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- Page 1 SATA2PX-100 with RAID User Manual Ver. 2.00 All brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective owners. May/07...
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Page 2: Features And Benefits
NCQ, and Out-of-order data delivery NCQ Supports Hot Plugging on Extend Serial ATA port Supports Windows® 2000, XP, Server 2003 and Vista Package Contents 1 x SATA2PX-100 ExpressCard 1 x Driver CD System Requirements Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista ExpressCard-enabled system with an available ExpressCard slot... -
Page 3: Hardware Description
Hardware Description Hardware Installation General instructions for installing the card are provided below. Since the design of system may vary, refer to your system’s reference manual for further information, if needed. Insert the Card into the ExpressCard slot of your system. Make sure it is inserted all the way in for a solid connection. -
Page 4: Raid Arrays
RAID Arrays RAID Arrays are setup in the SiI 3132 SATA PCIe RAID adapter’s BIOS. RAID 0 (Striping) This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives. Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive. Auto Configuration is recommended. -
Page 5: Manual Configuration
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. Manual configuration As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. -
Page 6: Raid 1 (Mirror)
11. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. 12. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard 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 7 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 8 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.
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Page 9: Deleting Raid Arrays
Input RAID size, press Enter. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, 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. -
Page 10: Low Level Format
disk was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another system), it may have conflicting metadata. If so, this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt. In order for the RAID set to function properly, this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata. -
Page 11: Bios Configuration
BIOS Configuration The SATA2PX-100 BIOS will appear every time your system starts up. If the BIOS doesn’t show up, please try your controller in another ExpressCard slot. During this (POST) process, the BIOS will show up and indicate the devices attached to it. - Page 12 Insert the floppy disk, then press Enter. 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 testing, this message appears during new installation.
- Page 13 A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the “ ExpressCard\SATA2PX-100\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.
- Page 14 Windows 2000, then press Enter. Press Enter again to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows installation. For An Existing Installation Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows. At Found New Hardware Wizard, click Next. Select Search my device(recommended) then click Next.
- Page 15 Windows. At Found New Hardware Wizard, select Locate and install driver software (recommended). Please insert the CD that came with your SATA2PX-100 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.
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