Syba SB-ATA8212-133R - Manual (Page 3)

RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL
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Introduction
This manual is mainly to help users setup the RAIDExpress 133 card and solve
problems when they use it.
If it is your first time to use the RAIDExpress 133 card and you are about to install it,
please refer to the “Quick Start” section on page 5. After finishing installing it, you
can get the advantages of enhancing the performance and raising the system ’s
reliability.
When you face any difficulties and find anything you don ’t understand while using the
RAIDExpress 133 card, please refer to the “Q&A” section on page 93. In this section,
you can refer to the problems users may face and find the correct solutions. You can
follow the instructions to solve your problems and then you will get satisfactory
results.
If there are still any questions you don ’t understand, please refer to the “Technology
Support ” section on page 94 to look for technical support.
RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL
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Features
l Compatible with the ATA/ATAPI-6 specification and supports two IDE channels
with 4 drives.
l Supports ANSI ATA proposal PIO modes 0,1,2,3,4 with flow control, DMA
Modes 0,1,2,3,4,5,6.
l 512 bytes FIFO for auto transfer per IDE channel to get a high performance
l Supports the RAID 0/1/0+1 function.
l Supports the JBOD function.
l Supports the Scatter/Gather function for the DMA/UDMA function.
l Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on the system to handle the RAID
function. It can reduce the driver ’s loading of system CPU and improve the
system ’s ability.
l Supports Hot Swap function and doesn ’t need any special HD removable box.
l Low CPU utilization based on local processor architecture.
l Compatible with PCI Local bus specification v2.2. Our systems can be easily
installed to PCs.
l Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to reduce the power consumption.
l Supports the drivers for Windows 98SE/ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows
2000/XP and Linux v2.4.1.0.