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. reserves the right to make changes to the product(s) or specifications to improve performance, reliability, or manufacturability. [. . . ] Click Next. Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User's Manual 21 5. The fourth window designates the drive letter of the partition. Click Next. Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User's Manual 22 6. The next window allows the volume label to be set and selection of the type of formatting to take place upon the creation of the partition. Name the volume as desired (suggestions are generic names such as STRIPED SET or something specific to use such as FINANCIAL, CRITICAL, MISCELLANEOUS, etc. ). Click Next. 7. The last window is a summary window listing all of the selections made. After verifying that everything is correct, click Finish. SATARaid User's Manual Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. 23 The status of the newly created 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 several minutes. When complete, the status will change to "Healthy" and the name and drive letter will be updated. Once the disk reports Healthy, it appears in the listing in System Listing section with all of its pertinent information as well. Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other partitions. Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed "X" in the top right corner of the window. 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 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 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 window will appear stating that this will take place on the next reboot. Disk Administrator will report that the disks were updated successfully. A window similar to the following window will appear: Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User's Manual 26 14. Close Disk Administrator and open My Computer (icon should be on Desktop). Close all windows and applications and Restart the computer. SATARaid User's Manual Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. 27 7. 3 Windows 98 & Me Windows 98 and Me do not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management utility. Instead, after creating RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows, the partitions must be created using the FDISK program. box Click OK The following window will likely appear: Press Enter. [. . . ] After allocating any other RAID sets, you will need to create and format the new partitions. See Section 7 - Allocating Partitions for instructions. SATARaid User's Manual Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. 47 10. 2 Deleting RAID Sets For various reasons it may be necessary or desired to delete an existing RAID Set. Select "Delete RAID Set" and click Next. 2. Select the type of set to be deleted and click Next. 3. Select the set to be deleted and click Next. Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User's Manual 48 4. An acknowledgement window will appear. [. . . ]