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    Server RSV -S8 User Manual[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Content 1 WELCOME .................................................................................... 3 1.1 PRECAUTION ................................................................................................................. ...................... 3 1.2 FEA TURES ......................................[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3.5.1 INST ALLIN G SA T A RAID HOST BU S ADAPTER...................................................................... 40 3.5.2 INST ALLIN G SA T ARAID5 UTILITY ........................................................................................... 42 3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ...........................[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 1 WELCOME RSV -S8 enhances your data storage by combini ng advanced RAID1 featur es typicall y seen on high-end data systems with low cost/h igh capacity Serial A T A drives. By using industry standard SA T A drives and Silicon Image Host Bus Adapters, you can achieve extr aor dinarily low costs while r emaini[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 1 Redundant Array of Independent Devi ces, a metho d of combining drives to pr ovide be tter pr otection and/or performance. 2 Self Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting T esting. * For 3132, this re quires the use of a Po rt Multiplier de vice to access mor e than one dis k per SA T A cha nnel. 1.3 EASE OF USE T[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID 2.1 RAID VOLUMES RAID technology allo ws one or mor e disks to be co mbined into a logical volu me which provides greater performance and/or p rotection tha n standard di sk drives. These volumes, also know n as RAID Group s, appear like r egular disk drives to the operating system an[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 2.3 RAID LEVELS 2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0) Striping is a performance- oriented, non-redund ant data mapping technique. While St riping is discussed as a RAID Grou p type, it is does not pr ovide any faul t tolerance. With modern SA T A and A T A bus masteri ng technology , mult iple I/O operations can be per[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Parity RAID uses less capacity for pr otection and is the pr eferr ed method to r educe the co st per megabyte for lar ger installations. Mirr oring req uires 100% incr ea se in capaci ty to protect the data whereas the abo ve example using thr ee har d drives only re quires a 5 0% incr ease. The additional r [...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3 INST ALLA TION 3.1 COMPONENTS There a re thr ee separate step s that must be install or se tup for RSV -S8 to function. These components ar e the HARDW ARE, SA T A RAID5 HBA DRIVER, and SA T A RAID5 Utility . The steps on how to setup these packages is described in the following sections. 3.2 INST ALLING HAR[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Select Search for a suitable driver for my devic e (recommended) , than cli ck Next>. Select Specify a location , than click Next> . Click Browse… to select to driver path , than click OK . 9[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click Next> to install the Silicon Image Sil3132 SoftRaid 5 Contr oller driver . Click Ye s to pass the Microsof t digital signatur e and continue the installatio n. When the Silicon Image Sil3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller installation has compl eted, click Finish , and begin to the Silicon Image’ s Pseudo Pr[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Windows will find the Silicon Image’ s Pseudo Pro cessor Device ha rdw are , c lic k Next>. Select Search for a suitable driver for my devic e (recommen ded), than click Next>. Select Specify a location , than click Next> . 11[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click Browse… to select to driver path , than click OK . Click Next> to install the Silicon Image’ s Pseudo Processor Device driver . When the Silicon Image’ s Pseudo Processor Device installati on has completed, click Fini sh . 12[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3.3.2 INST ALLING SA T ARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descripti ons below , and step by step to complete th e installation. Open the Setup and Install ation Repository CD and select t he SA T ARAID5 Array Manager softwar e from the Utility folder . Double-click the 3132-W-I 32-R.exe file. Click N ext> to begin s[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Select Place shortcut on Desktop , than click N ext> to create a shortcut on the desktop. Click N ext> to use the default installation folder . Click N ext> to begin the install ation. 14[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When SA T ARAID5 installation has completed, click C lose to exit. Select I a gree the terms in the license agr eement , than click N ext> to begin the Java platform installation. Select T ypical , than click N ext> . 15[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When Java platform insta llation has completed, click F inish to exit. Select Start > Programs > Silicon Image > SA T ARaid5Manager to sta rt the Array Manager softwar e. 3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please r efer to the chapter 4. 3.3.4 ALLOCA TING P A RTITION Before cr eating an y partitions, RAID gr[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. When Write Signatu re and Upg rade Disk Wizar d appears, cli ck N ext>. Select the new disk to write a signatur e, than click N ext> . 17[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Do not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk, t han click Next> . When the Write Signature and Up grade Disk Wizar d has completed, click Finish. Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select Create Partition… fr om the pop-up menu. 18[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click N ext> to creat e a partition on a basic disk. Select the partition type you w ant to cr eate, than click Next> . Specify the partition size y ou want to create, than click Nex t> . 19[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Assign the drive letter or path you want to cr eate, than click Next> . Click Format this partition with the followin g settings and Perform a Quick Format , setup the File system to use, Allocation unit size, V olume label , than click Next>. When the Create Partition Wizard has complet ed, click Finish[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l The status of the newly cr eated partitio n in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage compl ete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minut es. When complete, the stat us will change to “Healthy ＂ and the name and[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3.4 INST ALLING ON WINDOWS XP (32/64-BIT) 3.4.1 INST ALLING SA T A RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descripti ons below , and step by step to complete th e setup. Insert the Setup and In stallation Repositor y CD in the CD-ROM drive. When start the Windows O/S, new h ardwar e will be found; Select No, not this[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Select Sear ch for the best driver in ther e location, Include this locatio n in the search, and click Brow se to select the dri ver path, than click Next>. When the installation has completed, click Finish . 23[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3.4.2 INST ALLING SA T ARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descripti ons below , and step by step to complete th e installation. Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SA T ARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder . Double-click the utility file. 24[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click N ext> to begin setup. Select I A gree , than click N ext> . Select Place shortcut on Desktop , than click N ext> to create a shortcut on the desktop. 25[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click N ext> to use the default installation folder . Click N ext> to begin the install ation. When SA T ARAID5 installation has completed, click C lose to exit. 26[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Select I a ccept the terms in the licen se agreem ent , than click N ext> to begin the Java platform installation. Select T ypical , than click N ext> . When Java platform insta llation has completed, click F inish to exit. Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SA T ARaid5Manager to star[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please r efer to the chapter 4. 3.4.4 ALLOCA TING P A RTITIONS ON WIN DOWS XP 32-BIT Before cr eating an y partitions, RAID gr oups must first b e created using the SA T ARaid5Manager utility . Once the sets have been creat ed, allow the system to load Windows. Right-click on My Com[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When Initialize and Convert Di sk Wizar d appears, click N ext> . Select the new disk to initialize, than click N ext> . Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next> . 29[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l W h e n t h e Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. Click N ext> to cr eate a partition on a basi c disk. 30[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Select the partition type you w ant to cr eate, than click Next> . Specify the partition size y ou want to create, than click Nex t> . Assign the drive letter or path you want to cr eate, than click Next> . 31[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click Format this partition with the following setti ngs and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, V olume label, than click Next>. When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish . 32[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l The status of the ne wly creat ed partition in the Disk Managem ent window should change to Formatti ng and the per centage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format pr ocess may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy ＂ and the name an[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3.4.5 ALLOCA TING P A RTITIONS ON WIN DOWS XP 64-BIT Before cr eating an y partitions, RAID gr oups must first b e created using the SA T ARaid5Manager utility . Once the sets have been creat ed, allow the system to load Windows. Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. Select Di[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When Initialize and Convert Di sk Wizar d appears, click N ext>. Select the new disk to initialize, than click N ext> . Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next> . 35[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizar d has completed, click Finish. Windows 64-bit system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume gr eater than 2TB. Right-click on the Basic disk and sel ect Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. 36[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. Click N ext> to cr eate a partition on a basi c disk. Select the partition to create, th an click Next> . 37[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Specify the partition size yo u want to create, than click Nex t> . Assign the drive letter or path you want to cr eate, than click Next> . Click Format this partition with the following setti ngs and Perform a quick forma t, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, V olume label, than click Next>[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish . The status of the ne wly created pa rtition in the Disk Managem ent window should change to Formatting an d the per centage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the part ition, the format pr ocess may take several minutes. When compl[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Repeat the above pr ocedur e as neede d for any other partitions. Close the Data Mana gement window by clicking on the small boxe d “X” in the top right corner of the window . Click on the “My Comp uter” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and prop erly nam ed. The new disks are availab[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Select Install fr om a list or specific location (Advanced), than clic k Next>. Select Search for the best driver in t here locatio n, Include this location in the sear ch, and click Brow se to select the drive r path, than click Next>. 41[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When the installation has completed, click Finish . 3.5.2 INST ALLING SA T ARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descripti ons below , and step by step to complete th e installation. Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and selec t the SA T ARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder . Double-click the [...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click N ext> to begin setup. Select I A gree , than click N ext> . Select Place shortcut on Desktop , than click N ext> to create a shortcut on the desktop. 43[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click N ext> to use the default installation folder . Click N ext> to begin the install ation. When SA T ARAID5 installation has completed, click C lose to exit. 44[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Select I a ccept the terms in the license agr eement , than click N ext> to begi n the Java platform installation. Select T ypical, than click Next >. When Java platform insta llation has completed, click F inish to exit. Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SA T ARaid5Manager to start [...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please r efer to the chapter 4. 3.5.4 ALLOCA TING P A RTITIONS Before cr eating an y partitions, RAID gr oups must first b e created using the SA T ARaid5Manager utility . Once the sets have been creat ed, allow the system to load Windows. Right-click on My Computer icon and select [...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When Initialize and Convert Di sk Wizar d appears, click N ext>. Select the new disk to initialize, than click N ext> . Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next> . 47[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizar d has completed, click Finish. Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later system supports GPT disk which suppo rts disk volu me gre ater than 2TB. Right-click on the Basic disk and sel ect Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. 48[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. Click N ext> to cr eate a partition on a basi c disk. Select the partition to create, th an click Next> . 49[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Specify the partition size y ou want to create, than click Nex t> . Assign the drive letter or path you want to cr eate, than click Next> . Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setu p the File system, Allocation unit size, V olume label, than click Next>.[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish . The status of the ne wly created pa rtition in the Disk Managem ent window should change to Formatting an d the per centage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format pr ocess may take several minutes. When comple[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Repeat the above pr ocedur e as neede d for any other partitions. Close the Data Mana gement window by clicking on the small boxe d “X” in the top right corner of the window . Click on the “My Comp uter” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and prop erly nam ed. The new disks are availab[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Insert the d isc that came with your RAID Contr oller , than click Ne xt . When the installation has completed, click Close . 53[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3.6.2 INST ALLING SA T ARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descripti ons below , and step by step to complete th e installation. Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and selec t the SA T ARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder . Double-click the utility file. 54[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click N ext> to begin setup. Select I A gree , than click N ext> . Select Place shortcut on Desktop , than click N ext> to create a shortcut on the desktop. 55[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click N ext> to use the default installation folder . Click N ext> to begin the install ation. When SA T ARAID5 installation has completed, click C lose to exit. 56[...]

  • Page 58

    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Select I a ccept the terms in the license agr eement , than click N ext> to begi n the Java platform installation. Select T ypical , than click N ext> . When Java platform insta llation has completed, click F inish to exit. Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SA T ARaid5Manager to star[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please r efer to the chapter 4. 3.6.4 ALLOCA TING P A RTITIONS Before cr eating an y partitions, RAID gr oups must first b e created using the SA T ARaid5Manager utility . Once the sets have been creat ed, allow the system to load Windows. Right-click on My Computer icon and select [...]

  • Page 60

    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l When Initialize Disk Wi zard appears, select Disk 1 and GPT (GUID Partition Table) , than click OK. Windows Vista system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB. Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Single V olume… from the pop-up menu. 59[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click N ext> to create the partition. Specify the partition size y ou want to create, than click Nex t> . Assign the drive letter or path you want to cr eate, than click Next> . 60[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Click Format this partition with the following setti ngs and Perform a quick format , setup the File system, Allocation unit size, V olume label, than click Next>. When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish . 61[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l The status of the ne wly created pa rtition in the Disk Managem ent window should change to Formatting an d the per centage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the part ition, the format pr ocess may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy ＂ and the name a[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4 SA T ARAID5 ARRA Y MANAGER 4.1 OVERVIEW The SA T ARAID5 Array Manager is the Graphi cal User Interfa ces (GUI) which allows you to create and manage RAID volumes. The Manager initia lly sho ws two windows as se en below . The RAID Gr oups window identifies SA T A host adapte rs and configur ed RAID group s. [...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.2 CREA TING RAID GROUPS T o begin creating a new RAID Gr oup, select “Cr eate RAID Gr oup” from the RAI D Group men u or right click on a controller in the RAID Groups window and select “Cr eate RAID Group” from the pop-up menu; you can crea te more than one RAID vol ume, but five disk drives is the [...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 2 or more disks for ea ch member of the volume. Enter the desired values and pr ess Create to cr eate the RAID Group (Example below). 4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID G ROUPS Mirror ed RAID Gr oups allow the user to select 2 disks for each me[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID G ROUPS Mirror ed Striped RAID G roups allo w the user to select minimum of 4 disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and pr ess Create to cr eate the RAID Group (Example below). 4.2.6 P ARITY RAID GROUPS Parity RAID Gr oups allow the u ser to select minimum of[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.2.7 RAID GROUPS OVERVIEW RAID Groups allow Enter valu es in all fields and click Create to cr eate the RAID Group. FIELD DEFINITION RAID Group Label Enter an identifi able name for the RAID group. This value can be any string (up to 8 characters inclu ding blank spaces) to help users iden tify this volume. R[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDS The Main menu commands ar e shown below File Device RAID Group Window Legacy Suppo rt Help Configuration… Create Spare Create RAID Group T ask M anager Create Legacy R AID Group Help To p i c s Exit Delete Spare Rebuild RAID Group Event Log Rebuild Legacy RAID Group About Delete [...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3.1 CONFIGURA TION SA T ARAID5 configuration options includ e customization of the set tings for Log File , Popup , and Advanced Options . This command displays a di alog box to let user set dif fer ent configurations for SA T ARAID5 with the following thr ee tabs: Log File T ab The Log File tab allows you t[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Popup T ab SA T ARAID5 can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup wi ndows. Use the slider control to set the event level for popups to occur: - Information Level - The following ev ents will trigger a popup wind ow: I n f o r m a t i o n a l W a r n i n g s E r r o r s - W arning L[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Advanced Options The Advanced Optio ns tab is used to contr ol advanced featu res of the RAID driver . By default, all these advanced option s are disa bled. The Advanced Options tab allo ws you to enable the following advanced features. FEATURE EXPLANATION Legacy (Bootable) Support When this feature is select[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3.2 EXIT This command terminates the SA T ARAID5 program. 4.3.3 CREA TE SP ARE This command displays a dialog b ox to let user cr eate spar e drive, use r needs to select th e following parameters: PA R A M E T E R DESCRIPTION Spare T ype Choose one of: • Global - If the spare drive is for all RAID gr oups[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3.4 DELETE SP ARE This menu option displays a dialog box to select (h ighlight) on e or more spar e drives to delete. 4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER This menu option displays a dialog box to select (hig hlight) RAID g roup members to delete. Because RAID 0 is not fault tolerant, RAID 0 members ar e not shown i n the li[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3.6 DELETE ORPHAN This menu option displays a dialog box to select (hig hlight) orph an segments to delete. An orphan segment is part of a RAID group th at cannot access other segments within the same RAID gr oup. When a member of a RAID group fails in a sever e manner (such as a loss of power or a complete [...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Exit This command closes the T ask Summary window . Sorting This command sorts th e rows b ased on the selected fi eld. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which field s will be shown in the Segment Summary window . 4.3.9 CREA TE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog b ox to let us[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3.10 REBUILD RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog b ox to let user choose a r eplacement segmen t to rebuild a non-fault tolerant RAID group. 4.3.11 DELETE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog b ox to let user choose RAID gr oups to delete. 76[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3.12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE This menu option is not available in thi s product. 4.3.13 RAID GROUP SUMMAR Y This command displays a dialog b ox to show all RA ID group s’ group ID, configuration, and statu s. The RAID Group Summary w indow has its own menu ba r . All options available via the menu bar ar e[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3.14 T ASK MANAGER This command displays the T ask Manager window . The T ask Manager window lists all RAID and di sk management task s that have been started and/or done. Thi s window provi des user the ability to sch edule any RAID and disk manage ment operations incl uding RAID group cr eation, r ebuild, [...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l Modify This command allows user to modify parameters of the selected task items. The following is an example of changing r ebuild priority for a rebuild task. Suspend This command allows user to suspend the selected t ask items. Resume This command allow s user to r esume the su spended task it ems. Cancel Thi[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3.15 EVENT LOG This command displays the Event Log window . The Event Log window displ ays SA T A device-related events that occur while SA T ARAID5 is running. The Event Log window has it’ s own menu bar . All options available vi a the menu bar ar e shown below File Options Exit Sorting… Fields… Exit[...]

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    Server R S V - S 8 U s e r M a n u a l 4.3.16 RESOURCES This command displays the Resour ce Information wi nd ow . This feature is for debugging purpose onl y . The Event Log window has it’ s own menu bar . All options availa ble via the menu bar ar e shown below File Display Exit Suspend Alt+S R e s u m e A l t + R Exit This command closes the R[...]