ASROCK H87 Pro4, Installation And Configuration Manual

Page 1: ...AID 3 2 2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2 3 Installing Windows 8 8 64 bit 7 7 64 bit With RAID Functions 7 2 4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 8 2 5 Configuring a RAID array 8 2 5 1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility 8 2 5 2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS 13 3 Installing Windows on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 17 4 Installing Windows on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID m...

Page 2: ... functions including RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage Please read the RAID configurations 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 ...

Page 3: ...AID 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 im...

Page 4: ... to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data RAID 10 RAID 10 is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays This configuration 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 configuration...

Page 5: ... RAID 5 confi guration include better HDD performance fault tolerance and higher storage capacity The RAID 5 configuration 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 ...

Page 6: ...xisting 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 i...

Page 7: ...r instructions on how to set RAID configuration STEP 3 Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this step only if you use a HDD larger than 2TB otherwise skip to STEP4 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 flash drive into a USB ...

Page 8: ...e Selection to RAID Press F10 key to save your change before you exit BIOS setup 2 5 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel RAID BIOS setup utility 2 5 1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1 For Windows 8 Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to set Fast Boot to Ultra Fast or Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to disable CSM For Wind...

Page 9: ...9 STEP 2 Enter Intel R Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page STEP 3 Select the option Create RAID Volume and press Enter ...

Page 10: ...10 STEP 4 Key in a a volume name and press Enter or simply press Enter to accept the default name STEP 5 Select your desired RAID Level and press Enter ...

Page 11: ...11 STEP 6 Select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array and press Enter STEP 7 Select a stripe size for the RAID array and press Enter ...

Page 12: ...12 STEP 8 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 ...

Page 13: ...r 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 Volume0 ...

Page 14: ...ted 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 8 16 KB low disk usage 64 KB typical disk usage 128 KB performance disk usage After you set disk block size press Enter to set disk Capacity Volume0...

Page 15: ...15 After setting up Capacity please press Enter Press Enter under the Create Volume item The utility prompts a confirmation message as below Volume0 Volume0 Volume0 ...

Page 16: ...allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under BIOS RAID environment If you want to create an extra RAID partition please use the RAID utility under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you install OS If you want to delete a RAID volume please select the option Delete RAID Volume press Enter and then follow the instructions on the screen ...

Page 17: ...17 3 Installing Windows on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows 8 8 64 bit 7 7 64 bit OS as usual ...

Page 18: ...TEP 1 Copy Intel RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock s website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock s motherboard support CD Please copy the files under the following directory 32 bit i386 Win7_Intel 64 bit AMD64 Win7 64_Intel STEP 2 Install Windows 7 64 bit 8 64 bit OS Press F11 to launch boot menu at system POST and choos...

Page 19: ...se click Load Driver Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port select Browse to find the RAID driver Then choose the directory you have copied in the first step Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system s first reboot Continue to install the OS by following the instructions ...

Page 20: ...elow to fix this problem Windows 7 64 bit 8 64 bit A Please request the hotfix KB2505454 through this link http support microsoft com kb 2505454 B After installing Windows 7 64 bit 8 64 bit install the hotfix kb2505454 This may take a long time 30 mins C Reboot your system It may take about 5 minutes to reboot D Windows will install this hotfix then reboot by itself E Please start to install mothe...