Page 2 - Copyright; Trademarks
Copyright Copyright by GI GA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (“GBT”) No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permission of GBT . Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Notice Due to rapid change in tec...
Page 3 - Memu; T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
1. OVERVIEW 1 Product Overview 1RAID Explained 1 2 . INSTALLING DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE 3 Windows XP/2000 Operating System 3 Windows NT Operating System 3 Windows 98/Me Operating System 4 3 . CREATING/DELETING RAID SETS 5 Creating RAID Sets 5 Deleting RAID Sets 6 4 . CREATING/NAMING PARTITIONS 7 Window...
Page 4 - Product Overview; SATARaid Features; SATA RAID Function
1 . O V E R V I E W Product Overview Silicon Image’s SATARaid TM provides Serial ATA Software RAID including Striping and Mirroring to enhance theindustry’s first proven PCI-to-SATA host controller product.Two major challenges facing the storage industry todayare keeping pace with the increasing per...
Page 5 - RAID Explained; RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAID Explained RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide redundncy inorder to withstand the failure of any individual member, without loss of data. SATARaid provides two RAID Set types, Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrore...
Page 6 - . I N S T A L L I N G D R I V E R S A N D S O F T W A R E; Windows XP/2000 Operating System; Browse
3 2 . I N S T A L L I N G D R I V E R S A N D S O F T W A R E Before you install the drivers, please prepare an empty floppy disk. Then copy the serial ATA controllerdrivers files from the driver CD-title into the floppy disk. Please find the serial ATA controller drivers files under the driver CD-t...
Page 8 - . C R E A T I N G / D E L E T I N G R A I D S E T S; Creating RAID Sets; Select “Create RAID Set.”
3 . C R E A T I N G / D E L E T I N G R A I D S E T S Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During bootup, the following messagewill appear, pausing for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do: Press <CRTL-S> or F4 to enter RAID utility An easy-to-use sc...
Page 9 - Deleting RAID Sets; To remove one or more RAID sets, select “Delete RAID Set.”; Resolving Conflict
Deleting RAID Sets 1. To remove one or more RAID sets, select “Delete RAID Set.” 2. Select desired set and press Y when asked “Are You Sure?” Resolving Conflict When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information(Primary Chanel, Secondary Channel). If, ...
Page 10 - . C R E A T I N G / N A M I N G P A R T I T I O N S; Windows NT
The creating and naming of partitions is something done within the Windows operating system. Andwhile Windows XP/2000 and Windows NT both use the Disk Management window, there are enoughnuances that make it important to follow the procedure specifically for the appropriate operating system.The proce...
Page 11 - SECTION 1
Windows XP/2000 Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility.Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Management window located at: Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management...
Page 12 - Initial Window; Creating Partitions; SECTION 2
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: ...
Page 13 - with all of its perti-
5. The fifth window allows the user to label the volume name, and choose the type of format- ting to take place upon the creation of the partition. Choose which ever drive letter isdesired (the lowest possible value is automatically entered), name the volume whatever isdesired (suggestions being som...
Page 14 - Windows NT Operating System; Once Windows is running, open the; Disk Administrator; window is
Windows NT Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility.Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Administrator window. The Disk Administrator window is located at: Start Programs Disk Ad...
Page 15 - Write Signature; window may appear first:; YES; following should appear:; Button 2
However, this Write Signature window may appear first: If so, answer YES for each disk reported with no signature found. Afterwards, something similar to the following should appear: Button 2 Button 1 Section 1 Section 2 SATA RAID Function 12
Page 16 - Be sure to identify the System Disk, that; CHANGE
Button 1 opens the Disk Administrator Volumes window which lists the recognizable Volumes, their capacity, free space, type of format, etc. Button 2 opens the Disk Configuration window (shown above), detailing all disks (or RAID Sets), parti- tions, and allows he suer to format and name each partiti...
Page 18 - Windows 98/Me Operating System; START
Windows 98/Me Operating System Windows 9x does not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management window. Instead, after creatingRAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows, start fdisk by: 1. Click on the START button 2. Select Run... 3. Type fdisk 4. Click OK The following window will ...
Page 19 - The; FDISK Options; and press; Enter the disk number to partition and press; Enter
The FDISK Options window will appear: The Current Fixed Drive will be the System Drive (normally C:\). In order to create partitions, the fixeddrive needs to be changed. Select 5 and press Enter . Enter the disk number to partition and press Enter . SATA RAID Function 16
Page 20 - The following window will appear:
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 . SATA RAID Function 17
Page 22 - This window shows that the partition has been created. Press; Esc; FDISK is now creating a logical drive.
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: SATA RAID Function 19
Page 23 - Press; and the following window appears:
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 . SATA RAID Function 20
Page 24 - RESTART
If another drive (RAID set) needs to be partitioned, repeat the process, starting by changing the fixeddisk drive (Press 5 ). If done, press Esc . The following window will appear: This window is a reminder to RESTART the computer. SATA RAID Function 21
Page 25 - My Computer; Right-click on each new drive and select; Format; Only a; FULL
After restarting the computer, and booting Windows 9x, double-click on the My Computer icon. 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 . Once the dr...
Page 26 - Overview; . U S I N G S I L I C O N I M A G E S ATA R a i d G U I; Save configuration to a file button
Overview The SATARaid GUI offers the user the ability to easily monitor your RAID Set. To launch the GUI, simply double-click on the icon located in the bottom right hand corner of theDesktop. If the icon does not appear in the bottom right hand corner of the desktop, find where the appli-cation was...
Page 32 - SATARaid Configuration Menu; SMTP
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 configureSATARaid including customizing the settings for SMTP, E-mail,...
Page 33 - Informational - The following events will be sent:
Notification When different types of events occur, SATARaidmay be configured to send notices to assignedindividual e-mail addresses. Using theNotification tab, all e-mail addresses desired toreceive the notices may be entered. Event Level There are different types of e-mail notificationsthat may be ...
Page 35 - Popup; Informational - The popup window will be
Popup The popup window is a visual notification that anevent occurred. The popup window can be dis-abled or set to popup for only certain eventlevels. The different levels are: Disabled - No popup will occur. Informational - The popup window will be displayed for the following events: - Informationa...
