Siig eSATA II ExpressCard RAID
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1. RAID Features When this feature is selected and the user selects to create RAID group if the RAID group to be created is fault tolerant group RAID1 the user will be able to select Improper Shutdown Policy in the Create RAID Group dialog box The Advanced RAID Features are not supported for Legacy RAID groups Resources Info Support When this feature is selected Resources menu item willbe available under the Window menu This feature is for debugging purpose only Device MenuCommands Create Spare and Delete Spare This command displays a dialog box to let the user create or delete a spare drive This feature is not used with the SATA II PCIe RAID Delete Member This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose RAID groups members to delete Since RAID 0 is not fault tolerant RAID 0 members will not be shown in the list Delete Orphan An orphan device segment is part of a RAID group that cannot access another device segment within the same RAID group When a member of a RAID group fails such as a loss of power or a complete hard disk failure it becomes an orphan This command displays the Delete Orphan Segment window to show all orphan segments and allows the user to delete selected orphan segments Device Summary This command displays the Segment Summary window to show all physical devices segments RAID Group Menu Commands Create RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user create a2. RAID group the user needs to specify the following parameters RAID Group Label Provides a name for the RAID group RAID Group Selecta group ID from the available ID list Configuration Striped for RAID 0 Mirrored for RAID 1 Capacity Select froma list of RAID group sizes Selecting MAX will create the largest RAID set possible with the drives selected Chunk Size Select one size from the available list This setting is for RAID 0 Stripe set only Rebuild Priority Select from the available list RAID 0 and virtual disk do not require this 10 is the highest level of rebuild priority which means that rebuild times will be faster but will take more CPU resources to rebuild Devices Select RAID member devices from the available device segment list Rebuild RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non fault tolerant RAID group Delete RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose RAID groups to delete RAID Group Summary This command displays a dialog box to show all RAID groups group ID configuration and status The RAID Group Summary window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose up to 3 items to sort RAID group items in the RAID Group Summary window Fields This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose wh
3. compatibility of our products as well as one of the lowest defective return rates in the industry SIIG products can be found incomputer retail stores mail order catalogs and e commerce sites in the Americas and the UK as wellas through major distributors system integrators and VARs PRODUCT NAME eSATA II ExpressCard RAID FCC RULES TESTED TO COMPLY WITH FCC PART 15 CLASS B OPERATING ENVIRONMENT FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCT COMPLIANCE SUG Inc 6078 Stewart Ave Fremont CA 94538 3152 eSATA N ExpressCard RAID isa trademark of SHG Inc SIG and SUG logo are registered trademarks of SIIG Inc Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other names used in this publication are for identification only and may be trademarks of their respective companies January 2006 Copyright 2006 by SIIG Inc All rights reserved
4. to let the user choose legacy RAID groups to delete This item is disabled if no legacy RAID group exists Convert Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose legacy RAID groups to convert to new RAID groups of the same RAID type This item is disabled if no legacy RAID group exists Create Delete Convert Legacy Spare These commands display a dialog box to let the user configure a legacy spare These features are not used with the eSATA II ExpressCard RAID Blank Page Technical Support and Warranty QUESTIONS SIIG s Online Support has answers Simply visit our website at www siig com and click on Support Our online support database is updated daily with new drivers and solutions Answers to your questions could be just a few clicks away Youcanalso submit questions online and one of our technical support analysts will promptly respond A lifetime manufacturer warranty supplied with this product is offered by SHG Inc Please see SIG website for more warranty details If you should happen to encounter any problems with this product please follow the procedures below If it is within the store s return policy period please return the product to the store where you purchased from If your purchase has passed the store s return policy period please follow these steps to have the product repaired or replaced Step 1 Submit your RMA request Go to wwwssiig com click Support then R
5. MA to submit a request to SIG RMA If the product is determined to be defective an RMA number will be issued SIIG RMA department can also be reached at 510 413 5333 Step 2 After obtaining an RMA number ship the product Properly pack the product for shipping All software cable s and any other accessories that came with the original package must be included e Clearly write your RMA number on the top of the returned package SIG will refuse to accept any shipping package and will not be responsible for a product returned without an RMA number posted on the outside of the shipping carton e Youare responsible for the cost of shipping the product to SIIG at the following address SIIG Inc 6078 Stewart Avenue Fremont CA 94538 RMA e SIIG will ship the repaired or replaced product via Ground in the U S and International Economy outside of the U S at no cost to the customer Blank Page About SIIG Inc Founded in1985 SHG Inc isaleading computer upgrade manufacturer of I Oconnectivity products including PCI amp ISA serial and parallel ports USB Serial ATA amp UltraATA controllers FireWire 1394a b Networking Sound Cards and other accessories SIIG is the premier one stop source of upgrades SIIG products offer comprehensive user manuals many user friendly features and are backed by an extensive manufacturer warranty High quality control standards are evident by the overall ease of installation and
6. Quick Installation Guide P eSATA Il ExpressCard RAID Introducing the eSATA ExpressCard RAID The eSATA II Express Card RAID is an ultra high speed two channel Serial ATA Generation II RAID controller for use in ExpressCard enabled systems Features and Benefits e Adds two eSATA external Serial ATA ports e Supports RAID 0 stripe and RAID 1 mirror e Supports data transfer speeds up to 3 0Gbps SOOMBps e Compliant with ExpressCard standards Compliant with Serial ATA 2 5 specification with support for a complement of SATA II optional features e Supports Native Command Queuing NCQ Non zero offsets NCQ and Out of order data delivery NCQ Independent command fetch scatter gather and command execution e Supports hard disk hot plugging System Requirements e ExpressCard enabled system with an available ExpressCard slot Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 04 0418A 1 Package Contents e eSATA II ExpressCard RAID e Driver CD e This quick installation guide Layout ExpressCard Connector Activity LED SATA II Connectors Figure 1 eSATA II ExpressCard RAID Hardware Installation General instructions for installing the card are provided below Since the design of systems may vary refer to your system s reference manual for further information if needed Insert the Card into the ExpressCard slot of your system Makesureitisinserted all the way in for a solid connection External Devic
7. age 2 Select Device Manager 3 Double click SCSI and RAID controllers then double click Silicon Image Sil 3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller to display driver properties A message This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box the driver has been correctly installed SATARaid5 GUI The SATARaid5 GUI provides the user an easy way to configure and monitor your RAID set Installing SATARaid5 GUI 1 Place the driver CD into the CD ROM drive 2 At the Windows desktop click Start then Run 3 Type D Setup exe then click OK Change D to match your CD ROM drive letter 4 Click Next then click Next again 5 At the Select Components box uncheck RAID5 Driver then click Next 6 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation SATARaid5 GUI Overview The installation program configures the SATARaid5 GUI to automatically start when Windows is started If the GUI does not automatically start or is closed by the user choose the SATARaid5 program from the start menu to launch the program Upon launching the GUI the main window should appear similar to the following S SATARAID5 Array Manager File Device RAID Group Window Help Controller 0 Sil3132r5 amp Channel0 Channeli E Legacy RG 0 0 0 GB Available 0 0 GB Available v v Controller Si Link Status Up RAID Groups Device Configuration window window RAID Groups window This window identifies SATA host ada
8. default driver letter then click Next At the Format Partition window select File System Allocation Unit Size and Volume label then click Next It is recommended to accept the default values Note Due to a limitation in Windows Disk Management utility the partition size for the FAT32 file system is limited to 30GB or less Click Finish to begin the format Do not turn off the computer while formating Depending on the size of your RAID Array formatting could take up to 2 hours or more to complete SATARAID 5 Configuration Menu SATARAID5 configuration menu includes customization of the settings for Log File Popup and Advanced Options By clicking on File then Configuration the user may customize the settings for Log File Popup and Advanced Options tabs Configuration Screen Popup Advanced Options Log File Information The log file is used to preserve events received from the RAID driver Contents of the log file can be viewed via the Event Log option of the Window menu The log file generation can be controlled via the radio buttons in the Log File Generation section of this screen The file name and location can be set in the Log File Specification section ofthis screen Contents ofthe log file can be purged into another file or permanently deleted via the Purge button in the Log File Specification section of this screen Log File Generation Disabled Enabled Log File Spec
9. e Connection External Serial ATA hard disk drives should come with their own accessories In most cases you just need to power up the external device and connect them to the external ports Software Installation This section provides information on how to install the eSATA II ExpressCard RAID drivers Windows 2000 1 Install the ExpressCard then boot up Windows 2 At Found New Hardware Wizard click Next 3 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended then click Next 4 InsertthedriverCD check CD ROM drives uncheck the other boxes click Next then click Next again 5 Click Finish 6 Repeat steps 2 5 7 Restart Windows to complete the installation When Windows resumes go to SATARaid5 GUI on page 4 and install the RAID utility Windows XP Server 2003 1 va o gi Install the ExpressCard then boot up Windows At the Found New Hardware Wizard XP w SP1 or earlier Server 2003 continue to step 2 XP w SP2 or later Server 2003 w SP1 or later select No not at this time then click Next Insert the driver CD select Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next Accept the default entry then click Next Click Finish Repeat steps 2 5 Restart Windows to complete the installation When Windows resumes go to SATARaid5 GUI on page 4 and install the RAID utility 3 To Verify Windows 2000 XP 2003 Installation 1 Right click My Computer and click Man
10. e default of 8 is used in most cases In Path ID select both hard disk drives then click Create Click Close then restart Windows When Windows resumes go to Disk Management on page 8 to format the RAID Array RAID 1 Mirror 1 6 Double click the the SATARAID5 icon on the desktop to display the SATARAID5 Array Manager Before proceeding confirm that both hard drives display as Available In the menu bar click RAID Group click Create RAID Group then click Yes In Configuration box select Mirrored In Capacity box select the desired mirror size Select MAX for the maximum capacity In Path ID select both hard disk drives then click Create Click Close then restart Windows When Windows resumes go to Disk Management on page 8 to format the RAID Array Formating will erase all exixting data from the hard drive JBOD Concatenated JBOD will add the full capacity of each hard drive to make one single drive In this configuration data is not saved on the second drive until the first drive is full 1 A Double click the the SATARAID5 icon on the desktop to display the SATARAID5 Array Manager Before proceeding confirm that both hard drives display as Available In the menu bar click RAID Group click Create RAID Group then click Yes In Configuration box select Concatenated Select each hard drive then click Next Enter the capacity of each hard drive then click Create 6 Click Close then
11. ich fields will be shown in the RAID Group Summary window Window Menu Commands Task Manager This command displays the Task Manager window The Task Manager window list all RAID and disk management tasks that have been started and or done This window provides the user with the ability to schedule any RAID and disk management operations including RAID group creation rebuild and test The Task Manager window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below Open Save and Print These options will be available in future revisions Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose up to 3 items to sort task items in the task list Fields This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose which fields will be shown in the task list Modify This command allows the user to modify parameters of the selected task items Suspend This command allows the user to suspend the selected task items 14 Resume This command allows the user to resume the suspended task items Cancel This command allows the user to cancel the selected task items Delete This command displays a dialog box to let the user delete the selected task items Event Log This command displays the Event Log window The Event Log window displays SATA device related events that occur while SATARAID5 GUIis running The Event Log window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown be
12. ification cama Log File The log file is used to store event information received from all the RAID drivers The log file can be viewed with any text viewer such as Notepad or with the Event Log window of SATARAID5 GUI Use the Log File tab to enable disable the log file set where the log file should be stored and the name of the file as well 10 Popup The popup window is a visual notification that an event has occurred The popup window can be disabled or set to popup for only certain event levels The different levels are Informational The popup window will be displayed for the following events Informational Warnings Errors Warning The popup window will be displayed for the following events Warnings Errors Errors The popup window will be displayed for the following events Errors Disabled No popup will occur Advanced Options The advanced options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID driver By default all advanced options are disabled Legacy Bootable Support When this feature is selected Legacy Support menu will be available in the menu bar The Legacy Support menu includes a list of menu items to support RAID functions for legacy RAID groups Delete Member Support When this feature is selected Delete Member menu item will be available under the Device menu The Delete Member menu item allows the user to delete a member from RAID 1 group Advanced
13. low Sorting This command displays a dialog box to the the user choose up to 3 items to sort event items in the event log Fields This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose which fields will be shown in the event log Resources This command displays the Resources Information window This feature is for debugging purpose only Legacy Support Menu Commands Legacy bootable RAID Groups are not supported by the eSATA II ExpressCard RAID This is presented for informational purposes only Create Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let the user create legacy bootable RAID groups This item is disabled if new RAID groups exist The parameters are discussed below RAID Group Selects a group ID from the available list Configuration Striped for RAID 0 Mirrored for RAID 1 Capacity Select from a list of RAID group sizes Chunk Size Select one value from the available list Rebuild Priority Select from the available list RAID 0 and virtual disk do not require this 10 is the highest level of rebuild priority which means that rebuild times will be faster but will take more CPU resources to rebuild Devices Select RAID member devices from the available device segment list Rebuild Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non fault tolerant legacy RAID group Delete Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box
14. pters and configured RAID groups Selecting each RAID group in the RAID Groups window members consisting of the RAID group will be highlighted in the Device Configuration window Right clicking on each node in the RAID Groups window a popup menu will be displayed to let the user select an action to be performed for the selected controller or RAID group Device Configuration window This window identifies all physical drives and their partitions A physical drive can be partitioned into several portions and each portion can be a RAID group member Creating RAID Array The SATA II ExpressCard RAID is a two channel Serial ATA controller that supports two Serial ATA hard disk drives It is recommended to use identical hard drives for allRAID configurations however it s possible to combine hard drives of different sizes and makes This section will guide you in setting up a RAID Array RAID 0 Striping Striping will erase any existing data on the hard drive Make sure you back up your data before striping T 7 Double click the the SATARAID5 icon on the desktop to display the SATARAID5 Array Manager Before proceeding confirm that both hard drives display as Available In the menu bar click RAID Group click Create RAID Group then click Yes In Configuration box select Striped In Capacity box select the desired stripe size Select MAX for the maximum capacity Select Chunk size as determined by your application Th
15. restart Windows When Windows resumes go to Disk Management on page 8 to format the RAID Array Formating will erase all exixting data from the hard drive Single Drive Setup non RAID The eSATA II ExpressCard RAID has the flexibility to workin RAID or non RAID mode Please use these steps if RAID is not needed 1 Double click the the SATARAIDS5 icon on the desktop to display the SATARAID5 Array Manager Before proceeding confirm that the hard drive s display as Available 2 In the menu bar click RAID Group click Create RAID Group then click Yes 3 In Configuration box select Contiguous 4 Select a hard drive then click Next 5 Enter the capacity of the hard drive then click Create 6 Click Close then restart Windows When Windows resumes go to Disk Management to format the hard drive Formating will erase all exixting data from the hard drive Disk Management With Windows Disk Management utility you can easily create delete and format partitions while in Windows 1 Right click My Computer click Manage then click Disk Management 2 Right click the box marked Unknown Disk then click Initialize Disk ee oe ee g 10 Select the disk then click OK Right click Unallocated then click New Partition At the New Partition Wizard click Next Select a partition type then click Next Select Partition Size then click Next The default is the maximum capacity of the RAID Array Accept the
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