Addonics Technologies AD2SA3GPX1, User Manual

Page 1: ...Addonics T E C H N O L O G I E S 2 Port SATA II RAID5 JBOD PCI Express Controller Card AD2SA3GPX1 User s Guide Revision 1 1...

Page 2: ...workmanship during the warranty period specified for each product when used within the limits set forth in the Specifications section in the user guide Unauthorized tempering of the product or using...

Page 3: ...pecifications 3 Chapter 2 RAID Tutorial 4 Chapter 3 BIOS Installation 5 6 Chapter 4 New Windows XP System fresh installation 7 9 Chapter 5 Existing Windows System installation 10 15 Hardware Configura...

Page 4: ...nnels Independent Link Transport and data FIFO Independent command fetch scatter gather and command execution Supports Native Command Queuing and Tagged Command Queuing Supports First Party DMA Suppor...

Page 5: ...neouslywritten to two disks This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk failure If a read failure occurs on one drive the system reads the data from the other drive 2 3 Mirror...

Page 6: ...Y to exit the setup 7 Your RAID configuration is complete Please proceed to software installation section 3 2 Creating Mirrored Sets RAID 1 1 As the BIOS boots Press CTRL S or F4 to enter the raid bi...

Page 7: ...t then all of the data will be lost If the set being deleted is a Mirrored set then the data will remain intact and accessible on both drives 3 6 Rebuilding Mirrored Sets 1 After replacing the failed...

Page 8: ...be created e Select the folder with your corresponding operating system and extract the file to the floppy diskette Hardware Installations 1 Remove PC cover 2 Select an empty PCI Express slot and inse...

Page 9: ...driver 11 Insert the Floppy Driver diskette containing the driver from step 1 above Press S then press Enter 12 Select Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRAID 5 Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 or Silic...

Page 10: ...RAID Utility 3 The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed Select Create RAID set 4 Choose RAID 1 Press Enter Press Enter to automatically create a RAID 1 set without data copy 5 Press Enter to se...

Page 11: ...Users Guide v1 0 2 Port SATA II RAID5 JBOD PCI Express Controller Card 10 Chapter 5 Existing Windows System installation Existing System with Port Multiplier Hardware Configuration 2 eSATA port PCI b...

Page 12: ...system Insert the CDROM that came with the product The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up Select SATA Utilities Model AD2SA3GPX1 2 The WinZip Self Extractor SiI_3132 exe window pops up...

Page 13: ...the SATA Controller 7 Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw 8 Close the PC s cover Windows 2000 Driver Installations 9 Turn computer ON When Windows boots up Found New Hardware Wizard pops on...

Page 14: ...der Install the SATARAID5 software by clicking 3132_x86_win32_SATARAID5_1020 a Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for 3132 SATARAID5 Click Next b InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Clic...

Page 15: ...t SATA II RAID5 JBOD PCI Express Controller Card 14 14 When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device the System Setting Change window pops up Do you...

Page 16: ...der Install the SATARAID5 software by clicking 3132_x86_win32_SATARAID5_1020 a Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for 3132 SATARAID5 Click Next b InstallShield Wizard Choose Destination Location Clic...

Page 17: ...hange window pops up Do you want to restart your computer now Click Yes Verifying Host Controller Driver installation under Windows 2000 XP 2003 1 Right click on My Computer icon select Properties lef...

Page 18: ...ou out MODEL NUMBER Please have this number on hand SYSTEM INFORMATION Type of computer peripherals etc OPERATING SYSTEM What version of Windows WHAT S THE TROUBLE Give enough information about your p...