ASROCK IMB-1224P Operating and maintenance instructions

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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
3. InstallingWindows®on a HDD under 2TB in RAID
mode ..................................................................14
4. InstallingWindows®onaHDDlargerthan2TBin
RAID mode ..................................................................15

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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di󰀨erent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di󰀨erent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.

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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.

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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
TB
Over 2.2 TB
Under 2.2
TB
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

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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 Advanced Storage Conguration and set SATA
Mode Selectionto[RAID].ThenEnterVMD setup menu.
STEP 3:
Enablethesetwooptions:Enable VMD controller and Map
this Root Port under VMD.Thenpress<F10>tosavethe
congurationchangesandexitsetup.

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STEP 4:
EnterIntel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page.
STEP 5:
SelecttheoptionCreate RAID Volumeandpress<Enter>.

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STEP 6:
Key-inaavolumenameandpress<Enter>,orsimplypress
<Enter>toacceptthedefaultname.SelectyourdesiredRAID
Levelandpress<Enter>.
STEP 7:
SelecttheharddrivestobeincludedintheRAIDarrayand
selectastripesize.SelectCreate Volume andpress<Enter>.

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STEP 8:
TheRAIDvolumeyoujustcreateisasfollowing.
 IfyouwanttodeleteaRAIDvolume,selecttheoptionDelete
ontheRAIDvolumeinfopageandpress<Enter>.

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Click YestodeletetheRAIDvolume.
 *PleasenotethattheUEFIscreenshotsshowninthis
installationguideareforreferenceonly.Theactualscreen
maydi󰀨erbymodelontheRAIDvolumeinfopageandpress
<Enter>.

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3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in
RAID mode
 Afterthe UEFIand RAIDBIOSsetupyoumaystart
installingWindows®10 64-bit OSasusual.

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4. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than
2TB in RAID mode
 Windows®10 doesnotsupportHDD’slargerthan2TB.Please
make sure to use Windows®10 64-bit.
AftertheUEFIandRAIDBIOSsetup,pleasefollowthe
stepsbelow.
STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB ash
disk
 You can download the drivers fromASRock's website
andunzipthelesintoaUSBashdiskorcopytheles
fromASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy
thelesunderthefollowingdirectory:
32bit:..\i386\Win7_Intel..
64-bit:..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel..
STEP 2: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS
Press<F11>tolaunchbootmenuatsystemPOSTand
choosetheitem“UEFI:<Opticaldiskdrive>“toboot.

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 Start Windows® Installation. When you see “Where do
youwanttoinstallWindows?”page,please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rststep.
 PleasekeeptheUSBflashdiskinstalleduntilthe
system'sfirstreboot.ContinuetoinstalltheOSby
followingtheinstructions.

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IfyouinstallWindows® 1064-bitonalarge harddisk(ex.Diskvolume>
2TB),itmaytakemoretimetobootintoWindows®orinstalldriver/utilities.
Ifyouencounterthisproblem,youwillneedtofollowtheinstructionsbelow
toxthisproblem.
Windows® 10 64-bit:
A.PleaserequestthehotxKB2505454throughthislink:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/
B.AfterinstallingWindows®10 64-bit, install
thehotx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hotxthenrebootbyitself.
E.Pleasestarttoinstallmotherboarddriversandutilities.