Nvidia ST380023AS User's Manual
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1. Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Onboard IO IRQ DMA Assignment Figure 2 1 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Window 2 Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals see Figure 2 1 then press Enter The Integrated Peripherals window appears Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled PCI Slot V1 1 V2 0 Disabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Auto Figure 2 2 Integrated Peripherals Window 3 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config see Figure 2 2 then press Enter 12 MediaShield User s Guide Version 3 1 NVIDIA Corporation CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration The RAID Config window appears Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility RAID Config RAID Enable Enable AE SATA 1 Primary SATA 1 Secondary Menu Level gt gt SATA 2 Primary SATA 2 Secondary AV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 2 3 RAID Config Window From the RAID Config window globally enable RAID then enable the SATA ports with disks that you want to use for RAID If RAID is enabled globally but not enabled on the individual SATA port disks on that port can only be used for non RAID applications In the example in2. Configuration Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS The NVIDIA RAID BIOS set up lets you choose the RAID type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1 Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press F10 The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading of the OS You have a few seconds to press F10 before the screen disappears 2 Press F10 The NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array screen appears Figure 2 8 NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array INMI Mirroring Striping Block Optimal Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Disk Model Name F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate py Select ENTER Popup Figure 2 8 NVIDIA RAID Utility By default RAID Mode is set to Mirroring and Striping Block is set to Optimal 18 MediaShield User s Guide Version 3 1 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration Understanding the Define a New Array Window Use the Define a New Array window to Select the RAID Mode Set up the Striping Block Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array The SATA ports are called channels and they are associated with adapters The first digit in the Location field defines the adapter that the port is associated with The 2nd digit defines the channel The M field which used to specify Master or Slave is obsolete 1 0 M Obsolete Channel Adapter Figure 2 9 Loc Column
3. Figure 2 3 three SATA ports are enabled so the non bootable RAID array can include up to 3 SATA disks If there is a disk Connected to SATA 2 Secondary it can not be used for RAID Press F10 to save the configuration and exit The PC reboots 13 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration Setting Up a Bootable RAID Array This section explains how to configure a bootable NVIDIA RAID array Setting Up the BIOS 1 Start your computer then press Delete to enter the BIOS setup The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility screen appears Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Esc Quit F10 Save amp Exit Setup A y gt lt Selectitem Figure 2 5 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen 2 Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals see Figure 2 5 then press Enter NVIDIA Corporation 15 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration 16 Figure 2 6 The Integrated Peripherals screen or a screen similar to it appears Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility RAID Config OnChip IDE Channel0 Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA OnChip IDE Channel Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA IDE Prefetch Mode Init Display First OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Serial ATA SATA Spread Spectrum AC97 Audio F5 Previous Values 4 Press Enter Integrated Peripherals P
4. Information In Figure 2 9 1 0 means the hard drive is attached to Adapter 1 Channel 0 The location disk model and capacity fields should allow you to identify disks It may be useful to try attaching a SATA hard drive to the ports provided with your platform and determine which location IDs are associated with SATA ports on your motherboard Using the Define a New Array Screen If necessary press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted NVIDIA Corporation Selecting the RAID Mode By default this is set to Mirroring To change to a different RAID mode press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box either Mirroring Striping Spanning Stripe Mirroring or RAID 5 Note Not all RAID levels are supported on all platforms Selecting the Striping Block Size Striping block size is given in kilobytes and affects how data is arranged on the disk It is recommended to leave this value at the default Optimal which is 64KB but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB 4 8 16 32 64 and 128 KB 19 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk Tab to the Free Disks section The first disk in the list is selec
5. Release Note This document has been modified from the original Nvidia Media Shield User s Guide Some of the Nvidia screen captures may be different than your system Please Note In order to access the RAID utility press F10 repeatedly once the boot screen appears Press Ctrl X to exit the RAID utility it will automatically save any changes There is not an option to exit without saving changes Windows Vista sees the RAID as a single logical drive but it does not color code it as a RAID storage solution in Administrative Tools The RAID logical drive is color coded the same as a single physical drive The RAID utility does not auto rebuild a defective or replacement RAID HDD The rebuild process must be initiated in the RAID utility The rebuild process may take several hours depending on the size of the drives Here are some additional RAID definitions that may prove useful when configuring the RAID array Striping RAID 0 Mirroring RAID 1 Stripe Mirroring RAID 0 1 RAID 5 RAID 5 Spanning JBOD TABLE OF CONTENTS L About NVIDIA RAT A DI Goa We A A aa Ga ee Ma e 3 RAT ATAY Sac are foe e a Are deve cae doce ates wed ated eee aa bakes 3 RAID Qo craca CE REN GRS adia LEO LS SLU RTA eRe RA Kei adhe Bite 4 RAID Mosa tE A iS a 5 RAID lit AA TE nE 6 RAID S iS E A AAA AS ATA E E AAA AS AE A n S 7 JBOD Cata dd dad add 8 2 setting Up Your RAID Configuration 2 4 0 08 rd rd 11 Setting Up a Non Bootable RAID A
6. are not authorized for use as critical components in life support devices or systems without express written approval of NVIDIA Corporation Trademarks NVIDIA the NVIDIA logo MediaShield 3DFX 3DFX INTERACTIVE the 3dfx Logo STB STB Systems and Design the STB Logo the StarBox Logo NVIDIA nForce GeForce NVIDIA Quadro NVDVD NVIDIA Personal Cinema NVIDIA Soundstorm Vanta TNT2 TNT RIVA RIVA TNT VOODOO VOODOO GRAPHICS WAVEBAY Accuview Antialiasing the Audio amp Nth Superscript Design Logo CineFX the Communications amp Nth Superscript Design Logo Detonator Digital Vibrance Control DualNet FlowFX ForceWare GIGADUDE Glide GOFORCE the Graphics amp Nth Superscript Design Logo Intellisample M BUFFER nfiniteFX NV NVChess nView NVKeystone NVOptimizer NVPinball NVRotate NVSensor NVSync the Platform amp Nth Superscript Design Logo PowerMizer Quincunx Antialiasing Sceneshare See What You ve Been Missing StreamThru SuperStability T BUFFER The Way It s Meant to be Played Logo TwinBank TwinView and the Video amp Nth Superscript Design Logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and or other countries Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated Intel Indeo and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows Windows NT Direct3D DirectDraw and Di
7. arked as bootable YES Select the HDD that is defective Delete the RAID Array Select the HDD that you wish to make bootable Select R Rebuild to Rebuild the RAID Array 10 Select Add 11 Exit the RAID Utility Screen N NON 0 J0D UB U 23
8. at eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable media Figure 1 2 RAID 1 Array Diagram RAID 1 provides complete data redundancy but at the cost of doubling the required data storage capacity resulting in 50 capacity utilization Performance is roughly the same as for a single drive although in some instances the dual write may be somewhat slower Summary of Features and Benefits e Benefits Provides 100 data redundancy Should one drive fail the controller switches to the other drive e Drawbacks Requires two drives for the storage space of one drive Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds e Uses RAID 1 is ideal for small databases or any other application that requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity e Drives Minimum 2 Maximum 2 e Fault Tolerance Yes NVIDIA Corporation 5 CHAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID RAID 0 1 How RAID 0 1 Works RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques resulting in a RAID 0 1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency lll o i Block 1 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 3 y Block 4 Blo k5 Biock 5 Block 6 Figure 1 3 RAID 0 1 Array Diagram The controller combines the performance of data striping RAID 0 and the fault tolerance of disk mirroring RAID 1 Data is striped across multiple drives and duplicated on another set of drives Summary of Features and Benefits Benefits Optimizes for both fault tolerance and perfo
9. d verify details The Array Detail screen appears Array 2 NVIDIA MIRROR 74 56G Array Detail RAID Mode Mirroring Striping Width 1 Striping Block 32K Adapt Channel M S Index Disk Model Name Capacity 0 ST380023AS 74 56GB Master 1 T380023AS 74 56GB R Rebuild D Delete C Clear Disk Enter Return Figure 2 13 Array Detail Screen The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected such as Striping Block used RAID Mode Striping Width Disk Model Name and disk capacity 5 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents press C 6 At the prompt press Y to wipe out all the data otherwise press N 7 Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press F10 to exit the RAID setup 22 MediaShield User s Guide Version 3 1 Chapter 3 Rebuilding a Mirrored RAID HDD NOTE When one of the RAID HDD fails Windows Vista may not show a change of status in Disk Management in Administrative Tools Below are the steps to rebuild the RAID storage solution 1 Press F10 during boot up to access the RAID utility Identify the defective degraded drive The utility should only list the good drive Once you replace the defective HDD the RAID utility will mark both drives degraded If the drive is defective turn off the computer and replace it with one of identical size Access the RAID utility again Make sure the drive that is good is m
10. nt or fault tolerance Single Logical Drive Disk 1 40GB Disk 2 80GB Disk 3 40GB Disk 4 120GB Figure 1 5 JBOD Array Diagram Summary of Features and Benefits e Benefits JBOD provides the ability to combine odd size drives using all of the capacity of the drives e Drawbacks No additional fault tolerance or performance relative to individual disks e Uses JBOD works best if you have odd sized drives and you want to combine them to make one big drive e Fault Tolerance No 8 MediaShield User s Guide Version 3 1 SETTING UP YOUR RAID CONFIGURATION This chapter provides instructions for e Setting Up a Non Bootable RAID Array e Setting Up a Bootable RAID Array Setting Up a Non Bootable RAID Array RAID arrays can be created deleted using both MediaShield RAID BIOS and the MediaShield RAID Manager from Windows This section only covers basic BIOS setup required for non bootable array See the section Setting Up a Bootable RAID Array for instructions on configuring the RAID array in BIOS See sections on using the MediaShield RAID Manager for details on configuring non bootable RAID from Windows Setting Up the BIOS 1 Start your computer then press Delete to enter the BIOS setup NVIDIA Corporation 11 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility window appears Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults
11. o find the optimum stripe size Block a Block2 _ 7 o Block 3 A Blocks a Block Block 6 Figure 1 1 RAID 0 Array Diagram RAID 0 is ideal for applications that require high bandwidth but do not require fault tolerance RAID 0 has the best performance and capacity of any RAID level but the lowest availability no fault tolerance If one drive fails the entire array fails because part of the data is missing with no way to recover it other than restoring from a backup Summary of Features and Benefits e Benefits Provides increased data throughput especially for large files e Drawbacks No fault tolerance all data is lost if any drive in the array fails e Uses Intended for non critical data requiring high data throughput or any environment that does not require fault tolerance e Drives Minimum 1 Maximum Up to 8 depending on the platform e Fault Tolerance No MediaShield User s Guide Version 3 1 CHAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID RAID 1 How RAID 1 Works In a RAID 1 array every read and write is carried out in parallel across two disk drives The mirrored or backup copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array RAID 1 provides a hot standby copy of data if the active volume or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable due to a hardware failure RAID 1 techniques can be applied for high availability solutions or as a form of automatic backup th
12. rectX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics Inc Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated Copyright 2004 2005 by NVIDIA Corporation All rights reserved ABOUT NVIDIA RAID NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology which is used by the world s leading businesses to the common PC desktop This technology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection RAID techniques were first published in 1988 by a multivendor consortium the RAID Advisory Board RAID techniques were divided into different categories or levels Originally RAID levels focused on improving resiliency or data availability As additional RAID levels were defined one was introduced for improving performance For all levels RAID techniques optimize storage solutions by using multiple disks grouped together and treating them as a single storage resource This chapter describes NVIDIA RAID in the following sections e System Requirements on page 2 e RAID Arrays on page 3 describes the RAID levels supported by NVIDIA RAID e NVIDIA RAID Features on page 9 describes additional features offered by NVIDIA RAID NVIDIA Corporation 1 CHAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID RAID Arrays This section describes the following t
13. ress Enter F6 Fail Safe Defaults Integrated Peripherals Screen Menu Level gt AV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults 3 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config see Figure 2 6 MediaShield User s Guide Version 3 1 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration The RAID Config screen appears Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility RAID Config RAID Enable Enable Pa SATA 1 Primary SATA 1 Secondary Menu Level gt gt SATA 2 Primary SATA 2 Secondary WV gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 2 7 RAID Config Screen 5 From the RAID Config window globally enable RAID then enable the SATA ports with disks that you want to use for RAID If RAID is enabled globally but not enabled on the individual SATA port disks on that port can only be used for non RAID applications In the example in Figure 2 7 three SATA ports are enabled so the non bootable RAID array can include up to 3 SATA disks If there is a disk Connected to SATA 2 Secondary it cannot be used for RAID 6 Press F10 to save the configuration and exit The PC reboots 7 Enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pressing F10 when prompted and proceed to set up the NVIDIA RAID BIOS as described in the next section NVIDIA Corporation 17 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID
14. rmance allowing for automatic redundancy May be simultaneously used with other RAID levels in an array and allows for spare disks e Drawbacks Requires twice the available disk space for data redundancy the same as RAID level 1 e Drives Minimum 4 Maximum 6 or 8 depending on the platform e Fault Tolerance Yes 6 MediaShield User s Guide Version 3 1 RAID 5 CHAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID How RAID 5 Works RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives It writes data and parity blocks across all the drives in the array Fault tolerance is maintained by ensuring that the parity information for any given block of data is placed on a different drive from those used to store the data itself Figure 1 4 RAID 5 Array Diagram Summary of Features and Benefits NVIDIA Corporation Benefits An ideal combination of good performance good fault tolerance and high capacity and storage efficiency Drawbacks Individual block data transfer rate same as a single disk Write performance can be CPU intensive Uses RAID 5 is recommended for transaction processing and general purpose service Drives Minimum 3 Fault Tolerance Yes CHAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID JBOD How JBOD Works JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of Disks Each drive is accessed as if it were on a standard SCSI host bus adapter This is useful when a single drive configuration is needed but it offers no speed improveme
15. rray 0 0 0 cece ee eee 11 Setting Up the BIOS caricia a See eee ees 11 Setting Up a Bootable RAID Array 0 0 eee ee 15 Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS 0 0 0 0 0 eee eee eee 18 3 Rebuilding Your Mirrored RAID 2 55 24 4 seepage oes eee eee Sew eee ee 23 Note pages 9 10 and 14 were removed from this document NVIDIA Applications MediaShield User s Guide Version 3 1 Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara CA 95050 Notice ALL NVIDIA DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS REFERENCE BOARDS FILES DRAWINGS DIAGNOSTICS LISTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS TOGETHER AND SEPARATELY MATERIALS ARE BEING PROVIDED AS IS NVIDIA MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESSED IMPLIED STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIALS AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Information furnished is believed to be accurate and reliable However NVIDIA Corporation assumes no responsibility for the consequences of use of such information or for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties that may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of NVIDIA Corporation Specifications mentioned in this publication are subject to change without notice This publication supersedes and replaces all information previously supplied NVIDIA Corporation products
16. ted Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right arrow key gt The first disk in the list is moved and the next disk in the listis selected and ready to be moved Continue pressing the right arrow key gt until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block Figure 2 10 illustrates the Define a New Array screen after two disks have been assigned as RAID1 array disks MediaShield Utility Define aNew Array RAID EEES Mirroring Striping Block Optimal Free Disks Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name Loc Disk Model Name F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate py Select ENTER Popup Figure 2 10 MediaShield Utility Array Disks Assigned 20 MediaShield User s Guide Version 3 1 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After assigning your RAID array disks press F7 The Clear disk array prompt appears Mirroring Optimal Clear disk data Y YES N NO Figure 2 11 Clear Disk Data Prompt 2 Press Y to clear the disk data The Array List screen appears where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up Yes 2 Healthy NVIDIA MIRROR 74 53G Figure 2 12 Array List Window NVIDIA Corporation 21 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press B to specify the array as bootable 4 Press Enter to view an
17. ypes of RAID arrays that MediaShield supports RAID 0 RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write times for many applications RAID 1 RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data RAID 0 1 RAID 0 1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1 arrays RAID 5 RAID 5 provides fault tolerance and better utilization of disk capacity JBOD JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes into one large disk Note Not all nForce platforms provide support for all the RAID levels listed NVIDIA Corporation 1 RAID 5 is supported on select boards only Please check with your motherboard manufacturer to deter mine whether RAID 5 is supported for the type and model of your motherboard CHAPTER 1 R About NVIDIA RAID RAID 0 How RAID 0 Works In a RAID 0 array the controller stripes data across multiple drives in the RAID subsystem RAID 0 breaks up a large file into smaller blocks and then performs disk reads and writes across multiple drives in parallel The size of each block is determined by the stripe size parameter which you set during the creation of the RAID 0 set Performance of applications running with a RAID 0 can vary greatly depending on the stripe size configured when creating the array The default stripe size is 64K but 32K or 16K may be more efficient if the application issues many smaller I O operations Some amount of trial and error may be appropriate t
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