Foxconn RAID User manual

Brand: Foxconn

Model: RAID

Type: User manual

RAID User Guide

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V1.0

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1. Introduction.............................................................................1

2. Installing Hard Disks...............................................................2

3. BIOS Configuration.................................................................3

4. RAID Configuration Utility........................................................3

1) Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility...........................3

2) Silicon Image BIOS RAID Configuration Utility.............................14

3) VASSTEK BIOS RAID Configuration (optional)............................22

5. Installing Operating System with RAID..................................23

6. Installing RAID Driver............................................................24

7. Creating a RAID driver disk................................................... 24

Contents

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RAID Configurations

1. Introduction

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard

disk drives into one logical unit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better

performance or data fault tolerance. The motherboard comes with the Intel ICH7R,

the Silicon Image Sil3132 and the VASSTEK VSC6110 RAIDm1 RAID controllers

that allow you to configure Serial ATA and IDE hard disk drives as RAID sets. The

following RAID configurations are provided for users.

RAID 0 (Striping)

RAID 0 reads and writes sectors of data interleaved between multiple drives. If any

disk member fails, it affects the entire array. The disk array data capacity is equal

to the number of drive members times the capacity of the smallest member. The

striping block size can be set from 4KB to 128KB. RAID 0 does not support fault

tolerance.

RAID 1 (Mirroring)

RAID 1 writes duplicate data onto a pair of drives and reads both sets of data in

parallel. If one of the mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure or does not

respond, the remaining drive will continue to function. Due to redundancy, the drive

capacity of the array is the capacity of the smallest drive. Under a RAID 1 setup, an

extra drive called the “spare drive” can be attached. Such a drive will be activated to

replace a failed drive that is part of a mirrored array. Due to the fault tolerance, if any

RAID 1 drive fails, data access will not be affected as long as there are other

working drives in the array.

RAID 5

RAID 5 Provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction

information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Level

5 is one of the most popular implementations of RAID.

RAID 10 (0+1)

RAID 10 is a combination of striping and mirroring. This configuration provides

optimal speed and reliability, but you need four SATA hard disks.

JBOD (Spanning)

JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) combines drives into larger logical volumes. Itprovides

no fault tolerance, nor does it provide any improvements in performancecompared

to the independent use of its constituent drives.

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Intel Matrix Storage

The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive

to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. This technology also allows you to

change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. You only need two

SATA hard disks to utilize this function.

RAIDm1

RAIDm1 (Reliable Access In a Disk by Mirror 1) is a new creative concept engi-

neered by VASSTEK. It provides RAID 1 robust and mature technology in one hard

disk to provide real-time data protection advantage.

2. Installing Hard Disks

Installing Parallel ATA hard disks

STEP 1: Refer to the hard disk documentation to set the jumpers of each hard disk

as master or slave.

STEP 2:Install the hard disks into the drive bays.

STEP 3: Connect the hard disk signal cables.

STEP 4: Connect a 4-pin power cable to the power connector on each drive.

Installing Serial ATA hard disks

STEP 1:Install SATA hard disks into the drive bays.

STEP 2:Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s one of

SATA connectors.

STEP 3: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to one SATA hard disk.

Notes:

1. SATA_1/SATA_2/SATA_3/SATA_4 supports a RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 con-

figuration with the Intel ICH7R RAID controller.

2. SATA_5 can combine with an external Serial ATA port multiplier to

configure RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD set through the onboard Silicon

Image 3132 SATA RAID controller.

3. VASRAID provides two modes for RIDE, RAIDm1 mode and ATA mode,

these 2 modes are set for Master device. For slave device, it is always

at ATA mode.

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3. BIOS Configuration

A.Enter the BIOS setup program by pressing the <Del> key during the POST

(Power-On Self Test ).

B.Setting ICH7R RAID item in BIOS

1) Select the OnChip IDE Device item form Integrated Peripherals menu.

2) Switch the SATA Mode option to [RAID].

C. Setting Sil3132 RAID item in BIOS

1) Select the Onboard Device item form Integrated Peripherals menu.

2) Switch the Sil3132 SATA Controller option to [RAID Mode].

D. Setting RAIDm1 item in BIOS

1) Select the Onboard Device item form Integrated Peripherals menu.

2) Switch the PATA RAID VSC6110 option to [Enabled].

E.Save the BIOS setting and exit the BIOS setup program.

4. RAID Configuration Utility

1) Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility

A.Setting RAID 0

a.When the system powers on, the following information will appear on screen:

Press the <Ctrl-I> to enter Configuration Utility.

At this moment, press <Ctrl>+<I> to enter Main Menu:

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b.Choose Create RAID Volume and press <Enter> to enter. Press <Tab> to

switch to RAID Level item, and then use Up and Down arrow keys to select

RAID0 (Stripe), pressing <Enter> confirms.

c.Using up or down arrow key to select the hard disks you want to set RAID 0 from

Disks item, <Space> key to confirm and <Enter> key to finish the selection.

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d.Use Up and Down arrow keys to select desired strip size when enter Strip Size

menu. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should

be based on the planned drive usage. Some suggested selections are listed

below. The default selection is 128KB.

16K_Best for sequential transfer

64K_Good general purpose strip size

128K_Best performance for most desktops and workstations

e.Press the <Enter> key after the Create Volume prompt appears to create the

array. Press the <Y> key after the prompt to confirm this selection.

f.Select option 4. Exit in main menu and press the <Enter> key to exit the RAID

configuration utility. Press <Y> key to confirm the exit.

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B.Setting RAID1

a.Select RAID1 (Mirror) by using Up and Down arrow keys in RAID Level item.

Press the <Enter> key to make selecting.

b.Using up or down arrow key to select the hard disks you want to set RAID 1 from

Disks item, <Space> key to confirm and <Enter> key to finish the selection.

c.Press the <Enter> key after the Create Volume prompt appears to create the

array. Press the <Y> key after the prompt to confirm this selection.

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C.Setting RAID5

a.Select RAID5 (Parity) by using Up and Down arrow keys in RAID Level item.

Press the <Enter> key to make selecting.

b.Using up or down arrow key to select the hard disks you want to set RAID 5 from

Disks item, <Space> key to confirm and <Enter> key to finish the selection.

d.Select option 4. Exit in main menu and press the <Enter> key to exit the RAID

configuration utility. Press <Y> key to confirm the exit.

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c.Use Up and Down arrow keys to select desired strip size when enter Strip Size

menu. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should

be based on the planned drive usage. Some suggested selections are listed

below. The default selection is 128KB.

16K_Best for sequential transfer

64K_Good general purpose strip size

128K_Best performance for most desktops and workstations

d.Press the <Enter> key after the Create Volume prompt appears to create the

array. Press the <Y> key after the prompt to confirm this selection.

e.Select option 4. Exit in main menu and press the <Enter> key to exit the RAID

configuration utility. Press <Y> key to confirm the exit.

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D.Setting RAID 10(RAID0+1)

a.To utilize RAID 10 function, four SATA hard disks should be installed.

b.Choose Create RAID Volume and press <Enter> to enter. Press <Tab> to

switch to RAID Level item, and then use Up and Down arrow keys to select

RAID10(RAID0+1), pressing <Enter> confirms.

c.Use Up and Down arrow keys to select desired strip size when enter Strip

Size menu. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value

should be based on the planned drive usage. Some suggested selections

are listed below. The default selection is 128KB.

16K_Best for sequential transfer

64K_Good general purpose strip size

128K_Best performance for most desktops and workstations

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d.Press the <Enter> key after the Create Volume prompt appears to create the

array. Press the <Y> key after the prompt to confirm this selection.

e.Select option 4. Exit in main menu and press the <Enter> key to exit the RAID

configuration utility. Press <Y> key to confirm the exit.

f.You may see the RAID type in the main menu, when you finished the setting

steps.

Note:

This operation will delete all the data from hard disk, so please take

care. And our company will not be responsible for data lose and benefit

damage caused.

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E.Setting Matrix RAID

a.Intel ICH7R chipset features a new RAID form named Matrix RAID, a combina-

tion of RAID 0 and RAID 1 bringing you the best of both worlds.

b.Follow Setting RAID 0 steps to set RAID 0. You should divide half capacity size

or less for RAID 1 in Capacity item. (For example, if the SATA hard disks total

capacity is 300 GB, divide 150 GB or less capacity for RAID 1.)

c.Follow Setting RAID 1 steps to set RAID 1.

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c.You may see the RAID type (Member Disk (0,1)) in the main menu, when you

finished the setting steps.

Note:

This operation will delete all the data from hard disk, so please take

care. And our company will not be responsible for data lose and benefit

damage caused.

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F.Delete RAID Volume

1.Select Delete RAID Volume in main menu and press <Enter> key.

2.Press <Del> key to delete the RAID volume in below screen.

3.Press <Y> key to confirm the volume deletion, and press <N> to cancel the

operation.

Note:

This operation will delete all the data from hard disk, so please take

care. And our company will not be responsible for data lose and benefit

damage caused.

G.Reset RAID

1.Select Reset Disk to Non-RAID in main menu and press <Enter> key to delete

the RAID setting and remove all RAID structures from the drives. Then you will

see:

2.Press <Y> key to confirm the volume deletion, press <N> to cancel the operation.

Are you sure you want to reset RAID data on selected? (Y/N):

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2) Silicon Image BIOS RAID Configuration Utility

A. Creating RAID Sets

As previously discussed, the Silicon Image SATA host adapter supports RAID 0, 1,

5, 10, and JBOD configurations using a Serial ATA port multiplier. The selection of

the RAID level to be used should be based upon factors including performance,

data security, and number of drives available. It is best to carefully consider the

long-term role of the system and plan the data storage strategy appropriately.

Silicon Image has made the creation of RAID sets very simple. They can be cre-

ated either automatically or to allow the greatest flexibility, manually.

a.Select “Create RAID set”.

b.Choose a RAID set.

c.Select Automatically or Manually configuration of the RAID Set.

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g.After the RAID set size is set, the message “Are You Sure (Y/N)?” will display

before completing the configuration. Answer “N” to abort the creation of the new

RAID set, or “Y” to proceed with the RAID set creation.

h.RAID sets can be created in both BIOS and in the SATARaid5 GUI. If you have

excess capacity left on your hard drives after creating a RAID set in the BIOS, you

can later go to the SATARaid5 GUI to create additional logical drives that fully

utilize the capacity on all your hard drives.

d.If manual configuration is selected, the chunk size of Striped Sets can be

selected. For Mirrored Sets, the Source and Target drives can be selected.

e.If auto configuration is selected, BIOS will select RAID member drives auto

matically and the chunk size of Striped Sets is set to 64KB.

f.Select RAID set size with ↑ and ↓ keys.

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B. Creating Spare Drive

If there is a RAID 1 set, spare driver can be created. The spare drive can be

allocated to the RAID 1 set in the event of a failure of one of the drives in the RAID1

set.

a.To create a spare drive for RAID 1 set, Select “Create RAID set”.

b.Select “Spare Drive” and press Enter.

c.Select spare drive from the physical drive list and press Enter.

d.Select spare drive size with ↑ and ↓ keys.

e.After the spare drive size is set, the message “Are You Sure (Y/N)?” will display

before completing the configuration. Answer “N” to abort the creation of the

spare drive, or “Y” to proceed with the spare drive creation.

C. Creating CONCATENATION

Since BIOS no longer reports non-RAID drives to the system BIOS, if a non-RAID

boot drive or data drive is desired, a JBOD can be created so BIOS will report it to

the system BIOS.

a.To create a CONCATENATION, Select ”Create RAID set”.

b.Select “CONCATENATION” and press Enter.

c.Select CONCATENATION drive from the physical drive list and press Enter.

d.Select CONCATENATION size with ↑ and ↓ keys.

e.After the CONCATENATION size is set, the message “Are You Sure?” will disp-

lay beforecompleting the configuration. Answer “N” to abort the creation of the

CONCATENATION, or “Y” to proceed with the CONCATENATION creation.

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D. Deleting RAID Groups, Spare Drive, and CONCATENATION

a.To remove one or more RAID sets, spare drives, and CONCATENATION, select

“Delete RAID set”.

b.Select the desired item to delete from the logical drive list and press Enter.

c.Press “Y” when asked, “Are You Sure (Y/N)?”.

d.The drives will be returned to the selection of logical drives from which a new

RAID set can be created.

E. Rebuild RAID 1 Set

This menu selection is used to initiate the copying of data from an existing drive to

a replacement drive that has been installed in a RAID 1 set after the failure of one

of the members.

a.Select “Rebuild RAID1 set.

b.Select the desired set and press Enter.

c.Press “Y” when asked, “Are You Sure?”.

d.The set will be rebuilt. The status of the rebuild is displayed in the MAIN MENU

window.

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F. Resolving Conflict

When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive con-

nection information including the channel on the host adapter to which it is

connected. If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID

set or used in another system, it may have conflicting metadata, specifically in

reference to the drive connection information. If so, this will prohibit the RAID set

from being either created or rebuilt. In order for the RAID set to function properly,

this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata. To correct this,

select “Resolve Conflict” and the correct metadata, including the correct drive

connection information; will automatically be written to the replacement disk.

a.Select “Resolve Conflicts” and press Enter.

b.Select the “Conflict” entry in the Logical Drive Status window and press Enter.

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