SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card RC-230 User Manual
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Contents PACKAGE CONTENTS ......................................... 3 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO HARDWARE .. 4 1.1 KEY FEATURES ....................................................................... 4 1.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ........................................................... 5 CHAPTER 2 GETTING START ............................. 6 2.1 HARDWARE LAYOUT ................................................................ 6 2.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: 1x Rosewill RC-230 SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card 1x User Manual 1x Low Profile Bracket 1x Resource CD for RC-230, including: Drivers User Guide Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction to Hardware Thank you for purchasing Rosewill’s RC-230 SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card with 4 SATA ports and 2 eSATA ports. This board is a single-chip, PCI Express to four SATA Gen III 6Gbps channels host controller that brings server-class features to the desktop. This board enables the use of the industry’s newest and fastest hard drives at 6Gbps while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual OS support: Windows 8 (32/64 bit), Windows Server 2008 R2 (32/64 bit), Windows 7 (32/64 bit), Vista (32/64 bit), Windows XP (32/64 bit) Linux 2.6.x and higher kernel OS 1.2 System Requirement Computer that supports PCI Express x4, x8 or x16 slot Windows® XP/Vista/7/Server 2008 R2/8, Linux 2.6.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Chapter 2 Getting Start 2.1 Hardware Layout Note: There are six SATA ports in PCI-E SATA 6G Card. We name these ports character A through F. Ports A to D are internal SATA ports and E & F are external eSATA ports. By changing the jumper setting on PCI-E SATA 6G Card allows you to select between external and internal ports to use. By default, port A, B, C and D are working.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual 2. Unplug the power cord and remove your computer’s cover. 3. Locate to an empty PCI Express x4, x8, or x16 slot on the motherboard. 4. To install the board, carefully align the card’s bus connector with the selected PCI-E slot on the motherboard. Push the board down firmly. 5. Attach your internal devices to the PCI-E SATA 6G Raid Card. 6. Replace the slot bracket’s holding screw to secure the card. 7.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Figure 2 Select Free Disks Note: The PCI-E SATA 6G Raid Card supports the creation of RAID 0 and RAID 1 virtual disks comprising of exactly two SATA physical disks. PATA physical disks cannot be used to create RAID virtual disks. 3. After selecting the required disks, press Enter to continue, shown in Figure 3.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual 4. Create Virtual Disk by configuring its setting in the Information pane, as shown in Figure 4.The controls for making selection are listed in the Help pane when an available setting is highlighted. Figure 4 Configure Virtual Disk Note: Max size (MB) and Disk ID are properties of the virtual disk that cannot be edited. Max size (MB) in the size of the RAID virtual disk as determined by the selected RAID Level.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Figure 5 RAID Level Note: The default Level is RAID 0. 7. Scroll to Stripe Size and press Enter to select. A menu pops-up, as shown in Figure 6, and lists available stripe sizes for the selected RAID level. 8.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Note: The default size is 64 KB. 9. Scroll to Gigabyte Rounding and press Enter to select. A menu pops-up, as shown in Figure 7, and lists available stripe sizes for the selected RAID level. 10. Scroll the list, as shown in Figure 7, and press Enter to select Gigabyte Rounding (None, 1G, 10G) Figure 7 Gigabyte Rounding Note: The default setting for Gigabyte Rounding is 1G. 11.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Figure 8 Quick Init Note: The default setting for Quick Init is Yes. 13. Scroll to VD Name and the Default name is cleared for a new name, as shown in Figure 9. Type a new name and press Enter to confirm the selection.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual 14. After configuring the virtual disk, scroll to Next, as shown in Figure 10. Press Enter to create the virtual disk. Figure 10 Create Virtual Disk 15. Please Y to select Yes, as shown in Figure 11, to confirm the creation of the virtual disk. The virtual disk is now listed in the Topology pane, as shown in Figure 12.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Figure 12 Virtual Disk in Topology Pane 2.3.2 Managing Virtual Disks This section contains the following topics: Viewing Properties of Virtual Disk Erasing RAID Configuration Data Rebuilding Virtual Disk Deleting Virtual Disk 2.3.2.1 Viewing Properties of Virtual Disk 1. To view the properties of a virtual disk, scroll to the Virtual Disk (VD 0: Default in Figure 13) in the Topology pane.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Figure 13 Virtual Disk Properties: Functional VD 2.3.2.2 Erasing RAID Configuration Data Note: The RAID controller stores RAID configuration data on all physical disks that are part of a virtual disk. RAID configuration data must be erased on the physical disk before it can be used with another virtual disk. 1. In the Topology pane, select Physical Disk (VD 0: Default > PD 0: ST3750330MS in Figure 14) and press Enter.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Figure 14 Erase RAID Configuration Data 2.3.2.3 Rebuilding Virtual Disk Note: The PCI-E SATA 6G Raid Card BIOS supports manual rebuilding of RAID 1 virtual disks. The rebuild process is both initiated and complete in the BIOS. The Marvell RAID Utility (MRU), which runs in an OS environment, cannot be used to either initiate, resume, or complete the rebuild process. Spare physical disks are not supported.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual Figure 15 Virtual Disk Properties: Degrade VD 2. Replace the faulty physical disk with an identical physical disk. Note: If an identical disk is unavailable, use a replacement physical disk or larger size or one with a slightly smaller size as determined the Gigabyte Rounding setting for the virtual disk.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual 3. In the Topology pane, scroll to Virtual Disks (VD 0: New_VD in Figure 17), and press Enter to select. A menu pops-up, as shown in Figure 17 Scroll to Rebuild and press Enter to configure the rebuild process. Figure 17 Rebuild Virtual Disk 4. Scroll through the list of free disk, as shown Figure 18, and press Space to select or unselect a replacement physical disk. Press Enter to continue.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual 5. Press Y to select Yes, as shown in Figure 19, when prompted to confirm the rebuild process. Figure 19 Confirm Rebuild Virtual Disk 6. The status of the Rebuild process is reflected in the properties of the virtual disk, as shown in Figure 20.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual 2.3.2.4 Deleting Virtual Disk To delete a virtual disk 1. In the Topology pane, select Virtual Disk (VD 0: Default in Figure 21) and press Enter. A menu pops-up, as shown Figure 21. 2. Select Delete to delete the virtual disk, as shown in Figure 21. 3. Press Y to select Yes when prompted Do you want to delete this virtual disk? 4.
SATAIII PCI-E RAID Controller Card - RC-230- User’s Manual 2.4 Driver Installation 2.4.1 For Windows OS 1. Please insert the CD driver bound PCI-E SATA 6G RAID Card into your CD-ROM drive. 2. At the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Run. 3. Type D:\RC-230\Setup.exe, click OK. (Change D:\ to match your CD-ROM drive letter) 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 2.4.2 For Linux 2.6.x Linux distributions contain Inbox drivers for AHCI devices.
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