EXSYS EX-3512
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1. EX 3512 2 Port eSATA3 RAID PCle Card 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing this 2 Port SATA3 RAID PCI PCle Card It is designed to support up to 2 SATA3 ports in RAID O and RAID 1 modes It supports SATA3 hard drives with up to 6 0Gbps data rate It is an ideal solution to add new external SATA3 drives for your system Features Supports 1 lane 5 0Gb s PCI Express Data Transfer Rate Built in 2 eSATA3 Ports Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for the 2 SATA3 Ports Supports Windows based RAID GUI Supports SATA3 transfer rate up to 6 0Gb s 600Mbytes sec Supports RAID 1 Rebuild by BIOS Setup Utility Supports Windows 2000 XP Vista and Win 7 2 Board Layout SSS SSS External LEDs gt qQ External eSATA Port 1 External eSATA Port 0 2 Port eSATA3 RAID PCle Card 3 Hardware Installation 1 Power down the computer remove the computer cover 2 Choose an unused PCI Express bus slot unscrew and remove the slot cover 3 Place the SATA3 RAID PCle Card into the slot Carefully press the board into the slot until it seats firmly 4 Secure the SATA3 RAID PCle Card with the slot cover screw 5 Install the SATA cables from the SATA connectors to your SATA devices 6 Carefully reinstall the computer cover Insert and tighten the computer cover screws 7 Power up the PC and observe the monitor The BIOS lists all Serial ATA devices attached to the SATA3 RAID PCle Card For example Marvell 88SE91xx Adapt2. e utility with the same account name and password that you use to login the operating system If you did not set the account password before click Login to enter the Marvell RAID Utility directly Username brian PC brian Domain UserName Password Remember password ntogin wy
3. er BIOS Version x x x xxxx PCIe x1 5 0Gbps Mode CPU AHCI Virtual Disk No Virtual Disk Physical Disk ID DISK Name Size Speed 0 SATA ST32000641AS 1 83TB 6 0G 8 SATA ST32000641AS 1 83TB 6 0G Press lt Ctrl gt lt M gt to enter BIOS Setup or lt Space gt to continue If the information displayed on your monitor is correct the installed devices are listed with the correct device name etc congratulations You have successfully installed the SATA3 RAID PCle Card in your computer If you want to configure your RAID drives press and hold the 2 keys Ctrl and M to enter the BIOS Setup for this card You can configure the SATA RAID modes in the BIOS Setup 4 Configuring a SATA Disk Array Turn on your computer and press lt Ctrl gt and lt M gt keys to enter BIOS Setup during the POST Power On Self Test 2 Port SATA3 RAID PCle Card Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Information Vendor ID 1B4B Device ID 91A3 Disk Revision ID B1 WDC WD800JD 22L BIOS Version 1 0 0 1006 PD 8 WDC WD800JD 22L Firmware Version 2 1 0 1314 PCle Speed rate 2 56Gbps Configure SATA as IDE Mode Help Marvell RAID on chip controller ENTER Operation F10 Exit Save ESC Return 4 1 Create a Disk Array Under Free Physical Disks use the lt Space gt key to select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array The selected hard drive will be marked with an asterisk After selecti
4. lt N gt to cancel 7 When completed you can see the new array under Topology Virtual Disks 8 Save the Settings and Exit After you complete the RAID configuration and before you exit the configuration screen be sure to press lt F10 gt in the main screen Press lt Y gt to confirm or lt N gt to cancel 9 Now you may proceed to create the SATA driver diskette for AHCI mode and the installation of the SATA driver and operating system 4 2 Delete the Disk Array To deleted the existing array select the array on the main menu example VD 0 New_VD and press lt Enter gt to display the Delete option Press lt Enter gt When prompted press lt Y gt to confirm or lt N gt to cancel 5 Installing RAID Drivers and GUI With the Marvell RAID utility RAID GUI you can setup an disk array or view the current array status in the operating system To install the utility insert the supplied driver CD folders as the following picture 2 Port SATA3 RAID PCle Card 2 Drivers 3 21 a SATA3 5 G 885E9128 pe a4 O Floppy32 O Floppy64 B i386 Ultility Please follow the following steps 1 Run the driver installer drvSetup exe in the folder SATA3 88SE9128 Drivers to install the RAID drivers Reboot the system to let the drivers take effect Run the RAID GUI installer SATA3 88SE9128 Utility MRUSetup exe to install the RAID Utility Note After the installation you must login th
5. ng the hard drives press lt Enter gt to proceed Marvell BIOS Setup c 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd Information Vendor ID A 1B4B Device ID 91A3 Revision ID i B1 BIOS Version H 1 0 0 1006 Firmware Version 2 1 0 1314 PCIe Speed rate A 2 56Gbps Configure SATA as IDE Mode Help Use space bar to select the free disks to be used in the array ENTER Operation SPACE Select F10 Exit Save ESC Return To further configure the disk array use the up or down arrow key to move the selection bar to select an item in the right block of the screen and press lt Enter gt Set the required items in sequence and press lt Enter gt after each step 1 RAID Level Select a RAID level Options include RAID O Stripe and RAID 1 Mirror 2 Port eSATA3 RAID PCle Card 2 Stripe Size Select the stripe block size Options include 32 KB and 64 KB 3 Gigabyte Rounding Select whether to permit the installation of a replacement drive that is smaller than the failed drive when performing a RAID 1 rebuild Options include None 1G and 10G 4 Quick Init Select whether to quickly erase old data on the hard drives when creating the array 5 VD Name Enter an array name with 1 10 letters letters cannot be special characters 6 Next After completing the settings above move to Next and press lt Enter gt to begin creating the array When prompted to confirm whether to create this array press lt Y gt to confirm or
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