Lindy 51136 - Manual

SATA II 4 Port

PCI Host Adapter

User Manual

English

www.lindy.com

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the LINDY RAID SATA II 4 Port PCI Host

Adapter. This add-on card provides a 32 bit, PCI interface on the host

side and four, fully compliant Serial ATA II ports on the device.

The card can be used to upgrade your desktop computer to have 4

Serial ATA Channels and to support RAID 5, RAID 0+1, RAID 0, RAID 1

and JBOD features. It can control four independent Serial ATA channels.

Each channel has its own Serial ATA bus and will support one Serial

ATA device.

The card supports Serial ATA Generation 1 & Generation 2 transfer

rates of up to 1.5Gbps / 3Gbps. It comes complete with drivers for

Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003.

2. Packing List

4 Port SATA II PCI Host Adapter

This Manual

Driver CD

3. Specifications

Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2.

Integrated PCI DMA engines.

32 bit fully compliant PCI host interface.

Four high speed SATA ports, each supporting 1st generation & 2nd

generation SATA data rates of 1.5Gbps/ 3Gbps.

Provides RAID 0 (Striping) to greatly increase the performance of

data transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives.

Provides RAID 1 (Mirroring) to protect the data from a disk failure

by writing identical data to 2 drives.

RAID 0+1 (Mirrored-Stripping) combines both Striping and Mirroring

technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that

from Striping and the data availability and integrity from Mirroring.

Fully compliant with SATA specifications.

For Home and Office Use

Tested to Comply with FCC Standards

LINDY No. 51131

LINDY No. 51136

The Individual features for the different models

LINDY No. 51131: SATA II – RAID 4 Internal Ports

Supports four independent internal ports

Special shielded and durable SATA connectors on each internal

port

LINDY No. 51136: SATA II – RAID 4 External Ports

Supports three internal ports and one external port

Special SATA II connectors on the external Port (eSATA) to support

Mobile HDD, Mobile CD-ROM, Mobile DVD and Mobile CD-RW etc.

4. Hardware Installation

Before installing the controller card we recommend you study the SATA

Raid5 manual PDF on the supplied CD. You can find it in the following

directory:

\ Raid5 SATA2_4Port \ SiI3124 \ Windows \ Gui.

1. Power off your computer

2. Remove the case cover screws and remove the case

3. Locate a spare 32-Bit PCI slot

4. Unscrew the PCI slot blanking plate and retain the screw

5. Carefully insert the PCI card into the slot. Make sure it is seated

correctly

6. Secure the card using the retained screw

7. Replace the case and reinstall the screws

8. Power on your computer and proceed

5. BIOS Installation (RAID Setting)

Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During

boot up, the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few

moments to allow the user to choose what to do. This board will act as a

normal NON-RAID card when the BIOS is not configured for RAID.

5.1 Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0)

1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the RAID utility.

2. Select

Create RAID set.

Press

Enter

.

3. Select

RAID 0

then press

Enter

.

4. Select

Number of hard drive

. Press

Ente

r.

5. Select

RAID size

. Press

Ente

r.

6. Press

Y

to save your settings.

7. Press

CTRL+E

and then press

Y

to exit the setup.

8. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you were

installing a conventional hard drive.

9. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to the software

installation section.

5.2 Creating Mirrored Sets (RAID 1)

1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the RAID utility.

2. Select

Create RAID set.

Press

Enter

.

3. Select

RAID 1

then press

Enter

.

4. Select

Auto configuration

. Press

Ente

r.

5. Press

Y

to save your settings.

6. Press

CTRL+E

and then press

Y

to exit the setup.

7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you were

installing a conventional hard drive.

8. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to the

software installation section.

5.3 Creating a Mirrored-Striped Set (RAID 10)

1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the RAID utility.

2. Select Create RAID set. Press F2.

3. Select RAID 10 then press Enter.

4. Select Auto Config. Press Enter.

5. Press Y and then press ESC to exit the setup.

6. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you were

installing a conventional hard drive.

7. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to the

software installation section.