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LIAN-LI / EX-503
LIAN-LI / EX-503
Jumper Switch Operation
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Stripe (RAID 0) for High Performance .......................................................................................................6
Mirror (RAID 1) for High Security..............................................................................................................7
Clone................................................................................................................................................................8
LIAN LI EX-503
Concatenating (JBOD) ..................................................................................................................................8
Parity Protection (RAID 3 & RAID 5).........................................................................................................9
User Manual
Software AP Operation
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1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................................11
2 Getting Start ..............................................................................................................................................13
2.1 Basic Mode..............................................................................................................................................13
2.1.1 RAID and Disk Information ..............................................................................................................13
2.1.1.1 Controller Information....................................................................................................................13
2.1.1.2 RAID Information ...........................................................................................................................16
2.1.1.3 Disk Information..............................................................................................................................16
2.1.2 Event Log Viewer................................................................................................................................18
2.1.3 Basic RAID Configuration .................................................................................................................20
2.2 Advanced Mode......................................................................................................................................24
2.2.1 Email Notification And Event Settings .............................................................................................24
2.2.2 Advanced RAID Configuration .........................................................................................................26
2.2.3 Firmware Information........................................................................................................................30
Figures
Figure 1 - Functional Button ......................................................................................................................11
Figure 2 -Basic Mode ..................................................................................................................................12
Figure 3 -Advanced Mode ..........................................................................................................................12
Figure 4 - Controller Information..............................................................................................................14
Figure 5 - Identify The Controller .............................................................................................................15
Figure 6 - System Information ...................................................................................................................15
Figure 7 - RAID Information .....................................................................................................................16
Figure 8 - Disk Information........................................................................................................................17
Figure 9 - SMART Information .................................................................................................................18
Figure 10 - Event Log Viewer.....................................................................................................................19
Figure 11 - Save The Event Logs To A File................................................................................................19
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 Jumper Switch Operation ......................4 RAID Engine ............................6 Support RAID Type ..........................6 Stripe (RAID 0) for High Performance .......................6 Mirror (RAID 1) for High Security......................7 Clone................................8 LIAN LI EX-503 Concatenating (JBOD) ..........................8 Parity Protection (RAID 3 & RAID 5)......................9...
  • Page 2 LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 Figure 12 – Create RAID 10........................20 Figure 13 – Setting Password for new RAID.....................21 Figure 14 – Confirmation Dialog........................21 Figure 15 – Show Configuration Progress Window..................22 Figure 16 – Information Message Box .......................22 Figure 17 – Warning Message Box ......................23 Figure 18 –...
  • Page 3: Raid Engine

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 RAID Engine Please make sure you have a back up. Use the jumper switch sequence to select the correct RAID function 0/1/3/5/10. RAID Engine provides data striping, mirroring, XOR calculation and data verification. It supports RAID Please note that changing the setup will reset your HDD arrangement and may level 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, JBOD and CLONE.
  • Page 4: Mirror (Raid 1) For High Security

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 Mirror (RAID 1) for High Security Clone Mirror or RAID 1 is the replication of data onto separate hard disks in real time to ensure continuous Clone’s action is similar to RAID 1. However, all of the hard disks will be the mirrors. For example, in a availability.
  • Page 5: Parity Protection (Raid 3 & Raid 5)

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 Parity Protection XOR engine in JMB393 generate parity block. In RAID 3 mode, Parity Block will be stored in the same hard drive. While in RAID 5 mode, Parity Block will be spread over all of the different hard drives.
  • Page 6: Introduction

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 1. Introduction This guide explains how to use LIAN LI EX-503 HW RAID Manager Software AP to configure RAID and monitor the status of the disks connected on JMB39X hardware RAID controller. Once LIAN LI EX-503 HW RAID Manager Software AP is launched, the LIAN LI EX-503 HW RAID Manager Software AP GUI window will be opened and the application icon could also be found in the notification tray located at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
  • Page 7: Getting Start

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 2. Getting Started The following sections will lead you go through all basic pages and advanced pages. Let us start with the “RAID and Disk Information” page. 2.1 Basic Mode The basic mode is aimed to provide users to navigate the disk and RAID information, the event log as well as do the basic configuration to the connected disks.
  • Page 8: Raid Information

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 2.1.1.2 RAID Information If the user selects a RAID item from the tree view, it will display the detail information of the specified RAID at the right top table and also display the RAID member disk charts at the right bottom area.
  • Page 9: Event Log Viewer

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 too. Figure 9 – SMART Information 2.1.2 Event Log Viewer JMicron HW RAID Manager will monitor the status of all connected disks and RAID and make records Figure 8 – Disk Information of the occurrence of the events. The user could browse all events through this event log viewer page.
  • Page 10: Basic Raid Configuration

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 2.1.3 Basic RAID Configuration JMicron HW RAID Manager provides users to do the basic RAID configuration to the connected disks in this page. According to the number and capacity of the connected disks, JMicron HW RAID Manager will provide the available RAID type for users to select.
  • Page 11 LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 configuration status. Figure 13 – Setting Password for new RAID Figure 15 – Show Configuration Progress Window After the RAID configuration finishes, it will pop up a message dialog to tell that a RAID is newly After selecting the RAID type and setting the password (optional), the user just need press the “Apply”...
  • Page 12: Advanced Mode

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 Figure 17 – Warning Message Box At last, the disk charts will be redrawn to reflect the result of the configuration. The newly created RAID will be shown with the gradient color. If the user deletes the RAID, the disk charts will be drawn in green color.
  • Page 13: Advanced Raid Configuration

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 2.2.2 Advanced RAID Configuration For the advanced users, JMicron HW RAID Manager also provides them to do the advanced RAID configuration to the connected disks. The user is not only able to select the RAID type but also could select the desirable disks to build the RAID.
  • Page 14: Lian-Li / Ex

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 Figure 23 – Advanced RAID Configuration Figure 24 – Modify RAID Disk Size When the user selects the disks, he/she could also modify the RAID disk size by simply clicking the specified disk chart and adjust the disk size from the slider at the bottom. The disk which is being adjusted The user could delete the RAID by checking the “Delete DAID”...
  • Page 15: Firmware Information

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 Figure 25 – Delete RAID Figure 26 – Select The Deleted RAID And Provide Password If the deleted RAID supports password, the password check box will be automatically enabled for the user to enter the password.
  • Page 16: Figure 27 – Firmware Update

    LIAN-LI / EX-503 LIAN-LI / EX-503 Figure 27 – Firmware Update Figure 28 – Show Progress Bar There is a progress bar to be appeared at the bottom and it will show the percentage of the firmware update. After the firmware update progress finishes, it will popup a message dialog and ask the user to restart the controller to take effect.

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