Rosewill RC200 User Manual

ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200

User Manual

ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual

Contents

 Feature and benefits

 System requirement

 Package contents

 Hardware installation

 Device connection

 Important message for user

 RAID introduction

RAID 0

RAID 1

RAID 0+1

 Driver installation

 Quick guide

 Detail guide

ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual

Features and Benefits

 Silicon Image SiI 0680

 Compliant with UltraDMA6 ATA/133 specifications

 Compliant with PCI v2.2 Plug-n-Play

 Provides two independent Ultra ATA channels

 Full ACPI power management support

 Supports Ultra DMA 0-6 and Multi-word DMA 0-2

 Supports hard drives larger than 137GB

 Supports RAID 0(Striping), RAID1(Mirroring) and RAID 0+1 (Mirror+Striping)

 CRC(Cyclical Redundancy Check) error-checking provides data verification

and achieves flawless data transfer

 Achieves burst data transfer rates up to 133MB/sec

 Works with various brand of Ultra ATA 133/100/66/33 hard disk drives

System Requirements

 Pentium-class computer with an available PCI slot

 Windows® 98SE/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003

Package Contents

 UltraATA 133 PCI Adapter

 Driver CD

 User Manual

 ATA 133 IDE cable x2

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Hardware Installation

ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual

Note: For proper operation of the Ultra ATA 133 PCI RAID card, the jumper

must remain on.

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.

3. Remove your computer’s cover.

4. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot.

5. 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.

6. Replace the slot bracket’s holding screw to secure the card.

Device Connection

The UltraATA 133 RAID PCI is a dual channel Ultra ATA/133 controller that support up

to for IDE hard disk drives. To achieve maximum performance and compatibility we

suggest using identical hard drives in building your RAID sets.

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In any given RAID set, it’s best to install the hard drives on separate channels, either

Master to Master or Slave to Slave. For example, if you are setting up a RAID set with

two hard drives, install the first drive on IDE1 as Master and the second on IDE2 as

Master. Use the same concept for multiple hard drives.

Note: Only the 40-pin/80-wire UltraATA cable can achieve hard disk UDMA 133

performance. When attaching only two hard drives it is recommended that they

be connected on separate IDE channels.

In order to achieve high-speed data transfer, a 40-pin/80-wire Ultra ATA ribbon cable

is recommended. Also, do not mix Ultra ATA/133 hard disk with slow IDE or ATAPI

devices on the same channel.

1. If you plan to install two hard disk drives on the IDE1 channel, make sure to

configure one drive as Master and the drive as Slave. Follow the hard drive

manufacturer’s instructions for the correct jumper setting. The same rule must be

followed for connecting hard disk drives to the IDE2 channel.

2. Attach on end of the Ultra ATA cable to the IDE1 connector on the board. Make

sure pin 1 on the cable (indicated by the stripe) matches pin 1 on the IDE1

connector.

3. Install the hard disk drive to your computer. Attach the end connector of the Ultra

ATA cable to the end connector on the hard disk drive. Make certain that pin 1 on

the cable(indicated by the stripe) matches pin 1 on the hard disk drive’s connector

to IDE2

Note: The ribbon cable has two connectors. If you have one hard disk drive,

connect it to the end connector of cable. If you have a second hard disk drive,

connect it to the middle connector of cable.

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4. Reconnect the system power and other peripherals to your computer.

Important message for user

1. Backup all your data in HD before setting any RAID.

2. New HD connecting to RC-200 is recommended to “initial” and “format” before setting

a RAID. Otherwise, PC might find nothing in the system.

3. Please read the PDF file of “SATARAID5-UserGuide_v1.40” for basic RAID knowledge.

4. If you want to boot from correct HD either from motherboard HD or RC-200 HD, please

change from BIOS “booting sequence”. （You can download this document from

Rosewill website.）

5. If you want to use RC-200 as a un-RAID card, please do not enter the RAID BIOS and

set any RAID set at the beginning of booting. You can jump to P13 directly to complete

the driver installation. The only different is ignoring the step of RAID setting and the

driver setting is the same as a RAID card.

RAID Arrays

RAID Arrays are setup in the UltraATA 133 RAID PCI Card’s BIOS. Find your RAID set and

follow the steps in the order in which they appear.

RAID 0 (Striping)

This RAID array to be used on New/Blank hard drives. Striping will destroy existing data

on the hard drive. Auto Configuration is recommended. For applications that require

custom chunk size, Manual Configuration is offered.

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For Manual Setup

1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS.

2. At the next screen press F2 to form a RAID set.

3. Press F1 to create RAID 0.

4. Choose the chunk size to be used in the RAID set(64 is recommended).

5. Choose the number of hard drives in your stripe set.

6. Assign the hard drives to be used. For optimal performance, alternate hard drives from

separate IDE channels.

7. After all hard drives are entered, press Y to create the RAID set.

8. Press ESC to exit the RAID BIOS and boot your computer.

9. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you are installing a conventional hard

drive.

For Auto Setup

1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS.

2. At the next screen press F2 to form a RAID set.

3. Press F1 to create RAID 0.

4. Press A for Auto Setup.

5. Enter the number of hard drives in the stripe set.

6. Press Y to accept the configuration.

7. Configure another RAID set or press ESC to reboot.

8. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you are installing a conventional hard

drive.

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RAID 1 (Mirror )

For Manual Setup

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For New/Blank Hard Drives

Recommended for all fresh HD without data.

1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS.

2. At the next screen press F2 to from a RAID set.

3. Press F2 to create RAID 1. In a Mirror set the source drive needs to be equal to or

smaller than the destination drive. For optimal performance the source drive and

destination drive should be on separate IDE channels.

4. Answer N to Auto Setup.

5. Assign Source drive, then assign Destination drive.

6. Assign N when asked to Copy from Source to Destination.

7. Answer Y to Enable Auto-Rebuild.

8. When asked Are you Sure? Press Y to accept.

9. Press ESC to exit the RAID BIOS and boot the computer.

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For Existing Hard Drives with Data

Recommended for one/two original HD with data to mirror with one/two fresh

empty H

1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS.

2. Press F2 to enter the RAID setup screen.

3. Press F2 to from RAID set 1.

4. Answer N to Automatic setup.

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