Gigabyte X570S AORUS PRO AX Installation guide

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Conguring a RAID Set (X570 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RAID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RAID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disc.

•MotherboarddriverdiscoranInternetconnectedcomputer.

•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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Figure1

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.)

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2

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.

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Step2:

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

sub-menu(Figure3).

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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.

Figure5

Step5:

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

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)

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8

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1-2 Installing the RAID 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RAIDdriver,youdonotneedtoinstallseparateRAIDdriverduring

theWindowsinstallationprocess.Aftertheoperatingsystemisinstalled,werecommendthatyouinstallall

requireddriversfromthemotherboarddriverdiscusing"XpressInstall"orfromtheGIGABYTEAPPCenterto

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

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

Step1:

Method1:CopytheHw10 folderunderthe\BootDrvfolderinthedriverdisctoyourUSBthumbdrive.

Method2:GotoGIGABYTE'swebsite,browsetothemotherboardmodel'swebpage,downloadtheAMD RAID

Preinstall DriverleontheSupport\Download\SATA RAID/AHCIpage,unziptheleandcopythe

lestoyourUSBthumbdrive.

Step2:

BootfromtheWindowssetupdisc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.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.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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