User manual HIGHPOINT ROCKETRAID 133

[. . . ] 2002 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. Copyright Copyright © 2001 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. . This document contains materials protected by International Copyright Laws. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed in any form and for any purpose without the express written permission of HighPoint. Trademarks Companies and products mentioned in this manual are for identification purpose only. Product names or brand names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners. Notice Reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate. [. . . ] Duplication will let BIOS reserve the data on source disk (the first selected disk) and copy them onto the mirror disk (the second selected disk) when creating mirror array; But Create Only will let BIOS destroy all data on all the selected disks and create a clean mirror array without any data on it. (Creation steps may be different depending on what array mode has been selected) 3. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Array Name, and then press ENTER. Then the array name dialogue box will appear, see below: Just type in the name that you want to name the array, then press ENTER to continue; 3-2 BIOS Configuration Utility 4. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Select Disk Drives and press ENTER, the Status column will be activated, see below: Just highlight the target disks that you want to use and press ENTER to select them respectively; After all disks have been selected, press ESC to go back to the creation steps menu; 5. If user selected a RAID 0 or 0/1 array in step 2, then now, user needs to select a block size for the array. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Block Size and press ENTER, then select a block size from the popup list, see below; 6. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Start Creation Process and press ENTER, then some warning messages will appear, see below: Please pay attention to the warning message, and then press Y to finish the creation, or press N to cancel the creation. (The warning message may be different depending on what array mode that user is creating) 3-3 BIOS Configuration Utility Warning: 1. Please pay attention to the warning message at Step 6: Creating RAID 0 array, JBOD array or RAID 0/1 array will destroy all data on all the selected disks. When creating mirror array, Duplication operation will reserve the data on source disk (the firs selected disk) and copy them onto the mirror disk (the second selected disk) when creating mirror array; But Create Only operation will destroy all data on all the selected disks and create a clean mirror array without any data on it. 3. 3 Delete Disk Array Follow these steps to delete a disk array: 1. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight Delete Array item, and then press ENTER, then the Status column will be activated, see below: highlight the target disk array and then press ENTER to delete it; (User can select a disk array by selecting its first member disk) 2. Then a warning message will appear as below: Pay attention to the warning message, and then press Y to delete the selected disk array, or press N to cancel. Warning: 1. Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array. 3-4 BIOS Configuration Utility 3. 4 Add/Delete disks into/from spare pool Follow these steps to add disks into spare pool or delete disks from spare pool: 1. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight Create/Delete Spare item and press ENTER, then the Status column will be activated, see below: Just use the arrow key to highlight the target disk and press ENTER to add it into spare pool, or highlight a spare disk and press ENTER to delete it from spare pool. After a disk is added into the spare pool, its status will be marked as Hidden, see below: 3. If user want to add another disk into spare pool or delete another spare disk from the spare pool, please repeat step 1 to operate. Warning: 1. Adding a disk into spare pool will destroy all the data on that disk. 3. 5 Set Boot Device Follow these steps to select a disk or disk array as boot device: 1. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight Select Boot Disk item, and then press ENTER; then the Status column will be activated, see below: 3-5 BIOS Configuration Utility Just use the arrow key to highlight the target disk or disk array, then press ENTER to select it as boot device. If user select a disk or disk array which has a boot mark and press ENTER, then its boot setting will be canceled. After the disk or disk array is selected, its status will be marked as BOOT, see below: 3. 6 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 or 0/1 array When booting computer, if BIOS detect a RAID 1 or 0/1 array duplication has been canceled or any reasons that may cause the inconsistency between user data and backup data on the disk array, then the disk array will be marked as critical status, and BIOS will automatically prompt user to duplicate the RAID 1 or 0/1 array to make the backup data consist with the user data again, see below: 3-6 BIOS Configuration Utility Just select Duplicate Now to duplicate, or select Continue to Boot to skip. If user selects Continue to Boot, user still can duplicate the array after booting into the OS. 3. 7 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 or 0/1 array When booting computer, if BIOS detects one member disk of RAID 1or 0/1 array is failed, the array will be marked as broken status. If BIOS detect a RAID 1 array is broken, and there is a spare disk can be used to rebuild the broken array, then BIOS will automatically use the spare disk to rebuild the broken RAID 1 array and then replace data to the target disk, see below: If BIOS detects either a RAID 1 or 0/1 array is broken, but no spare disk can be used to rebuild, then BIOS will prompt users with a few operations to solve the problem, see below: 3-7 BIOS Configuration Utility 1. Power off and replace the failed drive This command enables user to power off the computer and replace the failed disk with a good one. [. . . ] After checked the above points, replace the computer case and power on the computer. 2. The hard disk connected to adapter can not be detected out. After the RocketRAID 133 adapter is recognized, the adapter's BIOS will start to scan disks connected to the adapter, the information will display as below: Please pay attention to the hard disks listed on the screen, if all connected disks are correctly detected out, it indicates that these hard disks are well connected and recognized by the computer. If some hard disks are not recognized out, you should open the computer chassis and check the following points: 1. If necessary, try to use another cable. 5-1 Trouble Shooting 3. [. . . ]