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- Page 1 SATA 150 PCI RAID Card 2-Channel User Manual Ver. 3.00 All brand names and trademarks are properties of their Respective owners.
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Page 2: System Requirements
Features Silicon Image SiI3512 SATA controller chip Compliant with PCI Specification, Rev. 2.3 Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification Provides two independent channels to support up to two Serial ATA drives Supports RAID0(striping) and RAID1(mirroring) for speed and data protection respectively HDDs function normally when not in RAID sets Supports SATA up to 150MB/Sec Supports Windows®... -
Page 3: Package Contents
SATA Power Cable Hardware Description Note: There are four SATA ports in SATA 150 PCI RAID Card 2-Channel. We name these ports from A to D. Ports A & B are internal SATA ports. Ports C & D are external SATA ports. Changing the jumper setting allows you to select between external and internal ports to use. - Page 4 E (Jumper Settings) Description Active Port J1-J4 1-2 close Enable SATA Port C 2-3 close Enable SATA Port A J5-J8 1-2 close Enable SATA Port D 2-3 close Enable SATA Port B MN2000000107 Page 4 ...
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Page 5: Hardware Installation
Replace the slot bracket’s holding screw to secure the card. Device Connection The SATA 150 PCI RAID Card is a two channel Serial ATA controller that supports up to two Serial ATA hard disk drives. It is recommended to use identical hard drives for all RAID configurations. -
Page 6: Raid Arrays
Device connection is now complete. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord. RAID Arrays RAID Arrays are setup in the SATA 150 PCI RAID Card 2-Channel’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. -
Page 7: Manual Configuration
Select Striped, then press Enter. Select Auto configuration, then 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)
Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. 10. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. 11. 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 9 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 Mirrored then press Enter. Select Manual configuration, then press Enter.
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Page 10: Deleting Raid Arrays
Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set When a failure to one member occurs, you will be notified either by the RAID BIOS during boot or by the SATARAID GUI while in Windows. The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set. -
Page 11: Resolving Conflicts
Resolving Conflicts When a RAID set is created, then metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information. If, after a disk failure, the replacement 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 12: Driver Installation
your system starts up. If the BIOS doesn’t show, please try your controller in another PCI slot. During this (POST) process, the BIOS will show up and indicate the devices attached to it. Driver Installation For Windows® 2000 For A New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. - Page 13 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 for a suitable driver for my device(recommend) then click Next.
- Page 14 blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation. Follow Microsoft’s Windows installation procedure. At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to install the RAID driver. When prompted, press S to specify the location of the driver. Insert the floppy disk, then press Enter.
- Page 15 this time, then click Next. Insert the driver CD, select Install the software automatically (Recommended), and click Next. Click Finish. 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 “...
- Page 16 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. For An Existing Installation At the Found New Hardware Wizard, select No, not this time, then click Next.
- Page 17 At Found New Hardware Wizard, select Locate and install driver software (recommended). Please insert the CD driver bound with SATA 150 PCI RAID 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 18 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\Sata\64-bit Windows RAID Driver” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation.
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Page 19: To Verify Driver Installation
(recommended). Please insert the CD driver bound with SATA 150 PCI RAID 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 20: Java 2 Runtime Environment Installation
JAVA 2 Runtime Environment Installation The Java 2 Runtime Environment is required for the SATARAID Management Software. Please insert the CD driver bound with SATA 150 PCI RAID card into your CD-ROM Drive. At the Windows desktop click Start, then Run.