User manual TYAN SATA RAID

[. . . ] SATARaidTM Serial ATA RAID Management Software 09/26/03 Silicon Image, Inc. Sunnyvale CA 94085 (408) 616-4000 www. siliconimage. com Copyright © 2003, Silicon Image, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, or translated into any language or computer format, in any form or by any means without prior written permission of: Silicon Image, Inc. Sunnyvale CA 94085 Silicon Image, Inc. [. . . ] Click Next. SATARaid User's Manual Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. 21 6. The next window allows the volume label to be set and selection of the type of formatting to take place upon the creation of the partition. Name the volume as desired (suggestions are generic names such as STRIPED SET or something specific to use such as FINANCIAL, CRITICAL, MISCELLANEOUS, etc. ). It is recommended to use the default NTFS for the file system. Click Next. 7. The last window is a summary window listing all of the selections made. After verifying that everything is correct, click Finish. Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User's Manual 22 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. 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. SATARaid User's Manual Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. 23 Windows NT Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created using the BIOS RAID Utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Management window located at: Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Computer Management> Storage> Disk Management A window similar to the following should appear: This Write Signature window may appear first: If so, answer YES for each disk reported with no signature found. Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User's Manual 24 After any required disc signatures have been written, a window similar to the following will appear: The first button on the toolbar opens the Disk Administrator Volumes window, which lists the recognizable Volumes, their capacity, free space, type of format, etc. The second button opens the Disk Configuration window (shown above), detailing all disks (or RAID Sets), partitions, and allows he user to format and name each partition and volume. Section 1 reports the size of each disk (or RAID Set). Section 2 reports each partition, and allows the user to format or delete partitions. Creating the Partitions 1. If any disk in the RAID set appears to be formatted, right click on that partition (Section 2) and select Delete. Once all disks are reporting as Free Space, right-click on each partition and select Create. . . A Create Primary Partition window should now appear. Now, right-click on the first disk and select Mark Active. A window will appear stating that this will take place on the next reboot. [. . . ] The following example shows the modification of the rebuild rate of a RAID 1 Set. Select "Modify RAID Set" and click Next. 2. Select the operation to be performed and click Next. Only operations that are valid for the selected set will be displayed. Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User's Manual 56 3. Select the set on which the operation is to be applied and click Next. 4. Change the setting as desired. Click Next. SATARaid User's Manual Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. 57 5. An acknowledgement window will appear. [. . . ]