Summary of Contents for ULi ALi M5281
- Page 1 M5281/M5283 Serial ATA and Parallel ATA Host Controller RAID BIOS/Driver/Utility Manual Rev. 0.96 December 03, 2003...
- Page 2 ULi Electronics Inc. The information in this document is subject to change, as ULi Electronics Inc. may make changes to product in order to improve reliability, design, or function. ULi Electronics Inc. reserves the right to modify this document at any time without notice.
- Page 3 M5281/M5283 Revision History Revision Date Description 0.90 06/09/2003 Initial release. • Added “Getting Started” chapter. 0.92 06/23/2003 • Added “ALi Windows Driver and RAID Utility Installations” chapter. • Added “Reference Messages” chapter. • Added “Troubleshooting” chapter. • Added driver installation for Windows NT. 0.93 07/07/2003 •...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
M5281/M5283 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION...........................5 M5281/M5283 ......................... 5 HAT IS CHIP M5281 M5283 ..............5 HAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHIP AND CHIP GETTING STARTED ..........................6 ................................. 6 ABLE RAID C ..........................6 ONFIGURATION ALI RAID BIOS.............................7 RAID BIOS S .......................... -
Page 5: Introduction
1. Introduction 1.1 What is ALi M5281/M5283 chip ALi M5281/M5283 is a high integration IDE controller chip that supports both Parallel-ATA and Serial-ATA interfaces. It supports PATA UDMA mode transfer up to mode 6 and SATA 1.0 drives. M5281/M5283 also provides a cost-effective solution of RAID functions for performance and reliability. -
Page 6: Getting Started
M5281/M5283 2. Getting Started Before using M5281/M5283 adapter card, read the following instructions carefully: 2.1 Cable Use 80-conductor cable with parallel drives. 2.2 RAID Configuration • For best performance, use two identical drives for RAID 0. • There is no guarantee that it will work for transferring existing RAID 0/JBOD drives from other adapter to ALi M5281/M5283. -
Page 7: Ali Raid Bios
M5281/M5283 3. ALi RAID BIOS After the system BIOS detects ALi RAID BIOS, the RAID BIOS version and drive information shows up on the screen. The following is an example of BIOS version and drives information when using M5281: ALi RAID BIOS V1.00 (M5281) (c) ALi Corporation 2003, All Rights Reserved. -
Page 8: Raid Bios Setup Menu
M5281/M5283 3.1 RAID BIOS Setup Menu 3.1.1 Setup Menu of M5281 RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Select Boot Drive Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Create RAID 0+1 for Striping, Mirroring Create JBOD for integrated Capacity SPACE : Select ↑↓... -
Page 9: Main Menu
M5281/M5283 There are three major areas in the RAID BIOS setup screen: Main Menu, Drive Select Menu and RAID Array List. The following uses M5281 setup screen for illustration: Main Menu RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance Select Boot Drive Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability... -
Page 10: Create Raid 1 Mirroring For Reliability
M5281/M5283 3.2.2 Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability Press ‘Enter’ key to activate this item. An ‘M’ flash cursor appears at the ‘Drive Select Menu’ for the user to choose the first (source) drive for RAID 1. Use ‘Space’ key to choose the desired drive for RAID 1. Then flash cursor changes to an ‘m’ flash cursor for the user to choose the second (target) drive for RAID 1. -
Page 11: Stripe Size
M5281/M5283 3.2.5 Stripe Size This option is effective for RAID 0/0+1. The user can choose a stripe size from 64KByte, 32KByte, 16KByte(default), 8KByte and 4KByte. If the user uses RAID 0 for most A/V editing application or files, 64KByte is recommended. Press ‘Enter’... -
Page 12: Select Boot Drive
M5281/M5283 3.2.9 Select Boot Drive Press ‘Enter’ key to activate this item. A ‘B’ flash cursor appears at the ‘Drive Select Menu’ for the user to choose the boot drive. Press ‘Enter’ or ‘Space’ Key to finish selection. Note: The boot drive affects how the operation system treats the order of the other drives. Taking the above M5281 BIOS screen as an example, if Channel 2 is the boot drive, the operation system will use the order of Channel 2 Master, Channel 0 Master, Channel 0 Slave, and Channel 3 Master consecutively. -
Page 13: Ali Windows Driver And Raid Utility Installations
M5281/M5283 4. ALi Windows Driver and RAID Utility Installations 4.1 Use SETUP.EXE 4.1.1 When Windows XP/2000/ME/98/NT is installed already When the operation system is installed in a drive not connected at M5281/M5283, using the SETUP program is the BEST way to install the driver and utility since the SETUP program will automatically install driver and utility under Windows. - Page 14 M5281/M5283 The following is an example of Windows 98 Wizard: Page 14 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Revision 0.96...
- Page 15 M5281/M5283 Run ALi RAID driver SETUP.EXE. The following screen shows up. Click ‘Next’ to continue the setup process. Wait for a while. The setup percentage bar will reach 100% after several seconds. Revision 0.96 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Page 15...
- Page 16 M5281/M5283 If a warning dialog box appears to indicate the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing, it means you are installing a non-logo driver version. Please make sure the version is right for your adapter or system. Click ‘Continue Anyway’ after you confirm the unsigned driver is ready to be used. If the driver is signed, this warning dialog will not show up.
- Page 17 M5281/M5283 After Windows restart, the driver is installed as ‘SCSI and RAID controllers’ and you can check it in the Device Manager. You can also find the ALi RAID utility at Programs. Revision 0.96 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Page 17...
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Page 18: Install Driver During Windows Xp Installation
M5281/M5283 4.2 Install Driver During Windows XP Installation 4.2.1 Preparation To use boot drive connected at M5281/M5283, set the boot drive in the RAID BIOS. You may need to adjust system BIOS to use Adapter boot (e.g. SCSI selection item in some BIOS). Also prepare a diskette containing the ALi RAID driver. - Page 19 M5281/M5283 Wait for a while when Setup is loading files. When Setup shows a message indicating it could not determine the type of device, press ‘S’ and Windows Setup will prompt for driver. When Setup asks for driver diskette, insert the prepared driver diskette and press ‘Enter’. Revision 0.96 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Page 19...
- Page 20 M5281/M5283 ↑↓ When the controller menu shows up, use keys to select “ALi STAT RAID Controller (Windows XP)” and press ‘Enter’. Wait for while when Setup is loading driver files. After setup recognizes the driver for ALi SATA RAID Controller and shows the following prompt, press ‘S’ again. Page 20 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Revision 0.96...
- Page 21 M5281/M5283 Repeat Step 3. When the menu as in Step 4 shows up again, select “ALi ATA RAID Controller (Windows XP)” this time and press ‘Enter’ to continue. After Setup recognizes the driver for ALi SATA RAID Controller and ALi ATA RAID Controller as in the following screen, no additional driver is needed.
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Page 22: Install Driver During Windows 2000 Installation
M5281/M5283 4.3 Install Driver During Windows 2000 Installation The installation is similar to that for Windows XP. Only the driver selection at Step 4 and Step 6 are different. Use the following for Step 4 and Step 6, refer to Section 4.2 for others steps. Step 4. -
Page 23: Install Driver During Windows Nt 4.0 Installation
M5281/M5283 4.4 Install Driver During Windows NT 4.0 Installation The installation is similar to that for Windows XP. Read 4.2.1 before you start the following steps. When the installation prompts “Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware configuration”, press F6 Key. Wait for a while when Setup is loading files. - Page 24 M5281/M5283 Use ↑↓ keys to highlight ‘Other’, and then press ‘Enter’. When Setup asks for driver diskette, insert the prepared driver diskette and press ‘Enter’. Page 24 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Revision 0.96...
- Page 25 M5281/M5283 When the menu shows up, use ↑↓ keys to select “ALi STAT RAID Controller (WinNT 4.0)” and press ‘Enter’. Wait for a while when Setup is loading driver files. After setup recognizes the driver for SATA controller and shows the following prompt, press ‘S’ again. Revision 0.96 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Page 25...
- Page 26 M5281/M5283 Repeat Step 3 and Step 4, then the menu as in Step 5 shows up again. Select “ALi ATA RAID Controller (WinNT 4.0)” this time and press ‘Enter’ to continue. After setup recognizes the drivers, that is, ALi SATA RAID Controller and ALi ATA RAID Controller are listed as in the following screen, no additional driver is needed.
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Page 27: Ali Windows Raid Utility
M5281/M5283 5. ALi Windows RAID Utility 5.1 How to create M5281/M5283 RAID under Windows The user can create RAID arrays in either the RAID BIOS setup menu as previously described, or under Windows Utility by following the steps below: After the driver and utility are installed correctly, the user can find ALiRAID utility from Windows Programs as shown below: Or the user can find ALi RAID Utility at task bar: Run ALi RAID utility from Windows Program or click on ‘Configuration’... - Page 28 M5281/M5283 Select ‘ALi ATA’ or ‘‘ALi SATA’ at menu bar: -- If the target is parallel ATA drives, choose ‘ALi ATA’ and click on the correct Controller number. -- If the target is serial ATA drives, choose ‘ALi SATA’ and click on the correct Controller number. Note: Because this utility supports multiple controllers, make sure to check off the controller when you configure drives.
- Page 29 M5281/M5283 Note: the Create Option is active for RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 only. The ‘Create Only’ option will destroy data at both selected drivers. The ‘Duplicate’ will keep the source drive data and copy source drive data into target drive. Revision 0.96 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Page 29...
- Page 30 M5281/M5283 After the drives and type are configured, a dialog box appears to warn the user that the next action will destroy information in the drives. Make sure the information in selected drivers is no longer in use before clicking on ‘Yes’.
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Page 31: How To Delete M5281/M5283 Raid Under Windows
M5281/M5283 5.2 How to delete M5281/M5283 RAID under Windows If the user wants to delete existing or newly created RAID, click on ‘Delete RAID’ tab on the main Configuration menu. Click on the RAID from ‘Available RAID’ list, then move the selected RAID to ‘Selected RAID’... -
Page 32: How To Setup Automatic E-Mail Notification When Error Occurs
M5281/M5283 5.3 How to setup automatic e-mail notification when error occurs Find ALiRAID utility from Windows desktop or taskbar and click on ‘Management. The Management dialog box appears. Input the SMTP server information and administrator e-mail address. Check on the ‘Enable Mail Notification’ checkbox. Then click ‘OK’. Page 32 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Revision 0.96... -
Page 33: Terminology
M5281/M5283 6. Terminology • RAID: Redundant Array of Independents Disks. • RAID 0: Striped Disk Array without Fault Tolerance. The data is broken down into stripes and each stripe is written to a separate disk drive. This improves the I/O performance through different drive at different channel. -
Page 34: Reference Messages
M5281/M5283 7. Reference Messages 7.1 BIOS Reference Messages • The following explains ‘o’ ‘x’ and ‘?’ shown at the RAID BIOS identifying IDE drive. ALi RAID BIOS V1.00 (c) ALi Corporation 2003, All Rights Reserved. Identifying IDE driver .o.o.x.x.o.o Channel 1 Master: Maxtor 4A160J0 Channel 1 Slave : Maxtor 6L040J2 Channel 2 Master: None Channel 2 Slave : None... -
Page 35: Raid Utility Reference Messages
M5281/M5283 7.2 RAID Utility Reference Messages • Warning Message: When creating or deleting RAID, the utility will show this warning message. User must make sure the data at selected drivers is no longer in use. After pressing ‘Yes’, the data at selected drivers will be destroyed. -
Page 36: Troubleshooting
PATA drive. How do I solve this problem? A: The system BIOS controls the boot sequence. ALi M5281/M5283 adapter card is treated as a ‘SCSI’ type adapter. You need to adjust system BIOS setup to prioritize the ‘SCSI’ as the first priority to boot. - Page 37 M5281/M5283 A: This problem happens only under Windows 2000 (even with SP3) as it detects the drive configuration change. This message box may show up more than one time, depending on how many drives have been created or deleted. Simply press ‘OK’ button to continue. Then reboot system as the last step since RAID configuration has been changed.
- Page 38 M5281/M5283 Q: Can I hot plug my SATA drive into working Windows? A: The hot plug feature is supported by ALi RAID driver under Windows 2000/XP. Before you hot plug in a SATA drive, please make sure its power is on. Before you hot unplug a SATA drive, please do the following steps to protect data and Windows: Open Device manger.
- Page 39 M5281/M5283 Note: • ONLY SATA controller and drive can support hot plug/unplug. • Due to operation system limitation, ALi RAID driver does not support hot plug under Windows 98/ME/NT. There is no safety guarantee if you do hot plug/unplug under Windows 98/ME/NT. Revision 0.96 Document Number: M5281-83_RAID096 Page 39...