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1. Enter to select Delete RAID set the set Rebuild Raidi se Low Level Format Logical Drive Info r PHYSICAL DRIVE F LOGICAL DRIVE Maxtor 4R0 0L3 1816 THE Maxtor 46120H6 117246Mb ST330013A5 28629MB IC35L0200VER07 0 1909246 Sil Raidi Set 190 91MB Maxtor 4G120H6 117246MB Tl select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit 4 The conflict will be resolved The RAID Set will appear in the Logical Drive window RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2003 m HELE Create RAID set Help for resolving Delete RAD set conflicts Rebuild Raidi se I Low Level Format Logical Drive Info PF LOGICAL DRIVE It 35L020AVEROT 0 1909 2Hb ST330013A5 266 29Mb Maxtor 4R060L3 1616 THB Sil Raidi Set 190 918 ST330013n5s 28629HEB Maxtor 46120H6 1172 46h5 Maxtor 46173 0Hi 11774 6K AAA eee Tl Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc E E mg ge 6 6 Deleting Invalid RAID Drive If a disk which was previously part of a RAID 1 or RAID 10 set is connected to the host adapter it is not recognized as a valid drive for BIOS and SATARaid GUI Before you can use this disk as a single drive a spare drive for RAID 1 set or create a new RAID set with it you have to delete the invalid RAID drive first Do the following procedure to delete the invalid RAID drive 1 To delete invalid RAID drive select
2. Delete RAID Set 2 Select the desired invalid RAID drive and press Enter 3 Press Y when asked Are You Sure 4 Metadata written to the disk will be erased and the drive will be returned to the selection of logical drives from which a new RAID set or spare drive can be created PAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 0 2003 Create BAID set Delete BRAID set Press Enter to select Rebuild Raidi se the set Resolve Conflictes Low Level Format Logical Drive Info Bre You Sure H 3 O IC35LOZOAVERO7 0 19092MB Sil Raidi set 19091MB 1 Maxtor 4ROSOL3 78167MB Maxtor 46120H6 117246mMB 2 sTr3a3o013as 28629HB 3 Maxtor 4 120H6 117246MB TL select Henu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit NOTE There is no way to delete invalid RAID drive from SATARaid GUI 6 7 Low Level Formatting The Low Level Format menu selection allows the complete erasure of data on a hard drive This is not an action which typically needs to be performed as formatting the drive under Windows is usually sufficient to prepare the drive for use Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc A SATARaid User s Manual mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmuumu Silicon Image S 6 8 Logical Drive Information This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set RAID set RAID 1 spare or unassigned It is a display only function
3. new RAID set or Y to proceed with the RAID set creation RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2003 q m HELP reate RAID set PAID 10 Striped Mrrored Delete RAID set NE FAIL Do Rebuild Raidi set ES Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Be DRIVE SAS NS Logical Drive Info 1IC35L020AVER07 0 19092MB IC35LO20AVER07 0 190 92MB Maxtor 4R080L3 71816 TMB Maxtor 4R030L3 7816 TMB ST 330013AS 28629MB ST330013A5 286 29MB Maxtor 46120H6 117246MB Maxtor 4G120H6 117246MB Bi TL select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit The Create RAID set option is also used to allocate a spare drive to a RAID 1 set This spare drive can be allocated to the set using the SATARaid GUI in the event of a failure of one of the drives in the set To allocate a spare drive follow the procedure outlined above choosing SPARE DRIVE for the set type NOTE The SPARE DRIVE set type can be selected only after a RAID 1 set is created SATARaid User s Manual SE Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 6 3 Deleting RAID Sets and Spare Drive 1 To remove one or more RAID sets select Delete RAID Set 2 Select the desired set and press Enter 3 Press Y when asked Are You Sure 4 The drives will be returned to the selection of logical drives from which a new RAID set can be created RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyrig
4. 2 Device 51330015345 Channel 3 Device ST 953001 345 20629 ME RV on the member disks will be erased Back Wed Cancel Help 3 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete When the window closes the new RAID Set will appear in the SATARaid window under RAID Sets After allocating any other RAID sets you will need to create and format the new partitions See Section 7 Allocating Partitions for instructions RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard ou have finished setting Raid configuration with the Raid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Finish SATARaid User s Manual EN GA e Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 10 2 Deleting RAID Sets For various reasons it may be necessary or desired to delete an existing RAID Set The following example shows the deletion of an existing RAID 0 Set 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Delete RAID Set and click Next RAID Wizard Main Operation Menu Delete RSID Set Back Mest Cancel Help 2 Select the type of set to be deleted and click Next RAID Wizard Delete Raid Set Menu Delete RAID Set O 3 Select the set to be deleted and click Next Copyright 2003 S
5. Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll between the drives in the Logical Drive Properties window Press the ESC key when done viewing logical drive information RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2003 Create RAID set Press Enter and select Delete RAID set logical drive to display Rebuild Raidi se information in detail Resolve Conflicts i Low Level Format ogical Drive Info r LOGICAL DRIVE LC 35L020RVEROT 0 Sil Raidi0 Set Maxtor 4R080L3 ST 33001305 Maxtor 46120H6 117246MB IT Tl Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright C 2003 r HELE M Create RAID set Press TL for logical drive Delete RAID set information or press ESC tol Rebuild Raidi se exit Resolve Conflicts i Low Level Format I ae r LOGICAL DRIVE Maxt or 4R0 0L3 5T33001315 Maxtor 46120H6 Tl select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit SATARaid User s Manual FR E Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc TTT Silicon Image RN 19 7 Allocating Partitions After the Raid set s have been created the BIOS reports the new set s as a new drive attached to the system This drive must have a partition defined on it then the drive must be formatted in preparation for use under Windows Windows XP 2000 Server 2003 and NT use the Disk Management utility that is part of the Operating System There
6. User s Manual Fe er ieee Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc eee Silicon Image RSR 17 6 1 1 Main Menu The Main Menu in the upper left corner is used to choose the operation to be performed The selections are Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Rebuild RAID1 Set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info Create RAID Set is used to create a new RAID Set or for allocating spare drives to a RAID 1 set Delete RAID Set is used to delete a RAID Set or to deallocate a spare RAID 1 drive Rebuild RAID 1 Set is used to initiate the rebuild of a RAID 1 set after for example a drive in the Set has been replaced Resolve Conflicts is used to automatically find the member drives of a RAID set which has been disrupted physical drives swapped around for example and restore the Set to proper operation Low Level Format allows a single drive to have its data completely wiped out Drives assigned to Sets or allocated as spares cannot be low level formatted Logical Drive Info shows the current configuration of each RAID set allocated spare and unallocated physical drive attached to the SATA host adapter These operations are detailed in the pages that follow 6 1 2 Help Window This window displays context sensitive help and status messages 6 1 3 Physical Drive Information This window displays the model number and capacities of the drives physically attached to the SATA host adapter 6 1 4 Logical Drive Information This window displays a l
7. are enough nuances that make it important to follow the procedure specific to the Operating System Windows 98 and Me use a significantly different procedure defining the partitions is accomplished by booting the system to a DOS prompt and using the FDISK utility Formatting and naming of the partitions is performed under Windows 7 1 Windows Server 2003 amp XP amp 2000 Before creating any partitions RAID sets must first be created using the BIOS RAID Utility or the SATARaid GUI Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Once Windows is running open the Disk Management window located at Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management gt Storage gt Disk Management A window similar to the following should appear NEW D Partition Basic CDFS 11501GB 1021GB 8 10 MB 0MB 0 System E Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 14904GB 11859GB 79 System E _ 149 04 GB NTFS This window has three main sections 1 System listing of all formatted and available disks RAID Sets 2 Report of physical connection of disks RAID Sets 3 Report of partition status disk letter and volume name Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc A re Silicon Image 20 SATARaid User s Manual In the physical connection window every disk should report as Basic Disk Size the actual available disk space will be reported here Online Instead of Basic a disk may also report as eith
8. controller in a fixed time interval Since too small interval value may impact on your computer s performance please set proper interval value Event Time Interval Configuration a Move the sliderto settime interval for monitor DEAN AVANDIA Baile een ae er E a be tel 3 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 50 65 90 95100 The SMTP tab allows the server name to be set for all SATARaid email related functions These include sending of configuration files and automatic notification This entry must include the full name and of server and the top level domain for example mail mycompany com or smtp mymailserver com Contact the System Administrator if the name of the SMTP server is not known Configuration 33 Jol xj E mail Notification Evert Level LoqFie Audio Pomm Traylcon Event Table Event Time SMTP SMTP Information A SMTP server is the server that is use to send e mails Contact your network administrator to find outthe name of this server Be sure to Include the name and domain Example server compary corn SMTP Configuration SMTP Server server yourcompanyname com SATARaid User s Manual IM E gegen Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image The current SATARaid configuration may be sent via e mail This feature is most often used when contacting the system administrator for technical support Select the e mail tab in the SATARaid Configuration Menu and
9. enter the default e mail address and subject line for the party receiving the configuration data The default address and subject can be overridden prior sending the email Configuration E E 15 x a AV leon Event Table Event Time SMTP Era Notification EventLevel LogFile Audio Popup E mail Information E mail Subject can be overridden atthe point when the configuration is sent E mail Configuration E mail Address actninistrater ycurcomanynaine com E mail Subject saTaRaid Report Cancel When different types of events occur SATARaid can send notices to assigned individual e mail addresses Select the Notification tab and enter the e mail addresses of all parties to whom the notices will be sent Configuration A K Ioj x Travlcnn Lg Fent Table Evert Time SMTP E mail Notification EventLevel LogFile Audio Popup E mail Notification Information E mail notification is used to send an e mail to each address in the list fur each event received from the driver or for sending system configuration subject atarau Event Report Address List Add Remove Cancel Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc 5 e Ree SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 38 ME E The Event Levels tab is used to select which events trigger a message to be sent to those in the Notification email list see Notification on previous page Error Level The
10. following events will be sent Errors Warning Level The following events will be sent Warnings Errors Information Level The following events will be sent Informational Warnings Errors Disable All No event logs will be sent E 10 x Trayicon Evert Tabla EventTime SMTP EE EE EE ne eae ee SERGE Configuration Event Level Information The event level sets which level of ewent logs are sent by e mail Event Level Configuration Error Level Move the sliderto set event level for notification Varning Level Information Level Dizable AN Cancel SATARaid User s Manual FM te Wiig Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 40 The log file is used to store event information received from all Silicon Image RAID drivers The log file is a text file and can be viewed with any text viewer such as Notepad or with the Event Property page of SATARaid Use the Log File tab to set location and the desired filename for the log file Configuration E Biel Ki Travcon Event Table FventTime SMTP E mail Notification EventLevel Lat Audio Popup Log File Inforartion The log file is used to store event received fram all the Silicon Image IDE RAID drivers The logfile can be viewed with any text editor or the event property page ofthe GUI rLog File Configurati
11. system will not be able to work with this disk If you need to access this disk with other operating systems or older disk utilities do not enable large drive support Do you wish to enable large disk support YN Press Enter The FDISK Options window will appear Microsoft Windows 98 Fixed Disk Setup Program C Copyright Microsoft Corp 1983 1998 FDISK Options Current fixed disk drive 1 Choose one of the following Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive bet active partition Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive Display partition information Change current fixed disk drive Enter choice 5 Press ESC to exit FDISK Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Per Rie SATARaid User s Manual 28 IN Silicon Image S The Current Fixed Drive typically will be the System Drive C In order to create partitions the fixed drive needs to be changed Select 5 and press Enter A screen similar to the following will appear Change Current Fixed Disk Drive Dry Mbytes Free Usage 3816 2 100 4095 33071 996 37259 1 Mbytes 1048576 bytes Enter Fixed Disk Drive Number 1 2 0 0 00 eee eee 2 Press Esc to return to FDISK Options Enter the disk number to partition and press Enter FDISK will return to the Options screen With the Current fixed drive set at the disk needing to be partitioned Select 1 and press Enter to create the partition on the drive The following window will appear Crea
12. time to finish please wait till this window disappear Fimish SATARaid User s Manual eg tee Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image
13. to finish please wait till this window disappear Fimish SATARaid User s Manual eg tee Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image RN 7 10 5 Deleting a Spare RAID 1 Drive For various reasons it may be desired or necessary to deallocate a RAID 1 spare drive The following example shows the deletion of a spare RAID 1 drive 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Delete Spare Drive and click Next RAID Wizard Main Operation Menu Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 Delete Spare Drive Back Mest Cancel Help 2 Select the drive to be deallocated and click Deselect then click Next RAID Wizard Select RAID 1 Spare Disks Select Spare Disk si for Raid 1 Sets Deselect the disks to remove the spare drive Available Disks Disk Model Capacity Channel 1 Device Maxtor 4ROS0OL3 Yol6 ME Spare Disks Disk Model Capacity Channel O Device Maxtor E O6OhMO 50644 ME Deselect Back et Cancel Hein Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 4 eg te SATARaid User s Manual 5G Silicon Image 3 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard You have finished setting Raid configuration with the Faid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some
14. will need to create and format the new partitions See Section 7 Allocating Partitions for instructions RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wirard ou have finished setting Raid configuration with the Raid Configuration izard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Finish Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc O a Bee SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 46 Mn E 10 1 3 Creating a RAID 10 Set 1 Referring to the example above for creating a RAID 1 Set start the RAID Wizard Select Create RAID Set and click Next Select Create RAID 10 Set and click Next 2 Highlight the device to add in the lower section of the Create RAID 10 Set window Click the up arrow under the First mirror members section to add the first device to the RAID Set Repeat for the second device Click the up arrow under the Second mirror members section to add the third device to the RAID Set Repeat for the fourth device A RAID 10 set must contain at least four members When done adding members click Next RAID Wizard Create RAID 10 Set RAID 10 Set configuration to be created First mirror members Second mirror members Disk Model Capacity Disk Model Capacity Channel O De Maxtor 67060 155644 ME Channel 1 De Maxtor 4R050 28167 ME Stripe size ak se Raid 10 Set Size H i mn A Disk Mode Capacity Channel
15. 152 66GB 152 66 GB 2795GB 2795GB 115 01 GB 10 21GB 10 MB OMB 149 04GB 118 59GB 145 04 GB NTFS Healthy System DATA CH 115 04 GB FAT32 ae Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other partitions Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed X in the top right corner of the window Click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop The new drives will be visible and properly named The new disks are available for use Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc sg on SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 24 IR ee 7 2 Windows NT Before creating any partitions RAID sets must first be created using the BIOS RAID Utility Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Once Windows is running open the Disk Management window located at Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management gt Storage gt Disk Management A window similar to the following should appear rel Disk Administrator Partition Tools View Options Help Disk O 13540 MB E Disk 1 NTFS 13540 MB 13540 MB ff FP Oe PP PP PP PP PE PE EP PS FP hE st ARIES Disk 2 AP PL PL PE PEL EE AE PL PEP EE EE AE AL GEL LE a Per ere eer eee re eee EEE die ce E EE E EE EE EE E EE EE E E EE EE E E EE E it dr AR y GE d d d A EA EE A t A EA E OAEESALAL LL LALALA AAA EL EP ELE L ELE 42975 ME d ai Ee Fa F F F F il F rs ral Bo F F F Bi ra Ed ei GE Fa Ed e ei ei E ei GE F
16. A up to 150MB Sec e Upto 4 SATA devices e ACPI and SATA 1 0 SATARaid User s Manual PAR AAA Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Ee 5 2 An Introduction to RAID RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I O performance and provide redundancy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member without the loss of data There are many different methods of implementation for RAID with each having advantages and disadvantages Raid levels or set types are given a numerical designator that defines its implementation such as RAID 0 or RAID 1 SATARaid provides support for three RAID Set types Striped RAID 0 Mirrored RAID 1 and RAID 10 Mirrored Striped Other RAID types are not supported by SATARaid software and thus are not discussed Disk Striping RAID 0 Striping is a performance oriented non redundant data mapping technique While Striping is discussed as a RAID Set type it is does not provide any fault tolerance With modern SATA and ATA bus mastering technology multiple I O operations can be performed in parallel enhancing data throughput Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk The figure below illustrates a three disk stripe set Stripe one is written to disk one stripe two to disk two and so forth RAID 0 sets can be comprised of two three or four drives Stripes Stripes Disk Mirroring RAID 1 Di
17. AID10 Striping and Mirroring functionality to enhance the industry s leading PCI to SATA host controller products Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures With Silicon Image Serial ATA host controller and SATARaid both of these problems are solved SATARaid software provides a Graphical User Interface GUI for easy to use configurations of the RAID Sets 1 1 SATARaid Features e RAID O RAID 1 and RAID 10 Sets are supported e Under Win 2000 XP Server 2003 only RAID Sets can be created and deleted without exiting Windows e Hot Spare and On line Mirror Rebuilding e System GUI Monitoring Utility e Displays Logs Alerts Users to Vital RAID Set Information e Manages RAID Set Functions configures rebuilds etc e RAID Set Accommodates Multiple Size HDDs e HDDs Function Normally When Not in RAID Sets e Supports safely remove HDDs when not in RAID Sets and not a spare drive e Adjustable Stripe Size for RAID O e Uses the Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART feature in the attached drives for automatic notification of imminent drive failures e Can be configured to automatically email RAID Set system events and failure reports e Automatically Selects Highest Available Transfer Speed for All SATA Devices Supports the following e UDM
18. ER07 0 19092MB Sil Raidi Set 190 91MB 1 Maxtor 4R080L3 761676 Maxtor 46120H6 117246MB 2 ST330013A5 28629HB 3 Maxtor 4G120H6 117246MB Invalid Raid drive mais TL select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select SATARaid User s Manual EE Silicon Image Ctrl E Exit Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc RN 15 6 5 Resolving Conflicts When a RAID set is created the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information including the channel on the host adapter to which it is connected If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set or used in another system it may have conflicting metadata specifically in reference to the drive connection information If so this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt In order for the RAID set to function properly this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata To correct this select Resolve Conflict and the correct metadata including the correct drive connection information will automatically be written to the replacement disk 1 Select Resolve Conflicts and press Enter RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2003 m HELE Create RAID set Help for resolving Delete RAID set conflicts Rebuild Raidi se Low Level Format Logical Drive Info Fe LOGICAL DRIVE Ic 35LO20AVEROT O 19092MB Sil Raidi Set 190 91HB
19. Maxtor 14R0 30L3 1316 THE i Maxtor 16120H6 117246HE ST330013ns 2562 9MB Maxtor 46120H6 117246MB Conflict L TL geiect Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit 2 Select the Conflict entry in the Logical Drive Status window and press Enter RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2003 j HELP Create RAID set Press Enter to select Delete RAID set Rebuild Raidi se Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info IC35LO200VER07 0 1909205 Sil Raidi Set 19091MB Maxtor 4R080L3 781676 Maxtor 4G120H6 117246MB ST 33001385 2 8629MEB Maxtor 4G6120H6 11724606 B TL geiect Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc C SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 16 3 Note that some conflict resolutions may result in the drive letter assignment changing for example the RAID set may have been drive D but after the conflict resolution it may become drive E Be aware of this when performing a conflict resolution To maintain the same drive lettering the SATA cables connected to the drives may need to be swapped or in the case of a SATA based removable drive unit the order of the drives within the chassis made need to be changed Press Y to accept the change and resolve the conflict RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright C 2003 m HELP Create RAID set Press
20. SATARaid Serial ATA RAID Management Software silicon Image 05 12 04 Silicon Image Inc 1060 East Arques Ave Sunnyvale CA 94085 408 616 4000 www siliconimage com Aral Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed or translated into any language or computer format in any form or by any means without prior written permission of Silicon Image Inc 1060 East Arques Ave Sunnyvale CA 94085 Silicon Image Inc reserves the right to make changes to the product s or specifications to improve performance reliability or manufacturability Information furnished is believed to be accurate and reliable but Silicon Image Inc shall not be responsible for any errors that may appear in this document Silicon Image Inc makes no commitment to update or keep current the information contained in this document However no responsibility is assumed for its use nor any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No liability is assumed as a result of their use or application No rights under any patent accompany the sale of any such product s or information Silicon Image Inc products are not designed or intended for use in Life Support Systems A Life Support System is a product or system intended to support or sustain life which if it fails can be reasonably expected to result in signific
21. a Es SE Pe Pe EAS AIRIS Disk 3 Primary partition Partition 2000 MB NTFS Ea This Write Signature window may appear first If so answer YES for each disk reported with no signature found Confirm and will not affect pour ability to access this disk from other operating systems such as DOS AN Mo signature found on Disk 0 Writing a signature Is a safe operation IF you choose not to write a signature the disk will be marked OFF LINE and be inaccessable to the Windows NT Disk Administrator program Do pon want to write a signature on Disk O so that Disk Administrator can access the drive SATARaid User s Manual ANO o a Y Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image nn 2 After any required disc signatures have been written a window similar to the following will appear i Disk Administrator Partition Tools View Options Help ST I Disk 0 13540 MB E Disk 1 NTFS 13540 MB 13540 MB E Disk 2 43375 MB El Disk 3 Primary partition Partition 2000 MB NTFS Iech The first button on the toolbar opens the Disk Administrator Volumes window which lists the recognizable Volumes their capacity free space type of format etc The second button opens the Disk Configuration window shown above detailing all disks or RAID Sets partitions and allows he user to format and name each partition and volume Section 1 reports the size of each disk or RAID Set Sect
22. ach of the components and then clicking the Details button will open a new window showing more information on the selected device System View 8 3 3 Configure SATARaid This command allows the configuration of the SATARaid program to be viewed and changed SATARaid configuration is documented in detail in the next section of this manual 8 3 4 Send Configuration This command allows the SATARaid configuration file to be emailed to the address selected during configuration This function is used most frequently when contacting the system administrator for technical support 8 3 5 Save Configuration This command allows the SATARaid configuration to be saved 8 3 6 Copy Configuration This command allows the creation of a copy of the SATARaid configuration file 8 3 7 SATARaid Help This command opens an interactive help dialog using the standard Windows help interface 8 3 8 Exit This command is displayed only on the command menu Choosing this command exits the SATARaid program 8 3 9 About SATARaid This command is displayed only on the command menu Choosing this command displays a dialog box with more information about the SATARaid program including the revision level SATARaid User s Manual IS UT Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 9 SATARaid Configuration SATARaid configuration options include customization of the settings for Event Notification E mail Notification Log File Audio and Popup The
23. aid configuration with the Faid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Fimish SATARaid User s Manual IN E te Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc RN Silicon Image 10 1 2 Creating a RAID 0 Set 1 Referring to the example above for creating a RAID 1 Set start the RAID Wizard Select Create RAID Set and click Next Select Create RAID 0 Set and click Next 2 Hold down the Ctrl key on the keyboard while clicking devices to add them to the RAID Set A RAID 0 set must contain at least two members Add as many members as desired Click Next RAID Wizard Create RAID 0 Set RAID 0 Set configuration to be created The RAID O set will consist with the following members Please select cti click at least 2 memebers from the list Disk Model Capacity Channel 0 Device Maxtor 6 OROnMO 50644 MB Channel 1 Device Maxtor 4ROSOLS T0167 ME Raid O Stripe Size IAR Raid O Set Size 1172856MmB Click Mext to create the Raid O set Data on the member disks will be erased Back Mest Cancel Help 3 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete When the window closes the new RAID Set will appear in the SATARaid window under RAID Sets After allocating any other RAID sets you
24. ant personal injury or death If Buyer or any of its direct or indirect customers applies any product purchased or licensed from Silicon Image Inc to any such unauthorized use Buyer shall indemnify and hold Silicon Image Inc its affiliates and their respective suppliers harmless against all claims costs damages and expenses arising directly or indirectly out of any such unintended or unauthorized use even if such claims alleges that Silicon Image Inc or any other person or entity was negligent in designing or manufacturing the product Specifications are subject to change without notice SATARaid is a trademark of Silicon Image Inc JAVA is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp for their family of computer operating systems Revision History Revision mas Bate Initial creation of document 09 26 03 Added safely remove device feature and updated graph images 01 22 04 1 02 Replaced some GUI screen captures RAID member icon has been changed and added new 04 23 04 feature description Added Deleting Invalid RAID Drive section and updated screen shots 05 12 04 Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Pee reen SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 2 OE ee Table of Contents E AP o 5 1 1 SATARaid NEEN 5 2 An introduction to RAID EE 6 3 Installing Drivers for Windows Server 2003 XP 2000 98 NT ccccesseecesseeseenseeseesseseensessenseeses 7 4 JAVA 2 Runtime Enviro
25. anual Silicon Image 6 OE ee 3 Installing Drivers for Windows Server 2003 XP 2000 98 NT Before installing the SATARaid software Silicon Image Serial ATA host adapter driver must be installed When Windows detects the newly installed SATA host adapter it will open a Driver Installation Wizard Click on the Next buttons until the wizard prompts for the location of the driver Insert the Silicon Image SATA host adapter driver CD into the computer s CD ROM drive and click on the Browse button Select the directory on the CD in which the driver resides and click OK Browse for Folder E Desktop Si E Mu Computer 2 3 Floppy s DI 3 Development C FS DI cy Data E 4 3 Installed F E 6 Es BIOS amp Utility Sc Click the Next button A window will be displayed to verify proper installation of the host adapter driver Click Finish When prompted to restart the computer click Yes SATARaid User s Manual PA em Nese Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 4 JAVA 2 Runtime Environment Installation The Java 2 Runtime Environment is required for the SATARaid GUI The Java 2 Runtime Installer and executable package must be downloaded from the Sun Microsystems website at http java sun com j2se downloads html The computer must have an Internet connection set up before installation can proceed Save the installer file to a known location such as the My Documents folder Using Windows Explorer or
26. belong to any RAID set and is not a spare drive a popup menu will be displayed to let user enables disables the device depending on the device s current state This function is useful for safely remove a device from the system and prevent possible data loss Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc O er Ets SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 32 LEE Selecting a specific RAID set such as Set 0 and the type of RAID set the number of members and capacity is reported A Configuration for SATAR aid da E S RK Biel xi Fie Advanced Help F FF i AIT H _ IAN SISE IG H 5 A Silicon lapbtwl Si RAID 1 Set Members Smart Configuration Identify Data E EN s1 312410 0 ES Channel U Type Mirrored Set Ra Device 0 A Channel 1 State Available Ba Device 0 AS Channel 2 Members 2 Gei Device 0 Se BS Channel 3 Location Channel 0 Device aes amp Device 0 Meta Versions 210 El Sets SE Sol ail FAID 1 Set Capacity 49001 WE Rebuild Rate Lowy Je e RE A A O E Be ee IR Ke Apply aa Event Viewer Time Description Information Information 2004 02 20 at 11 27 31 SATARaid Configuration tool started E Warning Information 2004 02 20 at 11 24 47 SATARaid Configuration tool closed g Error Information 2004 02 20 at 11 20 57 SATAFaid Configuration tool started Information 2004 02 20 at 11 19 44 SATAaRaid Configuration tool closed The Members tab of this window B reports the device identifi
27. booted SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 6 eg we Silicon Image EE 30 After restarting the computer and booting Windows double click on the My Computer icon Right click on each new drive and select Format Computer ome Format D The following window will likely appear Click OK to proceed Format D i Repeat for each new drive The new drives are now ready to be used SATARaid User s Manual IR A Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 31 8 SATARaid GUI Overview The SATARaid GUI Installation program configures the SATARaid GUI to automatically start when Windows is started If the SATARaid GUI does not automatically start or is closed by the user choose the JAVA SATARaid program from the Start Menu to launch the GUI The SATARaid GUI monitors the system s RAID Set in the background It runs minimized in the System Tray To open the main window click the icon located on the taskbar The icon is in blue color if all RAID sets are healthy The icon is in red color if there is any critical or broken RAID set j m eru ES Ek SATARaid Icon The main window will display Configuration for SATARaid 98 Oj xj File Advanced Help y Raid Members ROLE g a EME s1 3124U 0 Fl Channel 0 Ra Device 0 Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 fstem Information Channel 1 Ra De
28. by clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop select the installation file and open it The installation will begin The installer program will download the needed files from the Internet InstallShield Wizard Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 02 Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the program setup process Please wait Checking Operating System Version When a window appears asking for acceptance the license agreement select accept the terms of this license agreement and click Next is Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 02 Maintenance Welcome Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 02 The InstallShield Ri Wizard will allow you bo modify repair or remove Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 02 To continue click Mek Cancel Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Choose the Typical setup type and click Next ig Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 02 Setup Type Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type All recommended Features will be installed Specify the installation directory and choose which program Features to install You can change your choice of Features after installation by using the Add Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel Recommended for advanced users When the installation completes click Finish Restart the computer
29. cation corresponding with the information in the BIOS and the state of each device The State of the destination drive that is being rebuilt may report as Rebuild for a long period of time depending on the size of the disk SMART and Configuration information is displayed by selecting the Smart Configuration tab C Also in this section is a selection for automatically adding a hot spare and initiating a rebuild in the event of a fault on a RAID 1 set Note that the spare drive must have previously been allocated in the RAID BIOS configuration screen Sil RAID 1 Set Members Smart Configuration Identify Data Smart Information Uppor Enabled Statue Hot Spare and Auto Rebuild hen enabled a hot spare will automatically be added to this set and a rebuild started when a member is dropped Only valid for mirrored sets Ce Enabled C Disabled Apply SATARaid User s Manual RO EN Beer Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 33 Data Identification can be displayed by selecting the Identify Data tab D 8 2 Event Viewer and Events Windows The Event Viewer and Events Windows display SATA device related events that occur while SATARaid is running Selecting categories in the Event Viewer window applies a filter to the Events window so that only messages of the type selected are displayed This allows only Warning or Error messages to be seen for example P El Al Event Viewer Time Descr
30. d Target disks for the Set and click Next RAID Wizard Create RAID 1 Set With Duplication RAID 1 Set configuration to be created Source Disk Data to be kepti Disk Model ST33001345 Disk Location channa 2 Device EE Disk Capacity 26629 ME Target Disk Data to be replaced with the Source Disk Data Disk Model ST33001345 Disk Location chama 3 Device Y Disk Capacity 25629 ME The Raid 1 Set Size willbe 26626MB Click the Mest to Create Raid 1 Set Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Cancel SATARaid User s Manual 5 A window will be displayed noting configuration success Click Finish RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard You hawe finished setting Raid configuration with the Faid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Cancel An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete When the window closes the new RAID Set will appear in the SATARaid window under RAID Sets After allocating any other RAID sets you will need to create and format the new partitions See Section 7 Allocating Partitions for instructions RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard YOu have finished setting R
31. er Unknown or Dynamic If the disk reports as Unknown right click on the disk icon and click Write Signature A window will appear with the disk in question all Unknown disks may appear in this window Make sure the box next to each disk is checked then click OK The disk should now report as Basic If a disk reports as Dynamic right click on the icon of that disk and click on Convert to Basic Disk Within seconds the disk should report as Basic 7 1 1 Creating the Partitions In the Report of physical connection of disks RAID Sets section the order in which the drives are displayed corresponds directly to the order the Sets appear in the BIOS Therefore the first Unallocated Partition represents Set 1 and so on 1 In this example there are two disks with unallocated partitions Right click on the partition of the first disk and click on New Partition lt Disk 2 Basic 3 152 66 GB 1152 66 GB Online nao Hew Partition SAM aaa a i hi a i hi A Disk 3 me Basic 273956B 27 95GE Online Unallocated A CD ROM 0 BINN CD ROM NEW D 10 MB 10 MB CDFS Online Healthy 2 The Create Partition Wizard should appear The first window is an introductory window to the Wizard Click Next 3 The second window designates the partition type Choose primary partition and click Next Select Partition Type There are three types of partitions primary extended a
32. first tab displayed when SAT ARaid configuration is opened is for Event Table configuration This setting determines which events are displayed in the Event Table The messages logged for the various settings are as follows Error Level The following messages are logged Errors Warning Level The following messages are logged Warnings Errors Information Level The following messages are logged Informational Warnings Errors Disable All No events will be logged Configuration E Biel Ki E mail Motificaticn xI Log File Audio Popup Traylcon Event Table Event Time SMTP Event Level Information The event level sets which level of event will shows in event table Event Level Configuration Error Level Move the sliderto set event level for event table Varning Level T Level Dizable AN Cancel Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc BE eg Bie SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 36 OO IE E The next tab is used to set the interval time in seconds for the program to poll the status of the host adapter and devices Lower settings may have an impact on system performance If the RAID sets are subject to heavy activity the Event Time interval should be increased Configuration E 3 lO sl E mail Notification Geert Level Los fie audo Popup Trayicon Event Tabe Event Tine SMTP Evert Time Information The system will monitor the
33. h the Raid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Fimish Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc i Y SATARaid User s Manual D2 B Silicon Image 10 3 2 Add New Members to RAID Set 1 10 The following example shows modification of a RAID 1 Set by adding a member 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Modify RAID Set and click Next RAID Wizard Main Operation Menu Modify RAID Set Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 Back evt Cancel Help 2 Select the operation to be performed and click Next Only operations that are valid for the selected set will be displayed RAID Wizard Modify Operation Menu Add Hew Members to RSID SET 110 Set Rebuild Rate For RAID SET 140 Back evt Cancel Help SATARaid User s Manual o Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc eee Silicon Image RN 53 3 Select the set on which the operation is to be applied Select the device to be added Click Next RAID Wizard Add new member to RAID Set Select RAID Set Tor newly added member Select the RAID set you would like add new member to And select one member disk that you would like to add Raid Type Disk Model Capacity Mirrored Set Si RAID 1 Set 206 26ME gt disks Location Disk Model Capacity Channel 0 Device Maxtor GG 50644 ME Channel 1 Device Max
34. ht 2003 Create RAID set Enter to select s Rebuild Raidi set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info IC35LO20R VERO7 0 1909206 Sil Raidl0 Set Maxtor 4R080L3 1816 TMB 5T330013A5 28629MB Maxtor 16120H6 117246MB Tl select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit The Delete RAID set option is also used to delete a spare drive for a RAID 1 set To delete a spare drive follow the procedure outlined above select the desired spare drive and press Enter NOTE If a spare drive was created for RAID 1 set deleting the RAID 1 set will also delete the spare drive Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc a SATARaid User s Manual 6 4 Rebuild RAID 1 Set This menu selection is used to initiate the copying of data from an existing drive to a replacement drive that has been installed ina RAID 1 set after the failure of one of the members 1 Select Rebuild RAID1 set Select the desired set and press Enter 2 3 Press Y when asked Are You Sure 4 The set will be rebuilt The status of the rebuild is displayed in the MAIN MENU window RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2003 Create RAID set Press Enter to select Delete RAID set raidi set to rebuild CET Raidi set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info Copying H 05 done AAA A al p 0 IC35LO20AV
35. ick Next Only operations that are valid for the selected set will be displayed RAID Wizard Modify Operation Menu Set Rebuild Rate For RAID SET 110 Back Mext Cancel Help Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc i a Ee SATARaid User s Manual DO Ea Silicon Image S 3 Select the set on which the operation is to be applied and click Next RAID Wizard Select RAID Set 1 10 select the Raid Set you vould like to set rebuild rate Raid Type Disk Model Capacity Mirrored Set Si RAID 1 Set 20620Mb Raid Members in the Selected Raid Set Disk Model Capacity Channel 2 Device ST33001 345 28629 MB Channel 3 Device ST33001 34S 28629 MB Back Mext Cancel Help 4 Change the setting as desired Click Next RAID Wizard Select Rebuild Rate for RAID 1 10 Set Adjustthe slider bar if ru want to change the default Raid 140 disk rebuild rate Higher rebuild rate will have more impact on system performance during rebuild but it will reduce the rebuild time needed to recover Raid 1 Set Back deet Cancel Help SATARaid User s Manual IN A te Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 91 5 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard YOu have finished setting Raid configuration wit
36. ify RAID Set allows certain parameters of the RAID Set such as rebuild rate for RAID 1 to be modified Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 is used for allocating a spare drive to a RAID 1 set Delete Spare Drive removes the allocated spare drive from a RAID 1 set These operations are detailed in the pages that follow Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual 10 1 Creating RAID Sets As previously discussed the Silicon Image SATA host adapter supports RAID 0 1 and 10 configurations The selection of the RAID level to be used should be based upon factors including performance data security and number of drives available It is best to carefully consider the long term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy appropriately 10 1 1 Creating a RAID 1 Set The following example shows the creation of a RAID 1 Set with Duplication 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Create RAID Set and click Next RAID Wizard Main Operation Menu Create RAID Set Back Mest Cancel Help 2 Choose the type of RAID set to be created and click Next RAID Wizard Create Operation Menu Create RAID Set O Create RAID Set 1 with Duplication Create RAID Set 1 Without Duplication Create RAID Set 10 Back Mest Cancel Help SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 3 4 44 The following message may be displayed Click OK to acknowledge Select the Source an
37. ilicon Image Inc Per hee SATARaid User s Manual BW Silicon Image S RAID Wizard Delete RAID Set O Select RAID Set 0 to Delete select the Raid Set O you would like to Delete Raid Type Disk Model Capacity Striped Set Sil RAIL 0 Set 117 App Raid Members inthe Selected Raid Set O Disk Model Capacity Channel O Device Maxtor DUDU Channel 1 Device Maxtor 4FROSOLS foley ME RV Data will be destroyed permanently 4 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard YOu have finished setting Raid configuration with the Faid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Fimish SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 10 3 Modifying RAID Sets This feature allows the configuration of various settings related to a RAID Set to be adjusted 10 3 1 Set Rebuild Rate for RAID Set 1 10 The following example shows the modification of the rebuild rate of a RAID 1 Set 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Modify RAID Set and click Next RAID Wizard Main Operation Menu Modify RAID Set Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 Back Mext Cancel Help 2 Select the operation to be performed and cl
38. indows ccccscceseeceneeensecensenensnensecensecenssoaseseaseceaseceassoaseseanseseassoenssonsesensess 34 8 3 SATARaid Toolbar and Menu COMMANAS cccceesseeccenseeecenseeccenseeeeeaseeeeeasseeeoaaseesenseesenaseeseonseesenoans 34 O o ro in OOO 34 ET Eege 35 8 3 3 COMMONS SAA a mmmmmm wvwvvvvvvuvwvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv 35 EENEG eege 35 AA o EErEE e EEE EESE 35 83 e Ao UO EE 35 637 SATARaid Help mm 35 PP E O E Ot Po e O A ES OE OE O A 35 89 Abou SATARA ironico ori 35 SATARaid User s Manual _ Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 9 SA TAR AIG Configuration sgssctccspiscacesecatestagevenacsyceosscartovestasadusacitasvesctscaeescasiavectanvetwssdunesnscassgeuneesvess 36 10 RAID Set Management Under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 cccscscccesseeecesseeseeneeseeneeeseees 42 10 1 Creating RAID SCS od 43 10 1 1 Creating a RAID O E 43 e a RAID O A 46 r Rer UNA RAID EE 47 10 2 Del A P 48 10 3 Modifying RAID SCIS copiii E a E E EEE E Ra EEE 50 10 3 1 Set Rebuild Rate for RAID Ger 50 10 3 2 Add New Members to RAID Set 1 10 scsesctencscccecascceesesidecaneedepabenciedcancndeticiscescetaapedstabesedeaaeacedetubictendspebvociaoaesredasanteels 53 10 4 Creating a Spare RAID 1 Drive uge 56 10 5 Del ilihg a Spare RAID Ee 58 Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc E SATARaid User s Manual 1 Welcome Silicon Image s SATARaid software provides Serial ATA RAIDO Striping RAID1 Mirroring and R
39. ion 2 reports each partition and allows the user to format or delete partitions 7 2 1 Creating the Partitions 1 If any disk in the RAID set appears to be formatted right click on that partition Section 2 and select Delete Once all disks are reporting as Free Space right click on each partition and select Create A Create Primary Partition window should now appear Click OK Click Confirm Repeat this step for each disk Now right click on the first disk and select Mark Active A window will appear stating that this will take place on the next reboot Click OK Repeat this step for each disk oe A Se eS Bi Close window Confirm saving changes Click Yes L O Disk Administrator will report that the disks were updated successfully Click OK sch Re open Disk Administrator Right click on the first disk this should now be the Striped Set h k GA N Select Format A window similar to the following window will appear Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc di Een SATARaid User s Manual 6 Silicon Image S 15 16 17 18 19 SATARaid User s Manual EE Format A EI E4 Capacity Unknown capacity x File System NTFS sl Allocation Unit Size Default allocation size Y Volume Label RR Format Options Verify the settings as follows a Capacity can not be changed b Make sure that File System has NTFS selected Don t change
40. iption Ae La Info A ation Information 2004 01 22 at 12 54 13 SATAR aid Configuration tool started i t Warning Information 2004 01 22 at 12 46 29 SATARaid Configuration tool closed is Error Information 2004 01 22 at 12 45 57 ST ARaid Configuration tool started D 8 3 SATARaid Toolbar and Menu Commands The Toolbar buttons from Left to Right are A RAID Management B System View C Configure SATARaid D Send Configuration E Save Configuration F Copy Configuration G SATARaid Help File Advanced Help pirga A Bc DEF amp All options available via the Command Menu are replicated on the toolbar except Exit and About SATARaid The Menu commands are shown below File Advanced Help Save Configuration RAID Management SATARaid Help Copy Configuration System View About SATARaid Exit Configure SATARaid Send Configuration The commands are documented on the pages that follow 8 3 1 RAID Management This command allows the management of the RAID sets and drives on the SATA host adapter It is available only under Windows 2000 XP and Server 2003 See Section 10 RAID Set Management Under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 for detailed instructions on using this feature Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc A SATARaid User s Manual 34 Silicon Image 8 3 2 System View This command displays a graphical representation of the host adapter and RAID sets Clicking on e
41. ist of devices reported to the system BIOS 6 1 5 Command Line The bottom line of the display lists the currently active command keys Up and Down arrows select the menu item or action ESC takes the user to the previous menu Enter selects the highlighted choice Ctrl E exits the utility Other keys may be active depending upon the currently selected action Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc so reen SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 12 OL ee 6 2 Creating RAID Sets and Spare Drive As previously discussed the Silicon Image SATA host adapter supports RAID 0 1 and 10 configurations The selection of the RAID level to be used should be based upon factors including performance data security and number of drives available It is best to carefully consider the long term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy appropriately Silicon Image has made the creation of RAID sets very simple They can be created either automatically or to allow the greatest flexibility manually 1 Select Create RAID Set 2 Choose a RAID 0 Striped a RAID 1 Mirrored or a RAID 10 combination set 3 Select Automatically or Manually configuration of the RAID Set 4 If manual configuration is selected the chunk size of Striped Sets can be selected For Mirrored Sets the Source and Target drives can be selected 5 The message Are You Sure will display before completing the configuration Answer N to abort the creation of the
42. nd logical Select the partition you want to create e Primary partition A E O Extended partition E Logical dive r Description A primary partition is a volume you create using free space on a basic disk Windows and other operating systems can start from a primary partition You can create up to four primary partitions or three primary partitions and an extended partition 4 The third window designates the partition size Since this is a Striped RAID set utilizing 2 disk drives the size of the partition will be approximately twice the size of the smallest single disk drive Click Next SATARaid User s Manual EE SE E NGAN Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 21 New Partition Wizard New Partition Wizard For easier access you can assign a drive letter or drive path to your partition Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc A eg wee SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 22 LEE 6 The next window allows the volume label to be set and selection of the type of formatting to take place upon the creation of the partition Make sure the Format this partition radio button is selected Name the volume as desired Suggestions are generic names such as STRIPED SET or something specific to use such as FINANCIAL CRITICAL MISCELLANEOUS etc It is recommended to use the default NTFS for the file system Click Next New Partition Wizard Format Partition To st
43. ng and deleting RAID sets must be performed in the BIOS for operating systems other than Windows 2000 XP and Server 2003 For 2000 XP and Server 2003 RAID sets can be created and managed by either the BIOS utility or the SATARaid GUI See section 10 RAID Set Management Under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 for information on configuring RAID Sets using the SATARaid GUI 6 1 BIOS Utility Overview During bootup a screen similar to that below will appear for about 5 seconds Press CTRL S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID utility 511 3124 SATARaid BIOS Version 6 0 13 Copyright C 1997 2004 Silicon Image Inc Press lt Ctrl4 5 gt or F4 to enter RAID utility 10 35LO0704 VERO 7 0 19092 ME Maxtor AROK DL 3 816 7MB 5133001345 86 29ME Maxtor 401270H6 117 246MB 511 Raid10 set IC35L0 204 VERO 0 Maxtor AROKSOL 3 5133001345 Maxtor A The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed A brief description of each section is presented on the next page RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2003 Create RAID set Enter to create Delete RAID set Rebuild Raidi set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info IC35LO20AVEROT 0 19092MB IC35L020AVEROT 0 190 92MB Maxtor 4R080L3 781676 Maxtor 4R030L3 7616 7B ST 33001305 26629KB ST330013A5 286 29MB Maxtor 46120H6 117246MB Maxtor 4G120H6 117246MB Tk Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit SATARaid
44. nment Installation oooccocconconnconnoncconcnancnncnncnnnronrnnnconrnancancnnrnnranenannzs 8 5 SATARaid GUI Installation ooocconncccnncnnnccnnccannnonancnanccnnannnnrnn arco rcnnn cnn cnn nrrnan rra nn rn nannan nnmnnn 10 6 Creating and Deleting RAID Sets with BIOS Utility coooocnnccccooonnnnnnncconcnnncnnccoannnnnrnnananannnns 11 Aa dea Ae a 11 AAPP AA 12 01 2 Help WINGOW EE 12 6 1 4 Physical Drive e e te ME 12 6 1 4 Logical Drive Intommaton ns 12 6 9 Command LINE EE 12 6 2 Creating RAID Sets and Spare ni UE 13 6 3 Deleting RAID Sets and Spare Dive sesjonene iii ENEA 14 64 ia 21910 Co RAD ew E 15 PRESON CONCIS sinoi E EEE E EAEE E SEEE 16 6 6 Deleting INValld RAID DIV Buscan EE 18 6 7 LOW L v l Formatting seanma eege 18 6 8 Logical Drive IO MON one 19 ee due ALOIS serrano tits 20 7 1 Windows Server 2003 amp XP amp 2000 ccccccesseeeceenseeccenseesceseeeeeanseeeoanseesonaseeeeeaseeeeaaseeeeaaseesoensaeeseosaseesonas 20 FAI Creating the e eo 21 F Et ale e SIN immm m mm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmm mmmmmmmkm rmmrmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmcia 25 7 2 1 Creating the A aa EEE a a aai Ean E aaa aea aaa a a 26 7 3 Windows 98 amp AAA A 28 8 SATARaid GUI Overview c oonccooccococccnocononcnnnrnnancnnncnnnrnnnn cnn rcnna cnn nana naco rrnna cnn nnmnnn nnana nnne 32 8 1 Devices and Information Windows ivan 32 8 2 Event Viewer and Events W
45. on CC Disable Log File Ce Enable Log File pana Browse File sataraideve hts log Purge The Audio tab is used to select audio alerts in response to events Each event can use a different audio alert and each can be individually disabled Configuration SS 5 xi Trayicon EventTable EventTime 1 SMTP zudi ramae Goetz tsezs dun pape Audio Motification Information Audio notification is use to alertthe system administrator or user that event occured r Audio Notification Configuration Select the sound to play by clicking the browse button or click the disable button for no sound notification Informational Evert Pisania Browse Disable Warning Evert Pisati Browse Disable Error Event Krieg Browse Disable Cancel Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc E Ge SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image SATARaid can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup windows These alerts can occur separately or in conjunction with audio alerts and email notification Use the slider control to set the event level for popups to Occur Error Level The following events will trigger a popup window Errors Warning Level The following events will trigger a popup window Warnings Errors Information Level The following events will trigger a popup window Informational Warnings Errors Disable All No events will t
46. ore data on this partition you must format it first Choose whether you want to format this partition and if so what settings you want to use Do not format this partition Format this partition with the following settings File system nrs d Allocation unit size Defaut f Volume label Raid D Set Perfom a quick format Enable file and folder compression 7 The last window is a summary window listing all of the selections made After verifying that everything is correct click Finish New Partition Wizard Completing the New Partition Wizard You have successfully completed the New Partition Wizard You selected the following settings Disk selected Disk 2 Partition size 156328 MB Drive letter or path F File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label Raid 0 Set Quick farmat Ne To close this wizard click Finish SATARaid User s Manual RO ARA Wi NM Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image nn 23 The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed Depending upon the size of the partition the format process may take several minutes When complete the status will change to Healthy and the name and drive letter will be updated Once the disk reports Healthy it appears in the listing in System Listing section with all of its pertinent information as well
47. rigger a popup window Configuration E Biel Ki Trayicon Evert Table Event Time smm E mail Notification EventLewel LogFile Audio Popup Popup Window Information The popup window is a visual notification that an event occured This popup windows can be disabled or setto popup for only certain event levels Popup Window Event Level Configuration Move the sliderto set event level for notification Error Level Varning Level lnformation Level Dizable AN Cancel SATARaid User s Manual EE AN A Fe Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image SS 41 10RAID Set Management Under Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Selecting the RAID Management command or toolbar button causes a RAID Configuration Wizard to open Click Next to go the Main Operation Menu screen NOTE Modifying RAID Sets may result in the existing data on the affected drives being permanently lost Make sure all data is backed up prior to executing any operation described in this section RAID Wizard Delete Raid Set Menu Delete RSID Set O Back Mest Cancel Help Menu selections that are available depend on the number of drives available and whether any RAID sets currently exist The commands available from within the Wizard are Create RAID Set is used to create a new RAID 0 1 or 10 Set Delete RAID Set is used to delete a RAID Set or to deallocate a spare RAID 1 drive Mod
48. sk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously written to two disks This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk failure If a read failure occurs on one drive the system reads the data from the other drive RAID 1 sets are comprised of two drives A third drive can be allocated as a spare in case one of the drives in the set fails Disk Mirroring and Striping RAID 10 RAID 10 combines the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 Performance is provided through the use of Striping RAID 0 while adding the fault tolerance of Mirroring RAID 1 The implementation of RAID 10 requires four drives The drives are assigned as two Sets of striped pairs __Stripedb Stripe tb ib _ Stripeta Stri te Wb L Stripeza J _Stripe Ja _ Stripeda d anne ___Stripe 2b Ve Stripe 3b Bh Si a __ Stipe sa _Stripe a RAID 1 PL _Stripe eb L Stripe 5b SCH _Siripeba Stripeda _ Stripe sb i Stripe 7b Striped Set A RAID 0 Striped Set B RAID 0 The data is written to RAID Set A which is striped RAID 0 This allows maximum speed The data is then mirrored to another RAID 0 striped set which is Set B in the figure above This provides data redundancy RAID 1 and thus increased data security Under certain circumstances a RAID 10 set can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc ER AE Eo SATARaid User s M
49. te DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive Current fixed disk drive 2 Choose one of the following Create Primary DOS Partition Create Extended DOS Partition Create Logical DOS Drivets in the Extended DOS Partition Enter choice 1 Press Esc to return to FDISK Options SATARaid User s Manual E eg tee Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image RN 29 Press Enter to select Create Primary DOS Partition FDISK will scan the drive and the following window will appear Press Enter to confirm use of the entire drive capacity for the partition Create Primary DOS Partition Current fixed disk drive 2 Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary DOS Partition VEN Visa gsc EE EE k Press Esc to return to FDISK Options While the partition is being created a progress indication appears at the bottom of the screen Once the percentage counter reaches 100 the following window will appear Create Primary DOS Partition Current fixed disk drive 2 Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary DOS Partition ay anas eer erie EE Y Primary DOS Partition created drive letters changed or added Press Esc to continue Press the Esc key to return to the FDISK Options menu Repeat the process for any remaining drives that need to be partitioned When all drives have been partitioned return to the FDISK Options menu then press Esc to exit FDISK The computer will need to be re
50. the Default Allocation Size d Select an appropriate name for Volume Label e Select Quick Format Click on Start The drive will be formatted Repeat this procedure for any remaining drives Close Disk Administrator and open My Computer icon should be on Desktop The new disks should now appear in the My Computer window Close all windows and applications and Restart the computer AN a ge Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 2 7 3 Windows 98 amp Me Windows 98 and Me do not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management utility Instead after creating RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows the partitions must be created using the FDISK program To invoke FDISK from within Windows 1 Click on the START button 2 Select Run 3 Type fdisk in the Open box 4 Click OK The following window will likely appear Your computer has a disk larger than 512 MB This version of Windows Includes improved support for large disks resulting in more efficient use of disk space on large drives and allowing disks over 2 GB to be formatted as a single drive IMPORTANT If you enable large disk support and create any new drives on this disk you will not be able to access the new drive s using other operating systems including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows AT as well as earlier versions of Windows and MS DOS In addition disk utilities that were not designed explicitly for the FAT32 file
51. tor 4ROBOLS dO1bd ME Channel 3 Device 57133001345 Back evt Cancel Help 4 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete and the system will start rebuilding the new member RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard You have finished setting Raid configuration with the Faid Configuration Welzard Click Finish button to apply configuration it ray take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 5 gg Rtg SATARaid User s Manual 4 In Silicon Image 5 Return to the SATARaid Main Window In the Devices window select the RAID Set to which you have added the device Select the Members tab for the RAID Set in the Information window From here the progress of the RAID Set rebuild can be monitored Configuration for SATAR aid i 20 JO x Fie Advanced Help led a CI SES A silicon p5kosm9 Sil RAID 1 Set Members Smart Configuration Identify Data SB OL 311 ALL 23 Channel O 3 Channel 1 Leen Device Goto the RAID management Wizard to add a device to the set Za Channel 2 To remove a member from a set highlight the member and click the remove button Ry Device 3 Channel 3 Mbr lb Rebuild 4 D Remove EA EventWiewer Time Information 2004 05 13 at 10 1527 Reb
52. uild started Set 0 started a rebuild al SATARaid User s Manual PNET Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image RN 55 10 4 Creating a Spare RAID 1 Drive Creating a spare RAID 1 drive allows the spare to be quickly added to an existing RAD 1 set in the event of a catastrophic failure The following example shows the creation of a RAID 1 spare drive 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 and click Next RAID Wizard Main Operation Menu Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 Back Mest Cancel Help 2 Select the disk to be used to create the spare Click Select The drive will be displayed in the Spare Disks window Click Next RAID Wizard Select RAID 1 Spare Disks Select Spare Disks for Raid 1 Set s select the disks to create the spare drive Avaliable Disks Disk Model Capacity Channel 1 Device Spare Disks Disk Model Capacity Channel O Device Maxtor vd Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc de eg Bags SATARaid User s Manual DG EE Silicon Image 3 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard YOu have finished setting Raid configuration with the Raid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time
53. vice 0 CSN Channel 2 EE Gi Device 0 Spare Drive Channel 3 BI Device 0 Po E EE sets Computer Information GI Sil RAID 1 Get Version 5 0 Mame SILICOM LAPBTVYL Pa Device Information Window Window Hormal Drive 4 Event Viewer Time Description Information Information 2004 02 20 at 11 27 31 SATARaid Configuration tool started i Warning Information 2004 02 20 at 11 24 47 SATARaid Configuration tool closed Information 2004 02 20 at 11 20 57 SATAaRaid Configuration tool started Information 2004 02 20 at 11 19 44 SATAaRaid Configuration tool closed w Y Event Viewer Window Events Window 8 1 Devices and Information Windows The Devices window identifies the computer running SATARaid SATA host adapters SATA devices and configured RAID sets Selecting each component in the configuration tree displays in the Information window data that is unique to that component Selecting a specific device channel will show that channel s information Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent information for that drive including the drive s serial number firmware version ATA version and current mode as well as Configuration and Disk Identification information Selecting Sets lists the Sets in the configuration tree and provides information on RIO Version Right clicking on a device component which is not
54. when prompted SATARaid User s Manual a Y Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 5 SATARaid GUI Installation Insert the Silicon Image SATARaid Installation CD into the computer s CD ROM drive Using Windows Explorer or by clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop display the contents of the CD ROM The SATARaid GUI Installation program is named Java SATARaid exe Select this file and open it The installation will begin Click the Next button when the Welcome window appears InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Java SATAR aid The Install5helde Wizard will install Java S47 AF aid on pour computer To continue click Next Click the Next button to install the SATARaid program in the default directory recommended An alternate directory may be selected if desired InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install files Setup will install Java SAT Ab aid in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder Lo Program FilesSilicon Image Java SATAR aid Browse InstallShield Cancel Click the Finish button to complete the installation Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc E eng ge SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 10 ugaS 6 Creating and Deleting RAID Sets with BIOS Utility Creati

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