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 
instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio co mmunications.  
However, there is no guarant ee that interference will not occur in a par ticular 
installation.  If the equipment does cause  harmful interference to radio or 
television reception, which can be dete rmined by  turning th e 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 rece iving antenna 
Increase the distan ce between the equipment and th e receiver  
Connect the equipment to a different power outlet o ther than the one where 
receiver is connected 
Consult a certified television or radio technician 
 
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material and workmanship during the warranty period specifie d for each 
product when used within the limits set forth in t he Specifications se ction in 
the user guide. Unauthorized temperin g of the product or using it outside the 
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Contents 
 
FCC Warning...................................................................................1 
LIMITED WARRANTY.................................................................1 
Contents............................................................................................2 
Chapter 1 Specifications...................................................................3 
Chapter 2 RAID Tutorial...............................................................4-5 
Chapter 3 BIOS Installation ..........................................................6-7 
Chapter 4 New Windows System (fresh installation)....................8-12 
Chapter 5 Existin g Windows Sy stem installation.......................13-18 
     Windows 2000 Driver...............................................13-14 
     Windows XP Driver..................................................15-16 
     Windows 2003 Server ..............................................17-18 
     Verifying controller driver..............................................18 
Technical Support & Contact Information....................................…19 
 
 
 
  
						

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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 of SATA devices 
=Built-in RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, RAID 5 and JBOD support 
=Silicon Image chipset SiI 3124 
 
PCI Interface  
 
=Supports PCI bus host cards with 32-bit data 
 
 
  
 
  
						

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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 performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. 
While Striping is discussed as a RAID Set ty pe, it is actually does not provide 
fault tolerance. With modern SATA bus mastering t echnology, multiple 
I/O operations can be  done in parallel, enhancing performance. Striping 
arrays use multiple disks to fo rm a larger virtual  disk.  
2.2 Disk Mirroring (RAID 1) 
 
Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by  having the data 
simultaneously written to two disks. This redun dancy provides instantaneous 
protection from a single disk failure. If a read failur e occurs on one drive, the 
system reads the data from the other drive. 
 
2.3 Mirrored-Striping (RAID 1+0)  
 
A Mirrored-Stripin g Set does j ust what it says, co mbining both Striping and 
Mirrorin g technologies to prov ide both the performance enhancements that 
come from Stripin g and the data availability and integrity that comes 
from Mirroring. When data i s written to a Mirrored-Striped Set, instead of 
creating just one virtual disk, as Striping would do, a seco nd, mirrored virtual 
disk is created as well. 
 
2.4 Spare Drive (RAID 1 +S) 
 
Spare Dri ve is a standby drive assigned to serve a Raid 1 Set. When a 
member drive of this Raid 1 set drive fails, th e Spare Drive becomes a 
member drive and automatically starts to rebuild. Thus making it th e new 
member of the Raid 1Set. 
 
 
  
						

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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) 
 
The JBOD is a virtual disk that can either be an entir e disk drive or a segment 
of a single disk drive.  
  
						

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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, make 
sure your hard d rives be set up as master mode before the RAID setting.  
3.1 Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0) 
 
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S o r F4 to enter the raid bios utility. 
2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter. 
3. Select Stripe then press Enter. 
4. Select Auto configuration or m anually select the drives Press Enter. 
5. Press Y to save yo ur settings. 
6. Press CTRL+E and then pr ess Y to exit the setup. 
7. Your RAID configurati on is complete. Please proceed to sof tware installation 
section.   
3.2 Creating Mirrored Sets (RAID 1) 
 
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 Mirrored then press Enter. 
4. Select Auto configuration or manually select the drives. Press Enter. 
5. Press Y to save yo ur settings. 
6. Press CTRL+E and then pr ess Y to exit the setup. 
7. Your RAID configuration  is complete. Please proceed to sof tware 
installation section.  
 
3.3 Creating a Mirrored-Striped Set (RAID 1+0) 
 
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 save your settings. 
8. Press Ctrl-E then Y to exit the setup. 
9. Your RAID configurati on is complete. Please proceed to sof tware 
installation section.  
  
						

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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 save your settings. 
8. Press Ctrl-E then Y to exit the setup. 
9. Your RAID configuration  is complete. Please proceed to sof tware 
installation section. 
Note: Raid 1 must be created first before spare drive can be created. 
 
3.5 Deleting RAID Sets 
 
1. As the BIOS boo ts, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the r aid bios utility. 
2. Select Delete RAID set. Press Enter. 
3. Answer Y to remove the RAID set. If the RAID set b eing deleted is a Striped 
set, then all of the data will be lost. If the set b eing deleted is a Mirrored set, then 
the data will remain intact an d accessib le on both drives. 
 
3.6 Rebuilding M irrored Sets 
 
1. After replacin g the failed hard drives boot the BIOS, Press CTRL+S or F4 
to enter the ra id bios utility. 
2. Select rebuilding Mirrored set. Press Enter. 
3. Select Online rebuild or Offline rebuild. 
4. Answer Y to rebuild the Mirrored set of hard drive. 
 
3.7 Resolving Conflict 
 
When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive 
connection information (Primar y and Secondary). If, afte r a disk failure, the 
replacement di sk was previously  part of a RAID s et (or used in an other system), it 
may  have  conflictin g metada ta, specifically  in reference  to the 
drive connection information. If so, this will prohi bit 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 n ew 
metadata. To resolve this, select Resolve Conflicts, and the correct me tadata, 
including the correct drive connection information; will be written to the 
replacement disk.  
						

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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. On the main menu select SATA Controller Drivers >  
ADSA45R. 
c. The Winzip Self-Extractor – ADSA4R5 opens. Click Browse and 
select My Documents. 
d. The folder ADSA4R5 will be created.  
e. Select the folder with yo ur corresponding operating system and 
extract the file to the floppy  diskette. 
 
 
Port 1 
Port 1 
Multilane Bridge for SATA Co ntroller 
Multilan e Bridge for SATA Sto rage