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1.1 Introduction

1.2 Main Features & Benefits

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1.1 Introduction

HPT372 is UDMA/ATA133 RAID controller.
RAID Administrator is a Windows-based RAID management utility for
HPT372 RAID Controller. With graphical user interface, RAID Administrator
enable users easily configure and manage disk and disk arrays connected to
HPT372 RAID controller.

1.2 Main Features & Benefits

Below are the main features and benefits of RAID Administrator.

(1) Support RAID 0, 1,0+1 & JBOD
(2) Allowed maximum 4 disks connection to every controller
(3) Hot-swapping failed hard disk in mirror array
(4) Support independent use of hard disk
(5) Support hot spare disk
(6) Support Operating Systems: DOS/Windows 3.x, Windows98/Me,

Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Linux.

(7) Windows-based software for RAID management(compatible with

BIOS)

(8) Disk error alarm mechanism
(9) Event log for easy trouble shooting
(10) Plug-and-play

GETTING STARTED

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Page 1: ...RAID Administrator User s Manual M483 40 012 A87121 ...

Page 2: ...inistrator 12 3 1 Install RAID Administrator 13 3 2 Run RAID Administrator 13 3 3 Create Stripe Array 15 3 4 Create Mirror Array 17 3 5 Add Remove Spare Disk 18 3 6 Synchronize Validate Verify Mirror Array 19 3 7 Create Span Array 21 3 8 Create 0 1 Array 22 3 9 Remove Disk Array 23 3 10 Set Transfer Mode 24 3 11 Device Status 25 3 12 Hot swapping Hard Disks of Mirror Array 26 3 13 Event Log 27 TAB...

Page 3: ...S Configuration 28 4 1 Enter into BIOS Configuration Utility 29 4 2 Create RAID 30 4 3 Delete RAID 31 4 4 Rebuild Mirror Array 31 4 5 Add Spare Disk 32 4 6 Remove Spare Disk 32 4 7 Set Disk Mode 32 4 8 Set Boot Disk 33 ...

Page 4: ...res Benefits Below are the main features and benefits of RAID Administrator 1 Support RAID 0 1 0 1 JBOD 2 Allowed maximum 4 disks connection to every controller 3 Hot swapping failed hard disk in mirror array 4 Support independent use of hard disk 5 Support hot spare disk 6 Support Operating Systems DOS Windows 3 x Windows98 Me Windows NT4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP and Linux 7 Windows based softwa...

Page 5: ... Manual Installation If Windows can not find new hardware the driver can be installed through the following steps 1 Shut down all programs 2 Click Start Setup Control Panel then double click on Add New Hardware icon 3 Click Next in the popup window to continue 4 A dialog box will appear and ask whether to let windows search new hardware Select No I want to select the hardware form a list and then ...

Page 6: ...tallation When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon on desktop and then select Property item from the popup menu 2 Select Device Manager item from the popup window If there is HPT372 items under SCSI Controllers it indicates that the driver has been installed properly If you cannot find these two above mentioned device items or there ...

Page 7: ...er installation pro gram will remind user to press S key to specify other devices Please press S key 3 In the follow on Device Type window select Other item then press Enter to confirm 4 The installation program will prompt users to insert the CD disk of driver Please insert it and then press Enter to confirm 5 In the follow on window select HPT372 UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller then press Enter to c...

Page 8: ...rompt users to install the driver Please insert the CD disk of driver and follow the system prompt to finish the driver installation and restart the computer Manual Installation If Windows can not find new hardware the driver shall be installed through the following steps 1 Click Start Setup Control Panel select Add Remove New Hardware In the follow on window Click Next to continue 2 In the follow...

Page 9: ...e Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears If it is to type Winnt and install after files have been copied and the computer restarted press F6 key when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configura tion appears 2 Press S key to specify additional devices when the Windows 2000 Setup window appears 3 In the follow on window of device type please se...

Page 10: ... that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise please reinstall the driver 2 4 Windows XP 6 Install driver under Windows XP Automatic Installation Start the computer and enter the operating system of Windows XP the system will automatically detect new hardware and prompt users to install the driver Please insert the CD disk of driver and follow the system prompt to finish the driver in...

Page 11: ...AID Controllers 9 Follow the system prompt to finish the installation and restart the computer 6 Install driver in the process of Windows XP installation 1 Booting from CD ROM when the Windows XP Setup blue screen appear and prompt user to press F6 key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver please press F6 Key 2 Press S key to specify additional devices when the Windows XP Setup window appears...

Page 12: ...k Device Manager button If HPT372 UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller and HighPoint RCM Device items exists in the popup Device Manager window see above it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise if user cannot find these four device items or there is or markings on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user need to delete the devices and...

Page 13: ...rator 3 3 Create Stripe Array 3 4 Create Mirror Array 3 5 Add Remove Spare Disk 3 6 Synchronize Validate Verify Mirror Array 3 7 Create Span Array 3 8 Create 0 1 Array 3 9 Remove Disk Array 3 10 Set Transfer Mode 3 11 Device Status 3 12 Hot swapping Hard Disks of Mirror Array 3 13 Event Log ...

Page 14: ...m will create program group Start Program RAID Administrator This program group contains the following contents RAID Administrator running program RAID Help help file Uninstall RAID uninstalling program 3 2 Run RAID Administrator The following steps should be taken to run RAID Administrator 1 Click Start Program RAID Administrator RAID Adminis trator the below welcome interface will come up 2 The ...

Page 15: ...mmands shown by Tool Bar can also be found under Configuration menu Disk Tree It shows the connecting information of all hard disks in two ways View by Device and View by Adapter Status Pane It lists the infromation and working status of selected hard disks or disk arrays ...

Page 16: ...n dialog box click Create button to create stripe array or click Cancel button to cancel this creation If the cancel operation has been selected the system will remain unchanged 5 After the completion of creating stripe array shut down all other programs Then click Yes to restart the computer or select No to restart the computer later Note 1 At least two hard disks are needed to create the stripe ...

Page 17: ...4K 2 In order to avoid the capacity waste try to use hard disks with the identical capacity to create stripe array 3 For the consinderation of performance if two hard disks are used please connect them to different IDE channels respectively Warning 1 The data on all disks will be destroyed after the creation of the stripe array ...

Page 18: ...mirror disk the program will automatically use the left normal disk and the spare disk to rebuild the mirror array thereby providing dual security for data 3 4 Create Mirror Array The following steps shall be taken to create the mirror array 1 Click Mirror icon on the tool bar 2 In the follow on dialog box select hard disks from Available Disks column add them into Source Disk column or Mirror Dis...

Page 19: ... the data on the source disk be preserved while the data on both the mirror disk and the spare disk destroyed 3 5 Add Remove Spare Disk If the user does not want to set a spare disk during the creation of mirror he can add the spare disk into the mirror array later The user can also remove the spare disk that has been set The steps to add remove the spare disk are as follows 1 Select the mirror ar...

Page 20: ...the mirror array is finished the user will be asked whether to synchronize mirror at once or not Select Yes to begin the synchro nize operation or No to skip The status of the mirror array will remain locked if No selected to skip the synchronize operation The user may at any time synchronize mirror which is in either locked status or normal status The detailed steps to synchronize mirror are as f...

Page 21: ...manually 6 Verify Mirror The operation of the verify mirror will compare the data on the source disk and that on the mirror disk If any discrepancy is found between them the program will ask the user to synchronize mirror to keep the data in the mirror array identical The detailed steps to verify mirror are as follows 1 Right click the mirror array to be verified 2 In the popup menu select Verify ...

Page 22: ...lick Cancel button to cancel the creation If the user selects Cancel the system will remain unchanged 4 After the create operation is complete please shut down all other programs And then click Yes to restart the computer The user may also select No to restart the computer later Note 1 At least two hard disks are needed in the creation of the span array Disks can be connected at any cable and sett...

Page 23: ...l ask the user to restart the computer Note 1 Four hard disks are needed in the creation of the 0 1 array 2 In the creation of the 0 1 array the source disk will actually be the first stripe array composed of two hard disks the mirror disk will actually be the second stripe array composed of two hard disks 3 The capacity of the stripe array as the source disk shall be not larger than that of the s...

Page 24: ...fter the remove operation is complete shut down all other programs Then click Yes to restart the computer or select No to restart the com puter later Note 1 Remove mirror array operation will generate two physical disks with the identical data on each 2 Remove 0 1 array operation will generate two stripe arrays with the identical data on each Warning 1 Remove stripe array operation will lead to th...

Page 25: ...sh or click Cancel button to cancel If Cancel button is clicked the system will remain unchanged 5 The setting will take effect only after the restart of computer Suggestion 1 BIOS and driver of RAID Adapter can automatically detect the opti mum transfer mode supported by the corresponding hard disk Usu ally no need to change the transfer mode 2 If the option box of transfer mode is gray it means ...

Page 26: ...ror array both of the member disks will be accessed so failure on either of them can be detected Suggestion 1 When a failure occurs on a member disk of the mirror array this array will be labeled in error status At this time the mirror array can con tinue work normally with the other normal disk In order to avoid data loss due to the failure of the left disk the user shall settle the fault first a...

Page 27: ... that will be automatically synchonized to keep the data on its member disks identical Hot swapping hard disks of mirror array can quick recover the failed mirror array without a shut down of the computer or a break off of the work thereby providing users with the maximum data security and the easiest operation Note 1 The hard disk used to be a subsitute for the failed one must keep the same conne...

Page 28: ...rmation including event time description thereby providing reference for solving the problems in the operation of RAID Administrator Event log menu provides users with functions as follows Set Log File Set the log file for recording the events Clear Log Clear all the current records in the file Print Log Print the log Exit Shut the event log window ...

Page 29: ... 4 1 Enter into BIOS Configuration Utility 4 2 Create RAID 4 3 Delete RAID 4 4 Rebuild Mirror Array 4 5 Add Spare Disk 4 6 Remove Spare Disk 4 7 Set Disk Mode 4 8 Set Boot Disk BIOSCONFIGURATION Chapter 4 ...

Page 30: ...ation utility The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below Menu It displays all items of the operating command Help It displays the illustrating information of the current selection and the available operation prompts Channel Status It displays the status information of all devices in connection When it is active users can select the device to be operated ...

Page 31: ...ubinterface and press Enter 6 Select the disks to be used for creating the disk array and press Enter to confirm in the channel status zone 7 Select 3 Start Creation Process 8 Pay attention to the warning message and press Y to finish creation Note 1 If you have selected Striping RAID 0 for Performance in the popup subinterface after the operation of 1 Array Mode you should directly go to 3 Strip ...

Page 32: ...ct 3 Rebuild Mirror Array press Enter to confirm this operation and go to next 2 In the menu zone of the popup subinterface select 1 Select Source Disk None and press Enter to confirm 3 In the validated channel status zone select the source disk of the mirror array and then press Enter 4 In the menu zone of the popup subinterface select 2 Select Target Disk None and press Enter to confirm 5 In the...

Page 33: ...dated channel status zone select the spare disk to be added and press Enter to confirm 4 6 Remove Spare Disk The following steps shall be taken to remove the spare disk 1 In the menu zone select 5 Remove Spare Disk and press Enter to confirm 2 The 1 Select Mirror Array None item appears in the menu zone of the popup subinterface 3 In the validated channel status zone select the spare disk to be re...

Page 34: ...m press Enter to confirm this operation and go to next 2 In the validated channel status zone use the arrow key to select the boot device and press Enter to confirm Note 1 The Set Boot Disk item appears on condition that no hard disk is connected to IDE on motherboard 2 After the boot disk is set its status will become Boot ...

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