SATA RAID Function (Only for chipset Sil3132 used) User's Manual
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1. E o Ernpty Ernpty ID 3 E E Empty Empty ID 4 7 E Empty Empty The RAID Groups window identifies SATA host adapters and configured RAID groups Selecting each RAID group in the RAID Groups window members consisting of the RAID group will be highlighted in the Device Configuration window Right clicking on each node in the RAID Group window a popup menu will be displayed to let user select action to be performed for the selected controller or RAID group The Device Configuration window identifies all physical drives and their partitions A physical drive can be partitioned to several portions and each portion can be a RAID group member a spare drive or a virtual drive SATARAID5 User s Manual 23 8 2 SATARAID5 Menu Commands The Main menu commands are shown below File Configuration Exit Device Create Spare Delete Spare Delete Member Delete Orphan Device Summary RAID Group Window Create RAID Group Rebuild RAID Group Task Manager Event Log Delete RAID Group RAID Group Summary Resources The commands are documented on the pages that follow 24 Legacy Support Create Legacy RAID Group Rebuild Legacy RAID Group Delete Legacy RAID Group Convert Legacy RAID Group Create Legacy Spare Delete Legacy Spare Convert Legacy Spare Help Help Topics About SATARAID5 User s Manual 8 2 1 Configuration SATARAID5 configuration op2. FA 267 Local Users and Groups a S Storage fee Y Disk Management fee E Disk Defragmenter Ena EE Logical Drives Disk 0 E EE Removable Storage Basic c cas Services and Applications 7 87 GB 7 87 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Basic Raid O Set E 37 20 GB 37 28 GB NTFS Online Healthy lt P Disk 2 Basic 27 45 GE Online Formatting 83 CDRom 0 DYD Ds Online Primary Partition Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other partitions Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed X in the top right corner of the window Click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop The new drives will be visible and properly named The new disks are available for use SATARAID5 User s Manual 22 8 SATARAID5 GUI Overview The SATARAID5 GUI Installation program configures the SATARAID5 GUI to automatically start wnen Windows is started If the SATARAID5 GUI does not automatically start or is closed by the user choose the SATARAID5 program from the Start Menu to launch the GUI The SATARAID5 GUI monitors the system s RAID Group The main window will display Bey SATARAIDS Array Manager File Device RAID Group Window Help Controller O S Legacy RG 0 8 1 RAID Groups and Device Configuration Windows Channel Channel 21 0 GB Available 21 0 GB Available 21 0 GB Available 21 0 GB Available ID 1 E E Empty Empty ID 2
3. It is a display only function Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll between the drives in the Logical Drive Properties window Press the ESC key when done viewing logical drive information RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2005 Create RAID set Delete RAID set Rebuild Raidi set Low Level Format Logical Drive Info Press Enter and select logical drive to display intormation in detail PHYSICAL DRIVE 0 ST3120026AS 111GB 1 5T312002645 1116B LOGICAL DRIVE Sil Raidi Set RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2005 HATH MENU HELE Create RAID set Press TL for logical drive Delete RAID set information or press ESC to Rebuild Raidi set exit Low Level Format Logical Drive Info PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE sil Raidi Set D STS120026A5 CURRENT 1 51312002645 CURRENT 6 8 Reserved Drive and Setting Size for RAID Set or Spare Drive Once a physical drive has been used to create a RAID set or spare drive by BIOS utility BIOS saves user selected set or drive size in the reserved area of the physical drive There is no way to remove the reserved area information even after the user deletes the set or drive For this reason after a set or drive is deleted BIOS recognizes the physical drive as a reserved logical drive and it will not report the drive to the system BIOS SATARAID5 User s Manual 16 When user selects to create a R
4. Use the slider control to set the event level for popups to occur Error Level The following events will trigger a popup window Errors Warning Level The following events will trigger a popup window Warnings Errors Information Level The following events will trigger a popup window Informational Warnings Errors Disable All No events will trigger a popup window Configuration Screen as SATARAID5 User s Manual 26 Advanced Options The Advanced Options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID driver By default all these advanced options are disabled Configuration Screen x Advanced Options Information This configuration panel allows users to control advanced features ofthe RAID driver Please consult manual for information about each option WARMING Incorrect usage of some options could result in data loss Advanced Options Specification Legacy Bootable Support Delete Member Support T Advanced RAID Features Resources Info Support The following features are supported 1 Legacy Bootable Support When this feature is selected Legacy Support menu will be available in the menu bar The Legacy Support Menu includes a list of menu items to support RAID functions for legacy RAID groups For detailed Legacy Support features refer to sections from 8 2 15 Create Legacy RAID Group to 8 2 21 Convert Legacy Spare 2 Delet
5. 3 12 Select Create RAID set Choose a RAID 0 Striped or a RAID 1 Mirrored set 7 PAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2005 Create KAID get Delete RAID set PATDI Rebuild Raidi set ooie Low Level Format PA rec Logical Drive Info RAIDO PHESICAL DRIVE o 1 51312002645 571312002645 TL Select Henu ESC Previoue Menu Enter Seleot Ctrl E Exit Select Automatically or Manually configuration of the RAID Set BRAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2005 HELP Press Enter to autamati pally create raid get Auto contiguratio Manual configuration Stripe size is 61K Pirst drive is drive 0 PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE 571312002645 51312002645 TL Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter select Ctrl E Exit SATARAID5 User s Manual If manual configuration is selected the chunk size of Striped Sets can be selected For Mirrored Sets the Source and Target drives can be selected If auto configuration is selected BIOS will select RAID member drives automatically and the chunk size of Striped Sets is set to 64KB Select RAID set size with T and keys See section 6 8 for explanation on selecting size RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright CC oos gt MATH MHENU HELP Press Enter to select the RaidSize Auto configuration Manual configuration T inere
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7. BY Primary Partition This window has three main sections 1 System listing of all formatted and available disks RAID Groups 2 Report of physical connection of disks RAID Groups 3 Report of partition status disk letter and volume name In the physical connection window every disk should report as Basic Disk Size the actual available disk space will be reported here Online SATARAID5 User s Manual 18 Instead of Basic a disk may also report as either Unknown or Dynamic If the disk reports as Unknown right click on the disk icon and click Write Signature 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 then click OK The disk should now report as Basic If a disk reports as Dynamic right click on the icon of that disk and click on Revert to Basic Disk Within seconds the disk should report as Basic 7 1 1 Creating the Partitions In the Report of physical connection of disks RAID Groups section the order in which the drives are displayed corresponds directly to the order the Sets appear in the BIOS Therefore the first Unallocated Partition represents Set 1 and so on 1 In this example there are two disks with unallocated partitions Right click on the partition of the first disk and click on Create Partition Disk 0 Basic 0 FAGO O OB NTFS
8. ee 47 SATARAID5 User s Manual 1 Welcome Silicon Image s SATARAID5 software provides Serial ATA RAID 0 Striping and RAID 1 Mirroring functionality to enhance the industry s leading PCI to SATA host controller products Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures while utilizing full disk capacity With Silicon Image Serial ATA host controller and SATARAIDS both of these problems are solved SATARAID5 software provides a Graphical User Interface GUI for easy to use configurations of the RAID Groups 1 1 SATARAID5 Features e RAID O and RAID 1 Groups are supported e Supported OS Win2000 XP Server 2003 e RAID Groups can be created and deleted without exiting Windows e Hot Spare and On line Rebuilding The spare policy supports testing periodically for a health check of the spare disk Spare drive can be global or dedicated to a specific RAID group e Supports Auto and Manual rebuild policy for a RAID group e System GUI Monitoring Utility e Displays Logs Alerts Users to Vital RAID Group Information e Manages RAID Group Functions configures rebuilds etc e Supports the ability to partition and map a segment of disk to a virtual LUN or disk e Supports up to two RAID groups Any excess capacity on disk drives can be formatted as independe
9. the Delete Orphan Segment window to show all orphan segments and allow user to delete selected orphan segments Delete Orphan Segment 3 xX Select Orphans Device Starting LEN Delete Cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual 30 8 2 7 Device Summary This command displays the Device Summary window to show all physical devices information loxi Device Summary File Options Healthy Oo 234439600 371312002548 Unknown Unknown Unknown Empty J4 Unknown Unknown STH 200268 Empty J6 Unknown Unknown Unknown Empty J8 Unknown Unknown Empty 8 Unknown Unknown Device Count 10 Device Summary File Options 37312002648 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 37312002645 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Device Count 10 a The Device Summary window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Sorting Fields Exit This command closes the Device Summary window Sorting This command sorts the rows based on the selected field SATARAID5 User s Manual 31 Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the Device Summary window Available Fields Displayed Fields Serial Nurnber Add Version Path ID Remove Target ID Device Capacity Model Ok Apply cancel 8 2 8 Create RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user create RAID grou
10. user needs to select the following parameters Spare Type Global the spare drive is for all RAID groups in the system Capacity Select from a list of spare drive size current options are from 128 MB to 100 GB and MAX Device Select one device segment from the available device segment list Parameters Spare Type Global Capacity fi 20 ME Path ID Target ID Starting LEN 0 O 21 0 GE 0b5943b0 1 O 21068 0b5943b0 Create Close 8 2 4 Delete Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user choose one or more Spare Drives to delete Select Sparefsy RAID Group Starting LEN 0 Global Spare Db5943b0 128 0 ME Global Spare 0b5943b0 1 0 GE Delete Cancel 8 2 5 Delete Member This command displays a dialog box to let user choose RAID groups members to delete Since RAID 0 is not fault tolerant RAID 0 members will not be shown in the list Note delete RAID group member will reduce the RAID group to be a non fault tolerant RAID group SATARAID5 User s Manual 29 Delete RAID Group Member select Members to Delete Member Capacity Starting LEN o a E 1 0 GE EE 8 2 6 Delete Orphan An orphan device segment is part of a RAID group that cannot access another device segment within the same RAID group When a member of a RAID group fails in a sever manner such as a loss of power or a complete hard disk failure it becomes an orphan This command displays
11. 0178 MB Minimum disk space y MBE Amount of disk space to use ME Back Cancel 5 The fourth window designates the drive letter of the partition Change the drive letter if desired Click Next Create Partition Wizard Assign Drive Letter or Path Tou can assign a drive letter or drive path to a partition Assim adiveeticr E y Mount this volume at an empty folder that supports drive paths Browse Do not assign a drive letter or drive path Back Cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual 20 6 The next window allows the volume label to be set and selection of the type of formatting to take place upon the creation of the partition Make sure the Format this partition radio button is selected Name the volume as desired Suggestions are generic names such as STRIPED SET or something specific to use such as FINANCIAL CRITICAL MISCELLANEOUS etc It is recommended to use the default NTFS for the file system Click Next Create Partition Wizard Format Partition ou can customize the formatting of the partition Specify whether pon want to format this partition C Do not format this partition f Format this partition with the following settings Formatting File system to use NTFS Allocation unit size Defaut volume label Raid O Sel Perform a Quick Format Enable file and folder compression Back Cancel 7 The last window is a summary window listi
12. 2 10 Delete RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choose RAID groups to delete Select RAID Groupsist RAID Group Configuration Status Striped Delete Cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual 34 8 2 11 RAID Group Summary This command displays a dialog box to show all RAID groups group ID configuration and status WS RAID Group Summary E O x File Options RAID Group Label Configuration Status 0 Striped RAID Group Count 2 The RAID Group Summary window has its own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Sorting Fields Exit This command closes the RAID Group Summary window SATARAID5 User s Manual 35 Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose an item to sort RAID group items in the RAID Group list f Ascending RAID Group C Descending Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the RAID Group Summary window Available Fields Displayed Fields ChunkSize Add Member Count Label Metadata Format Remove Configuration Rebuild Priority Status Capacity OK Aly cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual 8 2 12 Task Manager This command displays the Task Manager window The Task Manager window lists all RAID and disk management tasks that have been started and or done This window provides user the ability to schedule any RAID
13. 4 to enter RAID utility O ST3120026AS 1 ST3120026AS The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed A brief description of each section is presented on the next page PAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2005 MAIN MENU HELP Press Enter to create RAID seat Create RAID set Delete RAID get Rebuild Baidi set Low Level Format Logical Prive Info Help Window Context Sensitive LOGICAL DRIVE PHYSICAL DRIVE 0 51312002645 1116B 1 51312002645 1116B Tl select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit SATARAID5 User s Manual 10 Main Menu The Main Menu in the upper left corner is used to choose the operation to be performed The selections are Create RAID Group Delete RAID Group Rebuild RAID 1 Set Low Level Format Logical Drive Info Create RAID Group is used to create a new legacy RAID Set or for allocating legacy spare drives Delete RAID Group is used to delete a legacy RAID Set or to deallocate a legacy spare drive Rebuild RAID 1 Set is used to initiate the rebuild of a RAID 1 set after for example a drive in the Group has been replaced Low Level Format allows a single drive to have its data completely wiped out Drives assigned to Sets or allocated as spares cannot be low level formatted Logical Drive Info shows the current configuration of each RAID set allocated spare and unallocated physical drive attached to the SATA host adapt
14. AID set or spare drive he or she has to select size for the set or drive BIOS will set a default size for it and user can use the T and J keys to change the size If the physical drive has never been used to create a set or drive by the BIOS before the full size of the physical drive will be set as default size Otherwise BIOS will set default size to the size it saved in the reserved area of the physical drive before If the user wants to increase the default size BIOS will display a warning message in the help window and for user s response before changing the default size FAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2005 MAIN MENU HELP Create RAID set This set size has reached Delete RAID set reserved size If you want Rebuild Raidi set to continue to increase Low Level Format the set size you may des Logical Drive Into troy the data on the disk Are you sure you want to increase the size Y N Please input the raid size 18 GE PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE O 51312002645 111GB 1 ST3120026AS 111GB Selb LAS Els Liny Reserved drives Tl select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit SATARAID5 User s Manual 17 7 Allocating Partitions in Windows After the Raid groups have been created either using BIOS RAID utility or SATARAID5 GUI the Raid group must have a partition defined on it then the Raid group must be formatted in preparation for use under W
15. ATENATION Since BIOS no longer reports non RAID drives to the system BIOS if a non RAID boot drive or data drive is desired a CONCATENATION can be created so BIOS will report it to the system BIOS 1 2 3 4 To create a CONCATENATION Select Create RAID set Select CONCATENATION and press Enter Select the number of CONCATENATION drive 1 2 and press Enter Select CONCATENATION drive from the physical drive list and press Enter SATARAID5 User s Manual 13 After the CONCATENATION drive s is set the message Are You Sure will display before completing the configuration Answer N to abort the creation of the CONCATENATION or Y to proceed with the CONCATENATION creation 6 4 Deleting RAID Groups Spare Drive and Concatenation 1 2 3 4 14 To remove one or more RAID sets spare drives and concatenations select Delete RAID set Select the desired item to delete from the logical drive list and press Enter Press Y when asked Are You Sure The drives will be returned to the selection of logical drives from which a new RAID set can be created RAID Configuration Wtility Silicon Image Inc Copyright 2005 Rebuild Raidl set Low Level Format Logical Drive Info PHYSICAL DRIVE 0 ST3120026A5 111GB i 571312002645 111GB TL Select Menu ES Previous Menu HELP Press Enter to select a RAID set LOGICAL DEIVE sil Raid
16. Group types Striped RAID 0 and Mirrored RAID 1 Other RAID types are not supported by SATARAID5 software and thus are not discussed 2 1 Disk Striping RAID 0 Striping is a performance oriented non redundant data mapping technique While Striping is discussed as a RAID Group type it is does not provide any fault tolerance With modern SATA and ATA bus mastering technology multiple VO operations can be performed in parallel enhancing data throughput Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk The figure below illustrates a three disk stripe set Stripe one is written to disk one stripe two to disk two and so forth RAID O sets can be comprised of two three or four drives Stripe8 il il il 2 2 Disk Mirroring RAID 1 Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously written to two disks This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk failure If a read failure occurs on one drive the system reads the data from the other drive RAID 1 sets are comprised of two drives A third drive can be allocated as a spare in case one of the drives in the set fails A Block 0 Block 0 Ko 2 3 CONCATENTION The CONCATENATION is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive Since BIOS no longer reports non RAID drives to the system BIOS if a non RAID boot drive or data drive is desired a CONCATENAT
17. ION can be created so BIOS will report it to the system BIOS SATARAID5 User s Manual 3 Installing Drivers Before installing Windows 2000 XP onto a serial ATA hard disk on the Silicon Image Serial ATA controller the Silicon Image Serial ATA controller driver must be installed The following steps explain how to copy the Serial ATA controller driver from the motherboard driver CD ROM to a floppy disk in MS DOS mode and install the driver during OS installation Please prepare a startup disk that has CD ROM support and a blank formatted disk Step 1 Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD ROM in your system Boot from the startup disk Once at the A gt prompt change to the CD ROM drive example D gt At the D gt prompt type the following two commands Press ENTER after each command Figure 1 cd bootdrv menu Note For users without a startup disk Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard driver CD ROM From the CD ROM drive example D double click the MENU exe file in the BootDrv folder A command prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 2 Step 2 When the controller menu Figure 2 appears remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk Select the Si3132 RAID Driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk Press 0 to exit when finished Note I
18. Online Healthy System lt PDisk 1 Basic 37 20 GE Online Unallocated Properties Disk 2 IA Basic Help 7 95 GE 27 05 GB Online Unallocated SEDRom 0 DYD Ds Online Unallocated Bl Primary Partition 2 The Create Partition Wizard should appear The first window is an introductory window to the Wizard Click Next 3 The second window designates the partition type Choose primary partition and click Next EE Create Partition Wizard Select Partition Type Tou can specify what type of partition to create Select the type of partition you want to create Primary partition Extended partition f Logical drive Description A primary partition is a volume You create using free space on a basic disk Windows 2000 and other operating systems can start from a primary partition Tou can create up to four primary partitions on a basic disk or you can make three primary partitions and an extended partition lt Back Cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual 19 4 The third window designates the partition size Since this is a Striped RAID set utilizing 2 disk drives the size of the partition will be approximately twice the size of the smallest single disk drive Click Next Create Partition Wizard Specify Partition Size How big do vou want the partition to be Choose a partition size that is smaller than the masimum disk space Maximum disk space 3
19. SATA RAID Function Only for chipset Sil3132 used User s Manual 12ME SI3132 001 Table of Contents LO WELCOME Eie ie ees de E iS ii 4 LA SSA TARAIDS FEATURES una oes ee Ee os se ee es ed Ge be be ee ek eg oe es n De Ge ee ee ee oo ee SG Ge de 4 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RATD ii SS 5 2 1 DISK STRIPINGARATD O AOE EE AE 5 2 DISK MIRRORING RAID Di TR ee EG ee ee A ER ee N Ge ee 5 23 ONG AEN PION ie od ei oes See A i 5 SINS VAT TING DRIVERS aca 6 4 JAVA 2 RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT INSTALLATION ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccscocces 7 5 SATARATDS GUI INSTALLATION sees GOS N GE Ne Se es Ge SG De es N ee de De oe ee Go ee 9 6 CREATING AND DELETING LEGACY RAID GROUPS WITH BIOS UTILITY ceceeses 10 61 lt CREATING RAID GROUPS cansion Ee Ge Se Ge EG 12 62 CREATING SPARE DRIVE OER iii 13 63 CREATING CONCA TENA TION ss de ees nnana Ok Gees Ge Gee ea Soe Ge eu Se Se ee ke we Ge SEG OR DE GED EE 13 6 4 DELETING RAID GROUPS SPARE DRIVE AND CONCATENATION esse esse esse esse esse see esse esse ee se ees see se ee see ee ee 14 6S REBUIDRAID ESE Tocina daa 15 66 LOWLEVEEFORMATIDONGCG et oi ies es ER Ee Ge Ge a uate Ge Ee Ge ee eset 16 6 7 EOGICAL DRIVE INFORMATION lt a 16 6 8 RESERVED DRIVE AND SETTING SIZE FOR RAID SET OR SPARE DRIVE ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccess 16 7 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS IN WINDOWS cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
20. and disk management operations including RAID group creation rebuild and test 9 Task Summary 7 ie 5 x File Options Task Start Time Create RAID Group Raid Group Anda 225732 Ph Arrid4 2025052 PM 2 E Task Count dd The Task Manager window has its own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Task Open Sorting Modify Save Fields Suspend Print Resume Exit Cancel Delete Open This option will be available in future revisions Save This option will be available in future revisions SATARAID5 User s Manual 37 Print This option will be available in future revisions Exit This command closes the Task Summary window Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose an item to sort task items in the task list Sort items by End Time v Ascending f Descending Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the task list Available Fields Displayed Fields Priority Add Remaining Progress Remove Status Task Parameters Start Time End Time OK Apply Cancel Modify This command allows user to modify parameters of the selected task items The following is an example of changing rebuild priority for a rebuild task SATARAID5 User s Manual ee Task Summary File Options Task Start Time Create RAID Grou
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22. e Member Support When this feature is selected Delete Member menu item will be available under the Device menu The Delete Member menu item allows the user to delete a member from RAID 1 Mirroring group For detailed Delete Member feature refer to section 8 2 5 Delete Member 3 Advanced RAID Features When this feature is selected and user selects to create RAID group if the RAID group to be created is fault tolerance group RAID 1 user will be able to select Improper Shutdown Policy in the Create RAID Group dialog box The Advanced RAID Features are not supported for Legacy RAID groups SATARAID5 User s Manual 27 Parameters RAID Group Label Volume E RAID Group fi Configuration Mirrored Capacity 1 GB Chunk Size Rebuild Priority Improper Shutdown Policy Check Pointing Parity f On Quick Restore Return Dirty Data Off Best lo Pert Offline Raid Grp Path ID TargetllD Capacity Starting LEM DO T 21 0 GB 0b5443b0 A O 2106B 0b5943b0 Create Close For RAID 1 Group 4 Resources Info Support When this feature is selected Resources menu item will be available under the Window menu This feature is for debugging purpose only For detailed Resources feature refer to section 8 2 14 Resources 8 2 2 Exit This command terminates the SATARAID5 program SATARAID5 User s Manual 28 8 2 3 Create Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user create Spare Drive
23. er These operations are detailed in the pages that follow Help Window This window displays context sensitive help and status messages Physical Drive Information This window displays the model number and capacities of the drives physically attached to the SATA host adapter Logical Drive Information This window displays all logical drives connected to the controller The upper part lists RAID sets and CONCATENATION drives reported to the system BIOS The lower part lists spare drives reserved drives and invalid drives not reported to the system BIOS Command Line The bottom line of the display lists the currently active command keys Up and Down arrows select the menu item or action ESC takes the user to the previous menu Enter selects the highlighted choice Ctrl E exits the utility Other keys may be active depending upon the currently selected action SATARAID5 User s Manual 11 6 1 Creating RAID Groups As previously discussed the Silicon Image SATA host adapter supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations The selection of the RAID level to be used should be based upon factors including performance data security and number of drives available It is best to carefully consider the long term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy appropriately Silicon Image has made the creation of RAID sets very simple They can be created either automatically or to allow the greatest flexibility manually 1 2
24. f you wish to set up a non RAID configuration please select Si3132 BASE Driver Step 3 To install an operating system boot from the Windows installation disk Press F6 as soon as you see the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver message Figure 3 In the next screen press S to specify additional device s as instructed and supply the Serial ATA controller driver on the floppy disk Step 4 When a controller menu appears Figure 4 select a controller based on the operating system you wish to install and press ENTER Press ENTER again in the next screen to begin installing the driver When the driver installation is finished proceed with the installation of the Windows operating system D1LOODSK2 DISWHQL HUADRU hek ju h h DO A NDS DU e OF UF y ANUAL lt DIR gt ETWO RK lt DIR gt 11 23 MS lt DIR gt 11 23 gt INF 38 85 10 08 lt DIR gt 11 23 lt DIR gt 11 23 TXT 4 12 01 04 EXE 421 11 25 EXE 196 08 09 04 INI 2 03 09 30 04 lt DIR gt 11 23 04 TIC 03 20 03 TXT 11 24 04 16 file s 860 333 bytes TT bytes ae bootdru D BOOTDRU gt menu _ Figure 1 1 gt GIGARAID 22913114 BASE Driver 32513114 RAID Driver AUI 64168 RAID S gt Promise 20779 SATA Driver 6 gt Promise 26779 SATA RAID Driver Intel Matrix Storage Manager 32 hit S gt Intel Matrix Storage Manager 64 bit A oe ee ee Ede A2613132 RAID Driver Eolo Figure 2 Wind
25. hen the Welcome window appears InstallShield Wizard a x Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for 3132 GATARAIDS The Install5helde Wizard will install 9132 SATARAIDS on pour computer To continue click Nest Back Cancel Click the Next button to install the SATARAID5 program in the default directory recommended An alternate directory may be selected if desired InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Select folder where Setup will install filez Setup will install 3132 SATARAIDS in the following folder To install to this folder click Nest Ta install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder Es Program FilesSilicon Images 32 SATARAIDS Browse InstallShield Back Cancel After installation is done click the Finish button to complete the installation SATARAID5 User s Manual 6 Creating and Deleting Legacy RAID Groups with BIOS Utility Legacy RAID sets can be created and managed by either the BIOS utility or the SATARAID5 GUI New RAID groups must be created and managed by the SATARAID5 GUI See section 8 SATARAID5 GUI Overview for information on configuring RAID Groups using the SATARAID5 GUI During boot up a screen similar to that below will appear for about 5 seconds Press CTRL S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID utility SiI 3132 SATARaid BIOS Version 7 2 14 Copyright C 1997 2005 Silicon Image Inc Press lt Ctri S gt or F
26. i Set 3668 Enter Select Ctrl E Exit SATARAID5 User s Manual 6 5 Rebuild RAID 1 Set This menu selection is used to initiate the copying of data from an existing drive to a replacement drive that has been installed in a RAID 1 set after the failure of one of the members Select Rebuild RAID 1 set 1 2 3 4 FAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Select the desired set and press Enter Press Y when asked Are You Sure The set will be rebuilt The status of the rebuild is displayed in the MAIN MENU window Copyright 2005 MAIN MENU HELP Create RAID set Press Enter to select Delete RAID set raid1 set to rebuild lebuild Raidi set Low Level Format Logical Drive Info O f Copying PHYSICAL DRIVE 0 ST3120026A5 i ST3120026AS Tl Select Menu ESC P 5 done LOGICAL DRIVE 111GB Sil Raidi Set 111GB i Invalid Raid drive Enter Select revious Menu Ctr1l E Exit SATARAID5 User s Manual 15 6 6 Low Level Formatting The Low Level Format menu selection allows the complete erasure of data on a hard drive This is not an action which typically needs to be performed as formatting the drive under Windows is usually sufficient to prepare the drive for use 6 7 Logical Drive Information This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set RAID set RAID 1 spare or unassigned
27. indows Windows XP 2000 and Server 2003 use the Disk Management utility that is part of the Operating System There are enough nuances that make it important to follow the procedure specific to the Operating System 7 1 Windows Server 2003 amp XP amp 2000 Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using the BIOS RAID Utility or the SATARAID5 GUI Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Once Windows is running open the Disk Management window located at Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Computer Management gt Storage gt Disk Management A window similar to the following should appear m Computer Management Action view Tree Volume Layout Type _ File System Fault Tolerance Sic Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 7 87 GB 6 26 GE 79 o no O Computer Management Local Er System Tools ai JE Event viewer H 48 System Information oe Performance Logs and Alerts Pd Shared Folders Device Manager oe Local Users and Groups a Es Storage E Disk Management 3 Disk Defragmenter EE Logical Drives Disk 0 ee Removable Storage Basic 0 H Services and Applications 707 GB 7 87 GB NTFS 3 Online 2 Healthy System Disk 1 Basic 37 20 GE 37 28 GE Online Unallocated Disk 2 Basic 27 95 GE 27 95 GE Online Unallocated CDRom o DVD Ds Online Unallocated
28. k Summary window The following dialog box will pop up to get confirmation from the user Delete Task Yerification 2 Are you sure vou want to delete specified tasks SATARAID5 User s Manual 8 2 13 Event Log This command displays the Event Log window The Event Log window displays SATA device related events that occur while SATARAIDS is running Event Log E a alol xj File Options TIER O4f15 05 38 10 PM Informational Segment deleted Pathld 1 Targetld 0 PEN 065943b0 Capacity 002000 Event Count The Event Log window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Fields Exit This command closes the Event Log window SATARAID5 User s Manual 41 42 Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the event log E xl Available Fields Displayed Fields Add Eventlime Remove EventType EventLewvel EveniMessade OK Apply cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual 8 2 14 Resources This command displays the Resource Information window This feature is for debugging purpose only Resource Information q 4 IOJ xj File Display GSRB a 40 TOB O EE 8 2 15 Create Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user create legacy RAID group This item is disabled if new RAID groups exist User needs to select the following parameters RAID Gr
29. let user choose legacy RAID groups to convert to new RAID groups of the same RAID type configuration This item is disabled if no legacy RAID groups exist Convert Legacy RAID Group Select RAID Groupsist Raid Group Configuration O Striped 8 2 19 Create Legacy Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user create legacy spare drive This item is disabled if new RAID groups exist Parameters Capacity 1 GB 27 95 GB Create Close SATARAID5 User s Manual 45 8 2 20 Delete Legacy Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user delete legacy spare drive This item is disabled if no legacy spare drive exists Delete Legacy Spare Select Spares Device 8 2 21 Convert Legacy Spare This command displays a dialog box to let user choose legacy spare drives to convert to new spare drives This item is disabled if no legacy spare drives exist Convert Legacy Spare Select Spares Starting LEN Oo LegacySpare 00000000 SATARAID5 User s Manual 46 8 2 22 Help Topics This command opens an interactive help dialog using the standard Windows help interface This option will be available in future revisions 8 2 23 About This command displays a dialog box with more information about the SATARAID5 program including the revision level About SATARAIDS a E EE 8 gt SATARAIDS version 1 0 0 3 AE Copyright 2004 Silicon Image Se Running under Windows XP Version
30. ment 41GB raid size decrement iGH raid size Please input the raid size Gf GE PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE D 571312002645 1 51312002645 TL Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl1 E Exit After the RAID set size is set the message Are You Sure will display before completing the configuration Answer N to abort the creation of the new RAID set or Y to proceed with the RAID set creation RAID sets can be created in both BIOS and in the SATARaid5 GUI If you have excess capacity left on your hard drives after creating a RAID set in the BIOS you can later go to the SATARaid5 GUI to create additional logical drives that fully utilize the capacity on all your hard drives 6 2 Creating Spare Drive If there is a RAID 1 spare drive can be created The spare drive can be allocated to the RAID 1 set in the event of a failure of one of the drives in the RAID 1 set 1 2 3 4 5 To create a spare drive for RAID 1 set Select Create RAID set Select Spare Drive and press Enter Select spare drive from the physical drive list and press Enter Select spare drive size with T and keys See section 6 8 for explanation on selecting size After the spare drive size is set the message Are You Sure will display before completing the configuration Answer N to abort the creation of the spare drive or Y to proceed with the spare drive creation 6 3 Creating CONC
31. ng all of the selections made After verifying that everything is correct click Finish Create Partition Wizard ey IE x Completing the Create Partition Wizard Tou have successtully completed the Create Partition Wizard Tou specified the following settings Disks Selected Disk 1 Partition size 30178 MB Drive letter or path E File System NTFS Allocation Unit Size Default j Valine ahel Rad Set To close this wizard click Finish Back Cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual 21 The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed Depending upon the size of the partition the format process may take several minutes When complete the status will change to Healthy and the name and drive letter will be updated Once the disk reports Healthy it appears in the listing in System Listing section with all of its pertinent information as well al Computer Management Action view Tree ia File System Fault Tolerance Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 7 87 GB 6 26 GE 79 o no O Partition Basic Formatting 9 27 95GB 27 95 GE 100 e no 0S Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 320 0B 3 22 GB AA 0 no Oe Computer Management Local EF E System Tools i Event Viewer H 4 System Information c Performance Logs and Alerts H EJ Shared Folders cl Device Manager
32. nt logical drives e Adjustable Stripe Size for RAID 0 e Uses the Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART feature in the attached drives for automatic notification of imminent drive failures e Employ RAID recovery algorithms to maintain data integrity in the event of a disk failure including bad block management e Automatically Selects Highest Available Transfer Speed for All SATA Devices Supports the following e Data transfer rate up to 150MB Sec Sil3114 Sil3124 1 and 300MB Sec Sil3124 2 Sil3132 e Support up to 4 SATA devices connected to a single controller e ACPI SATA 1 0 Sil3114 Sii3124 1 and SATA 2 0 Sil3124 2 Sil3132 e Supports drive roaming capability allowing drives from one controller to be moved to another without loss of data e Employs a task manager for the scheduling of any RAID or disk management operations including RAID group creation rebuild and test SATARAID5 User s Manual 2 An Introduction to RAID 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 the loss of data There are many different methods of implementation for RAID with each having advantages and disadvantages Raid levels or set types are given a numerical designator that defines its implementation such as RAID 0 or RAID 1 SATARAID5 provides support for two RAID
33. oup Select a group ID from the available ID list Configuration Striped for RAID 0 Mirrored for RAID 1 Capacity Select from a list of RAID group size current options are from 256 MB to 100 GB and MAX Chunk Size Select one from the available list 8 16 32 64 128 KB RAID 1 set does not require this Devices Select RAID member devices from the available device segment list Create Legacy RAID Group E E x Parameters RAID Group lo Configuration Striped Capacity 2 GE Chunk Size fie KE Rebuild Priority 10 bl Starting LEN 0 57 26 GB 2 95 GE 3 127956B 00000000 8 2 16 Rebuild Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non fault tolerant legacy RAID group SATARAID5 User s Manual 43 Rebuild Legacy RAID Group SS xl Select a Member ia Rebuild Select a Replacement Segment RAID Group Capacity 0 0 Failed 2 0 3B Available 57 26 GE DO Available 27 95 GB Available 27 05 GB Rebuild Cancel 8 2 17 Delete Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choose legacy RAID groups to delete This item is disabled if no legacy RAID groups exist Delete Legacy RAID Group 44 Select RAID Groupsist Raid Group Configuration O Striped SATARAID5 User s Manual 8 2 18 Convert Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to
34. ows Setup Press F6 1f you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver Figure 3 Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen ENTER Select F3 Exit Figure 4 SATARAID5 User s Manual 4 JAVA 2 Runtime Environment Installation The Java 2 Runtime Environment is required for the SATARAID5 GUI The Java 2 Runtime Installer and executable package must be downloaded from the Sun Microsystems website at http java sun com j2se downloads html The computer must have an Internet connection set up before installation can proceed Save the installer file to a known location such as the My Documents folder Using Windows Explorer or by clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop select the installation file and open it The installation will begin The installer program will download the needed files from the Internet You may also install the J2RE from motherboard driver CD InstallShield Wizard Java 2 Runtime Environment SE v1 4 2 04 Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the program setup process Please walt Checking Operating System Version When a window appears asking for acceptance the license agreement select accept the terms of this license agreemen
35. p user needs to specify the following parameters RAID Group Label Provide a name for the RAID group Select a group ID from the available ID list Since the maximum number of RAID groups is limited to 9 RAID Group so group ID can be from 1 to 9 Configuration Contiguous for virtual disk Concatenated Striped for RAID 0 Mirrored for RAID 1 Capacity Select from a list of RAID group size current options are from 1G to 100 GB and MAX Selecting MAX will create the largest RAID set possible with the drive s selected Chunk Size Select one from the available list 8 16 32 64 128 KB RAID 1 set and virtual disk do not require this Rebuild Priority Chunk size is also known as stripe size Select one from the available list 1 to 10 RAID O set and virtual disk do not require this 10 is a higher level of rebuild priority which means that rebuild times will be faster but will take more CPU resources in order to rebuild a failed RAID member In contrast selecting 1 will result in slower rebuild times but will take the least amount of CPU resources to complete a rebuild After parameters are set click on the Create button on the bottom to create the RAID array The array will appear in the Device Configuration Window of the SATARaid5 GUI If no other RAID sets are to be created then click Cancel to exit the RAID creation window Go to the Disk Management Utility in Windows to initialize and format the newly created RAID
36. p Complet Raid Group 0 430 04 9 51 10 x x End Time Rai 03 AM 4 30 04 9 51 03 AM 4130 04 9 51 15 AM 4 30 04 9 51 15 AM 4 30 04 10 04 04 AM Raid Groun f AM Modify Task Parameters Task Parameters N EE did AM Cancel AM 4 30 04 10 54 48 AM Rebuild RAID Group Active Raid Group 1 4 30 04 10 58 49 Al Task Count 17 Suspend This command allows user to suspend the selected task items Resume This command allows user to resume the suspended task items SATARAID5 Users Manual 39 40 Cancel This command allows user to cancel the selected task items ET Task Summary ee E a 10l x Fil Options Task Parameters Start Time End Time Create RAID Group 4130 04 9 51 03 AM Raid Group 1 Raid Group 2 Raid Group 0 Raid Group 0 Raid Group 0 Raid Group 1 Delete RAID Group Cancel Task erification E x Delete RAID Group E 30 04 10 23 57 AM Delete RAID Group gt A30M04 1002357 AM Create RAID Group 2 Are you sure vou want to cancel this task A30MDA 10 24 11 AM Create RAID Group 4130 04 10 24 21 AM Delete RAID Group Memb 4 30 04 10 24 50 AM Rebuild RAID Group 14 30 04 10 33 06 AM Delete RAID Group Memb Rand Group D IT Trash AM 4 30 04 10 53 36 AM Rebuild RAID Group Raid Group 1 4 30 04 10 54 03 AM Task Count 16 Delete This command displays a dialog box to let user delete the selected task items from the task list in Tas
37. set Please refer to 7 Allocating Partitions in Windows for instructions on initialization and formatting 32 SATARAID5 User s Manual Chapter Parameters RAID Group Label Volume E RAID Group ES gt Configuration Mirrored Capacity Parameters RAID Group Label rutas RAID Group Rebuild Priority Configuration Improper Shutdown Policy Check Pointing Parity f On Quick Restores f Return Dirty Data Capacity Chunk Size Rebuild Priority Path ID ETE Starting LEN Path ID ETA Starting LEN 20 87 a Obad43sbo 20 87 an Ob4ad43bo 0br943b0 j O0or943b0 C Off Best io Pert f Offline Raid Grp Create Close Create Close Example 1 Example 2 In Example 1 a RAID 0 Striped array called Volume B RAID Group 1 with capcity of 1GB with 64KB chunk size stripe size is created over hard drive 0 and 1 In Example 2 a RAID 1 Mirrored array called Volume B RAID Group 2 with capcity of 2GB with rebuild priority of 10 is created over hard drive O and 1 SATARAID5 User s Manual 33 8 2 9 Rebuild RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non fault tolerant RAID group Rebuild RAID Group gs E xj Select a Member to Rebuild Select a Replacement Segment 1 1 Failed 4 0 GE Oo Available 56 26 GB Available 75 33 GB Available 23 95 GB 2 Available aij Els EIE Rebuild Cancel 8
38. t and click Next iis Java Runtime Environment SE 1 4 4_ 04 License License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully Sun Microsystems Inc Binary Code License Agreement for the JAVA 2 RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT REE STANDARD EDITION VERSION 1 4 2 A SUN MICROSYSTEMS ING CSUN Is WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE TDENTIFTEN RELOWETO YOT ONLY TRON El 1I accept the terms in the license agreement InstallShield Cancel SATARAID5 User s Manual Choose the Typical setup type and click Next ia Jawa 7 Runtime Environment SE 1 4 2 04 Setup Type Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type All recommended Features wil be installed Specify the installation directory and choose which program Features to install You can change your choice of features after installation by using the Add Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel Recommended For advanced Users Installshield lt Back Cancel When the installation completes click Finish Restart the computer when prompted SATARAID5 User s Manual 9 SATARAID5 GUI Installation Insert the motherboard driver CD into the computer s CD ROM drive When the autorun window appears click the SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS button at the left of the window Find the Silicon Image SATA RAID Utility and install it Click the Next button w
39. tions include customization of the settings for Log File Popup and Advanced Options This command displays a dialog box to let user set different configurations for SATARAID5 with the following three tabs Log File Tab The log file is used to store event information received from all Silicon Image RAID drivers The log file is a text file and can be viewed with any text viewer such as Notepad or with the Event Log window of SATARAIDS Use the Log File tab to set location and the desired filename for the log file Configuration Screen Y xj Log File Popup Advanced Options Log File Information The log file is Used to preserve events received from the RAID driver Contents of the log file can be viewed via the Event Log option of the Vindow menu The log file generation can be controlled via the radio buttons in the Log File Generation section ofthis screen The file name and location can be set in the Log File Specification section ofthis screen Contents of the log file can be purged into another file or permanently deleted via the Purge button in the Log File Specification section of this screen Log File Generation Disabled C Enabled Log File Specification Marie Jeventiog ev Browse Location hm Pilesisilicon Imadei31 232 SATARAIDS Purge SATARAID5 User s Manual 25 Popup Tab SATARAID5 can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup windows
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