Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto DAS401 del fabbricante Edge10
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4 Bay SATA II to eSATA RAID5 Storage Appliance DAS401 User’s Manual.
Table of Contents 1 WELCOM E ............... ............ .............. ............. ................. ............. ............ ................. .............. ............ ............. 4 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............... ............. ..........
3.6 INST ALLI NG ON WINDOWS VISTA................. .......... ................. ................. .......... ............... ................. 54 3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER ........... ....... ........... ....... ........... .........
1 WELCOME 1.1 INTRODUCTION DAS401 enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID 1 features ty pically seen on high-end data systems with lo w cost/high capacity Serial ATA drive s.
1.3.2 DA TA PERFORMANCE The DAS401 can also increase sto rage throughpu t by combining the throughput of multip le drives into a single volume. RAID levels 1, 10, and 5 support this ability. Furt hermore, each volume can be tailored to provide the best performance for the da ta contained on that disk.
1.6.2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS • PowerMac G5, MacBook Pro or Mac Pro • MacOS X, 10.4.8 (or later) • CD-ROM d rive • Mouse or compatible pointing device • SATA connection: Host Bus Adap ter card (controlle r number Sii3124 or Sii3132) and associated software drivers with Port Multiplier support 1.
2 AN INTRODUCTION T O RAID 2.1 RAID VOLUMES RAID technology allows one or more disks to be com bined into a logical volume which provides greater performance and/or prote ction than standard disk drive s.
2.3 RAID LEVELS 2.3.1 DISK STRIP ING (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-red undant data mapping technique. While Striping is discussed as a RAID Group type, it is does not provide any fault tolerance. With modern SATA an d ATA bus mastering technology, multiple I/O operatio ns can be performed in paralle l, enhancing data throughput.
2.3.4 P ARITY RAID (RAID 5) Parity or RAID 5 adds fault to lerance to Disk Striping by including parity informati on with the data. Parity RAID dedicates the equivale nt of one disk for storing parity stripes. Th e data and parity inform ation is arranged on the disk array so th at parity is written t o different disk s.
2.4 RAID VOLUME ST A T US A RAID volume can be in any one of the follo wing statuses. STA TUS MEA NING Good All disks are currently function ing as normal. Reduced For RAID levels that provide da ta protection, one or mo re disks have failed but the data is still available vi a the RAID algorithms.
3 INST ALLA TION 3.1 COMPONENTS There are three separate steps that must be install or setup fo r DAS401 to function. These componen ts are the HARDWARE, SATA RAID5 HBA DRIVER, and S ATARAID5 Ut ility. The steps on how to setup these packages is described in the following sections.
a Select Search for a suitable dri v er for my dev ice (recommended) , than click Next . a Select CD-ROM dri v es , than click Next . a Click Next to search th e driver of RAID Con troller.
a When the RAID Controller insta llation ha s completed, click Finish , and begin to the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device installation. a Windows will fi nd the Pseudo SCSI Processor Dev ice hardware, click Next . a Select Search for a suitable dri v er for my dev ice (recommended) , than click Next .
a Select CD-ROM dri v es , than click Next . a Click Next to install the Pseudo SCSI Processor Device dr iver. a When the Pseudo SCSI Processor Dev ice installation has completed, click Fini sh .
3.3.2 I NSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions belo w, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager soft ware from the Utility folder. a Double-click the 3132-W-I32-R.
a Select I Agree , than click Nex t . a Select Place sh ortcut on Desktop , than click Next . a Click Next to use the default in stallation folder. Ver.
a Click Next to begin the installation. a When Digital Signature Not Found message pop- out, click Yes to continue the installation. a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has completed, click Close , an d begin to the Java platform installation. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Select I accept th e terms in the license agreement , than click Next . a Select Typical , than click Next . a When Java platform installation has completed, click F inish to exit. a Select Start > Programs > Silic on Imag e > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager soft ware.
3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MO DE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.3.4 ALLOCATIN G PARTITION Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have be en created, allow the s ystem to load Wi ndows.
a When Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard appears, click Next . a Select the n ew disk to w rite a sign ature, th an click Next . a Do not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk, than click Next .
a When the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish . a Right-click on the Unallocated partition an d select Create Partition… fro m the pop-up menu. a Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Select the partition type you want to create, than click Ne xt . a Specify the partitio n size you want to create, than click Next . a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Nex t .
a Click Format this partition w ith the follow ing settings and Perform a Quick Format , setup the Fi le system to use , Allocation unit size , Volume label , than click Next . a When the Create Partition Wi zard has completed, click Finish . DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depe nding upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When c omplete , the status will change to “ Healthy ＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated.
3.4 INST ALLING ON WINDOWS XP 3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions belo w, and step by step to comp lete the setup. a Insert the Setup and In stallation Driver Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive. a When start the Windows O/S, new hardware will be found; Select No, not this time , than click Next .
a When the installation has c ompleted, click Finish . 3.4.2 I NSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions belo w, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager soft ware from the Utility folder.
a Click Next to begin setup. a Select I Agree , than click Nex t . a Select Place sh ortcut on Desktop , than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop.
a Click Next to use the default installation folder. a Click Next to begin the installation. a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has completed, click Close , an d begin to the Java platform installation.
a Select I accept th e terms in the license agreement , than click Next . a Select Typical , than click Next . a When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. a Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager softwa re.
3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MO DE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have be en created, allow the s ystem to load Wi ndows.
a When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next . a Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next . a Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next .
a When the Initialize and Conv ert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish . a Right-click on the Unallocated partition an d select New Partition… from the pop-up menu.
a Select the partition type you want to create, than click Ne xt . a Specify the par tition size you want to create , than click Nex t . a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Nex t .
a Click Format this partition w ith the follow ing settings and Perform a quick format , setup the Fil e system , Allocation unit size , Volume label , than click Next .
The status of the newly created partitio n in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depe nding upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When c omplete , the status will change to “ Healthy ＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated.
3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have be en created, allow the s ystem to load Wi ndows. a Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu .
a When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next . a Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next . a Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next .
a When the Initialize and Conv ert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish . a Windows 64-bit system supports GPT dis k which supports disk volume greater than 2TB. a Right-click on the Basic disk and select C onvert to GPT disk from the po p-up me nu.
a Right-click on the Unallocated partition an d select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. a Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk. a Select the partition to create, than click Next .
a Specify the par tition size you want to create , than click Nex t . a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Nex t . a Click Format this partition w ith the follow ing settings and Perform a quick format , setup the Fil e system , Allocation unit size , Volume label , than click Next .
a When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish . The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depe nding upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes.
Repeat the above procedure a s needed for any other par titions. Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed “X” in the top right corner of the window. Click on the “My Comp uter” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named.
a Select Install the soft w are automa tically (Recomme nded) , than click Next . a When the installation has complete d, click Finish . DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
3.5.2 I NSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions belo w, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager soft ware from the Utility folder. a Double-click the 3132-W-R.
a Select Place sh ortcut on Desktop , than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop. a Click Next to use the default installation folder. a Click Next to begin the installation.
a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has completed, click Close , an d begin to the Java installation. a Select I accept th e terms in the license agreement , than click Next .
a When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. a Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager softwa re.
a Select Disk Mana gement under Storage to view the disk drives . a When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next . a Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next .
a Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next . a When the Initialize and Conv ert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish . a Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later system supports GPT disk w hich s upports d isk vo lume greate r than 2T B. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Right-click on the Basic disk and select C onvert to GPT disk from the po p-up me nu. a Right-click on the Unallocated partition an d select New Partition… from the pop-up menu.
a Select the partition to create, than click Next . a Specify the par tition size you want to create , than click Nex t . a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Nex t .
a Click Format this partition w ith the follow ing settings and Perform a quick format , setup the Fil e system , Allocation unit size , Volume label , than click Next .
The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depe nding upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When c omplete , the status will change to “ Healthy ＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated.
3.6 INST ALLING ON WINDOWS VIST A 3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions belo w, and step by step to comp lete the setup. a Insert the Setup and In stallation Driver Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive. a When start the Windows O/S, new hardware will be found; Select Locat and install driver softw are (recommended) .
a When the installation has complete d, click Close . 3.6.2 I NSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions belo w, and step by step to complete the installation. a Open the Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager soft ware from the Utility folder.
a Click Next to begin setup. a Select I Agree , than click Nex t . a Select Place sh ortcut on Desktop , than click Next to create a shortcut on the desktop.
a Click Next to use the default installation folder. a Click Next to begin the installation. a When the SATARAID5 Utility installation has completed, click Close , an d begin to the Java installation.
a Select I accept th e terms in the license agreement , than click Next . a Select Typical , than click Next . a When Java platform installation has completed, click F inish to exit. a Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start th e Array Manager software.
3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MO DE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.6.4 ALLOCATIN G PARTITIONS Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have be en created, allow the s ystem to load Wi ndows.
a When Initialize Disk Wizard appears, s elect Disk 1 and GPT (GUID Partition Table) , than click OK . a Windows Vista system sup ports GPT disk which supports disk volu me greater than 2TB. a Right-click on the Unallocated partition an d select New Single Volume… from the pop-up menu.
a Click Next to create the partition. a Specify the par tition size you want to create , than click Nex t . a Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Nex t .
a Click Format this partition w ith the follow ing settings and Perform a quick format , setup the Fil e system , Allocation unit size , Volume label , than click Next .
The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depe nding upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When c omplete , the status will change to “ Healthy ＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated.
3.7 INST ALLING ON MACINT OSH OS X 3.7.1 RELEASE NOTES This is the premier release for the Silicon Image SATARaid5 St orage Solution for Macint osh, the following issues are known to exsit in this version. # These issu es are expect ed to be fixed in the next release.
a Double-click the siliconimage3132r5.mpkg file to begin the installation (Located at: E:UtilitySiI3132R5Macin toshsiliconima ge3132r5.mpkg; PS: "E:" = CD-ROM drive letter). a Once started, the following dialog screens will appear, Click Cont inue .
a Click Agree to continue the installation. a Select a destination volume to install the software, than click Continue . a Click Install to begin the installation.
a Enter the Administrative Pas sword for your system, than clic k OK . a Click Close to complete the installation. a Select Go > Compu ter > Applicat ions > Utilities > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to star t the Array Manager software.
3.7.3 DISK DRIVE MO DE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.7.4 ALLOCATIN G PARTITIONS a Click Go , than click on Utilities . a Double-click Disk Utility to go to Disk Utility.
a Select the disk you want to par tition (On left side of the window). a Click Partition to go to partitio n window (On right side of the wind ow). DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Select Volumes Scheme . a Enter Volumes Infor mation , than click Parti tion . Ver.071015 DAS401 User’s Manual 70.
a Confirm to partition the disk by click Partition . a The new Striped disk has complete. a Repeat the above procedure as needed for an y other disks. DAS401 User’s Manual Ver.
a Close the Disk Utility window after complete setting. a The new disks will appear on the desktop and ready for use.. Ver.071015 DAS401 User’s Manual 72.
4 SA T ARAID5 ARRA Y MANAGER 4.1 OVER VIEW The SATARAID5 Array Manager is the Graphical User Interfaces ( GUI) which allows you to create and manage RAID volumes. The Manager initially shows tw o window s as se en below. The RAID Groups windo w identifies SATA host adapters and configu red RAID groups.
4.2 CREA TING RAID GROUPS To begin creating a ne w RAID Group, select “Create RAID Gro up” from the RAID Group menu or right click on a controller in the RAID Groups window and select “Create RAID Group” from the pop-up menu. This will cause the Create RA ID Group di alog to appea r.
4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 2 or more disks for ea ch member of the volume. Enter the desire d values and p ress C reate to create the R AID Group (E xample b elow). 4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS Mirrored RAID Groups allow the u ser to select 2 disks for each member of the volume.
4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS Mirrored Striped RAID Groups allow the user to sele ct minimum of 4 disks for each memb er of the volume. Enter the desire d values and p ress C reate to create the R AID Group (E xample b elow).
4.2.7 RAID GROUPS OVERV IEW RAID Groups allow Enter values in all fields an d click Create to create the RAID Gr oup. FIELD DEFINITION RAID Group Label Enter an identifiable name for the RAID group. Th is value can be any string (up to 8 characte rs including blank spaces) to help users identify th is volume.
4.3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDS The Main menu commands are shown below File Device RA ID Group Win dow Le gacy Support Help Configuration… Create Spare Create RAID Group Task Manager Create Legacy RAI .
4.3.1 CONFIGURATION SATARAID5 configuration options in clude customization of the settings for Log Fi le , Popup , an d Adv anced Options . This command displays a di alog box to let user set differen.
Popup Tab SATARAID5 can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup windows. Use the slider control to set the event level for popups to occur: - Information L evel - The fo llo.
Advanced Options The Advanced Options tab is used to control ad vanced features of the RAID drive r. By default, all these adva nced options ar e disab led.
4.3.3 CREATE SPARE This command displays a dialog box to let user crea te spare drive, user n eeds to select the following parameters: PA R A ME TER DESCRIPTION Spare Type Choose one of: • Global - If the spa re drive is for all RAID groups in the sy stem.
4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) RAID group me mbers to delete. Because RAID 0 is not fault tolerant , RAID 0 members are not show n in the list. Note: Deleting members will demote the RAID group to a non-fault-tolerant RAID group.
4.3.8 DEVICE SUMMARY This command displays the Segment Summary wind ow to show all physical devices’ segments. The Segment Summary windo w has its own menu bar. All options available via th e menu bar are shown below File Options Exit Sorting… Fields… Exit This command closes the Task Summa ry window.
4.3.9 CREATE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user ve rify a raid type than display Create RAID Group dialog box. 4.3.10 REBUILD RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user ch oose a replacement segmen t to rebuild a non-fault tolerant RAID group.
4.3.11 DELETE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to le t user choose RAID groups to delete. 4.3.12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE This menu option is not availa ble in this product. 4.3.13 RAID GROUP SUM MARY This command displays a dialog box to sho w all RAID groups’ group ID, configu ration, and status.
Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user c hoose which fields will be shown in the RAID Group Summary window. 4.3.14 TASK MANAGER This command displays the Task Manager window. T he Task Manager window lists all RAID and disk management tasks that have been s tar ted and/ or done.
Print This option will be av ailable in future revisions. Exit This command closes the Task Summa ry window. Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choo se up to 3 items to sort task items in the task list. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the task list.
Cancel This command allows user to cancel the selected task items. Delete This command displays a dialog box to let user delete the selected task items from the task list in Task Summary window. The following dialog box will pop up to get confirmation from the user.
Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choo se up to 3 items to sort event items in the even t log. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user c hoo se w hich fields wi ll be show n in the event log. 4.3.16 RESOURCES This command displays the Resource In formation window.
Suspend This command is to suspend the resources informantion. Fields This command is to resume the re sources informantion. 4.3.17 CREATE LEGACY RAID GROUP This menu option is not availa ble in this product. 4.3.18 HELP TOPICS This command opens an interactive help dialog using the standard Windo ws help interface.
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Se non hai ancora comprato il Edge10 DAS401 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Edge10 DAS401 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Edge10 DAS401 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Edge10 DAS401 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
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Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Edge10 DAS401. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Edge10 DAS401 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
