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Rosewill HDD RAID RSV-S4-X manual

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 2[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3 Content 1 WELCOME ................... .................................. .................................................. ............. 6 1.1 PRECAUTION ............... ............... .................. ................ .................. ................ ................[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4 3.3.2 INSTALL ING SATARAID5 UTILITY ................................................................................................................ ............... ............. 21 3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETU P ................................................................[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 5 4.3.7 MAKE PASS-THRU ............................................................................................................................... .................................... 100 4.3.8 DEVICE SUMMARY ................................................................[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 6 1 WELCOME RSV-S4-X enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID 1 features typically seen on high-end data systems with low cost/high ca pacity Serial ATA drives. By using industr y standard SATA drives and Silicon Image Host Bus Adapters, you can achieve extraordin[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 7 1.2 FEA TURES 1.2.1 DATA SECURITY The RSV-S4-X software driver includes support for monitoring to p redict suspect d rives. RSV-S4-X prov ides our highest commitment to data security through the use of RAID architecture to back up and protect data. RAI D levels 1, 10, and 5 [...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 8 1.4 SPECIFICA TIONS z A single eSATA host port to 4 SATA 3.5-inch hard disks, with tool-less screws & door cover. z Power and host status LED, and devices status and activity LED . z Metal chassis (SECC) and plastic panel frame ( ABS) design. z 135 (W) x 180 (H) x 255 (D[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 9 1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS The following parts are content. z RSV-S4-X Port-Multi plier Box z SiI3132R5 PCI-Express 1X HBA z eSATA Cable z AC Cabl e z Tool-less Screw x 8 z Setup and Installation D river Repository CD[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 10 2 INTRODUCTION TO RAID 2.1 RAID VOLUMES RAID technology allows one or more disks to be combined into a logical volume which provides greater per formance and/or protection than standard disk dr ives. These volumes, also known as RAID Groups, appear like regula r disk drives[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 11 high security volume, the greem section is the midd le security volume and the light blue shows the unprotected area. Figure 1: Divi ding Disks into Members 2.3 RAID LEVELS 2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundan t data mapping techniqu[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 12 2.3.2 DISK MIRRORING (RAID 1) Disk mirroring creates an identical t win for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously written to two d isks. This redundancy pr ovides instantane ous protection from a single disk failure. If a read failure occurs on one drive, the sy[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 13 2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5) Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk S t riping by including parity information with the data. Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes. The data and parity information is arr anged on the disk array so [...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 14 2.3.6 SINGLE DRIVE / SEGMENT The single drive is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive. Single d rive is the “Contiguous” configuration option when creating RAID Groups (or sets) in the SATARAID5 software. 2.4 RAID VO[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 15 3 INST ALLA TION 3.1 COMPONENTS There are three separate steps that must be in stall or setup for RSV-S4-X to function. These components are the HARDWA RE, SATA RA ID5 HBA DRIVER, and S ATARAID5 Utility. The steps on how to setup these packages is described in the following[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 16 z Insert the Setup and Installation Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive. z When start the Windows O/S, new hardware will be found, click Next> . z Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended ) , than click Next> . z Select Specify a location , than cl[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 17 z Click Browse… to select to dr iver path, than clic k OK . z Click Next> to install the Silicon Image Sil3132 So ftRaid 5 Controller driver. z Click Yes to p ass the Microsoft digital s ignature and continue the installation.[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 18 z When the Silicon Image Sil3132 So ftRaid 5 Controller installation has completed, click Finish , and begin to the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device driver installation. z Windows will find the Silicon Image’s Pseudo P rocessor Device hardware, click Next> .[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 19 z Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended ) , than click Next> . z Select Specify a location , than click Next> .[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 20 z Click Browse… to select to dr iver path, than clic k OK . z Click Next> to install the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device driver. z When the Silicon Image’s Ps eudo Processor Devic e installation has completed, cl ick Finish .[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 21 3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. z Open the Setup and I nstallation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 A rray Manager software from the Utility folder. z Double-click the 3132-W-I32-R.exe fi[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 22 z Select Place shortcut on Desktop , than click N ext> to create a shortcut on the desktop. z Click N ext> to use the default installation folder.[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 23 z Click N ext> to begin the installation. z When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click C lose to exit.[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 24 z Select I a gree the terms in the license ag reement , than click N ext> to begin the Java platform installation. z Select T ypical , than click N ext> . z When Java platform installation has completed, click F inish to e xit.[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 25 z Select Start > Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATAR[...]

  • Page 26

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 26 z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk d rives. z When Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard appears, click N ext> .[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 27 z Select the new disk to w rite a signature, than click N ext> . z Do not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk, than click Next> .[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 28 z When the Write Signature and Up grade Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish . z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select Create Partition… from the pop- up menu. z Click N ext> to create a partition on a basic disk.[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 29 z Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next> . z Specify the partition size y ou want to create, than click Next> .[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 30 z Assign the drive letter or path you want to creat e, than click Next> . z Click Format this partitio n with the following set tings and Perform a Quick Fo rmat , setup the File system to use , Allocation unit size , Volume label , than click Next> . z When the Creat[...]

  • Page 31

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 31 The status of the newly creat ed 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 seve ral minutes. When complete, the status will change [...]

  • Page 32

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 32 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. 3.4 INST ALLING ON WINDOWS XP (32/64-BIT) 3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step [...]

  • Page 33

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 33 z Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) , than click Next> . z Select Search for the best driver in there location , Include this locatio n in the searc h , and click Browse to select the driver path, than click Next> .[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 34 z When the installation has completed , click Finish .[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 35 3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. z Open the Setup and I nstallation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 A rray Manager software from the Utility folder. z Double-click the utility fi le. z Cl[...]

  • Page 36

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 36 z Select I A gree , than click N ext> . z Select Place shortcut on Desktop , than click N ext> to create a shortcut on the desktop.[...]

  • Page 37

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 37 z Click N ext> to use the default installation folder. z Click N ext> to begin the installation.[...]

  • Page 38

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 38 z When SATARAID5 installat ion has completed, click C lose to exit. z Select I a ccept the terms in the license ag reement , than click N ext> to begin the Java platform installation. z Select T ypical , than click N ext> .[...]

  • Page 39

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 39 z When Java platform installation has completed, click F inish to exit. z Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON W[...]

  • Page 40

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 40 z Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk d rives. z When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click N ext> .[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 41 z Select the new disk to initialize, than click N ext> . z Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 42

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 42 z When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish . z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. z Click N ext> to create a partition on a basic disk.[...]

  • Page 43

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 43 z Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next> . z Specify the partition size y ou want to create, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 44

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 44 z Assign the drive letter or path you want to creat e, than click Next> . z Click Format this partitio n with the following set tings and Perform a q uick format , setup the File system , Allocation unit size , Volume la bel , than click Next> . z When the New Partiti[...]

  • Page 45

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 45 The status of the newly creat ed 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 seve ral minutes. When complete, the status will change [...]

  • Page 46

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 46 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. 3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the S[...]

  • Page 47

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 47 z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk d rives. z When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click N ext> .[...]

  • Page 48

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 48 z Select the new disk to initialize, than click N ext> . z Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 49

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 49 z When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish . z Windows 64-bit system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume gr eater than 2TB.[...]

  • Page 50

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 50 z Right-click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu.[...]

  • Page 51

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 51 z Click N ext> to create a partition on a basic disk. z Select the partition to creat e, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 52

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 52 z Specify the partition size y ou want to create, than click Next> . z Assign the drive letter or path you want to creat e, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 53

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 53 z Click Format this partitio n with the following set tings and Perform a q uick format , setup the File system , Allocation unit size , Volume la bel , than click Next> . z When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish .[...]

  • Page 54

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 54 The status of the newly creat ed 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 seve ral minutes. When complete, the status will change [...]

  • Page 55

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 55 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. 3.5 INST ALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 (32/64-BIT) 3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, [...]

  • Page 56

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 56 z Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) , than click Next> . z Select Search for the best driver in there location , Include this locatio n in the searc h , and click Browse to select the driver path, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 57

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 57 z When the installation has completed , click Finish .[...]

  • Page 58

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 58 3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. z Open the Setup and I nstallation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 A rray Manager software from the Utility folder. z Double-click the utility fi le. z Cl[...]

  • Page 59

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 59 z Select I A gree , than click N ext> . z Select Place shortcut on Desktop , than click N ext> to create a shortcut on the desktop.[...]

  • Page 60

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 60 z Click N ext> to use the default installation folder. z Click N ext> to begin the installation. z When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click C lose to exit.[...]

  • Page 61

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 61 z Select I a ccept the terms in the license ag reement , than click N ext> to begin the Java platform installation. z Select T ypical , than click N ext> .[...]

  • Page 62

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 62 z When Java platform installation has completed, click F inish to exit. z Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.5.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Befo[...]

  • Page 63

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 63 z Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk d rives. z When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click N ext> .[...]

  • Page 64

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 64 z Select the new disk to initialize, than click N ext> . z Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 65

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 65 z When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish . z Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB.[...]

  • Page 66

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 66 z Right-click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu.[...]

  • Page 67

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 67 z Click N ext> to create a partition on a basic disk. z Select the partition to creat e, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 68

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 68 z Specify the partition size y ou want to create, than click Next> . z Assign the drive letter or path you want to creat e, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 69

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 69 z Click Format this par tition with the following setting s and Perform a quick for mat , setup the File system , Allocation unit size , Volume la bel , than click Next> . z When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish .[...]

  • Page 70

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 70 The status of the newly creat ed 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 seve ral minutes. When complete, the status will change [...]

  • Page 71

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 71 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. 3.6 INST ALLING ON WINDOWS VIST A (32/64-BIT) 3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and s[...]

  • Page 72

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 72 z Insert the disc that came with your RAID Controller, than click Next . z When the installation has completed , click Close .[...]

  • Page 73

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 73 3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. z Open the Setup and I nstallation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder. z Double-click the utility fi le. z Cli[...]

  • Page 74

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 74 z Select I A gree , than click N ext> . z Select Place shortcut on Desktop , than click N ext> to create a shortcut on the desktop.[...]

  • Page 75

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 75 z Click N ext> to use the default installation folder. z Click N ext> to begin the installation.[...]

  • Page 76

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 76 z When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click C lose to exit. z Select I a ccept the terms in the license ag reement , than click N ext> to begin the Java platform installation. z Select T ypical , than click N ext> .[...]

  • Page 77

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 77 z When Java platform installation has completed, click F inish to exit. z Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.6.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Befo[...]

  • Page 78

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 78 z Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk d rives. z When Initialize Disk Wi zard appears, select Disk 1 and GPT (GUID Partition Table) , than click OK .[...]

  • Page 79

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 79 z Windows Vista sy stem supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB. z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Single Volume… from the pop- up menu.[...]

  • Page 80

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 80 z Click N ext> to create the partition. z Specify the partition size y ou want to create, than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 81

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 81 z Assign the drive letter or path you want to creat e, than click Next> . z Click Format this partitio n with the following set tings and Perform a q uick format , setup the File system , Allocation unit size , Volume la bel , than click Next> .[...]

  • Page 82

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 82 z When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish . The status of the newly creat ed 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 m a[...]

  • Page 83

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 83 Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other partitions. Close the Data Management window by clicking on the sma ll 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 nam[...]

  • Page 84

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 84 4 SA T A RAID5 ARRA Y MANAGER 4.1 OVERVIEW The SATARAID5 Array Manager is the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) w hich allows you to create and manage RAID volumes . The Manager initially shows two windows as seen below. The RAID Groups window identifies SATA host adapters an[...]

  • Page 85

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 85 Throughout the Manager, different colors are us ed to indicate the status of the components. The meanings of the colors are: COLOR STATUS Green Good. The comp onent and all subcomp onents are okay . Yellow Warning. This compon ent or at l east one sub component has become d[...]

  • Page 86

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 86 4.2.2 CONCATENATED RAID GROUPS Concatenated RAID Groups allow the user to select d ifferent sized segments for each member of the volume. For Concatenated volumes only, a dialog box will appear allowing the user to select the individual segment sizes from each disk. Enter t[...]

  • Page 87

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 87 4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS Mirrored RAID Gr oups allow the user to select 2 disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group ( Example below). 4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS Mirrored St riped RAID Groups allow t he [...]

  • Page 88

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 88 4.2.6 PARITY RAID GROUPS Parity RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 3 or more disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below).[...]

  • Page 89

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 89 4.2.7 RAID GROUPS OVERVIEW RAID Groups allow Enter values in all fields and click Create to create the RAID Group. FIELD DEFINITION RAID Group Label Enter an identi fiable name for the RA ID group. This value can b e any string (up to 8 characters including blank spaces ) t[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 90 Check Pointing Click the On or Off button t o enable or disabl e the Check Pointing feat ure. When Check Pointi ng is enabled, res toring data is very fast after an unexp ected power loss, althou gh normal performance may be sli ghtly reduced . When Check Pointing is dis ab[...]

  • Page 91

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 91 4.3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDS The Main menu commands are shown below File Device RAID Group Window Legacy Support Help Configuratio n… Create Spar e Create RAID Grou p Task Manager Create Lega cy RAID Group Help Topics Exit Delete Spare Rebuild RAID Group Event Log Rebuild[...]

  • Page 92

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 92 4.3.1 CONFIGURATION SATARAID5 configuration options include customization of the sett ings for Log File , Popup , and Advanced Options . This command displays a dialog box to let user set differ ent configurations for SATARAID5 with the following three tabs: Log File Tab Th[...]

  • Page 93

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 93 name and location of the Log File. You can also use the Purge button to delete the contents of the Log File.[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 94 Popup Ta b SATARAID5 can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup w indows. Use the slider control to set the event level for p opups to occur: - Information Level - The following ev ents will trigger a popup window:  Informational  Warning s[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 95[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 96 Advanced Options The Advanced Options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID dr iver. By default, all these advanced options are disabled. The Advanced Options tab allows you to e nable the following advanced fe atures. FEATURE EXPLANATION Legacy (Bootable) Su[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 97 Advanced RAID Features When this fe ature is selecte d and user s elects to create RA ID group, if the RAID group to be created is faul t tolerance group (RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10), user will be able to se lect Improper Sh utdown Policy in the Create RAID Grou p dialog bo[...]

  • Page 98

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 98 4.3.3 CREATE SPARE This command displays a dialog box to let user create spare drive , user needs to s elect the following parameters: PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Spare Type Choose one of: • Global - If the sp are drive is fo r all RAID groups in the system. • Dedicated - If [...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 99 4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER This menu option displays a dialog box to sel ect (highlight) RAID group members to delete. Because RAID 0 is not fault tolerant, RAID 0 mem bers are not shown in the list. Note: De leti ng members wil l demote the RAI D group to a non-fault-tolerant RAI[...]

  • Page 100

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 100 RAID group. When a member of a RAID group fails in a severe manner ( such as a loss of power or a complete hard disk failure), it becomes an orphan. This command displays the Delete Orphan Segment window to show all orphan segments and allow user to delet e selected orphan[...]

  • Page 101

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 101 File Options Exit Sorting … Fields… Exit This command closes the Task S ummary window. Sorting This command sorts the row s based on the selected field. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the Segment Summary wi nd[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 102 4.3.10 REBUILD RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non-fault tolerant RAID group.[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 103 4.3.11 DELETE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user choose RAID groups to delete. 4.3.12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE This menu option is not avai lable in this product. 4.3.13 RAID GROUP SUMMARY This command displays a dialog box to show all RAID gr oups’[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 104 The RAID Group Summar y window has its own menu bar. All op tions available via the menu bar are shown below. File Options Exit Sorting … Fields… Exit This command closes the RAI D Group Summary window. Sorting This command display s a dialog box to let user choose up [...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 105 4.3.14 TASK MANAGER This command displays the Task Manager window . The Task Manager window lists all RAID and disk management tasks that have been started and/ or done. This window provides user the ability to sched ule any RAID and disk management operations includ ing R[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 106 Print… Resume … Exit Cancel… Delete… Open This option will be available in future revisions. Save This option will be available in future revisions. Print This option will be available in future revisions. Exit This command closes the Task S ummary window. Sorting [...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 107 Modify This command allows user to modify parameters of the se lected task items. The following is an example of changing rebuild priority for a rebuild task. Suspend This command allows user to suspend the selected task items. Resume This command allows user to r esume th[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 108 This command displays a dialog box to let user delete the selected task items from the task list in Task Summary window. The following di alog box will pop up to get confirmation from the user. 4.3.15 EVENT LOG This command displays the Event Log window . The Event Log win[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 109 Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields wi ll be shown in the eve nt log. 4.3.16 RESOURCES This command displays the Resource Information w indow. This feature is for debugging purpose only.[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 110 The Event Log window has it’s own menu b ar. All options availab le via the menu bar are shown below File Display Exit Suspend Alt+S Resume Alt+R Exit This command closes the Resources window. Suspend This command is to suspend the resources informantion. Fields This com[...]

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    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Sto rage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 111 Thank you for purchasing a quality R osewill Product. Please register your prod uct at : www.rosewill.com for complete warr anty information and future suppo rt for your product.[...]