PNY P-DSA150-PCI-RF, User Manual

Page 1: ...PCI SATA RAID 2 CH 2 External 2 Internal CARD User Manual Model P DSA150 PCI RF Ver 1 0 All brand names and trademarks are properties of their Respective owners Aug 07 MN2036400000 1...

Page 2: ...rts Native Command Queuing NCQ and SATA TCQ commands z Compliant with PCI Specification Rev 2 3 z Compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 Specification z Support SATA hard disk hot plugging z Independent comman...

Page 3: ...07 MN2036400000 3 System Requirements z One available PCI slot z Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 and Vista Package Contents z 1 x PCI SATA Card z 1 x Driver CD z 1 x Data Cable z 1 x Power Cable z 1 x Man...

Page 4: ...Hardware Description Aug 07 MN2036400000 4 Jumper Jumper Settings Active Port J8 J7 J6 J5 Internal SATA Port B Enabled Con2...

Page 5: ...Enabled Con4 J4 J3 J2 J1 Internal SATA Port A Enabled Con1 J4 J3 J2 J1 External SATA Port C Enabled Con3 NOTE There are four SATA ports on the card However only two of the four ports may be enabled a...

Page 6: ...it is well seated 6 Replace the slot bracket s holding screw to secure the card Device Connection The SATA PCI RAID Card is a two channel Serial ATA controller that supports up to two Serial ATA hard...

Page 7: ...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 Configura...

Page 8: ...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...

Page 9: ...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...

Page 10: ...opy 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...

Page 11: ...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 Select online rebuild if you wish to rebuild the mirror in the background...

Page 12: ...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 w...

Page 13: ...nly before the RAID set is configured BIOS Configuration The Serial ATA 2 Channel RAID adapter BIOS will appear every time your system starts up If the BIOS doesn t show please try your controller in...

Page 14: ...floppy disk then press Enter 7 Select Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATARAID Controller for Windows NT 4 0 and 2000 then press Enter 8 Press Enter again to finish driver installation then follow the on scree...

Page 15: ...floppy disk then follow the directions below 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation 2 Follow Microsoft s Windows installation procedure 3 Restart the computer when prompted by Windows i...

Page 16: ...Server 2003 w SP1 or later select No not this time then click Next 3 Insert the driver CD select Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next 4 Click Finish For Windows XP x64 Server...

Page 17: ...then 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...

Page 18: ...osoft 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...

Page 19: ...installation 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 drive...

Page 20: ...and boot up to Windows 2 At Found New Hardware Wizard select Locate and install driver software recommended 3 Please insert the CD driver bound with SATA 150 PCI RAID card into your CD ROM Drive click...

Page 21: ...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 PCI_IO Sata Medley jre 1_5_0_05 windows i586 p exe then click OK Change D...

Page 22: ...ministration Appendix A Refer to Windows documentation to partition and format the hard drive as if you were installing a conventional hard drive In Windows XP use the Disk Administrator tool Start Co...