Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID Quick Installation Guide Introducing the Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID The Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID is an ultra high-speed four channel Serial ATA controller for use in Pentium class computers. It achieves burst data transfer rates up to 150MB/s (1.5Gb/s) and supports various brands of hard disk drives with capacities greater that 137GB. Features and Benefits • • • • • • • Compliant with Serial ATA Specification, revision 1.0 Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.
Package Contents • • • • • • Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID 4 Serial ATA data cables (1M) 2 Dual Connector Serial ATA power cables 2 "Y" split power cables Driver CD Quick Installaton Guide Layout Hard Disk LED Pins Serial ATA Connectors CN4 CN3 CN2 CN1 Figure 1.
Hardware Installation General instructions for installing the card are provided below. Since the design of computer cases and motherboards vary, refer to your computer’s reference manual for further information, if needed. Static electricity discharge may permanently damage your system. Discharge any static electricity build up in your body by touching your computer case for a few seconds. Avoid any contact with internal parts and handle cards only by their external edges. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
2. 3. Connect the Serial ATA hard disk drive to the system power supply using the included Dual Connector Serial ATA power cable. Connect one end of the Serial ATA data cable to the hard disk drive. Serial ATA cable Power cable adapter Figure 2. Hard disk drive connections 4. Attach the other end of the Serial ATA data cable to the Serial ATA connector on the Serial ATA 4-channel RAID. Figure 3. Connecting the Serial ATA cable 5. 4 Follow the same instructions to connect up to four hard drives.
Note: If it is your desire to monitor disk activity of the Serial ATA hard drives, you may at this time connect the hard disk LED of the system case to the Hard Disk LED Pins on the Serial ATA controller, see Board Layout on page 2 for the location of the pins. All four Serial ATA Connectors activate the LED. For most systems connect the Red wire to the pin farthest from the mounting bracket. 6. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord. Go to RAID Arrays to configure the RAID BIOS.
8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Select the second drive, press Enter. If applicable select the 3rd and 4th drives pressing enter after each selection. After selecting the last drive, you are asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y to accept. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit. Continue with Fdisk and Format steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. For Auto Configuration The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
RAID 1 (Mirror) For New/Blank Hard Drives 1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then press Enter. 3. At the next screen select RAID1 then press Enter. 4. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter. 5. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y to accept. 6. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. 7. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. 8.
9. 10. 11. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit. Note: If during restart the RAID BIOS reports an incomplete Mirror set, disregard the message, continue booting, and let the Mirror rebuild. Creating a SPARE Drive When a hard drive failure occurs in a mirror set, the autorebuild feature enables a drive designated as SPARE to become the new member of the mirror set. 1.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. During boot press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter the RAID BIOS. Select Create RAID set then press Enter. Select SPARE DRIVE then press Enter. Select the replacement drive then press Enter. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y to confirm. Press Ctrl+E to exit. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit. Note: If during restart the RAID BIOS reports an incomplete RAID set, disregard the message, continue booting, and let the Mirror rebuild.
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Select the fourth drive, then press Enter. Select Create without data copy then press Enter. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y to accept. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit. Continue with Fdisk and Format steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. For Auto Configuration The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. During boot press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter the RAID BIOS. Select Create RAID set then press Enter. Select SPARE DRIVE then press Enter. Select the replacement drive then press Enter. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y to confirm. Press Ctrl+E to exit. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit. Note: If during restart the RAID BIOS reports an incomplete RAID set, disregard the message, continue booting, and let the Mirror rebuild.
8. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. Note: The hard disk will show up as Contiguous in the SATARAID5 GUI. JBOD Drive Setup This RAID Array combines the full capacity of two or more hard drives to form one logical drive. Since this configuration will destroy all existing data on each hard drive, use blank or new hard drives or back up the existing data before connecting to the raid controller. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
RAID5 While RAID5 feature is enabled in the SATA Raid 5 BIOS, this RAID Array is not supported by the Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID controller. Please use it at your own risk. Deleting RAID Arrays 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. Select Delete RAID Set, then press Enter. Select the RAID set then press Enter. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y to confirm. The RAID set is now deleted.
Low Level Format Low Level Format is built into the RAID BIOS to make it more convenient to erase the entire contents of a hard disk drive, including data, drive and partition information. The Low Level Format utility works on single hard drives only, before the RAID set is configured. Software Installation This section provides information on how to install the Serial ATA 4-channel RAID drivers.
5. 6. 7. 8. When prompted press S to specify the location of the driver. Insert the driver diskette, then press Enter. Select Silicon Image Sil 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller for Windows 2000, then press Enter. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When Windows installation completes, go to SATARaid5 GUI on page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility. For An Existing Installation 1.
Windows XP/Server 2003 (32-bit) For A New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the 32bit folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. 1. 2. 3. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installation. Follow Microsoft installation procedure to install Windows accordingly. At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to install the driver.
5. Remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and setup your RAID array. When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid5 GUI on page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility. Windows XP/Server 2003 (64-bit) For A New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the 64bit folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. 1. 2. 3. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installation.
3. 4. Insert the driver CD, select Install the software automatically (Recommended), then click Next. Click Finish, remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and setup your RAID array. When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid5 GUI on page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility. To Verify 2000/XP/Server 2003 Installation 1. 2. Right click My Computer, click Manage, click Device Manager. Double click SCSI and RAID controllers, and Silicon Image SiI 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller should be displayed.
For An Existing Installation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Install the board and boot up Windows. At the Found New Hardware window, click Locate and install the driver automatically (recommended). Insert the driver CD, click Continue. Click Next, then click Close. Remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and setup your RAID array. When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid5 GUI on page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility. To Verify Windows Vista Installation 1. 2.
3. For Windows XP/Server 2003 For 32-bit: Click Run, type D:\32bitgui.msi, then click OK. (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) For 64-bit: Click Run, type D:\64bitgui.msi, then click OK. (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) For Windows Vista For 32-bit: In Start Search box, type D:\32bitgui.msi, then press Enter. (Change D: to match your CDROM drive letter) For 64-bit: In Start Search box, type D:\64bitgui.msi, then press Enter.
RAID Groups window Device Configuration window RAID Groups window This window identifies SATA host adapters and configured RAID groups. Selecting each RAID group in the RAID Groups window, members consisting of the RAID group will be highlighted in the Device Configuration window. Right clicking on each node in the RAID Groups window, a popup menu will be displayed to let the user select an action to be performed for the selected controller or RAID group.
SATARAID 5 Configuration Menu SATARAID5 configuration menu includes customization of the settings for Log File, Popup and Advanced Options. By clicking on File, then Configuration, the user may customize the settings for Log File, Popup and Advanced Options tabs. Log File The log file is used to store event information received from all the RAID drivers. The log file can be viewed with any text viewer (such as Notepad) or with the Event Log window of SATARAID5 GUI.
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.
Advanced RAID Features: When this feature is selected and the user selects to create RAID group, if the RAID group to be created is fault tolerant group (RAID1), the user will be able to select Improper Shutdown Policy in the Create RAID Group dialog box. The Advanced RAID Features are not supported for Legacy RAID groups. Resources Info Support: When this feature is selected, Resources menu item will be available under the Window menu. This feature is for debugging purpose only.
Device Summary This command displays the Segment Summary window to show all physical devices' segments. RAID Group Menu Command Create RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user create a RAID group, the user needs to specify the following parameters: RAID Group Label: Provides a name for the RAID group. RAID Group: Select a group ID from the available ID list.
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 it's own menu bar. All options available via the menu bar are shown below. Sorting: This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose up to 3 items to sort RAID group items in the RAID Group Summary window. Fields: This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose which fields will be shown in the RAID Group Summary window.
Resume: This command allows the user to resume the suspended task items. Cancel: This command allows the user to cancel the selected task items. Delete: This command displays a dialog box to let the user delete the selected task items. Event Log This command displays the Event Log window. The Event Log window displays SATA device-related events that occur while SATARAID5 GUI is running. The Event Log window has it's own menu bar. All options available via the menu bar are shown below.
Capacity: Select from a list of RAID group sizes. Chunk Size: Select one value from the available list. Rebuild Priority: Select from the available list. RAID 0 and virtual disk do not require this. 10 is the highest level of rebuild priority which means that rebuild times will be faster but will take more CPU resources to rebuild. Devices: Select RAID member devices from the available device segment list.
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