Addonics T E C H N O L O G I E S 2-Port SATA II RAID5/JBOD PCI Express Controller Card (AD2SA3GPX1) User’s Guide Revision 1.
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Contents FCC Warning................................................................................... 1 LIMITED WARRANTY ................................................................. 1 Contents............................................................................................ 2 Chapter 1 Specifications ................................................................... 3 Chapter 2 RAID Tutorial .................................................................. 4 Chapter 3 BIOS Installation ..
Chapter 1 Specifications General Integrated Serial ATA Transport, Link and PHY logic Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a specification with support for full complement of SATA II optional features Supports 2 nd –generation Serial ATA II transfer rate of 3.
Chapter 2 RAID tutorial 2. What is RAID? RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide redundancy in order to withstan d the failure of any individual member, without loss of data. This card provides two RAID Set types, Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1). 2.1 Disk Striping (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique.
Chapter 3 BIOS Installation (RAID Setting) Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot up, the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do. This board will act as normal NON-RAID card when BIOS not configured for RAID. Just proceed to Software Installation section directly. If you use traditional parallel ATA HDD, make sure your hard drives be set up as master mode before the RAID setting. 3.
3.4 Creating a Spare Drive 1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility. 2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter. 3. Select RAID 1 set then press Enter. 4. Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives. Press Enter. 5. After the Raid 1 set is created then click on Create Raid Set again. 6. Press Create the spare drive. Select the drive to be the spare. 7. Press Y to save your settings. 8. Press Ctrl-E then Y to exit the setup. 9. Your RAID configuration is complete.
Chapter 4 New Windows XP Systems (Fresh Installation) Before installation, extract the driver files to a floppy diskette. a. Open the Addonics Technologies Driver Disk. b. On the main menu select SATA Controller Drivers > AD2SA3GPX1. c. The Winzip Self-Extractor – AD2SA3GPX1 opens. Click Browse and select My Documents. d. The folder AD2SA3GPX1 will be created. e. Select the folder with your corresponding operating system and extract the file to the floppy diskette. Hardware Installations: 1.
Note: You cannot create a RAID 5 Set for a Fresh Windows Operating System Installation. A. CONCATENATED RAID Set Configuration in RAID BIOS: 1. Power ON your PC. 2. Wait until the system prompts for the RAID BIOS Configuration Utility. Press CTRL+ S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID Utility. 3. The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed. Select Create RAID set. 4. Choose CONCATENATION. Press Enter. Press Enter to select first drive of the RAID set. 5. Are You Sure? Press Y. 6.
12. Insert the Floppy Driver diskette containing the driver from step 1 above. Press S, then press Enter. 13. Select Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRAID 5 Controller for Windows XP/ Server 2003 or Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRAID 5 Controller for Windows 2000, press Enter. 14. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. C. MIRRORED RAID Set Configuration in RAID BIOS: 1. Power ON your PC. 2. Wait until the system prompts for the RAID BIOS Configuration Utility.
Chapter 5 Existing Windows System installation Existing System with Port Multiplier Hardware Configuration Port 1 2 eSATA port PCI bracket Port 1 Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.
Note: Using the Port Multiplier with the AD2SA3GPX1 host controller In the RAID BIOS, you can only see ONE hard drive, even if the all 5 hard drives are connected to the Port Multiplier’s five ports. The hard drive that you see is the one connected to port 1 of the Port Multiplier where the Port Multiplier is connected to port 1 of the host controller.
Hardware Installations: 5. Power OFF PC and remove its cover. 6. Select an empty PCI Express slot and insert the SATA Controller. 7. Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw. 8. Close the PC’s cover. Windows 2000 Driver Installations 9. Turn computer ON. When Windows boots up, “Found New Hardware Wizard” pops on the screen. 10. Please wait while the wizard installs the software… 11.
5.2. Windows XP Driver and Software Installation Note: Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came with your package first before installing the Host Controller. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Power on the system. Insert the CDROM that came with the product. The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up. Windows Explorer will open up with two folders. Drivers Utilities Select the Utilities folder. Under this folder you will find three folders.
14. When the new hardware wizard has finished installing th e Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device, the System Setting Change window pops up. Do you want to restart your computer now? Click Yes. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.
5.3. Windows 2003 Server Driver and software installation Note: Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came with your package first before installing the Host Controller. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Power on the system. Insert the CDROM that came with the product. The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up. Windows Explorer will open up with two folders. Drivers Utilities Select the Utilities folder. Under this folder you will find three folders.
14. When the new hardware wizard has finished installing th e Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device, the System Setting Change window pops up. Do you want to restart your computer now? Click Yes. Verifying Host Controller Driver installation under Windows 2000/XP/2003 1. 2. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Properties', left click on 'Hardware' tab, and then on 'Device Manager' button.
Technical Support If you need assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please call Addonics Technical Support. Our technical staff will be happy to assist you, but they will need your help to do so. Calling the technical support staff without all the proper information can be both time consuming and frustrating. Here are some tips to help you out: MODEL NUMBER – Please have this number on hand. SYSTEM INFORMATION – Type of computer, peripherals, etc.
