SYBA SI-PEX40057
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1. Note Not Supported RAID on PM Package Contents 1x SATA III 6Gbps 4 port PCI Express Controller Card 1x User Manual 2x SATA Cable 1x Driver CD 1x Low Profile Bracket System Requirements Supports Windows XP Vista 7 8 Server 2003 2008 R2 8 Linux 2 6 x and above Hardware Installation 1 Turn off the power to your computer 2 Unplug the power cord and remove your computer s cover 41 Locate to an empty PCI Express x4 x8 or x16 siot on the motherboard 4 5 6 T To install the board carefully align the card s bus connector with the selected PCI E slot on the motherboard Push the board down firmly Attach your internal devices to the SATA IH 6Gbps PCI E Controller Card Replace the slot bracket s holding screw to secure the card Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord Marvell BIOS Utility MBU For RAID HyperDuo Setup Warning All the data on the hard disks connected to the controller card will be permanently erased in the following actions To create a RAID HyperDuo virtual disk t Power up your computer Skip this section if you are not going to create a RAID HyperDuo virtual disk Press the Ctrl M key on the keyboard at the same time to enter the Marvell Bios Utility MBU Once the MBU is entered scroll to HBA0 Marvell 0 in the Topology pane by the up and arrow key on the keyboard and please Enter Choose Configuration Wizard and press Enter t2. Product Introduction This board is a single chip PCi Express to four SATA Gen III 6Gb s channels host controller that brings server class features to the desktop This board enables the use of the industry s newest and fastest hard drives at 6Gb s while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1 5Gb s or 3Gb s drives It uses the same cable and connectors as previous SATA generations to ease integration Besides PC Express 2 0 double the bandwidth of the existing PCI Express bus for faster data throughput it will enhance system performance for every type of computer user Each PCI Express 2 0 lane provides up to 500MB s of throughput It also backward compatible with previous generation of PCi Express 1 0 technology Using the onboard RAID firmware the SATA drives attached to this controller can be easily configured as 4 individual ports with no RAID or with RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 HyperDuo Features Compliant with PCI Experss Specification v2 0 and backward compatible with PCI Express 1 x Compliant with Serial ATA Specification 3 0 PCI Express x2 interface and compatible with PCI Express x4 x8 and x16 slots Supports communication speeds of 6 0 Gbps 3 0 Gbps and 1 5 Gbps Hot plug and Hot Swap Supports Native Command Queue NCQ Supports Port Multiplier FIS based switching or command based switching Compatible with SATA 6G 3G and 1 5G Hard Drives Support RAID function RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID10 and HyperDuo
3. _ 8 amd64 5 Follow the on screen instruction to instail the driver 6 After successful installation The device is listed in the Device Manage as Marvell Unify Configuration under System devices Installing driver for supported Windows XP Server 2003 operating system 1 Start windows and insert the driver CD into the CD ROM drive assume drive A 2 Windows will automatically detect the SATA card elect No not this time and click the Next to continue 3 Select Install from a list or specific location Advance and click on the Next button 4 Browse to the following folder on the driver CD according to your operating system gt Windows XP 32 bit and Server 2003 32 bit A 2010A2 Marvelfi92XX Widows 2003_XP i386 gt Windows XP 64 bit and Server 2003 64 bit A 2010A2 Marvel 92XX Widows 2003_XP amd64 5 Follow the on screen instruction to install the driver 6 After successful installation The SATA controller is listed in the Device Manager as Marvell 92xx SATA 6G Controller under SCSI and RAID controllers 7 For this controller an additional device Marvell Console SCSI Processor Device is detected select No not this time and click the Next button to continue 8 Select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click on the Next button 9 Browse to the following fotder on the driver CD according to your operating system gt Windows XP 32 bit and Server 2003 32 bit A 2010A2 Marvell i92XX W
4. idows 2003_XP i386 gt Windows XP 64 bit and Server 2003 64 bit A 2010A2 Marvell i92XX Widows 2003_XP amd64 10 Follow the on screen instruction to install the driver 11 After successful installation the device is listed in the Device Manager as Marvell Unify Configuration under System devices 12 Once driver installation is completed you can now connect your external devices to the SATA card To install the driver for the external devices please refer to the external device user s manuals For Linux OS Linux distributions contain Inbox drivers for AHCI devices The drivers are installed automatically during the Linux OS installation 5
5. in a HyperDuo Safe mode virtual disk is defective or the data inside are corrupted the Marvell BIOS Utility MBU will mark the virtual disk as Degrade 2 Replace the defective hard disk SSD with an identical hard disk SSD or a hard disk SSD which has a smailer size within the allowable value set for the virtual disk 3 Press the Ctri M key on the keyboard at the same time to enter the MBU 4 In the Topology pane scroll to the virtual Disks ID press Enter and select the Rebuild option 5 Select the available replacement hard disk SSD to be rebuilt to by pressing Space Bar and then Enter 6 Press Y key to start The utility will show the rebuiid status and the completed percentage This will take a long time to finish the whole process and it depends on the size to be rebuilt Note HyperDuo virtual disk created in safe mode can be partially rebuilt if the SSD fails but not if the HDD faiis Marvell Storage Utility MSU for RAID HyperDuo Setup The Marvell Storage Utility MSU is a browser based management utility for Marvell 88SE92xx controllers It creates and manages a RAID or HyperDuo virtual disk using storage devices connected to the 88SE92xx controller 1 Start Windows and insert the driver CD into the CD ROM driver assume driver A 2 Brows to the following folder on the driver CD A Marvelfi92XXiMSU 3 Run MSUSetup exe to start utility installation 4 Follow the on screen instructions to install the MSU 5 D
6. mode and then press Submit The MSU will help you create th HyperDuo virtua disk automatically 16 To create a RAID virtual disk select Create RAID Then select RAID level RAIDO RAID1 or F 17 Choose enough available physical disks RAID 0 needs at least two physical disks RAID 1 ju needs two physical disks and RAID 10 needs four physical disks and press Next 18 Enter the name for the virtual disk or you can use the default name 19 Select the Initialization method for the virtual disk 20 Select the Stripe Size 32K or 64K for the virtual disk 21 Press Submit The MSU creates the virtual disk and displays the Property tab for the new virt disk 22 Restart your computer to use the virtual disk _ Driver installation Installing Driver for supported Windows Vista Server 2008 Windows7 8 Server 2008 operating system 1 Start windows and insert the driver CD into the CD ROM drive assume drive A 2 Windows will automatically detect the SATA card Right click Marvell Console ATA Dev with yellow mark in the Other Devices and select Update Driver Software 3 Select Browse my computer for driver software 4 Browse to the following folder on the driver CD according to your operating system gt Windo gt ws vista server2008 windows 7 8 32 bit A 2010A2 Marvelli92XX Windows Vista_2008_7_8 i386 gt Windows vista server2008 windows 7 8 64 bit and server 2008 R2 A 2010A2 Marvelfi92XX Windows Vista_2008_7
7. o start creating the RAID HyperDuo virtual disk Select the free physical disk available by using the arrow keys to scroll though the disks and press Space Bar After selecting all the disks needed press Enter to continue Choose the RAID option RAID Level RAID 0 Striping RAID 1 Disk Mirroring RAID 10 Stripe of mirrors Stripe Size 32K 64K it defines the size of the single data block on the virtual disk the larger the stripe Size the onger it takes to read and write data blocks on the physical disks A large size is recommended for applications requirir large data transfers e g audio video and graphics A smaller size is suitable for applications with smalle size files e g emails and documents Name any value for the users to input 7 8 9 Input a user defined identifier for the virtual disk Choose the HyperDuo option HyperDuo Mode Safe Mirrored protection Capacity Cost Optimized Keep original data Yes No Only available in Safe mode Preserve the data currently on your HOD or erase all data Threshold 10 100 for the users to input The number defines the percentage of your SSD the MBU users to optimize performance Default is 90 Choose Next and press Y key to start creating the virtual disk Press F10 and Y key to exit the MBU 2 Note A HyperDuo virtual disk must at least contain one SSD and one HDD To rebuild a virtuai disk 1 When a hard disk in a RAID 1 virtual disk or a SSD
8. ouble click the desktop shortcut for the MSU When opening the MSU in some versions of windows Internet Explorer may detect a problem with the security certificate for the MSU web page select Continue to this website not recommended to continue opening the MSU 6 Opening the MSU will take you to a login page If you have no password leave this field blank and then click Login 7 After entering the MSU user interface select Adapter which contains four physical disks assume four physical disks are connected to the controler card i 8 Roil over the Operation tab and you will see Create HyperDuo Create RAID and Quick Create Wizard 9 To create a HyperDuo virtua disk you should have at least one HDD and one muttiple SSD 10 Select Create HyperDuo and then select Safe mode or Capacity mode 11 Check Keep Original Data to preserve the data currently on you HDD or uncheck it to erase all data This option is only available in Safe mode 12 Enter a number between 10 and 100 in the Threshold filed the Threshoid number defines the percentage of your SSD the MSU user to optimize performance The default is 90 13 Press Submit The MSU dispiays the Property tab for the HyperDuo virtual disk and begins 3 initialization It takes up to some minutes to compiete System performance may slow during this 14 If you want to quickly create a HyperDuo virtual disk select Quick Create Wizard 15 Select Safe mode or Capacity
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