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1. freearr a Specifies the free array information option lt m gt Specifies the RAID level you need to create dl d2 dn Lists the drives Force a Physical pdstate d lt nn gt This option is used to force a physical drive online or offiline Drive Online or lt on off gt Offline pdstate Specifies the physical drive state option d lt nn gt Specifies the connection ID for the physical drive lt on off gt Specifies whether to force the drive online or offline Adapter adp c lt n gt This option is used to access adapter information Information adp Specifies the adapter information option e lt n gt Specifies the controller number Using HyperCFG 5 5 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Table 5 1 5 6 HyperCFG Options and Attributes Cont Description SetADP C lt n gt r lt val gt d lt val gt b lt val gt s lt val gt n lt val gt f lt val gt c lt val gt ars lt val gt boot lt val gt arb lt val gt This option is used to select values for adapter properties SetADP Specifies the adapter properties option C lt n gt Specifies the controller number r lt val gt Specifies the rebuild rate for the controller lt val gt is from 0 100 This setting is optional d lt val gt Specifies the disk coercion value lt val gt is 0 for none 1 for 1
2. Notation Example Meaning and Use vertical dots Vertical dots indicate that a portion of a program or listing has been omitted from the text semicolon and other Use as shown in the text punctuation Preface vii Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved viii Preface Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 1 1 RAID Benefits 1 1 Lid Improved I O 1 1 1 1 2 Increased Reliability 1 2 1 2 Product Features 1 2 LAI SATA Ports 1 2 22 BIOS Features 1 2 123 Driver Features 1 3 1 2 4 Manageability Disk Console 1 4 ZA RAID 0 2 1 2 2 RAID 1 2 2 23 RAID 10 2 3 3 1 Configuring Arrays 3 1 3 2 Configuration Strategies 3 2 3 3 Assigning RAID Levels 3 2 3 4 Performing a Quick Configuration 3 3 3 5 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3 4 75 1 Starting the BIOS Configuration Utility 3 4 35 2 Selecting a Configuration Method 3 4 353 Configuring Physical Arrays and Logical Drives 3 4 Physical Drive Parameters 3 4 Logical Drive Parameters 3 5 Easy Configuration 3 5 New Configuration and View Add Configuration 3 7 3 5 4 Initializing Logical Drives 3 9 3 6 Rebuilding Failed Disks 3 10 3 6 1 Inserting a Previously Removed Drive from a RAID 1 Array3 11 3 7 Checking Data Consistency 3 11 3 8 Using a Pre loaded System Drive 3 12 4 1 Windows 2000 2003 XP Driver Installation 4 1 4 1 1 Updating the Windows 2000 2003 XP Driver 4 2 4 1 2 Confirming the Windows 2000 2003 XP Driver Installation4 2
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4. Step 3 When installation prompts for a key after copying some files press lt S gt to add the SATA RAID driver You are prompted for the driver diskette Step 4 Insert the Embedded SATA Software RAID driver floppy diskette and press lt Enter gt Embedded SATA Software RAID 4 1 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Step 5 Step 6 Scroll down the list until the appropriate selection for your system which contains the Embedded SATA Software RAID and for your operating system displays then click lt OK gt Continue with the normal installation procedure 4 1 1 Updating the Windows 2000 2003 XP Driver Perform the following steps to update the Windows 2000 or 2003 driver or install the Windows 2000 or 2003 driver into an existing system booted from a standard IDE drive Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13 Click the Windows Start button The Windows menu displays Select Settings The Settings menu displays to the right Click Control Panel The Control Panel window displays Select Adapters Select the Drivers tab Scroll down the list until the appropriate selection for your system which contains the Embedded SATA Software RAID and for your operating system displays then click lt OK gt Select it then remove it by clicking the Remove button Click the Add button Select the Have Di
5. 4 2 DOS Driver Installation 4 3 4 3 Linux Driver Installation 4 3 4 3 1 Obtaining the Driver Image File 4 3 4 3 2 Preparing the Installation Disk s for Linux 4 4 Using a Windows Operating System 4 4 Using a Linux Operating System 4 5 4 3 3 Red Hat Linux Driver Installation on a New System 4 5 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 44 5 1 52 53 5 4 55 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 5 Zl Tee 4 3 4 SuSE Linux 9 0 Driver Installation on a New System 4 3 5 SuSE 8 2 Driver Installation 4 3 6 SuSE SLES8 Driver Installation Novell NetWare Driver Installation 4 4 1 Novell NetWare Driver Files Description 4 4 2 New Novell NetWare System Driver Installation 4 4 3 Existing Novell NetWare System Driver Installation General Description Installing HyperCFG Using HyperCFG Configuration File 5 4 1 RAID Information 5 4 2 Logical Array Information 5 4 3 Physical Drive Information Return Codes on Error Condition 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4 10 5 1 5 2 5 2 5 8 5 8 5 9 5 9 5 10 Starting or Stopping Spy Service under Windows 2000 XP or 2003 6 1 Installing Spy Service under Linux Installing and Running Spy Service under Novell NetWare Uninstalling Spy Service Spy Service Icon Problems and Suggested Solutions Embedded SATA Software RAID Problem Report Form Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 6 3 6 3 6 4 6 4 a 13 3 1 a2 aS avd 32 Fl T2 Physical Drive
6. BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Step 11 Press lt Esc gt to exit the CU and reboot Step 12 Set the host system to boot from the drive Some operating systems treat RAID storage adapters as mass storage devices Using a Pre loaded System Drive 3 13 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 3 14 BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Chapter 4 Operating System Installation This chapter contains the procedures for installing the Windows 2000 2003 and XP Red Hat Linux SuSE Linux and Novell NetWare operating systems when using the Embedded SATA Software RAID The chapter contains the following sections e Section 4 1 Windows 2000 2003 XP Driver Installation page 4 1 e Section 4 2 DOS Driver Installation page 4 3 e Section 4 3 Linux Driver Installation page 4 3 e Section 4 4 Novell NetWare Driver Installation page 4 8 4 1 Windows 2000 2003 XP Driver Installation Perform the following steps to install the Windows 2000 or 2003 driver onto the RAID configured drives Step 1 Boot the system with the Windows 2000 or 2003 Boot Installation CD or diskette The following message displays Setup is inspecting your computers hardware configuration Next a prompt displays Step 2 At the prompt press lt F6 gt to install the RAID SCSI adapter driver
7. Drive Performance You can maximize logical drive performance by using striping Select striping configuration RAID 0 to attain this objective RAID 10 combines both striping and mirroring to provide high data transfer rates and data redundancy 3 3 Assigning RAID Levels 3 2 Only one RAID level can be assigned to each array Table 3 1 displays the drives required per RAID level Table 3 1 RAID Level Physical Drives Required per RAID Level Minimum Number of Physical Drives Maximum Number of Physical Drives BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved The factors you need to consider when selecting a RAID level are listed in Table 3 2 Table 3 2 Physical Drives Required per RAID Level Number Fault Level Description and Use Pros Cons of Drives Tolerant 0 Data divided in blocks and High data No fault tolerance Data is One to No distributed sequentially pure throughput for lost if a drive fails four striping Use for non critical large files data that requires high performance 1 Data duplicated on another disk 100 percent data More disk space required Two Yes mirroring Use for read redundancy Reduces usable disk space intensive fault tolerant providing fault to the size of the smallest systems tolerance drive Reduced performance during rebuilds 10 A combination of RAID 1 data Provides both high More disk spac
8. Section 6 1 Starting or Stopping Spy Service under Windows 2000 XP or 2003 Spy Service Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Do the following to place the Spy icon on the Taskbar when operating under Windows 2000 Click on Start Programs MegaRAID IDE MegaRAID IDE Spy This places the Spy icon on the Taskbar Note The Spy icon displays on the Taskbar automatically under the Windows Server 2003 operating system Spy Service Icon 6 5 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Spy Service Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 7 1 Problems and Suggested Solutions Table 7 1 describes possible problems you might encounter along with suggested solutions Table 7 1 Drives are not detected OR The system hangs when the adapter ROM for Embedded SATA Software RAID scans the SATA ports Problems and Suggested Solutions Suggested Solution Make sure that the cable ends are connected properly Make sure that the power cables to the drives are connected properly Change cables If everything fails change the drive s Operating system does not boot Check the system BIOS configuration for PCI interrupt assignments Make sure some Interrupts are assigned for PCI Make sure that you have properly selected the Boot Device in the system BIOS setup CMOS Setup An error occurs while rea
9. TOTAL STRIPES lt Number of Stripes gt TOTAL PHYSICAL DRIVES lt Number of Physical Drives in Array gt 5 4 3 Physical Drive Information This logical block contains the physical drive number drive ID and drive size It starts with the keyword PHYSICAL_DRIVE and must be organized as follows PHYSICAL DRIVE lt Drive Number gt DRIVE ID lt Drive ID gt DRIVE SIZE lt Drive Size gt The logical blocks can be separated by blank lines There can be any number of blank lines The lines within the logical block must be consecutive Blank lines are not allowed within the logical block There are as many PHYSICAL DRIVE INFO blocks as the number of drives participating in the array All the PHYSICAL DRIVE INFO blocks for a logical array must follow the LOGICAL ARRAY INFO block before the start of next LOGICAL ARRAY INFO block SPARE ARRAY information cannot be included in the configuration file Configuration File 5 9 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Drives other than those specified in the configuration file are configured as SPARE DRIVES To force configuration of a SPARE DRIVE do not include that drive in the configuration file That drive will be automatically configured as SPARE 5 5 Return Codes on Error Condition Table 5 2 lists the return codes that display when there are errors and provides the descriptions of those errors Table 5 2 Re
10. This starts or stops the Spy Service program depending on your selection Note You can right click on the Spy Service icon and select Stop Spy to stop the Spy program The Spy icon displays on the right side of the taskbar See Section 6 5 Spy Service Icon for more information about the icon 6 2 Spy Service Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 6 2 Installing Spy Service under Linux Perform the following steps to install Spy Service under Linux Spy Service runs in the background after installation Note You must have GNOME libraries installed before you install Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Spy Service Log in to GUI mode At the Linux prompt type rpm ivh spy x x x 1i386 rpm Press lt Enter gt The rpm is extracted and the necessary files installed and started 6 3 Installing and Running Spy Service under Novell NetWare Perform the following steps to install Spy Service under Novell NetWare Step 1 Unzip the file Spy x x Novell zip from the installation CD to a floppy diskette in the A drive Step 2 Go to the Novell server prompt and type lt Nov server gt a install Messages display when the files are copied Step 3 Reboot to complete the installation Step 4 After reboot you can type the following to see whether Spy is running lt Nov server gt modules spy Step5 Press lt Enter gt The information shows whether Spy is running Installing Spy Service
11. auto configuration support of newly added physical drive e support for hotspares e support for disk coercion e array initialization support fast and normal e offline data RAID 1 verfication with auto recovery mechanism e ability to prioritize configurable tasks for online rebuild check consistency migration and expansion e logical drive availability immediately after creation e variable stripe size options from 8 Kbyte to 128 Kbyte 1 4 Overview Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 2 1 RAID 0 Chapter 2 RAID Levels Embedded SATA Software RAID supports RAID levels 0 1 and 10 These RAID levels are discussed in the following sections e Section 2 1 RAID 0 page 2 1 e Section 2 2 RAID 1 page 2 2 e Section 2 3 RAID 10 page 2 3 RAID 0 Figure 2 1 provides disk striping across all configured drives in the RAID subsystem RAID 0 does not provide any data redundancy but does offer the best performance of any RAID level RAID 0 breaks up data into smaller segments then stripes the data segments across each drive in the array as shown in Figure 2 1 The size of each data segment is determined by the stripe size parameter which is set during the creation of the RAID set By breaking up a large file into smaller segments Embedded SATA Software RAID can use both IDE ports and drives to read or write the file faster This makes RAID 0 ideal for applications that require h
12. name Press Continue then press lt Enter gt The driver names display Select Storage adapters using the arrow keys and press lt Enter gt Highlight IDEATA HAM Standard ATA IDE RAID Adapter Controller in the list of files Press lt Delete gt to remove the highlighted filename Note Do not highlight IDEATA HAM Standard ATA IDE ATAPI Adapter Controller in the list of files it is needed for the ATAPI CD ROM drive to operate Step 13 Press lt Insert gt to add a driver Step 14 Press lt Insert gt again Step 15 If you have the driver on a diskette insert it in the A drive The install program automatically searches for the driver on the A drive Step 16 If you do not have the driver on a diskette enter the path for the file Step 17 Press lt Enter gt The Intel RAID controller displays There is one driver per controller to remove or add Novell NetWare Driver Installation 4 9 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 4 4 3 4 10 Step 18 Step 19 Step 20 Step 21 Step 22 Step 23 Step 24 Step 25 Press lt Esc gt twice Select Continue and press lt Enter gt The storage devices and driver names display so you can match the drivers to the hardware devices Select Continue and press lt Enter gt Select Continue and press lt Enter gt again The message Loading driver displays then the screen Create Sys Volume displays Select Create and
13. under Linux 6 3 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 6 4 Uninstalling Spy Service 6 5 6 4 Perform the following steps to uninstall Spy Service Step 1 Stop the Spy Service program See Section 6 1 Starting or Stopping Spy Service under Windows 2000 XP or 2003 for instructions on stopping Spy Service Step 2 Click on Start Control Panel The Control Panel displays Step 3 Click on Add Remove Programs The list of currently installed programs displays Step 4 Click on the Spy Service program and select Remove Spy Service Icon The icon for the Spy Service displays in the bottom right corner of the Embedded SATA Console screen in the tray bar The icon is a round figure wearing sunglasses The icon is color coded Green means that there are no problems Yellow means that there is a rebuild in progress or there are media errors and a possible drive failure Red warns of a critical problem that could cause the system to fail Hold the cursor over the icon mouseover and a short text displays that describes the system status Right click on the icon and the following options display Stop monitor media error The program stops searching for media errors Erase error log The program deletes the errors that were recorded on the error log Stop Spy This stops the program and deletes the icon from the taskbar You can start the program again using the instructions in
14. 4 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Utility This chapter explains how to configure ICH6R SATA and arrays assign RAID levels plan the array configuration optimize storage and use the ICH6R IDE Setup Utility This information is presented in the following sections e Section 3 1 Configuring Arrays page 3 1 e Section 3 2 Configuration Strategies page 3 2 e Section 3 3 Assigning RAID Levels page 3 2 e Section 3 4 Performing a Quick Configuration page 3 3 e Section 3 5 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives page 3 4 e Section 3 6 Rebuilding Failed Disks page 3 10 e Section 3 7 Checking Data Consistency page 3 11 e Section 3 8 Using a Pre loaded System Drive page 3 12 3 1 Configuring Arrays Configure the physical disk drives in arrays An array can consist of one to four physical disk drives depending on the RAID level A RAID 0 array can consist of one to four physical drives while a RAID 1 array consists of two A RAID 10 array consists of four drives Embedded SATA Software RAID 3 1 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 3 2 Configuration Strategies You have two choices when creating a RAID array e Maximizing Fault Tolerance You can maximize fault tolerance to protect against loss of data by using mirroring Use mirror configuration RAID 1 to attain this objective e Maximizing Logical
15. 5 2 Installing HyperCFG Perform the following steps to install HyperCFG Step 1 Copy the HyperCFG executable file from the CD to your hard drive The filename in the various operating systems is HYPERCFG exe for DOS hypercfg for Linux HyperWin exe for Windows Step 2 Run the file from the hard drive The HyperCFG utility displays Use the options in Section 5 3 Using HyperCFG to set the RAID configuration and other options 5 3 Using HyperCFG The following is a list of options for the utility e Configuration options e Drive ID e Display options e Miscellaneous options e Filename Table 5 1 describes the attributes that you can set for these options 5 2 Hyper Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Table 5 1 HyperCFG Options and Attributes Description Silent Operation When this option is set the utility does not prompt the user This option redirects the output to the specified filename If the filename is not specified then the filename defaults to HyperCFG CFG L C lt n gt D lt cd gt _ Displays the configuration sector of the specified drive lt Drive ID gt B Filename Using only L displays the configuration sector from the first available drive Use B Filename to dump the IRCD as bin file If the filename is not specified the default filename is hypercfg bin E o C lt n gt D lt cd gt Erases th
16. Gbyte 2 for 128 Mbyte and 3 for 10 Gbyte b lt val gt Specifies whether to enable or disable the BIOS lt val gt is O for enable or 1 for disable s lt val gt Specifies a BIOS setting lt val gt is 0 for enable or 1 for disable n lt val gt Specifies the action to take if a new device is found lt lt val gt is 0 for auto configuration as a spare or RO 1 to force into the BIOS Configuration Utility f lt val gt Specifies whether to enable or disable the fast initialization of logical drives for the adapter lt val gt is 0 for disable or 1 for disable c lt val gt Specifies the action to be taken during a check consistency operation lt val gt is 0 for fix and report or 1 for report only ars lt val gt Specifies whether to enable or disable the ability to resume an incomplete rebuild lt val gt is 0 for disable and 1 for enable boot lt val gt Specifies the number of the logical drive that you can boot from lt val gt is the logical drive number arb lt val gt Hyper Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Specifies whether to enable or disable the ability to perform automatic rebuilds lt val gt is 0 for enable and 1 for disable Table 5 1 Display Options Description HyperCFG Options and Attributes Cont This option determines how the data displays This option is v
17. USER S GUIDE Embedded SATA Software RAID for ICH6R October 2004 DRAFT DB15 000319 00 Document DB15 000319 00 October 2004 This document describes the initial release of LSI Logic Corporation s Embedded SATA Software RAID for ICH6R and will remain the official user s guide for all revisions releases of this product until rescinded by an update LSI Logic Corporation reserves the right to make changes to any products herein at any time without notice LSI Logic does not assume any responsibility or liability arising out of the application or use of any product described herein except as expressly agreed to in writing by LSI Logic nor does the purchase or use of a product from LSI Logic convey a license under any patent rights copyrights trademark rights or any other of the intellectual property rights of LSI Logic or third parties Limited Warranty LSI Logic provides this publication as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a specific purpose Some states do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for indirect special exemplary incidental or consequential damages in certain transactions therefore this statement may not apply to you Also you may have other rights which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction Limitations of Liability
18. alid only for I W o Prints the dump for the I option The o field can be either of the following V Prints the dump in Verbose mode Default option If o is not specified then data displays as a HEX dump F lt fn gt Redirects the output to a file fn for filename The default filename is hypercfg bin Y x fn Logs to the given filename fn The default for x is f The default filename is hypercfg bin The x field can be either of the following f Logging is done only for errors This is the default c Continuous logging is done 1 Note The exit code can be modified using the qualifier Q When Q is specified configuration related com mands return ARRAY COUNT on SUCCESS In all other cases ERROR LEVEL is returned All the other options except S F B and W have the default argument as zero C n D cd Drive ID C n D cd specifies the drive ID C n Specifies the card number where the drive is present n is the card index starting at 0 1 2 D cd Selects drive for R I L E and P options Possible values are as follows c Port Number 0 or 1 d Device ID 0 or 1 C n D cd B Filename Filename If n is not specified then the sector number is 0 B dumps the specified sector to the specified file in BIN format dumps the specified BIN file to t
19. atures include e RAID support before the operating system loads e automatic detection and configuration of disk drives e ability to handle configuration changes e support for Interrupt 13 and Enhanced Disk Drive Specification e support for RAID levels 0 1 and 10 e special handling of error log and rebuilding e ROM option size of 64 Kbyte e automatic resume of rebuilding and check consistency e support for BIOS Boot Specification BBS If available in system BIOS this allows the user to select the adapter from which to boot Specification v1 01 January 11 1996 e co existence with SCSI and CD devices e 48 bit LBA support for read write and cache flush functions e independent stripe size configuration on each logical drive 1 2 Overview Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 1 2 3 e ability to select a logical drive as boot device e support for power on self test POST Memory Management PMM for the BIOS memory requirement Specification v1 01 November 21 1997 e enhanced disk drive support Specification 2 9 revision 08 March 12 1998 e Industry standard EBDA e Self monitoring analysis and reporting technology S M A R T notification at POST e run time BIOS support for device insertion or removal e independent support for WC RC and UDMA direct memory access e support for Stop On Error during bootup e support to disable enable BIOS state Driver Features The driver f
20. cy 1 1 RAID Benefits RAID has gained popularity because it can improve I O performance or increases storage subsystem reliability RAID 0 provides better performance while RAID 1 provides better reliability through fault tolerance and redundant data storage RAID 10 combines both striping and mirroring to provide high data transfer rates and data redundancy 1 1 1 Improved I O Although hard drive capabilities have improved drastically actual performance has improved only three to four times in the last decade Computing performance has improved over 50 times during the same time period RAID 0 and RAID 10 allow you to access several disks simultaneously Embedded SATA Software RAID 1 1 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 1 1 2 Increased Reliability The electromechanical components of a disk subsystem operate more slowly require more power and generate more noise and vibration than electronic devices These factors reduce the reliability of data stored on disks RAID 1 and RAID 10 systems improve data storage reliability and fault tolerance compared to single drive computers The additional drive in each RAID 1 array makes it possible to prevent data loss from a hard drive failure You can reconstruct missing data from the remaining data drive to a replacement drive 1 2 Product Features 1 2 1 SATA Ports The Embedded SATA Software RAID supports four ports 1 2 2 BIOS Features The BIOS fe
21. ding the configuration data on a drive The drive is bad and needs to be replaced There is no existing RAID configuration on any of the drives connected to the system and the message LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Not Configured displays Press any key to enter the BIOS Configuration Utility Ctrl M then select a configuration method and configure the drive s BIOS reports that a mirrored array is in degraded mode Embedded SATA Software RAID Make sure all physical drives are properly connected and are powered on Reconnect replace or rebuild any drive that has failed 7 1 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Table 7 1 Problems and Suggested Solutions Suggested Solution One of the hard drives in a mirrored RAID Replace the failed drive with another drive that has the same or 1 array has failed greater capacity You insert a new drive with no Press any key to enter the BIOS Configuration Utility Ctrl M to configuration into the slot which is already configure the new drive Mark the drive as one of the following part of a mirrored RAID 1 array e Failed If the AutoRebuild option is disabled in the configuration utility e Rebuilding If the AutoRebuild option is enabled in the configuration utility You insert a new drive with no Press any key to enter the BIOS Configuration Utility Ctrl M to configuration into the slot which is already configure th
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23. e configuration sector of the specified drive lt Drive ID gt The o field can be any of the following C Erases the configuration sector only E Erases the error log sector only A Erases both configuration and error log sectors b lt bfn gt Configures the RAID array from the specified configuration file If the filename is not specified the default filename is hypercfg bin Using HyperCFG 5 3 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Table 5 1 A Array for new configuration or add A Array for add configuration HyperCFG Options and Attributes Cont Description lt m gt d1 d2 dn G lt n gt lt size gt This option is used to configures arrays for RAID 0 1 and 10 lt m gt is the RAID mode for configuring The lt m gt field can be any of the following three options m S n Means the arrays are configured as RAID 0 S n equals stripe size The allowed stripe sizes are 4 Kbytes 8 Kbytes 16 Kbytes 32 Kbytes 64 Kbytes 128 Kbytes 256 Kbytes 512 Kbytes 1024 Kbytes 2048 Kbytes and 4096 Kbytes m M Means the arrays are configured as RAID 1 S n equals stripe size m R n Means the arrays are configured as RAID 10 S n equals stripe size d1 d2 dn are the drive IDs that participate in the array lt n gt is an optional feature that specifies the type of RAID mode for multiple mixed mode RAID crea
24. e name is highlighted in yellow To de select the logical drive press the space bar again Press lt F10 gt Select Yes at the prompt and press lt Enter gt to begin the initialization A graph shows the progress of the initialization until it is complete After the initialization is complete press lt Esc gt to return to previous menus If you press lt Esc gt while initialization is in progress the following options display Stop The CU stores the percentage of the initialization already completed When you restart initialization it continues from the last percentage completed rather than from zero percent Continue initialization continues normally Abort The initialization is completely aborted If you restart initialization it begins at zero percent For the second method perform the following steps to initialize a logical drive using the Objects menu Step 1 From the Management Menu select Objects Logical Drive submenu as shown in Figure 3 3 The configured logical drives display Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3 9 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Figure 3 3 Logical Drive Submenu Conf igure Initialize DIJECTS Rebuild Check Consistency Step 2 Select a logical drive if there is more than one configured and press lt Enter gt Step 3 Select Initialize from the submenu and press lt Enter gt Step 4 Select Yes at the prompt and press lt Enter
25. e new drive part of a striped RAID 0 array or there is a striped RAID 0 array by itself in the system 7 2 Embedded SATA Software RAID Problem Report Form Table 7 2 contains a form you can just to record problems with the Embedded SATA Software RAID 7 2 Troubleshooting Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Table 7 2 Embedded SATA Software RAID Problem Report Form Customer Information Embedded SATA Software RAID Information Name Today s Date Company Date of Purchase Address Invoice Number City State Option ROM Number Country Driver Version Email address HyperConfig Version Phone Spy Service Version Fax System Information Motherboard BIOS Date Operating System Video Adapter Operating System Version CPU Type Speed Network Card System Memory Other disk controllers Other adapter cards installed installed BIOS manufacturer Description of problem Steps necessary to re create problem l 2 3 Embedded SATA Software RAID Configuration RAID Mode Stripe Size Array 0 Configuration Array 1 Configuration Embedded SATA Software RAID Problem Report Form 7 3 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Troubleshooting Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Customer Feedback We would appreciate your feedback on this
26. e required Four Yes mirroring and RAID 0 data data transfer rates Reduces usable disk space striping Use for medium and complete data to the size of the smallest sized databases or any redundancy drive Reduced performance environment that requires a during rebuilds higher degree of fault tolerance and moderate to medium capacity 3 4 Performing a Quick Configuration This section provides quick installation steps for users that are familiar with configuration utilities and tools Refer to Section 3 5 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives for detailed configuration instructions To ensure best performance select the optimal RAID level for the logical drive you create Perform the following steps to configure arrays and logical drives using the Configuration Utility CU Step 1 Boot the system Step 2 Start the CU by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt M gt Step 3 Select a configuration method Step 4 Create arrays using the available physical drives Step 5 Define the logical drive s using the space in the arrays Step 6 Initialize the new logical drive s Performing a Quick Configuration Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 3 3 3 5 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives This section provides detailed instructions for configuring the logical disks and arrays 3 5 1 Starting the BIOS Configuration Utility During bootup the following BIOS banner di
27. eatures include e special interface for configuration information configuration changes and manageability e optimized disk access e support for RAID levels 0 1 and 10 e support for Stand by and Hibernation in Windows 2000 XP and 2003 Note The following items require Spy Service to be running in order to work e error logging in the operating system event log and on disks e support for online mirror rebuilding e support for check consistency for mirrored disks e bootable RAID 0 1 and 10 support e customized messages specific for OEM original equipment manufacturer e soft bad block management Product Features 1 3 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 1 2 4 Manageability Disk Console The features you can use to manage the logical and physical disks in the system include e configuration information display in BIOS Configuration Utility and Hyper Configuration Utility e support for RAID levels 0 1 and 10 e online mirror rebuilding in BIOS Configuration Utility e online consistency checks in BIOS Configuration Utility e array management software e error logging and notification e support for power management features e support for hot device insertion and removal e automatic resume of rebuilding on restart e support for manual rebuild e physical drive roaming e independent stripe size configuration per logical drive e ability to create up to eight logical drives per array e
28. from the action menu and respond to the confirmation prompt Step 4 When rebuild completes press any key to display the previous menu 3 6 1 Inserting a Previously Removed Drive from a RAID 1 Array If you have auto rebuild selected in the BIOS the rebuild begins as soon as you enter the BIOS CU If auto rebuild is disabled you can choose whether to rebuild If you decide to rebuild the drive follow the procedure in Section 3 6 Rebuilding Failed Disks page 3 10 3 7 Checking Data Consistency The Check Consistency feature verifies the correctness of the redundancy data in the selected logical drive and causes the CU to automatically correct any differences found in the data This feature can be used only on a RAID 1 logical drive to verify the data consistency between the mirrored physical drives When a data inconsistency is found the CU can either only report the inconsistency or report and fix the inconsistency depending upon the option selected in Adapter settings In the CU perform the following steps to check consistency Step 1 On the Management Menu select Check Consistency and press lt Enter gt The configured logical drives display Step 2 Use the space bar to select a logical drive to check for consistency Checking Data Consistency 3 11 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Step 3 Step 4 Note that the logical drive should be at a RAID 1 level to start check consis
29. gt The CU displays a bar graph showing the initialization progress Step 5 When initialization completes press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu If you press lt Esc gt while initialization is in progress the options Stop Continue and Abort display as explained on the previous page 3 6 Rebuilding Failed Disks 3 10 A manual rebuild is used to rebuild failed drives The CU allows manual rebuild for an individual drive Perform the following steps to rebuild a drive Step 1 Select Rebuild from the CU Management Menu The CU displays a device selection window that marks the failed drives with FAIL indicators Step 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight the drive to be rebuilt Step 3 Press the spacebar to select the highlighted physical drive for rebuild Step 4 After selecting the physical drive press lt F10 gt and select Yes at the confirmation prompt BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved The indicators for the selected drive changes to REBLD Step 5 When rebuild is complete press any key to continue Step 6 Press lt Esc gt to display the Management Menu A second way to perform a manual rebuild on an individual drive is as follows Step 1 Select the option from the CU Objects Physical Drive submenu Step 2 Press the arrow keys to select the physical drive to be rebuilt and press lt Enter gt Step 3 Select the Rebuild option
30. he nth sector The default filename is hypercfg bin Mla C n D cd B Filename Displays identify device packet for specified drive a Displays ID Device Packet for all drives present B Filename Specifies to dump the 512 byte identify data to filename B option should not be specified with Ia switch P s C lt n gt D lt cd gt Using HyperCFG Switches the drive to the specified power state The default is powered on in the Active state The possible value for s is The drive is powered on in the Suspend state 5 7 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Table 5 1 HyperCFG Options and Attributes Cont Description M R lt MaxAddress gt This option sets the maximum user accessible sector address for the C lt n gt D lt cd gt specified drive The address is specified in hexadecimal format Mr Resets the maximum address to the native maximum address of the specified drive Miscellaneous This attribute is reserved for miscellaneous options Options IS Executes in Silent mode IV Detects the presence of RAID BIOS and displays the BIOS version IX Pauses execution if an error occurs Z E D Enables disables S M A R T feature The default is ENABLE S M A R T monitors hard drives for drive failures 5 4 Configuration File The configuration file contains three logical bloc
31. igh bandwidth but do not require fault tolerance Uses Provides high data throughput especially for large files Any environment that does not require fault tolerance Strong Points Provides increased data throughput for large files No capacity loss penalty for parity Weak Points Does not provide fault tolerance All data lost if any drive fails Drives One to two Embedded SATA Software RAID 2 1 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 2 2 RAID1 2 2 Figure 2 1 RAID 0 Array Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3 Segment 4 Segment 5 Segment 6 Segment 7 Segment 8 RAID 1 Figure 2 2 duplicates all data from one drive to a second drive RAID 1 provides complete data redundancy but at the cost of doubling the required data storage capacity Uses Databases or any other mission critical environment that requires fault tolerance Strong Points Provides complete data redundancy RAID 1 is ideal for any application that requires fault tolerance Weak Points Requires twice as many hard drives Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds Drives Two Figure 2 2 RAID 1 Array Segment 1 Segment 1 Duplicated Segment 2 Segment 2 Duplicated Segment 3 Segment 3 Duplicated Segment 4 Segment 4 Duplicated RAID Levels Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 2 3 RAID 10 RAID 10 is a combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0 RAID 10 has mi
32. ks with RAID logical drive and physical drive information The configuration file is binary and cannot be read or changed like a normal text file It is not case sensitive and ignores white spaces and tabs The configuration file contains three logical blocks in the specified order 1 RAID INFO 2 LOGICAL DRIVE INFO 3 PHYSICAL DRIVE INFO 5 4 1 RAID Information This logical block starts with the keyword TOTAL_LOGICAL_ARRAYS and must be organized as follows TOTAL LOGICAL ARRAYS lt Number of Arrays gt TOTAL PHYSICAL DRIVES lt Number of Physical Drives gt OPTIONS lt WRITE_CACHE VIRUS_PROTECTION DMA_ENABLED gt 5 8 Hyper Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved The valid choices for the OPTIONS field are as follows e WRITE_CACHE sets the type of write policy e VIRUS_PROTECTION selects virus protection e DMA_ENABLED enables direct memory access ee 99 A prefix to the option value sets the option and a resets the option 5 4 2 Logical Array Information This logical block contains the logical drive parameters which include the RAID mode RAIDO stripe RAID1 mirror the size of the stripes number of stripes and number of physical drives in the array This block starts with the keyword LOGICAL_ARRAY and must be organized as follows LOGICAL ARRAY lt Array Number gt RAID MODE lt STRIPE MIRROR gt STRIPE SIZE lt STRIPE SIZE gt
33. l the driver Step 1 Create a RAID array using the BIOS Step 2 Boot your system using the SuSE Disk 1 Step 3 When the first screen displays press lt F3 gt and select the installation menu option Step 4 Insert the driver update disk when prompted Step 5 Complete the installation process and reboot the system Linux Driver Installation 4 7 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 4 3 6 SuSE SLESS8 Driver Installation This section describes a fresh installation on a Linux SuSE SLES8 0 system with the Embedded Software RAID Stack Prepare installation disks with the driver image then perform the following steps to install the driver Step 1 Create a RAID array using the BIOS Step 2 Boot your system using the SuSE SLES8 1 0 Disk 1 Step 3 When the first screen displays press lt Alt gt and select the installation menu option Step 4 Insert the driver update disk when prompted Step 5 Complete the installation process and reboot the system 4 4 Novell NetWare Driver Installation The section provides installation instructions for the Novell Netware driver 4 4 1 Novell NetWare Driver Files Description The Novell NetWare driver and utilities support logical drives configured on the controller Important The logical drives configured on the host adapter are registered with the operating system as separate logical units All utilities and spy nlm expect the driver to pass the
34. n Codes on Error Conditions Return Code Description 1Bh RAID BIOS not found Occurs with a V command if the RAID BIOS is not found 1Ch Feature not available in IDE drive This error occurs if the P or M command is used on drives that do not support this feature or if invalid parameters are specified 1 Note Other error codes are reserved Return Codes on Error Condition 5 11 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 5 12 Hyper Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 6 1 Chapter 6 Spy Service This chapter describes the Spy Service program and contains the following sections e Section 6 1 Starting or Stopping Spy Service under Windows 2000 XP or 2003 page 6 1 e Section 6 2 Installing Spy Service under Linux page 6 3 e Section 6 3 Installing and Running Spy Service under Novell NetWare page 6 3 e Section 6 4 Uninstalling Spy Service page 6 4 e Section 6 5 Spy Service Icon page 6 4 The Spy Service program looks for errors failed drives and status changes It can mark drives as failed after the error threshold is reached and start automatic rebuilds It runs in the background of the Embedded SATA Console When operating under Windows Spy enables the self monitoring analysis and reporting technology S M A R T on all of the hard drives at startup and polls for any status change
35. nsert a diskette into the A drive and press lt Enter gt The system finds the driver and installs it Novell NetWare Driver Installation 4 11 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 4 12 Operating System Installation Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 5 1 Chapter 5 Hyper Configuration Utility HYPERCFG is a command line utility for ICH6R software This chapter details the product features in these sections Section 5 1 General Description page 5 1 Section 5 2 Installing HyperCFG page 5 2 Section 5 3 Using HyperCFG page 5 2 Section 5 4 Configuration File page 5 8 Section 5 5 Return Codes on Error Condition page 5 10 General Description HYPERCFG is a command line utility for SATA RAID The main features supported in this utility are e ability to create RAID arrays e ability to save RAID configuration information to file e ability to display RAID configuration data e ability to configure RAID from file e display of RAID option ROM version e ability to read and display specified sector from drive e ability to add error code information e ability to dump identify device command packet e self monitoring analysis and reporting technology S M A R T option e ability to set disk coercion e ability to rebuild failed drives Embedded SATA Software RAID 5 1 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved
36. press lt Enter gt The Main Menu displays Select Continue Installation and press lt Enter gt The File Copy Status displays to confirm that the driver files are installed then a GUI prompt displays Select Customized and press lt Next gt Continue the normal operating system installation Existing Novell NetWare System Driver Installation Follow these steps to add the NetWare driver to an existing installation Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 For NetWare 5 1 and higher type the following at the root prompt nwconfig Press lt Enter gt The Configuration Options screen displays Select Drive Options and press lt Enter gt A window displays Select Configure Disk and Storage Device Options and press lt Enter gt Select one of the following options that display in the window Discover and Load an Additional Driver Select an Additional Driver If you select Discover and Load an Additional Driver the system discovers the extra unit and prompts you to select a driver from the list Press lt Insert gt to insert the driver Operating System Installation Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved This completes the procedure If you choose Select an Additional Driver the Select a Driver screen displays Perform the following steps to select an additional driver Step 1 Press lt Insert gt then follow the instructions that appear Step 2 I
37. prompted for the target drive diskette Step 7 Insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive and type A then press lt Enter gt Step 8 After the command prompt returns and the floppy disk drive LED goes out remove the diskette Step 9 Label the diskette with the image name 4 4 Operating System Installation Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 4 3 2 2 Using a Linux Operating System Under Red Hat and SuSE Linux you can use a driver diskette utility to create disk images from image files Perform the following steps create the driver update disk Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Copy the driver update disk image dud lt driver version gt img to a Linux system Insert a blank floppy diskette into the floppy drive Confirm that the files are in the selected directory Create the driver update diskette using the following command dd if dud lt driver version gt img of dev fd0o After the command prompt returns and the floppy disk drive LED goes out remove the diskette Label the diskette with the image name 4 3 3 Red Hat Linux Driver Installation on a New System This section describes the fresh installation of the device driver on new Linux Red Hat 3 0 8 0 9 0 and AS2 1 systems with the Embedded Software RAID Stack After you prepare the installation disks with the driver image perform the following steps to install the driver Step 1 Boot to CD ROM Di
38. requests to the adapter You must load the HAM driver files first so that it can load the NLM files 4 4 2 New Novell NetWare System Driver Installation Follow the instructions in the Novell NetWare Installation Guide to install NetWare on the server Follow these steps to install Novell NetWare using the controller as a primary adapter Step 1 Boot with the NetWare 6 5 CD ROM Step 2 Follow the instructions on the screen to select the language and accept the license The Welcome screen displays The screen message Is this a default install or manual install displays 4 8 Operating System Installation Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Highlight Default using the arrow keys then press lt Enter gt to change the option to Manual Highlight Continue and press lt Enter gt The screen used to prepare the boot partition displays Highlight Free Space then press lt Enter gt Accept the default 500 MB or modify as desired then press lt Enter gt Highlight Continue then press lt Enter gt The Server Settings screen displays You can modify the settings before going to the next screen Highlight Continue then press lt Enter gt The system goes through device driver detection then the screen displays the device type and driver name You can modify the device type and driver
39. rrored drives It breaks up data into smaller blocks then stripes the blocks of data to each RAID 1 RAID set Each RAID 1 RAID set then duplicates its data to its other drive The size of each block is determined by the stripe size parameter which is set during the creation of the RAID set RAID 10 can sustain one drive failure in each array while maintaining data integrity Uses Works best for data storage that must have 100 redundancy of RAID 1 mirrored arrays and that also needs the enhanced I O performance of RAID 0 striped arrays RAID 10 works well for medium sized databases or any environment that requires a higher degree of fault tolerance and moderate to medium capacity Strong Points Provides both high data transfer rates and complete data redundancy Weak Points Requires twice as many drives Drives 4 Figure 2 3 shows a RAID 10 array with four disk drives Figure 2 3 RAID 10 Array I i RAID 1 pi RAID 1 y l1 I 1 1 i I Vt I I li Disk 1 Disk2 l Disk 3 Disk4 1 l i I l1 N N ZN D li P j I P I I i I I Cope oD C 7 SSA RAZ a SF i i Mey A 11 Segment 1 Segment 1 i 1 Segment 2 Segment 2 i l l I Segment 3 Segment 3 Segment 4 Segment 4 i i i Segment 5 Segment 5 l i Segment 6 Segment 6 l i 7 7 I N M Be eS Ke eK eK Ke ee eee eK I Wo ee el ge aati Ref RADAT ata tenes elses RAID 10 2 3 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved RAID Levels Copyright 200
40. rsion gt img which is the driver update disk for the Embedded SATA software RAID stack You can obtain the latest driver files from the Download Center on the LSI Logic web site at http www I silogic com DOS Driver Installation 4 3 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 4 3 2 Preparing the Installation Disk s for Linux This section describes how to prepare the installation disk s from the obtained driver image files using the Windows or Linux based operating systems Refer to this section when necessary during installation of Windows and Linux operating systems 4 3 2 1 Using a Windows Operating System Under Windows you can use the rawrite floppy image writer utility to create disk images from image files The image writer can be downloaded from the Internet Perform the following steps to build installation diskettes Step 1 Copy the driver update disk image dud lt driver version gt img and the file rawrite exe to a directory Step 2 Confirm that the files are in the selected directory Step 3 After you confirm the files you might need to change the filename of the driver update disk to a smaller name with less than eight characters Step 4 Copy dud lt driver version gt img dud img Step 5 Type the following command to create the two installation diskettes RAWRITE then press lt Enter gt You are prompted to enter the name of the boot image file Step 6 Type dud img You are
41. s Required per RAID Level Physical Drives Required per RAID Level Logical Drive Parameters and Descriptions HyperCFG Options and Attributes Return Codes on Error Conditions Problems and Suggested Solutions Embedded SATA Software RAID Problem Report Form Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 3 2 3 3 3 5 5 3 5 10 7 1 7 3 xi xii Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 2l 22 oe 3 1 3z 3 3 6 1 RAID 0 Array RAID 1 Array RAID 10 Array Configuration Menu Screen Logical Drive Configuration Screen Logical Drive Submenu Control Panel Screen Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 2 2 2 3 3 7 3 10 6 2 xiii xiv Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Chapter 1 Overview This manual describes the Embedded SATA Software RAID for ICH6R This chapter provides an overview of this product and contains the following sections e Section 1 1 RAID Benefits page 1 1 e Section 1 2 Product Features page 1 2 The Embedded SATA Software RAID supports four Serial ATA ports providing a cost effective way to achieve higher transfer rates and reliability Embedded SATA Software RAID supports e RAID level 0 data striping for improved performance e RAID level 1 data mirroring for improved data reliability e RAID level 10 data striping and mirroring for high data transfer rates and data redundan
42. s in the drives every 60 minutes S M A R T monitors hard drives for drive failures Starting or Stopping Spy Service under Windows 2000 XP or 2003 You can use the Control Panel to access the option to start or stop Spy Service Perform the following steps to start or stop Spy Service Step 1 Click on Start gt Settings gt Control Panel The screen shown in Figure 6 1 displays Embedded SATA Software RAID 6 1 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Figure 6 1 Control Panel Screen Control Panel 32 Cont Add Remove Add Remove Administrative Advertised Advertised Automatic Control Panel Options Hardware Programs Tools Programs Program Updates T P Use the settings in Control Panel to GT A amp Gy personalize your computer Date Time Display Folder Options Fonts Game Internet Keyboard Select an item to view its Controllers Options description 3 a Windows Update X fo 4 Windows 2000 Support Mail Mouse Network and Phone and Power Options Printers Regional Dial up Co Modem Options Remote Scannersand Scheduled Sounds and Symantec Systems Control Cameras Tasks Multimedia LiveUpdate Management So Users and Passwords an lt pa Pa o 3 Step 2 Click on Administrative Tools Services icon Spy Ser A dialog window displays with the start and stop options Step 3 Click on the Start or Stop button
43. sk 1 The Red Hat introductory screen displays Step 2 Type the following at the boot prompt linux dd Step 3 Press lt Enter gt The prompt asks whether you have a driver disk Step 4 Use the arrow key to select Yes then press lt Enter gt Step 5 Select fdO to indicate you have a floppy diskette with the driver on it Step 6 Insert the floppy diskette in the A drive and press lt Enter gt The installer locates and loads the driver for your device The message Loading megaide driver displays The prompt at the next screen asks whether you have another driver Linux Driver Installation 4 5 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Step 7 Follow the Red Hat Linux installation procedure to complete the installation Step 8 Reboot the system 4 3 4 SuSE Linux 9 0 Driver Installation on a New System This section describes the fresh installation of a Linux SuSE 9 0 system with the Embedded Software RAID Stack Prepare installation disks with the driver image then perform the following steps to install the driver Step 1 Boot your system using the SuSE 9 0 CD 1 Step 2 At the prompt press lt F3 gt to confirm that you have a driver diskette Step 3 Highlight Installation on the menu using the arrow keys then press lt Enter gt You are prompted for the diskette Step 4 Insert the driver update disk in the A drive and press lt Enter gt The message Driver Updates added displa
44. sk button Insert the diskette into the floppy drive Select drive letter A and click on lt OK gt Select LSI Logic Embedded SATA Controller and click OK After Windows NT or Windows 2000 copies the driver reset the system 4 1 2 Confirming the Windows 2000 2003 XP Driver Installation Perform the following steps to confirm that the Windows 2000 2003 or XP driver is installed properly 4 2 Operating System Installation Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Click the Windows Start button The Windows menu displays Select Settings The Settings menu displays to the right Click Control Panel The Control Panel window displays Select Adapters Select the Drivers tab The controller appears in the list as LSI Logic Embedded SATA Controller Select the Devices tab One or more entries display as LSI Logic Embedded SATA xx under LSI Logic Embedded SATA Controller 4 2 DOS Driver Installation For DOS no driver installation is required The ROM BIOS contains the low level driver that is necessary for MS DOS 4 3 Linux Driver Installation This section explains how you can make fresh installations of Red Hat and SuSE Linux operating systems with the Linux Embedded Software Stack driver 4 3 1 Obtaining the Driver Image File The driver is offered in the form of a driver update disk The required file is dud lt driver ve
45. spacebar to associate the selected physical drives with the current array The indicator for the selected drives changes from READY to ONLIN Alarray number drive number For example ONLIN A1 3 means array 1 with disk drive 3 Press lt Enter gt after you finish creating the current array Press lt F10 gt to select configurable arrays Press the spacebar to select the array The logical drive configuration screen displays as shown in Figure 3 2 The logical drive configuration screen displays the logical drive number RAID level logical drive size the number of stripes in the physical array the stripe size and the state of the logical drive BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Figure 3 2 Logical Drive Configuration Screen LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Configuration Utility Ver 5 09 March ONLINE Check Con 73664MB Stripe Size Accept SPAN NO Step 6 Set the RAID level for the logical drive by highlighting RAID and pressing lt Enter gt The available RAID levels for the current logical drive display Step 7 Select a RAID level and press lt Enter gt Step 8 Set the RAID logical drive size and stripe size Step 9 When you have defined the current logical drive select Accept and press lt Enter gt Step 10 Repeat step 7 to step 10 to configure additional logical drives Step 11 Save the configuration when prompted and press lt Esc gt
46. splays the following Press Ctrl M to run LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility Hold down the lt Ctrl gt key while you press lt M gt The main menu for the utility displays 3 5 2 Selecting a Configuration Method Section 3 5 3 Configuring Physical Arrays and Logical Drives provides detailed instructions for using each configuration method 3 5 3 Configuring Physical Arrays and Logical Drives This subsection provides instructions for using the Easy Configuration New Configuration and View Add Configuration to configure arrays and logical drives LSI Logic recommends using drives with the same capacity in a specific array If you use drives with different capacities in an array the CU treats all these drives as if they have the capacity of the smallest drive The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the possible RAID levels that you can implement with the array RAID 0 requires one to four physical drives RAID 1 requires two physical drives and RAID 10 requires four physical drives 3 5 3 1 Physical Drive Parameters You can change the write policy and read policy in the physical drives but not the logical drives You have to reboot for the changes to the write and read policies to take effect 3 4 BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 3 5 3 2 Logical Drive Parameters For the logical drive you can change the RAID level and stripe si
47. t effective way to achieve higher transfer rates and reliability The RAID levels supported are RAID 0 1 and 10 This document was prepared for users of the Embedded SATA Software RAID It is intended to provide a description of the product the configuration software utilities and the operating system installation This document has the following chapters e Chapter 1 Overview provides an overview of features and benefits of the Embedded SATA Software RAID for ICH6R e Chapter 2 RAID Levels describes the RAID levels supported by ICH6R Embedded SATA Software RAID v Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved e Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Utility explains how to configure ICH6R SATA and arrays assign RAID levels plan the array configuration optimize storage and use the ICH6R IDE Setup Utility e Chapter 4 Operating System Installation contains the procedures for installing the Windows 2000 2003 and XP Red Hat Linux SuSE Linux and Novell NetWare operating systems when using the Embedded SATA Software RAID e Chapter 5 Hyper Configuration Utility describes the command line utility for SATA RAID which is used to configure and manage RAID levels e Chapter 6 Spy Service describes the Spy Service program which looks for errors failed drives and status changes in the hard drives e Chapter 7 Troubleshooting describes the problems you might encounter while using ICH6R and suggests sol
48. tency If you select a RAID 0 logical drive a message displays stating that a check consistency cannot be performed To de select a logical drive press the space bar again Press lt F10 gt At the prompt select Yes to start check consistency and press lt Enter gt If you press lt Esc gt while the check consistency is in progress the following options display Stop The CU stores the percentage of the check consistency already completed When you restart the check consistency it continues from the last percentage completed rather than from zero percent Continue Check consistency continues normally Abort The check consistency is completely aborted If you restart check consistency it begins at zero percent 3 8 Using a Pre loaded System Drive 3 12 You can use the controller as an adapter for this drive by performing the following steps Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Connect the drive to the port on the controller Boot the computer Start the CU Select Configure Easy Configuration from the menu Press the cursor keys to select the pre loaded drive Press the spacebar The pre loaded drive now becomes an array element Press lt Enter gt The pre loaded drive is a one disk array Display the logical drive configuration screen Highlight Accept and press lt Enter gt Press lt Esc gt and select Yes at the prompt to save the configuration
49. ter gt after you finish creating the current array Step 5 Press lt F10 gt to configure logical drives Step 6 Set the RAID level for the logical drive by highlighting RAID and pressing lt Enter gt A list of the available RAID levels for the current logical drive appears Step 7 Set the logical drive size by moving the cursor to Size and pressing lt Enter gt By default the logical drive size associates the available space in the array s with the current logical drive Step 8 Set the stripe size Step 9 After you define the current logical drive select Accept and press lt Enter gt Step 10 Save the configuration when the CU prompts you to do so Step 11 Initialize the logical drives you configured Section 3 5 4 Initializing Logical Drives provides detailed instructions 3 8 BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved 3 5 4 Initializing Logical Drives You can initialize the logical drives using individual initialization which initializes a single logical disk There are two methods to initialize a logical drive using the individual initialization procedure using the CU For the first method perform the following steps to initialize a logical drive using the Initialize menu Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 On the Management Menu select Initialize Use the space bar to highlight the logical drive to initialize The logical driv
50. this product Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGMENT LSI Logic the LSI Logic logo design and MegaRAID are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Logic Corporation Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds Red Hat is a trademark of Red Hat Inc MS DOS Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies To receive product literature visit us at http www lsilogic com For a current list of our distributors sales offices and design resource centers view our web page located at http www l silogic com contacts index html iii Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved iv Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Package Contents Audience Organization Preface You should have received the following e a Embedded SATA Software RAID for ICH6R User s Guide e software license agreement e CD diskette s with the software for Embedded SATA Software RAID This book is the primary reference and user s guide for the Embedded SATA Software RAID for ICH6R Customer specific documentation may be included as well The Embedded SATA Software RAID supports four serial ATA ports providing a cos
51. tion It is restricted to RAID 0 and RAID 1 If you select RAID 0 or RAID 1 the default RAID mode will be overridden If you do not specify a value for lt n gt the default RAID mode will be used The lt m gt field can be any of the following two options n s Selects RAID 0 as the RAID level n m Selects RAID 1 as the RAID level lt size gt represents the size in Mbytes of the logical drive to be created 1 Note The logical drive size displays in DEC format Initialization init l lt n1 gt l lt n2 gt This option is used to initialize a newly configured logical drive init Specifies the initialize option 1n1 gt l lt n2 gt Specifies the logical drive numbers rbld d lt nn gt This option is used to rebuild a failed hard drive rbld Specifies the rebuild option d lt nn gt Specifies the connection ID for the physical drive Check Consistency 5 4 ccon 1 lt n1 gt l lt n2 gt This option is used to perform a consistency check of the logical drives ccon Specifies the check consistency option 1 lt n1 gt l lt n2 gt Specifies the logical drive numbers Hyper Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Table 5 1 HyperCFG Options and Attributes Cont Description Free Array freearr a lt m gt d1 d2 This option is used to access the free array information Information dn
52. to return to the Management Menu Step 12 Initialize the logical drives Refer to Section 3 5 4 Initializing Logical Drives for detailed instructions 3 5 3 4 New Configuration and View Add Configuration New Configuration and View Add Configuration associate logical drives with partial and or multiple physical arrays New Configuration deletes the existing configuration and replaces it with the configuration that you specify View Add Configuration lets you display or modify an existing configuration Caution The New Configuration option erases the existing configuration data when you save the new array Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3 7 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved configuration If you do not want to delete the existing configuration data use View Add Configuration Perform the following steps to configure a disk array using New Configuration or View Add Configuration Step 1 Select Configure View Add Configuration from the CU Management Menu The CU displays an array selection window Step 2 Select the physical drives to include in the array by pressing the arrow keys to select specific physical drives Step 3 Press the spacebar to associate the selected physical drive with the current array The indicator for the selected drive changes from READY to ONLIN Alarray number drive number For example ONLIN A1 3 means array 1 with disk drive 3 Step 4 Press lt En
53. turn Codes on Error Conditions Return Code Description 6h Array not formed due to inadequate drives This error occurs if adequate drives to make a RAID array are not present OAh Hard disk s not found This error occurs when required hard disks are not found OBh RAID controller timed out on read write Possible reasons are that a hard disk drive is damaged or an invalid drive ID is specified ODh Error Opening Array Information file The specified configuration file could not be opened OEh Array information file format incorrect Possible reasons are missing fields or wrong information in the file 10h Error Opening Log file Log filename or path may be wrong or invalid 12h Array not formed as required drives not found This error occurs if the required drives are not found 13h Array not formed excess drives found This error occurs when there are more than two drives present in the command 16h Invalid configuration present This error occurs when ron RAID configuration is present and the L command is issued 17h Configuration mismatch in drives This error occurs when the configuration data in all drives do not match This occurs with the T command 18h Error reading file 19h Error writing file 1Ah Warning Truncating file This error occurs when the file dumped to a sector is greater than 512 bytes 5 10 Hyper Configuration Utility Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Table 5 2 Retur
54. utions Conventions Used in This Manual The following table describes the notational conventions used throughout this manual Notation Example Meaning and Use courier typeface nwk file Names of commands directories filenames and on screen text are shown in courier typeface bold typeface fdisp In a command line keywords are shown in bold non italic typeface Enter them exactly as shown italics module In command lines and names italics indicate user variables Italicized text must be replaced with appropriate user specified items Enter items of the type called for using lower case italic underscore full_pathname When an underscore appears in an italicized string enter a user supplied item of the type called for with no spaces Initial Capital letters Undo Names of menu commands options check buttons text but Edit tons options buttons text boxes list boxes etc are shown in Apply text with Initial Capital lettering to avoid misreading These ele ments may appear on your screen in all lower case version You may but need not select one item enclosed within brack ets Do not enter the brackets option In command formats elements preceding ellipses may be repeated any number of times Do not enter the ellipses In menu items if an ellipsis appears in an item clicking that item brings up a dialog box vi Preface Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved
55. ys Step5 Press lt Enter gt You are prompted to select the Driver Update Medium Step 6 Select Back and press lt Enter gt This returns you to the installation Step 7 Press lt Accept gt The driver installation begins Step 8 Press lt Accept gt again A warning screen displays to make sure you want to continue the installation with these settings 4 6 Operating System Installation Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Step 9 Select Yes and complete the installation Important After all the selected packages are installed a prompt Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13 Step 14 Step 15 Step 16 Step 17 displays and gives you 10 seconds to reply If you do not reply within 10 seconds you will have to start the installation process over Select Stop before the 10 seconds are up Press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt F2 gt This opens a terminal you can use to run a script At the prompt type cd update 000 install Press lt Enter gt Next type update post Press lt Enter gt At the prompt press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt F7 gt The YaST screen displays Select lt OK gt then press lt Enter gt and reboot the system 4 3 5 SuSE 8 2 Driver Installation This section describes a fresh installation on a Linux SuSE 8 2 system with the Embedded Software RAID Stack Prepare installation disks with the driver image then perform the following steps to instal
56. ze Table 3 3 contains descriptions of the logical drive parameters Table 3 3 Logical Drive Parameters and Descriptions Parameter Description RAID Level The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the array RAID 0 requires one or two physical drives RAID 1 requires exactly two physical drives RAID 10 requires exactly four physical drives The stripe size parameter specifies the size of the segment written to each disk in a RAID configuration You can set the stripe size to 4 8 16 32 64 or 128 Kbytes The default is 64 Kbytes A larger stripe size produces higher read performance If your computer regularly performs random read requests choose a smaller stripe size 3 5 3 3 Easy Configuration In Easy Configuration the CU associates each hard drive with a single logical drive If logical drives have already been configured the CU does not change their configuration Perform the following steps to create arrays using Easy Configuration Step 1 Select Configuration Easy Configuration at the main menu The Configuration Menu screen displays as shown in Figure 3 1 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3 5 Copyright 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Figure 3 1 Configuration Menu Screen View Add Configuration Clear Configuration Select Boot Drive heck Consistency Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Press the

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