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System Requirements

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Pentium

or equivalent PC with an available PCI

slot

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Windows

98SE/ME/2000/XP (32-/64-bit)/Server

2003 (32-/64-bit)/Vista (32-/64-bit)

Package Contents

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Serial ATA PCI RAID

board

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2 Serial ATA data cables

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Dual Connector Serial ATA power cable

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"Y" split power cable

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Driver software and user's manual

Layout

Figure 1: Serial ATA PCI RAID layout

CN 1

CN 2

Serial ATA

Connectors

Summary of Contents for Serial ATA PCI RAID

Page 1: ...dBenefits Increased performance and security with Serial ATA RAID Supports 32 bit wide PCI bus at 66MHz and data transfer rates up to 1 5Gb s 150MB s Supports RAID 0 stripe for performance and RAID 1 mirror for data reliability Compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 and PCI 2 2 specifications Coexists with on board controller Features independent 256 byte FIFOs per channel for host reads and writes Feature...

Page 2: ... 2000 XP 32 64 bit Server 2003 32 64 bit Vista 32 64 bit PackageContents Serial ATA PCI RAID board 2 Serial ATA data cables Dual Connector Serial ATA power cable Y split power cable Driver software and user s manual Layout Figure 1 Serial ATA PCI RAID layout CN 1 CN 2 Serial ATA Connectors ...

Page 3: ...es 2 Unplug the power cord from the back of the computer 3 Remove your computer cover 4 Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot 5 To install the card carefully align the card s bus connector with the selected PCI slot on the motherboard Push the board down firmly but gently until it is well seated 6 Replace the slot bracket holding screw to secure the card 7 Now go to Device Connection ...

Page 4: ... drive connections 4 AttachtheotherendoftheSerialATAdatacabletothe Serial ATA connector on the Serial ATA PCI RAID Serial ATA cable Serial ATA power cable Figure 3 Connecting the Serial ATA data cable 5 Follow the same instructions to connect a second hard drive Device connection is now complete 6 Replacethecomputercoverandreconnectthepower cord Go to RAID Arrays to configure the RAID BIOS ...

Page 5: ... be used on New Blank hard drives Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive Note ItisrecommendedtouseAutoconfiguration For Advanced users or software applications that requireacustomchunksize Manualconfiguration is offered For Auto Configuration The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration 1 AstheBIOSbootspressCtrl SorF4whenprompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 At the ne...

Page 6: ...e press Enter 7 Select the chunk size then press Enter 8 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept 9 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 10 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot RAID 1 Mirror For New Blank Hard Drives 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 Mir...

Page 7: ...ess Enter 9 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to begin disk copy Note Disk copy time is dependant on the size of the mirrored set Do not interrupt disk copy once started 10 After disk copy completes press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 11 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set Whenafailuretoonememberoccurs youwillbenotified eitherbytheRAIDBIOSdurin...

Page 8: ...dAreYouSure Y N pressYtoconfirm 5 The RAID set is now deleted ResolvingConflicts When a RAID set is created the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set or used in another system it may have conflicting metadata If so this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt in order...

Page 9: ...ypriortoWindowsinstallation 2 Follow Microsoft Windows 98SE installation procedure 3 Once Windows has installed right click My Computer click Properties click Device Manager 4 Double click PCI RAID controller listed under Other Devices 5 Select Driver tab then click Update Driver button 6 Insert the driver CD then click Next 7 Select Search for the better driver and click Next 8 Check CD ROM drive...

Page 10: ...ring utility WindowsME For A New Installation 1 SetuptheRAIDarraypriortoWindowsinstallation 2 Follow Microsoft s Windows ME installation procedure 3 Once Windows has installed right click My Computer clickProperties clickDeviceManager 4 Double click PCI RAID Controller listed under Other Devices 5 Select Driver tab and click Update Driver button 6 Insert the driver CD select Automatic search for a...

Page 11: ...Windows98SE MEInstallation 1 Right click My Computer and click Properties Select Device Manager tab 2 Double click SCSI controllers Silicon Image Sil 3512 SATARaid Controller should be displayed Windows2000 A new installation of Windows 2000 requires a floppy disk for the driver installation To make this floppy disk copy the contents of the Floppy folder found on the driver CD onto a blank floppy ...

Page 12: ...d and boot up to Windows 2 At the 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 check boxes click Next click Next again 5 Click Finish Remove the driver CD shutdown Windows and setup your RAID array When Windows resumes go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID mo...

Page 13: ...tes go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID monitoring utility For An Existing Installation 1 Install the board and boot up Windows 2 At the Found New Hardware Wizard XP w SP1orearlier Server2003 continuetostep 3 XP w SP2orlater Server2003 w SP1orlater select No not this time then click Next 3 Insert driver CD select Install the software automatically Recommended then click Next Note Mo...

Page 14: ...iver diskette Press S then press Enter 6 Select Silicon Image SiI Controller 64 bit Extended and press Enter 7 Press Enter to continue and follow on screen instructions to complete the installation When Windows installation completes go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID monitoring utility For An Existing Installation 1 Install the board and boot up Windows 2 At the Found New Hardware...

Page 15: ...4 bit Windows Vista For A New Installation 1 SetuptheRAIDarraypriortoWindowsinstallation 2 Follow Windows installation procedure 3 At Where do you want to install Windows click Load Drivers 4 Insert the driver CD click Browse 5 Double click your CD ROM drive For 32 bit Windows Vista click OK For 64 bit Windows Vista select 64bit then click OK 6 Select Silicon Image SiI then click Next 7 Follow the...

Page 16: ...ntinue 4 Click Next then click Close 5 Remove the driver CD shutdown Windows and setup your RAID array When Windows resumes go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID monitoring utility To Verify Windows Vista Installation 1 RightclickComputer clickManage clickContinue select Device Manager 2 Double click Storage controllers Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller should be displayed ...

Page 17: ... double click your CD ROM drive 2 Double click GUI folder and double click Vista folder 3 DoubleclickInstallSATARaid Followtheonscreen instructions to complete 4 Double click vcredist_x86 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete 5 Go back to the desktop click Start All Programs Startup 6 Right click SATARaid click Properties 7 ClicktheCompatibilitytab checkRunthisprogram as an administrator th...

Page 18: ...e 1_5_0_05 exe then click OK Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Change D to match your CD ROM drive letter 6 The installation is now complete Unblocking Startup The Raid GUI is blocked from starting up by Windows Vista operating system security Follow the steps below to enable the SATARaid GUI 1 Click the Blocked Startup Programs icon located in the taskbar by the syste...

Page 19: ...tartup folder a small blue SATARaid logo will appear in the right hand corner of taskbar To launch the GUI simply click on the icon or right click icon and choose Open Upon launching the GUI the the first window which identifies the computer running SATARaid should appear similar to the following ...

Page 20: ...20 By selecting a specific channel the following information is reported Selecting each different component in the configuration tree provides specific information for that component such as the chip ...

Page 21: ...21 Selectingaspecificdrivereportsallpertinentinformation to that drive including Configuration and Disk Identification information ...

Page 22: ...22 Selecting Sets reports on active RAID sets By selecting the specific RAID set such as Set 1 which is a Mirrored Set the type of RAID set the number of members and capacity is reported ...

Page 23: ...ngwiththeinformationintheBIOS andthe state of each device Besides reporting information the Members tab of a Mirrored Set allows the user to remove a specific drive from that set However a drive cannot be removed from a stripe set as this would destroy all the data ...

Page 24: ... the Members tab window Note that when a Mirror set is first created the state of the destination drive may report as Rebuild for as much as 30 90 minutes depending on the size of the disk SMART and Configuration information as well as Data Identification is again provided for each Set ...

Page 25: ...ng on the icon and clicking Configure the user may configure SATARaid including customizing the settings for SMTP E mail Notification Event Level Log File Audio Popup TrayIcon Event Table and Event Time SMTP The SMTP server is the server that is used to send e mails Normally the network administrator knows what this name is Both the name and domain must be entered ...

Page 26: ...here the configuration should be sent This however can be overridden at the time of sending the E mail Notification When different types of events occur SATARaid may be configured to send notices to assigned individual E mail addresses UsingtheNotificationtab allE mailaddresses desired to receive the notices may be entered ...

Page 27: ...which are set with the Event Level tab The different levels are Disabled No event logs will be sent Informational The following events will be sent Informational Warnings Errors Warning The following events will be sent Warnings Errors Errors The following events will be sent Errors ...

Page 28: ...fromallthe RAIDdrivers Thelogfileisatextfileandcan be viewed with Notepad or the SATARaid GUI Use the Log File tab to set where the log file should be stored and the name of the file as well Audio The user may set different audio alerts for the different levels of events ...

Page 29: ...ertain event levels The different levels are Disabled No popup will occur Informational The popup window will be displayed for the following events Informational Warnings Errors Warning The popup window will be displayed for the following events Warnings Errors Errors The popup window will be displayed for the following events Errors ...

Page 30: ...y icon will blink for and the Event Table sets which level of events will show in the event table EventTime The system will monitor the controller in a fixed time interval Since to small of an interval may impact your computer s performance please set the proper interval value ...

Page 31: ...ds AdvancedMenu UndertheAdvancedMenuyoucancreate delete modify your RAID array and create and delete a Spare Drive in addition to System View Configuring SATARaid and Send Configuration via email as discussed earlier ...

Page 32: ...lick Next and follow the on screen instructions OptionsnotrelatedtoyourRAIDarraywill be greyed out RAID Management In RAID Management you can create delete modify your RAID array and create and delete a Spare Drive using the RAID Wizard ...

Page 33: ...33 SATARAIDHelpMenu The SATARaid Help menu gives detailed information on features and benefits and RAID functions to help you get the most out of the Serial ATA PCI RAID controller ...

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Page 35: ...red 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 anRMAnumberwillbeissued SIIGRMAdepartment can also be reached at 510 413 5333 Step 2 After obtaining an RMA number ship the product Properly pack the product for shipping All software cable s and any other accessories that came with t...

Page 36: ...ures 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 lowest defective return rates in the industry SIIG products can be found in computer retail stores mail order catalogs through major distributors system integrators and VARs in the Americas and the UK andthr...

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