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LIAN LI IB-01
User Manual

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Jumper Switch Operation ..............................................................................................................4

RAID Engine...........................................................................................................................................8
Support RAID Type ...........................................................................................................................8
Stripe (RAID 0) for High Performance .......................................................................................................8
Mirror (RAID 1) for High Security..............................................................................................................9
Clone..............................................................................................................................................................10
Concatenating (JBOD) ................................................................................................................................11
Parity Protection (RAID 3 & RAID 5).......................................................................................................12

Software AP Operation...................................................................................................................13
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................................14
2 Getting Start ..............................................................................................................................................16
2.1 Basic Mode..............................................................................................................................................16
2.1.1 RAID and Disk Information ..............................................................................................................16
2.1.1.1 Controller Information....................................................................................................................16
2.1.1.2 RAID Information ...........................................................................................................................19
2.1.1.3 Disk Information..............................................................................................................................19
2.1.2 Event Log Viewer................................................................................................................................21
2.1.3 Basic RAID Configuration .................................................................................................................23
2.2 Advanced Mode......................................................................................................................................27
2.2.1 Email Notification And Event Settings .............................................................................................27
2.2.2 Advanced RAID Configuration .........................................................................................................29
2.2.3 Firmware Information........................................................................................................................33

Figures
Figure 1 Functional Button ................................................................................................................10014
Figure 2 Basic Mode ..................................................................................................................................15
Figure 3 Advanced Mode ..........................................................................................................................15
Figure 4 Controller Information..............................................................................................................17
Figure 5 Identify The Controller .............................................................................................................18
Figure 6 System Information ...................................................................................................................18
Figure 7 RAID Information .....................................................................................................................19
Figure 8 Disk Information........................................................................................................................20
Figure 9 SMART Information .................................................................................................................21
Figure 10 Event Log Viewer.....................................................................................................................22
Figure 11 Save The Event Logs To A File................................................................................................22

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Figure 12 Create RAID 10........................................................................................................................23
Figure 13 Setting Password for new RAID.............................................................................................24
Figure 14 Confirmation Dialog................................................................................................................24
Figure 15 Show Configuration Progress Window..................................................................................25
Figure 16 Information Message Box .......................................................................................................25
Figure 17 Warning Message Box .............................................................................................................26
Figure 18 Update Disk Charts After Creating RAID ............................................................................26
Figure 19 Update Disk Charts After Deleting All RAID .......................................................................27
Figure 20 Email Notification and Event Settings...................................................................................28
Figure 21 Select All Events Button and Clear All Events Button.................................................28
Figure 22 Advanced RAID Configuration..............................................................................................29
Figure 23 Advanced RAID Configuration..............................................................................................30
Figure 24 Modify RAID Disk Size...........................................................................................................31
Figure 25 Delete RAID .............................................................................................................................32
Figure 26 Select The Deleted RAID And Provide Password.................................................................33
Figure 27 Firmware Update.....................................................................................................................34
Figure 28 Show Progress Bar...................................................................................................................36
Figure 29 Show Dialog to Reboot The System .......................................................................................36

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RAID Mode / Jumper Switch Operation

Please make sure you have a back up.

Use the jumper switch sequence to select the correct RAID function 0/1/3/5/10.
Please note that changing the setup will reset your HDD arrangement and may
void your data.
Jumper switch
Jumper switch can control the RAID mode. (you need to reset RAID setting before
the new one) RAID Support 0/1/3/5/10 CLONE / JBOD / Port multiplier or (Clear
RAID)
Activate button
Push the activate button to implement your new RAID settings.
Alarm
Enable or disable the alarm for a HDD failure.

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RAID_0

RAID_1 if two drives; RAID 10 if four/five drives.

RAID_3 (parity in a dedicated hard disk)

RAID 5 (parity in every hard disk)

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CLONE (every hard disk has the same content)

JBOD (all hard disks will be concatenated to form a large disk)

Port multiplier (to clear RAID)

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RAID Engine
RAID Engine provides data striping, mirroring, XOR calculation and data verification. It supports RAID
level 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, JBOD and CLONE. All RAID levels capacity can exceed 2 Tera Bytes . Actually,
JMB393 behaves as a fully 48-bit LBA addressing RAID drive and is 100% ATA compliance.
From (PC) host controller, each RAID system controlled by JMB393 acts just the same as a single
regular hard disk although a RAID system generally consists of more than a hard disk drive. Therefore,
no extra BIOS, driver or software is needed. If (PC) host controller is Port-Multiplier-aware controller
JMB393 could work under Port Multiplier condition.

Support RDIA Type

Stripe (RAID 0) for High Performance
Stripe or RAID 0 is the segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that
segments can be assigned to multiple hard disks in a round-robin fashion and thus written
concurrently.
Advantage of RAID 0 is to achieve high performance by accumulating each individual hard disk
performance. However, if any one hard disk gets defective, information stored in this RAID0 will be
invalid.
JMB393 will just make use of the same size disk space in each hard disk under RAID 0 condition. For
example, if a RAID 0 consists of 5 different size hard disks, total size of usable space of this RAID0 will
be (the capacity of smallest size hard disk) * (the number of hard disks in this RAID0).

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Mirror (RAID 1) for High Security

Mirror or RAID 1 is the replication of data onto separate hard disks in real time to ensure continuous
availability. Take a RAID 1 system with two hard disks as an example, data in a hard disk will be
exactly the same as the data in another hard disk.
JMB393 will also make use of same size disk space in each hard disk of RAID 1. That is, JMB393 will
write data to the same disk space in each hard disk. When reading data, JMB393 will read data from a
specified hard disk.
Failure in a hard disk will cause JMB393 enter degrade mode. Host controller still could read/write
data thru JMB393 normally without knowing any defect. Users have to replace the defect hard disk.
JMB393 then will enter on-line-auto-rebuild mode automatically.
Besides, if there is only some partial defect in a hard disk, JMB393 will read data from another healthy
hard drive. This will be explained in more details in the section, On-line Command Based Bad Sector
Recovery.

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Clone
Clones action is similar to RAID 1. However, all of the hard disks will be the mirrors. For example, in a
four hard drives Clone environment, data in each hard drive will be same. This mode is useful
especially when users would like to copy data from a hard drive to several hard drives at the same
time.

Concatenating (JBOD)
This mode is also named JBOD. In this mode, JMB393 will concatenate all of the hard drives into a
single hard drive with larger capacity. For example, if three 500GB hard disks is connected to JMB393
in concatenating mode, user will get a single hard disk with capacity of 1,500 GB.

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Parity Protection
XOR engine in JMB393 generate parity block. In RAID 3 mode, Parity Block will be stored in the same
hard drive. While in RAID 5 mode, Parity Block will be spread over all of the different hard drives.

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JMB393 will also make use of same size disk space in each hard disk under RAID 3/5 condition.
Failure in a hard disk will cause JMB393 enter degrade mode. Host controller still could read/write
data thru JMB393 normally without knowing any defects. Users have to replace the defective hard disk.
JMB393 then will enter on-line-auto-rebuild mode automatically.

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LIAN LI IB-01
HW RAID Manager Software AP
User Guide

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1. Introduction
This guide explains how to use LIAN LI IB-01 HW RAID Manager Software AP to configure RAID
and monitor the status of the disks connected on JMB39X hardware RAID controller.
Once LIAN LI IB-01 HW RAID Manager Software AP is launched, the LIAN LI IB-01 HW RAID
Manager Software AP GUI window will be opened and the application icon could also be found in the
notification tray located at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
For the consideration of different user experiences and achieving the ease of navigation, the main GUI is
divided into two modes (Basic mode and Advance mode).
When the user presses the Basic Mode button on the right side of the GUI window, there are three
buttons to be chosen for navigating the corresponding basic pages. Those basic pages are RAID and
Disk Information page, Event Log Viewer page and Basic RAID Configuration page. Users could
simply do basic RAID configuration and browse all disks and RAID information as well as the event
logs in this basic mode.
For the advanced users, they could press the Advanced Mode button to invoke another three advanced
pages and do the advanced settings. Those advanced pages are Email Notification and Event Settings
page, Advanced RAID Configuration page and Firmware Update page.
Besides, there are some buttons appearing on the upper part of the GUI window and they are provided
for users to minimize the window, close the window, turnoff the buzzer (if the buzzer exists) and open
the About window.
Please make sure you have a back up.
Use the operation software AP sequence to select the correct RAID function
0/1/3/5/10. Please note that changing the setup will reset your HDD
arrangement and may void your data.

Figure 1 Functional Buttons

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Figure 2 Basic Mode

Figure 3 Advanced Mode

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2. Getting Started
The following sections will lead you go through all basic pages and advanced pages. Let us start with
the RAID and Disk Information page.

2.1

Basic Mode

The basic mode is aimed to provide users to navigate the disk and RAID information, the event log as
well as do the basic configuration to the connected disks.

2.1.1 RAID and Disk Information

This page consists of two parts. The left part is a tree which shows all controllers on this platform and
their connected RAID and disks in a hierarchy view. When the user selects a tree item, the detail
information of the selected item will be displayed in the right part. All the disk and RAID information
will be updated in realtime and users could monitor the status easily.
2.1.1.1 Controller Information
If the user selects a controller item from the tree view, it will display the model name and capacity of the
RAID and disks connected on the specified controller at the right top table and also display all
connected disk charts at the right bottom area. For RAID member disks, the disk charts will be drawn
with the different colors according to the different RAID.

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Figure 4 Controller Information

When the user move the mouse upon the Controller Information label, it will be highlighted with red
color and show a tool-tip to tell that it could be clicked to identify the controller with the specified host
LED flashing.

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Figure 5 Identify the Controller

If the hardware monitor controller exists, the application will show an Advanced label at the right
bottom corner of the table. The user could simply click it to browse the system information.

Figure 6 System Information

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2.1.1.2 RAID Information
If the user selects a RAID item from the tree view, it will display the detail information of the specified
RAID at the right top table and also display the RAID member disk charts at the right bottom area.

Figure 7 RAID Information

If the selected RAID is in rebuilding state, it will be highlighted with green color in the tree view. Also,
the rebuilding animation will be played at the bottom left and right area. The rebuilding percentage is
displayed at the bottom center area, too.
The user could simply click the RAID Information label to identify the member disks of the specified
RAID with all disk LED flashings at the same time.
2.1.1.3 Disk Information
If the user selects a Disk item from the tree view, it will display the detail information of the specified
disk at the right top table and also display the disk pie chart at the right bottom area.
If the selected disk is one member disk of the rebuilding RAID, the rebuilding animation will also be
played at the bottom left and right area. The rebuilding percentage is displayed at the bottom center area,

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too.

Figure 8 Disk Information

The user could simply click the Disk Information label to identify the specified RAID with the disk
LED flashing.
If the disk is a RAID member disk, the application will show an Advanced label at the right bottom
corner of the table. The user could simply click it to browse the SMART information of the specified
disk.

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Figure 9 SMART Information

2.1.2 Event Log Viewer

JMicron HW RAID Manager will monitor the status of all connected disks and RAID and make records
of the occurrence of the events. The user could browse all events through this event log viewer page.
The user could save the logs to a profile by pressing the Save to Profile button. It will pop up a dialog
for the user to fill the profile name.
Besides, the user could simply clear all the logs by pressing the Clear button.

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Figure 10 Event Log Viewer

Figure 11 Save The Event Logs To A File

2.1.3 Basic RAID Configuration

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JMicron HW RAID Manager provides users to do the basic RAID configuration to the connected disks
in this page. According to the number and capacity of the connected disks, JMicron HW RAID Manager
will provide the available RAID type for users to select. When the user select his/her desired RAID type,
JMicron HW RAID Manager will automatically select the available disks to build the RAID and
calculate the RAID capacity. It will show the selected disks charts drawn in the cross pattern on the right
part.
For example, if the user selects RAID 10, JMicron HW RAID Manager will select four available disks
to build RAID 10 starting from the lower Disk number. At the mean while, it will calculate the smallest
disk size to build RAID and calculate the total capacity of the RAID.

Figure 12 Create RAID 10

If the user wants to set the password for the new RAID, he/she could check the password group box and
enter the password.

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Figure 13 Setting Password for new RAID

After selecting the RAID type and setting the password (optional), the user just need press the Apply
button to apply the configuration or press Cancel button to restore to the original disk state.
If the user wants to delete the existing RAID, the user could select the DELETE ALL RAID button to
delete the RAID and apply it.
When the user presses the Apply button, it will pop up a dialog to ask for the confirmation.

Figure 14 Confirmation Dialog

After the user confirms to apply the configuration, it will pop up another progress window to show the

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configuration status.

Figure 15 Show Configuration Progress Window

After the RAID configuration finishes, it will pop up a message dialog to tell that a RAID is newly
created or a RAID has been deleted.

Figure 16 Information Message Box

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Figure 17 Warning Message Box

At last, the disk charts will be redrawn to reflect the result of the configuration. The newly created RAID
will be shown with the gradient color. If the user deletes the RAID, the disk charts will be drawn in
green color.

Figure 18 Update Disk Charts After Creating RAID

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Figure 19 Update Disk Charts After Deleting All RAID

2.2

Advanced Mode

The advanced mode is aimed to provide the advanced functionalities, such as Email notification settings,
the advanced RAID configuration and firmware update.

2.2.1 Email Notification and Event Settings

JMicron HW RAID Manager provides the function of the email notification when the specified events
occur. The user might enter the mail server name, mail server port, sender e-mail address and recipients
e-mail addresses in this page. If the specified mail server need authenticate the senders password when
sending mail, the user might enter the correct username and password.
To check if the entered data is correct or not, the user could simply click the Send Mail Test button to
send a mail to the specified recipients for testing.

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Figure 20 Email Notification and Event Settings

Additionally, the user might select the events for email notification. The user could click the following
buttons to select all events or clear all events. Of course, he could also check the events by himself for
e-mail notification.

Figure 21 Select All Events Button and Clear All Events Button
Furthermore, the user could save the email and event settings to a profile by pressing the Save To
Profile button or load the settings from the specified profile by pressing Load From Profile button.
At last, the user could press the Apply button to apply the specified email and event settings or press
the Cancel button to restore to the original settings.

2.2.2 Advanced RAID Configuration

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For the advanced users, JMicron HW RAID Manager also provides them to do the advanced RAID
configuration to the connected disks.
The user is not only able to select the RAID type but also could select the desirable disks to build the
RAID. JMicron HW RAID Manager will depend on the status of the connected disks and provide the
available disks for users to select.

Figure 22 Advanced RAID Configuration (Select Disks and Enter Password)

After applying the RAID configuration, the disk charts are updated and the supported RAID type will
also be updated according to the remaining of the available disks.

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Figure 23 Advanced RAID Configuration

When the user selects the disks, he/she could also modify the RAID disk size by simply clicking the
specified disk chart and adjust the disk size from the slider at the bottom. The disk which is being adjusted
the size is highlighted with deep red color.

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Figure 24 Modify RAID Disk Size

The user could delete the RAID by checking the Delete DAID check box. The bottom group box will
be updated and show the existing RAID. The user could select the RAID to be deleted.

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Figure 25 Delete RAID

If the deleted RAID supports password, the password check box will be automatically enabled for the
user to enter the password.
The RAID member disk which is being deleted is drawn in the cross pattern.
The Apply button is just enabled for clicking once all configuration settings are done.

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Figure 26 Select The Deleted RAID And Provide Password

2.2.3 Firmware Information

The user could browse the firmware information and update the firmware in this page.
To update the firmware, the user just simply presses the browse button to select the suitable firmware
and then presses the Update button.

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Figure 27 Firmware Update

There is a progress bar to be appeared at the bottom and it will show the percentage of the firmware
update.
After the firmware update progress finishes, it will popup a message dialog and ask the user to restart
the controller to take effect.

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Figure 28 Show Progress Bar

Figure 29 Show Dialog to Reboot the System

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