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SATA II-150 PCI RAID

Quick Installation Guide

Introducing the 

SATA II-150 PCI RAID

The

 SATA II-150 PCI RAID 

is an ultra high-speed two

channel Serial ATA Generation II RAID controller for use

in PCI enabled systems.

Features and Benefits

Compliant with PCI 2.3

Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications and

complement of SATA II optional features

Supports RAID 0 (stripe) for performance and RAID

1 (mirror) for data protection

Supports two SATA channels and data transfer rate

up to 1.5Gb/s (150MB/s)

Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and

SATA TCQ commands

Onboard bus master engine relieves the system

processor and enhances system performance

Features independent 256-byte FIFOs per channel

for host reads and writes

Breaks the 137GB barrier!  Works with various

brands of large capacity Serial ATA hard disks

Supports SATA hard disk hot-plugging

System Requirements

Pentium

®

 or equivalent PC with an available PCI

slot

Windows

®

 2000 / XP (32-/64-bit) / Server 2003 &

2008 (32-/64-bit) / Vista  (32-/64-bit)

04-0412C

Summary of Contents for SATA II-150 PCI

Page 1: ...or for data protection Supports two SATA channels and data transfer rate up to 1 5Gb s 150MB s Supports Native Command Queuing NCQ and SATA TCQ commands Onboard bus master engine relieves the system processor and enhances system performance Features independent 256 byte FIFOs per channel for host reads and writes Breaks the 137GB barrier Works with various brands of large capacity Serial ATA hard ...

Page 2: ...ded 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 contact with internal parts and handle cards only by their external edges Interna...

Page 3: ...omputercoverandreconnectthepower cord HardDiskDriveConnection The SATA II 150 PCI RAID is a two channel Serial ATA controller that supports two Serial ATA hard disk drives It is recommended use identical hard drives for all RAID configurations It s possible to combine hard drives of differentsizesandmakes however itisnotrecommended to do so RAID Arrays RAID Arrays are setup in the SATA II 150 PCI ...

Page 4: ...RAID 1 Mirror This RAID array to be used on New Blank hard drives Mirroring will destroy existing data on the hard drives 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl R when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 At the next screen select RAID then press Enter 3 Select Create then press Enter 4 At the next screen choose RAID1 then press spacebar 5 Create name or leave blank then press Enter 6 When asked Activate loa...

Page 5: ...lling a conventional hard drive Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set Whenafailuretoonememberoccurs youwillbenotified either by the RAID BIOS during boot or by the Initio SATA RAID Manager while in Windows The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set To Rebuild the Mirror while in the SATA RAID BIOS This method may not be compatible in some systems in this case use the Online Mirror R...

Page 6: ...ater capacity then start the computer 2 When Windows resumes click Start Programs or All Programs Initio SATA RAID Initio RAID Manager 3 DoubleclickInitioSATARAIDManagericonfrom the system tray to bring up the application 4 Click Mirror Array then click Tasks 5 Click Rebuild Array then click OK 6 The mirror will rebuild Rebuild time is dependent on the size of the mirror set DeletingRAIDArrays 1 A...

Page 7: ...to your RAID set should occur your system boot up will stop at the RAID BIOS set up screen To continue press either Ctrl R to enter the RAID BIOS set up or ESC key to continue booting Driver Installation This section provides information on how to install the SATA II 150 PCI RAID drivers Windows2000 For A New Installation A new installation of Windows 2000 requires a floppy disk for the driver ins...

Page 8: ... GUI on page 13 and install the RAID utility For An Existing Installation 1 SetuptheRAIDarraypriortodriverinstallationand boot up to Windows 2 At Found New Hardware Wizard click Next 3 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended then click Next 4 InsertthedriverCD checkCD ROMdrives uncheck the other boxes click Next then click Next again 5 IftheDigitalSignatureNotFoundmessageappe...

Page 9: ...stall the RAID driver 5 When prompted press S to specify the location of the driver 6 Insert the floppy disk then press Enter For 32 bit Windows Select Initio INIC162x S ATA RAID Driver For Windows XP Server 2003 then press Enter For 64 bit Windows Select Initio INIC162x S ATA RAIDDriverForWindowsXP Server2003AMD64 then press Enter 7 Press Enter to continue the installation then follow theon scree...

Page 10: ...When Windows resumes go to Initio SATA RAID Manager GUI on page 13 and install the RAID utility WindowsVista For A New Installation 1 SetuptheRAIDarraypriortoWindowsinstallation 2 Follow Microsoft Windows installation procedure 3 At the Where do you want to install Windows screen insertthedriverCD clickLoadDriver then click Browse 4 Double click your CD DVD drive select the Vista folder then click...

Page 11: ...Server2008 For A New Installation 1 SetuptheRAIDarraypriortoWindowsinstallation 2 Follow Microsoft Windows installation procedure 3 At the Where do you want to install Windows screen insert the driver CD click Load Driver then click Browse 4 Double click your CD DVD drive select the Vista folder then click OK 5 Select Initio INIC1622 S ATA RAID Controller then click Next 6 Continue with Windows Se...

Page 12: ...ickSCSIandRAIDcontrollers andInitio INIC1622 S ATA Raid Controllerand Initio RAID Interface should be displayed For Windows Vista 1 RightclickComputer clickManage clickContinue Select Device Manager 2 Double click Storage controllers Initio INIC1622 S ATA Raid Controller and Initio RAID Interface should be displayed For Windows Server 2008 1 Right click Computer click Manage double click Diagnosti...

Page 13: ...ion WindowsVista Server2008Installation 1 Place the driver CD into the CD ROM drive 2 At the Windows desktop click Start In the Start Search box type D Gui Button Manager exe press Enter Change D to match your CD ROM drive letter 3 Windows Vista Click Allow Windows Sever 2008 Continue on step 4 4 Follow the on screen instructions 5 Click Finish Select Yes I want to restart my computer now then cli...

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