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SATA RAID Function
(Only For Chipset Sil 3112 /Sil 3512 Used)
USER’ S MANUAL
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 respective owners. Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet. The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does i
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 RAID Sets 6 4. CREATING/NAMING PARTITIONS 7 Windows XP/2000 Operating System 8 Windows NT Operating System 11 Windows 98/Me Operating System 15 5. USING SILICON IMAGE SATARaid GUI 23 Overview 23 SATARaid Configuration Memu 29
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1. OVERVIEW Product Overview TM Silicon Image’s SATARaid 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 industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures. With the SiI 3112 / Sil 3512 Serial ATA host controller and SATARai
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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 provides two RAID Set types, Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1). Disk Striping (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping is discussed as a RAID Set type, it is actually does not provide fault tol
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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 files under the driver CD-title : (we assume that your CD-ROM drive is D:) D:\Other\Sil\Si3112r\Si3112r for RAID configuration or D:\Other\Sil\Si3112\Si3112 for Base configuration When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP from HDDs
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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 verifies that the appropriate file is located on [A:]. Select the file Oemsetup.inf and click Open. [A:] should appear in the window. Click OK The next window allows you to select which driver to install. Only one driver should appear in this window. Select
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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 or F4 to enter RAID utility An easy-to-use screen will appear with the following choices in the top left: Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Rebuild RAID Set Resolve Conflicts Below this will be listed the drives currently installed on the system. The top right half of the sc
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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 connection information (Primary Chanel, Secondary Channel). If, after a disk failure, the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another system), it may have conflicting metadata, specifically in reference to the drive connection informat
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4. CREATING/NAMING PARTITIONS 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 specifically for the appropriate operating system. The procedure for Windows 98/Me is significantly different than the others. Windows XP/2000 Windows NT Windows 98/Me
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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: Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management Storage Disk Management Something similar to the following window should appear: SECTION 1 SECTION 2 SECTION 3
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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 Window In SECTION 2, every disk should report as: Basic Disk Size (the actual available disk space will be reported here) Online Instead of “Basic,” a disk may also report as either “Unknown” or “Dynamic.” If the disk reports as “Unknown,” right-clic
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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 the volume whatever is desired (suggestions being something generic such as STRIPED SET or something specif- ic to use such as FINANCIAL, CRITICAL, MISCELLANEOUS, etc.) then check the box next to “quick format.” Click Next. 6. The sixth window is a su
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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 Administrator window is located at: Start Programs Disk Administrator (Common) Something similar to the following window should appear:
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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 1 Button 2 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, and allows he suer to format and name each partition and volume. Section 1 reports the size of each disk (or RAID Set). Section 2 reports on each partition, and allows the user to format or delete partitions. Creating Partitions WARNING: Be sure to
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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 Striped Set for Volume Label. Make sure that Quick Format is selected as the Format Option. 15. Repeat this procedure for the other two disks, but name them something else. 16. Close Disk Administrator and open My Computer (icon should be on Desktop). 17. T
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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. Type fdisk 4. Click OK The following window will probably appear: Press Enter for yes.
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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.
