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1. 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 30 Serial ATA 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 d To create a RAID 0 1 StripeMirror array follow these steps 1 Configuration Create Raid Raid Type RAID 0 1 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 pane Please see the Performance hints and recommend setting section for best se2. eel Microsoft visual Studio 6 0 3 FR Microsoft Web Publishing Hn SISRAID a SisRaid 2 Internet Explorer g 6 Programs zA Documents a a we MSN Explorer Search r E Outlook Express e Remote Assistance HAR ae SUE Pate Windows Media Player Giri Ss Windows Messenger Log OFF ghia Windows XP Professional Turn OFF Computer 77 Start 3240o 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 On View tab we can see some device information The default value is the information of the first device 21 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 535 Raid View Configuration Present Physical Devices IDE ATAPI CD ROM T3400164 T3120023AS Physical Device Information items Device Information A Location aT E e aE 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 eS Sis hard 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 37 3 G Primary Slave 2 111 8
3. 19 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Disk Status St Mi Disk 1 Disk3 Disk2 Disk4 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 Hodel Capacity Hode RAID Type Pri_Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 St Mi Pri_ Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 St Mi Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 St Mi Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA 6 St Mi pyrig g y p I 7 Press lt Y gt and lt Enter gt to save changes SiS RAID Card BIOS Settin Do You Want to Save changes N Location Hodel Capacity Hode RAID Type Pri_Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA4 St Mi Pri_ Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 St Mi Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060M0 58644MB UDMA6 St Mi Sec_ Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA 6 St Mi Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i wuw S1S com 8 Once the array has been created you will need to FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive 20 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 Set Program Access and Defaults Windows Catalog Windows Update
4. G Secondary _Master 3 Selected Disks gt 22 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 and RAID 0 1 User can select any one array type to create a RAID set File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery 19 1G Primary_Master 1 Slave 2 Information Create Block Size If user selected RAID 0 and RAID 0 1 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 0 or RAID 0 1 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 23 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide c Mode Type Click the drop down box Mode Type This box enables the user to sele
5. Quick User s Guide 5 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 919 RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit firror 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 UDMA4 Mirror Pri_Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 Single Sec_Master Maxtor 6Y060M0 58644MB UDMA 6 Mirror Sec_Slave ST3120023A 114473MB UDMA 6 Single Capuright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i www S1S com 6 Press lt Q gt until escape the setup menu SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting 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 Mirror Pri_ Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 Mirror Sec_Slave ST3120023A 114473MB UDMA 6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i www S1S com 7 Press lt Y gt and lt Enter gt to save changes 15 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 919 RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit 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
6. 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 installation 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 1 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 T 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 RAI
7. highlight the disk array and then click the button Delete Then a warning message will be popup and pay attention to the warning message 35 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide plete BOK You can chose the following action to do Delete delete RaidOt 1 to single disk Degrede degrade Raid0O 1 to completed Raidd 3 Next you can click the button Delete to delete this RAIDO 1 array and all disk will become single disk Then some warning messages which are the same with previous those will be popup 4 Or you can click the button Degrade to degrade RAIDO 1 set to become a completed RAIDO set See below F SiS Raid EET lt Current RaidType gt RAIDO 2 13 1 3 RAIDO 2 2 4 2 4 Inform ation C RAIDTYPE INFORMATION ILLUSTRATION SHD INFORMATION gt RaidType BlockSize ModeType a NOTE The degrading operation is workable only when the RAID 0 1 set has any one completed RAID 0 set existed 6 Click the tab Raid Recovery you can find two panes and some buttons Those meaning will be showing below 36 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery SOURCE f DESTINATION Availabe Raid Available Disk lt Copy Data Status gt Disk Copy Remaining Sectors gt Start Stop Raid Recovery Operation NOTE The recovering operation is workable only w
8. into two drives then mirrored It provides high performance and high data protection This is a costly solution as RAID 1 because the two mirrored drives represent an expensive insurance 5 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 1 In serial ATA port use Native serial ATA drives Parallel ATA to Serial ATA converter board is NOT suggested 2 In parallel ATA port use ATA 66 100 133 hard drives 3 Use the same model hard drives 4 Ifyou have only two serial ATA drives the auto configure function will assign each on a different channel as a master drive Using only two parallel ATA drives to create a RAID array is NOT suggested It might decrease performance 5 Always use 80 conductor cables Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide We strongly recommend you should use DMA transfer mode The recommended block size is 64K when creating RAID 0 and RAID 0 1 The best selecting sequence of creating RAID 0 1 is Primary Master 1 gt Secondary Master 3 gt Primary Slave 2 gt Secondary Slave 4 S
9. 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 UDMA4 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 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 Stripe Block Size lt 1 gt 8K lt 2 gt 16K lt 3 gt 32K lt 4 gt 64K lt 5 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 5 Use lt gt lt gt to select disk and press lt Enter gt to select disk lt Q gt to exit 11 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 919 RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit 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 i wuw S1
10. to one ATA channel Serial Ultra ATA RAID Interfaces The Serial Ultra 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 Ultra ATA 133 Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 hard disks Serial Ultra ATA RAID function supports striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID 1 striping mirroring RAID 0 1 and span JBOD Please note that the function supports 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 space Serial Ultra ATA RAID striped arrays can double the sustained data transfer rate of Serial ATA 150 and Ultra ATA 133 drives Serial Ultra ATA RAID fully supports Serial ATA 150 and Ultra ATA 133 specification of up to 150MB sec per drive depending on individual drive specifications Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 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 Ultra ATA RAID offers RAID 1 mirroring for two drives to protect data Should a drive that is part of a mirrored array fail Serial Ultra ATA RAID technology uses the mirrored drive wh
11. 1 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 515 Software RAID IF you want ko create this RAID all data on the disks you selected will be lost re you sure ko continue 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 Whirniiie T The select HD may be your BOOT device Please check Are you sure to continue Yes Mo 26 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 oir You have changed the disks setting a i m NOTE New Setting will take effect after restarting only b To create a RAID 0 Stripe array follow these steps 1 Configuration Create Raid Raid Type RAID 0 2 From the drop
12. D 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 Ctrl 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 ocation Model Capacity Mode 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 Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i www S1S com 10 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Creating an Array for Performance NOTE S S 180 enables users to create striped arrays with 1 2 3 or 4 drives To create an array for best performance follow these steps 1 Press A to create array S RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit Press lt A gt
13. 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 28 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 6 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 Sid Sotiware 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 No 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 Raido a Spliting 05 will be execut
14. S com 6 Press lt N gt and lt Enter gt to Create Stripe only If Press lt Y gt and lt Enters gt it will split the data on source disk to other disks 919 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 Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp l www S1S com 7 Press lt Q gt until escape the setup menu 12 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 919 RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit 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 Stripe Pri_ Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA 6 Stripe Sec_ Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA 6 Single c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp l www S1S com Copyright 8 Press lt Y gt and lt Enter gt to save changes 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 UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 Stripe Sec_S
15. SiS 180 S ATA User s Manual Serial Ula ATA Sarial Ulnea ATA RAID 0 or 1 Sarial Ulna ATA RAID Gril Serial Ula 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 PT GP OGLUIC OOM E coco E E E E E E E E E 1 SEPO WNIT IS RAID ios sccsvenveccdeacsoccecesveccsuacauscsuesventecaceesceteevesssusseesestasvostes 3 KAO DOM eE reat E EEA NEA E 3 PERFORMANCE HINTS AND RECOMMEND SETTING 3 Step De Hardware Setup cecscscccsescccckorve CosdeuseevedeesccaseccscedeveccscssscescGdevesaceesecics 5 HAR DIDREV ES SE UP A E E ER 5 Step 2 Installing Software Drivers ccccccccccccssssssssssssssccsscsssssscsees 8 WINDON S 200 AE a e E E AAEE 8 NEW WINDOWS 2000 XP INSTALLATION cccccccccssseeeeecceeeaeeeeeees 8 EXISTING WINDOWS 2000 XP INSTALLATION ccceeseeccccceeeeeeeeees 9 CONFIRMING WINDOWS 2000 XP DRIVER INSTALLATION 9 Step 3 BIOS Utility Operation for RAID only cccssssssssssssrcceeees 10 CREATING AN ARRAY FOR PERFORMANCE cccccssssseeeees 11 CREATING A MIRROR ARRAY cccssssssssssssssscscssssssscccsssssssssccese
16. Slave T3120023AS8S 114473MB UDMA6 Single 8 Once the array has been created you will need to FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp www S1S com Creating a JBOD Array To create an JBOD array follow these steps 1 Press A to create array SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit 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 T3120023AS8 114473MB UDMA 6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i wuw S1S com 2 Press lt 1 gt and lt Enter gt to select JBOD RAID Type lt 1 gt JBOD 2 gt Stripe lt 3 gt Miurror lt 4 gt Stripe Mirror Q Exit the menu 16 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 Transter 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 Ma
17. ct 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 AS20 5 19 1G Primary_Master 1 ST3400164 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 a RAID set currently It will show some disk information ex Location serial numbers the ability of boot and the status of recovering F SiS Raid 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 8 G Secondary_Slave 4 lt Selected Disks gt EE information reat 24 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide e 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 ma
18. 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 T3400164 37 3 G Primary_Slave 2 7T3120023AS 111 8 G Secondary Slave 4 Information fo al 2 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 Ee Stripe aidset Disk Source QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4520 5 19 1G Primary Master 1 Target a 37 3G Primary Slave 2 C Create Only C 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
19. ed after restarting a Do vou want to restart the windows now aT cons _ 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 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 29 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Raid Type Rai 1 Block Size Mode DMA lt Available Disks gt QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4520 5 19 1G Primary _Master 1 lt Bootable HD gt Selected Disks gt ST340016A 37 3G 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 Cysts Winrar faudsst r Disk Source ST3400164 37 3 G Primary_Slave 2 Target T3120023AS 111 8 G Secondary_Slave 4 C Create Only Create and Duplicate OK
20. erial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Step 1 Hardware Setup Hard Drives setup The 180 controller supports up to two Serial ATA hard drives and two Parallel ATA hard drives Any combination to 2 3 or 4 Hard disk would combine to a strip system HDD Population Rules for RAID 0 Striping ne ATA wsion Ua ATA Sove Sel ATA master Seal ATA Waster 2 V X X lt i a e tt tt it A E EJ E V Install X Uninstall NOTE Storage Capacity the number of hard drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array Working Speed the speed of the lowest drive in the disk array Any of 2 Hard Disk would make a mirror system HDD Population Rules for RAID 1 Mirroring I Seria ATA Master 1 Seva ATA Mastor2 _ Lv es x Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide V Install X Uninstall NOTE Storage Capacity the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array Working Speed the speed of the lowest drive in the disk array 4 Hard disk would set up a RAID O 1 HDD Population Rules for RAID 0 1 Striping Mirroring Ll Ultra ATA Master Ultra ATA Slave Serial ATA Master 1 Serial ATA Master 2 V Install X Uninstall NOTE Storage Capacity the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array Working Speed the speed of the lowest drive in the disk array Any combination to 2 3 or 4 Hard disk would combine to a JBOD system HDD Population Rules f
21. es 13 CREATING A JBOD ARRAY eker ree ERE E aR 16 CREATING A STRIPE MIRROR ARRAY sssscccceccccecesssssssccccccecee 18 Step 4 SIS 180 RAID Utility Operation cccccccccccsccccccccsccsccsceees 21 VIEWING THE CREATE RAID eneee 23 CREATE VAURAIDD SE Dy EE EARR E ATSR 25 VIEWING THE RAIDTYPE MEANINGua ccsssssssccssssssssccsessees 31 DELETE A RADSPORT 33 RAID RECOVERY OPERATION ssseesssoseessssscessssseessssossesssssesssossee 37 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Introduction The 180 S ATA controller is a hybrid solution that combines two independent SATA ports and one Ultra ATA port for support of up to two Serial ATA Serial ATA RAID and two Ultra ATA Ultra ATA RAID drives 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 Ultra ATA Interface Standard ATA IDE interface Supports Ultra ATA 133 Ultra ATA 100 and Ultra ATA 66 drives Supports CRC error checking for Ultra ATA drives Separate timing control for two devices attached
22. ey 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 6Y060MO 58644MB UDMA6 Single Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i wuw S1S com 2 Press lt 4 gt and lt Enter gt to select Strpie Mirror 18 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide RAID Type lt 1 gt JBOD lt 2 gt Stripe lt 3 gt Murror 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 St Mi Block Size lt 1 gt 8K lt 2 gt 16K lt 3 gt 32K lt 4 gt 64K lt 5 gt 128K lt 6 gt 256K f Be 5 12K 3 4 Press lt 1 gt lt 2 gt keys and lt Enter gt to select Transfer Mode Default DMA Transter Mode lt 1 gt PIO lt 2 gt DMA 2 5 Use lt gt lt gt to select disk and press lt Enter gt to select disk lt Q gt to exit Disk Status St Mi 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 T3120023A8S 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i www SisS com 6 Press lt Q gt until escape the setup menu
23. hen 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 GONponeniseiect Available RAID Raid1 4 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 37 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Cj ygnani salasi Available Disk QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4520 5 19 1 G T3120023AS 111 8 G gaa 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 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 SOURCE j f DESTINATION Raid1 4 T3120023AS 111 8 G Availabe Raid Available Disk Copy data form Disk 4to Disk 3 Disk Copy Remaini
24. ich contains identical data to assume all data handling When a new replacement drive is later installed Serial Ultra 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 2 RAID 0 Also known as Stripping All of the data are distributed evenly to all of the existing drives You gain benefits 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 3 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 4 RAID 0 1 Also known as StripeMirror At least four hard drivers are required RAID 0 1 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 Data is striped
25. lave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA 6 Single pyrig g y p 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 To create an Mirror array follow these steps 1 Press A to create array 13 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide S RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit 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 UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 Single Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i www S1S com 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 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 Mirror 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 UDMA4 Single Sec Master Maxtor 6Y060MO 58644MB UDMA6 Single Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single 14 Serial ATA RAID
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27. o 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 array or click No to cancel 34 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide A Do you confirm that you want to delete this RaidType Yes 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 a b To delete a RAIDO 1 array follow these steps 1 Configuration Delete Raid highlight the disk array in the Current RaidT ype pane and then click the Information button or double click the array You can get some information about the disk array The following windows will appear File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery lt Current RaidType gt RAIDO 1 42 1324 13 2 4 RAIDTYPE INFORMATION ILLUSTRATION lt HD INFORMATION gt You use 4 hard disks to do this List below RaidType RAID 0 1 Wrong Position HD _ P Present Position _ O Original Position 1 QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4520 5 1G n 64K 57312002345 111 8 G miseea te T340016A 37 36 57312002345 111 8 G ModeType DMA 2 If you want to delete a disk array you selected you can
28. or JBOD Spanning lt lt lt Serial ATA Master 2 a Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide V Install X Uninstall NOTE Storage Capacity the number of hard drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array Working Speed the speed of the lowest drive in the disk array Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide Step 2 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 SATA function both of Mini IDE driver and RAID driver support SATA 2 For RAID function SiS180 support RAIDO RAID RAID0 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 1 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
29. rent RaidType gt JBOD 2 13 3 RAIDO 2 2 4 4 Delete RAIDTYPE INFORMATION ILLUSTRATION lt HD INFORMATION gt You use 2 hard disks to do this List below RaidType JBOD Wrong Position HD _ P Present Position _ O Original Position QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS20 5 19 1G P 2 0 1 7 3 ST3120023AS 111 8 G BlockSize ModeType DMA Delete a Raid set a To delete a JBOD RAIDO or RAID1 array follow these steps 1 Configuration Delete Raid the following windows will appear 33 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 2 3 2 3 mwi RAIDTYPE INFORMATION ILLUSTRATION SHD 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 ST340016A4 37 3 G BlockSize 64K 3 57312002345 111 8 G ModeType DMA 3 If you want t
30. rked disk in the Selected Disks to get back the disk that we might select wrong to the Available Disks pane f 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 StripeMirror needs least FOUR DISKS Raid Created successful Reboot please or 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 Create Raid Raid Type 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 25 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 lt Selected Disks gt a _t T3120023AS 11
31. ttings 5 When the RAIDO 1 array s configuration Is finished click the button Create Then a warning message will be popup The message is similar to JBOD array creation 6 Next the restart message will be popup NOTE The RAIDO 1 array support at least four hard disks 5 Click the tab Delete Raid you can find some panes and two buttons The RaidType meaning will show below Viewing the RaidType meaning General case RAIDO A BC DE 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 In which the meaning of and will show below 31 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 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 lt Example gt RA File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery Current RaidType gt JBOD 2 13 3 RAIDO 2 2 4 4 Inform ation RAIDTYPE INFORMATION ILLUSTRATION SHD INFORMATION gt E RaidType o BlockSize ar ModeType a lt Showing its information gt 32 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide File Configuration Create Raid Delete Raid Raid Recovery lt Cur
32. xtor 6Y060MO0 58644MB UDMA6 Single Sec Slave T3120023AS8 114473MB UDMA6 Single opyrig ntegrated Systems Corp i www S1S com 5 Press lt Q gt until escape the setup menu SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit 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 6Y060M0 58644MB UDMA6 JBOD Sec_Slave ST3120023A 114473MB UDMA 6 Single Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp i wwWW SiS Com 6 Press lt Y gt and lt Enter gt to save changes 17 Serial ATA RAID Quick User s Guide 919 RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit Do You Want to Save changes N Location Hodel Capacity Mode RAID Type Pri Master WDC AC310200R 9787MB UDMA 4 JBOD Pri_Slave QUANTUM FIREBALL 9787MB UDMA 4 Single Sec_Master Maxtor 6Y 060M0 58644MB UDMA 6 JBOD Sec Slave T3120023AS 114473MB UDMA6 Single 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 Copyright c 2003 2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp www S1S com Creating a Stripe Mirror Array To create an Stripe Mirror array follow these steps 1 Press A to create array SiS RAID Card BIOS Setting Utilit Press lt A gt key to add disk to RAID and press lt D gt k
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