Addonics Technologies ADST114R5 User manual

ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES
ADST114R5 (4-Port SATA PCI RAID5/JBOD Controller Card)
SPECIFICATIONS
Chip Set: Silicon Image Sil3114 Integrated Host
Controller
Interface: PCI bus compatible
I/O Ports: (4) SATA Connectors
Regulatory approvals: FCC, CE
Features:
• Four high speed Serial ATA interface ports,
each supporting 1st generation Serial ATA data
rates (1.5Gb/s).
• Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0
specifications.
• Compliant with 32-bit, 33/66MHz PCI 2.2 host
interface.
• Integrated PCI DMA engines
• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2
• RAID 5 (Distributed Parity RAID) has
Highest Read data transaction rate and Good
aggregate transfer rate
• JBOD is a virtual disk that combines all
disk drives as one entire disk drive
• Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver.
• Independent 256-byte FIFOs (32 bit * 64 deep)
per Serial ATAchannel for host read and write.
• Hot-plug capability
System Requirements:
• Computer with one available PCI slot
• Windows 2000/XP/2003 server
RAID Described
Stripe (RAID 0): Greatly increases the performance
of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2
drives.
Mirror (RAID 1): duplicates or mirrors the data on
both drives. No data will be lost if one ofthe drives fails.
Mirror-Striping (RAID 1+0) Combined both
Striping and Mirroring technologies to provide both the
performance enhancements that come from Striping and
the data availability and integrity that come from
Mirroring.
Mirror-Sparing (RAID 1+S) Can automatically
replace the failed drive and rebuild the system when
booting HDD failed.
Parity (RAID 5) Adds fault tolerant to disk striping
by including parity information with the data.
INSTALLATIONS
Software Installation:
Note: Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came
with your package first before installing the Host
Controller.
A. From the CD start-up menu select SATA
Utilities. Select Model #ADST114R5.
B. Unzip the file on your drive. Folder name is
SiI3114 SATA RAID 5 Manager.
C. Inside this folder, extract the contents of the
zip for the Operating System you wish to
install the SATARAID 5 Utility on, then run
the executable file to install the utility.
Hardware Installations:
1. Power OFF PC and remove its cover.
2. Select an empty PCI slot and insert the SATA
Controller.
3. Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw.
4. Close the PC’s cover.
Windows 2000, XP, 2003 server Driver Installations
1. Turn computer ON. When Windows boots up,
“A New Hardware Found” pops on the screen
and the Addonics Serial ATA PCI Host
Controller is identified.
2. At the “Add New Hardware Wizard Window,
click “Next”
3. Choose “Select for the best driver for your
devices”, and click “Next”
4. If using a driver that has not been digitally
signed by Microsoft, you will be asked if you
want to continue the installation. Click
Continue.
5. When the new hardware wizard has finish
installing the Serial ATA card. Click “Finish”
to complete the installations.
Confirming Serial ATA Driver Installation
1. Right click the My Computer icon and select
properties.
2. Click Device Manager in the Menu Tree.
3. Click the “+” sign in front of SCSI controllers.
Silicon Image SATAcontroller should appear.
Important Note:
• To do a RAID SET, you can press F4 or
CTRL+S from the boot up screen. Read and
follow the instruction inside the BIOS screen.
• You can also install the SATA GUI utility
Under Windows to monitor the RAID Set. It is
under the Utility section of the driver disc.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Addonics Technologies Phone: [phone]
2466 Kruse Drive Fax: [phone]
San Jose CA 95131
Email: sales-[email protected]
Internet: http://www.addonics.com
Technical Support (8:30 am to 5:30 pm PST)
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