SIIG Serial ATA 4-Channel PCI User manual

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Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID
Quick Installation Guide
04-0370B
Introducing the Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID
The Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID is an ultra high-speed
four channel Serial ATA controller for use in Pentium
class computers. It achieves burst data transfer rates up
to 150MB/s (1.5Gb/s) and supports various brands of
hard disk drives with capacities greater that 137GB.
Features and Benefits
• Compliant with Serial ATA Specification, revision
1.0
• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2
• Provides four independent channels to support up
to four Serial ATA drives
• Co-exists with on-board Ultra ATA controller
• Supports 32-bit wide PCI bus at 66MHz
• Supports RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring) and
RAID 10 (mirroring+striping) RAID Arrays and
Single and JBOD modes
• Lower pin count and voltage requirement, plus
better cabling over traditional Parallel ATA make
Serial ATA the controller of the future
SystemRequirements
• Pentium® orequivalentcomputerwithone available
PCI slot
• Windows®2000 / XP (32-/64-bit) / Server 2003
(32-/64-bit) / Vista (32-/64-bit)

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PackageContents
• Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID
• 4 Serial ATA data cables (1M)
• 2 Dual Connector Serial ATA power cables
• 2 "Y" split power cables
• DriverCD
• Quick Installaton Guide
Layout
Figure 1. Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID layout
Serial ATA
Connectors
CN4 CN3
CN2
CN1
Hard Disk
LED Pins

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Hardware Installation
General instructions for installing the card are provided
below. Since the design of computer cases and
motherboards vary, refer to your computer’s reference
manual for further information, if needed.
Static electricity discharge may permanently damage
your system. Discharge any static electricity build up in
your body by touching your computer case for a few
seconds. Avoid any contact with internal parts and
handle cards only by their external edges.
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 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
thecard.
7. Now go to Device Connection to connect your
Serial ATA hard disk drives.
DeviceConnection
It is recommended to use identical hard drives for all
RAID configurations, however, it's possible to combine
hard drives of different sizes and makes.
1. Install your hard disk drive(s) in the chassis.

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2. ConnecttheSerial ATA harddiskdrive tothesystem
power supply using the included Dual Connector
Serial ATA power cable.
3. Connect one end of the Serial ATA data cable to the
hard disk drive.
Figure 2. Hard disk drive connections
4. Attach the other end of the Serial ATA data cable to
the Serial ATA connector on the Serial ATA
4-channelRAID.
Serial ATA cable
Power cable adapter
Figure 3. Connecting the Serial ATA cable
5. Follow the same instructions to connect up to four
hard drives. Device connection is now complete.

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Note: If it is your desire to monitor disk activity of
the Serial ATA hard drives, you may at this time
connect the hard disk LED of the system case to the
Hard Disk LED Pins on the Serial ATA controller,
see Board Layout on page 2for the location of the
pins. All four Serial ATA Connectors activate the
LED. For most systems connect the Red wire to the
pin farthest from the mounting bracket.
6. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the
power cord. Go to RAID Arrays to configure the
RAIDBIOS.
RAID Arrays
RAID Arrays are setup in the Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID
BIOS.
RAID 0 (Striping)
This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives.
Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive.
For Manual Configuration
1. AstheBIOSbootspressCtrl+S orF4 whenprompted
to enter the RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then
press Enter.
3. Select RAID0, then press Enter.
4. Select the number of drives then press Enter.
5. Select Manual configuration then press Enter.
6. Select chunk size from 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k or 128k,
then press Enter.
7. Select the first drive, press Enter.

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8. Select the second drive, press Enter.
9. If applicable select the 3rd and 4th drives pressing
enter after each selection.
10. After selecting the last drive, you are asked Are You
Sure (Y/N)?, press Yto accept.
11. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.
12. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit.
13. Continue with Fdisk and Format steps as if you
were installing a conventional hard drive.
For Auto Configuration
The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto
configuration.
1. AstheBIOS bootspressCtrl+S orF4whenprompted
to enter the RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then
press Enter.
3. Select RAID0, then press Enter.
4. Select the number of drives then press Enter.
5. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter.
6. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Yto accept.
7. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.
8. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit and reboot.
9. Continue with Fdisk and Format steps as if you
were installing a conventional hard drive.

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RAID 1 (Mirror)
For New/Blank Hard Drives
1. AstheBIOS bootspressCtrl+Sor F4when 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. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Yto accept.
6. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.
7. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit and reboot.
8. Continue with Fdisk and Format steps as if you
were installing a conventional hard drive.
For Existing Hard Drives with Data
1. AstheBIOS bootspressCtrl+Sor F4when 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 configuration, then press Enter.
5. Select the Source drive, press Enter.
6. Select the Target drive, press Enter.
7. Select Create with data copy, then press Enter.
8. Select online copy, then press Enter.
Note: Selecting Online Copy builds the mirror
while in Windows. Selecting Offline Copy builds
the mirror before exiting the RAID BIOS.

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9. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y.
10. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.
11. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit.
Note: If during restart the RAID BIOS reports an
incomplete Mirror set, disregard the message,
continue booting, and let the Mirror rebuild.
Creating a SPARE Drive
When a hard drive failure occurs in a mirror set, the auto-
rebuild feature enables a drive designated as SPARE to
become the new member of the mirror set.
1. During boot press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter the RAID
BIOS.
2. Select Create RAID Set press Enter.
3. Select SPARE DRIVE, then press Enter.
4. Select the single hard drive then press Enter.
5. WhenaskedAre YouSure (Y/N)?,pressYtoconfirm.
6. Press Ctrl+E to exit.
7. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit.
The SPAREdrive will notbe seen byWindows, however,
it remains in the background waiting to rebuild the
mirror in the event of a hard drive failure.
Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set
Whenafailuretoonememberoccurs, you will be notified
either by the RAID BIOS during boot or by the SATA
Raid GUI while in Windows. The steps below will guide
you in rebuilding a failed mirror set.
1. Replace the failed drive(s) with one of equal or
greater capacity, then start the computer.

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2. During boot press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter the RAID
BIOS.
3. Select Create RAID set then press Enter.
4. Select SPARE DRIVE then press Enter.
5. Select the replacement drive then press Enter.
6. WhenaskedAreYouSure (Y/N)?,pressYtoconfirm.
7. Press Ctrl+E to exit.
8. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit.
Note: If during restart the RAID BIOS reports an
incomplete RAID set, disregard the message,
continue booting, and let the Mirror rebuild.
RAID 10 (Mirror+Striping)
This RAID set is used on New/Blank hard drives, do not
useexisting hard drive(s)withdata. To create aMirrored-
Striped set four hard drives are required.
For Manual Configuration
1. AstheBIOSbootspressCtrl+SorF4 whenprompted
to enter the RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then
press Enter.
3. Select RAID10 then press Enter.
4. Select Manual configuration, then press Enter.
5. Select chunk size from 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k or 128k,
then press Enter.
6. Select the first drive, press Enter.
7. Select the second drive, press Enter.
8. Select the third drive, then press Enter.

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9. Select the fourth drive, then press Enter.
10. Select Create without data copy then press Enter.
11. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Yto accept.
12. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.
13. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit.
14. Continue with Fdisk and Format steps as if you
were installing a conventional hard drive.
For Auto Configuration
The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto
configuration.
1. AstheBIOS bootspressCtrl+Sor F4when prompted
to enter the RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then
press Enter.
3. Select RAID10 then press Enter.
4. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter.
5. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Yto accept.
6. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.
7. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit and reboot.
8. Continue with Fdisk and Format steps as if you
were installing a conventional hard drive.
Rebuilding a Failed RAID 10 Set
Whenafailuretoonememberoccurs, you will be notified
either by the RAID BIOS during boot or by the SATA
Raid GUI while in Windows. The steps below will guide
you in rebuilding a failed RAID 10 set.
1. Replace the failed drive(s) with one of equal or
greater capacity, then start the computer.

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2. During boot press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter the RAID
BIOS.
3. Select Create RAID set then press Enter.
4. Select SPARE DRIVE then press Enter.
5. Select the replacement drive then press Enter.
6. WhenaskedAre YouSure (Y/N)?,pressYtoconfirm.
7. Press Ctrl+E to exit.
8. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit.
Note: If during restart the RAID BIOS reports an
incomplete RAID set, disregard the message,
continue booting, and let the Mirror rebuild.
Single Drive Setup
Setting up a hard drive to operate as a single drive may
destroyallexistingdataontheharddrive,therefore,back
up any data on the hard drive before connecting it to the
RAID controller or use a blank or new hard drive.
1. AstheBIOS bootspressCtrl+S orF4whenprompted
to enter the RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then
press Enter.
3. Select Concatenation, then press Enter.
4. Select 1, then press Enter.
5. Select the hard drive, then press Enter.
6. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Yto accept.
Note:IntheRAID BIOSscreen,underLogicalDrive,
SiI Concatenation and the size of the logical drive
will appear.
7. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.

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8. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit and reboot.
Note: The hard disk will show up as Contiguous in
theSATARAID5 GUI.
JBOD Drive Setup
This RAID Array combines the full capacity of two or
more hard drives to form one logical drive. Since this
configuration will destroy all existing data on each hard
drive, use blank or new hard drives or back up the
existing data before connecting to the raid controller.
1. AstheBIOS bootspressCtrl+S orF4whenprompted
to enter the RAID BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then
press Enter.
3. Select Concatenation, then press Enter.
4. Select the number of drives, then press Enter.
5. Selecteachharddrive,thenpressEnterinsuccession.
6. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Yto accept.
Note:Inthe RAIDBIOSscreen,underLogicalDrive,
SiI Concatenation and the size of the logical drive
will appear.
7. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.
8. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Yto
exit and reboot.
Note: When multiple drives are combined using
JBOD, each hard disk drive will appear as
Concatenated in the SATARAID5 GUI.

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RAID5
While RAID5 feature is enabled in the SATA Raid 5
BIOS,thisRAIDArrayisnot supported by the Serial ATA
4-Channel RAID controller. Please use it at your own risk.
Deleting RAID Arrays
1. AstheBIOS bootspressCtrl+S orF4whenprompted
to enter the RAID BIOS.
2. Select Delete RAID Set, then press Enter.
3. Select the RAID set then press Enter.
4. WhenaskedAre YouSure (Y/N)?,pressYtoconfirm.
5. The RAID set is now deleted.
Resolving Conflicts
When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the
disk includes drive connection information. If, after a
disk failure, the replacement disk was previously partof
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.

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Low Level Format
Low Level Format is built 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
singleharddrives only, before the RAID setisconfigured.
Software Installation
This section provides information on how to install the
Serial ATA 4-channel RAID drivers.
Windows2000
For A New Installation
Important: During Windows 2000 installation you will
be asked to restart several times. If during any restart the
RAID BIOS reports an Incomplete RAID set, disregard
the message, continue with the installation, and let the
Mirror rebuild on its own. This shouldhappen only once
and it's done automatically. Please do not interfere this
process by re-configuring the RAID sets.
A new installation of Windows 2000 requires a floppy
disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk,
copy the contents of the 32bit folder, found on the driver
CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions
below.
1. SetuptheRAIDarraypriorto Windows installation.
2. Follow Microsoft's Windows 2000 installation
procedure.
3. At the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press F6.
Note: Prior to this step, you may be prompted to
restart in order to continue with the installation.

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5. When prompted press S to specify the location of
thedriver.
6. Insert the driver diskette, then press Enter.
7. Select Silicon Image Sil 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller
for Windows 2000, then press Enter.
8. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then follow
the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation.
WhenWindowsinstallationcompletes,goto SATARaid5
GUI on page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility.
For An Existing Installation
1. SetuptheRAIDarrayprior to driver installation and
boot up to Windows.
2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard, click Next.
3. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device
(recommended), then click Next.
4. InsertthedriverCD,checkCD-ROMdrives,uncheck
the other check boxes, then click Next.
5. Click Next, then Finish.
6. Repeat steps 3-5.
7. Remove the driver CD, then restart Windows to
complete the installation.
When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid5 GUI on
page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility.

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Windows XP/Server 2003 (32-bit)
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 32bit folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank
floppy disk then follow the directions below.
1. SetuptheRAIDarraypriorto Windows installation.
2. Follow Microsoft installation procedure to install
Windows accordingly.
3. At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to install the
driver.
Note: Prior to this step, you may be prompted to
restart in order to continue with the installation.
4. Insert the driver diskette. Press Sthen press Enter.
5. Select Silicon Image SiI 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller
for Windows XP/Server 2003, press Enter.
6. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen
instructions to complete the installation.
WhenWindows installationcompletes,gotoSATARaid5
GUI on page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility.
For An Existing Installation
1. Install the board and boot up Windows.
2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard.
XP (w/SP1 or earlier)/Server 2003: continue to step #3.
XP(w/SP2orlater)/Server2003(w/SP1orlater): select
No, not this time, then click Next.
3. Insert driver CD, select Install the software
automatically (Recommended), then click Next.
4. Click Next, then click Finish.

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5. Remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and
setup your RAID array.
When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid5 GUI on
page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility.
Windows XP/Server 2003 (64-bit)
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 64bit folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank
floppy disk then follow the directions below.
1. SetuptheRAIDarraypriorto Windows installation.
2. Follow Microsoft procedure to install Windows
accordingly.
3. At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to continue.
Note: Prior to this step, you may be prompted to
restart in order to continue with the installation.
4. Insert the driver diskette. Press Sthen press Enter.
5. Select Silicon Image SiI... Controller (64-bit
Extended) and press Enter.
6. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen
instructions to complete the installation.
WhenWindows installationcompletes,gotoSATARaid5
GUI on page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility.
For An Existing Installation
1. Install the board and boot up Windows.
2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard:
For XP (w/SP1 or earlier)/Server 2003: go to step #3.
For XP (w/SP2 or later)/Server 2003 (w/ SP1 or later):
select No, not this time, then click Next.

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3. Insert the driver CD, select Install the software
automatically (Recommended), then click Next.
4. Click Finish, remove the driver CD, shutdown
Windows, and setup your RAID array.
When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid5 GUI on
page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility.
To Verify 2000/XP/Server 2003 Installation
1. Right click My Computer, click Manage, click
DeviceManager.
2. DoubleclickSCSIandRAIDcontrollers,andSilicon
Image SiI 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller should be
displayed.
Windows Vista™ (32-/ 64-bit)
For A New Installation
1. SetuptheRAIDarraypriorto Windows installation.
2. Follow Windows installation procedure.
3. At Where do you want to install Windows?, click
LoadDrivers.
4. Insert the driver CD, click Browse.
5. Double click your CD-ROM drive,
For 32-bit Windows Vista: click OK.
For 64-bit Windows Vista: select 64bit, then click OK.
6. Select Silicon Image SiI..., then click Next.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete
Windows Vista operating system installation.
WhenWindows installationcompletes,gotoSATARaid5
GUI on page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility.

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For An Existing Installation
1. Install the board and boot up Windows.
2. At the Found New Hardware window, click Locate
andinstallthedriverautomatically(recommended).
3. Insert the driver CD, click Continue.
4. Click Next, then click Close.
5. Remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and
setup your RAID array.
When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid5 GUI on
page 19 and install the RAID monitoring utility.
To Verify Windows Vista Installation
1. RightclickComputer,click Manage, click Continue,
select Device Manager.
2. DoubleclickStoragecontrollers,andSilicon Image
SiI 3114 SoftRaid5 Controller should be displayed.
SATARaid5 GUI
The SATARaid5 GUI provides the user an easy way to
monitor your RAID set.
SATARaid5 GUI Installation
Important: Windows 2000 SP4 or later is required for
installation.
1. Insert the driver installation CD.
2. At the Windows desktop click Start:
For 2000: Click Run, type D:\32bitgui.msi, then
click OK. (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive
letter)

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For Windows XP/Server 2003
For 32-bit: Click Run, type D:\32bitgui.msi, then
click OK. (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive
letter)
For 64-bit: Click Run, type D:\64bitgui.msi, then
click OK. (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive
letter)
For Windows Vista
For32-bit:InStartSearch box,typeD:\32bitgui.msi,
then press Enter. (Change D: to match your CD-
ROM drive letter)
For64-bit:InStartSearch box,typeD:\64bitgui.msi,
then press Enter. (Change D: to match your CD-
ROM drive letter)
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation.
SATARaid5 GUI Overview
Theinstallationprogramconfigures the SATARaid5 GUI
to automatically start when Windows is started. If the
GUI does not automatically start or is closed by the user,
choose the SATARaid5 program from the start menu to
launch the program. Upon launching the GUI, the main
window should appear similar to the next few pages.