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Conguring a RAID Set (X570 AORUS 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

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Configuring a RAID Set (X570 AORUS Series) RAID Levels......................................................................................................................2 1-1 Configuring SATA Controllers.....................................................................................2 A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer........................................................ 2 B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup................................................... 3 C.
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RAID Levels RAID 0 Minimum Number of ≥2 Hard Drives Array Capacity Number of hard drives * Size of the smallest drive Fault Tolerance No RAID 1 RAID 10 2 4 Size of the smallest drive Yes (Number of hard drives/2) * Size of the smallest drive Yes To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below: A. B. C. D. Install hard drive(s) in your computer. Configure SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup.
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B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup. Step: Turn on your computer and press to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Under Settings\IO Ports, set SATA Configuration\SATA Mode to RAID (Figure 1). Then save the settings and restart your computer. (If you want to use NVMe PCIe SSDs to configure RAID, make sure to set NVMe RAID mode to Enabled.) Figure 1 C.
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Step 2: After the system reboot, enter BIOS Setup again. Then enter the Settings\RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility sub-menu (Figure 3). Figure 3 Step 3: On the RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility screen, press 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).
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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 (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 to begin.
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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 Configuration Utility\Array Management\Delete Array screen. Press on Delete Array to enter the Delete screen. Then set Confirm to Enabled and press on Yes (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.
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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.