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RAID5 SATA II – 3Gbps External Dual Ports PCI-Express Host (Raid 5, 0, 1,10 & JBOD) RC-223 User Manual

3. Installation Procedures

1. Power down the computer system.

2. Insert the Host card into an available bus slot.

3. Power ON.

4. Install Device Driver as section 5.

5. Remove all the existing SATARaid GUI (or Java SATARaid GUI) to ensure your new

SATARaid5 GUI can work properly.

6. Install new SATARaid5 GUI.

7. Power down the computer system again.

8. Connect Hard Drives to SATA Ports.

9. Power ON.

10. If you connect the used HDDs to SATA Ports, Press CTRL+S or F4 and then delete the

Raid setting on every used HDD when BIOS booting

11. Use SATARAID5 Manager GUI for RAID Group creating

If 1 Disk, please select “Make Pass-Thru” option in Device Menu or “Concatenate” or

“Contiguous” option in Create RAID Group Menu

If 2 Disks, don’t select “Parity RAID” or “Mirrored Striped” setting

If 3 Disks, don’t select “Mirrored Striped” setting

12. Click “Task Manager” to make sure Raid setting is completed. It shall be “Green” color

or “Blue” color on the selected components. RAID5 setting may cost hours for

component ready and function available, please be patient for that.

13. Use Device Manager for hard disk initialization, partition and formatting.

4. BIOS Setting (RAID Setting)

Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot up, the RAID

setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user to choose

what to do. This board will act as normal NON-RAID card when BIOS not configured for

RAID. Just proceed to Software Installation section directly. If you use traditional parallel

ATA HDD, make sure your hard drives be set up as master mode before the RAID setting.

4.1. Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0)

1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.

2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.

3. Select RAID 0 then press Enter.

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