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2-Port eSATA3 RAID PCIe Card

 

 

 

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2.

 

Stripe Size: 

Select the stripe block size. Options include 32 KB and 

64 KB. 

3.

 

Gigabyte Rounding: 

Select whether to permit the installation of a 

replacement  drive  that  is  smaller  than  the  failed  drive  when 
performing a RAID 1 rebuild. Options include None, 1G, and 10G.   

4.

 

Quick Init: 

Select whether to quickly erase old data on the hard 

drives when creating the array.   

5.

 

VD  Name: 

Enter  an  array  name  with  1~10  letters  (letters  cannot 

be special characters). 

6.

 

Next: 

After  completing  the  settings  above,  move  to 

Next 

and 

press  <Enter>  to  begin  creating  the  array.  When  prompted  to 
confirm whether to create this array, press <Y> to confirm or <N> 
to cancel. 

7.

 

When  completed,  you  can  see  the  new  array  under 

Topology\Virtual Disks

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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 

4.2 Delete the Disk Array:

 

To  deleted  the  existing  array,  select  the  array  on  the  main  menu 
(example:  VD  0:  New_VD)  and  press  <Enter>  to  display  the 

Delete 

option. Press <Enter>. When prompted, press <Y> to confirm or <N> to 
cancel.   

 

 
 

With the Marvell RAID utility (RAID GUI), you can setup an disk array or 
view  the  current  array  status  in  the  operating  system.  To  install  the 
utility, insert the supplied driver CD (folders as the following picture).   

5. Installing RAID Drivers and GUI 

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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