Creating a Disk Array (cont’d)
Creating a Security Array with an Existing Hard Drive (RAID 1)
Under the Security setting, the WD SATA RAID Controller permits two drives
to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup.
Use this method if you wish to use a drive in a single Mirrored array that
already contains data and/or is the bootable system drive in your system.
You will need another SATA drive of identical or larger storage capacity to
set up the array.
Follow these steps to create a security array with an existing hard drive:
1.
Press the SPACEBAR to choose
Security
under the
Optimize Array for
section.
2.
Press CTRL
+
Y
to save your selection. The window below will appear.
3.
Press
Y
for the
Create and Duplicate
option. The window below will
appear asking you to select the source drive to use. EasyBuild will copy
all data from the source drive to the target drive.
4.
Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to
be copied. If you have two identical hard drives, determine which hard
drive contains existing data via channel ID (Channel 1 or 2). These are
concurrent with the physical ports on the WD SATA RAID Controller the
hard drives are connected to. Port 1 = Channel 1 and
Port 2 = Channel 2 (see section 1, step 6 on the front side of this guide).
5.
Press CTRL
+
Y
to save selection and start duplication. The following
progress screen will appear.
6.
Select
Y
to continue. If you choose
N
, you will be returned to step 1.
7.
Once complete, the following screen will appear confirming that your
Security array has been created. Press any key to reboot the system.
The computer should now boot to the operating system on the source drive
(now duplicated to the target drive). The source drive will have no visible
changes other than in
Device Manager
where it will be listed as the new
array instead of a single drive model.
NOTE:
Disk duplication may take up to several hours depending on how
much data will be copied to the target drive. For example, 120 GB of data will
take an average of one to two hours to be duplicated in a newer computer
system.
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WARNING!
If you are creating a Security array using an existing
hard drive, back up any important data. Failure to do so
could result in data loss.
IMPORTANT
If you wish to include your current bootable drive as part
of a bootable Mirrored (RAID 1) array on your WD SATA
RAID Controller, do NOT connect this drive to the WD
SATA RAID Controller yet.
FIRST, you MUST install the Windows 2003 Server, XP, or
2000 driver software on your existing hard drive. See
section 3 (“Install Software Drivers”) for instructions on
WD SATA RAID Controller driver installation during
Windows setup.
Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another or do
quick initialize or create only?
Y - Create and Duplicate
N - Create Only
I - Create and Quick Initialize
Source Disk
Channel:ID
Drive Model
Capacity (MB)
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Target Disk
Channel:ID
Drive Model
Capacity (MB)
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[Please Select A Source Disk]
Channel:ID
Drive Model
Capacity (MB)
1 :
WD WD740GD-00DAC3
74025
2 :
WD WD740GD-00DAC3
74025
[
↑
] Up [
↓
] Down [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save
Start to duplicate the image . . .
Do you want to continue? (Yes/No)
Y - Continue N - Abort
Array has been created.
<Press Any Key to Reboot>
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Installing Software Drivers
The following are driver installation procedures for the Windows operating
systems that support the WD SATA RAID Controller. The software drivers for
Windows are included on the device drivers diskette.
Drivers and installation instructions for other operating systems are
downloadable from our Web site at
support.wdc.com
.
New Windows Server 2003 Installation
The following details the installation of the WD SATA RAID Controller drivers
while installing Windows Server 2003.
1.
Start the installation by booting from the drivers diskette. Press
F6
after
the message
"
Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID
driver
"
appears.
2.
When the Windows Server 2003 Setup window is generated, press
S
to
specify an Additional Device(s).
3.
Choose
Win .NET 2003 WD SATA RAID Controller
from the list that
appears on screen, then press ENTER.
4.
Press
S
to use the driver on the diskette, then press ENTER to continue
with installation. The Windows Server 2003 Setup screen will appear
again and display the following message:
"
Setup will load support for
the following mass storage devices." The list will include
Win .NET 2003
WD SATA RAID Controller.
NOTE:
If there are any additional devices to be installed, specify them
now. When all devices are specified, continue to the next step.
5.
From the Windows Server 2003 Setup screen, press ENTER. Setup will
now load all device files and then continue the Windows Server 2003
installation.
Existing Windows Server 2003 Installation
After installing the WD SATA RAID Controller and rebooting your system,
Windows Server 2003 setup will show a
Found New Hardware
dialog box.
1.
Insert the WD SATA RAID Controller device drivers diskette into the
floppy drive.
2.
Choose
Install the software automatically
and press ENTER
.
3.
Choose
Win .NET 2003 WD SATA RAID Controller
from the list that
appears on screen, then press ENTER.
4.
If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft, you will
be asked if you want to continue the installation. Click
Continue
.
5.
When the
New Hardware Wizard
has finished installing the WD SATA
RAID Controller software, click
Finish
.
Confirm Windows Server 2003 Driver Installation
1.
Right-click on the My Computer icon and select
Manage
from the
popup menu.
2.
From the left panel, select
Device Manager
.
3.
Click the
+
in front of SCSI and RAID controllers.
Win .NET 2003 WD
SATA RAID Controller
should appear.
New Windows XP Installation
The following intructions detail the installation of the WD SATA RAID
Controller drivers while installing Windows XP onto the newly created
array.
1.
Start the installation by booting from the drivers diskette. Press
F6
after
the message
"
Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID
driver"
appears.
2.
When the Windows XP Setup window is generated, press
S
to specify
an Additional Device(s).
3.
Choose
WinXP WD SATA RAID Controller
from the list that appears on
screen, and then press the ENTER.
4.
Press
S
to use the driver on the diskette, then press ENTER to continue
with installation.
5.
The Windows XP Setup screen will appear again saying "Setup will load
support for the following mass storage devices:"
The list will include
"WinXP WD SATA RAID Controller.”
NOTE:
If there are any additional devices to be installed, specify them
now. When all devices are specified, continue to the next step.
6.
In the Windows XP Setup screen, press ENTER. Setup will now load all
device files and then continue the Windows XP installation.
Existing Windows XP Installation
After installing the WD SATA RAID Controller and rebooting your system,
Windows XP setup will show a
Found New Hardware
dialog box.
1.
Insert the WD SATA RAID Controller drivers diskette into the
floppy disk drive.
2.
Choose
Install the software automatically
and press the ENTER key.
3.
Choose
WinXP WD SATA RAID Controller
from the list that appears on
screen, and then press the ENTER key.
4.
If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft, you will
be asked if you want to continue the installation. Click
Continue
.
5.
When the
New Hardware Wizard
has finished installing the WD SATA
RAID Controller software, click
Finish
.
Confirm Windows XP Driver Installation
1.
Right-click on the My Computer icon and select
Manage
from the
popup menu.
2.
From the left panel, select
Device Manager.
3.
Click the
+
in front of SCSI and RAID controllers.
WinXP WD SATA RAID
Controller
should appear.
3
New Windows 2000 Installation
The following details the installation of the WD SATA RAID Controller
drivers while installing Windows 2000.
1.
Start the installation by booting from the drivers diskette. Press
F6
after the message
"Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or
RAID driver" appears.
2.
When the Windows 2000 Setup window is generated, press
S
to
specify an Additional Device(s).
3.
Choose
Win2000 WD SATA RAID Controller
from the list that
appears on screen then press ENTER.
4.
The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying
"
Setup will
load support for the following mass storage devices:"
The list will
include "Win2000 WD SATA RAID Controller."
NOTE:
If there are any additional devices to be installed, specify
them now. When all devices are specified, continue to the next step.
5.
From the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press ENTER. Setup will now
load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000
installation.
Existing Windows 2000 Installation
After installing the WD SATA RAID Controller and rebooting your system,
Windows 2000 setup will show a
New Hardware Found
dialog box.
1.
Choose
Add New Hardware Wizard
from the list, and then press
ENTER
.
2.
Choose
Add/Troubleshoot a device
and click
Next
. The new
hardware wizard will show device list .
3.
Choose
Mass Storage controller
and click
Next
. At the following
screen click
Finish
.
4.
Choose
Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I
can choose a specific driver
then click
Next
.
5.
When the
Windows 2000 supported SCSI adapter drivers
list
appears, click
Have disk
.
6.
Insert the WD SATA RAID Controller device drivers diskette into the
floppy disk drive.
7.
Choose
Win2000 WD SATA RAID Controller
from the list that
appears on screen, then click
Next
.
8.
Click
Yes
to confirm continue the installation and copy the driver to
the system.
9.
Remove the diskette and click
Finish
to restart the system. Windows
2000 will then restart for the driver installation to take effect.
Confirm Windows 2000 Driver Installation
1.
Right-click on the My Computer icon and select
Manage
from the
popup menu.
2.
From the left panel, select
Device Manager
.
3.
Click the
+
in front of SCSI controllers.
Win2000 WD SATA RAID
Controller
should appear.
Creating a Security Array with Quick Initialization (RAID 1)
Under the Security setting, the WD SATA RAID Controller permits two
drives to be used for a single Mirrored array in Auto Setup.
Use this setting to create a mirrored (RAID 1) array with one or two
existing hard drives containing data that you do not want to keep. This
method erases the first data block from your existing drives.
NOTE:
When creating a Security array with new drives, a feature called
Gigabyte Boundary will automatically be set to ON.
To create an array for data protection using two new SATA hard drives,
follow these steps:
1.
Press the SPACEBAR to choose
Security
under the
Optimize Array
for
section.
2.
Press CTRL
+
Y
to save your selection. The window below will appear.
3.
Press
I
for
Create and Quick Initialize
.
4.
A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your
Security array has been created. Press any key to reboot the system.
Once the array has been created, format and partition the array as if it
were a new single hard drive. Use a Windows boot disk, or boot to a
Windows 2003 Server, XP, or 2000 operating system CD to partition and
format the new array in
Disk Management
.
For bootable drive arrays, go to section 3 (“Install Software Drivers”) and
follow the instructions for WD SATA RAID Controller driver installation
during Windows setup.
WARNING!
Using the Quick Initialization option on existing drives
will result in the loss of all data on those drives.
Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another or do
quick initialize or create only?
Y - Create and Duplicate
N - Create Only
I - Create and Quick Initialize
Array has been created.
<Press Any Key to Reboot>
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