SIIG SC-SA3012-S1 Quick Installation Manual

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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/Server 2003

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Package Contents

• SATA II-150 PCI RAID and spare low profile bracket

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

• Driver CD and this quick installation guide

Layout

Internal
connectors

Figure 1. SATA II-150 PCI RAID

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

HDD
Activity LED

HDD LED pins (Front chassis
LED; connects horizontally)

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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.

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.

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

Device 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 to use identical hard drives for all
RAID configurations, however, it's possible to combine
hard drives of different sizes and makes.

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, 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)

For New/Blank Hard Drives

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, 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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For Existing Hard Drives with Data

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

2. Select Disk, press Enter.

3. Select Reserved for RAID, then press Enter.

4. Select the single hard drive then press Enter.

5. When asked, All data in selected drive will lost!
Continue (Yes/No)?, select Yes, then press Enter.

6. Select RAID, then select Rebuild.

7. Press Enter. The mirror will begin rebuilding. Do
not interfere with the process.

8. When rebuilding is finished, select Exit, then press

Enter.

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

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, 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.