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USER’S MANUAL SATA RAID Function (Only For Chipset Sil 3112 /Sil 3512 Used) 12M E-SI3112-003 ...

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Copyright Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (“GBT”) No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the property of their ...

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1. OVERVIEW 1 Product Overview 1 RAID Explained 1 2. INSTALLING DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE 3 Windows XP/2000 Operating System 3 Windows NT Operating System 3 Windows 98/Me Operating System 4 3. CREATING/DELETING RAID SETS 5 Creating RAID Sets 5 Deleting RA...

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1. OVERVIEW Product Overview Silicon Image’s SATARaid TM provides Serial ATA Software RAID including Striping and Mirroring to enhance the industry’s first proven PCI-to-SATA host controller product. Two major challenges facing the storage indus...

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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. SATARaid provi...

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3 2. INSTALLING DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE Before you install the drivers, please prepare an empty floppy disk. Then copy the serial ATA controller drivers files from the driver CD-title into the floppy disk. Please find the serial ATA controller drivers f...

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4 Windows NT Operating System Insert the floppy in the floppy disk drive and click Have Disk. The next window is asking for the location of the driver. Most floppy disk drives are configured as [A:]. To verify, click on Browse. The next window verifi...

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3. CREATING/DELETING RAID SETS Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During bootup, the following message will appear, pausing for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do: Press <CRTL-S> or F4 to enter R...

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Deleting RAID Sets 1. To remove one or more RAID sets, select “Delete RAID Set.” 2. Select desired set and press Y when asked “Are You Sure?” Resolving Conflict When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive conn...

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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 specifi...

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Windows XP/2000 Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility. Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Management window located at: Co...

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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. SECTION 3: Report of partition status, disk letter, and volume name. Initial W...

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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 partition. Choose which ever drive letter is desired (the lowest possible value is automatically entered), name t...

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Windows NT Operating System Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility. Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Administrator window. The Disk Adminis...

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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 1 Section 1 Section 2 ...

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Button 1 opens the Disk Administrator Volumes window which lists the recognizable Volumes, their capacity, free space, type of format, etc. Button 2 opens the Disk Configuration window (shown above), detailing all disks (or RAID Sets), parti- tions, ...

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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 Striped Set that is being formatted, enter Strip...

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Windows 98/Me Operating System Windows 9x does not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management window. Instead, after creating RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows, start fdisk by: 1. Click on the START button 2. Select Run... 3...

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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. Select 5 and press Enter. Enter the disk number to partition and press Enter. ...

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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. ...

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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 partition. Press Enter. ...

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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: ...

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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. ...

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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 RESTART the computer. ...

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After restarting 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 o...

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Overview The SATARaid GUI offers the user the ability to easily monitor your RAID Set. To 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 cor...

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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 following information is reported: * For PCI-3112 or 3...

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Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent information to that drive, including Configuration and Disk Identification information. * For PCI-3112 or 3512 * ...

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Selecting Sets lists the Sets in the configuration tree and provides information on RIO Version: By selecting a specific RAID set, such as Set 0, the type of RAID set, the number of members and capacity is reported. * For PCI-3112 or 3512 * * ...

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The Members tab of this window reports the device identification (corresponding with the information in the BIOS) and the State of each device. Besides reporting information, the Members tab of a Mirrored set allows the user to remove a specific driv...

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SMART and Configuration information, as well as Data Identification is again provided for each Set. * * * For PCI-3112 or 3512 ...

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SATARaid Configuration Menu By clicking on the toolbox icon in the top left of the SATARaid GUI window, or right-clicking on the con- ductor icon in the bottom right of the computer screen (with other start-up icons), the user may configure SATARaid ...

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Notification When different types of events occur, SATARaid 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. Event Level There a...

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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 SATARaid. Use the Log File tab to set where the log file should be stored and t...

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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. The different levels are: Disabled - No popup will occur. Informational - The popup window will ...