SATA+Ultra ATA RAID CONTROLLER RC212
User Manual
SATA+ Ultra ATA RAID CONTROLLER RC212 User Manual
Feature Highlights
Compliant with PCI Specification, Rev. 2.2
Compliant with PCI “Plug & Play”
32-bit 33 MHz PCI interface
Drive support: Serial ATA, Ultra ATA/133, Ultra ATA/100,Ultra ATA/66
Support ATA/ATAPI6
Supports SATA up to 150MB/Sec
48-bit LBA Support: Recognizes drives bigger than 137GB
Support Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Server 2003 ant NT 4.0
Support RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD
Package Contents
1 x VIA VT6421 RAID PCI Card
2 x SATA Signal & 2 x Power Cable
1 x IDE ATA/133 Cable
1 x Driver CD
1 x User Manual
1 x Floppy Disk
VIA VT6421 RAID PCI Card Installation
Before installing the VIA VT6421 RAID PCI Card, please see the photo below which shows all
the ports & jumpers on this PCI Card.
A SATA Connector (External)
B SATA Connector (External)
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C SATA Connector (Internal)
D SATA Connector (Internal)
E PATA Connector
F Jumpers control BC Switch
G Jumpers control AD Switch
IDE/RAID: Jumper Settings
JP Description
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Enable SATA Connector B J8-J11
close
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Enable SATA Connector C
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Enable SATA Connector A J12-J15
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Enable SATA Connector D
close
Default Mode is all jumper 2-3 close, so C-D is active and A-B is inactive on default.
1.There are four SATA ports in RC212 RAID adapter. We named these ports character A through D. Ports C
to D are internal SATA ports and A to B are external SATA ports.
By changing the jumper setting (F and G) on RC212 that allows you to utilize 2 ports of this card. With
different jumper setting you can active port A, B, C and D .
Hardware Installation
Remove the case of the PC system.
Remove the inside slot of any available 32-bit PCI slot.
Install the VIA VT6421 RAID card in this open slot.
Attach hard drives to the VIA VT6421 RAID card.
Create Your Disk Array
You can create your own array using the onboard BIOS utility of the VIA VT6421 card with the
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attached hard drives. Please follow the steps below to setup your disk array.
Warning: Please backup data in your hard drives to prevent data damage resulting from the
unfamiliarity with the operation.
Boot your system
Please attach your hard drives to the VIA VT6421 RAID card, boot your system and then you will
see the following message shown by the VIA VT6421 RAID card onboard BIOS on the screen:
VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6421 RAID BIOS Setting Utility v4.50
Copyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc. All Right reserved.
Scan Devices, Please wait…
Raid
None Define
None Raid
Serial_Ch1 Master: ST3160023AS
Parallel Slave: WDC WD400JB-00FSA0
Press < Tab > Key into User Window!
Please press “Tab” key to enter the BIOS utility Main Menu. The screen below will appear.
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 4.50
Create Array Create a RAID array with
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Create/Delete Spare VIA RAID controller
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Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
Serial_Ch0 Master No Drive
Serial_Ch1 Master ST3160023AS SATA 149.05 Hdd
Parallel Master No Drive
Parallel Slave WDC WD400JB-00FS ATA100 37.27 Hdd
Please select the “Create Array” item to create your disk array.
Auto Setup For Data Security
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Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)
Select Disk Drives
Start Create Process
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JBOD Disk
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Concatenation
Driver Installation
Installing driver on Windows® 98SE/ME
1. Start your PC. Windows ® will detect the VIA VT6421 RAID Card and find a “PCI RAID
Controller”. Click the “Cancel” button to cancel the driver installation for the device at this
moment. The driver for the device will be installed in the next step.
2. Insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM Drive, and then please browse CD and locate the
Driver Folder “\RC212\” and double click “Setup.exe” to start the driver installation
procedure.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When the installation is
complete, please select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” and restart your system.
4. Once you have rebooted your computer. Windows® will detect the VIA VT6421 RAID card and
find a “VIA VT6421 RAID Controller” device. When the “Add New Hardware Wizard” asks
“What would you like to do?” select “Specify the location of the driver(Advanced)” and click
“Next” button.
5. When the “Add New Hardware Wizard” asks for the driver installation, uncheck all the boxes to
allow Windows® to search its own driver database. Click “Next” to start the search.
6. The “Add New Hardware Wizard” will find the driver for the device “VIA VT6421 RAID
Controller”. Click “Next” to continue.
7. When the driver installation is complete, click “Finish”.
8. Your computer must be restarted in order to complete the installation, click “Yes” to restart
your computer.
Installing driver on Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003
1. Start your PC. Windows ® will detect the VIA VT6421 RAID Card and find a “RAID Controller”.
Click the “Cancel” button to cancel the driver installation for the device at this moment. The
driver for the device will be installed in the next step.
2. Insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM Drive, and then please browse CD and locate the Driver
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Folder “\ RC212\” and double click “Setup.exe” to start the driver installation procedure.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When the installation is
complete, please select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” and restart your system.
Installing driver on Windows® NT
1. Start your PC, insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM Drive, and then please browse CD and
locate the Driver Folder “\ RC212\” and double click “Setup.exe” to start the driver installation
procedure.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When the installation is
complete, please select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” and restart your system.
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