Rosewill RC216 User Manual

SATA II / ATA 133 PCIe Card RC216

User Manual

SATA II/ATA 133 PCIe Card RC216 User Manual

Features and Benefits

z Compliant with one-lane 2.5Gb/s PCI Express specification z Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification z Supports Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s z Supports Native Command Queue (NCQ) on SATA ports z Provides three independent channels to connect two SATA and

one PATA hard disk drive

z Supports up to UDMA6 transfer mode of PATA z Supports up to 4 storage device connection z Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD functions z Supports Windows® 2000, Windows XP, 2003 and Vista

Connectors

z 2 x internal SATA connectors z 2 x external eSATA connectors z 1 x PATA connector

System Requirements

z Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista z PCI Express-enabled system with an available PCI Express slot

Package Contents

z 1x PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA RAID Card

SATA II/ATA 133 PCIe Card RC216 User Manual

z 1x Manual z 1x Driver CD z 1x SATA Data Cable z 1x ATA 133 IDE Cable

Note: Contents may vary depending on country/market.

SATA II/ATA 133 PCIe Card RC216 User Manual

Hardware Description

G (Jumper Settings)

JP Description Active Port

1-2 close Enable SATA Port CON1 J1-J4

2-3 close Enable SATA Port CON3

1-2 close Enable SATA Port CON2 J5-J8

2-3 close Enable SATA Port CON4

Note: There are four SATA ports in PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card.

We name these ports CON1 to CON4. Ports CON3 & CON4 are

internal SATA ports and CON1 & CON2 are external SATA ports. By

SATA II/ATA 133 PCIe Card RC216 User Manual

changing the jumper setting on the PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card

that allows you to select between external and internal ports to use. By

default, Port CON1 & CON2 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 PCIe slot.

4. To install the bard, carefully align the card’s bus connector with the

selected PCIe slot on the motherboard. Push the board down

firmly.

5. Attach your internal or external devices to the PCIe SATA II 300 +

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.

RAID Arrays

RAID Arrays are setup in the PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card’s BIOS.

There are four configurations supported:

RAID level/Type Configurations Number of disks needed

RAID 0 Disk Striping 2 or 3 or 4

RAID 1 Disk Mirroring 2

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