Rosewill RC-209-EX
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1. When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit RAID 0 1 Mirroring Striping This RAID array to be used on New Blank hard drives do not use existing hard drive s with data To create a RAID 0 1 set at least four hard drives are required Auto configuration recommended The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration Oe Or Oe d t As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS At the next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter Select RAID10 then press Enter Select Auto configuration then press Enter Input the RAID size press Enter When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive Manual configuration OF gt OR DS E LE ol de l4 ed s TC o o W NY O As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS At the next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter Select RAID10 then press Enter Select the number of drives then press Enter Select Manual configuration then press Enter Select chunk size from 8k 16k 32k 64k or 128k then press Enter Select the first drive press Enter Select the second drive press Enter Select the third drive press Enter Select the fourth drive press Enter Select Create without d2. The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS Sil 3114 SATARaid BIOS Version 5 8 35 Copyright C 1997 2004 Silicon Image Inc Press Ctrl 5 gt or F4 to enter RAID utility e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual 2 Atthe next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter 3 pr I ss RAID Configuration Utility silicon Image Inc Copyright C 2064 j MAIN MENU yr HELP Create RAID set Press Enter to create Delete RAID set i RAID set Rebuild Raidl set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive nfo PHYSICAL DRIVE LOGICAL DRIVE 1 ST3160827AS 152627 Mb ST3160827AS 152527MB tl Select Menu ESC Previous Menu Enter Select Ctrl E Exit Select RAIDO then press Enter RAID Configuration Utility Silicon Image Inc Copyright OTOH MAIN MENI HELD m reate RAID set RRIDB Siriped Delete RAID set Rebuild Raidl set TIT Resolve Conflicts RAIDO Low Level Format SPARE DRIVE Logical Drive Info PHYSICAL DRIVE ce STS160827AS ST31BGB2TRS 152bZTMB Select the number of drives then press Enter select Auto configuration then press Enter Input the RAID size press Enter When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept Press Ctrl4E to exit the BIOS e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual 9 When asked Are you
3. 2 amp 3 PIN close a E 3 E 3 E E Note There are six SATA sons 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 amp F are external SATA ports By changing the jumper setting on the Serial ATA 4 Channel RAID adapter that allows you to select between external and internal ports to use By default Port A B C and D are working Hardware Installation Turn Off the power to your computer and any other connected peripheral devices Unplug the power cord form the back of the computer Remove your computer s cover Remove the slot bracket from an available PCI slot To install the card carefully align the card s bus connector with the selected PCI slot on the motherboard Push the board down firmly but gently until it is well seated c1 OO N 6 Replace the slot bracket s holding screw to secure the card Device Connection The Serial ATA 4 Channel RAID adapter is a four channel Serial ATA controller that supports up to four Serial ATA hard disk drives It is recommended to use identical hard drives for all RAID configurations 1 Install your hard disk drive s in chassis 2 Connect the Serial ATA hard disk drive to the system power supply using the included Serial ATA power cable 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 contro
4. Please insert the driver CD into your CD ROM Drive 2 At the Windows desktop click Start then Run 3 Type D RC 209 AP 64 bit Windows SATARAID5 Management Utility 3114 W A64 R_15100 msi then click OK Change D to match your CD ROM drive letter 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation 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 If you have any question while using our products please feel free to contact us at feedback rosewill com Y osewill WWW rosewill com
5. computer when prompted by Windows installation At the Windows Setup screen press F6 to install the RAID driver When prompted press S to specify the location of the driver Insert the floppy disk then press Enter Select Silicon Image Sil 3114 Soft RAID 5 Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 then press Enter w O O BWDP 9 Press Enter to finish driver installation then follow the on screen instructions to complete the Windows installation Note If the Security Alert warning pops up click Yes Our driver has passed Microsoft compatibility testing this message appears during new installation For An Existing Installation 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows 2 At the Found New Hardware Wizard XP w SP1 or earlier Server 2003 continue to step 3 XP w SP2 or later Server 2003 w SP1 or later select No not this time then click Next 3 Insert the driver CD select Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next 4 Click Finish 5 Repeat steps 2 4 For Windows Vista 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 RAID5 folder found on the driver CD onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation 2 Follow Microsoft s Windows installation procedure 3 Restart t
6. install the RAID driver When prompted press S to specify the location of the driver Insert the floppy disk then press Enter Select Silicon Image Sil 3114 Soft RAID 5 Controller for Windows XP Server 2003 then oress Enter w O O F bB O Mm 9 Press Enter to finish driver installation then follow the on screen instructions to complete the Windows installation Note If the Security Alert warning pops up click Yes Our driver has passed Microsoft compatibility testing this message appears during new installation For An Existing Installation 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows 2 At the Found New Hardware Wizard XP w SP1 or earlier Server 2003 continue to step 3 XP w SP2 or later Server 2003 w SP1 or later select No not this time then click Next 3 Insert the driver CD select Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next 4 Click Finish 5 Repeat steps 2 4 e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual For Windows XP x64 Server 2003 x64 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 64 bit WindowsARAID5 folder found on the driver 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
7. sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot 10 Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive Manual configuration 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 Atthe next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter 3 Select RAIDO then press Enter 4 Select the number of drives then press Enter 5 Select Manual configuration then press Enter 6 Select chunk size from 8k 16k 32k 64k or 128k then press Enter 7 Select the first drive press Enter 8 Select the second drive press Enter 9 If applicable select the 3rd and 4th drives pressing enter after each selection 10 Input the RAID size press Enter 11 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept 12 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 13 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot 14 Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive RAID 1 Mirror For New Blank Hard Drives Recommended for all fresh HD without data As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS At the next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter At the next screen select RAID1 then press Enter Select Auto configuration then press Enter Input the RAID size press Enter When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to
8. the RAID driver When prompted press S to specify the location of the driver Insert the floppy disk then press Enter Select Silicon Image Sil 3114 Soft Raid 5 Controller for Windows 2000 then press Enter Press Enter again to finish driver installation then follow the on screen instructions to CON Oo O i Oo mp complete the Windows installation For An Existing Installation 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows 2 At Found New Hardware Wizard click Next 3 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommend then click e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual 4 Insert the driver CD check CD ROM drives uncheck the other boxes click Next then click Next again 5 If the Digital Signature Not Found message appears click Yes Our driver has been thoroughly tested for stability and compatibility 6 Click Finish f Repeat steps 2 6 For Windows XP Server 2003 For A 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 RAID5 folder found on the driver 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 F6 to
9. 4 Soft Raid 5 Controller A si3114r5 inf then press Next Change A to match your floppy drive letter 6 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the Windows installation For An Existing Installation 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows 2 At Found New Hardware Wizard select Locate and install driver software recommended 3 Please insert the driver CD click Next 4 f the system prompts the user informing the drivers are not signed select the option Install this driver software anyway 5 Click Close to complete the installation e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual To Verify Windows Installation 1 Right click My Computer and click Manage 2 Select Device Manager 3 Double click SCSI and RAID Controller then double click Silicon Image Sil 3114 Soft Raid 5 Controller to display driver properties A message this device is working properly is displayed in the dialog box the driver has been correctly installed SATARAID5 Management Software Installation For Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista 1 Please insert the driver CD into your CD ROM Drive 2 At the Windows desktop click Start then Run 3 Type D RC 209 AP 32 bit Windows SATARAID5 Management 3114 W I32 R_ 15100 msi then click OK Change D to match your CD ROM drive letter 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation For Windows XP Server 2003 Vista x64 1
10. ata copy then press Enter Input the RAID size press Enter When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual RAID 5 Parity This RAID array to be used on New Blank hard drives Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive Auto Configuration is recommended For applications that require custom chunk size Manual Configuration is offered Auto configuration recommended The default chunk size is 64k when selecting Auto configuration 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 Atthe next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter 3 Select RAIDS 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 10 Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive Manual configuration As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS At the next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter Select RAID5 then pres
11. ese 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 RC 209 EX 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 jumper setting you can active port C D E and F by referencing the following photos 2 Available port setting 3 O Active X Inactive Jumper setting for 1 pin and 2 pin close connect pin 1 and 2 on J1 J2 J3 and J4 Jumper setting for 2 pin and 3 pin close connect pin 2 and 3 on J5 J6 J7 and J8 for exsample 2 amp 3 PIN close JI 22222227 GGH e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual Mode 1 Default ABCD Active 2 amp 3 PIN close 2 amp 3 PIN close i H em se TITTIT 2 HTTTTHTTHTHTTHTHTTHTH TH Mr CEE LEE Z HTTHTTTTTT mimi ttt RARAAA E i L PARR ERRATA Mode 2 ABDF Active 2 amp 3 PIN close 1 amp 2 PIN close N4 J2 J3 J4 1 2 N3 J J7 J8 1 2 jur e HN HAE o D z 1972992979 A 4992922099219 c E R e a ee hey EE con emn be Mode 3 ABEF Active 1 amp 2 PIN close 1 amp 2 PIN close Indi HH PA j LU hL L3 t t t e 9922297229 Cremen ILLI ddd ddd iddi iiidid iiia AAAA e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual Mode 4 ABCE Active 1 amp 2 PIN close
12. exit and reboot Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive Oi Sy E CM Mr For Existing Hard Drives with Data Recommended for one two original HD with data to mirror with one two fresh empty HD 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS At the next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter At the next screen select RAID1 then press Enter Select Manual configuration then press Enter d 9r dy Select the Source drive press Enter e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual 6 Select the Target drive press Enter 7 Select Create with data copy then press Enter 8 Select online copy then press Enter Note Selcting Online Copy builds the mirror while in Windows Selecting Offline Copy builds the mirror before exiting the RAID BIOS 9 Input the RAID size press Enter 10 Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS 11 When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot Note If during boot the RAID BIOS reports an RAID1 set is in Rebuild status The rebuild will continue after boot seguence is complete disregard the message continue booting and let the Mirror rebuild Creating a SPARE Drive This function is used when you want to backup your data by adding a new HD to RC 209 EX 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
13. he computer when prompted by Windows installation e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual 4 At the Windows Setup screen press Load Driver to install the RAID driver 5 Insert the floppy disk please select Silicon Image Sil 3114 Soft Raid 5 Controller A si3114r5 inf then press Next Change A to match your floppy drive letter 6 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the Windows installation For An Existing Installation 1 Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation and boot up to Windows 2 At Found New Hardware Wizard select Locate and install driver software recommended 3 Please insert driver CD click Next 4 If the system prompts the user informing the drivers are not signed select the option Install this driver software anyway 5 Click Close to complete the installation For Windows Vista x64 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 64 bit WindowsARAID5 folder found on the driver CD onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below 1 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 Windows Setup screen press Load Driver to install the RAID driver 5 Insert the floppy disk please select Silicon Image Sil 311
14. l eSATA connectors Package Contents e x Serial ATA 4 Channel RAID adapter e 1x Driver CD e 2x SAIA Data Cables e 2 x SAIA Power Cables e 1x Manual e 1x Low profile bracket System Requirements e Pentium class computer with one available PCI slot e Windows 2000 XP 2003 32 64bit Vista 32 64bit e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual Hardware Description C D SATA port A B SATA port Jumper e SATA port SATA Connector SATA Connector SATA Connector SATA Connector SATA Connector SATA Connector Jumpers internal internal internal i ll eis internal external TmmT O O U gt external Q Jumper Settings Default mode as below 2 3 close J8 J7 J6 J5 J4 J3 J2 J1 Jumper Settings JP Description Active port J1 J4 1 2 close Enable SATA Connector F 2 3 close Enable SATA Connector C J5 J8 1 2 close Enable SATA Connector E 2 3 close Enable SATA Connector D Note There are six 1 5G SATA channels in RC 209 EX We named these ports character A through F Ports A to D are internal SATA ports and E amp F are external e SATA ports By changing the jumper setting on RC 209 EX that allows you to select between external and internal ports to use By default Port A B C and D are working e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual Step by step photo installation of Magic Switch 1 There are six SATA ports in RC 209 EX RAID adapter We named th
15. ller 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 e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual Important message for user 1 Backup all your data in HD before setting any RAID 2 New HD connecting to RC 209 EX is recommended to initial and format before setting a RAID Otherwise PC might find nothing in the system 3 If you want to boot from correct HD either from motherboard HD or RC 209 EX HD please change from BIOS booting sequence 4 Although SATA HD is a hot swap design it is strongly recommended that all users turn off the power before you add any HD to PC 5 If you want to use RC 209 EX as a un RAID card please do not enter the RAID BIOS and set any RAID set at the beginning of booting You can jump to P11 Driver installation directly to complete the install The only different is ignoring the step of RAID setting and the driver setting is the same as a RAID card RAID Arrays RAID Arrays are setup in the Serial ATA 4 Channel RAID adapter s BIOS RAID O Striping This RAID array to be used on New Blank hard drives Striping will destroy existing data on the hard drive Auto Configuration is recommended For applications that reguire custom chunk size Manual Configuration is offered Auto configuration recommended
16. nt of physical drives within a logical set RAIDO RAID1 etc This is display only function BIOS Configuration The Serial ATA 4 Channel RAID adapter BIOS will appear every time your system starts up If the BIOS doesn t show please try your controller in another PCI slot During this POST process the BIOS will show up and indicate the devices attached to it Driver Installation Quick guide 1 If you want to add RC 209 EX to an existing OS set up RC 209 EX into a PCI slot Enter the OS and install RC 209 EX with driver disk In this case PC is booting up by an existing HDD connecting to motherboard After RC 209 EX is installed complete you can add HDD and set the RAID by RAID BIOS 2 If you want to add RC 209 EX to a new PC without any OS you need to boot the OS from HD connecting to RC 209 EX instead of motherboard Please follow below steps a f to complete the installation a Put the driver the driver must fit the OS you want to install to the HDD into a floppy disk and keep it in the floppy drive b Plug the HDD Turn on PC enter and complete the RAID set After you complete save and left the setting c Inset Windows installation disk and start the windows installation d Press F6 at the beginning as the blue screen scanning User Manual e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX This will let PC boot from a HDD controller instead of motherboard HDD e Keep the flo
17. on based on the above situation if a bootable HDD on the RC 209 EX is desired It means in this case you will boot our computer from RC 209 EX instead of motherboard Please follow the following instructions a Install RC 209 EX to an existing OS HD connecting to motherboard b After RC 209 EX install complete turn off PC Take the original HDD off from motherboard and connect to RC 209 EX Take another fresh HDD to connect to RC 209 EX for setting mirror c Turn on PC and enter RAID BIOS to set mirror Choose Manual and then select the original HDD as the data source to complete mirror The copy will take a long time depending on your HD capability After data copy complete save and left RAID BIOS Important message If you choose the wrong HDD source at the step of manual all your data will be lost d Reboot your PC and now you can enter your OS with RAID 1 Please change the booting sequence in CMOS if necessary Detail guide For Windows 2000 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 RAID5 folder found on the driver CD onto a blank floppy disk then follow the directions below Setup the RAID Array prior to Windows installation Follow Windows 2000 installation procedure Restart the computer when prompted by the installation At the Windows 2000 Setup screen press F6 to install
18. oy osewill e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209 User Manual Content e Feature highlights e 01 PACKAGES Contents m 01 e System requirement sce ssivieedenciwccicanvestextascsravaccavawsesieiacenunccctiuvesoncheretee 01 Hardware DescripUOT 52 535 5 iona CR osa E da DR GOG OU 02 e Step by step photo installation of Magic Switch 03 Hardware INSTA ATION usse inteso Desa abu NAG GORE YE cows s Rr E MERE 05 e Important message for user cere eene ener eren nnne nnne nnne 06 e RAID introduction OTRAS O Et 06 i2 DA aan WORDS T 08 dis BRL EE 10 SRAID ge EE 11 BIOS CONTIGUKAUION erm 13 e Driver installation QUICK GUNG eu ia O i R 13 Detall QUIAE iiu ie GG NL a GDG UG e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual Sil 3114 SATA PCI Card Feature e Silicon Image Sil3114 SATA controller chip e Compliant with PCI Specification Rev 2 3 32bit 33 66Mhz e Provides four independent channels to support up to four Serial ATA drives e Supports RAIDO striping RAID1 mirroring RAID5 Parity RAID RAID 0 1 mirroring striping and Concatenation modes e HDDs function normally when not in RAID sets e Supports SATA up to 150MB Sec e Supports Windows 2000 XP 2003 32 64 bit Vista 32 64bit Bus Interface e PCI Bus 32bit Connectors e 4 x internal SATA connectors e 2 x externa
19. ppy in floppy drive and follow the installation Press S when the screen shows as the following picture ua EID a ERA Tr T oar LID IA anepo eee T aita d mu md i Ses itional Device ENTER Con Choose the correct OS which you are going to install when system asks you dd Sespecify A 14 User Manual 15 Keep the floppy disk in floppy drive PC will notice you as below if you take them off from lf below screen happens please choose Standard PC with C Step i486 the drive e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual ENTER Continue ESC Cance F3 Exit The installation of RC 209 EX by floppy drive will be completed and the system will detect the HD which now plug on the card After you install RC 209 EX successfully by floppy disk installation will lead you back to the same screen as below and then press enter to left the setting S Specify Additional Device ENTER Dontinue Fa Exit f Once the system can find the HD connecting to RC 209 EX you can follow the normal steps to complete the Windows installation e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual 3 If you want to create a mirror with a HDD with existing OS and a fresh HDD the data on existing HDD will copy to fresh HDD and boot as RAID 1 In additi
20. 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 the RAID BIOS Select Create RAID Set then press Enter Select SPARE DRIVE then press Enter Select the single hard drive then press Enter When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept Press Ctrl E to exit When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit Or a abc a The SPARE drive will not been by Windows however it remains in the background waiting to rebuild the mirror in the event of a hard drive failure Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set This function is used when any HD in mirror is failure Your data is still safety System will notice and help you rebuild mirror by replacing new HD to the broken part When a failure to one member occurs you will be notified either by the RAID BIOS during boot or by the SATARAID5 GUI while in Windows The steps below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set 1 Replace the failed drive with one of equal or greater capacity then start the computer 2 During boot press Ctrl S or F4 to enter the RAID BIOS 3 Select Create RAID Set then press Enter e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual a a em Select SPARE DRIVE then press Enter Select the replacement drive then press Enter When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to confirm Press Ctrl E to exit
21. s Enter Select the number of drives then press Enter Select Manual configuration then press Enter Select chunk size from 8k 16k 32k 64k or 128k then press Enter Select the first drive press Enter UN UE CE M E Select the second drive press Enter Select the third drive press Enter o If applicable select the 4th drive pressing enter after each selection Input the RAID size press Enter When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept Press Ctrl E to exit the BIOS When asked Are you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive do dk ax oS mk O A OO N e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual CONCATENATION This RAID array allows you to use one two three or four hard drives to a array It does not provide any data protection or performance improvement but can be useful for utilizing leftover space on disks 1 As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS 2 Atthe next screen select Create RAID Set then press Enter 3 Select CONCATENATION then press Enter 4 Select the number of drives then press Enter 5 Select the first drive press Enter 6 If applicable select the 2nd 3rd 4th drive pressing enter after each selection 7 When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to accept 8 Press Ctrl4E to exit the BIOS 9 When asked Are
22. you sure to exit Y N press Y to exit and reboot 10 Continue with FDISK and FORMAT steps as if you were installing a conventional hard drive Deleting RAID Arrays As the BIOS boots press Ctrl S or F4 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS Select Delete RAID Set then press Enter Select the RAID set then press Enter When asked Are You Sure Y N press Y to confirm DU o rt Resolving Conflicts When a RAID set is created then metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information If after a disk failure the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set or used in another system it may have conflicting metadata If so this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt in order for the RAID set to function properly this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata To resolve this from the main BIOS window select Resolve Conflicts then press Enter the correct metadata including the correct drive connection information will be written to the replacement disk Low Level Format Low Level Format is build into the RAID BIOS to make it more convenient to erase the entire contents of a hard disk drive including data drive and partition information The Low Level Format utility works on single hard drive only before the RAID set is configured e SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC 209 EX User Manual Logical Drive Info This menu item allows the display of the assignme
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