SIIG 04-0373C Bedienungsanleitung

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Die Gebrauchsanleitung SIIG 04-0373C sollte vor allem folgendes enthalten:
- Informationen über technische Daten des Geräts SIIG 04-0373C
- Den Namen des Produzenten und das Produktionsjahr des Geräts SIIG 04-0373C
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In der Gebrauchsanleitung finden wir vor allem die Antwort über den Bau sowie die Möglichkeiten des Geräts SIIG 04-0373C, über die Nutzung bestimmter Accessoires und eine Reihe von Informationen, die erlauben, jegliche Funktionen und Bequemlichkeiten zu nutzen.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis der Gebrauchsanleitungen

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    1 Serial ATA PCI RAID Quick Installation Guide 04-0373C Introducing the Serial ATA PCI RAID The Serial ATA PCI RAID is an ultra high-speed two channel Serial ATA controller board 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 t[...]

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    2 System Requirements • Pentium ® or equivalent PC with an available PCI slot • Windows ® 98SE/ME/2000/XP (32-/64-bit)/Server 2003 (32-/64-bit)/Vista (32-/64-bit) Package Contents • Serial ATA PCI RAID board • 2 Serial ATA data cables • Dual Connector Serial ATA power cable • "Y" split power cable • Driver software and use[...]

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    3 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 [...]

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    4 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 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 PCI RAID . Serial ATA cabl[...]

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    5 RAID Arrays RAID arrays are setup in the Serial ATA PCI RAID BIOS. Find your RAID set from the table of contents. Follow the steps in the order in which they appear. Table of Contents RAID 0 (Striping) ........................................... page 5-6 RAID 1 (Mirror) ............................................. page 6-7 Rebuilding a Failed Mi[...]

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    6 6. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. 7. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)? , press Y to exit and reboot. For Manual Configuration 1. As the BIOS boots press either 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 configurat[...]

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    7 For Existing Hard Drives with Data 1. As the BIOS boots press either 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 t[...]

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    8 3. Select Rebuild Mirror set then press Enter . 4. Select Offline rebuild then press Enter . 5. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)? , press Y to confirm. 6. The mirror will start to rebuild. When rebuilding finishes, press Ctrl+E to exit. (Rebuilding can take 30-120 minutes depending on the size of the mirror). 7. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)[...]

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    9 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 single hard drives only, before the RAID set is configured. Driver Installation This section provides information on how [...]

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    10 For An Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up to Windows. 2. At the Add New Hardware Wizard , click Next to continue. 3. Select Search for the best driver for your device option then click Next . 4. Insert the driver CD, check CD-ROM drive , uncheck the other check boxes, then click Next . 5. Click Next, then Finish . 6. Remove t[...]

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    11 For An Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up to Windows. 2. At the Add New Hardware Wizard , insert the driver CD. 3 . Select Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended) , then click Next . 4. Accept the default entry then click OK . 5. Click Finish . 6. Remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and setup your RAID array. W[...]

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    12 4. At the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press F6 . 5. When prompted press S to specify the location of the driver. 6. Insert the driver diskette, then press Enter . 7. Select Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATARaid Controller for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 , then press Enter . 8. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instruction[...]

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    13 2. Follow Microsoft installation procedure to install Windows accordingly. 3. Restart your system when prompted by Windows installation. 4. At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to install the driver. 5. Insert the driver diskette. Press S then press Enter . 6. Select Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista an[...]

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    14 64-bit Windows XP/Server 2003 For A New Installation A new installation of Windows XP/Server 2003 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. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installa[...]

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    15 4. Click Finish , remove the driver CD, shutdown Windows, and setup your RAID array. When Windows resumes, go to SATARaid GUI on page 17 and install the RAID monitoring utility. To Verify 2000/XP/Server 2003 Installation 1. Right click My Computer , click Manage , click Device Manager . 2. Double click SCSI and RAID controllers , Silicon Image S[...]

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    16 For An Existing Installation 1. Install the board and boot up Windows. 2. At the Found New Hardware window, click Locate and install the driver automatically (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 t[...]

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    17 SATARaid GUI The SATARaid GUI provides the user an easy way to monitor and configure your RAID array. It also offers administrative tools to save, copy, or send via E-mail the current configuration. Installing SATARaid GUI For Windows Vista 1. Place the driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. At the AutoPlay window : click Open folder to view files . I[...]

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    18 For 98SE/ME/2000/XP(32-/64-bit)/Server 2003(32-/64-bit) 1. Place the driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. At the Windows desktop click Start , then Run . 3. Type D:GUIJava SATARaid.exe , then click OK . Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) 4. At the Windows desktop click St[...]

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    19 Using SATARaid GUI During the installation process, the SATARaid GUI was saved in the Windows Startup folder, a small blue SATARaid logo will appear in the right-hand corner of taskbar. To launch the GUI, simply click on the icon or right click icon and choose Open . Upon launching the GUI, the the first window which identifies the computer runn[...]

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    20 By selecting a specific channel the following information is reported. Selecting each different component in the configuration tree provides specific information for that component, such as the chip.[...]

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    21 Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent information to that drive, including Configuration and Disk Identification information.[...]

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    22 Selecting Sets reports on active RAID sets. By selecting the specific RAID set, such as Set 1 which is a Mirrored Set, the type of RAID set, the number of members and capacity is reported.[...]

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    23 The Members tab reports the device identification (corresponding with the information in the BIOS) and the state of each device. Besides reporting information, the Members tab of a Mirrored Set allows the user to remove a specific drive from that set. However, a drive cannot be removed from a stripe set as this would destroy all the data.[...]

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    24 The device identification, along with the state of each device is also reported in the Members tab window. Note that when a Mirror set is first created, the state of the “destination” drive may report as Rebuild for as much as 30-90 minutes depending on the size of the disk. SMART and Configuration information, as well as Data Identification[...]

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    25 Configuration Menu With the SATARaid GUI running, the small SATARaid icon should appear in the bottom right of the computer screen, next to the clock. By right-clicking on the icon and clicking Configure the user may configure SATARaid including customizing the settings for SMTP, E-mail, Notification, Event Level, Log File, Audio, Popup, TrayIco[...]

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    26 E-Mail Using the E-mail tab in the Configuration Menu, the user may set the default E-mail address and subject line to where the configuration should be sent. This, however, can be overridden at the time of sending the E-mail. Notification When different types of events occur, SATARaid may be configured to send notices to assigned individual E-m[...]

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    27 Event Level There are different types of E-mail notifications that may be sent which are set with the Event Level tab. The different levels are: Disabled - No event logs will be sent Informational - The following events will be sent: - Informational - Warnings - Errors Warning - The following events will be sent: - Warnings - Errors Errors - The[...]

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    28 Log File The log file is used to store event information received from all the RAID drivers. The log file is a text file and can be viewed with Notepad or the SATARaid GUI. Use the Log File tab to set where the log file should be stored and the name of the file as well. Audio The user may set different audio alerts for the different levels of ev[...]

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    29 Popup The popup window is a visual notification that an event occurred. The popup window can be disabled or set to popup for only certain event levels. The different levels are: Disabled - No popup will occur Informational - The popup window will be displayed for the following events: - Informational - Warnings - Errors Warning - The popup windo[...]

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    30 TrayIcon and Event Table The TrayIcon sets which level of events the tray icon will blink for and the Event Table sets which level of events will show in the event table. Event Time The system will monitor the controller in a fixed time interval. Since to small of an interval may impact your computer's performance, please set the proper int[...]

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    31 Menu Commands Advanced Menu Under the Advanced Menu you can create, delete, modify your RAID array, and create and delete a Spare Drive in addition to System View, Configuring SATARaid and Send Configuration via email as discussed earlier.[...]

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    32 RAID Wizard Select your option, click Next and follow the on screen instructions. Options not related to your RAID array will be greyed out. RAID Management In RAID Management you can create, delete, modify your RAID array, and create and delete a Spare Drive using the RAID Wizard.[...]

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    33 SATA RAID Help Menu The SATARaid Help menu gives detailed information on features and benefits and RAID functions to help you get the most out of the Serial ATA PCI RAID controller.[...]

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    34 Blank Page[...]

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    35 Technical Support and Warranty QUESTIONS? SIIG ’ s Online Support has answers! Simply visit our web site at www.siig.com and click Support . Our online support database is updated daily with new drivers and solutions. Answers to your questions could be just a few clicks away. You can also submit questions online and a technical support analyst[...]

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    Serial ATA PCI RAID is a trademark of SIIG, Inc. SIIG and the SIIG logo are registered trademarks of SIIG, Inc. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other names used in this publication are for identification only and may be trademar[...]