Hardware Installation

SATA+ Ultra ATA RAID CONTROLLER RC212

User Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

SATA Connector

(Internal)

 

 

D

 

SATA Connector

(Internal)

 

 

E

 

PATA Connector

 

 

 

F

 

Jumpers control BC Switch

 

 

G

 

Jumpers control AD Switch

 

IDE/RAID: Jumper Settings

JP

 

Description

J8-J11

1-2

Enable SATA Connector B

 

close

 

 

2-3

Enable SATA Connector C

 

close

 

J12-J15

1-2

Enable SATA Connector A

 

close

 

 

2-3

Enable SATA Connector D

 

close

 

Default Mode is all jumper 2-3 close, so C-D is active and A-B is inactive on default.

1.There are four SATA ports in RC212 RAID adapter. We named these ports character A through D. Ports C to D are internal SATA ports and A to B are external SATA ports.

By changing the jumper setting (F and G) on RC212 that allows you to utilize 2 ports of this card. With different jumper setting you can active port A, B, C and D .

Hardware Installation

ƒRemove the case of the PC system.

ƒRemove the inside slot of any available 32-bit PCI slot.

ƒInstall the VIA VT6421 RAID card in this open slot.

ƒAttach hard drives to the VIA VT6421 RAID card.

Create Your Disk Array

You can create your own array using the onboard BIOS utility of the VIA VT6421 card with the

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Rosewill RC212 Hardware Installation, ƒ Remove the case of the PC system, ƒ Attach hard drives to the VIA VT6421 RAID card