ASROCK 939S56-M Manuale dell'operatore

Guide to SATA Hard Disks

Installation and RAID Configuration

1. Guide to SATAHardDisks Installation ……………..2

1.1 SerialATA(SATA) HardDisks Installation …… 2

1.2 MakingAn SATADriverDiskette ……………… 3

2. Guide toRAID Configurations

(RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD) …………………………. . 4

2.1 Introduction of RAID …………………………… 4

2.2 RAIDConfigurationPrecautions……………… 5

2.3 RAID0Configuration…………………………… 6

2.4 RAID1Configuration…………………….…….13

2.5 JBODConfiguration…………………………… 19

3. Guide to Windows 2000 /

Windows XP Installation …………………………...23

1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation

1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation

This motherboard adopts SiS 965L south bridge chipset that supports Serial

ATA (SATA) hard disks. You may install SATA hard disks in this motherboard

for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA

hard disks.

STEP1: Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis.

STEP2: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s

primary SATA connector (SATA1).

STEP3: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the primary SATA

hard disk.

STEP4: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk. If you just

want to install only one SATA HDD, the installation process is

complete at this step. If you want to install two SATA HDDs or you

want to use RAID function, please continue to do the following

steps.

STEP5: Connect one end of the second SATA data cable to the

motherboard’s secondary SATA connector (SATA2).

STEP6: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the secondary

SATA hard disk.

STEP7: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk.

1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette

If you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on SATA HDDs, you will

need to make an SATA driver diskette before you start the OS installation.

How to make an SATA driver diskette?

STEP1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your

system. (DoNOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive at

this moment!)

STEP2: During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11>

key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please

select CD-ROM as the boot device.

STEP3: When you see the message on the screen, “Do you want to

generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.

STEP4: Then you will see these messages,

Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive.

WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will

lose ALL data in it!

Start to format and copy files [YN]?

Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press

<Y>.

STEP5: The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA

drivers into the floppy diskette.

Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install

Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the

RAID configuration on your system, or you may start to use “SiS RAID BIOS

Setting Utility” to set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you install

the OS. You may also set the RAID configuration by using “SiS RAID Utility

for Windows” in Windows environment. Please refer to the document in the

Support CD, “Guide to SiS RAID Utility for Windows”, which is located in the

folder at the following path:

.. \ RAID Utility for Windows

2. Guide to RAID Configurations

(RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD)

2.1 Introduction of RAID

This motherboard adopts SiS 964 south bridge chipset that integrates RAID

controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD function with two independent

Serial ATA (SATA) channels. This section will introduce the basic knowl-

edge of RAID, and the guide to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD 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 ac-

cess 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 manage-

ment 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.

JBOD

JBOD (Just a Bunch of Drives) is also called data spanning. It will expands

the capacity of your drive and results in a useable total capacity since it will

make several hard disk types configured as a single hard disk, and the hard

drives are simply hooked up in series. However, JBOD will not increase any

performance or data security.

2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions

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 different 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 capacity 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 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 capac-

ity for the RAID 1 set is 60GB.

3. Please verify the status of your hard disks before you set up your new

RAID array.

Please carefully read the following list of limita-

tions of “SiS SATA Driver” and “SiS RAID BIOS

Setting Utility” before you use the RAID function.

Limitations of “SiS SATA Driver” and “SiS RAID

BIOS Setting Utility”

1. “SiS RAID Utility for Windows” are only available for Windows

XP / Windows 2000. There is no RAID utility supporting Win-

dows 98 SE and Windows ME.

2. “SiS SATA driver/utility/BIOS” may be updated occasionally.

Please visit ASRock website for the latest driver update.

ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com

2.3 RAID 0 Configuration

This section will guide you to configure RAID0. To set RAID0 configuration,

please follow the instruction below to use “SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility”.

NOTE

In the following instruction, the term “Disk 1” refers to the SATA

hard disk that you connect to “SATA1” connector on your

motherboard; the term “Disk 2” refers to the SATA hard disk that

you connect to “SATA2” connector on your motherboard.

STEP1: Boot-up your computer.

STEP2: Press <Ctrl-S> key to enter “SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility”

STEP3: Press <R> key to enter RAID setup utility and start to create array.

SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility

RAID Setup

[R] : Enter Raid setup utility

[Q] : Exit current menu

Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type

Disk 1 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

Disk 2 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

* Current Created Raid *

SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility

RAID Setup

Press[A]keytocreateRAID

[Q] : Exit current menu

Disk 1 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

Disk 2 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type

* Current Created Raid *

SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility

RAID Setup

RAID Type: <1> JBOD <2> RAID 0 <3> RAID 1: 2

[Q] : Exit current menu

Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type

Disk 1 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

Disk 2 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

* Current Created Raid *

STEP4: Press <A> key to create array.

STEP5: Press <2> and <Enter> to select RAID 0.

SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility

RAID Setup

RAID 0

<1> Auto Create <2> Manual Create: 2

[Q] : Exit current menu

Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type

Disk 1 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

Disk 2 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

* Current Created Raid *

SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility

RAID Setup

RAID 0

Block Size:

[Q] : Exit current menu

<1>16K <2>32K <3>64K <4>128K <5>256K: 3

Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type

Disk 1 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

Disk 2 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

* Current Created Raid *

STEP6: Press <1> or <2> to select Create options. If you select <1> “Auto

Create”, “Disk 1” will be the Source disk. If you select <2> “Manual

Create”, the first selected disk will be the Source disk.

WARNING!!

The SOURCE disk should be correctly selected,

otherwise, the inside data will be cleared after

RAID 0 created.

STEP7: If you select <2> “Manual Create” in STEP 6, then the following

screen will appear. Please press <1>-<5> keys and <Enter> to

select Block Size. (Default : 64K)

SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility

RAID Setup

RAID 0

Use to select and press <Enter> to confirm

The disk you select first will be the SOURCE disk

[Q] : Exit current menu

Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type

Disk 1 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

Disk 2 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

* Current Created Raid *

STEP8: Use < > and < > keys to select disk, and press <Enter> to confirm

your selection. Please note that the disk you select first will be the

SOURCEdisk.

SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility

RAID Setup

RAID 0

Split the SOURCE (Disk 1) data to RAID disks ? N

[Q] : Exit current menu

Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type

Disk 1 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

Disk 2 XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX

* Current Created Raid *

STEP9: Press <Q> to escape the current setup menu. Then you will see

the following message: “Split the SOURCE (Disk 1) data to RAID

disks? N” If you press <N> and <Enter>, it will Create Stripe only.

If you press <Y> and <Enter>, it will split the data on source disk

to RAID disks.

NOTE

If both SATA disks are empty, or you don’t need

the data any more, you should select <N> to save

your time. If you want to keep the data of the

source disk, you should select <Y>. This split ac-

tion may take several hours depending on the size

of your HDD.

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