Manual de instrucciones de Lindy ATA-133

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Low Profile Ultra ATA-133 RAID PCI Host
1. Introduction

This Low Profile Ultra ATA-133 RAID PCI Host Adapter is a PCI to dual Ultra
ATA-133 host controller board which can support Low profile PCI and
regular size PCI both. It provides a 32bit, 33/66 MHz PCI interface on the
host side and dual, fully compliant Ultra ATA-133 ports on the device side to
access ATA Hard disk drive.

The board can be used to upgrade your desktop computer to have dual Ultra
ATA-133 Channels and support RAID

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= Supports software-controlled ATA bus tri-state. = Supports device specific timing registers. = Supports device read-ahead and write-ahead capability under Virtual DMA. = Features one 256-byte FIFO (32-bit x 64 deep) per IDE channel for host reads and writes. = Features ATA to PCI interrupt masking. = Features command buffering from the PCI to ATA. = Features Virtual DMA: Bus master transfer on the PCI bus and PIO transfer on the ATA bus. = Features Watch Dog Timer f

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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

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1. As the BIOS boots, press F3 to enter the raid bios utility. 2. Select Create RAID set. Press F2. 3. Select Create Mirrored set press F2. 4. Press Y Select automatic Setup. 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. 3.3. Creating a Mirrored-Striped Set 1. As the BIOS boots, press F3 t

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3.7. 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 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 me

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the operating system boots, click on the Start button located at the bottom left hand corner of the Desktop, select Settings and then Control Panel. Find and click on the SCSI Adapters. Click Drivers and Add. The next window is asking for the location of the driver to be installed. Since the driver is on the provided floppy disk, insert the floppy in the floppy disk drive and click Have Disk. The next window is asking for the location of the driver. Most floppy disk drives are configur

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1. After computer restarts, insert floppy disk in floppy disk drive. 2. Double-click on My Computer. 3. Double-click on 3 1/2 Floppy [A:]. 4. Double-click on InstallSiIConfig.exe. 5. Follow on-screen instructions to complete installation. Note: Do NOT install in the Start Up folder. Choose the Default folder (normally Accessories or Administrative Tools or something similar). Windows XP Operating System After the board has been properly installed, when the computer is powered on,

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2-ST305-01A 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. - 8 -