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Summary of Contents for Foxconn RAID 91-187-U25-A2-0E
- Page 1 RAID User Guide Edition V1.0 P/N: 91-187-U25-A2-0E Trademarks All brand or product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trade- marks of their respective holders. 2004-12-15, 9:01...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Intel ICH6R SATA RAID ................1 1. Introduction ....................1 2. Installing SATA Hard Disks ................ 3 3. BIOS Configuration ..................3 4. RAID Configuration Utility ................3 5. Installing Windows 2000/XP with RAID ..........13 6. Installing RAID Driver ................15 Silicon 3114 SATA RAID ................ -
Page 3: Intel Ich6R Sata Raid
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide Intel ICH6R SATA RAID 1. Introduction RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logical unit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fault tolerance is achieved through data redundant operation, where if one drives fails, a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive. - Page 4 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide RAID 0+1 RAID 0+1 is a combination of striping and mirroring. This configuration provides optimal speed and reliablility, but you need four SATA hard disks. Matrix RAID Matrix RAID is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 bringing you the best of both worlds.
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Page 5: Installing Sata Hard Disks
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 2. Installing SATA Hard Disks STEP 1: Install two SATA hard disks into the drive bays at least. STEP 2: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s one of SATA connectors. STEP 3: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to one SATA hard disk. - Page 6 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide b. Choose Create RAID Volume and press <Enter> to enter. Press <Tab> to switch to RAID Level item, and then use Up and Down arrow keys to select RAID0 (Stripe), pressing <Enter> confirms. c. Choose which two hard disks you want to set RAID 0 from Disks item, if you install three or more SATA hard disks.
- Page 7 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide d. Use Up and Down arrow keys to select desired strip size when enter Strip Size menu. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should be based on the planned drive usage. Some suggested selections are listed below. The default selection is 128KB.
- Page 8 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide B. Setting RAID1 a. Select RAID1 (Mirror) by using Up and Down arrow keys in RAID Level item. Press the <Enter> key to make selecting. c. Choose which two hard disks you want to set RAID 1 from Disks item, if you install three or more SATA hard disks.
- Page 9 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide c. In below screen, press <Y> key to confirm your choice. d. Select option 4. Exit in main menu and press the <Enter> key to exit the RAID configuration utility. Press <Y> key to confirm the exit. Note: This operation will delete all the data from hard disk, so please take care.
- Page 10 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide C. Setting RAID 0+1 a. To utilize RAID 0+1 function, four SATA hard disks should be installed. b. Choose Create RAID Volume and press <Enter> to enter. Press <Tab> to switch to RAID Level item, and then use Up and Down arrow keys to select RAID0 (Stripe), pressing <Enter>...
- Page 11 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide e. Select RAID1 (Mirror) by using Up and Down arrow keys in RAID Level item after finished setting RAID0. Press the <Enter> key to make selecting. f. The following steps is the same as Setting RAID 1. g.
- Page 12 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide D. Setting Matrix RAID a. Intel ICH6R chipset features a new RAID form named Matrix RAID, a combina- tion of RAID 0 and RAID 1 bringing you the best of both worlds. b. Follow Setting RAID 0 steps to set RAID 0. You should divide half capacity size or less for RAID 1 in Capacity item.
- Page 13 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide c. You may see the RAID type (Member Disk (0,1)) in the main menu, when you finished the setting steps. Note: This operation will delete all the data from hard disk, so please take care. And our company will not be responsible for data lose and benefit damage caused.
- Page 14 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide D. Delete RAID Volume 1. Select Delete RAID Volume in main menu and press <Enter> key. 2. Press <Del> key to delete the RAID volume in below screen. 3. Press <Y> key to confirm the volume deletion, and press <N> to cancel the operation, when following information appears.
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Page 15: Installing Windows 2000/Xp With Raid
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide E. Reset RAID 1. Select Reset Disk to Non-RAID in main menu and press <Enter> key to delete the RAID setting and remove all RAID structures from the drives. 2. Press <Y> key to confirm the volume deletion, press <N> to cancel the operation. - Page 16 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 5. Insert the add-on RAID installation disk into floppy disk drive following the on-screen instructions and press <Enter> to continue. 6. Select the right choice and press <Enter> to continue. The choice is deter- mined by South Bridge. 2004-12-15, 9:04...
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Page 17: Installing Raid Driver
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 7. Press <Enter> to continue. 8. After this, the installation steps are the same as normal setup methods. No details are provided herein. 6. Installing RAID Driver When you finish installing Operation System with RAID, in order to enable RAID function you need to install RAID driver. -
Page 18: Silicon 3114 Sata Raid
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide SiIicon 3114 SATA RAID (optional) 1. Introduction Silicon Image’s SATARAID5 software provides Serial ATA RAID 0 (Striping), RAID 1 (Mirroring), RAID 5 (Parity RAID), RAID 10 (Striping and Mirroring), and JBOD (just a bunch of disks) functionality to enhance the industry’s leading PCI-to-SATA host controller products. -
Page 19: Installing Serial Ata (Sata) Hard Disks
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 3. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks To install the SATA hard disk for a RAID configuration: 1. Install the SATA hard disk into the drive bays. 2. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive. 4. -
Page 20: Creating And Deleting Raid Sets
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 5. Creating and Deleting RAID Sets Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the Raid Configuration Utility - Silicon Image. During booting up, the following message will appear, pausing for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do: Press <Ctrl+S>... - Page 21 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide Creating RAID Sets As previously discussed, the Silicon Image SATA host adapter supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD configurations. The selection of the RAID level to be used should be based upon factors including performance, data security, and number of drives available.
- Page 22 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 4. If manual configuration is selected, the chunk size of Striped Sets can be selected. For Mirrored Sets, the Source and Target drives can be selected. 5. If auto configuration is selected, BIOS will select RAID member drives automati- cally and the chunk size of Striped Sets is set to 64KB.
- Page 23 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide Creating Spare Drive If there is a RAID 1 set, spare driver can be created. The spare drive can be allocated to the RAID 1 set in the event of a failure of one of the drives in the RAID1 set.
- Page 24 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide Deleting RAID Groups, Spare Drive, and JBOD 1. To remove one or more RAID sets, spare drives, and JBODs, select “Delete RAID set”. 2. Select the desired item to delete from the logical drive list and press Enter. 3.
- Page 25 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide Resolving Conflict When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive con- nection information including the channel on the host adapter to which it is connected. If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set or used in another system, it may have conflicting metadata, specifically in reference to the drive connection information.
- Page 26 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 3. Note that some conflict resolutions may result in the drive letter assignment changing; for example the RAID set may have been drive D: but after the conflict resolution, it may become drive E. Be aware of this when performing a conflict resolution.
- Page 27 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide Low Level Formatting The Low Level Format menu selection allows the complete erasure of data on a hard drive. This is not an action which typically needs to be performed as format- ting the drive under Windows is usually sufficient to prepare the drive for use. Logical Drive Information This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set (RAID set, RAID 1 spare, or unassigned).
- Page 28 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide Reserved Drive and Setting Size for RAID Set, Spare Drive, or JBOD Once a physical drive has been used to create a RAID set, spare drive, or JBOD by BIOS utility, BIOS saves user selected set or drive size in the reserved area of the physical drive.
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Page 29: Installing Drivers And Software
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 6. Installing Drivers and Software To install drivers and software: 1. After computer restarts, insert cd in disk drive. 2. Double-click on Install SATARaid.exe. 3. Follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. Install Windows XP/2000/2003 with RAID 1. - Page 30 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 6. Press <Enter> to continue. 7. Follow screen instructions to install the RAID drivers. 2004-12-15, 9:04...
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Page 31: Creating / Naming Partitions
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 7. Creating / Naming Partitions The creating and naming of partitions is something done within the Windows operating system. And while Windows XP/2000/2003 use the Disk Management window, there are enough nuances that make it important to follow the procedure specifically for the appropriate operating system. - Page 32 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide SECTION1 SECTION2 SECTION3 This window has three main sections: SECTION 1: System listing of all formatted and available disks/RAID Sets. SECTION 2: Report of physical connection of disks/RAID Sets. SECTION 3: Report of partition status, disk letter, and volume name. Initial Window In SECTION 2, every disk should report as: Basic...
- Page 33 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide Creating Partitions In SECTION 2, the disk order corresponds directly to the order the Sets appear in the BIOS. Therefore, the first Unallocated Partition represents Set 1, and so on. 1. At this point, there should be two disks with Unallocated partitions. Right-click on the partition of the first disk and click on “Creat Partition”.
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Page 34: Using Silicon Image Sata Raid Gui
Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 8. Using Silicon Image SATA RAID GUI Overview The SATARAID5 GUI Installation program configures the SATARAID5 GUI to auto- matically start when Windows is started. If the SATARAID5 GUI does not automati- cally start or is closed by the user, choose the SATARAID5 program from the Start Menu to launch the GUI. - Page 35 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide RAID Groups and Device Configuration Windows The RAID Groups window identifies SATA host adapters and configured RAID groups. Selecting each RAID group in the RAID Groups window, members con- sisting of the RAID group will be highlighted in the Device Configuration window. Right clicking on each node in the RAID Group window, a popup menu will be displayed to let user select action to be performed for the selected controller or RAID group.
- Page 36 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 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 is used to store event information received from all Silicon Image RAID drivers.
- Page 37 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide 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: - Error Level - The following events will trigger a popup window: Errors - Warning Level - The following events will trigger a popup window: Warnings...
- Page 38 Serial ATA RAID User’s Guide Advanced Options The Advanced Options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID driver. By default, all these advanced options are disabled. 2004-12-15, 9:04...
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Page 39: Ite ® 8212F Raid
Parallel ATA RAID User’s Guide ® 8212F RAID 1. Introduction ® The ITE 8212F IDE RAID controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD configurations. Use the IT8212F BIOS Setup Utility or the ATA RAID Manager appli- cation to configure a disk array. 2. -
Page 40: Auto-Configuring A Raid Array
Parallel ATA RAID User’s Guide 4. Auto-configuring a RAID array This option allows you to select a supported RAID set for the utility to automatically configure. To auto-configure a RAID set: a. From the IT8212F Setup Utility screen, press <1>. The following screen appears. b. -
Page 41: Defining A Raid Array
Parallel ATA RAID User’s Guide 5. Defining a RAID array This option allows you to define supported RAID arrays. To define a RAID set: a. From the IT8212F Setup Utility screen, press <2>. The following screen appears. b. Use the up or down keys or the space bar to select a RAID array, then press <Enter>. -
Page 42: Deleting A Raid Array
Parallel ATA RAID User’s Guide 6. Deleting a RAID array This option allows you to delete an existing RAID arrays. To delete a RAID array: a. From the IT8212F Setup Utility screen, press <3>. The following screen appears. b. Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID array, then press <D> to delete. c. -
Page 43: Rebuilding A Raid Array
Parallel ATA RAID User’s Guide 7. Rebuilding a RAID array This option allows you to reconstruct an existing RAID array. This option applies only to RAID1 (Mirrored) or RAID 0+1 (Striped+Mirrored) sets. To rebuild a RAID array: a. From the IT8212F Setup Utility screen, press <4>. The following screen appears. b. -
Page 44: Viewing Your Raid Configuration
Parallel ATA RAID User’s Guide 8. Viewing your RAID card configuration This option allows you to see the controller’s resources, each hard driver’s status and the setting of the RAIDExpress 133 card. You can also enable or disable the Auto-rebuild function in this section. To view your RAID configuration: a. -
Page 45: Installing Windows 2000/Xp With Raid
Parallel ATA RAID User’s Guide 9. Installing Windows 2000/XP with RAID a. Setup the desired RAID mode in BIOS setup follow the above steps. b. Insert Operation System installation disk into CD-ROM and start up the setup program. c. Press <F6> when the following picture appears on screen: d. -
Page 46: Installing Raid Driver
Parallel ATA RAID User’s Guide 10. Installing RAID Driver When you finish installing Operation System with RAID, in order to enable RAID function you need to install RAID driver. Please refer to Chapter 4 of motherboard user manual for installation steps. 11.
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