Addonics Technologies SATA eSATA Mini SAS ADSA3R5E user guide

							ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES 
Model: ADSA3R5-E 
SPECIFICATIONS 
 
Chip Set:  Silicon Image Sil3124 Integrated Host  
                   Controller 
Interface:  PCI bus compatible 
I/O Ports:  3 SATA ports and 1 eSATA port 
Regulatory approvals:  FCC, CE 
 
Features: 
 Supports Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate 
of 3.0 Gbps (300 Mb/s) 
 Supports First-Party DMA Commands for NCQ 
(Native Command Queuing) 
 Supports RAID0, 1, 5, and 10 using Silicon 
Image SATARAID5 Array Manager 
 Supports individual drive mode 
 Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a and Serial 
ATA II Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a 
Specifications revision 1.1 
 Hot-plug capability 
 Port Multiplier Compatible 
 RAID Described: 
 
Stripe (RAID 0): Greatly increases the performance of 
data transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 or more 
drives. 
Mirror (RAID 1): duplicates or mirrors the data on both 
drives. No data will be lost if one of the drives fails. 
Mirror-Striping (RAID 1+0) Combined both Striping 
and Mirroring technologies to provide both the 
performance enhancements that come from Striping 
and the data availability and integrity that come from 
Mirroring. 
Parity (RAID 5)  Adds fault tolerant to disk striping by 
including parity information with the data. 
 
INSTALLATIONS 
 
Software Installation: 
Note: Install the SATARAID5 array manager utility from 
the CD that came with your package first before 
installing the SATA Host Controller. 
A. From the CD start-up menu select Auto Play > 
SATA RAID Utilities > Model #ADSA3R5-E. 
B. Unzip the file on your drive. Folder name is 
SATARAID5_Utility_3124. 
C. On the GUI folder install 3124-W-I32-R_15110.msi 
(SATARAID5 software). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
D. From the CD start-up menu select SATA Adapters 
> Model #ADSA3R5-E. 
E. Unzip the file on your drive. Folder name is 3124r5. 
 
 
Hardware Installation:  
1. Power off PC and remove its cover. 
2. Select an empty PCI or PCI-X slot and insert the 
SATA host controller. 
3. Makes sure to secure the bracket with a screw. 
4. Close the PC’s cover. 
 
 
Windows 2000, XP, 2003, 2008 Server Driver 
Installation 
1. Turn computer ON. When Windows boots up, “A 
New Hardware Found” pops on the screen and the 
Addonics Serial ATA PCI Host Controller is 
identified. 
2. At the “Add New Hardware Wizard Window, click 
“Next” 
3. Choose “Select for the best driver for your devices”, 
and click “Next”  
4. Navigate to the folder where you extracted the 
3124r5 driver. 
5. If using a driver that has not been digitally signed 
by Microsoft, you will be asked if you want to 
continue the installation. Click Continue. 
6. When the new hardware wizard has finish installing 
the Serial ATA card. Click “Finish” to complete the 
installations. 
 
Confirming Serial ATA Driver Installation 
1. Right  click  the  My  Computer  icon  and  select 
Manage. 
2. Click Device Manager in the Menu Tree. 
3. Click the “+” sign in front of SCSI controllers.  
Silicon Image SoftRAID5 controller should 
appear. 
 
Important Note: 
 To do a RAID SET with 4 SATA drives directly 
          connected to the SATA ports on the controller 
          card, you can press F4 or CTRL+S from the boot 
          up screen. Read and follow the instruction inside 
          the BIOS screen. 
 You can also install the SATA GUI utility Under 
         Windows to monitor the RAID Set. It is under the 
         Utility section of the driver disc. 
 If you have a port multiplier (PM) with 5 drives and   
         connect the PM to the SATA controller card, in 
         the RAID BIOS of the SATA controller card, it will 
         only display 1 drive and that is the drive connected 
         to port 1 on the PM. To see all 5 drives, you would 
         need to be inside the operating system disk utility. 
 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL SUPPORT 
 
(8:30 am to 6:00 pm PST) 
Phone:     408 573-8580 
Email: http://www.addonics.com/support/ticketid/