UltraATA 133 PCI RAID Quick Installation Guide Introducing the UltraATA 133 PCI RAID The UltraATA 133 PCI RAID is a ultra high-speed dual channel Ultra ATA/133 controller for use in Pentium class computers. It achieves burst data transfer rates up to 133MB/sec and supports drive capacities greater than 137GB. It's enhanced BIOS auto-detects device types and fine tunes to the best performance for each connected hard drive.
System Requirements • • Pentium class computer with one available PCI slot Windows 98SE/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP (32-/64-bit) /Server 2003 (32-/64-bit) Package Contents • • • • • UltraATA 133 PCI RAID controller Two 40-pin/80-wire Ultra ATA cables Two "Y" split power cables Software/Driver CD Quick Installation Guide Layout Pin1 IDE2 Pin1 IDE1 HDD Activity LED Jumper On (do not remove) Figure 1.
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 for further information, if needed. Static Electricity Discharge may permanently damage your system. Discharge any static electricity build up in your body by touching your computer’s case for a few seconds. Avoid any contact with internal parts and handle cards only by their external edges. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
In any given RAID set, it's best to install the hard drives on separate channels, either Master to Master or Slave to Slave. For example, if you are setting up a RAID set with two hard drives, install the first drive on IDE1 as Master and the second on IDE2 as Master. Use the same concept for multiple hard drives. Note: Only the 40-pin/80-wire UltraATA cable can achieve hard disk UDMA 133 performance. When attaching only two hard drives it is recommended that they be connected on separate IDE channels. 1.
3. Install the hard disk drive to your computer. Attach the end connector of the Ultra ATA cable to the connector on the hard disk drive. Make certain that pin 1 on the cable (indicated by the stripe) matches pin 1 on the hard disk drive’s connector. The same procedure applies when making connection to IDE2. Note: The ribbon cable has two connectors. If you have one hard disk drive, connect it to the end connector of cable and set it as master.
RAID 0 (Striping) This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives. Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive. For Manual Setup 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen press F2 to form a RAID set. 3. Press F1 to create RAID 0. 4. Choose the chunk size to be used in the RAID set (64 is recommended). 5. Choose the number of hard drives in your stripe set. 6. Assign the hard drives to be used.
RAID 1 (Mirror) For Manual Setup For New/Blank hard drives 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen press F2 to form a RAID set. 3. Press F2 to create RAID 1. In a Mirror set the source drive needs to be equal to or smaller than the destination drive. For optimal performance the source drive and destination drive should be on separate IDE channels. 4. Answer N to Auto Setup. 5. Assign Source drive, then assign Destination drive. 6.
. Answer Y to Enable Auto-Rebuild. 9. When asked Are You Sure?, press Y to accept. 10. Press ESC to exit the RAID BIOS. Ignore the BIOS error message and continue booting. The mirror rebuilds automatically. For Auto Setup Use this setup on New/Blank hard drives only. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. Press F2 to create a RAID set. Press F2 to create a Mirror set. Press Y to use Auto setup. Press Y to accept the configuration.
Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set If a SPARE drive was not configured, the steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. Press F1 to dissolve an Array. Press the number of the Mirrored array to be dissolved. Press Y to confirm. Be sure you delete the correct Array. Press ESC to exit the RAID BIOS, then immediately turn off the computer.
RAID 0+1 (Mirror+Striping) This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives only, striping destroys existing data on the hard drive. RAID 0+1 requires four hard drives. For Manual Setup 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen press F2 to form a RAID set. 3. Press F3 to create RAID 0+1. 4. Choose the chunk size by pressing the appropriate number key (64 is recommended). 5. Enter the first Source drive, then enter the second source drive.
4. 5. 6. 7. Press A to Auto configure. Press Y to accept the configuration. Press ESC to reboot. Continue with Fdisk and Format steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. Rebuilding a Failed RAID 0+1 Set The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed Mirrored-Stripe set. 1. Replace the failed drive with one of identical size or of larger capacity. Note: It is recommended to replace the bad drive with an identical drive, or with a drive of the same make.
Deleting RAID Arrays 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. Press F1 to dissolve a RAID set. Enter the number of the RAID set to be deleted. Answer Y to remove the RAID set. Press ESC when finished to reboot. Resolving Conflicts 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.
4. Double click PCI RAID controller listed under Other Devices. 5. Select Driver tab, then click Update Driver button. 6. Insert the driver CD, then click Next. 7. Select Search for the better driver ... and click Next. 8. Check Specify a location, uncheck the other boxes, type in D:\32bit (change D: to match CD-ROM), then click Next. Click Next again. 9. Click Finish, remove the driver CD, then click Yes to restart Windows to complete the installation.
Windows ME For A NewWindows ME Installation 1. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installation. 2. Follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows ME accordingly. 3. Once Windows has installed, right click My Computer and click Properties. Select Device Manager tab. 4. Double click PCI RAID controller listed under Other Devices. 5. Select Driver tab and click Update Driver button. 6. Insert the driver CD, select Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended), then click Next. 7.
3. Highlight Silicon Image Sil 0680 Ultra-133... Controller and click Properties. A message This device is working properly is displayed, the driver has been correctly installed. Windows NT 4.0 For A New Windows NT 4.0 Installation A new installation of Windows NT 4.0 requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the 32bit folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. 1. 2. 3.
11. Follow on-screen instructions to complete setup for your NT version. When Windows installation completes, go to Medley GUI on page 22 and install the RAID monitoring utility. For An ExistingWindows NT 4.0 Installation 1. Setup the RAID array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows NT. 2. Double click My Computer/Control Panel/SCSI Adapters, then click on the "Drivers" tab. 3. Select Add… then Have Disk.... 4. Insert the driver CD, type in D:\32bit (change D: to match CD-ROM), then click OK.
Windows 2000 For New Windows 2000 Installation A new installation of Windows 2000 requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the 32bit folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. 1. 2. Setup the RAID array prior to Windows installation. Follow Microsoft's Windows 2000 installation procedure. 3. Restart the computer when prompted. 4.
5. If the Digital Signature Not Found message appears, click Yes. Our driver has been thoroughly tested in Windows for stability. Note: If prompted for Windows 2000 CD-ROM, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive and click OK. Type in D:\I386 (change D: to match your CD-ROM drive letter), click OK, then Finish. 6. Click Finish, remove the driver CD, then restart Windows to complete driver the installation. When Windows resumes, go to Medley GUI on page 22 and install the RAID monitoring utility.
8. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete Windows installation. Note: If the Software Installation warning pops up, click Yes. And if the Hardware Installation warning pops up, click Yes again. Our driver has been thoroughly tested for stability and compatibility. When Windows installation completes, go to Medley GUI on page 22 and install the RAID monitoring utility For Existing 32-bit Windows XP /Server 2003 Installation 1.
64-bit Windows XP/Server 2003 For New Windows 64-bit XP/Server 2003 Installation A new installation of Windows XP/Server 2003 requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the 64bit folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. 1 Setup the RAID array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows. . 2. Install the board and follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows accordingly. 3.
4. Insert the driver CD, select Install the software automatically (Recommended), then click Next. Note: Most systems will install the driver automatically after inserting driver CD 5. Click Finish, remove the driver CD and restart Windows to complete the installation. When Windows resumes, go to Medley GUI on page 22 and install the RAID monitoring utility. To Verify Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Installation 1. 2. Right click My Computer, click Manage, then click Device Manager.
Medley GUI The Medley GUI provides significant functionality including the ability to create and dissolve RAID sets; Remove a member of a Mirrored or Mirrored-Striped RAID set; Rebuild a Mirrored RAID set; save, copy, or send, via e-mail, the current configuration. Installing Medley GUI 1. Place the driver installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. At the Windows desktop click Start, then Run. 3. Type D:\Installsiicfg.exe, then click OK. 4. Click Next, Next, then Finish respectively.
Selecting each different component in the configuration tree provides specific information for that component, such as the chip. By selecting a specific channel, either Primary or Secondary, the following information is reported.
Selecting a specific drive reports all pertinent information to that drive, including Configuration and Disk Identification information.
Selecting Sets reports how many RAID sets have been created. By selecting a specific RAID set, such as Set 0 which is the Striped set, the type of RAID set, the number of members and stripe size is reported.
The Members tab reports the device identification (corresponding with the information in the BIOS) and the State of each device. Besides reporting information, the Members tab of a mirror set allows the user to remove a specific drive from that set, as well as add a designated Spare drive to a Mirrored set that has experienced a disk failure. If more than one set exists, clicking on each Set in the Configuration Tree provides specific information for that Set.
The device identification, along with the State of each device is also reported in the Members tab window. Note that when a Mirrored Set is first created, the State of the “destination” drive may report as Rebuild for as much as 30-90 minutes depending on the size of the disk. SMART and Configuration information, as well as Data Identification is again provided for each Set.
Medley Configuration Menu With Medley running, the small Medley icon should appear in the bottom right of the computer screen, next to the clock. By right-clicking on the icon, the user may configure Medley including customizing the settings for SMTP, E-mail, Notification, Event Level, Log File, Audio, and Popup. SMTP The SMTP server is the server that is used to send e-mails. Normally, the network administrator knows what this name is. Both the name and domain must be entered.
E-Mail The current Medley configuration may be sent via e-mail. Using the e-mail tab in the Medley Configuration Menu, the user may set the default e-mail address and subject line to where the configuration would be sent. This, however, can be overridden at the time of sending the email. Notification When different types of events occur, Medley may be configured to send notices to assigned individual e-mail addresses.
Event Level There are different types of e-mail notifications that may be sent which are set with the Event Level tab.
Log File The log file is used to store event information received from all the RAID drivers. The log file is a text file and can be viewed with Notepad or the Medley GUI. Use the Log File tab to set where the log file should be stored and the name of the file as well. Audio The user may set different audio alerts for the different levels of events.
Popup The popup window is a visual notification that an event occurred. The popup window can be disabled or set to popup for only certain event levels.
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