User manual ASROCK ATI RAID INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] 12 1 1. ATI BIOS RAID Installation Guide ATI BIOS RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using the onboard FastBuild BIOS utility under BIOS environment. After you make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, press <F2> to enter BIOS setup to set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD or "Quick Installation Guide", then you can start to use the onboard FastBuild BIOS utility to configure RAID. 1. 1 Introduction to RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of Independent Disks", which is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one logical unit. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data striping that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. It will improve data access and storage since it will double the data transfer rate of a single disk alone while the two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. WARNING!! [. . . ] Press <Esc> to exit to the Main Menu. 5 2. 3. Press <Esc> again to exit the Utility. Press <Y> to restart your computer. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. Please install the operating system to your computer by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD or "Quick Installation Guide". Two Logical Drives After selecting the logical drive in Disk Assignments as the above-mentioned procedures, press <Ctrl-Y> to allocate a portion of the disk drives to the first logical drive. Then please follow the steps below. 1. Enter the desired capacity (MB) for the first logical drive and press <Enter>. The Define LD Menu displays again. 6 2. Press the up and down arrow keys to select an available logical drive number and press <Enter>. 3. Choose the RAID level and options for the second logical drive. Note that the disk drives in Channels 1 and 2 reflect smaller capacities because a portion of their capacity belongs to the first logical drive. In this example the disk drives in Channels 3 and 4 are not assigned to a logical drive. 4. 6. Press <Ctrl-Y> to save your logical drive configuration. Press <Esc> to exit to the Main Menu. Press <Esc> again to exit the Utility. Press <Y> to restart the computer. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. Please install the operating system to your computer by following the detailed instruction of the "User Manual" in our support CD or "Quick Installation Guide". 7 2. ATI Windows RAID Installation Guide ATI Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using WebPAM RAID management software under Windows environment. The WebPAM (Web-Based Promise Array Management) software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all ATI SB600 SATA logical drives that exist anywhere on a network. Its browser-based GUI provides email notification of all major events/alarms, memory cache management, drive event logging, logical drive maintenance, rebuild, and access to all components in the RAID configuration (server, controller, logical drives, physical drives, and enclosure). WebPAM is designed to work with ATI SB600 SATA RAID controllers. Other brands of RAID controllers are not supported. Please read this guide carefully and follow the instructions below to configure and manage RAID functions. 2. 1 Components of WebPAM Installation Software WebPAM installation software will install two major components to your system: 1. WebPAM RAID management software: The WebPAM software installs on the PC with the ATI SB600 SATA RAID Controller (the "Host PC"). Java Runtime Environment (in a private folder): The WebPAM installation program installs a private JRE in folder _jvm under the same directory where WebPAM is installed. WebPAM uses this private JRE to avoid incompatibility issues with any other JREs that may be present on your system. 2. 2 Browser Support On the Host PC with the ATI SB600 Controller, where you install WebPAM, you must have one of the following browsers: Internet Explorer 6. 0, Mozilla Suite 1. 7, Mozilla Firefox 1. 0, or Netscape Navigator 7. 1. If you do not have one of the above browsers, install the browser first and make it the default browser. [. . . ] And, and if possible, verify certificate by certificate authority like Verisign or Thwate. See your MIS Administrator for guidance. Click the Next button when you have made your choice. 11. Review your choices when the Pre-Installation Summary screen appears. [. . . ]