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- Page 1 Raid5 SATA II - 3Gbps Host Adapter RC211 User Manual...
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Page 2: Important Message For User
RC211 This Manual for many Models of SATA2 RAID5 PCI Express host cards which use Silicon Image SATA II- 3Gbps SiI3132 chipset. Important Message for User: 1. Before controller card installation, we recommend the users to study this manual and the PDF file of SATARaid5 Manual at enclosed CD folder\SATA PCIe_Raid5_2Port\SiI3132\Windows\ Gui ( or\Raid5 SATA2_4Port\SiI3124\ Windows\Gui ) first. - Page 3 RC211 Installation Instruction 1. Introduction This Low Profile PCI-Express Host Adapter is a controller board to support Low profile PCI and regular size PCI both in one card. The card can upgrade your desktop computer to have 2 ports Serial ATA II transfer rate of 3 Gb/s (300 MB/s). The board can be used to upgrade your desktop computer to have 2Ports Serial ATA Channels and support RAID 5, RAID 0+1, RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD features.
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Page 4: Package Contents
RC211 14. Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multipliers. 15. Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port. 16. Two Pin headers on board for LED connection. 17. Completely with drivers for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. 18. Provides RAID 0 (Stripping) to greatly increase the performance of data transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives. -
Page 5: Installation Procedures
RC211 Mirrored-Striping (RAID 0+1 also known as RAID 10) A Mirrored-Striping Set does just what it says, combining both Striping and Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and the data availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring. When data is written to a Mirrored- Striped Set, instead of creating just one virtual disk as Striping would do, a second, Mirrored virtual disk is created as well. - Page 6 RC211 11. Use SATARAID5 Manager GUI for RAID configuration setting. If 1 Disk, please select “Concatenate” or “Contiguous” setting only. If 2 Disks, don’t select “Parity RAID” or “Mirrored Striped” setting If 3 Disks, don’t select “Mirrored Striped” setting 12. Click “Task Manager” to make sure Raid setting is completed. It shall be “Green” color or “Blue”...
- Page 7 RC211 4. Select Auto configuration. Press Enter. 5. Press Y to save your settings. 6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup. 7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional hard drive.
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Page 8: Creating Spare Drive
RC211 4.6. Creating Spare Drive 1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility. 2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter. 3. Select Spare Drive then press Enter. 4. Select Spare Drives. Press Enter. 5. -
Page 9: Software Installation
RC211 5. Software Installation 5.1. Windows 2000/XP/2003 Fresh Installation 1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the controller card and insert the controller card into a PCI Express slot. Power up the system. 2. Put your Windows 2000/XP CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive, or the 2000/XP boot diskette #1 in the floppy drive if your system cannot boot from the CD. - Page 10 'Yes' to reboot your system when necessary. 4. See instructions in section 5.3 to verify controller was installed correctly. 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. Installation Instruction...
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