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Raid5 SA T A II - 3Gbps Host Adapter RC211 User Manual.
1 Installation Instruction RC211 This Manual for many Models of SA T A2 RAID5 PCI Express host cards which use Silicon Image SA T A II- 3Gbps SiI3132 chipset.
2 Installation Instruction RC211 1. Intr oduction This Low Profile PCI-Expr ess Host Adapter is a controller board to support Low pr ofile PCI and regular size PCI both in one car d. The card can upgrade your desktop computer to have 2 ports Serial A T A II transfer rate of 3 Gb/s (300 MB/s).
3 Installation Instruction RC211 14. Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multipliers. 15. Commands and Scatter/Gather T ables per Port. 16. T wo Pin headers on boar d for LED connection. 17. Completely with drivers for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
4 Installation Instruction RC211 Mirr or ed-Striping (RAID 0+1 also known as RAID 10) A Mirror ed-Striping Set does just what it says, combining both Striping and Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come fr om Striping and the data availability and integrity that comes from Mirr oring.
5 Installation Instruction RC211 11. Use SA T ARAID5 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 “Mirr ored Striped” setting If 3 Disks, don’t select “Mirr ored Striped” setting 12.
6 Installation Instruction RC211 4. Select Auto configuration. Press Enter . 5. Press Y to save your settings. 6. Press CTRL+E and then pr ess Y to exit the setup. 7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional har d drive.
7 Installation Instruction RC211 4.6. Cr eating Spar e Drive 1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility . 2. Select Create RAID set. Pr ess Enter . 3. Select Spare Drive then pr ess Enter . 4. Select Spare Drives. Pr ess Enter .
8 Installation Instruction RC211 5. Softwar e Installation 5.1. Windows 2000/XP/2003 Fr esh Installation 1. Power off the system. Connect the har d drives to the controller card and insert the contr oller card into a PCI Expr ess slot. Power up the system.
9 Installation Instruction RC211 5.3. V erifying controller installation under Windows 2000/ XP/2003 1. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Properties', left click on 'Har dware' tab and then on 'Device Manager' button.
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