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BIOS (RAID Settings)

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 access to its settings. The 
board will act as a normal NON-RAID card when the BIOS does not have it con

fi

 gured for RAID. If 

you’re using traditional parallel ATA HDDs, make sure your hard drives are set to master mode before 
accessing the RAID settings.

Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0)

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 0

 then press 

Enter

.

4.  Select the 

Number of hard drives

. Press 

Enter

Summary of Contents for GICe702S3R5W6

Page 1: ...1 GICe702S3R5W6 PART NO M0557 Installation Installation Installation Guide RAID 5 eSATA 3Gbps 2 external port Low profile PCI Express card...

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Page 3: ...tion 6 Features 7 Package Contents 8 What Is RAID 9 Installation Procedure 12 Software Installation 19 Verifying Controller Installation 22 Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement 23 CE Statem...

Page 4: ...rd drives without the correct RAID settings in place The working data on your existing hard drive may NOT work when you migrate it to a RAID Host Card configuration After driver installation you can i...

Page 5: ...may cause recognition issues when configuring it for use with the RAID5 card RAID 0 and RAID1 setups require at least 2 drives with RAID5 requiring 3 drives and RAID10 requiring 4 drives If one hard d...

Page 6: ...h Low profile PCI and standard size PCI connections The card offers the option of upgrading your desktop with a 2 port Serial ATA II transfer rate of up to 3 Gb s The board allows you the options of s...

Page 7: ...sets NCQ Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ Supports FIS based switching with Port Multipliers 31 Commands and Scatter Gather Tables per Port Two Pin headers on board for LED connection Completel...

Page 8: ...8 Package Contents RAID5 SATA II 3Gbps 2Port PCI Express Host Adapter Low PCI Bracket Quick Start Guide Driver CD...

Page 9: ...cussed as a RAID Set type it actually does not provide fault tolerance With modern SATA bus technology multiple I O operations can be done in parallel enhancing performance Striping arrays use multipl...

Page 10: ...ty 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 informa...

Page 11: ...means a logical drive that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive For this card the JBOD function only supports one disk JBOD here is a Contiguous configuration option...

Page 12: ...s to ensure your new SATARAID5 GUI installs and functions properly 6 Install the SATARAID5 GUI 7 Power down the computer system once again 8 Connect Hard Drives to the proper SATA Ports 9 Power on the...

Page 13: ...Disks do NOT select Parity RAID or Mirrored Stripe settings If using 3 Disks do NOT select the Mirrored Stripe setting 12 Open Task Manager to make sure the RAID setup is completed RAID5 can take hou...

Page 14: ...as a normal NON RAID card when the BIOS does not have it configured for RAID If you re using traditional parallel ATA HDDs make sure your hard drives are set to master mode before accessing the RAID...

Page 15: ...ion section Creating Mirrored Sets RAID 1 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 then press Enter 4 Select Auto conf...

Page 16: ...en press ESC to exit the setup 7 Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps to prepare the hard drives 8 Your RAID hardware configuration is complete Proceed to software installation section Cr...

Page 17: ...ter 4 Select JBOD Drives Press Enter 5 Select RAID size Press Enter 6 Press Y to save your settings Creating Spare Drive 1 As the BIOS boots Press CTRL S or F4 to enter the RAID bios utility 2 Select...

Page 18: ...all of the data will be lost If the set being deleted is a Mirrored set then the data will remain intact and accessible on both drive sets Rebuilding Mirrored Sets RAID 1 1 After replacing the failed...

Page 19: ...ter and select CD Drive Letter SATA PCIe_ Raid5_2Port SiI3132 Windows Driver 4 Press Enter to continue 5 Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for partitions and the file system 6 After...

Page 20: ...t the controller card into a PCI slot and connect the hard drives to the controller card Power up the system 2 During OS boot up Windows will display the Found New Hardware Wizard Click Next 3 Select...

Page 21: ...Browse 5 Specify the following location CD Drive Letter SATA PCIe_Raid5_2Port SiI3132 Windows Driver Select Open then click OK 6 When the wizard indicates that it found a driver for the device click N...

Page 22: ...ft click on the Hardware tab then select the Device Manager button 2 Double click on SCSI and RAID Controllers If there is no yellow or in front of the Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRaid5 Controller the...

Page 23: ...t harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause ha...

Page 24: ...ice may not cause interference and 2 this device must accept any interference including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment...

Page 25: ...been tested and found to comply with the requirements set up in the council directive on the approximation of the law of member states relating to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC Low Voltage Directive 73 23...

Page 26: ...ty and implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose IOGEAR shall not be responsible or liable for property damage loss of use interruption of business lost profits lost data or other consequen...

Page 27: ...ered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Inc Macintosh G3 G4 and iMac are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc IOGEAR makes no w...

Page 28: ...IOGEAR is an environmentally conscious company that emphasizes the importance of conserving natural resources The use of our technology solutions helps reduce electronic waste HEALTH IOGEAR supports...

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