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Serial ATA PCI RAID
Quick Installation Guide
Introducing the Serial ATA PCI RAID
The Serial ATA PCI RAID is an ultra high-speed two
channel Serial ATA controller board for use in
Pentium-class computers. It achieves burst data transfer
rates up to 150MB/s (1.5Gb/s) and supports various
brands of hard disk drives with capacities greater that
137GB.
Features and Benefits
• Increased performance and security with
Serial ATA RAID
• Supports 32-bit wide PCI bus at 66MHz and data
transfer rates up to
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System Requirements ® • Pentium or equivalent PC with an available PCI slot ® • Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP (32-/64-bit)/Server 2003 (32-/64-bit)/Vista (32-/64-bit) Package Contents • Serial ATA PCI RAID board • 2 Serial ATA data cables • Dual Connector Serial ATA power cable • "Y" split power cable • Driver software and user's manual Layout Serial ATA Connectors CN 1 CN 2 Figure 1: Serial ATA PCI RAID layout 2
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Hardware Installation General instructions for installing the card are provided below. Since the design of computer cases and motherboards vary, refer to your computer’s reference manual for further information, if needed. Static Electricity Discharge may permanently damage your system. Discharge any static electricity build up in your body by touching your computer’s case for a few seconds. Avoid any contact with internal parts and handle cards only by their external edges. 1. Turn OFF the po
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2. Connect the Serial ATA hard disk drive to the system power supply using the included Serial ATA power cable. 3. Connect one end of the Serial ATA data cable to the hard disk drive. Serial ATA cable Serial ATA power cable Figure 2. Hard disk drive connections 4. Attach the other end of the Serial ATA data cable to the Serial ATA connector on the Serial ATA PCI RAID. Figure 3. Connecting the Serial ATA data cable 5. Follow the same instructions to connect a second hard drive. Device connecti
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RAID Arrays RAID arrays are setup in the Serial ATA PCI RAID BIOS. Find your RAID set from the table of contents. Follow the steps in the order in which they appear. Table of Contents RAID 0 (Striping) ........................................... page 5-6 RAID 1 (Mirror) ............................................. page 6-7 Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set ................... page 7-8 Deleting RAID Arrays ..................................... page 8 Resolving Conflicts ...........................
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6. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. 7. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. For Manual Configuration 1. As the BIOS boots press either Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then press Enter. 3. Select Striped, then press Enter. 4. Select Manual configuration, then press Enter. 5. Select the first drive, press Enter. 6. Select the second drive, press Enter. 7. Select the chunk size, then press Enter. 8. When a
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For Existing Hard Drives with Data 1. As the BIOS boots press either Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then press Enter. 3. At the next screen select Mirrored then press Enter. 4. Select Manual configuration, then press Enter. 5. Select the Source drive, press Enter. 6. Select the Target drive, press Enter. 7. At the Disk Copy window select Yes, then press Enter. 8. Select Offline copy, then press Enter. 9. When asked Are You Sure (Y
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3. Select Rebuild Mirror set then press Enter. 4. Select Offline rebuild then press Enter. 5. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y to confirm. 6. The mirror will start to rebuild. When rebuilding finishes, press Ctrl+E to exit. (Rebuilding can take 30-120 minutes depending on the size of the mirror). 7. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. Deleting RAID Arrays 1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. Select Delete RAID
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Low Level Format Low Level Format is built into the RAID BIOS to make it more convenient to erase the entire contents of a hard disk drive, including data, drive and partition information. The Low Level Format utility works on single hard drives only, before the RAID set is configured. Driver Installation This section provides information on how to install the Serial ATA PCI RAID drivers. Windows 98SE For A New Installation 1. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installation. 2. Follow Micros
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For An Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up to Windows. 2. At the Add New Hardware Wizard, click Next to continue. 3. Select Search for the best driver for your device option then click Next. 4. Insert the driver CD, check CD-ROM drive, uncheck the other check boxes, then click Next. 5. Click Next, then Finish. 6. Remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and setup your RAID array. When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID monitoring utility. Windo
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For An Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up to Windows. 2. At the Add New Hardware Wizard, insert the driver CD. 3. Select Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended), then click Next. 4. Accept the default entry then click OK. 5. Click Finish. 6. Remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and setup your RAID array. When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID monitoring utility. To Verify Windows 98SE/ME Installation 1. Right click My Computer
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4. At the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press F6. 5. When prompted press S to specify the location of the driver. 6. Insert the driver diskette, then press Enter. 7. Select Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATARaid Controller for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000, then press Enter. 8. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete Windows 2000 installation. When Windows installation completes, go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID monitoring utility. For An
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2. Follow Microsoft installation procedure to install Windows accordingly. 3. Restart your system when prompted by Windows installation. 4. At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to install the driver. 5. Insert the driver diskette. Press S then press Enter. 6. Select Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista and press Enter. 7. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When Windows installation completes, go to SATAR
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64-bit Windows XP/Server 2003 For A New Installation A new installation of Windows XP/Server 2003 requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the 64bit folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. 1. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installation. 2. Follow Microsoft procedure to install Windows accordingly. 3. Restart your system when prompted during Windows' installation. 4. At the Windows
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4. Click Finish, remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and setup your RAID array. When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID monitoring utility. To Verify 2000/XP/Server 2003 Installation 1. Right click My Computer, click Manage, click Device Manager. 2. Double click SCSI and RAID controllers, Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller should be displayed. ™ 32-bit & 64-bit Windows Vista For A New Installation 1. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installation.
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For An Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows. 2. At the Found New Hardware window, click Locate and install the driver automatically (recommended). 3. Insert the driver CD, click Continue. 4. Click Next, then click Close. 5. Remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and setup your RAID array. When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID monitoring utility. To Verify Windows Vista Installation 1. Right click Computer, click Manage, click Continue
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SATARaid GUI The SATARaid GUI provides the user an easy way to monitor and configure your RAID array. It also offers administrative tools to save, copy, or send via E-mail the current configuration. Installing SATARaid GUI For Windows Vista 1. Place the driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. At the AutoPlay window: click Open folder to view files. If the AutoPlay window does not start: double click Computer, double click your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double click GUI folder, and double click Vista folder. 3.
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For 98SE/ME/2000/XP(32-/64-bit)/Server 2003(32-/64-bit) 1. Place the driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. At the Windows desktop click Start, then Run. 3. Type D:\GUI\Java SATARaid.exe, then click OK. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) 4. At the Windows desktop click Start, then Run. 5. Type D:\GUI\jre-1_5_0_05.exe, then click OK. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. (Change D: to match your CD-RO
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Using SATARaid GUI During the installation process, the SATARaid GUI was saved in the Windows Startup folder, a small blue SATARaid logo will appear in the right-hand corner of taskbar. To launch the GUI, simply click on the icon or right click icon and choose Open. Upon launching the GUI, the the first window which identifies the computer running SATARaid should appear similar to the following. 19
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Selecting each different component in the configuration tree provides specific information for that component, such as the chip. By selecting a specific channel the following information is reported. 20
