2-CHANNEL SATA II PCI EXPRESS CARD User Manual
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1. 2 CHANNEL SATA Il PCI EXPRESS CARD User Manual Features and Benefits Silicon Image Sil 3132 Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification 1 0a Compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specification with support for full complement of SATA II optional features Installs in any available PCI Express slot and supports data transfer rates up to 3 0Gbps Supports Native Command Queuing NCQ Non zero offsets NCQ and Out of order data delivery NCQ Supports RAID O striping and RAID 1 mirroring for speed and data protection respectively System Requirements PCI Express enabled system with one available PCI Express slot Windows 7 Vista XP 2000 Package Contents 1x Sil 3132 SATA II PCle RAID adapter 1x Driver CD 2x SATA Data Cables amp 2 x SATA Power Cables 1x Manual Hardware Description Jumper Settings Default Mode 2 3 close 5 1 2 E Jumper Settings JP Active Port Hardware Installation 1 Turn Off the power to your computer and any other connected peripheral devices 2 Unplug the power cord from the back of the computer 3 Remove your computer s cover 4 Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI Express slot 5 To install the card carefully align the card s bus connector with the selected PCI Express slot on the motherboard 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 Connecti2. RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows 2 At the Found New Hardware Wizard XP w SP1 or earlier Server 2003 continue to step 3 XP w SP2 or later 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 Accept the default entry then click Next 5 Click Finish 6 Repeat steps 2 5 7 Click Yes to restart to complete the installation For 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 30102 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 prompted by the installation 4 At the Windows 2000 Setup screen press to install the RAID driver 5 When prompted press 5 to specify the location of the driver 6 Insert the floppy disk then press Enter 7 Select Silicon Image Sil 3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller for Windows 2000 then press Enter 8 Press Enter again to finish driver installation then 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 Window
3. iguration then press Enter 5 Select the Source drive press Enter 7 6 Select the Target drive press Enter 7 Select Create with data copy then press Enter 8 Select online copy then press Enter Note Selcting Online Copy builds the mirror while in Windows Selecting Offline Copy builds the mirror before exiting the RAID BIOS 9 Input the RAID size press Enter 10 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 11 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot CONCATENATION JBOD This RAID array allows you to use one or two hard drives to a JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks array Although JBOD doesn t offer other RAID functionality it makes the hard disks appear to be a single one by combining the drives into one larger logical one without any capacity loss Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set When a failure to one member occurs you will be notified by the RAID BIOS during boot The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set 1 Replace he failed drive s 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 Create RAID Set press Enter 4 Select SPARE DRIVE then press Enter 5 Select the single hard drive then press Enter 6 Input RAID size press Enter When asked Are You Sure Y N Press Y to confirm 7 Select Rebuild Raid 1 Set press Enter 8 When asked Are you sure Y N press Y confirm The mirro
4. in a logical set RAIDO RAID1 etc This is display 10 only function BIOS Configuration The Sil 3132 SATA II PCle RAID adapter BIOS will appear every time your system starts up If the BIOS doesn t show please try your controller in another PCI Express slot During this POST process the BIOS will show up and indicate the devices attached to it Driver Installation For Windows XP Server 2003 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 30102 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 Microsofts Windows installation procedure 3 Restart 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 Sil 3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 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 has passed Microsoft compatibility testing this message appears during new installation For An Existing Installation 1 Setup the
5. on Serial ATA hard drives should come with their own accessories In most cases you just need to power up the device and connect them to the ports The Sil 3132 SATA II PCle RAID adapter is two channel Serial ATA controller that supports two Serial ATA hard disk drives It is recommended to use identical 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 Sil 3132 SATA PCle RAID adapter 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 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 RAIDO then press Enter 4 Select Auto configuration then press Enter 5 Input the RAID size press Enter 6 When asked Are You Sure Y N press to accept 7 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 8 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot 9 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 en
6. r will begin rebuilding Do not interface with processs 9 When rebuilding is finished press Ctrl E 10 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot Deleting RAID Arrays 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 Select Delete RAID Set then press Enter 3 Select the RAID set then press Enter 4 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to confirm Resolving Conflicts When a RAID set is created then metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set or used in another system it may have conflicting metadata If so this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created 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 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 single hard drive only before the RAID set is configured Logical Drive Info This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives with
7. s 2 At Found New Hardware Wizard click Next 3 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended then click Next 4 Insert the driver CD check CD ROM drives uncheck the other boxes click Next then click Next again 5 lf the Digital Signature Not Found message appears click Yes Our driver has been thoroughly tested for stability and compatibility 6 Click Next then Finish 7 Repeat steps 2 6 8 Click Yes to restart to complete the installation To Verify Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Installation 1 Right click My Computer and click Manage 2 Select Device Manager 3 Double click SCSI and RAID Controller then double click Silicon Image Sil 3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller to display 14 driver properties A message this device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box the driver has been correctly installed
8. ter the RAID BIOS 2 At the next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter 3 Select RAIDO then press Enter 4 Select Manual configuration then press Enter 5 Select chunk size from 8k 16k 32k 64k or 128k then press Enter 6 Select the first drive press Enter 7 Select the second drive press Enter 8 Input the RAID size press Enter 9 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept 10 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 11 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot 12 Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive 6 RAID 1 Mirror 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 RAID1 then press Enter 4 Select Auto configuration then press Enter 5 Input the RAID size press Enter 6 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept 7 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 8 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot 9 Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive For Existing Hard Drives with Data 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 RAID1 then press Enter 4 Select Manual conf
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