User manual TYAN SATA RAID FOR SILICON IMAGE

[. . . ] SATARaidTM Serial ATA RAID Management Software 05/12/04 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. [. . . ] 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. Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User's Manual 24 7. 2 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. SATARaid User's Manual Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. 25 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. 7. 2. 1 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. Disk Administrator will report that the disks were updated successfully. Right-click on the first disk (this should now be the Striped Set). A window similar to the following window will appear: Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User's Manual 26 14. Make sure that File System has NTFS selected. Don't change the Default Allocation Size. Select an appropriate name for Volume Label. Repeat this procedure for any remaining drives. Close Disk Administrator and open My Computer (icon should be on Desktop). [. . . ] Once the window closes, the operation is complete. SATARaid User's Manual Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. 49 10. 3 Modifying RAID Sets This feature allows the configuration of various settings related to a RAID Set to be adjusted. 10. 3. 1 Set Rebuild Rate for RAID Set 1/10 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 50 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. 51 5. An acknowledgement window will appear. [. . . ]