Rosewill RC-213 manual

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    SERVER RSV-S4 USER Manual[...]

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    SERVER RSV-S4 User Manual Introduction RSV-S4 can allow one SATA II 3Gbps port to communicate and connect to four (or five) SATA II 3Gbps hard drives by one eSATA single-lane cable. With Rosewill HDD controller RC-213 (Included in box) and RSV-S4, you can construct a RAID 0/1/0+1/5 data storage system to maximum your drivers size up to 2TB (500GB X[...]

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    1.2. Package Contents • Multi-sure System • This User’s Manual • eSATA External Cable • UL certified Power Cord • RC-213 Hard Drive Controller • RC-213 User Manual • Screws set • Internal SATA Cables SERVER RSV-S4 User Manual 2 Installation HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4 Power LED Power On/Off Screw Power Connector eSATA Connector Voltage Sw[...]

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    Step 1 Unscrew three screws of MultiBay System. Step 2 Open the cover of MultiBay System. SERVER RSV-S4 User Manual 3 Step 3 Open the Front door of MultiBay System. Step 4 Install HDDs. Internal SATA cables may block the installation of the lowest hard drive. Please press down the cables as picture to avoid this issue. 2-a 2-b 2-c[...]

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    Step 6 Connect SATA and Power Cables to Hard Drives and Bridge Board. SERVER RSV-S4 User Manual 4 Step 5 Fasten the screws to HDDs. 6-a 6-b 6-c 6-e 6-d[...]

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    Step 8 Fasten the cover of MultiBay System. Step 9 Switch the correct AC Power Input (115V or 230V) Connect eSATA cable to RC-213 SERVER RSV-S4 User Manual 5 Step 7 Close the Front door of MultiBay System. 8-a 8-b Step 10 Please install RC-213 according to RC-213 user manual . You need to install driver correctly in Windows before connecting to RSV[...]

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    Step 12 Plug power cord to RSV-S4. Step 14 Turn on the computer. Enter RC-213 SiliconImage RAID BIOS to complete RAID setting. ( If you don’t want to set any RAID, please skip this step and ENTER Windows directly.) Please Read RC-213 user manual carefully for more RAID setting information. SERVER RSV-S4 User Manual 6 Step 11 Plug eSATA cable to R[...]

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    SERVER RSV-S4 User Manual 7 Bridge Board Dimension & Placement Bridge Board Jumper and LED Pin Header J1 P1 HDD LED JP3 LED JP4 A B C D E H 2 1 4 3 CHIP P6 / P7 P2 HDD HDD HDD HDD P3 P4 P5[...]

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    SERVER RSV-S4 User Manual 8 LED# H A ~ E 12(JP3) 34(JP3) LED Mode Host LED HDD LED Power LED System LED Description OFF Ǻ No function. ON Ǻ Bridge board working & host port connecting. Blink Ǻ Host port accessing. OFF Ǻ No function. ON Ǻ Bridge board working & host port connecting & Hard drive connecting. Blink Ǻ Hard drive access[...]

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