Section 1: RAIDZONE Introduction

Section 2: Installation

Three Steps in RAIDZONE Installation

Step 0: Install Windows NT First

Step 1: Install the RAIDZONE Hardware

1.1 RAIDZONE Hardware Overview

1.2 Install the RAIDZONE Hardware

1.2.1 Install the RAIDZONE Controller

1.2.2 Install the SmartCan Enclosure

1.2.3 Install ATA or UltraATA Drives

Step 2: Install the RAIDZONE Software

2.1 Boot Windows NT

2.2 Install RAIDZONE Software

2.3 Test the Disk Array Subsystem

2.4 Configure the RAIDZONE Disk Array

Section 3: RAIDZONE Software Guide

1. RAIDZONE Software Overview

2. RAIDZONE Disk Array Configuration

2.1 Disk Level Configuration

2.1.1 Disk Level Logical Sets

2.1.2 Hot Spares

2.2 Partition Level Configuration

2.2.1 Partition Level Logical Sets

2.2.2 Formatting a Partition

2.3 Creating an Emergency Repair Diskette

3. RAIDZONE Disk Array Administration

3.1 Monitoring Disk Array Status

3.2 Repairing an Orphaned Disk

3.3 Disk Arrays Require Tape Backup

Section 4: RAIDZONE Software Reference

1. RAIDZONE Administrator Main Screen

2. File Menu

2.1 Save Configuration

2.2 Restore Configuration

2.3 Exit

3. Configure Menu

3.1 New Mirror

3.2 New Hot Spare

3.3 Break Mirror

3.4 Free Hot Spare

4. Partition Menu

4.1 Create Partition

4.1.1 Create Standard Partition

4.1.2 Create a Span Partition

4.1.3 Create a Stripe Partition

4.1.4 Create a RAID5 Partition

4.1.5 Create a Mirror Partition

4.2 Delete Partition

4.3 Format a Partition

4.4 Assign a Drive Letter

5. Repair Menu

5.1 Hot Swap a Disk

5.2 Exchange Disk With Hot Spare

5.3 Rebuild Fault Tolerant Set

6. Diagnostic Menu

6.1 Flash Disk Lights

6.2 Power Up Disk

7. Options Menu

7.1 Auto Hot Spare

7.2 Show Event Viewer

7.3 Refresh Status Information

Appendix A: RAID Disk Array Overview

1.  Introduction

2. What is RAID?

3. What RAID Types Should I Use?