Lindy 51136 user manual Hardware Installation, BIOS Installation RAID Setting, Introduction

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SATA II 4 Port

SATA II 4 Port

PCI Host Adapter

User Manual

English

LINDY No. 51131

LINDY No. 51136

www.lindy.com

For Home and Office Use

Tested to Comply with FCC Standards

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.

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.

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 Enter.

5.Select RAID size. Press Enter.

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 Enter.

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.

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Lindy 51136 user manual Hardware Installation, BIOS Installation RAID Setting, Introduction, Packing List, Specifications