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1. 3 Select one of the following options as shown in Figure 4 2 m Safe mode creates a virtual disk that is optimized for best fault tolerance It is safe to use with hard drives that contain existing data Virtual disks created in safe mode can also be partially rebuilt if the SSD fails but not if the HDD fails m Capacity mode creates a virtual disk that is optimized for maximum utilization of the SSD Virtual disks created in capacity mode have better read and write performance than those created in safe mode However they cannot be rebuilt WARNING Capacity mode is a data destructive process Please back up all data before using U Capacity mode 4 Check Keep Original Data to preserve the data currently on your HDD or uncheck it to erase all data Note Keep Original Data is only available in Safe mode 5 Enter a number between 10 100 in the Threshold field The Threshold number defines the percentage of your SSD the MSU uses to optimize performance The default is 90 Creating HyperDuo Virtual Disk 4 3 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII EH MARVEL LS User Manual for Marvell Storage Utility 88SE91xx Figure 4 2 Create HyperDuo Screen fa Marvell Storage Management Service By HyperDuo Service i Device Physical Disks ip Physic
2. Lb LI I MARVEL LS RAID 3 7 Deleting Virtual Disk This section describes the procedure for deleting a virtual disk Note After deleting a virtual disk the physical disks constituting the virtual disk become available for use in other virtual disks To delete a virtual disk WARNING Deleting a virtual disk permanently erases all data on the virtual disk However U you can choose to keep partition information on the virtual disk 1 Select the Virtual Disk in the list of system of devices The Property tab for the Virtual Disk appears 2 Roll over the Operation tab and select Delete as shown in Figure 3 18 Figure 3 18 Delete VD Marvell Storage ga Marvell Storage Management rj Service Ry HyperDuo Service i Name m Device 5 s Adapter 0 Threshold Virtual Disks E Mode HyperDuo Safe a Virtual Disk 0 r Physical Disk w Physical Disk Size 931 5 GB Status Functional Physical Disks E Member Count Physical Disk po Physical Disk po _ 4 n p AE O iii Event Logs 1 6 Total Events 6 a QJ Yv Lei Adapter Class Time Description 0 VD Event 10 15 2010 15 14 Initialization data on HyperDuo 0 completed 0 VD Event 10 15 2010 15 14 Rebuild disk on virtual disk 0 completed 3 The MSU displays the warning All data on this virtual disk will be erased once it is deleted Select OK to acknowledge the warning 4 The MSU requests confirmation of deletion with a pop up message Are you sure
3. i Read Cache Mode No Read Ahead qp Physical Disk port C at ia a ep Physical Disk port 1 Management Dd Email Notify Setting Selected RAID Level Useable Capacity of Volume 5 he MSU assigns a default name to the virtual disk To rename the virtual disk click the Name field and type a new name 6 Select the Initialization method for the virtual disk as shown in Figure 3 8 Figure 3 8 Initialization Marvell Storage fa Marvell Storage Management gj Service Name RAID Set Size By HyperDuo Service j Device Initialize Fast Initialization Stripe Size No Initialization 3 E amp Write Cache Mode Fast Initialization Gigabyte Rounding pj Physical Disks i qp Physical Disk port physical Disk port 1 Management Read Cache Mode No Read Ahead D Email Notify Setting Selected RAID Level RAID 1 Useable Capacity of Volume 931 4 GB 7 Select Stripe Size for the virtual disk as shown in Figure 3 9 Note Available stripe sizes vary by controller Creating Virtual Disk 3 7 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII EI Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 3 9 Stripe Size Marvell Storage fa Marvell Storage Management Service Name VD R1 1 RAID Set Size Ry HyperDuo Service cj Device Initialize Fast Init
4. 733 5I BE E Computer Management Local an aelab asusp55 4 j System Tools bb Computer 3 Task Scheduler ccs Disk drives Denes Menage 3 Event Viewer R Display adapters More Actions gt m Shared Folders He Human Interface Devices Local Users and Groups s C IDE ATA ATAPI controllers amp Performance PeCg ATA Channel 0 gay Device Manager Cg ATA Channel 0 e Storage Ca ATA Channel 0 t Disk Management Cg ATA Channel 0 Services and Applications Cg ATA Channel 1 Cg ATA Channel 1 Cg ATA Channel 1 g ATA Channel 1 Cg ATA Channel 2 Cg ATA Channel 3 Cg ATA Channel 4 Cg ATA Channel 5 Cg ATA Channel 6 C ATA Channel 7 3 Cg Intel R ICH10 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 3A26 cag Intel R ICH10 Family 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 3A20 a Standard AHCI1 0 Serial ATA Controller Cg Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller Q IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers Keyboards m n Mice and other pointing devices K amp Monitors Network adapters gt Other devices t bp Universal Serial Bus USB Controller Ki Portable Devices n Processors Sound video and game controllers ca System devices as Note 88SE91xx controllers use generic Windows AHCI SATA drivers on Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 No additional driver installation is required 1 2 3 2 Installing the MSU in Windows This section describes the procedure for installing the MSU in
5. Note Modify is grayed out until the settings change 3 10 Managing Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS HAID 3 4 Managing Physical Disks This section discusses the following m Viewing Properties of Physical Disk m Erasing RAID Configuration Data on Foreign Physical Disk 3 4 1 Viewing Properties of Physical Disk To view the properties of a physical disk select the Physical Disk in the list of system devices as shown in Figure 3 13 Upon selection the MSU displays the Property tab for the physical disk Figure 3 13 Properties of Physical Disk Marvell Storage n Marvell Storage Management c Service i HyperDuo Service x E M Type SSD i E Adapter 0 Model C300 MTFDDAC256MAG E Physical Disks d Size 238 5 GB Status Unconfigured Physical Disk po Management Current speed 6Gb s gm Email Notify Setting Adapter ID Parent Device 4 us 3 Parent Device Port ID iv Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 Adapter Class Note The properties of a physical disk cannot be edited 3 4 2 Erasing RAID Configuration Data on Foreign Physical Disk This section describes the procedure for erasing RAID configuration data if any on a foreign physical disk Note The RAID controller stores RAID configuration data on all physical disks that are part of a virtual disk RAID configuration data must be
6. i ER i D e i L J Information i Information i Information Service Cont Service Cont Application 26 Application 26 Application 26 Application 26 Service Cont Application 206 Service Cont EventLog Service Cont Event ID 7036 7036 Task Category None None None None None None None None None None None Actions gS Open Saved Log W Create Custom View Import Custom View Clear Log Filter Current Log Properties Find Save All Events As fa Shared Folders amp Local Users and Groups 10 20 2010 1 05 58 AM 10 20 2010 1 05 58 AM 10 20 2010 1 05 58 AM 10 20 2010 1 05 58 AM 10 20 2010 1 00 59 AM 10 20 2010 1 00 59 AM i Information Application None Attach a Task To this L e D Information Application None ai Performance Non View Information Application day Device Manager Information Application None Refresh 4 ES Storage f Disk Management Services and Applications D Information Application None Help Event 7036 Service Control M nisse deer ven 3ervice Lontro anager l An mee D Information Application None General Details 5 Attach Task To This Ev Copy Save Selected Events D Application Experience service entered the running state Log Name Refresh System Help 10 20 2010 2 56 36 PM Task Category None Source Event ID
7. Monitoring Virtual Disk This section discusses the following m Receiving Email Event Notifications m Viewing Events using Windows Event Viewer m Enabling Alarm for Critical Events Receiving Email Event Notifications This section describes the procedure to configure the MSU to send event notifications to a user s email account Note This requires a working SMTP email server To configure email event notifications 1 Select Email Notify Setting as shown in Figure 3 15 2 Configure the email server settings and select Test setting as shown in Figure 3 15 The MSU sends a test email to the configured email address If the test email is received the settings are working correctly 3 Select Submit to save settings The MSU confirms changes with the message Setting updated successfully Figure 3 15 Email Notify Setting Marvell Storage Ga Marvell Storage Management B Service Ry HyperDuo Service Server address mail marvell com p Device Port 25 ss E Adapter 0 Physical Disks Username test i Physical Disk port C ep Physical Disk port 1 Password Confirm your password 2 Management The items with are required Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 Adapter Class Description Viewing Events using Windows Event Viewer Note This section applies to Windows operating systems only Because adapter events are triggered by the Windows driver events in the MSU can also be viewed in th
8. 3 As shown in Figure 2 7 Enable Javascript should be selected by default Enable Javascript if it is disabled Figure 2 7 Content Options R 0000 KT r amp m aa General Tabs Content Applications Privacy Security Advanced Block pop up windows Load images automatically Enable JavaScript Fonts amp Colors Default font Times New Roman Languages Choose your preferred lanquage for displaying pages 4 Select OK to confirm the selection This closes the Options dialog 2 8 Enabling Scripting Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI MARVEL LS Marvell Storage Utility MSU 2 3 2 3 1 Opening the MSU in Windows This section describes the procedure to open the MSU in Windows To open the MSU in Windows 1 Verify that Active Scripting or JavaScript is enabled in the default browser as described in 2 2 Enabling Scripting 2 Open the MSU The MSU can be opened using any of the following methods m Double click the desktop shortcut for the MSU as shown in Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 MSU Desktop Shortcut a OR m Right click the desktop shortcut for the MSU and select Open OR m Double click the MSU Tray Application icon OR m Right click the MSU Tray Application icon and select Open MSU 3 Upon opening the Login page appears as described in 2 5 Login To control a local 88SE91xx controller
9. The virtual disk is now listed in the Topology pane Figure A 14 Create Virtual Disk Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk HBA 0 Marvell 0 HyperDuo Safe Virtual Disks Max Size MB 953869 Free Physical Disks Stripe Size 64KB Wb 0 C300 MTFDDAC25 Keep original data Yes HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Name Default Threshold 90 Help Virtual disk configurations ENTER Select F10 Exit Save ESC Return Creating Virtual Disk A 17 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LI LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx A 4 Erasing RAID Configuration Data This topic describes the procedure to erase RAID configuration data if any on a foreign physical disk Note The RAID controller stores RAID configuration data on all physical disks that are part of a virtual disk RAID configuration data must be erased on the physical disk before it can be used with another virtual disk To erase RAID configuration data WARNING If the physical disk was originally part of another virtual disk using Erase RAID 1 Configuration Data may damage that virtual disk 1 In the Topology pane select Physical Disk Test gt HDD 0 WDC WD1002FAEX in Figure A 15 and press Enter A menu pops up as shown Figure A 15 2 Select Erase RAID Confi
10. as shown in Figure 2 3 The Security Settings Local Intranet Zone dialog box appears as shown in Figure 2 4 Enabling Scripting 2 5 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary 34 Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 2 4 Security Settings Internet Zone Security Settings Local Intranet Zone Settings w ae Active scripting Disable Q Prompt Allow Programmatic clipboard access Disable Enable Prompt Allow status bar updates via script Disable Enable Allow websites to prompt For information using scripted wind Disable Enable SP Cerinkina nf 122 ammlab Takes effect after you restart Internet Explorer Reset custom settings Reset to medium low default ka 5 Inthe list of settings browse to Scripting gt Active scripting 6 Select Enable to enable Active scripting as shown in Figure 2 4 7 Select OK to confirm the selection This closes the Security Settings Local Intranet Zone dialog box 8 Select OK to exit the Internet Options dialog 2 2 2 Verifying JavaScript is Enabled in Firefox This section describes the procedure to verify that JavaScript is enabled in Firefox Note JavaScript is enabled by default in Firefox If the MSU does not open in Firefox verify that JavaScript is enabled To verify that JavaScript is enabled in
11. 4 By default the MSU uses the following URL to select the default local 88SE91xx controller if any installed on the local system https localhost 8443 MSU JumpPage php Target LoginPage Note If the MSU does not open the login page replace 1ocalhost in the URL with the IP address of the local controller 127 0 0 1 To control a remote RAID controller 5 Type the following URL the browser address bar https ip address 8443 MSU JumpPage php Target LoginPage Note Replace ip address with the IP address of the remote RAID controller Alternatively you can use the System Name instead of the IP address in most internal network environments Opening the MSU 2 9 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Opening the MSU This section discusses the following Opening the MSU in Windows Tray Application for Windows December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 2 4 Tray Application for Windows When the MSU opens in Windows the Tray Application appears in the System Tray as shown in Figure 2 9 Figure 2 9 Tray Application The Tray Application provides right click menu options for controlling the MSU as shown in Figure 2 10 The menu has options for performing the following tasks Accelerate Status Open the MSU Enable Disable Alarm Enable Disable Pop up Event Messages View Version Information Exit
12. Save All Events As Attach a Task To this L View G Refresh H Help H E Event Properties 15 Attach Task To This Ev Copy Save Selected Events EE bd Gj Refresh D Help The MSU can play an audible alarm when critical events warning and error occur When a hardware buzzer is present the buzzer is also sounded The audible alarm is disabled by default the alarm can be enabled or disabled using the Tray Application as shown in Figure 4 9 4 8 Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 CONFIDENTIAL Document Classification Proprietary Monitoring HyperDuo Virtual Disk Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev LII LII 3 M AR VY EL LS HyperDuo Figure 4 9 Enabling Alarm using Tray Application Accelerate Status Open MSU Enable Alarm Disable Event Message About Storage Tray Exit Monitoring HyperDuo Virtual Disk 4 9 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 4 5 Rebuilding Degraded Virtual Disk At this time the MSU cannot initiate pause resume stop or complete rebuilding of virtual disks To partially rebuild HyperDuo virtual disks created with 88SE91 xx use the controller BIOS as described in Appendix A BIOS Utility A HyperDuo virtual disk can be partially rebuilt only if the following conditions are true m
13. 0 and subsequently in increments of one So the first physical disk is assigned an ID of 0 the next 1 and so on This ID is persistent throughout the life of the HBA Clearing or erasing PD table clears information on the PD IDs for all physical disks ever connected to the HBA After clearing the PD ID assignment would restart from O Enable Poll S M A R T Status to periodically check S M A R T status of physical disks Default is Off Disable If the MSU s request for S M A R T status fails or if the physical disk is no longer in S M A R T status the MSU logs the event in Event Logs In this mode the Master Boot Record MBR in erased on all physical disks constituting the virtual disk This is a destructive process that permanently erases all data on the virtual disk Related terms Initialization Rate Used to record the sectors with invalid data including events such as losing write back cache or unavailability of fault tolerance data during background activities which prevents the controller from reading the wrong data In this read cache mode the controller s read performance is configured for sequential access of data It reads extra blocks from the physical disk to cache memory in anticipation of the next read command from the application Note For applications requiring random access of data enabling Head Ahead might degrade read performance due to the overhead of advance read operations Helated terms No Read A
14. 2 Internet Options Internet Options General Security Privacy Content Connections Programs Advanced Home page To create home page tabs type each address an its own line Fn marvyell camy MJ Use default Use blank C Delete temporary Files history cookies saved passwords and web Form information Search P Change search defaults Settings Browsing history Change how webpages are displayed in Settings tabs Appearance Apply 2 Select the Security tab as shown in Figure 2 3 2 4 Enabling Scripting Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI MARVEL LS Marvell Storage Utility MSU Figure 2 3 Security Internet Options General Security Privacy Content Connections Programs Advanced Select a zone to view or change security settings Restricted sites Local intranet This zone is Far all websites that are O Found on your intranet Security level For this zone Custom Custom settings To change the settings click Custom level To use the recommended settings click Default level Custom level Default level Reset all zones to default level 3 Select Local Intranet under Select a zone to view or change security settings 4 Select Custom level
15. 4 5 Check Methods of Optimization Ga Marvell Storage Management Valid Volumes Fixed Occupied Flexible Avaliable E Service Ee Device ge L Adapter 0 o Virtual Disks m f HyperDuo Hype S arvell Storage Utility V4 73 460 Accelerated ep Physical Disk f Physical Disk Physical Disks narvell 91xx driver 896 Accelerated yr Physical Disk po Physical Disk po _ VD Event 10 15 2010 15 14 Initialization data on HyperDuo 0 completed VD Event 10 15 2010 15 14 Rebuild disk on virtual disk 0 completed w II Valid Volumes 4 red Occupied Flexible Bllavaliable e E Adapter 0 o Virtual Disks 1 CJ E My Documents i 20 Decelerating E a HyperDuo Hype A d Marvell Storage Utility V4 73 732 Ranna to be accelerat Physical Disk Physical Disk c Physical Disks marvell 91xx driver 896 Santa to be accelerat s m t ss D Event Logs 1 6 Total Events 6 Class VD Event 10 15 2010 15 14 Initialization data on HyperDuo 0 completed VD Event 10 15 2010 15 14 Rebuild disk on virtual disk 0 completed E Om gj Physical Disk po T Optimize 0 96 _ Current My Documents r Physical Disk po Je H 4 6 Managing HyperDuo Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary M AR VY E L LS 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 Lb LI LI HyperDuo Monitoring HyperDuo Virtual Disk This section di
16. 88SE91xx A 1 Overview This section discusses the following m Supported Controllers m Supported Functionality A 1 1 Supported Controllers The BIOS utility supports 88SE91xx controllers with on board CPU A 1 2 Supported Functionality Table A 1 lists the functionality supported by the BIOS Table A 1 Supported Functionality Feature Description RAID Levels RAID 0 and RAID 1 HyperDuo Modes Safe Mode and Capacity Mode Number of Virtual Disks VDs per controller 1 or 2 depends on OEM selection Number of HDDs per VD 2 Stripe Sizes 32K and 64K Rebuild Manual rebuild for RAID 1 and Safe Mode Note Visit the Marvell Extranet or contact your FAE sales representative to check for newer versions of BIOS with enhanced functionality A 2 Overview Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary BIOS Utility A 2 Launching the BIOS Table A 2 lists the keyboard controls for launching the BIOS during the controller s Power On Self Test POST Table A 2 Launching the BIOS Key Function T eee r M i MI Press the key combination during the controller s POST g Note You may have to wait a few seconds for the Marvell BIOS to appear Figure A 1 shows the messages displayed during the POST of an 88SE91 xx controller with on board CPU Figure A 1 BIOS Post Message Marvell 88SE91xx Adapter BIOS Version 1 0 0 1029 PCI E X1 5 0Gbps Mode
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18. CPU AHCI Physical Disk ID Disk Name size Speed Status 0 HDD WDC wD1002FAEX 1TB 3Gb s Unconfigured 1 HDD WDC wD1002FAEX 1TB 3Gb s Unconfigured Press Ctrl M to enter BIOS Setup or Space to continue Launching the BIOS A 3 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI Marvell Storage Utility M AR V G L L User Manual for 88SE91xx A 2 4 Keyboard Controls Table A 3 lists the controls for navigating and using the BIOS UI Table A 3 Navigation Keys Function Scrolls menu list items SS A Selects an item and shows a pop up menu with options SS m E et m Gs Toggles between Enable Disable states and Select Unselect states as applicable 11 Go backwards Confirm Y or Deny N settings Save and Exit the BIOS lt A 4 Launching the BIOS Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 MARVEL LS BIOS Utility A3 Creating Virtual Disk The Marvell BIOS utility allows you to create virtual disks using the Configuration Wizard This section discusses the following m Creating RAID Virtual Disk m Creating HyperDuo Virtual Disk A 3 1 Creating RAID Virtual Disk To create RAID virtual disk 1 In the Topology pane scroll to HBA 0 Marvell 0 and press Enter to selec
19. Firefox 1 From the menu bar select Tools gt Options as shown in Figure 2 5 The Options dialog box appears with the General tab selected as shown in Figure 2 6 2 6 Enabling Scripting Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LI LII LII MARVEL LS Marvell Storage Utility MSU Figure 2 5 Firefox Tools Menu Marvell Storage Utility Mozilla Firefox File Edit wiew History Bookmarks hte Help BH Web Search ST Downloads Ctrl J Most visited hadrons Marvell Storage Utility Java Console Error Console Ctrl Shirk J Page Info Start Private Browsing Cbrl Shift PF Clear Recent History Cbrl Shift Del Mpkions Tabs Content Applications Privacy Security Advanced Startup When Firefox starts Show my home page VM Home Page http www marvell com Use Current Pages Use Bookmark Restore to Default Downloads Show the Downloads window when downloading a file Close it when all downloads are finished 9 Savefilesto p Downloads G Always ask me where to save files Add ans Change options for your add ons Manage Add ons 2 Select the Content tab as shown in Figure 2 6 Enabling Scripting 2 7 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx
20. Manual for 88SE91xx 4 Scroll through the list of free disks as shown in Figure A 19 and press Space to select or unselect a replacement physical disk Press Enter to continue Figure A 19 Select Replacement Disk Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Rebuild gt Select free disks Information HBA 0 Marvell 0 ID 0 Virtual Disks Name Test L Test Sea vile LHDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Stripe Size 64K Free Physical Disks RAID Mode RAID1 SE 953869MB BGA Status N A Number of PDs 1 Members 8 Help Use the space bar to select the free disks to be used in the array ENTER Operation Qc Select F10 Exit Save ESC Return A 22 Rebuilding Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary BIOS Utility 5 Press Y when prompted to confirm the rebuild process as shown in Figure A 20 Figure A 20 Confirm Rebuild Virtual Disk Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Rebuild gt Select free disks Information HBA 0 Marvell 0 ID 0 Virtual pb Name Test LTest Status Degrade LHDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Stripe Size 64K Free Physical Disks RAID Mode RAID1 LHDD 0 WDC WD1002FAEX See 953869MB rie lie Use the space bar to select the free disks to be used in the array ENTER Operation SPACE Select F10 Ex
21. Options Fa Marvell Storage Management mj Service Sy HyperDuo Service Device cj Physical Disks ep Physical Disk port C qp Physical Disk port 1 Management Create Options Performance v m Email Notify Setting Time 3 Select one of the following options m Performance creates a virtual disk that is optimized for best read and write performance m Reliability creates a virtual disk that is optimized for best fault tolerance Based on the performance reliability selection and the capabilities of the RAID controller the MSU creates a suitable virtual disk using some or all available physical disks 4 After creating the virtual disk the MSU displays the Property tab for the new Virtual Disk as shown in Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 VD Created aa 5a Marvell Storage Management mj Service Ry HyperDuo Service Device B F Adapter 0 RAID Level RAID 1 Status Functional size 931 4 GB Member Count 2 c Physical Disks Stripe Size Physical Disk po Physical Disk po Mananement 3 4 Creating Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI MARVEL LS RAID 3 2 2 Customizing Virtual Disk for your Application This section describes the procedure to create a custom virtual disk that is most suitable for your application WARNING Creating a RAID virtual disk destroys all dat
22. Windows To install the MSU in Windows December 10 2010 1 Verify that the drivers for the 88SE91xx controller are installed as described in section 1 2 3 1 Verifying 88SE91xx Controller Drivers Installation 2 Run MSUSetup exe The MSU Setup Wizard appears as shown in Figure 1 2 3 Select Next as shown in Figure 1 2 The License Agreement window appears as shown in Figure 1 3 Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU 1 5 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary LII Kar Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 1 2 MSU Setup Wizard Welcome to the Marvell MSU V4 Setup Wizard This wizard will install Marvell MSU V4 support for multiple languages and an easy plugin system Click Mext to continue Figure 1 3 License Agreement Please review the license terms before installing Marvell MSU v4 Press Page Down to see the rest of the agreement MARVELL END USER LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT The use of the Software as defined herein is exclusively governed by the terms of this End User Limited Use se Agreement the Agreement between MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD MARVELL and you Licensee BY OPENING THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE AND CLICKING I accept the terms in the License Agreement OF ANY ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS AGREEMENT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOL HAVE READ THF AGRFFMFNT AND AGRFF TO RF ROUND RY TTS TER
23. a virtual disk is changed from Functional to Degrade as shown in Figure A 16 Figure A 16 Virtual Disk Properties Degrade VD Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Topology Lnrormation HBA 0 Marvell 0 ID 0 Virtual Disks Name Test Status HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Stripe RG E 64K Free Physical Disks RAID Mode RAID1 Sze 953869MB BGA Status N A Number of PDs 1 Members 8 Help Virtual Disk set of disk blocks presented to an operating environment as a range of consecutively numbered logical blocks with disk like storage ENTER Operation F10 Exit Save ESC Return Rebuilding Virtual Disk A 19 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 2 Replace the faulty physical disk with an identical physical disk The 88SE91xx detects the new physical disk and lists the device under Free Physical Disks in the Topology pane as shown in Figure A 17 Figure A 17 Replacement Physical Disk Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Topology Information HBA 0 Marvell 0 Port ID 0 Vircual Disks PD ID 0 L Test Type SATA PD LHDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Status Unconfigured Free Po res Diss STE 953869MB LHDD 0 WDC WD1002FAEX Feature Support NCQ 6G 48Bits Current Speed 6G Model WDC WD100
24. can create and manage RAID O 1 1E 5 10 50 and 60 arrays ROCs contain an on board CPU which enables hardware RAID functionality Note Marvell RAID controllers support different sets of RAID levels depending on the hardware model and OEM software package Some software packages depending on OEM selections support limited RAID levels by design Check with the OEM vendor for information specific to your controller Serial Attached SCSI Small Computer System Interface Serial ATA Advanced Technology Attachment Enable Serial Console to transmit the BIOS display video through the system s serial port Another serial port can then receive this signal and display the same in a terminal CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary I LI LI MARVEL L Glossary Set Free Set Free releases an offline physical disk from a virtual disk S M A R T When enabled the controller periodically checks the S M A H T Monitoring status of physical disks Any departure from S M A R T status is reported in the Event Logs SSD oolid State Drive Spare Refers to physical disk assigned as spare drive for use in rebuilding virtual disks Related terms Global Spare Drive Hot Spare Hot Swap Staggered Spin Up In order to avoid excessive power draw at power up physical disks can be powered up sequentially instead of powering up simultaneously Depending on power supply the speed of the computer an
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26. ice ME T E V C 3 SEI 50 C 4 M asciBo oam E D 1 feu rei ICT e Le en RT came D E 1 F MARVELL END USER LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT eene F 1 vi Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS GETTING STARTED This chapter contains the following sections m Overview m Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU CONFIDENTIAL Copyright 2010 Marvell Document Classification Proprietary December 10 2010 Getting Started 1 1 Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 1 1 1 2 Overview The Marvell Storage Utility MSU is a browser based management utility for Marvell 88SE91xx controllers Using storage devices connected to the controller it can create and manage RAID and HyperDuo virtual disks and arrays This section discusses the following m Software Components m System Requirements m Supported Browsers m Supported Operating Systems m Supported RAID Levels m HyperDuo Modes WARNING Be sure to back up all data before connecting your disk drives to the Y Marvell controller Connection may destroy data on the drive
27. is available for rebuilding virtual disks and arrays The spare drive was used to rebuild a virtual disk and is now part of the same The MSU indicates connected SAS SATA tape devices However SAS SATA tape devices are not available for use in a virtual disk The MSU indicates connected CD DVD devices However CD DVD devices are not available for use in a virtual disk C 3 CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx C 3 X Virtual Disks Table C 3 lists the icons used to indicate the status of virtual disks Table C 3 Icons for Virtual Disks Symbol Description Notes Online Virtual Disk The virtual disk is operating normally Online Virtual Disk with The virtual disk is operating normally and performing a Background Activity background activity Offline Virtual Disk This virtual disk is not operating because one or more member physical disks are not connected Data can neither be written nor read from the virtual disk Foreign Virtual Disk The RAID configuration metadata on the physical disk indicates that itis part of a virtual disk that was created with another RAID controller Partially Optimal Virtual Disk One or more physical disks in the virtual disk have failed and reduced the fault tolerance of the virtual disk The virtual disk is still operating normally Partially Optimal Virtual Disk The
28. partially optimal virtual disk is performing a background with Background Activity activity Degraded Virtual Disk The virtual disk is degraded and has no fault tolerance In this state data is not recoverable if even one physical disk fails Rebuild the virtual disk by replacing the failed physical disk s Degraded Virtual Disk with The degraded virtual disk is rebuilding Background Activity CA Virtual Disks Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary I LI LI MARVEL L Glossary GLOSSARY This glossary describes abbreviations acronyms and terms used in this manual Adapter Adapter refers to any board that hosts the Controller Note Commands are executed on the controller which is hosted on either an HBA Host Bus Adapter evaluation board or OEM motherboard Related terms Controller Auto Rebuild When enabled degraded virtual disks are automatically rebuilt if a global spare drive of suitable size is available Related terms Rebuild Spare Global Spare Drive Hot Spare Hot Swap BGA Abbreviation for Background Activity BIOS POST BIOS Power On Self Test This is a pre boot diagnostic test procedure that checks if the required hardware is present and functioning correctly The system typically continues to boot even if errors are encountered unless they are fatal errors CLI Command Line Interface D 1 Copyri
29. press Enter to continue 4 The Create Virtual Disk configuration options appear in the Information pane as shown in Figure A 11 Available keystrokes are listed in the Help pane when a setting is highlighted Figure A 11 Create Virtual Disk Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk Virtual Disks Free Physical Disks SSD 0 C300 MTFDDAC25 Keep original data Yes HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Threshold 2 90 Next rie lie Virtual oisk configurations ENTER Select F10 Exit Save ESC Return Note Max Size MB Stripe Size and Name options are unavailable in the current version of BIOS Creating Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL December 10 2010 Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 MARVEL LS BIOS Utility 5 Highlight HyperDuo and press Enter A menu pops up as shown in Figure A 12 and lists available HyperDuo modes and RAID levels Select your preferred mode and press Enter Figure A 12 HyperDuo Mode Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk HyperDuo Virtual Disks Free Physical Disks Safe x L SSD 0 C300 MTFDDAC25 Keep original data Yes A SEH HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX ID Threshold TG RAID 1 Next nie dg Vercelli S
30. the device selected in the System pane The Properties pane contains tabs at the top Depending on the device selected in the System pane one of more of the following tabs appear m Property Select Property to view modify the properties of the device selected in the System pane m Operation Roll over the Operation tab to view a menu of operations that can be performed on the device selected in the System pane m Programs This tab allows you to configure the virtual disk m Schedule This tab allows you to schedule regular maintenance tasks 2 16 User Interface Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII a MARVEL LS Marvell Storage Utility MSU Figure 2 17 Properties Pane Host Name MARVELLTEST PC Host IP 10 83 108 215 MSU Version 4 1 0 1905 2 6 3 Event Logs As shown in Figure 2 18 the Events Logs pane lists adapter events The events are categorized into informational warning and error events For information on the icons used for different event types see Appendix C Icons used in the MSU Figure 2 18 Event Logs Pane Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 Adapter Class ee il User Interface 9 17 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary BS Marvell Storage Utility M AR V G L
31. the installation triggers a Windows Security Alert on some versions of Windows as shown in Figure 1 7 Select Unblock or Allow Access to continue Figure 1 7 Windows Security Alert e Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program Windows Firewall has blocked some features of Apache HTTP Server on all public and private networks Name Apache HTTP Server Publisher Apache Software Foundation Path C program files marvell storage apache Z binlhttpd exe Allow Apache HTTP Server to communicate on these networks Private networks such as my home or work network Public networks such as those in airports and coffee shops not recommended because these networks often have little or no security What are the risks of allowing a program through a firewall Note Figure 1 7 shows the Security Alert that appears in Windows 7 The alert is similar for other WIndows operating systems When the installation is complete the wizard confirms the completion as shown in Figure 1 8 Click Finish as shown in Figure 1 8 The MSU is now installed Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU 1 9 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII EI Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 1 8 Installation Complete Completing the Marvell MSU V4 Setup Wizard Marvell MSU V4 has been installed on your co
32. you want to delete this virtual disk Select OK to confirm deletion 5 The MSU displays a pop up message asking Do you want to delete the partition information if this has one Select OK to delete partition information or Cancel to keep partition information Deleting Virtual Disk 3 17 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK 3 18 Deleting Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY EL LS HyperDuo HYPERDUO This chapter contains the following sections m Overview m Creating HyperDuo Virtual Disk m Managing HyperDuo Virtual Disk m Monitoring HyperDuo Virtual Disk m Rebuilding Degraded Virtual Disk m Deleting HyperDuo Virtual Disk 4 1 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb Marvell Storage Utility MARV EL_L User Manual for 88SE91xx 4 1 Overview This chapter describes HyperDuo functionality in the MSU for Marvell 88SE91xx SATA controllers Note HyperDuo is supported by some but not all Marvell 88SE91xx controllers To find out if your controller supports HyperDuo refer to the con
33. 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary 34 Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx V VD Virtual Disk W Wipe Out Write Back Performance Write Through Reliability D 10 Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Virtual Disk A virtual disk is a combination of two or more physical disks that are presented to the operating system as a single storage device Performs Quick Initialization of the physical or virtual disk In this write cache mode the controller is configured for best write performance Write data is stored temporarily in DDR cache memory and flushed to the hard disk at the appropriate time In the event of power failure there is a risk of losing data integrity if the transfer of data from the DDR cache to hard disk is not completed Note A BBU Battery Backup Unit is recommended when using Write Back cache mode When a BBU is available and optimally charged the controller automatically turns on Write Back Performance cache Related terms Write Through Reliability This is the default write cache mode In this mode all write operations are performed on the hard disk before a completion status is returned to the operating system Related terms Write Back Performance CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting Tab
34. 00768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII m MARVEL LS BIOS Utility 2 Use the arrow keys to scroll through the list of free physical disks as shown in Figure A 10 Press Space to select unselect a disk Note When a disk is selected an asterisk appears to the left of the disk label as shown in Figure A 10 Figure A 10 Select Free Disks Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disks Port ID See Wet Disks PD ID XE Free Physical Disks Type SATA PD SSD 0 C300 MTFDDAC25 Status Unconfigured HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Size 953869MB Feature Support NCQ 6G 48Bits Current Speed 66 Model WDC WD1002FAEX 00Z3A0 Sere Tell WD ABCDE1234567 FW Version 05 12321 telp Use space bar to select the free disks to be used in the array ENTER Operation space Select F10 Exit Save ESC Return Note The 88SE91xx controller supports the creation of virtual disks comprised of exactly two SATA physical disks PATA physical disks cannot be used to create virtual disks Creating Virtual Disk A 13 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 3 After selecting the required disks
35. 0768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb Marvell Storage Utility MARV EL_L User Manual for 88SE91xx B 1 RAID Overview RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks The RAID storage systems are created by combining multiple two or more physical disks and storing data using techniques specified by different RAID levels Each RAID level offers a unique set of characteristics suitable for certain applications See Section B 2 Comparing RAID Levels for a comparison of RAID levels across a number of parameters B 2 RAID Overview Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS B 2 Comparing RAID Levels Selecting a RAID Level Table B 1 compares RAID levels across a number of parameters These ratings are intended to help you identify RAID levels with characteristics suitable for your application Note A specific quantitative comparison is not possible because RAID performance is dependent on a number of variables that are unique to the equipment setup such as the number of physical disks performance characteristics of those disks spindle synchronization performance characteristics of the RAID controller among others Table B 1 Comparing RAID Levels RAID Level 0 Read YrYrYY Performance Write frir Performance Fault 2 Tolerance Efficient us
36. 09 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk HBA 0 Marvell 0 RAID Level RAID 0 Virtual Disks Max Size MB 953869MB Free Physical Disks Stripe Size 64KB S HDD 0 WDC WD1002FAEX Murek ama ie Yes HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Name Default Threshold 90 ne lie VP EUs alsk configurations ENTER Select F10 Exit Save ESC Return Creating Virtual Disk A 11 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx A 3 2 Creating HyperDuo Virtual Disk To create HyperDuo virtual disk 1 In the Topology pane scroll to HBA 0 Marvell 0 and press Enter to select A menu pops up as shown in Figure A 9 Select Configuration Wizard and press Enter to begin creating the virtual disk Figure A 9 Configuration Wizard Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Topology Information HB 0 Marvell O 1B4B Virtual Disks Free Physical b rok 0 C300 MTFDDAC25 BIOS Version 1 0 0 1029 HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Firmware Version 2 2 0 1108 PCle Speed Rate 5 0Gbps Configure SATA as AHCI Mode Supported Mode RAIDO RAID1 Safe Capacity Fre e Marvell RAID on chip controller ENTER Operation F10 Exit Save ESC Return A 12 Creating Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S8
37. 1 Enabling Scripting Before opening the MSU verify that Active Scripting or JavaScript is enabled in the browser This section discusses the following m Enabling Active Scripting in Internet Explorer m Verifying JavaScript is Enabled in Firefox Enabling Active Scripting in Internet Explorer This section describes the procedure to enable Active Scripting in Internet Explorer Note Active Scripting might be disabled by default for some versions of Windows To enable Active Scripting in Internet Explorer 1 From the menu bar select Tools Internet Options as shown in Figure 2 1 The Internet Options dialog box appears with the General tab selected as shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 1 Internet Explorer Tools Menu EN Marvell Storage Utility Windows Internet Explorer o Rd lie https localhost 3443 MSU JumpPage php Target LoginPage File Edit View Favorites Help Delete Browsing History S Marvell Storage Utility i e Pop up Blocker Phishing Filter Manage Add ons em m m Eu m LL re EM iLliscrIDie CO CAS Feed windo f ws Update windows Messenger Diagnose Connection Problems Internet Options Enabling Scripting 2 3 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV EL Le User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 2
38. 1 3 1 1 5 senses RAID Levels C 1 3 1 1 6 SUIT EIS hee MER T 1 3 1 2 INSTALLING THE MARVELL STORAGE UTILITY MSU sese 1 4 1 2 1 installing Ihe SBSEI1XX COMUOMC 1 4 122 Connecung Physical DISKS sseersorercisreoncossiepiiieae r eid ieie aan E E aE EEEE E Aaina 1 4 1 2 3 Installing the MSU in Windows c 1 4 2 MARVELL STORAGE UTILITY MSU sss eee 2 1 2 1 eccl 2 2 22 TENRBUING SCRIPTING EE 2 3 2 2 1 Enabling Active Scripting in Internet Explorer eee eee eee 2 3 2 2 2 Verifying JavaScript is Enabled in Firefox 2 6 23 OPENING THE MSU aes cece O 2 9 2 3 1 Opening the MSU in WindOwWs 2 9 2 4 TRAY APPLICATION FOR WINDOWS e 2 10 2 4 1 Accelera E 2 10 2 4 2 eeh H c m 2 11 2 4 3 Enable Disable Alati RETE areca isenedesceteeicrersanieandsensenesebarewduanadusdeavcodseacs 2 11 2 4 4 Enable Disable Pop up Event Messages ccsssseeccececeesseeceeeecaeesseeceseeseeuseeeeeessaanseseesessaas 2 11 2 4 5 IVA Eie me d eu 2 12 2 4 6 Exit the Tray ADDIICANOM m 2 12 M E e 2 13 2 5 1 SEENEN 2 13 2 5 2 LOGIN zi TE 2 13 26 USER INTERFACE specs ETUR 2 15 2 6 1 Marvell Storage Management eee eee e ee e e 2 15 2 6 2 FOO IOS 2 ERE ER 2 16 2 6 3 S 09 e
39. 2FAEX 00Z3A0 Serial WD ABCDE1234567 FW Version 05 12321 Help Physical Disk can be combined into a VD ENTER Operation F10 Exit Save ESC Return A 20 Rebuilding Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 M AR VY E L LS BIOS Utility 3 Inthe Topology pane scroll to Virtual Disks Test in Figure A 18 and press Enter A menu pops up as shown in Figure A 18 Scroll to Rebuild and press Enter to configure the rebuild process Figure A 18 Rebuild Virtual Disk Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Topology Information HBA 0 Marvell 0 ID 0 Virtua Disks Name E Test Status TU ee yom Delete Stripe Size 64K THEHR LRebuild RAID Mode rA1D1 L HDD 1 NDC SE S 953869MB EET Status N Number of PDs 1 Members 8 Ree Virtual Disk A set of disk blocks presented to an operating environment as a range of consecutively numbered logical blocks with disk like storage ENTER Operation F10 Exit Save ESC Return Rebuilding Virtual Disk A 21 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User
40. 64 MB of disk space on every RAID configured physical disk is reserved for storing DDF metadata The remaining space is reported as the usable capacity of the physical disk Drive Size Drive Size Coercion is designed for fault tolerance virtual disks such Coercion as RAID 1 Disk Mirroring When using physical disks of varying sizes the controller limits or coerces the usable size of each physical disk to size of the smallest physical disk This is useful when it is not possible to use physical disks of the same size D 2 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS Dedicated Spare Drive Degraded Virtual Disk Array E ESD Erase Foreign Configuration Event Logs r Fast Initialization Fault Tolerance Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Glossary A dedicated spare drive is a spare that is assigned for exclusive use by a specific array Note Dedicated Spare Drive is only available for RAID On Chip ROC controllers Related terms Global Spare Drive Hot Spare Hot Swap Spare A fault tolerant virtual disk array becomes degraded when one or more member physical disks fail In this state the fault tolerance of the degraded virtual disk array is compromised to the extent determined by the RAID level and number of failed member physical disks Rebuild the virtual disk array to ensure
41. ANY OF THE FOREGOING SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE ITSELF BY LICENSEE OR U S 1 TERMINATION Licensee may terminate this license by destroying the Software including all related documentation and all copies thereof This license will also terminate if Licensee fails to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement Upon termination Licensee shall destroy the Software including related documentation and all copies thereof that are in Licensee s possession or control NON ASSIGNABILITY Licensee may not sell transfer assign or subcontract any right or obligation set forth in this Agreement without the prior written consent of MARVELL and any attempt to do so shall be null and void EXPORT CONTROL The Software may be subject to U S export control laws including the U S Export Administration Act and its associated regulations and to export or import regulations in other countries Licensee agrees strictly to comply with all such regulations and acknowledges that Licensee has the obligation to obtain any licenses or post any notices required to export re export or import the Software or exercise its rights granted hereunder F 3 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx by MARVELL With respect to MARVELL s Confidenti
42. Event Example Physical disk 1 is assigned as spare 9 Unknown Event Any event that was not recognized by the MSU See Windows Events Viewer for more information on the event A Warning Event Example Virtual Disk 1 is deleted Critical Event Example Virtual Disk 1 is degraded C 2 Events Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary MARVEL LS C 2 Physical Disks Table C 2 lists the icons used to indicate the status of physical disks Table C 2 Icons for Physical Disks Symbol 66 5 909 Physical Disks Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Description Unconfigured Physical Disk Configured Physical Disk Foreign Physical Disk Offline Physical Disk Unconfigured Spare Drive Configured Spare Drive SAS SATA Tape Device CD DVD Device Icons used in the MSU Notes The physical disk is available for use in a virtual disk The physical disk is part of a virtual disk The foreign physical disk is part of a virtual disk created with another RAID controller The foreign physical disk cannot be used on the RAID controller unless the RAID configuration metadata is erased on the disk The physical disk is part of a virtual disk and has an error Check the event log for details and replace the physical disk if necessary Note An offline physical disk can render a virtual disk offline or degrade it The spare drive
43. FIDENTIAL December 10 2010 Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary LII LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 5 Highlight RAID Level and press Enter A menu pops up as shown in Figure A 5 and lists available RAID levels Select your preferred RAID Level and press Enter Figure A 5 RAID Level Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk ae Gelee S S Free Physical Disks Stripe Size RAID 0 S di 0 WDC WD1002FAEX RAID 1 HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Name Default Next Help Virtual disk configurations ENTER Select F10 Exit Save Eet Return Note The default RAID Level is RAID 0 A 8 Creating Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 MARVEL LS BIOS Utility 6 Highlight Stripe Size and press Enter to select A menu pops up as shown in Figure A 6 and lists available stripe sizes for the selected RAID level Select your preferred stripe size and press Enter Figure A 6 Stripe Size Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk Virtual Disks Free Physical Disks E HDD 0 WDC WD1002FAEX HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAE
44. L User Manual for 88SE91xx 2 7 Logout Select Logout as shown in Figure 2 19 to logout of the MSU Figure 2 19 MSU Logout Welcome Admin Logout Ca Marvell Storage EC Marvell Storage Management Gervire Note To exit the MSU right click the Tray Application and select Exit MSU 2 18 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Logout Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev I LI LI MA RV EL LS RAID RAID This chapter contains the following sections m Overview m Creating Virtual Disk m Managing Virtual Disk m Managing Physical Disks m Monitoring Virtual Disk m Rebuilding Degraded Virtual Disk m Deleting Virtual Disk 3 1 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb Marvell Storage Utility MARV EL_L User Manual for 88SE91xx 3 1 Overview This chapter describes RAID functionality in the MSU for Marvell 88SE91xx controllers Note RAID is supported by some but not all Marvell 88SE91xx controllers To find out if your controller supports RAID refer to the controller or HBA documentation RAID options only appear in the MSU for controllers that have RAID support 3 2 Overview Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LI M AR V E m RAID 3 2 Creating V
45. MARVELL Marvell Moving Forward Faster Marvell Storage Utility User Manual for 88SE91xx Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary CONFIDENTIAL Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility M AR V G L L User Manual for 88SE91xx For more information visit our website at www marvell com No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of Marvell Marvell retains the right to make changes to this document at any time without notice Marvell makes no warranty of any kind expressed or implied with regard to any information contained in this document including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further Marvell does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information text graphics or other items contained within this document Marvell products are not designed for use in life support equipment or applications that would cause a life threatening situation if any such products failed Do not use Marvell products in these types of equipment or applications With respect to the products described herein the user or recipient in the absence of appropriate U S government authorization agrees 1 Not to re export or release any such information consisti
46. MS AND 7 If you accept the terms of the agreement select the first option below You must accept the agreement to install Marvell MSU V4 Click Next to continue I accept the terms of the License Agreement C I do not accept the terms of the License Agreement Nullsoft Install System v2 46 4 Read the License Agreement and select accept the terms of the License Agreement as shown in Figure 1 3 5 Select Next as shown in Figure 1 3 to continue with the installation The Choose Components window appears as shown in Figure 1 4 1 6 Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary MARVE 6 Lb LI LI L L Getting Started Select Next as shown in Figure 1 4 The Choose Install Location window appears as shown in Figure 1 5 with the default location displayed in the Destination Folder field Figure 1 4 Choose Components Choose which features of Marvell MSU V4 you want to install Check the components you want to install and uncheck the components you don t want to install Click Next to continue Or select the optional MSU required carla you wish to Tray required Command Line Interface Flash Command Line Interface Description Space required 78 3MB Position your fi L pater Gp Ss OL 1 III ELu vmE dil 11818181 Note Installation of the Command Line Interface ut
47. Marvell Storage Utility as it appears during installation F 1 CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx MARVELL END USER LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT The use of the Software as defined herein is exclusively governed by the terms of this End User Limited Use License Agreement the Agreement between MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD MARVELL and you Licensee BY OPENING THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE AND CLICKING I accept the terms in the License Agreement OF ANY ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS AGREEMENT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT CLICK I do not accept the terms in the License Agreement AND CEASE ACCESSING OR USING THE SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE BY MARVELL DEFINITIONS For purposes of this Agreement i Marvell s Products means certain proprietary Marvell Storage products of MARVELL which are incorporated in the equipment purchased by Licensee and ii Software means the MARVELL Windows Installer software Storage or RAID software drivers and utilities and Storage management software made available for download or otherwise provided to Licensee by MARVELL or its licensees during the term of this Agreement together with any related written technical
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49. Service Control Manager 7036 Information Logged Level Keywords Classic I lear MA T eren fer RAARVEL I TFCT Dr 3 5 3 Enabling Alarm for Critical Events The MSU can play an audible alarm when critical events warning and error occur When a hardware buzzer is present the buzzer is also sounded The audible alarm is disabled by default the alarm can be enabled or disabled using the Tray Application as shown in Figure 3 17 3 14 Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Monitoring Virtual Disk CONFIDENTIAL Document Classification Proprietary Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev LII LII 3 MARVEL LS RAID Figure 3 17 Enabling Alarm using Tray Application Accelerate Status Open MSU Enable Alarm Disable Event Message About Storage Tray Exit Monitoring Virtual Disk 3 15 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 3 6 Rebuilding Degraded Virtual Disk At this time the MSU cannot initiate pause resume stop or complete rebuilding of virtual disks To rebuild virtual disks created with 88SE91xx use the BIOS as described in Appendix A BIOS Utility 3 16 Rebuilding Degraded Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary
50. T 2 17 AME WOU G 2 18 3 PAD 3 1 3 1 gcn ee 3 2 3 2 CREATING VIRTUAL DISK NT eeben 3 3 3 2 1 Optimizing Virtual Disk for Performance Reliability sss eee e eee ee e e 3 3 3 2 2 Customizing Virtual Disk for your Application sss eee e e e eee ee 3 5 33 MANAGING VIRTUAL DISK EET 3 9 3 3 1 Viewing Properties of Virtual Disk 3 9 3 3 2 Renaming Virtual DISK qt 3 10 34 MANAGING PHYSICAL DISKS RE 3 11 3 4 1 Viewing Properties of Physical Disk 3 11 3 4 2 Erasing RAID Configuration Data on Foreign Physical Disk sese ee eee 3 1 1 3 5 MONITORING VIRTUAL TEEN 3 13 V Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 CONFIDENTIAL Document Classification Proprietary Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 3 5 1 Receiving Email Event Notifications sse eee eee ee ee 3 13 3 5 2 Viewing Events using Windows Event Viewer eee eee eee eee eee ee 3 13 3 5 3 Enabling Elfen CC 3 14 3 6 REBUILDING DEGRADED VIRTUAL DISK sss xe eee eee 3 16 37 DELETING VIR WE c 3 17 A lt Ki ca 2 lt 515 e mere te oan nner er eo ne 4 1 MOU EE 4 2 4 2 CREATING HYPERDUO VIRTUAL DISK REENEN 4 3 4 3 MANAGING HYPERDUO VIRTUAL DISK sese
51. The virtual disk was created in Safe mode Capacity mode does not support the rebuilding of virtual disks m The SSD was the only physical disk that failed If the HDD failed or if both drives failed the virtual disk cannot be rebuilt 4 10 Rebuilding Degraded Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI I MARVEL L HyperDuo 4 6 Deleting HyperDuo Virtual Disk This section describes the procedure for deleting a HyperDuo virtual disk Note After deleting a virtual disk the physical disks constituting the virtual disk become available for use in other virtual disks To delete a virtual disk WARNING Deleting a virtual disk permanently erases all data on the virtual disk However U you can choose to keep partition information on the virtual disk 1 Select HyperDuo from the Virtual Disks menu under Adapter The Property tab for the HyperDuo virtual disk appears 2 Roll over the Operation tab and select Delete as shown in Figure 4 10 Figure 4 10 Delete Marvell Storage jil JET AUO faMarvell Storage Management TE Delete Service E ID g Sa HyperDuo Service Name E Device G amp Adapter 0 Threshold c Virtual Disks E Mode HyperDuo Safe a HyperDuo Hypa Physical Disk Physical Disk size 931 5 GB c Physical Disks Member Count Status Functional ey Physical Disk po Physical D
52. Virtual Disk in the list of system devices as shown in Figure 3 11 Upon selection the MSU displays the Property tab for the virtual disk Figure 3 11 Properties of Virtual Disk aa Ga Marvell Storage Management gj Service By HyperDuo Service m Device E Adapter 0 Physical Disk pj Physical Disks r Physical Disk po Physical Disk po Managing Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Name RAID Level Status Size Member Count Stripe Size Time 0 VD_R1_1 RAID 1 Functional 931 4 GB 2 64K Description 3 9 CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary LII EI Marvell Storage Utility MARV EL_L User Manual for 88SE91xx 3 3 2 Renaming Virtual Disk The virtual disk can be renamed by selecting the Name field in the Property tab for the Virtual Disk as shown in Figure 3 12 Type a new name in the field and select Modify to confirm changes Figure 3 12 Renaming Virtual Disk Marvell Storage Ga Marvell Storage Management 5 Service Ry HyperDuo Service Device B D Adapter 0 RAID Level RAID 1 c Virtual Disks Status Functional Virtual Disk 0 x B5 Size 931 4 GB r Physical Disk dip Physical Disk Member Count 2 c Physical Disks Stripe Size Physical Disk po Physical Disk po vr Mananement 4 n j Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 2422 Cleary J NW v J Adapter Class Time Description
53. X Help WE Lika e cS CO PE TUB GREEN ENTER Select F10 Exit save ESC Return Note The default Stripe Size is 64 KB Creating Virtual Disk A 9 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 7 Highlight Name The Default name is cleared for a new name as shown in Figure A 7 Type a new name and press Enter to confirm the selection Figure A 7 Name Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk RAID Level RAID 1 Virtual Disks Free Physical Disks Stripe Size 64KB L HDD 0 WDC WD1002FAEX HDD 1 WDC _WD1002FAEX Name RB Next e o Virtual disks Configurations ENTER Select i F10 Exit Save ESC Return A 10 Creating Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary BIOS Utility 8 After configuring the virtual disk highlight Next Press Enter to create the virtual disk 9 Press Y to confirm the creation of the virtual disk as shown in Figure A 8 The virtual disk is now listed in the Topology pane Figure A 8 Create Virtual Disk Marvell BIOS Setup c 20
54. a on the physical disks included in 1 the virtual disk Make sure to back up all data before continuing To create a custom virtual disk most suitable for your application 1 Select Adapter 2 Holl over the Operation tab and select Create RAID as shown in Figure 3 4 The Create New VD screen appears as shown in Figure 3 5 Figure 3 4 Create RAID Marvell Storage fa Marvell Storage Management lt Service Ry HyperDuo Service Max PCIe Current PCIE Supported RAID Mode RADO RAID1 HyperDuo Capacity HyperDuo Safe Supported Stripe Size 32K 64K ep Physical Disk port Physical Disk port 1 Supported VD Cache None Management Maximum PD per Adapter 6 gg Email Notify Setting Maximum VD per Adapter Maximum PD per VD t Maximum Port Multiplier Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 3 Click the Select RAID Level dropdown to select the RAID level most suitable for your application as shown in Figure 3 5 Note For information on RAID levels see Appendix B Selecting a RAID Level Creating Virtual Disk 3 5 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII EI Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 3 5 Select RAID Level Terl Storage Managemen EECHER mj Service 0 By HyperDuo Service 931 5 GB 931 5 GB ID 0 ID 8 ij Physical Disks qp Physical Disk p
55. al Disk port ep Physical Disk port 1 Management m Email Notify Setting 6 Press Submit Size 238 4 GB Keep Threshold Original Data Cache Size GB The MSU displays the Property tab for the HyperDuo virtual disk and begins initialization as shown in Figure 4 3 This can take up to 30 minutes to complete System performance may slow during this period Figure 4 3 Initialization Marvell Storage n Marvell Storage Management pj Service Ry HyperDuo Service c Device L Adapter 0 Virtual Disks 7 AP erDuo Hy Physical Disks yr Physical Disk port C r Physical Disk port 1 E Management c Email Notify Setting 4 n Name Threshold Mode HyperDuo Safe Status Initializing Size 931 5 GB Member Count 2 Initialize 39 Background Activity Progress Event Logs 1 2 Total Events 2 Class VD Event VD Event 4 4 Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 10 15 2010 14 37 Initialization data on HyperDuo 0 started 10 15 2010 14 37 Rebuild disk on virtual disk 0 resumed Creating HyperDuo Virtual Disk CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 M AR VY EL LS HyperDuo 4 3 Managing HyperDuo Virtual Disk This section describes procedures for customizing your HyperDuo virtual disk To add folders for HyperDuo optimization 1 Select HyperDuo Service 2 Select Advanced The Custo
56. al Information Licensee in the absence of appropriate U S government authorization agrees 1 not to reexport or release any of MARVELL s Confidential Information consisting of technology software or source code controlled for national security reasons by the U S Export Control Regulations EAR to a national of EAR Country Groups D 1 or E 2 2 not to export the direct product of such technology or such software to EAR Country Groups D 1 or E 2 if such technology or software and direct products thereof are controlled for national security reasons by the EAR and 3 in the case of Confidential Information controlled for national security reasons under the EAR where the direct product of such information is a complete plant or component of a plant not to export to EAR Country Groups D 1 or E 2 the direct product of the plant or major component thereof if such direct product is controlled for national security reasons by the EAR or is subject to controls under the U S Munitions List At all times hereunder Licensee agrees to comply with all applicable U S export control laws with respect to any of MARVELL s Confidential Information This Export Control Section shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement MISCELLANEOUS This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between MARVELL and Licensee with respect to the license of the Software and supersedes and terminates all other prior or contemporaneous verbal or written agreeme
57. continued and maximum fault tolerance Related terms Rebuild Electrostatic Discharge Erase Foreign Configuration erases the RAID configuration metadata on a foreign virtual disk This is useful when using a foreign physical disk in a new virtual disk Note If the foreign physical disk was originally part of another virtual disk erasing RAID configuration data might damage that virtual disk depending on the virtual disk s fault tolerance capabilities Refers to the Event Logs pane in the Marvell RAID Utility In this mode the MSU erases the Master Boot Record MBR in all ohysical disks constituting the virtual disk This is a destructive process that erases all data on the virtual disk Note Fast Initialization is available only when creating a virtual disk except for RAID On Chip Controllers ROCs Refers to the ability of a virtual disk to remain operational even when one or more member physical disks fail The extent of fault tolerance is determined by the RAID level of the virtual disk Related terms Redundancy D 3 CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Foreground Initialization G Global Spare Drive HBA HDD Hot Spare Hot Swap Hot Plug D 4 Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Foreground Initialization writes 0 to the entire virtual disk As with Fa
58. d other system configuration variations you may want to spin up fewer or more physical disks at the same time This can be configured in the BIOS The total time for spinning up all physical disks completely is limited to a maximum of 10 seconds For example in a setup consisting of eight physical disks HDDs can be spun up in groups of 4 2 1 and 1 with a delay of 2 seconds between the spin up groups Stripe Size otripe Size specifies the size of single data block on the virtual disk Available stripe sizes are 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB default and 128 KB Note The larger the stripe size the longer it takes for the controller to read from and write to data blocks on the physical disks For best read write performance a larger stripe size is recommended for applications requiring large data transfers such as audio video and graphics A smaller stripe size enhances read write performance for applications with content much smaller in size such as e mails and documents Synchronization The controller assigns priority to Consistency Check and Consistency Rate Fix based on the Synchronization Rate Default is 50 Medium Note When background activities are in progress the controller is still available to the OS for normal operations However the response time may be lower depending on the background activity control rate Related terms Consistency Check Consistency Fix D 9 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768
59. e Windows Event Viewer Monitoring Virtual Disk 3 13 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS Marvell Storage Utility User Manual for 88SE91xx To view events in the Windows Event Viewer 1 From the Start menu right click My Computer in XP or 2003 or Computer in Vista 2008 or 7 and select Manage The Computer Management utility appears as shown in Figure 3 16 2 Browse to System Tools gt Event Viewer gt System in XP or 2003 or System Tools gt Event Viewer Windows Logs System in Vista 2008 or 7 to view all system events including those of the MSU as shown in Figure 3 16 Figure 3 16 Event Viewer Windows 7 e krr mol iew Help ake j l Computer Management Local 4 System Tools 3 Task Scheduler 4 Event Viewer E Custom Views 4 pk Windows Logs Application Security EJ Setup IS System E Forwarded Event A Applications and Se 3 Subscriptions Date and Time Source 10 20 2010 2 56 36 PM 10 20 2010 2 56 16 PM 10 20 2010 2 50 49 PM 10 20 2010 2 50 49 PM 10 20 2010 2 50 49 PM 10 20 2010 2 50 49 PM 10 20 2010 2 45 47 PM 10 20 2010 2 45 45 PM 10 20 2010 2 45 10 PM 10 20 2010 12 00 06 PM 10 20 2010 1 17 59 AM Level Information Information i Information Information Information p A Information JInformation JInformation
60. e of A disk capacity Automatic X rebuild Minimum 2 number of drives Legend wry Best YrwY Best ww Good wt Good GC Poor Comparing RAID Levels Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 1 KW wt RWW CS Exactly 2 CONFIDENTIAL Document Classification Proprietary B 3 Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx B 3 RAID 0 Striping RAID O stripes data evenly across multiple two or more physical disks It does not store parity or mirror data for fault tolerance Table B 2 describes RAID 0 across a number of parameters Table B 2 RAID 0 Parameter Read Performance Write Performance Fault Tolerance Efficient use of disk capacity Automatic rebuild Minimum number of drives Suitable Applications B 4 Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Rating GG GG X WH Description RAID 0 offers the best read write performance because data striped across multiple physical disks can be both read and written simultaneously With the minimum two physical disks RAID 0 can perform two operations read or write simultaneously The number of simultaneous operations increases with the number of disks in the RAID 0 set RAID 0 does not contain parity or mirror data for fault tolerance Data is not recoverable if any one of the physical disks fails RAID 0 does not offer fault tolerance The sto
61. eee e e eee 4 5 4 4 MONITORING HYPERDUO VIRTUAL DISK sees e e eee 4 7 4 4 1 Receiving Email Event Notifications eee eee e eee 4 7 4 4 2 Viewing Events using Windows Event Viewer esse eee ee eee e eee eee 4 7 4 4 3 Enabling Alarm for Critical Events sese 4 8 4 5 REBUILDING DEGRADED VIRTUAL DISK sss xe eee eee 4 10 4 6 DELETING HYPERDUO VIRTUAL DISK REENEN 4 11 A EOS TY cists A 1 A WE e EE A 2 ACHT SUPPOMCO Controllers EE T Tm T A 2 A1 2 Supported Functionalily 1 esito recentem ENEE son edu saa Er Cusen rA Ea PRS Ei ANS Eii A 2 A2 LAUNCHING e M A 3 A231 Keyboard e lt T e E A 4 AS CREATING VIRTUAL DISK ecc MOM A 5 A3 Creating RAID Virtual DISK see eee A 5 A 3 2 Creating HyperDuo Virtual Disk A 12 AA ERASING RAID CONFIGURATION DATA A 18 AS REBUILDING VIRTUAL DISK dec A 19 AG DELETING VIRTUAL DISK cseccssdcctesccaeacetectcoacecnescusditecettnaedecabanmausencastdadecndsctasdraoaneeodecetdeetonieredicaotiedticonmacaaic A 25 B SELECTING A RAID LEVEL B 1 MEE pre c TEE B 2 D2 COMPARING RAID LEVELS irte dtxc cao oth aen ve Enn nU degen ereechen Un lens ink eg B 3 Bo CEA DA B 4 RAID DISK MIRRORING sss xxe eee eee eee B 6 C ICONS USED IN THE MSU ee C 1 CA A lt c 1 r C 2 SAU
62. erased from the physical disk before it can be used with another virtual disk WARNING When erasing a foreign configuration from a physical disk all data on that disk is erased If the physical disk was originally part of another virtual disk erasing RAID configuration data may damage that virtual disk Managing Physical Disks 3 11 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII EI Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx To erase RAID configuration data 1 Select the foreign Physical Disk in the list of system devices as shown in Figure 3 14 2 Holl over the Operation tab and select Erase Foreign Configuration as shown in Figure 3 14 Figure 3 14 Erasing RAID Configuration Data on Physical Disk Marvell Storage foperation M Zeta mmm Erase Foreign Configuration E Service By HyperDuo Service Device G LE Adapter 0 WD1002FAEX 00Z23A0 Ee Physical Disks 931 5 GB sin sous reign My Physical Disk port Management Current speed 6Gb s SATA gm Email Notify Setting Adapter ID Parent Device Parent Device Port ID 4 n K Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 3 12 Managing Physical Disks Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS HAID 3 5 3 5 1 3 5 2
63. ete the virtual disk as shown in Figure A 22 The prompt Do you want to delete this virtual disk appears Press Y to confirm The prompt Do you want to delete MBR from this virtual disk appears Press Y to confirm Figure A 22 Delete Virtual Disk Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Topology Information HBA 0 Marvell 0 Vendor ID 1B4B Virtual Di Ks Device ID 91xx ioon 1 B1 HDD 0 WDC CETT 1 mererez Version 1 0 0 1029 HDD 1 WDC WD1002P 7 ware Version 2 2 0 1108 Free Physical Disks PCIe Speed Rate 5 0Gbps Configure SATA as AHCI Mode Supported Mode RAIDO RAID1 Safe Capacity delo Delete the selected virtual disk ENTER Operation F10 Exit Save ESC Return Deleting Virtual Disk A 25 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK A 26 Deleting Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS Selecting a RAID Level SELECTING A RAID LEVEL This chapter contains the following sections a RAID Overview m Comparing RAID Levels m RAID O Striping m RAID 1 Disk Mirroring B 1 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S80
64. g Data to erase the RAID configuration data as shown in Figure A 15 3 Select Yes to confirm the operation Figure A 15 Erase RAID Configuration Data Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Topology Pron tie ron HBA 0 Marvell 0 0 Virtual Di Sk 0 L Test SATA PD HDD 0 WDC WD1002F configured TEROA OA EEERSSSRNIDECORENSEDRERE eeng Free Physical Disks Q 6G 48Bits Current Speed 6G Model WDC WD1002FAEX 00Z3A0 Serial WD ABCDE1234567 FW Version 05 12321 Help Erase RAID configuration data from the selected physical disk ENTER Tao i F10 Exit Save ESC Return A 18 Erasing RAID Configuration Data Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 MARVEL LS BIOS Utility Ah Rebuilding Virtual Disk This topic describes the procedure to manually rebuild a degraded virtual disk This is applicable to the RAID 1 virtual disk created with the 88SE91 xx controller HyperDuo virtual disks created in Safe Mode may also be partially rebuilt if the SSD fails Note Only the 88SE91xx BIOS supports manual rebuilding of virtual disks The Marvell Storage Utility MSU which runs in an OS environment cannot be used to either initiate resume or complete the rebuild process Spare physical disks are not supported To manually rebuild a virtual disk 1 When a virtual disk is degraded the Status of
65. ght 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Consistency Consistency Check checks and reports the integrity of parity mirror Check data on the virtual disk Notes Not applicable to RAID 0 Striping virtual disk or JBOD Consistency Check can be performed only on fully initialized virtual disks Consistency errors are recorded in the Event Logs Consistency Check is recommended as a regular maintenance procedure for virtual disks Aside from regular maintenance runs also run Consistency Check when a virtual disk is not performing as expected Related terms Consistency Fix Synchronization Rate Consistency Fix Consistency Fix checks reports and fixes parity mirror data on virtual disks Note Consistency Fix can be performed only on fully initialized virtual disks Related terms Consistency Check Synchronization Rate Controller Refers to the RAID controller on which commands are executed Note Although the terms Adapter and Controller are used interchangeably commands are executed on the RAID controller which is hosted on the Adapter Related terms Adapter D Disk Data Format The DDF metadata contains controller attributes RAID configuration DDF data Read Check Table watermark for background activities and temporary data swap space for some processes
66. head D 7 CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Rebuild Rebuild Rate Redundancy ROC SAS SATA Serial Console D 8 Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Rebuild is the process of reconstructing data on a degraded virtual disk Data is reconstructed on the replacement physical disk s using parity or mirror data on the virtual disk Note Virtual disks can be rebuilt only as long as they are fault tolerant All data is lost on the virtual disk array if the number of failed member physical disks is greater than its fault tolerance capabilities Related terms Auto Rebuild Fault Tolerance Rebuild Rate The controller assigns priority to Rebuild based on the Rebuild Rate Default is 50 Medium Note When background activities are in progress the controller is still available to the OS for normal operations However the response time may be lower depending on the background activity control rate Related terms Rebuild Auto Rebuild Refers to the concept of duplicating data either through mirroring or storing parity information in order to enable rebuilding of virtual disks arrays in the event of the failure of one or more member physical disks Related terms Fault Tolerance Abbreviation for RAID On Chip Controller RAID On Chip ROC controllers such as the Marvell 88RC8180
67. ialization ka Stripe Size cog Ceca Write Cache Mode Gigabyte Rounding Physical Disks i qp Physical Disk port physical Disk port 1 Management Read Cache Mode No Read Ahead m Email Notify Setting Selected RAID Level RAID 1 Useable Capacity of Volume 931 4 GB Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 22 Cleary J JI VW el Adapter Class Description 8 Select Submit to create the virtual disk The MSU creates the virtual disk and displays the Property tab for the new virtual disk as shown in Figure 3 10 Figure 3 10 VD Created Ce Marvell Storage jesus Operation 00000 Ga Marvell Storage Management Sch Service 0 Ry HyperDuo Service Name VD R1 1 m Device B E Adapter 0 RAID Level RAID 1 Status Functional Size 931 4 GB Member Count 2 c Physical Disks Stripe Size Physical Disk po Physical Disk po Mananement k a L Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 2422 Cleary J NW 9 J Adapter Class Time Description 3 8 Creating Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII EH M AR VY E L LS 3 3 Managing Virtual Disk RAID This section discusses the following a Viewing Properties of Virtual Disk m Renaming Virtual Disk 3 3 1 Viewing Properties of Virtual Disk To view the properties of a virtual disk select the
68. icn 05 12321 Help Use space bar to select the free disks to be used in the array ENTER Operation space Select F10 Exit Save ESC Return Note The 88SE91xx controller supports the creation of virtual disks comprising of exactly two SATA physical disks PATA physical disks cannot be used to create virtual disks A 6 Creating Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 M AR VY E L LS BIOS Utility After selecting the required disks press Enter to continue The Create Virtual Disk configuration options appear in the Information pane as shown in Figure A 4 Available keystrokes are listed in the Help pane when a setting is highlighted Figure A 4 Create Virtual Disk Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk AID Level RAID 0 Virtual Disks Free Physical Disks Stripe Size 64KB oi E 0 WDC WD1002FAEX HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Name Default Next Fle ie Virtual Osi configurations ENTER Select r1 Exit Save ESC Return Note Max Size MB Quick init and Threshold options are unavailable in the current version of BIOS Creating Virtual Disk A 7 Copyright 2010 Marvell CON
69. igure 2 15 contains the following three panes a Marvell Storage Management m Properties m Event Logs Figure 2 15 MSU User Interface Marvell Storage n Marvell Storage Management E Service Ry HyperDuo Service Host Name MARVELLTEST PC Host IP 10 83 108 215 E Device S D Adapter 0 MSU Version 4 1 0 1905 m Virtual Disks pj Physical Disks ey Physical Disk port Physical Disk port 1 Management Email Notify Setting 2 6 1 Marvell Storage Management As shown in Figure 2 16 the Marvell Storage Management pane uses a tree view to list and show the relationships between the various physical virtual devices attached to the system Depending on the usage of the controller this list includes the following devices and services m Adapter m Physical Disk m Virtual Disk m HyperDuo Service m Email Notify Setting User Interface 2 15 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary yee Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 2 16 Marvell Storage Management Pane Marvell Storage n Marvell Storage Management Service Ry HyperDuo Service Device E E Adapter 0 GI Virtual Disks c Physical Disks ey Physical Disk port C Physical Disk port 1 rz Management Email Notify Setting 2 6 2 Properties As shown in Figure 2 17 the Properties pane lists the properties of
70. ik configurations ENTER Select Ff Exit Save EE ESC Return Note The default HyperDuo mode is Safe mode Creating Virtual Disk A8 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 6 Highlight Keep original data and press Enter to select A menu pops up as shown in Figure A 13 Select Yes or No and press Enter Figure A 13 Keep Original Data Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disksCreate Virtual Disk HyperDuo Virtual Disks Free Physical Disks L SSD 0 C300 MTFDDAC25 1 Keep original data Yes MESURES S LLL HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Threshold 3 Next Help Virtual oisk Ola TIE 9 ROSE EN E ENTER Select r1 Exit Save ESC Return Note This option is disabled when you choose Capacity mode as it is inherently data destructive A 16 Creating Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary BIOS Utility 7 After configuring the virtual disk highlight Next Press Enter to create the virtual disk 8 Press Y to confirm the creation of the virtual disk as shown in Figure A 14
71. ility and Flash Command Line Interface utility is optional and disabled by default Check these components if you wish to install them 7 Select Browse as shown in Figure 1 5 to specify an alternate folder if required 8 Select Install as shown in Figure 1 5 to begin installation The installation wizard displays progress as shown in Figure 1 6 Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU 1 7 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII EI Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 1 5 Choose Install Location Choose the folder in which to install Marvell MSU V4 Setup will install Marvell MSU v4 in the following folder To install in a different folder click Browse and select another folder Click Install to start the installation Ic Program Files Marvell storage Space required 78 3MB Space available 316 5GB Nullsoft Install System v2 46 Please wait while Marvell MSU V4 is being installed mcn EE Nullsoft Install System v2 46 Next gt Cancel 1 8 Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary M AR VY EL LS Getting Started 9 After installing the Apache2 HTTP Server which is a built in component of the installation 10 package
72. indows 7 Supported RAID Levels The MSU supports the following RAID levels m RAID O Striping m RAID 1 Disk Mirroring HyperDuo Modes The MSU supports the following HyperDuo modes m Safe Mode m Capacity Mode 1 3 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 1 2 Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU This section discusses the following m Installing the 88SE91xx Controller m Connecting Physical Disks m Installing the MSU in Windows 1 2 1 Installing the 88SE91xx Controller Before installing the MSU install the 88SE91xx controller in the system Refer to the controller HBA Host Bus Adapter or evaluation board documentation for hardware and software installation instructions Note RAID and or HyperDuo functionality may not be supported on your 88SE91xx controller Refer to the controller HBA or evaluation board documentation for more information 1 2 2 A Connecting Physical Disks After installing the controller connect physical disks to the controller To connect physical disks 1 Select a RAID level that is best suited for your application For information on RAID levels see Appendix B Selecting a RAID Level Note If you are using HyperDuo you can skip this step 2 Connect the required number of physical disks to available ports on the c
73. ing HyperDuo Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary 4 7 Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev To view events in the Windows Event Viewer 1 4 4 3 Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS Marvell Storage Utility User Manual for 88SE91xx From the Start menu right click My Computer in XP or 2003 or Computer in Vista 2008 or 7 and select Manage The Computer Management utility appears as shown in Figure 4 8 Browse to System Tools gt Event Viewer gt System in XP or 2003 or System Tools gt Event Viewer gt Windows Logs gt System in Vista 2008 or 7 to view all system events including those of the MSU as shown in Figure 4 8 Figure 4 8 Event Viewer Windows 7 l So XP ome o O O ee File Action View Help cl A4 Computer Management Local 4 System Tools 3 Task Scheduler 4 Event Viewer E Custom Views 4 Le Windows Logs Sc Application Security Setup E System E Forwarded Event Applications and Se E3 Subscriptions gm Shared Folders 8l Local Users and Groups R Performance gy Device Manager e Storage f Disk Management Go Services and Applications Level Information i Information D Information D Information L d em L i Information L k 7 Information A Information 7 Information p A Information D Information i Informatio
74. irtual Disk This section discusses the following m Optimizing Virtual Disk for Performance Reliability m Customizing Virtual Disk for your Application 3 2 1 Optimizing Virtual Disk for Performance Reliability This section describes the procedure to quickly create a RAID virtual disk that is optimized for either best read write performance or best fault tolerance reliability Note This section is particularly useful if you are new to RAID technology and are not sure about which RAID level to use To quickly create virtual disk optimized for performancerreliability 1 Select Adapter 2 Holl over the Operation tab and select Quick Create Wizard as shown in Figure 3 1 The Create Options screen appears as shown in Figure 3 2 Figure 3 1 Quick Create Wizard Marvell Storage a arvel Storage Management SS Create HyperDuo T qoc Service Max PCIe Lif S saa on Current PCIE Quick Create Wizard Supported RAID Mode 2AIDOL RAID1 HyperDuo Capacity HyperDuo Safe Supported Stripe Size 32K 64K Physical Dake geet Supported VD Cache None Management Maximum PD per Adapter 6 gm Email Notify Setting Maximum VD per Adapter 2 Maximum PD per VD 2 m Maximum Port Multiplier 1 M Creating Virtual Disk 3 3 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII EI Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 3 2 Create
75. isk po _ dl Tm H Event Logs 1 6 Total Events 6 Adapter Class Time Description VD Event 10 15 2010 15 14 Initialization data on HyperDuo 0 completed VD Event 10 15 2010 15 14 Rebuild disk on virtual disk 0 completed 3 The MSU requests confirmation of deletion with a pop up message Are you sure you want to delete this HyperDuo Select OK to confirm deletion 4 The MSU displays a pop up message asking Do you want to delete the partition information if this has one Select OK to delete partition information or Cancel to keep it Deleting HyperDuo Virtual Disk 4 11 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK 4 12 Deleting HyperDuo Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS BIOS Utility BIOS UTILITY This appendix contains the following sections m Overview m Launching the BIOS m Creating Virtual Disk m Erasing RAID Configuration Data m Hebuilding Virtual Disk m Deleting Virtual Disk A 1 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary 34 Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for
76. it Save ESC Return Rebuilding Virtual Disk A 23 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary 34 Marvell Storage Utility User Manual for 88SE91xx 6 The status of the Rebuild process is reflected in the properties of the virtual disk as shown in Figure A 21 Figure A 21 Rebuild Status Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd opo ee HBA 0 Marvell 0 ID 0 Virtual Dicks Name Test N Degrade y HO 0 WDC WD1002FAEX Stripe Size 64K HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX RAID Mode RAID1 Free Ims bes IL Disks Sue 953869MB BGA Status Running BGA Rebuild 5 Number of PDs 2 Members 0 8 gt Help Virtual Disk A set of disk blocks presented to an operating environment as a range of consecutively numbered logical blocks with disk like storage ENTER Operation F10 Exit Save ESC Return A 24 Rebuilding Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 MARVEL LS BIOS Utility Ap Deleting Virtual Disk This topic describes the procedure to delete a virtual disk To delete a virtual disk WARNING Using Delete permanently erases all data on the virtual disk 4 A In the Topology pane select Virtual Disk Test in Figure A 22 and press Enter A menu pops up as shown Figure A 22 Select Delete to del
77. le E 1 lists potential issues you might encounter when using the MSU and possible solutions for the same Table E 1 Troubleshooting Category Issue Possible Solutions Adapter Detection The MSU does not detect the adapter Adapter is detected but serial number is not available Verify that the drivers for the Marvell controller are installed as described in 1 2 Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU e Reseat HBA e Seat HBA in a different PCle slot Adapter Events No events are displayed inthe MSU Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Re install the MSU Install the latest version of the MSU In Windows use Windows Event Viewer to view adapter events Verify that the drivers for the Marvell controller are installed as described in 1 2 Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU Re install the MSU Install the latest version of the MSU E 1 Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK E 2 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII MARVEL Le Marvell End User Limited Use License Agreement MARVELL END USER LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT This appendix contains the full text of the Marvell End User Limited Use License Agreement for the
78. liates Patent s Pending Products identified in this document may be covered by one or more Marvell patents and or patent applications ii Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary I LI LI MARVEL LS Documentation Feedback DOCUMENTATION FEEDBACK Marvell is committed to delivering the best and highest quality documentation to customers You can report errors within suggest improvements to or send general feedback about this document by emailing docfeedback marvell com Please include the document number and revision letter located in the footer of this page Note This address should be used for documentation feedback only Technical support questions should be directed to your product manufacturer iii Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK IV Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary I LI LI MARVEL LS Contents CONTENTS 1 GEMINGSTARIED eec a ER 1 1 1 1 OVERVIEW Ge 1 2 1 1 1 Software Components eege Ee 1 2 1 1 2 System Hequirements ssis EE E E AEEA SERA 1 2 1 1 3 Supported Browsers sse eee 1 3 1 1 4 Supported Operating ET EE
79. llers supporting this feature allow you to import a virtual disk created with another RAID controller The controller assigns priority to Background Initialization based on the Initialization Rate Default is 50 Medium Note When background activities are in progress the controller is still available to the OS for normal operations However the response time may be lower depending on the background activity control rate Related terms Quick Initialization INT13h or Interrupt 0x13 is an interrupt vector in x386 based systems that allows the system to boot from a controller Enable INT13h when a physical device or virtual disk attached to the controller is a bootable device Abbreviation for IO Processor IO Processors IOPs contain an on board CPU that enables hardware RAID functionality The Marvell 88SE91xx 6 Gbps SATA RAID IOP can create and manage RAID 0 and RAID 1 virtual disks Refers to the alpha numeric string used to generate the AES key for data encryption Note The MSU uses an algorithm to combine the key phrase with internal 128 256 bit AES keys to generate the AES key used for encryption Logical Block Addressing D 5 CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx Locate MBR Metadata Migrate Module Consolidate N No Initialization No Read Ahead PCB PCle D 6 C
80. mance Write Performance Fault Tolerance ea Efficient use of disk capacity Automatic rebuild Minimum number of drives Suitable Applications B 6 Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Rating ZC Gi a Description RAID 1 can perform two read operations simultaneously Since data is identical on both physical disks a read command can be sent to the secondary disk when the primary disk is busy with another read operation Write performance is comparatively lower than read performance because data original and mirror must be written on two physical disks simultaneously RAID 1 virtual disks arrays can tolerate the failure of one physical disk Note Although RAID 1 can tolerate the failure of only one physical disk it receives high fault tolerance rating because one physical disk in a RAID 1 virtual disk array which always comprises of only two physical disks is equivalent to 50 of the disks As such from a purely statistical viewpoint RAID 1 can tolerate the failure of up to 50 of the physical disks No other RAID level offers this percentage level of fault tolerance which explains the high rating for RAID 1 Use this rating after considering the aforementioned limitations of RAID 1 with regard to your application Data on the primary disk is mirrored on the secondary disk Only 50 of the combined physical disk space is available for use Available RAID 1 uses exactly two physical disk
81. mize Wizard window appears as shown in Figure 4 4 3 Navigate to the folders you want to add m Click a folder name to go to its subfolder m Click the green button with the white arrow to return to a parent folder Check folders to select them as shown in Figure 4 4 Click Next to add selected folders Review the folders Select the red X beside a folder or file to remove it el o p Ze Select Submit to save settings Figure 4 4 Customize Wizard Please select folders you want add to group Address Users MAF ELLTEST appdata Documents 7 Favorites c Physical Disks Quins Physical Disk po 7 Music pictures 7 Gasaved Games 144 TOS 15 14 To change method of optimization 1 Select HyperDuo Service 2 Check folders or programs as shown in Figure 4 5 m Check Auto to have the MSU manage the optimization of a folder or program automatically m Check Cache to manually select a folder or program for optimization m Check neither to specify that a folder or program should never be optimized 3 Select Submit to commit changes as shown in Figure 4 5 Managing HyperDuo Virtual Disk 4 5 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII EI Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 4 Select OK in the pop up that follows The MSU begins optimization as shown in Figure 4 6 Figure
82. mputer Click Finish to dose this wizard lt Back Finish Cancel 1 10 Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS MARVELL STORAGE UTILITY MSU This chapter contains the following sections Overview Enabling Scripting Opening the MSU Tray Application for Windows Login User Interface Logout Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Marvell Storage Utility MSU 2 1 Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV EL_L User Manual for 88SE91xx 2 1 Overview The Marvell Storage Utility MSU is a browser based management utility for Marvell 88SE91xx controllers It can create and manage RAID and HyperDuo virtual disks using storage devices connected to the 88SE91 xx controller This chapter provides an introduction to the MSU and an overview of its user interface The chapters that follow describe the following uses of the MSU in detail m RAID Virtual Disks see Chapter 3 RAID m HyperDuo Virtual Disks see Chapter 4 HyperDuo 2 2 Overview Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI MARVEL Le Marvell Storage Utility MSU 2 2 2 2
83. n i Information i Information Information i Information Information 7 Information Date and Time 10 20 2010 2 56 36 PM 10 20 2010 2 56 16 PM 10 20 2010 2 50 49 PM 10 20 2010 2 50 49 PM 10 20 2010 2 50 49 PM 10 20 2010 2 50 49 PM 10 20 2010 2 45 47 PM 10 20 2010 2 45 45 PM 10 20 2010 2 45 10 PM 10 20 2010 12 00 06 PM 10 20 2010 1 17 59 AM 10 20 2010 1 05 58 AM 10 20 2010 1 05 58 AM 10 20 2010 1 05 58 AM 10 20 2010 1 05 58 AM 10 20 2010 1 00 59 AM 10 20 2010 1 00 59 AM Event 7036 Service Control Manager General Details Source Service Cont Service Cont Application Application Application Application Service Cont Application Service Cont EventLog Service Cont Application Application Application Application Application Application Event ID 7036 7036 26 26 26 26 206 Task Category None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None None Log Name Source Event ID Level Hear System Service Control Manager 7036 Information M A Logged Task Category None Keywords T renr fer Classic MARWEL I TEST_DC i Application Experience service entered the running state 10 20 2010 2 56 36 PM Enabling Alarm for Critical Events D WF Create Custom View Import Custom View Clear Log Filter Current Log Properties Find
84. ng of technology software or source code controlled for national security reasons by the U S Export Control Regulations EAR to a national of EAR Country Groups D 1 or E 2 2 Not to export the direct product of such technology or such software to EAR Country Groups D 1 or E 2 if such technology or software and direct products thereof are controlled for national security reasons by the EAR and 3 In the case of technology controlled for national security reasons under the EAR where the direct product of the technology is a complete plant or component of a plant not to export to EAR Country Groups D 1 or E 2 the direct product of the plant or major component thereof if such direct product is controlled for national security reasons by the EAR or is subject to controls under the U S Munitions List USML At all times hereunder the recipient of any such information agrees that they shall be deemed to have manually signed this document in connection with their receipt of any such information Copyright O 1999 2010 Marvell International Ltd All rights reserved Marvell Moving Forward Faster the Marvell logo Alaska AnyVoltage DSP Switcher Fastwriter Feroceon Libertas Link Street PHYAdvantage Prestera TopDog Virtual Cable Tester Yukon and ZJ are registered trademarks of Marvell or its affiliates CarrierSpan LinkCrypt Powered by Marvell Green PFC Qdeo QuietVideo Sheeva TwinD and VCT are trademarks of Marvell or its affi
85. nts proposals or understandings with respect to the license of the Software No modifications to this Agreement shall be enforceable except when in writing and signed by an authorized signatory of MARVELL Failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not be deemed a waiver of future enforcement of that or any other provision by MARVELL If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect MARVELL and Licensee are independent contractors This Agreement shall be construed and governed by the laws of California excluding its conflict of laws rules The parties expressly stipulate that the 1980 United States Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply All disputes arising out of this Agreement shall be subject to the jurisdiction of all the courts in California and venue shall lie exclusively in California F 4 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary C C CA MARVELL Marvell Semiconductor Inc 5488 Marvell Lane Santa Clara CA 95054 USA Tel 1 408 222 2500 Fax 1 408 752 9028 www marvell com Marvell Moving Forward Faster
86. ontroller either directly or through a backplane enclosure Refer to the controller HBA or evaluation board documentation for installation instructions 3 Power up the physical disks Note To create virtual disks only use physical disks connected to a single controller 1 2 3 Installing the MSU in Windows This section discusses the following m Verifying 88SE91xx Controller Drivers Installation m Installing the MSU in Windows 1 2 3 4 Verifying 88SE91xx Controller Drivers Installation Before installing the MSU verify that the drivers for the 88SE91xx controller are installed If the drivers are installed correctly the controller is listed in the Windows Device Manager To verify drivers installation 1 From the Start menu right click My Computer and select Manage The Computer Management utility appears as shown in Figure 1 1 1 4 Installing the Marvell Storage Utility MSU Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS Getting Started Browse to System Tools gt Device Manager If the drivers are installed correctly the 88SE91xx controller is listed under one of the following categories SCSI and RAID controllers for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 s IDE ATA ATAPI controllers for Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 Figure 1 1 Device Manager Windows 7 File Action View Help
87. opyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Locate turns the LED on a physical disk ON or OFF This is useful when identifying a physical disk in an enclosure or backplane Note The enclosure or backplane must support the Locate feature Master Boot Record Metadata stored by the MSU on physical disks contains RAID configuration data about the virtual disk and or array Migrate allows you to increase the disk capacity and change the RAID level of an operating RAID array Enable Module Consolidate to consolidate all requests sent from the OS Enabling this feature can improve sequential read write performance Default is On Enable No initialization is performed on the virtual disk Related terms Quick Initialization Initialization Rate In this read cache mode data is not pre fetched in anticipation of the next read operation This is suitable for applications that access data randomly Related terms Read Ahead Printed Circuit Board PCI Express CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary I LI LI MARVEL Le PD PD Table Poll S M A R T Status Q Quick Initialization H Read Check Table Read Ahead Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Glossary Physical Disk Physical Disk Table PD Table is the mapping of PD ID and WWN for each physical disk It is stored in the SPI Flash PD ID is assigned to each physical disk starting with
88. ort c ep Physical Disk port 1 Management Email Notify Setting Max number of disks for create VD 2 Useable Capacity of Volume Select disk s Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 Adapter Class Figure 3 6 Select Physical Disks Marvell Storage ropert ta Marvell Storage Management Crus MOM MD E pj Service e e H rDuo Service Bs ype SATA SATA E Device 931 5 GB 931 5 GB 931 5 GB 931 5 GB E lt EI ID 0 ID 8 pj Physical Disks qp Physical Disk port ep hvsical Disk port 1 Management D Email Notify Setting Max number of disks for create VD Useable Capacity of Volume Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 4 After selecting the physical disks select Next as shown in Figure 3 6 The Create New VD screen now presents options to configure the virtual disk as shown in Figure 3 7 Note Next appears grayed out until the minimum required number of physical disks are selected 3 6 Creating Virtual Disk Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 MARVEL LS RAID Figure 3 7 Create New VD Marvell Storage fa Marvell Storage Management gj Service By HyperDuo Service EE BE g Device Initialize Fast Initialization Stripe Size 64K Name VD Ri 1 RAID Set Size cog S ISS Write Cache Mode Write Through Reliable Gigabyte Rounding None pj Physical Disks
89. rage space on the virtual disk array is used fully and efficiently to store data Note When creating a RAID 0 with physical disks of different sizes the storage space added to the virtual disk array by each physical disk is limited to the size of the smallest physical disk For example a RAID 0 virtual disk array comprising of 150 GB and 100 GB physical disks creates a 200 GB virtual disk array twice the size of the smallest physical disk 100 GB Not Applicable RAID 0 does not offer fault tolerance RAID 0 is ideally suited for applications requiring best read write performance and where fault tolerance is not required RAID 0 Striping CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary LII LII 3 M AR VY E L LS Selecting a RAID Level Figure B 1 describes RAID 0 Figure B 1 RAID 0 Physical Disks Virtual Disk Legend Empty area of disk ou Disk filled with fragment A RAID 0 Striping B 5 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx BA RAID 1 Disk Mirroring RAID 1 uses exactly two physical disks and creates a copy or mirror of the primary physical disk on the secondary physical disk as shown in Figure B 2 Table B 3 describes RAID 1 across a number of parameters Table B 3 RAID 1 Parameter Read Perfor
90. re enabled by default Select Enable Event Messages and Disable Event Messages to toggle between enable disable states Figure 2 12 Tray Application Pop up Event Message ME KEE E Tray Application for Windows 2 11 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 2 4 5 View Version Information Select About Storage Tray to view version information for the MSU Tray Application 2 4 6 Exit the Tray Application Select Exit to exit the MSU Tray Application 2 12 Tray Application for Windows Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI MARVEL Le Marvell Storage Utility MSU 2 5 m Login Page 2 5 1 Security Warning Note This section only applies to Internet Explorer When opening the MSU in some versions of Windows Internet Explorer may detect a problem with the security certificate for the MSU web page as shown in Figure 2 13 Select Continue to this website not recommended as shown in Figure 2 13 to continue opening the MSU Figure 2 13 Internet Explorer Website Security Certificate Warning Certificate Error Navigation Blocked Windows Internet Explorer Qo e https flocalhost 3443 M5U JumpPage php Target LoginPage File Edit View Favorites Tools Help abe Ce
91. rtificate Error Navigation Blocked x There is a problem with this website s security certificate The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a trusted certificate authority The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website s address Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website Click here to close this webpage DI Continue to this website not recommended More information 2 5 2 Login Page Opening the MSU will take you to a login page as seen in Figure 2 14 Use your Windows username and password to log into the MSU If you have a username but no password leave the password field blank Note If you are on a network preface your username with the network domain name and a backslash Login 2 13 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Login This section discusses the following m Security Warning December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary C Marvell Storage Utility M ARVEL Le User Manual for 88SE91xx Figure 2 14 MSU Login 2 14 Login Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary MARVEL Le Marvell Storage Utility MSU 2 6 User Interface The MSU user interface as shown in F
92. s RAID 1 is ideally suited for applications requiring high read performance and fault tolerance RAID 1 Disk Mirroring CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary LII LII m M ARVEL LS Figure B 2 describes RAID 1 Figure B 2 RAID 1 Virtual Disk Legend fo E A RAID 1 Disk Mirroring Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Physical Disks Empty area of disk Disk filled with fragment A Mirror of fragment A CONFIDENTIAL Document Classification Proprietary Selecting a RAID Level B 7 Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Lb LII Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK B 8 RAID 1 Disk Mirroring Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS Icons used in the MSU ICONS USED IN THE MSU This appendix describes the icons used in the MSU for the following physical virtual devices m Events m Physical Disks m Virtual Disks C 1 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx C 1 Events Table C 1 lists the icons used for adapter events Table C 1 Icons for Events Symbol Description Notes Normal
93. s Software Components The MSU installation package includes the following components a Marvell Storage Utility MSU The MSU is a browser based utility that can create and manage RAID and HyperDuo virtual disks It can control both local and remote RAID controllers a Tray Application for Windows The tray application appears as an icon in the Windows System Tray and has right click menu options for controlling the MSU Note The 88SE91xx BIOS a built in component of 88SE91xx controllers can also be used to create and manage RAID or HyperDuo virtual disks For more information see Appendix A BIOS Utility System Requirements The MSU has the following system requirements m Local remote Marvell 88SE91xx controller with drivers installed m Network connection for remote controllers m Supported browser see 1 1 3 Supported Browsers m Supported operating system see section 1 1 4 Supported Operating Systems Overview Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI MARVEL Le Getting Started 1 1 3 Overview Supported Browsers The MSU supports the following browsers m Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 0 and higher m Firefox 3 0 and higher Supported Operating Systems The MSU currently supports the following operating systems a Windows XP m Windows Server 2003 m Windows Vista m Windows Server 2008 a W
94. scusses the following m Receiving Email Event Notifications m Viewing Events using Windows Event Viewer m Enabling Alarm for Critical Events Receiving Email Event Notifications This section describes the procedure to configure the MSU to send event notifications to a user s email account Note This requires a working SMTP email server To configure email event notifications 1 Select Email Notify Setting as shown in Figure 4 7 2 Configure the email server settings and select Test setting as shown in Figure 4 7 The MSU sends a test email to the configured email address If the test email is received the settings are working correctly 3 Select Submit to save settings The MSU confirms changes with the message Setting updated successfully Figure 4 7 Email Notify Setting Marvell Storage Ga Marvell Storage Management cj Service Ry HyperDuo Service Server address mail marvell com j Device Port 25 ssL E Adapter 0 Physical Disks lt P hysical Disk port C ep Physical Disk port 1 Username test Password Confirm your password a Management The items with are required Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 Adapter Class Description Viewing Events using Windows Event Viewer Note This section applies to Windows operating systems only Because adapter events are triggered by the Windows driver events in the MSU can also be viewed in the Windows Event Viewer Monitor
95. si Initialization all data on the virtual disk is destroyed Related terms Fast Initialization A global spare drive is a spare that is available for use by all virtual disks Related terms Dedicated Spare Drive Hot Spare Hot Swap Spare Host Bus Adapter Hard Disk Drive Also referred to as Physical Disk This feature allows for the automatic replacement of a failed or offline physical disk with a spare drive connected to the controller The automatic replacement is performed while the virtual disk is still operating Related terms Auto Rebuild Global Spare Drive Hot Swap Spare This feature allows users to manually hot swap replace a failed or offline physical disk with a spare drive at the same location while the virtual disk or array is still operating Related terms Global Spare Drive Hot Spare Spare When using Windows physical disks can be plugged in and out with requiring a complete system power down The physical disk should be unplugged using the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the System Tray CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI M AR VY E L LS HyperDuo Import Initialization Rate INT13h IOP K Key phrase LBA Copyright 2010 Marvell December 10 2010 Glossary This feature allows users to create a virtual disk using a SSD and a HDD This would not be possible with a standard RAID controller Contro
96. t A menu pops up as shown in Figure A 2 Select Configuration Wizard and press Enter to begin creating the virtual disk Figure A 2 Configuration Wizard Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Topology Information HBA 0 Marvell 0 1B4B Virtual Disks Si Free Ps I ib B1 HDD 0 WDC WD1002FAEX BIOS Version 1 0 0 1029 HDD 1 WDC WD1002FAEX Firmware Version 2 2 0 1108 PCIe Speed Rate 5 0Gbps Configure SATA as AHCI Mode Supported Mode RAIDO RAID1 Safe Capacity Help Marve MERAT ee G Mp controler ENTER Operation F10 Exit Save ESC Return Creating Virtual Disk A 5 Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Marvell Storage Utility MARV ELL User Manual for 88SE91xx 2 Use the arrow keys to scroll through the list of free physical disks as shown in Figure A 3 Press Space to select unselect a disk Note When a disk is selected an asterisk appears to the left of the disk label as shown in Figure A 3 Figure A 3 Select Free Disks Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Configure gt Select free disks G Port 1D T Virtual Disks PD ID J Free Physical Disks Type SATA PD St 0 WDC WD1002FAEX SU INTE Unconfigured Size 953869MB Feature Support NCQ 6G 48Bits Current Speed 6G Model WDC WD1002FAEX 00Z3A0 Serial WD ABCDE1234567 EW Ner
97. the Tray Application Figure 2 10 Tray Application Right click Menu Accelerate Status Open MSU Enable Alarm Disable Event Message About Storage Tray Exit 2 4 1 Accelerate Status Select Accelerate Status to see a pop up window that displays the status of a scheduled acceleration task as shown in Figure 2 11 2 10 Tray Application for Windows Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI MARVEL Le Marvell Storage Utility MSU Figure 2 11 Tray Application Accelerate Status Marveii Optimize My Documents 2 4 2 Open the MSU Select Open MSU to open the MSU in the system s default browser Note You can also open the MSU by double clicking the Tray Application icon 2 4 3 Enable Disable Alarm The audible alarm is disabled by default To enable the audible alarm for critical and warning events select Enable Alarm The alarm is played through speakers connected to the Line Out jack on the computer s sound card On controller HBAs and evaluation boards with on board buzzer the hardware buzzer is also sounded Note The audible alarm uses the file c program files marvell raid tray alarm wav 2 4 4 Enable Disable Pop up Event Messages Event messages are pop up messages that appear above the System Tray as shown in Figure 2 12 Event messages a
98. troller or HBA documentation 4 2 Overview Copyright 2010 Marvell CONFIDENTIAL Doc No MV S800768 00 Rev December 10 2010 Document Classification Proprietary Lb LI LI MARVELLS e HyperDuo 4 2 Creating HyperDuo Virtual Disk This section describes the procedure to quickly create a HyperDuo virtual disk or hyper disk that is optimized for either best read write performance or best fault tolerance reliability Note A HyperDuo virtual disk must contain one HDD and one SSD To quickly create virtual disk optimized for performance reliability Select Adapter 2 Roll over the Operation tab and select Create HyperDuo as shown in Figure 4 1 The Create HyperDuo screen appears as shown in Figure 4 2 Figure 4 1 Create HyperDuo Ce Marvell Storage oF Operation Ba Marvell Storage Management ee IL Service i Max PCIe Link Create RAID Sy HyperDuo Service E I Device Current PCIe L Quick Create Wizard L Supported RAID Modes RAIDO RAID1 HyperDuo Capacity HyperDuo Safe Physical Disks i i Supported Stripe Size 32K 64K ip Physical Disk port C e Physical Disk port 1 Management Maximum PD per Adapter 6 Supported VD Cache None ma Email Notify Setting Maximum VD per Adapter 2 Maximum PD per VD 2 1 Eg x J gt Maximum Port Multiplier A Event Logs 0 0 Total Events 0 Adapter Class Description IEEE SS

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