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- Page 1 PCI Express SATA II RAID 2 CH. (2 External/ 2 Internal) CARD User Manual Model P-DSA2-PCIE-RF Ver. 1.0 All brand names and trademarks are properties of their Respective owners. Aug/07 MN2036400001...
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Page 2: Features And Benefits
Features and Benefits Connect a maximum of 2 SATA hard drives to any of the 4 connectors (Either 2 internal or 2 external) via jumpers to your desktop computer Supports data transfer rate of 300MBps Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and SATA TCQ commands Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification 1.0a Compliant with Serial ATA Generation 2 Specification... -
Page 3: System Requirements
System Requirements PCI Express-enabled system with one available PCI Express slot Windows® 2000, XP, Server 2003 and Vista Package Contents 1 x PCIe SATA II Card 1 x Driver CD 1 x Data Cable 1 x Power Cable 1 x Manual Aug/07 MN2036400001... -
Page 4: Hardware Description
Hardware Description Jumper J8,J7, J6, J5 J8,J7, J6, J5 Aug/07 Jumper Settings Internal SATA Port D enabled (Con3) External SATA Port B enabled (Con2) Active Port MN2036400001... -
Page 5: Hardware Installation
J4,J3, J2, J1 J4,J3, J2, J1 There are four SATA ports on the card. However only two of the four ports may be enabled at any time. NOTE Hardware Installation Turn Off the power to your computer and all the connected peripheral devices. -
Page 6: Device Connection
Device Connection The PCI Express Dual Channel SATA II RAID Card supports two Serial ATA hard disk drives. It is recommended to use identical drives for all RAID configurations. RAID Arrays RAID Arrays are set up in the card’s on-board BIOS. Refer to the following steps for proper configuration of RAID Arrays. -
Page 7: Manual Configuration
Select Auto configuration, then press Enter. Input the RAID size, press Enter. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y to accept. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. -
Page 8: Raid 1 (Mirror)
10. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. 11. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. 12. Continue with steps outlined in Appendix A for formatting your hard disk drive. RAID 1 (Mirror) For New/Blank Hard Drives As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. -
Page 9: Concatenation (Jbod)
For Existing Hard Drives with Data As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then press Enter. At the next screen select RAID1 then press Enter. Select Manual configuration, then press Enter. - Page 10 (Just a Bunch Of Disks) array. Although JBOD doesn’t offer other RAID functionality, it makes the hard disks appear to be a single one by combining the drives into one larger logical one without any capacity loss. Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set When a failure to one member occurs, you will be notified by the RAID BIOS during boot.
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Page 11: Deleting Raid Arrays
10. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. Deleting RAID Arrays As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. Select Delete RAID Set, then press Enter. Select the RAID set then press Enter. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, press Y to confirm. -
Page 12: Logical Drive Info
Low Level Format Low Level Format is build into the RAID BIOS to make it more convenient to erase the entire contents of a hard disk drive, including data, drive and partition information. The Low Level Format utility works on single hard drive only, before the RAID set is configured. Logical Drive Info This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set(RAID0, RAID1, etc.). - Page 13 installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the “ PCI_IO\SiI3132\Driver\RAID\FLOPPY” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation. Follow Windows® 2000 installation procedure. Restart the computer when prompted by the installation.
- Page 14 CD-ROM drives, uncheck the other boxes, click Next, then click Next again. If the Digital Signature Not Found message appears, click Yes. Our driver has been thoroughly tested for stability and compatibility. Click Next, then Finish. Repeat steps 2-6. Click Yes to restart to complete the installation. For Windows®...
- Page 15 Select Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRAID 5 Controller for Windows XP/Server 2003, then press Enter. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows installation. Note: If the Security Alert warning pops up, click Yes. Our driver has passed Microsoft compatibility test.
- Page 16 Click Yes to restart to complete the installation. For Windows® XP-x64/Server 2003-x64 For New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the “ PCI_IO\SiI3132\Driver\64-bit Windows\RAID” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below.
- Page 17 installation. For An Existing Installation Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows. At the Found New Hardware Wizard, select No, not this time, then click Next. Insert the provided driver CD into your CD-ROM Drive, select Install the software automatically (Recommended), and click Next.
- Page 18 Follow Microsoft’s Windows installation procedure. Restart the computer when prompted by Windows’ installation. At the Windows Setup screen, press Load Driver to install the RAID driver. Insert the floppy disk, please select Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller (A:\si3132r5.inf), then press Next. (Change A:\ to match your floppy drive letter) Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows installation.
- Page 19 For Windows® Vista-x64 For New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the “ PCI_IO\SiI3132\Driver\64-bit Windows\RAID” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below.
- Page 20 At Found New Hardware Wizard, select Locate and install driver software (recommended). Please insert the provided driver CD into your CD-ROM Drive, click Next. If the system prompts the user informing the drivers are not signed, select the option Install this driver software anyway. Click Close to complete the installation.
- Page 21 SATARAID5Management Utility\3132-W-I32-Sm_15141.msi, then click OK. (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. For Windows® XP-x64//Server 2003-x64/Vista-x64 Please insert the provided driver CD into your CD-ROM Drive. At the Windows desktop click Start, then Run. TypeD:\PCI_IO\SiI3132\Driver\64-bitWindows\64-bit WindowsSATARAID5ManagementUtility\3132-W-A64-Sm_15141 .msi, then click OK.
- Page 22 Appendix A Refer to Windows documentation to partition and format the hard drive as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. In Windows XP use the Disk Administrator tool (Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative tool -> Disk Administrator). In Windows 2000, use the Disk Management tool (Start ->...