Quick User`s Guide
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1. NOTE If the disk you selected has the ability of booting another warning message will be popup before SiS Software RAID message You can click Yes button to continue or click No button to cancel Weis T The select HD may be your BOOT device Please check Are vou sure to continue Mo 19 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 5 Next another message box will be popup to tell user that disk setting has been changed and ask whether to restart the computer or not Click Yes button to restart the computer or click Cancel button to skip restarting omin You have changed the disks setting ee y i Do you want bo restart the windows mom cancel NOTE New Setting will take effect after restarting only b To create a RAID O Stripe array follow these steps 1 Configuration gt Create Raid gt Raid Type gt RAID 0 2 From the drop down box Block Size select the block size you want 3 From the drop down box Mode Type select the mode type you want 4 From the Available Disks pane select the disk and click downward arrow icon or double click it to add the disk on the Selected Disks File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Raid Type RAID 0 Block Size 64K lt Available Disks gt QUANTUM FIREBALLP A520 5 19 1G Primary_Master 1 lt Bootable HD gt Selected Disks gt T34002. Next you can click Cancel button to leave or click Ok button to continue after the operation being selected The differential warning messages will be popup following the differential operations The warning messages are similar to JBOD array creation but the operation is Split data into RaidO 7 If the operation is Split data into RaidO a warning message will be popup seeing below SIS Soare RAID IF you want to create this RAID all data on the source disk will be split into RaidO set If the source disk is your BOOT device the system will be broken 4re you sure to continue Next you can click Yes button to start the operation or click No button to cancel 8 When the operation is finished the restart warning message will be popup as well as JBOD array creation except for the operation Split boot OS into Raid0 a Spliting 05 will be executed after restarting i Do vou want bo restart the windows now OK Cancel Next you can click Ok button to restart the windows and start the operation Split boot OS into RaidO Or click Cancel button to suspend this operation But this operation is still done after restarting the windows next time c To create a RAID 1 Mirror array follow these steps 1 Configuration Create Raid Raid Type RAID 1 2 From the drop down box Mode Type select the mode type you want 3 Fr
3. RAID Quick User s Guide 5 Next you can click Cancel button to leave or click Ok button to continue after the operation being selected The warning messages will be popup following the differential operations and the message is similar to JBOD array creation 6 When the operation is finished the restart warning message will be popup as well as JBOD array creation Viewing the RaidType meaning General case RAIDO A B C D E lt Meaning gt RAIDO Raid Type A total number of disks in this Raid B C the serial number of each disk in this Raid D E a Raid is correct B D C E b Raid is error D or E will show or P In which the meaning of and P will show below A This RAID is error Check the condition of your HD please lt Tllustration gt 7 No HD exist at this position or this HD is not a part of this RAID I This HD is a part of this RAID but its position is wrong OK lt Example gt 24 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Current RaidType gt JBOD 2 13 3 RAIDO 2 2 4 4 Inform ation Delete O RAIDTYPE INFORMATION ILLUSTRATION SHD INFORMATION gt E RaidType _ BlockSize ModeType I lt Showing its information gt ti SiS Raid File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Current RaidType gt JBOD 2 13 3 RA
4. the button Pause to pause the thread operation And the button Pause will become Start Or you can click the button Stop to cancel this operation File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery H SOURCE f DESTINATION T3120023AS 111 8 G Availabe Raid Available Disk Copy data form Disk 4 to Disk 3 Disk Copy Remaining Sectors 75691056 0 100 ee me 28
5. 164 37 3 G Primary Slave 2 T3120023AS 111 8 G Secondary Slave 4 Information 20 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide NOTE You must have at least two hard disks to create a RAIDO array 5 When the RAIDO array s configuration is finished click the button Create Then a Create Stripe RaidSet dialog will be popup Greate stnpe RAA Disk Source QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4520 5 19 1G Primary Master 1 Target a 37 3G Primary Slave 2 C Create Only Split data Boot form IDE Split data Boot form 180 OK Disk Copy Remaining Sectors gt 0 25 lt Note gt Source The first selected disk Target All other disks but first one Create Only This operation will destroy all data on all the selected disks and create a clean stripe array without any data on it Split data Boot from IDE Split operation will split data from source disk into all the selected disks In this operation the boot disk can t be placed on 180 Split data Boot from 180 This operation is similar to Split data into RaidO operation but system boots from 180 Ok Start the operation Cancel Cancel the operation lt Disk Copy Remaining Sector gt Show the remaining splitting data NOTE miniCapacity x N gt SourceCapacity miniCapacity The minimum size of all selected disks SourceCapacity The size of source disk N Total disk numbers 21 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 6
6. CETEA RAD SET a E 25 RAID RECOVERY OPERATION cccccsscccesesssssccssccsccssscccccoenes Pag Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Introduction The SiS 180 S ATA RAID controller is build in the 964 south bridge It combines two independent SATA ports and support RAID 0 RAID 1 and JBOD Specifications are as follows Serial ATA Interface Serial ATA SATA is the latest generation of the ATA interface SATA hard drives deliver blistering transfer speeds of up to 150MB sec Serial ATA uses long thin cables making it easier to connect your drive and improving the airflow inside your PC Supports 150 MB s transfers with CRC error checking Large LBA support for drives over 137 GB Data handling optimizations including tagged command queuing elevator seek and packet chain command Serial ATA RAID Interfaces The Serial ATA RAID is designed to provide a cost effective high performance RAID solution that adds performance and or reliability to PC desktops and or servers using Serial ATA 150 hard disks Serial ATA RAID function supports striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 and span JBOD Please note that the function supports SATA hard disk drives only With striping identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance Mirroring increases read performance through load balancing and elevator sorting while creating a complete backup of your files Span would increase the logic hard disk spac
7. IDO 2 24 4 r RAIDTYPE INFORMATION ILLUSTRATION SHD INFORMATION gt RaidType aso BlockSize SS s ModeType oma Delete a Raid set a To delete a JBOD RAIDO or RAID1 array follow these steps 1 Configuration gt Delete Raid the following windows will appear 25 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery lt Current RaidType gt RAIDO 2 2 3 2 3 RAIDTYPE INFORMATION ILLUSTRATION SHD INFORMATION gt RaidType D BlockSize a ModeType j 2 Highlight the disk array in the Current RaidType pane and then click the Information button or double click the array You can get some information about the disk array File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery lt Current RaidType gt RAIDO 2 23 2 3 RAIDTYPE INFORMATION ILLUSTRATION lt HD INFORMATION gt You use 2 hard disks to do this List below RaidType RAID 0 Wrong Position HD _ P Present Position _ O Original Position 2 ST3400164 37 3 G BlockSize 64K 3 ST3120023AS 111 8 G ModeType DMA 3 If you want to delete a disk array you selected you can highlight the disk array and then click the button Delete Then a warning message will be popup and pay attention to the warning message You can click Yes to delete the selected disk ar
8. MB UDMA6 Single 2 Press lt 3 gt and lt Enter gt to select Mirror RAID Type lt 1 gt JBOD lt 2 gt Stripe lt 3 gt Mirror lt 4 gt Stripe Mirror Q Exit the menu 3 Use lt gt lt gt to select disk and press lt Enter gt to select disk lt Q gt to exit SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit firror Use TL to select disk and press lt Enter gt to select disk Q Exit the menu Location Hodel Capacity Hode RAID Type Pri_Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec_Master Maxtor 6Y060M0 58644MB UDMA 6 Single Sec_Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyrig 1licon integrate ystems orp l WwW S1S com 4 Press lt N gt and lt Enter gt to Create Mirror only If Press lt Y gt and lt Enter gt it will Duplicate the data on source disk to mirror disk Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 919 RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit Mirror Do you want to Duplicate the SOURCE disk data to MIRROR disk N Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri_ Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA 4 Mirror Pri Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 Mirror Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single 5 Press lt Q gt until escape the setup menu SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit Mirror Disk 1 Disk3 Press lt A gt key to add disk to RAID and press lt D gt key to remove disk from RAID Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacit
9. Raid Creation failed Information Please select the lt Raid Type gt first Create a RAID set a To create a JBOD array follow these steps 1 Configuration gt Create Raid gt Raid Type gt JBOD 2 From the drop down box Mode Type select the mode type you want File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Raid Type JBOD Block Size 3 From the Available Disks pane select the disk and click downward arrow icon or double click it to add the disk on the Selected Disks pane 18 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 4 SiS Raid File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Raid Type yBop Block Size Mode DMA lt Available Disks gt QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4520 5 19 1G Primary_Master 1 lt Bootable HD gt Selected Disks gt T3120023A5 111 8 G Secondary Slave 4 ST3400164 37 3 G Primary_Slave 2 Information NOTE You must have at least two hard disks to create a JBOD array When the JBOD array s configuration is finished click the button Create Then a warning message will be popup Pay attention to the warning message and then click Yes button to finish the creation of JBOD array or click No button to cancel S15 Software RAID IF you want to create this RAID all data on the disks you selected will be lost g Gre You sure ko continue
10. SATA function both of Mini IDE driver and RAID driver support SATA 2 For RAID function SiS180 support RAIDO RAID RAIDO 1 and JBOD by software RAID driver only For special occasions users can refer to the following section with details on the SiS180 driver installation when used with various operating systems Windows 2000 XP New Windows 2000 XP Installation The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows 2000 XP le Start the installation Boot from the CD ROM Press F6 when the message Press F6 key if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears When the Windows 2000 XP Setup window is generated press S key to specify an Additional Device s Insert the driver diskette into drive A and press Enter Choose one of the following items WinXP SiS Raid IDE Controller for RAID WinXP SiS Mini IDE Controller for SATA Win2000 SiS Raid IDE Controller for RAID Win2000 SiS Mini IDE Controller for SATA that appears on screen and then press the Enter key Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Press Enter to continue with installation or if you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified Press Enter to continue with installation From the Windows 2000 XP Setup screen press the Enter key Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 XP installat
11. SiS S ATA User s Manual Serial ATA Serial ATA RAID 0 o 1 Serial ATA JBOD Quick User s Guide Version 0 1 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Edition April 2003 Copyright Trademarks SiS is a registered trademark of Silicon Integrated Systems Corp All brand or product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Revision History Revision History Date May 03 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide CONTENTS Introductio oscine n r eE L a EDE EEE 1 Ster 0 What iS RAID oer aaa A EOE ENE 2 KNOW HOV Poean EA eN E TE A 2 PERFORMANCE HINTS AND RECOMMEND SETTING 2 Step 1 Installing Software Drivers ccccsccscsccssssssssssssssssssssssssssscecs 3 WINDOW S 2000 X Po E a EE 3 NEW WINDOWS 2000 XP INSTALLATION Wu cccccccccceteeeeeeeeeeeeeees 3 EXISTING WINDOWS 2000 XP INSTALLATION cccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeees 4 CONFIRMING WINDOWS 2000 XP DRIVER INSTALLATION 4 Step 3 BIOS Utility Operation for RAID only ssccssssssssscscees 5 CREATING AN ARRAY FOR PERFORMANCE RAIDO 6 CREATING A MIRROR ARRAY RAIDL 2 ccccssssssseeerrrcccoees 8 CREATING A JBOD ARRAY cor eeaeee 11 Step 4 SIS 180 RAID Utility Operation eeeeseoocsssssssssssccsseccecccoccossssso 14 VIEWING THE CREATE RAID Op AeA 16 CREATE ARAID SEE AA E E E A 18 VIEWING THE RAIDTYPE MEANING uuu cccccssssssccccccsssssssssooees 24 DE
12. a RAID set currently It will show some disk information ex Location serial numbers the ability of boot and the status of recovering ERAN File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Raid Type a Block Size fo Available Disks gt T3200114 18 6 G Primary_Master 1 Bootable HD gt ST3400164 37 3 G Primary_Slave 2 T3120023AS 111 8 G Secondary Master 3 T3120023AS 111 8G Secondary_Slave 4 lt Selected Disks gt information reat 17 e Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Selected Disks This pane will list out all the disks that have been selected to create a RAID set User can highlight the specific disk that we wants in the Available Disks pane and click the downward arrow icon or double click the marked disk to select that disk into the Selected Disks pane In the same way user can click the upward arrow icon or double click the marked disk in the Selected Disks to get back the disk that we might select wrong to the Available Disks pane Information This pane will show the information about creating a RAID set after clicking the button Create The information may be Please select the lt Raid Type gt first Please select the lt Mode Type gt first Please select the lt Block Size gt first Please select the disk you want first Mirror supports TWO DISKS only Raid Created successful Reboot please or
13. ate Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery 19 1 G Primary_Master 1 Slave 2 lt Selected Disks gt a E m Information Create Block Size If user selected RAID 0 array types in the Array Type box the Block Size drop down box will be enabled and user must select a block size Clicking the drop down box Block Size there are seven block size that the user can select 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 256k and 512k User can select any one block size to create a RAID O set The default selection is 64k File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Raid Type Block Size lt Available Disks gt QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4520 5 19 1G Prima ST3400164 37 3 G Primary_Slave 2 Selected Disks gt Information Create 16 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide c Mode Type Click the drop down box Mode Type This box enables the user to select mode type There are two mode types that the user can select PIO and DMA User can select any one mode type to create a RAID set The default selection is DMA File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Raid Type Block Size Available Disks gt QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4520 5 19 1G Primary_Master 1 ST340016A 37 3 G Primary_Slave 2 Selected Disks gt Information Create d Available Disks This pane will list out all the disks that can be used to create
14. ave changes N Location Model Capacity Hode RAID Type Pri Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA 4 JBOD Pri Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec_Master Maxtor 6Y060M0 58644MB UDMA 6 JBOD Sec_Slave T3120023A8S 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp www S1S com 7 Once the array has been created you will need to FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive 13 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Step 4 SIS 180 RAID Utility Operation Note For the best performance and reliability please read Performance Hints and Recommend Setting section in Step 0 1 After installing the SiS RAID utility go to Start menu and choose Programs From the Programs menu choose SiS RAID Utility and click on SiSRaid ey Set Program Access and Defaults eS Windows Catalog 2 Microsoft Visual Studia 6 0 fn Microsoft Web Publishing a qA Documents it SiS aid l j Internet Explorer w MSN Explorer Search fe Outlook Express e Remote Assistance Pel Ane Suunan windows Media Player 4 Windows Messenger Programs Settings Run Log OFF ghjg Turn OFF Computer to mas 2 ay gr ri O k a jae wi 3 2 The SiS RAID Utility window opens as below The main interface has two tabs View and Configuration You can switch to different tabs by clicking on it O
15. e Serial ATA RAID striped arrays can double the sustained data transfer rate of Serial ATA 150 Serial ATA RAID fully supports Serial ATA 150 specification of up to 150MB sec per drive depending on individual drive specifications The technology also offers fault tolerant data redundancy for entry level network file servers or simply for desktop PC users wanting to continually protect valuable data on their PC The Serial ATA RAID offers RAID 1 mirroring for two drives to protect data Should a drive that is part of a mirrored array fail Serial ATA RAID technology uses the mirrored drive which contains identical data to assume all data handling When a new replacement drive is later installed Serial ATA RAID rebuilds data to the new drive from the mirrored drive to restore fault tolerance Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Step 0 What is RAID Know How This section will give you an overview about the RAID system and introduce the basic background and glossary which you need to know before using SiS 180 RAID Controller Application 1 RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disk Drives use jointly several hard drives to increase data transfer rates and data security It depends on the number of drives present and RAID function you select to fulfill the security or performance purposes or both RAID 0 Also known as Stripping All of the data are distributed evenly to all of the existing drives You gain benefits
16. ion Please install the driver package again ex SiS RAID driver v1 00 while the operation system has been setup Remark If you would like to install windows to any RAID set you should create RAID from BIOS utility first and then follow the steps above Existing Windows 2000 XP Installation ie 2 Install the driver by execute SiS driver setup utility The drivers and WinXP RAID utility will be automatically installed Confirming Windows 2000 XP Driver Installation 1 From Windows 2000 XP open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon Choose the Hardware tab then click the Device Manager tab Click the in front of SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type The driver WinXP SiS180 Raid Controller for RAID or Win2000 XP SiS180 IDE Controller for SATA should appear Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Step 3 BIOS Utility Operation for RAID only Note For the best performance and reliability please read Performance Hints and Recommend Setting section in Step 0 1 Boot your system If this is the first time you have booted with the SIS 180 and the drives installed the onboard BIOS will display the following screen Silicon Integrated Systems Corp RAID Card BIOS Setting Utility 1 00 0 XX c 2003 2006 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp All Rights Reserved Press lt Ctrl gt lt S gt to run BIOS Setting Utility 2 Press lt Ct
17. move disk from RAID Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Hode RAID Type Pri Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA 4 Stripe Pri_Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec_Master Maxtor 6Y060M0 58644MB UDMA 6 Stripe Sec_Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA 6 Single 8 Press lt Y gt and lt Enter gt to save changes SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit Disk Status Stripe Disk 1 Disk3 Do You Want to Save changes N Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri_ Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 Stripe Pri Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA 6 Stripe Sec Slave ST3120023A 114473MB UDMA 6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp wwwW SiSs com i www S1S com 9 Once the array has been created you will need to FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive Creating a Mirror Array RAID1 To create an Mirror array RAID1 follow these steps 1 Press A to create array Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting Utility Status Press lt A gt key to add disk to RAID and press lt D gt key to remove disk from RAID ESC Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 Single Pri Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single ec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO 58644MB UDMA6 Single T3120023A8S 114473
18. n View tab we can see some device information The default value is the information of the first device 14 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide ca SiS Raid View Configuration Present Physical Devices IDE ATAPI CD ROM T3400164 T3120023AS Physical Device Information items Device Information A Location E a a Device Capacity 0 0 G Bedr fredi ia dl Device Support Transfer Mode inet tan e p aee Device Status Array M de Array Block Size 3 Click the tab configuration you can find three tabs Create Raid Delete Raid and Raid Recovery In the same way you can switch to different tabs by clicking on it 3 SiS Raid View Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Raid Type Block Size 64K lt Available Disks gt QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS20 5 19 1G Primary_Master 1 ST3400164 37 3 G Primary Slave 2 T3120023AS 111 8G Secondary_Master 3 Selected Disks gt 15 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 4 Click the tab Create Raid you can find three drop down box and three panes Those meaning will be showing below Viewing the Create Raid a Raid Type Click the drop down box Raid Type This box enables the user to select array type There are four array types that the user can select JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 User can select any one array type to create a RAID set File Configuration Cre
19. nd lt Enter gt to select JBOD RAID Type lt 1 gt JBOD 2 gt Stripe lt 3 gt Mirror lt 4 gt Stripe Mirror Q Exit the menu 11 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 3 Press lt 1 gt lt 2 gt keys and lt Enter gt to select Transfer Mode Default DMA Transfer Mode lt 1 gt PIO lt 2 gt DMA 2 4 Use lt gt lt gt to select disk and press lt Enter gt to select disk lt Q gt to exit Disk Status JBOD Use TL to select disk and press lt Enter gt to select disk Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri_ Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060M0 58644MB UDMA6 Single Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i www S1S com 5 Press lt Q gt until escape the setup menu JBOD Disk 1 Disk3 Press lt A gt key to add disk to RAID and press lt D gt key to remove disk from RAID Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri_ Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 JBOD Pri Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 JBOD Sec_Slave T3120023A8 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i www S1S com 6 Press lt Y gt and lt Enter gt to save changes 12 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 919 RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit Disk Status Disk 1 Disk3 Do You Want to S
20. om the Available Disks pane select the disk and click downward arrow icon or double click it to add the disk on the Selected Disks pane 22 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Raid Type Rai 1 Block Size lt Available Disks gt QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4S 20 5 19 1G Primary_Master 1 lt Bootable HD gt Selected Disks gt S T3400164 37 3 G Primary Slave 2 T3120023AS 111 8 G Secondary Slave 4 Information NOTE The RAID1 array supports two hard disks only 4 When the RAID1 array s configuration is finished click the button Create Then a Create Mirror RaidSet dialog will be popup ente Winrar seuss Disk Source ST340016A 37 3 G Primary_Slave 2 Target T3120023AS 111 8 G Secondary Slave 4 C Create Only C Create and Duplicate OK lt Disk Copy Remaining Sectors gt 0 25 50 75 100 lt Note gt Source The first selected disk Target The second selected disk Create Only This operation will destroy all data on all the selected disks and create a clean mirror array without any data on it Create and Duplicate Duplicate operation will reserve data on the source disk and copy them onto the target disk Ok Start the operation Cancel Cancel the operation lt Disk Copy Remaining Sector gt Show the remaining copying data 23 Serial ATA
21. on performance because the data transfer rate is multiplied by the number of drives However RAID 0 has high risks of data security All of the stored data will be lost if even any one drive in the RAID set crashes RAID 1 Also known as Mirroring Two hard drives are required The goal of RAID 0 is to ensure data security Data is written to two or more drives synchronously That is 100 duplication of data from one drive to another JBOD Just a Bunch of Drives Also Known as Spanning Two or more hard drives are required Several hard disk types configured as a single hard disk The hard drives are simply hooked up in series This expands the capacity of your drive and results in a useable total capacity However JBOD will not increase any performance or data security Performance hints and recommend setting For the best performance and reliability please read the following suggestions RON In serial ATA port use Native serial ATA drives Parallel ATA to Serial ATA converter board is NOT suggested Use the same model hard drives We strongly recommend you should use DMA transfer mode The recommended block size is 64K when creating RAID O Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Step 1 Installing Software Drivers SiS provides Mini IDE driver for SiS180 SATA function and RAID driver for SiS180 SATA with RAID function SiS Mini IDE driver for Windows 2000 XP SiS RAID driver for Windows 2000 XP 1 For
22. ray or click No to cancel 26 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 4 Next another message will be popup to tell user the setting of these disks have been changed and ask whether to restart the computer You have changed the disks setting Do you want bo restart the windows now al Raid Recovery Operation NOTE The recovering operation is workable only when error RAID1 set or error RAIDO 1 set must at least an error RAIDO set exist a First you can click the button Available Raid to find whether any error Raid set existing See below Conese galasi Available RAID Raid1 4 aa Next highlight the error Raid set you want to recovery And you can click the button Ok to continue or click Cancel to cancel this operation b After Available RAID selected click the button Available Disk to find whether any empty hard disk existing See below 21 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Coniuunsnesslser Available Disk QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS20 5 19 1G T3120023AS 111 8G Cancel Next highlight the empty hard disk you want to select And you can click the button Ok to continue or click Cancel to give up this selection c When the Available Raid and Available Disk is finished you can click the button Start to start this operation And the button Start will become Pause Then you can click
23. rl S gt keys to display the SIS180 Utility Main Menu 3 Press R to display the RAID setup menu below This is the fastest and easiest method to creating your first array Disk Status B Select Boot Disk R Enter Raid setup utility Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Hode RAID Type Pri Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 Single Pri Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO 58644MB UDMA6 Single Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA 6 Single Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Creating an Array for Performance RAIDO NOTE SIS 180 enables users to create striped RAIDO arrays with 1 2 drives To create an array for best performance follow these steps 1 Press A to create array SiS RAID Card BIOS Setti Press lt A gt key to add disk to RAID and press lt D gt key to remove disk from RAID Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 Single Pri_Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060M0 58644MB UDMA6 Single Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp l wwWwW S1S Com 2 Press lt 2 gt and lt Enter gt to select Stripe RAID Type lt 1 gt JBOD lt 2 gt Stripe lt 3 gt Mirror lt 4 gt Stripe Mirror Q Exit the menu 3 Press lt 1 gt lt 7 gt keys and lt Enter gt to select Block Size Default 32K S
24. tripe Block Size lt 1 gt 8K lt 2 gt lt 7 gt 512K 3 4 Press lt 1 gt lt 2 gt keys and lt Enter gt to select Transfer Mode Default DMA Stripe Transfer Mode lt 1 gt PIO lt 2 gt DMA 2 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 5 Use lt gt lt gt to select disk and press lt Enter gt to select disk lt Q gt to exit RAID Card BIOS S Status Stripe Use TL to select disk and press lt Enter gt to select disk Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO 58644MB UDMA6 Single Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp H www S1S com 6 Press lt N gt and lt Enter gt to Create Stripe only If Press lt Y gt and lt Enter gt it will split the data on source disk to other disks SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit Stripe Do you want to Split the SOURCE disk data to other disks N Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri_ Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 Stripe Pri_ Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 Stripe Sec_ Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA 6 Single Copyrig y poo 7 Press lt Q gt until escape the setup menu Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Disk Status Stripe Disk 1 Disk3 Press lt A gt key to add disk to RAID and press lt D gt key to re
25. y Mode RAID Type Pri_ Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 Mirror Pri_ Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 Mirror Sec_Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA 6 Single Conyridhi c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i www S1S com 6 Press lt Y gt and lt Enter gt to save changes 10 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 919 RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit Status firror Disk 1 Disk3 Do You Want to Save changes N Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri_ Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 Mirror Pri Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 Mirror Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp www SiS com 7 Once the array has been created you will need to FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive Creating a JBOD Array To create an JBOD array follow these steps 1 Press A to create array Disk Status Press lt A gt key to add disk to RAID and press lt D gt key to remove disk from RAID Q Exit the menu Location Model Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri_ Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Pri Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec_Master Maxtor 6Y060M0 58644MB UDMA6 Single Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp www S1S com 2 Press lt 1 gt a
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