Rosewill RSV-S4-X User Manual
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System
RSV-S4-X
User Manual
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Content
1 WELCOME....................................................................................................................6
1.1 PRECAUTION ................................................................................................................................................6
1.2 FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................................7
1.2.1 DATA SECURITY............................................................................................................................................................................7
1.2.2 DATA PERFORMANCE .................................................................................................................................................................7
1.2.3 DATA VERSATILITY.......................................................................................................................................................................7
1.3 EASE OF USE.................................................................................................................................................7
1.4 SPECIFICATIONS.........................................................................................................................................8
1.5 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS .....................................................................................................8
1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS................................................................................................................................9
2 INTRODUCTION TO RAID......................................................................................10
2.1 RAID VOLUMES ..........................................................................................................................................10
2.2 SEGMENTING DISKS ................................................................................................................................10
2.3 RAID LEVELS...............................................................................................................................................11
2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0).............................................................................................................................................................11
2.3.2 DISK MIRRORING (RAID 1) ........................................................................................................................................................12
2.3.3 DISK MIRRORING AND STRIPING (RAID 10) ..........................................................................................................................12
2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5) .................................................................................................................................................................13
2.3.5 CONCATENATION ......................................................................................................................................................................13
2.3.6 SINGLE DRIVE / SEGMENT........................................................................................................................................................14
RAID VOLUME STATUS ............................................................................................................................14
2.4
3 INSTALLATION..........................................................................................................15
3.1 COMPONENTS............................................................................................................................................15
3.2 INSTALLING HARDWARE ........................................................................................................................15
3.3 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS 2000...........................................................................................................15
3.3.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .....................................................................................................................15
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3.3.2
INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................21
3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP.........................................................................................................................................................25
3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION ..........................................................................................................................................................25
3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP (32/64-BIT).........................................................................................32
3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .....................................................................................................................32
3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................35
3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP.........................................................................................................................................................39
3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT..........................................................................................................39
3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT..........................................................................................................46
3.5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 (32/64-BIT) ....................................................................55
3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .....................................................................................................................55
3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................58
3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP.........................................................................................................................................................62
3.5.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS........................................................................................................................................................62
3.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA (32/64-BIT)...................................................................................71
3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .....................................................................................................................71
3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................73
3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP.........................................................................................................................................................77
3.6.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS........................................................................................................................................................77
4 SATA RAID5 ARRAY MANAGER ..........................................................................84
4.1 OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................................84
4.2 CREATING RAID GROUPS.......................................................................................................................85
4.2.1 CONTIGUOUS RAID GROUPS ..................................................................................................................................................85
4.2.2 CONCATENATED RAID GROUPS............................................................................................................................................. 86
4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS ............................................................................................................................................................86
4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS .......................................................................................................................................................87
4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS ......................................................................................................................................87
4.2.6 PARITY RAID GROUPS...............................................................................................................................................................88
4.2.7 RAID GROUPS OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................89
4.3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDS .........................................................................................................91
4.3.1 CONFIGURATION........................................................................................................................................................................92
4.3.2 EXIT................................................................................................................................................................................................97
4.3.3 CREATE SPARE ...........................................................................................................................................................................98
4.3.4 DELETE SPARE............................................................................................................................................................................98
4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER .......................................................................................................................................................................99
4.3.6 DELETE ORPHAN........................................................................................................................................................................99
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4.3.7
MAKE PASS-THRU ...................................................................................................................................................................100
4.3.8 DEVICE SUMMARY...................................................................................................................................................................100
4.3.9 CREATE RAID GROUP..............................................................................................................................................................101
4.3.10 REBUILD RAID GROUP .........................................................................................................................................................102
4.3.11 DELETE RAID GROUP............................................................................................................................................................103
4.3.12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE............................................................................................................................................... 103
4.3.13 RAID GROUP SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................................103
4.3.14 TASK MANAGER.....................................................................................................................................................................105
4.3.15 EVENT LOG..............................................................................................................................................................................108
4.3.16 RESOURCES ...........................................................................................................................................................................109
4.3.17 CREATE LEGACY RAID GROUP...........................................................................................................................................110
4.3.18 HELP TOPICS..........................................................................................................................................................................110
4.3.19 ABOUT......................................................................................................................................................................................110
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1 WELCOME
RSV-S4-X enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID1 features typically seen
on high-end data systems with low cost/high capacity Serial ATA drives. By using industry
standard SATA drives and Silicon Image Host Bus Adapters, you can achieve extraordinarily
low costs while remaining assured that your data is protected against hardware failure.
1.1 PRECAUTION
Please read the safe precautions carefully before you using RSV-S4-X storage appliance.
Ensure that you use the product correctly according to the procedure described in this guide.
The following safety precautions are intended to remind you to operate the product safely and
correctly. Please read and ensure that you understand them before you proceed to the other
sections of this guide.
z Do not attempt to disassemble or alter any part of the product that is not describe in this
guide.
z Do not allow the product to come into contact with water or other liquids. In the event
that water or other liquids enter the interior, immediately unplug the product from the
computer. Continued use of the product may result in fire or electrical shock. Please
consult your product distributor or the closest support center.
z Do not handle the product near a heat source or expose them to direct flame or heat.
z Never place the product in close to equipment generating storage electromagnetic fields.
Exposure to strong magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt data.
z Can’t operate properly under Windows 3.x/ 95 / 98SE/ ME/ NT.
z Hard disk drive is not including.
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1.2 FEATURES
1.2.1 DATA SECURITY
The RSV-S4-X software driver includes support for monitoring to predict suspect drives.
RSV-S4-X provides our highest commitment to data security through the use of RAID
architecture to back up and protect data. RAID levels 1, 10, and 5 provide data security. RSV-
S4-X supports sophisticated sparing support so that hardware failure risk can be minimized
by automatically regenerating the failed disk’s data on a backup disk. The RSV-S4-X software
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driver includes support for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.
to predict disk failures. Drives can be moved between controllers without losing data.
1.2.2 DATA PERFORMANCE
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The RSV-S4-X can also increase storage throughput by combining the throughput of multiple
drives into a single volume. RAID levels 1, 10, and 5 support this ability. Furthermore, each
volume can be tailored to provide the best performance for the data contained on that disk.
1.2.3 DATA VERSATILITY
The RSV-S4-X software driver also supports Contiguous and Concatenated drives for
applications which do not require increased security or performance.
1.3 EASE OF USE
The RSV-S4-X utility offers an easy to use utility for creating and managing your storage. It
also supports the latest SATA enhancements including SATA-II Port Multiplier support, and
up to 3Gbit/sec transfer rates on controllers that support that speed. Creating and deleting
volumes is also possible without requiring a restart of the operating system and rebuilds never
require the data to be taken off-line.
Drives can also be moved between controllers without losing the data.
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1.4 SPECIFICATIONS
z A single eSATA host port to 4 SATA 3.5-inch hard disks, with tool-less screws & door
cover.
z Power and host status LED, and devices status and activity LED.
z Metal chassis (SECC) and plastic panel frame (ABS) design.
z 135 (W) x 180 (H) x 255 (D) mm, NW: 2.7 Kgs, GW: 3.1Kgs.
z Design based on the Silicon Image SiI3726 Port-Multiplier with SiI3132R5 PCI-Express
1X HBA.
z Support Striped (RAID 0), Mirrored (RAID 1), Mirrored Striped (RAID 10), Parity RAID
(RAID 5) modes, and hot spare on Mirrored (RAID 1) and Parity RAID (RAID 5) modes.
z Support Contiguous (Single Drive) & Concatenation (Combined Drives) modes.
z 150 watts, 100 & 240 Vac / 50~60Hz with FCC, CE requirement.
z Single packing (color box with handle) and 4 in 1 outer box.
1.5 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
The following operating systems are supported by the RSV-S4-X software driver.
z Windows 2000
z Windows XP, 32/64-bit
z Windows Server 2003, 32/64-bit
z Windows Vista, 32/64-bit
z Windows Server 2008, 32/64-bit
z Windows 7, 32/64-bit
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1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS
The following parts are content.
z RSV-S4-X Port-Multiplier Box
z SiI3132R5 PCI-Express 1X HBA
z eSATA Cable
z AC Cable
z Tool-less Screw x 8
z Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD
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2 INTRODUCTION TO RAID
2.1 RAID VOLUMES
RAID technology allows one or more disks to be combined into a logical volume which
provides greater performance and/or protection than standard disk drives. These volumes,
also known as RAID Groups, appear like regular disk drives to the operating system and can
be partitioned, formatted and used just like any other normal disk. The complexity of the RAID
is hidden within the driver.
There are several different methods of combining disks, each with its own advantages and
disadvantages. Each method is referred to as a RAID “level” such as RAID 1, or RAID 5. The
details of each level are summarized below and detailed in the following sections.
RAID LEVEL CONFIGURED
AS
0 Striped Excellent performance, low cost No data protection
1 Mirrored Excellent data protection High cost
10 Mirrored Striped
5 Parity RAID
Combination Concatenated
Single Drive /
Segment
Contiguous Same as single disk Same as single disk
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
High performance, excellent
data protection.
Good data protection, good
value
Good performance, low cost,
large Volume size
High cost.
Some performance
degradation for writes.
No data protection
2.2 SEGMENTING DISKS
For increased versatility, the SATARAID5 software allows individual disks to be divided into
smaller segments which can then be combined into different volumes. As an example, if a
user has one set of data that must be protected at all costs, another set of data which should
be protected at reasonable cost and another set that doesn’t need any protection at all; the
user can divide three disks into sections as shown in Figure 1. The yellow regions define the
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high security volume, the greem section is the middle security volume and the light blue
shows the unprotected area.
Figure 1: Dividing Disks into Members
2.3 RAID LEVELS
2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0)
Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping is
discussed as a RAID Group type, it is does not provide any fault tolerance. With modern
SATA and ATA bus mastering technology, multiple I/O operations can be performed in
parallel, enhancing data throughput. Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual
disk. The figure below illustrates a three-disk stripe set. Stripe one is written to disk one,
stripe two to disk two, and so forth. RAID 0 sets can be comprised of two, three, or four
drives. If the sizes of the disk segments are different, the smallest disk segment will limit the
overall size of the RAID Group.
Stripe0
Stripe3
Stripe6
Stripe9
Stripe1
Stripe4
Stripe7
Stripe10
Stripe2
Stripe5
Stripe8
Stripe11
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2.3.2 DISK MIRRORING (RAID 1)
Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously
written to two disks. This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk
failure. If a read failure occurs on one drive, the system reads the data from the other drive.
RAID 1 sets are comprised of two drives, and a third drive can be allocated as a spare in case
one of the drives in the set fails. If the sizes of the disk segments are different, the smallest
disk segment will limit the overall size of the RAID Group.
Block
Block 1
k 2
Block
Block 1
k 2
Bl
Bl
Bl
Bl
2.3.3 DISK MIRRORING AND STRIPING (RAID 10)
RAID 10 combines the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 1. Performance is provided through
the use of Striping (RAID 0), while adding the fault tolerance of Mirroring (RAID 1). The
implementation of RAID 10 requires four drives. The drives are assigned as two sets of striped
pairs.
The data is written to RAID Group A, which is mirrored (RAID 1) and provides data
redundancy. Alternating blocks of data are then striped across another RAID 1 mirrored set,
shown as Set B in the figure above. This provides improved speed.
Under certain circumstances, a RAID 10 set can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures.
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2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5)
Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the
data. Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes. The data and
parity information is arranged on the disk array so that parity is written to different disks.
There are at least 3 members to a Parity RAID set. The following example illustrates how the
parity is rotated from disk to disk. The following example illustrates how the parity is rotated
from disk to disk.
Parity RAID uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost
per megabyte for larger installations. Mirroring requires 100% increase in capacity to protect
the data whereas the above example using three hard drives only requires a 50% increase.
The additional required capacity decreases as the number of disks in the group increases (i.e.,
33% for four drives or 25% for five drives).
In exchange for low overhead necessary to implement protection, Parity RAID degrades
performance for all write operations. The parity calculations for Parity RAID may result in write
performance that is somewhat slower than the write performance to a single disk.
2.3.5 CONCATENATION
The Concatenated mode combines multiple disks or segments of disks into a single large
volume. It does not provide any data protection or performance improvement but can be
useful for utilizing leftover space on disks. Concatenation allows the segments that make up
the volume to be of different sizes.
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2.3.6 SINGLE DRIVE / SEGMENT
The single drive is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single
disk drive. Single drive is the “Contiguous” configuration option when creating RAID Groups
(or sets) in the SATARAID5 software.
2.4 RAID VOLUME STATUS
A RAID volume can be in any one of the following statuses.
STATUS MEANING
Good All disks are currently functioning as normal.
For RAID levels that provide data protection, one or more disks have
Reduced
Rebuilding
Resynchronizing
Failed
failed but the data is still available via the RAID algorithms. The failed
disk should be replaced as soon as possible to avoid loss of data.
A failed disk drive has been replaced and the data is being regenerated
on the replacement disk. When complete, the RAID Group will return to
Good status.
An error has occurred and RAID algorithms be regenerated on this
RAID Group. When complete, the RAID Group will return to Good
status.
One or more disks have failed and RAID algorithms can no longer
regenerate the data. The minimum number of failures required to reach
this state depends on the RAID level:
z RAID 0, Concatenated, Contiguous: Single disk failure.
z RAID 1, 10, and 5: Two disk failure.
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3 INSTALLATION
3.1 COMPONENTS
There are three separate steps that must be install or setup for RSV-S4-X to function. These
components are the HARDWARE, SATA RAID5 HBA DRIVER, and SATARAID5 Utility. The
steps on how to setup these packages is described in the following sections.
3.2 INSTALLING HARDWARE
Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation.
z Turn off your host computer.
z Install the SiI3132 PCI-Express 1X SATA RAID5 HBA into a PCI-Express slot (1X ~ 16X),
than connect one end of the eSATA cable to the eSATA connector on the Sil3132 PCI-
Express 1X SATA RAID5 HBA.
z Connect the other end to the eSATA connecter on RSV-S4-X.
z If hard disk drives are not installed in RSV-S4-X, insert the drives most of the way into
bay 1 to 4 in order (from the bottom to top); gently insert the drive until the drive is fully
inserted, and twist the tool-less screw shut to seat the drive securely.
z Switch the VAC to the correct position (For example, 115 for Japan, and 230 for UK)
attach one end of the AC power cord to RSV-S4-X and the other end to the proper AC
receptacle.
z Turn on RSV-S4-X, than turn on the host computer.
3.3 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS 2000
3.3.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER
Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup.
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z Insert the Setup and Installation Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive.
z When start the Windows O/S, new hardware will be found, click Next>.
z Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), than click Next>.
z Select Specify a location, than click Next>.
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z Click Browse… to select to driver path, than click OK.
z Click Next> to install the Silicon Image Sil3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller driver.
z Click Yes to pass the Microsoft digital signature and continue the installation.
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z When the Silicon Image Sil3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller installation has completed, click
Finish, and begin to the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device driver installation.
z Windows will find the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device hardware, click Next>.
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z Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), than click Next>.
z Select Specify a location, than click Next>.
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z Click Browse… to select to driver path, than click OK.
z Click Next> to install the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device driver.
z When the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device installation has completed, click
Finish.
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3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY
Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation.
z Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array
Manager software from the Utility folder.
z Double-click the 3132-W-I32-R.exe file.
z Click N
ext> to begin setup.
z Select I A
gree, than click Next>.
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z Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click N
z Click N
ext> to use the default installation folder.
ext> to create a shortcut on the desktop.
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z Click N
ext> to begin the installation.
z When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click C
lose to exit.
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z Select I agree the terms in the license agreement, than click Next> to begin the Java
platform installation.
z Select Typical, than click Next>.
z When Java platform installation has completed, click F
inish to exit.
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z Select Start > Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array
Manager software.
3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP
Please refer to the chapter 4.
3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION
Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the
SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load
Windows.
z Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu.
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z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives.
z When Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard appears, click N
ext>.
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z Select the new disk to write a signature, than click N
ext>.
z Do not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk, than click Next>.
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z When the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish.
z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select Create Partition… from the pop-up
menu.
z Click N
ext> to create a partition on a basic disk.
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z Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next>.
z Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>.
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z Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>.
z Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a Quick Format,
setup the File system to use, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>.
z When the Create Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish.
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