GIGABYTE GA-7N400 User's Manual
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1. Lore eure Ema SATA RAD Function Log File Th log He is used to store event information received fram al the Sion Image RAID dr rs The og fl isa text fle and can be viewed Wih Notepad or SATARaid Use the Log Fie tab n sat whare na log fle shouid be stored and ine name of he fe as wel Audio The user may set dierent auch alerts for the ferent levels of vents SHIP Emat Mala Ernte r3 Paar Tie ege ml stro onere em alite S11 Ere ae ER een um mm Pe ene p Ere im Em Exp rem SATARAD Fran E Popup The popup window sa visual nottication hat an vert occured The popup window can beda i Ems Malim fabled or set to popup for ony ceram event L3 r levels Tre diront levels sre ul abled No popup fll exci ee re Informational The popup window wi be a ee ran displayed forthe otov intormatanai Pro iad Eeen Lern TiWi d eros HL Hees th pen db Warning The popup window wi be splayed fr ho folowing Waring Tenors Errors The popup window wil be splayed forthe owing Enns SATA RAD Function2. Clck Next 6 The ih window Is a summary window listing al of e selections made Clk Finish Depending on the size of e disk divos Included in the parton he pation should change trom Unallocated to alb wih s name and drive iter reported ae well In a matter of minutes or Iess Do noatempt to create a partion fri next sk unti te dsk curent being formatted Is complete and repons Healthy so nota that once the disk reports Healthy it appears in the isting in SECTION 1 with all of its pert ment information as wel 2 Repast this procedure for the parition ofthe second and third disk 3 Close the Data Management window by ling on the smal boxed the window n the top right comer of 4 Click on ine My Computer icon on the Desktop The three new drives shouid now be isle and properly named Data may now be sored to each of these disks I desired w SATA RAD Funcion Windows NT Operating System Before creating any prions RAID sets must frst be restedidesolved using the BIOS RAID Uti Once completa continue boating Windows Once Windows i running open the Disk Administrator window The Disk Administrator window is located at Siart Programs Disk Administrator Common Something similar to 1e folowing window shouid appear I MH mam Lm Er vum RER Bec D ES E SATARAD Furion n However is Write Signature window may appear rs nm BUS ere yv e
3. Selcing each diferent component in e coniguraton tee provides specii information for that com ponent such tee FII Hem Luv ou Nom Selecting a specifie channel either Primary or Secondary the foowing information is reported Wee a areas SFO Pinay esr Seconda tom Sas sat Bad EL p eie ierit bete RE E SATA RAD Funcion Selecting a specific dive reports a pertinent information to nal arive incuding Configuration and Disk denifeaton efernaton Wee a EUM Porat De Madeim ATAU Menon WA Lochs cree tees REDE Doses Grav ku UT ya peel Seitan Veiis enne Em B Erna eyed coactus mann 5 d 1 ForPOkNIZ 003512 SATARAD Fran Selecting Sats iss the Sets in the configuration tree and provides information on RIO Version We a Bremse Sp FOU Samy Quse os uso Sete Ssu By selecting a specie RAID set such as Set O the type af RAID set he number of members and capacity ia epe Wes ae Besser E menton sar ien ty Sroman S Pinay esr Secondary Lean Pinay oi tees cnin SATA RAD Function Hea n Brsimmwne sa Waker Staaten rtt TORO ana woma S may Toglletenst want piter use Kaita Sano ennaa et Le Seemey SEE asm Temmen nenia eon n matipi me nent mit iat ae diat The Device Location refers to ow
4. added or redundancy fe data on the saure dewe can be copied ta fne destination drive so the disks are dentia and ai subsequent data il be writen o bath drives s a Merorod sat 1 however ha source disk does not have data already sired On Ie there i no nasd for Disk Copy 4 The ut wi ask Are You Sure before completing the configuration SATA RAD Funcion B Deleting RAID Sets 1 Ta remove one or more RAD sets select Delete RAID Set 2 Select desired set and press Y when asked Are You Sure Resolving Conflict Wren a RAID set is created the metadata writen to the disk includes drive connection Information Primary Chanel Secondary Channel I afer a disk ate tho replacement disk was previously part f a RAID set ar used in another system t may have conficting metadata specifealy in reference to ho drive connection information i 30 hs wil rebut the RAID set ram being ater created or febui n order forthe RAID set 1 funcion prope is oid metadata must be frst ovrariten with he new metadata To resolve tnis select Reach Conic and the corect metadata Including ne correct dve onnechon information wil De written to ne replacement disk D SATA RAD Funcion 4 CREATING NAMING PARTITIONS The creating and naming of partons is something done win the Windows operat while Windows XP2000 and Windows NT both use tha Disk Management window there Ruarcss tnat make i important to follow the pr aly forthe appropriate cp The proc
5. dd on td Ed Merge petentes nas bo cih onis ring donee Devas nu Da Denk ine 2n 1h disk reported wih no signature found Arad something similar to the Io answer YES for follwing shoul appear atin o Yen Cnm Hab LET Pei we i G SATA RAD Function Button 1 opens the Dik Administrator Volumes window which lit he recognizable Volumes their capacity ae space type of format e Button 2 opens the Disk Confguraton window shown above dealing al disks or RAID Ses parti ons and allows he suer to format and name each parition and volume Section 1 raports the size af each disk or RAID Sel Section 2 reports on each partion and allows the user to format or delete partons Creating Partitions any disk besides tha SYSTEM DISK appear to be formatted right ick on tat parton Section 2 and NEVER CHANGE Select Delete DELETE THIS DISK OR PARTITION 2 Once al disks are reporting as Free Space hcic on each parition and select Create 3 A Create Primary Partition window should now appear Clck OK 4 Cik Conti 5 Repeat this stap for each disk 8 Now ghi on the frst disk and select Mark Active T window wil appear stating that this vil take place on the next reboot Cick OK 3 Repeat this stap for each disk 2 Close window Confrm saving changes Clk Yes 10 Disk Administrator wil report that the disks were updated successfully Clck OK 11 Re open D
6. sach physical disk was Tapes in te BIOS RAID tity The Members tab af this window reports the device identification corresponding with the Information in the BIOS and he Siate of each deve Besides reporting infomation the Members tab ofa Mirored set allows the user to remove a specific diva rom that sat as wal as add a designated Spare drive 1 a Mirored sel hat has experienced a sk ature A driva can NOT be removed fom a Sutpod set as the would destroy a data Note that hen a Minored Salis frs reed 1e Siate of ha destination ceva may report as Rebuld for as much as 30 00 minutes depending on he size ofthe disk ForPCH3 H2 03612 SATA RAD Funcion E SMART and Coofiguraon information as wall as D entiation is again provided fr each Set sit WES n Bremen ete SATE rn hai Lo SMART namen Sore Soe on ec dm x By Secondary ta Ed per iced Hot Spre and un Rabu Su Man erat aa spare au be ade lo tHe gene ccs pe Ges ne ELI EESTI Daa Same Rm en ae ae ap an ae a oe m LO N E ap ian ae a R See EEETTEL cO E a ae ae ao iS a Ss coa cova 200 a Damm mc am am ESSER mes SESUSSTSL Tx am um um um km 5 mu ForPCk3 H2 03612 E SATA RAD Function SATARaid Configuration Menu By clang on the ten in tne tap let ofthe SATARaid GUI window or right lung on the cor ductor icon in the bottom right of he computer screen wih other start up cane Ins user
7. ARald exe 3 Follow on screen instructions to complete installation Note Do NOT instal in the Start Up folder Choose the Defaut folder normaly Accessories or Administrative Tools or something similar 3 SKTARAD Function Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found In the BIOS During bootup the Yang message wil appear pausing or a few moments o alow ihe user to choose what 1o do Presa lt CIL 8 gt or PA to enter RAID utility An easy to use screen wil appear wih the fotosing choles in the top left Creste RAID Se Delete RAD Set Rebuld RAD Set Rescive Contes Below tis wi be listed Ino devas curent installed on he system The top right halo the command keys screen displays drectons and comments or the user The bottom right half ists rows up and down are Select keya ESC takes he user Io the previous menu Enter selects the user s ch Cana me ty Creating RAID Sets Bacunse SATARaid supports wo drives creating RAID Sets i a simple procedure 4 Select Create RAID Set 2 Choose either a Siripad or Murer RAID Set 3 Salet i you want the uly to Auta Configure the RAID Set or if you want to manualy configure ne RAID Sat For Siped Sets you can change ine chunk size For Marorod Sats you assign ch ia the Source and Target eves as wel as if you want Disk Copy What is Disk Copy f the disk assigned as the source disk already has been partion and has dats stared on and then a second ds is
8. SATA RAID Function Only For Chipset Sil 3112 Sil 3512 Used USER S MANUAL Copyright rogis GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD PORT o pri real iic Dura ange dubi aec peck bea lee pone estos ro rege error par se oer an uban on ka fa rp vid Pe aan eA 4 OVERVIEW Produit Overview RAD Explained 2 INSTALLING DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE Windows XP 2000 Operating System Windows NT Operating System Windows SMe Operating System 3 CREATINGIDELETING RAID SETS Creating RAID Sets Deleting RAID Sets 4 CREATINGINAMING PARTITIONS 1 Windows XP 2000 Operating System B Windows NT Operating System Windows me Operating System E 5 USING SILICON IMAGE SATARaid GUI E Overview A SATARald Configuration Memu E Product Overview Sticon Image SATARaic provides Serial ATA Sofware RAID including Stiping and Mirroring t enhance the Industry s rst proven PCi to SATA host controller produc Tuo major chalanges facing the storage ndustry today are koeping pace with the increasing performance emands of computer systems by improving disk VO throughout and providing data accessibility in he face af hard disk faros Wih ta SI 3112 53612 Serial ATA host controlar and SATARd balh of hose problems ara solved RAID Stiping greatly improves hard disk lO performance by concurrentiy Striping data across mut iple aries RAID Mirroring enables users to enjoy the confidence at data salabil regardless at ingie disk fale as da
9. ed Press Ese VITE Tu s il jee a ejfe A lowing window appears jer and size Press Ese x SATA RAD Function BIET Ar restarig the computer and booting Windows Ox double ci onthe My Computer icon Right click on each new drive and select Format Oniy a FULL format wi be acceptad at his point Select Fl Format enter ihe Label Name for the drive oF RAID set f desired and cick OK Once the dive has been formated rapeat for each new drive The new drives should now be ready to be used z SATA RAD Funcion 5 USING SILICON IMAGE SATARaid GUI Overview The SATARaIG GUI offers the us rie abit to easly monitor your RAID Set Ta lunch the GUL simply douti clck on the icon located in the bottom ght hand comet of the Desktop Ithe icon doesnot appear in the boron ight hand comer of e desktop find where the appi salon was saved and launch fom tere Upon launching the GUL the the frst widow which identies the computer running SATARaI shouid appear similar 10 the flowing Save configuration to a flo button Copy confguraton to cp board Send configuration by emali Configuration Tree About SATARaid moss a ES Q Vaser en 5 Sacode i Los EI Esat The Events iab raport L ge ire X2 101 ia Sitis Evo Land og event EME ausi Erer we iemet For Pek31120r 3512 ee ANE MGE rere etm SATA RAD Funcion El
10. edure fr Windows GN i sin than fe others Windows XP 2000 pd Windows NT SATARAD Fan 7 Windows XP 2000 Operating System Before creating any partons RAID sets must frst be crestedidesoived using the BIOS RAID Uti Once completed continue bootng Windows Once Windows is ruming open the Disk Management window located at Contr Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management Storage Disk Management Something similar to 1e folowing window shouid appear mier mm D me Tienes Deme TENER Parten tex E Pedy ont re SECTION Zur fee Moos SECTIONS Um sua Ez RS Bom dem rer J a SATA RAD Funcion This window has threes main sections SECTION 1 System sting of ali formatted and avlabi dsksiRAID Sets SECTION 2 Report of physical comecton f deksiRAID Sas SECTION 3 opor of parition status dk letter and volume name Initial Window In SECTION 2 every disk shouid report as Basic Dis Ste he actual avalable disk space wil be reported here Onine Instead ot Basi a disk may also report seither Unknown or Dynamic ifthe disk reports as Unknown right c c on the disk SECTION 2 and cick on Write Signature Atthis point a window will appe Gow Make sura ne box netto w h the disk in question al Unknown disks may appear in ts win Ich diak a checked th
11. en clk OK Tho disk should now report as Basie Ita disk repons as Dynamic rgi clck on SECTION 2 of that disk and cick on Return disk to Basic Wine seconds the disk shouid report as Basle Creating Partitions in SECTION 2 the dak order corresponds rac to the order the Sets appear in the BIOS Therefore ho frst Unalocated Parton represents Sat 1 and soon 1 At ihis point there shou be three diska with Unallocated partitions Right ek on he parton of the ra disk and cick on Create Parton Tha Create Patton Waanf should appear 4 Tho frst window is an introductory window to tne Wizard Cick Next 2 The second window designates the parton as a primary parton Clk Next 3 The thira window designates te pation siza Since this is a Striped RAID set utilizing 2 diak drives the siza o the parton should be approximately doubla tn iz o a single sk drive assuming al diska are af identical sio Click Next 4 The fourn window designates tne drive leter of he pariton SATA RAD Funcion 3 5 The fith window allows the user to label the volume name and choose the type ot format tng to take place upon the creation of he parton Choose which ever drive letter Is ested ihe lowest possible value s automatically entered name na volume watever is eared suggestions being something generic such as STRIPED SET or someting specit icio use such as FINANCIAL CRITICAL MISCELLANEOUS ec hen check the bor naxt o quick format
12. for a selected disk by having the ata simultaneously writan to two diska This redundancy provides instare taneous protection fror a single disk ature Ia rad taure occurs on one drive he system raada the data from ha other drive 2 SATA RAD Function Before you inst the crier please prepare an empty floppy disk Then copy te serial ATA controler tvers fles trom the driver CD le Int the floppy disk lesse fnd the serial ATA controller drivers fles under the driver CD e we assume that your CD ROM rive le D Diomersisisti2nsisttzr for RAID confouaton Diomensnsianiasist2 for Base contiguraton When instali Windows 2000 or Windows XP trom HDDs in serial ATA cantor press FG as Win2000 or XP bocts up then supply serial ATA conroter driver by this oppy dsk Windows XP 2000 Operating System Insert the lappy disk into the foppy disk cive and click Browse Most floppy disk drives are configured as A Choose the A drive in your browser and the Sttarinf fle for the Si 312 Select the fie and clek Open Verity that the dese led in this windows A and cick OK ho naw Driver fr te board has been property installed Clic Finish ie aways good to Restart he computer aher an installation When asked to do so Clk Yes To install SATARaid use Windows InstallShield by performing the following 1 After computar restarts insert cd in disk drive 2 Double click on Install SATARald exe 3 Follow on screen instructione to comp
13. isk Administrator 12 Rigliceick on the frst dsk this should now be the Striped Set 13 Select Format SATA RAD Funcion Something simlar to the folowing window shouid appe pe rcc 6 fes diesen fwwaemem al While Capacity can not be changed make sure that File System has NTFS selected don t change Default Allocation Size and since ti the Striped Set fat is being formatis enter Striped Set Tor Volume Label Make sure that Quick Format is selected as the Format Option Repeat this procedure for the ather two disks but name them something eise Close Disk Administrator and open My Computer con shoud be on Deskin The new sks should now appear in My Computer window Clos al windows and applicatons and Restart compute D SATA RAD Function Windows 98 Me Operating System does not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management window Instead aar creating Using he BIOS RAID utt and booting Windows tar ik by LO Ciekon ie START but SATARAD Fran D The FDISK Options window wil appear VICE Tea odela efe al nt Pc Drive wil be w SATA RAD Funcion ding o be partioned Select 1 and press Enter EB Tu s sel efi A extended partion and press Enter The flowing window wi Once the percentage cour lowing window wil appear s a nile mi aE al Lm val on Press Enter w SATA RAD Function ton has been creat
14. lete installation Nate Do NOT instal in the Start Up flde Choose the Dfau older nomaty Accessories or Administrative Tol or something simia Now a window vertying SATARAID Focton 3 Windows NT Operating System Insert ns floppy in the lappy dk ive and cick Have Disk The next window is asking for the location of the driver Most foppy disk drives are configured as Ar To verify cick on Browse The nost window veris that tha appropriate fle is located on A Select the fle Oemsetupint and dick Open AI shouid appear in te window CI OK The nest window allows you to select which driver to install Only one driver should appear in this window Select SU 3112 Raid Controller ane cick on OK Kis aways good to Rasta the computer af To install the SATARaid GUL use Windows InstallShield by performing the folowing 1 After computer restarts insert cd in disk drive 2 Double click on Install SATARald exe 3 Follow on screen instructions to complete installation Note Do NOT instal in the Start Up folder Choose the Defaut older nomaty Accessories or Administrative Tools or something sia an instalation Clck Yes Windows 98 Me Operating System Folow the instruction in ach window using the driver Installation ftes rss an the toppy disk as necessary To install the SATARaid GUL use Windows InstallShield by performing the folowing 1 After computer restarts insert cd in disk drive 2 Double click on Install SAT
15. may configure SATARSG Including customizing the selinge or SMTP E mal Nobicaton Event Level Log Fl Aus and Popup sure The SMTP server is the server hat s used to send e malis Normaly the network administra ior knows what vs name i Bot he name and domain must be entered figuration Menu e 3 E SMP ce Menon Dentes Mi psvertemessnenerdsoe Banoe sonei HTE Eni rs EEE EMail The curent SATARaid coniguration may be sent via emat Using the emal ub in the SATARad Configuration Menu ha user may sat the defsu emal address and subject ine 1 hore the configuration would be sent Ts however can Be ovemidden at ne tma of send Ing the ana E E een Dente Tiea mai aides reiht acute ever ae ae Ein Ena ce Ea Gran aman ns Ero SEE SATARAD Funcion E Notification When diffarant types of events occur SATARE may be configured 1o send noticas to assigne Individual e mail adaresses Lang ir Notiteston tab a e mal addresses desired receive the notices may be entered Event Levet Thara are diferent pos of e mal rolitcalor hat may be sent wich aro set with he Evar Level tab The diferent levels are Disabled No event logs wi be sent informational The foowing events wili be ser intomatonal T Wamings emo Warning The folowing events wil be sent Wamings Emo Errors The following events vil be sent Eror BEE RE
16. ta le simultaneously wren 1o wo drives Standard win SATARald software is a Graphical User Iterace GUI that provides easy to use coni raons for he diferent RAID Sats supporta SATARaid Features TRAD Oan 1 Hot Spare and Orio Mtr Rebuiding System GUI Monitoring Uy DiplaylLogelois Users ta Vital RAID Set Information Manages RAID Set Funcions con gwres rebuilds stc RAID Set Accommodates Multiple Size HDDS HODs Function Normal When Not in RAID Sets Adjustable Sirge Size for RAID O Automatesty Selects Highest Avaliable Transfer Speed fr AI ATA and ATAPI Devices Supports UDMA up to 140M Soc AI UDMA and PIO Modes Up ta 2 SATA devices ACPI and ATAIATAPIS SATA RAD Fran 1 RAID Explained RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk cres 1o enhance VO performance and provide redundnoy in order ta w hsland tne faure of any individual member wihou os of data SATARG provides tun RAID Set types Striped RAID 0 and Mirrored RAID 1 Disk Striping RAID 0 String a pefomance arenlad non redundant daa mapping technique While Siping s discussed as RAID Set typo tis actualy doas not provide fal lerance Wih modam SATA and ATA bus mas tering technology multiple IO operators can be ae aaa ee Ce Cs Ths tane owes tpo nse nn Ss its citi Sir ona writen to disk one spe va to dak two andso forh Disk mirroring RAID 1 Disk mirroring creates an Identical twin
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