 (If the drive that you plan to install Windows

is available, please go to STEP 6):

 IfduringtheWindows installationprocessthetarget

driveisnotavailable,pleaseclick<LoadDriver>.

STEP 4:

 Click<Browse>tofind thedriveronyour USBflash

drive.

STEP 5:

 Select“Intel(R)ChipsetSATA/PCIePremiumController”

andthenclick<Next>.

STEP 6:

 Selectunallocatedspaceandthenclick<Next>.

STEP 7:

 PleasefollowWindows’installationinstructionstonish

theprocess.

STEP 8:

 Afterthe Windowsinstallationisnished,please install

theRapidStorageTechnologydriverandutilityfromour

website.https://www.asrockind.com/

ASROCK IMB-X1314 User manual

ASROCK IMB-X1314 User manual

ASROCK IMB-X1314 User manual

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