Lindy 51127 User Manual

4Port Raid5 SATAII-3Gbps  
Multilane PCI-X Card  
User Manual  
English  
LINDY No. 51127  
www.LINDY.com  
© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (June 2006)  
3Gbps. It comes completely with drivers for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003.  
RAID, Redundant Array of Independent Disks, greatly enhances two main areas of data  
storage: performance and data integrity. By using RAID 0, also known as Striping,  
performance of sustained data transfer rates is greatly enhanced by simultaneously  
writing data to 2, 3 or 4 drives. The second benefit of RAID is data redundancy. RAID 1,  
Mirroring, writes identical data on two drives or sets of drives, thus protecting the data from  
a disk failure. If, for any reason, one drive were to fail, your data is secure and available  
from the mirrored second drive.  
1.1. Features  
1.1.1. PCI Interface  
=Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2.  
=Integrated PCI DMA engines.  
=64 bit, 133MHz fully compliant PCI host interface.  
1.1.2. High Speed Serial ATA Interface  
=Four high speed Serial ATA interface ports, each supporting 1st generation &  
2nd generation Serial ATA data rates 1.5Gbps/ 3Gbps.  
= Provides RAID 0 (Stripping) to greatly increase the performance of data  
transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives.  
= Provides RAID 1 (Mirroring) to protect the data from a disk failure by writing  
identical data on 2 drives.  
= RAID 0+1 (Mirrored-Stripping) combine both Striping and Mirroring technologies to  
provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and the data  
availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring.  
=Fully compliant with Serial ATA specifications.  
=Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver.  
1.2. Package Contents  
= RAID5 SATA II – 3Gbps 4Ports PCI Host Adapter  
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=This Users Manual  
=Driver CD  
2. What Is RAID  
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks  
RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide  
redundancy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member, without loss of  
data.  
Disk Striping (RAID 0)  
Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While  
Striping is discussed as a RAID Set type, it is actually does not provide fault tolerance.  
With modern SATA bus mastering technology, multiple I/O operations can be done in  
parallel, enhancing performance. Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual  
disk.  
Disk Mirroring (RAID 1)  
Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data  
simultaneously written to two disks. This redundancy provides instantaneous protection  
from a single disk failure. If a read failure occurs on one drive, the system reads the  
data from the other drive.  
Mirrored-Striping (RAID 0+1 also known as RAID 10)  
A Mirrored-Striping Set does just what it says, combining both Striping and Mirroring  
technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and  
the data availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring. When data is written to a  
Mirrored-Striped Set, instead of creating just one virtual disk as Striping would do, a second,  
Mirrored virtual disk is created as well.  
Parity RAID (RAID 5)  
Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information  
with the data. Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes.  
The data and parity information is arranged on the disk array so that parity is written to  
different disks. There are at least 3 members to a Parity RAID set. The following example  
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illustrates how the parity is rotated from disk to disk.  
Parity RAID uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost  
per megabyte for larger installations. Mirroring requires 100% increase in capacity to  
protect the data whereas the above example only requires a 50% increase. The  
required capacity decreases as the number of disks in the group increases.  
Just Bunch of Disks (JBOD)  
The JBOD is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single  
disk drive. For this card, JBOD function only supports one disk.  
3. BIOS Installation ( RAID Setting )  
Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot up, the RAID  
setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user to choose  
what to do. This board will act as normal NON-RAID card when BIOS not configured for  
RAID. Just proceed to Software Installation section directly. If you use traditional parallel  
ATA HDD, make sure your hard drives be set up as master mode before the RAID setting.  
3.1. Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0)  
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.  
2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.  
3. Select RAID 0 then press Enter.  
4. Select Number of hard drive. Press Enter.  
4. Select RAID size. Press Enter.  
5. Press Y to save your settings.  
6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup.  
7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional  
hard drive.  
8. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation section.  
3.2. Creating Mirrored Sets (RAID 1)  
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.  
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2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.  
3. Select RAID 1 then press Enter.  
4. Select Auto configuration. Press Enter.  
5. Press Y to save your settings.  
6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup.  
7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional  
hard drive.  
8.Your RAIDconfigurationiscomplete. Pleaseproceedtosoftwareinstallationsection.  
3.3. Creating a Mirrored-Striped Set (RAID 10)  
1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.  
2. Select Create RAID set. Press F2.  
3. Select RAID 10 then press Enter.  
4. Select Auto config. Press Enter.  
5. Press Y and then press ESC to exit the setup.  
6. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional  
hard drive.  
7.Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation section.  
3.4. Creating Parity RAID (RAID 5)  
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.  
2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.  
3. Select RAID 5 then press Enter.  
4. Select Auto configuration. Press Enter.  
5. Press Y to save your settings.  
3.5. Creating JBOD Sets  
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.  
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2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.  
3. Select JBOD (Single) then press Enter.  
4. Select JBOD Drives. Press Enter.  
5. Select RAID size. Press Enter.  
6. Press Y to save your settings.  
3.6. Creating Spare Drive  
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.  
2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.  
3. Select Spare Drive then press Enter.  
4. Select Spare Drives. Press Enter.  
5. Select RAID size. Press Enter.  
6. Press Y to save your settings.  
3.7. Deleting RAID Sets  
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.  
2. Select Delete RAID set. Press Enter.  
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, then the data will remain  
intact and accessible on both drives.  
3.8. Rebuilding Mirrored Sets (RAID 1)  
1. After replacing the failed hard drives boot the BIOS, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the  
raid bios utility.  
2. Select Rebuild RAID 1 set. Press Enter.  
3. Select Rebuild Hard Drive. Press Enter.  
4. Answer Y to rebuild the Mirrored set of hard drive.  
3.9. Resolving Conflict  
When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive  
connection information (Primary and Secondary). If, after a disk failure, the  
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replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another system), it may have  
conflicting metadata, specifically in reference to the drive connection information. If so,  
this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt, In order for the RAID  
set to function properly, this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata.  
To resolve this, select Resolve Conflicts, and the correct metadata, including the correct  
drive connection information, will be written to the replacement disk.  
4. Software Installation  
4.1. Windows 2000/XP/2003 Fresh Installation  
1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the controller card and insert the  
controller card into a PCI slot. Power up the system.  
2. Put your Windows 2000/XP CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive, or the 2000/XP boot  
diskette #1 in the floppy drive if your system cannot boot from the CD.  
3. Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning of text mode  
installation. Press 's' when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device  
and insert the Driver CD. Press 'Enter' and select 'E:\Raid5 SATA2_4Port  
\SiI3124\Windows\Driver'.  
4. Press 'Enter' to continue on with text mode setup.  
5. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for partition and file system.  
6. After setup examines your disks, it will copy files to Windows 2000 installation folders  
and restart the system. The setup program will continue and finish the installation after  
restart.  
7. Waiting until Windows finishes installing devices, regional settings, networking settings,  
components, and final set of tasks, reboot the system if it is required.  
8. See instructions in section 4.3 to verify controller was installed correctly.  
4.2. Adding the controller card to an existing Windows  
2000/XP/2003 Installation  
1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the controller card and insert the  
controller card into a PCI slot. Power up the system.  
2. During OS boot up, Windows will display the 'Found New Hardware Wizard'. Click  
'Next'.  
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3. Select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)' and Click 'Next'.  
4. Insert the Driver CD in your CD-ROM/DVD drive, check Specify a location, uncheck  
the other boxes, click Next, type in E:\ (If your CD-ROM/DVD is E:\). Click Browse.  
5. Points specify a location, example E:\ Raid5 SATA2_4Port \ SiI3124 \ Windows \  
Driver, click Open then OK.  
6. When the wizard indicates that it found a driver for the device click 'Next'.  
7. If the 'Digital Signature Not Found' dialog appears, click 'Yes' to continue installing the  
driver.  
8. The wizard will now copy the required files to the system and start the driver. After  
starting the driver the wizard will display a completion dialog, click 'Finish' to exit the  
wizard.  
9. See instructions in section 4.3 to verify controller was installed correctly.  
4.3. Verifying controller installation under Windows  
2000/XP/2003  
1. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Properties', left click on 'Hardware' tab and  
then on 'Device Manager' button.  
2. Double click on 'SCSI and RAID Controllers', If there is no yellow '!' or '?' in front of  
'Silicon Image SiI 3124 SoftRaid5 Controller', the driver is started correctly.  
4. To view information about the devices attached to the controller, use the SiICfg  
Utility and click on the device from the list.  
4.4. Update new driver on Windows 2000/XP/2003 with existing  
driver  
1. Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'. Under the 'System  
Properties' section, click on 'Hardware' tab and then on 'Device Manager' click 'SCSI  
and RAID Controller' and right click 'Silicon Image SiI 3124 SoftRaid5 Controller'.  
2. Click 'Driver', 'Update Driver' and select 'Search for a suitable driver for my  
device[Recommended]'. Insert the Driver CD. Press 'Enter' and select 'E:\ Raid5  
SATA2_4Port\SiI3124\Windows \Driver'. Click 'Next' and complete the driver installation.  
3. System will go through the enumeration process and install the driver. At the end of the  
process, click 'Yes' to reboot your system when necessary.  
4. See instructions in section 4.3 to verify controller was installed correctly.  
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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.  
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:  
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference,  
and (2) this device must accept any interference  
received, including interference that may cause  
undesired operations.  
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