Rosewill RC216 User manual

SATA II / ATA 133 PCIe Card RC216
User Manual

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Features and Benefits
zCompliant with one-lane 2.5Gb/s PCI Express specification
zCompliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification
zSupports Serial ATA Generation 2 transfer rate of 3.0Gb/s
zSupports Native Command Queue (NCQ) on SATA ports
zProvides three independent channels to connect two SATA and
one PATA hard disk drive
zSupports up to UDMA6 transfer mode of PATA
zSupports up to 4 storage device connection
zSupports RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD functions
zSupports Windows® 2000, Windows XP, 2003 and Vista
Connectors
z2 x internal SATA connectors
z2 x external eSATA connectors
z1 x PATA connector
System Requirements
zWindows® 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
zPCI Express-enabled system with an available PCI Express slot
Package Contents
z1x PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA RAID Card

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z1x Manual
z1x Driver CD
z1x SATA Data Cable
z1x ATA 133 IDE Cable
Note: Contents may vary depending on country/market.

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Hardware Description
G (Jumper Settings)
JP Description Active Port
1-2 close Enable SATA Port CON1J1-J4
2-3 close Enable SATA Port CON3
1-2 close Enable SATA Port CON2J5-J8
2-3 close Enable SATA Port CON4
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

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changing the jumper setting on the PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card
that allows you to select between external and internal ports to use. By
default, Port CON1 & CON2 are working.
Hardware Installation
1. Turn Off the power to your computer.
2. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer’s cover.
3. Remove the slot bracket from an available PCIe slot.
4. To install the bard, carefully align the card’s bus connector with the
selected PCIe slot on the motherboard. Push the board down
firmly.
5. Attach your internal or external devices to the PCIe SATA II 300 +
PATA Raid Card.
6. Replace the slot bracket’s holding screw to secure the card.
7. Replace the computer cover and reconnect the power cord.
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 Configurations Number of disks needed
RAID 0 Disk Striping 2 or 3 or 4
RAID 1 Disk Mirroring 2

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RAID 0+1 Disk Striping
+ Mirroring
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JBOD Disk Concatenation 2 or 3 or 4
RAID 0 (Striping)
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID
BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter.
4. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to switch the RAID level to
0-Stripe, then press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to switch the disk, use the “space”
key to mark the selected disk, then press Enter.
6. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to select chunk size from 4K, 8K,
16K, 32K, 64K or 128K, then press Enter.
7. Input the RAID size, press Enter.
8. When asked Created RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y to
accept.
9. 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)
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID

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BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter.
4. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to switch the RAID level to
1-Mirror, then press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to switch the disk, use the “space”
key to mark the selected disk, then press Enter.
6. Input the RAID size, press Enter.
7. When asked Created RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y to
accept.
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.
CONCATENATION (JBOD)
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID
BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter.
4. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to switch the RAID level to
JBOD-Concatenate, then press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to switch the disk, use the “space”
key to mark the selected disk, then press Enter.
6. Input the RAID size, press Enter.

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7. When asked Created RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y to
accept.
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.
RAID 0+1 (Striping + Mirroring)
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID
BIOS.
2. At the next screen select Create RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Enter RAID name, press Enter.
4. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to switch the RAID level to
01-Stripe+Mirror, then press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to select chunk size from 4K, 8K,
16K, 32K, 64K or 128K, then press Enter.
6. Input the RAID size, press Enter.
7. When asked Created RAID on the select HDD (Y/N)?, press Y to
accept.
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
1. As the BIOS boots press Ctrl+J when prompted to enter the RAID
BIOS.

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2. At the next screen select Delete RAID Disk Drive, press Enter.
3. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to select the array you want to
delete, use the “space” key to mark the selected array, then press
DEL.
4. When asked ALL DATA ON THE RAID WILL LOST!! ARE YOU
SURE TO DELETE (Y/N), press Y to accept.
Solve Mirror Conflict
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 Solve Mirror Conflict,
then press Enter, the correct metadata, including the correct drive
connection information, will be written to the replacement disk.
Rebuild Mirror Drive
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.
1. Replace he failed drive(s) with one of equal or greater capacity, then

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start the computer.
2. During boot press Ctrl+J to enter the RAID BIOS.
3. Select Rebuild Mirror Drive press Enter.
4. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to select the array you want to
rebuild, press Enter.
5. Please use arrow keys ↑and ↓to select the destination disk,
press Enter.
6. When rebuilding is finished, select Save And Exit Setup, press
Enter. When asked Save to disk &Exit (Y/N)?, press Y to exit the
BIOS.
BIOS Configuration
The PCIe SATA II 300 + PATA Raid Card BIOS will appear every time your
system starts up. During this (POST) process, the BIOS will show up and
indicate the devices attached to it.
Driver Installation
For Windows® 2000, XP and Server 2003
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