Page 2 - Contents
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 2 Contents Feature and benefits System requirement Package contents Hardware installation Device connection Important message for user RAID introduction RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0+1 Driver installation Quick guide Detail guide 3 3 3 4 5 7 7...
Page 3 - Features and Benefits
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 3 Features and Benefits Silicon Image SiI 0680 Compliant with UltraDMA6 ATA/133 specifications Compliant with PCI v2.2 Plug-n-Play Provides two independent Ultra ATA channels Full ACPI power management support Supports Ultra DMA 0-6 and Multi...
Page 5 - Unplug the power cord from the back of the computer.; Device Connection; suggest using identical hard drives in building your RAID sets.
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 5 Note: For proper operation of the Ultra ATA 133 PCI RAID card, the jumper must remain on. 1. Turn Off the power to your computer and any other connected peripheral devices. 2. Unplug the power cord from the back of the computer. 3. Remove your computer...
Page 6 - be connected on separate IDE channels.
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 6 In any given RAID set, it’s best to install the hard drives on separate channels, either Master to Master or Slave to Slave. For example, if you are setting up a RAID set with two hard drives, install the first drive on IDE1 as Master and the second on...
Page 7 - Important message for user; RAID Arrays; Auto Configuration
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 7 4. Reconnect the system power and other peripherals to your computer. Important message for user 1. Backup all your data in HD before setting any RAID. 2. New HD connecting to RC-200 is recommended to “initial” and “format” before setting a RAID. Other...
Page 8 - For Manual Setup; For Auto Setup; ESC
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 8 For Manual Setup 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen press F2 to form a RAID set. 3. Press F1 to create RAID 0. 4. Choose the chunk size to be used in the RAID set(64 is recommended). 5. Choose the ...
Page 9 - For New/Blank Hard Drives; Source; For Existing Hard Drives with Data
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 9 RAID 1 (Mirror ) For Manual Setup ＊ For New/Blank Hard Drives Recommended for all fresh HD without data. 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. At the next screen press F2 to from a RAID set. 3. Press F2 to create RAID 1...
Page 10 - Use this setup on New/Blank hard drives only.; Creating a SPARE Drive; SPARE
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 10 5. Assign Source drive, then assign Destination drive. 6. Press Y to copy from Source to Destination drive. 7. Press N to Offline copy. 8. Answer Y to enable Auto-Rebuild. 9. When asked Are You Sure? , press Y to accept. 10. Press ESC to exit the RAID...
Page 11 - Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 11 4. Press Y to confirm your choice. The spare drive will be created and listed as the last set. 5. Press ESC to exit the RAID BIOS. 6. The SPARE drive will not be seen by Windows, however, it remains in the background waiting to rebuild the mirror in t...
Page 13 - Rebuilding a Failed RAID 0+1 Set; Spare
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 13 For Auto Setup 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. Press F2 to create a RAID set. 3. Press F3 to create a Mirrored-Striped set. 4. Press A to Auto configure. 5. Press Y to accept the configuration. 6. Press ESC to re...
Page 14 - Deleting RAID Arrays; Resolving Conflicts
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 14 Deleting RAID Arrays 1. As the BIOS boots press F3 when prompted to enter the RAID BIOS. 2. Press F1 to dissolve a RAID set. 3. Enter the number of the RAID set to be deleted. 4. Answer Y to remove the RAID set. 5. Press ESC when finished to reboot. R...
Page 16 - shows as the following picture.
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 16 shows as the following picture. C Choose the correct OS for your future system.
Page 17 - If below screen happens, please choose “; Standard PC with C-Step i486
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 17 If below screen happens, please choose “ Standard PC with C-Step i486 ”.
Page 19 - the HD which now plug on the card.; enter; ” to left the setting.
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 19 The installation of RC-200 by floppy drive will be completed and the system will detect the HD which now plug on the card. After you install RC-200 successfully by floppy disk, installation will lead you back to the same screen as below and then press...
Page 20 - steps to complete the Windows installation.
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 20 f. Once the system can find the HD connecting to RC-200, you can follow the normal steps to complete the Windows installation. 3. If you want to create a mirror with a HD with existing OS and a fresh HD, the data on existing HD will copy to fresh HD a...
Page 21 - For Windows® 98 SE
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 21 for setting mirror. c. Turn on PC and enter RAID BIOS to set mirror. Choose “ Manual ” and then select the original HD as the data source to complete mirror. The copy will take a long time depending on your HD capability. After data copy complete, sav...
Page 22 - For Existing Windows® 98SE Installation
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 22 7. D:\RC-200\raid (Note: “D:\” represents the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive you are using. If D is not letter of your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter), then click Next . 8. Click Next again, then Finish . 9. Restar...
Page 23 - For Existing Windows® ME Installation
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 23 3. Once Windows has been installed, right click My Computer and click Properties. Select Device Manager tab. 4. Double click PCI RAID Controller listed under Other Devices. 5. Select Driver tab, then click Update Driver button. 6. Insert the driver CD...
Page 24 - To Verify Windows® 98SE/ME Installation
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 24 8. Click Next again, then Finish . 9. Restart Windows to complete driver installation. ＊ To Verify Windows® 98SE/ME Installation 1. Right-click My Computer , then click Properties , Select Device Manager tab. 2. Double click SCSI Controllers, Silicon ...
Page 25 - Enter; For Existing Windows® NT 4.0 Installation; OK; To Verify Windows® NT 4.0 Installation
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 25 7. Press Enter to continue and follow on-screen instructions to complete Windows NT 4.0 installation. ＊ For Existing Windows® NT 4.0 Installation 1. Setup the RAID Array prior to driver installation. 2. Install the board and boot up Windows® NT 4.0 3....
Page 26 - For Existing Windows® 2000 Installation
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 26 copy the contents of the “RC-200\raid” 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. Install the board and follow Microsoft procedures to install Wi...
Page 27 - For Windows® XP/Server 2003
ULTRA ATA/133 PCI RAID Card RC200 User Manual 27 For Windows® XP/Server 2003 ＊ For New Windows® XP/Server 2003 Installation A new installation requires a floppy disk for the driver installation. To make this floppy disk, copy the contents of the “RC-200\raid” folder, found on the driver CD, onto a b...
