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Raid arrays – SIIG SATA II-150 User Manual

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1.

Turn OFF the power to your computer and any

other connected peripheral devices.

2.

Unplug the power cord from the back of the

computer, remove the cover.

3.

Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot.

4.

To install the card, carefully align the card's bus

connector with the selected PCI slot on the

motherboard. Push the board down firmly, but

gently, until it is well seated.

5.

Replace the slot bracket holding screw to secure the

card.

6.

Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power

cord.

Hard Disk Drive Connection

The SATA II-150 PCI RAID is a two channel Serial ATA

controller that supports two Serial ATA hard disk drives.

It is recommended use identical hard drives for all RAID

configurations. It's possible to combine hard drives of

different sizes and makes, however, it is not recommended

to do so.

RAID Arrays

RAID Arrays are setup in the SATA II-150 PCI RAID

BIOS.

RAID 0 (Striping)

This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives.

Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drives.
1.

As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+R when prompted to

enter the RAID BIOS.

2.

At the next screen select RAID , then press Enter.