SATA Hot-Swapping

[Ron]

03/29
Having wondered aloud about this very issue...I discovered this little
tidbit on the Silicon Image web site.

http://12.24.47.40/display/2/_index1.asp?tab=atr&r=0.9956258

Ron

 

[Ron]

oops

SATA: Hot Plugging Drives Under Windows 2000/XP
This feature is not explicitly highlighted in our current drivers, but all
SATA controllers from Silicon Image do support hot plug capability. To
remove a drive from a powered up system, do the following:

a.. Enter the Windows Device Manager (through Control Panel or right
clicking on My Computer and going to Properties)
b.. Go to Disk Drives and find the disk you want to remove
c.. Right click on the desired disk drive and select Remove/Disable
After performing this operation, you can remove the hard drive without risk
of losing any data that is currently stored in cache memory.

To plug in a new SATA drive in the array, you just need to plug in the power
and serial cables and Windows will automatically detect the new HD. NOTE: If
you are re-attaching a drive after a remove operation as explained above,
you must make sure that the HD is power cycled (power cable unplugged)
before re-attaching the HD serial data cable.

Comments/Special Instructions:
It is not recommended to perform these hot plug/unplug actions on earlier
versions of Windows such as Win9x or WinME since system lockups can occur.

 

[Paul H]

doesn't look like a Silicon website link to me

 

[Rob Stow]

doesn't look like a Silicon website link to me

Actually, that is very typical of the extremely amateurish way
they do things with their website.

Because of this, you can seldom give someone a direct link
to something specific at Silicon - you have to give them
the URL for the home page and then tell them what links to
click to get to the item of interest.

For example, this is the URL to the SATARaid software
for their Sil3x12 controllers:
http://12.24.47.40/display/2n/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=10469&r=0.3350794

However, if you try to cut and paste that URL into your browser
it won't work for you: you have to start at their home page and
find your own way to that software.

 

[Data Wing]

"Paul H" doesn't look like a Silicon website link to me

I have to agree with Paul. I clicked on the link you provided and it
took me nowhere. I don't think your link is a link to the Silicon
Image web site. I think you threw us some junk.

 

[Ron]

(Thanks, Rob)

Actually, I tried the link immediately after posting the original message.
When I discovered it was one of those annoying false links, I instantly
posted an "oops" follow-up with the content of the page copied and pasted
into the message body. The fact that the follow-up appeared on this server
barely 7 minutes after the original bears witness to this claim.

As for the rest of you caustic fellows...bask in the ultimate glory that is
you. The rest of us can only aspire to your greatness.

Ron

 

[Tim]

Thanks for the info.
- Tim