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    SA T A+Ultra A T A RAID CONTROLLER RC212 User Manual[...]

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    SA T A+ Ultra A T A RAID CONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 3 Feature Highlights  Compliant with PCI Specification, Rev . 2.2  Compliant with PCI “Plug & Play”  32-bit 33 MHz PCI interface  Drive support: Serial A T A, Ultra A T A/133, Ultra A T A/100,Ultra A T A/66  Support A T A/A T API6  Supports SA T A up to 150M[...]

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    SA T A+ Ultra A T A RAID CONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 4 C SA T A Connector (Inter nal) D SA T A Connector (Inter nal) E P A T A Connector F Jumpers contro l BC Switch G Jumpers contro l AD Switch IDE/RAID: Jumper Settings JP Description 1-2 close Enable SA T A Connector B J8-J11 2-3 close Enable SA T A Connector C 1-2 close Enable SA T [...]

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    SA T A+ Ultra A T A RAID CONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 5 attached hard drives. Please follow the ste ps below to setup your disk array . W arning: Please backup data in yo ur hard drives to prevent da ta damage resulting from the unfamiliarity with the operation. Boot your system Please attach your har d drives to the VIA VT6421 RAID car[...]

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    SA T A+ Ultra A T A RAID CONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 6 Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirr oring) Select Disk Drives Start Create Pr ocess T otally , there ar e four configurations supported: RAID level/T ype Configurations Number of disks needed RAID 0 Disk Striping 2 or 3 or 4 RAID 1 Disk Mirroring 2 RAID 0+1 Disk Striping + Mirroring 4 JBOD Dis[...]

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    SA T A+ Ultra A T A RAID CONTROLLER R C 2 1 2 U s e r M a n u a l 7 Folder “ RC212” and double click “Setup.exe” to start the driver installation procedur e. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When the installation is complete, please select “Y es, I want to resta rt my computer now .” and restart your [...]