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2-Port eSATA3 RAID PCIe Card

 

 

 

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2.

 

Choose  an  unused  PCI  Express  bus  slot,  unscrew  and  remove  the  slot 
cover.   

3.

 

Place the SATA3 RAID PCIe Card into the slot. Carefully press the board 
into the slot until it seats firmly. 

4.

 

Secure the SATA3 RAID PCIe Card with the slot cover screw.   

5.

 

Install the SATA cables from the SATA connectors to your SATA devices. 

6.

 

Carefully  reinstall  the  computer  cover.  Insert  and  tighten  the  computer 
cover screws.   

7.

 

Power  up  the  PC  and  observe  the  monitor.  The  BIOS  lists  all  Serial  ATA 
devices attached to the SATA3 RAID PCIe Card. For example:   
 

Marvell 88SE91xx Adapter 

 BIOS Version x.x.x.xxxx 

PCIe x1 5.0Gbps 
Mode: CPU AHCI 
Virtual Disk 
    No Virtual Disk! 
Physical Disk 
 [ID]     [DISK Name] 

  

[Size]  

[Speed] 

0         SATA ST32000641AS  

 1.83TB          6.0G 

8         SATA ST32000641AS  

 1.83TB          6.0G 

 
Press <Ctrl>+<M> to enter BIOS Setup or <Space> to continue 
 

If  the  information  displayed  on  your  monitor  is  correct  (the  installed 
devices  are  listed  with  the  correct  device  name,  etc.),  congratulations! 
You  have  successfully  installed  the  SATA3  RAID  PCIe  Card  in  your 
computer. If you want to configure your RAID drives, press and hold the 2 

keys, 

Ctrl

 and 

M

, to enter the BIOS Setup for this card. You can configure 

the SATA RAID modes in the BIOS Setup. 
 

 

 

Turn on your computer and press <Ctrl> and <M> keys to enter BIOS 
Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). 

 

 

4. Configuring a SATA Disk Array 

Summary of Contents for EX-3512

Page 1: ...ane 5 0Gb s PCI Express Data Transfer Rate Built in 2 eSATA3 Ports Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for the 2 SATA3 Ports Supports Windows based RAID GUI Supports SATA3 transfer rate up to 6 0Gb s 600Mbytes sec Supports RAID 1 Rebuild by BIOS Setup Utility Supports Windows 2000 XP Vista and Win 7 1 Power down the computer remove the computer cover EX 3512 2 Port eSATA3 RAID PCIe Card 1 Introduction 2 Bo...

Page 2: ...SE91xx Adapter BIOS Version x x x xxxx PCIe x1 5 0Gbps Mode CPU AHCI Virtual Disk No Virtual Disk Physical Disk ID DISK Name Size Speed 0 SATA ST32000641AS 1 83TB 6 0G 8 SATA ST32000641AS 1 83TB 6 0G Press Ctrl M to enter BIOS Setup or Space to continue If the information displayed on your monitor is correct the installed devices are listed with the correct device name etc congratulations You have...

Page 3: ...be marked with an asterisk After selecting the hard drives press Enter to proceed To further configure the disk array use the up or down arrow key to move the selection bar to select an item in the right block of the screen and press Enter Set the required items in sequence and press Enter after each step 1 RAID Level Select a RAID level Options include RAID 0 Stripe and RAID 1 Mirror ...

Page 4: ...cancel 7 When completed you can see the new array under Topology Virtual Disks 8 Save the Settings and Exit After you complete the RAID configuration and before you exit the configuration screen be sure to press F10 in the main screen Press Y to confirm or N to cancel 9 Now you may proceed to create the SATA driver diskette for AHCI mode and the installation of the SATA driver and operating system...

Page 5: ...ot the system to let the drivers take effect 3 Run the RAID GUI installer SATA3 88SE9128 Utility MRUSetup exe to install the RAID Utility Note After the installation you must login the utility with the same account name and password that you use to login the operating system If you did not set the account password before click Login to enter the Marvell RAID Utility directly ...

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