VIA RAID Installation Guide
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1. 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 6 This RAID is marked as a critical RAID The RAID software will do the Duplicating Critical RAID 1 process 17 2 2 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista Vista 64 bit Users will appear in the system After GUI software is installed it will automatically start every time when your Windows OS is started An icon tray of the tool bar to indicate that GUI software is currently running Ja 16 26 Just double click on the small icon to call out the main interface of the software E TIA F RAID Tool Talp E Im f m A 2 on EA MA WRAD gt Ee F STROSS KONDAN 11 MA PEA lI IA EDT ELI a T Ars HOORORU Son Cr AA xh Cesare Aura ad Viernes fey Ahi Firre bira rh i i reck All fucks a f Ve E vri Log E 144 WAI Help y ag Foscari Sage ish Show Hide application s main window 2 2 1 Create Disk Array a To create a RAID disk array you can click on Create Array vo in the Operation block If the number of available free disks is enough for a RAID mode you can finish your creation When free disks disks not in any disk array are selected to create a disk array original data on these disks maybe lost so be sure these data will never be needed or conduct necessary back ups2. You are allowed to select RAID 1 Mirror RAID 0 Stripe Span JBOD RAID 5 or RAID 0 1 Here we take RAID 1 Mirror for example For other types of RAID disk array the operation procedures are similar Please refer to below steps for details of creating a RAID disk array A Select RAID Mode 18 _ Miia Create Array VIA V RAID bd d 3 PA A diem denn didi 4 AI J amp hee B RAID Mode 4 PAID Tino og RAIDO Stripe td SPAN JBOD 49 RAIDS RAIDO 1 1 ros Cancel Help Select one type by clicking corresponding item and click Next B Select Controller and Creating Method MA Create Mirror VIA V RAID E Aros cuca mar Select a controller to create array AS soon as you select one controller the disks you will select for this array will be limited on this controller Besides you have to select the creation method in this step Selecting Auto the tool will select array disks for you and you don t need to do anything Selecting Custom tool will list all available disks in the available disks list and you have to select disks for the array manually You may adjust the selected disks manually in both cases C Select Array Disks 19 MA Create Mirror VIA V RAID Source List 5736001545 3KCO1DAV 22 Mirror List 57138081145 5PS050G8 a Spare List Capacity 20 000 MB 40 960 000 sectors Physical location Controller 0 Channel 2 M
3. lt Back Cancel Help 20 As soon as you Click the lt Next gt button the data on the hardware disk maybe destroyed permanently So please do confirm your data and backup the important data before clicking lt Next gt button G Successful Information VIA V RAID x EA Create Mirror Congratulations You have created a R ID1 Mirror array successfully Help This step informs you that you have create an array successfully 2 2 2 Remove Array a To remove a disk array you can click on Remove Array in the Operation block If there are arrays in current system you can finish your removing You can also remove an array by shifting top left block to device tree right clicking the upper most level array node and clicking Remove Array on the pop up shortcut menu Then follow the instructions on the screen to remove array 2 2 3 Add Remove Spare This function is specified for RAID1 Mirroring disk array A Spare disk is a special array disk that will be used to replace the Source or Mirror disk when one of them meets disk failure To Add a Spare disk to or Remove Spare from a RAID1 disk array you can click Add Remove Spare y Remove Spare wizard will guide you to finish this operation You can also shift the top left block of main application window to in the Operation block If there are RAID1 arrays in the current system the Add Array View Tree sele
4. 0 Channel 0 Master Mirror disk locetion Controller 0 Channel 1 Master Real capacity 39 266 MB 80 418 238 sectors Data copy direction Source to Mirror 5 synchronized 13 minutes left Cancel 3 A message will pop up when synchronization is finished Il Mirror Disk Synchronization Result a Following Source Mirror disk pair is successfully synchronized JJ Source IC35L040AVVAO7 0 VNC202A290RMDA Mirror IC35L040AVVNO7 0 YNP210B2TKS_LG 14 2 1 6 Disk Error Detection RAID will pop up an error message when the failure or absence of a disk drive is detected MM Disk Error Disk Failed Disk location controller O channel 1 Master gt 2 1 7 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 Array If during the system booting the software detects the inconsistence between the source and the mirror disks of RAID 1 the disk array will be marked as critical status and the software will automatically prompt user to duplicate the RAID 1 to make the mirror disk consist with the corresponding source disk again lil Array Need Sync TN Array 0 Some Source Mirror disk pair s need to be synchronized Synchronize now You may 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 80 418 239 sectors Data copy direction Source t
5. 2 0 Re Dall BOKEN DISK AMV A io 22 1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide You are allowed to configure RAID functions under BIOS environment 1 1 Introduction of RAID VIA VT8237S south bridge chipset integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 RAID 1 and JBOD functions with two independent SATA channels This section will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID RAID The term RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks which is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit For optimal performance please install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set RAID 0 Data Striping RAID 0 is called data striping that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel interleaved stacks It will improve data access and storage since it will double the data transfer rate of a single disk alone while the two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate WARNING Although RAID 0 function can improve the access performance it does not provide any fault tolerance Hot Plug any HDDs of the RAID O0 Disk will cause data damage or data loss RAID 1 Data Mirroring RAID 1 is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second drive It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system since the disk array management software will
6. array or press N to cancel VIA lech Viel SATA RALD BIOS Ver 2 01 Create Array Delete Array e Create Delete Spare e Select Boot Array Serial Number View The selected array will be destoried Are you sure Continue Press WAN Channel Drive Name serial Chi Master MaMa RE Ti CP FE l lSerial Chl Haster 103351 840 WHO S be reserved and become two normal disks 1 3 4 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 may not be selected if user does Delete a RAID array contain the hard disks attached ta VIA RAID controller F1 View Array disk Status T 4 Hove to next item Enter Confira the selection ESC Exit Array Name Hode Sizve GB Status ARRAY B SATA 38 34 Stripell ARRAY H SHIA 38 34 Stripel not boot the Operating System from the disk array Use the arrow key to highlight the Select Boot Disk item then press lt Enter gt The channel column will be activated Just use arrow key to highlight the target disk array then press lt Enter gt If you select a disk array that has a boot mark and press lt Enter gt then its boot setting will be canceled VIA lech V18237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2 01 Create Array Sel Clear bootable array Delete Array View Array disk Status Move to next item er Confira the selection Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Hode Size GB Status I LIlserial Chi Master s
7. disks before you set up your new RAID array 1 3 BIOS Configuration Utility 1 3 1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility After the system powers on the following information will appear on the screen Press Tab key to enter BIOS configuration utility VIA Technologies Inc VIR Serial ATA RAID BIOS Setting Utility v1 06 Copyright C VIA Technologies Inc All Right reserved Scan Devices Please wait Press lt Tab gt key into User Window Channel B8 Hester IDCSSLAabAvyVAe 7 H Channel 1 Master ICISLAE40AVVAG 8 The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below 1 3 2 Create Disk Array VIA lech V18237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2 01 Delete Array Cr te Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Humber View Channel Drive Name serial Cha Master IC35l B BHVVBO 7 8 Serial Chl Master IC3591L B amp 4UfVVviga 7 0 Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached ta VIA RAID controller F1 View Array disk Status T 4 Hove to next item M Enter Confirm the selection ESC Exit Array Hame Hode Size GR Status SATA 38 34 Hdd SATA 38 34 Held 1 Within the main interface use the up and down arrow key to highlight the Create Array command and press lt Enter gt to call out the list of creation steps 2 Highlight the Array Mode and press Enter then a list of array modes will appear Just highlight the target array mode that you want to create and press lt Enter gt to confirm the selecti
8. D Cee ARRAY d SATA 38 36 Boot I Serial Chl Haster IC3OLBA4OHVVRa 7 8 ARRAY B SATA 38 34 Boo 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide You are allowed to configure RAID functions under Windows environment The RAID Software is a Windows based software utility with graphical user interface and provides user an easy operation tool to configure and manage disk drives or disk arrays connected to VT8237S SATA controller Please read this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to configure and manage RAID functions For Windows 2000 XP XP 64 bit and Windows Vista Vista 64 bit there are different installation procedures Please follow the instructions below according to the OS you install 2 1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000 XP XP 64 bit Users After GUI software is installed it will automatically start every time when your Windows OS is started An icon will appear in the system tray of the tool bar to indicate that GUI software is currently running Just double click on the small icon to call out the main interface of the software vIA RAID Tool Operation View Help iM l l span o l ee M AR Device Features Content IC35L040AVV407 0 VNC202A290RMI M S M Physical position Controller 0 Channel 0 Master Array postion Not in any disk array 1C35L040AVvVN07 0 VNP210B2TK8LL4 Device status Normal General config ATA device Serial number VNC202A230RMDA Firmware revision VAZOAS2A Mod
9. VIA RAID Installation Guide 1 VIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide Fe eT ee eee ere rere eer rer err ey Terre er rere rey er 3 Palm Iureolsiei eel rer ee 3 1 2 RAID Configuration Precautions a s esee et a eorr qun oe p oia 3 1 3 BIOS Gonfig ratior IN tobacco 4 1 3 1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 0 0 0 0 ccc cece cece cece e eee e teat eee mmm mmm mnn nn rn 4 Troe Create DISK AWAY x2c6 conc botes cba atea dd cunGbeasadencuiees 4 Tos Delete DISK AINA cise ctu cine 7 1 944 Select BOO ANa V asada ooo is sis 7 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 0 A eee 9 2 1 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows 2000 XP XP 64 bit Users ooooocccccccccccccccccncnccncnnoos 9 2 lao RAID ANAY ic AS 9 2 AS E E TN 11 2213 else QU NDII RE okt cele Mae Ria Riad eel bee iui o ld Ooi eet ia a 12 2d VENY NILO DISK ys te a CL 13 21 5 oViehronize Mirror DIS ose cuoc o 14 2 150 DIKE DCIOCION MEETS 15 2 127 Duplicate Griti al RAID APOYO R A bags 15 2 158 Rebuild Broken RAID dat E UU m 15 2 2 VIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista Vista 64 bit Users eeeeeee 18 2201 reales Dis At T TT 18 22 2 O A ce Nee UNI e fo aan iD O edit oat ae ty 21 2 23 AUU REMOVE SU ANC wetter abode id 21 22 A SYNCMIONIzZe Mirror a il did 22 2
10. When a RAID is deleted the data on these two hard disk drives will be reserved 2 1 3 Check All Disks You can check if all the disk drives work normally by clicking button After you complete the checking a dialog window will pop up to show each disk s current status as following picture Your hard disk drive must be compatible with ATA ATAPI 5 specifications and support SMART commands otherwise the checking will fail 12 Disk Status Status of dis lt s 3 lt Channel 0 Master gt IC35LO4O0SVVAD O V Function normal gt lt Channel 1 Master gt ICS5SLO404VYNO0F 0 Function normal 2 1 4 Verify Mirror Disk Data on the mirror disk must be the same as its corresponding source disk to provide fault tolerance for RAID 1 1 Select a RAID 1 Right click the selected RAID and then a shortcut menu will appear Click Verify Mirror to verify whether the source and the mirror disks are identical VIA RAID Tool PEE Operation View Help za Array O RAID 1 gt AS type RAID 1 Mirroring R A y ix ES 39 266 MB 80 418 239 sectors number 2 Verify Mirror ay status Normal Synchronize Mirror 2 After executing verify mirror command a dialog will show the verifying process You can pause or cancel this process at any time The process may take a long time if the capacity of RAID is large Verify Mirror Disk Source disk lozation Controller O Channel 0 Master Mirror disk location Cont
11. aster rs lt lt Back Cancel Help You need to select the disks for the array you are creating Please select an available disk from the left side list then click the Right Arrow button to add a disk into array Array disks will be added in the order of Source Mirror and Spare disk A Spare disk can also be added or removed after a Mirror array is created To remove a disk from array please click the array disk then click the Left Arrow button Whenever a disk array disk or available disk is selected its capacity and physical location will be shown in the bottom left corner D Keep OS Data Information Optional When you selected the disk on which the Operating System is running to create a RAID array the information will be prompted to inform you that tool will keep the OS disk data for you E Keep Source Data Information Optional If you didn t select the disk on which the Operating System is running to create a RAID array the information will be prompted to allow you keeping the data on the source disk F Final Confirmation MIA Create Mirror VIA V RAID E Completing the VIA Create Array Wizard This is the final step to create array in the VIA create Array Wizard Completing this step will permanently delete the data on the Hard Disks you selected Attention Please backup all important data before click Next Button To create the array click Next gt gt button Ea pip a a ome lt
12. ata on the first disk drive of a JBOD array if you use Select Disk Drives to select disk drives VIA Tech VI8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2 61 Auto Setup For Capacity t Array Mode Span JBOD Select Disk Drives e Start Create Process e Expand Span JBOD Array Save the data on Span B disk after creation Y N Channel Drive Name l Serial Chl Haster 113391 050A4WH0 S 8 l erial_ Chi Haster ICISLO4QAVYAG E Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID control ler View Arrav disk Status Move lo next oem Confirm the selection P Exit Array Hame Hode Size 6B Status SATA 38 34 Span A SHIA 38 34 span 1 The data on the first disk drive will be reserved and the other disk drives in JBOD will be expanded behind the first disk drive and become free space Expand Span JBOD Array function is not available if VT8237S only supports 2 SATA ports 1 3 3 Delete Disk Array User can delete a specific RAID that has been created Following are the steps to delete a created disk array 1 Delete a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1 When a RAID 1 is deleted the data on these two hard disk drives will press Enter The channel column will be activated Use arrow key to highlight the target disk drive and press Enter A Use arrow key to highlight Delete Array item in main menu interface and warning message will appear Press Y to delete a specific
13. ce disk data Mirror disk capacity can NOT be less than the Source disk If user wants to keep data in the source drive RAID tool will ask user to synchronize the mirror drive after the system s rebooting Create JBOD The data in the first disk drive of JBOD array can be reserved when a JBOD array is created EN Create Span Array The data on the first disk drive will be reserved and the other disk drives in JBOD will be expanded behind the first disk drive and become free space 2 1 2 Delete Disk Array Ts Select the disk array that you want to delete from the left x window Click Remove Array button then a warning message will pop up 11 VIA RAID Tool Operation View Help U H eat A Array O RAID 1 RAID 1 Mirroring 39 266 MB 80 418 239 sectors 2 Array status Normal For Help press F1 2 Click Yes to delete the specific disk array or click No to cancel ll Remove Disk Array E Are you sure to remove selected Disk Array 3 A message box will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has been deleted successfully and ask user whether to restart the computer Click Yes to restart the computer or click No to skip the restarting New setting will take effect only after restarting E Reboot Prompt 9 You need to reboot the system to enable disks ue Reboot system ncw Warning Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1
14. ct the upper most level tree node of the RAID 1 array and right click the array node and click Add Remove Spare on the pop up shortcut menu Then follow the instructions on the screen to add remove array 21 2 2 4 Synchronize Mirror Disk Synchronize Mirror Disk forces data on the mirror disk to be identical with the source disk by copying the data from the one with newer data to the other disk Note that the source disk does not always have the latest data Please follow the instructions on the screen to synchronize mirror array 2 2 5 Repair Broken Disk Array If some disk s in a disk array can not work any more due to disk failure or disk absence the disk array will be in broken status At this time the array s icon in the Array View will looks like 3 To repair the broken disk array right click the array icon and click Repair Broken Array on the pop up shortcut menu Note that the Spare disk in a RAID1 array is only a replacement disk in case of a Source or Mirror disk failure So the failure or absence of a Spare disk does not affect the RAID1 array 22
15. d press Esc to go back to the creation steps menu VIA lech 418237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2 01 Auto Setup For Performance Array Mode RAID 0 Striping select Disk Drives Block Size 64K Start Create Process Charre Drive Name ISerial ChB8 Master ICIOL04D0AVVAD 7 8 I Create RAID 0 If RAID O array is selected in step 2 user can also select a block size for the array Use the arrow key to highlight the Block Size and press Serial Chl Master Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller View Array disk Status Move to next idem Confirm the selection ESC Exit Made Size 6B Array Name Status SHTH 38 34 stripell SMIA 38 3 Hdd Enter Then the list of available block size will popup The block size can be selected from 4K to 64K Bytes VIA lech V18237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2 01 Auto Setup For LE Create a RAID array with Array Mode RAID 8 the hard disks attached to Select Disk Dri VIA RAID controller e Block Size G amp K Start Create Pr View Array disk Status Move to next item Enter Confira the selection ESC Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Hode Size GR Status Serial Ch Master ICSSLO4BAVVAR 8 SATA 38 34 Stripel ISerial_Chl Haster 121351 04084 V A0 4 0 SATA 38 34 Siripel Use the arrow key to highlight the Start Create Process and press lt Enter gt then a warning message will appear Press Y to fi
16. direct all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive if one drive fails JBOD Spanning A spanning disk array is equal to the sum of all drives Spanning stores data onto a drive until it is full then proceeds to store files onto the next drive in the array When any member disk fails it will affect the entire array JBOD is not really a RAID and it does not support fault tolerance 1 2 RAID Configurations Precautions Please use two new drives if you are creating a RAID 0 striping array for performance It is recommended to use two SATA drives of the same size If you use two drives of different sizes the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for each drive For example if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB drive becomes 60GB and the total storage capacity for this RAID 0 set is 120GB 1 You may use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive to create a RAID 1 mirroring array for data protection the new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive If you use two drives of different sizes the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size For example if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is 60GB 2 Please verify the status of your hard
17. el name ICSSLO40AV 407 0 Cylinder number 16383 Header number 16 Sector number per 63 Capacity 39 266 MB 80 418 240 sectors Supported PIO mode mode 0 1 2 3 4 Supported Multiwo mode 0 1 2 Supported Ultra DMA mode D 1 2 3 4 5 Current transfer m Ultra DMA moce 5 Minor revision num ATAJATAPI S 713 1321D revision 1 For Help press F1 2 1 1 Create Disk Array Ej a pen Fa 1 You may click on one of the three buttons to create different types of disk array RAID 1 1 Span and RAID 0 Then a Select Array Creating Method will be prompted Select Array Creating Method Auto Array disks are prepared automaticaly you can modify the array later Custom Disk array is initially empty you wil select all array disks by yourself Auto The software will configure the available hard disk drives to be a disk array User can modify the hard disk drives later It is strongly recommended to use this method Custom Disk array is arranged by user 2 Click Auto button The Creating Array window will pop up If you select Custom the Available Disks window will list the available disk drives for array creating Select a disk drive and click right arrow button to add the specific disk drive to array After adding a disk drive user can also remove the selected disk drive from array Click the disk drive in Array Disks windows then click left arrow button to remove the s
18. elected disk drive Create Mirror Array Available Disks Array Disks Source Disk E IC35L0404VV407 0 VNC20242 Mirror Disk iw Already Synchronized SS IC35L0408VVN07 0 VNP210B2 Spare Disk optional Press Create button to create or Cancel button to cancel it After you pressed the Create button a warning message will pop up Click Yes to finish the creation of disk array or No to cancel E Create Mirror Array For all disks in this newly created Mirror Array original disk data maybe destroyed Are you sure to use these disks to create a Mirror Array 3 Amessage box will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has been created successfully and ask user whether to restart the computer 10 Click Yes to restart the computer or click No to skip restarting New disk array setting will take effect only after restarting lil Reboot Prompt 9 You need to reboot the system to enable disks Reboot system now Create RAID 1 You can reserve the data on the source drive after clicking Create button when you create a RAID 1 array MN Create Mirror Array There is a limitation if user wants to keep the data on the source drive the capacity of the mirror drive must be greater or equal to the source drive otherwise the RAID 1 can t be created EN Create Mirror Array Error X Mirror Disk smaller than Source Disk To backup Sour
19. n Mirror Array 1 If Source or Mirror disk is missing shut down the computer plug it back then reboot 2 Use a free disk exist in current system to fix the broken array To use a free disk to repair the broken array method 2 click Next else click Cancel Repair Mirror Array step 2 Select a free disk from following Available Disks list to epair the broken Mirror Anay Available Disks Array Disks E ICSSLO404VVNO7 0 Source Disk Mirror Disk a Physical Location Controller O Channel 1 Master Capacity 39 266 MB 80 418 240 sectors 16 Repair Mirror Array step 2 Select a free disk from following Available Disks list to epair the broken Mirror Array Available Disks Array Disks Source Disk E IC35LO404VVA07 0 Mirror Disk Saree Physical Location Controller O Channel 1 Master Capacity 39 266 ME 80 418 240 sectors 4 A warning message will pop up If you want to rebuild the RAID by using the disk drive that you selected in the previous step click Next Warning The data on the selected disk drive will be lost Repair Mirror Array step 3 E db 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
20. nish the creation or press N to cancel the creation Please note that the content of the hard drive will be destroyed after array creation Create RAID 1 The data on disk drives will be destroyed if user uses Auto Setup to create RAID 1 But you can reserve the data on source drive if you use Select Disk Drives to select the source and the mirror drive VIA Tech 118237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2 81 Auto Setup For Data Security Create a RAID array with t Array Hode RAID 1 Mirroring the hard disks attached to r Select Disk Drives VIR RRID controller F1 View Hrray dizk Status y t 4 Hove to next item save the data on source disk to Enter Confirm the selection mirror after creation N ESC Emit Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status 5erial Ch Master ICJOoLU4SORWUVBO 7 0 SATA 38 34 Source Serial Chl Haster ICSSLBA amp BRVVBRO7 B 38 36 Mirror Press y to copy data of source to mirror drive There is a limitation when using this feature The capacity of mirror drive must be greater or equal to the source drive otherwise the RAID 1 can t be created and a error message will appear Error mirror s size is smaller than source Press ESC return lf user does not want to duplicate data the data on the source and the mirror drive will be destroyed Create JBOD The data on disk drives will be destroyed if user uses Auto Setup to create a JBOD However you can reserve the d
21. o Mirror 5 synchronized 13 minutes left When the synchronization starts a dialog will show the process You can pause or cancel this process at any time If you cancel the synchronization process the RAID is on need sync condition You should synchronize again to guarantee the data are identical between the source and the mirror disk drives A message will pop up when synchronization is finished Wi Mirror Disk Synchronization Result e Following Source Mirror disk pair is successfully synchronized J Source ICSSLO404VV407 0 VNC202A290RMDA Mirror ICS5LO404 VNO7 0 VNP210B2TKSLLG 2 1 8 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 array If during the system booting the failure or absence of any member disk of RAID is detected the array will be marked as broken status If broken 15 RAID 1 array is detected by the RAID software it will indicate a serial steps to repair this problem 1 A dialog box will pop up to indicate the RAID is broken Click Yes E Array Broken A Array 0 is Broken Repair it now 2 Then another dialog box will pop up If the source or the mirror disk drive is unplugged only click Cancel to stop rebuilding step Shut down the system Plug the absent disk drive and then reboot the system If the original disk drive is broken down you may plug a new disk drive then reboot the system Click Next to the next step Repair Mirror Array step 1 d There are two methods to repair this broke
22. on VIA Tech VI8C3 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2 01 Auto Setup For Data Securit Array Mode RAID 1 Mirroring Select Disk Drives Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID control ler F1 View Arravw disk Status T d Hove to next ilem Enter Confira the selection ESC Exit Hode SATA SHIA Channel Drive Name Array Name Size Ch Status serial Chi Haster IC3OL B4OfHV vna 0 serial Chl Haster ICJOLUSUIVVRO 7 0 38 36 Hdd JO 34 Hdd VIA Tech VI8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2 0 RAID 8 for performance RAID 1 for data protection RAID O71 RALO SPAN for capacity Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID control ler Fl View Array disk Status T 4 Move to next item Enter Conf irm the selection Est Exit Sire GR Status Hdd Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode serial Ch Master ICJoLUAGRVVRO 0 Serial Chl Master IC35LOG0AVVAD 0 SATA 38 34 SATA 38 34 9 There are two methods to create a disk array One method is Auto Setup and another is Select Disk Drives Select Auto Setup to allow BIOS to select the disk drives and create array automatically Select Select Disk Drives to let user select the array drives manually When using Select Disk Drives method the channel column will be activated Just highlight the target drives that you want to use and press Enter to select them respectively When all drives have been selecte
23. roller O Channel 1 Master Real capacity 39 266 MB 80 418 239 sectors 5 verified 14 minutes left Cancel 3 When the mirror disk is not identical with the corresponding source disk the mirror disk will be marked with a need sync icon A 13 need sync mirror disk should be synchronized as soon as possible 2 1 5 Synchronize Mirror Disk For RAID 1 it must be synchronized when 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 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 keep the data on a pair of the source and the mirror disks identical RAID software always marks the mirror disk with a need sync icon et oven though the mirror disk may have the correct data 1 Select RAID 1 Right click the selected RAID then a shortcut menu will appear Click Synchronize Mirror to synchronize the source and the mirror disks VIA RAID Tool Operation View Help PA Array Features Content Remove Array Array type RAID 1 Mirroring Capacity 39 266 MB 80 418 239 sectors Disk number 2 Verify Mirror Array status Normal Synchronize Mirror 2 When synchronization starts a dialog will show the process You can pause or cancel this process at any time Synchronize Mirror Disk Source disk location Controller
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