ASROCK IMB-X1314 User manual

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/

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