User's Manual

PleasevisitGIGABYTE'swebsitefordetailsonconguringaRAIDarray.
C-2.ConguringLegacyRAIDROM
EnterthelegacyRAIDBIOSsetuputilitytocongureaRAIDarray.Skipthisstepandproceedwiththeinstallation
ofWindowsoperatingsystemforanon-RAIDconguration.
Steps:
1. In BIOS Setup, go to BIOS and set CSM Support to Enabled. Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup. After
the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says
"Press<Ctrl-R>toCongure".Press<Ctrl>+<R>toentertheRAIDBIOSsetuputility.
2. Tocreateanewarray,press<Enter>ontheCreate Array option.
3. The selection bar will move to the Disks section on the right of the screen. Select the hard drives to be
includedintheRAIDarray.Usetheupordownarrowkeytoselectaharddriveandpress<Insert>.The
selectedharddrivewillbeshowningreen.Tousealloftheharddrives,simplypress<A>toselectall.Then
press<Enter>andtheselectionbarwillmovetotheUser Input section on the left bottom of the screen.
4. First,selectaRAIDmodeandpress<Enter>.Theselectionsavailabledependonthenumberoftheharddrives
beinginstalled.Thenfollowtheon-screeninstructionstospecifythearraysize.YoucanselectAll available
spacetousethemaximumsizeallowedorusetheupordownarrowkeytoadjustthesizeandpress<Enter>.
5. Selectacachingmode.OptionsincludeRead/Write,ReadOnly,andNone.Thenpress<Enter>toproceed.
6. Finally,amessagewhichsays"ConrmCreationofArray"willappear.Press<C>toconrmor<Esc>to
return to the previous screen.
7. Whencompleted,youwillseethenewarrayonthemainscreen.ToexittheRAIDBIOSutility,press<Esc>
andthenpress<C>toconrm.
Installing the RAID Driver and Operating System
WiththecorrectBIOSsettings,youarereadytoinstalltheoperatingsystem.
Installing the Operating System
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" 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:
1. Copy the Hw10 folder under the \Boot folder in the driver disc to your USB thumb drive.
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.
3. Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location of the driver. The location of the drivers is as
follows:
\Hw10\RAID\x64
4. 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.
5. After setting the capacity, move to Create Arrayandpress<Enter>tobegin.
6. 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.
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