Lindy SATA-150 User's Manual
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1. 5 Highlight Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATARaid Controller and click OK 6 If the Insert Disk dialog appears click OK then Browse 7 Highlight 13114r sys and click Open then OK Verification of the Proper Installation for Windows NT 4 0 1 Double click My Computer Control Panel SCSI Adapters 2 Highlight Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATARaid Controller and click Properties This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box the driver has been correctly installed 4 4 Windows 2000 Driver Installation For New Windows 2000 Systems Fresh Installation 1 Before installation copy all the files under directory E SATA Raid_4Port oe Sil3114 Win98_me _2000_xp_nt4 0 driver to a blank floppy disk 2 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly 3 At the Windows Set up screen press F6 to specify and add the driver 4 Insert the Driver diskette Press S then press Enter 5 Select Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATARaid Controller for Windows NT 4 0 and 2000 and press Enter 6 Press Enter to continue and follow on screen instructions to complete installation Add Windows 2000 Driver on Original Booting Device 1 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured boot up Windows 2 At the Found New Hardware Wizard click Next 3 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and click Next2. Internal 2 Port Supports two External Ports and two Internal Ports Special Shell SATA connectors on External Port to support Mobile HDD Mobile CD ROM Mobile DVD and Mobile CD RW One USB like Connector on board to provide 2A 5V DC power output for External Devices using 1 2 Package Contents RAID Native SATA 150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter This Users Manual Driver CD 2 What Is RAID RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I O performance and provide redundancy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member without loss of data This card provides two RAID Set types Striped RAID 0 and Mirrored RAID 1 Disk Striping RAID 0 Striping is a performance oriented non redundant data mapping technique While Striping is discussed as a RAID Set type it is actually does not provide fault tolerance With modern SATA bus mastering technology multiple I O operations can be done in parallel enhancing performance Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk Disk Mirroring RAID 1 Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously written to two disks This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk failure If a read failure occurs on one drive the system reads the data from the other drive Mirrored Striping RAID 0 1 also known as RAID 10 A Mirrored Stri
3. 4 Insert the Driver CD in your CD ROM DVD drive check Specify a location uncheck the other boxes click Next type in E If your CD ROM DVD is E Click Browse 5 Points specify a location example E SATA Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98 me _2000_xp_nt4 0 SI3114r inf click Open then OK 6 Click Next if the Digital Signature Not Found message appears click Yes Note If prompted for Windows 2000 CD ROM insert the CD and click OK Type in E 1386 click OK and Finish assuming E is your CD ROM drive 7 Click Finish 4 5 Windows XP Driver Installation For New Windows XP Systems Fresh Installation 1 Before installation copy all the files under directory E SATA Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98_me _2000_xp_nt4 0 driver to a blank floppy disk 2 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly 3 At the Windows Set up screen press F6 in order to specify and add the driver 4 Insert the Driver diskette Press S then press Enter 5 Select Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP and press Enter 6 Press Enter to continue and follow on screen instructions to complete Windows XP installation Note When the Software Installation warning pops 9 up click Yes And when the Hardware Installation warning pops up click Yes again Add Windows XP Driver on Original Booting Device 1 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and a
4. 3 or 4 drives The second benefit of RAID is data redundancy RAID 1 Mirroring writes identical data on two drives or sets of drives thus protecting the data from a disk failure If for any reason one drive were to fail your data is secure and available from the 2 e mirrored second drive 1 1 Features 1 1 1 PCI Interface Compliant with PCI Specification revision 2 2 Integrated PCI DMA engines 32 bit 33 66MHz fully compliant PCI host interface 1 1 2 High Speed Serial ATA Interface Four high speed Serial ATA interface ports each supporting Ist generation Serial ATA data rates 1 5Gb s Provides RAID O Stripping to greatly increase the performance of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives Provides RAID 1 Mirroring to protect the data from a disk failure by writing identical data on 2 drives RAID 0 1 Mirrored Stripping combine both Striping and Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and the data availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0 specifications Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver Independent 256 byte FIFOs 32 bit 64 deep per Serial ATA channel for host reads and writes 1 1 3 The Individual features for different HBA Models 1 1 3 1 Model A Serial ATA Internal 4 Ports Supports Independent four Internal Ports 1 1 3 2 Model B SATA External 2 Port
5. Enter 3 Select Online rebuild or Offline rebuild 4 Answer Y to rebuild the Mirrored set of hard drive 3 5 Resolving Conflict When a RAID set is created the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information Primary and Secondary 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 specifically in reference to the drive connection information 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 select Resolve Conflicts and the correct metadata including the correct drive connection information will be written to the replacement disk 4 Software Installation ea This section provides the information on how to install the drivers of RAID Native SATA 150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter for the operating systems New amp Existing Windows 98 98 SE New amp Existing Windows ME New amp Existing Windows NT 4 0 New amp Existing Windows 2000 New amp Existing Windows XP 4 1 Windows 98 98SE Driver Installation For New Windows 98 98 SE Systems Fresh Installation 1 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly 2 Once Windows has been installed double click My Computer Control
6. Panel System then click Device Manager 3 Double click Other Devices then PCI RAID Controller 4 Click Driver tab then Update Driver 5 Insert the Driver CD and click Next 6 Select Search for a better driver than the one option and click Next 7 Check Specify a location uncheck the other boxes type in E If your CD ROM DVD is E and click Browse 8 Points specify a location example E SATA Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98_me _2000_xp_nt4 0 click OK and then Next 9 Click Next and then Finish 10 Remove the Driver CD and click Yes to restart Windows to complete driver installation For Existing Windows 98 98 SE Systems 1 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured boot up Windows 2 At the Add New Hardware Wizard click Next 3 Select Search for the best driver for your device option and then click Next 4 Insert the Driver CD check Specify a location uncheck the other boxes and click Browse 5 Points specify a location example E SATA Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98_me _2000_xp_nt4 0 click OK and then Next If your CD ROM DVD is E 6 Click Next and then Finish respectively Ge 4 2 Windows ME Driver Installation For New Windows ME Systems Fresh Installation 1 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly 2 Once Windows has been installed right click My Computer then click Propertie
7. RAID Native SATA 150 4Ports PCI Host This Manual for the Models of 4 Channels SATA RAID HBA Model A Serial ATA RAID Internal 4 Ports Model B SATA RAID External 2 Port Internal 2 Port 1 Introduction This RAID Native SATA 150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter is a PCI to 4Ports Serial ATA host controller board It provides a 32bit 33 66 MHz PCI interface on the host side and dual fully compliant Serial ATA ports on the device side to access SATA Hard disk drive The board can be used to upgrade your desktop computer to have 4Ports Serial ATA Channels and support RAID O RAID 1 and RAID O 1 features It accepts host commands through the PCI bus processes them and transfers data between the host and Serial ATA devices The board should be connected to SATA target device and will take the data serialize it and output it for transmission over the SATA interface The board can control four independent Serial ATA channels Each channel has its own Serial ATA bus and will support one Serial ATA device The board supports Serial ATA Generation 1 transfer rate of 1 5 Gb s 150 MB s It comes completely with drivers for Windows 98 Windows Millennium Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and XP RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks greatly enhances two main areas of data storage performance and data integrity By using RAID O also known as Striping performance of sustained data transfer rates is greatly enhanced by simultaneously writing data to 2
8. evice is working properly is displayed in the dialog box the driver has been correctly installed If any error message is displayed remove Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATARaid Controller and oe ae restart your system 4 3 Windows NT 4 0 Driver Installation For New Windows NT 4 0 System Fresh Installation 1 Before installation copy all the files under directory E SATA Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98_me _2000_xp_nt4 0 driver to a blank floppy disk 2 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly 3 At the Windows Set up screen press F6 to specify and add the driver 4 Press S select Other then press Enter 5 Insert the Driver diskette and press Enter 6 Select Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATARaid Controller for Windows NT 4 0 and 2000 and press Enter 7 Press Enter to continue and follow on screen instructions to complete Windows NT 4 0 installation Add Windows NT 4 0 Driver on Original Booting Device 1 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured boot up Windows Double click My Computer Control Panel SCSI Adapters then click the Drivers tab 2 Click Add then Have Disk 3 Insert the Driver CD in your CD ROM DVD drive and type in EN If your CD ROM DVD is E then click Browse 4 Points specify a location example E SATA Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98_ me _2000_xp_nt4 0 SI3114r inf click Open then OK
9. nter the raid bios utility Select Create RAID set Press Enter Select Mirrored then press Enter Select Auto configuration Press Enter Press Y to save your settings Press CTRL and then press Y to exit the setup Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a NOuoRP WN eH conventional hard drive 8 Your RAID configuration is complete Please proceed to software installation section 3 3 Creating a Mirrored Striped Set 1 As the BIOS boots press CTRL S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility 2 Select Create RAID set Press F2 3 Select Mirrored Striped set then press F3 4 Select Auto config Press A 5 Press Y and then press ESC to exit the setup 6 Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional hard drive 7 Your RAID configuration is complete Please proceed to software installation section 3 4 Deleting RAID Sets 1 As the BIOS boots Press CTRL S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility 2 Select Delete RAID set Press Enter 3 Answer Y to remove the RAID set If the RAID set being deleted is a Striped set then all of the data will be lost If the set being deleted is a Mirrored set then the data will remain intact and accessible on both drives 3 5 Rebuilding Mirrored Sets 1 After replacing the failed hard drives boot the BIOS Press CTRL S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility 2 Select rebuilding Mirrored set Press
10. ping Set does just what it says combining both Striping and Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and the data availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring When data is written to a Mirrored Striped Set instead of creating just 3a one virtual disk as Striping would do a second Mirrored virtual disk is created as well 3 BIOS Installation RAID Setting Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS During boot up the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do This board will act as normal NON RAID card when BIOS not configured for RAID Just proceed to Software Installation section directly If you use traditional parallel ATA HDD make sure your hard drives be set up as master mode before the RAID setting 3 1 Creating Striped Sets RAID 0 1 As the BIOS boots Press CTRL S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility 2 Select Create RAID set Press Enter 3 Select Stripe then press Enter 4 Select Auto configuration Press Enter 5 Press Y to save your settings 6 Press CTRL and then press Y to exit the setup 7 Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional hard drive 8 Your RAID configuration is complete Please proceed to software installation section 3 2 Creating Mirrored Sets RAID 1 As the BIOS boots Press CTRL S or F4 to e
11. s Click Device Manager tab 3 Double click Other Devices then PCI RAID Controller 4 Click Driver tab then Update Driver 5 Insert the Driver CD check Specify the location of the driver Advanced and click Next 6 Select Search for the better driver option check Specify a location uncheck Removable Media type in E If your CD ROM DVD is E and click Browse 7 Points specify a location example E SATA Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98_ me _2000_xp_nt4 0 click OK and then Next 8 Click Next and then Finish 9 Remove the Driver diskette and click Yes to restart Windows to complete driver installation For Existing Windows ME Systems 1 After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and attached drives are configured boot up Windows 2 At the Add New Hardware Wizard check Specify the location of the driver Advanced and click Next 3 Insert the Driver CD check Specify a location uncheck the other boxes and click Browse 4 Points specify a location example E SATA Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98_ me _2000_xp_nt4 0 click OK and then Next If your CD ROM DVD is E 5 Click Next and then Finish Verification of the Proper Installation for Windows 98 98SE ME 1 Double click My Computer Control Panel System Click Device Manager tab 2 Double click SCSI Controllers Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATARaid Controller should be listed 3 Highlight Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATARaid Controller and click Properties A message This d
12. ttached drives are configured boot up Windows 2 At the Found New Hardware Wizard check Install from a list or specific location Advanced then click Next 3 Insert the Driver CD Check Include this location in the search uncheck the other box type in E and click Browse 4 Points specify a location example E SATA Raid_4Port Sil3114 Win98_me _2000_xp_nt4 0 click OK then Next 5 When a warning message pops up click Continue Anyway then click Finish Verification of the Proper Installation for Windows 2000 XP 1 Double click My Computer Control Panel System 2 Click Hardware then click Device Manager 3 Double click SCSI and RAID Controllers then double click Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATARaid Controller to display driver properties 4 Amessage This device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box the driver has been correctly installed 2 ST114 O1A 10
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