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- Page 1 Venus T5 Venus T5 SATA RAID User Manual 2009/07/16 Page 1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Venus T5 Contents 1. Features of ..............................4 2. Introduction..............................6 3. Getting Start..............................8 3.1 Basic Mode..............................8 3.1.1 RAID and Disk Information........................8 3.1.1.1 Controller Information.........................8 3.1.1.2 RAID Information..........................11 3.1.1.3 Disk Information..........................11 3.1.2 Event Log Viewer............................13 3.1.3 Basic RAID Configuration........................15 3.2 Advanced Mode............................19 3.2.1 Email Notification And Event Settings....................19... - Page 3 Venus T5 Figure 19 – Confirmation Dialog........................16 Figure 20 – Show Configuration Progress Window..................17 Figure 21 – Information Message Box......................17 Figure 22 – Warning Message Box........................18 Figure 23 – Update Disk Charts After Creating RAID................18 Figure 24 – Update Disk Charts After Deleting All RAID................19 Figure 25 –...
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Page 4: Features Of
Venus T5 1. Features Aluminum Frame, Aluminum cover Interface support SATA-І, SATA-ІІ High performance transfer rate up to 1.5Gbps, 3.0Gbps Plug & play ,hot swappable AC Power control Easy RAID setting by DIP switch & apply (change mode) switch LED indicators(for System Ready, HDD Error, HDD Access, Temperature, fan) 8x8cm Fan X 2—... -
Page 5: Figure 4 - Front Panel
Venus T5 ---Front Panel--- (see Figure 4 D1:Temperature LED D2:Fan LED D3---D7: HDD Access and failure LED (Green LED is lighting when HDD link and blinking when HDD access; the LED will turn red when HDD failed. The green LED and red... -
Page 6: Introduction
Venus T5 2. Introduction This guide explains how to use JMB39X HW RAID Manager to configure RAID and monitor the status of the disks connected on JMB39X hardware RAID controller. Once JMB39X HW RAID Manager is launched, the JMB39X HW RAID Manager 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: Figure7 - Basic Mode
Venus T5 Figure7 – Basic Mode Figure 8 – Advanced Mode 2009/07/16 Page 7... -
Page 8: Getting Start
Venus T5 3. 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. 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 9: Figure 9 - Controller Information
Venus T5 Figure 9 – Controller Information When the user move the mouse upon the “Controller Information” label, it will be highlighted with red color and show a tool-tip to tell that it could be clicked to identify the controller with the specified host LED flashing. -
Page 10: Figure 10 - Identify The Controller
Venus T5 Figure 10 – Identify the Controller If the hardware monitor controller exists, the application will show an “Advanced…” label at the right bottom corner of the table. The user could simply click it to browse the system information. -
Page 11: Raid Information
Venus T5 3.1.1.2 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 12: Disk Information
Venus T5 3.1.1.3 Disk Information If the user selects a Disk item from the tree view, it will display the detail information of the specified disk at the right top table and also display the disk pie chart at the right bottom area. -
Page 13: Event Log Viewer
Venus T5 If the disk is a RAID member disk, the application will show an “Advanced…” label at the right bottom corner of the table. The user could simply click it to browse the SMART information of the specified disk. -
Page 14: Figure 15 - Event Log Viewer
Venus T5 Figure 15 – Event Log Viewer Figure 16 – Save The Event Logs To A File 2009/07/16 Page 14... -
Page 15: Basic Raid Configuration
Venus T5 3.1.3 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. When the user select his/her desired RAID type, JMicron HW RAID Manager will automatically select the available disks to build the RAID and calculate the RAID capacity. -
Page 16: Figure 18 - Setting Password For New Raid
Venus T5 Figure 18 – Setting Password for new RAID After selecting the RAID type and setting the password (optional), the user just need press the “Apply” button to apply the configuration or press “Cancel” button to restore to the original disk state. -
Page 17: Figure 20 - Show Configuration Progress Window
Venus T5 Figure 20 – Show Configuration Progress Window After the RAID configuration finishes, it will pop up a message dialog to tell that a RAID is newly created or a RAID has been deleted. Figure 21 – Information Message Box... -
Page 18: Figure 22 - Warning Message Box
Venus T5 Figure 22 – 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 19: Advanced Mode
Venus T5 Figure 24 – Update Disk Charts after Deleting All RAID Advanced Mode The advanced mode is aimed to provide the advanced functionalities, such as Email notification settings, the advanced RAID configuration and firmware update. 3.2.1 Email Notification and Event Settings JMicron HW RAID Manager provides the function of the email notification when the specified events occur. -
Page 20: Advanced Raid Configuration
Venus T5 Figure 25 – Email Notification and Event Settings Additionally, the user might select the events for email notification. The user could click the following buttons to select all events or clear all events. Of course, he could also check the events by himself for e-mail notification. -
Page 21: Figure 27 - Advanced Raid Configuration
Venus T5 RAID. JMicron HW RAID Manager will depend on the status of the connected disks and provide the available disks for users to select. Figure 27 – Advanced RAID Configuration (Select Disks and Enter Password) After applying the RAID configuration, the disk charts are updated and the supported RAID type will also be updated according to the remaining of the available disks. -
Page 22: Figure 28 - Advanced Raid Configuration
Venus T5 Figure 28 – Advanced RAID Configuration 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 size is highlighted with deep red color. -
Page 23: Figure 29 - Modify Raid Disk Size
Venus T5 Figure 29 – Modify RAID Disk Size The user could delete the RAID by checking the “Delete DAID” check box. The bottom group box will be updated and show the existing RAID. The user could select the RAID to be deleted. -
Page 24: Figure 30 - Delete Raid
Venus T5 Figure 30 – Delete RAID If the deleted RAID supports password, the password check box will be automatically enabled for the user to enter the password. The RAID member disk which is being deleted is drawn in the cross pattern. -
Page 25: Firmware Information
Venus T5 Figure 31 – Select The Deleted RAID And Provide Password 3.2.3 Firmware Information The user could browse the firmware information and update the firmware in this page. To update the firmware, the user just simply presses the “browse” button to select the suitable firmware and then presses the “Update”... -
Page 26: Figure 32 - Firmware Update
Venus T5 Figure 32 – Firmware Update 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. -
Page 27: Figure 33 - Show Progress Bar
Venus T5 Figure 33 – Show Progress Bar Figure 34 – Show Dialog to Reboot the System 2009/07/16 Page 27... -
Page 28: Dip Switch And Raid Mode Cross Reference
Venus T5 4. DIP Switch and RAID Mode cross reference User can configure any RAID mode as below by DIP switch and apply change by Change Mode button. Dip Switch RAID Mode RAID 0 RAID 10 JBOD (Large) RAID 3... - Page 29 Venus T5 4.2 RAID 1 (Mirror) for High Security Mirror or RAID 1 is the replication of data onto separate hard disks in real time to ensure continuous availability. Take a RAID 1 system with two hard disks as an example, data in a hard disk will be exactly the same as the data in another hard disk.
- Page 30 Venus T5 4.4 Clone The action of Clone is similar to RAID 1. However, all of the hard disks will be the mirrors. For example, in a four hard drives Clone environment, data in each hard drive will be same. This mode is useful especially when users would like to copy data from a hard drive to several hard drives at the same time.
- Page 31 Venus T5 4.6 Parity Protection XOR engine in T5 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.
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