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Quatech SATA2PX-100 User Manual
Summary of SATA2PX-100
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May/07 mn 1 sata2px-100 with raid user manual ver. 2.00 all brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective owners..
Page 2: Features and Benefits
May/07 mn 2 features and benefits z fully compliant with expresscard specification 1.0 z expresscard/34 form factor module z serial ata generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0gbps z adds two esata (external serial ata) ports z support raid 0 (stripe) and raid 1 (mirror) z supports native command queuing (...
Page 3: Hardware Description
May/07 mn 3 hardware description hardware installation general instructions for installing the card are provided below. Since the design of system may vary, refer to your system’s reference manual for further information, if needed. Insert the card into the expresscard slot of your system. Make sure...
Page 4: Raid Arrays
May/07 mn 4 raid arrays raid arrays are setup in the sii 3132 sata pcie raid adapter’s bios. Raid 0 (striping) this raid array to be used on new/blank hard drives. Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive. Auto configuration is recommended. For applications that require custom chunk siz...
Page 5: Ctrl+E
May/07 mn 5 7. Press ctrl+e to exit the bios. 8. When asked are you sure to exit (y/n)? , press y to exit and reboot. 9. Continue with fdisk and format steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. Manual configuration 1. As the bios boots press ctrl+s or f4 when prompted to enter the r...
Page 6: Are You Sure To Exit(Y/n)?
May/07 mn 6 11. When asked are you sure to exit(y/n)? , press y to exit and reboot. 12. Continue with fdisk and format steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. Raid 1 (mirror) for new/blank hard drives 1. As the bios boots press ctrl+s or f4 when prompted to enter the raid bios. 2....
Page 7: Ctrl+S
May/07 mn 7 for existing hard drives with data 1. As the bios boots press ctrl+s or f4 when prompted to enter the raid bios. 2. At the next screen select create raid set , then press enter . 3. At the next screen select raid1 then press enter . 4. Select manual configuration , then press enter . 5. ...
Page 8: Concatenation (Jbod)
May/07 mn 8 concatenation (jbod) this raid array allows you to use one or two hard drives to a jbod (just a bunch of disks) array. Although jbod doesn’t offer other raid functionality, it makes the hard disks appear to be a single one by combining the drives into one larger logical one without any c...
Page 9: Enter
May/07 mn 9 6. Input raid size, press enter . When asked are you sure(y/n)? , press y to confirm. 7. Select rebuild raid 1 set , press enter . 8. When asked are you sure(y/n)? , press y confirm. The mirror will begin rebuilding. Do not interface with process. 9. When rebuilding is finished, press ct...
Page 10: Resolve Conflicts
May/07 mn 10 disk was previously part of a raid set (or used in another system), it may have conflicting metadata. If so, this will prohibit the raid set from being either created or rebuilt. In order for the raid set to function properly, this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new met...
Page 11: Bios Configuration
May/07 mn 11 bios configuration the sata2px-100 bios will appear every time your system starts up. If the bios doesn’t show up, please try your controller in another expresscard slot. During this (post) process, the bios will show up and indicate the devices attached to it. Driver installation for w...
Page 12: Enter
May/07 mn 12 6. Insert the floppy disk, then press enter . 7. Select silicon image sii 3132 softraid 5 controller for windows xp/server 2003 , then press enter . 8. Press enter to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the windows installation. Note: if the se...
Page 13: Finish
May/07 mn 13 5. Click finish . 6. Repeat steps 2-5 . 7. Click yes to restart to complete the installation. For windows® 2000 for new operating system installations a new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the“ expresscard\s...
Page 14: Windows 2000
May/07 mn 14 windows 2000 , then press enter . 8. Press enter again to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the windows installation. For an existing installation 1. Setup the raid array prior to driver installation and boot up to windows. 2. At found new ha...
Page 15: For Windows® Vista
May/07 mn 15 for windows® vista for an existing installation 1. Setup the raid array prior to driver installation and boot up to windows. 2. At found new hardware wizard , select locate and install driver software (recommended) . 3. Please insert the cd that came with your sata2px-100 into your cd-r...
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