Rosewill RC216 User Manual
Rosewill RC216 User Manual

Rosewill RC216 User Manual

Sata ii / ata 133 pcie card

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SATA II / ATA 133 PCIe Card
RC216
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Summary of Contents for Rosewill RC216

  • Page 1 SATA II / ATA 133 PCIe Card RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 2: Features And Benefits

    2 x internal SATA connectors 2 x external eSATA connectors 1 x PATA connector System Requirements Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista PCI Express-enabled system with an available PCI Express slot Package Contents 1x PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA RAID Card RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 3 SATA II/ATA 133 PCIe Card 1x Manual 1x Driver CD 1x SATA Data Cable 1x ATA 133 IDE Cable Note: Contents may vary depending on country/market. RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 4: Hardware Description

    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 RC216 G (Jumper Settings) Active Port...
  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    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 RAID 0 RAID 1 RC216 Configurations Disk Striping Disk Mirroring User Manual Number of disks needed...
  • Page 6 At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter. When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the BIOS. RAID 1 (Mirroring) As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID RC216 Disk Striping + Mirroring Disk Concatenation...
  • Page 7 Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to switch the RAID level to JBOD-Concatenate, then press Enter. Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓to switch the disk, use the “space” key to mark the selected disk, then press Enter. Input the RAID size, press Enter. RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 8 At the next screen select Save And Exit Setup, press Enter. When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the BIOS. Delete RAID Disk Drive As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 9: Solve Mirror Conflict

    When a failure to one member occurs, you will be notified by the RAID BIOS during boot. The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set. Replace he failed drive(s) with one of equal or greater capacity, then RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 10: Bios Configuration

    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-216\Floppy32” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 11 Please insert the CD driver bound with PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card into your CD-ROM Drive. At the Windows desktop, click Start, then Run. Type D:\ RC-216\Setup.exe, click OK. (Change D:\ to match your RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 12 JMB36X Controller, then press Enter. Press Enter to finish driver installation, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows installation. For An Existing Installation Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 13 CD, onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below. Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation. Follow Microsoft’s Windows installation procedure. Restart the computer when prompted by Windows’ installation. At the Windows Setup screen, press Load Driver to install the driver. RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 14 Type D:\ RC-216\Setup.exe, click OK. (Change D:\ to match your CD-ROM drive letter) Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Restart Windows to complete the installation. For Windows® Vista-x64 For New Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 15 The driver for this device will be installed in the next step. Please insert the CD driver bound with PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card into your CD-ROM Drive. At the Windows desktop, click Start, then Run. RC216 User Manual...
  • Page 16: To Verify Driver Installation

    Windows Control Panel. You should see an “JMicron JMB36X Controller” installed under “SCSI and RAID controllers” item. 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. RC216 User Manual...

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