4 Bay SATA II to eSATA RAID5 Storage Appliance DAS401 User’s Manual
Table of Contents 1 WELCOME ........................................................................................................................................................4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.7 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID .....................................................................................................................7 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.3.5 2.3.6 2.4 3 INTRODUCTION .......................................................
.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA.......................................................................................................54 3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .................................................................................54 3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ......................................................................................................55 3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ...............................................................................
1 WELCOME 1.1 INTRODUCTION DAS401 enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID 1 features typically seen on high-end data systems with low cost/high capacity Serial ATA drives. By using industry standard SATA drives and Silicon Image Host Bus Adapters, you can achieve extraordinarily low costs while remaining assured that your data is protected against hardware failure. 1.2 PRECAUTION Please read the safe precautions carefully before you using DAS401 storage appliance.
1.3.2 DATA PERFORMANCE The DAS401 can also increase storage throughput by combining the throughput of multiple drives into a single volume. RAID levels 1, 10, and 5 support this ability. Furthermore, each volume can be tailored to provide the best performance for the data contained on that disk. 1.3.3 DATA VERSATILITY The DAS401 software driver also supports Contiguous and Concatenated drives for applications which do not require increased security or performance. 1.
1.6.2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS • PowerMac G5, MacBook Pro or Mac Pro • MacOS X, 10.4.8 (or later) • CD-ROM drive • Mouse or compatible pointing device • SATA connection: Host Bus Adapter card (controller number Sii3124 or Sii3132) and associated software drivers with Port Multiplier support 1.7 PRODUCT CONTENTS The following parts are content.
2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID 2.1 RAID VOLUMES RAID technology allows one or more disks to be combined into a logical volume which provides greater performance and/or protection than standard disk drives. These volumes, also known as RAID Groups, appear like regular disk drives to the operating system and can be partitioned, formatted and used just like any other normal disk. The complexity of the RAID is hidden within the driver.
2.3 RAID LEVELS 2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping is discussed as a RAID Group type, it is does not provide any fault tolerance. With modern SATA and ATA bus mastering technology, multiple I/O operations can be performed in parallel, enhancing data throughput. Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk. The figure below illustrates a three-disk stripe set.
2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5) Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the data. Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes. The data and parity information is arranged on the disk array so that parity is written to different disks. There are at least 3 members to a Parity RAID set. The following example illustrates how the parity is rotated from disk to disk.
2.4 RAID VOLUME STATUS A RAID volume can be in any one of the following statuses. STATUS MEANING Good All disks are currently functioning as normal. Reduced For RAID levels that provide data protection, one or more disks have failed but the data is still available via the RAID algorithms. The failed disk should be replaced as soon as possible to avoid loss of data. Rebuilding A failed disk drive has been replaced and the data is being regenerated on the replacement disk.
3 INSTALLATION 3.1 COMPONENTS There are three separate steps that must be install or setup for DAS401 to function. These components are the HARDWARE, SATA RAID5 HBA DRIVER, and SATARAID5 Utility. The steps on how to setup these packages is described in the following sections. 3.2 INSTALLING HARDWARE Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. a Turn off your host computer.
a Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), than click Next. a Select CD-ROM drives, than click Next. a Click Next to search the driver of RAID Controller. Ver.
a When the RAID Controller installation has completed, click Finish, and begin to the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device installation. a Windows will find the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device hardware, click Next. a Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), than click Next. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Select CD-ROM drives, than click Next. a Click Next to install the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device driver. a When the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device installation has completed, click Finish. Ver.
3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder. a Double-click the 3132-W-I32-R.msi file (Located at: E:\ Utility\SiI3132R5\Windows\2k\3132-W-I32-R.msi; PS: "E:" = CD-ROM drive letter). a Click Next to begin setup. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Select I Agree, than click Next. a Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next. a Click Next to use the default installation folder. Ver.
a Click Next to begin the installation. a When Digital Signature Not Found message pop-out, click Yes to continue the installation. a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has completed, click Close, and begin to the Java platform installation. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next. a Select Typical, than click Next. a When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. a Select Start > Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. Ver.
3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows. a Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. a Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a When Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard appears, click Next. a Select the new disk to write a signature, than click Next. a Do not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk, than click Next. Ver.
a When the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. a Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select Create Partition… from the pop-up menu. a Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next. a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next. Ver.
a Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a Quick Format, setup the File system to use, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next. a When the Create Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated. Once the disk reports Healthy, it appears in the listing in System Listing section with all of its pertinent information as well.
3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP 3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup. a Insert the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive. a When start the Windows O/S, new hardware will be found; Select No, not this time, than click Next. a Select Install the software automatically (Recommended), than click Next. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a When the installation has completed, click Finish. 3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder. a Double-click the 3132-W-R.msi file (Located at: E:\Utility\SiI3132R5\Windows\3132-W-R.msi; PS: "E:" = CD-ROM drive letter). Ver.
a Click Next to begin setup. a Select I Agree, than click Next. a Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Click Next to use the default installation folder. a Click Next to begin the installation. a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has completed, click Close, and begin to the Java platform installation. Ver.
a Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next. a Select Typical, than click Next. a When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. a Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows. a Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. a Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. Ver.
a When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next. a Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next. a Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. a Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. a Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk. Ver.
a Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next. a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next. a When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish. Ver.
The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated. Once the disk reports Healthy, it appears in the listing in System Listing section with all of its pertinent information as well.
3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows. a Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. a Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. Ver.
a When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next. a Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next. a Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. a Windows 64-bit system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB. a Right-click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. Ver.
a Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. a Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk. a Select the partition to create, than click Next. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next. a Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next. Ver.
a When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish. The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated.
Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other partitions. Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed “X” in the top right corner of the window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use. 3.5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup.
a Select Install the software automatically (Recommended), than click Next. a When the installation has completed, click Finish. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder. a Double-click the 3132-W-R.msi file (Located at: E:\Utility\SiI3132R5\Windows\3132-W-R.msi; PS: "E:" = CD-ROM drive letter). a Click Next to begin setup. a Select I Agree, than click Next. Ver.
a Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop. a Click Next to use the default installation folder. a Click Next to begin the installation. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has completed, click Close, and begin to the Java installation. a Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next. a Select Typical, than click Next. Ver.
a When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. a Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.5.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows. a Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu.
a Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. a When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next. a Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next. Ver.
a Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next. a When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. a Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Right-click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. a Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. a Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk. Ver.
a Select the partition to create, than click Next. a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next. a When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish. Ver.
The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated. Once the disk reports Healthy, it appears in the listing in System Listing section with all of its pertinent information as well.
3.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA 3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup. a Insert the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive. a When start the Windows O/S, new hardware will be found; Select Locat and install driver software (recommended). a Insert the disc that came with your RAID Controller, than click Next. Ver.
a When the installation has completed, click Close. 3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder. a Double-click the 3132-W-R.msi file (Located at: E:\Utility\SiI3132R5\Windows\3132-W-R.msi; PS: "E:" = CD-ROM drive letter). DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Click Next to begin setup. a Select I Agree, than click Next. a Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop. Ver.
a Click Next to use the default installation folder. a Click Next to begin the installation. a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has completed, click Close, and begin to the Java installation. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next. a Select Typical, than click Next. a When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. a Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. Ver.
3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.6.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows. a Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. a Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a When Initialize Disk Wizard appears, select Disk 1 and GPT (GUID Partition Table), than click OK. a Windows Vista system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB. a Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Single Volume… from the pop-up menu. Ver.
a Click Next to create the partition. a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next. a When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish. Ver.
The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated. Once the disk reports Healthy, it appears in the listing in System Listing section with all of its pertinent information as well.
3.7 INSTALLING ON MACINTOSH OS X 3.7.1 RELEASE NOTES This is the premier release for the Silicon Image SATARaid5 Storage Solution for Macintosh, the following issues are known to exsit in this version. # These issues are expected to be fixed in the next release. 3.7.2 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER AND SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup. a Insert the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive.
a Double-click the siliconimage3132r5.mpkg file to begin the installation (Located at: E:\Utility\SiI3132R5\Macintosh\siliconimage3132r5.mpkg; PS: "E:" = CD-ROM drive letter). a Once started, the following dialog screens will appear, Click Continue. a Read the Software License Agreement, than click Continue. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Click Agree to continue the installation. a Select a destination volume to install the software, than click Continue. a Click Install to begin the installation. Ver.
a Enter the Administrative Password for your system, than click OK. a Click Close to complete the installation. a Select Go > Computer > Applications > Utilities > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
3.7.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.7.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS a Click Go, than click on Utilities. a Double-click Disk Utility to go to Disk Utility. Ver.
a Select the disk you want to partition (On left side of the window). a Click Partition to go to partition window (On right side of the window). DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Select Volumes Scheme. a Enter Volumes Information, than click Partition. Ver.
a Confirm to partition the disk by click Partition. a The new Striped disk has complete. a Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other disks. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Close the Disk Utility window after complete setting. a The new disks will appear on the desktop and ready for use.. Ver.
4 SATARAID5 ARRAY MANAGER 4.1 OVERVIEW The SATARAID5 Array Manager is the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) which allows you to create and manage RAID volumes. The Manager initially shows two windows as seen below. The RAID Groups window identifies SATA host adapters and configured RAID groups. For systems with more than one Silicon Image Host Bus Adapter installed, you can switch between cards by selecting the desired card in the RAID Groups Window.
4.2 CREATING RAID GROUPS To begin creating a new RAID Group, select “Create RAID Group” from the RAID Group menu or right click on a controller in the RAID Groups window and select “Create RAID Group” from the pop-up menu. This will cause the Create RAID Group dialog to appear. Note: The term “right-click” refers to using the secondary button on your mouse to perform the indicated operation.
4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 2 or more disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below). 4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS Mirrored RAID Groups allow the user to select 2 disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below). DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS Mirrored Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 4 disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below). 4.2.6 PARITY RAID GROUPS Parity RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 3 or more disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below). Ver.
4.2.7 RAID GROUPS OVERVIEW RAID Groups allow Enter values in all fields and click Create to create the RAID Group. FIELD RAID Group Label DEFINITION Enter an identifiable name for the RAID group. This value can be any string (up to 8 characters including blank spaces) to help users identify this volume. RAID Group Select a Group ID from the available ID list. The maximum number of RAID Groups per controller is 8, so Group ID can be any number between 0 and 7, inclusive.
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4.3.1 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 tab allows you to define the location and name of the log file. The log file is used to store event information received from all Silicon Image RAID drivers.
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: - Information Level - The following events will trigger a popup window: e Informational e Warnings e Errors - Warning Level - The following events will trigger a popup window: e Warnings e Errors - Error Level - The following events will trigger a popup window: e Errors - Disable All - No events will trigger a popup window. Ver.
Advanced Options The Advanced Options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID driver. By default, all these advanced options are disabled. The Advanced Options tab allows you to enable the following advanced features. FEATURE Legacy (Bootable) Support EXPLANATION When this feature is selected, Legacy Support menu will be available in the menu bar. Enables the Legacy Support menu to support RAID functions for legacy RAID groups (available on Windows platforms only).
4.3.3 CREATE SPARE This command displays a dialog box to let user create spare drive, user needs to select the following parameters: PARAMETER Spare Type DESCRIPTION Choose one of: • Global - If the spare drive is for all RAID groups in the system. • Dedicated - If the spare drive is dedicated to the specified RAID group. Capacity If you select Global for the Spare Type, current options from a list of capacity are from 128 MB to 100 GB, HALF and MAX.
4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) RAID group members to delete. Because RAID 0 is not fault tolerant, RAID 0 members are not shown in the list. Note: Deleting members will demote the RAID group to a non-fault-tolerant RAID group. 4.3.6 DELETE ORPHAN This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) orphan segments to delete. An orphan segment is part of a RAID group that cannot access other segments within the same RAID group.
4.3.8 DEVICE SUMMARY This command displays the Segment Summary window to show all physical devices’ segments. The Segment Summary window has its own menu bar. All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Sorting… Fields… Exit This command closes the Task Summary window. Sorting This command sorts the rows based on the selected field. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the Segment Summary window. Ver.
4.3.9 CREATE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user verify a raid type than display Create RAID Group dialog box. 4.3.10 REBUILD RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non-fault tolerant RAID group. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
4.3.11 DELETE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user choose RAID groups to delete. 4.3.12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE This menu option is not available in this product. 4.3.13 RAID GROUP SUMMARY This command displays a dialog box to show all RAID groups’ group ID, configuration, and status. The RAID Group Summary window has its own menu bar. All options available via the menu bar are shown below. File Options Exit Sorting… Fields… Exit This command closes the RAID Group Summary window.
Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the RAID Group Summary window. 4.3.14 TASK MANAGER This command displays the Task Manager window. The Task Manager window lists all RAID and disk management tasks that have been started and/or done. This window provides user the ability to schedule any RAID and disk management operations including RAID group creation, rebuild, and test. The Task Manager window has it’s own menu bar.
Print This option will be available in future revisions. Exit This command closes the Task Summary window. Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort task items in the task list. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the task list. Modify This command allows user to modify parameters of the selected task items. The following is an example of changing rebuild priority for a rebuild task.
Cancel This command allows user to cancel the selected task items. Delete This command displays a dialog box to let user delete the selected task items from the task list in Task Summary window. The following dialog box will pop up to get confirmation from the user. 4.3.15 EVENT LOG This command displays the Event Log window. The Event Log window displays SATA device-related events that occur while SATARAID5 is running. The Event Log window has it’s own menu bar.
Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort event items in the event log. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the event log. 4.3.16 RESOURCES This command displays the Resource Information window. This feature is for debugging purpose only. The Event Log window has it’s own menu bar.
Suspend This command is to suspend the resources informantion. Fields This command is to resume the resources informantion. 4.3.17 CREATE LEGACY RAID GROUP This menu option is not available in this product. 4.3.18 HELP TOPICS This command opens an interactive help dialog using the standard Windows help interface. This option will be available in future revisions. 4.3.19 ABOUT This command displays a dialog box with more information about the SATARAID5 program, including the revision level.
