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SeriTek /1VE2+2
2-Port External, 2-Port Internal Serial ATA PCI-X Host Adapter
User Manual for Power Macintosh
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction...................................................................................................1 II. Installing the SeriTek/1VE2+2.....................................................................5 III. Connecting and Formatting Hard Drives....................................................7 IV. Using SeriTek/1VE2+2 Hot-Swap Functionality.....................................18 V. Troubleshooting..................................................
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I. Introduction Welcome Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the SeriTek/1VE2+2 Serial ATA host adapter. This product is yet another innovative solution from the innovative folks at FirmTek. About This User Manual This User Manual was written with the assumption you are familiar with your Power Macintosh computer, and are comfortable with opening its case. For further information, and to get acquainted with your computer, please refer to your Power Macintosh User Manual. Ab
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SeriTek/1VE2+2 Key Features and Benefits • Two external shielded Serial ATA ports with exclusive hot-swap capability • Two internal Serial ATA ports • Plug-and-Play ease of use • Completely self-contained booting functionality, no driver installation necessary • Boosts overall system performance with per-port data transfer rates of up to 150MBytes/sec or 1.5Gbits/sec • Supports Power Mac G5 PCI-X (Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended) bus • Compatible with all PCI-based Power PC
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SeriTek/1VE2+2 Specifications • PCI based Power Macintosh with available PCI General System expansion slot Hardware • PCI-X 1.0a compliant 64-bit at 133/100/ 66MHz bus Requirements speeds. Backward compatible with standard 32/64- bit PCI at 33MHz and 66MHz bus speeds. • Mac OS 9.xx Operating Systems • Mac OS X version 10.1.5 or later (works best with Supported 10.2 or later) • 32/64 bit, 33/66MHz PCI • 133/100/66MHz PCI-X Bus Types • Compliant with PCI bus version 2.2 •
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SeriTek/1VE2+2 System Requirements Operating System • Macintosh OS 9.XX • Macintosh OS X version 10.1.5 or later Hardware Requirements • Power Macintosh with available PCI or PCI-X expansion slot • External powered enclosure equipped with Serial ATA hard drive(s) or Parallel ATA hard drive(s) (Parallel ATA hard drives require compatible Serial ATA to Parallel ATA converters contained within the enclosure) Materials Required • Standard medium-sized Phillips screwdriver -4
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II. Installing the SeriTek/1VE2+2 Caution: Prior to installing the SeriTek/1VE2+2 host adapter and hard drive(s) or peripheral(s), please make sure your data is backed up. The SeriTek/1VE2+2 host adapter and your Macintosh contain sensitive components that can be permanently damaged by Static Electric Discharge. Be sure you are working in an area free of static electricity to prevent them from being damaged. Use a wrist grounding strap if you have one or regularly touch a metal part
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Caution: The SeriTek/1VE2+2 supports external cables that may be plugged in to one of its two external receptacles. If the SeriTek/1VE2+2 is not properly secured when a cable is inserted into one of the receptacles, it may become loose from the PCI slot and damage the computer. Figure 1: Inserting and securing the SeriTek/1VE2+2 Internal Cable Installation 8. If the Serial ATA hard drive or peripheral uses a newer 15-pin power receptacle and your system provides 15-pin power fee
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III. Connecting and Formatting Hard Drives Introduction Up to two internal Serial ATA hard drives may be plugged into the SeriTek/1VE2+2 host adapter. In addition to two internal hard drives, the SeriTek/1VE2+2 supports up to two external hard drives. This section describes how to connect hard drives using external enclosures and a method of formatting your internal and/or external Serial ATA hard drive using Apple’s Drive Setup utility (OS 9.XX) or Apple’s Disk Utility (OS X). If yo
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Formatting Serial ATA Hard Drives with Macintosh OS 9.XX Caution: Please make sure your data is backed up before attempting to format or change the partition layout of your hard drives. 1. Turn on your Power Macintosh computer. 2. Open Apple’s Drive Setup. To find and open this application: a) Hold down the Command key and press the “F” key simultaneously. b) Type in “Drive Setup” in the field with the blinking cursor c) Press Return key (See Figure 2). Figure 2: Finding Apple
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3. Locate and double click on the Drive Setup “application program” utility (see Figure 3). Figure 3: Running Apple's Drive Setup Utility -9-
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4. When the list of hard drives appears, carefully select the drive you wish to format by clicking on it (See Figure 4). If this is a new, unformatted drive, it may show up as . Note: For ideal performance and compatibility, SeriTek/1VE2+2 uses SCSI emulation which allows your Serial ATA drive to appear as a SCSI drive. Figure 4: Example of selecting a drive to format -10-
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5. Click the Initialize button to format the hard drive (see Figure 5). As an alternative, you may use the Custom Setup option if you are comfortable with customizing the hard drive’s partition layout. For more details on the Custom Setup option, please refer to your Power Macintosh User Manual. Figure 5: Initializing the Hard Drive 6. After the hard drive is successfully initialized, it should appear on the desktop as “untitled.” 7. The hard drive may be renamed by selecting th
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Formatting Serial ATA Drives Using Macintosh OS X Version 10.1.5 or Later 1. Turn on your Macintosh computer. 2. Open Apple’s Disk Utility which is located in the Utilities folder of the Macintosh OS X start-up volume. To open this application: a) Double click the Mac OS X startup volume b) Double click the Applications folder c) Double click the Utilities folder d) Double click the Disk Utility icon (See Figures 6 and 7 for examples) Figure 6: Locating Apple’s Disk Utility
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3. Review the list of hard drives show within Disk Utility (see Figure 8). Drives currently in use should have a list of volume names below it. New, unformatted drives typically have no volume names listed. Carefully select the drive you wish to format. Note: Some versions of Apple Disk Utility incorrectly display Serial ATA hard drives as having the Connection Type of “Slave.” Serial ATA hard drives are all in fact “Master” drives. Later versions of Apple Disk Utility correctly dis
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4. After carefully selecting the hard drive you wish to format, select the Erase tab in Apple’s Disk Utility (see Figure 9). Figure 9: Selecting the Erase tab in Apple’s Disk Utility 5. For Volume Format, the most common choice is “Mac OS Extended.” 6. In the Name field, you may type a name of description for your new hard drive. 7. If you wish to have your new hard drive be recognized by Mac OS 9.XX, select the Install Mac OS 9 Drivers checkbox. Users who dual-boot both Mac OS 9
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Creating a RAID Volume with Serial ATA Hard Drives Using Macintosh OS X version 10.2 or Later The Mac OS X 10.2 or later RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) capability allows you to increase volume sizes, provide data redundancy in case of a hard drive failure, or increase performance by allowing you to join multiple drives into a single volume. Two RAID types are supported, Stripe and Mirror. A volume that is striped (also known as RAID 0) has its data broken up and spread ac
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5. Carefully select and drag a hard drive to add as a member of the new RAID volume onto the Disk status window. 6. Repeat step 5 for each member for the RAID volume. 7. Choose a RAID Scheme: Stripe or Mirror. 8. Name the new RAID volume. 9. For Volume Format, the most common choice is “Mac OS Extended” (See Figure 11). Figure 11: Example drives and options for a RAID volume -16-
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10. After reviewing the options you selected, click on the Create button to initialize the new RAID volume (see Figure 12). Figure 12: Creating a new RAID volume 11. After the RAID volume is successfully initialized, it should appear on the desktop. -17-
