Rosewill RC-209 - Manual (Page 8)

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User Manual SATA 4 Port PCI Adaptor with RAID RC209
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 HD connecting to RC-209 is recommended to “initial” and “format” before setting
a RAID. Otherwise, PC might find nothing in the system.
3. Please read the PDF file of “SATARAID5-UserGuide_v.40” for basic RAID knowledge.
4. If you want to boot from correct HD either from motherboard HD or RC-209 HD, please
change from BIOS “booting sequence”.
5. 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.
6. If you want to use RC-22 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 P “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 0 (Striping)
This RAID array to be used on
New/Blank hard drives. Striping will destroy all existing data
on the original hard drive. Auto Configuration is recommended. For applications that require
custom chunk size, Manual Configuration is offered.