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eSATA II PCIe Pro RAID
Quick Installation Guide

04-0396B

Introducing the 

eSATA II PCIe Pro RAID

The 

eSATA II PCIe Pro RAID 

is an ultra high-speed two

channel Serial ATA Generation II RAID controller for use

in PCI Express enabled systems.

Features and Benefits

Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification 1.0a

Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications with

support for full complement of SATA II optional

features

PCI Express 1-lane (x1) SATA II adapter works with

PCI Express slots with different lane width

Installs in any available PCI Express slot and

supports data transfer rates up to 3.0Gbps (300MBps)

Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ),

Non-zero offsets NCQ, and Out-of-order data

delivery NCQ

Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and

command execution

Supports RAID 0 (striping) and RAID 1 (mirroring)

for speed and data protection respectively

System Requirements

PCI Express enabled system with one available PCI

Express slot

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

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

2 External SATA drives

Summary of Contents for SC-SAE312-S3

Page 1: ...ures PCI Express 1 lane x1 SATA II adapter works with PCI Express slots with different lane width Installs in any available PCI Express slot and supportsdatatransferratesupto3 0Gbps 300MBps Supports N...

Page 2: ...General instructions for installing the card are provided below Since the design of computer cases and motherboards vary refer to your computer s reference manual for further information if needed Sta...

Page 3: ...y until it is well seated 6 Replace the slot bracket holding screw to secure the card 7 Replacethecomputercoverandreconnectthepower cord ExternalDeviceConnection External Serial ATA hard disk drives s...

Page 4: ...ge 10 RAID 0 Striping This RAID array to be used on New Blank hard drives Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive Auto Configuration is recommended For applications that require a custom...

Page 5: ...0 then press Enter 4 Select Manual configuration then press Enter 5 Select chunk size from 8k 16k 32k 64k or 128k then press Enter 6 Select the first drive then press Enter 7 Select the second drive t...

Page 6: ...ata 1 AstheBIOSbootspressCtrl SorF4whenprompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 At the next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter 3 At the next screen select RAID1 then press Enter 4 Select Manual c...

Page 7: ...s Enter 6 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept Note IntheRAIDBIOSscreen underLogicalDrive SiI Concatenation and the size of the logical drive will appear 7 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 8 Whe...

Page 8: ...xit and reboot Note When two drives are combined using JBOD each hard disk drive will appear as Concatenated in the SATARAID5 GUI Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set Whenafailuretoonememberoccurs youwillbe...

Page 9: ...computer 2 When Windows resumes at the SATA SoftRaid 5 screen click Legacy Support then click Rebuild Legacy RAID Group Note If Legacy Support does not show click File Configuration Advanced Options...

Page 10: ...drive connection information will be written to the replacement disk LowLevelFormat Low Level Format is built into the RAID BIOS to make it more convenient to erase the entire contents of a hard disk...

Page 11: ...2000 Setup screen press F6 to install the RAID driver 4 When prompted press S to specify the location of the driver 5 Insert the floppy disk then press Enter 6 Select Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRaid...

Page 12: ...the driver CD onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below 1 SetuptheRAIDarraypriortoWindowsinstallation 2 Follow Windows installation procedure 3 At the Windows Setup screen press F6 to...

Page 13: ...D utility 64 bitWindowsXP Server2003 For A New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation To make this floppy disk copy the contents of the 64bit folder found o...

Page 14: ...ep 3 XP w SP2orlater Server2003 w SP1orlater select No not at this time then click Next 3 Insert the driver CD select Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next 4 Accept the default...

Page 15: ...he Windows Vista operating system installation WhenWindowsinstallationcompletes gotoSATARaid5 GUI on page 16 and install the RAID utility For An Existing Installation 1 SetuptheRAIDarraypriortoWindows...

Page 16: ...e D gui setup msi then click OK Change D to match your CD ROM drive letter For Windows Vista In Start Search box type D gui setup msi then press Enter Change D to match your CD ROM drive letter 3 Foll...

Page 17: ...figuration window RightclickingoneachnodeintheRAIDGroupswindow a popup menu will be displayed to let the user select an actiontobeperformedfortheselectedcontrollerorRAID group Device Configuration win...

Page 18: ...customizethesettingsforLogFile PopupandAdvanced Options tabs Log File The log file is used to store event information received fromalltheRAIDdrivers Thelogfilecanbeviewedwith any text viewer such as N...

Page 19: ...d for the following events Errors Disabled No popup will occur Advanced Options The advanced options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID driver By default all advanced options are dis...

Page 20: ...et the user create or delete a spare drive This feature is not used with the eSATA II PCIe Pro RAID Delete Member This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose RAID groups members to delet...

Page 21: ...lectfromalistofRAIDgroupsizes Selecting MAX will create the largest RAID set possible with the drives selected Chunk Size Select one size from the available list This setting is for RAID 0 Stripe set...

Page 22: ...rwindowlistallRAIDanddiskmanagement tasks that have been started and or done This window provides the user with the ability to schedule any RAID and disk management operations including RAID group cre...

Page 23: ...a dialog box to the the user choose up to 3 items to sort event items in the event log Fields This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose which fields will be shown in the event log Res...

Page 24: ...alog box to let the user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non fault tolerant legacy RAID group Delete Legacy RAID Group This command displays a dialog box to let the user choose legacy RAID g...

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Page 27: ...o have the product repaired or replaced Step 1 Submit your RMA request Go to www siig com click Support then RMA to submit a request to SIIG RMA If the product is determined to be defective an RMA num...

Page 28: ...features and are backed by an extensive manufacturer warranty High quality control standards are evident by the overall ease of installation and compatibility of our products as well as one of the lo...

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