SIIG SATA II-150 User Manual

SATA II-150 PCI RAID

Quick Installation Guide

Introducing the SATA II-150 PCI RAID

The SATA II-150 PCI RAID is an ultra high-speed two
channel Serial ATA Generation II RAID controller for use
in PCI enabled systems.

Features and Benefits

• Compliant with PCI 2.3

• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications and
complement of SATA II optional features

• Supports RAID 0 (stripe) for performance and RAID
1 (mirror) for data protection

• Supports two SATA channels and data transfer rate
up to 1.5Gb/s (150MB/s)

• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and
SATA TCQ commands

• Onboard bus master engine relieves the system
processor and enhances system performance

• Features independent 256-byte FIFOs per channel
for host reads and writes

• Breaks the 137GB barrier! Works with various
brands of large capacity Serial ATA hard disks

• Supports SATA hard disk hot-plugging

System Requirements

• Pentium® or equivalent PC with an available PCI
slot

• Windows® 2000 / XP (32-/64-bit) / Server 2003 &
2008 (32-/64-bit) / Vista (32-/64-bit)

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Package Contents

• SATA II-150 PCI RAID board

• 2 SATA data cables and one dual-connector SATA
power cable

• Spare low profile bracket

• Driver CD and Quick Installation Guide

Layout

HDD LED pins (Front chassis
LED; connects horizontally)

HDD
Activity
LEDs

Figure 1. SATA II-150 PCI RAID

Internal
connectors

Hardware Installation

General instructions for installing the card are provided
below. Since the design of computer cases and

motherboards vary, refer to your computer’s reference

manual for further information, if needed.
Static electricity discharge may permanently damage

your system. Discharge any static electricity build up in

your body by touching your computer’s case for a few

seconds. Avoid contact with internal parts and handle
cards only by their external edges.

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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, remove the cover.

3. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot.

4. 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.

5. Replace the slot bracket holding screw to secure the
card.

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

Hard Disk Drive Connection

The SATA II-150 PCI RAID is a two channel Serial ATA
controller that supports two Serial ATA hard disk drives.
It is recommended use identical hard drives for all RAID
configurations. It's possible to combine hard drives of
different sizes and makes, however, it is not recommended
to do so.

RAID Arrays

RAID Arrays are setup in the SATA II-150 PCI RAID
BIOS.

RAID 0 (Striping)

This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives.
Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drives.

1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+R when prompted to
enter the RAID BIOS.

2. At the next screen select RAID , then press Enter.

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3. Select Create, then press Enter.

4. Select RAID 0, then press spacebar.

5. Select chunk size from 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k , 128k or
256k, then press spacebar.

6. Create name or leave blank, press Enter.

7. When asked Expand RAID 0 to maximum capacity,
select No, then press Enter.

8. Select Exit, then press Enter.

9. When asked Are You Sure to Exit(Yes/No)?, select
Yes, then press Enter to exit and reboot.

10. Continue with the Fdisk and Format steps as if you
were installing a conventional hard drive.

RAID 1 (Mirror)

This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives.
Mirroring will destroy existing data on the hard drives.

1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+R when prompted to
enter the RAID BIOS.

2. At the next screen select RAID , then press Enter.

3. Select Create, then press Enter.

4. At the next screen choose RAID1, then press
spacebar.

5. Create name or leave blank, then press Enter.

6. When asked, Activate load balance for RAID 1
(Yes/No)?, select Yes, then press Enter.

7. Select Exit, then press Enter.

8. When asked Are You Sure to Exit(Yes/No)?, select
Yes, then press Enter to exit and reboot.

9. Continue with the Fdisk and Format steps as if you
were installing a conventional hard drive.

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JBOD

This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives.
JBOD will destroy existing data on the hard drive.

1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+R when prompted to
enter the RAID BIOS.

2. At the next screen select RAID, then press Enter.

3. Select Create, then press Enter.

4. Select JBOD, then press spacebar.

5. Create name or leave blank, press Enter.

6. Select Exit, then press Enter.

7. When asked Are You Sure to Exit(Yes/No)?, select
Yes, then press Enter to exit and reboot.

8. Continue with Fdisk and Format steps as if you
were installing a conventional hard drive.

Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set

When a failure to one member occurs, you will be notified
either by the RAID BIOS during boot or by the Initio
SATA RAID Manager while in Windows. The steps
below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set.

To Rebuild the Mirror while in the SATA RAID BIOS

This method may not be compatible in some systems, in
this case, use the Online Mirror Rebuild method on the
next page to rebuild your mirror set.

1. Replace the failed drive(s) with one of equal or
greater capacity, then start the computer.

2. During boot press Ctrl+R to enter the RAID BIOS.

3. Select Disk, press Enter.

4. Select Reserved for RAID, then press Enter.

5. Select the single hard drive then press Enter.

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