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Addonics
T E C H N O L O G I E S
4-Port SATA II PCI
RAID5/JBOD Controller Card
(ADSA4R5)
User’s Guide
Revision 1.0
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FCC Warning Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy. If not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is
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Contents FCC Warning................................................................................... 1 LIMITED WARRANTY ................................................................. 1 Contents............................................................................................ 2 Chapter 1 Specifications ................................................................... 3 Chapter 2 RAID Tutorial ............................................................... 4-5 Chapter 3 B
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Chapter 1 Specifications General = Serial ATA (SATA) – 1.5 Gbps (150MB/s) = Compliant with SATA 1.0, and ATA, ATA II Extensions to SATA 1.0: • Port Multiplier • Native Command Queuing (NCQ) • First Party DMA = Four independent DMA channels with 2KB FIFO per channel = Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution =Supports ATAPI devices: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc. =Supports hot-plug of SATA devices =Built-in RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, RAID 5 and JBOD support =S
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Chapter 2 RAID tutorial 2. What is RAID? RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide redundancy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member, without loss of data. This card provides two RAID Set types, Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1). 2.1 Disk Striping (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping is discussed as a RAID Se
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2.5 Parity RAID (RAID 5) Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the data. Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes. The data and parity information is arranged on the disk array so that the parity is written to different disk. There are at least 3 members to a Parity RAID set. 2.6 JBOD (Just Bunch of Disks) The JBOD is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a si
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Chapter 3 BIOS Installation (RAID Setting) Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot up, the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do. This board will act as normal NON-RAID card when BIOS not configured for RAID. Just proceed to Software Installation section directly. If you use traditional parallel ATA HDD, make sure your hard drives be set up as master mode before the RAID setting. 3.1 Cr
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3.4 Creating a Spare Drive 1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility. 2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter. 3. Select RAID 1 set then press Enter. 4. Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives. Press Enter. 5. After the Raid 1 set is created then click on Create Raid Set again. 6. Press Create the spare drive. Select the drive to be the spare. 7. Press Y to save your settings. 8. Press Ctrl-E then Y to exit the setup. 9. Your RAID config
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Chapter 4 New Windows Systems (Fresh Installation) Hardware Configuration Port 1 Note: To do a fresh install of Windows, your hard drive must be connected to Port 1 of the host controller. For New Windows Systems (Fresh Installation) with Multilane Bridge Hardware Configuration Port 1 Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0 8 4-Port SATA II PCI RAID5/JBOD Controller Card
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Multilane Bridge for SATA Controller Port 1 Multilane Bridge for SATA Storage Port 1 Note: To do a fresh install of Windows, your hard drive must be connected to Port 1 of the Multilane Bridge for SATA Storage. The SATA cable on Port 1 of your host controller must be connected to the SATA Port 1 of the Multilane Bridge for SATA Controller. Before installation, extract the driver files to a floppy diskette. a. Open the Addonics Technologies Driver Disk.
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Hardware Installations: 1. Remove PC cover. 2. Select an empty PCI slot and insert the SATA Controller. 3. Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw. 4. Close the PC’s cover. Fresh Windows Operating System Installation Types: A. Concatenated Raid Set Requires One hard drive B. Stripped Raid Set (RAID 0) Requires Two hard drives C. Mirrored Raid Set (RAID 1) Requires Two hard drives D. Parity Raid Set (RAID 5) Requires Three or more hard drives A. CONCATENATED RAID Set
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B. STRIPPED RAID Set Configuration in RAID BIOS: 1. Power ON your PC. 2. Wait until the system prompts for the RAID BIOS Configuration Utility. Press CTRL+ S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID Utility. 3. The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed. Select Create RAID set. 4. Choose RAID 0. Press Enter. Press Enter to automatically create RAID set. 5. Press Enter to select the Raid size. 6. Are You Sure? Press Y. 7. Under the Logical Drive Component, you should see SiI Raid0
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10. The PC will reboot. 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. 13. Select Silicon Image SiI 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP/ Server 2003 or Silicon Image SiI 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows 2000, press Enter. 14. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. D. PARITY RAID Set Configur
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Chapter 5 Existing Windows System installation This section provides the information on how to install the drivers of RAID Native SATA-150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter onto computer with existing operating systems: 5.1. Windows 2000 Driver and software installation For Existing Windows 2000 Systems (with Service Pack 2 or later) 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 C
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Hardware Installations: 5. Power OFF PC and remove its cover. 6. Select an empty PCI slot and insert the SATA Controller. 7. Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw. 8. Close the PC’s cover. Windows 2000 Driver Installations 9. Turn computer ON. When Windows boots up, “Found New Hardware Wizard” pops on the screen. The Digital Signature Not Found window opens. The Silicon Image SiI 3124 SoftRaid5 Controller is identified. Do you want to continue the installation? Click Yes.
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5.2. Windows XP Driver and Software Installation 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. Select SATA Utilities > Model # ADSA4R5. 2. The WinZip Self-Extractor – SiI_3124.exe window pops up. Click the Browse button and locate My Documents, click OK. Click the Unzip button. 3. Go to My
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12. When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Serial ATA Controller Card, click Finish to complete the installations. 13. The “Found New Hardware Wizard” pops on the screen and the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device is identified. What do you want the wizard to do? “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” is selected by default. Click Next. 14. Please wait while the wizard installs the software… 15. When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the
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5.3. Windows 2003 Server Driver and software installation 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. Select SATA Utilities > Model # ADSA4R5. 2. The WinZip Self-Extractor – SiI_3124.exe window pops up. Click the Browse button and locate My Documents, click OK. Click the Unzip button. 3.
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11. The Hardware Installation window opens. Click “Continue Anyway”. 12. When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Serial ATA Controller Card, click Finish to complete the installations. 13. The “Found New Hardware Wizard” pops on the screen and the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device is identified. What do you want the wizard to do? “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” is selected by default. Click Next. 14. Please wait while the wizard installs the sof
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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. Here are some tips to help you out: MODEL NUMBER – Please have this number on hand. SYSTEM INFORMATION – Type of computer, peripherals, etc. OPERATING SYSTEM – Wh
