Gigabyte GA-7VM400MF-P motherboard
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1. Span and RAID 0 Click on the RAID button you want to create the Select Array Creating Method will be displayed Select rray Creating Method Auto Array disks are prepared automatically you can modify the array later Custom Disk array is initially empty you will select all array disks by yourself Auto The utility will arrange the available hard disk drives to be the disk arrays The hard disk drives can still be modified later This method is strongly recommended Custom The utility will provide an interface to manually arrange the array Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 23 RAID Software 2 Click on Auto to launch the creating array window If Custom is selected the available disks window lists the available disk drives that can be used to create the array Select a disk drive and click on the right arrow button to add the specified disk drive to the array Disk drives can be removed from the array by selecting an array disk and clicking on the left arrow button to remove the drive from the array Create RAID O Available Disks Array Disks Source Stipe Disks C35LO404E ROF 0 SXPTRING Stripe Size BAE oes se Click on Create to create or Cancel to exit Click on Help to launch the Help Topics window Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 24 RAID Software 3 A warning message will pop up after clicking on Create button Click Yes to finish the creation of disk array or No to2. Number View F F Array Name Array Hode ARRAY 6 ARRAY 1 Mirror Mirror Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 11 Block Size GB N A N A RAID BIOS Ver 0 94 Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 View Array disk Status t 4 Move to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Size GB 371 21 31 21 BIOS Configuration Utility Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array When booting up the system BIOS will detect if the RAID 1 array has any inconsistencies between user data and backup data If BIOS detects any inconsistencies the status of the disk array will be marked as critical and BIOS will prompt the user to duplicate the RAID 1 in order to ensure the backup data consistency with the user data Critical RAID Reo mm Er itical Status The RAID 1 array needs to Continue to boot be duplicated to ensure data consistancy Remaining members of the failed array Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Channell Device ICI3OLBABAYUAD 7 4 Array6 ATA 100 38 34 Mirror Channel Device LCS5SL646AYVAG 7 6 Arrayb ATA 100 38 34 Source Note 1 Press lt ESC gt to Exit 2 After Execute Press lt TAB gt immediately can into Utility Window If user selects Continue to boot it will enable duplicating the array after booting into OS Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 12 BIOS Configuration Utility Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array When booting up the system BIOS will d
3. O Channel 0 Slave Capacity 39 266 MB 80 41 8 240 sectors Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 41 RAID Software 4 A warning message will appear If you want to rebuild the RAID using the disk driver that you selected in the previous step click Next Warning All the data on the selected disk drive will be lost Repair Mirror Array step 3 ale Will perform disk substitutions designated in previous step Click Next if you are sure Click Back to re select a free disk to repair the broken Mirror Array Click Cancel to given up repairing the Mirror Array Cancel 5 Reboot the system Repair Mirror Array step 4 ale To complete repairing the broken Mirror Array data on the Mirror disk must be synchronized with the Source disk Please reboot the system and synchronize the Mirror disk Reboot now 7 6 This RAID is marked as a critical RAID The RAID software will duplicate this critical RAID 1 process Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 42 RAID Software Icon View All icon types and their corresponding meanings are listed below The real status of an array or a disk drive is described on Array status or Device status in the right windowpane Normal Disk Array 0 Disk Array with Warning status 3 Broken Disk Array Disk Drive with Normal status Absent Disk Drive in a Array Disk Drive with Error Disk Drive with Warning status The pair of Source and Mirror Disks should be synchronize
4. need to reboot the system to enable disks m P Reboot system now Warning Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 arrays When a RAID 1 array is deleted the data on these two hard disk drives will still remain and become two normal disk drives Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 pa RAID Software Add and Remove Spare Disk Drive Add Spare Disk Drive A spare disk drive can be added when a RAID 1 array is created The capacity of the spare disk drive must be greater than or equal to the capacity of the RAID 1 array If there is no spare disk drive in a RAID 1 array user can add a spare disk drive after spare RAID 1 array is created by clicking on spare 1 Select the RAID 1 array in the left windowpane and click on the available disk drives will then be listed in a popup window 2 Select a disk drive and click on OK to add a spare disk drive to RAID 1 Add Spare Disk Please select spare disk from following disks ICS5LO404VE ROF 0 SXPTXR 6944 ICS5LO4040V407 0 VNC2024290R MOA Capacity 39 266 MB 20 418 240 sectors Physical Location Controller 0 Channel O Slave 3 A warning message will popup click Yes to finish adding the spare disk or No to cancel it MM Add Spare Disk Selected disk will be used as a mirror array spare disk original data on this disk maybe destroyed Are vou sure to use it as spare disk Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 28 RAID Software
5. 4 A message box will popup to prompt the user that a spare disk drive has been successfully added to the specific RAID 1 array and ask whether the user would like to restart the computer Click Yes to restart the computer or click No to skip restarting The new setting will take effect only after restarting MM Reboot Prompt You need to reboot the system to enable disks us J Reboot system now Note The spare disk drive in the RAID 1 array cannot be accessed by the operating system Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 29 RAID Software Remove Spare Disk Drive Spare disk drives can be removed from a specified RAID 1 and changed into normal hard disk drives spare 1 Select the RAID 1 array that you want to remove from the spare disk drives in the left windowpane and click on a warning message will popup MM Remove Spare Disk 2 Are you sure to remove the Spare Disk 2 Click Yes to finish removing spare disk or No to cancel 3 A message box will popup to prompt the user that the spare disk drive has been successfully removed from specific RAID 1 array and ask the user whether to restart the computer Click Yes to restart the computer or click No to skip restarting The new setting will take effect only after restarting Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 30 RAID Software Check All Disks You can check whether the disk drives are working normally at any time by clicking on y After the disk check is completed a dialog
6. MA Current transfer mode Minor revision number 19 Controller O Channel 0 Master Mot in any disk array Mormal ATA device SAPTSINSO19 ER 404454 ICS5LO404VER0 0 16353 16 63 39 266 MB 80 418 240 sectors mode 0 1 2 5 4 mode 0 1 2 mode 0 1 2 3 4 5 Ultra DMA mode 5 ATAATAPI 5 113 13210 revision 1 RAID Software The main interface is divided into two windows and the toolbar above contain the main functions Click on these toolbar buttons to execute their specific functions The left windowpane displays the controller and disk drives and the right windowpane displays the details of the controller or disk drives e Fy crea ta View by Controller Create Mirror Array RAID 1 i z an Create Span Array JBOD Create Stripe Array RAID 0 Add Remove Spare disk Remove Array View Event log Check All Disks View by Devices 7 Help Topics Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 20 RAID Software View Online Help Click on 7 to launch the Help Topics It is recommended that you read through the help articles before using RAID utility E VIA Raid Tool Help e gt a 8 Hide Locate Back Formar Stop RHefrezh Home Print Options Welcome to use VIA RAID Tool Contents Index Search Favorites ce Getting Started Y Using VIA Raid Tool Array and Disk Status By using FIA RAID Tool you can access to different RAID functions efficiently RAID is the abbreviation for Redundant Ar
7. PM you must turn off your computer manually After replacing the hard drive boot into BIOS and select Choose replacement drive and rebuild to rebuild the broken array 2 Destroy the Mirroring Relationship This item cancels the data mirroring relationship of the broken array For broken RAID 1 arrays the data on the surviving disk will remain after the destroy operation However Destroy the Mirroring Relationship is not recommend because the data on the remaining disk will be lost when the hard drive is used to create another RAID 1 array 3 Choose Replacement Drive and Rebuild This item enables users to select an already connected hard drive to rebuild the broken array After choosing a hard drive the channel column will be activated Broken RAID 1 ritical Status Power off and check the failed drive The contents on the disk Destroy the Mirroring Relationship you have selected will be Choose replacement drive and rebuild deleted Continue to boot Remaining members of the failed array Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode SizelGB Status Whannel Devicel ICISLOABDAYYAD 7 8 ATA 100 38 34 Channell Devicel IC35L 46AYVYVAG7 6 ATA 100 38 34 Hdd Note 1 Press lt ESC gt to Exit After Execute Press lt TAB gt immediately can into Utility Window Highlight the target hard drive and press lt Enter gt a warning message will appear Press Y to use that hard drive to rebuild or press N to cancel Please note sele
8. SATA Host Controller User Manual Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 Table of Contents Table 0f Contents tana lie i TOUNO scan oibaucccteasscensteaauacevasscccssbaedeateess cactsesauiceverocecesbaudeneuetaccceoba cues drstteasieuauss I RAID ASUS nati MGcse satu EEE eE aea 1 IA A leat et Nace Males caste ated tele cet art anda ated ac tatiaes l RADA MIONE kinia an A E l BODAS cal dd de ia 2 Kev Features AA E EN ees ese nod 2 Installine The Hard Drives ceesre a TN OE Nan iria eieNaiaaa 3 BIOS COnfienracion Lila dai 4 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility cuac di 4 Create DIA e 5 Delete Disk ATTIV ocn 8 Create and Delete Spare Hard DAVE ia 9 Select BOOCATTAV id A ca cocacola ica 10 View serial Number Of Hard Drive suicidio iia a aeaa ENa ead aaaea aaaea aiaa 11 VIEW ALTE SMS sodio 11 Duplicate Critical RAID LATTA Vias AAA A A 12 Rebuild Broken RAID LATE il et ni hc ta acceda 13 Driver and RAID Software Instalan nic Ria A ic ciencia iia ciedad 15 Microsoft Windows Driver Installation ccccscccccsssssssssssccccccssssssssscccccsscesssssssscccsssssessssscsccesssseseees 15 a E E a coceeseeet 17 RAID SO WIFE ai A E E as 18 Instalado ti 18 GONS Stitician ali ssl aatecsssasseusstacssesiwessenes 19 View Controler and Device Status nessa tds 22 Ercate Disk AY cuna ia 23 Delete Disk ATT Sui isis 26 Add and Remove Spare DISK Drive cit A AAA 28 Add pato DIS DIV Reamer ene ee Re Re ee eS ee eee 28 Remove pate DEEDE arch 5 sacs oe cass v esas Sis
9. annel1 Slave Maxtor 34098H4 Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 View Array disk Status t 4 Move to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Array Name Mode Sizef GB Status ATA 133 37 27 otripel ATA 133 37 2 Stripe ATA 133 37 2 otripel ATA 133 37 27 Hdd BIOS Configuration Utility 4 If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2 the block size of the array can also be selected Use the arrow key to highlight Block Size and press lt Enter gt then select a block size from the popup menu The block size can be 4KB to 64KB YIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver 0 94 Auto Setup For Create a RAID array with Array Mode RAID 8K the hard disks attached to Select Disk Dri VIA IDE controller Block Size 64K Start Create Pr F1 View Array disk Status t 4 Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Channel Master Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 21 Stripe Channel Slave Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 2 Stripe2 Channell Haster Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 2 Stripel Channell Slave Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 2 Stripes 5 Use the arrow key to highlight Start Create Process and press lt Enter gt A warning message will appear Press Y to finish the creation or press N to cancel the creation 6 Important note All existing content in the hard drive will be destroyed after ar
10. cancel MM Create RaidO Array For all disks in this newly created Raid0 Array original disk data maybe destroyed Are you sure to use these disks to create a Raid0 Array 4 A message box will popup to prompt the user that disk array has been created successfully and ask the user whether to restart the computer Click Yes to restart the computer or click No to skip restarting The new disk array setting will take effect only after restarting MM Reboot Prompt gt You need to reboot the system to enable disks pS pS A Reboot system now Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 25 RAID Software Delete Disk Array 1 Select the disk array that you want to delete from the left windowpane click on Remove Array E a warning message will pop up VIA RAID Too Opcratior View Help eet ET Arras 1 RAJD mM Conte Array bype RAIL Scriping Mirrcring Caracity 78 533 M3 160 836 352 sectors Disk number 4 Stripe size ags atray skatus Plormal For Heh press Fl 2 Click Yes to delete the specified disk array or click No to cancel MM Remove Disk Array Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 26 RAID Software 3 A message box will popup to prompt the user that disk array has been removed successfully and ask the user whether to restart the computer Click Yes to restart the computer or click No to skip restarting The new setting will take effect only after restarting MM Reboot Prompt e j You
11. canceled at any time If the synchronization process is cancelled the RAID will be on the need sync condition and synchronization should be proceeding again to guarantee the data consistency between sources and mirror disk drives A message will pop up when the synchronization process is finished MM Mirror Disk Synchronization Result i Following Source Mirror disk pair is successfully synchronized J Source T_S5LO404VEROY 0 SAPTSINS019 Mirror ICS5LO40A ww A07 0 VAC zoaz g0 She Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 39 RAID Software Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array After booting up the system the RAID utility will detect if any member disk drives of the RAID 1 array has failed or is absent If the RAID utility detects any disk drive failures or missing disk drives the status of the array will be marked as broken If the RAID software detects a RAID 1 array being broken and there is a spare hard drive that could be used to rebuild the broken array the spare hard drive will automatically become the mirroring drive Software will remind users to synchronize this RAID like the duplicating RAID 1 If the RAID software detects a RAID 1 array being broken but there is no spare hard drive the RAID software will indicate a series of steps to repair such problem 1 A dialog box will be shown to indicate that the RAID is broken Click Yes to repair the array MM Array Broken T Array Ois Broken ee Repair it now 7 2 Another dia
12. cting option Y will destroy all the data on the selected hard drive 4 Continue to boot This item enables BIOS to skip the problem and continue booting into OS Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 14 BIOS Configuration Utility DRIVER AND RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Microsoft Windows Driver Installation 1 After Windows has finished booting up the system will automatically find the newly installed adapter and prompt the Found New Hardware Wizard window Click Cancel to skip it Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for RAID Controller If pour hardware came with an installation CD o floppy disk insert it now what do pon want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue 2 Insert the RAID driver and software installation CD or diskettes Browse the CD or diskettes and double click on setup exe to begin the driver and software installation Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 15 Driver and RAID Software Installation 3 Confirm the follow up dialogue windows to finish the installation VIA RAID Driver Setup Wizard 0 94 2002 09 30 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for YIA RAID Driver Setup Wizard The InstallShieldA Wizard will install Yla RAID Driver Setup Wizard on pour computer To continue click Next Cancel 4 When installat
13. d baux Disk Drive which needs system rebooting to enable its function Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 43 RAID Software
14. different methods The different methods are referred to as different RAID levels Different RAID levels represent different performance levels security levels and implementation costs The RAID levels which the VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Host Controller supports are RAID 0 1 and JBOD The table below briefly introduced these RAID levels RAID Level Capacity RAID 0 Striping 2 to 4 Number drives Smallest size Highest performance without data protection RAID 1 Mirroring Smallest size JBOD Spanning Sum of All drives No data protection and performance improving but disk capacity fully used RAID 0 Striping RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives If any disk member fails it affects the entire array The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member The striping block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in parallel If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not respond the remaining drive will continue to function Due to redundancy the drive capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive Under a RAID 1 setup an extra drive called the spare drive can be attached Such a drive will be activated to replace a failed drive that is part of a mirrored array Due t
15. eate Disk Array 1 Use the arrow keys to navigate the main menu Use the up and down arrow keys to select the Create Array command and press lt Enter gt to call out the list of creation steps YIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver 0 94 Auto Setup For Data Securit Create a RAID array with Array Mode RAID 1 Mirroring the hard disks attached to Select Disk Drives VIA IDE controller Start Create Process F1 View Array disk Status t Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Sizel6B Status ChannelM Master Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 21 Hdd Channel Slave Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 2 Held Channell Master Maxtor 340985H4 ATA 133 37 2 Hdd Channell Slave Maxtor 34098H4 ATA 133 37 2 Hdd Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 5 BIOS Configuration Utility 2 Select Array Mode and press lt Enter gt a list of array modes will appear Highlight the target array mode that you want to create and press lt Enter gt to confirm the selection If RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 is selected an option list will popup and enable the users to select Create only or Create and duplicate Create only will allow BIOS to only create an array The data on the mirroring drive may be different from the source drive Create and duplicate lets BIOS copy the data from the source to the mirroring drive YIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver 0 94 RAID for performance RAID 1 for data protection RAID 6 1 RAID SPAN for capacity Cha
16. em does not boot from the disk array Highlight the Select Boot Array item press lt Enter gt and the channel column will be activated Then highlight the target disk array and press lt Enter gt If user selects a disk array that has a boot mark and press lt Enter gt its boot setting will be canceled VIA Tech Create Array Delete Array Create Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View F F F F RAID BIOS Ver 0 94 Channel Drive Name Channel Master Haxtor IChannel Slave Maxtor Channell Haster Maxtor IChannell Slave Maxtor Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 34 098H4 34 098H4 34095H4 34098H4 10 Set Clear bootable array F1 1 1 Enter ESL Array Name ARRAY G ARRAY 1 ARRAY ARRAY 1 View Array disk Status Hove to next item Confirm the selection Exit Hode Size GB Status ATA 133 37 27 Boot ATA 133 37 2 Source ATA 133 37 2 Boot ATA 133 37 27 Mirror BIOS Configuration Utility View Serial Number of Hard Drive Highlight Serial Number View and press lt Enter gt Use arrow key to select a drive the selected drive s serial number can be viewed in the last column The serial number is assigned by the disk drive manufacturer View Array Status Press the F1 key to show the array status on the lower screen If there are no disk arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen VIA Tech Delete Array Create Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial
17. etect if any member disk drives of RAID has failed or is absent If BIOS detects any disk drive failures or missing disk drives the status of the array will be marked as broken If BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 array but there is a spare hard drive available for rebuilding the broken array the spare hard drive will automatically become the mirroring drive BIOS will show a main interface just like a duplicated RAID 1 Selecting Continue to boot enables the user to duplicate the array after booting into operating system If BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 array but there is no spare hard drive available for rebuilding the array BIOS will provide several operations to solve such problem Broken RAID E Status Power off and check the failed drive A disk member of a mirroring Destroy the Mirroring Relationship array has failed or is not Choose replacement drive and rebuild responding The array is Continue to boot stilling functional but fault tolerance 1s disabled Remaining members of the failed array Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode SizelGB Status Channel Device ICS5SL046AYVAG 7 6 Array ATA 100 38 34 Broken Note 1 Press lt ESC gt to Exit After Execute Press lt TAB gt immediately can into Utility Window Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 13 BIOS Configuration Utility 1 Power off and Check the Failed Drive This item turns off the computer and replaces the failed hard drive with a good one If your computer does not support A
18. i 30 Check AM DIK Sii ii aos 31 View Event LOS sn ida 32 V rity Mirror O A eee AE EE AEE Nee E Eaa AE Aae a aS AEE r E aE AES EAA AA 34 Synchronize Mirror DIS ci 36 Disk Error Detectoare iisa a e E E E 38 Duplicate Critical ADDL Array lt a tees 39 Rebuild Broken RAID LATTAy a stensesuireesetycecesotabta a EVAN E 40 LeOn VIEW RS screenees 43 Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 1 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION This section gives a brief introduction on the RAID related background knowledge and a brief introduction on VIA SATA RAID Host Controller For users wishing to install their VIA SATA RAID driver and RAID software proceed to Driver and RAID Software Installation section RAID Basics RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a method of combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance Fault tolerance is achieved through data redundant operation where if one drives fails a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive This can prevent data loss if the operating system fails or hangs The individual disk drives in an array are called members The configuration information of each member is recorded in the reserved sector that identifies the drive as a member All disk members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical drive to the operating system Hard disk drives can be combined together through a few
19. ieks Source 00 10 31 18 02 35 Mirror Array created Array dizka Source 2002 10 31 18 02 28 Array O AAIDO 1 Array removed 2002 10 31 18 00 52 AAIDO 1 Array created Array disks so 00 10 31 18 00 46 Array DlMirror Aray removed 2002 10 31 18 00 42 Array 1 Mirror Array removed 2002 10 31 17 59 11 Mirror Array created Aray disks Source 0022 10 31 17 59 02 Mirror Array created Array disk Source z Ss Se SOT A more d fe 1 I mM gt Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 32 RAID Software 2 To view the details of a log item you can double click on the log item select the log 1tem and press lt Enter gt or select the log item and click on Operation gt View Detail in the menu bar The following dialog will appear RAID Event Details Type lnformatior Time 00 10 51 18 02 40 J Event Description Mirror Array created Array disks Source IC35L0404YERO7 05PT1 R96944 Mirror ICSSLO404VV 407 0 Y NCE2048 290 MOA Click on 4 or fT to browse the next or previous log item 3 To clear all log items click on Operation gt Clear All in the menu bar Note Only the operations in the RAID software can be recorded into the log file The operations in BIOS will not be recorded Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 33 RAID Software Verify Mirror Disk The data on the mirror disk must be the same with its corresponding source disk to provide fault tolerance for RAID 1 1 Select a RAID 1 array Right clic
20. ion is completed click Finish to restart the system VIA RAID Driver Setup Wizard 0 94 2002 09 30 InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed 16 RAID Driver Setup Wizard Before you can use the program you must restart your computer No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their dives and then click Finish to complete setup Back Cancel Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 16 Driver and RAID Software Installation Verify Installation After the driver installation is completed and the system has restarted 1 Right click on My Computer and select Properties from the popup menu 2 From the popup window click on Hardware and then click on Device Manager 3 Expand the SCSI and RAID controllers tree as shown below If the VIA IDE RAID Host Controller does not exist or there is a or marking on the device icon it means the driver has not been installed correctly and needs to be reinstalled E Device Ma inager Eie Action View Help 7 og 2 a Re El En Computer See Disk drives a Display adapters 9 Floppy disk controllers A Floppy disk drives IDE ATAJATAPI controllers ss Keyboards 19 Mice and other pointing devices Monitors 4 Ports COM amp LPT de Processors de SCSI and RAID controllers ie Gal 114 IDE RAID Host Controller Sound video and game controllers a System devices Universal Serial Bus control
21. k the selected RAID then a shortcut menu will be shown Click on Verify Mirror to verify whether the source and mirror are identical VIA RAID Tool Operation View Help E PPP Remove Array ai RAID 1 Mirroring Add Remove Spare i 39 266 MB 80 418 239 sectors A Verify Mirror Normal Synchronize Mirror E are 1 source disk IC35LO4DAWERO a mirror disk IC35L0404 4 407 Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 34 RAID Software 2 After executing the verify mirror command a dialog box will show the verifying process This action can paused or canceled at any time It may take a long time to verify the source and mirror disk if the capacity of the RAID 1s large Verify Mirror Disk Source disk location Controller 0 Channel 0 Master Mirror disk location Controller 0 Channel 1 Master Real capacity 39 266 MB 80 418 39 sectors 42 vented 34 minutes lett Cancel 3 When mirror disk is not identical with the corresponding source disk the mirror disk will be marked with a need sync flag E er E afl E The icon used to indicate this status is A need sync mirror disk should be synchronized as soon as possible Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 35 RAID Software Synchronize Mirror Disk RAID 1 arrays must be synchronized when the data on the mirror disk is not identical with its corresponding source disk Sometimes the data on the mirror disk may be newer than the data o
22. lers E i A E Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 17 Driver and RAID Software Installation RAID SOFTWARE Installation The RAID software 1s installed simultaneously with driver installation VIA RAID Driver Setup Wizard 0 94 2002 09 30 Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs RAID Tool is an utility to help having convient setting of the RAID configuration Options Enable System will lauch it at start Disable fou could start it from Start Menu Programe 4 VIA RAIDA RAID Tool Cancel Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 18 RAID Software Getting Start After installing the GUI software it will be automatically started every time Windows is initiated An icon will appear in the system tray of the tool bar to indicate that GUI software is currently running 15 PM Double click on the system tray icon to launch the main interface of the utility VIA RAID Tool Bele Operation wiew Help EERE ICSSLO404VERO7 0 SXPTHINSOLS ICSSLO404VERO7 0 SXPTHRI6944 ICSSLO40AVVAO7 0 YNC202429075 ICSSLO4OANVA07 0 VNCZOZAZ90RM For Help press Fl Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 Physical position Array postion Device status General contig Serial number Firmware revision Model name Cylinder number Header number Sector number per track Capacity Supported PIO mode Supported Multiword DMA Supported Ultra D
23. log box will pop up If the source or mirror disk drive is unplugged only click Cancel to stop the rebuilding process and shut down the system Plug in the absent disk drive and then reboot system If the original disk drive is broken plug in a new disk drive and then reboot the system Click Next to proceed to the next step Repair Mirror Array step 1 ale There are two methods to repair this broken Mirror Array 1 gt If Source or Mirror disk ts missing shut down the computer plug it back then reboot Use a free disk exist in curent system to fis the broken array To use a free disk to repair the broken array method 2 click West else click Cancel Cancel Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 40 RAID Software 3 Select a disk drive from Available Disks and click on gt to replace the broken drive and then click Next Repair Mirror Array step 2 Select a tree disk from following Available Disks list to repair the broker Mirror Array Available Disks Array Disks ICS5LO404VERO O Source Disk ICS5LO408NVA0F 0 5 ICS5LO408VERO7 0 Physical Location Controller O Channel 0 Slave Capacity 39 266 MB 80 41 8 240 sectors Repair Mirror Array step 2 Select a free disk from following Available Disks list to repair the broken Mirror Array Available Disks Array Disks IFES5LO40AVVATF O source Disk 5 ICS5LO408VERO7 0 Mirror Disk e IC3SL040AWEROF D Physical Location Controller
24. n the source disk For example the source disk is absent and the mirror disk runs in the tolerance mode So the exact meaning of Synchronize Mirror is to make a pair of source and mirror disks contain identical data The RAID software always marks the mirror disk with a need sync icon Cal despite the fact that the mirror disk may have the correct data 1 Select a RAID 1 array right click the selected RAID and a shortcut menu will be shown Click on Synchronize Mirror to synchronize the source and mirror disks VIA RAID Tool Operation View Help Array Features Content Remove Array tray type RAID 1 Mirroring Add Remove Spare apacity 39 266 MB 60 418 239 sectors E SI isk number z A PM Ms i m Synchronize Mirror y Array 1 RAID 1 source disk ICS5LO40 4VERO Verify Mirror rray status Normal mirror disk ICOSSLO404V A07 Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 36 RAID Software 2 After synchronization has started a dialog box will show the process This action can be paused or canceled at any time Synchronize Mirror Disk Source disk location Controller 0 Channel 0 Master Mirror disk location Controller 0 Channel 1 Master Real capacity 39 256 MB 60 418 259 sectors Data copy direction Source to Mirror 24 synchronized 24 minutes left Cancel 3 An informing message will appear when the synchronization 1s finished MM Mirror Disk Synchro
25. nization Result Following Source Mirror disk pair is successfully synchronized J Source T_S5LO404VvEROY 0 5 PT1455019 Mirror IC3SLO40AY A07 0 YM z090 Sho Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 37 RAID Software Disk Error Detection The RAID software will pop up an error message 1f a disk drive fails or missing MM Disk Error Disk Failed Disk location lt controller O channel 1 Master gt Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 38 RAID Software Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array When booting up the system the RAID utility will detect if there are any inconsistencies between the source and mirror disk drives of the RAID 1 array If the software detects that a RAID 1 array has any inconsistencies the status of the disk array will be marked as critical and the software will prompt the user to duplicate RAID 1 as to make the mirror disk consistent with the corresponding source disk MM Array Need Sync to be synchronized A Array 0 Some Source Mirror disk pairis need Synchronize now Y You can click Yes to synchronize now or click No to synchronize later Synchronize Mirror Disk Source disk location Controller 0 Channel 0 Master Mirror disk location Controller 0 Channel 1 Master Real capacity 39 266 MB 60 418 259 sectors Data copy director Source to Mirror 19 synchronized 6 minutes left After synchronization has started a dialog box will show the process and this action can be paused or
26. nnel Drive Name Channel Master Maxtor 34098H4 Channel Slave Maxtor 34098H4 Channell Master Maxtor 34098H4 Channell Slave Maxtor 34098H4 Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 View Array disk Status T Move to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Array Name Mode SizelGB Status ATA 133 37 2 Hdd ATA 133 37 27 Hdd ATA 133 37 2 Hdd ATA 133 37 2 Hdd 3 After array mode is selected there are two methods to create a disk array One method is Auto Setup and the other one is Select Disk Drives Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the disk drives and create arrays automatically but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even if the user selected Create and duplicate for RAID 1 It is recommended all disk drives are new ones when wanting to create an array Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array drives by their requirements When using Select Disk Drives the channel column will be activated Highlight the target drives that you want to use and press lt Enter gt to select them After all drives have been selected press lt Esc gt to go back to the creation steps menu YIA Tech RAID BIOS Ver 0 94 Huto Setup For Performance Array Mode RAID Striping Select Disk Drives Block Size 64K Start Create Process A A A Channel Drive Name Channel Master Maxtor 34098H4 Channel Slave Maxtor 340985H4 x Channell Haster Maxtor 34098H4 MiCh
27. o the fault tolerance if any RAID 1 drive fails data access will not be affected as long as there are other working drives in the array Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 1 Introduction JBOD Spanning A spanning disk array is equal to the sum of the all drives when the drives used are having different capacities Spanning stores data onto a drive until it is full then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array When any disk member fails the failure affects the entire array JBOD is not really a RAID and does not support fault tolerance Key Features The VIA SATA RAID solution uses the VT6420 chip as a RAID controller which is a 2 channel SATA and 1 channel ATA133 solution The RAID software is a Windows based software utility with graphical user interface that provides an easy operating tool to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to the VT6420 controller Listed below are the main features and benefits of VIA SATA RAID Support two SATA two PATA or four SATA hard disk drives Only SATA supports RAID Supports ATA 133 high performance hard disk drive Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB 48 bits LBA Dual independent ATA channels and maximum connection of four hard disk drives allowed Supports Ultra DMA mode 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 DMA mode 2 1 0 and PIO mode 4 3 2 1 0 Supports PCI Plug and Play PCI interrupt sharing and coexists with mainboard IDE controller Supports IDE bus master operation Sup
28. ports RAID 0 1 and JBOD 10 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support 11 Bootable disk or disk array support 12 Windows based RAID configure and management software tool Compatible with BIOS 13 Real time monitoring of device status and error alarm with popup message box and beeping 14 Supports hot swap failed disk drive in RAID 1 array 15 Mirroring automatic background rebuilds support 16 ATA SMART function support 17 Microsoft Windows 98 Me NT4 0 2000 XP operating systems support 18 Event log for easy troubleshooting 19 On line help for easy operation for RAID software ee A ae Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 2 Introduction INSTALLING THE HARD DRIVES The VT6420 SATA controller provides the following two configurations 1 Two SATA Two PATA Configuration VT6420 supports two Master SATA hard disk drives and one Master one Slave PATA hard disk drives Only SATA hard disk drive supports RAID so it supports RAID 0 RAID 1 and JBOD PATA Hard disk drives must be Ultra ATA 133 Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 33 and or ATA 3 compatible to operate with the VT6420 SATA RAID controller 2 Four SATA Configuration Supports RAID 0 RAID 1 and JBOD For maximized performance installing all identical SATA drives of the same model and capacity is recommended Striping RAID 0 and JBOD both use two up to four new drives while mirroring RAID 1 uses two new drives Please connect SATA ha
29. ray creation Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 7 BIOS Configuration Utility Delete Disk Array A RAID can be deleted after it has been created To delete a RAID use the following steps 1 Select Delete Array in the main menu and press lt Enter gt The channel column will be activated 2 Select the member of an array that is to be deleted and press lt Enter gt A warning message will show up press Y to delete or press N to cancel VIA Tech Create Array Delete Array Create Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View A A The selected array will be destoried RAID BIOS Ver 0 94 Are you sure Continue Press YZH Channel diChannel Master x Channel Slave Channell Haster x Channell Slave Maxtor Maxtor Maxtor Maxtor Drive Name 34 098H4 34098H4 34095H4 34098H4 Array Name Hode ARRAY 0 ARRAY 0 ARRAY ARRAY 6 Delete a RAID array contain the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 View Array disk Status T Hove to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit SizelGB Status ATA 133 37 27 stripel ATA 133 37 27 Stripe ATA 133 37 27 stripel ATA 133 37 2 stripes Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 arrays When a RAID is deleted the data on these two hard disk drives will be reserved and become two normal disk drives Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 BIOS Configuration Utility Create and Delete Spare Hard Dri
30. rays of Inexpenstrre Disks There are various RAID disk array types such as RAID 0 striping RAID 1 QMfrroring RAID C 13trping and Mirroring etc Compared with single disk some types of RATD array can enhance fault tolerant ability ike KAID 1 some types of RAID can raise disk FO speed like RAID 0 and some of them can achieve both ike ESTO O 17 VIA RAID Tool implements main FAD finctions in conjunction with the hardware hence it s very easy for you to achieve RAID funcions using VIA RAID Tool Gettme started with FIA RAID Toal Usine FIA RAID Tool Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 21 RAID Software View Controller and Device Status Click on button to determine the viewing type of left windowpane There are two viewing types By controllers and by sevice Click on the object in the left windowpane to display the status of the object in the right windowpane Controller Features i RAID controller Manufactory 14 Technologies 2 Channel 0 Supported PIC mode mode 0 1 2 3 4 gt Supported Multiword DMA mode 0 1 2 Besse 8 Master IC35SLO404 WE Supported Ultra DMA mode 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 a E Pa Channel number 2 sG Slave IC35LO40AVER an id Pa dd Channel 1 im E Master ICS5LO4044 3 Ll slave IC35LO4OAWVA For Help press Fl Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 22 RAID Software Create Disk Array span E 1 Depending on users preferences there are three buttons used to create a disk array ean l
31. rd disk drivers according to the following table Number of Drives SATA Channel 0 SATA Channel 1 Master amp Slave Master amp Slave Master amp Slave Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 3 Installing The Hard Drives BIOS CONFIGURATION UTILITY Enter BIOS Configuration Utility When the system powers on the following information will appear on screen Press the Tab key to enter BIOS configuration utility VIA Technologies Inc VIA YT6428 RAID BIOS Setting Utility V 94 Copyright C VIA Technologies Inc All Right reserved Press lt lab gt key into User Window Scan Devices Please wait Channel O Master Maxtor 34M98H4 Channel A Slave Maxtor 34098H4 Channel 1 Master Maxtor 34898H4 Channel 1 Slave Maxtor 34098H4 The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below al A Tech RAID BIOS Yer 0 94 Delete Array Create Delete Spa Select Boot Array Serial Number Yie Channel Channel Master Channel Slave Channell Master Channell Slave Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 re y Drive Name Maxtor 34098H4 Maxtor 34098H4 Maxtor 34098H4 Maxtor 34098H4 Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA IDE controller F1 View Array disk Status T Move to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Array Name Mode Size GB Status ATA 133 37 2 ATA 133 37 27 ATA 133 37 27 ATA 133 37 27 Hdd Held Held Hdd BIOS Configuration Utility Cr
32. ve Ifa RAID 1 array is created and there are drives that do not belong to other arrays the one that has a capacity which is equal to or greater than the array capacity can be selected as a spare drive for the RAID 1 array Select Create Delete Spare and press lt Enter gt the channel column will then be activated Select the drive that you want to use as a spare drive and press lt Enter gt the selected drive will be marked as Spare The spare drive cannot be accessed in an OS To delete a spare drive highlight Create Delete Spare and press lt Enter gt The spare drive will be highlighted press lt Enter gt to delete the spare drive VIA Tech Create Array RAID BIOS Ver 0 94 Delete Arra Create Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View Channel Drive Name Channel Master Maxtor Channel Slave Maxtor Channell Master Maxtor Channell Slave Maxtor Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 340958H4 34098H4 34095H4 34095H4 Create Delete a spare disk in a mirror array F1 View Array disk Status T Move to next item Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Array Name Mode Size GB Status ARRAY ATA 133 37 2 Source ARRAY ATA 133 37 27 Spare ARRAY ATA 133 37 2 Mirror ATA 133 37 27 Hdd BIOS Configuration Utility Select Boot Array User can select a disk array as boot device if user wants to boot operating system from an array Boot disk array cannot be selected if the operating syst
33. window will pop up to show the status of each disk See picture below Disk Status Status of disks Disk Location Disk Mame Channel Master ICS5LO404VER07 0 5 Function normal Channel O Slave ICS5LO40AVERO7 05 Function normal Channel 1 Master IC35LO4DAWVAD7F 0 W Function normal 8 Channel 1 Slave I CS5BLOdOS ao OZ Function normal The hard disk drive must be compatible with the ATA ATAPI 5 specification and support SMART commands or the disk checking will fail Revision 1 01 May 19 2003 31 RAID Software View Event Log The RAID software records important events into a log file such as disk array creation disk array removal disk failure synchronization etc 1 Click on EI to display the event log There are three types of log items Information G Warning iM and Error Pa l RAID Event Log Operation Type i Information 2002 11 01 14 47 35 gt 23 End Syne MSource A IA 2002 11 01 14 17 27 Begin Sync Source IC35L04081 2007 11 01 14 07 32 I disk Failed disk ICS5LO404AVY AL 2002 11 01 11 56 14 3020 Sune Aborted Source 2350404 2002 11 01 11 46 06 4 Begin Sync Source ICSSLU404 1 2002 11 01 11 30 58 ooo er Aborted Source IC35L040 2002 11 07 11 27 27 4 Begin Verte Source ICS5LO0404y 2002 10 31 19 13 48 Array O Mirror Array removed 2002 10 31 19 13 43 Array O Mirror Array removed 2002 10 31 18 02 40 Mirror Array created array d
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