Optima WorkPro K8X Supplementary Manual

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Table of Contents

Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Nvidia nForce 430) ...................................................... 2

(1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer ...................................................................... 2

(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup .................................. 2

(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ........................................................................................6

(4) Making a SATA controller driver disk ..................................................................................... 9

(5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation ......................................................... 11

(6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000 ...................................... 14

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: Nvidia nForce 430)

"*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the SATA controller.

To configure SATA hard drive(s), follow the steps below:

(1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system.

(2) Configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup.

(3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS.

(4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver.

(5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation.

Before you begin

Please prepare: (a) At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two

hard drives with identical model and capacity). If you do not want to create RAID, you may prepare

only o ne h ard driv e. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Wind ows XP/2000 s etup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard.

(1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer

Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA port(s) on the motherboard. If there are more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, you may r efer to the mother board user's manual to identify the SATA controller for the connector. Then connect the power connector from yo ur power supply to the hard drive.

(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup

You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s)/RAID array.

Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). In the exam ple in Figur e 1, make sure tha t Serial-ATA-II 1 or Serial-ATA-II 2 under the Integrated Peripherals menu is enabled (Serial-ATAII-1 controls the SATAII0/1 connectors and Serial-ATAII-2 controls the SATAII2/3 connectors). If you wi sh to create RAID ar ray, press ENTER on the SATAII RAID Config item to enter the submenu .

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Figure 1

In the SATAII RAID Config submenu, enable SATA-II RAID function. Then enable the SATA ports with hard disks that you want to use for RAID. In the example in Figure 2, enable SATA-II 1 Primary/ Secondary RAID or SATA-II 2 Primary/Secondary RAID). (For example, if you wish to create RAID with hard disks on the SATAII0 and SATAII1 connectors, set SATA-II 1 Primary/Secondary RAID to Enabled).

Figure 2

The BIOS Setup menu s d escribed in this section may not show th e e xact settings for your motherboard. The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and th e BIOS version.

Integrated Peripherals

} SATAII RAID Config [Press Enter]

On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] On-Chip IDE Channel1 [Enabled] IDE1 Conductor Cable [Auto] IDE2 Conductor Cable [Auto] Serial-ATA-II 1 [Enabled] Serial-ATA-II 2 [Enabled] On-Chip USB [V1.1+V2.0] USB Keyboard Support [Disabled] USB Mouse Support [Disabled] Onboard Audio Function [Auto] Onboard LAN Function [Auto] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Onboard 1394 Function [Enabled] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

Item Help Menu Level}

higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

SATAII RAID Config

Item Help Menu Level}

SATA-II RAID function [Disabled]

x SATA-II 1 Primary RAID Disabled x SATA-II 1 Secondary RAID Disabled x SATA-II 2 Primary RAID Disabled x SATA-II 2 Secondary RAID Disabled

higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

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Step 2: If you do not create RAID, select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu, select the model of the SATA hard drive onto which you wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP. You should see a screen similar to Figure 3 below.

Figure 3

After configuring the SATA controller mode in system BIOS, if you wish to create RAID, save the settings and exit. Then go to RAID BIOS (refer to page 6) to configure the RAID array. After finished, re-enter the system BIOS Setup to set hard disk boot priority before OS installation. Select Hard Disk Boot Priority under the Advanced BIOS Features menu. In the Hard Disk Boot Priority submenu, select the RAID array onto which yo u wish to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Figure 4).

Figure 4

Hard Disk Boot Priority

1. CH2 M. : ST3120026AS

2. CH3 M. : ST3120026AS

3. Bootable Add-in Cards

hi: Move PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority F10: Save ESC: Exit

Item Help Menu Level }}

Use <h> or <i > to select a device, then press <+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

Hard Disk Boot Priority

1. SCSI-0: NVIDIA MIRROR 111.7

2. Bootable Add-in Cards

hi: Move PU/PD/+/-: Change Priority F10: Save ESC: Exit

Item Help Menu Level }}

Use <h> or <i > to select a device, then press <+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

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Advanced BIOS Features

} Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

First Boot Device [CDROM]

Second Boot Device [Hard Disk]

Third Boot Device [CDROM]

Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled]

Password Check [Setup]

Init Display First [PEG]

higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Item Help Menu Level}

Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority

Step 3: To boot from Windows installation CD-ROM, set First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to CDROM (Figure 5).

Step 4: Save and exit BIOS Setup.

Figure 5

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(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS

Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID.

Step 1: After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which says "Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility" (Figure 6). Hit the F10 key to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility.

Figure 6

Step 2：

The Define a New Array screen is the first option screen when you enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. (Figure 7). You can press the TAB key to highlight through options.

Step 3: In the RAID Mode field, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (default), Striping, Stripe Mirroring, Spanning and Raid 5. The following is an example of RAID 0 array creation.

Step 4: If RAID 0 (Striping) is selected, you can manually set the striping block size. In the Striping Block field, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to set the Striping Block size. The KB is the standard unit of Striping Block size. We recommend you leaving it to the default setting--Optimal (64K). The size range is from 4K to 128K.

Figure 7

Detecting array ...

Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility ...

MediaShield RAID Utility July 27 2005

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Block: Optimal

Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity

2.0.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

2.1.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

Array Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity

[g] Add

[f ] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [hi] Select [ENTER] Popup

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Step 6: Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear (Figure

9). I f you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard dr ives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.)

Figure 9

Figure 8

Step 5: Next, select the hard drives which you wish to be included in the disk array. The Free Disks section displays the information about the currently installed SATA hard drives. Press the TAB key to move to the Free Disks section. Select the target hard drives using the UP or DOWN ARROW key and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks section (Figure 8).

Clear disk data ?

[Y] YES [N] NO

MediaShield RAID Utility July 27 2005

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal

[g] Add

[f ] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [hi] Select [ENTER] Popup

2.0.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

2.1.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity

Array Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity

RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal

[g] Add

[f ] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [hi] Select [ENTER] Popup

1.0.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

1.1.M ST3120026AS 111.79GB

MediaShield RAID Utility July 27 2005

- Define a New Array -

Array Disks

Loc Disk Model Capacity

Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity

Clear disk data ?

[Y] YES [N] NO

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To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen (Figure

11), where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity , etc.

Figure 11

Figure 10

After that, the Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear (Figure 10). If you want to set the disk array as boot device, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array and pre ss B. The Boot section will show Yes.

To delete the array, press D in the Array Detail screen. When the "Delete this array?" message appears, press Y to confirm or N to cancel. Press ENTER to return to the Array List screen.

To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl+X in the Array List screen.

Now, you can p roceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system.

MediaShield RAID Utility July 27 2005

- Array List -

[Ctrl-X] Exit [hi] Select [B] Set Boot [N] New Array [ENTER] Detail

Boot Id Status Vendor Array Model Name

No 2 Healthy NVIDIA STRIPE 223.57G

Array 2 : NVIDIA STRIPE 223.57G

- Array Detail -

RAID Mode: Striping Striping Width : 1 Striping Block: 64K

Adapt Channel M/S Index Disk Model Capacity

1 0 Master 0 ST3120026AS 111.79GB 1 1 Master 1 ST3120026AS 111.79GB

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return

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(4) Making a SATA controller driver disk

To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive/RAID array on the nVIDIA nForce430 controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive/RAID array may not be recognized during the Windows setup process.

First of all, you need to copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppy dis k. The instructions below explain how to copy t he driver.

Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the installation utility first.

Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figur e 12).

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Figure 12

Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 13).

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Figure 14

Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and select the nVIDIA Serial ATA driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu (for example, from the menu in Figure 14, press I to select nVIDIA C51 Series Raid (XP) if you wish to install Windows XP or press J to select nVIDIA C51 Series Raid (2K) if you wish to install Windows 2000). Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk.

Step 6: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete.

Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 14 below will appear

(Not e)

(Note): The name of the drivers in the menu might differ, depending on the version of your dr ive r CD-ROM disk.

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Figure 15

Windows Setup

Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver.

(5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation

Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the driver. The following is an example of Windows XP installation.

Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen.

Figure 16

Windows Setup

S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit

Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s)

<none>

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears (Figure 16), insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S.

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Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 17 below will appear. Use the A RROW keys to select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER* (Figure 17) and pr ess ENTER. Later, when a screen similar to Figure 18 appears, you must press S to select additional driver. The scre en wil l r eturn to previous screen as shown in Figur e 1 7. Sel ect NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller a nd pres s ENTE R.

Figure 17

"*" If you want to create RAID, sel ect both NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and t hen NVIDIA

nForce Storage Controller.

If you do not create RAID, s elect NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller only.

Figure 18

Windows Setup

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD.

Windows Setup

ENTER=Select F3=Exit

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows, using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen.

NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)

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Figure 20

Step 4: When the next screen (Figure 19) appears, press ENTER to continue the SATA driver installation from the flop py disk.

Figure 19

Windows Setup

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit

Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):

NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special

disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage

device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.

After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to that below. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation now.

WindowsXP Professional Setup

The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer.

Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list.

l To set up Windows XP on the seleted item, press ENTER. l To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C. l To delete the selected partition, press D.

ENTER= Install C=Create Partition F3=Quit

114471 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on nvraid (MBR)

Unpartitioned space 114471MB

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(6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000

Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to a bootable

RAI D volume. There are two solutions to resolve this issue.

Solutions 1:

Use the NVRAID tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the boot volume to a RAID array. Here are the detailed step-by-step instructions:

Step 1: Install Windows 2000 onto a selected hard drive. Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from Microsoft's website. Step 2: After system restarts, press Del to enter system BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). Under the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 21) assure the SATA port connecting the SATA hard disk (the one containing the Windows 2000) is Enabled (Figure 21/22). Save settings and exit the BIOS setup.

Figure22

SATAII RAID Config

Item Help Menu Level}

SATA-II RAID function [Disabled]

x SATA-II 1 Primary RAID Disabled x SATA-II 1 Secondary RAID Disabled x SATA-II 2 Primary RAID Disabled x SATA-II 2 Secondary RAID Disabled

higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Figure 21

Integrated Peripherals

} SATAII RAID Config [Press Enter]

On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]

On-Chip IDE Channel1 [Enabled]

IDE1 Conductor Cable [Auto]

IDE2 Conductor Cable [Auto]

Serial-ATA-II 1 [Enabled]

Serial-ATA-II 2 [Enabled]

On-Chip USB [V1.1+V2.0]

USB Keyboard Support [Disabled]

USB Mouse Support [Disabled]

Onboard Audio Function [Auto]

Onboard LAN Function [Auto]

Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]

Onboard 1394 Function [Enabled]

Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]

Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]

Parallel Port Mode [SPP]

Item Help Menu Level}

higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

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Step 3: After system restarts, press F10 to enter the NVIDIA RAID setup utility. Select Striping in the RAID Mode filed (Figure 23). Move to the Free Disks section with the TAB key. Select the desired disk and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add it to Array Disks menu.

Figure 23

Step 4: After all the settings, press F7 to complete the configuration. When prompted to Clear Disk Data (Figure

24), press N. Then press CTRL+X to exit the NVIDIA RAID BIOS. Restart the computer to boot into Windows 2000.

Figure 24

MediaShield RAID Utility July 27 2005

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal

[g] Add

[f ] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [hi] Select [ENTER] Popup

2.0.M ST3120026AS 111.78G

2.1.M ST3120026AS 111.78G

Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity

Array Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity

RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal

[g] Add

[f ] Del

[ESC] Quit [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [hi] Select [ENTER] Popup

1.0.M ST3120026AS 111.79G

1.1.M ST3120026AS 111.79G

MediaShield RAID Utility July 27 2005

- Define a New Array -

Array Disks

Loc Disk Model Capacity

Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity

Clear disk data ?

[Y] YES [N] NO

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Step 5: Install t he NVIDIA nForc e Driv er Package while in W in do ws 2000 and reboot the sy st em . Go to START>Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID manager. You should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the boot disk. Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it. Select Convert Array under the System Tasks and select Next following the instructions. Select the desired type of RAID array you want to convert and then select Next. You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk(s) to add to the bootable RAID array. Press Finish then NVRAID will start converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in a bootable format. Note: Conversion may take 1~2 hours depending on disk size.

Solutions 2:

Users must create a combination installation CD that includes Windows 2000 and Service Pack 3 or Service Pack 4 fixes int egrated in. To creat e the combina tion in stallation CD, refer to the follo wing webs ite:

http://www.micro so ft .c om /w in do ws2000/downloads/servicepacks/s p4 /H Fd ep lo y. ht m

Note: If users choose not to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4, RAID is still supported on Windows

2000. However, users will not be able to create a bootable RAID volume.