Addonics Technologies SATA eSATA Mini SAS ADSA4R5 User Manual

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Addonics 
TEC H NO LO GIE S 
 
4-Port SATA II PCI 
RAID5/JBO D Controller Card 
(ADSA4R5) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
User’s Guide 
Revision 1.0  

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FCC Warning 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 har mful interference in a 
residential installation.  This equipment generates, use s and can radiate radio 
frequency energy.  If not install ed and used in accordance with the...

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Contents 
 
FCC Warning...................................................................................1 
LIMITED WARRANTY.................................................................1 
Contents............................................................................................2 
Chapter 1 Specifications...................................................................3 
Chapter 2 RAID...

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Chapter 1 Specifications 
 
General   
= Serial ATA (SATA) – 1.5 Gbps (150MB/s) 
= Compliant with SATA 1.0, and ATA, ATA II  
    Extensions to SATA 1.0: 
· Port Multiplier 
· Native Command Queuing (NCQ) 
· First Party DMA 
= Four independent DMA channels with 2KB FIFO per channel 
= Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, a nd command execution 
=Supports ATAPI devices: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc. 
=Supports hot-plug...

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Chapter 2  RAID tutorial 
 
2. What is RAID? 
 
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks 
RAID technology  manages multiple disk drives to enhan ce I/O performance 
and provide redundancy in order to w ithstand the failure of any 
individual member, without loss of  data. This card pr ovides two R AID Set 
types, Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1). 
 
2.1 Disk Striping (RAID 0) 
 
Striping is a...

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2.5 Parity RAID (RAID 5) 
 
Parity or RAID 5 adds f ault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parit y 
information with the data. Parity RAID dedicates  the equivalent of one disk 
for storing parity stripes. The data and parity information is arranged on the 
disk array so that t he parit y is written to diffe rent disk. There are at least 3 
members to a Pari ty RAID set. 
 
2.6 JBOD (Just Bu nch of Disks)...

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Chapter 3  BIOS Installation (RAID Setting) 
 
Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. Durin g boot 
up, the RAID setting message w ill appear and pause for a few mome nts to allow 
the user t o choose w hat to do. This board will act as normal NON-RAID card 
when BIOS not configured for RAID. Just proceed to Software 
Installation section directly. If yo u use traditi onal parallel ATA HDD,...

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3.4 Creating a Spare Drive  
 
1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL +S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility. 
2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter. 
3. Select RAID 1 set then press Enter. 
4. Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives. Press Enter. 
5. After the Raid 1 set is created then click on Create Raid Set again. 
6. Press Create the spar e drive. Select the drive to be  the spare. 
7. Press Y to...

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Chapter 4  New Windows Systems (Fresh Installation) 
 
Hardware  Configuration 
 
  

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Note:     To do a fresh insta ll of Windows, your hard drive must be connected 
to Port 1 of the Multilane Bridge for SATA Storage. The SATA 
cable on Port 1  of your host controller must be connected to the 
SATA Port 1 of the Multilane Bridge for SATA Controller. 
 
Befo re insta llation, extract th e driver files to a floppy  diskette.  
a. Open the Addonics Technologies Driver Disk. 
b....