Edge10 DAS401 User Manual

4 Bay SATA II to eSATA RAID5 Storage Appliance DAS401 User’s Manual

2.4 RAID VOLUME STATUS A RAID volume can be in any one of the following statuses. STATUS MEANING Good All disks are currently functioning as nor

3 INSTALLATION 3.1 COMPONENTS There are three separate steps that must be install or setup for DAS401 to function. These components are the HARDWA

a Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), than click Next. a Select CD-ROM drives, than click Next. a Click Next to

a When the RAID Controller installation has completed, click Finish, and begin to the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device installation.

a Select CD-ROM drives, than click Next. a Click Next to install the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device driver. a When the Pseudo SCSI Processor De

3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installat

a Select I Agree, than click Next. a Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next. a Click Next to use the default installation folder.

a Click Next to begin the installation. a When Digital Signature Not Found message pop-out, click Yes to continue the installation. a When th

a Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next. a Select Typical, than click Next. a When Java platform installation h

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

Table of Contents 1 WELCOME ...

a When Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard appears, click Next. a Select the new disk to write a signature, than click Next. a Do not cli

a When the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. a Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select Create Part

a Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next. a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign t

a Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a Quick Format, setup the File system to use, Allocation unit size, Volume labe

The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Dep

3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP 3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup.

a When the installation has completed, click Finish. 3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to co

a Click Next to begin setup. a Select I Agree, than click Next. a Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next to create a shortcut on t

a Click Next to use the default installation folder. a Click Next to begin the installation. a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has co

a Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next. a Select Typical, than click Next. a When Java platform installation h

3.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA...54 3.6.1 INSTALL

3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT Before creating any partitions,

a When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next. a Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next. a Do not click any disk

a When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. a Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… f

a Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next. a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign t

a Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than

The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Dep

3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager uti

a When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next. a Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next. a Do not click any disk

a When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. a Windows 64-bit system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume g

a Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. a Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk.

1 WELCOME 1.1 INTRODUCTION DAS401 enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID1 features typically seen on high-end data systems with l

a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next. a Cl

a When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish. The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should chang

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 co

a Select Install the software automatically (Recommended), than click Next. a When the installation has completed, click Finish.

3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installat

a Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop. a Click Next to use the default installation folder.

a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has completed, click Close, and begin to the Java installation. a Select I accept the terms in the lice

a When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. a Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager

a Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. a When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next. a Select the n

a Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next. a When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. a Windows Ser

1.3.2 DATA PERFORMANCE The DAS401 can also increase storage throughput by combining the throughput of multiple drives into a single volume. RAID le

a Right-click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. a Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Pa

a Select the partition to create, than click Next. a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign the drive lette

a Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than

The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. De

3.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA 3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the set

a When the installation has completed, click Close. 3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to com

a Click Next to begin setup. a Select I Agree, than click Next. a Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next to create a shortcut on t

a Click Next to use the default installation folder. a Click Next to begin the installation. a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has co

a Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next. a Select Typical, than click Next. a When Java platform installation h

3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.6.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first

1.6.2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS • PowerMac G5, MacBook Pro or Mac Pro • MacOS X, 10.4.8 (or later) • CD-ROM drive • Mouse or compatible pointing device

a When Initialize Disk Wizard appears, select Disk 1 and GPT (GUID Partition Table), than click OK. a Windows Vista system supports GPT disk whic

a Click Next to create the partition. a Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next. a Assign the drive letter or path you

a Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than

The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Dep

3.7 INSTALLING ON MACINTOSH OS X 3.7.1 RELEASE NOTES This is the premier release for the Silicon Image SATARaid5 Storage Solution for Macintosh,

a Double-click the siliconimage3132r5.mpkg file to begin the installation (Located at: E:\Utility\SiI3132R5\Macintosh\siliconimage3132r5.mpkg; PS: &

a Click Agree to continue the installation. a Select a destination volume to install the software, than click Continue. a Click Install to be

a Enter the Administrative Password for your system, than click OK. a Click Close to complete the installation. a Select Go > Computer >

3.7.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.7.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS a Click Go, than click on Utilities. a Double-cli

a Select the disk you want to partition (On left side of the window). a Click Partition to go to partition window (On right side of the window).

2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID 2.1 RAID VOLUMES RAID technology allows one or more disks to be combined into a logical volume which provides greater

a Select Volumes Scheme. a Enter Volumes Information, than click Partition. Ver.071015 DAS401 User’s Manual 70

a Confirm to partition the disk by click Partition. a The new Striped disk has complete. a Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other

a Close the Disk Utility window after complete setting. a The new disks will appear on the desktop and ready for use.. Ver.071015 DAS401 User’

4 SATARAID5 ARRAY MANAGER 4.1 OVERVIEW The SATARAID5 Array Manager is the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) which allows you to create and manage R

4.2 CREATING RAID GROUPS To begin creating a new RAID Group, select “Create RAID Group” from the RAID Group menu or right click on a controller in t

4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 2 or more disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired

4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS Mirrored Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 4 disks for each member of the volume. Enter th

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 L

4.3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDS The Main menu commands are shown below File Device RAID Group Window Legacy Support Help Configuration… Create S

4.3.1 CONFIGURATION SATARAID5 configuration options include customization of the settings for Log File, Popup, and Advanced Options. This command

2.3 RAID LEVELS 2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping is discuss

Popup Tab SATARAID5 can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup windows. Use the slider control to set the event level for

Advanced Options The Advanced Options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID driver. By default, all these advanced options are disable

4.3.3 CREATE SPARE This command displays a dialog box to let user create spare drive, user needs to select the following parameters: PARAMETER D

4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) RAID group members to delete. Because RAID 0 is not fault tolerant

4.3.8 DEVICE SUMMARY This command displays the Segment Summary window to show all physical devices’ segments. The Segment Summary window has its

4.3.9 CREATE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user verify a raid type than display Create RAID Group dialog box. 4.3.10 RE

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 op

Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the RAID Group Summary window. 4.3.14 TASK MANAGER Th

Print This option will be available in future revisions. Exit This command closes the Task Summary window. Sorting This command displays a dialog

Cancel This command allows user to cancel the selected task items. Delete This command displays a dialog box to let user delete the selected task

2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5) Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the data. Parity RAID dedi

Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort event items in the event log. Fields This command displays a

Suspend This command is to suspend the resources informantion. Fields This command is to resume the resources informantion. 4.3.17 CREATE LEGACY R