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- Page 1 Encore SATA2 RAID PCIe Card User Manual Ver. 2.00 All brand names and trademarks are properties of their Respective owners. Mar/07...
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Page 2: Features And Benefits
System Requirements PCI Express-enabled system with one available PCI Express slot Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista™ Package Contents 1x Encore SATA2 RAID PCIe Card 1x Driver CD 1x SATA Data Cable & 1 x SATA Power Cable 1x Manual Mar/07... -
Page 3: Hardware Description
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Page 4: Hardware Installation
1-2 close 2-3 close Note: There are four SATA ports in Encore SATA2 RAID PCIe Card. We named these ports character A through D. Ports A & B are external SATA ports and C & D are internal SATA ports. By changing the jumper setting on Encore SATA2 RAID PCIe Card that allows you to utilize 2 ports of this card at the same time. -
Page 5: Device Connection
Serial ATA hard drives should come with their own accessories. In most cases, you just need to power up the device and connect them to the ports. The Encore SATA2 RAID PCIe Card is two channel Serial ATA controller that supports two Serial ATA hard disk drives. It is recommended to use identical drives for all RAID configurations. -
Page 6: Manual Configuration
Auto configuration (recommended) The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration. 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. Select RAID0, then press Enter. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter. -
Page 7: Raid 1 (Mirror)
Select chunk size from 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k or 128k, then press Enter. Select the first drive, press Enter. Select the second drive, press Enter. Input the RAID size, press Enter. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, press Y to accept. 10. - Page 8 Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. For Existing Hard Drives with Data As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS.
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Page 9: Concatenation (Jbod)
11. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. CONCATENATION (JBOD) This RAID array allows you to use one or two hard drives to a JBOD(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. -
Page 10: Deleting Raid Arrays
Press Y to confirm. Select Rebuild Raid 1 Set, press Enter. When asked Are you sure(Y/N)?, press Y confirm. The mirror will begin rebuilding. Do not interface with process. When rebuilding is finished, press Ctrl+E. 10. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. -
Page 11: Low Level Format
function properly, this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata. To resolve this, from the main BIOS window select Resolve Conflicts, then press Enter, the correct metadata, including the correct drive connection information, will be written to the replacement disk. -
Page 12: Driver Installation
controller in another PCI Express slot. During this (POST) process, the BIOS will show up and indicate the devices attached to it. Driver Installation For Windows® XP/Server 2003 For New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. - Page 13 passed Microsoft compatibility testing, this message appears during new installation. For An Existing Installation Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows. At the Found New Hardware Wizard: XP(w/SP1 or earlier)/Server 2003: continue to step #3 XP(w/SP2 or later)/Server 2003(w/SP1 or later): select No, not this time, then click Next.
- Page 14 the “ Driver\x86” 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. At the Windows®...
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Page 15: For New Installation
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 16 At Found New Hardware Wizard, select Locate and install driver software (recommended). Please insert the CD driver bound with Encore SATA2 RAID PCIe Card 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.
- Page 17 A message this device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed. For Technical Support and installation hotline, Please visit our website at http://www.encore-usa.com Mar/07...
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