Addonics Technologies ADSA4R5 Manual Do Utilizador

Addonics Technologies Users Guide v1.0
4-Port SATA II PCI RAID5/JBOD Controller Card

Hardware Installations:
1.  Remove PC cover.
2.  Select an empty PCI slot and insert the SATA Controller.
3.  Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw.
4.  Close the PC’s cover.

Fresh Windows Operating System Installation Types:
A.  Concatenated Raid Set

Requires One hard drive

B. Stripped Raid Set (RAID 0)

Requires Two hard drives

C. Mirrored Raid Set (RAID 1)

Requires Two hard drives

D. Parity Raid Set (RAID 5)

Requires Three or more hard drives

A. CONCATENATED RAID Set Configuration in RAID BIOS:
1. Power ON your PC.
2. Wait until the system prompts for the RAID BIOS Configuration Utility.

Press CTRL+ S or the F4 key to enter the BIOS RAID Utility.

3. The RAID Utility menu screen will be displayed. Select Create RAID

set.

4. Choose CONCATENATION. Press Enter. Press Enter to select first

drive of the RAID set.

5. Are You Sure? Press Y.
6. Under the Logical Drive Component, you should see SiI Concatenation

and the Drive Capacity.

7.  Press CRTL+E to Exit.
8.  Are you sure to exit? Press Y.
9.  The PC will reboot.
10.  At the Windows Set-up screen, press F6 to specify and add the driver.
11.  Insert the Floppy Driver diskette containing the driver from step 1 above.

Press S, then press Enter.

12. Select

Silicon Image SiI 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows XP/
Server 2003 or
Silicon Image SiI 3124 SATARaid Controller for Windows 2000,
press Enter.

13. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to

complete installation.