RAID Arrays, Hard Disk Drive Connection

1.Turn OFF the power to your computer and any other connected peripheral devices.

2.Unplug the power cord from the back of the computer, remove the cover.

3.Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot.

4.To install the card, carefully align the card's bus connector with the selected PCI slot on the motherboard. Push the board down firmly, but gently, until it is well seated.

5.Replace the slot bracket holding screw to secure the card.

6.Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord.

Hard Disk Drive Connection

The SATA II-150 PCI RAID is a two channel Serial ATA controller that supports two Serial ATA hard disk drives. It is recommended use identical hard drives for all RAID configurations. It's possible to combine hard drives of differentsizesandmakes,however,itisnotrecommended to do so.

RAID Arrays

RAID Arrays are setup in the SATA II-150 PCI RAID BIOS.

RAID 0 (Striping)

This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives. Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drives.

1.As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+R when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS.

2.At the next screen select RAID , then press Enter.