Silicon Image SATA RAID FOR SILICON IMAGE, Manual

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Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc. SATARaid User’s Manual
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Main Menu
The Main Menu in the upper left corner is used to choose the operation to be performed. The selections are:
Create RAID Set
Delete RAID Set
Rebuild RAID1 Set
Resolve Conflicts
Low Level Format
Logical Drive Info
Create RAID Set is used to create a new RAID Set or for allocating spare drives to a RAID 1 set.
Delete RAID Set is used to delete a RAID Set or to deallocate a spare RAID 1 drive.
Rebuild RAID 1 Set is used to initiate the rebuild of a RAID 1 set after, for example, a drive in the Set has been replaced.
Resolve Conflicts is used to automatically find the member drives of a RAID set which has been disrupted (physical drives
swapped around, for example) and restore the Set to proper operation.
Low Level Format allows a single drive to have i ts data completely wiped out. Drives assigned to Sets or allocated as
spares cannot be low level formatted.
Logical Drive Info shows the current configuration of each RAID set, allocated spare, and unallocated physical drive
attached to the SATA host adapter.
These operations are detailed in the pages that follow.
Help Window
This window displays context -sensitive help and status messages.
Physical Drive Information
This window displays the model number and capacities of the drives physically attached to th e SATA host adapter.
Logical Drive Information
This window displays a list of devices reported to the system BIOS.
Command Line
The bottom line of the display lists the currently active command keys:
Up and Down arrows select the menu item or action
ESC takes the user to the previous menu
Enter selects the highlighted choice
Ctrl-E exits the utility
Other keys may be active depending upon the currently selected action.