PNY P-DSA2-PCIE-RF User Manual Download

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PCI Express SATA II RAID 2 CH.

(2 External/ 2 Internal) CARD

User Manual

Model P-DSA2-PCIE-RF

Ver. 1.0

All brand names and trademarks are properties of their

espective owners.

Aug/07

MN2036400001

Summary of Contents for P-DSA2-PCIE-RF

Page 1: ...PCI Express SATA II RAID 2 CH 2 External 2 Internal CARD User Manual Model P DSA2 PCIE RF Ver 1 0 All brand names and trademarks are properties of their Respective owners Aug 07 MN2036400001 1...

Page 2: ...g NCQ and SATA TCQ commands z Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification 1 0a z Compliant with Serial ATA Generation 2 Specification z Support SATA hard disk hot plugging z Independent command fetc...

Page 3: ...em Requirements z PCI Express enabled system with one available PCI Express slot z Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 and Vista Package Contents z 1 x PCIe SATA II Card z 1 x Driver CD z 1 x Data Cable z 1 x...

Page 4: ...Hardware Description Aug 07 MN2036400001 4 Jumper Jumper Settings Active Port J8 J7 J6 J5 Internal SATA Port D enabled Con3 J8 J7 J6 J5 External SATA Port B enabled Con2...

Page 5: ...he power to your computer and all the connected peripheral devices 2 Unplug the power cord from the back of the computer 3 Remove your computer s cover 4 Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI...

Page 6: ...AID Arrays RAID 0 Striping This RAID array is to be used on New Blank hard drives Striping will destroy any existing data on the hard drive Auto Configuration is recommended For applications that requ...

Page 7: ...r formatting your hard disk drive Manual configuration 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 At the next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter 3 Select...

Page 8: ...Ctrl S or F4 when prompted 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 Auto configuration then pres...

Page 9: ...he Source drive press Enter 6 Select the Target drive press Enter 7 Select Create with data copy then press Enter 8 Select online copy then press Enter Note Selecting Online Copy builds the mirror whi...

Page 10: ...you in rebuilding a failed mirror set 1 Replace the failed drive s with one of equal or greater capacity then start the computer 2 During boot press Ctrl S or F4 to enter the RAID BIOS 3 Select Create...

Page 11: ...ritten 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...

Page 12: ...This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set RAID0 RAID1 etc This is display only function BIOS Configuration The card s BIOS screen will appear every t...

Page 13: ...he RAID driver 5 When prompted press S to specify the location of the driver 6 Insert the floppy disk then press Enter 7 Select Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRAID 5 Controller for Windows 2000 then press...

Page 14: ...ew installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation To make this floppy disk copy the contents of the PCI_IO SiI3132 Driver RAID FLOPPY folder found on the driver CD onto a blank floppy...

Page 15: ...bility test This message appears during new installation For An Existing Installation 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows 2 At the Found New Hardware Wizard XP w...

Page 16: ...ion 2 Follow Microsoft s Windows installation procedure 3 Restart the computer when prompted by Windows installation 4 At the Windows Setup screen press F6 to install the RAID driver 5 When prompted p...

Page 17: ...and click Next 4 Accept the default entry then click Next 5 Click Finish 6 Repeat steps 2 5 7 Click Yes to restart to complete the installation For Windows Vista For New Installation A new installatio...

Page 18: ...to match your floppy drive letter 6 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the Windows installation For An Existing Installation 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up...

Page 19: ...o Windows installation 2 Follow Microsoft s Windows installation procedure 3 Restart the computer when prompted by Windows installation 4 At the Windows Setup screen press Load Driver to install the R...

Page 20: ...e provided driver CD into your CD ROM Drive click Next 4 If the system prompts the user informing the drivers are not signed select the option Install this driver software anyway 5 Click Close to comp...

Page 21: ...lation For Windows XP x64 Server 2003 x64 Vista x64 1 Please insert the provided driver CD into your CD ROM Drive 2 At the Windows desktop click Start then Run 3 TypeD PCI_IO SiI3132 Driver 64 bitWind...

Page 22: ...nventional hard drive In Windows XP use the Disk Administrator tool Start Control Panel Performance and Maintenance Administrative tool Disk Administrator In Windows 2000 use the Disk Management tool...