Digitus DS-33102-1 User Manual

4-CHANNEL SATA

PCI CONTROLLER

User Manual

DS-33102-1

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Features

 Silicon Image SiI3114 SATA controller chip

 Compliant with PCI Specification, Rev. 2.3, 32-bit, 33/66Mhz

 Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification

 Provides four independent channels to support up to four Serial

ATA drives

 Supports RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID5 (Parity RAID),

RAID 0+1(mirroring + striping) and Concatenation modes

 HDDs function normally when not in RAID sets

 Supports SATA up to 150MB/Sec

 Supports Windows® 2000, XP/2003 32/64 bit, Vista 32/64bit

Bus Interface

PCI Bus 32 bit

Connectors

4 x internal SATA connectors

Package Contents

1 x SATA 150 4-Channel PCI RAID Card

1 x Driver CD

2 x SATA Data Cable

1 x Manual

System Requirements

With one available PCI slot

Windows® 2000, XP/2003, Vista, Windows 7

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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 well seated.

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

Device Connection

The SATA 150 4-Channel PCI RAID Card is a four channel Serial ATA

controller that supports up to four 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

controller on the SATA 150 4-Channel PCI RAID Card.

5. Follow the same instructions to connect up to four hard drives.

Device connection is now complete.

6. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord.

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RAID Arrays

RAID Arrays are setup in the SATA 150 4-Channel 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 RAID0, then press Enter.

4. Select the number of drives then press Enter.

5. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter.

6. Input the RAID size, press Enter.

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

8. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.

9. When asked Are you sure to exit (Y/N)?,

press Y to exit and reboot.

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

installing a conventional hard drive.

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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 RAID0, then press Enter.

4. Select the number of drives then press Enter.

5. Select Manual configuration then press Enter

6. Select chunk size from 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k or 128k, then press Enter.

7. Select the first drive, press Enter.

8. Select the second drive, press Enter.

9. If applicable select the 3rd and 4th

drives pressing enter after each selection.

10. Input the RAID size, press Enter.

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

12. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.

13. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?,

press Y to exit and reboot.

14. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing

a conventional hard drive.

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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 RAID1 then press Enter.

4. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter.

5. Input the RAID size, press Enter.

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

7. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS.

8. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?,

press Y to exit and reboot.

9. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as

if you were installing a conventional hard drive.

For Existing Hard Drives with Data

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 RAID1 then press Enter.

4. Select Manual configuration, then press Enter.

5. Select the Source drive, press Enter.

6. Select the Target drive, press Enter.

7. Select Create with data copy, then press Enter.

8. Select online copy, then press Enter.

Note: Selecting Online Copy builds the mirror while in Windows.

Selecting Offline Copy builds the mirror before exiting the

RAID BIOS.