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1. 21 re DELETE SPARE 21 SATARAID5 User s Manual X Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc 4 3 9 DELETE MEMBER 2l ORPHAN 22 DEVICE SUMMAR 23 R35 WEBEUILDIAIDOROUDP o9 9905 26 RAID GROU aea 26 4 3 10 RAID GROUP SUMMER 26 29 U 29 30 2 NL 30 a NS MEE Lc c 33 34 086 sec tne caidas 34 435 19 OREATE LEGACY RAID GROUP 35 4 3 19 REBUILD LEGACY RAID 35 DELEITE LEGACY RAID GROUP 36 CONVERT LEGACY RAID GROUP eraras
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4. 4 3 23 Delete Legacy Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user delete legacy spare drive This item is disabled if no legacy spare drive exists SATARAID5 User s Manual PT Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 37 Delete Legacy 5 Select Sparersy Device 4 3 24 Convert Legacy Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user choose legacy spare drives to convert to new spare drives This item is disabled if no legacy spare drives exist Convert Legacy Spare D 4 E X Select Sparerey Starting LEN 0 Legacy Spare 00000000 2 0 GB Cancel Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 38 _ ee 4 3 25 Help Topics This command opens an interactive help dialog using the standard Windows help interface This option will be available in future revisions 4 3 26 About This command displays a dialog box with more information about the SATARAID5 program including the revision level About SATARAIDS SATARAIDS versian 1 0 1 1 Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Running under Windows XP Version 5 1 Using Java Version 1 4 2 04 from Sun Microsystems Inc SATARAID5 User s Manual d api Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 39 5 Creating and Deleting Legacy RAID Groups with BIOS Utility Legacy RAID sets and JBOD can be created and mana
5. Stripe 1a stripe 2 Stripe 3a Sets Stripe 2b Stripe 3b q Mirrored gt Stripe 4 __ Stripe RAID 1 Stripe 4b F Stripe 5b Stripe stipe aaa Stripe Ob 4 _ Stripe 1b 4 Stripe b striped Set A RAID 0 Striped Set RAID 0 Stripe b _ The data is written to RAID Group 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 2 3 4 Parity RAID RAID 5 Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the data Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes The data and parity information is arranged on the disk array so that parity is SATARAID5 User s Manual _ Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc icon written to different disks There are at least 3 members to a Parity RAID set following example illustrates how the parity is rotated from disk to disk Stripe Stripe4t Par y striped Stripes Stripe Parity RAID uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost megabyte for large
6. 4 3 4 Delete Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user choose one or more Spare Drives to delete Delete 5pare Select Spare s Type RAID Group Starting LBM Capacity Global Spare OB cOO000 128 0 MB Delete cancel 4 3 5 Delete Member This command displays a dialog box to let user choose RAID groups members to delete Since RAID 0 is not fault tolerant RAID 0 members will not be shown in the list Note delete RAID group member will reduce the RAID group to be a non fault tolerant RAID group SATARAID5 User s Manual air ai Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Delete RAID Group Member E E x Select ta Delete RAID Group Member Capacity Starting LEN 0 0 1 0 GB 00000000 41 01 2 2A0 2 100958 0800000 2 21 0 408 100000000 3 1 3 100958 00800000 Cancel 4 3 6 Delete Orphan An orphan device segment is part of a RAID group that cannot access another device segment within the same RAID group When a member of a RAID group fails in a severe manner such as a loss of power or a complete hard disk failure it becomes an orphan This command displays the Delete Orphan Segment window to show all segments and allow user to delete selected orphan segments Delete Orphan Segment X Select Orphanrey Starting LEN 682 67 MB 00000000 Delete cancel Copyright 2004 Silicon Imag
7. TL Select Menu ESC Prevrious Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit SATARAID5 User s Manual TN NOE Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 5 5 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 RAID 1 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 RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2004 Create RAID set Press Enter to select Delete RAID set set to rebuild Rebuild Raidi set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Into Copying 05 done PHYSICAL DRIVE LUGICAL DRIVE IC35LU2 0AVERU7 0 Sil Raidi Set Maxtor 4808013 Maxtor 46120H6 51330013 5 Maxtor 4512 0 6 Invalid Raid drive TL Select Menu E5C Previous Menu Enter 5elect Ctrl E Exit Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc MN Es Nos SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image a 5 6 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 sys
8. Computer Management Local EX c Partition nasi NTFS Becki rey 7 87 GB 6 26 GB 79 i ii System Tools i E 6 Partition Basic Formatting 9 z7 95GB 27 95 GB 100 94 na Uo Event Viewer Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 3z 28 GB 37 22 GB 99 na 9 H System Information Performance Logs Alerts 9 5 Shared Folders za Device Manager Local Users and Groups Eg Storage i L 3 Disk Management Disk Defragmenter Logical Drives ZPglDisk 0 EE Removable Storage Basic H a Services and Applications 0 GB 7 87 GB NTFS Online Healthy System 1 Basic Raid 0 Set E 27 28 GB 37 29 GB NTFS Online Healthy ZPDisk 2 Basic F rM EET 27 95 GB Online Formatting 9355 DVD D Online Partition Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other partitions Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed X in the top right corner of the window Click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop The new drives will be visible and properly named The new disks are available for use Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc PN SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image _ C _ ee
9. Prerious Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit SATARAID5 User s Manual M Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 17 3 Note that some conflict resolutions may result in the drive letter assignment changing for example the RAID set have been drive D but after the conflict resolution it may become drive E Be aware of this when performing a conflict resolution To maintain the same drive lettering the SATA cables connected to the drives may need to be swapped or in the case of a SATA based removable drive unit the order of the drives within the chassis made need to be changed Press Y to accept the change and resolve the conflict RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2004 Create RAID set Press Enter to select Delete RAID set the set Rebuild Raidi se Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Into The drive letter might be changed Are You Sure Y H PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE gt 0 18 Sil Raidi Set l8G6H 1 Maxtor 4808013 TOGHE Maxtor 46120H6 11565 2 51330013 5 2 3 Maxtor 4612 0 6 11565 Conflict Tl Select Henu ESC Prerious Henu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit 4 The conflict will be resolved The RAID Set will appear in the Logical Drive window RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2004 Create RAID set Help for resolving Delete BRAID set conflicts
10. 2000 eene eene eee e e en eene eene nete eese eene eene ee 51 OLI CREATING Rm 52 Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc HM SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 4 EO ee 1 Welcome Silicon Image s SATARAID5 software enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID features typically seen on high end data systems with low cost high capacity Serial ATA drives By using industry standard SATA drives and Silicon Image Host Bus Adapters you can achieve extraordinarily low costs while remaining assured that your data is protected against hardware failure 1 1 Data Enhancement 1 1 1 Data Security SATARAID5 provides our highest commitment to data security through the use of RAID architecture to backup and protect data RAID levels 1 5 and 10 provide data security as described in Section TBD below It also supports sophisticated sparing support such that hardware failure risk can be minimized by automatically regenerating the failed disk s data on a backup disk The software driver includes support for S M A R T monitoring to predict suspect drives 1 1 2 Data Performance SATARAID5 can also increase storage throughput by combining the throughput of multiple drives into a single volume RAID levels 0 5 and 10 support this ability Furthermore each volume can be tailored to provide the best performance for the data contained on that disk 1 1
11. Error Event Level The popup window will be displayed when an ERROR eventis generated Disabled Silicon Image Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc 19 Advanced Options The Advanced Options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID driver By default all these advanced options are disabled Configuration Screen Advanced Options Information THIS configuration panel allows users to control advanced features ofthe RAID driver Please consult manual far information about each option WARMING Incorrect usage of Some options could result in data lass Advanced Options Specification Legacy Bootable Support Delete Member Support Advanced RAID Features Resources Info Support The following features are supported Legacy Bootable Support When this feature is selected Legacy Support menu will be available the menu bar The Legacy Support Menu includes a list of menu items to support RAID functions for legacy RAID groups For detailed Legacy Support features refer to sections from Create Legacy RAID Group to Convert Legacy Spare Delete Member Support When this feature is selected Delete Member menu item will be available under the Device menu The Delete Member menu item allows the user to delete a member from RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 5 Parity RAID and RAID 10 Striping and Mirroring groups For detailed Delete Member feature refer to section Delete Member Advanced RAID Fe
12. The selections are Create RAID Group Delete RAID Group Rebuild RAID 1 Set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info Create RAID Group is used to create a new legacy RAID Set or for allocating legacy spare drives Delete RAID Group is used to delete a legacy RAID Set or to deallocate a legacy spare drive Rebuild RAID 1 Set is used to initiate the rebuild of a RAID 1 set after for example a drive in the Group has been replaced Resolve Conflicts is used to automatically find the member drives of a RAID set which has been disrupted physical drives swapped around for example and restore the Set to proper operation Low Level Format allows a single drive to have its data completely wiped out Drives assigned to Sets or allocated as spares cannot be low level formatted Logical Drive Info shows the current configuration of each RAID set allocated spare and unallocated physical drive attached to the SATA host adapter These operations are detailed in the pages that follow 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 all logical drives connected to the controller The upper part lists RAID sets and JBOD drives reported to the system BIOS The lower part lists spare drives reserved drives conflict driv
13. hardware failure A value of 1 is the lowest priority and will take the longest to rebuild A value of 10 is the highest priority and will rebuild the fastest but may require more CPU resources which could have some impact on the computer s performance This parameter is not used for Contiguous Concatenated Striped or JBOD RAID levels Select RAID member devices from the available device segment list The minimum number of disks is determined by the RAID level as shown in the following table T Nen Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image n 5 Once all parameters been selected select Create to create the RAID Group When finished press Cancel to exit the Create RAID Group Dialog 4 2 1 Concatenated RAID Groups Concatenated RAID Groups allow the user to select different sized segments for each member of the volume For Concatenated volumes only a second dialog box will appear allowing the user to select the individual segment sizes from each disk Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group Specify RAID Group Capacity segment Path ID TargetID Capacity RAID Group Total Capacity 155 4 GB 4 3 Additional Menu Commands The Main menu commands are shown below File Device RAID Group Window Legacy Help Support Configuration Create Spare Create RAID Task Manager Create Legacy Help Topics Group RAID Group Exit Delete Spare Rebuild
14. 2 3 Maxtor 4612 0 6 11565 TL Select Menu ES Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit 7 After the RAID set size is set 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 SATARAIDS User s Manual ag aX Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc L UE M H Silicon Image 8 RAID sets can be created in both BIOS and the SATARAID5 GUI If you have excess capacity left on your hard drives after creating a RAID set in the BIOS you can later go to the SATARAID5 GUI to create additional logical drives that fully utilize the capacity on all your hard drives 5 2 Creating Spare Drive If there is a RAID 1 set spare driver can be created The spare drive can be allocated to the RAID 1 set in the event of a failure of one of the drives in the RAID 1 set 1 Tocreate a spare drive for RAID 1 set Select Create RAID set 2 Select Spare Drive and press Enter 3 Select spare drive from the physical drive list and press Enter 4 Select spare drive size with and 4 keys See section 6 9 for explanation on selecting size 5 After the spare drive size is set the message Are You Sure will display before completing the configuration Answer N to abort the creation of the spare drive or Y to proceed with the spare drive creation 5 3 Creating JBOD Since BI
15. Faid Sel Perform a Quick Format Enable file and folder compression lt Back Cancel 7 The last window is a summary window listing all of the selections made After verifying that everything is correct click Finish EE EN x MJ s 51 Completing the Create Partition Wizard Tou have successfully completed the Create Partition Wizard specified the following settings Disks Selected Disk 1 Partition size 38778 MB Drive letter or path E File System NTFS Allocation Unit Size Default ahel Set To close this wizard click Finish lt Back Cancel Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc SATARAID5 User s Manual MM Silicon Image n 55 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 m Computer Management Action View EN volume Layout Type File System status Capacity_ Free Space Free Fault Tolerance Overhead 3
16. RAID Event Log Rebuild About Group Legacy RAID Group Delete Delete RAID Resources Delete Legacy Member Group RAID Group Delete Orphan RAID Group Convert Summary Legacy RAID Group Device Create Legacy Summary Spare Delete Legacy Spare Convert aan Qnara For 3132 this requires the use of a Port Multiplier device to access more than one disk per SATA channel Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc X SATARAID5 User s Manual 16 e E The commands documented on the pages that follow SATARAIDS5 User s Manual TM Silicon Image Legacy Spare Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc 17 4 3 1 Configuration SATARAIDS configuration options include customization of the settings for Log File Popup and Advanced Options This command displays a dialog box to let user set different configurations for SATARAIDS with the following three tabs Log File Tab 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 Log window of SATARAID5 Use the Log File tab to set the location and the desired filename for the log file Configuration Screen Log File Information The log file is used to preserve events received fram the RAID driver Contents of the lag file can be viewed via the Event Log option of the Window menu The lag file generation can be controlled
17. Silicon Image Inc MN SATARAIDS5 User s Manual Silicon Image 2 3 RAID Levels 2 3 1 Disk Striping RAID 0 Striping is a performance oriented non redundant data mapping technique While Striping is discussed as a RAID Group type itis does not provide any fault tolerance With modern SATA and ATA bus mastering technology multiple 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 2 3 2 Disk Mirroring RAID 1 Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously written to two disks This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk failure If a read failure occurs on one drive the system reads the data from the other drive RAID 1 sets are comprised of two drives A third drive can be allocated as a spare in case one of the drives in the set fails Block 0 2 3 3 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 Stripe
18. from the user Delete Task Verification E X 2 Are vou sure vou want to delete specified taskisi Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc ij e SATARAID5 User s Manual 32 Silicon Image S 4 3 15 Event Log This command displays the Event Log window The Event Log window displays SATA device related events that occur while SATARAID5 is running f Event Log m File Options Event EventTime Eventenaurce 1 EvertTy EventLevel Eventhlessage 4 06 02 33 57 Controller 1 pplicat Informati Database initialized OPDE 02 34 35 Controller 1 Informati Segment created Pathld 0 Targetld 0 PBN 00000000 Capacity controller 1 04057 02 34 35 RAID Infarmati Start Rebuild Group 0 Member Highwater Mark 00000000 Event count 3 The Event Log window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Sorting Fields Exit This command closes the Event Log window SATARAID5 User s Manual dg m Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort event items in the event log Ascending Descending Then by Ascending EventType Descending Then hy f Ascending EventLevel b 4 C Descending 4 3 16 Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be
19. to increase the default size BIOS will display a warning message in the help window and for user s response before changing the default size RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2004 Create RAID set This set size has reached Delete RAID set reserved size If you want Rebuild Raidi set to continue to increase Resolve Conflicts the set size you may des Low Level Format troy the data on the disk Logical Drive Into Are you sure you want to increase the size Y H Please input the raid size 18 GE PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE 2 0 Sil Raidi Set 1 Maxtor 4R 80L3 2 ST330013A amp Reserved drives 3 Maxtor 40612 0 6 TL Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter 5elect Ctrl1 E Exit Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc AM NM LES ome SATARAID5 User s Manual DO amm Silicon Image S 6 Allocating Partitions in Windows After the RAID groups have been created either using SATARAID5 Manager or BIOS Menu Utility the RAID group must have a partition defined on it then the RAID group must be formatted in preparation for use under Windows Windows XP 2000 and Server 2003 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 6 1 Windows Server 2003 amp XP amp 2000 Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using t
20. 2004 Create RAID set Press Tl for logical drive Delete RAID set information or press ESC to Rehuild Raidi se exit Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Into PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE IC35LDO020AVERD7 D 6 Sil 1910 Set Maxtor 1808013 ST330013AS Maxtor 4612 0 6 E VEM E d o e 5 9 Reserved Drive and Setting Size for RAID Set Spare Drive or JBOD Once a physical drive has been used to create a RAID set spare drive or JBOD by BIOS utility BIOS saves user selected set or drive size in the reserved area of the physical drive There is no way to remove the reserved area information even after the SATARAID5 User s Manual LT NEST Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 49 user deletes the set or drive For this reason after a set or drive is deleted BIOS recognizes the physical drive as a reserved logical drive and it will not report the drive to the system BIOS When user selects to create a RAID set spare drive or JBOD he or she has to select size for the set or drive BIOS will set a default size for it and user can use the T and 4 keys to change the size If the physical drive has never been used to create set or drive by the BIOS before the full size of the physical drive will be set as default size Otherwise BIOS will set default size to the size it saved in the reserved area of the physical drive before If the user wants
21. 3 Data Versatility The driver also supports JBOD Contiguous and Concatenated drives for applications which do not require increased security or performance 1 2 Ease of Use The SATARAID5 Manager GUI offers an easy to use utility for creating and managing your storage It also supports the latest SATA enhancements including SATA II Port Multiplier support and up to 3Gbit sec transfer rates on controllers that support that speed Creating and deleting volumes is also possible without requiring a restart of the operating system and rebuilds never require the data to be taken off line Drives can also be moved between controllers without losing the data 1 3 Supported Operating Systems The following operating systems are supported by the SATARAID5 driver Check the Silicon Image website for additional operating systems as they are supported e Windows XP 32 bit e Windows 2000 32 bit e Windows 2003 32 bit Redundant Array of Independent Devices a method of combining drives to provide better protection and or performance Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Testing Just a Bunch of Disks SATARAID5 User s Manual Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 2 Introduction to RAID 2 1 RAID Volumes RAID technology allows one or more disks to be combined into a logical volume which provides greater performance and or protection than standard disk drives These volumes also known as RA
22. Good status Failed One or more disks have failed and RAID algorithms can no longer regenerate the data The minimum number of failures required to reach this state depends on the RAID level RAID 0 Contiguous Concatenated JBOD Single disk failure RAID 1 5 10 Two drive failure Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc ea hee SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 3 Installation 31 Upgrading From Previous Silicon Image RAID Software If you are upgrading from a previously released Silicon Image RAID driver please read the following sections carefully 3 1 1 Legacy RAID Support Previous RAID drivers which do not support RAID 5 functionality are known as Legacy drivers and are being replaced with the SATARAID5 software Legacy RAID volumes are still supported by the SATARAID5 software and have the following benefits Legacy volumes can be used as boot devices Legacy volumes can be created and managed by the BIOS menu during system boot Legacy RAID 0 and 10 volumes support a stripe size of 4K 3 2 Software Components There are four separate components that must be installed for SATARAID5 software to function These components are the BIOS Basic Input Output System SATARAID5 Driver SATARAID5 Manager and Sun s JAVA Run Time Environment The steps on how to install these packages is described in the following sections 3 3 Installing from the Installshield The simplest way to install SATARAID5 software is by usi
23. ID Groups appear like regular disk drives to the operating system and can be partitioned formatted and used just like any other normal disk The complexity of the RAID is hidden within the driver There are several different methods of combining disks each with its own advantages and disadvantages Each method is referred to as a RAID level such as RAID 1 or RAID 5 The details of each level are summarized below and detailed in the following sections RAID Level Advantages Disadvantages 0 Excellent performance low cost No data protection Excellent data protection High cost 10 Good data protection good value Some performance degradation for writes High performance excellent data High cost protection Good performance low cost No data protection 2 2 Segmenting Disks For increased versatility the SATARAID5 software allows individual disks to be divided into smaller segments which can then be combined into different volumes As an example if a user has one set of data that must be protected at all costs another set of data which should be protected at reasonable cost and another set that doesn t need any protection at all the user can divide three disks into sections as shown in Figure 1 The yellow regions define the high security volume the greem section is the middle security volume and the light blue shows the unprotected area mmmmumm Figure 1 Dividing Disks into Members Copyright O 2004
24. LING FROM THE INSTALLSHIELD cccscccceccccccsccccscscccscscccsvccccescccccccccesscccscscccevscccsccccccccccccscccesscsescsosees 9 3 9 1 INSTALLING THE DRIVER AND GU Lise ule Qui Qno ru o Most aet 9 3 3 2 INSTALLING THE JAVA RUN TIME ENVIRONMENT 1 eset esee risen essetis 11 ICE TAPING ANU AU 12 12 34 2 SATARAIDS MANAGER essc uteri eu ue PE LM LO 13 SIN JAVA RUN TIMI ENVIRONMENT 13 Scd INSTALLING BIOS 26955 13 4 eaa EN ve RE SYN EHE Eae ERES eU be CNN RYE 14 LAXE uod 14 d2 CREATING TAM GROUPS iuste va cU esae os 14 CONCATENATED GROUPS TU 16 4 3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDS sessio se sor sepe esos reu UE EUER VE ava vs o EUR 16 AL CONCURA TION m 18 20
25. OS no longer reports non RAID drives to the system BIOS if a non RAID boot drive or data drive is desired a JBOD can be created so BIOS will report it to the system BIOS 1 To create a JBOD Select Create RAID set 2 Select JBOD and press Enter 3 Select JBOD drive from the physical drive list and press Enter 4 Select JBOD size with 7 and 4 keys See section 6 9 for explanation on selecting size 5 After the JBOD size is set the message Are You Sure will display before completing the configuration Answer N to abort the creation of the JBOD or Y to proceed with the JBOD creation 5 4 Deleting RAID Groups Spare Drive and JBOD 1 To remove one or more RAID sets spare drives and JBODs select Delete RAID set Select the desired item to delete from the logical drive list and press Enter Press Y when asked Are You Sure Bw o Jm The drives will be returned to the selection of logical drives from which a new RAID set can be created Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc TP DES NR SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image eee RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright C 2004 Create RAID set Press Enter to select Delete RAID set a RAID set Rebuild Raidi set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Into PHYSICAL DRIVE LUGICAL DRIVE IC3OLUPZ AVERUT7 U 1868 Sil Raidid Set EISE 1 Maxtor 1808013 T6 GB 2 ST330013A5 3 Maxtor 46120H6 115GB
26. Rebuild Raidi se Low Level Format Logical Drive Into PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE IC35L020AVERO07 0 51330013 5 Maxtor 4 0801 3 Sil Raidi Set 5 33001 5 Maxtor 461 20 6 Maxtor 46120H6 TL Select Menu ES Prerious Menu Enter 5Select Ctrl E Exit Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc psg c SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 48 ee 5 7 Low Level Formatting The Low Level Format menu selection allows the complete erasure of data on a hard drive This is not an action which typically needs to be performed as formatting the drive under Windows is usually sufficient to prepare the drive for use 5 8 Logical Drive Information This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set RAID set RAID 1 spare or unassigned It is a display only function Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll between the drives in the Logical Drive Properties window Press the ESC key when done viewing logical drive information RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2004 Create RAID set Press Enter and select Delete RAID set logical drive to display Rebuild Raidi se intormation in detail Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Into PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE IC35L020AVERO07 0 Sil Raidid Set Maxtor 4808013 5 43001 5 Maxtor 465120H6 RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright
27. S Basic Input Output System is software contained on the Host Bus Adapter hardware itself which manages the RAID volumes during system bootup Typically the BIOS does not have to be updated and changing it is not recommended for non advanced users If you must update the BIOS start the Device Manager as described above expand the SCSI and RAID controllers field and right click on the appropriate Host Bus Adapter card Select Properties and click on the BIOS tab of the XXXX dialog If the BIOS tab is not available please contact Silicon Image for further instructions SATARAIDS User s Manual ag am Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 4 SATARAID5 Manager 4 1 Overview The SATARAID5 Manager is the Graphical User Interface GUI which allows you to create and manage RAID volumes The Manager initially shows two windows as seen below 5 Array Manager File Device RAID Group Window Legacy Support Help Controller 0 Sil3132r5 Channeld Channels Legacy RG 0 Controller 1 Sil3132r5 5 65 GB Available 75 75 GB Available 75 75 GB Available 5 75 GB Available Controller Sil3132r5 Link Status The RAID Groups window identifies SATA host adapters and configured RAID groups For systems with more than one Silicon Image Host Bus Adapter installed you can switch between cards by selecting the desired card in the RAID Groups Window When a controller is selected the RAID Groups curr
28. atures When this feature is selected and user selects to create RAID group if the RAID group to be created is fault tolerance group RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 10 user will be able to select Improper Shutdown Policy in the Create RAID Group dialog box The Advanced RAID Features are not supported for Legacy RAID groups Resources Info Support When this feature is selected Resources menu item will be available under the Window menu This feature is for debugging purpose only For detailed Resources feature refer to section Resources 4 3 2 Exit This command terminates the SATARAID5 program 20 Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc M SATARAID5 User s Manual 4 3 3 Create Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user create Spare Drive user needs to select the following parameters Spare Global the spare drive is for all RAID groups in the system Dedicated the spare drive is dedicated to the specified RAID group RAID Group Select the RAID group to which this spare drive is dedicated This parameter is enabled only when Dedicated spare type is selected Capacity Select from a list of spare drive size current options are from 128 MB to 100 GB and MAX Device Select one device segment from the available device segment list Create 5pare Parameters Spare Type Capacity 128 MB v TargetID Capacity Starting LEM 0 75 25 GB 04600000 i 1 78750 04800000
29. atures will be installed Specify the installation directory and choose which program Features to install You can change your choice of Features after installation by using the Add Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel Recommended Far advanced users InstallShield lt Back cancel Choose the Typical setup type and click Next When the installation completes click Finish Restart the computer when prompted 3 4 Installing Manually To manually install individual components of the SATARAID5 software please refer to the following sections 3 41 Driver The SATARAIDBS driver can be installed using the normal Windows driver install upgrade interface To begin insert the CD ROM into the CD drive If a new Si3132 Host Bus Adapter has been inserted into the system or this is the first time you are installing the SATARAID5 software Windows will open New Hardware Detected Dialog Follow the instructions and choose Install the software automatically Recommended If a previous version of SATARAID5 is installed the install driver dialog can be started as follows From My Computer icon Right click on My Computer and select Manage Click on Device Manager From Control Panel Select System and click on the Hardware tab at the top of the dialog Select Device Manager Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc rij SATARAID5 User s Manual 17 a Silicon Image S Once the Device Manager is sta
30. cated c jEDRom 0 D Online Unallocated Primary Partition 2 The Create Partition Wizard should appear The first window is an introductory window to the Wizard Click Next 3 second window designates the partition type Choose primary partition and click Next Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc M SATARAID5 User s Manual Create Partition Wizard Select Partition Type Tou specify what type of partition to create Select the type of partition you want to create Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive Description primary partition is volume you create using space a basic disk Windows 2000 and other operating systems can start from a primary partition can create up to four primary partitions basic disk or you can make three primary partitions and an extended partition Back Cancel 4 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 Create Partition Wizard Specify Partition Size How big do you want the partition to Choose a partition size that is smaller than the maximum disk space hd aximum disk space 38178 MB Minimum disk space r Amount of disk space to use H lt Back Cancel 5 The four
31. e Inc sg Qi SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 22 ee 4 3 7 Device Summary This command displays the Segment Summary window to show all physical devices segments EP Device Summary Sees File Options Path ID Status Capacity Version Healthy 234372857 Maxtar 20M0 ARS EVO Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown YARS1HWI Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Device Count 10 The Segment Summary window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Sorting Fields Exit This command closes the Task Summary window Sorting This command sorts the rows based on the selected field SATARAIDS5 User s Manual i api Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Sort items by gt Ascending Descending cancel Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 24 A 5 This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown the Segment Summary window Fields Displayed Fields Device NE Serial Number Target ID Capacity Model Version Cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual MP NO Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 25 4 3 8 Rebuild RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choose a replacement seg
32. ebuild Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non fault tolerant legacy RAID group SATARAID5 User s Manual Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Rebuild Legacy RAID Group E 2 x Select a Rebuild Select Replacement Segment RAID Group Capacity 0 0 Failed 70GB 0 Available S7 26 GB Available 27 85 GB Available 27 85 GB Rebuild cancel 4 3 20 Delete Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choose legacy RAID groups to delete This item is disabled if no legacy RAID groups exist Delete Legacy RAID Group Select RAID RAID Group Configuration Status Mirrored Online 4 3 21 Convert Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choose legacy RAID groups to convert to new RAID groups of the same RAID type configuration This item is disabled if no legacy RAID groups exist Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc WO ES mones SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 36 OO ee Convert Legacy RAID Group Select RAID Groups s RAID Group Configuration Status 0 Mirrared Online 4 3 22 Create Legacy Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user create legacy spare drive This item is disabled if new RAID groups exist Create Legacy Spare Parameters Capacite 1 GB 27 95 GB Create Close
33. el Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the RAID Group Summary window Fields Available Fields Displayed Fields Chunkaize Add RAID Group Member Count Label Metadata Format Configuration Rebuild Priority Status Capacity Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 29 _ 4 3 11 Task Manager This command displays the Task Manager window The Task Manager window lists all RAID and disk management tasks that have been started and or done This window provides user the ability to schedule any RAID and disk management operations including RAID group creation rebuild and test 45 Task Summary File Options Task Operation Farameters Start Time End Time Rebuild RAID Group Raid Group 0 2 34 35 Count 1 The Task Manager window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Task Open Sorting Modify Save Fields Suspend Print Resume Exit Cancel Delete Open This option will be available in future revisions Save This option will be available in future revisions 4 3 12 Print SATARAID5 User s Manual ij Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image ee This option will be available in futu
34. ently defined on that controller are also shown in the RAID Groups Window Selecting a specific RAID Group will highlight the segments associated with that volume in the Device Configuration Window The Device Configuration window identifies all physical drives and their partitions If the adapter supports SATA II Port Multipliers there may be more than one device ID per SATA channel Throughout the Manager different colors are used to indicate the status of the components The meaning of the colors are Status 2 ZA O Good The component and all subcomponents are okay Warning This component or at least one subcomponent has become degraded and requires service Red Failed This component or at least one subcomponent has failed 4 2 Creating RAID Groups To begin creating a new RAID Group select Create RAID Group from the RAID Group menu or right click on a controller in the RAID Groups window and select Create RAID Group This will cause the Create RAID Group dialog to appear Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 6 F7 ee Create RAID Group Parameters RAID Group Label Volume C RAID Group Configuration Contiguous Capacity Chunk Size Rebuild Priority Fath ID Target IL Capacity Starting LBM 0 0 06500000 3 0 X 198 88 GB 06600000 Close The fields are defi
35. es and invalid drives not 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 SATARAID5 User s Manual Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image 5 1 Creating RAID Groups As previously discussed the Silicon Image SATA host adapter supports RAID 0 1 5 10 and JBOD configurations The selection of the RAID level to be used should be based upon factors including performance data security and number of drives available It is best to carefully consider the long term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy appropriately Silicon Image has made the creation of RAID sets very simple They can be created either automatically or to allow the greatest flexibility manually 1 Select Create RAID set 2 Choose a RAID 0 Striped a RAID 1 Mirrored a RAID 5 Parity or a RAID 10 combination set RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2004 Create RAID set RAID 5 Parity Delete BRAID set Rebuild Raidi set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Into PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE IC35LU 2 0AVERU7 U Maxtor 4 0801 3 5 330013 5 Maxtor 46120H6 TL Select Men
36. ged by either the BIOS utility or the SATARAID5 GUI New RAID groups must be created and managed by the SATARAID5 GUI During boot up a screen similar to that below will appear for about 5 seconds Press CTRL S or the key to enter the BIOS RAID utility SII 3114 SATARaId BIOS Version 5 1 14 copyright C 1997 2004 Silicon Image Inc Press lt 1 5 gt or F4 to enter RAID utility IC35L02 OAVERO 0O 18 GB Maxtor 4ROSOL3 GB 5733001345 27 GB Maxtor 45120 6 115 GB IC35LO 20AVERO7 O Maxtor 4ROSBOL3 5733001345 Maxtor 461 0H6 set The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed brief description of each section is presented on the next page RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright C 2004 HATH HEHU Create RAID set Delete RAID set Rebuild Raidi set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Into PHYSICAL DRIVE 2 0 1868 1 Maxtor 4808013 T6 GB 2 ST330013A5 3 Maxtor 4612 0 6 115GB Physical Drive Properties HELP Press Enter to create RAID set Help Window Context Sensitive LOGICAL DRIVE Logical Drive Properties TL Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter 5elect Ctrl E Exit Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc 40 Silicon Image SATARAID5 User s Manual Main Menu The Main Menu in the upper left corner is used to choose the operation to be performed
37. he BIOS RAID Utility or the SATARAID5 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 Administrative Tools Computer Management Storage Disk Management A window similar to the following should appear joj xl Action view Tres EJ Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 7 87 GB 6 26 GB 79 0 Computer Management System Tools E oF Event viewer E SE System Information Performance Logs and Alerts E E Shared Folders 1 Device Manager Local Users and Groups B T3 Storage AS Disk Management le Disk Defragmenter Logical Drives Disk 0 Removable Storage Basic H E Services and Applications 7 87 GB 7 07 GB NTFS 3 Online 2 Healthy System ZPDisk 1 Basic 27 28 GB Online 37 28 GB Unallocated Disk 2 Basic 27 95 27 95 GB Online Unallocated Online Unallocated Primary Partition This window has three main sections 1 System listing of all formatted and available disks RAID Groups 2 Report of physical connection of disks RAID Groups 3 Report of partition status disk letter and volume name In the physical connection window eve
38. ment to rebuild a non fault tolerant RAID group Rebuild RAID Group Select a Member to Rebuild Selecta Replacement Segment RAID Group Member Status Capacity Patt Status Capacity starting LEM Failed 36 0 GB Available 36 0 GB 00000000 8 fo avaiable 57 7508 08 00000 4 3 9 Delete RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choose RAID groups to delete Delete RAID Group Select RAID RAID Group Configuration Status Mirrored Reduced Striped 4 3 10 RAID Group Summary This command displays a dialog box to show all RAID groups group ID configuration and status Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Nom SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 20 ee RAID Group Summary Sel RAID Group Label Contiquration Status Capa 0 Volume Mirrored Reduced 36 0 GB Striped 36 0 GB RAID Group Count 2 The RAID Group Summary window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Sorting Fields Exit This command closes the RAID Group Summary window SATARAID5 User s Manual d api Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort RAID group items in the RAID Group list Sort items by gt Ascending RAID Group O Descending canc
39. ned as follows RAID Group Label RAID Group Configuration Capacity Chunk Size Rebuild Priority Devices SATARAID5 User s Manual Provides an identifiable name for the RAID group This field can be any ASCII string to help the user identify this volume Select a Group ID from the available ID list The maximum number of RAID Groups per controller is 8 so Group ID can be any number between 0 and 7 inclusive The configuration indicates which RAID level is to be used to configure these members The options are Contiguous for virtual disk or JBOD Concatenated for multiple concatenated segments Striped for RAID 0 Mirrored for RAID 1 Mirrored Striped for RAID 10 Parity RAID for RAID 5 This defines the total usable capacity of the RAID Group Either select an entry from the pull down list or manually enter the volume size in Gigabytes Selecting MAX will create the largest RAID set possible with the drive s selected Chunk size also known as stripe size is for advanced users who want to tune their box for the greatest performance In general large stripe sizes are best for large files that are accessed sequentially e g media streaming files whereas smaller sizes are better for randomly accessed data like databases This parameter is not used for Contiguous Concatenated Mirrored or JBOD RAID levels Rebuild priority indicates how quickly the controller should rebuild data on a disk following a
40. ng the SATARAID5 installshield This will quickly and easily install the SATARAID5 Driver SATARAID5 Manager and JAVA Run Time Environment To begin insert the Silicon Image SATARAID5 Installation CD ROM into the CD drive or download it from Silicon Image s website Then double click on the Error Unknown document property name file to begin the installation process 3 3 1 Installing the Driver and GUI Once the InstallShield is started the following screens will appear InstallShield Wizard X Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard For SATARAIBS The Installs hield Wizard will install on your computer To continue click Cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual MM Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Click Next to pass the welcome screen X InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install Files Setup will install S amp TARAIDS in the following folder To install to this folder click To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder C Program Files Silicon Image SATARAIDS5 Browse InstallShield Cancel Click the Next button to install the SATARAID5 program in the default directory recommended An alternate directory may be selected if desired Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc SATARAID5 User s Man
41. r installations Mirroring requires 10096 increase in capacity to protect the data whereas the above example only requires a 50 increase The required capacity decreases as the number of disks in the group increases 2 3 5 Concatenation Concatenation combines multiple disks or segments of disks into a single large volume It does not provide any data protection or performance improvement but can be useful for utilizing left over space on disks Concatenation allows the segments which make up the volume to be of difference sizes Block 4 Block 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 2 3 6 JBOD Just Bunch of Disks The JBOD is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive For home edition JBOD function only supports one disk 2 4 RAID Volume Status A RAID Volume can be in any one of the following statuses Status Meaning Good All disks are currently functioning Normal Degraded For RAID levels which contain some data protection one or more disks have failed but the data is still available via the RAID algorithms The failed disk should be replaced as soon as possible Rebuilding A failed disk drive has been replaced and the data is being regenerated on the replacement disk When complete the RAID Group will return to Good status Resynchronizing An error has occurred which requires that the RAID algorithms be regenerated on this RAID Group When complete the RAID Group will return to
42. re revisions 4 3 13 Exit This command closes the Task Summary window Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort task items in the task list items by AScendin End Time 9 Descending 4 3 14 Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the task list Fields Available Fields Displayed Fields Pria rity Add Operation Remaining Progress Status Parameters Task Start Time End Time Cancel Modify This command allows user to modify parameters of the selected task items The following is an example of changing rebuild priority for a rebuild task Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Nom SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image Q0 Modify Parameters Task Parameters Dynamic Priority Suspend This command allows user to suspend the selected task items Resume This command allows user to resume the suspended task items SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image cancel Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc 31 This command allows user to cancel the selected task items Cancel Task Verification 2 Are you sure you want to cancel this task Delete This command displays a dialog box to let user delete the selected task items from the task list in Task Summary window The following dialog box will pop up to get confirmation
43. rted select SCSI and RAID controllers as shown below Device Manager File Action View Help E RIEDER 4 Computer Zee Disk drives E Display adapters s DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers Floppy disk drives Human InterFace Devices 4 IDE controllers Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices Monitors Network adapters 41 9 Ports COM amp LPT Processors SCSI and RAID controllers Cn Unknown device Unknown device Sound video and game controllers System devices 2 Universal Serial Bus controllers Right click on the desired Host Bus Adapter and select Update Driver Make sure the installation CD ROM is in the CD drive and select Install the software automatically Recommended Press Next to install the software 3 4 2 SATARAID5 Manager To install the SATARAID5 Manager copy the files from the Manager Files directory on the installation CD ROM to any desired directory on the host For easy startup create a shortcut on the directory to the sam jar Sun s JAVA Run Time Enviroment must be installed before the SATARAID5 Manager will run 3 4 3 JAVA Run Time Environment The JAVA Run Time Environment is available from Sun Microsystems web site at http java sun com j2se downloads html Please follow the directions to install the JAVA software 3 4 4 Installing BIOS Advanced The BIO
44. ry disk should report as Basic Disk Size the actual available disk space will be reported here Online SATARAID5 User s Manual Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc sje a Nip 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 and 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 Revert to Basic Disk Within seconds the disk should report as Basic 6 1 1 Creating the Partitions In the Report of physical connection of disks RAID Groups section the order in which the drives are displayed corresponds directly to the order the Sets appear in the BIOS Therefore the first Unallocated Partition represents Set 1 and so on 1 example there two disks with unallocated partitions Right click on the partition of the first disk and click on Create Partition Disk 0 Basic 7 87 GB OB NTFS online Healthy System Disk 1 ee Rs Basic 37 28 GB 37 28 GB Create Partition online Unallocated Properties ZSDisk 2 Help 27 95 GB 27 95 GB Online Unallo
45. shown in the event log Fields Available Fields Displayed Fields dl Add EventTime EventSaurce EventL evel Eventhlessage Cancel 4 3 17 Resources This command displays the Resource Information window This feature is for debugging purpose only Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 34 ee Resource Information Sele File Display Resource Current Maximu 4 3 18 Create Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user create legacy RAID group This item is disabled if new RAID groups exist User needs to select the following parameters RAID Group Select a group ID from the available ID list Configuration Striped for RAID 0 Mirrored for RAID 1 Mirrored Striped for RAID 10 Parity RAID for RAID 5 Capacity Select from a list of RAID group size current options are from 256 MB to 100 GB and MAX Chunk Size Select one from the available list 8 16 32 64 128 KB RAID 1 set does not require this Devices Select RAID member devices from the available device segment list Create Legacy RAID Group a E gt Parameters RAID Group fo Configuration Striped Capacity 2 GB Chunk Size I Rebuild Priority 10 Starting LEN 57 26 GB 76 23 GE 00000000 27 95 GB 3 2795G6 00000000 Create Close 4 3 19 R
46. significant personal injury or death If Buyer or any of its direct or indirect customers applies any product purchased or licensed from Silicon Image Inc to any such unauthorized use Buyer shall indemnify and hold Silicon Image Inc its affiliates and their respective suppliers harmless against all claims costs damages and expenses arising directly or indirectly out of any such unintended or unauthorized use even if such claims alleges that Silicon Image Inc or any other person or entity was negligent in designing or manufacturing the product Specifications are subject to change without notice SATARAID5 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 Document Number TBD Revision History Copyright O 2004 Silicon Image Inc SATARAIDS5 User s Manual Silicon Image 2 OE ee Table of Contents VV COND EE ER CR seva Pda EE US ss a WERE e ees PUN M VPE Ce PUN EUN 5 LI DATABENHANCEMENT 5 IN PUER Lure URN 5 LL 5 T VO 5 2 US 5 1 3
47. silicon Image Sil3132 5 Storage Management Software User Manual Home Edition Silicon Image Inc 1060 East Arques Ave Sunnyvale CA 94085 408 616 4000 www siliconimage com Copyright 2004 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
48. tem it may have conflicting metadata specifically in reference to the drive connection information If so this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt In order for the RAID set to function properly this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata To correct this select Resolve Conflict and the correct metadata including the correct drive connection information will automatically be written to the replacement disk 1 Select Resolve Conflicts and press Enter RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright C 2004 Create BRAID set Help for resolring Delete RAID set conflicts Rebuild Raidi se Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info PHYSICAL DRIVE LUGICAL DRIVE IC35LOU Z UAVERUO7 0 186GB Sil Raidi Set 186GB 1 Maxtor 480801 3 766GB Haxtor 46120H6 11565 2 ST33001345 2 TGE 3 Maxtor 46120H6 115G5 Conflict TL Select Menu 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 2004 Create RAID set Press Enter to select Delete RAID set the set Rebuild Raidi se Resolre Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Into PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE IC35LU 2 0AVERU7 U Sil Raidi Set Maxtor 4 0801 3 Maxtor 461 20 6 5 33001 5 Maxtor 46120H6 Conflict TL Select Menu ES
49. th window designates the drive letter of the partition Change the drive letter if desired Click Next SATARAID5 User s Manual MM Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image Create Partition Wizard Assign Drive Letter or Path Ou can assign a drive letter or drive path to a partition lt Assign a diveletter Mount this volume at an empty folder that supports drive paths Browse C Do not assign a drive letter or drive path lt Back Cancel Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc SATARAID5 User s Manual 54 amm Silicon Image S 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 Create Partition Wizard Format Partition ou can customize the formatting of the partition Specify whether you want format this partition C Do not format this partition Format this partition with the following settings Formatting File system to use NTFS Allocation unit size Defaut Volume label
50. u ESC Prerious Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit 3 Select Automatically or Manually configuration of the RAID Set Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc M M SATARAID5 User s Manual Silicon Image 42 ee RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2004 HATH HELP wuto configuratio Manual configuration Press Enter to automati cally create raid set Stripe size is 64K First drive is drive 0 PHYSICAL DRIVE LUGICAL DRIVE IC35LO 2 OAVERUT U 18 1 4808013 2 ST330013AS 2766 3 Maxtor 46120H6 11565 Tl select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit 4 If manual configuration is selected the chunk size of Striped Sets be selected For Mirrored Sets the Source and Target drives can be selected 5 If auto configuration is selected BIOS will select RAID member drives automatically and the chunk size of Striped Sets is set to 64KB 6 Select RAID set size with 7 4 keys See section 6 9 for explanation on selecting size RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2004 wuto contiguratio Press Enter tn select Manual configuration the RaidsSize T increment 1GB raid size l decrement 16B raid size Please input the raid size GE LOGICAL DRIVE m PHYSICAL DRIVE IC35LO02D0AVERU7 U 186GB 1 Maxtor 4808013 T66B 2 ST330013AS
51. ual Silicon Image ee 3 3 2 Installing the JAVA Run Time Environment The Java Run Time Environment installation will automatically start once the InstallShield has finished installing the driver and GUI Once started the following dialog screens will appear InstallShield Wizard Preparing to Install Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will quide you through the program setup process Please wall Checking Operating System Version Emm Followed by Java 2 Runtime Environment 5E v1 4 7 License License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully Sun Microsystems Inc Binary Code License Agreement for the JAVA 2 RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT J2RE STANDARD EDITION VERSION 1 4 2 X SIN MICROSYSTEMS INC I gt WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE TDENTTFTED BELOW YOT ONT Ido not accept the terms in the license agreement InstallShield When window appears asking for acceptance the license agreement select accept the terms of this license agreement and click Next SATARAID5 User s Manual MP Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc Silicon Image i 2 Runtime Environment SE 1 4 2 Setup Setup Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select 4 setup type All recommended Fe
52. via the radio buttons in the File Generation section ofthis screen The file and location can be set in the Log File Specification section ofthis screen Contents of the log file can be purged into another ar permanently deleted via the Purge button in the Lag File Specification section of this screen Log File Generation Disabled Enabled Log File Specification eventladg evl Browse Location rogram FilesiSilicon ImagelBATARAIDS Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Inc moni SATARAID5 User s Manual 18 Silicon Image S Popup Tab SATARAID5 can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup windows Use the slider control to set the event level for popups to occur SATARAID5 User s Manual EN 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 Screen Popup Window Information Popup window is a visual notification that an event has occurred The popup window can disabled or setto pop up for only certain event levels Event Level Control Informational ove the slider to set notification level Warnirn

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