SATA+ Ultra ATA RAID CONTROLLER
RC212 User Manual
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attached hard drives. Please follow the steps below to setup your disk array.
Warning: Please backup data in your hard drives to prevent data damage resulting from the
unfamiliarity with the operation.
Boot your system
Please attach your hard drives to the VIA VT6421 RAID card, boot your system and then you will
see the following message shown by the VIA VT6421 RAID card onboard BIOS on the screen:
VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6421 RAID BIOS Setting Utility v4.50
Copyright (C) VIA Technologies, Inc. All Right reserved.
Scan Devices, Please wait…
Raid
None Define
None Raid
Serial_Ch1 Master: ST3160023AS
Parallel Slave: WDC WD400JB-00FSA0
Press < Tab > Key into User Window!
Please press “Tab” key to enter the BIOS utility
Main Menu
. The screen below will appear.
VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 4.50
Create Array Create a RAID array with
Delete Array the hard disks attached to
Create/Delete Spare VIA RAID controller
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Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
Serial_Ch0 Master No Drive
Serial_Ch1 Master ST3160023AS SATA 149.05 Hdd
Parallel Master No Drive
Parallel Slave WDC WD400JB-00FS ATA100 37.27 Hdd
Please select the
“Create Array”
item to create your disk array.
Auto Setup For Data Security