User`s guide

Document Number: MAN-000SR5-000 Revision 1.40
When you start the SATARAID5 Manager GUI, the following divided window appears.
Note: All of the SATARAID5 Manager screen illustrations are shown for Microsoft Windows. The
outer frame and buttons may appear slightly different on other operating system platforms. The
number of channels shown in this screen will vary according to the type of RAID controller that is
installed in your system. The Legacy Support menu item is not available on Macintosh systems.
The left RAID Groups window identifies SATA host adapters and configured RAID groups. If more than one
Silicon Image Host Bus Adapter is installed, you can switch between them by selecting any controller. This
also displays the RAID Groups currently defined for each controller window. Select a RAID Group to display
the segments associated with that volume in the Device Configuration window on the right. The Device
Configuration window identifies all physical drives and their partitions. If the controller supports SATA-II
Port Multipliers, there may be more than one device ID per SATA channel.
Throughout the Manager, different colors indicate the status of components as follows.
Color Status
Green Good. The component and all subcomponents are functioning correctly.
Yellow
Warning. The component, or at least one subcomponent, has failed or become unavailable and
requires service.
Red Failed. The component, or at least one subcomponent, has failed.
Blue
Pass-Thru device. The component is valid, but it does not contain any RAID metadata, so it will
function as an ordinary hard disk drive.
A square with capacity shows an unallocated driver reserved for configuration into a RAID set.
White
An empty square presents a free slot that will be filled by adding a hard disk drive to the system.
Gray Unused.
Note: Throughout this manual, the term “right-click” refers to using the secondary button on your
mouse to perform the indicated operation. On a Windows or Linux system, use the mouse button
that you have defined to be the “right” button (which by default is on the right side of the mouse,
unless you have changed the primary and secondary buttons using Control Panel
Æ Mouse on
Windows). On a Macintosh system, press and hold the COMMAND (Apple) button and click the
mouse.
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