User`s guide

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Installing the Controller
Checking Your Controller and Devices
Now that you have installed your Adaptec 1210SA controller and
connected your Serial ATA hard drives, you are ready to use the
Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC) utility to check your
controller and devices, as described below:
1 Turn on your computer.
2 When prompted, enter the ARC utility by pressing Ctrl+A.
3 If your drives have already been used in another system (even if
not part of an array), select Disk Utilities and format the drive.
Otherwise, skip to the Step 4.
Note: If a drive appears to be missing, power down the
computer and check the connections.
4 Select SATASelect to verify the hardware configuration of the
controller and the drives.
Verify that all drives and controllers are shown. If anything
appears to be missing, power down the computer and check the
connections.
Determining the Boot Controller
Your Adaptec 1210SA is a bootable controller. If your computer
already contains a bootable hard drive with an installed operating
system, you can set up your computer to boot a second operating
system from the new controller.
To add a second bootable controller, you may need to enter Setup
and change the hard disk boot sequence so that the Adaptec 1210SA
heads the list. If Setup does not allow this change, your system BIOS
may not be configurable to allow the Adaptec 1210SA controller to
act as a second boot device.