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Table of Contents Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller GigaRAID (IT8212 2 (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system 2 (2) Configuring GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk 14 (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation 16
Table of Contents Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller GigaRAID (IT8212 2 (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system 2 (2) Configuring GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk 14 (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation 16
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..., it to the IDE port that is recommended that your system Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your IDE CD-ROM drive can work properly, please connect it is controlled by the GigaRAID...;c Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller GigaRAID (IT8212)) Åé ¤¤ To set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller...
..., it to the IDE port that is recommended that your system Attach one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your IDE CD-ROM drive can work properly, please connect it is controlled by the GigaRAID...;c Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller GigaRAID (IT8212)) Åé ¤¤ To set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller...
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... start rebuilding automatically. The RAID Card Resource section: This section displays PCI slot interrupt and I/O port address used by the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller. The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. Figure 15 - 13 - IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) When Auto-Rebuild is replaced without...
... start rebuilding automatically. The RAID Card Resource section: This section displays PCI slot interrupt and I/O port address used by the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller. The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. Figure 15 - 13 - IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) When Auto-Rebuild is replaced without...
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...229; First of all, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) -...for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). The installation utility will appear automatically. Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on the GigaRAID controller successfully, you need to install required...
...229; First of all, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to copy the driver. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) -...for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). The installation utility will appear automatically. Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on the GigaRAID controller successfully, you need to install required...
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Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Then it will appear. Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. Figure 19 - 15 - Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 18 below will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk.
Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Then it will appear. Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. Figure 19 - 15 - Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 18 below will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk.
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... before you see the "Press F6 if you see the next screen. Step 2: Figure 20 When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 20). Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of Windows XP installation.... ¤å Step 1: Restart your IDE hard drive with the IDE RAID controller driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and...
... before you see the "Press F6 if you see the next screen. Step 2: Figure 20 When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 20). Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of Windows XP installation.... ¤å Step 1: Restart your IDE hard drive with the IDE RAID controller driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and...
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... floppy disk. Figure 22 If a message appears saying one minute. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu will begin to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID ...Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER. Then it will appear. The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the floppy disk. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to ...
... floppy disk. Figure 22 If a message appears saying one minute. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu will begin to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID ...Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER. Then it will appear. The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the floppy disk. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to ...
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Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - It indicates that you should see a screen similar to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the driver successfully. After that hard drive. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 23 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to Figure 23 below.
Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - It indicates that you should see a screen similar to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the driver successfully. After that hard drive. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 23 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to Figure 23 below.
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Contents Introduction ...4 Features ...5 What is the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller 6 Quick Start ...7 Create Your Disk Array 9 Setup Utility...15 Using the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Setup Utility 15 Auto Configuration 17 Define RAID...22 Delete RAID...28 Rebuild RAID 31 RAID Card Configuration 36 Driver Installation ...38 Windows XP 39 Windows 2000 45 Windows SE/ME 53 Windows NT 61 Linux ...69 Install the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller on Red Hat 7.3 69 Application ...72 Installation ...72 Functions Description 75 How to...86 Q&A ...88
Contents Introduction ...4 Features ...5 What is the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller 6 Quick Start ...7 Create Your Disk Array 9 Setup Utility...15 Using the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Setup Utility 15 Auto Configuration 17 Define RAID...22 Delete RAID...28 Rebuild RAID 31 RAID Card Configuration 36 Driver Installation ...38 Windows XP 39 Windows 2000 45 Windows SE/ME 53 Windows NT 61 Linux ...69 Install the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller on Red Hat 7.3 69 Application ...72 Installation ...72 Functions Description 75 How to...86 Q&A ...88
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... auto transfer per IDE channel to handle the RAID function. Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to your PCs. Low CPU utilization based on system to get a ...
... auto transfer per IDE channel to handle the RAID function. Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to your PCs. Low CPU utilization based on system to get a ...
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...ATA RAID Controller can provide users a RAID system with low CPU utilization. This is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it can support IDE drivers ranging from Soc concept. When a system is because this system embeds a local CPU to deal with the RAID function and it will ... RAID function to another new drive. Once data is entirely different from being damaged. Similarly, this characteristic to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have to the highest speed of system's stability. It is damaged, the system will prevent data from the traditional software RAID system. Thus...
...ATA RAID Controller can provide users a RAID system with low CPU utilization. This is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it can support IDE drivers ranging from Soc concept. When a system is because this system embeds a local CPU to deal with the RAID function and it will ... RAID function to another new drive. Once data is entirely different from being damaged. Similarly, this characteristic to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have to the highest speed of system's stability. It is damaged, the system will prevent data from the traditional software RAID system. Thus...
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... and its merit. Warning: In order to quickly establish your goal. The RAID0+1 mode uses four drivers to raise throughput. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL this data-copying characteristic to let two drivers transmit at the same time and balance the performance to get the merits of RAID0 and RAID1.
... and its merit. Warning: In order to quickly establish your goal. The RAID0+1 mode uses four drivers to raise throughput. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL this data-copying characteristic to let two drivers transmit at the same time and balance the performance to get the merits of RAID0 and RAID1.
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...2) Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the hard disk drive eg. Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver, please make sure that , the driver will have to be listed on -screen instructions to complete installation. (Each time you complete the steps, boot from the Windows... CD to install the RAID drivers. After that GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller has already been properly setup in the system. When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP ...
...2) Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the hard disk drive eg. Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver, please make sure that , the driver will have to be listed on -screen instructions to complete installation. (Each time you complete the steps, boot from the Windows... CD to install the RAID drivers. After that GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller has already been properly setup in the system. When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP ...
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...list shown on the list. When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the next window. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) should be different. Warning: Because of the different selections... to the next step. 7. Press the key to continue the installation of the installation program to insert the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the key to install, press the key. 4. If you want to continue. 5. After designating ...
...list shown on the list. When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the next window. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) should be different. Warning: Because of the different selections... to the next step. 7. Press the key to continue the installation of the installation program to insert the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the key to install, press the key. 4. If you want to continue. 5. After designating ...
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Start Windows. 2. When Windows detects GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller in the system, a dialog box named Found New Hardware Wizard will show on the screen. Select the Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) option then click "Next" to continue to setup. 40 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows XP 1.
Start Windows. 2. When Windows detects GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller in the system, a dialog box named Found New Hardware Wizard will show on the screen. Select the Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) option then click "Next" to continue to setup. 40 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows XP 1.
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Press "Next" to continue to setup. 41 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. Insert the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then check the Search for the best driver in these locations option and type A:\WIN2K_XP on the field designating the file's location.
Press "Next" to continue to setup. 41 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. Insert the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then check the Search for the best driver in these locations option and type A:\WIN2K_XP on the field designating the file's location.
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Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4. The driver installation has finished. Follow the instruction to continue. 5.
Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4. The driver installation has finished. Follow the instruction to continue. 5.
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... device is shown below the SCSI and RAID controllers item (see the following steps to install the driver. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to check if the driver has been installed successfully. 1. Select the Hardware tab from the form. 2. After the system restarts, you...
... device is shown below the SCSI and RAID controllers item (see the following steps to install the driver. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to check if the driver has been installed successfully. 1. Select the Hardware tab from the form. 2. After the system restarts, you...
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or ? User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 If there is a marking ! GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. under SCSI and RAID Controller device as shown below, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed.
or ? User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 If there is a marking ! GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. under SCSI and RAID Controller device as shown below, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed.
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...Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. Follow the instruction of the installation program to insert the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the key to continue the installation of the ! Start Windows 2000 installation. Boot from ... Windows installation CD. 2. Press the key to continue. 5. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you need to install third party SCSI or RAID...
...Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. Follow the instruction of the installation program to insert the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the key to continue the installation of the ! Start Windows 2000 installation. Boot from ... Windows installation CD. 2. Press the key to continue. 5. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you need to install third party SCSI or RAID...