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PNY P-DSA150-PCI-RF manual

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    PCI SA T A RAID 2 CH. (2 External/ 2 Internal) CARD User Manual Model P-DSA150-PCI-RF V er . 1.0 All brand nam es and tradema rks are properties of the ir Respective o wners. Aug/07 MN2036400000 1[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 2 Features and Benefit s z Connect a maximum of 2 SA T A hard drives to any of th e 4 connectors (Either 2 internal or 2 extern al) via jumpers to your desktop computer z Supports data transfer rate of 150MBps z Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and SA T A TCQ commands z Compliant with PCI Specificat ion, Rev . 2.3 z Complia[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 3 System Requir ements z One available PCI slot z W indows® 2000, XP , Server 2003 and V ista Package Contents z 1 x PCI SA T A Card z 1 x Driver CD z 1 x Data Cable z 1 x Power Cable z 1 x Manual[...]

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    Hardware Description Aug/07 MN2036400000 4 Jumper Jumper Settings Active Port J8 J7 J6 J5 Internal SA T A Port B Enabled (Con2)[...]

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    J8 J7 J6 J5 External SA T A Port D Enabled (Con4) J4 J3 J2 J1 Internal SA T A Port A Enabled (Con1) J4 J3 J2 J1 External SA T A Port C Enabled (Con3) NOTE There ar e four SA T A ports on the card. However only two of the f our p orts may be enabled at any time. Aug/07 MN2036400000 5[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 6 Hardware Inst allation 1. T urn Off the power to your computer and an y 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 bracke t from an available P CI slot. 5. T o install t he card, carefully al ign the card’ s bus connect[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 7 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 card’ s on-board BIOS. Refer to the following steps for proper configuration of RAID Arrays. RAID 0 (S triping) This RAID ar[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 8 5. When asked Ar e Y ou 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 steps outlined in Appendix A for formatting your hard disk drive. Manual configuration 1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to ente[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 9 11. Continue with steps outlined in Appendix A for formatting your hard disk 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 sc reen select Create RAID Set , then press Enter . 3. At the next sc reen select Mirrored then press Enter .[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 10 3. At the next sc reen select Mirrored then press Enter . 4. Select Manual configuration , then press Enter . 5. Select the Sour ce drive, press En ter . 6. Select the Ta r g e t drive, press Enter . 7. Enable Disk Copy , select Ye s , then press Enter . Note: E n a b l e D i s k C o p y – Copy curren t content of source dr[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 11 Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set When a failure t o one member occurs, you will be noti fied either by the RAID BIOS during boot or by the SA T ARAID GUI while in W indows. 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 compute[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 12 4. When asked Ar e Y ou Sure(Y/N)? , press Y to confirm. Resolving Conflict s When a RAID set is cr eated, then metad ata written to the d isk includes drive connection inform ation. If, af ter a disk f ailure, the repl acement disk was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another syst em), it may have confli cting metad[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 13 follow the section “ Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set” to rebuild the mirror . Low Level Format Low Level Format is build int o the RAID BIOS to m ake it more convenient to erase the entire contents of a hard disk drive, including data, drive and partition inform ation. The Low Level Format utility works on single hard driv[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 14 blank floppy disk then follow the dir ections below . 1. Setup the RAID Array prio r to W indows installation. 2. Follow W indows® 2000 installation procedure. 3. Restart the computer when prompted by the inst allation. 4. At the W indows® 2000 Setup screen, press F6 to install the RAID driver . 5. When prompted, press S to[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 15 5. If the Digital Signature Not Found mess age appears, click Ye s . Our driver has been thoroughly tested for stability and compatibility . 6. Click Finish . For W indows® XP/Server 2003 For New Inst allation A ne w installation r equir es a floppy d isk for the driver installation. T o make t his floppy disk, copy th e con[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 16 Note: If the Security Alert warning pops up, click Ye s . Our driver has passed Microsoft compatibilit y testing; this m essage appears during new installation. For An Existing Installation 1. Setup the RAID Array prior to dr iver installation and boot up to W indows. 2. At the Found New Hardware W izard: XP(w/SP1 or earlier)[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 17 3. Restart the computer when prompted by W indows’ installation. 4. At the W indows Setup screen, press F6 to install the RAID driver . 5. When prompted, press S to specify the locat ion of the driver . 6. Inset the floppy disk, th en press Enter . 7. Select Silicon Image SiI 3x12 SA T ARaid Controller (64-bit Extended) or [...]

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    For W indows® V ista For New Inst allation A ne w installation r equir es a floppy d isk for the driver installation. T o make t his floppy disk, copy th e contents o f the “ PCI_IOSataRAID ” folder , found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the dir ections below . 1. Setup the RAID Array prio r to W indows installation. [...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 19 For W indows® V ista-x64 For New Inst allation A ne w installation r equir es a floppy d isk for the driver installation. T o make t his floppy disk, copy th e contents o f the “ PCI_IOSata64-bit W indows RAID Driver ” folder , found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the dir ections below . 1. Setu[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 20 5. Insert the floppy disk, please select Silicon Image SiI 3512 SA T ARaid Controller (A:si31 12r .inf) , then press Next . (Change A: to match your fl oppy drive letter) 6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the W indows installation. For An Existing Installation 1. Setup the RAID Array prior to dr iver installa[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 21 Image SiI 3512 SA T ARaid Controller to displa y driver properties. A message this device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box , the driver has b een correctly ins talled. JA V A 2 Runtime Environment Inst allation The Java 2 Runtime Environment is requ ired for the SA T ARAID Management Software. 1. Please inse[...]

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    Aug/07 MN2036400000 22 (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive l etter) 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to com plete the installation. 5. Start the SA T ARaid program (Start -> All Programs -> JA V A SA T ARaid). Refer to the SA T ARaid online help to le arn more about SA T ARaid administration. Appendix A Refer to W indows documentation t[...]