Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 160377 Manhattan Computer Products
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MAN-160377-UM-1006-02 S A T A 3 0 0 R A I D P C I E X P R E S S C A R D U S E R M A N U A L M O D E L 1 6 0 3 7 7.
2 Th a nk y ou f o r p ur c ha s i ng the M AN HA TT AN ® S A T A 300 RAID PC I Exp r ess Ca rd , Mode l 1 60 3 77 . Compl iant with PCI Express 1 .0a and SA T A 1 .
3 I NTRODUCTI ON Thi s S A T A 300 R AID PCI Express Card ( also k nown as a low- profi le PC I -Exp r ess host adapter) is a contr oller boar d that suppor ts both low-profi le and regular - si ze PCI in one car d.
4 FE A TU RE S • External S A T A 300 (eSA T A) connector • 48 bits L BA can break capaci t y: lim it to su pp ort HDD larger than 1 3 7 GB • Suppor ts 1 -lane 2 .5 Gbps PCI Express • Hot-plug ca pabil it y • Suppor ts SA T A 3 0 0 tran sfer rate of 3 .
5 WHA T I S R AID ? RAID (red und an t ar ray of in depen dent di sks) tech nol ogy mana ges mu lti ple di sk dr iv es to enha nce I / O per formance and pr ovide redu ndancy i n or der to w ithsta nd the fai lure of a ny indi vidual member without loss of data .
6 B IOS IN ST AL L A TION ( R AI D S ET T IN G ) Cr e ati ng and deleting R AID sets is a funct ion found in the BIOS ( basic integr ated oper ating system). During b oot u p , the RA ID set ti ng message will app ear and pause f or a f ew moments to allow you t o ch oose what to do .
7 C reat ing Mir ror ed Sets ( R AID 1 ) 1 . A s the BIO S boots , press CTRL +S or F 4 to e nter the r AID BIOS util it y . 2 . Select "C reate R AID set . " P ress En ter . 3 . Select "R AID 1 , " then pr ess E nter . 4 . Select " Auto configur ation .
8 C reat ing a P arity RAID ( R AID 5 ) 1 . A s the BIO S boots , press CTRL +S or F 4 to e nter the RAID BIOS util it y . 2 . Select "C reate R AID set . " P ress En ter . 3 . Select "R AID 5 , " then press Enter . 4 . Select " Auto Configur ation .
9 4 . Select "Spare Drives . " Press Enter . 5 . Select "R AID siz e . " P ress E nter . 6 . Pr ess Y to sav e y our set tin gs. Delet ing R AID Sets 1 . A s the BIO S boots , press CTRL +S or F 4 to e nter the RAID BIOS util it y .
10 R esolv ing Con fli ct W hen a R AI D se t is cr eate d , the met ada ta wr i tten to th e di sk i nc lud es dr iv e con ne ct io n i nf orm at io n (pri mary and seco nda r y).
11 4 . P ress Enter to con tinue with text mode setup . 5 . F ollow the Setup instructi ons to select your choice for partiti on and file system . 6 . Af ter Setup e xami nes your di sks, it wil l c opy fi les to W indo ws 200 0 ins tallation folders and res tar t the system .
12 8 . The wiz ard will now copy the r e qui red files to the sys tem a nd s tart the driv er . When the wiz ard displays a completi on dialog , cl ick "F ini sh" to e xit the wi zar d . 9 . See V eri f yi ng Con tro lle r In sta lla ti on Unde r Wi ndo ws to ve ri f y the PCI Expr ess C ard wa s i nst al led corr ectly .
13 3 . The system w ill go thr ough the enumerat ion process and ins tall the drive r . At the end of the process , cl ick "Y es " t o r eboot y our sy stem if necessar y . 4 . See V eri f yi ng Cont r olle r Ins tal lat ion Unde r Wi ndo ws to ver ify the PCI Express C ard wa s i nst al led corr ectly .
14 S PEC I F IC A TIO N S P ort Specifica tio ns • T wo in ter nal SA T A 300 ports • Co mpl ia nt wi th ser ia l A T A 1 . 0 speci ficat io ns • 4 8-b it LBA sup ports HDD lar ger tha n 1 3 7.
15 S yste m R equ ir ement s • W in dow s 2000 /XP / Ser ve r 2 00 3 • PC I Expr ess-en abled sys tem wi th an av ai la ble Expr ess Ca rd slo t • C D -ROM dr iv e P ackag e Conten ts • SA T A.
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