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4 Channel 6-Port SATA 6Gb/s

PCIe RAID Host Card

User Manual

Model: UGT-ST644R

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Page 1: ...4 Channel 6 Port SATA 6Gb s PCIe RAID Host Card User Manual Model UGT ST644R All brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective owners www vantecusa com...

Page 2: ...equirements 4 1 4 Package Contents 4 Chapter 2 Getting Started 5 2 1 Hardware Layout 5 2 2 Hardware Installation 7 2 3 Creating and Managing Virtual Disk 7 2 3 1 Creating Virtual Disks 7 2 3 2 Managin...

Page 3: ...ious SATA generations to ease integration Besides PCI Express 2 0 double the bandwidth of the existing PCI Express bus for faster data throughput It will enhance system performance for every type of c...

Page 4: ...d Queuing NCQ Supports Port Multiplier FIS based switching or command based switching Compatible with SATA 6G 3G and 1 5G Hard Drives Support RAID function RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and HyperDuo Supports...

Page 5: ...UGT ST644R Page 5 Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 1 Hardware Layout Figure 1 Layout Note The internal SATA 3 and SATA 4 connectors are dedicated channels they can not be disabled...

Page 6: ...nfigure the jumper Output Type Output connectors Description 4 internal output SATA 1 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 4 J1 J8 1 2 short 2 internal 2 external output SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 1A SATA 2A J1 J8 2 3 short 3...

Page 7: ...the selected PCIe slot on the motherboard Push the board down firmly 5 Attach your internal devices to the 4 Channel 6 Port SATA 6Gb s PCIe RAID Host Card 6 Replace the slot bracket s holding screw to...

Page 8: ...er to select A menu pops up as shown in Figure 1 Select Configuration Wizard and press Enter to begin creating the virtual disk Figure 1 Configuration Wizard 2 Press Space to select unselect a disk a...

Page 9: ...UGT ST644R Page 9 3 After selecting the required disks press Enter to continue as shown in Figure 3 Figure 3 Confirm Disk Selection 4 Create Virtual Disk by configuring its setting in the Information...

Page 10: ...rties 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 Disk ID lists the IDs of the physical disks comprising the vir...

Page 11: ...to select a RAID Level HyperDuo Safe HyperDuo Capacity RAID 0 RAID 10 RAID 1 Figure 5 RAID Level Note The default Level is HyperDuo Safe 7 After selecting the raid level scroll to Next as shown in Fig...

Page 12: ...age 12 8 Please Y to select Yes as shown in Figure 7 to confirm the creation of the virtual disk The virtual disk is now listed in the Topology pane as shown in Figure 7 Figure 7 Create Virtual Disk C...

Page 13: ...ks 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...

Page 14: ...when HyperDuo is highlighted as shown in Figure 9 Figure 9 Virtual Disk Properties Functional VD Erasing RAID Configuration Data Note The RAID controller stores RAID configuration data on all physica...

Page 15: ...3 Select Yes when prompted to confirm the erase operation Figure 10 Erase RAID Configuration Data Rebuilding Virtual Disk Note The 4 Channel 6 Port SATA 6Gb s PCIe RAID Host Card BIOS supports manual...

Page 16: ...de as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 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 phys...

Page 17: ...Figure 12 Replace Physical Disks 3 In the Topology pane scroll to Virtual Disks VD 0 New_VD in Figure 13 and press Enter to select A menu pops up as shown in Figure 13 Scroll to Rebuild and press Ent...

Page 18: ...UGT ST644R Page 18 4 Scroll through the list of free disk as shown Figure 14 and press Space to select or unselect a replacement physical disk Press Enter to continue Figure 14 Select Replacement Disk...

Page 19: ...s as shown in Figure 15 when prompted to confirm the rebuild process Figure 15 Confirm Rebuild Virtual Disk 6 The status of the Rebuild process is reflected in the properties of the virtual disk as sh...

Page 20: ...Figure 17 and press Enter A menu pops up as shown Figure 17 2 Select Delete to delete the virtual disk as shown in Figure 17 3 Press Y to select Yes when prompted Do you want to delete this virtual di...

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Page 22: ...ur CD ROM drive letter 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation 5 Restart Windows to complete the installation 2 5 To Verify Driver Installation 1 Right click My Computer and c...

Page 23: ...drive to give unparalleled access speed This tiering of SSD and HDD can give you 80 SSD performance at about the a third of the cost Using safe mode you mirror frequently access hot files in SSD spee...

Page 24: ...UGT ST644R Page 24 Safe Mode Mirror SSD DATA to HDD Capacity Mode Add SSD and HDD Capacities together...