Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Network Device GA-7N400 Gigabyte
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1. OVE R VIEW 1 Product Overview 1 RAID Explained 1 2 . INS T ALLING DRIVERS AND SOFT W ARE 3 Windows XP/2000 Operating System 3 Windows NT Operating System 3 Windows 98/Me Operating System 4 3 . CRE A TING/DELETING RAID SETS 5 Creating RAID Se t s 5 Deleting RAID Se t s 6 4 .
1. O VER VIEW Product Overview Silicon Image’s SA T ARaid TM provides Serial A T A Software RAID including S triping and Mirroring to enhance the industry’s first proven PCI-to-SA T A host controller product.
RAID Explained RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks 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. SA T ARaid provides two RAID Set types, S triped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1).
3 2. INSTALLING DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE Be f ore you i n stall the drivers, pl e a se pr e pare a n empty floppy di s k. Then copy the ser i al A T A controller drivers f il e s from the driver CD-title into the floppy di s k.
4 W indows NT Operating Syst e m I n sert the floppy in the floppy di s k drive a nd click Have Di s k. The next window is a s king f or the location of the drive r . Most floppy di s k driv e s are configured a s [A: ] . T o verif y , click on Brows e .
3. CREA TING/DELETING RAID SETS Creating and deleting RAID set s is a function found in the BIOS. During bootup, the following message will appear , pausing for a few moments to allow the user to choo.
Deleting RAID Set s 1. T o remove one or more RAID sets, select “Delete RAID Set.” 2. Select desired set and press Y when asked “Are Y ou Sure?” Resolving Conflict When a RAID set is created, the metadat a written to the disk includes drive connection information (Primary Chanel, Secondary Channel).
The creating and naming of partitions is something done within the Windows operating system. And while Windows XP/2000 and Windows NT both use the Disk Management window , there are enough nuances that make it important to follow the procedure specifically for the appropriate operating system.
Windows XP/2000 Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID set s must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility . Once completed, continue booting Windows.
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.
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 p artition. Choose which ever drive letter is desired (the lowe.
Windows NT Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID set s must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility . Once completed, continue booting Windows.
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 .
Button 1 opens the Disk Administrator V olumes window which list s the recognizable V olumes, their capacity , free sp ace, type of format, etc. Button 2 opens the Disk Configuration window (shown above), detailing all disks (or RAID Set s), parti- tions, and allows he suer to format and name each partition and volume.
Something similar to the following window should appear: 14. While Capacity can not be changed, make sure that File System has NTFS selected, don’t change Default Allocation Size , and since it is the S triped Set that is being formatted, enter Striped Set for V olume Label .
Windows 98/Me Operating System Windows 9x does not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management window . Instead, af ter creating RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows, start fdisk by: 1. Click on the ST ART button 2. Select Run...
The FDISK Options window will appear: The Current Fixed Drive will be the System Drive (normally C:). In order to create partitions, the fixed drive needs to be changed.
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 .
The following window will appear: Once the percentage counter reaches 100%, the following window will appear: This window explains how much space will be available in the p artition.
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:.
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 .
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 REST ART the computer .
After rest arting 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 .
Overview The SA T ARaid GUI of fers the user the ability to easily monitor your RAID Set. T o 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 appli- cation was saved and launch from there.
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 follo.
Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent information to that drive, including Configuration and Disk Identification information. * For PCI-3112 or 3512 *.
Selecting Sets list s the Sets in the configuration tree and provides information on RIO V ersion: By selecting a specific RAID set, such as Set 0, the type of RAID set, the number of members and capacity is reported.
The Members tab of this window report s the device identification (corresponding with the information in the BIOS) and the S tate of each device. Besides reporting information, the Members tab of a Mi.
SMART and Configuration information, as well as Data Identification is again provided for each Set. * * * For PCI-3112 or 3512.
SA T ARaid Configuration Menu By clicking on the toolbox icon in the top left of the SA T ARaid GUI window , or right-clicking on the con- ductor icon in the bottom right of the computer screen (with .
Notification When different types of event s occur , SA T ARaid may be configured to send notices to assigned individual e-mail addresses. Using the Notification tab, all e-mail addresses desired to receive the notices may be entered.
Log File The log file is used to store event information received from all the Silicon Image RAID driv- ers. The log file is a text file and can be viewed with Notepad or SA T ARaid. Use the Log File tab to set where the log file should be stored and the name of the file as well.
Popup The popup window is a visual notification that an event occurred. The popup window can be dis- abled or set to popup for only certain event levels.
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