Digitus DS-33101, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 Serial ATA RAID PCI Card User Manual ...

Page 2: ...erial ATA drives Supports RAID0 striping and RAID1 mirroring for speed and data protection respectively HDDs function normally when not in RAID sets Supports SATA up to 150MB Sec Supports Windows 7 Vista 32 64 Bit 2003 32 64 Bit XP 2000 Connectors 2 x internal SATA connectors System Requirements Pentium class computer with one available PCI slot Windows 7 Vista 32 64 Bit 2003 32 64 Bit XP 2000 ...

Page 3: ...Push the board down firmly but gently until it is well seated 6 Replace the slot bracket s holding screw to secure the card Device Connection The SATA 150 PCI RAID Card is a two channel Serial ATA controller that supports up to two Serial ATA hard disk drives It is recommended to use identical hard drives for all RAID configurations 1 Install your hard disk drive s in chassis 2 Connect the Serial ...

Page 4: ...ID Arrays RAID Arrays are setup in the SATA 150 PCI RAID Card s BIOS RAID 0 Striping This RAID array to be used on New Blank hard drives Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive Auto Configuration is recommended For applications that require custom chunk size Manual Configuration is offered Auto configuration recommended The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration ...

Page 5: ...o exit and reboot 8 Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard 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 Striped then press Enter 4 Select Manual configuration then press Enter 5 Select the first drive press Enter 6 Select the se...

Page 6: ... For New Blank Hard Drives 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 At the next screen select Mirrored then press Enter 4 Select Auto configuration then press Enter 5 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept 6 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 7 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and...

Page 7: ...ource drive press Enter 6 Select the Target drive press Enter 7 Enable Disk Copy select Yes then press Enter Note Enable Disk Copy Copy current content of source driver to mirror drive Disable Disk Copy RAID 1 set formed must be repartitioned and reformatted to guarantee the consistency in their contents 8 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 9 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and rebo...

Page 8: ...uilding a failed mirror set 1 Replace the failed drive 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 Rebuild Mirrored Set then press Enter 4 Select the desired set and then press Enter 5 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to confirm 6 The set will be rebuilt Deleting RAID Arrays 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4...

Page 9: ...eated or rebuilt in order for the RAID set to function properly this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata To resolve this from the main BIOS window select Resolve Conflicts then press Enter the correct metadata including the correct drive connection information will be written to the replacement disk Low Level Format Low Level Format is build into the RAID BIOS to make it m...

Page 10: ...Windows 2000 For A New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation To make this floppy disk copy the contents of the DS 33101 2K_XP_2003_Vista folder found on the driver CD onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation 2 Follow Windows 2000 installation procedure 3 Restart the computer when prom...

Page 11: ...lete the Windows installation For An Existing Installation 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows 2 At Found New Hardware Wizard click Next 3 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommend then click Next 4 Insert the driver CD check CD ROM drives uncheck the other boxes click Next then click Next again 5 If the Digital Signature Not Found message a...

Page 12: ...estart the computer when prompted by Windows installation 4 At the Windows Setup screen press F6 to install the 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 3x12 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 then press Enter 8 Press Enter to finish driver installation then follow the on screen instru...

Page 13: ...e driver CD select Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next 4 Click Finish For Windows XP x64 Server 2003 x64 For New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation To make this floppy disk copy the contents of the DS 33101 XP_2003_Vista x64 folder found on the driver CD onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below 1 Setup the R...

Page 14: ...hen press Enter 8 Press Enter to finish driver installation then follow the on screen instructions to complete the Windows installation Note If the Security Alert warning pops up click Yes Our driver has passed Microsoft compatibility testing 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...

Page 15: ...15 4 Click Finish ...

Page 16: ...ll the RAID driver 5 Insert the floppy disk please select Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller A si3112r inf then press Next Change A 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 to Windows 2 At Found New Hardware Wizard select Locate and ...

Page 17: ...nstallation 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 RAID driver 5 Insert the floppy disk please select Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller A si3112r inf then press Next Change A to match your floppy drive letter 6 Follow the on screen instructions to comple...

Page 18: ... anyway 5 Click Close to complete the installation To Verify Windows Installation 1 Right click My Computer and click Manage 2 Select Device Manager 3 Double click Storage controllers Storage controllers Vista then double click Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller to display driver properties A message this device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box the driver has been correct...

Page 19: ... CD ROM drive letter 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation SATARAID Management Software Installation 1 Please insert the CD driver bound with SATA 150 PCI RAID card into your CD ROM Drive 2 At the Windows desktop click Start then Run 3 Type D DS 33101 jre 1_5_0_05 windows i586 p exe then click OK Change D to match your CD ROM drive letter 4 Follow the on screen instructi...