PCI ATA 133 RAID Controller Card User Manual
Features and Benefits Silicon Image SiI 0680 Compliant with UltraDMA6 ATA/133 specifications Compliant with PCI v2.
System Requirements Pentium-class computer with an available PCI slot Windows® 7, Vista, XP Optional Accessories Ultra ATA cable Hardware Installation Note: For proper operation of the UltraATA 133 PCI RAID card, the jumper must remain on.
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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 the card.
Note: Only the 40-pin/80-wire UltraATA cable can achieve hard disk UDMA 133 performance. When attaching only two hard drives it is recommended that they be connected on separate IDE channels. In order to achieve high-speed data transfer, a 40-pin/80-wire Ultra ATA ribbon cable is recommended. Also, do not mix Ultra ATA/133 hard disk with slow IDE or ATAPI devices on the same channel. 1.
drive, connect it to the end connector of cable. If you have a second hard disk drive, connect it to the middle connector of cable. 4. Reconnect the system power and other peripherals to your computer. RAID Arrays RAID Arrays are setup in the UltraATA 1333 RAID PCI Card’s BIOS. Find your RAID set and follow the steps in the order in which they appear. 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 Setup 1.
recommended). 5. Choose the number of hard drives in your stripe set. 6. Assign the hard drives to be used. For optimal performance, alternate hard drives from separate IDE channels. 7. After all hard drives are entered, press Y to create the RAID set. 8. Press ESC to exit the RAID BIOS and boot your computer. 9. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you are installing a conventional hard drive. For Auto Setup 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2.
7. Configure another RAID set or press ESC to reboot. 8. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you are installing a conventional hard drive. RAID 1 (Mirror) For Manual Setup For New/Blank Hard Drives 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen press F2 to from a RAID set. 3. Press F2 to create RAID 1. In a Mirror set the source drive needs to be equal to or smaller than the destination drive.
For Existing Hard Drives with Data 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. Press F2 to enter the RAID setup screen. 3. Press F2 to from RAID set 1. 4. Answer N to Automatic setup. 5. Assign Source drive, then assign Destination drive. 6. Press Y to copy from Source to Destination drive. 7. Press N to Offline copy. 8. Answer Y to enable Auto-Rebuild. 9. When asked Are You Sure?, press Y to accept. 10. Press ESC to exit the RAID BIOS.
4. Press Y to use Auto Setup. 5. Press Y to accept the configuration. 6. Configure another RAID set or press ESC to reboot. 7. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. 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. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. Press F3 to create a spare drive.
Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set If a SPARE drive was not configured, the steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set. 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. Press F1 to dissolve an Array. 3. Press the number of the Mirrored array to be dissolved. 4. Press Y to confirm. Be sure you delete the correct Array. 5. Press ESC to exit the RAID BIOS, then immediately turn off the computer. 6.
14. Answer N to decline Offline Copy. 15. Answer Y to enable Auto-rebuild. 16. When asked Are You Sure?, Press Y to accept. 17. Press ESC to exit the RAID BIOS and reboot the computer. RAID 0+1 (Mirror+Striping) This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives only, striping destroys existing data on the hard drive. RAID 0+1 requires four hard drives. For Manual Setup 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen press F2 to from a RAID set. 3.
6. Enter the first destination drive, then enter the second destination drive. 7. Enter Y to accept the RAID configuration. 8. On the following screen press ESC to exit the RAID configuration utility and reboot the computer. 9. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. For Auto Setup 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. Press F2 to create a RAID set. 3. Press F3 to create a Mirrored-Striped set. 4.
Rebuilding a Failed RAID 0+1 Set The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed Mirror-Stripe set. 1. Replace the failed drive with one of identical size or of large capacity. Note: It is recommended to replace the bad drive with an identical drive, or with a drive of the same make. In all cases, the replacement drive must be of equal or larger capacity then the bad drive. 2. Start the computer and during boot press F3, when prompted, to enter the RAID BIOS. 3. Press F3 to assign a Spare drive.
2. Press F1 to dissolve a RAID set. 3. Enter the number of the RAID set to be deleted. 4. Answer Y to remove the RAID set. 5. Press ESC when finished to reboot. Resolving Conflicts If after a disk failure, the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another system), it may have conflicting metadata, specifically in reference to the drive connection information.
the “DS-33104\2K_XP_2003_Vista” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. 1. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation. 2. Install the board and follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows ®2000 accordingly. 3. Restart your system when prompted during Windows’ installation. 4. At the Windows 2000 screen, press F6 to install the driver. 5. Insert the driver diskette. Press S, then press Enter. 6.
drive letter), then click OK 4. At the Found New Hardware Wizard, click Next. 5. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and click Next. 6. Check the option Specify a location and then click Next to continue. 7. Click Next again, then Finish. 8. Restart Windows to complete driver installation For Windows® XP/Server 2003 For New Windows® XP/Server 2003 Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation.
driver. 5. Insert the driver diskette. Press S, then press Enter. 6. Select Silicon Image SiI 0680 ultra-133 Medley ATA Raid Controller and press Enter. 7. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. 8. When the Software Installation warning pops up. Click Yes. And when the Hardware Installation warning pops up, click Yes again. For Existing Windows® XP/Server 2003 Installation 1. Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation. 2.
not letter of your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter), then click OK. 7. The Hardware Installation window pops up, click Continue Anyway, the Finish. 8. Click Next again, then Finish. 9. Restart Windows to complete driver installation. For Windows® Vista For New Windows® Vista Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation.
press Next. (Change A:\ to match your floppy drive letter) 6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows installation. For Existing Windows® Vista Installation 1. At Found New Hardware Wizard, select Locate and install driver software (recommended). 2. Insert the driver CD, click Next. 3. If the system prompts the user informing the drivers are not signed, select the option Install this driver software anyway. 4. Click Close to complete the installation.
Windows® Vista: Double click Storage controllers: -Silicon Image SiI 0680 ultra-133 Medley ATA Raid Controller should be displayed Medley GUI Software Installation The Medley GUI provides significant functionality including the ability to create and dissolve RAID sets; Remove a member of a Mirrored or Mirrored-Striped RAID set, Rebuild a Mirrored RAID set; save, copy, or send, via e-mail, the current configuration. Installing Medley GUI 1. Please insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM Drive. 2.
