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SATA II-150 PCI RAID
Quick Installation Guide
Introducing the SATA II-150 PCI RAID
The SATA II-150 PCI RAID is an ultra high-speed two
channel Serial ATA Generation II RAID controller for use
in PCI enabled systems.
Features and Benefits
• Compliant with PCI 2.3
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specifications and
complement of SATA II optional features
• Supports RAID 0 (stripe) for performance and RAID
1 (mirror) for data protection
• Supports two SATA channels and data transfer rate
up to 1.5Gb
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Package Contents • SATA II-150 PCI RAID board • 2 SATA data cables and one dual-connector SATA power cable • Spare low profile bracket • Driver CD and Quick Installation Guide Layout HDD LED pins (Front chassis Internal LED; connects horizontally) connectors HDD Activity LEDs Figure 1. SATA II-150 PCI RAID Hardware Installation General instructions for installing the card are provided below. Since the design of computer cases and motherboards vary, refer to your computer’s reference manual fo
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1. Turn OFF the power to your computer and any other connected peripheral devices. 2. Unplug the power cord from the back of the computer, remove the cover. 3. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot. 4. To install the card, carefully align the card's bus connector with the selected PCI slot on the motherboard. Push the board down firmly, but gently, until it is well seated. 5. Replace the slot bracket holding screw to secure the card. 6. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the
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3. Select Create, then press Enter. 4. Select RAID 0, then press spacebar. 5. Select chunk size from 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k , 128k or 256k, then press spacebar. 6. Create name or leave blank, press Enter. 7. When asked Expand RAID 0 to maximum capacity, select No, then press Enter. 8. Select Exit, then press Enter. 9. When asked Are You Sure to Exit(Yes/No)?, select Yes, then press Enter to exit and reboot. 10. Continue with the Fdisk and Format steps as if you were installing a conventional hard dri
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JBOD This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives. JBOD will destroy existing data on the hard drive. 1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+R when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen select RAID, then press Enter. 3. Select Create, then press Enter. 4. Select JBOD, then press spacebar. 5. Create name or leave blank, press Enter. 6. Select Exit, then press Enter. 7. When asked Are You Sure to Exit(Yes/No)?, select Yes, then press Enter to exit and reboot. 8. Continue with F
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6. When asked, All data in selected drive will lost! Continue (Yes/No)?, select Yes, then press Enter. 7. Select RAID, then select Rebuild. 8. Press Enter. The mirror will begin rebuilding. Do not interfere with the process. 9. When rebuilding is finished, select Exit, then press Enter 10. When asked Are You Sure to Exit(Yes/No)?, select Yes, then press Enter to exit and reboot. To Rebuild the Mirror while in Windows 1. Replace the failed drive(s) with one of equal or greater capacity, then st
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Low Level Format Low Level Format is built into the RAID BIOS to make it more convenient to erase the entire contents of a hard disk drive, including data, drive and partition information. The Low Level Format utility works on single hard drives only, before the RAID set is configured. BIOS Configuration SATA II-150 PCI RAID BIOS will appear everytime your system starts up. If the BIOS doesn't show, please try your controller in another PCI slot. During this (Post) process, the BIOS will show
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4. At the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press F6 to install the RAID driver. 5. When prompted, press S to specify the location of the driver. 6. Insert the floppy disk, then press Enter. 7. Select Initio INIC162x S-ATA RAID Driver For Windows 2000, then press Enter. 8. Press Enter again continue and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows installation. Do not remove the floppy disk until instructed. When Windows installation completes, go to Initio SATA RAID Manager GUI on page 13
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Windows XP/Server 2003 For A New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the Floppy folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. 1. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installation. 2. Follow Microsoft Windows installation procedure. 3. Restart the computer if prompted by Windows' installation. Otherwise, go directly to step 4. 4. At the Windows Setup scree
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2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard: XP (w/SP1 or earlier)/Server 2003: continue to step #3 XP (w/SP2 or later)/Server 2003 (w/ SP1 or later): select No, not at this time, then click Next. 3. Insert the driver CD, select Install the software automatically (Recommended), and click Next. 4. Accept the default entry, then click Next. 5. Click Continue Anyway, then click Finish. 6. Repeat steps 2-5. 7. Click Yes to restart to complete the installation. When Windows resumes, go to Initio SATA RAID M
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For An Existing Installation 1. Setup the RAID array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows. 2. At the Found New Hardware window, click Locate and install the driver software (recommended). 3. Click Continue. Insert the driver CD when prompted. 4. At The software for this device has been successfully installed, click Close. 5. Restart Windows Vista to complete the installation. When Windows resumes, go to Initio SATA RAID Manager GUI on page 13 and install the RAID utility. Windows
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4. Click Install this driver software anyway, then click Close. 5. Restart Windows to complete the installation. When Windows resumes, go to Initio SATA RAID Manager GUI on page 13 and install the RAID utility. To Verify Windows Installation For Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 1. Right click My Computer and click Manage. 2. Select Device Manager. 3. Double click SCSI and RAID controllers, and Initio INIC1622 S-ATA Raid Controller and Initio RAID Interface should be displayed. For Windows Vista 1. Ri
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Initio SATA RAID Manager GUI The Initio SATA RAID Manager GUI provides the user an easy way to monitor your RAID set. Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Installation 1. Place the driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. At the Windows desktop click Start, then Run. 3. Type D:\Gui\Setup.exe, then click OK. (Change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter) 4. Click Next, Next, Next. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Windows Vista /Server 2008 Installation 1. Place the driver CD i
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