Sunix SATA2600 User manual

Version 1.0
Serial-ATA Ⅲ6G
PCI-E Host Card

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Contents
Introduction ………………………………………… P.1
1.0 Package …………...................................... P.1
2.0 Features ………....……...…........................ P.2
3.0 Specifications …………….………………… P.2
4.0 Hardware Guide …………….………………. P.3
5.0 Launching SATA Card BIOS ………………. P.4
6.0 Virtual Disk Settings ………………………… P.6
7.0 Driver Installation ………………………….... P.15
8.0 Windows RAID Management Utility………... P.21
9.0 Manufacturer’s Certificate…………………… P.24

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Introduction
This board is a single-chip, PCI Express to two Serial-ATA (SATA) GenⅢ6Gb/s
channels RAID host controller that brings server-class features to the desktop.
SATA2600 equips MARVELL high performance PCI Express chipset which supports all
Serial ATA Ⅰ, Ⅱ, and Ⅲfeatures.
This board enables the use of the industry’s newest and fastest hard drives at 6Gb/s
while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s drives. It
uses the same cable and connectors as previous SATA generations to ease integration.
Besides, PCI Express 2.0 double the bandwidth of the existing PCI Express bus for
faster data throughput. It will enhance system performance for every type of
computer user. Each PCI-Express 2.0 lane provides up to 500MB/s of throughput. It
also backward compatible with previous generation of PCI-Express 1.0 technology.
1.0 Package
Serial-ATA (SATA) GenⅢ6Gb/s PCI-Express Host Card x 1
User Manual x 1
CD Driver x 1
Serial-ATA Cable x 1 (Optional)

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2.0 Features
The SATA host card is a PCI Express host card. It supports the following I/O features:
Supports PCI Express Specification Revision 2.0. (Compatible with PCI Express 1.0)
Extends two Serial ATA Gen3 6Gb/s ports. (Compatible with SATA Gen1 and 2)
Native Command Queue (NCQ) on SATA port.
Supports up to two storage devices connection with RAID 0 and 1.
Works with various brands of large capacity SATA hard disk drives.
Hardware RAID design reduces the system resource loading.
Low-profile design fitting for kinds of computer chassis (Optional).
Certified by CE, FCC, RoHS approval.
Support Microsoft Windows and Linux.
3.0 Specifications
Interface: Single-Lane (x1) PCI Express Gen2
Mode: Serial ATA Generation Ⅲ
Controller: MARVELL 88SE9128
RAID: RAID 0 (Striping) and RAID 1 (Mirroring)
Channel: 2 independent Serial ATAⅢinternal channels
Speed: SATA III transfer rate of 6.0Gbps, 3.0Gbps 1.5Gbps
Support: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 (32/64-bit)
Linux 2.6x, and DOS
Environment :
Operation temperature : 0 ℃~ 57 ℃
Storage temperature : -20 ℃~ 85 ℃
Operation humidity : 5 % ~ 95 % RH

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4.0 Hardware Guide
Two internal SATA channels:
One internal SATA & one external eSATA channels:
eSATA Port Ch2
SATA Port Ch 1
SATA Port Ch 1
SATA Port Ch 2

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5.0 Launching SATA Card BIOS
When PC booting, system will detect Marvell PCI Express SATA card and connected
Serial ATA hard disk status. Press <Ctrl>+<M> to launch card’s BIOS utility.
BIOS Post Message
According to above screen shot, there are two SATA drives connected to Marvell PCI
Express SATA card.
Launch the Marvell BIOS Utility
Press the key combination during the controller’s
POST.
NOTE: After press Ctrl+M, you may have to wait a few
second before BIOS appears.

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After pressing <Ctrl>+<M> to launch card’s BIOS utility, you can read below screen
which shows current SATA drives connected status, BIOS, and Firmware version.
Keyboard Description Function
Up / Down Scrolls menu / list items.
Enter Selects an item and shows a pop-up menu with
options.
Space Toggles between Enable/Disable states and
Select/Unselect states (as applicable)
Esc Go backwards
Y / N Confirm (Y) or Deny (N) settings
F10 Save and Exit the BIOS.
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Be sure to press F10 to save BIOS configuration settings,
before quitting from BIOS utility.

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6.0 Virtual Disk Settings
Creating Virtual RAID Disk
In the Topology pane, scroll HBA 0: Marvell 0 and press Enter to select. A menu
pops-up as show below picture. Select Configuration Wizard and press Enter to
begin creating virtual RAID disk.
Press Space to select/unselect a SATA disk, and an asterisk(*) marks on the selected
disk.

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Creating Virtual RAID Disk by configuring its settings in the information pane.
Press Enter to select a RAID Level (RAID 0 and RAID 1), Stripe Size, Quick
Init…features.
(1) RAID Level: RAID0 or RAID1 (Default: RAID0)
(2) Stripe Size: 32K or 64K (Default: 64K)
(3) Gigabyte Rounding: None, 1G, 10G (Default: 1G)
(4) Quick Init: Yes, No (Default: Yes)
(5) VD Name: User can name the Virtual Disk code.
(6) Next: Press Next to create the virtual RAID disk.
Press Yto select Yes to confirm the creation of virtual RAID disk.

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After virtual disk create successfully, you can read Virtual Disk in Topology Pane.
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Be sure to press F10 to save BIOS configuration settings,
before quitting from BIOS utility.

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Erasing RAID Configuration Data
This topic describes the procedure to erase RAID configuration data (if any) on a
foreign
physical disk.
1. In the Topology pane, select Physical Disk (VD 0: Default > PD 0:
ST3750330MS in
the example) and press Enter. A menu pops-up, as shown in below picture.
2. Select Erase RAID Config Data to erase the RAID configuration data.
3. Select Yes when prompted to confirm the operation.
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If the physical disk was originally part of another virtual disk,
using Erase RAID Configuration Data may damage that
virtual disk.
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Be sure to press F10 to save BIOS configuration settings,
before quitting from BIOS utility.

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Rebuilding Virtual Disk
This topic describes the procedure to manually rebuild a degraded virtual disk. This is
applicable to the RAID 1 virtual disk created with PCIe SATA controller.
Note:
The SATA card’s BIOS supports manual rebuilding of RAID 1 virtual disks. The rebuild
process is both initiated and completed in the BIOS. The Marvell RAID Utility (MRU),
which runs in an OS environment, cannot be used to either initiate, resume, or
complete the rebuild process. Spare physical disks are not supported.
1. When a virtual disk is degraded, the Status of a virtual disk is changed from
Functional to Degrade, as shown in below picture.

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2. Replace the faulty physical disk with an identical physical disk.
Note:
If an identical disk is unavailable, use a replacement physical disk of larger size or one with a slightly
smaller size as determined the Gigabyte Rounding setting for the virtual disk. The SATA board detects
the new physical disk and lists the device under Free Physical Disks in the Topology pane, as shown in
picture.
3. In the Topology pane, scroll to Virtual Disks (VD 0: New_VD in Fpicture), and
press Enter to select. A menu pops-up.
Scroll to Rebuild and press Enter to configure the rebuild process

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4. Scroll through the list of free disks, and press Space to select or unselect a
replacement physical disk. There is an asterisk(*) marks on the selected disk.
Press Enter to continue.
5. Press Y to select Yes, when prompted to confirm the rebuild process.

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6. The status of the Rebuild process is reflected in the properties of the virtual disk,
as shown in picture.
To pause the rebuild process
1. In the Topology pane, scroll to the partially rebuilt Virtual Disk.
2. Press Enter to view available operations on Virtual Disk.
3. Scroll to Pause and press Enter to pause the rebuild process.
Note:
Incomplete rebuild procedures are paused upon exiting the BIOS. The rebuild procedure(s) can be
resumed manually upon re-entering the BIOS.
To resume the rebuild process
1. In the Topology pane, scroll to the partially rebuilt Virtual Disk.
2. Press Enter to view available operations on Virtual Disk.
3. Scroll to Resume and press Enter to resume the rebuild process.
Note:
The rebuild process is both initiated and completed in the BIOS. The Marvell RAID Utility (MRU), which
runs in an OS environment, cannot be used to either initiate, pause, resume, or complete the rebuild
process.

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Deleting Virtual Disk
This topic describes the procedure to delete a virtual disk.
1. In the Topology pane, select Virtual Disk (VD 0: Default) and press Enter.
A menu pops-up, as shown in picture.
2. Select Delete to delete the virtual disk, as shown in picture.
3. Press Y to select Yes when prompted Do you want to delete this virtual disk?.
4. Press Y to select Yes when prompted Do you want to delete MBR from this
virtual disk?.
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Using Delete permanently erases all data on the virtual disk.

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7.0 Driver Installation
Add SATA host card to an existing Windows installation
Follow the instructions in this section to install the SATA host card on a system already
environment* under Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/7/2008 operation system.
Note:
System ready environment means that your booting primary HDD does NOT connect to this SATA host
card. This SATA card connects to your additional expansion HDD (not primary one) in an existing
windows environment. If you want to use this SATA board being a booting primary HDD interface, you
should re-install whole operation system. You can refer to next chapter for driver installation steps.
1. Power off the system. Insert the SATA host card into an available PCI Express slot.
Connect serial ATA cable(s) between the SATA host card and the serial ATA
device(s).
Power on your PC system.
2. Please install driver from CD along with SATA card.
Driver located in the folder:
:\ SATA \ PCI Express\ 2Ch-Marvell (6G) \ Driver \ drvSetup.exe
Please finish driver installation wizard step by step.
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In order to get better performance, we recommend using PCI
Express Generation 2 slot, such as PCIe x16 channel. Please
contact with your mainboard vendor for expansion detail.

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3. You can use Windows “Device Manager” to verify hardware installation status.
Start > Controller Panel > Device Manager
In the Device Manager window, you should see this board Marvell 91xx SATA 6G
Controller under Storage controllers item.
Note:
Please run Update Driver Software, if there is a question or exclamation marking on the Marvell 91xx
SCSI Device.

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4. Please initialize your HDD which connect to SATA card at the first time.

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Add SATA host card being a primary HDD system booting interface.
Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation of
Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/7/2008 operation system, and you want to boot from
HDD attached on the SATA PCI-Express Card.
Note:
Under this operation, your system HDD will be formatted and you should re-install Windows operation
system. It does NOT work, if you move system primary HDD from mainboard SATA port to PCI Express
SATA card without re-install Windows operation system.
1 . Copy SATA card driver floppy folder into the traditional 3.5 inch floppy disk.
Driver located in the attached CD driver:
:\ SATA \ PCI Express\ 2Ch-Marvell (6G) \ Driver \ Floppy
2. Power off the system. Insert the SATA host card into an available PCI Express slot.
Connect Serial ATA cable(s) between the SATA host card and the serial ATA
device(s). Power on the system.
3. Put Microsoft Windows installation DVD disk in your DVD ROM to create a new
operation system. Pay attention that it will damage (erase) data in this HDD which
you connect to the PCI Express SATA card.
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Please modify the booting sequence in the mainboard
BIOS setting. Select “DVD-ROM” as the first priority when
install Windows OS. After Windows operation system install
finished, please select “SCSI Controller” as the first priority.
Then system will boot from this SATA card.