User manual TYAN ATA-133 RAID

[. . . ] Document Part #D 1505-110 HPT370/372 RAID Controller User's Manual Revision: 1. 1 Date: Mar. 2002 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. Copyright Copyright © 2001 by HighPoint Technologies, Inc. . This document contains materials protected by International Copyright Laws. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed in any form and for any purpose without the express written permission of HighPoint. [. . . ] Contents of this Chapter: 2. 1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 2. 2 Create Disk Array 2. 3 Delete Disk Array 2. 4 Add/Delete Spare Disk 2. 5 Set Boot Device 2. 6 Duplicate Critical RAID 1/0+1 array 2. 7 Rebuild Broken RAID 1/0+1 array BIOS Configuration Utility 2. 1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility When the following information appears on screen during the computer is starting, press CTRL+H key to enter BIOS configuration utility. The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below: Main Menu: This column lists all currently available operation commands. Help: This column gives help information about the current selected item and the prompts on available operations. Status: This column lists all the hard disks and disk arrays connected to the adapter. When this column is activated, user can select the target device to perform a specific operation. 2. 2 Create Disk Array Follow these steps to create a disk array: 1. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Create Array command and press ENTER to call out the list of creation steps: 2-1 BIOS Configuration Utility 2. Highlight the Array Mode and press ENTER, then a list of array modes will appear, see below: Just highlight the target array mode that you want to create, and then press ENTER to confirm the selection; If user selected RAID 1 (mirror) array, then an option list will popup to enable user selecting Duplication or Create Only. Duplication will let BIOS reserve the data on source disk (the first selected disk) and copy them onto the mirror disk (the second selected disk) when creating mirror array; But Create Only will let BIOS destroy all data on all the selected disks and create a clean mirror array without any data on it. (Creation steps may be different depending on what array mode has been selected) 3. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Array Name, and then press ENTER. Then the array name dialogue box will appear, see below: Just type in the name that you want to name the array, then press ENTER to continue; 2-2 BIOS Configuration Utility 4. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Select Disk Drives and press ENTER, the Status column will be activated, see below: Just highlight the target disks that you want to use and press ENTER to select them respectively; After all disks have been selected, press ESC to go back to the creation steps menu; 5. If user selected a RAID 0 or 0+1 array in step 2, then now, user needs to select a block size for the array. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Block Size and press ENTER, then select a block size from the popup list, see below; 6. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Start Creation Process and press ENTER, then some warning messages will appear, see below: Please pay attention to the warning message, and then press Y to finish the creation, or press N to cancel the creation. (The warning message may be different depending on what array mode that user is creating) 2-3 BIOS Configuration Utility Warning: 1. Please pay attention to the warning message at Step 6: Creating RAID 0 array, JBOD array or RAID 0+1 array will destroy all data on all the selected disks. When creating mirror array, Duplication operation will reserve the data on source disk (the firs selected disk) and copy them onto the mirror disk (the second selected disk) when creating mirror array; But Create Only operation will destroy all data on all the selected disks and create a clean mirror array without any data on it. 2. 3 Delete Disk Array Follow these steps to delete a disk array: 1. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight Delete Array item, and then press ENTER, then the Status column will be activated, see below: highlight the target disk array and then press ENTER to delete it; (User can select a disk array by selecting its first member disk) 2. Then a warning message will appear as below: Pay attention to the warning message, and then press Y to delete the selected disk array, or press N to cancel. Warning: 1. Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array. 2-4 BIOS Configuration Utility 2. 4 Add/Delete Spare Disk Follow these steps to add or delete a spare disk from the mirror array: 1. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight Create/Delete Spare item and press ENTER, then the Status column will be activated, see below: Just use the arrow key to highlight the target disk and press ENTER to add it into the array, or highlight a spare disk and press ENTER to delete it from the array. After a disk is added into the array, its status will be marked as Hidden, see below: Warning: 1. Adding a spare disk into the mirror array will destroy all the data on that disk. 2. 5 Set Boot Device Follow these steps to select a disk or disk array as boot device: 1. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight Select Boot Disk item, and then press ENTER; then the Status column will be activated, see below: 2-5 BIOS Configuration Utility Just use the arrow key to highlight the target disk or disk array, then press ENTER to select it as boot device. [. . . ] (2) Viewing disk array information Double-click on the disk array icon which you want to view, then the information table about that array will pop up as below: 3-11 RAID Administrator (3) Viewing Physical Device Information Double-click on the hard disk icon that you want to view, then information table about that hard disk will popup as below: (4) Viewing Controller Information Double-click on the controller icon, and then the information table about the controller will popup as below: 3-12 RAID Administrator Just click the scrolling bar to view all information about the controller. (5) Disk Array Operation Right-click on the disk array icon, from the popup menu, you can select to delete or rename the disk array. Note: If the array is being duplicated, broken or disabled, the right-click menu will not be available. (6) Refresh Right-click on the blank area within the System View window, and select Refresh from the popup menu to refresh the devices connected. [. . . ]