HighPoint ATA-133 RAID User manual

HPT370/372 RAID Controller
User’s Manual
Revision: 1.1
Date: Mar. 2002
HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

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Table of Contents
Management Functions ...... .................................................................3-9
View Information .................................................................................3-11
Rebuild Broken RAID 1/0+1 array ......................................................3-15
Appendix A
Glossary
Appendix B
Contact Technical Support
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
RAID Basics ..................................................................................... 1-1
IDE RAID......................................................................................... 1-2
Hard Drive Connection ..................................................................... 1-3
Driver Installation ............................................................................. 1-4
Chapter 3
RAID Administrator
Installation .............................................................................................3-1
Getting Start .. .................. ...................................................................3-1
Configuration Functions ......................................................................3-3
Chapter 2
BIOS Configuration Utility
Enter BIOS Configuration Utility.......................................................2-1
Create Disk Array...............................................................................2-1
Delete Disk Array ..............................................................................2-4
Add/Delete Spare Disk..................................................... ................ 2-5
Set Boot Device..................................................................................2-5
Duplicate Critical RAID 1/0+1 array..................................................2-6
Rebuild Broken RAID 1/0+1 array.....................................................2-7

Chapter 1
Introduction
This chapter will give you a brief introduction on the background
knowledge of RAID as well as the hard drive connection on your
motherboard which is embedded with HPT370/372 RAID Controller.
The driver installation of HPT370/372 RAID Controller is also in-
cluded in this chapter.

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining
several hard drives(physical drives) into one logical unit(logical drive). Such
combining can offer either or both fault tolerance and higher data throughput
than a single hard drive.
1.1 RAID Basics
There are usually a few methods through which hard drives can be combined
together. The different methods are refered as different RAID Levels. Different
RAID levels represent different performance level, security level and cost.
The most frequently used RAID levels include RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5. Also
there are some combined RAID levels, for example, RAID 0+1 is the combina-
tion of RAID 0 and RAID 1. Here is a briefing table of these popular RAID
levels:
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Benefits
Data protection through
redundancy
Highest performance with
data protection
No data protection and
performance improving,
but full usage of disk
space
Description
Minimum
# of Drives
RAID 1 Disk mirroring 2
RAID 0 Data striping
2
Highest Performance
without data protection
RAID
0+1
RAID 0 and RAID 1
combined 4
JBOD Disk Spanning
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1.2 IDE RAID
For a long time, RAID technology has been based on SCSI interface, and
mainly focused on high-end application. PC users and low-end business
application has been excluded from the RAID application due to the high cost
of SCSI RAID.
It is very lucky that, as the IDE RAID technology emerges recently, people now
can enjoy the RAID benefits at a pretty low cost.
IDE is another computer interface widely used by PCs. Due to the great
development of the PC market, the IDE interface devices’ price has dramati-
cally dropped, while at the same time, their performance has greatly improved.
Below is a performance&cost brief comparison between IDE RAID and SCSI
RAID:
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Note:
1. “ ”means it is better to connect hard drive at this position.
2. When connecting hard disk, pay much attention to its Master -Slave jumper
setting: if two hard disks are connected onto one IDE cable, one disk
should be set as master while the other as slave.
1.3 Hard Drive Connection
Note: The price may vary depending on different period and different market.
Due to the high performance and low cost, IDE RAID has been widely ac-
cepted by the market as a cost-effective RAID solution.
IDE RAID SCSIRAID
PCI to ATA133 PCI to Ultra160 SCSI
Number of Channels 21
Maximum number of Drives 415
Maximum Data Throughput 133 x 2 MB/s 160 MB/s
Supported RAID Levels 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, JBOD
Price 100$ 499$
Spin(rpm) 7200 10000
Capacity 40G 33G
Price 120$ 500$
C o ntr o lle r
Card
Hard
Drive
Interface

1.4 Driver Installation
As for the HPT370/372 driver installation, you may have the following informa-
tion as reference .
Windows 98/ME
Automatic Installation
After the computer start-up, Windows system will find the RAID function and
prompt user to install its driver. Please follow the prompts to finish driver
installation.
1. Close all programs;
2. Click Start-->Settings-->Control Panel, then double-click on Add New
Hardware icon;
3. Click Next in the follow-up window to continue;
4. A dialog box will appear and ask whether to let windows search new
hardware. Select No, I want to select the hardware form a list, and
then click Next to continue;
5. Different hardware types will be listed in the follow-up window, Select
SCSI Controllers from the list and then click Next to continue;
6. Insert the driver diskette, then click Have Disk...;
7. A dialog box will pop out, please input the path of driver location
A:\Win98_ME,, then click OK to continue;(if users install driver from
CD make sure input the correct path, for example D:\HPT370\Driver
\Win98_ME)
8. In the follow-up window, select HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Con-
troller or HPT372 UDMA/ATA 133 RAID Controller, then click Next
to continue;
9. Follow the system prompts to finish driver installation. When finished,
restart the computer.
Verify Installation
After the driver installation finished and the computer restarted:
1. Right-click My Computer icon on desktop, and then select Properties
item from the popup menu;
2. Activate Device Manager item from the popup window.
If there are the two device items under SCSI Controllers tree as shown below, it
indicates that the driver has been installed correctly.
Manual Installation
If Windows does not find new hardware, the driver can be manually installed
through the following steps :
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If you cannot find these two device items,or there is ?or ! on device icon, it
indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and needs reinstallation.
Install driver under existing Windows NT4.0
1. Click Start-->Settings-->Control Panel, then double-click SCSI
Adapter icon;
2. In the follow-up window, select Driver item, then click Add button;
3. In the follow-up window, select Have Disk...;
4. Insert the driver diskette, and input the path of driver location A:\WinNT,
then click OK;(if users install driver from CD make sure input the
correct path, for example D:\HPT370\Driver\WinNT)
5. In the follow-up window, select HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Con-
troller or HPT372 UDMA/ATA 133 RAID Controller item, then click
OK;
6. Follow the system prompts to finish driver installation. When finished,
restart the computer.
Install driver during the process of Windows NT4.0 installation
( For install HPT driver during Windows NT4.0/Windows2000/WindowsXP
installation, recommend users copy the driver to a floppy diskette's root
directory)
1. Press F6 key when the system prompts Setup is inspecting your
computer’s hardware configuration;
2. The installation will continue. Later, installation program will prompt
user to press Skey to specify other devices, please press S key;
3. In the follow-up Device Type window, select Other item, then press
ENTER to confirm;
4. The installation program will prompt user to insert the driver diskette.
Please insert it and then press ENTER to confirm;
WINDOWS NT4.0
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5. In the follow-up window, select HPT370/372/372A ATA RAID
Controller, then press ENTER to confirm;
6. The follow-up window will list out the devices to be installed, in which
HPT370/372/372A ATA RAID Controller item should be included( If
users want to install other devices, please operate at this time. If all
devices have been successfully installed, please go to next step);
7. Press ENTER to continue the installation of Windows NT4.0.
Verify Installation
When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted:
1. Click Start-->Setup-->Control Panel, and then double-click SCSI
Adapter item;
2. If there is HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller or HPT372
UDMA/ATA 133 RAID Controller item in the popup window, it
indicates that the driver has been successfully installed. Otherwise,
users need to reinstall the driver.
Windows 2000
Install driver under existing Windows 2000
Automatic Installation
Start the computer and boot into Windows 2000, the system will automatically
detect new hardware and prompt users to install the driver. Please insert the
driver diskette and follow the system prompts to finish the driver installation
and then restart the computer.
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Manual Installation
If Windows can not find new hardware, the driver should be manually installed
through the following steps :
1. Click Start-->Settings-->Control Panel, double click Add/Remove New
Hardware. In the follow-up window, Click Next to continue;
2. In the follow-up window, select the first item Add/Troubleshoot a device,
then click Next to continue;
3. In the follow-up window of device list, select the first item Add New
Device, then click Next to continue;
4. Then the system will ask whether to let Windows to search new hardware.
Please select No, I want to select the hardware from a list. then click
Next to continue;
5. In the follow-up window of device types, select SCSI and RAID
controllers, then click Next to continue;
6. In the follow-up window, select Have Disk...;
7. Please insert the driver diskette and input the path of driver location:
A:\Win2000 into Copy manufacturer’s files from: column, then click
OK; (if users install driver from CD make sure input the correct path,
for example D:\HPT370\Driver\Win2K)
8. In the follow-up window, select HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Con-
troller or HPT372 UDMA/ATA 133 RAID Controller;
9. Follow the system prompts to finish driver installation, and restart the
computer.
Install driver during the process of Windows 2000 installation
1. If Windows 2000 is installed from diskette booting , please let the install
program run automatically. If Windows 2000 is installed from the CD-
ROM,
please F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third
party SCSI or RAID driver appears. If start installation by typing Winnt,
after files have been copied and the computer restarted, press F6 key when
the message Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware configura-
tion appears;
2. Press Skey to specify additional devices when the Windows 2000 Setup
window appears;
3. In the follow-up window for selecting device type, please select Other
and press ENTER to continue;
4. Insert the driver disketee, then press ENTER to continue;
5. The system will ask whether to install driver for WinNT or for Windows
2000, please select to install driver for Windows 2000;
6. The follow-up window will list out the devices to be installed, in which
HPT370/372/372A ATA RAID Controller item should be included;( If
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Verify Installation
After the driver has been installed and the computer restarted:
1. Right-click My Computer
icon, then select Properties
item from the popup menu;
2. In the popup window, select
Hardware item and then click
Device Manager button.
If HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller or HPT372 UDMA/ATA 133
RAID Controller item exists in the popup Device Manager window, it
indicates that the driver has been successfully installed. Otherwise, please
reinstall the driver.
7. Press ENTER to continue Windows 2000 setup.
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Windows XP
After Windows XP is start-up, Windows system will automatically find new
hardware and prompt user to install its driver. Please follow these steps to install
the driver:
1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears, select Install -
from a list or specify location(Advanced), and click Next to continue;
2. In the follow-up window, please select Don’t search, I will choose the
driver to install, then click Next to continue;
3. In the follow-up window of device list, please select SCSI and RAID
controllers, and then click Next to continue;
4. In the next window, click on Have Disk..., then type in the driver location:
A:\Win_XP into the follow-up window, then click OK to continue;(If
users install driver from CD make sure input the correct path, for
example D:\HPT370\Driver\Win_XP)
Install driver under existing Windows XP
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user want to install other devices, please operate at this time. If all devices
have been successfully installed, please go to next step.)

5. In the follow-up window, select HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller
or HPT372 UDMA/ATA 133 RAID Controller, then click Next to continue;
6. In the follow-up window, click on Continue Anyway, then click Finish in the
follow-up window;
7. Next, Windows will find HighPoint RCM device, please confirm the Digital
Signature Not Found window when it appears, when finished, please
restart the computer.
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1. Booting from CD-ROM, when the Windows XP Setup blue screen appears
and prompt user to press F6 key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver,
please press F6 Key.
2. The setup program will continue, later when the setup program prompt user if
to specify additional adapters, please press S key;
3. Then the setup program will prompt user to insert the driver diskette. Please
insert the driver diskette, then press ENTER to continue;
4. The follow-up window will list out the installation choices, please select
HPT370/372/372A ATA RAID Controller for Windows XP and press EN
TER to continue;
5. The follow-up window will list out the devices to be installed, in which
HPT370/372/372A ATA RAID Controller item should be included; ( If user
want to install other devices, please operate at this time. If all devices have
been successfully installed, please go to next step.)
6. Press ENTER to continue Windows XP setup.
Verify Installation
After the driver has been installed and the computer restarted:
1. Right-click My Computer icon, then select Properties item from the popup
menu;
2. In the popup window, select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager
button.
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If HPT370 UDMA/ATA100 RAID Controller or HPT372 UDMA/ATA 133
RAID Controller item exists in the popup Device Manager window (see above), it
indicates that the driver has been successfully installed.
Otherwise, if user cannot find these two device items, or there is ?or ! markings on
device icon, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user
need to delete the devices and reinstall the drivers.
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Chapter 2
BIOS Configuration Utility
Contents of this Chapter:
2.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility
2.2 Create Disk Array
2.3 Delete Disk Array
2.4 Add/Delete Spare Disk
2.5 Set Boot Device
2.6 Duplicate Critical RAID 1/0+1 array
2.7 Rebuild Broken RAID 1/0+1 array
RAID Administrator’s configuration is compatible with BIOS configu-
ration. RAID Administrator provides all functions that BIOS can pro-
vide except setting boot device. Also RAID Administrator provides
much convinience with the graphical user interface based on OS.
So we strongly recommend users to use RAID Administrator for RAID
configuration and management. Only the particular functions provided
by BIOS will be introduced in this chapter. If users want to configure
and manage in BIOS, please refer to the help information given by
BIOS interface.

When the following information appears on screen during the computer is starting,
press CTRL+H key to enter BIOS configuration utility.
The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below:
Main Menu: This column lists all currently available operation commands.
Help: This column gives help information about the current selected
item and the prompts on available operations.
Status: This column lists all the hard disks and disk arrays connected
to the adapter. When this column is activated, user can select
the target device to perform a specific operation.
2.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility
Follow these steps to create a disk array:
1. Within the Menu column of main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the
Create Array command and press ENTER to call out the list of creation
steps:
2.2 Create Disk Array
BIOS Configuration Utility
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2. Highlight the Array Mode and press ENTER, then a list of array modes
will appear, see below:
Just highlight the target array mode that you want to create, and then press
ENTER to confirm the selection;
(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:
If user selected RAID 1 (mirror) array, then an option list will popup to
enable user selecting Duplication or Create Only. 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.
Just type in the name that you want to name the array, then press ENTER to
continue;
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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:
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 thearrow key to highlight the Block Size and press ENTER, then select a
block size from the popup list, 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;
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:
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)
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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:
2.3 Delete Disk Array
Pay attention to the warning message, and then press Y to delete the
selected disk array, or press N to cancel.
2. Then a warning message will appear as below:
(User can select a disk array by selecting its first member disk)
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.
highlight the target disk array and then press ENTER to delete it;
Warning:
1. Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array.
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2.4 Add/Delete Spare Disk
2.5 Set Boot Device
Follow these steps to add or delete a spare disk from the mirror array:
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 the array, or highlight a spare disk and press ENTER to delete it from the
array.
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:
2. After a disk is added into the array, its status will be marked as Hidden,
see below:
Warning:
1. Adding a spare disk into the mirror array will destroy all the data on that disk.
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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.
2.6 Duplicate Critical RAID 1/0+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:
2. After the disk or disk array is selected, its status will be marked as BOOT,
see below:
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