Digitus Serial ATA RAIDPCI Card User manual

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Serial ATA RAID
PCI Card
User Manual

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Features
Silicon Image SiI3512 SATA controller chip
Compliant with PCI Specification, Rev. 2.3
Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification
Provides two independent channels to support up to two Serial
ATA drives
Supports RAID0(striping) and RAID1(mirroring) for speed and
data protection respectively
HDDs function normally when not in RAID sets
Supports SATA up to 150MB/Sec
Supports Windows® 7 / Vista 32 /64-Bit/ 2003 32/64-Bit /
XP /2000
Connectors
2 x internal SATA connectors
System Requirements
Pentium-class computer with one available PCI slot
Windows® 7 / Vista 32 /64-Bit/ 2003 32 /64-Bit / XP /2000

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Hardware Installation
1. Turn Off the power to your computer and any other connected
peripheral devices.
2. Unplug the power cord form the back of the computer.
3. Remove your computer’s cover.
4. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot.
5. To install the card, carefully align the card’s bus connector with
the selected PCI 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 Connection
The SATA 150 PCI RAID Card is a two channel Serial ATA controller
that supports up to two Serial ATA hard disk drives. It is recommended
to use identical hard drives for all RAID configurations.
1. Install your hard disk drive(s) in chassis.
2. Connect the Serial ATA hard disk drive to the system power
supply using the included Serial ATA power cable.
3. Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to the hard disk drive.

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4. Attach the other end of the Serial ATA cable to the Serial ATA port
on the SATA 150 PCI RAID Card.
5. Follow the same instructions to connect up to two hard drives.
Device connection is now complete.
6. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord.
RAID Arrays
RAID Arrays are setup in the SATA 150 PCI RAID Card’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

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the RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then press Enter.
3. Select Striped, 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 exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit and
reboot.
8. 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 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. Select the first drive, press Enter.
6. Select the second drive, press Enter.
7. Select chunk size from 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k or 128k, then press

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Enter.
8. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, press Y to accept.
9. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.
10. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and
reboot.
11. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were
installing a conventional hard drive.
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 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 exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and
reboot.
8. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were

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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 Mirrored then press Enter.
4. Select Manual configuration, then press Enter.
5. Select the Source drive, press Enter.
6. Select the Target drive, press Enter.
7. Enable Disk Copy, select Yes, then press Enter.
Note: Enable Disk Copy – Copy 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 BIOS.
9. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and
reboot.
Note: If during boot the RAID BIOS reports an RAID1 set is in
Rebuild status, The rebuild will continue after boot sequence is

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complete, disregard the message, continue booting, and let the Mirror
rebuild.
Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set
When a failure to one member occurs, you will be notified either by the
RAID BIOS during boot or by the SATARAID GUI while in
Windows. The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror
set.
1. Replace the failed drive 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 Rebuild Mirrored Set then press Enter.
4. Select the desired set and then press Enter.
5. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, press Y to confirm.
6. The set will be rebuilt.
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.

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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.

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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 another PCI slot. During this (POST) process, the BIOS
will show up and indicate the devices attached to it.
Driver 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-33101\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 F6 to install the RAID
driver.