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Serial ATA RAID Controller

PCISATA4R1

Instruction Manual

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4 Port SATA RAID Controller with RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 Support

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Page 1: ...Serial ATA RAID Controller PCISATA4R1 Instruction Manual Actual product may vary from photo 4 Port SATA RAID Controller with RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 Support ...

Page 2: ...antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Use of Trademarks Registered Trademarks and other Protected Names and Symbols This manual may make reference to trademarks registered trademarks and other protect...

Page 3: ...e info 6 Configuring an Array 6 Deleting a RAID set 8 Rebuilding a RAID set 8 Resolving Conflicts 9 Low Level Formatting 10 Logical Drive information 10 Allocating Partitions 10 SataRaid GUI Overview 11 Devices and Information windows 11 Members 11 Smart configuration 11 Identify data 11 Event Viewer and Events Windows 12 SATARaid Configuration 13 Glossary 18 Specifications 19 Accessory Products f...

Page 4: ... increase the performance of data transfers by simultaneously writing data to two drives Provides RAID 1 Mirroring to protect the data from a disk failure by writing identical data on two drives Provides RAID 0 1 Mirrored Striping to provide both the performance enhancements that come from striping and the data availability and integrity that comes from mirroring Supports RAID 5 Distributed Parity...

Page 5: ...4R1 PCI SATA RAID controller card 1 x Low profile replacement bracket used in small form factor case designs only 1 x Regular size bracket 1 x Installation CD 1 x Instruction Manual IMPORTANT NOTE 1 Before installing PCISATA4R1 it is recommended that you consult the SATA RAID 5 manual located on the included Drivers CD This manual contains more information on RAID architecture features installatio...

Page 6: ... secure the card later 4 Gently insert the PCI card into the empty slot making sure it is firmly seated 5 Secure the card in place using the screw you removed in Step 3 6 Install your SATA drive s according to their installation instructions 7 Put the computer case back on Installing the Drivers Windows 98 98SE ME 1 Windows will detect that new hardware has been installed and launch the Add New Ha...

Page 7: ...unched again repeat steps 1 through 5 from above Windows NT 4 0 Consult the readme txt file in the SATAII 3Gbps_Raid_4Port SiI3124 Win XP_2000_2003_NT Drivers folder on the installation CD for instructions on how to configure the card for use in Windows NT 4 0 Verifying Your Installation Windows 98SE ME 1 Go to Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click System 3 Click the Hardware tab 4 If the ca...

Page 8: ...y Once you access the utility you will be presented with the following menu The Main Menu option allows you to carry out various tasks related to configuring and maintaining your RAID You can navigate the menu using the arrow keys on the keyboard and select an item by pressing Enter The Main Menu options are described below Create RAID set Create a RAID for the first time or change the configurati...

Page 9: ...ppear to be a single physical drive If you wish you can partition the logical drive space into multiple partitions using your operating system For further information please consult the SATARaid User s Manual located on the accompanying Drivers disk IMPORTANT If you want your computer to boot from your RAID you must configure your computer s BIOS to use the drives connected to the PCISATA4R1 in yo...

Page 10: ...ance Other considerations 50 reduction in useable space as the drives containing the mirror is not available to the user drives must be identical SPARE DRIVE This is used in conjunction with RAID 1 mirroring and allows the computer to keep running in the event of a drive failure without user intervention even if it is the boot drive that has failed Also referred to as RAID 1 S Minimum number of dr...

Page 11: ... set and press Enter 3 When asked Are You Sure Press Y 4 The drives will be returned to the selection of logical drives from which a new RAID set can be created Rebuilding a RAID 1 Set This menu selection is used to initiate the copying of data from an existing drive to a replacement drive that has been installed in a RAID 1 set after the failure of one of the members 1 Select Rebuild RAID1 set In...

Page 12: ...adata must be first overwritten with the new metadata To correct this select Resolve Conflict and the correct metadata including the correct drive connection information will automatically be written to the replacement disk 1 Select Resolve Conflicts and press Enter 2 Select the Conflict entry in the Logical Drive Status window and press Enter 3 Note that some conflict resolutions may result in th...

Page 13: ...d It is a display only function Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll between the drives in the Logical Drive Properties window Press the ESC key when done viewing logical drive information Allocating Partitions After the RAID set s have been created the BIOS reports the new set s as a new drive attached to the system This drive must have a partition defined on it then the drive must be formatt...

Page 14: ... tree displays data that is unique to that component in the Information window Selecting a specific device channel will show that channel s information Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent information for that drive including the drive s serial number firmware version ATA version and current mode as well as Configuration and Disk Identification information Selecting Sets lists the Sets...

Page 15: ...ost adapter and RAID sets Clicking on each of the components and then clicking the Details button will open a new window showing more information on the selected device 3 Configure SATARaid This command allows the configuration of the SATARaid program to be viewed and changed SATARaid configuration is documented in detail in the next section of this manual 4 Send Configuration This command allows ...

Page 16: ... tab displayed when SATARaid configuration is opened is for Event Table configuration This setting determines which events are displayed in the Event Table The messages logged for the various settings are as follows Error Level Errors Warning Level Warnings Errors Information Level Informational Warnings Errors Disable All No events will be logged Instruction Manual 13 ...

Page 17: ...the Event Time interval should be increased The SMTP tab allows the server name to be set for all SATARaid email related functions These include sending of configuration files and automatic notification This entry must include the full name of the server and the top level domain for example mail mycompany com or smtp mymailserver com Contact the System Administrator if the name of the SMTP server ...

Page 18: ... and enter the default e mail address and subject line for the party receiving the configuration data The default address and subject can be overridden prior to sending the email When different types of events occur SATARaid can send notices to assigned individual e mail addresses Select the Notification tab and enter the e mail addresses of all parties to whom the notices will be sent Instruction...

Page 19: ...iewed with any text viewer such as Notepad or with the Event Property page of SATARaid Use the Log File tab to set location and the desired filename for the log file The Audio tab is used to select audio alerts in response to events Each event can use a different audio alert and each can be individually disabled Instruction Manual 16 ...

Page 20: ... Use the slider control to set the event level for popups to occur Error Level The following events will trigger a popup window Errors Warning Level The following events will trigger a popup window Warnings Errors Information Level The following events will trigger a popup window Informational Warnings Errors Disable All No events will trigger a popup window Instruction Manual 17 ...

Page 21: ...metadata Literally interpreted to mean data about data Since RAID configurations present the hard disks contained within them array to the computer as a single drive the records of how the array is bound together between the drives where the data is stored the order of the drives in the array and the information needed to rebuild a failed drive are all considered metadata mirroring mirrored set of...

Page 22: ...s used in RAID 0 S Sp pe ec ci if fi ic ca at ti io on ns s Instruction Manual 19 Form Factor Interface PCI 32 bit 33 66 MHz ver 2 2 compliant PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz Full sized or low profile card Maximum Data Transfer Rate 150 MBytes sec SATA 1 0 300 MBytes sec SATA 2 0 SATA Ports 4 x 7 pin female internal FIFO 256 bytes per channel RAID Levels Supported RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 1 S RAID 5 and JBOD a...

Page 23: ... ATA Drive Connection Cable SATA18 24 inch Serial ATA Drive Connection Cable SATA24 36 inch Serial ATA Drive Connection Cable SATA36 18 inch Serial ATA Data Cable with LP4 Adapter SATA18POW 18 inch Right Angle Serial ATA Cable 1 end SATA18RA1 24 inch Right Angle Serial ATA Cable 1 end SATA24RA1 36 inch Right Angle Serial ATA Cable 1 end SATA36RA1 24 inch RIght Angle Serial ATA Cable both ends SATA...

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Page 25: ...Revised 5 April 2006 Rev A ...

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