Rosewill RC212 User Manual

SATA+Ultra ATA RAID CONTROLLER RC212

User Manual

SATA+ULTRA ATA RAID CONTROLLERRC212 User Manual

Contents

 Feature and benefits

 Package contents

 System requirement

 Magic Switch introduction and jumper setting

 Hardware installation

 Important message for user

 RAID introduction

RAID 0

RAID 1

RAID 0+1

 Driver installation

Quick guide

Detail guide

SATA+ULTRA ATA RAID CONTROLLERRC212 User Manual

Features and Benefits

 Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification

 Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2  Provides three independent channels to connect two SATA and two PATA hard disk

drive

 Supports up to UDMA6 transfer mode of PATA  Supports up to 4 storage device connection（Two SATA and Two PATA）

 Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD functions

 Supports drives with capacities larger than 137GB

 Supports Windows® 98SE, ME, 2000, Windows XP and Server 2003

 Connectors : 2 x internal SATA connectors, 2 x external SATA connectors

1 x PATA connector

Package Contents

 1x PCI SATA + PATA Raid Card

 1x Manual

 1x Driver CD

 2x SATA Data Cable

 2x SATA Power Cable  1x ATA 133 IDE Cable

System Requirements

 Windows® 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and Server 2003  Available PCI slot

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Magic Switch introduction and jumper setting

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)

C SATA Connector (Internal)

D SATA Connector (Internal)

E PATA Connector

F Jumpers control BC Switch

G Jumpers control AD Switch

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IDE/RAID: Jumper Settings

JP Description

1-2

J8-J11

J12-J15

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 .

Note: There are four SATA ports in PCI SATA+PATA RAID card. We named these ports

2-3

1-2

2-3

Enable SATA Connector B

Enable SATA Connector C

Enable SATA Connector A

Enable SATA Connector D

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character A through D. Ports C & D are internal SATA ports and A & B are external SATA

ports. By changing the jumper setting on the PCI SATA+PATA RAID card that allows you

to utilize 2 ports of this card at the same time. Please set which port to work by jumper

setting. By default, Port C and D are working.

Hardware Installation

1. Turn Off the power to your computer.

2. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer’s 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.

5. Attach your internal or external devices to the PCI SATA+PATA RAID card.

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

7. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord.

Important message for user

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

2. New HD connecting to RC-212 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-212 HD, please

change from BIOS “booting sequence”.

5. Although SATA HD is a “hot swap” design, it is strongly recommended that all users

turn off the power before you add any HD to PC.

6. If you want to use RC-212 as a un-RAID card, please do not enter the RAID BIOS and

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set any RAID set at the beginning of booting. You can jump to P11 “Driver installation”

directly to complete the install. 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 PCI SATA+PATA RAID card’s BIOS.

There are four configurations supported:

RAID

level/Type

RAID 0 Disk Striping 2 or 3 or 4

RAID 1 Disk Mirroring 2

RAID 0+1 Disk Striping

JBOD Disk Concatenation 2 or 3 or 4

Configurations Number of disks needed

+ Mirroring

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.

Auto configuration (recommended)

The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration.

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

2. At the RAID utility main menu select Create Array, press Enter.

3. At the next screen select Auto Setup For Performance, press Enter.

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4. When asked Auto Create array will destroy all data on disks. Continue? (Y/N), press Y

to accept.

5. And then a Create New Raid Success!! Message will be displayed. Press ESC to quit

then go back to the RAID utility main menu.

6. Press ESC to exit the BIOS.

7. When asked Do you really want to exit the utility? (Y/N), press Y to accept.

Manual configuration

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

2. At the RAID utility main menu select Create Array, press Enter.

3. At the next screen select Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring), press Enter.

4. At the next screen select RAID 0 for performance, press Enter.

5. At the next screen select Select Disk Drives, press Enter.

6. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓ to switch the disk, then press Enter to mark the

selected disk.

7. Select Block Size 64, press Enter.

8. Select chunk size from 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K or 64K, then press Enter.

9. Select Start Create Process, press Enter.

10. When asked The data on the selected disk will be destroied. Continue? (Y/N), press Y

to accept.

11. And then a Create New Raid Success!! Message will be displayed. Press ESC to quit

then go back to the RAID utility main menu.

12. Press ESC to exit the BIOS.

13. When asked Do you really want to exit the utility? (Y/N), press Y to accept.

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