Global American 3308040A, User Manual

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3308040
D.2 Features and Benefits
Supports RAID levels 0 and 1
Supports connectivity to two disk drives
Supported Operating Systems include: Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP
Windows-based software for RAID management
D.3 Installing the RAID Components
E.3.1 Install the Silicon Image RAID Host Adapater Driver
To access the Silicon Image RAID Utility , using a Windows Server 2003, XP, 2000, 98
or NT please follow the steps below:
NOTE:
If an alternative operating system is being used, please refer to the Silicon
Image installation guidelines that can be accessed at
http://www.siliconimage.com/docs/SATARaid%20Manual%20v1.03.pdf .
Step 1:
Step 2:
Connect SATA drives to the system . Connect two SATA drives to the system.
Make sure the drives have the same capacity, are the same type and have the
same speed.
NOTE:
Make sure the SATA drives are EXACTLY the same when they are
configured in a RAID configuration (RAID 0 or RAID 1). If they are not the
same size, disk drive capacity is sacrificed and overall performance
affected.
When Windows detects the newly installed SATA host adapter, it will open a
Driver Installation Wizard.
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