Home

Edge10 4TB DAS801t

1. 4 2 2 CONCATENATED RAID GROUPS Concatenated RAID Groups allow the user to select different sized segments for each member of the volume For Concatenated volumes only a dialog box will appear allowing the user to select the individual segment sizes from each disk Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group Example below Create RAID Group Create RAID Group Parameters Parameters RAID Group Label Combine RAID Group Label Combine RAID Group 0 RAID Group 0 Specify RAID Group Capacity Configuration Concatenated Configuration Segment PathlD TargetID Capacity 76 69 GB 76 69 GB 78 69 GB Capacity Capacity Chunk Size Chunk Size Rebuild Priority 40 Rebuild Priority 10 _ TargetlD Capacity Starting LBN 10 76 69 00000000 76 69 GB 00000000 76 69 00000000 176 69 GB 00000000 PathlD TargetID Capacity Starting LBN D 7569 GB 00000000 76 68 GB 00000000 76 69 GB RAID Group 2 7669 00000000 3 7569 GB 00000000 Total Capacity 306 7 GB Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 74 4 2 3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 2 or more disks for each member of the volume Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group Example below Create RAID Group Parameters RAID Group Label
2. 9 24 BAID VOLUMESTATUS 10 INSTALLATION cccccccssscscsssesessssssssssesesesesessssssssssesssesssssssssssssesessssssssssssesesesssssnssssssssesesssesssnssssesesesssesessssssszssees 11 Sil COMPONENTS 11 32 INSTALLING HARDWARU 11 3 3 INSTALLING ON WINDOW 2000 vececcscsscscseecsscessceresssseecesssssessaecaeectusseesesessucsvevssacesacesceascessseusanesscesssceseess 11 3 3 1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS cnn nnne 11 33 2 INSTALLING SATARAIDS UTILITY 15 BO DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP 19 EX m TINGO PARTITION 19 3 4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS 25 3 4 1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER 25 3 4 2 INSTALLING 26 30 344 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32 BIT 30 3 4 5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64 BIT 36 3 5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2005 iieeiessees eei aee euso ris 42 3 5 1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER nn nennen nnne nennen 42 2 52 INSTALLINGSATARAIDS UTILITY evi RU pian nue Esc 44 Bo DISEJDRIVEMODESBEFPUDPDS S E 47 ALLOCA ONG vem 071017 DAS801t User
3. Control Panel Default Programs Show on Desktop Help and Support Properties CU 1122 AM Management ox es File Action View Help 20 A Computer Management Local Status Actions 4 i System Tools Simple Basic NTFS Healthy System Boot Page File Active Crash Dump Primary Partition Disk Management 4 b Task Scheduler Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Logical Drive gt Event Viewer REPOSITORY Simple Basic CDFS Healthy Primary Partition More Actions gt 88 Shared Folders gt Local Users and Groups 4 c7 Reliability and Performance was Device Manager 59 Storage a lt Basic system backup D M DekMenagement 74 53 GB 145 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS Services and Applications Online Healthy System Boot Page Fi Healthy Logical Drive DVD REPOSITORY CD E 95 MB 95 MB CDFS Online Healthy Primary Partition Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Free space Logical drive DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 When Initialize Disk Wizard appears select Disk 1 and GPT GUID Partition Table than click OK Initialize Disk You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it Select disks Mote The partition style is not recognized by all previous versions af Windows It is recommended for disks l
4. a DVD REPOSITORY CD 95 MB 195 MB CDFS Online Healthy Primary Partition Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Free space Logical drive 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 By Satis varite Links AZ A 5 E Document Pictures Music Recently Changed Searches Public Folders E Computer Vi EWS 1 cllc MU ars B SE AutoPlay Uninstall OF TOO gt Total w Free ae Hard Disk Orives 3 system backup D A x 4 42 GB free of 14 7 GB New Volume F 9 er 2 12 TB free of 2 72 TB Aid i 30 3 GB free of 59 7 GB Devices with Removable Storage 2 S DVD RW Drive E REPOSITORY CD 0 bytes free of 94 9 MB Floppy Disk Drive A New Volume Space used L Space free 2 72 TB Total size 2 72 TB DAS801t User s Manual __ File system NTFS Ver 071017 63 3 INSTALLING ON MACINTOSH OS
5. Choose a volume size that is between the maximum and minimum sizes Maximum disk space in MB Minimum disk space in MB Simple volume size in MB db New Simple Volume Wizard Assign Drive Letter or Path For easier access you can assign a drive letter or drive path to your partition Da not assign a drive letter or drive path DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format setup the File system Allocation unit size Volume label than click Next New Simple Volume Wizard _ 8 Format Partition To store data on this partition you must format it first Choose whether you want to format this volume and if so what settings you want to use Do not format this volume Format this volume with the following settings File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label Mew Volume 2 Perform a quick format Enable file and folder compression New Simple Volume Wizard Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard You have successfully completed the New Simple Volume Wizard You selected the following settings Volume type Simple Volume Disk selected Disk 1 Volume size 2861485 MB Drive letter or path F File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label Mew Volume format Yee To close this wizard click Finish Ver 071017 DAS801t User s M
6. DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 E 47 48 Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives Computer Management E E ini x File Action View Window Help 8121 m Computer Management Local volume tayot Type File System E System Tools system C Partition Basic NTFS 8 04 Event Viewer E backup D Partition Basic NTFS Shared Folders AQREPOSITORY_CD E Partition 5 Local Users and Groups gil Performance Logs and Alerts on E Device Manager 53 Storage E Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Basic ZEN Disk Management 74 52 GB 9 Services and Applications Online Healthy System zSCD ROM 0 REPOSITORY CD E 163 MB 163 MB CDFS Online Healthy Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Welcome to the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard This wizard helps you to initialize new disks and to carrvert empty basic disks to dynamic disks can use dynamic disks to create software based volumes that can be mirrored or they can be striped or spanned across multiple disks ou can expand single disk and spanned volumes without having to restart the computer After you convert a disk to dynamic you can only use Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows on any volume of that disk To
7. RAID Group 0 Configuration Striped Capacity MAX Chunk Size 32 KB Rebuild Priority 10 TargetID Capacity 0 76 69 GB 00000000 Create RAID Group Parameters RAID Group Label RAID Group Configuration Capacity Chunk Size Rebuild Priority RAID 0 0 v Striped Mx 328 Starting LBN PathlD Target ID 76 69 GB 00000000 76 69 GB 00000000 76 6968 00000000 Clase 7 76 69 GB 76 69 GB SB 00000000 4 2 4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS Mirrored RAID Groups allow the user to select 2 disks for each member of the volume Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group Example below Create RAID Group Parameters RAID Group Label RAID_1 RAID Group 0 Configuration Mirrored Capacity Chunk Size Rebuild Priority 10 rImproper Shutdown Policy r Parity On Quick Restore Off Best l O Perf Check Pointing TargetID Capacity 0 0 76 69 GB Starting LEN 00000000 Path ID 0 1 76 69 GB 00000000 76 69 GB 00000000 0 0 2 0 3 76 59 GB 00000000 Create RAID Group Parameters RAID Group Label RAID Group Configuration Capacity Chunk Size Rebuild Priority Check Pointing On Quick Restore Off Best Perf Target
8. DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Select CD ROM drives than click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files Where do you want Windows to search for driver files Search for driver files for the following hardware device SI Pseudo Device SCSI Processor Device The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database on your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that vou specity start the search click Next If vou are searching on a floppy disk or CD ROM drive insert the floppy disk or CD before clicking Next Optional search locations 1 Jv CD ROM drives Specify a location Microsoft Windows Update Back Cancel Click Next to install the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device driver Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finished searching for driver files for pour hardware device The wizard founda driver for the following device 51 Pseudo Device SCSI Processor Device Windows found a driver for this device install the driver Windows found click Next E e driverssii31 3215 windows 6dbitsNsippd inf The wizard also found other drivers that are suitable for this device To view list of these drivers or install one of these divers select the following check box and then click Next Install one of the other drivers lt Back Cancel When the Pseudo SCSI Processor
9. Logical drive Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 30 EM na When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears click Next Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Welcome to the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard This wizard helps you to initialize new disks and to convert empty basic disks to dynamic disks can use dynamic disks to create software based RAID volumes that can be mirrored they can be striped spanned across multiple disks can also expand single disk and spanned volumes without having to restart the computer After you convert a disk to dynamic can only use Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows on any volume af that disk continue click Next Select Disks to Initialize must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it not click any disk to convert than click Next Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Select Disks to Convert The disks you select will be converted ta dynamic disks Select one ar more disks to convert DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed click Finish Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Completing the Initialize Convert Disk Wizard You have successfully completed the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Tou selected the follo
10. 4 Partitions Size GB 5 Partitions Locked for editing 6 Partitions 7 Partitions Partitions Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers a 9 Partitions 10 Partitions To create a volume that can serve as a Mac OS 9 11 start up disk select Mac OS 9 Drivers installed artitions 12 Partitions 13 Partitions Select the disk you want to partition and choose a 14 Partitions volume scheme Click each volume represented in 15 Partitions the scheme and specify a volume name format 16 Partitions and size Click Partition Split b Delete Options Revert 2 Partition Disk Description Silmage Striped Media Total Capacity 306 8 GB 329 388 916 736 Bytes Connection Bus SCSI Write Status Read Write Connection Type External S M A R T Status Not Supported Connection ID SCSI Target ID 16 Logical Unit 0 Enter Volumes Information than click Partition Silmage Striped Media ea x First Aid T Erase Partition RAID T Restore E 57 3 GB IC35L060AVV2 MAC OSX 10 4 Volume Scheme Volume Information y 87 0 MB Pioneer DVD R 5975 8 MB Untitled 0 EE Name Striped 306 8 GB Silmage Stripe Format Mac Size 306 64 Striped Select the disk you want to partition and choose a volume scheme Click each volume represented in the scheme and specify a volume name format and size Click Partition 1 P 1 101 2 Disk Description Si
11. EB RAID o ROO 1 51313275 Channell Channel IDO 38 34 GB Available Empty ID 1 Empi 38 34 GB Available Empty 38 34 GB Avallable 38 34 GB Available Ematy Empty Empty Controller 8313215 Link Staus Up The RAID Groups window identifies SATA host adapters and configured RAID groups For systems with more than one Silicon Image Host Bus Adapter installed you can switch between cards by selecting the desired card in the RAID Groups Window When a controller is selected the RAID Groups currently defined on that controller are also shown in the RAID Groups Window Selecting a specific RAID Group will highlight the segments associated with that volume in the Device Configuration Window The Device Configuration window identifies all physical drives and their partitions Throughout the Manager different colors are used to indicate the status of the components The meanings of the colors are COLOR STATUS Good The component and all subcomponents are okay Yellow Warning This component or at least one subcomponent has become degraded and requires service Red Failed This component or at least one subcomponent has failed DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 4 2 CREATING RAID GROUPS To begin creating a new RAID Group select Create RAID Group from the RAID Group menu or right click on a controller in the RAID Groups window and select C
12. click Close and begin to the Java installation Installation Complete i 3132 W A SATARAIDS has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Select l accept the terms in the license agreement than click Next J25E Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 License License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully Sun Microsystems Inc Binary code License Agreement for the JAVA 2 PLATFORM STANDARD EDITION RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT 3 0 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC CSUN IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTYMARE IDENTIFIED BELOW TO YOU ONLY UPON THE CONDITION THAT WOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS BINARY CODE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS COLLECTIVELY AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY B DOVWALOADING OR INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT INDICATE ACCEPTANCE BY SELECTING THE ACCEPT BUTTON THE BOTTOM OF THE AGREEMENT IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS SELECT THE DECLINE BUTTON THE BOTTOM OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE T _ 99 accept the terms in the license agreement Installshield Select Typical than click Next im J25E Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Setup Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type You can change your choice of Features after installation by using t
13. 163 MB CDF5 Online Healthy Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive EU m 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 My Computer 15 File Edit Favorites Tools Help Bak T Search gt Folders 55 Ge 19 m Address Go Hard Disk Drives E system e backup D New Volume F Devices with Removable Storage HA 345 Floppy REPOSITORY CD ROM DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Egg LL ey 53 3 6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA 3 6 1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the setup Insert the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD in the CD ROM drive When start the Windows O S new hardware will be found Select Locat and install driver software recommended Windows needs to install driver software for your RAID Controller Locate and install driver software recommended Windows will quide you through the process of installing driver software for your device k gt Ask me again later Windows will ask again the next time you plug in
14. Create to create the RAID Group Example below Create RAID Group Parameters RAID Group Label RAID 5 RAID Group 0 Configuration Parity RAID Capacity Chunk Size Rebuild Priority Improper Shutdown Policy Check Painting Parity On Quick Restore Return Dirty Data Off Best Perf Offline Raid Grp PathlD TargetID Capacity Starting LEN 76 69GB 00000000 0 0 resa GB 00000000 76 69 00000000 1 2 3 76 69 GB 00000000 Close Ver 071017 Create RAID Group Parameters RAID Group Label 5 RAID Group Configuration Capacity Chunk Size Rebuild Priority Improper Shutdown Policy Check Pointing Parity On Quick Restore Return Dirty Data Off Best Perf offline Raid Grp Targ et ID 0 76 69 00000000 DAS801t User s Manual 4 2 RAID GROUPS OVERVIEW RAID Groups allow Enter values in all fields and click Create to create the RAID Group FIELD DEFINITION RAID Group Enter an identifiable name for the RAID group This value can be any string up to 8 characters Label including blank spaces to help users identify this volume Select a Group ID from the available ID list The maximum number of RAID Groups per controller is 8 RAID Group so Group ID can be any number between 0 and 7 inclusive Select which RAID level i
15. DOS to gain access to partitions on basic disks To continue click Next Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 32 Pe X Select the partition type you want to create than click Next New Partition Wizard Select Partition Type There are three types of partitions primary extended and logical Select the partition you want to create 1 5 Primary partition Extended partition Logical dive Description primary partition iz a volume vou create using space a basic disk Windows and other operating systems can start from a primary partition can create up to four primary partitions or three primary partitions and an extended partition Specify the partition size you want to create than click Next New Partition Wizard Specify Partition Size Choose a partition size that is between the maximum and minimum sizes disk space in megabytes 1430805 Minimum disk space in MB Partition size in MB Assign the drive letter or path you want to create than click Next New Partition Wizard Assign Drive Letter or Path For easier access you can assign a drive letter or drive path to your partition gt Q Mount in the following empty NTFS folder Do not assign a drive letter or drive path DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 IEEE LLL _ _ 3
16. EDITION RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT 5 0 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC SUN Fs VVILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE IDENTIFIED BELOW TO WOU ONLY UPON THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IM THIS BINARY CODE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS COLLECTIVELY AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BY DOVYNLOADING OR INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THE JAGREEMENT INDICATE ACCEPTANCE BY SELECTIMG THE ACCEPT BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGREEMENT IF OU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS SELECT THE DECLINE BUTTON THE BOTTOM OF THE AGREEMENT THE Cancel Setup Choose Ehe setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type You can change your choice of Features after installation by using the Add Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel All recommended Features will be installed Specify the installation directory and choose which program Features to install Recommended For advanced users Installation Completed The Install Wizard has successfully installed J25E Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Click Finish to exit the wizard Select Start gt All Programs gt Silicon Image gt SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 3 4 3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4 3 44 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32 BIT Before creating any
17. Empty Unknown Unknow Unknown 1 1 Empty Unknow LInknawn LInknown 2 Empty Unknow Unknow Unknown 1 1 j Empty Unknow Unknow Unknow 4 Empty Unknown Unknown Unknown Device Count 10 The Segment Summary window has its own menu bar All options available the menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Sorting Fields Exit This command closes the Task Summary window Sorting This command sorts the rows based on the selected field items Ascending 2 Descending Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the Segment Summary window Fields Available Fields Displayed Fields Device Add Path ID Serial Number Target ID Status Capacity Model Version Cancel Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 84 4 3 9 CREATE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user verify a raid type than display Create RAID Group dialog box RAID Group Creation Verification Creation of RAID Groupts now may prevent vau From creating Bootable RAID Groups at later time Operating System can enl be stored and started From a Bootable RAID Group To create Bootable RAID Groups use Ehe Create Legacy RAID Group option under the Legacy Support Are vou sure vou wank to continue Create RAID Group rFarameters RAID Group Label RAID Group Configuration Capacity Chun
18. ID 0 1 0 Mirrored 10 improper Shutdown Policy Parity Capacity 00000000 Close DAS801t User s Manual 00000000 Ver 071017 4 2 5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS Mirrored Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 4 disks for each member of the volume Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group Example below Create RAID Group Parameters RAID Group Label RAID Group 0 Configuration Mirrored Striped Capacity MAX Chunk Size 32 KB Rebuild Priority 10 r Improper Shutdown Policy Check Pointing Parity On Quick Restore Off Best Perf PathlD Capacity Starting LBN 0 0 76 69 00000000 0 76 69 00000000 76 69 00000000 1 0 2 3 10 76 69 GB 00000000 Close Create RAID Group Parameters RAID Group Label RAID_10 RAID Group 0 Configuration Mirrored Striped Capacity MAX Chunk Size Rebuild Priority improper Shutdown Policy Check Pointing Parity On Quick Restore Off Best Perf TargetID Capacity D 0 d 0 1 rA 4 2 6 PARITY RAID GROUPS Parity RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 3 or more disks for each member of the volume Enter the desired values and press
19. Manual Ver 071017 4 3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDS SATARAID5 Array Manager Fe Dee RAD Gow Controller 0 51313215 Channeld Channeli Controller 1 Sil3132r5 00 Empty Empty ID 1 Empty Empty Link Status Lp i Sil3132r5 The Main menu commands are shown below File Device RAID Group Window Legacy Support Help Configuration Create Spare Create RAID Group Task Manager Create Legacy RAID Group Help Topics Exit Delete Spare Rebuild RAID Group Event Log Rebuild Legacy RAID Group About Delete Member Delete RAID Group Resources Delete Legacy RAID Group Delete Orphan Bring RAID Group Convert Legacy RAID Group Online Make Pass Thru RAID Group Summary Bring Legacy RAID Group Online Device Summary Create Legacy Spare Delete Legacy Spare Convert Legacy Spare The commands are documented on the pages that follow Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 78 4 3 1 CONFIGURATION SATARAID5 configuration options 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 tab allows you to define the location and name of the log file 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 a
20. Not Supported 2 Connection 10 SCS Target ID 16 Logical Unit 0 Click Partition to go to partition window On right side of the window Silmage Single 1 Media E gt lt E First Aid Partition RAID Restore 24 57 3 GB IC35LO60AVV2 MAC OSX 10 4 Volume Scheme Volume Information 487 0 MB Pioneer DVD R 4 75 8 MB Untitled 0 um 4 306 8 Silmage Stripe Format Ma Size Select the disk you want to partition and choose volume scheme Click each volume represented in the scheme and specify a volume name format and size Click Partition e Disk Description Silmage Striped Media Total Capacity 306 8 GB 329 388 916 736 Bytes Connection Bus SCS Write Status Read Write Connection Type External S M A R T Status Not Supported 3 Connection ID SCSI Target ID 16 Logical Unit 0 DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Select Volumes Scheme Silmage Striped Media C E gt W D New Image Info Eject Log First Aid T Erase Partition RAID Restore 3 57 3 GB IC3SLO60AVV2 M e OSX 10 4 54 87 0 MB Pioneer DVD R Volume Scheme Volume Information Current 4 75 8 MB Untitled 0 3 306 8 GB Silmage Stripe 2 Partitions Format OS Extended journaled B 3Partitions
21. Progress Status Parameters Task Start Time End Time 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 Modify Parameters Task Parameters Dynamic Priority Cancel Suspend This command allows user to suspend the selected task items Resume This command allows user to resume the suspended task items Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 88 mc Hon Cancel This command allows user to cancel the selected task items Cancel Task Verification 2 Are you sure you want to cancel this task Delete This command displays a dialog box to let user delete the selected task items from the task list in Task Summary window The following dialog box will pop up to get confirmation from the user Delete Task Verification 4 3 15 EVENT LOG This command displays the Event Log window The Event Log window displays SATA device related events that occur while SATARAIDS5 is running File Options EventDate EventTime EventSource 12 21 05 8 53 22 AM Controller 0 Sil3132r5 Informational Begin group discovery 12 21 05 08 53 22 Controller 0 Sil3132r5 12 21 05 08 53 53 Controller 0 Sil3132r5 12121105 09 10 21 Controller 0 Sil3132r5 12 21 05 8 10 21 Controller 0 Sil3132r
22. Reduced still available via the RAID algorithms The failed disk should be replaced as soon as possible to avoid loss of data Rebuildin A failed disk drive has been replaced and the data is being regenerated on the replacement 9 disk When complete the RAID Group will return to Good status An error has occurred and RAID algorithms be regenerated on this RAID Group When complete the RAID Group will return to Good status Resynchronizing One or more disks have failed and RAID algorithms can no longer regenerate the data The Failed minimum number of failures required to reach this state depends on the RAID level 3 RAID 0 Concatenated Contiguous Single disk failure 3 RAID 1 10 and 5 Two disk failure Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 10 A NE 3 INSTALLATION 3 1 COMPONENTS There are three separate steps that must be install or setup for DAS801t to function These components are the HARDWARE SATA RAID5 HBA DRIVER and SATARAIDS5 Utility The steps on how to setup these packages is described in the following sections 3 2 INSTALLING HARDWARE Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the installation Turn off your host computer Install the Sil3132 PCI Express 1X SATA RAID5 HBA into a PCI Express slot 1X 16X than connect one end of the eSATA cable to the eSATA connector on the Sil3132 PCI Express 1X SATA RAID5 HBA Connect the other end
23. 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 My Computer Seles File Edit View Favorites Tools Help AES 7 2 Search lp Folders Address My Computer E Go Files Stored on This Computer System Tasks t View system inFormation um Shared Documents Administrator s Documents Add or remove programs Change a setting Hard Disk Drives Other Places p 5 gh system C backup D My Network Places L3 My Documents Shared Documents Ceo New V Control Panel Devices with Removable Storage Details VIS CD ROM File System NTFS Free Space 2 72 TB Total Size 2 72 TB 3 5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 3 5 1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the setup X Insert the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD in the CD ROM drive When start the Windows O S new hardware will be found Select No not this time than click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search Far current and updated software looking on pour computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update
24. box to let user create spare drive user needs to select the following parameters PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Choose one of Spare Type Global If the spare drive is for all RAID groups in the system Dedicated If the spare drive is dedicated to the specified RAID group If you select Global for the Spare Type current options from a list of capacity are from 128 MB to 100 GB HALF and MAX RAID Grou If you select Dedicated for the Spare Type please selected RAID group to which this spare drive P is dedicated Device Segment Select one device segment from the available spare type only Capacity 5 Create Spare Parameters Spare Type Global Spare Dedicated v Capacity v RAID Group 0 v Path ID TargetiD Capacity Starting LBM Path TargetID Capacity Starting LEM 76 69 GB 00000000 2 76 69 GB 00000000 76 69 GB 00000000 76 69 GB 00000000 4 3 4 DELETE SPARE This menu option displays a dialog box to select highlight one or more spare drives to delete Delete Spare Select Sparecsy m Device Type RAID Group Starting LEN Capacity 2 Dedicated Spare 0 00000000 76 59 GB Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 82 lt 4 3 5 DELETE MEMBER This menu option displays a dialog box to select highlight RAID group members to delete Because RAID 0 is not fault tolerant RAID 0 members are not shown in the list Note Deletin
25. drives The drives are assigned as two sets of striped pairs Stripe Sets are Stripe 1a Stripe 1b stripe 2b 4 Striped Stripe 4b _ RAID 0 Stripe Sb _ Stipe ta Mirrored Set A RAID 1 Mirrored Set RAID 1 The data is written to RAID Group A which is mirrored RAID 1 and provides data redundancy Alternating blocks of data are then striped across another RAID 1 mirrored set shown as Set B in the figure above This provides improved speed Under certain circumstances a RAID 10 set can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 8 2 3 4 PARITY RAID RAID 5 Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the data Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes The data and parity information is arranged on the disk array so that parity is written to different disks There are at least 3 members to a Parity RAID set The following example illustrates how the parity is rotated from disk to disk The following example illustrates how the parity is rotated from disk to disk e Stripe Stripe pez Striped __ Stripes Parity Stripes Parity RAID uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost per megabyte for larger installations Mirroring requires 100 increase
26. logiealidive Description primary partition is volume you create using free space on a basic disk Windows 2000 and other operating systems can start fram primary partition can create up to four primary partitions a basic disk or you can make three primary partitions and an extended partition Specify the partition size you want to create than click Next Create Partition Wizard Specify Partition Size How big do you want the partition ta Choose a partition size that i smaller than the maximum disk space Maximum disk space 1430605 MB Minimum disk space Amount af disk space to use 1 Assign the drive letter or path you want to create than click Next Create Partition Wizard Assign Drive Letter Path ou can assign a drive letter or drive path to partition 1 Assign a drive letter Mount this volume at an empty folder that supports drive paths Biases Do not assign a drive letter or drive path Ver 071017 22 DAS801t User s Manual Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a Quick Format setup the File system to use Allocation unit size Volume label than click Next Create Partition Wizard Format Partition fou can customize the formatting of the partition Specify whether want to Format this partition C Bo nat format this partition File system to use NTFS ba Allocation
27. ox 9 55AM 0 EE 4 pi le 9 i Repository lt CES er Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 64 Double click the siliconimage3132r5 mpkg file to begin the installation Located at E Utility Sil3132R5 Macintosh siliconimage3132r5 mpkg PS eoo 2 Macintosh lt gt m 2 2 2 S w tu 2 ect o w e gt releasenote txt siliconimage3132rS mpkg Repository CD T Desktop en E Applications h Documents ET Movies 6 Music 5 Pictures 2 4 2088 1 ee 1288 448 9 8 40 242 ee ee 9 4 81 m 1 of 2 selected Zero KB available Once started the following dialog screens will appear Click Continue e Install Silicon Image 3132 SATARaid5 Storage Solution e Silicon Image 3132 SATARaidS Storage Solution Installer Welcome to fh the Silico Sili This will install the Image Installation Package t LAS storage d se see th Quick In Introduction r and management 9 License software on this computer Ple Guide and User Manual for details on how to configure safter Select Destination installing this package me B 8 installation Type Go Back Continue ly Read the Software License Agree
28. partitions RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Right click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop up menu e 2 SATARaidS Internet Explorer 6 Documents 3 Outlook Express My Pictures di e My Music T My Computer Open Explore B Control Panel Search Set Program Access and Defaults Map Network Drive ka bointers and Esxes Disconnect Network Drive Show on Desktop Q9 Help and Support Rename Search Properties Microsoft EU Windows Professional All Programs s Log Off Turn Off Computer Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives Computer Management File Action View Window e Am su coneuter management xxi D System Tools E amp E system C Partition Basic Healthy System Event Viewer E backup D Partition Basic Healthy j B Shared Folders 2 REPOSITORY CD E Partition Basic Healthy HR Local Users and Groups EH Performance Logs and Alerts a Device Manager 85 Storage B Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter 8 Fa Services and Applications n system backup D 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS Healthy System Healthy REPOSITORY CD E 163 5 Healthy Primary partition Extended partition
29. the My Computer icon on the Desktop The new drives will be visible and properly named The new disks are available for use My Computer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help lt us 2 Search ics Folders Address Computer System Tasks View system information Add or remove programs Gr Change a setting Other Places My Network Places L My Documents Shared Documents gt Control Panel Details New Volume Local Disk File System NTFS Free Space 1 36 TB Total Size 1 36 TB DAS801t User s Manual Files Stored on This Computer Shared Documents Hard Disk Drives age system C Devices with Removable Storage H 314 Floppy EN ca CFI s Documents age backup D REPOSITORY CD ROM Ver 071017 3 45 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS 64 BIT Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Right click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop up menu eI Lh SATARaid5 Administrator Internet Explorer 6 My Documents 4 Outlook Express 3 e My Pictures 2 Windows Media Player e ir Music 1 Windows Messenger Lj o Tour Wind SI My Computer Open our Windows Explore MWSnap Control Panel Search F
30. to create than click Next New Partition Wizard Assign Drive Letter or Path For easier access assign drive letter or drive path to your partition Q Mount in the following empty MTFS folder CO Do not assign a drive letter or drive path Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format setup the File system Allocation unit size Volume label than click Next New Partition Wizard Format Partition To store data an this partition you must format it first Choose whether vou want to format this partition and if so what settings you want to use C2 Do nat format this partition 1 2 Format this partition with the following settings File systern NTFS Allocation unit size Default New volume Volume label 2 Perform a quick Format Enable file and folder compression Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual X When the New Partition Wizard has completed click Finish New Partition Wizard Completing the New Partition Wizard You have successfully completed the Mew Partition Wizard You selected the following settings Partition type Primary partition Disk selected Disk 1 Partition size 2851487 MB Drive letter or path F File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label Mew Volume Formas ez Ta close this wizard clic
31. your device or log on 8 Don t show this message again for this device Your device will not function until you install driver software Insert the disc that came with your RAID Controller If you have the disc that came with your device insert it now Windows will automatically search the disc for driver software gt I don t have the disc Show me other options Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual D4 When the installation has completed click Close The software for this device has been successfully installed Windows has finished installing the driver software for this device e Silicon Image Sil 3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller 3 6 2 INSTALLING SATARAIDS UTILITY Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the installation Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder Double click the 3132 W R msi file Located at E Utility SiI3132R5 Windows 3132 W R msi PS CD ROM drive letter 2 E fseach 5 Organize 22 Views 7 Favorite Links rib ii 2k E Documents 813132 W R FE Pictures releasenote ai Recently Changed E Searches Public Folders 3132 W R Date modified 8 26 2007 5 48 PM Windows Installer Package Size 16 4 MB Date created 6 26 2007 5 48 PM DAS801t User s Manual Ver 07101
32. 0 Performance Logs and Alerts 9 6 Shared Folders m Device Manager gt H E Local Users and Groups gt SSS V S Storage ved Disk 0 Ur is system Es 74 52 GB 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS AR Disk Defragmenter Online Healthy System Healthy E3 Logical Drives Removable Storage amp Disk 1 5 Services and Applications Basic 1337 27 GB 11337 27 GB Create Partition Online Unallocated murus Properties 2 CDRom 0 DVD E REPOSITORY CD E 163 MB 163 MB CDFS Online Healthy Unallocated Primary Partition Extended Partition Logical Drive Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk Create Partition Wizard Welcome to the Create Partition Wizard This wizard helps you create a partition on a basic disk basic disk is physical disk that contains primary partitions extended partitions and logical dives 4 basic disk may alza contain volumes created with Windows MT 4 0 and earlier fou can algo ute MS DOS ta gain access to partitions on basic disks Ta continue click Next DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 X Select the partition type you want to create than click Next Create Partition Wizard Select Partition Type can specify what type of partition to create Select the type of partition you want to create 1 Primary partition Extended partition C
33. 20 Create RAID Group Raid Group Canceled 10 12 21 05 9 18 50 AM 12 21 05 9 19 41 Create RAID Group Faid Group 1 Completed 10 12 21 05 8 1 586 12 21 05 9 17 56 AM Create RAID Group Raid Group 0 Completed 10 12 21 05 8 1 7 33 AM 12 21 05 8 1 7 34 AM Delete RAID Group Raid Group 0 Completed 0 12 21 05 8 15 25 AM 12 21 05 9 16 26 AM Create RAID Group Raid Group 0 Completed 10 12 21 05 8 10 21 AM 12 21 05 8 10 21 Create RAID Group Raid Group 2 Completed 10 12 21 05 8 20 07 12 21 05 10 02 59 AM oo 4 3 emo i m The Task Manager window has it s own menu bar A All options available 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 DAS801t Users Manual Ver 071017 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 up to 3 items to sort task items in the task list Sart items by Ascendin End Time 9 Descending Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the task list Fields Available Fields Displayed Fields Priority E Add Operation Remaining
34. 3 Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format setup the File system Allocation unit size Volume label than click Next New Partition Wizard Format Partition To store data an this partition you must format it first Choose whether you want to format this partition and if what settings want to use C2 Do not format this partition 1 2 Format this partition with the following settings File systern NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label New Volume 2 Perform a quick Format Enable file and folder compression X When the New Partition Wizard has completed click Finish Mew Partition Wizard Completing the New Partition Y Wizard You have successfully completed the Mew Partition Wizard rou selected the following settings Partition type Primary partition Disk selected Disk 1 Partition size 1430805 MB Drive letter or path F File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label Mew Volume Formas es Ta close this wizard click Finish Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 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 Health
35. 3 GB 2048 00 GB 746 54 GB Online AP Unallocated Scp romo MS nel DVD 163 _ Properties Online Help ll Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual Right click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition from the pop up menu Computer Management Im Fie Action View Window e Am 2 AE 188 Computer Management Local File System Status i System Tools 5 C Partition Basic Healthy System gal Event Viewer backup D Partition Basic Healthy E Shared Folders 2 _ Partition Basic Healthy 8 Local Users and Groups a Performance Logs and Alerts 4 Device Manager IM ay Storage 8 Removable Storage amp SDisk 0 5 Disk Defragmenter Basic 1 system backup D Disk Management da GB 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS d Services and Applications rene Healthy System Healthy amp BDpisk 1 Basic 1 2794 42 GB 2794 42 GB Online Unallocated 55 MTM 4 Properties Sor DVD REPOSITORY CD Help 163 MB 163 MB CDFS Online Healthy Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive New Partition Wizard Welcome to the New Partition Wizard This wizard helps you create a partition on a basic dis
36. 5 12 21 05 8 10 21 Controller 0 Sil3132r5 12 21 05 8 10 21 Controller 0 Sil3132r5 RAID 12 21 05 8 14 04 Controller O Sil3132r5 Device 12 21 05 8 20 07 Controller 0 Sil3132r5 Device 12 21 05 08 20 07 AM Controller 0 81313215 Device Event Count 11 The Event Log window has it s own menu bar File Options Exit Sorting Fields Exit Informational Informational Informational Informational RAID Informational Informational Informational informational Initialization Complete Database initialized Segment created Pathid 0 Targetid 0 PEN 00000000 Capacity 09962380 Segment Count 1 Segment created Pathid 0 Targetld 1 PEN 00000000 Capacity 09962380 Segment count 1 Create Group 0 Configure RAID Group task Device Removed at Pathld 0 Targetld 0 This command closes the Event Log window DAS801t User s Manual Segment created Pathid 0 Targetid 1 PEN 05000000 Capacity 02800000 Segment Count Begment created Pathld D Targetld 2 PBN 02800000 Capacity 02800000 Segment Count 2 All options available via the menu bar are shown below Ver 071017 Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort event items in the event log Sort a E X Ascending Descending Ascending C Descending Ascending evel Descending
37. 7 X Click Next to begin setup Welcome to the 3132 W R SATARAID5 Setup Wizard The installer will quide you through the steps required to install 3132 W R SATARAID5 on your computer To continue click Next Cancel Select Agree than click Next Jg 332 WR SKTARADS License Agreement Please take a moment to read the license agreement now If you accept the terms below click 1 Agree then Next Otherwise click Cancel Silicon Image Inc SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE OR ANY ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION COLLECTIVELY THE Do Not Agree 1 Select Place shortcut on Desktop than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop R SATARAIDS Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 56 Click Next to use default installation folder 1 Select Installation Folder The installer will install 3132 W R SATARAIDS to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program Files Silicon Image 3132 W A SATARAIDEA Cancel Click Next to begin the installation Ux fi 3132 W R 5 Confirm Installation The installer is ready to install 3132 W R SATARAIDS5 on your computer Click Next to start the installation Wh
38. AID volumes that can be mirrored they can be striped spanned across multiple disks can also expand single disk and spanned volumes without having to restart the computer After you convert a disk to dynamic can only use Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows on any volume of that disk To continue click Next initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Select Disks to Initialize You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access It Select one ar more disks to initialize Select Disks to Convert The disks you select will be converted to dynamic disks DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 IEEE eere LLLI 37 When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed click Finish Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Completing the Initialize Convert Disk Wizard You have successfully completed the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard You selected the following settings Initialize ta Disk 1 Convert Mane Ta close this wizard click Finish Windows 64 bit system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB c Computer Management Im File Action View Window mim 2 8 Computer Management Local File System Status System Tools system C Partition Basic Healthy System Event viewer E backup D Partition Basi
39. AID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the setup X Insert the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD in the CD ROM drive When start the Windows O S new hardware will be found select No not this time than click Next Found Mew Hardware Wizard W elcome to the Found Mew Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software looking on your computer an the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Head aur privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for sottiware CO Yes this time only Yes now and every time connect a device Click Next ta continue 2 Select Install the software automatically Recommended than click Next Found Mew Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for RAID Controller f If your hardware came with an installation CD floppy disk insert it now What da you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Click Next ta continue DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 When the installation has completed click Finish Found Mew Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for Silicon Image Sil 3132 SaftH aid 5 Controller
40. Click Finish to clase the wizard c Back Finish Cancel 3 4 2 INSTALLING SATARAIDS UTILITY Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the installation the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder Double click the 3132 W R msi file Located at E Utility SiI3 132R5 Windows 3132 W R msi PS CD ROM drive letter Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae Qe Search Folders Address Windows v Ga Files Currently on the CD CD Writing Tasks Y File and Folder Tasks Y Other Places Details Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 20 m lt Click Next to begin setup 3132 W R SATARAID5 Welcome to the 3132 W R SATARAID5 Setup Wizard The installer will quide you through the steps required to install 3132 W Fi SATARAIDS on your computer To continue click Next Cancel Select Agree than click Next 3132 W R SATARAID5 License Agreement Please take a moment to read the license agreement now If you accept the terms below click I Agree then Next Otherwise click Cancel Silicon Imaze Inc SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE OR ANY ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION COLLECT
41. Convert to GPT Disk onver PT Disk DYD 163 MB Online Help Properties Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive Right click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition from the pop up menu m Computer Management a im File Action Window e ame e 8 Volume Layout Type FieSystem status m Computer Management Local El m System Tools E Event Viewer Shared Folders Local Users and Groups gil Performance Logs and Alerts EJ Device Manager E 54 Storage Removable Storage M Disk Defragmenter Disk Management E e Services and Applications Basic 74 52 GB Online 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS mes backup D Healthy System Healthy Disk 1 Basic 2794 42 GB Online 12794 42 GB Unallocated 2 New Partition Properties system C Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System backup D Partition Basic NTFS Healthy SREP OSITO GD E Partition Basic CDFS Healthy 2j icp RoM DVD 163 MB Online REPOSITORY CD E Help 163 MB CDFS Healthy Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk New Partition Wizard AX Welcome to the New Partition Wizard This wiz
42. Device installation has completed click Finish Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard gt Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device Windows has finished installing the software for this device Ta close this wizard click Finish Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 14 3 3 2 INSTALLING SATARAIDS UTILITY Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the installation Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder X Double click the 3132 W I32 R msi file Located at Utility SiI3132R5 Windows 2k 3132 W 132 R msi PS E CD ROM drive letter 2k File Edit Favorites Tools Help da Back A Search Folders E4 History LS pm z Address 2k Go rrr 3132 W 132 F Windows Installer Package Modified 12 1 2 2006 10 16 Size 16 0 MB Attributes Read only Author Silicon Image ce Click Next to begin setup fi 3132 W 132 R SATARAIDS Welcome to the 3132 W 132 R SATARAID5 Setup Wizard The installer will quide you through the steps required to install 3132 W 132 R SATARAIDS5 on your computer To continue click Next Cancel DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Select Agree than click Next 3132 W 132 R SATARAIDS License Agreement Silicon Image Inc SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEME
43. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the event log Fields Available Fields Displayed Fields Add Ls EventTime Remove EventSource EventType EventL evel Eventhlessage Cancel 4 3 16 RESOURCES This command displays the Resource Information window This feature is for debugging purpose only Display Resource Current haximurr 2 32 QSRE 12 42 TOE 0 B4 050 13 50 DBD 1 17 The Event Log window has it s own menu bar All options available the menu bar are shown below File Display Exit Suspend Resume Exit This command closes the Resources window Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 00 NN EE Suspend This command is to suspend the resources informantion Fields This command is to resume the resources informantion 4 3 17 CREATE LEGACY RAID GROUP This menu option is not available in this product 4 3 18 HELP TOPICS This command opens an interactive help dialog using the standard Windows help interface This option will be available in future revisions 4 3 19 ABOUT This command displays a dialog box with more information about the SATARAID5 program including the revision level About SATARAID5 SATAR AIDS Version 1 5 3 0 es b ees Running under Windows 2003 Version 5 2 icon Image Copyright 2005 Silicon Image Using Java Version 1 5 0 05 From Sun Microsystems In
44. IVELY THE O IDo Not Agree 1 ir EL gt X Select Place shortcut on Desktop than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop 3132 W R SATARAID5 Do you want to add a shortcut to your Desktop 1 Place shortcut on Desktop DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 27 af Click Next to use the default installation folder 3132 W R SATARAID5 Select Installation Folder The installer will install 3132 W R SATARAIDS to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program FilessSilicon Image 3132 W A SATARAIDSS Cancel Click Next to begin the installation i 3132 W R SATARAID5 Confirm Installation The installer is ready to install 3132 W FR SATARAIDS on your computer Click Next to start the installation When the SATARAIDS Utility installation has completed click Close and begin to the Java platform installation i 3132 W R SATARAID5 Installation Complete 3132 SATARAID5 has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 28 O Select l accept the terms in the license agreement than click Next iz J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 License License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully Sun Microsystems Inc Binary Code License Agreement for the JAYA 2 PLATFORM STANDARD
45. Meter Mail Directory Access amp Microsoft AutoUpdate 8 Disk Utility Name SATARaidSMana 1 Microsoft Office 2004 Grab ger MPlayer OS X 2 Grapher Kind Alias OmniOutliner Installer C ma in wane Preview Java H QuickTime Player Keychain Access Modified ides at 10 00 RealPlayer amp Migration Assistant AM 4 Roxio Toast 6 Titanium Netinfo Manager Last opened Today at 10 05 9 Safari Network Utility Sherlock ODBC Administrator gt Stickies Print Center System Preferences 7 TextEdit Utilities vic 2 Windows Media Player Printer Setup Utility Silicon Image amp System Profiler Terminal VoiceOver Utility DAS801t User s Manual 1 of 3 selected 213 02 GB available Ver 071017 3 7 3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4 3 7 4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS X Click Go than click on Utilities i Finder File Edit View Window Help _ OB ox 1 1 ox 4 Thu4 09PM orward Enclos ng Folder Macintosh 10 4 8 Computer Home 6 Network iDisk A Applications Utilities Repository_GD Recent Folders Go to Folder Connect to Server OGG Double click Disk Utility to go to Disk Utility Utilities gt EA Network E Macintosh 10 Oy Repository J 57xxSteelVineManager Activity Monit
46. NT PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITION CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE OR ANY ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION COLLECTIVELY THE SOFTWARE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SOFTWARE e 3132 W 132 R SATARAID5 Select Installation Folder C Program Files Silicon ImageN3132 wW I32 R SATARAIDS DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 A 16 Click Next to begin the installation fie 3132 W 132 R SATARAID5 Confirm Installation The installer is ready to install 3132 W 132 R SATARAIDS on your computer Click Next to start the installation Cancel lt Back i When Digital Signature Not Found message pop out click Yes to continue the installation Digital Signature Not Found The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has nat been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with windows ce Silicon Image 5il 3132 5 oftR aid 5 Controller If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windewsupdate micrasaft com to see if ane is available Do you want ta continue the installation No More Info When the SATARAIDS5 Utility installation has completed click Clo
47. Web site with your permission Online privacy information Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software C Yes this time only C Yes now and every time connect a device E DE EE ed Click Next to continue lt Back Cancel Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual w Select Install the software automatically Recommended than click Next Found Sew Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Controller _ If your hardware came with an installation CD floppy disk insert it now What do vou want the wizard to da When the installation has completed click Finish Found Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software Far Silicon Image Sil 3132 SaftHiaid 5 Controller Click Finish to close the wizard Fangel DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 3 5 2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the installation Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software 44 from the Utility folder Double click the 3132 W R msi file Located at E Utility SiI3 132R5 Windows 3132 W R msi PS E CD ROM drive letter Windows File Edit View Favorites Tools H
48. X 3 7 1 RELEASE NOTES This is the premier release for the Silicon Image SATARaid5 Storage Solution for Macintosh the following issues are known to exsit in this version The problem can be recovered by powering the system will experience problems off the system and rebooting This problem resuming from a sleep state has not been seen to occur if the Allow Power Button to Sleep the Computer option is disabled in the Energy Saver gt Options gt Wake Options section of the System Preferences Under certain error conditions the Enter either the local IP address preferred Manager may ask the user to input an 127 0 0 1 or an IP address as shown in IP address to access the machine ifconfig If a Create RAID Group option is The undesired Create RAID Group task can cancelled while in progress the create be cancelled If the disks are used to create process restart on the next power another RAID Group this problem should nat up if the disks have not been used to occur create another RAID Group These issues are expected to be fixed in the next release 3 7 2 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER AND SATARAIDS UTILITY Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the setup Insert the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD in the CD ROM drive When start the Mac O S double click on the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD icon Finder File Edit View Go Window Help ox 1
49. anual 62 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 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 File Action View Help 93 BE l Computer Management Local 4 System Tools b Task Scheduler gt B Event Viewer Simple Basic NTFS Simple Basic NTFS amp New Volume Simple Basic NTFS Healthy System Boot Page File Active Crash Dump Primary Partition Healthy Logical Drive Healthy Primary Partition Disk Management More Actions gt 8 Shared Folders gt Local Users and Groups b Reliability and Performance lt _ Simple Basic CDFS Healthy Primary Partition g Device Manager 3 Storage 22 Disk Management b Es Services and Applications DJ 59 77 GB NTFS Healthy Logical Drive Basic 74 53 GB Online system C 14 75 GB NTFS Healthy System Boot Page Fi 1 Basic 279442 GB Online New Volume F 2794 42 GB NTFS Healthy Primary Partition
50. ard helps you create a partition on a basic disk basic disk is physical disk that contains primary partitions extended partitions and logical drives Partitions created on Master Boot Record disks can be accessed from any version of Windows ar MS DOS Partitions created on GUID Partition Table GPT disks can only be accessed from Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or later from any 64 bit version of Windows To continue click Next Cancel Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual X Select the partition to create than click Next Select Partition There are three types of partitions primary extended and logical Select the partition you want to create C Extended partition Description primary partition is a volume you create using free space a basic disk Windows and other operating systems can start From a primary partition You can create up to 128 primary partitions on a GPT basic disk On a Master Boot Record basic disk pau create up to Four primary partitions or three primary partitions and an extended partition Specify the partition size you want to create than click Next xj Specify Partition Size Choose a partition size that is between the masimum and minimum sizes Masum disk space in megabytes 2651487 Minimum disk space in MB B8 P
51. arger than ZTB or disks used on Itanium based computers Windows Vista system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB Computer Managemen File Action View Help 201 3 Computer Management Local Volume Layout Type File System Status 4 lf System Tools amp system C Simple Basic NTFS Healthy System Boot Page File Active Crash Dump Primary Partition Disk Management 4 b T Task Scheduler backup D Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Logical Drive Event Viewer CD E Simple Basic CDFS Healthy Primary Partition More Actions gt gt 82 Shared Folders Local Users and Groups Reliability and Performance zi Device Manager 4 ES Storage 0 Basic Disk Management 74 53 GB 2 Services and Applications Online system Ss D3 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS Healthy System Boot Page Fi Healthy Logical Drive 1 Basic 2794 42 GB 12794 42 GB Unallocated a P RP RP RF RP EE RR EI RF RR LS LS EE ER RR RR RP RP RR REPOSITORY EJ 95 MB 195 CDFS Online Healthy Primary Partition Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Free space Logical drive File Action View Help 3 BE 0 seu Computer Managemen
52. artition size in MB Assign the drive letter or path you want to create than click Next New Partition Wizard 1 Assign Drive Letter Path For easier access you can assign drive letter or drive path to your partition x C Mount in the following empty NTFS folder lt Back Cancel DE C Do not assign a drive letter or drive path DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format setup the File system Allocation unit size Volume label than click Next New Partition Mizard Format Partition To store data on this partition pou must format it first Choose whether you want to format this partition and if so what settings vou want to use Do not format this partition File system m Allocation unit size Volume label Hew olme 0 Enable file and folder compression lt Back Next gt v Cancel When the New Partition Wizard has completed click Finish New Partition Wizard H X Completing the New Partition Wizard have successfully completed the Mew Partition Wizard selected the following settings Disk selected Disk 1 Partition size 2861487 MB Drive letter ar path F File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label Mew Volume Luck formak Wes To close this wizard click Finish lt Back Cance
53. c DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017
54. c Healthy P Shared Folders QREPOSITORY_CD E Partition Basic Healthy Local Users and Groups a Performance Logs and Alerts Device Manager 3 e Storage l Removable Storage ZgDisk 0 Disk Defragmenter Basic system backup D Disk Management 74 52 GB 114 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy 1 D S r Pe dic Basic 2794 53 GB 2048 00 GB 746 54 GB Online Unallocated Unallocated So o REPOSITORY CD E 163 MB 163 MB CDFS Online Healthy d Services and Applications Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive Right click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop up menu m Computer Management Im Fie Action View Window ow 2 mj Computer Management Local Status i System Tools system C Partition Basic Healthy System cH gal Event Viewer E backup D Partition Basic Healthy 8 Shared Folders AQREPOSITORY_CD Partition Basic Healthy Local Users and Groups 8 Performance Logs and Alerts z Device Manager Storage E Removable Storage cA Disk Defragmenter Basic system C backup 0 Disk Management 74 52 GB 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS de Services and Applications Online i Healthy System Healthy ZBDisk 1 Basic 2794 5
55. continue click Next Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Select Disks to Initialize must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager access it Select one or more disks to initialize Ver 071017 Status Healthy System Healthy Healthy DAS801t User s Manual not click any disk to convert than click Next Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Select Disks to Convert The disks vou select will be converted to dynamic disks Select one or more disks to convert Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard rou have successfully completed the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard rau selected the following settings Convert None Ta close this wizard click Finish Back Cancel Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB Computer Management ioj Action Window elei xl m mi Computer Management Local E System Tools i Event Viewer 8 6 Shared Folders Local Users and Groups 9 E Performance Logs and Alerts Device Manager 884 Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter i Disk Management EH Services and Applications system C Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System backup D Partition Basic NTFS Healthy e REPOSITORY Partition Ba
56. e Status Computer Management Local system Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System System Tools E backup D Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 9 Event Viewer 2 Partition Basic CDFS Healthy H System Information Performance Logs and Alerts H E Shared Folders m Device Manager 1 gt Local Users and Groups 89 Storage Ee DK 0 Sy Di m system ackup p m 74 52 GB 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS atus dia nline Healthy System Healthy E Logical Drives Fiemovable Storage 25 CDRom 0 9 Services and Applications DVD E REPOSITORY CIXE 163 MB 163 MB CDFS Online Healthy Primary Partition gl Extended Partition lE Logical Drive DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 When Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard appears click Next Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard Welcome to the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard Thiz wizard writes signatures on new disks and upgrades empty basic disks to dynamic disks can use dynamic disks to create software based volumes which can be mirrored and striped or spanned across disks can also expand single disk and spanned volumes Without having to restarting the computer After you upgrade a disk you cannot use earlier versions of Windows on any volume on that disk To continue click Next Do nat show this wizard a
57. eatures will be installed Specify the installation directory and choose which program features to install Recommended for advanced users When Java platform installation has completed click Einish to exit 2 Ru time Enviro nment 5 0 Update 5 Complete Installation Completed The Install Wizard has successfully installed 125 Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Click Finish to exit the wizard Select Start gt All Programs gt Silicon Image gt SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual DO eS 3 6 3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4 3 6 4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Right click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop up menu Recycle Bin tl SATARaid5 e Internet Internet Explorer E mail View headlines ia windows Mail Documents 2x 4 Welcome Center Windows Media Center w Windows Ultimate Extras Pictures Music Games o Windows Media Player Search s Windows Photo Gallery Recent Items aD Windows Live Messenger Download Computer Open Explore Windows DVD Maker Network Search Windows Meeting Space Connect To Manage X Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive
58. elp Q Back 7 P Search gt Folders pes G x Address Windows File and Folder Tasks Y releasenote txE Other Places a4 Details Click Next to begin setup 8 3132 W R SATARAIDS Welcome to the 3132 W R SATARAID5 Setup Wizard The installer will quide you through the steps required to install 3132 R SATARAID5 on your computer To continue click Next Cancel Select Agree than click Next 13 3132 W R SATARAIDS License Agreement Please take a moment to read the license agreement now If you accept the terms below click Agree then Next Otherwise click Cancel Silicon Image Inc SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE OR ANY ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION COLLECTIVELY THE C Do Not Agree Ver 071017 DAS801tUser s Manual X Select Place shortcut on Desktop than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop 13 3132 W R SATARAIDS 96 Click Next use the default installation folder 3132 W R SATARAIDS Select Installation Folder Click Next to begin the installation E 3132 W R SATARAIDS Confirm Installation DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 45 When the SATARAIDS5 Utility installation has completed
59. en the SATARAIDS5 Utility installation has completed click Close and begin to the Java installation fig 3132 W R SATARAIDS ome Sm Installation Complete 3132 SATARAIDS has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Cancel DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Select l accept the terms in the license agreement than click Next Please read the followina license agreement carefully Sun Microsystems Inc Binary Code License Agreement for the JAVA 2 PLATFORM STANDARD EDITION RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT 5 0 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC SUN 15 WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE IDENTIFIED BELOW TO Y OU ONLY UPON THE CONDITION THAT Y OU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS BINARY CODE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS COLLECTIVELY AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY B r DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT INDICATE ACCEPTANCE BY SELECTING THE ACCEPT BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGREEMENT IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND ALL THE TERMS SELECT THE DECLINE BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE T Select Typical than click Next TH J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type You can change your choice of features after installation by using the Add Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel All recommended f
60. enu will be available in the menu bar Legacy Bootable Support Enables the Legacy Support menu to support RAID functions for legacy RAID groups available on Windows platforms only See Legacy Support menu options When this feature is selected Delete Member menu item will be available under the Delete Member Support Mirrored groups See Delete Member menu option Device menu Enables the Delete Member option on the Device menu to delete a member from RAID 1 Mirrored RAID 5 Parity RAID and RAID 10 Striped and 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 RAID 5 or RAID 10 user will be able to select Improper Shutdown Policy in the Create RAID Group dialog box Enables the Advanced RAID Features selection of an Improper Shutdown Policy including Check Pointing and Dirty Parity handling in the Create RAID Group dialog box when the selected RAID Group type is a fault tolerant configuration Mirrored Mirrored Striped and Parity RAID This feature is not supported for Legacy RAID groups When this feature is selected Resources menu item will be available under the Window Resources Info Support menu Enables the Resources option on the Window menu for debugging purposes See Resources menu option 4 3 2 EXIT This command terminates the SATARAID5 program DAS801t User s Manual 4 3 3 CREATE SPARE This command displays a dialog
61. eosesuor e 8 Bay Storage with RAID eSATA amp Trays DAS801t User s Manual Table of Contents nidis isi D II M d I EE 4 Li INTRODUC TION c 4 L PRE COTTON c 4 MN ceca cscs sas fe cass M 4 Mee 4 eee DATA PERFORMANCE i A ENE 5 DATATE AAE Ar 5 E BPS OE OE Rc 5 LS 5 L6 SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS ueseeseit eevsveeestdusu bus ANE PA COUR ao T eee deve a T edes avt 5 LOS Go DIU t mT ae oe 5 6 LI 6 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO 7 7 2 2 SEGMENTING DIS IS 5 2 85 99055 a EEEN ea 7 LM WAU EV BED 8 Deel o 8 232 DISKE MIRRORING RAID Wiis 8 2 3 3 DISK MIRRORING AND STRIPING RAID 10 essen 8 Ds RTT 9 2 99 CONCATENATION COMBENE on 9 230 SSINGLEJORIVE
62. g members will demote the RAID group to a non fault tolerant RAID group Delete RAID Group Member Select Member s ta Delete Device RAID Group Member Capacity Starting LBN 1 D 76 69GB 00000000 D 1 76 69GB 00000000 Dorie Canc 4 3 6 DELETE ORPHAN This menu option displays a dialog box to select highlight orphan segments to delete An orphan segment is part of a RAID group that cannot access other segments within the same RAID group When a member of a RAID group fails in a severe manner such as a loss of power or a complete hard disk failure it becomes an orphan This command displays the Delete Orphan Segment window to show all orphan segments and allow user to delete selected orphan segments Delete Orphan 5egment Select Grphan cey Path ID 0 0 76 6968 00000000 4 3 7 MAKE PASS THRU This menu option is not available in this product DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 4 3 8 DEVICE SUMMARY This command displays the Segment Summary window to show all physical devices segments Device Summary E File Options Path IO TargetID Status Capacity Model 0 o Healthy 160834432 HD8728080PLA380 0 1 Healthy 150834432 HDiS 28080PLAS8D0 0 2 Healthy 160834432 HDS728080PLA380 PFZOARBUA 0 3 Healthy 150834432 HOS 28080PLA380 T 4 Empty Unknown Unknown 1 o
63. gain Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard Select Disk to Write Signature Choose the disks on which you wank to write a signature Select the disks on which you want to write a signature not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk than click Next Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard Select Disks to Upgrade Choose the disks to be upgraded Select the disks you want to upgrade Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 20 When the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard has completed click Finish Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard Completing the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard have successfully completed the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard rau have selected these settings Write a signature on the following disks Disk 1 Upgrade the following disks Ta close this wizard click Finish Right click on the Unallocated partition and select Create Partition from the pop up menu Computer Management IBI x gt Jut Volume Layout Type File System Status Computer Management Local system Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System System Tools E backup 0 Partition Basic NTFS Healthy Event Viewer 28 Partition Basic CDFS Healthy EH 3g System Information 89 4
64. greement Inti 6 Lic Click Agree to continue or click Disagree to cancel the installation Cree DOCUMENTATION COLLE s THE SOFTWARE THE TERMS AND C ONS OF THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT x EMENT GOVERN USE OF THE SOFTWARE UNLESS YOU AND SILICON IMAGE INC COMPANY HAVE EXECUTED A SEPARATE AGREEMENT Company is willing to license the Software to you only upon the condition that you accept all the terms coniained in this Agreement By clicking on the Yes button below or by downloading installing or using the Software you have indicated that you understand this Agreement and accept all of its terms If you do not accept all the terms of this Agreement then Company is unwilling to license the Software to vou Print Save GoBack Continue Select a destination volume to install the software than click Continue aa Install Silicon Image 3132 SATARaid5 Storage Solution Introduction 6 License Select Destination installation Type Macintosh 10 4 8 232GB 213GB Free SS gt You have chosen to install this software on the volume Macintosh 10 4 8 GoBack Continue Click Install to begin the installation Install Silicon Image 3132 SATARaid5 Storage Solution zi Easy Macintosh 10 4 8 Introduction 3 T UY Cl
65. he Addi Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel All recommended Features will be installed Specify the installation directory and choose which program Features En install Recommended For advanced users Installshield Back Next gt gt Cancel 071017 DAS801t User s Manual When Java platform installation has completed click Finish to exit 125 Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Complete Installation Completed The Install Wizard has successfully installed J25E Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Click Finish to exit the wizard Select Start gt All Programs gt Silicon Image gt SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software 3 5 3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4 3 5 4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Right click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop up menu e SATARaid5 Administrator LI 3 Command Prompt Hep 13 Windows Explorer rem Administrative Tools ka Dekkers Caves Disconnect Network Drive Show on Desktop Help and Support Rename Search Properties I Run M icrosoft d Programs Log off g shut Down sat DASI
66. histicated sparing support so that hardware failure risk can be minimized by automatically regenerating the failed disk s data on a backup disk The DAS801t software driver includes support for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology S M A R T to predict disk failures Drives can be moved between controllers without losing data Redundant Array of Independent Devices a method of combining drives to provide better protection and or performance Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Testing Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual sa en L L AAAL L L LOOCz 1 3 2 DATA PERFORMANCE The DAS801t can also increase storage throughput by combining the throughput of multiple drives into a single volume RAID levels 1 10 and 5 support this ability Furthermore each volume can be tailored to provide the best performance for the data contained on that disk 1 3 3 DATA VERSATILITY The DAS801t software driver also supports Contiguous and Concatenated drives for applications which do not require increased security or performance 1 4 EASE OF USE The DAS801t utility offers an easy to use utility for creating and managing your storage It also supports the latest SATA enhancements including SATA II Port Multiplier support and up to 3Gbit sec transfer rates on controllers that support that speed Creating and deleting volumes is also possib
67. ick Install to perform of this software package cintosh Select Destination Installation Type Customize GoBack Install Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 66 sss mM X Enter the Administrative Password for your system than click OK aa Install Silicon Image 3132 SATARaid5 Storage Solution Authenticate p Installer requires that you type your password Introduc X License E 6 Select Name Administrator 6 Installa Customize Upgrade GoBack Close to complete the installation Install Silicon Image 3132 SATARaid5 Storage Solution Introduction 6 License Select Destination Installation Type The software was Sucessfully installed y Es SS Back Close y Select Go gt Computer gt Applications gt Utilities gt Silicon Image gt SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software 2 Silicon Image S cy 76 iMovie HD ff Activity Monitor 1 SATARaid5 v Preview 1 Installers AirPort Admin Utility SATARaidSManager Internet Connect 1 AirPort Setup Assistant 3 Scripts XA iPhoto I Audio MIDI Setup iSync Bluetooth File Exchange iTunes ColorSync Utility a iWeb EB Console 3 iWork 06 DigitalColor
68. iles and Settings Transfer W Set Program Access and Defaults Map Network Drive 7 mel Pace Disconnect Network Drive Show on Desktop Help and Support Rename 9 Search Properties Microsoft PIU Windows Professional x64 Edition All Programs s Log Off a Turn OFF Computer Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives Computer Management zm Im File Action View Window le x e mm gu isl Computer Management Local Status System Tools GC3system C Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System G gal Event Viewer E backup D Partition Basic NTFS Healthy Shared Folders S REPOSITORY CD E Partition Basic CDFS Healthy Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts Device Manager Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management d Services and Applications Basic system backup D 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS Healthy System Healthy REPOSITORY CD E 163 MB CDFS Healthy Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual EE When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears click Next Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard Welcome to the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard This wizard helps you to initialize new disks and to convert empty basic disks ta dynamic disks You can use dynamic disks to create software based R
69. ility window after complete setting Silmage Striped Media pr First Aid Erase Partition RAID Restore E 57 3 GB IC35L060AVV2 eee MAC OSX 10 4 Volume Scheme Volume Information 754 87 0 MB Pioneer DVD R 75 8 MB Untitled 0 Name Striped 1306 8 Silmage Stripe Format Striped lt Size 306 64 GB 1 Select the disk you want to partition and choose a volume scheme Click each volume represented in the scheme and specify a volume name format and size Click Partition Disk Description Silmage Striped Media Total Capacity 306 8 GB 329 388 916 736 Bytes Connection Bus SCS Write Status Read Write Connection Type External S M A R T Status Not Supported Connection ID SCSI Target ID 16 Logical Unit 0 new disks will appear the desktop and ready for use 7 Finder File View Go Window Help m ox ox 0x BE 4 Thu 4 15 PM E Macintosh 10 4 8 Repository CD Striped Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 72 4 SATARAID5 ARRAY MANAGER 4 1 OVERVIEW The SATARAID5 Array Manager is the Graphical User Interfaces GUI which allows you to create and manage RAID volumes The Manager initially shows two windows as seen below SATARAIDS Array Manager Fie Devke RAID Group Window Legacy Support Controller 0 8131325
70. in capacity to protect the data whereas the above example using three hard drives only requires a 5096 increase The additional required capacity decreases as the number of disks in the group increases i e 33 for four drives 25 for five drives In exchange for low overhead necessary to implement protection Parity RAID degrades performance for all write operations The parity calculations for Parity RAID may result in write performance that is somewhat slower than the write performance to a single disk 2 3 5 CONCATENATION COMBINE DRIVE The Concatenated mode combines multiple disks or segments of disks into a single large volume It does not provide any data protection or performance improvement but can be useful for utilizing leftover space on disks Concatenation allows the segments that make up the volume to be of different sizes Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 2 3 6 SINGLE DRIVE SEGMENT The single drive is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive Single drive is the Contiguous configuration option when creating RAID Groups or sets in the SATARAID5 software DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 2 4 RAID VOLUME STATUS A RAID volume can be in any one of the following statuses STATUS MEANING All disks are currently functioning as normal For RAID levels that provide data protection one or more disks have failed but the data is
71. k basic disk is a physical disk that contains primary partitions extended partitions and logical drives Partitions created on Master Boot Record disks can be accessed from any version of Windows or MS DOS Partitions created on GUID Partition Table GPT disks can only be accessed from Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 ar later from 64 bit version of Windows Ta continue click Next Select the partition to create than click Next New Partition Wizard Select Partition Type There three types of partitions primary extended and logical Extended partition Logical dive Description primary partition iz volume you create using space on a basic disk Windows and other operating systems start from a primary partition can create up to 128 primary partitions on a GPT basic disk On a Master Boot Record basic disk you can create up ta Four primary partitions three primary partitions and an extended partition DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 cd 39 40 opecify the partition size you want to create than click Next New Partition Wizard Specify Partition Size Choose a partition size that is between the maximum and minimum sizes disk space in megabytes 2061487 Minimum disk space in MB Partition size in MB lt Back gt Cancel Assign the drive letter or path you want
72. k Next gt Cancel Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 12 When the RAID Controller installation has completed click Finish and begin to the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device installation Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard Q Silicon Image Sil 3132 5 Controller Windows has finished installing the software for this device Ta close this wizard click Finish Windows will find the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device hardware click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for hardware device continue click Next Cancel Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended than click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers in device driver i a software program that enables a hardware device to work with an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device 51 Pseudo Device SCSI Processor Device device driver is software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for your new device To locate driver files and complete the installation click Next what da you want the wizard to do Display a list of the known drivers for this device that choose a specific vie E m g Cancel
73. k Finish 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 andthe 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 Computer Management DAR m File Action Window eo Computer Management Local Volume Layout Type File System Status System Tools EI system C Partition Healthy System 9 Event viewer backup D Partition Healthy amp Shared Folders New Volume F Partition Healthy no t mS 1 gS REPOSITORY E Partition Healthy a Performance Logs and Alerts Device Manager 9 5 Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Ej Disk Management 85 dn Services and Applications disk 0 IEEE Basic system _ 1 backup D 74 52 GB 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy 1 Basic New Volume 2794 42 GB 2794 42 GB NTFS Online REPOSITORY E j 163 MB CDFS Online Healthy Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Repeat the above procedure
74. k Size Rebuild Priority Capacity 76 69 GB OOO00000 76 69 GB 00000000 6 69 GB 00000000 76 69 GB 00000000 4 3 10 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 Select a Member to Rebuild Selecta Replacement Segment RAID Group Member Status Path ID 0 Status Starting LEN 0 76 69 GB 0 fi Available 76 69 GB 00000000 2 Available 16 69 00000000 Available 76 69 GB 00000000 DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 85 eogestore 4 3 11 DELETE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user choose RAID groups to delete Delete RAID Group Select RAID Groups s Group Configuration Status D Mirrored Online 1 Mirrored Striped Online 2 Parity RAID Online 4 3 12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE This menu option is not available in this product 4 3 13 RAID GROUP SUMMARY This command displays a dialog box to show all RAID groups group ID configuration and status Ea RAID Group Summary Options RAID Group Label Configuration Status Capa 0 1 Mirrared Online 20 0 GB 1 RAID 10 Mirrored Striped Online 40 0 GB 2 RAID 5 Parity RAID Online 40 0 GB The RAID Group Summary window has its ow
75. l Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 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 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 g Computer Management m File Action view Window Help Hm X amp ar a 8 mi Computer Management Local volume Lavout Type File System Status E System Tools I system Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System Event Viewer E backup D Partition Basic 5 Healthy H Shared Folders Mew Volume Partition Basic NTFS Healthy Local Users and Groups ASQ REPOSITORY CD E Partition Basic CDES Healthy Performance Logs and Alerts T Device Manager 4 B I Storage Removable Starage 0 a Disk Defragmenter Basic system backup D Disk Managemene 74 52 GB 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS p Hin Services and Applications Healthy System Healthy 1 Basic 2794 42 GB Online as Do ge HO i Nr at e pota acce eques 2 DvD REPOSITORY 163
76. le without requiring a restart of the operating system and rebuilds never require the data to be taken off line Drives can also be moved between controllers without losing the data 1 5 SPECIFICATIONS Two eSATA host ports to 8 SATA 3 5 inch HDDs with HDD trays amp door cover Power and host status LED and devices status and activity LED Metal chassis SECC and plastic panel frame ABS with HDD trays and ABS design 150 W x 340 H x 340 D mm NW 5 5 Kgs GW 7 6Kgs Design based on the Silicon Image Sil3726 Port Multiplier with Sil3132R5 PCI Express 1X HBA Support Striped RAID 0 Mirrored RAID 1 Mirrored Striped RAID 10 Parity RAID RAID 5 modes hot spare on Mirrored RAID 1 Mirrored Striped RAID 10 and Parity RAID RAID 5 modes Support Contiguous Single Drive amp Concatenation Combine Drive modes 300 watts switching power 90 to 264Vac 47 63Hz with CE FCC VCCI C UL TUV CB BSMI CCC requirement Physical Dimensions 100 mm L x 125 mm W x 63 5 mm H Single packing color box and 2 in 1 outer box 1 6 SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS 1 6 1 PC SYSTEMS e Intel 500MHz equivalent or faster e Windows 2000 XP 2003 Server or Windows Vista with the latest Service Packs e CD ROM drive 64 MB of RAM minimum e 250 MB of free disk space e Super VGA 800 x 600 or higher resolution display with at least 256 colors Mouse or compatible p
77. lly before you using DAS801t storage appliance Ensure that you use the product correctly according to the procedure described in this guide The following safety precautions are intended to remind you to operate the product safely and correctly Please read and ensure that you understand them before you proceed to the other sections of this guide not attempt to disassemble or alter any part of the product that is not describe in this guide not allow the product to come into contact with water or other liquids In the event that water or other liquids enter the interior immediately unplug the product from the computer Continued use of the product may result in fire or electrical shock Please consult your product distributor or the closest support center Do not handle the product near a heat source or expose them to direct flame or heat lt Never place the product in close to equipment generating storage electromagnetic fields Exposure to strong magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt data X Cant operate properly under Windows 3 x 95 98SE ME NT disk drive is not including 1 8 FEATURES 1 39 1 DATA SECURITY The DAS801t software driver includes support for monitoring to predict suspect drives DAS801t provides our highest commitment to data security through the use of RAID architecture to back up and protect data RAID levels 1 10 and 5 provide data security DAS801t supports sop
78. lmage Striped Media Total Capacity 306 8 GB 329 388 916 736 Bytes 4 Connection Bus SCSI Write Status Read Write Connection Type External S M A R T Status Not Supported gt Connection 10 SCS Target ID 16 Logical Unit 0 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 70 Confirm to partition the disk by click Partition y Partition Disk Partitioning a disk will destroy all information on the E disk S Are you sure you wish to erase the disk Silmage Striped Media Cancel Partition new Striped disk has complete Silmage Striped Media First Aid Erase Partition RAID 4 Restore E 57 3 GB IC35L060AVV2 _ 1 MAC OSX 10 4 Volume Scheme Volume Information 87 0 MB Pioneer DVD R 5 75 8 MB Untitled 0 Name Striped 1306 8 GB Silmage Stripe Format Striped Select the disk you want to partition and choose a volume scheme Click each volume represented in the scheme and specify a volume name format and size Click Partition ul Disk Description Silmage Striped Media Total Capacity 306 8 GB 329 388 916 736 Bytes Connection Bus SCS Write Status Read Write Connection Type External S M A R T Status Not Supported 2 Connection 10 SCSI Target ID 16 Logical Unit 0 Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other disks DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 amp Close the Disk Ut
79. ment than click Continue Install Silicon Image 3132 SATARaid5 Storage Solution Introduction P 4 z SOFTWARE TCHR NOREEN License Select Destination m P PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING INSTALL OR USING THE SOFTWARE OR ANY ACCOMPA SYING DOCUMENTATION THE SOFTWARE installation Type THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT GOVERN USE OF THE SOFTWARE UNEESS YOU AND SILECON IMAGE INC COMPANY HAVE EXECUTED A SEPARATE AGREEMENT Company is willing to license the Software to you only upon the condition that you aecept all the terms contained in this Agreement By clicking on the Yes bution below or by downloading installing or using the Software you have indicated that You understand this Agreement and accept all of its terms i If you do not accept all the terms of this Agreement then Company is B unwilling to license the Software to you M GoBack Continuely Print Save DAS801t User s Manual E gt edsestore EY CD ROM drive letter Ver 071017 65 X Click Agree to continue the installation O winsuliSiiconImage 3132 SATARaidS StorageSolution To continue installing the software you must agree to the terms of the software license a
80. n 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 Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort RAID group items in the RAID Group list Sort items by RAID Group Ascending O Descending Cancel Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 86 __ Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the RAID Group Summary window Fields Available Fields Displayed Fields Add RAID Group Member Count Label Metadata Format configuration Rebuild Priority Status Capacity Cancel 4 3 14 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 and disk management operations including RAID group creation rebuild and test E Task Summary 14 File Options Task Task Operation Parameters Status Priority Progress start Time End Time Remaining B Rebuild RAID Group Raid Group 0 Active 10 1 12 21 05 10 16 43 AM 02 01 54 Rebuild RAID Group Active 10 29 12 21 05 10 18 48 01 34 46 Rebuild RAID Group Raid Group 2 Active 10 1 12 21 05 10 15 48 AM 02 09
81. ndows needs driver files for your new device To locate driver files and complete the installation click Next What do vou want the wizard to do 11 Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driver a lt Back Cancel Select CD ROM drives than click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files Where do you want Windows to search for driver files Search for driver files for the following hardware device 2 RAID Controller The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that vou specify To start the search click Next IF vau are searching on a floppy disk CD ROM drive insert the floppy disk CD before clicking Next Optional search locations Floppy disk drives Specify a location Microsoft Windows Update 1 af Click Next to search the driver of RAID Controller Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finished searching for driver files for pour hardware device The wizard founda driver for the following device 2 RAID Controller Windows found driver for this device To install the driver Windows Found click Next azro int lt Bac
82. ointing device DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 IPOS 6 Cl c D e SATA connection Host Bus Adapter card controller number Sii3124 Sii3132 and associated software drivers with Port Multiplier support 1 6 2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS PowerMac G5 MacBook Pro or Mac Pro MacOS X 10 4 8 or later CD ROM drive Mouse or compatible pointing device e SATA connection Host Bus Adapter card controller number Sii3124 Sii3132 and associated software drivers with Port Multiplier support 1 7 PRODUCT CONTENTS The following parts are content DAS801t x 1 Sil3132R5 PCI Express 1X HBA x 1 eSATA Cable x 1 Power Cable x 1 HDD Screw x 32 Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD x 1 a 36 38 38 38 38 Ver 071017 mmm DAS801t User s Manual 2 ANINTRODUCTION TO RAID 2 1 RAID VOLUMES RAID technology allows one or more disks to be combined into a logical volume which provides greater performance and or protection than standard disk drives These volumes also known as RAID Groups appear like regular disk drives to the operating system and can be partitioned formatted and used just like any other normal disk The complexity of the RAID is hidden within the driver There are several different methods of combining disks each with its o
83. onda d oa eve aeo doaia 78 zw EE 79 LA UAE 81 CREATE FAIR 82 iM RN T uu 82 1 5 DELTE MEMBER 83 4 0 JDBLEBPEORPEDAING ace een DH RUE 63 MAKETAS odis 63 64 QU ME d UNE 85 4 3 10 OP 85 wolt NONE TERA 86 4 3512 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE 86 Ca GP SINT 86 MC 87 89 RESOURCE ER uu eee ee 90 GT CREATE RAIDGROUP 9 16 ALEF TOPI TRU m Tet 9 LAN ABOUT ro 9 DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 1 WELCOME 1 1 INTRODUCTION DAS801t enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID features typically seen on high end data systems with low cost high capacity Serial ATA drives By using industry standard SATA drives and Silicon Image Host Bus Adapters you can achieve extraordinarily low costs while remaining assured that your data is protected against hardware failure 1 2 PRECAUTION Please read the safe precautions carefu
84. or AirPort Admin Utility Desktop AirPort Setup Assistant Audio MIDI Setup Bluetooth File Exchange 5 cr Applications lt uot g 3 Documents ColorSync Utility Console DigitalColor Meter 6 Music De 9 Pictures Directory Access Grab 1 of 26 selected 213 02 GB available Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual o0 E ee X Select the disk you want to partition On left side of the window Silmage Single 1 Media gt B E _ First Aid Erase Partition RAID Restore E 57 3 GB IC35L060AVV2 MAC OSX 10 4 To repair a disk or volume select its icon in the list on the left and click Repair Disk 87 0 MB Pioneer DVD R To repair disk permission problems on a disk or volume that has Mac OS X installed j select its icon and click Repair Disk Permissions 75 8 MB Untitled 0 Click the Verify buttons to test the disk permissions without changing anything 3 306 8 GB Silmage Stripe To repair your startup disk start up from your Mac OS X Install disc CD or then x choose Utilities Disk Utility c Disk Description Silmage Striped Media Total Capacity 306 8 GB 329 388 916 736 Bytes c Connection Bus SCSI Write Status Read Write Connection Type External S M A R T Status
85. reate RAID Group from the pop up menu you can create more than one RAID volume but five disk drives is the limitation for each RAID volume Note The term right click refers to using the secondary button on your mouse to perform the indicated operation On a Windows system use the mouse button that you have defined to be the secondary button by default that button is on the right side of the mouse unless you have reconfigured the primary and secondary mouse buttons using Control Panel Mouse On a Macintosh system press and hold the Command Apple key and click the mouse 4 2 1 CONTIGUOUS RAID GROUPS Contiguous RAID Groups allow the user to select a segment of disk drive or a disk drive Select the disk and enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group Example below Create RAID Group Create RAID Group Parameters Parameters RAID Group Label Single RAID Group Label Single RAID Group 0 RAID Group 0 v Configuration Contiguous Configuration Contiguous Capacity MAX Capacity MAX v Chunk Size _ Chunk Size EL Rebuild Priority 40 Rebuild Priority 10 Capacity Starting LEN Path ID TargetID Capacity _ Starting LEN 0 76 696B 00000000 0 0 766908 00000000 76 69 08 00000000 0 1 176 69 00000000 0 176 69 GB 00000000 0 2 76 68GB 00000000 0 76 68 00000000 0 3 76 69GB 00000000
86. rs Ha Device Manager 22 Local Users and Groups El 54 Storage _ y Disk Management Disk Defragmenter Logical Drives g9 Removable Storage EA Services and Applications Z Disk 0 Basic 74 52 GB Online system C 14 75 GB NTFS Healthy System ZB Disk 1 Basic 1397 27 GB Online REPOSITORY CD E 163 MB CDFS Healthy backup D 53 77 GB NTFS Healthy NTFS NTFS Healthy NTFS Healthy CDFS Healthy Healthy System 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 My Computer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt CBHistory As GE X wy EE Address My Computer P Go E 1 Bs e s 3M Floppy system C backup D REPOSITORY My Computer E New Volume c Local Disk Control Panel F Capacity 1 36 TB Used 108 MB Free 1 36 TB E Ver 071017 Free Space 1 36 TB Capacity 1 36 TB My Computer 2 ecosestore DAS801t User s Manual 3 4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP 3 4 1 INSTALLING SATA R
87. s Notepad on Windows platforms or with the Event Log window of the SATARAID5 Manager Use the Log File tab to set the location and the desired filename for the log file Configuration Screen Lag File Infarmatian The log file is used to preserve events received fram the RAID driver Contents of the log file can be viewed via the Event Log option of the VWindow menu The lag file generation can be controlled via the radio buttons in the Log File Generation section af this screen The file name and location can be set in the Log File Specification section ofthis screen Contents af the log file can be purged into another file or permanent deleted via the Purge button in the Lag File Specification section of this screen Log File Generation O Disabled Enabled Log File Specification Nama eventiog evi Location rogram Files Silicon ImagetSATARAIDS To specify whether the Log File is generated click on either the Disabled or Enabled radio button If Log File generation is enabled you can click the Browse button to specify the file name and location of the Log File You can also use the Purge button to delete the contents of the Log File DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Popup Tab SATARAID5 can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup windows Use the slider control to set the event level for popups to occur Information Level The following even
88. s Manual 2 3 6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VIS D wisssiscesssssessececsasccssvavessscacscsssssdeacsicusecsnecassssesstesacasesseesanasspssasseossisesse 54 3 6 1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER 54 302 INSTALLING SATARAIDS UTILITY 55 3093 SETUP anaE 59 ALLOCATINGPARTMTTIONS oeseri 59 3 7 INSTALLING ON MACINTOSH OS X 64 2S ENOTE 90 9 0 29 2 Lo Ot DEL IRE e P 64 3 7 2 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER AND SATARAIDS UTILITY 64 JIUISSDRIVENIODESELUP issus antes O REE 68 XXDDOCATINGDPARLEPRIONS 68 4 SATARAIDSARRAY MANAGER esesssesseseecseeeeeeceecececcceccccecceccssecsccesccceeeceeccsecceccccccececeseecceeceeeceeccecccecececceee 73 al S 73 4 2 CREATING RAID GROUPS 74 AL CONTIGUOUS RAID GROUPS aa E a oE na 74 422 CONCATENATED RAID GROUPS 74 PERUT ORADOR OP Sra E 75 MIRRORED RAID GROUP 75 425 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID 5 76 PARIDISRAIDOROUDPBS 76 Gor GROW PS OV T1 45 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMA NDS anaia o ooa ga
89. s to be used to configure these members Contiguous for virtual disk Concatenated for multiple concatenated segments Striped for RAID 0 Configuration e Mirrored for RAID 1 e Mirrored Striped for RAID 10 Parity RAID for RAID 5 Capadit Select a value to define the total usable capacity of the RAID Group or manually enter the volume size in gigabytes GB Selecting will create the largest set possible with drive s selected Select a value to define the chunk size stripe size for performance tuning In general large stripe sizes are best for large files that are accessed sequentially for example media streaming files and Chunk Size smaller sizes are better for randomly accessed data like databases This parameter is not used for Contiguous JBOD Concatenated and Mirrored configurations Select a value to identify how quickly the controller should rebuild data on a disk after a hardware failure A value of 1 is the lowest priority and will take the longest to rebuild A value of 10 is the highest Rebuild Priority priority and will rebuild the fastest but may require more CPU resources which might affect the computer s performance This parameter is not used for Contiguous JBOD Concatenated and Striped configurations Click the On or Off button to enable or disable the Check Pointing feature When Check Pointing is enabled restoring data is very fast after an
90. se and begin to the Java platform installation fie 3132 W 132 R SATARAID5 Installation Complete 3132 W132 R SATARAIDS has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Bancel DAS801t Users Manual Ver 071017 Select accept the terms in the license agreement than click Next J25E Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 License E License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully Sun Microsystems Inc Binary Code License Agreement for the JAVA 2 PLATFORM STANDARD EDITION RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT 5 0 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC SUNT IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTYMARE IDENTIFIED BELOW TO YOU ONLY UPON THE CONDITION THAT WOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS BINARY CODE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS COLLECTIVELY AGREEMENT PLEASE READ THE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY Bf DOVWLOADING OR INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT INDICATE ACCEPTANCE BY SELECTING THE ACCEPT BUTTON THE BOTTOM OF THE AGREEMENT IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS SELECT THE DECLINE BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGREEMENT AND THE T icense agreement not accept the terms in the license agreement M Cancel Select Typical than click Next J25E Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Setup Setup Type Choose the setup t
91. sic CDFS Healthy Disk 0 Basic 74 52 GB Online system 14 75 GB NTFS Healthy System 59 77 GB NTFS EC D Healthy Basic 2794 53 GB Online 746 54 GB Unallocated pom GB Unallocated 2 DVD 163 MB Online REPOSITORY CD 163 MB CDFS Healthy Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Right click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop up menu Computer Management E File Action Window e gt omel Computer Management Local 8 65 Shared Folders 8 Local Users and Groups amp Performance Logs and Alerts 4 Device Manager E Sl Storage Removable Storage Ml Disk Defragmenter Disk Management e Services and Applications Basic 74 52 GB Online backup D 59 77 GB NTFS Healthy system 14 75 GB NTFS Healthy System Disk 1 21 0 System Tools Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System Event Viewer backup D Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 2 CD E Partition Basic CDFS Healthy 2j Basic 2794 53 GB 2048 00 GB 746 54 GB Onine Ganvert to Dynamic Disk Unallocated
92. t Local Volume Layout Type File System Status 4 i System Tools amp system C Simple Basic NTFS Healthy System Boot Page File Active Crash Dump Primary Partition Disk Management 4 Task Scheduler backup D Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Logical Drive Event Viewer REPOSITORY CD E Simple Basic Healthy Primary Partition More Actions 2 Shared Folders Local Users and Groups b Reliability and Performance Device Manager Basic system CJ _ 529 Disk Management 74 53 GB 14 75 GB NTFS 59 77 GB NTFS gt E Services and Applications Online Healthy System Boot Page Fi Healthy Logical Drive lt CAD isk 1 Basic 279442 GB 2794 42 GB Online Unallocated New Simple Volume ae 0 0 New Striped Volume DVD REPOSITORY CD E 95 MB 95 MB CDFS Online Healthy Primary Partition New Spanned Volume Properties Help ll Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Free space Logical drive Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual Click Next to create the partition New Simple Volume Wizard Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard This wizard helps you create a simple volume on a disk simple volume can only be on a single disk Ta continue click Next Back Specify the partition size you want to create than click Next New Simple Volume Wizard
93. to the eSATA connecter on DAS801T amp If hard disk drives are not installed in DAS801T insert the drives into the trays the round srew hole is the drive positioner than insert the trays most of the way to bay 1 to 8 in order from the bottom to top gently insert the tray until the drive is fully inserted and shut to seat the tray handle securely X Attach one end of the AC power cord to DAS801T and the other end to the proper AC receptacle on DAS801T than turn on the host computer 3 3 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS 2000 3 3 1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below and step by step to complete the setup X Insert the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD in the CD ROM drive When start the Windows O S new hardware will be found click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver far hardware device continue click Next Cancel DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended than click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers device driver i a software program that enables a hardware device to work with an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device 2 RAID Controller device driver is software program that makes a hardware device work Wi
94. ts will trigger a popup window Informational Warnings Errors Warning Level The following events will trigger a popup window Warnings Errors Error Level The following events will trigger a popup window Errors Disable All No events will trigger a popup window Configuration Screen Popup Window Information Popup window is a visual notification that an event has occurred The popup window can be disabled or setta pap up for only certain event levels Event Level Control Informational Move the sliderto set notification level Warnin Error Event Level The popup window willbe displayed Error when an ERROR eventis generated Disabled Ver 071017 DAS801t User s Manual 80 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 r Advanced Options Infarmatian 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 lass Advanced Options Specification Legacy Bootable Support Delete Member Support Advanced RAID Features Resources Info Support The Advanced Options tab allows you to enable the following advanced features FEATURE EXPLANATION When this feature is selected Legacy Support m
95. unexpected power loss although normal performance may be slightly reduced When Check Pointing is disabled normal performance is improved but restores can take a long time to complete This selection is only available when the selected RAID configuration is Mirrored Mirrored Striped or Parity RAID and the Advanced RAID Features checkbox in the Configuration Advanced Options dialog is checked Check Pointing Click the On or Off button to enable or disable the ability to return dirty data after an unexpected Parity power loss and all of the data could not be written to disk rather than taking the volume off line This selection is only available when the selected RAID configuration is Parity RAID and the Advanced RAID Features checkbox in the Configuration Advanced Options dialog is checked Mirrored Striped mode Select the RAID member devices from the available device segment grid Up to five members can be selected for Contiguous Concatenated Mirrored Striped or Parity RAID modes although Mirrored RAID Groups will typically contain only two members Exactly four members must be selected for RAID Level Min of Disks 2 __ O p 23 Once all parameters have been selected select Create to create the RAID Group When finished press Cancel to exit the Create RAID Group Dialog For 3132 this requires the use of a Port Multiplier device to access more than one disk per SATA channel DAS801t User s
96. up type it is does not provide any fault tolerance With modern SATA and ATA bus mastering technology multiple I O 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 0 sets can be comprised of two three or four drives If the sizes of the disk segments are different the smallest disk segment will limit the overall size of the RAID Group stripes Stipg Stripes Hn ii 2 3 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 and a third drive can be allocated as a spare in case one of the drives in the set fails If the sizes of the disk segments are different the smallest disk segment will limit the overall size of the RAID Group ie eo Block 0 Block 0 2 3 3 DISK MIRRORING AND STRIPING RAID 10 RAID 10 combines the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 Performance is provided through the use of Striping RAID 0 while adding the fault tolerance of Mirroring RAID 1 The implementation of RAID 10 requires four
97. urit size Default Volume label New Volume 2 M Perform Quick Format Enable and folder compression When the Create Partition Wizard has completed click Finish Create Partition Wizard Completing the Create Partition Wizard have successtully completed the Create Partition Wizard fou specified the following settings Partition type Primary Partition Disks Selected Disk 1 Partition size 1430805 MB Drive letter or path F File System NTFS Allocation Unit Size Default ahel Mei sS nliime To clase this wizard click Finish DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 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 Computer Management Action eine Tree Computer Management Local E system Partition Basic System Tools Partition Basic Event Viewer Partition Basic H System Information 8 Partition amp Performance Logs and Alerts 1 9 Shared Folde
98. wing settings Initialize Disk 1 Convert Mane Ta close this wizard click Finish Right click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition from the pop up menu Computer Management File Action View Window Help SE amp ES e B 27 Computer Management Local File System Status E E System Tools C Partition Basic Healthy System E Event Viewer Ebackup D Partition Basic Healthy Shared Folders eSJREPOSITORY CD E Partition Basic Healthy Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts a Device Manager Storage Removable Storage ni Z9Disk 0 E Disk Defragmenter He t3 system backup D 74 52 GB 14 75 GB NTFS 159 77 GB NTFS de Services and Applications Online Healthy System Healthy Disk 1 Basic 1397 27 GB 1397 27 GB Online EE Unallocated Properties 1163 CDFS CD E Help Online Healthy Unallocated Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk New Partition Wizard Welcome to the New Partition Wizard This wizard helps you create a partition on a basic disk basic disk is a physical disk that contains primary partitions extended partitions and logical drives You can use any version of Windows MS
99. wn advantages and disadvantages Each method is referred to as a RAID level such as RAID 1 or RAID 5 The details of each level are summarized below and detailed in the following sections RAID LEVEL CONFIGURED AS ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES oc Striped Excellent performance low cost No data protection 10 Mirrored Striped High performance excellent data High cost protection Parity RAID Good data protection good value Some performance degradation for writes Combination Concatenated Good performance low cost large No data protection Volume size 2 2 SEGMENTING DISKS For increased versatility the SATARAID5 software allows individual disks to be divided into smaller segments which can then be combined into different volumes As an example if a user has one set of data that must be protected at all costs another set of data which should be protected at reasonable cost and another set that doesn t need any protection at all the user can divide three disks into sections as shown in Figure 1 The yellow regions define the high security volume the greem section is the middle security volume and the light blue shows the unprotected area mm Figure 1 Dividing Disks into Members DAS801t User s Manual Ver 071017 2 3 RAID LEVELS 2 3 1 DISK STRIPING 0 otriping is a performance oriented non redundant data mapping technique While Striping is discussed as a RAID Gro
100. y 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 Computer Management Im Action Window Help E JE at e m Computer Management Local System Tools Event Viewer Shared Folders Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts Device Manager El Sa Storage Removable Storage 2 Disk Defragmenter Disk Management 9 Hin Services and Applications volume Layout Type File System Status EJ system Cr E backup D 1 Volume Fi 89 REPOSITORY CD E lt ZPDisk 0 Basic 74 52 GB Online 1 Basic Online 0 DVD 163 MB Online system 14 75 MTFS Healthy System Partition Partition Partition Partition Healthy Healthy System Healthy Healthy Healthy backup Dr 159 77 28 NTFS New Volume 1397 27 GB 1397 27 GB NTFS Healthy REPOSITORY 163 Healthy Primary partition Extended partition Logical drive 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
101. ype that best suits your needs Please select a setup type You can change your choice of Features after installation by using the Add Remove Programs utility in the Control Panel recommended Features will be installed Specify the installation directory and choose which program features to install Recommended For advanced users comet ji J25E Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Complete Installation Completed The Install Wizard has successfully installed J25E Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Click Finish to exit the wizard Select Start gt Programs gt Silicon Image gt SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software Ver 071017 18 DAS801t User s Manual 3 3 3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4 3 3 4 ALLOCATING PARTITION Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility Once the sets have been created allow the system to load Windows Right click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop up menu My Documents My Computer Manage Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Recycle Bin Rename Properties 7 Internet Explorer 2 SATARaid5 Asaj 9 2008 9 sse Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives m Computer Management Action View E Eg 2 Tre

Edge10 4TB DAS801t

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents