User manual ENCORE SATA2 RAID PCIE CARD VER. 2.00

[. . . ] To install the card, carefully align the card's bus connector with the selected PCI Express slot on the motherboard. Push the board 4 MN down firmly, but gently, until it is well seated. Replace the slot bracket's holding screw to secure the card. Device Connection Serial ATA hard drives should come with their own accessories. In most cases, you just need to power up the device and connect them to the ports. [. . . ] The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set. Replace he failed drive(s) with one of equal or greater capacity, then start the computer. 6. Mar/07 During boot press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter the RAID BIOS. Select the single hard drive then press Enter. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, 9 MN Press Y to confirm. When asked Are you sure(Y/N)?, press Y confirm. When rebuilding is finished, press Ctrl+E. 10. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. Deleting RAID Arrays 1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. Select Delete RAID Set, then press Enter. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, press Y to confirm. Resolving Conflicts When a RAID set is created, then metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information. 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. If so, this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt, in order for the RAID set to Mar/07 10 MN function properly, this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata. To resolve this, from the main BIOS window select Resolve Conflicts, then press Enter, the correct metadata, including the correct drive connection information, will be written to the replacement disk. Low Level Format Low Level Format is build 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 drive only, before the RAID set is configured. Logical Drive Info This menu item allows the display of the assignment of physical drives within a logical set(RAID0, RAID1, etc. ). This is display only function. BIOS Configuration The SiI 3132 SATA II PCIe RAID adapter BIOS will appear every time your system starts up. If the BIOS doesn't show, please try your Mar/07 11 MN controller in another PCI Express slot. During this (POST) process, the BIOS will show up and indicate the devices attached to it. Driver Installation For Windows® XP/Server 2003 For New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the "Driver\x86" folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation. Follow Microsoft's Windows installation procedure. Restart the computer when prompted by Windows' installation. [. . . ] Insert the floppy disk, please select Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller (A:\si3132r5. inf), then press Next. Mar/07 15 MN (Change A:\ to match your floppy drive letter) 6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows installation. For An Existing Installation 1. Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows. At Found New Hardware Wizard, select Locate and install driver software (recommended). [. . . ]