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SATARaid GUI Overview
The SATARaid GUI Installation program congures the SATARaid GUI to automatically start when
Windows is started. If the SATARaid GUI does not automatically start or is closed by the user, choose
the JAVA SATARaid program from the Start Menu to launch the GUI. This section explains how to use
the SATARAID5 Manager graphical user interface (GUI) to create and manage RAID groups. Please
install the SATARAID5 Manager software as explained in the SATARAID5 Quick Installation Guide
located on the accompanying drivers CD in the following path:
SATAII\3Gbps_Raid_4Port\SiI3124\Win XP_2000_2003_NT\GUI
The SATARaid GUI monitors the system’s RAID Set in the background, and runs minimized in the
System Tray. To open the main window, click the icon located on the taskbar.
Devices and Information Windows
The Devices window identies the computer running SATARaid, SATA host adapters, SATA devices,
and congured RAID sets. Selecting each component in the conguration tree displays data that
is unique to that component in the Information window. Selecting a specic device channel will
show that channel’s information. Selecting a specic drive reports all pertinent information for that
drive, including the drive’s serial number, rmware version, ATA version and current mode as well as
Conguration and Disk Identication information. Selecting Sets lists the Sets in the conguration
tree and provides information on RIO Version.
Selecting a specic RAID set, such as Set 0, and the type of RAID set, the number of members and
capacity will be displayed in the main (tabbed) window.
Members
Reports the device identication (corresponding with the information in the BIOS) and the state
of each device. The State of the “destination” drive that is being rebuilt may report as Rebuild for a
long period of time depending on the size of the disk.
Smart Conguration
Displays SMART and Conguration as well as a selection for automatically adding a hot spare
and initiating a rebuild in the event of a fault on a RAID 1 set. Note that the spare drive must have
previously been allocated in the RAID BIOS conguration screen.
Identify Data
Displays data identication
Event Viewer and Events Windows
The Event Viewer and Events Windows display SATA device-related events that occur while SATARaid
is running. Selecting categories in the Event Viewer window applies a lter to the Events window so
that only messages of the type selected are displayed. This allows only Warning or Error messages to
be seen, for example.