Addonics ADSA4R5 RAID controller
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1. ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES Model ADSA4R5 SPECIFICATIONS Chip Set Silicon Image Sil3124 Integrated Host Controller Interface PCI bus compatible I O Ports 4 SATA ports Regulatory approvals FCC CE Features e Supports Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3 0 Gbps 300 Mb s e Supports First Party DMA Commands for NCQ Native Command Queuing e Supports RAIDO 1 5 and 10 using Silicon Image SATARAID5 Array Manager Supports individual drive mode e Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1 0a and Serial ATA II Extensions to Serial ATA 1 0a Specifications revision 1 1 e Hot plug capability e Port Multiplier Compatible RAID Described Stripe RAID 0 Greatly increases the performance of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 or more drives Mirror RAID 1 duplicates or mirrors the data on both drives No data will be lost if one of the drives fails Mirror Striping RAID 1 0 Combined both Striping and Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and the data availability and integrity that come from Mirroring Parity RAID 5 Adds fault tolerant to disk striping by including parity information with the data INSTALLATIONS Software Installation Note Install the SATARAID5 array manager utility from the CD that came with your package first before installing the SATA Host Controller A From the CD start up menu select Auto Play gt SATA RAID Utilitie2. r Important Note To do a RAID SET with 4 SATA drives directly connected to the SATA ports on the controller card you can press F4 or CTRL S from the boot up screen Read and follow the instruction inside the BIOS screen e You can also install the SATA GUI utility Under Windows to monitor the RAID Set It is under the Utility section of the driver disc e If you have a port multiplier PM with 5 drives and connect the PM to the SATA controller card in the RAID BIOS of the SATA controller card it will only display 1 drive and that is the drive connected to port 1 on the PM To see all 5 drives you would need to be inside the operating system disk utility TECHNICAL SUPPORT 8 30 am to 6 00 pm PST Phone 408 573 8580 Email http www addonics com support ticketid
3. s gt Model ADSA4R5 B Unzip the file on your drive Folder name is SATARAID5_Utility_3124 C On the GUI folder install 3124 W I32 R_15110 msi SATARAID5 software D From the CD start up menu select SATA Adapters gt Model ADSA4R5 E Unzip the file on your drive Folder name is 3124r5 Hardware Installation 1 Power off PC and remove its cover 2 Select an empty PCI or PCI X slot and insert the SATA host controller 3 Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw 4 Close the PC s cover Windows 2000 XP 2003 2008 Server Driver Installation 1 Turn computer ON When Windows boots up A New Hardware Found pops on the screen and the Addonics Serial ATA PCI Host Controller is identified 2 Atthe Add New Hardware Wizard Window click Next 3 Choose Select for the best driver for your devices and click Next 4 Navigate to the folder where you extracted the 3124r5 driver 5 If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft you will be asked if you want to continue the installation Click Continue 6 When the new hardware wizard has finish installing the Serial ATA card Click Finish to complete the installations Confirming Serial ATA Driver Installation 1 Right click the My Computer icon and select Manage 2 Click Device Manager in the Menu Tree 3 Click the sign in front of SCSI controllers Silicon Image SoftRAID5 controller should appea
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