Addonics Technologies SATA eSATA Mini SAS adi2s3gpx12e User Manual

							 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Addonics 
TE C HNO LO GIE S 
 
 
 
 
SATA/IDE RAID PCI-E Controller 
 
Model: ADI2S3GPX1-2E 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
User’s Guide 
Version 1.0 
 
 
 
 
FCC Warning Statement  This  equipment has bee n tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rul es.  These limits are designed to prov ide reasonable protection against harmful int erference in a residential installation.  This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy.  If not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications.  However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular ins tallation.  If the equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which c an be determined by  turning the equipment on and off, the user is encouraged to try and correct th e interference by one or more of the following suggestions. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the distance between the e quipment and the receiver  Connect the equipment to a different power outlet other than the one  where receiver is connected Consult a certified television or radio technician 
Overview 
 
       
						

							Detailed View of Jumper Pins 
 
  
To enable CON3 and disable CON1, 
 transfer jumper to pins 2 & 3 on J1, J2, J3 & J4 
 
To enable CON4 and disable CON2, 
 transfer jumper to pins 2 & 3 on J5, J6, J7 & J8 
 
 
 
 
 
Recommendations on using the ADI2S3GPX1-2E 
 
There are two ways of configuring raid sets on the ADI2S3GPX1-2E. Use the 
RAID BIOS of the controller card which shows up after POST or install the 
JMB36X RAID Configurer in W indows to create raid volumes. The JMB36X RAID 
Configurer will not  run when no devices are  attached to the controller. 
 
Using the RAID BIOS to create RAID Volumes 
 
There are four configurations supported: 
RAID level/Type Configurations Number of disks needed 
RAID 0 Disk Striping 2 or 3 or 4 
RAID 1 Disk Mirroring 2 
RAID 0+1 Disk Striping + Mirroring 4 
JBOD Disk Concatenation 2 or 3 or 4 
 
 
RAID 0 (Striping) 
1. Press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID B IOS. 
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter. 
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter. 
4. Use arrow keys  and to switch the RAID level to 0-Stripe, then press 
Enter. 
5. Use arrow keys  and to switch the disk, use the “space” key to mark the 
selected disk, then press Enter. 
6. Use arrow keys  and  to select chunk size from 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K 
or 128K, then press Enter. 
7. Input the RAID size, press Enter. 
8. When asked Create RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y to accept. 
9. At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter. 
10. When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the RAID BIOS. 
 
 
RAID 1 (Mirroring) 
1. Press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter. 
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter. 
4. Use arrow keys  and to switch the RAID level to 1-Mirror, then press 
Enter. 
5. Use arrow keys  and to switch the disk, use the “space” key to mark the 
selected disk, then press Enter. 
6.  Input the RAID size, press Enter. 
7. When asked Create RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y to accept. 
8. At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter. 
9. When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the BIOS. 
 
 
CONCATENATION (JBOD) 
1. Press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter. 
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter. 
4. Use arrow keys  and to switch the RAID level to JBOD-Concatenate, 
then press Enter. 
5. Use arrow keys  and to switch the disk, use the “space” key to mark the 
selected disk, then press Enter. 
6. Input the RAID size, press Enter. 
7. When asked Create RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y to accept. 
8. At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter. 
9. When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the BIOS. 
 
 
RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring) 
1. Press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter. 
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter. 
4. Use arrow keys  and to switch t he RAID level to 01-Stripe+Mirror, then 
press Enter. 
5. Use arrow keys  and  to select chunk size from 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K 
or 128K, then press Enter. 
6. Input the RAID size, press Enter. 
7. When asked Create RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y to accept. 
8. At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter. 
9. When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the BIOS. 
 
 
 
Pin 1 
Pin 1 
J4 
J3 
J2 
J1 
J8 
J7 
J6 
J5  
						

							Delete RAID Disk Drive 
1. Press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 
2. At the next screen select Delete RAID Disk Drive, press Enter. 
3. Use arrow keys  and to select the array you want to delete, use the 
“space” key to mark the selected array, then press DEL. 
4. When asked ALL DATA ON THE RAID WILL LOST!! ARE YOU SURE TO 
DELETE (Y/N), press Y to accept. 
 
 
Solve Mirror Conflict 
When a RAID set is created, metadata which includes drive connection 
informat ion is written to the disk. If after a disk failure, the drive that failed was 
replaced by a disk that was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another 
system), it m ay have conflicting metadata. This will prohibit the RAID set from 
being either create d or rebuilt. In order for the RAID set to function properly, this 
old metadata must be first  overwritten with new metadata. To re solve this, from 
the main RAID BIOS window select Solve Mirror Conflict, then press Enter, the 
correct metadata, including the correct drive conne ction information, will be 
written to the replacement disk. 
 
 
Rebuild Mirror Drive 
If a failure on one member occurs, you will be notified by the 
RAID BIOS during boot.  The steps below will guide you in rebuilding 
a failed mirror set. 
1. Replace the failed drive with one of equal or greater capacity, then start the 
computer. 
2. During boot press Ctrl+J to enter the RAID BIOS. 
3. Select Rebuild Mirror Drive press Enter. 
4. Use arrow keys  and to select the array you want to rebuild, press 
Enter. 
5. Use arrow keys  and to select the destination disk, press Enter. 
6. When rebuilding is finished, select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter. 
When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the BIOS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Steps: 
 
1. JMB36X RAID Configurer installation 
Note:  To create raid volumes and m onitor the status of your raid set, you ne ed 
to install the JMB36X  RAID Configurer. Install the utility from  the CD 
that came with your package. 
 
a. Turn computer ON.  Insert Host Controller Driver Disk into CDROM. 
b. The Addonics Technologies Driver Disk window pops up. 
c. Select Other Controllers. Click the ADI2S3GPX1-2E. Extract the files 
into your system. 
d. Install JMB36X RAID Configurer by clicking the Setup.exe.  Follow the 
instructions. 
e. After software installation, reboot the system. 
 
2. To open the JMB36X RAID Configurer, click on the system tray the JMicron 
Icon. 
  
3. This will open up the JMB36X RA ID Configurer. 
 
 
 
  
						

							Driver Installation For A New Fresh Windows Install 
A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver 
installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of 
the “Drivers\JMB36X\WIN2K_XP_2003_VISTA\Floppy32” folder, found on the 
driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. 
 
1. Setup the R AID Array prior to W indows installation. 
2. Follow Microsoft’s Wi ndows installation procedure. 
3. Restart the computer whe n prompted by Windows’ installation. 
 
For Windows® 2000, XP and Server 2003 
4. At the Windows Setup screen , press F6 to install the RAID driver. 
5. When prompted, press S to specify the location of the driver. 
6. Insert the floppy disk, then press Enter. 
7. Select (Windows 2000) RAID Driver for JMicron JMB363 Controller or 
(Windows XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for JMicron JMB36X Controller, 
then press Enter. 
8. Press Enter to finish driver installati on, then follow the on-screen instructions 
to complete the Windows installation. 
 
For Windows® Vista 
4. At the Windows Setup screen, press Load Driver to install the driver. 
5. Insert the floppy disk,  please select JMicron JMB36X Controller 
(A:\jraid_f.inf), then press Next. (Change A:\ to match your floppy drive 
letter) 
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows installation. 
 
For Windows® XP-x64/Server 2003-x64 
4. At the Windows Setup screen, press F6 to install the driver. 
5. When prompted, press S to specify the location of the driver. 
6. Insert the floppy disk, then press Enter. 
7. Select (Windows XP/2003 x64) RAID/AHC I Driver for JMicron JMB36X 
Controller, then press Enter. 
8. Press Enter to finish driver installati on, then follow the on-screen instructions 
to complete the Windows installation. 
 
 
 
To Verify Driver Installation 
1. Right click My Computer and click Manage. 
2. Select Device Manager. 
3. Look for the following: 
Windows® 2000/XP/2003: Double click SCSI and RAID Controller: 
-JMicron JMB36X Controller should be displayed 
Windows® Vista: Double click Storage controllers: 
-JMicron JMB36X Controller should be displayed 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical Support 
 
If you need assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please call Addonics 
Technical Support.  Our technical staff will be happy to assist you, but they will 
need your help to do so.  Calling  the technical support staff without all the proper 
information can be bo th time consuming and frustrati ng.  Here are  some tips to 
help you out: 
 
MODEL NUMBER – Please have this number on hand. 
SYSTEM INFORMATION – Type of computer, peripherals, etc. 
  OPERATING SYSTEM – What version of Windows   
  WHAT’S THE TROUBLE? – Give enough information  
about your problem  so that we can recreate and diagnose  it. 
 
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