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Appendix C: Software Installation
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Appendix C
Installing Software Drivers and Windows
Operating System
After all the hardware has been installed, you must first install the Silicon
Image SATA RAID Driver before you install the Windows operating system,
and other software drivers. The necessary drivers are all included on the
Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard.
C-1 Installing Silicon Image's SATALInk Sil 3112 Host
Controller Driver
Serial ATA (SATA)
Serial ATA(SATA) is a physical storage interface. It uses a single cable with
a minimum of four wires to create a point-to-point connection between
devices. It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to
150MBps. Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the
traditional cables used in Parallel ATA(PATA), SATA systems have better
airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA. In addition,
the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long, while Serial ATA
cables can extend up to one meter. Overall, Serial ATA provides better
functionality than Parallel ATA.
Silicon Image's Serial RAID (Sil 3112) Host Controller
Silicon Image's SATALInk Sil 3112 host controller provides Serial ATA
Software RAID, including striping and mirroring, to enhance the industry's
first PCI-to-SATA host controller products. RAID striping can greatly
improve hard disk I/O performance because of its capability in striping
data across multiple drives. RAID mirroring allows the data to be simulta-
neously written to two drives, so critical data is always available even if
a single hard disk fails. Due to these two functionality, the Sil 3112 is
specially designed to keep pace with the increasing performance
demands of computer systems by improving disk I/O throughput and
providing data accessibility regardless of a single disk failure. The
X5DPR-TG2+ offers the user with the benefits of SATARaid without the
high costs associated with hardware RAID applications.