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  • Page 1 SATA RAID 3112 ONTROLLER USER’ ANUAL 120410056E1N...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright  2003. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the company.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents OVERVIEW ..................1 Product Overview ..................1 SATARaid Features................. 1 Introduction to RAID ................2 INSTALLING HARDWARE DRIVERS ..........3 CREATING/DELETING RAID SETS ..........4 Creating RAID Sets ................. 4 Deleting RAID Sets.................. 7 Rebuild Mirrored Sets ................7 Resolving Conflict ..................

  • Page 4: Overview

    SATARaid Controller Manual OVERVIEW Product Overview Silicon Image’s SATARaid provides Serial ATA Software RAID functionality including Striping and Mirroring to enhance the industry’s first proven PCI-to-SATA host controller product. Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are 1) keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I/O throughput and 2) providing uninterrupted data accessibility after disk failure.

  • Page 5: Introduction To Raid

    SATARaid Controller Manual Introduction to RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) RAID technology is a sophisticated disk management system that manages multiple disk drives, enhancing I/O performance and providing redundancy in order to prevent the loss of data in case any of the individual disks fail. SATARaid provides two RAID Set types, Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1).

  • Page 6: Installing Hardware Drivers

    SATARaid Controller Manual Installing Hardware Drivers After you install your Windows Operating System to one of your hard disks (whether it is one of the SATA drives or an ATA drive), the “Found New Hardware Wizard” will appear prompting you to install the hardware drivers for the RAID controller (as shown below). Select the “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”...

  • Page 7: Creating/Deleting Raid Sets

    SATARaid Controller Manual Creating/Deleting RAID Sets (BIOS RAID Configuration Utility) Creating and deleting RAID sets are done using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility. During bootup, the following message will appear, pausing for a few moments allowing the user to enter the RAID utility. “Press <CRTL-S>...
  • Page 8 SATARaid Controller Manual Select if you want the utility to Auto Configure the RAID Set or if you want to manually configure the RAID Set. Using the Manual method, there is a different set of options depending on whether you choose Striped or Mirrored. (Striped) Auto Configuration? Select either manual or auto...
  • Page 9 SATARaid Controller Manual (Mirrored) Select either manual auto Auto Configuration? configuration. Note that you must use “Manual” if you are installing a disk Manual Configuration? that already contains data. Manual Choose the source drive as the primary Source Drive? or secondary drive. “0 PM” represents 0 PM connector “SATA1”...

  • Page 10: Deleting Raid Sets

    SATARaid Controller Manual Deleting RAID Sets To remove one or more RAID sets, select “Delete RAID Set.” Select the desired set and press Y when asked “Are You Sure?” Rebuild Mirrored Sets This function is used after a disk failure on one of the Mirrored disks. After installing the replacement disk, this function allows you to rebuild the replacement disk from the existing disk before you can begin using it.

  • Page 11: Creating/ Naming Partitions

    SATARaid Controller Manual Creating/ Naming Partitions After configuring the two physical SATA hard disks as a RAID set (done with the RAID BIOS Utility), we must partition the disks. That is, divide the space on the RAID set into several logical drives (e:, f:, g: etc).

  • Page 12: Creating Partitions In Windows Xp/2000 Operating Systems

    SATARaid Controller Manual Creating Partitions in Windows XP/2000 Operating Systems Note: Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/deleted using the BIOS RAID Utility (see Creating/Deleting RAID Sets). Initializing and Converting the Disks After setting up the RAID Sets in the BIOS RAID Utility and rebooting the system, access the Disk Management utility using the following instructions beginning at the Control Panel Window.
  • Page 13 SATARaid Controller Manual Check the box next to the RAID Set (in this case Disk 1) that needs conversion and click “Next”. On this next screen click “Finish” to complete.
  • Page 14 SATARaid Controller Manual Using Disk Management Window to Partition Your Drive Now that you have initialized the disks, again access the Disk Management Window from the Windows Control Panel as shown below: Control Panel ->Administrative Tools->Computer Management->Storage -> Disk Management Windows XP/2000 Section 1 Section 2...
  • Page 15 SATARaid Controller Manual Note: In Section 1, all disks should list the following: “Basic”, “<Disk Size>” and “Online”. If your disk is listed as “Unknown” or “Dynamic” rather than “Basic”, follow the instructions below to change it to “Basic”: ■ If the disk reports as “Unknown,”...
  • Page 16 SATARaid Controller Manual The next screen allows you to select the Volume Type. Select “Simple and click “Next”. The next window allows you to set up the partition size of the partition that you are creating. Since this is a Striped RAID set utilizing two 112 GB disk drives, the largest partition that you can create is approximately 224 GB.
  • Page 17 SATARaid Controller Manual The next window designates the drive letter of the partition. The next window allows the user to label the volume name and choose the type of formatting to take place upon the creation of the partition. Name the volume (we suggest a generic but descriptive name such as STRIPED SET or something specific to the usage such as FINANCIAL, CRITICAL, MISCELLANEOUS, etc.).
  • Page 18 SATARaid Controller Manual The next window is a summary window listing all of the selections made. Click “Finish”. In the Disk Management Window, Section 2 for DISK1 should display the new partition with a label of “Healthy”. This section may also display “Formatting” which indicates that formatting is still taking place.

  • Page 19: Creating Partitions In Windows 98/Me Operating Systems

    SATARaid Controller Manual Creating Partitions in Windows 98/Me Operating Systems Note: Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/deleted using the BIOS RAID Utility (see Creating/Deleting RAID Sets). Windows 9x uses the “fdisk” utility to partition its disks. Partitioning the disks using the FDISK Utility Click on the START button and select RUN Select Run...
  • Page 20 SATARaid Controller Manual The FDISK Options window will appear. The Current Fixed Drive will be set to the System Drive (normally C:\). In order to create partitions, the current fixed drive needs to be changed. Enter the choice “5” and press Enter. On this next screen, enter the disk number that you want change to the current fixed drive and press Enter.
  • Page 21 SATARaid Controller Manual After returning to the FDISK Options screen, enter the choice “1” and press Enter. The following window will appear. Enter the choice “2” to create an extended partition and press Enter.
  • Page 22 SATARaid Controller Manual The following window will appear with a progress indicator. Wait until it finishes. This next window explains how much space will be available in the partition. Press Enter.
  • Page 23 SATARaid Controller Manual This next window shows that the partition has been successfully created. Press “Esc”. This next screen shows that FDISK is now creating a logical drive. Wait until complete.
  • Page 24 SATARaid Controller Manual The next screen reports partition size. Press “Enter” This window now displays the drive, its drive letter and size. Press Esc.
  • Page 25 SATARaid Controller Manual If another drive needs to be partitioned, repeat the process, starting by changing the fixed disk drive (Press 5). If done, press “Esc”. 14. If you pressed “Esc” in the previous step, the following window will display reminding you to reboot your system.
  • Page 26 SATARaid Controller Manual 15. After restarting the computer, and rebooting Windows 9x, double-click on the “My Computer” icon. 16. Right-click on each new drive and select Format. Only a FULL format will be accepted at this point. Select “Full Format”, enter the Label Name for the drive or RAID set (if desired) and click “OK”.

  • Page 27: Using Silicon Image Sataraid Gui

    SATARaid Controller Manual Using Silicon Image SATARaid GUI The SATARaid GUI offers the user or system administrator the ability to easily monitor and configure notification alerts for the RAID Set. To launch the GUI, simply double-click on the icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the desktop. If the icon does not appear in the bottom right hand corner of the desktop, find where the application was saved and launch from there.
  • Page 28 SATARaid Controller Manual Events Log Tab (Main Screen) Disk Storage Subsystem Level Clicking on a disk storage subsystem item will provide specific information for that component as shown below.
  • Page 29 SATARaid Controller Manual Channel Level Selecting a specific channel, either Channel 1 or Channel 0 will provide channel information. Device Level Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent information for that drive, including Configuration and Disk Identification information.
  • Page 30 SATARaid Controller Manual Smart Configuration Tab (Device Level). Identify Data Tab (Device Level)
  • Page 31 SATARaid Controller Manual Sets Level Selecting the Sets item will provide information on the RIO Version as well as Array Conflict information: Sets Detail Level By selecting a specific RAID set, such as Set 0, the type of RAID set, the number of members and capacity are reported.
  • Page 32 SATARaid Controller Manual Members Tab The Members tab of this window reports the device identification (corresponding with the information in the BIOS) and the State of each device. Besides reporting information, the Members tab of a Mirrored set allows the user to remove a specific drive from that set, as well as add a designated Spare drive to a Mirrored set that has experienced a disk failure.

  • Page 33: Sataraid Configuration Tool

    SATARaid Controller Manual SATARaid Configuration Tool The SATARaid Configuration Tool provides users and system administrators with tools for administering workstations or servers with the SATARaid features implemented. By clicking on the toolbox icon in the top left portion of the SATARaid GUI window, you can access the SATARaid Configuration Tool.
  • Page 34 SATARaid Controller Manual SMTP This is the SMTP server that is used to deliver alert notification e-mail and system configurations from an SATARaid system. Contact your network administrator for this information. Both the name and domain must be entered. E-Mail The current SATARaid configuration may be sent via e-mail to a specific recipient.
  • Page 35 SATARaid Controller Manual Event Level The system may be configured to deliver e-mail notifications when certain events occur. You can determine which alerts that are sent depending on the severity of the problem. The different levels are: Disabled - No event logs will be sent. Informational Event Level - Informational - Warnings...
  • Page 36 SATARaid Controller Manual Popup The popup window is a visual notification that an event has occurred. The popup window can be disabled or set to popup for only certain event levels. The different levels are: Disabled - No popup windows will occur. Informational Event Level - Informational - Warnings...

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