Digitus DS-33101 Service Manual

Serial A TA RAID

PCI Card

User Manual

Features

 Silicon Image SiI3512 SATA controller chip  Compliant with PCI Specification, Rev. 2.3  Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification  Provides two independent channels to support up to two Serial

ATA drives

 Supports RAID0(striping) and RAID1(mirroring) for speed and

data protection respectively

 HDDs function normally when not in RAID sets  Supports SATA up to 150MB/Sec  Supports Windows® 7 / Vista 32 /64-Bit/ 2003 32/64-Bit /

XP /2000

Connectors

 2 x internal SATA connectors

System Requirements

 Pentium-class computer with one available PCI slot  Windows® 7 / Vista 32 /64-Bit/ 2003 32 /64-Bit / XP /2000

Hardware Installation

1. Turn Off the power to your computer and any 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 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 we ll seated.

6. Replace the slot bracket’s holding screw to secure the card.

Device Connection

The SATA 150 PCI RAID Card is a two channel Serial ATA controller that supports up to two Serial ATA hard disk drives. It is recommended to use identical hard drives for all RAID configurations.

1. Install your hard disk drive(s) in chassis.

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 cable to the hard disk drive.

4. Attach the other end of the Serial ATA cable to the Serial ATA port

on the SATA 150 PCI RAID Card.

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 SATA 150 PCI RAID Card’s BIOS.

RAID 0 (Striping)

This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives. Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive. Auto Configuration is recommended. For applications that require custom chunk size, Manual Configuration is offered.

Auto configuration (recommended)

The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration.

1. As the BIOS boots press 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 Auto configuration, then press Enter.

5. When asked Are You 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 FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were

installing a conventional hard drive.

Manual configuration

1. As the BIOS boots press 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 configuration then press Enter

5. Select the first drive, press Enter.

6. Select the second drive, press Enter.

7. Select chunk size from 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k or 128k, then press

Enter.

8. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, press Y to accept.

9. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.

10. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and

reboot.

11. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were

installing a conventional hard 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 screen select Create RAID Set, then press Enter.

3. At the next screen select Mirrored then press Enter.

4. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter.

5. When asked Are You 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 FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were

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