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Windows 2000 Driver ..........11-12 Windows XP Driver ..........13-14 Windows 2003 Server ..........15-16 Verifying controller driver..........16 Technical Support & Contact Information ........…17 Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
=Compliant with PCI Express 1.0a specification =All registers appear in unified memory space =All registers accessible through I/O space =Full-chip command-completion status accessible with single PCI Express access Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
2.5 JBOD (Just Bunch of Disks) The JBOD is a virtual disk that can either be an entir e disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
7. Press Y to save your settings. 8. Press Ctrl-E then Y to exit the setup. 9. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation section. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
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To resolve this, select Resolve Conflicts, and the correct metadata, including the correct drive connection information; will be written to the replacement disk. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
Chapter 4 New Windows XP Systems (Fresh Installation) Before installation, extract the driver files to a floppy diskette. Open the Addonics Technologies Driver Disk. Windows Explorer will open up with two folders. Drivers Utilities Various drivers are available under the folder Drivers. Depending on the operating system that you are using extract the driver onto Drive A (Floppy Drive).
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11. At the Windows Set-up screen, press F6 to specify and add the driver. 12. Insert the Floppy Driver diskette containing the driver from step 1 above. Press S, then press Enter. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
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Server 2003 or Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRAID 5 Controller for Windows 2000, press Enter. 14. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
Port 1 Port 1 Note: Using the Port Multiplier with the ADSA3GPX1-2E host controller In the RAID BIOS, you can only see ONE hard drive, even if the all 5 hard drives are connected to the Port Multiplier’s five ports. The hard drive that you see is the one connected to port 1 of the Port Multiplier where the Port Multiplier is connected to port 1 of the host controller.
Note: Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came with your package first before installing the Host Controller. 1. Power on the system. Insert the CDROM that came with the product. The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up. 2. Windows Explorer will open up with two folders. Drivers Utilities 3.
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11. Please wait while the wizard installs the software… 12. When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the device and it’s component, restart the PC for the new settings to take effect. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
Note: Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came with your package first before installing the Host Controller. 1. Power on the system. Insert the CDROM that came with the product. The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up. 2. Windows Explorer will open up with two folders. Drivers Utilities 3.
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14. When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device, the System Setting Change window pops up. Do you want to restart your computer now? Click Yes. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
Note: Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came with your package first before installing the Host Controller. 1. Power on the system. Insert the CDROM that came with the product. The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up. 2. Windows Explorer will open up with two folders. Drivers Utilities 3.
2. Double click on 'SCSI and RAID Controllers', If there is no yellow '! ' or ' ? ' in front of 'Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller', the driver is started correctly. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 2-Port e SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card...
Technical Support If you need assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please call Addonics Technical Support. Our technical staff will be happy to assist you, but they will need your help to do so. Calling the technical support staff without all the proper information can be both time consuming and frustrating.
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