Tekram Technology TR-824 Network Card User Manual
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1. 2jo ekjejejela E Bg 51 3114U 0 Smart Information Configuration for SATARaid E Channel 0 EN EZ i uppoo File Advanced Help M Device j 43 Channel 1 Enabled 2jej jelee ja a Device se H5 Channel 2 hoj PEN Transfer Mode SHEY s1 3114U 0 HS Channel 3 Current Mode UDMA5 Channel 0 Device 8 Device 0000 OC54 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 c q Sets Mode After ebook Default 7 8 Channel 4 0010 2020 2020 2020 2020 0000 4000 c EN aa LAP Device 0020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 6 Enabie Disabia We Cache H Channel 2 0030 0000 2F00 0000 0200 0200 0007 7 Enabled Device 0040 0003 0078 0078 looro 0078 0000 fc Mis 0050 007E 0018 3468 7D01 4003 3469 Disabled 43 Channel 3 9489 DUI 4009 9409 E 89 Device 0060 0000 0000 0000 0000 Feo 0950 c Sd Sets 0070 oooo 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 fe 248 Sil RAID 1 set 0080 0001 eso osso Feso oso 2020 0090 toro 1000 0002 0030 0000 0000 c 0040 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 fe A BEE 0060 9009 10000 0000 0000 0000 10000 E 3 Information Information 2003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SATARaid Configuration t OOGO 0000 0009 10000 0000 0000 0000 E Warning Information 2003 12 30 at 23 42 33 SATARaid Confiauration t 00D0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 fe Error gt NAFN Ann NANA NANA AAA AANN NANN IF 4 A BENET D Information 2003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SATARaid Configuration t Warning Information 2003 12 30 at 23 42 33 SATARaid2. Computer Management f i E Of x Action view e E 2 EE File System Capacit Free S c Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 4 88 GB 3 61 SS D Partition Basic Healthy OMB O ME Sbackup E Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 9 77 GB 182 A lt SDisk 0 Basic C backup E 37 28 GB 4 88 GB NTFS 9 77 GB NTFS 22 63 GB Online Healthy System Healthy Unallocated lt SDisk 1 Basic 3 81 GB 3 81 GB Online Unallocated pisk 2 I Disk Administrator Basic Partition Fault Tolerance Tools View Options Help 18 62 GB 18 62 GB Online Unallocated u fa nallocate ES ES CDRom 0 CDRom D Online EI Disk 0 E Unallocated J Primary Partition a056 ME El Disk 1 76317 ME 76317 ME CD ROM 0 D MS DOS 34 FDISK Pix Res a uee El e al fz Microsoft Windows Millennium Fixed Disk Setup Program C Copyright Microsoft Corp 1983 2000 FDISK Options EM Current fixed disk drive 1 Choose one of the following Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive Set active partition Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive Display partition information Change current fixed disk drive Enter choice 1 Press Esc to exit FDISK 7 1 Windows 2000 XP 2003 Operating System Before creating any partitions RAID sets must first be created dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility Once completed continue booting Windows Once Windows is running open the Disk Management window locat
3. Current fixed disk drive 2 Choose one of the following Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive Set active partition Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive Display partition information Change current fixed disk drive Enter choice 1 The following window will appear RE als a d iee E sE Alla Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive Current fixed disk drive 2 Choose one of the following 1 Create Primary DOS Partition 2 Create Extended DOS Partition 3 Create Logical DOS Drive s in the Extended DOS Partition Enter choice 1 Select 2 to create an extended partition and press Enter The following window will appear a MS DOS lel x Tes a olee el sf alle Create Extended DOS Partition Current fixed disk drive 2 Verifying drive integrity 2 complete TR 824 User s Manual 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS Once the percentage counter reaches 100 the following window will appear ss ulee El s s alle Create Extended DOS Partition Current fixed disk drive 2 Total disk space is 15263 Mbytes 1 Mbyte 1048576 bytes Maximum space available for partition is 15262 Mbytes 51007 Enter partition size in Mbytes or percent of disk space to create an Extended DOS Partition This window explains how much space will be available in the partition Press Enter This window shows that the partition has been created Press Esc sla Alle 18 x BH d
4. 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Tekr m TR 824 NICAT OS O C Tested to Comply with FCC Standards For Home or Office Use TR 824 User s Manual
5. 824 driver diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt 4 Choose Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 from the list that appears on screen and then press lt Enter gt 5 The Windows XP Setup screen will appear Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 NOTE If there are any additional devices to be installed specify them now When all devices are 3 TR 824 User s Manual UO 5 INSTALLING SOFTWARE DRIVERS specified continue to the next step 7 From the Windows XP Setup screen press lt Enter gt Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation 5 1 2 Existing Windows XP Installation After installing the TR 824 card and rebooting your system Windows XP setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box Under Windows XP RAID Controller will be displayed 1 Insert the TR 824 driver diskette into the drive A 2 Choose install from a list or specific location and specify to search removable media then press lt Enter gt 3 Choose Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller from the list that appears on screen and then press the lt Enter gt key 4 If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft you will be asked 1f you want to continue the installation Click Continue 5 When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the
6. Confiauration t I Error TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE Selecting Sets lists the Sets in the configuration tree and provides information on RIO Version RTTY Configuration for SATAR aid Fie Advanced Help Set Control ca RIG version Major 2 Minor 0 Channel 3 Array Conflicts Er Device E Sil RAID 1 Set Conflict NO Jvent viewer Time Information Information 3003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SATARaid Configuration t F Warning Information 2003 12 30 at 23 42 33 SATARaid Contfiauration t Error 4 By selecting a specific RAID set such as Set 1 the type of RAID set the number of members and capacity is reported Configuration for SATAR aid E Be Ioj x File Advanced Help o Mirrored Set State Available Members 2 Location Channel 1 Device Device Weta version 2 10 Channel 3 Capacity 76318MB Device Sets Rebuild Rate Si RAID 1 Set High Low PPT A A IL A A A AL 1 Apply Information Information 2003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SATARaid Configuration t d Warning MIE The Members tab of this window reports the device identification corresponding with the information in the BIOS and the State of each device Besides reporting information the Members tab of a Mirrored set allows the user to remove a specific TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE drive from that set as well as add a designated Spare dr
7. Configuration t Error 4 TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE Selecting any specific channel from the four channels the following Hole OR is reported Configuration for SATAR aid E O x File Advanced Help channel Channel Information Channel Generation 1 Port Multiplier vender ID Device ID Humber of Port E Sil RAID 1 Set Spec Version Device version E BENET DE Information Information 2003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SATARaid Configuration t Warning Information 2003 12 30 at 23 42 33 SATAR aid Configuration Error 4 E Selecting a specific drive reports all relevant information to that drive including Configuration and Disk Identification information Configuration for SATAR aid E _ O x File Advanced Help Disk Information 3 Channel O L A Device Model Name ST38001 345 Channel 1 Serial Number 3JVW2F53C ap Device Firmware version 3 05 Channel 2 ATA version ATAJATAPI E Monremovable Media Type Current Mode UDMA Bytes Interrupt 4096 Look ahead Enabled Write cache Configuration for SATARaid i E O x Capacity File Advanced Help 3 Channel 3 Device Sets Si RAID 1 Set
8. RAID Controller Select it then click the Properties button 8 Choose the Driver tab in the Properties window choose Update Driver then click Next 9 Choose Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now recommended then click 16 TR 824 User s Manual O U E WN 5 INSTALLING SOFTWARE DRIVERS Next 10 Choose Specify Location then type A tr824 inf in the text box 11 Insert the TR 824 driver diskette into the A drive 12 Click the Next button A message informing you Windows 98 has found Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller should appear 13 Click Next then Finish 14 When asked 1f you want to restart your computer click Yes Immediately remove the diskette from drive A 5 5 2 Existing Windows 98 Installation The following section details the installation of TR 824 drivers on a system that has Windows 98 already installed and running 1 After installing the TR 824 controller card and configuring the hard drives power up the system and boot Windows 2 The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear informing you that it has found a PCI Mass Storage Controller 3 Click Next From the generated list box choose Search for best driver for your device Recommended 4 Insert the TR 824 driver diskette in drive A 5 Click Next From the generated choices choose Specify a location 6 Type A tr824 inf in the text box that appears 7 Click Next A message informing you
9. TR 824 software click Finish 5 1 3 Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation 1 Right click the My Computer icon and select Manage from the popup menu 2 Click Device Manager in the menu tree 3 Click the in front of SCSI controllers Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller should appear 5 3 Windows 2000 Installation 5 2 1 New Windows 2000 Installation The following details the installation of the TR 824 drivers while installing Windows 2000 1 Start the installation e Floppy Install Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes e CD ROM Install Boot from the CD ROM Press lt F6 gt when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows 2000 Setup window is generated press lt gt to specify an additional device s Insert the TR 824 driver diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt 4 Choose Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller for Windows NT 4 0 and 2000 from the list that appears on screen then press lt Enter gt 5 The Windows 2000 Setup window will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include TR 824 SATA Raid Controller for Windows NT 4 0 and 2000 NOTE If there are any additional devices to be installed specify them now When all devices are specified continue to the next step 6 From the Windows 2000 Setup screen press lt Enter gt Setup will now load
10. that Windows 98 has found Tekram TR 824 SATA Raid Controller should appear 8 Click Next then click Finish 9 Click Yes when asked if you want to restart your computer Be sure to eject the diskette from drive A 5 5 3 Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 98 To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Windows 98 perform the following steps 1 Choose Settings from the Start menu 2 Choose Control Panel then double click the System icon 3 Choose the Device Manager tab then click the in front of SCSI controllers Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller should appear TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE GUI stands for Graphic User Interface the GUI function offers user friendly graphics in Windows operating systems for easy RAID array monitoring and storage management After you install the TR 824 SATA RAID card and HDDs create RAID arrays in BIOS configuration execute FDISK and format command in DOS mode and install drivers for your operating system you can take the following steps to install the GUI in Windows operating systems and execute GUI functions 6 1 GUI Installation You d better set your screen display resolution rate as 800X600 or 1024X768 to avoid display abnormality during GUI setup 1 After you power on your computer and bootup Windows insert the CD into disk drive 2 Double click on jre exe under GUI directory
11. the TR 824 driver diskette in drive A Type A tr824 inf in the text box that appears Click Next A message informing you that Windows Me has found Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller should appear 8 Click Next then click Finish When asked 1f you want to restart your computer click Yes Immediately remove the diskette from drive A SHAN B W 5 3 3 Confirming Driver Installation in Windows ME To confirm that the driver has been properly loaded in Windows Me perform the following steps 1 Right click the My Computer icon and select Properties from the popup menu 2 Select the Device Manager tab 3 Click the in front of SCSI controllers Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller should appear 5 4 Windows NT4 0 Installation 5 4 1 New Windows NT4 0 Installation The following details the installation of the TR 824 drivers while installing Windows NT4 0 1 Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk Floppy install boot the system with the Windows NT installation diskettes CD ROM disk install boot from the CD ROM disk and press lt F6 gt when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears 2 When the Windows NT Setup window is generated press lt gt to Specify an Additional Device s 3 Select Other then press lt Enter gt 4 Insert the TR 824 driver diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt 5 Choose Tekram TR 824 SATARaid C
12. the text box window then click OK When the Install Driver dialog box appears select Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller then click OK 9 When the Select SCSI Adapter Option dialog box appears click Install 10 After a successful installation the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller has been installed 11 Power off your system 12 If you plan to move the boot drive to the TR 824 card connect the boot drive to the card now Then power on your system CON DY UM 5 4 3 Removing the Driver from Windows NT4 0 1 From Start choose Setup then choose Control Panel 2 In Control Panel choose SCSI Adapter then choose Drivers 3 Click Remove 4 After successful removal the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller has been removed 5 5 Windows 98 Installation 5 5 1 New Windows 98 Installation The following section details the installation of the TR 824 drivers while installing Windows 98 1 Install the TR 824 controller card and configure the hard drive s partition and format your hard drive s 1f necessary Install Windows 98 normally After installation generate the Start menu and choose Settings From the Settings menu choose Control Panel In the Control Panel window double click the System icon In the System window choose the Device Manager tab In the hierarchical display under Other Device is a listing for PCI
13. then click OK The disk should now report as Basic If a disk reports as Dynamic right click on SECTION 2 of that disk and click on Return disk to Basic Within seconds the disk should report as Basic 7 1 2 Creating Partitions In SECTION 2 the disk order corresponds directly to the order the Sets appear in the BIOS Therefore the first Unallocated Partition represents Set 1 and so on 1 At this point there should be three disks with Unallocated partitions Right click on the partition of the first disk and click on Create Partition The Create Partition Wizard should appear 1 The first window is an introductory window to the Wizard Click Next 2 The second window designates the partition as a primary partition Click Next 3 The third window designates the partition size Since this is a Striped RAID set utilizing 2 disk drives the size of the partition should be approximately double the size of a single disk drive assuming all disks are of identical size Click Next 4 The fourth window designates the drive letter of the partition 5 The fifth window allows the user to label the volume name and choose the type of formatting to take place upon the creation of the partition Choose whichever drive letter 1s desired the lowest TR 824 User s Manual 29 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS possible value is automatically entered name the volume whatever 1s desired suggestions being somethin
14. to install Java 2 Runtime Environment If you re installing on a non English OS better choose Custom installation to specify program features Always select the second option in the dropdown menu i Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2_01 Setup Type Setup Type A Choose the setup type that best suits your needs ig Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 01 Custom Setup Please select a setup type Custom Setup Select the program Features you want installed a The Java Runtime Environment with support for European languages will be installed Select optional features to install From the list below Typical All recommended Features will be installed Feature Description Java 2 Runtime Environment EJ This feature will be installed on local hard drive Specify the installation directory and choose which program feat to install You can change your choice of features after installati by using the Add Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel Recommended for advanced users r This feature and all subfeatures will be installed on local hard drive Install to s k L C Program Files Javalj2re1 4 2 01 ig Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 01 Custom Setup Custom Setup Select the program features vou want installed The Java Runtime Environment with support For European languages will be install optional features to
15. top left Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Rebuild RAID Set Resolve Conflicts Low level Format Logical Drive Info The top right half shows direction and guiding information The bottom left half of the screen displays the information of physical drives The bottom right half lists logical drives information There are the command keys Arrows up and down are Select Keys ESC takes the user to the previous menu Enter selects the user s choice Ctrl E exits the utility 3 2 BIOS Function a 2 1 Creating RAID Set Select Create RAID Set Choose from the list of RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and SPARE DRIVE 3 Ifthe RAID 0 is chosen the utility will ask you to select how many drives for the raid0 set You can choose from the list of numbers which is according to how many drives are connected to the computer Then you can choose from Auto Configuration and Manual Configuration Finally the utility will ask Are You Sure before completing the configuration 4 If you select the second or third option you ll be asked to choose from Auto Configuration and Manual Configuration Finally the utility will ask Are You Sure before completing the configuration Afterward the utility will ask Are You Sure before completing the configuration 5 Ifthe RAID I set has already been built you can choose SPARE DRIVE to set a hot spare drive as a backup for the existing RAID 1 The util
16. 003 setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box Under Windows Server 2003 RAID Controller will be displayed 1 Insert the TR 824 driver diskette into the drive A 2 Choose Install from a list or specific location and specify to search removable media then press lt Enter gt 3 Choose Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller from the list that appears on screen and then press the lt Enter gt key 4 If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft you will be asked 1f you want to continue the installation Click Continue 5 When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the TR 824 software click Finish 5 1 3 Confirming Windows Server 2003 Driver Installation 1 Right click the My Computer icon and select Manage from the popup menu 2 Click Device Manager in the menu tree 3 Click the in front of SCSI controllers Tekram TR 824 SAT ARaid Controller should appear 5 2 Windows XP Installation 5 1 1 New Windows XP Installation The following details the installation of the TR 824 drivers while Installing Windows XP 1 Start the installation e Floppy Install Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes e CD ROM Install Boot from the CD ROM Press lt F6 gt when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows XP Setup window is generated press lt gt to specify an Additional Device s Insert the TR
17. 2 reports on each partition and allows the user to format or delete partitions Creating Partitions 1 Ifany disk besides the SYSTEM WARMING Be sure to identify the System Disk that DISK appears to be formatted which has the Operating System installed on it This right click on that partition kr UAT vl gta ell Ser SLB Sa ook Section 2 and select Delete OR DELETE THIS DISK OR PARTITION 2 Once all disks are reported as Free Space right click on each partition and select Create 3 A Create Primary Partition window should now appear Click OK TR 824 User s Manual 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS Click Confirm Repeat this step for each disk Now right click on the first disk and select Mark Active A window will appear stating that this will take place on the next reboot Click OK Repeat this step for each disk Close window Confirm saving changes Click Yes A En 10 Disk Administrator will report that the disks were updated successfully Click OK 11 Re open Disk Administrator 12 Right click on the first disk this should now be the Striped Set 13 Select Format Something similar to the following window should appear Format E 4 El Capacity Unknown capacity a File System Allocation Unit Size Defaut allocation size a Volume Label A o Format Options Y Quick Format Enable Compression 14 While Capacity cannot be changed make sure that File System has NTFS se
18. 824 User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 RAID Explained RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I O performance and provide redundancy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member without loss of data SATA Raid provides four popular RAID Set types Striped RAID 0 Mirrored RAID 1 a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 RAID 0 1 and Data Striping with Striped Parity RAID 5 which will be supported by Tekram next generation SATA products 1 2 1 Disk Striping RAID 0 RAID 0 is a performance oriented non redundant data mapping technique While Striping is discussed as a RAID Set type it actually does not provide fault tolerance With modern SATA and ATA bus mastering technology multiple I O operations can be done in parallel enhancing performance Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk ABCDEF Data is broken into chunks and distributed across disk drives in RAID set 1 2 2 Disk Mirroring RAID I RAID 1 mirrors one disk drive to another All data is stored twice on two or more identical disk drives When one disk drive fails all data is immediately available on the other without any impact on the data integrity performance in degraded mode is also degraded If multiple read requests are pending the RAID controller will allow reading from different disk drives ldentical data is written to each disk in mir
19. E JD x Travlcorn Event Table Fvent Time SMTP E mail Notification Event Level Log File 1 Audio Popup Log File Inforamtion The log file is used to store event received from all the Silicon Image IDE RAID drivers The logfile can be viewed with any text editor or the event property page ofthe GUI Log File Configuration Disable Log File Enable Log File parla Browse File sataraideve nts log Purge TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE Audio The user may set different audio alerts for the different levels of events Configuration D x Trarlcon Event Table Event Time l SMTP Sara Genles lense fete Pare Audio Notification Information Audio notification is use to alertthe system administrator or user that event occured Audio Notification Configuration Selectthe sound to play by clicking the browse button or click the disable button for no sound notification Informational Evert Disabled Browse Disable Warning Event Disabled Browse Disable Error Evert Disabled Browse Disable Cancel Popup Configuration JD x The popup window is a visual notification that an 2 i i s gt Travlcon Event Table Event Time SMTP event occurred The popup window can be disabled ea ecc e esa or set to popup for only certain event levels The different levels are Popup Window Information T
20. INSTALLING SOFTWARE DRIVERS 5 INSTALLING SOFTWARE DRIVERS 5 1 Windows Server 2003 Installation 5 1 1 New Windows Server 2003 Installation The following details the installation of the TR 824 drivers while Installing Windows 2003 1 Start the installation e Floppy Install Boot the computer with the Windows Server 2003 installation diskettes e CD ROM Install Boot from the CD ROM Press lt F6 gt when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows Server 2003 Setup window is generated press lt S gt to specify an Additional Device s 3 Insert the TR 824 driver diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt 4 Choose Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 from the list that appears on screen and then press lt Enter gt 5 The Windows Server 2003 Setup screen will appear Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Tekram TR 824 SAT ARaid Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 NOTE If there are any additional devices to be installed specify them now When all devices are specified continue to the next step 7 From the Windows Server 2003 Setup screen press lt Enter gt Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows Server 2003 installation 5 1 2 Existing Windows Server 2003 Installation After installing the TR 824 card and rebooting your system Windows Server 2
21. PCI 2 2 or 2 3 compliant It also fits the 32 bit portion of a 64 bit PCI slot on the system s motherboard see figure below 1 Remove the cover of your system 2 Remove the inside slot cover of an available PCI slot on the motherboard 3 Install the TR 824 Controller card into the open slot Secure the bracket to the system s frame 4 Fasten the controller card bracket to the system case see below TR 824 User s Manual 8 2 HARDWARE SETUP 2 3 Installing Hard Drives The TR 824 Controller card supports up to four Serial ATA hard drives Install all of the hard drives into the hard drive bays of your system including their power cables Attach one Serial ATA data cable to each hard drive Then attach the other ends of the cables to one of the Serial ATA ports on the TR 824 card All of the connectors are keyed so they can only be attached one way Note The TR 824 Controller card is a PCI Plug n Play PnP device No changes are necessary in the Motherboard CMOS Setup for resources or drive types in most applications TR 824 User s Manual 3 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 1 Basic BIOS screen information After you install the TR 824 RAID Controller and HDDs in your computer and boot your system you will see the screen that displays information about the card and HDDs installed Press lt CTRL S gt or F4 to enter RAID utility An easy to use screen will appear with the following choices on the
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23. TR 824 SATA Host Adapter User s Manual Manual Rev 1 00 Date Nov 2003 Max Xfer ie Protocol PCI Interface Rate Sed MB s 4 Serial ATA 1 0 E 150 TR 824 Specification PCI 2 3 66MHz 32bit The designation TR 824 is used throughout this manual in reference to the features of the above model All other product names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners TR 824 User s Manual CE Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the requirements set up in the council directive on the approximation of the law of member states relating to the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC amended by 92 31 EEC amp 93 68 EEC For the evaluation regarding to the electromagnetic compatibility the following standards were applied EN 55022 1998 EN 55024 1998 IEC 61000 4 2 1995 A1 1998 IEC 61000 4 3 1995 A1 1998 IEC 61000 4 4 1995 IEC 61000 4 6 1996 IEC 61000 4 8 1993 Tekr m TR 824 4 Tested to Comply with CE Standards For Home or Office Use 2 TR 824 User s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS NTIRODIG NS 5 Ll PRODUCT OVERVIEW ESA ASE A DARAS 5 ES a EE EEE EE EE EEE A k LADA RUAT COUTOS REE TE dd nde as nord 3 12 RAIDE END se 6 AED SD GENDE REE EEE O 6 LP DTM 6 1 2 3 Combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 RAID IA aos 6 1 24 Data Siripine with Siriped Parity RAID I lia 7 27 HARDWARE SE TUP oesie ineine eect o 8 A e E ie Waaetoetest a pueanineenuetete as 8 2 2 NAN T
24. all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 installation UO 5 2 2 Existing Windows 2000 After installing TR 824 card and rebooting your system Windows 2000 setup will show a New Hardware Found dialog box Under Windows 2000 RAID Controller will be displayed 1 Insert the TR 824 driver diskette in drive A 2 Choose Search for a suitable driver for my device Recommended from the list then click Next 3 Choose Floppy disk drives from the list then click Next The Hardware Wizard will search the diskette for updates and return the following message Windows found a driver for this device A tr824 inf To install the driver Windows found click Next 4 Click Next The Found New Hardware Wizard appears when the installation is completed 5 Remove the diskette and click Finish to restart the system Windows 2000 will then restart for the driver installation to take effect 5 2 3 Confirming Windows 2000 Driver Installation 1 Right click the My Computer icon and select Manage from the popup menu 2 Click Device Manager in the menu tree TR 824 User s Manual 5 INSTALLING SOFTWARE DRIVERS 3 Click the in front of SCSI controllers Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller should appear 5 3 Windows ME Installation 5 3 1 New Windows ME Installation The following details the installation of the TR 824 drivers while installing Windows ME 1 Install the TR 824 controller card into your system 2 In
25. ation Event Level Lod File Audio A EN Pran Traylcon Event Table Event Time SMTP SMTP Information A SMTP server is the server that is use to send e mails Contact your network administrator to find out the name of this server Be sure to Include the name and domain Example server company com SMTP Configuration SMTP Server server yourcompanyname com Cancel TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE E Mail The current SATARaid configuration may be sent via e mail Using the e mail tab in the SATARaid Configuration Menu the user may set the default e mail address and subject line where the configuration would be sent This however can be overridden at the time of sending t he email Configuration E 5 xi o Traveon Event Table Event Time SMTP E mail Notification Event Level LogFie Audio Popup E mail Information E mail Subject can be overridden at the point when the configuration is sent E mail Configuration E mail Address Admiistratorpyaurcomanyname com E mail Subject ataraid Report Cancel Notification When different types of events occur SATARaid may be configured to send notices to assigned individual e mail addresses Using the Notification tab all e mail addresses desired to receive the notices may be entered Configuration E Jof x Trayvienn FventTable Event Time SMTP E mail Noti
26. dition 3 2 6 Logical Drive Info The complete information about the logical drives will be shown on the bottom right part of the screen if this option is chosen TR 824 User s Manual 4 BUILDING DRIVER DISKETTES 4 BUILDING DRIVER DISKETTES If you do not have the Driver Diskettes you can create them from the Driver CD Follow these steps to create the Driver Diskettes 1 The system BIOS must set to boot from a CD ROM 2 Insert the Driver CD into the CD ROM drive Start the driver building by booting from the CD ROM Tekram SATA Adapters Driver Diskette Make Utility starts and provides several screens with choices Follow the steps below to correctly set up the device driver for separate operating system After the Screen appears move the highlight bar to the TR 824 entry and press lt Enter gt 4 The next screen queries the TR 824 support driver database and a list of supported driver is displayed Move the highlight bar to the driver entry and press lt Enter gt 5 The next screen will show Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A Press any key to continue Insert the formatted diskette in drive A and press any key to continue 6 The next window displays the driver building message Now is writing to Cylinder and copy the image file from the CD ROM to Driver Diskette 7 The Write Complete Message will show on the screen when the driver is built TR 824 User s Manual 5
27. ed Apply Information Information 2003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SATARaid Configuration t A Warning BIE TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE Configuration for SATAR aid E Ioj xj File Advanced Help 0000 0004 322 3130 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 gt SFFF 0010 003 Feto ooo 0000 poon 0000 0000 peril 18014003 ao7F ono Le Device O 0000 0000 a 0070 seco Jooo ecc occ eco fo poon ooo ooo oon meme 00500001 ases ors lao pors 2020 ooo zas ooo Jovea poso 10F0 1000 2002 poso 2000 10000 0000 0000 oono 0000 poan 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 loved o000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ooga 0000 0000 0000 DODO 0000 bsos 0000 loved o000 o000 0000 0000 0000 0000 MARA AANA NAAR NANA AAA AAN NAA rm NANA AAN amp El 4 AN Time 3 Information Information 2003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SATARaid Configuration t A Warning Paik 6 3 GUI Configuration Menu By clicking on the toolbox icon in the top left of the SATA Raid GUI window or right clicking on the conductor icon in the bottom right of the computer screen with other start up icons the user may configure SATA Raid including customizing the settings for SMTP E mail Notification Event Level Log File Audio and Popup SMTP The SMTP server is the server that is used to send e mails Normally the network administrator knows what this name is Both the name and domain must be entered Configuration a Joj xj E mail Motitic
28. ed at Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management Storage Disk Management Something similar to the following window should appear 28 TR 824 User s Manual 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS C Computer Management E Basic NTFS Healthy System 4 pl GB Ni Partition Basic SECTION 1 Healthy 0 MB ari i NTFS Healthy 182 El y F Disk 0 Basic 0 backup E J AE 4 50 GB NTFS a 2 63 GB Online Healthy System SECTION 2 Unallocated y eee Disk 1 Basic 3 81 GE 3 51 GE Online Unallocated a EE SECTION 3 Disk 2 Basi 15 62 GB AGE Online Unallocated CDRom 0 CDRom Ds Online Unallocated BB Primary Partition A VA NE This window has three main sections SECTION 1 System listing of all formatted and available disks RAID Sets SECTION 2 Report of physical connection of disks RAID Sets SECTION 3 Report of partition status disk letter and volume name 7 1 1 Initial Window In SECTION 2 every disk should report as Basic Disk Size the actual available disk space will be reported here Online Instead of Basic a disk may also report as either Unknown or Dynamic If the disk reports as Unknown right click on the disk SECTION 2 and click on Write Signature At this point a window will appear with the disk in question all Unknown disks may appear in this window Make sure the box next to each disk is checked and
29. fication EvertLevel LogFie Audio Popup E mail Motitication Information E mail notification is used to send an e mail to each address in the list for each event received from the driver or for sending system configuration Subject arar Event Report Address List Add Remove Cancel TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE Event Level E x There are different types of e mail notifications red cee esse r that may be sent which are set with the Event E mail hotificatior Event Level Log File Level tab The different levels are Configuration Audio Popup cEwentL I Inf ation Disable No event logs will be sent a Information The following events will be sent The event level sets which level of event logs are sent by e mail Information o Warnings Event Level Configuration Errors Error Level Move the slider to set event level Warning The following events will be sent far notification Warnings Varning Level Errors Error The following events will be sent z Errors Information Level B Disable All i Log File The log file is used to store event information received from all the Silicon Image RAID drivers The log file 1s a text file and can be viewed with Notepad or SATARaid Use the Log File tab to set where the log file should be stored and the name of the file as well Configuration
30. g 3 Check that TR 824 Raid Card is detected during booting by looking for the BIOS message from the screen If it is not detected try to move to another free PCI slot 4 Check all ATA cables and power cables are connected properly 5 Accessories Included e TR 824 Data Cable x 4 Power Cable x 2 User s Manual Driver CD GUI Software 38 TR 824 User s Manual 9 TECHNICAL SUPPORT GUIDE 9 TECHNICAL SUPPORT GUIDE Tekram Technical Support provides several support options for our users to access information and updates We encourage you to use one of our electronic services which provide product information updates with the most efficient service and support Be sure to have the following information available when contacting us Product model and serial number BIOS and driver version numbers A description of the problem situation System configuration information including mainboard and CPU type hard drive models s ATAPI drives amp devices and other controllers Technical Support Services Website Support Taiwan http www tekram com tw Mainland China http www tekram com cn e http www tekram com O http www tekram de A sales tekram com tw Mainland China techsupport tekram com cn o EEEE TET sales tekram com O lt lt lt technical support tekram de 39 TR 824 User s Manual FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to com
31. g generic such as STRIPED SET or something specific to use such as FINANCIAL CRITICAL MISCELLANEOUS etc then check the box next to quick format Click Next 6 The sixth window 1s a summary window listing all of the selections made Click Finish Depending on the size of the disk drive s included in the partition the partition should change from Unallocated to Healthy with 1ts name and drive letter reported as well in a matter of minutes or less Do not attempt to create a partition for the next disk until the disk currently being formatted is complete and reports Healthy Also note that once the disk reports Healthy it appears in the listing in SECTION 1 with all of its pertinent information as well 2 Repeat this procedure for the partition of the second and third disk 3 Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed X in the top right corner of the window 4 Click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop The three new drives should now be visible and properly named Data may now be stored to each of these disks 1f desired 7 2 Windows NT Operating System Before creating any partitions RAID sets must first be created dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility Once completed continue booting Windows Once Windows is running open the Disk Administrator window The Disk Administrator window is located at Start Programs Disk Administrator Common Something similar to the following window
32. he popup window is a visual notification that an event occured This popup windows can be disabled or set to popup for only certain event levels Disable No popup will occur Information The popup window will be Displayed for the following events Popup Window Event Level Configuration Information Error Level hove the slider to set event level Warnings for notification Errors Warning Level Warning The popup window will be displayed for the following events Warnings Errors Error The popup window will be displayed for the following events Errors Information Level Disable All Cancel 26 TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE TrayIcon There are different levels of events that tray icon may blink for The different levels are Disable The tray icon will blink for no event Information The tray icon will blink for the following events Information Warnings Errors Warning The tray icon will blink for the following events Warnings Errors Error The tray icon will blink for the following event Errors Event Table There are different levels of events that may be Shown in the event table Disable No event will be shown in the event table Information The event table will show the following events Information Warnings Errors Warning The event table will show the following events Warnings Errors Erro
33. host adapter that can support up to four Serial ATA drives 1 1 1 Specifications Features Protocol Supported Support RAID 0 striping RAID 1 mirroring RAID 10 Four independent SATA channels Support hot swap and automatically rebuild mirror array Easy to use GUI based software for monitoring and storage management Support ATAPI device Support driver greater than 137GB Serial ATA 1 0 Specification SATA Processor S113 114 Silicon Image PCI to Serial ATA Controller SATA BIOS Yes Flash Max Transfer Rate Serial ATA Generation 1 transfer rate of 1 5GB S PCI Interface PCI 2 3 32 bit data Accessory included Drivers Available Supported Devices 1 1 2 SATA Raid Features RAID 0 I 10 System GUI Monitoring Utility Displays Logs Alerts Users to Vital RAID Set Information Manages RAID Set Functions configures rebuilds etc Data Cables 50cm 4 Power Cables 1 pin to 2pin power cable 2 User s Manual Driver Disk GUI software included in CD Windows 98 Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Linux SATA Devices HDD CD ROM CD RW DVD ROM MO Tape etc RAID Set Accommodates Multiple Size HDDs HDDs Function Normally When not in RAID Sets Adjustable Stripe Size for RAID 0 Automatically Selects Highest Available Transfer Speed for All ATA and ATAPI Devices Supports UDMA up to 150MB Sec All UDMA and PIO Modes ACPI and ATA ATAPI6 5 TR
34. iee E Create Extended DOS Partition Current fixed disk drive 2 Partition Status Type Volume Label Mbytes System Usage 1 EXT DOS 15262 SUNKNOWN 100 Extended DOS Partition created Press Esc to continue FDISK is now creating a logical drive Create Logical DOS Drive s in the Extended DOS Partition la x B h Y No logical drives defined Verifying drive integrity 12 compleje TR 824 User s Manual 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS Once the percentage counter reaches 100 the following window appears Once again this window reports size SJE Al im lex Ras J sele E Create Logical DOS Drive s in the Extended DOS Partition No logical drives defined Total Extended DOS Partition size is 15262 Mbytes 1 MByte 1048576 bytes Maximum space available for logical drive is 15262 Mbytes 5100 Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk space 15262 Press Esc to return to FDISK Options Press Enter and the following window appears MTS l x ss d eel El sa Alle Create Logical DOS Drive s in the Extended DOS Partition Dry Volume Label Mbytes System Usage se 15262 UNKNOWN 100 All available space in the Extended DOS Partition 15 assigned to logical drives Press Esc to continue This window now shows the drive and its drive letter and size Press Esc If another drive RAID set needs to be partitioned repeat the process starting by changing the f
35. igned explicitly for the FAT32 file system will not be able to work with this disk If you need to access this disk with other operating systems or older disk utilities do not enable large drive support Do you wish to enable large disk support N Press Enter for yes The FDISK Options window will appear MS DOS Bt lax as leel El sf S al fe Microsoft Windows Millennium Fixed Disk Setup Program C Copyright Microsoft Corp 1983 2000 FDISK Options Current fixed disk drive 1 Choose one of the following Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive Set active partition Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive Display partition information Change current fixed disk drive Enter choice 1 Press Esc to exit FDISK The Current Fixed Drive will be the System Drive normally C In order to create partitions the fixed drive needs to oO Select 5 and press Enter SJE Alix Change Current Fixed Disk Drive l x Ras 4 sele E Disk Dry Mbytes Free Usage 1 6158 4103 33 G 2047 15263 31526 33 9 1 MByte 1048576 bytes Enter Fixed Disk Drive Number 1 2 2 Press Esc to return to FDISK Options TR 824 User s Manual 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS Enter the disk number to partition and press Enter With the Fun fixed drive set at the disk needing to be partitioned Select I and press Enter x Ra d ulee El ja al fs FDISK Options
36. install From the list below Custom Setup Feature Gescriptis EN Java 2 Runtime Environment Select the program Features you want installed Support for Additional Languages Support For non SE a The Java Runtime Environment with support For European languages will be installed Select IS AA EA Ae E optional Features to install From the list below EN This Feature will be installed on local hard drive EJ Don t install this feature now Java 2 Runtime Environment Feature Description 12 Support for Additional Languages Lucida fonts other than the E Additional Font and Media Support default Lucida Sans Regular a Install ko ER This Feature will be installed on local hard drive FJ Dont install this Feature now Install to 3 Double click on Java SATARaid exe under the GUI directory after the Java2 platform installation 4 Follow on screen instructions to complete installation Note Do NOT install in the Start Up folder Choose the Default folder normally Accessories or Administrative Tools or something similar 18 TR 824 User s Manual 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE 6 2 Overview The SATA Raid GUI offers the user the ability to easily monitor your RAID Set To launch the GUI simply double click on the icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the Desktop If the icon does not appear in the bottom right hand corner of the desktop find where the application
37. ity will ask Are You Sure before completing the configuration 3 2 2 Deleting RAID Set 1 To remove one or more RAID sets select Delete RAID Set 2 Select desired set and press Y when asked Are You Sure 3 3 3 Rebuilding RAID set If a hard disk is damaged when running RAID 1 remove the damaged HDD connect a workable one rebuild the array and restore data by selecting Rebuild Mirrored set This can be done either online or offline 3 3 4 Resolving Conflict When a RAID set is created the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information Primary Channel Secondary Channel If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set or used in another system it may have conflicting metadata specifically in reference to the drive connection information If so this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt In order for the RAID set to function properly this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata To resolve this select Resolve Conflict and the correct metadata including the correct drive connection information will be written to the replacement disk TR 824 User s Manual 10 3 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 2 5 Low Level Format When any of the drives fails to normally function or there is any logical error in one of the drives you can select Low Level Format to resolve the problem by reverting the drive to original con
38. ive to a Mirrored set that has experienced a disk failure A drive can NOT be removed from a Striped set as this would destroy all data Note that when a Mirrored Set is first created the State of the destination drive may report as Rebuild for as much as 30 90 minutes depending on the size of the disk Configuration for SATAR aid 8 E D x File Advanced Help E S A hoj Si RAID 1 Set Members Smart Configuration Identity Data ee o 311411 GE 43 Channel 0 Channel 1 Go to the RAID management Wizard to add device to the set n Device To remove member from a set highlight the member and click the remove button a Channel 2 Device Channel 3 Rebuild g pene CTO A se Sets Sil RAID 1 Set ror AA rannen el flire 1 Channeld Current y The Device Location refers to how each physical disk Remove was reported in the BIOS RAID utility 7 E Information 2003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SATA Raid Configuration tH Warning 4 SMART and Configuration information as well as Data Identification are again provided for each Set _ Y loj x Configuration for SATAR aid File Advanced Help Sil RAID 1 Set Members Smart Configuration Identify Data Hot Spare and Auto Rebuild When enabled hot spare vill automatically be added to this set and rebuild stated when a member is dropped Only valid for mirrored sets sil RAD 1 Set gt Enabled Disabl
39. ixed disk drive Press 5 If done press Esc MES la x a ee E aS Alpa FDISK Options Current fixed disk drive 2 Choose one of the following Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive Set active partition Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive Display partition information Change current fixed disk drive Enter choice 1 Press Esc to exit FDISK 36 TR 824 User s Manual 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS The following window will appear la x Res ulee El sf Alle You MUST restart your system for your changes to take effect Any drives you have created or changed must be formatted FTER you restart Shut down Windows before restarting This window is a reminder to RESTART the computer After restarting the computer and booting Windows 9x double click on the My Computer icon Right click on each new drive and select Format Only a FULL format will be accepted at this point Select Full Format enter the Label Name for the drive or RAID set 1f desired and click OK Once the drive has been formatted repeat for each new drive The new drives should now be ready to be used TR 824 User s Manual 8 TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS The following tips are general troubleshooting procedures 1 Check that the TR 824 RAID Card is seated evenly all the way into the PCI slot 2 Check that the PCI expansion slot is SV and compliant with PCI 2 3 or previous version and supports Bus Masterin
40. lected don t change Default Allocation Size and since it 1s the Striped Set that is being formatted enter Striped Set for Volume Label Make sure that Quick Format is selected as the Format Option 15 Repeat this procedure for the other two disks but name them something else 16 Close Disk Administrator and open My Computer icon should be on Desktop 17 The new disks should now appear in My Computer window 18 Close all windows and applications and Restart computer 7 3 Windows 98 Me Operating System Windows 9x does not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management window Instead after creating RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows start fdisk by 1 Click on the START button 2 Select Run 3 Type fdisk 4 Click OK The following window will probably appear 32 TR 824 User s Manual 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS Pons am d ilee al ef alla Your computer has a disk larger than 912 MB This version of Windows includes improved support for large disks resulting in more efficient use of disk space on large drives and allowing disks over 2 GB to be formatted as a single drive IMPORTANT If you enable large disk support and create any new drives on this disk you will not be able to access the new drive s using other operating systems including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows NI as well as earlier versions of Windows and MS DOS In addition disk utilities that were not des
41. ontroller for Windows NT 4 0 and 2000 from the list that TR 824 User s Manual 5 INSTALLING SOFTWARE DRIVERS appears on screen then press lt Enter gt 6 The Windows NT Setup window will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include TR 824 SATARaid Controller for Windows NT 4 0 and 2000 NOTE If there are any additional devices to be installed specify them now When all devices are specified continue to the next step 7 From the Windows NT Setup screen press lt Enter gt Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows NT installation 8 After a successful installation the SCSI Adapter Setup box will show that the Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller driver has been installed 5 4 2 Existing Windows NT4 0 Installation The following section details the installation of TR 824 drivers on a system that has Windows NT4 0 already installed and running NOTE Do not attach the boot drive or any other hard drive to the TR 824 controller card before completing this step 1 From the Start menu choose Settings 2 From the Settings menu choose Control Panel 3 Double click the SCSI Adapters icon The SCSI Adapters dialog box appears 4 Choose Drivers then click Add In the Install Drivers dialog box click Have Disk When Install From Disk appears insert the TR 824 driver diskette in drive A Type A tr824 inf in
42. ply with limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interface to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Move the equipment away from the receiver e Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions Only equipment certified to comply with Class B should be attached to this equipment and must have shielded interface cables The FCC requires the user to be notified that any change or modifications to the equipment by the user not expressly approved by the grantee or manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate such equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rule Operation is subjected to the following two conditions
43. r The event table will show the following event Errors Event Time You can set a proper fixed time interval when the System will monitor the controller gt Configuration a ioj x mail Notification EventLevel LogFie Audio Popup J rayicon Event Table Event Time SMTP Event Level Information The event level sets which level of event tray icon blinks for Event Level Configuration Move the slider to set event level for tray icon notification Error Level Warning Level Information Level Disable All Cancel Configuration q ioj x E mail Notification Fvertlevel LoqFie audio Popup Trayloon n Event Table Evert Time SMTP Event Level Information The event level sets which level of event will shows in event table Event Level Configuration Move the slider to set event level for event table Error Level Warning Level Information Level Pizable All Cancel TR 824 User s Manual 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS The creating and naming of partitions 1s something done within the Windows operating system And while Windows 2000 XP 2003 and Windows NT both use the Disk Management window there are enough nuances that make it important to follow the procedure specifically for the appropriate operating system The procedure for Windows 98 Me is significantly different from the others
44. ror set 1 2 3 Combination of RAID 0 and RAID I RAID 0 1 The idea behind RAID 0 1 is simply based on the combination of RAID 0 Performance and RAID 1 Data Security RAID 0 1 disk sets offer good performance and data security Similar as in RAID 0 optimum performance is achieved in highly sequential load situations Data witten in chunks to one disk set then mirrored to other disk set 6 TR 824 User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 4 Data Striping with Striped Parity RAID 5 The data is striped across disk drives The parity data in a RAID 5 set is striped across all disk drives RAID 5 is designed to handle small data blocks This makes RAID 5 an excellent choice for multitasking multi user and database environments The security provided by RAID 5 is that when one disk drive fails all data is fully available the missing data is recalculated from the data that is still available and the parity information This data calculation can also be used to restore data to replaced defective disks Data chunks and parity move across different disk drives in RAID set TR 824 User s Manual 2 HARDWARE SETUP 2 HARDWARE SETUP 2 1 Board Layout The following figures illustrate the chip and connector locations for the TR 824 PCI SATA Host Adapter Serial ATA 4 channel Host Adapter J0J93UUO9 VIV elas UId 2 2 Installing TR 824 The TR 824 Controller card fits into any available 32 bit PCI slot must be
45. should appear zs Disk Administrator Partition Fault Tolerance Tools View Options Help EI Disk 0 a056 ME El Disk 1 76317 MB 76317 ME CD ROM 0 Primary partition Partition 76317 ME NTFS Edi 30 TR 824 User s Manual 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS However this Write Signature window may appear first No signature found on Disk 1 Writing a signature is a safe operation and will not affect pour ability to access this disk from other operating spsteme such as DOS If you choose not to write signature the disk will be marked OFF LINE and be naccessable to the Windows NT Disk Administrator program Do you want to write signature on Disk 1 20 that Disk Administrator can access the drive If so answer YES for each disk reported with no signature found Afterwards something similar to the following should appear zk Disk Administrator Partition Fault Tolerance Tools View Options Help Disk 0 SECTION 1 Disk 1 NTFS 76317 ME 76317 ME CD ROM 0 Primary partition Partition 76317 MB NTFS Es Button 1 opens the Disk Administrator Volumes window which lists the recognizable Volumes their capacity free space type of format etc Button 2 opens the Disk Configuration window shown above detailing all disks or RAID Sets partitions and allows the user to format and name each partition and volume Section I reports the size of each disk or RAID Set Section
46. stall Windows ME fully 3 After installation right click on My Computer and select Properties from the popup menu 4 In the System window choose the Device Manager tab 5 In the hierarchical display under Other Devices is a listing for PCI RAID Controller Click PCI RAID Controller then click Properties 6 In the Properties window choose the Driver tab then choose Update Driver and click Next 7 Choose Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now recommended then click Next 8 Choose Specify Location then type A 1tr824 inf in the text box 9 Insert the TR 824 driver diskette into the A drive 10 Click the Next button A message informing you that Tekram TR 824 SATARaid Controller should appear 11 Click Next then click Finish 12 When asked 1f you want to restart your computer click Yes Immediately remove the diskette from drive A 5 3 2 Existing Windows ME Installation The following section details the installation of TR 824 drivers on a system that has Windows ME already installed and running 1 After installing the TR 824 controller card and configuring the hard drives power up the system and boot 2 The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear informing you that it has found a PCI Mass Storage Controller Click Next then from the generated list box choose Specify the location of the driver Advanced Click Next then from the generated choices choose Specify a location Insert
47. vaska eee 16 5 53 WINDOWS 98 INSTALLATION sr 16 JI New OS NN 16 DAGS ME Windows O AA reach aa ee sl LOGO al sie al a Mant a nal Sa Oil IKA 5 5 3 Confirming Driver Installation in Windows 9S lt lt da 17 TR 824 User s Manual 3 6 GUI GRAPHIC USER INTERFAC Bunnen 18 NNN 18 ENN 19 63 GUT CONFIGURATION MENU ve 23 7 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS rerernernevernernevernernensrnennrnennennrnennennnnener 28 7 1 WINDOWS 2000 XP 2003 OPERATING SYSTEM c ccsccscosccsccscesccscescescescescescescescescescesees 28 MINN TN AE 29 TIGRE PIN PER 29 7 2 WINDOWS NT OPERATING SYSTEM cccsccscoscescscescesceccscescecescescescscescescscescescesessescsens 30 7 3 WINDOWS 98 ME OPERATING SYSTEM sscsscscesccscescescescescescescescescescescescescescescescescesees 32 8 TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS sa 38 9 TECHNICAL SUPPORTF CUIDE sara to 39 TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES esrornevnennvnennennrnennennennnnennennenennennennnnennennenennennenennennennnnennenneneene 39 _ _ _ SR EET 39 __ _ _ PE RE tenes Scag Ae tin Ananda coho Ad tin chaos 39 TR 824 User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION LINTRODUCTION 1 1 Product Overview Thank you for purchasing Tekram TR 824 Serial ATA controller card This controller allows you to install and enjoy the performance advantage of the new Serial ATA hard drives in your existing PC rather than spending the time effort and money in upgrading to a brand new system The TR 824 is a four channel PCI Serial ATA
48. was saved and launch from there Upon launching the GUI the first window which identifies the computer running SATARaid should appear similar to the following Send Configuration Save Configuration Copy configuration SATARaid Help RAID System Configure Management View SATARaid Configurati an for SAT Aaid Configuration FIN advanced Hon 1 4 TT 1 E la x Flo Computer F s13114U 0 System Information H Channel O Device Operating System Microsoft Windows XP 3 Channel 1 ap Device Version 3 1 lt 4 Channel 2 Device channel 3 Computer Information EE Device Tr Sets f M i Asi RADI set s Event Viewer 3 Information Warning Error EH i Selecting each different component in the configuration tree provides specific information for that component such as the chip Configuration for SATARaid O x File Time Information 2003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SAT 4Raid Configuration t 2003 12 30 at 23 42 33 SATARaid Confiauration t Information Advanced Help Adapter Chip Information Type S 3114 Version 0001 Driver Information RAID Device m 1 54 Channel 3 File version 1 0 0 1 cul Modified Date Mon Sep 22 13 46 10 2003 EVIGE Ide Management 22 Sets Sil RAID 1 Set 3 Information Information 2003 12 30 at 23 45 21 SATARaid Configuration t Warning Information 2003 12 30 at 23 42 33 SATARaid
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