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TR-824
SATA Host Adapter
User's Manual
Manual Rev: 1.00
Date: Nov. 2003
Max Xfer
Model
Max
Protocol
PCI Interface
Rate
Number
Devices
(MB/s)
Serial ATA 1.0
150
4
TR-824
PCI 2.3 66MHz/32bit
Specification
The designation TR-824 is used throughout this manual in reference to the features of the above model.
* All other product names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners.
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- Page 1 Serial ATA 1.0 TR-824 PCI 2.3 66MHz/32bit Specification The designation TR-824 is used throughout this manual in reference to the features of the above model. * All other product names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners. TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 2 * EN 55022:1998 * EN 55024:1998 IEC 61000-4-2: 1995+A1: 1998 IEC 61000-4-3: 1995+A1: 1998 IEC 61000-4-4: 1995 IEC 61000-4-6: 1996 IEC 61000-4-8: 1993 TR-824 Tested to Comply with CE Standards For Home or Office Use TR-824 User’s Manual...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
1.2.3 Combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 (RAID 0+1) ................6 1.2.4 Data Striping with Striped Parity (RAID 5) ..................7 2. HARDWARE SETUP..................8 2.1 B ........................ 8 OARD AYOUT 2.2 I TR-824 ......................8 NSTALLING 2.3 I ....................9 NSTALLING RIVES 3. BIOS CONFIGURATION ................10 3.1 B BIOS ................. - Page 4 7.2 W NT O ................. 30 INDOWS PERATING YSTEM 7.3 W 98/M ................32 INDOWS PERATING YSTEM 8. TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS.................38 9. TECHNICAL SUPPORT GUIDE ..............39 ..................... 39 ECHNICAL UPPORT ERVICES Website Support............................39 E-mail Support ............................. 39 TR-824 User’s Manual...
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Page 5: Introduction
Serial ATA hard drives in your existing PC rather than spending the time, effort and money in upgrading to a brand-new system. The TR-824 is a four-channel PCI Serial ATA host adapter that can support up to four Serial ATA drives. -
Page 6: Raid Explained
The idea behind RAID 0+1 is simply based on the combination of RAID 0 (Performance) and RAID 1 (Data Security). RAID 0+1 disk sets offer good performance and data security. Similar as in RAID 0, optimum performance is achieved in highly sequential load situations. TR-824 User’s Manual... -
Page 7: Data Striping With Striped Parity (Raid 5)
The security provided by RAID 5 is that when one disk drive fails, all data is fully available, the missing data is recalculated from the data that is still available and the parity information. This data calculation can also be used to restore data to replaced defective disks. TR-824 User’s Manual... -
Page 8: Hardware Setup
Sil3114 2.2 Installing TR-824 The TR-824 Controller card fits into any available 32-bit PCI slot (must be PCI 2.2 or 2.3 compliant). It also fits the 32-bit portion of a 64-bit PCI slot, on the system’s motherboard (see figure below). -
Page 9: Installing Hard Drives
Attach one Serial ATA data cable to each hard drive. Then attach the other ends of the cables to one of the Serial ATA ports on the TR-824 card. All of the connectors are keyed so they can only be attached one way. -
Page 10: Bios Configuration
3.1 Basic BIOS screen information After you install the TR-824 RAID Controller and HDDs in your computer and boot your system, you will see the screen that displays information about the card and HDDs installed. Press <CTRL-S> or F4 to enter RAID utility. -
Page 11: Low Level Format
“Low Level Format” to resolve the problem by reverting the drive to original condition. 3.2.6 Logical Drive Info The complete information about the logical drives will be shown on the bottom right part of the screen if this option is chosen. TR-824 User’s Manual... -
Page 12: Building Driver Diskettes
3. After the Screen appears, move the highlight bar to the TR-824 entry and press <Enter>. 4. The next screen queries the TR-824 support driver database and a list of supported driver is displayed. Move the highlight bar to the driver entry and press <Enter>. -
Page 13: Installing Software Drivers
2. Choose install from a list or specific location and specify to search removable media then press <Enter>. 3. Choose Tekram TR-824 SATARaid Controller from the list that appears on screen, and then press the <Enter> key. 4. If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft, you will be asked if you want to continue the installation. -
Page 14: Existing Windows Xp Installation
Windows XP installation. 5.1.2 Existing Windows XP Installation After installing the TR-824 card and rebooting your system, Windows XP setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box. Under Windows XP, “RAID Controller” will be displayed. 1. Insert the TR-824 driver diskette into the drive A:\. -
Page 15: Windows Me Installation
A:\. 5.3.2 Existing Windows ME Installation The following section details the installation of TR-824 drivers on a system that has Windows ME already installed and running. 1. After installing the TR-824 controller card and configuring the hard drives, power up the system and boot. -
Page 16: Existing Windows Nt4.0 Installation
SATARaid Controller has been installed”. 11. Power off your system. 12. If you plan to move the boot drive to the TR-824 card, connect the boot drive to the card now. Then power on your system. 5.4.3 Removing the Driver from Windows NT4.0 1. -
Page 17: Existing Windows 98 Installation
A:\. 5.5.2 Existing Windows 98 Installation The following section details the installation of TR-824 drivers on a system that has Windows 98 already installed and running. 1. After installing the TR-824 controller card and configuring the hard drives, power up the system and boot Windows. -
Page 18: Gui (Graphic User Interface)
GUI stands for Graphic User Interface, the GUI function offers user-friendly graphics in Windows operating systems for easy RAID array monitoring and storage management. After you install the TR-824 SATA RAID card and HDDs, create RAID arrays in BIOS configuration, execute ‘FDISK’ and ‘format’... -
Page 19: Overview
Send Save Configuration Copy configuration Configuration Configure RAID System SATARaid Help SATARaid Management View Configuration tree Selecting each different component in the configuration tree provides specific information for that component, such as the chip. TR-824 User’s Manual... - Page 20 6. GUI (GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE) Selecting any specific channel from the four channels, the following information is reported: Selecting a specific drive reports all relevant information to that drive, including Configuration and Disk Identification information. TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 21 The Members tab of this window reports the device identification (corresponding with the information in the BIOS) and the State of each device. Besides reporting information, the Members tab of a Mirrored set allows the user to remove a specific TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 22 30-90 minutes depending on the size of the disk. The Device Location refers to how each physical disk was reported in the BIOS RAID utility SMART and Configuration information, as well as Data Identification are again provided for each Set. TR-824 User’s Manual...
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Page 23: Gui Configuration Menu
SATA Raid including customizing the settings for SMTP, E-mail, Notification, Event Level, Log File, Audio, and Popup. SMTP The SMTP server is the server that is used to send e-mails. Normally, the network administrator knows what this name is. Both the name and domain must be entered. TR-824 User’s Manual... - Page 24 This, however, can be overridden at the time of sending the email. Notification When different types of events occur, SATARaid may be configured to send notices to assigned individual e-mail addresses. Using the Notification tab, all e-mail addresses desired to receive the notices may be entered. TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 25 The log file is used to store event information received from all the Silicon Image RAID drivers. The log file is a text file and can be viewed with Notepad or SATARaid. Use the Log File tab to set where the log file should be stored and the name of the file as well. TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 26 Information - The popup window will be Displayed for the following events: Information Warnings Errors Warning - The popup window will be displayed for the following events: Warnings Errors Error - The popup window will be displayed for the following events Errors TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 27 Warning - The event table will show the following events: Warnings Errors Error – The event table will show the following event: Errors Event Time You can set a proper fixed time interval when the System will monitor the controller. TR-824 User’s Manual...
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Page 28: Creating/Naming Partitions
Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility. Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Management window located at: Control Panel --Administrative Tools--Computer Management--Storage Disk Management Something similar to the following window should appear: TR-824 User’s Manual... -
Page 29: Initial Window
4. The fourth window designates the drive letter of the partition. 5. The fifth window allows the user to label the volume name, and choose the type of formatting to take place upon the creation of the partition. Choose whichever drive letter is desired (the lowest TR-824 User’s Manual... -
Page 30: Windows Nt Operating System
Before creating any partitions, RAID sets must first be created/dissolved using the BIOS RAID Utility. Once completed, continue booting Windows. Once Windows is running, open the Disk Administrator window. The Disk Administrator window is located at: Start Programs Disk Administrator (Common) Something similar to the following window should appear: TR-824 User’s Manual... - Page 31 (Section 2) and select Delete. 2. Once all disks are reported as Free Space, right-click on each partition and select Create... 3. A Create Primary Partition window should now appear. Click OK. TR-824 User’s Manual...
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Page 32: Windows 98/Me Operating System
Windows 9x does not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management window. Instead, after creating RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows, start fdisk by: 1. Click on the START button 2. Select Run... 3. Type fdisk 4. Click OK The following window will probably appear: TR-824 User’s Manual... - Page 33 Press Enter for yes. The FDISK Options window will appear: The Current Fixed Drive will be the System Drive (normally C:\). In order to create partitions, the fixed drive needs to be changed. Select 5 and press Enter. TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 34 With the Current fixed drive set at the disk needing to be partitioned, Select 1 and press Enter. The following window will appear: Select 2 to create an extended partition and press Enter. The following window will appear: TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 35 Once the percentage counter reaches 100%, the following window will appear: This window explains how much space will be available in the partition. Press Enter. This window shows that the partition has been created. Press Esc. FDISK is now creating a logical drive. TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 36 This window now shows the drive and its drive letter and size. Press Esc. If another drive (RAID set) needs to be partitioned, repeat the process, starting by changing the fixed disk drive (Press 5). If done, press Esc. TR-824 User’s Manual...
- Page 37 Only a FULL format will be accepted at this point. Select Full Format, enter the Label Name for the drive or RAID set (if desired) and click OK. Once the drive has been formatted, repeat for each new drive. The new drives should now be ready to be used. TR-824 User’s Manual...
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Page 38: Troubleshooting Tips
2. Check that the PCI expansion slot is 5V and compliant with PCI 2.3 or previous version and supports Bus Mastering. 3. Check that TR-824 Raid Card is detected during booting by looking for the BIOS message from the screen. If it is not detected, try to move to another free PCI slot. -
Page 39: Technical Support Guide
A description of the problem/situation System configuration information, including: mainboard and CPU type, hard drive models(s), ATAPI drives & devices, and other controllers. Technical Support Services Website Support Taiwan http://www.tekram.com.tw Mainland China……………http://www.tekram.com.cn US………………………….http://www.tekram.com Europe……………………..http://www.tekram.de E-mail Support Taiwan…………………….sales@tekram.com.tw Mainland China…………...techsupport@tekram.com.cn US…………………………sales@tekram.com Europe…………………….technical-support@tekram.de TR-824 User’s Manual... - Page 40 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rule. Operation is subjected to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interference and 2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. TR-824 Tested to Comply with FCC Standards For Home or Office Use TR-824 User’s Manual...
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