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RAID Nat ive SATA-1 5 0 4 Port s PCI Host
Th is Man u al for t h e Models of 4 Ch an n els SATA RAID HBA:
Model A: Serial ATA RAID In t ern al 4 Port s
Model B: SATA RAID Ext ern al 2 Port + In t ern al 2 Port
1 . In t rodu ct ion
Th is RAID Native SATA-150 4Ports PCI Hos t Ada pter is a PCI to 4Ports Seria l
ATA h os t con troller boa rd. It provides a 32bit, 33/ 66 MHz PCI in terface on th e
h ost side an d du al, fu lly com plian t Serial ATA ports on th e device side to access
SATA Hard disk drive.
Th e b oa rd ca n b e u s ed to u p gra d e you r d es k top com p u ter to h a ve 4 Ports
Seria l ATA Ch a n n els a n d s u pport RAID 0, RAID 1 a n d RAID 0+1 fea tu res . It
a ccepts h os t com m a n ds th rou gh th e PCI bu s , proces s es th em a n d tra n s fers
da ta between th e h ost an d Serial ATA devices. Th e board sh ou ld be con n ected
to S ATA t a r get d evice a n d will t a k e t h e d a t a , s er ia lize it a n d ou t p u t it for
tran sm ission over th e SATA in terface. Th e board can con trol fou r in depen den t
Seria l ATA ch a n n els . Ea ch ch a n n el h a s its own Seria l ATA b u s a n d will
su pport on e Serial ATA device.
Th e boa rd s u pports Seria l ATA Gen era tion 1 tra n s fer ra te of 1.5 Gb/ s (150
MB/ s). It comes completely with drivers for Windows 98, Windows Millen n iu m ,
Win dows NT 4.0, Win dows 2000 an d XP.
RAID, Redu n da n t Arra y of In depen den t Dis ks , grea tly en h a n ces two m a in
areas of data storage: perform an ce an d data in tegrity. By u sin g RAID 0, also
kn own a s Stripin g, perform a n ce of s u s ta in ed da ta tra n s fer ra tes is grea tly
en h a n ced by s im u lta n eou s ly writin g da ta to 2, 3 or 4 drives . Th e s econ d
ben efit of RAID is data redu n dan cy. RAID 1, Mirrorin g, writes iden tical data on
two drives or sets of drives, th u s protectin g th e data from a disk failu re. If, for an y
reason , on e drive were to fail, you r data is secu re an d available from th e
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!Special Sh ell SATA con n ectors on Extern al Port to su pport Mobile HDD,
Mobile CD-ROM, Mobile DVD an d Mobile CD-RW
!On e USB-like Con n ector on board to provide 2A / 5V DC power ou tpu t for
Extern al Devices u sin g
1 .2 . Pack age Con t en t s
!RAID Native SATA-150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter
!Th is Users Man u al
!Driver CD
2 . Wh at Is RAID
RAID - Redu n dan t Array of In depen den t Disk s
RAID tech n ology m an ages m u ltiple disk drives to en h an ce I/ O perform an ce a n d
provide redu n da n cy in order to with s ta n d th e fa ilu re of a n y in dividu a l m em ber,
with ou t loss of data. Th is card provides two RAID Set types, Striped (RAID 0) an d
Mirrored (RAID 1).
Disk St ripin g (RAID 0 )
Stripin g is a perform an ce-orien ted, n on -redu n dan t data m appin g tech n iqu e.
Wh ile Stripin g is discu ssed as a RAID Set type, it is actu ally does n ot provide
fa u lt tolera n ce. With m odern SATA bu s m a s terin g tech n ology, m u ltiple I/ O
opera tion s ca n be don e in pa ra llel, en h a n cin g perform a n ce. Stripin g a rra ys u se
m u ltiple disks to form a larger virtu al disk.
Disk Mirrorin g (RAID 1 )
Disk m irrorin g creates an iden tical twin for a selected disk by h avin g th e data
simu ltaneou sly written to two disks. This redu ndancy provides in stan tan eou s
protection from a sin gle disk failu re. If a read failu re occu rs on on e drive, th e
system reads th e data from th e oth er drive.
Mirrored-St ripin g (RAID 0 +1 also k n own as RAID 1 0 )
A Mirrored-Stripin g Set does ju st wh at it says, com bin in g both Stripin g an d
Mirrorin g tech n ologies to provide both th e perform an ce en h an cem en ts th at
com e from Stripin g a n d th e da ta a va ila bility a n d in tegrity th a t com es from
Mirrorin g. Wh en data is written to a Mirrored-Striped Set, in stead of creatin g ju st
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on e virtu al disk as Stripin g wou ld do, a secon d, Mirrored virtu al disk is created
as well.
3 . BIOS In st allat ion ( RAID Set t in g )
Creatin g an d deletin g RAID sets is a fu n ction fou n d in th e BIOS. Du rin g boot u p,
the RAID setting message will appear and pau se for a few moments to allow th e
u ser to ch oose wh at to do. Th is board will act as n orm al NON-RAID card wh en
BIOS n ot con figu red for RAID. J u s t proceed to Softwa re In s ta lla tion section
directly. If you u se tradition al parallel ATA HDD, m ake su re you r h ard drives be
set u p as m aster m ode before th e RAID settin g.
3 .1 . Creat in g St riped Set s (RAID 0 )
1. As th e BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to en ter th e raid bios u tility.
2. Select Creat e RAID set . Press En t er.
3. Select St rip e th en press En t er.
4. Select Au t o con figu rat ion . Press En t er.
5. Press Y to save you r settin gs.
6. Press CTRL+E an d th en press Y to exit th e setu p.
7. Continu e with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are in stallin g a
con ven tion al h ard drive.
8. You r RAID configu ration is complete. Please proceed to software in stallation
section .
3 .2 . Creat in g Mirrored Set s (RAID 1 )
1. As th e BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to en ter th e raid bios u tility.
2. Select Creat e RAID set . Press En t er.
3. Select Mirrored th en press En t er.
4. Select Au t o con figu rat ion . Press En t er.
5. Press Y to save you r settin gs.
6. Press CTRL+E an d th en press Y to exit th e setu p.
7. Continu e with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are in stallin g a
con ven tion al h ard drive.
8.Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation section.
3 .3 . Creat in g a Mirrored-St riped Set
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1. As th e BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to en ter th e raid bios u tility.
2. Select Creat e RAID set . Press F2 .
3. Select Mirrored-St rip ed set th en press F3 .
4. Select Au t o con fig. Press A.
5. Press Y an d th en press ESC to exit th e setu p.
6. Con tin u e with con ven tion al Fdisk an d Form at steps as if you are in stallin g a
con ven tion al h ard drive.
7.You r RAID con figu ration is com plete. Please proceed to software in stallation
section .
3 .4 . Delet in g RAID Set s
1. As th e BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to en ter th e raid bios u tility.
2. Select Delet e RAID set . Press En t er.
3. Answer Y to remove the RAID set. If the RAID set being deleted is a Striped set,
then all of the data will be lost. If the set being deleted is a Mirrored set, th en th e
data will rem ain in tact an d accessible on both drives.
3 .5 . Rebu ildin g Mirrored Set s
1. After replacin g th e failed h ard drives boot th e BIOS, Press CTRL+S or F4 to
en ter th e raid bios u tility.
2. Select rebu ildin g Mirrored set . Press En t er.
3. Select On lin e rebu ild or Offlin e rebu ild.
4. An swer Y to rebu ild th e Mirrored set of h ard drive.
3 .5 . Resolvin g Con flict
Wh en a RAID set is created, th e m etadata written to th e disk in clu des drive
con n ection in form ation (Prim ary an d Secon dary). If, after a disk failu re, th e
replacement disk was previou sly part of a RAID set (or u sed in another system ), it
m a y h a ve con flict in g m et a d a t a , s p ecifica lly in r efer en ce t o t h e d r ive
con n ection in form a tion . If s o, th is will p roh ib it th e RAID s et from b ein g
eith er created or rebu ilt, In order for th e RAID set to fu n ction properly, th is old
m eta da ta m u s t be firs t overwritten with th e n ew m eta da ta . To res olve this,
select Resolve Con flict s, and the correct metadata, inclu ding the correct drive
con n ection in form ation , will be written to th e replacem en t disk.
4 . Soft ware In st allat ion
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Th is section provides th e in form ation on h ow to in stall th e drivers of RAID Native
SATA-150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter for th e operatin g system s:
New & Existin g Win dows 98/ 98 SE
New & Existin g Win dows ME
New & Existin g Win dows NT 4.0
New & Existin g Win dows 2000
New & Existin g Win dows XP
4 .1 . Win dows 9 8 / 9 8 SE Driver In st allat ion
For New Win dows 9 8 / 9 8 SE Syst em s (Fresh In st allat ion )
1. After th e SATA RAID PCI Hos t Ada pter an d attach ed drives are con figu red,
follow Microsoft procedu res to in stall Win dows accordin gly.
2. On ce Win dows h a s been in s ta lled, dou ble click My Com p u t e r/ Con t rol
Pan el/ Syst em , th en click Device Man ager.
3. Dou ble click Ot h er Devices th en PCI RAID Con t roller.
4. Click Driver tab, th en Up dat e Driver.
5. In sert th e Driver CD an d click Next .
6. Select Search for a bet t er driver t h an t h e on e ...option an d click Next .
7. Ch eck Sp e c ify a lo c a t io n , u n ch eck th e oth er b oxes , typ e in E:\ (If you r
CD-ROM/ DVD is E:\ ) a n d click Browse.
8. Poin ts specify a location , exam ple E:\ SATA Raid_4 Port \ Sil3 1 1 4 \ Win 9 8 _m e
_2 0 0 0 _xp _n t 4 .0 , click OK an d th en Next .
9.Click Next an d th en Fin ish .
10. Rem ove th e Driver CD an d click Yes to restart Win dows to com plete driver
in stallation .
For Exist in g Win dows 9 8 / 9 8 SE Syst em s
1. After th e SATA RAID PCI Hos t Ada pter an d attach ed drives are con figu red,
boot u p Win dows.
2. At th e Add New Hardware Wizard, click Next .
3. Select Se a rc h for t h e be s t d rive r for you r d e vic e option a n d th en click
Next .
4. In s ert th e Driver CD, ch eck Sp e c ify a loc a t ion , u n ch eck th e oth er boxes,
an d click Browse.
5.Poin ts specify a location , exam ple E:\ SATA Raid_4 Port \ Sil3 1 1 4 \ Win 9 8 _m e
_2 0 0 0 _xp _n t 4 .0 , click OK an d th en Next .(If you r CD-ROM/ DVD is E:\ )
6. Click Next an d th en Fin ish respectively.
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4 .2 . Win dows ME Driver In st allat ion
For New Win dows ME Syst em s (Fresh In st allat ion )
1. After th e SATA RAID PCI Hos t Ada pter an d attach ed drives are con figu red,
follow Microsoft procedu res to in stall Win dows accordin gly.
2. Once Windows has been installed, right click My Com put er, then click Prop ert ies.
Click Device Man ager tab.
3. Dou ble click Ot h er Devices th en PCI RAID Con t roller.
4. Click Driver tab, th en Up dat e Driver.
5. In s ert th e Driver CD, ch eck Sp e c ify t h e lo c a t io n o f t h e d r ive r
(Advan ced) an d click Next .
6. Select Se a r c h fo r t h e be t t e r d r ive r op tion , ch eck Sp e c ify a lo c a t io n ,
u n ch eck Rem ovable Media, type in E:\ (If you r CD-ROM/ DVD is E:\ ), an d
click Browse.
7. Poin ts specify a location , exam ple E:\ SATA Raid_4 Port \ Sil3 1 1 4 \ Win 9 8 _m e
_2 0 0 0 _xp _n t 4 .0 , click OK an d th en Next .
8.Click Next an d th en Fin ish .
9. Rem ove th e Driver dis kette a n d click Ye s to res ta rt Win dows to com plete
driver in stallation .
For Exist in g Win dows ME Syst em s
1. After th e SATA RAID PCI Hos t Ada pter an d attach ed drives are con figu red,
boot u p Win dows.
2. At th e Ad d Ne w Ha rd wa re Wiza rd , ch eck Sp e c ify t h e loc a t ion of t h e
driver (Advan ced), an d click Next .
3. In s ert th e Driver CD, ch eck Sp e c ify a loc a t ion , u n ch eck th e oth er boxes,
an d click Browse.
4.Poin ts specify a location , exam ple E:\ SATA Raid_4 Port \ Sil3 1 1 4 \ Win 9 8 _m e
_2 0 0 0 _xp _n t 4 .0 , click OK an d th en Next .(If you r CD-ROM/ DVD is E:\ )
5. Click Next an d th en Fin ish .
Verificat ion of t h e Proper In st allat ion for Win dows 9 8 / 9 8 SE/ ME
1. Dou ble click My Com put er/ Con t rol Pan el/ Syst em . Click Device Man ager tab.
2. Dou b le click S CS I Co n t r o lle r s , S ilic o n Im a ge S il 3 1 1 4 S ATAR a id
Con t roller sh ou ld be listed.
3. High ligh t S ilic o n Im a ge S il 3 1 1 4 S ATAR a id Co n t r o lle r a n d click
Prop e rt ie s . A m es s a ge Th is d evice is w or k in g p r op er ly is dis pla yed in the
dialog box, the driver has been correctly installed. If any error m es s a ge is
d is p la yed , rem ove Silic o n Im a ge Sil 3 1 1 4 SATAR a id Co n t r o lle r a n d
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restart you r system .
4 .3 . Win dows NT 4 .0 Driver In st allat ion
For New Win dows NT 4 .0 Syst em (Fresh In st allat ion )
1. Before in stallation , copy all th e files u n der directory E:\ SATA Raid_4Port\
Sil3114\ Win 98_m e _2000_xp_n t4.0\ driver\ *.* to a blan k floppy disk
2. After th e SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter an d attach ed drives are con figu red,
follow Microsoft procedu res to in stall Win dows accordin gly.
3. At th e Win dows Set -u p screen , press F6 to specify an d add th e driver.
4. Press S, select Ot h er, th en press En t er.
5. In sert th e Driver diskette an d press En t er.
6. Select Silic on Im a ge SiI 3 1 1 4 SATARa id Con t rolle r for Win d ows NT 4 .0
a n d 2 0 0 0 a n d pres s En t er.
7. Pres s En t e r to con tin u e a n d follow on -s creen in s tru ction s to com plete
Win dows NT 4.0 in stallation .
Add Win dows NT 4 .0 Driver on Origin al Boot in g Device
1. After th e SATA RAID PCI Hos t Ada pter an d attach ed drives are con figu red, boot
up Windows. Double click My Com puter/ Control Panel/ SCSI Adapters, th en click
th e Drivers tab.
2. Click Add… th en Have Disk ....
3. Insert the Driver CD in you r CD-ROM/ DVD drive and type in E:\ (If you r
CD-ROM/ DVD is E:\ ), then click Browse.
4.Poin ts specify a location , exam ple E:\ SATA Raid_4 Port \ Sil3 1 1 4 \ Win 9 8 _m e
_2 0 0 0 _xp _n t 4 .0 \ Sl3 1 1 4 r.in f, click Op en th en OK.
5. High ligh t Silicon Im age Sil 3 1 1 4 SATARaid Con t roller an d click OK.
6.If th e In sert Disk dialog appears, click OK th en Browse.
7.High ligh t Sl3 1 1 4 r.sys an d click Op en th en OK.
Verificat ion of t h e Proper In st allat ion for Win dows NT 4 .0
1. Dou ble click My Com p u t er/ Con t rol Pan el/ SCSI Adap t ers.
2. High ligh t S ilic o n Im a ge S il 3 1 1 4 S ATAR a id Co n t r o lle r a n d click
Prop e rt ie s . Th is d evice is w or k in g p r op er ly is dis pla yed in th e dia log box,
th e driver h as been correctly in stalled.
4 .4 . Win dows 2 0 0 0 Driver In st allat ion
For New Win dows 2 0 0 0 Syst em s (Fresh In st allat ion )
1. Before in stallation , copy all th e files u n der directory E:\ SATA Raid_4Port\
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Sil3114\ Win 98_m e _2000_xp_n t4.0\ driver\ *.* to a blan k floppy disk.
2. After th e SATA RAID PCI Hos t Ada pter an d attach ed drives are con figu red,
follow Microsoft procedu res to in stall Win dows accordin gly.
3. At th e Win dows Set -u p screen , press F6 to specify an d add th e driver.
4. In sert th e Driver diskette. Press S, th en press En t er.
5. Select Silic on Im a ge SiI 3 1 1 4 SATARa id Con t rolle r for Win d ows NT 4 .0
a n d 2 0 0 0 and press En t er.
6. Pres s En t e r to con tin u e a n d follow on -s creen in s tru ction s to com plete
in stallation .
Add Win dows 2 0 0 0 Driver on Origin al Boot in g Device
1. After th e SATA RAID PCI Hos t Ada pter an d attach ed drives are con figu red,
boot u p Win dows.
2. At th e Fou n d New Hardware Wizard, click Next .
3. Select Se a rc h for a s u it a ble d rive r for m y d e vic e (re c om m e n d e d ) a n d
click Next .
4. In sert th e Driver CD in you r CD-ROM/ DVD drive, ch eck Sp ecify a locat ion ,
u ncheck the other boxes, click Next , type in E:\ (If you r CD-ROM/ DVD is E:\ ).
Click Browse.
5. Poin ts specify a location , exam ple E:\ SATA Raid_4 Port \ Sil3 1 1 4 \ Win 9 8 _m e
_2 0 0 0 _xp _n t 4 .0 \ Sl3 1 1 4 r.in f, click Op en th en OK.
6. Click Next if th e Digit al Sign at u re Not Fou n d m essage appears, click Yes.
(Not e If prom pted for Win dows 2000 CD-ROM, in sert th e CD an d click OK.
Type in E:\ I3 8 6 , click OK an d Fin ish . (assu m in g E: is you r CD-ROM drive))
7. Click Fin ish .
4 .5 . Win dows XP Driver In st allat ion
For New Win dows XP Syst em s (Fresh In st allat ion )
1. Before in stallation , copy all th e files u n der directory E:\ SATA Raid_4Port\
Sil3114\ Win 98_m e _2000_xp_n t4.0\ driver\ *.* to a blan k floppy disk
2. After th e SATA RAID PCI Hos t Ada pter an d attach ed drives are con figu red,
follow Microsoft procedu res to in stall Win dows accordin gly.
3. At the Windows Set-up screen, press F6 in order to specify and add the driver.
4. In sert th e Driver diskette. Press S th en press En t er.
5. Select Silicon Im age SiI 3114 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP and press
En t er.
6. Pres s En t e r to con tin u e a n d follow on -s creen in s tru ction s to com plete
Win dows XP in stallation . Not e: Wh en th e Soft ware In st allat ion warn in g pops
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u p, click Yes. An d wh en th e Hardware In st allat ion warn in g pops u p, click Yes
again .
Add Win dows XP Driver on Origin al Boot in g Device
1. After th e SATA RAID PCI Hos t Ada pter an d attach ed drives are con figu red,
boot u p Win dows.
2. At t h e F o u n d Ne w H a r d wa r e Wiz a r d , ch eck In s t a ll fr o m a lis t o r
sp ecific locat ion (Advan ced), th en click Next .
3. In s ert th e Driver CD. Ch eck In c lu d e t h is loc a t ion in t h e s e a rc h , u n ch eck
th e oth er box, type in E:\ , an d click Browse.
4. Poin ts specify a location , exam ple E:\ SATA Raid_4 Port \ Sil3 1 1 4 \ Win 9 8 _m e
_2 0 0 0 _xp _n t 4 .0 , click OK th en Next .
5.When a warning message pops up, click Continue Anyway, then click Fin ish .
Verificat ion of t h e Proper In st allat ion for Win dows 2 0 0 0 / XP
1. Dou ble click My Com p u t er/ Con t rol Pan el/ Syst em .
2. Click Hardware th en click Device Man ager.
3. Dou ble click SCSI an d RAID Con t rollers, th en dou ble click Silicon Im age
Sil 3 1 1 4 SATARaid Con t roller to display driver properties.
4. A m es s a ge Th is d evice is w or k in g p r op er ly is dis pla yed in th e dia log box,
th e driver h as been correctly in stalled.
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