AMD SB750 Manual do Utilizador

RAID OPTION ROMUSER MANUALVersion 1.6

RAID Option ROM User Manual6• Extent – An extent is a portion of the physical drive. The RAID Option ROM Utility allows you to split the capacity of a

Chapter 2: Using RAID Option ROM7To secure erase a physical drive:1. From the Main Menu screen, press 1 to see the View Drive Assignments screen (belo

RAID Option ROM User Manual8The confirmation screen displays.6. Press Ctrl-P to secure erase your physical drive. Watch the screen to monitor the prog

Chapter 2: Using RAID Option ROM9Creating a Logical Drive1. From the Main Menu screen, press 2 to display the Define LD Menu (below).2. Press the arro

RAID Option ROM User Manual10See “Choosing a RAID Level” on page 24 for more information.4. Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Option ch

Chapter 2: Using RAID Option ROM11One Logical DriveContinued from Create Logical Drive step 8, above.1. Press any key (except for Ctrl-Y) to use the f

RAID Option ROM User Manual12The Define LD Menu displays again. 3. Press the up and down arrow keys to select an available logical drive number and pr

Chapter 2: Using RAID Option ROM13You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive.Viewing Drive Assignments, Split Physical DrivesAfter you cre

RAID Option ROM User Manual14Deleting a Logical DriveTo delete a logical drive:1. From the Main Menu screen, press 3 to display the Delete LD Menu (be

Chapter 2: Using RAID Option ROM15Viewing Controller ConfigurationFrom the Main Menu screen, press 4 to display the Controller Configuration Options s

RAID Option ROM User ManualiiCopyright© 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Copyright by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). No part

RAID Option ROM User Manual16Responding to Logical Drive ProblemsWhile physical drives are highly reliable, on occasion a physical drive can fail. • F

17Chapter 3: Technology Background• Introduction to RAID (below)• Choosing a RAID Level (page 24)• Stripe Block Size (page 27)• Gigabyte Boundary (pag

RAID Option ROM User Manual18RAID 0 – StripeWhen a logical drive is striped, the read and write blocks of data are interleaved between the sectors of

Chapter 3: Technology Background19RAID 1 – MirrorWhen a logical drive is mirrored, identical data is written to a pair of physical drives, while reads

RAID Option ROM User Manual20RAID 5 – Block Striping with Distributed ParityRAID 5 stripes data and distributes parity information across the physical

Chapter 3: Technology Background21RAID 10 – Mirror/StripeRAID 10 combines the properties of RAID 0 and RAID 1 logical drives. RAID 10 increases perfor

RAID Option ROM User Manual22RAID Ready – Single DriveRAID Ready arranges individual physical drives the same as if they were attached to the PC’s mot

Chapter 3: Technology Background23JBODJBOD stands for “Just a Bunch of Disks” and normally refers to one or more physical drives working independently

RAID Option ROM User Manual24Choosing a RAID LevelThere are several issues to consider when choosing the RAID Level for your logical drive. The follow

Chapter 3: Technology Background25RAID 5Recommended Applications for RAID 5:• File and Application servers• WWW, E-mail, and News servers• Intranet se

iiiContentsChapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RAID Option ROM User Manual26JBODRecommended Applications for JBOD:• Any application requiring multiple physical drives where read/write speed or faul

Chapter 3: Technology Background27Stripe Block SizeFor RAID 0, 5, and 10 logical drives, the stripe block size value can be set to 64 KB or 128 KB. 64

RAID Option ROM User Manual28If you want to initialize a new logical drive, set the Fast Init option to ON. If you do not want to initialize, set the

29Appendix A: Partition and FormatIn order for your operating system to recognize and work with the physical drives attached to your AMD SB6xx/SB7xx C

RAID Option ROM User Manual303. Click the Next button to start the Wizard.4. In the following windows, choose Disk 1 to Initialize. Do not choose any

Appendix A: Partition and Format316. Click the Next button to start the wizard.7. In the following windows, do the following actions.• Choose Primary

RAID Option ROM User Manual32When formatting is complete, your logical drive will appear as a hard disk drive in the Disk Management window (above) an

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1Chapter 1: Introduction• Functions (page 1)• Installation (page 2)• About This Manual (page 2)The RAID Option ROM is an application that runs on your

RAID Option ROM User Manual2InstallationThere is no installation required. RAID Option ROM comes factory-installed on your AMD motherboard.About This

3Chapter 2: Using RAID Option ROMOpening RAID Option ROMThe RAID Option ROM and the RAID Option ROM Utility are built-in components of the AMD motherb

RAID Option ROM User Manual4• Status – Shows one of three logical drive conditions: • Functional – The logical drive is fully operational, and no prob

Chapter 2: Using RAID Option ROM5The Main Menu (above) has five options:• Press 1 to view physical drive assignments• Press 2 to create a logical driv