ASROCK Z370 EXTREME4 Installation guide

Brand: ASROCK

Model: Z370 EXTREME4

Type: Installation guide

ASRock Z370 EXTREME4, the motherboard that pushes the limits of computing, is a high-performance ATX motherboard designed to unleash the full potential of Intel's 8th and 9th generation processors. With support for DDR4 memory up to 4266MHz, triple M.2 slots for NVMe SSDs, and Intel Optane Memory, this motherboard delivers blazing-fast data transfer speeds and reduced boot times. Experience immersive audio with Realtek ALC1220 audio codec and enjoy crystal-clear sound quality. Connect all your peripherals with ease using the plentiful USB 3.1 Gen2 and USB 3.1 Gen1 ports.

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

2.4.2 ConguringaPCIESSDRAIDArrayUsingUEFI

SetupUtility ................................................................. 13

2.4.3 ConguringaRAIDarrayUsingIntelRAIDBIOS ...... 18

3. InstallingWindows

onaHDDunder2TBinRAID

mode ..................................................................22

4. InstallingWindows

onaHDDlargerthan2TBin

RAID mode ..................................................................23

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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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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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 Storage Configuration and set

SATA Mode Selection to[RAID].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 Boot CSM and set Launch Storage OpROM policy

to[UEFIonly].

STEP 3:

Go to Advanced Storage Conguration and set SATA

Mode Selectionto[RAID],thenpress<F10>tosavethe

congurationchangesandexitsetup.ThenEnterIntel(R)

Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page.

STEP 4:

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

STEP 5:

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

<Enter>toacceptthedefaultname.

STEP 6:

SelectyourdesiredRAID Levelandpress<Enter>.

STEP 7:

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

press<Enter>.

STEP 8:

SelectastripesizefortheRAIDarrayandpress<Enter>.

STEP 9:

Select Create Volumeandpress<Enter>tostartcreatingthe

RAIDarray.

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

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

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

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

maydifferbymodelontheRAIDvolumeinfopageandpress

<Enter>.

2.4.2 Conguring a PCIE SSD RAID Array Using UEFI

Setup Utility

Caution:

PleaseuseidenticalPCIESSDsthatarethesametypeand

volume.

STEP 1:

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

afteryoupoweronthecomputer.

STEP 2:

Go to Advanced Storage Conguration and set SATA

Mode Selection to [RAID] and set Launch Storage OpROM

policyto[UEFIonly],thenadjusttheM.2slotsthatyou’ve

installedPCIESSDsto[Enabled].Press<F10>tosavethe

congurationchangesandexitsetup.

STEP 3:

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

STEP 4:

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

STEP 5:

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

<Enter>toacceptthedefaultname.

STEP 6:

SelectyourdesiredRAID Levelandpress<Enter>.

STEP 7:

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

press<Enter>.

STEP 8:

SelectastripesizefortheRAIDarrayandpress<Enter>.

STEP 9:

Select Create Volumeandpress<Enter>tostartcreatingthe

RAIDarray.

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

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

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

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

maydifferbymodelontheRAIDvolumeinfopageandpress

<Enter>.

2.4.3 Conguring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS

Reboot your computer. Wait until you see the RAIDsoftware

promptingyoutopress<Ctrl+I>.

 Press<Ctrl+I>.Then,theIntelRAIDUtility -Create RAID

Volumewindowappears.

 IntheCreateVolumeMenu,underNameitem,pleasekey-ina

uniquenamewith1-16lettersforyourRAIDvolumethenpress

<Enter>.

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 Use theup ordown arrowkeys to select yourdesired RAID

Level.YoumayselectRAID0(Stripe),RAID1(Mirror),RAID

5orRAID10foryourRAIDlevel.Press<Enter>,andthenyou

can select Strip Size.

If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down keys to

selectthestripesizeforyourRAID0arraythenpress<Enter>.

Theavailable valuesrange from8 KBto 128KB.The default

selection is 128 KB.The strip value should bechosen based

ontheplanneddriveusage.

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8/16KB-lowdiskusage

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64KB-typicaldiskusage

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128KB-performancediskusage

 Afteryousetdiskblocksize,press<Enter>tosetdisk

Capacity.

Vo lume0

 AftersettingupCapacity,pleasepress<Enter>.

 Press<Enter>undertheCreate Volumeitem.Theutility

promptsaconrmationmessageasbelow.

Vo lume0

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