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SATA II-150 PCI RAID
Quick Installation Guide

Introducing the 

SATA II-150 PCI RAID

The

 SATA II-150 PCI RAID 

is an ultra high-speed two

channel Serial ATA Generation II RAID controller for use

in PCI enabled systems.

Features and Benefits

Compliant with PCI 2.3

Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications and

complement of SATA II optional features

Supports RAID 0 (stripe) for performance and RAID

1 (mirror) for data protection

Supports two SATA channels and data transfer rate

up to 1.5Gb/s (150MB/s)

Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and

SATA TCQ commands

Onboard bus master engine relieves the system

processor and enhances system performance

Features independent 256-byte FIFOs per channel

for host reads and writes

Breaks the 137GB barrier!  Works with various

brands of large capacity Serial ATA hard disks

Supports SATA hard disk hot-plugging

System Requirements

Pentium or equivalent PC with an available

PCI slot

Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003

04-0412B

Summary of Contents for SC-SA3012-S1

Page 1: ...ormanceandRAID 1 mirror for data protection Supports two SATA channels and data transfer rate up to 1 5Gb s 150MB s Supports Native Command Queuing NCQ and SATA TCQ commands Onboard bus master engine relieves the system processor and enhances system performance Features independent 256 byte FIFOs per channel for host reads and writes Breaks the 137GB barrier Works with various brands of large capa...

Page 2: ...e card are provided below Since the design of computer cases and motherboards vary refer to your computer s reference manual for further information if needed Static Electricity Discharge may permanently damage your system Discharge any static electricity build up in your body by touching your computer s case for a few seconds Avoid any contact with internal parts and handle cards only by their ex...

Page 3: ... the card 7 Replacethecomputercoverandreconnectthepower cord DeviceConnection The SATA II 150 PCI RAID is a two channel Serial ATA controller that supports two Serial ATA hard disk drives It is recommended to use identical hard drives for all RAID configurations however it s possible to combine hard drives of different sizes and makes RAID Arrays RAID Arrays are setup in the SATA II 150 PCI RAID B...

Page 4: ... For New Blank Hard Drives This RAID array to be used on New Blank hard drives Mirroring will destroy existing data on the hard drives 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl R when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 At the next screen select RAID then press Enter 3 Select Create then press Enter 4 At the next screen choose RAID1 then press spacebar 5 Create name then press Enter 6 When asked Activate load ...

Page 5: ...select Exit then press Enter 9 When asked Are You Sure to Exit Yes No select Yes then press Enter to exit and reboot JBOD This RAID array to be used on New Blank hard drives JBOD will destroy existing data on the hard drive 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl R when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 At the next screen select RAID then press Enter 3 Select Create then press Enter 4 Select JBOD then pres...

Page 6: ...en press Enter 6 When asked All data in selected drive will lost Continue Yes No select Yes then press Enter 7 Select RAID then select Rebuild 8 Press Enter The mirror will begin rebuilding Do not interfere with the process 9 When rebuilding is finished select Exit then press Enter 10 When asked Are You Sure to Exit Yes No select Yes then press Enter to exit and reboot For Online Mirror Rebuild in...

Page 7: ...Yes then press Enter to exit and reboot LowLevelFormat Low Level Format is built into the RAID BIOS to make it more convenient to erase the entire contents of a hard disk drive including data drive and partition information The Low Level Format utility works on singleharddrivesonly beforetheRAIDsetisconfigured BIOSConfiguration SATA II 150 PCI RAID BIOS will appear everytime your system starts up ...

Page 8: ...dowsinstallation 2 Follow the Windows 2000 installation procedure 3 Restart the computer when prompted by the installation 4 At the Windows 2000 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 SelectInitioINIC162xS ATARAIDControllerFor Windows 2000 then press Enter 8 Press Enter again to fini...

Page 9: ...6 8 Click Yes to restart to complete the installation When Windows resumes go to Initio SATA RAID Manager GUI on page 11 and install the RAID utility WindowsXP Server2003 For A New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation To make this floppy disk copy the contents oftheFloppyfolder foundonthedriverCD ontoablank floppy disk then follow the directions below ...

Page 10: ...up the RAID array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows 2 At the Found New Hardware Wizard XP w SP1orearlier Server2003 continuetostep 3 XP w SP2 or later Server 2003 w SP1 or later select No not at this time then click Next 3 Insert the driver CD select Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next 4 Accept the default entry then click Next 5 Click Continue Anyway th...

Page 11: ...king properly is displayed in the dialog box the driver has been correctly installed Initio SATA RAID Manager GUI TheInitioSATARAIDManager GUIprovidestheuseran easy way to monitor your RAID set Installing Initio SATA RAID Manager GUI 1 Place the driver CD into the CD ROM drive 2 At the Windows desktop click Start then Run 3 Type D Gui Setup exe then click OK Change D to match your CD ROM drive let...

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Page 15: ...teps to have the product repaired or replaced Step 1 Submit your RMA request Go to www siig com click Support then RMA to submit a request to SIIG RMA If the product is determined to be defective anRMAnumberwillbeissued SIIGRMAdepartment can also be reached at 510 413 5333 Step 2 After obtaining an RMA number ship the product Properly pack the product for shipping All software cable s and any othe...

Page 16: ...cept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCT COMPLIANCE SIIG Inc 6078 Stewart Ave Fremont CA 94538 3152 About SIIG Inc Foundedin1985 SIIG Inc isaleadingcomputerupgrademanufacturer ofI Oconnectivityproducts includingPCI ISAserialandparallel ports USB Serial ATA UltraATA controllers FireWire 1394a b Networking SoundCards a...

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