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MAN-xx3112-xxx
SATA RAID SOFTWARE
to be used with the SiI 3112
User's Manual
August 28, 2002
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Revision 0.92
P R E L I M I N A R Y

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  • Page 1 MAN-xx3112-xxx SATA RAID SOFTWARE to be used with the SiI 3112 User’s Manual August 28, 2002 • Revision 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 2 Other trademarks are property of their respective holders. Copyright © 2002, Silicon Image, Inc. All rights reserved. Silicon Image reserves the right to make changes to this manual and the equipment described in this manual without notice. Silicon Image has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate and complete.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5. CREATING/NAMING PARTITIONS Windows XP/2000 Operating System Windows NT Operating System Windows 98/Me Operating System 6. USING SILICON IMAGE SATARaid GUI Overview SATARaid Configuration Window SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 4 SATARaid Manual Revision History Revision 0.90 Preliminary internal release. Revision 0.91 and 0.92 Minor edits. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...

  • Page 5: Overview

    I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures. With the SiI 3112 Serial ATA host controller and SATARaid, both of these problems are solved.

  • Page 6: Raid Explained

    RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide redundncy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member, without loss of data. SATARaid provides two RAID Set types, Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1). Disk Striping (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique.

  • Page 7: Installing Drivers And Software

    Now, a window verifying that the new Driver for the board has been properly installed. Click Finish. It is always good to Restart the computer after an installation.When asked to do so, Click Yes. To install SATARaid, use Windows InstallShield by performing the following: 1. After computer restarts, insert cd in disk drive.

  • Page 8: Windows 98/Me Operating System

    To install the SATARaid GUI, use Windows InstallShield by performing the following: 1. After computer restarts, insert cd in disk drive. 2. Double-click on Install SATARaid.exe. 3. Follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. Note: Do NOT install in the Start Up folder.

  • Page 9: Creating/Deleting Raid Sets

    Enter selects the user’s choice Ctrl-E exits the utility Creating RAID Sets Becuase SATARaid supports two drives, creating RAID Sets is a simple procedure. Select “Create RAID Set.” Choose either a “Striped” or “Mirrored” RAID Set. Select if you want the utility to Auto Configure the RAID Set or if you want to manually configure the RAID Set.

  • Page 10: Deleting Raid Sets

    To resolve this, select “Resolve Conflict” and the correct metadata, including the correct drive connection information, will be written to the replacement disk. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...

  • Page 11: Creating/Naming Partitions

    The procedure for Windows 98/Me is significantly different than the others. Windows XP/2000 Windows NT Windows 98/Me SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...

  • Page 12: Windows Xp/2000 Operating System

    Once Windows is running, open the Disk Management window located at: Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management Storage Disk Management Something similar to the following window should appear: SECTION 1 SECTION 2 SECTION 3 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 13 (assuming all disks are of identical size). Click Next. 4. The fourth window designates the drive letter of the partition. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 14 Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The three new drives should now be visible and properly named. Data may now be stored to each of these disks if desired. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...

  • Page 15: Windows Nt Operating System

    Once Windows is running, open the Disk Administrator window. The Disk Administrator window is located at: Start Programs Disk Administrator (Common) Something similar to the following window should appear: SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 16 If so, answer YES for each disk reported with no signature found. Afterwards, something similar to the following should appear: Button 1 Button 2 Section 1 Section 2 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 17 10. Disk Administrator will report that the disks were updated successfully. Click OK. 11. Re-open Disk Administrator. 12. Right-click on the first disk (this should now be the Striped Set). 13. Select Format... SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 18 16. Close Disk Administrator and open My Computer (icon should be on Desktop). 17. The new disks should now appear in My Computer window. 18. Close all windows and applications and Restart computer. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...

  • Page 19: Windows 98/Me Operating System

    RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows, start fdisk by: Click on the START button Select Run... Type fdisk Click OK The following window will probably appear: Press Enter for yes. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 20 The Current Fixed Drive will be the System Drive (normally C:\). In order to create partitions, the fixed drive needs to be changed. Select 5 and press Enter. Enter the disk number to partition and press Enter. 4-10 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 21 With the Current fixed drive set at the disk needing to be partitioned, Select 1 and press Enter. The following window will appear: Select 2 to create an extended partition and press Enter. 4-11 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 22 Once the percentage counter reaches 100%, the following window will appear: This window explains how much space will be available in the partition. Press Enter. 4-12 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 23 This window shows that the partition has been created. Press Esc. FDISK is now creating a logical drive. Once the percentage counter reaches 100% the following window appears: 4-13 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 24 Once again, this window reports size. Press Enter and the following window appears: This window now shows the drive and its drive letter and size. Press Esc. 4-14 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 25 If another drive (RAID set) needs to be partitioned, repeat the process, starting by changing the fixed disk drive (Press 5). If done, press Esc. The following window will appear: This window is a reminder to RESTART the computer. 4-15 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 26 RAID set (if desired) and click OK. Once the drive has been formatted, repeat for each new drive. The new drives should now be ready to be used. 4-16 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...

  • Page 27: Using Silicon Image Sataraid Gui

    Desktop. If the icon does not appear in the bottom right hand corner of the desktop, find where the appli- cation was saved and launch from there. Upon launching the GUI, the the first window which identifies the computer running SATARaid should appear similar to the following:...
  • Page 28 Selecting each different component in the configuration tree provides specific information for that com- ponent, such as the chip. Selecting a specific channel, either Primary or Secondary, the following information is reported: SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 29 Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent information to that drive, including Configuration and Disk Identification information. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 30 Selecting Sets lists the Sets in the configuration tree and provides information on RIO Version: By selecting a specific RAID set, such as Set 0, the type of RAID set, the number of members and capacity is reported. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 31 Mirrored Set is first created, the State of the “destination” drive may report as Rebuild for as much as 30-90 minutes depending on the size of the disk. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 32 SMART and Configuration information, as well as Data Identification is again provided for each Set. SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...
  • Page 33 SATARaid Configuration Menu By clicking on the toolbox icon in the top left of the SATARaid GUI window, or right-clicking on the con- ductor icon in the bottom right of the computer screen (with other start-up icons), the user may configure SATARaid including customizing the settings for SMTP, E-mail, Notification, Event Level, Log File, Audio, and Popup.
  • Page 34 Notification When different types of events occur, SATARaid may be configured to send notices to assigned individual e-mail addresses. Using Notification tab, all e-mail addresses desired to receive the notices may be entered. Event Level There are different types of e-mail notifications that may be sent which are set with the Event Level tab.
  • Page 35 Silicon Image RAID driv- ers. The log file is a text file and can be viewed with Notepad or SATARaid. Use the Log File tab to set where the log file should be stored and the name of the file as well.
  • Page 36 - Warnings - Errors Errors - The popup window will be displayed for the following events: - Errors 5-10 SATARaid Manual - Rev. 0.92 P R E L I M I N A R Y...

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