Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RC212 Rosewill
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SA T A+Ultra A T A RAID CONTROL LER RC212 User Manual.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 2 Contents Feature and benefit s Package contents System requir ement Magic Switch intr oduction and jumper setting .
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 3 Features and Benefits Compliant with Serial A T A 1.0 specificatio n Compliant with PCI Speci fication, r evision 2.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 4 Magic Switch in troduction and jumper setting Before installing the VIA VT6421 RAID PCI Card, please see the photo below which shows all the ports & jumpers on this PCI Card.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 5 IDE/RAID: Jumper Settings JP Description 1-2 close Enable SA T A Connector B J8-J11 2-3 close Enable SA T A Connector C 1-2 close E.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 6 character A thr ough D. Ports C & D ar e internal SA T A ports and A & B are external SA T A ports. By changing t he jumper setting on the PCI SA T A+P A T A RAID card that allows you to utilize 2 ports of this card at the same time.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 7 set any RAID set at t he beginning of booting. Y ou can jump to P11 “Driver i nstallation” directly to co mplete the install. The only dif ferent is ignoring the step of RAID setting and the driver set ting is the same as a RAID card.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 8 4. When asked Auto Create array will destr oy all data on disks. Continue? (Y/N), press Y to accept. 5. And then a Cr eate N ew Raid Success! ! Message will be di splayed. Press ESC to quit then go back to the RAID utilit y main menu.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 9 RAID 1 (Mirroring) For New/Blank Hard Drives 1. As the BIOS boots pr ess Ta b when pr ompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the RAID utility main menu select Create Array , press Enter .
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 10 you that build is finished. Rebuild Mirror Drive 12. When a failure to one member occurs, you will be n otified by the RAID BIOS du ring boot. The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 11 1. As the BIOS boots pr ess Ta b when pr ompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the RAID utility main menu select Create Array , press Enter . 3. At the next scr een select Auto Setup (Safe, Performance) , press Enter .
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 12 14. And then a Create New Raid Success!! Message will be di splayed. Press ESC to quit then go back to the RAID utilit y main menu. 15. Press ESC to exit t he BIOS. 16. When asked Do you r eally want to exit the utility? (Y/N), press Y to accept.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 13 During this (POST) process, the BIOS will sh ow up and indicate the devices attached to it. Driver Installation Quick guide: 1. If you want to add RC-212 to an existing OS , set up RC-212 into a PCI sl ot.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 14 This will let PC boot from a HD controller instead of motherboard HD. e. Keep the floppy in flop py drive and follow the installation. Press “ S ” wh en the screen shows as the following p icture.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 15 Choose the correct O S which you are going to install when system asks you. If below scr een happens, please choose “S tandard PC with C-Ste p i486”.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 16 Keep the flop py disk in floppy drive. PC will no tice you as below if you take them off from the drive.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 17 The installation of RC-212 by floppy drive will be complet ed and the system will detect the HD which now pl ug on the card.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 18 f. Once the system can find the HD co nnecting to RC-2 12, you can follo w the normal steps to complete th e Windows installation. 1. If you want to create a mirr or with a HD with existing OS and a fresh HD, the data on existing HD will copy to fresh HD and boot as RAID 1.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 19 c. T ur n on PC and enter RAID BIOS to set mirror . Choose “Manual” and t hen select the original HD as the data source to complete mirr or . The copy will take a long time depending on your HD capability .
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 20 ＊ For An Existing Installation 1. Setup the RA ID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Wi ndows. 2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard window pop-up, please click Cancel button to cancel the driver installation for t he device at this momen t.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 21 7. Select VIA RAID C ontroller (Windows 2000), then p ress Enter . 8. Press Enter again to finish d river installation, th en follow the o n-screen instructions to complete the Wind ows installation.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 22 For Windows® 98SE/Me ＊ For New Installation 1. Setup the RA ID array prior to Wind ows installation. 2. Follow Micr osoft procedur es to install Windows 98SE/Me accord ingly . 3.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 23 ＊ For An Existing Installation 1. Setup the RA ID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Wi ndows. 2. At the Found New Hardware Wizard window pop-up, please click Cancel button to cancel the driver installation for t he device at this momen t.
SA T A+UL T RA A TA RAID C ONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 24 ＊ T o Verify W indows® 98S E/Me Installation 1. Right cli ck My Computer , click Properties , then click Device Manager . 2. Double click SCSI Controllers , VIA VT642 1 RAID Controller shoul d be displayed.
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