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1. SATARaid Serial ATA RAID Management Software Silicon Image 09 26 03 Silicon Image Inc 1060 East Arques Ave Sunnyvale CA 94085 408 616 4000 Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed or translated into any language or computer format in any form or by any means without prior written permission of Silicon Image Inc 1060 East Arques Ave Sunnyvale CA 94085 Silicon Image Inc reserves the right to make changes to the product s or specifications to improve performance reliability or manufacturability Information furnished is believed to be accurate and reliable but Silicon Image Inc shall not be responsible for any errors that may appear in this document Silicon Image Inc makes no commitment to update or keep current the information contained in this document However no responsibility is assumed for its use nor any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No liability is assumed as a result of their use or application No rights under any patent accompany the sale of any such product s or information Silicon Image Inc products are not designed or intended for use in Life Support Systems A Life Support System is a product or system intended to support or sustain life which if it fails can be reasonably expected to result in significant personal injury or death If2. Silicon Image 50 L Pm_ gt gt x y x x c c lt GG You have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard E 27 rr H EST SATARaid User s Manual Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 51 Creating a RAID 10 Set 1 Referring to the example above for creating a RAID 1 Set start the RAID Wizard Select Create RAID Set and click Next Select Create RAID 10 Set and click Next 2 Highlight the device to add in the lower section of the Create RAID 10 Set window Click the up arrow under the First mirror members section to add the first device to the RAID Set Repeat for the second device Click the up arrow under the Second mirror members section to add the third device to the RAID Set Repeat for the fourth device A RAID 10 set must contain at least four members When done adding members click Next Create RAID 10 Set RAID 10 Set configuration to be created ap ity O FOG MB 20629 MB Channel 2 Device Channel 3 Device 3 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete When the window closes the new RAID Set will appear in the SATARaid window under RAID Sets After allocating any other RAID sets you will need to create and format the new partitions See Section 7 Allocating Partitions for instructions Copyright 2003 S
3. 1 and so on 1 Inthis example there are two disks with unallocated partitions Right click on the partition of the first disk and click on New Partition Disk 2 Basic 192 66 GB B 152 66GB Online S Unallocat New F Partition ZP Disk 3 ra 27 35 GB 27 95GB He Online Unallocated 3 CD ROM 0 CD ROM i D 10 MB 10 MB CDFS Online el 2 The Create Partition Wizard should appear The first window is an introductory window to the Wizard Click Next 3 The second window designates the partition type Choose primary partition and click Next New Partition Wizard Select Partition Type There are three types of partitions primary extended and logical Select the partition you want to create L i partition C Cogie adiye Description A primary partition is a volume you create using free space on a basic disk Windows and other operating systems can start from a primary partition You can create up to four primary partitions or three primary partitions and an extended partition Copyright 2008 Silicon Image Inc ili son l SATARaid User s Manual WACON imagE 20 O 4 The third window designates the partition size Since this is a Striped RAID set utilizing 2 disk drives the size of the partition will be approximately twice the size of the smallest single disk drive Click Next New Partition Wizard 5 The fourth window design
4. 2003 Silicon Image Inc ll TT SATARaid User s Manual a silicon Image TS Eee Sees 2 An Introduction to RAID RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I O performance and provide redundancy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member without the loss of data There are many different methods of implementation for RAID with each having advantages and disadvantages Raid levels or set types are given a numerical designator that defines its implementation such as RAID 0 or RAID 1 SATARaid provides support for three RAID Set types Striped RAID 0 Mirrored RAID 1 and RAID 10 Mirrored Striped Other RAID types are not supported by SATARaid software and thus are not discussed Disk Striping RAID 0 Striping is a performance oriented non redundant data mapping technique While Striping is discussed as a RAID Set type it is does not provide any fault tolerance With modern SATA and ATA bus mastering technology multiple I O operations can be performed in parallel enhancing data throughput Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk The figure below illustrates a three disk stripe set Stripe one is written to disk one stripe two to disk two and so forth RAID 0 sets can be comprised of two three or four drives Disk Mirroring RAID 1 Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously written
5. Delete Spare Drive 2 Select the drive to be deallocated and click Deselect then click Next Copyright 2008 Silicon Image Inc Sj li con Imag e SATARaid User s Manual 64 SCS Select RAID 1 Spare Disks Select Spare Disk s for Raid 1 Sets a Deselect the disks to remove the spare drive Avaliable Disks _ Disk Model Maxtor 4ROSOL3 Spare Disks Channel 0 Device Maxtor 4ROSOL3 Capacity 76167 ME K Capacity n Il foe MB Deselect Cancel 3 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard SATARaid User s Manual YOu have finished setting Raid configuration with the Raid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 65
6. RAID Sets partitions and allows he user to format and name each partition and volume Section 1 reports the size of each disk or RAID Set Section 2 reports each partition and allows the user to format or delete partitions Creating the Partitions 1 If any disk in the RAID set appears to be formatted right click on that partition Section 2 and select Delete Once all disks are reporting as Free Space right click on each partition and select Create A Create Primary Partition window should now appear Click OK Click Confirm Repeat this step for each disk Now right click on the first disk and select Mark Active A window will appear stating that this will take place on the next reboot Click OK Repeat this step for each disk e m A A Close window Confirm saving changes Click Yes O Disk Administrator will report that the disks were updated successfully Click OK bh Re open Disk Administrator NO Right click on the first disk this should now be the Striped Set O Select Format A window similar to the following window will appear SATARaid User s Manual E E A Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Format E 4 KE Capacity Unknown capacity ni File System NTFS Allocation Unit Size Default allocation size Volume Label prendi Format Options 14 Verify the settings as follows a Capacity can not be changed b Make sur
7. UUl 2223424 0 U UUO 3 Installing Drivers for Windows XP 2000 98 NT Before installing the SATARaid software Silicon Image Serial ATA host adapter driver must be installed When Windows detects the newly installed SATA host adapter it will open a Driver Installation Wizard Click on the Next buttons until the wizard prompts for the location of the driver Insert the Silicon Image SATA host adapter driver CD into the computer s CD ROM drive and click on the Browse button Select the directory on the CD in which the driver resides and click OK Browse for Folder 1721 Desktop a aj Mu Computer el Ste Floppy A fy Development C Es DI Data lE 0 Installed F RA 6 E BIOS amp Utility E driver 1 0 0 1 Click the Next button A window will be displayed to verify proper installation of the host adapter driver Click Finish When prompted to restart the computer click Yes Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc i licon limes SATARaid User s Manual MECON IMage 6 L L 4 JAVA 2 Runtime Environment Installation The Java 2 Runtime Environment is required for the SATARaid GUI The Java 2 Runtime Installer and executable package must be downloaded from the Sun Microsystems website at http java sun com j2se downloads html The computer must have an Internet connection set up before installation can proceed Save the installer file to a known location such as the My Documents folder Using Windows Explorer or by clicking on t
8. User s Manual x silicon Image TS Eee Sees 9 SATARaid Configuration SATARaid configuration options include customization of the settings for Event Notification E mail Notification Log File Audio and Popup The first tab displayed when SATARaid configuration is opened is for Event Table configuration This setting determines which events are displayed in the Event Table The messages logged for the various settings are as follows Error Level The following messages are logged Errors Warning Level The following messages are logged Warnings Errors Information Level The following messages are logged Informational Warnings Errors Disable All No events will be logged SATARaid Users Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image The next tab is used to set the interval time in seconds for the program to poll the status of the host adapter and devices Lower settings may have an impact on system performance If the RAID sets are subject to heavy activity the Event Time interval should be increased Configuration Al ES The SMTP tab allows the server name to be set for all SATARaid email related functions These include sending of configuration files and automatic notification This entry must include the full name and of server and the top level domain for example mail mycompany com or smip mymailserver com Contact the System Administrator if the name of the SMTP serve
9. automatically be written to the replacement disk 1 Select Resolve Conflicts and press Enter N L D Conf igurat ion Ut i ity Sil icon Image m Copyr ight iC 2080 MAIN MEM ye HELP Create RAID set Help for resolving Delete RAID set conf licts Rebuild Raidi set Format Logical Drive Info LOGICAL DRIVE Sil Raidi Set Conf ict ti Sselect Pena ES Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit 2 Select the Conflict entry in the Logical Drive Status window and press Enter RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright C Z600 Create RAID set Press Enter to select Delete RAID set the set Rebuild Raidl set i Level Format Logical Drive Info PHYSICAL DRIVE y LOGICAL DRIVE B Maxtor 4R890L3 0167 Sil Raidi Set 1 Mator 496660 Mb ST190013A5 4 P L L EN ti Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit Copyright 2008 Silicon Image Inc el QA SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image ec amp sg el ET G Sees 3 Note that some conflict resolutions may result in the drive letter assignment changing for example the RAID set may have been drive D but after the conflict resolution it may become drive E Be aware of this when performing a conflict resolution To maintain the same drive lettering the SATA cables connected to the drives may need to be swapped or in the case of a SATA based removable drive unit the orde
10. to two disks This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk failure If a read failure occurs on one drive the system reads the data from the other drive RAID 1 sets are comprised of two drives A third drive can be allocated as a spare in case one of the drives in the set fails Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 AI Block 0 Block 2 Disk Mirroring and Striping RAID 10 RAID 10 combines the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 Performance is provided through the use of Striping RAID 0 while adding the fault tolerance of Mirroring RAID 1 The implementation of RAID 10 requires four drives The drives are assigned as two sets of striped pairs gt AA Strip 0a e Strip la J Strip 0b Strip 1b p ce ar Sets are be res il Strip 2a l Stip 3a lt Mirrored Gatto 2b L del 4 __ Strip4a _Strip5a __ RAID 1 Strip 4b ___Strip5b 4 Strip 6b L _ Strip Tb _ Il m L strip6a L Stripra _ Striped Set A RAID 0 Striped Set B RAID 0 The data is written to RAID Set A which is striped RAID 0 This allows maximum speed The data is then mirrored to another RAID 0 striped set which is Set B in the figure above This provides data redundancy RAID 1 and thus increased data security Under certain circumstances a RAID 10 set can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures SATARaid Users Manual en ee Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image f UU
11. Buyer or any of its direct or indirect customers applies any product purchased or licensed from Silicon Image Inc to any such unauthorized use Buyer shall indemnify and hold Silicon Image Inc its affiliates and their respective suppliers harmless against all claims costs damages and expenses arising directly or indirectly out of any such unintended or unauthorized use even if such claims alleges that Silicon Image Inc or any other person or entity was negligent in designing or manufacturing the product Specifications are subject to change without notice SATARaid is a trademark of Silicon Image Inc JAVA is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp for their family of computer operating systems Revision History Revision Comment Date Initial creation of document 09 26 03 Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc o TT SATARaid User s Manual silicon Image 2 L L Table of Contents i Weicone cca 4 SATARald Feature Sassari siames nro 4 2 AN TO yere Bo esn TO RAID aaa 5 3 Installing Drivers for Windows XP 2000 98 NT 1111srrrsssseeai iii eee iie ninni 6 4 JAVA 2 Runtime Environment Installation 1 10 2r0 arri irene senenn eane a nenen 7 5 SA TAR AIG GUI Installation 9 6 Creating and Deleting RAID SEls i iii 11 UE A 13 DEICUNG RAID SO rosi EE E neri 14 Sa T RAID T SO rer a e 15 RESONI CONCIS 3 E i Ra EE 16 LOW Level e a scs
12. CON IMAGE patna Information l Window Window I l A Event viewer Time SLI 54 formation Information 2003 09 20 at 21 03 44 SATAR aid Configuration tool started E Warning Information 2003 09 20 at 19 26 30 SATARaid Configuration tool started Ra Error information 2003 09 20 at 19 12 12 SATAR aid Configuration tool started Event Viewer Events Window Window Devices and Information Windows The Devices window identifies the computer running SATARaid SATA host adapters SATA devices and configured RAID sets Selecting each component in the configuration tree displays in the Information window data that is unique to that component Selecting a specific device channel will show that channel s information Selecting a specific drive reports all Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc ne TTT SATARaid User s Manual si Silicon Image I Ye e E TT GI Sees pertinent information for that drive including the drive s serial number firmware version ATA version and current mode as well as Configuration and Disk Identification information Selecting Sets lists the Sets in the configuration tree and provides information on RIO Version Selecting a specific RAID set such as Set 0 and the type of RAID set the number of members and capacity is reported A Configuration for SATAR aid File Advanced Help A B C D silicon image Sil RAID 0 Set members Smart Configuration Identify Data 7 98 S1 3114U 0 i 2 Cisa Chann
13. Drive Properties window Press the ESC key when done viewing logical drive information Ml Select Mena ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctri E Exit ti Select Mena ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctri E Exit Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Pan pna SATARaid User s Manual a Silicon Image ec amp sg el ET G Sees 7 Allocating Partitions After the Raid set s have been created the BIOS reports the new set s as a new drive attached to the system This drive must have a partition defined on it then the drive must be formatted in preparation for use under Windows Windows XP 2000 and NT use the Disk Management utility that is part of the Operating System There are enough nuances that make it important to follow the procedure specific to the Operating System Windows 98 and Me use a significantly different procedure defining the partitions is accomplished by booting the system to a DOS prompt and using the FDISK utility Formatting and naming of the partitions is performed under Windows Windows XP amp 2000 Before creating any partitions RAID sets must first be created using the BIOS RAID Utility or the SATARaid GUI Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Once Windows is running open the Disk Management window located at Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management gt Storage gt Disk Management A window similar to the following should appear E Sys
14. Enter Press Y when asked Are You Sure The drives will be returned to the selection of logical drives from which a new RAID set can be created Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image SATARaid User s Manual Rebuild RAID 1 Set This menu selection is used to initiate the copying of data from an existing drive to a replacement drive that has been installed in a RAID 1 set after the failure of one of the members 1 Select Rebuild RAID1 set 2 Select the desired set and press Enter 3 Press Y when asked Are You Sure 4 The set will be rebuilt The status of the rebuild is displayed in the MAIN MENU window SATARaid Users Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 15 Resolving Conflicts When a RAID set is created the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information including the channel on the host adapter to which it is connected If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set or used in another system it may have conflicting metadata specifically in reference to the drive connection information If so this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt In order for the RAID set to function properly this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata To correct this select Resolve Conflict and the correct metadata including the correct drive connection information will
15. OS for operating systems other than Windows 2000 and XP For 2000 and XP RAID sets can be created and managed by either the BIOS utility or the SATARaid GUI See section 10 RAID Set Management Under Windows 2000 amp XP for information on configuring RAID Sets using the SATARaid GUI During bootup a screen similar to that below will appear for about 5 seconds Press CTRL S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID utility RAID Configuration Utility Silicon mage Inc Copyright C 003 Create RAID set Press Enter to create Delete RAID set RAID set Rebuild Raidi set Resolve Conf licts Logical Drive Info PHYSICAL DRIVE yy LOGICAL DRIVE O Maxtor 4R680L3 anz 1 ST330913AS BR da ROL 2 Maxtor 4ROBOL3 3 ti Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit SATARaid User s Manual Pt Sie Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc silicon Image 11 Main Menu The Main Menu in the upper left corner is used to choose the operation to be performed The selections are Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Rebuild RAID1 Set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info Create RAID Set is used to create a new RAID Set or for allocating spare drives to a RAID 1 set Delete RAID Set is used to delete a RAID Set or to deallocate a spare RAID 1 drive Rebuild RAID 1 Set is used to initiate the rebuild of a RAID 1 set after for example a drive in the Set has been replaced Resolve Conflicts i
16. ailed instructions on using this feature System View This command displays a graphical representation of the host adapter and RAID sets Clicking on each of the components and then clicking the Details button will open a new window showing more information on the selected device DE ystem View Detail Configure SATARaid This command allows the configuration of the SATARaid program to be viewed and changed SATARaid configuration is documented in detail in the next section of this manual Send Configuration This command allows the SATARaid configuration file to be emailed to the address selected during configuration This function is used most frequently when contacting the system administrator for technical support Save Configuration This command allows the SATARaid configuration to be saved Copy Configuration This command allows the creation of a copy of the SATARaid configuration file SAT ARaid Help This command opens an interactive help dialog using the standard Windows help interface Exit This command is displayed only onthe command menu Choosing this command exits the SATARaid program SATARaid Users Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image About SATARaid This command is displayed only on the command menu Choosing this command displays a dialog box with more information about the SATARaid program including the revision level Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc a ee SATARaid
17. ar s Disk Administrator Partition Tools View Options Help Disk O 19540 ME Disk 1 NTFS 19540 ME 19540 MB E Disk 2 Free 43975 ME ARIF Disk 3 Primary partition Partition 2000 MB NTFS ce This Write Signature window may appear first If so answer YES for each disk reported with no signature found Confirm Ho signature found on Disk 0 Writing a signature is a safe operation and will not affect your ability to access this disk from other operating systems such as DOS If you choose not to write a signature the disk will be marked OFF LINE and be naccessable to the Windows NT Disk Administrator program Do you want to write a signature on Disk U so that Disk Administrator can access the dive Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc gt SATARaid User s Manual 3 Silicon Image Hi te ET GI Sees After any required disc signatures have been written a window similar to the following will appear rl Disk Administrator Partition Tools View Options Help Disk O 13540 MB Disk 1 F NTFS 19540 ME 19540 ME Disk 2 43975 ME Disk 3 Primary partition Partition 2000 MB NTFS Gs The first button on the toolbar opens the Disk Administrator Volumes window which lists the recognizable Volumes their capacity free space type of format etc The second button opens the Disk Configuration window shown above detailing all disks or
18. ate for RAID 1 10 Set 20620ME Adjust the slider bar ifyou wantto change the default Raid 1 10 disk rebuild rate SATARaid Users Manual ee ee Silicon Image Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 57 5 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete RAID Wizard ER ICI Copyright 2008 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image gt See The following example shows modification of a RAID 1 Set by adding a member 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Modify RAID Set and click Next RAID Wizard E Main Operation Menu Modify RAID Set Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 Delete Spare Drive Back Mext Cancel Help 2 Select the operation to be performed and click Next Only operations that are valid for the selected set will be displayed RAID Wizard E Modify Operation Menu l Add New Members to RAID SET 140 Set Rebuild Rate For RAID SET 110 Cancel SATARaid User s Manual SE re Rn Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image n AAA q AAA 3 Select the set on which the operation is to be applied Select the device to be added Click Next RAID Wizard g Add new member to RAID Set Select RAID Set for newly added member Select the RAID set you w
19. ates the drive letter of the partition Change the drive letter if desired Click Next New Partition Wizard SATARaid User s Manual Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 21 6 The next window allows the volume label to be set and selection of the type of formatting to take place upon the creation of the partition Make sure the Format this partition radio button is selected Name the volume as desired suggestions are generic names such as STRIPED SET or something specific to use such as FINANCIAL CRITICAL MISCELLANEOUS etc It is recommended to use the default NTFS for the file system Click Next New Partition Wizard Format Partition To store data on this partition you must format it first Choose whether you want to format this partition and if so what settings you want to use Do not format this partition Format this partition with the following settings File system NFS ti Allocation unit size Deft ti Volume label Raid 0 Se T Perform a quick format Enable file and folder compression 7 The lastwindow is a summary window listing all of the selections made After verifying that everything is correct click Finish Completing the New Partition Wizard You have successfully completed the New Partition Wizard You selected the following settings Disk selected Disk 2 Partition size 156328 ME Drive letter or path F File system NTFS Al
20. device related events that occur while SATARaid is running Selecting categories in the Event Viewer window applies a filter to the Events window so that only messages of the type selected are displayed This allows only Warning or Error messages to be seen for example VEIS ie Sera P EA Information 2003 09 20 at 21 03 44 SATAR aid Configuration tool started Warning Information 2003 09 20 at 19 26 30 SATARald Configuration tool started Error Information 2003 09 20 at 19 12 12 SATAR aid Configuration tool started SATARaid Toolbar and Menu Commands The Toolbar buttons from Left to Right are A RAID Management B System View C Configure SATARaid D Send Configuration E Save Configuration F Copy Configuration G SATARaid Help ABCDEFG All options available via the Command Menu are replicated on the toolbar except Exit and About SATARaid The Menu commands are shown below File Advanced Help Save Configuration RAID Management SATARaid Help Copy Configuration System View About SATARaid Exit Configure SATARaid Send Configuration The commands are documented on the pages that follow Copyright 2008 Silicon Image Inc I SATARaid User s Manual S Silicon Image RAID Management This command allows the management of the RAID sets and drives on the SATA host adapter It is available only under Windows 2000 and XP See Section 10 RAID Set Management Under Windows 2000 amp XP for det
21. e that File System has NTFS selected c Don t change the Default Allocation Size d Select an appropriate name for Volume Label e Select Quick Format 15 Click on Start The drive will be formatted 16 Repeat this procedure for any remaining drives 17 Close Disk Administrator and open My Computer icon should be on Desktop 18 The new disks should now appear in the My Computer window 19 Close all windows and applications and Restart the computer Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc A SATARaid User s Manual x Silicon Image coi Eee Sees Windows 98 amp Me Windows 98 and Me do not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management utility Instead after creating RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows the partitions must be created using the FDISK program To invoke FDISK from within Windows 1 Click onthe START button 2 Select Run 3 Type fdisk in the Open box 4 Click OK The following window will likely appear Microsol t Wi Fixed D L FLO PUN light MICA FDISK Options SATARaid Users Manual ele Parma Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc silicon Image The Current Fixed Drive typically will be the System Drive C In order to create partitions the fixed drive needs to be changed Select 5 and press Enter A screen similar to the following will appear Change Current Fixed Disk Drive ive Mumber k Upi ion Enter the disk number to partition and press Enter FDISK will return to
22. e window closes the operation is complete Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard You have finished setting Raid configuration with the Raid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may Take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image eee A Modifying RAID Sets This feature allows the configuration of various settings related to a RAID Set to be adjusted The following example shows the modification of the rebuild rate of a RAID 1 Set 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Modify RAID Set and click Next Main Operation Menu Modify RAID Set Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 Delete Spare Drive S ack Mext ancel Help TO 2 Select the operation to be performed and click Next Only operations that are valid for the selected set will be displayed Modify Operation Menu Set Rebuild Rate For RAID SET 150 1 Back Mexd Cancel Help Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image eee eee 3 Select the set on which the operation is to be applied and click Next RAID Wizard Select RAID Set 1 10 Mirrored Set Si RAL 1 Set 4 Change the setting as desired Click Next RAID Wizard Select Rebuild R
23. el U Type Striped Set 2 Device ES Channel 1 de Cita State Online Ha Channel 7 AP Device Members 2 i Channel 3 Location Channel Device Meta Version 2 10 Capacity 117252MB Stripe Size 65536 BYTES 3 Information information 2003 09 20 at 21 03 44 SATAR aid Configuration tool started The Members tab of this window B reports the device identification corresponding with the information in the BIOS and the state of each device The State of the destination drive that is being rebuilt may report as Rebuild for a long period of time depending on the size of the disk SMART and Configuration information is displayed by selecting the Smart Configuration tab C Also in this section is a selection for automatically adding a hot spare and initiating a rebuild in the event of a fault on a RAID 1 set Note that the spare drive must have previously been allocated in the RAID BIOS configuration screen a Mc nl Smart Information Support Yes Enabled Tes Status OK NOL Spare and Auto Rebuild When enabled a hot spare will automatically be added ito this set and a rebuild stated when a member is dropped Only valid for mirrored sets f Enabled C Disabled ey Data Identification can be displayed by selecting the Identify Data tab D SATARaid Users Manual he Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc silicon Image 33 Event Viewer and Events Windows The Event Viewer and Events Windows display SATA
24. g functionality to enhance the industry s leading PCI to SATA host controller products Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures With Silicon Image Serial ATA host controller and SATARaid both of these problems are solved SATARaid software provides a Graphical User Interface GUI for easy to use configurations of the RAID Sets SATARaid Features e RAIDO RAID 1 and RAID 10 Sets are supported e Under Win 2000 and XP only RAID Sets can be created and deleted without exiting Windows e Hot Spare and On line Mirror Rebuilding e System GUI Monitoring Utility e Displays Logs Alerts Users to Vital RAID Set Information e Manages RAID Set Functions configures rebuilds etc e RAID Set Accommodates Multiple Size HDDs e HDDs Function Normally When Not in RAID Sets e Adjustable Stripe Size for RAID 0 e Uses the Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART feature in the attached drives for automatic notification of imminent drive failures e Can be configured to automatically email RAID Set system events and failure reports e Automatically Selects Highest Available Transfer Speed for All ATA and ATAPI Devices Supports the following e UDMA up to 150MB Sec e All UDMA and PIO Modes e Upto 4 SATA devices e ACPI and ATA ATAPI6 Copyright
25. gs Errors Disable All No event logs will be sent Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 42 qmtm e te TE 7 _ xY_ _W_WF The log file is used to store event information received from all Silicon Image RAID drivers The log file is a text file and can be viewed with any text viewer such as Notepad or with the Event Property page of SATARaid Use the Log File tab to set location and the desired filename for the log file Configuration EventTable EventTime SMTP Email Notification EventLevel i Log File Audio Popup Log File Inforamtion The log file is Used to store event received from all the Silicon Image IDE RAID drivers The logfile can be viewed with any text editor or the event propery page ofthe GUI Log File Configuration Disable Log File Enable Log File pathic Browse File sataraidevents loo Purge OK Cancel The Audio tab is used to select audio alerts in response to events Each event can use a different audio alert and each can be individually disabled EventTable EventTime SMTP Email Notification EventLevel LogFile Audio Popup Audio Motification Information Audio notification is use to alertthe system administrator or user that event occured Audio Notification Configuration Selectthe sound to play by clicking the browse button or click the disable but
26. he My Computer icon on the desktop select the installation file and open it The installation will begin The installer program will download the needed files from the Internet InstallShield Wizard a Preparing to Install a Jawa 2 Runtime Environment SE 1 4 2 Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the program setup process Please wait Downloading file INSTMSIA EKE When a window appears asking for acceptance the license agreement select accept the terms of this license agreement and click Next i Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 License License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully Sun Microsystems Inc Binary Code License Agreement for the JAVA 2 RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT RRE STANDARD EDITION VERSION 1 4 2 X SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC SUN IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE IDENTIFIED BELOW TO YOU ONLY UPON THT Z a TE SATARaid User s Manual ee O Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image AAA q AAA Choose the Typical setup type and click Next fg Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 42 Setup Type Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs traralEinialel When the installation completes click Finish Restart the computer when prompted Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 8 L 5 SATARaid GUI Installation Insert the Silicon Image SATARaid Insta
27. he new partitions See Section 7 Allocating Partitions for instructions RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard T _______ You have finished setting Raid configuration with the Raid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Creating a RAID 0 Set 1 Referring to the example above for creating a RAID 1 Set start the RAID Wizard Select Create RAID Set and click Next Select Create RAID 0 Set and click Next 2 Hold down the Ctrl key on the keyboard while clicking devices to add them to the RAID Set A RAID 0 set must contain at least two members Add as many members as desired Click Next 1 Channel O Device Maxtor 4ROSOL3 foley ME Channel 1 Device 5133001 345 20629 ME 3 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete When the window closes the new RAID Set will appear in the SATARaid window under RAID Sets After allocating any other RAID sets you will need to create and format the new partitions See Section 7 Allocating Partitions for instructions Copyright 2008 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual
28. ht 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 46 e e ceoeo o llDbhM MRO TUueN gt eAOAC5 E EOS Rr lt Jx E SATARaid Users Manual RAID Wizard Create Operation Menu IS Create RAID Set 1 With Duplication Create RAID Set 1 Without Duplication Create RAID Set 10 Create RAID Set O Silicon Image Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 47 3 The following message may be displayed Click OK to acknowledge 4 Select the Source and Target disks for the Set and click Next Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 48 r nmmpss hM r gt rL x 5 A window will be displayed noting configuration success Click Finish RAID Wizard You have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard You have finished setting Raid configuration with the Raid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Cancel 6 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete When the window closes the new RAID Set will appear in the SATARaid window under RAID Sets After allocating any other RAID sets you will need to create and format t
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30. ilicon Image Inc bP eee SATARaid User s Manual n Silicon Image ee SATARaid Users Manual e e iene Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 53 Deleting RAID Sets For various reasons it may be necessary or desired to delete an existing RAID Set The following example shows the deletion of an existing RAID 0 Set 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Delete RAID Set and click Next x Main Operation Menu Lt Delete RAID Set Back Mest Cancel Help 2 Select the type of set to be deleted and click Next xj Delete Raid Set Menu Delete RAID Set D Back Merc Cancel Help Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image eee eee 3 Select the set to be deleted and click Next RAID Wizard Delete RAID Seto Select RAID Set U to Delete Select the Raid Set 0 you vould like to Delete Raid Type Disk Model Capacity striped Sel h Sil RAD O Set 175067 OMME Raid Members in the Selected Raid Set 0 E Channel 2 Device Maxtor 4ROSOL3 FEET MB e AAA XX Channel 3 Device Maxtor 4D060H3 90627 ME Warning Original Data will be destroyed permanently Back Mext Cancel Help 4 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once th
31. le depend on the number of drives available and whether any RAID sets currently exist The commands available from within the Wizard are Create RAID Set is used to create a new RAID 0 1 or 10 Set Delete RAID Set is used to delete a RAID Set or to deallocate a spare RAID 1 drive Modify RAID Set allows certain parameters of the RAID Set such as rebuild rate for RAID 1 to be modified Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 is used for allocating a spare drive to a RAID 1 set Delete Spare Drive removes the allocated spare drive from a RAID 1 set These operations are detailed in the pages that follow SATARaid Users Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 45 Creating RAID Sets As previously discussed the Silicon Image SATA host adapter supports RAID 0 1 and 10 configurations The selection of the RAID level to be used should be based upon factors including performance data security and number of drives available It is best to carefully consider the long term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy appropriately Creating a RAID 1 Set The following example shows the creation of a RAID 1 Set with Duplication 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Create RAID Set and click Next RAID Wizard Main Operation Menu Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Modity RAID Sel Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 Delete Spare Drive 2 Choose the type of RAID set to be created and click Next Copyrig
32. llation CD into the computers CD ROM drive Using Windows Explorer or by clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop display the contents of the CD ROM The SATARaid GUI Installation program is named Java SATARaid exe Select this file and open it The installation will begin Click the Next button when the Welcome window appears InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Java SATAR aid The InstaliShield Wizard will install Java SATAR aid on your computer To continue click Nest Click the Next button to install the SATARaid program in the default directory recommended An alternate directory may be selected if desired InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location n Select folder where Setup will install files Setup will install Java SAT AR aid in the following folder To install to this folder click Nest To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder E Destination Folder C Program Files Silicon Image Jawa SATA aid I Browse Cancel SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image A pm ae bb ii L 9 Click the Finish button to complete the installation Copyright 2008 Silicon Image Inc E i e SATARaid User s Manual silicon Image TS Eee Sees 6 Creating and Deleting RAID Sets Creating and deleting RAID sets must be performed in the BI
33. location unit size Default Volume label Raid 0 Set Quick format Mr Ea To close this wizard click Finish Ai Cancel Copyright 2008 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 22 A A The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed Depending upon the size of the partition the format process may take several minutes When complete the status will change to Healthy and the name and drive letter will be updated Once the disk reports Healthy it appears in the listing in System Listing section with all of its pertinent information as well ESE Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other partitions Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed X in the top right corner of the window Click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop The new drives will be visible and properly named The new disks are available for use SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Windows NT Before creating any partitions RAID sets must first be created using the BIOS RAID Utility Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Once Windows is running open the Disk Management window located at Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management gt Storage gt Disk Management A window similar to the following should appe
34. mance data security and number of drives available It is best to carefully consider the long term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy appropriately Silicon Image has made the creation of RAID sets very simple They can be created either automatically or to allow the greatest flexibility manually 1 Select Create RAID Set 2 Choose a RAID 0 Striped a RAID 1 Mirrored or a RAID 10 combination set 3 Select Automatically or Manually configuration of the RAID Set 4 If manual configuration is selected the chunk size of Striped Sets can be selected For Mirrored Sets the Source and Target drives can be selected 5 The message Are You Sure will display before completing the configuration Answer N to abort the creation of the new RAID set or Y to proceed with the RAID set creation RA DO RAIDI o l 1 B I SPARE DRIVE i PI i o The Create RAID set option is also used to allocate a spare drive to a RAID 1 set This spare drive can be allocated to the set using the SATARaid GUI in the event of a failure of one of the drives in the set To allocate a spare drive follow the procedure outlined above choosing SPARE DRIVE for the set type SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Deleting RAID Sets 14 1 2 3 4 To remove one or more RAID sets select Delete RAID Set Select the desired set and press
35. ould like add new member to And select one member disk that you would like to add Raid Type Disk Model i Capacity Mirrored Set Si R amp ID1 Set 58626ME Location Disk Model Capacity channel 0 Device Maxtor 4ROBOLS 78167 MB Il Channel 1 Device 5733001345 28629 MB Channel 2 Device Maxtor ROSOLS roie MB Back ext Cancel Help 4 Anacknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete RAID Wizard Tou have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard ou have finished setting Raid configuration with the Raid Configuration Wizard Click Finish button to apply configuration it may take some time to finish please wait till this window disappear Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 600 ee S MwmPRMX x x i l M gt E X E MN jM j amp I 5 Return to the SATARaid Main Window In the Devices window select the RAID Set to which you have added the device Select the Members tab for the RAID Set in the Information window From here the progress of the RAID Set rebuild can be monitored Conf iguration for SATARai 2 id r ud el re EQ I a 5 i i A ARNE SATARaid User
36. r is not known Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 38 TO SATARaid Users Manual Configuration Silicon Image Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 39 The current SATARaid configuration may be sent via e mail This feature is most often used when contacting the system administrator for technical support Select the e mail tab in the SATARaid Configuration Menu and enter the default e mail address and subject line for the party receiving the configuration data The default address and subject can be overridden prior sending the email Configuration fap Gera Ee pl 1 sdl F FE SE When different types of events occur SATARaid can send notices to assigned individual e mail addresses Select the Notification tab and enter the e mail addresses of all parties to whom the notices will be sent Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 40 IE SATARaid Users Manual Configuration Silicon Image Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 41 The Event Levels tab is used to select which events trigger a message to be sent to those in the Notification email list see Notification on previous page Error Level The following events will be sent Errors Warning Level The following events will be sent Warnings Errors Information Level The following events will be sent Informational Warnin
37. r of the drives within the chassis made need to be changed Press Y to accept the change and resolve the conflict RAID Configuration Utility Silicon image Inc Copyright C 2660 IN MENU HELP Create MID set Press Enter to select Delete RAID set the set Rebuild Raidi set Log ica 1 Drive Info The drive letter might be changed fre You Sure i YA DT LOGICAL DRIVE 7016778 Sil Raidi Set 7016708 ti Select Meno ESC Previous Men Enter Select Ctri E Exit 4 The conflict will be resolved The RAID Set will appear in the Logical Drive window RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright C 2060 MAIN MENU ug HELP Create RAID set Help for resolving Delete RAID set conf l icts Rebuild Raidi set kai kan 9 LOGICAL DRIVE Sil Raidi Set ti Select Mena ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctr l E Exit SATARaid Users Manual AP a Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc silicon Image Low Level Formatting The Low Level Format menu selection allows the complete erasure of data on a hard drive This is not an action which typically needs to be performed as formatting the drive under Windows is usually sufficient to prepare the drive for use Logical Drive Information This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set RAID set RAID 1 spare or unassigned It is a display only function Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll between the drives in the Logical
38. s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 61 Creating a Spare RAID 1 Drive Creating a spare RAID 1 drive allows the spare to be quickly added to an existing RAD 1 set in the event of a catastrophic failure The following example shows the creation of a RAID 1 spare drive 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 and click Next Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Modify RAID Set Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 E Delete Spare Drive 2 Select the disk to be used to create the spare Click Select The drive will be displayed in the Spare Disks window Click Next Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 62 TO 3 An acknowledgement window will appear Click Finish A moving bar will appear in the window while the operation is in progress Once the window closes the operation is complete RAID Wizard You have finished with Raid Configuration Wizard SATARaid User s Manual Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Deleting a Spare RAID 1 Drive For various reasons it may be desired or necessary to deallocate a RAID 1 spare drive The following example shows the deletion of a spare RAID 1 drive 1 Start the RAID Wizard Select Delete Spare Drive and click Next RAID Wizard Main Operation Menu Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Modity RAID Set Create Spare Drive For RAID 1
39. s used to automatically find the member drives of a RAID set which has been disrupted physical drives swapped around for example and restore the Set to proper operation Low Level Format allows a single drive to have its data completely wiped out Drives assigned to Sets or allocated as Spares cannot be low level formatted Logical Drive Info shows the current configuration of each RAID set allocated spare and unallocated physical drive attached to the SATA host adapter These operations are detailed in the pages that follow Help Window This window displays context sensitive help and status messages Physical Drive Information This window displays the model number and capacities of the drives physically attached to the SATA host adapter Logical Drive Information This window displays a list of devices reported to the system BIOS Command Line The bottom line of the display lists the currently active command keys Up and Down arrows select the menu item or action ESC takes the user to the previous menu Enter selects the highlighted choice Ctrl E exits the utility Other keys may be active depending upon the currently selected action Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc ll TT SATARaid User s Manual M silicon Image TS Eee Sees Creating RAID Sets As previously discussed the Silicon Image SATA host adapter supports RAID 0 1 and 10 configurations The selection of the RAID level to be used should be based upon factors including perfor
40. tem E Partition Basic NTFS System E 149 04 GB NTFS Healthy System 115 01GB 1021GB AX 10MB OMB 0 Healthy System 149 04GB 11859GB 79 No IIA PS EA NANNI fae pa as EA ats alt III IN This window has three main sections 1 System listing of all formatted and available disks RAID Sets 2 Report of physical connection of disks RAID Sets 3 Report of partition status disk letter and volume name SATARaid User s Manual ale Silicon Image Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc In the physical connection window every disk should report as Basic Disk Size the actual available disk space will be reported here Online Instead of Basic a disk may also report as either Unknown or Dynamic If the disk reports as Unknown right click on the disk icon and click Write Signature A window will appear with the disk in question all Unknown disks may appear in this window Make sure the box next to each disk is checked then click OK The disk should now report as Basic If a disk reports as Dynamic right click on the icon of that disk and click on Convert to Basic Disk Within seconds the disk should report as Basic Creating the Partitions In the Report of physical connection of disks RAID Sets section the order in which the drives are displayed corresponds directly to the order the Sets appear in the BIOS Therefore the first Unallocated Partition represents Set
41. the Options screen With the Current fixed drive set at the disk needing to be partitioned Select 1 and press Enter to create the partition on the drive The following window will appear Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc fe SATARaid User s Manual gt silicon Image TS Eee Sees Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive Press Enter to select Create Primary DOS Partition FDISK will scan the drive and the following window will appear Press Enter to confirm use of the entire drive capacity for the partition While the partition is being created a progress indication appears at the bottom of the screen Once the percentage counter reaches 100 the following window will appear SATARaid Users Manual F Pan Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc silicon Image x AAA AAA Create Primary DUS Partition he sax L RRR A Primary DOS Partition created drive letters changed or added Press Esc to cont Press the Esc key to return to the FDISK Options menu Repeat the process for any remaining drives that need to be partitioned When all drives have been partitioned return to the FDISK Options menu then press Esc to exit FDISK The computer will need to be rebooted After restarting the computer and booting Windows double click on the My Computer icon Right click on each new drive and select Format y EE ES g Led Cut File Edit View Go Favorites Help Eel Copy Development De Open IC E
42. ton for no sound notification Informational Event Browse Disable Warning Event isabled Browse Disable Error Event Browse Disable OK Cancel Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual pe silicon Image as m aaa SATARaid can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup windows These alerts can occur separately or in conjunction with audio alerts and email notification Use the slider control to set the event level for popups to occur Error Level The following events will trigger a popup window Errors Warning Level The following events will trigger a popup window Warnings Errors Information Level The following events will trigger a popup window Informational Warnings Errors Disable All No events will trigger a popup window Configuration Copyright 2008 Silicon Image Inc SATARaid User s Manual Silicon Image 44 Ia 10 RAID Set Management Under Windows 2000 amp XP Selecting the RAID Management command or toolbar button causes a RAID Configuration Wizard to open Click Next to go the Main Operation Menu screen NOTE Modifying RAID Sets may result in the existing data on the affected drives being permanently lost Make sure all data is backed up prior to executing any operation described in this section Create Spare Drive For RAID 1 Delete Spare Drive Menu selections that are availab
43. xplore Find di Installed F Sharing Create Shortcut Printers Control Panel Schedu Properties Task ek Ender Formats the selected drive Select Full Format enter the Label name for the drive or RAID set if desired and click OK SATARaid User s Manual Copyright O 2003 Silicon Image Inc Gil z MECON imagE L 30 TO RES D Repeat for each new drive The new drives are now ready to be used SATARaid User s Manual nie TOT Silicon Image Copyright 2003 Silicon Image Inc 31 8 SATARaid GUI Overview The SATARaid GUI Installation program configures the SATARaid GUI to automatically start when Windows is started If the SATARaid GUI does not automatically start or is closed by the user choose the JAVA SATARaid program from the Start Menu to launch the GUI The SATARaid GUI monitors the system s RAID Set in the background It runs minimized in the System Tray To open the main window click the icon located on the taskbar EA AE 121560 The main window will display Configuration for SATAR aid File Advanced Help e G t amp silicon image Computer CHA S1 3114U 0 m cSysteminiormation TTT 53 Channel 0 i 7 E z bas 9 Device Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 HS Channel 1 LA Device 2 Channel Version 410 LA Device a Channel 3 EH Sets e Sil RAID 0 Set Computer Information Mame E SILI
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