SIIG Serial ATA PCI Guide d'installation

1Serial ATA PCI RAIDQuick Installation Guide04-0373AIntroducing the Serial ATA PCI RAIDThe Serial ATA PCI RAID is an ultra high-speed twochannel Seria

106. Insert the driver CD, then click Next.7. Select Search for the better driver ... and click Next.8. Check CD-ROM drive, uncheck the other boxes,th

114. Double click PCI RAID Controller listed underOther Devices.5. Select Driver tab and click Update Driver button.6. Insert the driver CD, select Au

12Windows NT 4.0A new installation of Windows NT requires a floppy diskfor the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copythe contents of the

1310. Screen 6, Windows NT Setup, highlight SiliconImage Sil 3x12 SATARaid Controller for WindowsNT 4.0 and 2000 and hit Enter to load driver.11. Scre

142. Highlight Silicon Image Sil 3112 SATARaidController and click Properties. A message Thisdevice is working properly is displayed in the dialogbo

158. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then followthe on-screen instructions to complete Windows2000 installation.When Windows installation c

161. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installation.2. Follow Microsoft's Windows installation procedure.3. Restart the computer when prompte

17To Verify Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003Installation1. Right click My Computer, click Manage, clickDevice Manager.2. Double click SCSI and RAID control

18SATARaid GUIThe SATARaid GUI provides the user an easy way tomonitor your RAID set. It also offers administrative toolsto save, copy, or send via

19By selecting a specific channel the following informationis reported.Selecting each different component in the configurationtree provides specific i

2Package Contents• Serial ATA PCI RAID board• Driver CD• 2 Serial ATA cables• Dual Connector Serial ATA power cable• "Y" split power cable•

20Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent informationto that drive, including Configuration and DiskIdentification information.

21Selecting Sets reports on active RAID sets.By selecting the specific RAID set, such as Set 0 which isa Mirrored Set, the type of RAID set, the numbe

22The Members tab reports the device identification(corresponding with the information in the BIOS) and thestate of each device.Besides reporting info

23The device identification, along with the state of eachdevice is also reported in the Members tab window. Notethat when a Mirror set is first create

24Configuration MenuWith the SATARaid GUI running, the small SATARaidicon should appear in the bottom right of the computerscreen, next to the clock.

25E-MailUsing the E-mail tab in the Configuration Menu, the usermay set the default E-mail address and subject line towhere the configuration should

26Event LevelThere are different types of E-mail notifications that maybe sent which are set with the Event Level tab.The different levels are:Disable

27Log FileThe log file is used to store event information receivedfrom all the RAID drivers. The log file is a text file and canbe viewed with Notepa

28PopupThe popup window is a visual notification that an eventoccurred. The popup window can be disabled or set topopup for only certain event levels.

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3Hardware InstallationGeneral instructions for installing the card are providedbelow. Since the design of computer cases andmotherboards vary, refer

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42. Connect the Serial ATA hard disk drive to the systempower supply using the included Serial ATA powercable.3. Connect one end of the Serial ATA cab

5RAID ArraysRAID Arrays are setup in the Serial ATA PCI RAID'sBIOS. Find your RAID set from the table of contents.Follow the steps in the order

66. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.7. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?, press Y toexit and reboot.For Manual Configuration1. As the BIOS boots pr

7For Existing Hard Drives with Data1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when promptedto enter the RAID BIOS.2. At the next screen select Create

83. 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. Th

9Low Level FormatLow Level Format is built into the RAID BIOS to make itmore convenient to erase the entire contents of a harddisk drive, including da