Gigabyte X570 AORUS XTREME User manual

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Conguring a RAID Set (TRX40 Series)

RAID Levels .....................................................................................................................2

1-1ConguringSATAControllers .................................................................................... 2

A.InstallingSATAharddrive(s)inyourcomputer ....................................................... 2

B.ConguringSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup .................................................. 3

C.UEFIRAIDConguration ....................................................................................... 3

1-2InstallingtheSATARAID/AHCIDriverandOperatingSystem ..................................7

A.InstallingWindows ................................................................................................. 7

B.RebuildinganArray ................................................................................................ 8

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To congure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below:

A. Installharddrive(s)inyourcomputer.

B. CongureSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup.

C. CongureaRAIDarrayinRAIDBIOS(Note1)

D. InstalltheSATARAID/AHCIdriverandoperatingsystem

Before you begin

•AtleasttwoSATAharddrivesorSSDs(Note2)(toensureoptimalperformance,itisrecommendedthatyou

usetwoharddriveswithidenticalmodelandcapacity).(Note3)

•AWindowssetupdisk.

•Motherboarddriverdisk.

•AUSBthumbdrive.

1-1 Conguring SATA Controllers

A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer

Installtheharddrives/SSDsintheSATA/M.2 connectors on the motherboard. Then connect the power

connectorsfromyourpowersupplytotheharddrives.

RAID Levels

RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10

MinimumNumberof

HardDrives ≥2 2 4

ArrayCapacity Numberofharddrives*

Sizeofthesmallestdrive

Sizeofthesmallestdrive (Numberofharddrives/2)*

Sizeofthesmallestdrive

FaultTolerance No Yes Yes

(Note1) SkipthisstepifyoudonotwanttocreateRAIDarrayontheSATAcontroller.

(Note2) AnM.2PCIeSSDcannotbeusedtosetupaRAIDseteitherwithanM.2SATASSDoraSATAharddrive.

(Note3) Referto"InternalConnectors,"fortheinstallationnoticesfortheM.2,andSATAconnectors.

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TheBIOSSetupmenusdescribedinthissectionmaydifferfromtheexactsettingsforyourmotherboard.

TheactualBIOSSetupmenuoptionsyouwillseeshalldependonthemotherboardyouhaveand

theBIOSversion.

B. Conguring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup

MakesuretoconguretheSATAcontrollermodecorrectlyinsystemBIOSSetup.

Step:

Turnonyourcomputerandpress<Delete>toenterBIOSSetupduringthePOST(Power-OnSelf-Test).Under

Settings\IO Ports, setSATA Conguration\SATA ModetoRAID(Figure1).Thensavethesettingsandrestart

yourcomputer.(IfyouwanttouseNVMePCIeSSDstocongureRAID,makesuretosetNVMe RAID modeto

Enabled. Then set how the bandwidth of the PCIe slot you use is divided. Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup. )

C. UEFI RAID Conguration

Step1:

InBIOSSetup,gotoBoot andsetCSM SupporttoDisabled(Figure2).SavethechangesandexitBIOSSetup.

Figure1

Figure2

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Step2:

Afterthesystemreboot,enterBIOSSetupagain.ThenentertheSettings\IO Ports\RAIDXpert2 Conguration

Utility sub-menu(Figure3).

Step3:

OntheRAIDXpert2CongurationUtilityscreen,press<Enter>onArray ManagementtoentertheCreate

Arrayscreen.Then,selectaRAIDlevel(Figure4).RAIDlevelssupportedincludeRAID0,RAID1,andRAID

10(theselectionsavailabledependonthenumberoftheharddrivesbeinginstalled).Next,press<Enter>on

Select Physical DiskstoentertheSelect Physical Disksscreen.

Figure3

Figure4

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Step4:

OntheSelect Physical Disksscreen,selecttheharddrivestobeincludedintheRAIDarrayandsetthemto

Enabled.Next,usethedownarrowkeytomovetoApply Changesandpress<Enter>(Figure5).Thenreturn

tothepreviousscreenandsettheArray Size,Array Size Unit,Read Cache PolicyandWrite Cache Policy.

Step5:

Aftersettingthecapacity,movetoCreate Arrayandpress<Enter>tobegin.(Figure6)

Figure5

Figure6

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Aftercompleting,you'llbebroughtbacktotheArray Managementscreen.UnderManage Array Properties

youcanseethenewRAIDvolumeandinformationonRAIDlevel,arrayname,arraycapacity,etc.(Figure7)

Delete RAID Volume

To delete a RAID array, select thearraytobedeletedon the RAIDXpert2 Conguration Utility\Array

Management\Delete Array screen. Press <Enter>on Delete Array to enterthe Delete screen.Thenset

Conrm toEnabledandpress<Enter>onYes(Figure8).

Figure7

Figure8

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1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System

WiththecorrectBIOSsettings,youarereadytoinstalltheoperatingsystem.

A. Installing Windows

AssomeoperatingsystemsalreadyincludeSATARAID/AHCIdriver,youdonotneedtoinstallseparateRAID/

AHCIdriverduringtheWindowsinstallationprocess.Aftertheoperatingsystemisinstalled,werecommend

thatyouinstallallrequireddriversfromthemotherboarddriverdiskusing"XpressInstall"toensuresystem

performanceandcompatibility.IftheoperatingsystemtobeinstalledrequiresthatyouprovideadditionalSATA

RAID/AHCIdriverduringtheOSinstallationprocess,pleaserefertothestepsbelow:

Step1:

CopytheHw10 folderunderthe\BootDrvfolderinthedriverdisktoyourUSBthumbdrive.

Step2:

BootfromtheWindowssetupdiskandperformstandardOSinstallationsteps.Whenthescreenrequestingyou

toloadthedriverappears,selectBrowse.

Step3:

InserttheUSBthumbdriveandthenbrowsetothelocationofthedriver.Thelocationofthedriverisasfollows:

Windows64-bit:\Hw10\RAID\x64

Step4:

WhenascreenasshowninFigure1appears,selectAMD-RAID Bottom DevicerstandclickNexttoloadthe

driver.ThenselectAMD-RAID ControllerandclickNexttoloadthedriver.Finally,continuetheOSinstallation.

Figure1

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B. Rebuilding an Array

Rebuildingistheprocessofrestoringdatatoaharddrivefromotherdrivesinthearray.Rebuildingapplies

onlytofault-tolerantarrayssuchasRAID1andRAID10arrays.Toreplacetheolddrive,makesuretousea

newdriveofequalorgreatercapacity.Theproceduresbelowassumeanewdriveisaddedtoreplaceafailed

drivetorebuildaRAID1array.

Whileintheoperatingsystem,makesuretheChipsetandRAIDdrivershavebeeninstalledfromthemotherboard

driverdisk.Thendouble-clicktheRAIDXpert2icononthedesktoptolaunchtheRAIDutility.

Step1:

EntertheloginIDandpassword(default:"admin"),

andthenclickSubmittolaunchAMD RAIDXpert2.

Step2:

IntheDisk Devicessection,left-click yourmouse

twiceonthenewly-addedharddrive.

Step3:

Onthenextscreen,selectAssign as Global Spare

andclickConrm.

Step4:

Duringtherebuildprocess,youcanselectthearray

thatisbeingbuilt(displayedinred) in the Active

Volumessectiontocheckthecurrentprogress.

Step5:

Thenrebuild is complete when the Task State

columnshows"COMPLETED."

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