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10SiI 4726 storage policies The following terms represent SiI 4726 configuration options, or storage policies, for mapping physical to virtual driv

100 Reserved Logical Drives and RAID Set Sizes When you create a RAID set, spare drive, or JBOD on a physical drive, the BIOS RAID utility saves me

101Creating RAID Groups (Sets) Select from RAID0, RAID1, and JBOD configurations when creating a new RAID group. Select a RAID level based on fa

1023. Select Auto configuration or Manual configuration of the RAID Set and press Enter. • If you select Auto configuration, the BIOS RAID utility

1034. Select the size of the RAID set with the ↑ and ↓ keys and press Enter. 5. When the Are You Sure? confirmation prompt appears, respond Y to c

104Creating a JBOD Configuration The BIOS RAID utility does not report non-RAID drives to the system BIOS. If a non-RAID boot drive or data drive is

105Additional BIOS RAID Main Menu Options This section documents additional actions you can perform by selecting menu options in the Main Menu sect

106Rebuild RAID1 Set Rebuilding a RAID1 set copies data from an existing drive to a replacement drive that has been installed in a RAID1 set. Take t

107Resolve Conflicts When a RAID set is created, metadata of drive-connection information, including the channel on the host adapter to which it is

108 Note: The Low Level Format actions are typically not required, because formatting the drive under Windows is sufficient to prepare the drive for

10915-4 Allocating Partitions (For Windows Only) After you create RAID groups using the SATARAID5 Manager or BIOS Utility, define partitions on t

11 Hot Spare One or more hard disk drives are unused during normal operation and are configured to be a spare. If an active drive in a SAFE volume f

110The Disk Management utility has three main sections to the right of the navigation tree: • System listing of all formatted and available disks/R

1115. Select Primary partition and click Next. 6. Click Next to accept the designated partition size. Because this example is a Striped RAID set wi

1127. Accept the default drive letter assigned to the partition or select a different drive letter if desired. Click Next. 8. Make sure the Forma

1139. Verify the selections are correct and click Finish. The status of the newly created partition changes to Formatting and the percentage comple

114 11. When you are finished, close the Disk Management utility by clicking the X in the top right corner of the window. The new disks are now a

115 4. Click on the “Erase” item along the top menu bar. The following dialog appears: 5. Select the type of Volume Format from the drop-dow

116 6. To proceed with the formatting operation, click on the Erase button. After the volume is formatted, an icon for the volume will appear o

117 Appendix A Managing the BIOS When the SATARAID5 driver software is installed on a Windows system, a Control Panel applet is also installed

118 This dialog box displays information about the current Flash BIOS and allows you to download an updated Flash BIOS version onto the RAID contro

119 Click on the Flash BIOS tab to display the following dialog box: This dialog box displays information about the current Flash BIOS and allows

12 Software • For x86 platforms: Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 with the latest Service Pack installed. • For Mac pl

13 4. Click Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. 5. If an Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard dialog appears, click Cancel to clos

14 4. Launch Disk Utility from the Application > Utilities folder to view the disk drives. 5. Verify that all five drives are visible in the

15 Note: Do not initialize or partition the “320.0 KB Config Disk Media” drive. Mac OS X recognizes five 152.7 GB hard disk drives for an SiI 4726 S

164 SATARAID5™ Management Software (For Windows Only) SATARAID5 Features Data Security SATARAID5 provides our highest commitment to data se

17 This chapter explains how to start the SiI 4726 Manager and describes the Status window. Start the SiI 4726 Manager The SiI 4726 Manager st

18 Mac OS X 1. Launch the Finder and locate the SiI 4726 program within the Applications > Utilities > SteelVine folder. Click the SiI 472

19message to correct the problem. 5. Monitor the status of SiI 4726 Storage Appliances on the Status window. 6. Select menu options or click too

2 SilverStone Technology Co., Ltd. http://www.SilverStonetek.com [email protected] Contents About this guide...

20 Status Cells Description System Status section Temp Indicates the current temperature of the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance. Fan Speed Indicate

21 Table 4 Toolbar on the Status Window Button Tooltip Description Opens the Basic Configuration Wizard. From there, Configure Box the end-user

22 Table 5 Sections of the Basic Configuration Wizard Wizard Section Description Storage Policy Identifies available storage policies to assig

23 Configure Volumes Note: Use the Disk Management utility provided by the OS to delete all SiI 4726 partitions - except the un-allocated, un-ini

24 Table 8 Basic Storage Policy Options Storage Policy Description JBOD (bypass) Creates a logical volume for each physical hard disk drive. Cr

25 7 Advanced Configuration This section describes how to use the Advanced Configuration Wizard to apply more than one storage policy to volumes

26A Look at the Advanced Configuration Wizard The Advanced Configuration Wizard is an extension of Basic mode that allows you to create two volumes

27Table 10 Toolbar Buttons on the Advanced Configuration Wizard Button Tooltip Description Read a configuration from a file Write configuration f

28 Configure Multiple Volumes The Advanced Configuration Wizard allows many combinations of storage policies and capacities. This procedure shows

292. Click To Advanced Mode to open the Advanced Configuration Wizard. 3. Select the “Delete all volumes” from the toolbar. Click Delete All Vo

3 5 Getting Started ...

304. When prompted to confirm the deletion of the volumes, click Yes. 5. Select “Create a new volume” from the toolbar. Click Create a new vol

31 6. Select SAFE (RAID 1) as the Storage Policy. Click on the “Use” check boxes underneath Drives 0 and 1. Move the slide to 50. Tip: Clic

32 9. Click the Create a New Volume toolbar button. Cross- hatches identify allocated space for updated volumes(not yet saved) Light sol

33 10. Select the FAST radio button in the Storage Policy section. 11. Select the ‘Use’ check box beneath both Drive 0 and Drive 1. This exampl

34 14. Click the Create a New Volume toolbar button. 15. Select the BIG radio button in the Storage Policy section. 16. Select the ‘Use’ chec

35 18. Click the Write Configuration for System to a File toolbar button to save the configuration. 18 19 19.

36 Manage Configuration Files The Basic Configuration Wizard provides menus and icons to manage configuration files. • The Read Config File co

37 Save a configuration file 1. Select Configure Box from the Edit menu or click the Configure Box toolbar button in the Status window to open th

38 8 Partitioning Configured Volumes This chapter explains how to partition volumes after configuring them with the SiI 4726 Manager. The e

39 2. From the Computer Management window select Disk Management under Storage to open Windows Disk Manager.

4Set up a remote connection ... 30 10 Configu

40 Note: The Disk numbers in the Windows Disk Manager may be different from the Volume numbers shown in the SiI 4726 Manager Status window, the Bas

41 5. Select the Primary or Extended option and click Next. 6. Specify the partition size. By default, the partition occupies the en

42 7. Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next.

438. Select file system and name the partition and click Next. 9. Review the file system settings and click Finish to create the logical partitio

44Mac OS X 1. Launch Disk Utility from Application > Utilities folder. 2. Select a configured disk and click the Partition tab. 2 4 5

458. Click Partition to acknowledge the warning. Disk Utility mounts the created partition and represents it with an icon on the desktop. The icon i

469 Administering the SiI 4726 This chapter explains how to perform administrative functions in the SiI 4726 Manager. Change Password The SiI 4

47 Manage Client Connection to the Daemon The SiI 4726 Manager consists of two modules: • Daemon • User interface The daemon monitors the status

4810 Configure SAFE Volume Rebuild Storage Policy This SiI 4726 feature is provided to manage rebuilds of SAFE volumes. When is a re

49 Note: Once the daemon rebuilds to a designated Hot Spare, a designated Hot Spare will not exist and the SteelVine processor will rebuild to empty

5Troubleshooting... 3

50 2. Select one of the following policy options: • The Manual Rebuild radio button requires a user to manually initiate a rebuild of the volume.

51 11 Email Notification The Email Notification feature allows the end-user to have the SiI 4726 Manager send an email if any of the following con

52 Setting-up Email Notification 1. The box available for the SMTP Server Name can be left blank. The SiI 4726 Manager will perform a DNS l

53the email portions of this feature. 5. The Email Notification feature also allows the end-user to customize a message for each of the line items

54 e. Click on ‘Accept’ to complete the change. Receiving an Email Notification When one of the conditions/situations occurs, a

55 Note: The end-user must click ‘OK’ to remove the pop-up from the screen. The email received from the SiI 4726 will look like the following:

5612 Install New Firmware & Software Firmware Update Note: Do not power off or access the SiI 4726 Storage Applianc

574. Click Install Firmware to begin the upgrade. 5. Click OK to dismiss a message box that states the firmware was successfully downloaded. Instal

58 6. Click Finish to complete the un-installation process. 7. Optionally, move or delete the .xml configuration files that the InstallShield W

59 13 Editing the UserConfig.xml The UserConfig.xml file is used to define the Status Screen Title Bar and allow configuration of the Policy Chan

6Resources...

60 The ‘StatusScreenTitleBar’ is where the end-user can change the Name seen at the top of the GUI. To edit this feature, change the XML tag text

61 Creating a Splash Screen The end-user can further customize the SiI 4726 Manager by creating a personalized splash screen. 1. Create the logo

62are used to troubleshoot the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance. Monitor the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance Monitor drive status The color of the drive

63 Monitor temperature The SiI 4726 Storage Appliance uses the following colors to indicate temperature status. Table 13 Temperature Status Color

64Front Panel LED Indicators Each disk drive and the host connection have two LEDs to indicate drive status and/or host communication status. LED 0

65Troubleshooting Problem Resolution LEDs Green “OK” LED does not light. Confirm power at the outlet, verify power connection, and try an alterna

6615-1 Using the SATARAID5 Manager ( For Windows only) This section explains how to use the SATARAID5 Manager graphical user interface (G

67 When you start the SATARAID5 Manager GUI, the following divided window appears. Note: All of the SATARAID5 Manager screen illustrations are s

68you have defined to be the “right” button (which by default is on the right side of the mouse, unless you have changed the primary and secondary bu

69Creating RAID Groups Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology allows one or more disks to be combined into a logical volume, which

715-4 Managing the BIOS (For Windows Only)... 53 Control Pan

70Disk Mirroring (RAID 1) Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously written to two disks. This

71In exchange for low overhead necessary to implement protection, Parity RAID degrades performance for all write operations. The parity calculations

72For increased versatility, the SATARAID5 software allows individual disks to be divided into smaller segments that can then be combined into differ

73 Create RAID Group dialog (for Contiguous, Concatenated and Striped configurations) Create RAID Group dialog (for Mirrored, Mirrored/Striped

742. Enter values in all fields and click Create to create the RAID Group. Field Definition RAID Group Label Enter an identifiable name for the

75configuration is Mirrored, Mirrored Striped or Parity RAID, and the “Advanced RAID Features” checkbox in the Configuration/Advanced Options dialog

76 Note: Depending on the manufacturer and capacity of the hard drives that you are using, a small amount of the total disk capacity (less than the

77Configuration This menu option displays a tabbed dialog box to customize the settings for the Log File location and name, Popup notification messa

78• The Popup tab allows you to define the type of events to trigger notification messages in popup windows. Use the slider control to select an even

79• The Advanced Options tab allows you to enable the following advanced features. Feature Explanation Legacy (Bootable) Support Enables the Lega

8 1 Begin with 3132 Driver Installation Please install 3132 Driver before continue 2 Introducing the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance This

80Device Menu Options Create Spare This menu option displays a dialog box to create a spare disk drive. Enter values for the following parameters

81 Delete Spare This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) one or more spare drives to delete. This item is only selectable wh

82 Delete Orphan This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) orphan segments to delete. An orphan segment is part of a RAID group th

83 To proceed with the conversion to Pass-Thru mode, click Yes. Otherwise, click No to return to the Make Pass-Thru dialog. Note: After you creat

84• Options > Sorting displays a dialog box to sort the rows based on the selected field. • Options > Fields displays a dialog box to choos

85Rebuild RAID Group This menu option displays a dialog box to choose a replacement segment to rebuild a reduced RAID group. Delete RAID Group T

86RAID Group Summary This menu option displays a dialog box to show the group ID, label, configuration, and status for all RAID groups. The RAID

87• Options > Fields displays a dialog box to choose which fields will be shown in the RAID Group Summary window.

88 Window Menu Options Task Manager This menu option displays the Task Manager window, which lists all RAID and disk management tasks that have b

89 • Options > Fields displays a dialog box to choose which fields will be shown in the task list. • Task > Modify lets you modify parame

9How the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance operates The SiI 4726 architecture (Figure 1) supports configuration and management of multiple storage devices

90• Task > Cancel lets you cancel the selected tasks, after confirming the cancellation. This option does not permanently delete the tasks. •

91The Event Log window has its own menu bar. • File > Exit closes the Event Log window. • Options > Sorting displays a dialog box to choose

92Resources This menu option displays the Resource Information window. This feature is for debugging purpose only. Legacy Support Menu On

93Create Legacy RAID Group This menu option is disabled if new RAID groups exist. If enabled, this menu option displays a dialog box to create a leg

94Rebuild Legacy RAID Group This menu option displays a dialog box to choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non-fault tolerant legacy RAID group

95Convert Legacy RAID Group This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) legacy RAID groups to convert to new RAID groups of the sam

96 Convert Legacy Spare This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) legacy spare drives to convert to new spare drives. This opti

97Help Menu Options Help Topics This menu option is not currently available. About This menu option displays information about the SATARAID5

9815-3 Managing Legacy RAID Groups with the BIOS RAID Utility (For Windows Only) On Windows and Linux platforms with RAID controllers that have

99The RAID Configuration Utility screen is divided into four main sections and a command line. • The Main Menu section in the upper left lists act