Sans Digital TOWERRAID TR5M1, Detailed User'S Manual

Page 1: ...DETAILED USER S MANUAL v1 0 TOWERRAID TR5M1...

Page 2: ...ERVIEW 10 3 2 HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION 10 3 2 1 UNINSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE 11 3 3 POWER ON OFF 11 3 4 INSTALLING ESATA HOST BUS ADAPTER HARDWARE 11 3 5 INSTALLING IN MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 13 3 5 1 I...

Page 3: ...MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS 65 4 2 6 PARITY RAID GROUPS 66 4 2 7 RAID GROUPS OPTIONS 66 4 3 ADDITIONAL MENU FUNCTIONS 68 4 3 1 CONFIGURATION 68 4 3 2 EXIT 71 4 3 3 DELETE SPARE 73 4 3 4 DELETE MEMBER...

Page 4: ...oring software for possible defective hard drive RAID 1 10 and 5 is supported with the use of the software RAID levels 1 10 and 5 will prevent data loss even when one of the hard drives in the RAID is...

Page 5: ...e supported by the SANS DIGITAL TR5M1 with driver Hard Drive can be use as individually using JBOD mode MAC OS X Linux 64 bit and 32 bit Fedora Core 2 Fedora Core 3 Fedora Core 4 Red Hat Enterprise Li...

Page 6: ...riped High performance Excellent data protection Space available is divided by half Required 4 disk or more 5 Parity RAID Good data protection Good Proformance Some performance degradation for writes...

Page 7: ...case one of the drives in the set fails If the sizes of the disk segments are different the smallest disk segment will limit the overall size of the RAID Group Block 0 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 0...

Page 8: ...formance is slower compare to RAID 0 is due to each write performed need to calculate the parity However read performance will be increase using Stripping Method 2 3 5 Concatenation Spanning The Conca...

Page 9: ...loss of data Rebuilding A failed disk drive has been replaced and the data is being regenerated on the replacement disk When complete the RAID Group will return to Good status Resynchronizing An error...

Page 10: ...Utility 3 2 HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION Please refer below procedure to complete the HDD installation 1 Open the front hard drive panel of the unit 2 Remove the hard drive trays by pushing the silver tray...

Page 11: ...hard drive trays by pushing the silver tray tab to the right and releasing the tray handle Uninstall the hard drives and place the trays back into the unit 3 3 POWER ON OFF Power ON Push the power swi...

Page 12: ...ANS DIGITAL TR5M1 5 If hard disk drives are not installed in SANS DIGITAL TR5M1 insert the drives into bay 1 to 4 in order counting from the bottom to top Gently push the drive until the drive is full...

Page 13: ...Adapter Follow the instruction below for eSATA HBA Driver installation 1 Insert the Manual and Utilties CD in the CD ROM drive 2 When start the Windows a new hardware will be found click Next 3 Select...

Page 14: ...than click Next 5 Click Browse to select to driver path than click OK 6 Click Next to install the Silicon Image Sil3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller driver 7 Click Yes to pass the Microsoft digital signature...

Page 15: ...il3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller installation has completed click Finish and begin to the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device driver installation 9 Windows will find the Silicon Image s Pseudo Process...

Page 16: ...16 10 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended than click Next 11 Select Specify a location than click Next 12 Click Browse to select to driver path than click OK...

Page 17: ...17 13 Click Next to install the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device driver 14 When the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device installation has completed click Finish...

Page 18: ...structions below for the SATARAID5 utility 1 Open the Manual and Utilities CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder 2 Double click the 3132 W I32 R exe file 3 Click N...

Page 19: ...19 5 Select Place shortcut on Desktop than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop 6 Click Next to use the default installation folder...

Page 20: ...ation 8 When SATARAID5 installation has completed click Close to exit 9 Select I agree the terms in the license agreement click Next to begin the Java platform installation Jave Runtime is installed p...

Page 21: ...21 10 Select Typical than click Next 11 When Java platform installation has completed click Finish to exit 12 Select Start Programs Silicon Image SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software...

Page 22: ...fer to the chapter 4 for more detail 3 3 4 Allocating Partition 1 Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5 Manager utility see Chapter 4 2 Right click on My...

Page 23: ...Select the new disk to write a signature than click Next 6 Do not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk than click Next 7 When the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard has completed click Fini...

Page 24: ...9 Right click on the Unallocated partition and select Create Partition from the pop up menu 10 Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk 11 Select the partition type you want to create click Ne...

Page 25: ...create click Next 13 Assign the drive letter or path you want to create click Next 14 Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a Quick Format setup the File system to use A...

Page 26: ...26 15 When the Create Partition Wizard has completed click Finish...

Page 27: ...us will change to Healthy and the name and drive letter will be updated Once the disk reports Healthy it appears to the computer and ready to use Repeat the above procedure if there are any other part...

Page 28: ...Manual and Utilties CD in the CD ROM drive 2 When start the Windows new hardware will be found Select No not this time than click Next 3 Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced than c...

Page 29: ...29 5 When the installation has completed click Finish 3 4 2 Installing SATARAID5 Utility Follow the instructions below for the SATARAID5 utility...

Page 30: ...30 1 Open the Open the Manual and Utilities CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder 2 Click Next to begin setup 3 Select I Agree click Next...

Page 31: ...31 4 Select Place shortcut on Desktop click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop 5 Click Next to use the default installation folder 6 Click Next to begin the installation...

Page 32: ...32 7 When SATARAID5 installation has completed click Close to exit 8 Select I accept the terms in the license agreement click Next to begin the Java platform installation 9 Select Typical click Next...

Page 33: ...33 10 When Java platform installation has completed click Finish to exit 11 Select Start All Programs Silicon Image SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software...

Page 34: ...3 4 4 Allocating Partitions on Windows XP 32 BIT 64 BIT Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility Once the sets have been created allow the s...

Page 35: ...35 4 Select the new disk to initialize click Next 5 Do not click any disk to convert click Next 6 When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed click Finish...

Page 36: ...36 7 Right click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition from the pop up menu 8 Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk 9 Select the partition type you want to create click Next...

Page 37: ...create click Next 11 Assign the drive letter or path you want to create than click Next 12 Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format setup the File system Allo...

Page 38: ...38 13 When the New Partition Wizard has completed click Finish...

Page 39: ...us will change to Healthy and the name and drive letter will be updated Once the disk reports Healthy it appears to the computer and ready to use Repeat the above procedure if there are any other part...

Page 40: ...Insert the Manual and Utilities CD in the CD ROM drive 2 When Windows started new hardware will be found Select No not this time click Next 3 Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced...

Page 41: ...41 5 When the installation has completed click Finish 3 5 2 Installing SATARAID5 Utility Follow the instructions below for the SATARAID5 utility...

Page 42: ...42 1 Open the Manual and Utilities CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder 2 Double click the utility file 3 Click Next to begin setup...

Page 43: ...4 Select I Agree click Next 5 Select Place shortcut on Desktop click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop 6 Click Next to use the default installation folder 7 Click Next to begin the installatio...

Page 44: ...44 8 When SATARAID5 installation has completed click Close to exit 9 Select I accept the terms in the license agreement click Next to begin the Java platform installation 10 Select Typical click Next...

Page 45: ...45 11 When Java Runtime installation has completed click Finish to exit 12 Select Start All Programs Silicon Image SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software...

Page 46: ...refer to the chapter 4 for more detail 3 5 4 Allocating Partitions Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5 Manager utility see Chapter 4 1 Right click on...

Page 47: ...47 4 Select the new disk to initialize click Next 5 Do not click any disk to convert click Next 6 When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed click Finish...

Page 48: ...stem supports GPT Disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB 8 Right click on the Basic Disk and select Convert to GPT Disk from the pop up menu 9 Right click on the Unallocated partition and se...

Page 49: ...49 10 Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk 11 Select the partition to create click Next 12 Specify the partition size you want to create click Next...

Page 50: ...u want to create click Next 14 Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format setup the File system Allocation unit size Volume label click Next 15 When the New Par...

Page 51: ...The percentage complete will be displayed Depending upon the size of the partition the format process may take several minutes When completed the status will change to Healthy and the name and drive l...

Page 52: ...sks are now available for use 3 6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA 32 64 BIT 3 6 1 Installing eSATA Host Bus Adapter Follow the instruction below for eSATA HBA Driver installation 1 Insert the Manual and U...

Page 53: ...click Close 3 6 2 Installing SATARAID5 Utility Follow the instructions below for the SATARAID5 utility 1 Open the Manual and Utilities CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utili...

Page 54: ...54 3 Click Next to begin setup 4 Select I Agree click Next...

Page 55: ...55 5 Select Place shortcut on Desktop click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop 6 Click Next to use the default installation folder 7 Click Next to begin the installation...

Page 56: ...When SATARAID5 installation has completed click Close to exit 9 Select I accept the terms in the license agreement than click Next to begin the Java platform installation 10 Select Typical than click...

Page 57: ...57 11 When Java platform installation has completed click Finish to exit 12 Select Start All Programs Silicon Image SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software...

Page 58: ...apter 4 for more detail 3 6 4 Allocating Partitions Before creating any partitions RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5 Manager utility see Chapter 4 1 Right click on My Computer icon...

Page 59: ...ows Vista system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB 5 Right click on the Unallocated partition and select New Single Volume from the pop up menu 6 Click Next to create the p...

Page 60: ...60 7 Specify the partition size you want to create than click Next 8 Assign the drive letter or path you want to create than click Next...

Page 61: ...ed click Finish The status of the created partition in the Disk Management window will change to Formatting The percentage complete will be displayed Depending upon the size of the partition the forma...

Page 62: ...r partitions Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed X in the top right corner of the window Click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop The new drives will be display and pro...

Page 63: ...rrently defined on that controller are also shown in the RAID Groups Window Selecting a specific RAID Group will highlight the segments associated with that volume in the Device Configuration Window T...

Page 64: ...r to select different sized segments for each member of the volume For Concatenated volumes a dialog box will appear allowing the user to select the individual segment sizes from each disk Select two...

Page 65: ...more disk and its options detailed in Section 4 2 7 Press Create to create the RAID Group 4 2 5 Mirrored Striped RAID Groups Mirrored Striped RAID Groups RAID 10 allow the user to select minimum of 4...

Page 66: ...t minimum of 3 or more disks for each member of the volume Select three or more disks and its options detailed in Section 4 2 7 Press Create to create the RAID Group 4 2 7 RAID Groups Options Before R...

Page 67: ...1 is the lowest priority and will take the longest to rebuild A value of 10 is the highest priority and will rebuild the fastest Higher priority will require more CPU resources which might affect the...

Page 68: ...Delete Orphan Bring RAID Group Online Convert Legacy RAID Group Make Pass Thru RAID Group Summary Bring Legacy RAID Group Online Device Summary Create Legacy Spare Delete Legacy Spare Convert Legacy S...

Page 69: ...the desired filename for the log file To specify whether the Log File is generated click on either the Disabled or Enabled radio button If Log File generation is enabled you can click the Browse butt...

Page 70: ...the event level for popups to occur Information Level The following events will trigger a popup window Informational Warnings Errors Warning Level The following events will trigger a popup window War...

Page 71: ...rity RAID and RAID 10 Striped and Mirrored groups See Delete Member menu option Advanced RAID Features When this feature is selected and user selects to create RAID group if the RAID group to be creat...

Page 72: ...s in the system Dedicated If the spare drive is dedicated to the specified RAID group Capacity If you select Global for the Spare Type current options from a list of capacity are from 128 MB to 100 GB...

Page 73: ...spare drives to delete 4 3 4 Delete Member This menu option displays a dialog box to select highlight RAID group members to delete Because RAID 0 is not fault tolerant RAID 0 members are not shown in...

Page 74: ...and displays the Delete Orphan Segment window to show all orphan segments and allow user to delete selected orphan segments 4 3 6 Make Pass Thru This menu option is not available in this product 4 3 7...

Page 75: ...plays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the Segment Summary window 4 3 8 Create RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user verify a raid type than display Cr...

Page 76: ...oup This command displays a dialog box to let user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non fault tolerant RAID group 4 3 10 Delete RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let user choos...

Page 77: ...mary window has its own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Sorting Fields Exit This command closes the RAID Group Summary window Sorting This command dis...

Page 78: ...ask Manager window has its own menu bar All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Options Task Open Sorting Modify Save Fields Suspend Print Resume Exit Cancel Delete Open This optio...

Page 79: ...ws user to modify parameters of the selected 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...

Page 80: ...command displays the Event Log window The Event Log window displays SATA device related events that occur while SATARAID5 is running The Event Log window has it s own menu bar All options available vi...

Page 81: ...og 4 3 15 Resources This command displays the Resource Information window This feature is for debugging purpose only The Event Log window has it s own menu bar All options available via the menu bar a...

Page 82: ...RAId Group This menu option is not available in this product 4 3 17 Help Topics This command opens an interactive help dialog using the standard Windows help interface This option will be available i...