Exsys EX-3517R User manual

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Thank you for purchasing this 4-Port SATA3 RAID PCI PCIe Card. It is designed to
support up to 4 SATA3 ports with a built-in SATA3 RAID controller. It supports 4
SATA3 hard drives (or SSD) over one single PCI Express Slot and provides hardware
RAID 0, 1, 10, 3, 5 modes for your system.
Features:
✓Supports 2-lane PCIe Gen 2 up to 10Gb/s
✓Provides 4 Internal SATA3 Drives with 2 Double Deck Connectors
✓Supports Hardware RAID 0, 1, 10, 3, 5 Modes
✓Supports Low Profile Form Factor
✓Supports SATA3 transfer rate at 6.0Gb/s
✓Provides Windows RAID GUI for RAID Management
✓Co-resides with Motherboard IDE and SATA devices
✓Supports Win 2003, 2008, XP, Vista, Win 7, 8.x, 10,
Linux and Mac OS
EX-3517R
4-Port SATA3 Hardware RAID PCIe (x2) Card
1. Introduction
2. Board Layout
Low Profile
Bracket
Up: Port 2
Down: Port 1
Up: Port 4
Down: Port 3
Gen 2 PCIe (x2)
Golden Fingers

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1. Power down the peripherals, then the computer.
2. Remove the computer cover and save the screws.
3. Choose an unused PCI Express bus slot.
4. Unscrew and remove the slot cover. Retain the screw; you will use it when you
install the SATA3 PCIe RAID Card.
5. Place the SATA3 PCIe RAID Card into the slot. Carefully press the board into
the slot until it seats firmly.
6. Secure the SATA3 PCIe RAID Card with the slot cover screw.
7. Install the internal SATA cables from the SATA connectors of the PCIe RAID
Card to your SATA hard drives.
8. Carefully reinstall the computer cover. Insert and tighten the computer cover
screws.
9. Power up the PC and observe the monitor. The BIOS lists all Serial ATA hard
drives attached to the SATA3 PCIe RAID Card. For example:
If the information displayed on your screen is correct (the installed devices are
listed with the correct device name, etc.), congratulations! You have
successfully installed the SATA3 PCIe RAID Card in your computer.
3. Hardware Installation
Asmedia 106x SATA Controller Ver 1.50 AHCI Mode
Copyright (C) Asmedia Technologies, Inc. All Right
reserved. S.M.A.R.T. Supported
Using PCIE Gen2 x2
Firmware version 150910_00_00_00
Port PMP Model
0 0 KINGSTON SHFS37A120G SATA3
4 0 KINGSTON SHFS37A120G SATA3
5 0 ST3000DM001-9YN166 SATA3
6 0 ST3000DM001-9YN166 SATA3

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The SATA3 PCIe RAID Card supports Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)
mode which gives software developers and hardware designers a standard method
for detecting, configuring, and programming SATA/AHCI adapters. It exposes
SATA's advanced capabilities (such as hot swapping and native command queuing)
so it does not need extra drivers for the modern operating systems. The following
table lists the operation system supported:
Operating Systems
Support
Windows Server 2012
Yes
Windows Vista (x86, x64)
Yes
Windows 7 (x86, x64)
Yes
Windows 8.x (x86, x64)
Yes
Windows 10.x (x86, x64)
Yes
Mac OS
Yes
Linux Based
Yes (with Kernel 2.6.19 or later)
The PCIe RAID Card hardware has two portions, one is the PCIe to SATA3
host interface which supports AHCI mode. The other is a SATA3 hardware
RAID controller which combines the 4 SATA3 hard drives to specific RAID
mode by the RAID GUI management utility.
4. Software Installations Win2000/XP/2003/Vista/Win7
Installation

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Install the Hardware RAID Management Utility:
1. Insert the driver DVD, run the setup.exe file on the DVD (as
administrator), the location of the setup.exe file as follows:
\SATA_RAID\JMB390\Windows_Utility

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2. Follow the onscreen instructions until the installation is completed.
3. After reboot, you can run it by click its application icon in the notification tray
located at the bottom right corner of the screen or simply double-click the
short-cut icon on the desktop.
4. To make sure the HW RAID Manager to be always executed as administrator
privilege, please right-click on the “JMicron HW RAID Manager”short-cut icon
on the desktop, choose “Properties”, click “Compatibility” tab, enable the
“Run this program as an administrator” option of the privilege level then
click OK. Please see the following screen shot:

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Once JMB39X HW RAID Manager is launched, the JMB39X HW RAID Manager GUI
window will be opened. For the consideration of different user experiences and
achieving the ease of navigation, the main GUI is divided into two modes (“Basic
mode” and “Advance mode”).
Basic Mode: Click the following buttons to do basic RAID configuration and
browse all disks and RAID information as well as the event logs:
Advanced Mode: It provides 3 buttons for Email Notification and Event
Settings, advanced RAID Configuration and Firmware Update:
5. Using JMB39X HW RAID Manager

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Note: For detail operations of configuring your disk array with the RAID
Manager, please read the JMB39X Raid manager user guide.pdf file included in the
same folder as the software.

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