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- Page 1 SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 Content • Feature highlights ... • Package contents ... • System requirement ... • Magic Switch introduction and jumper setting ... • Step by step photo installation of Magic Switch ... • Hardware installation ... •... -
Page 3: Feature Highlights
SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 SiI 3114 SATA PCI Card Feature Highlights • Silicon Image SiI34 SATA controller chip • Compliant with PCI Specification, Rev. 2.3, 32bit, 33/66Mhz • Compliant with Serial ATA .0 specification • Provides four independent channels to support up to four Serial ATA drives •... -
Page 4: Magic Switch Introduction And Jumper Setting
SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 Magic Switch introduction and jumper setting Before installing the SiI 34 SATA PCI Card, please see the photo below which shows all the ports & jumpers on this PCI Card. SATA Connector (internal) SATA Connector 2 (internal) SATA Connector 3 (internal) SATA Connector 4 (internal) -
Page 5: Step By Step Photo Installation Of Magic Switch
SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 Step by step photo installation of Magic Switch . There are six SATA ports in RC209 RAID adapter. We named these ports character A through F. Ports A to D are internal SATA ports and E to F are external SATA ports. - Page 6 SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 Mode (Default) - ABCD Active Active 2.3 close 2.3 close Mode 2 - ABDF Active Active 2.3 close .2 close Mode 3 - ABEF Active Active .2 close .2 close Active Active Active User Manual...
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Page 7: Hardware Installation
SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual Mode 4 - ABCE Active Active Active .2 close 2.3 close Note: There are six SATA ports in Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID adapter. We named these ports character A through F. Ports A to D are internal SATA ports and E & F are external SATA ports. By changing the jumper setting on the Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID adapter that allows you to utilize 4 ports of this card at the same time. -
Page 8: Important Message For User
RAID. Otherwise, PC might find nothing in the system. 3. Please read the PDF file of “SATARAID5-UserGuide_v.40” for basic RAID knowledge. 4. If you want to boot from correct HD either from motherboard HD or RC-209 HD, please change from BIOS “booting sequence”. - Page 9 SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual Auto configuration (recommended) The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration. . As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then press Enter.
- Page 10 SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 3. Select RAID0, then press Enter. 4. Select the number of drives then press Enter. 5. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter. 6. Input the RAID size, press Enter. 7. When asked Are You Sure (Y/N)?, press Y to accept. 8.
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Page 11: Raid 1
SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 2. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. 3. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. 4. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. RAID 1 (Mirror) For New/Blank Hard Drive Recommended for all fresh HD without data. -
Page 12: Creating A Spare Drive
User Manual Creating a SPARE Drive This function is used when you want to backup your data by adding a new HD to RC-209. You can transfer original data to the new adding HD by the following. When a hard drive failure occurs in a mirror set, the auto-rebuild feature enables a drive designated as SPARE to become the new member of the mirror set. -
Page 13: Raid 5 (Optional)
SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual Auto configuration (recommended) The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration. . As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen select Create RAID Set, then press Enter. 3. - Page 14 SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 3. Select RAID5, then press Enter. 4. Select the number of drives then press Enter. 5. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter. 6. Input the RAID size, press Enter. 7. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, press Y to accept. 8.
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Page 15: Deleting Raid Arrays
SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 9. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot. 0. Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. Deleting RAID Arrays . -
Page 16: Driver Installation
After RC-209 is installed complete, you can add HD and set the RAID by RAID BIOS. 2. If you want to add RC-209 to a new PC without any OS, you need to boot the OS from HD connecting to RC-209 instead of motherboard. - Page 17 SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual Choose the correct OS for your future system. Then choose “Standard PC with C-Step i486”.
- Page 18 Keep the floppy disk in floppy drive. PC will notice you as below if you take them off from the drive. The installation of RC-209 by floppy drive will be completed and the system will detect the HD which now plug on the card.
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Page 19: Detail Guide
After you install RC-209 successfully by floppy disk, installation will lead you back to the same screen as below and then press “enter” to left the setting. f. Once the system can find the HD connecting to RC-209, you can follow the normal steps to complete the Windows installation. -
Page 20: For Windows 2000
For New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the “RC-209\Driver\RAID” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. -
Page 21: For Windows® 98Se
6. Please insert the CD driver bound with Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID adapter into your CD-ROM Drive, then click Next. 7. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended) and click Next. 8. Select Specify a location and type D:\RC-209\Driver\RAID on the filed designating the User Manual... -
Page 22: For Windows® Me
CD-ROM Drive, then click Next. 4. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended) and click Next. 5. Select Specify a location and type D:\RC-209\Driver\RAID on the filed designating the file’s location. Press Next to continue to setup. - Page 23 Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product. Please register your product at : www.rosewill.com/ for complete warranty information and future support for your product. If you have any question while using our products, please feel free to contact us at feedback@rosewill.com User Manual...
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