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1. 13 Insert the Floppy Driver diskette containing the driver from step 1 above Press S then press Enter Select Silicon Image Sil 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 or Silicon Image SiI 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows 2000 press Enter Press Enter to continue and follow on screen instructions to complete installation B STRIPPED RAID Set Configuration in RAID BIOS N e NIN 10 11 12 13 14 Power ON your PC Wait until the system prompts for the RAID BIOS Configuration Utility Press CTRL S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID Utility The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed Select Create RAID set Choose RAID 0 Press Enter Press Enter to automatically create RAID set Press Enter to select the Raid size Are You Sure Press Y Under the Logical Drive Component you should see Sil RaidO Set and the Drive Capacity Press CRTL E to Exit Are you sure to exit Press Y The PC will reboot At the Windows Set up screen press F6 to specify and add the driver Insert the Floppy Driver diskette containing the driver from step 1 above Press S then press Enter Select Silicon Image Sil 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 or Silicon Image Sil 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows 2000 press Enter Press Enter to continue and follow on screen instructions to complete installation C MIRRORED RAID Set Configuration in RAID BIOS 1 2 Power O2. Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 21 Technical Support If you need assistance to get your unit functioning properly please call Addonics Technical Support Our technical staff will be happy to assist you but they will need your help to do so Calling the technical support staff without all the proper information can be both time consuming and frustrating Here are some tips to help you out MODEL NUMBER Please have this number on hand SYSTEM INFORMATION Type of computer peripherals etc OPERATING SYSTEM What version of Windows WHAT S THE TROUBLE Give enough information about your problem so that we can recreate and diagnose it FREE Software Drivers for all Addonics Technologies Products are available 24 hours per day at the World Wide Web Site www addonics com Contact Information Addonics Technologies 2466 Kruse Drive San Jose CA 95131 Phone 408 433 3899 Fax 408 433 3898 Email sales team Addonics com Internet http www addonics com Technical Support Phone 408 433 3855 Hours 9 00 6 00 PST Email techinfo addonics com Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 22
3. RAID 1 S Spare Drive is a standby drive assigned to serve a Raid Set When a member drive of this Raid 1 set drive fails the Spare Drive becomes a member drive and automatically starts to rebuild Thus making it the new member of the Raid 1Set Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X RAIDS Controller Card 4 2 5 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 the parity is written to different disk There are at least 3 members to a Parity RAID set 2 6 JBOD Just Bunch of Disks The JBOD is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X RAIDS Controller Card 5 Chapter 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 A
4. Select SATA Utilities gt Model ADS3GX4R5 E 2 The WinZip Self Extractor Sil_3124 exe window pops up Click the Browse button and locate My Documents click OK Click the Unzip button 3 Go to My Documents double click the Sil 3124 folder and select the SATARAID Tools folder Select the folder with your operating system 4 Install the SATARAIDS software by clicking the 3124 W I32 R a moaos Welcome to the 3124 W I32 R SATARAIDS5 Setup Wizard Click Next License Agreement Select I Agree click Next Do you want to add a shortcut to your Desktop Click Next Select Installation Folder Click Next Confirm Installation Click Next The J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 License window opens Select I accept the terms in the license agreement then click Next J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Setup Type Click Next J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Complete Click Finish 3124 W I32 R SATARAIDS5 Installation Complete Click Close Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 13 Hardware Installations 5 6 hs 8 Power OFF PC and remove its cover Select an empty PCI PCI X slot and insert the SATA Controller Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw Close the PC s cover Windows 2000 Driver Installations 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Turn computer ON When Windows boots up Found N
5. 9 e088 T3300631AS p 7 4a gag S L New Image Info Log fen T First Aid Erase Partition RAID Restore 153 4 GB HDT722516D 7 Hitachi 160 To erase a disk or volume select its icon specify a format and name and click Erase 279 5 GB ST3300631AS s Seagate 16 Erasing a disk erases all data and volumes on a disk leaving the disk empty Erasing a selected volume erases that volume only leaving other volumes on the disk unchanged e To securely erase data click Security Options and select an option before clicking Erase To help prevent recovery of deleted files click the Erase Free Space button Volume Format M 2 en jou Name Untitled 4 Disk Description ST3300631AS Total Capacity 279 5 GB 300 069 052 416 Bytes Connection Bus Serial ATA Write Status Read Write Connection Type Internal S M A R T Status Verified gt Connection ID Device 0 A upper 7 Setup When you first purchase and install a new hard drive in the SATA PM enclosure attached to the ADS3GX4R5 E host adapter you will need to format the hard drive using the erase tab in Disk Utility Disk Utility can be found in your Utility folder Once you have erased the new hard drive it will mount on your desktop and be ready for use You can also create RAIDs using Disk Utility with the hard drives mounted in your SATA PM enclosure The Sil3124 0 42 4 driver supports hot swap deep sleep and provides up to four e
6. Addonics TECHNOLOGIES 4 Port External SATA IT PCI PCI X RAID5 Controller Card ADS3GX4R5 E User s Guide Revision 1 2 FCC Warning Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy If not installed and used in accordance with the instructions it may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If the equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following suggestions Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment to a different power outlet other than the one where receiver is connected Consult a certified television or radio technician LIMITED WARRANTY Addonics guarantees that every product is free from physical defects in material and workmanship during the warranty period specified for each product when used within the limits set forth in the Specifications section in the user guide Unauthorized tempe
7. Enter to automatically create raid set Press Enter to select the Raid size Are You Sure Press Y Under the Logical Drive Component you should see Sil Raid5 Set and the Drive Capacity Press CRTL E to Exit Are you sure to exit Press Y The PC will reboot At the Windows Set up screen press F6 to specify and add the driver Insert the Floppy Driver diskette containing the driver from step above Press S then press Enter Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 11 15 Select Silicon Image Sil 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 or Silicon Image Sil 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows 2000 press Enter 16 Press Enter to continue and follow on screen instructions to complete installation Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 12 Chapter 5 Existing Windows System installation This section provides the information on how to install the drivers of RAID Native SATA 150 4Ports PCI Host Adapter onto computer with existing operating systems 5 1 Windows 2000 Driver and software installation For Existing Windows 2000 Systems with Service Pack 2 or later Note Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came with your package first before installing the Host Controller 1 Power on the system Insert the CDROM that came with the product The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up
8. N your PC Wait until the system prompts for the RAID BIOS Configuration Utility Press CTRL S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID Utility Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 10 SON 10 11 12 13 14 Ne The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed Select Create RAID set Choose RAID 1 Press Enter Press Enter to automatically create a RAID 1 set without data copy Press Enter to select the Raid size Are You Sure Press Y Under the Logical Drive Component you should see Sil Raid Set and the Drive Capacity Press CRTL E to Exit Are you sure to exit Press Y The PC will reboot At the Windows Set up screen press F6 to specify and add the driver Insert the Floppy Driver diskette containing the driver from step 1 above Press S then press Enter Select Silicon Image Sil 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 or Silicon Image Sil 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows 2000 press Enter Press Enter to continue and follow on screen instructions to complete installation PARITY RAID Set Configuration in RAID BIOS Power ON your PC Wait until the system prompts for the RAID BIOS Configuration Utility Press CTRL S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID Utility The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed Select Create RAID set Choose RAID 5 Press Enter Select how many drives for the raid set Press Enter to select 3 Press
9. TARAID Tools folder Select the folder with your operating system 4 Install the SATARAIDS software by clicking the 3124 W I32 R a Welcome to the 3124 W I32 R SATARAIDS5 Setup Wizard Click Next b License Agreement Select I Agree click Next C Do you want to add a shortcut to your Desktop Click Next d Select Installation Folder Click Next e Confirm Installation Click Next f The J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 License window opens Select I accept the terms in the license agreement then click Next g J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Setup Type Click Next h J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Complete Click Finish i 3124 W I32 R SATARAID5 Installation Complete Click Close Hardware Installations 5 Power OFF PC and remove its cover 6 Select an empty PCI PCI X slot and insert the SATA Controller 7 Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw 8 Close the PC s cover Windows XP Driver Installations 9 Turn computer ON When Windows boots up Found New Hardware Wizard pops on the screen and the Silicon Image Sil 3124 SoftRaidS Controller is identified What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended is selected by default Click Next 10 Please wait while the wizard installs the software 11 The Hardware Installation window opens Click Continue Anyway Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 P
10. Y neee 1 Contenitsscc5 iii isch eis testes bach a eshte EE N reek Saale 2 Chapter 1 Specifications sese eee eee eee eee 3 Chapter 2 RAID Kee TT 4 5 Chapter 3 BIOS Installation sese eee eee eee 6 7 Chapter 4 New Windows System fresh installation 8 11 Chapter 5 Existing Windows System Installation 13 18 Windows 2000 Driver sss sees eee eee 13 14 Windows XP Driver TTT 15 16 Windows 2003 Server sss eee eee 17 18 Verifying controller driver sss eee eee eee 18 Chapter 6 Existing Macintosh System Installation sss sese 19 21 Technical Support amp Contact Information sese eee eee eee ee eee 22 Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X RAIDS Controller Card Chapter1 Specifications General Serial ATA SATA 3 0 Gbps 300MB s or 1 5 Gbps 1SOMB s Compliant with SATA 1 0 and ATA ATA II Extensions to SATA 1 0 e Port Multiplier e Native Command Queuing NCQ e rst Party DMA Four independent DMA channels with 2KB FIFO per channel Independent command fetch scatter gather and command execution Supports up to 4MB External FLASH Supports ATAPI devices CD ROM DVD ROM etc Supports hot plug of SATA devices Built in RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1 0 RAID 5 and JBOD support Silicon Image chipset Sil 3124 PCI X Interface 64 bit 133MHz PCI X Backward compatible with PCI v2 3 Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X RAIDS Controller Card Chapter 2 RAID tutor
11. ary and Secondary If after a disk failure the 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 Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X RAIDS Controller Card 7 Chapter 4 New Windows Systems Fresh Installation Hardware Configuration Note To doa fresh install of Windows your hard drive must be connected to Port 1 of the host controller For New Windows Systems Fresh Installation with Port Multiplier Hardware Configuration Note To do a fresh install of Windows your hard drive must be connected to Port 1 of the Port Multiplier The eSATA cable coming out of your Port Multiplier must be connected to the eSATA Port 1 of the host controller Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X RAIDS Controller Card 8 Before installation extract the driver files to a floppy diskette a Open the Addonics Technologies Driver Disk b On the main menu select SATA Controller Drivers gt ADS3GX4R5 E c The Winz
12. ded to avoid static electricity Open the PowerMac G4 or G5 Install the four port ADS3GX4RS5 E in an open PCI or PCI X slot Secure the bracket with a screw Close the PowerMac G4 or G5 and reconnect the cables Turn on the computer Sy Oy ETEO EO Software Driver Install 1 Copy the SiI3124 0 42 4 pkg zip found under the Drivers folder from the Addonics Driver CD to your hard drive 2 Decompress the zip file by double clicking on it 3 Launch the SiI3124 0 42 4 pkg 4 Press Continue and accept the license 5 Select your startup drive as the install destination volume 6 Push continue and the install button 7 Type in your password to complete the installation Usage The SiI3124 0 42 4 Macintosh driver supplied with the Addonics ADS3GX4RS5 E SATA host adapter is designed to provide SATA port multiplier compatibility on all four ports with an Apple PowerMac G4 or G5 running Mac OS X 10 3 x or 10 4 x The driver is not designed for use with individual SATA hard drives in a direct connect configuration There are a variety of SATA PM enclosures that will work with the ADS3GX4RS5 E host adapter using the Si 3124 0 42 4 Macintosh driver Addonics provides a Storage Tower that includes a 5X1 Port Multiplier that will work with this host adapter model STSX1PM It can be found here http www addonics com products raid_system ast4 asp Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 1
13. ew Hardware Wizard pops on the screen The Digital Signature Not Found window opens The Silicon Image Sil 3124 SoftRaidS Controller is identified Do you want to continue the installation Click Yes Please wait while the wizard installs the software When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Serial ATA Controller Card click Finish to complete the installations The Found New Hardware Wizard pops on the screen and the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device is identified Do you want to continue the installation Click Yes Please wait while the wizard installs the software When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device click Finish to complete the installations Restart the PC for the new settings to take effect Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 14 5 2 Windows XP Driver and Software Installation Note Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came with your package first before installing the Host Controller 1 Power on the system Insert the CDROM that came with the product The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up Select SATA Utilities gt Model ADS3GX4R5 E 2 The WinZip Self Extractor Sil_3124 exe window pops up Click the Browse button and locate My Documents click OK Click the Unzip button 3 Go to My Documents double click the Sil 3124 folder and select the SA
14. hen the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Serial ATA Controller Card click Finish to complete the installations The Found New Hardware Wizard pops on the screen and the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device is identified What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended is selected by default Click Next Please wait while the wizard installs the software When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device click Finish to complete the installations Restart the PC for the new settings to take effect Verifying Host Controller Driver 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 Sil 3124 SoftRaid 5 Controller the driver is started correctly Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 18 Chapter 6 Existing Macintosh System Installation The ADS3GX4R5 E has been tested on a PowerMac G5 Dual 2 0 GHz model with PCI X slots and as low as a PowerMac G4 400 model with PCI slots Mac OS X 10 3 x or 10 4 x is required for the driver to work properly Hardware Install Turn the PowerMac G4 or G5 off and disconnect all cables Make sure that you are groun
15. ial 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 This card provides two RAID Set types Striped RAID 0 and Mirrored RAID 1 2 1 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 lar ger virtual disk 2 2 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 2 3 Mirrored Striping RAID 1 0 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 2 4 Spare Drive
16. ip Self Extractor ADS3GX45R E opens Click Browse and select My Documents d The folder ADS3GX4RS5 E will be created e Select the folder with your corresponding operating system and extract the file to the floppy diskette Hardware Installations 1 2 3 4 Remove PC cover Select an empty PCI PCI X slot and insert the SATA Controller Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw Close the PC s cover Fresh Windows Operating System Installation Types A B nM sown Concatenated Raid Set Requires One hard drive Stripped Raid Set RAID 0 Requires Two hard drives Mirrored Raid Set RAID 1 Requires Two hard drives Parity Raid Set RAID 5 Requires Three or more hard drives CONCATENATED RAID Set Configuration in RAID BIOS Power ON your PC Wait until the system prompts for the RAID BIOS Configuration Utility Press CTRL S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID Utility The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed Select Create RAID set Choose CONCATENATION Press Enter Press Enter to select first drive of the RAID set Are You Sure Press Y Under the Logical Drive Component you should see Sil Concatenation and the Drive Capacity Press CRTL E to Exit Are you sure to exit Press Y The PC will reboot 0 At the Windows Set up screen press F6 to specify and add the driver Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X RAID5 Controller Card 11 12
17. ort eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 15 12 13 14 15 16 When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Serial ATA Controller Card click Finish to complete the installations The Found New Hardware Wizard pops on the screen and the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device is identified What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended T is selected by default Click Next Please wait while the wizard installs the software When the new hardware wizard has finished installing the Silicon Image s Pseudo Processor Device click Finish to complete the installations Restart the PC for the new settings to take effect Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 16 5 3 Windows 2003 Server Driver and software installation Note Install the SATA Utilities from the CD that came with your package first before installing the Host Controller 1 Power on the system Insert the CDROM that came with the product The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up Select SATA Utilities gt Model ADS3GX4R5 E 2 The WinZip Self Extractor Sil_3124 exe window pops up Click the Browse button and locate My Documents click OK Click the Unzip button 3 Go to My Documents double click the Sil 3124 folder and select the SATARAID Tools folder Select the folder with your operating system 4 Install the SATARAIDS
18. ring of the product or using it outside the scope of the product specifications will result in voiding the warranty If the product proves defective during this warranty period call Addonics Technical Support to obtain a Return Authorization number BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE ON HAND WHEN CALLING RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE When returning a product mark the Return Authorization number clearly on the outside of the package and include your original proof of purchase Customers are responsible for paying the shipping and handling of the products to Addonics warranty service location IN NO EVENT SHALL ADDONICS LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT FROM DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION Addonics makes no warranty or representation expressed implied or statuary with respect to its products or the contents or use of the user guide and all accompanying software and specifically disclaims its quality performance merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Addonics reserves the right to revise or update its products software or documentation without obligation to notify any individual or entity Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X RAIDS Controller Card 1 Contents FOC Warming aine dasteahatiiedisthe tiie E T 1 LIMITED WARRANT
19. s the BIOS boots Press CTRL S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility 2 Select Create RAID set Press Enter 3 Select Stripe then press Enter 4 Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives Press Enter 5 Press Y to save your settings 6 Press CTRL E and then press Y to exit the setup 7 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 2 Select Create RAID set Press Enter 3 Select Mirrored then press Enter 4 Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives Press Enter 5 Press Y to save your settings 6 Press CTRL E and then press Y to exit the setup 7 Your RAID configuration is complete Please proceed to software installation section 3 3 Creating a Mirrored Striped Set RAID 1 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 1 set then press Enter 4 Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives Press Enter 5 After the Raid 1 set is created then click on Create Raid Set again 6 Press Create the spare drive Select the drive to be the spare 7 Press Y to save your settings 8 Press Ctrl E then Y to exit the setup 9 Your RAID configuration is complete Please proceed to software installation section Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Por
20. software by clicking the 3124 W I32 R a Welcome to the 3124 W I32 R SATARAIDS5 Setup Wizard Click Next b License Agreement Select I Agree click Next G Do you want to add a shortcut to your Desktop Click Next d Select Installation Folder Click Next e Confirm Installation Click Next f The J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 License window opens Select I accept the terms in the license agreement then click Next g J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Setup Type Click Next h J2SE Runtime Environment 5 0 Update 5 Complete Click Finish i 3124 W I32 R SATARAID5 Installation Complete Click Close Hardware Installations 5 Power OFF PC and remove its cover 6 Select an empty PCI PCI X slot and insert the SATA Controller 7 Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw 8 Close the PC s cover Windows 2003 Server Driver Installations 9 Turn computer ON When Windows boots up Found New Hardware Wizard pops on the screen and the Silicon Image Sil 3124 SoftRaidS Controller is identified What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended is selected by default Click Next Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X R AIDS Controller Card 17 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Please wait while the wizard installs the software The Hardware Installation window opens Click Continue Anyway W
21. t eSATA II PCI PCI X RAIDS Controller Card 6 3 4 Creating a 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 RAID 1 set then press Enter 4 Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives Press Enter 5 After the Raid 1 set is created then click on Create Raid Set again 6 Press Create the spare drive Select the drive to be the spare 7 Press Y to save your settings 8 Press Ctrl E then Y to exit the setup 9 Your RAID configuration is complete Please proceed to software installation section Note Raid 1 must be created first before spare drive can be created 3 5 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 6 Rebuilding Mirrored Sets 1 After replacing the failed hard drives boot the BIOS Press CTRL S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility 2 Select rebuilding Mirrored set Press Enter 3 Select Online rebuild or Offline rebuild 4 Answer Y to rebuild the Mirrored set of hard drive 3 7 Resolving Conflict When a RAID set is created the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information Prim
22. xternal ports on the ADS3GX4R5 E host adapter that can be connected to as many as four SATA PM enclosures of five SATA hard drives each Using this card with four enclosures Power Macintosh users can support up to 20 hard drives using a single ADS3GX4RS5 E SATA host adapter Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1 0 4 Port eSATA II PCI PCI X RAIDS Controller Card 20 Need Single Drive Support If you need to support single hard drives direct connect with the ADS3GX4RS5 E host adapter it can be done using the Sil 3124 1 1 0 Macintosh drivers found here http www siliconimage com support supportsearchresults aspx pid 27 amp cid 3 amp ctid 2 amp osid 3 amp Addonics has not included these drivers as they require a separate SATARAIDS setup procedure before any hard drives can be used on the Macintosh Some users will find this interface less Mac like than when using the iI3124 0 42 4 drivers that we have included In addition as no uninstall program is available for the Sil 3124 1 1 0 Macintosh drivers you may find it difficult to go back to the SiI3124 0 42 4 drivers Our suggestion is that you utilize the SiI3124 0 42 4 drivers in situations where you need SATA PM connections and use your other cards for individual hard drive connections If this is not possible you may want to try the Sil 3124 1 1 0 Macintosh drivers However please understand that Addonics does not offer tech support for the Sil 3124 1 1 0 Macintosh drivers
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