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Page 2 - FCC Compliance Statement

FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment genera...

Page 3 - Table of Contents

Instruction Manual i Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................1 Packaging Contents ..............................................................................

Page 4 - Introduction; Packaging Contents; Installation; Hardware Installation

Instruction Manual 1 Introduction Make the jump to Serial ATA performance with a four-port RAID card from StarTech.com. You get four RAID-ready internal Serial ATA ports for your high performance Serial ATA hard drives. Whether you need Striping (RAID 0), Mirroring (RAID 1), or both (RAID 0+1), this...

Page 5 - Driver Installation; Verifying Your Installation

Instruction Manual 2 Driver Installation Windows 2000/XP 1. Windows will launch the Add New Hardware Wizard. Click Next.2. Choose the Search for a suitable driver... option and click Next.3. Check only the CD-ROM drives option. Ensure the installation CD is inserted in the CD-ROM or other optical dr...

Page 6 - Accessing the RAID BIOS Utility

Instruction Manual 3 Accessing the RAID BIOS Utility The PCISATA4R1 comes with an integrated BIOS-level configuration utility that allows you to configure the RAID setup, rebuild your array in the event of failure, and resolve conflicts with the arrays you have setup. Once you have installed the car...

Page 8 - Configuring an Array

Instruction Manual 5 Configuring an Array When you choose Create a RAID set from the Main Menu of the RAID utility, you will be presented with the following menu:For each option/RAID level are as follows: RAID0: Also called “disk striping,” where multiple physical drives are merged to create a singl...

Page 9 - Deleting a RAID set

Instruction Manual 6 After you select which RAID level you wish to use, you will have to select drives to include in the array. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the configuration. Please note: If you wish to use the RAID 1+S (“spare drive”) option, you must configure a RAID 1 array first.Dec...

Page 10 - Resolving Conflicts; Low Level Formatting; Logical Drive Information; Allocating Partitions

Instruction Manual 7 Resolving Conflicts When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information including the channel on the host adapter to which it is connected. If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set or used in an...

Page 11 - SATARaid GUI Overview; Devices and Information Windows; Event Viewer and Events Windows

Instruction Manual 8 SATARaid GUI Overview The SATARaid GUI Installation program configures the SATARaid GUI to automatically start when Windows is started. If the SATARaid GUI does not automatically start or is closed by the user, choose the JAVA SATARaid program from the Start Menu to launch the G...

Page 12 - SATARaid Toolbar and Menu Commands

Instruction Manual 9 SATARaid Toolbar and Menu Commands 1 - RAID Management This command allows the management of the RAID sets and drives on the SATA host adapter. It is available only under Windows 2000 and XP. 2 - System View This command displays a graphical representation of the host adapter an...

Page 13 - SATARaid Configuration

Instruction Manual 10 SATARaid Configuration SATARaid configuration options include customization of the settings for Event Notification, E-mail Notification, Log File, Audio, and Popup. The first tab displayed when SATARaid configuration is opened is for Event Table configuration. This setting dete...

Page 18 - Specifications

Instruction Manual 15 Specifications Bus Interface 32-bit PCI v2.2 (3.3V/5 V) SATA rev 1.0 Internal Connectors 4 x 7-pin SATA Chipset Silicon Image SiI3114R RAID Modes RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD Maximum Data Transfer Rate 150 MBps LBA Support 48-bit Compatible Operating Systems Windows 2000/ XP(32/64-bit)...

Page 19 - Technical Support; Warranty Information; Limitation of Liability

Instruction Manual 16 Technical Support StarTech.com’s lifetime technical support is an integral part of our commitment to provide industry- leading solutions. If you ever need help with your product, visit www.startech.com/support and access our comprehensive selection of online tools, documentatio...