Rosewill RC217 SATA II 4 Port PCI RAID Card

SATAII 4 port PCI RAID Card RC217 User Manual

SATA II 4 Port PCI RAID Card

This Manual is for many Models of SATAII RAID5 HBA that uses Silicon Image SATA II SiI3124 chipset:

1) 32bit PCI bus host card

2) 64bit PCI-X bus host card

3) PCI Express (PCI-e) host card

When the HBA be used on Macintosh as a non bootable adapter, please refer the Mac manuals and Mac drivers

on the path of \Mac OS\SiI3124\Raid5 at the packed driver CD or download from

http://www.siliconimage.com/support/index.aspx?pid=0&cid=0&.

**** Before Host Card installation, we recommend the users to study this manual and the PDF file of

SATARAID5-UserGuide_v1.40.pdf at enclosed CD folder \ Raid5 SATA2_4Port \ SiI3124 \ Windows \ Gui first. The PDF

manual has more detail information on Raid arch itect ure, Raid features, Raid installation, Raid setting and

Management software for Raid5 GUI (Graphical User Interface).

Q0: What is RAID5 Card?

A0: RAID5 Card means the SATA Host adapter (the PCI, PCI-X, PCI-e, Cardbus and ExpressCard) which can support

RAID5, RAID0, RAID1, RAID10, BigDrive and JBOD functions by software setting.

Q1: Can I install non-Raid (base) driver or SATARAID driver on RAID5 card?

A1: No, only SATARaid5 driver is used on RAID5 card.

Q2: How to use a single hard drive on RAID5 Card?

A2: New RAID5 GUI (Graphical User Interface) has a new “Pass-Thru” feature. “Pass-Thru” allows access to a new hard

drive or a used one that without any SATARAID5 configu ration. If your current driver doesn’t support this “Pass-Thru”

feature, please download the new one and install it.

Q3: Why 2Port SATA II Host Card can support Raid5 or Raid10?

A3: When SATA Port Multiplier and multiple Drives be connected to 2Port SATA II Host Card, the setting of Raid 0, 1,

10, 5 and JBOD will appear on screen accordingly and automatically

Q4: What is Raid0?

A4: RAID0 also known as Stripping or FAST. Stripping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping

techniq ue. Stripping arrays need at least two drives and use them to form a larger virtual disk.