SATA+ Ultra ATA RAID CONTROLLER
RC212 User Manual
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Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)
Select Disk Drives
Start Create Process
Totally, there are four configurations supported:
RAID
level/Type
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 Disk
Concatenation
2 or 3 or 4
Driver Installation
Installing driver on Windows® 98SE/ME
1.
Start your PC. Windows ® will detect the VIA VT6421 RAID Card and find a “PCI RAID
Controller”. Click the “Cancel” button to cancel the driver installation for the device at this
moment. The driver for the device will be installed in the next step.
2.
Insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM Drive, and then please browse CD and locate the
Driver Folder “\RC212\” and double click “Setup.exe” to start the driver installation
procedure.
3.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When the installation is
complete, please select “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” and restart your system.
4.
Once you have rebooted your computer. Windows® will detect the VIA VT6421 RAID card and
find a “VIA VT6421 RAID Controller” device. When the “Add New Hardware Wizard” asks
“What would you like to do?” select “Specify the location of the driver(Advanced)” and click
“Next” button.
5.
When the “Add New Hardware Wizard” asks for the driver installation, uncheck all the boxes to
allow Windows® to search its own driver database. Click “Next” to start the search.
6.
The “Add New Hardware Wizard” will find the driver for the device “VIA VT6421 RAID
Controller”. Click “Next” to continue.
7.
When the driver installation is complete, click “Finish”.
8.
Your computer must be restarted in order to complete the installation, click “Yes” to restart
your computer.
Installing driver on Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003
1.
Start your PC. Windows ® will detect the VIA VT6421 RAID Card and find a “RAID Controller”.
Click the “Cancel” button to cancel the driver installation for the device at this moment. The
driver for the device will be installed in the next step.
2.
Insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM Drive, and then please browse CD and locate the Driver