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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 FORMA T steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. Deleting RAID Arrays . As the BIOS boots pr ess Ctrl+S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. Select Delete RAID Set, then press Enter. 3. Select the RAID set then press Enter. 4. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, press Y to confirm. Resolving Conflicts When a RAID
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual BIOS will show up and indicate the devices attached to it. Driver Installation Quick guide: . If you want to add RC-209 to an existing OS, set up RC-209 into a PCI slot. Enter the OS and install RC-209 with driver disk. In this case, PC is booting up by an existing HD connecting to motherboard. 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
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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”. 5
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 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. 6
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 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. 3. If you want to create a mirror with a HD with existing OS and a fresh HD, the data on existing HD will copy
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 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. . Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation. 2. Follow Microsoft’s Windows installation procedure. 3. Restart the computer when prompted by Windows’ installation. 4. At the
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual Content • Feature highlights .............................................................................. 01 • Package contents .............................................................................. 01 • System requirement .......................................................................... 01 • Magic Switch introduction and jumper setting ............................... 02
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 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 • Supports RAID0(striping), RAID(mirroring), RAID5(Parity RAID), RAID 0+ (mirroring+striping) and Concatenation modes • HDD functions normally when not in RAI
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual Magic Switch introduction and jumper setting Before installing the SiI 34 SA TA PCI Card, please see the photo below which shows all the ports & jumpers on this PCI Card. A SATA Connector (inter nal) B SATA Connector 2 (internal) C SATA Connector 3 (internal) D SATA Connector 4 (internal) E SATA Connector 5 (external) F SATA Connector 6 (external) G Jumpers IDE/RAID: Jumper Settings ( Default mode as below : 2-3 close ) J
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 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. By changing the jumper setting on RC209 that allows you to utilize 4 ports of this card. Please reference our photos below for the proper jumper setting. Port A and B are always active. With different
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual Mode (Default) - ABCD Active Active Active D C B A E F 2.3 close 2.3 close Mode 2 - ABDF Active Active Active D C B A E F 2.3 close .2 close Mode 3 - ABEF Active Active D C B A E Active F .2 close .2 close 4
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual Mode 4 - ABCE Active Active Active D C B A E F .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. Please set which port to work by jumper sett
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual 3. Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to the hard disk drive. 4. Attach the other end of the Serial ATA cable to the Serial ATA controller on the Serial ATA 4-Channel RAID adapter. 5. Follow the same instructions to connect up to four hard drives. Device connection is now complete. 6. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord. Important message for user . Backup all your data in HD before setting any RAID. 2. New
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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. 7
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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. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. 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. Manual confi
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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 FORMA T 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. . 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. At th
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SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 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. After you process this function, your mirror will be rebuilded. . During boot press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter th
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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. Select RAID10, then press Enter. 4. Select Auto configuration, then press Enter. 5. Input the RAID size, press Enter. 6. When asked Are You Sure(Y/N)?, press Y to accept. 7. Press Ctrl+E to e
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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. Press Ctrl+E to exit the BIOS. 9. When asked Are you sure to exit(Y/N)?, press Y to exit and reboot 0. Continue with FDISK and FORMA T steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive. Manual config
