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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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...motherboard. (To ensure 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 recommended that... (IT8212)) Åé ¤¤ To set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two IDE hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it to the hard drive...
...motherboard. (To ensure 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 recommended that... (IT8212)) Åé ¤¤ To set in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation. Before you begin Please prepare: (a) Two IDE hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it to the hard drive...
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... Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) If a failed mirrored drive is enabled, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can detect the hot-swap action and start rebuilding automatically. The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. The RAID Card Configuration section: When Auto-Rebuild is replaced without shutting down your...
... Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) If a failed mirrored drive is enabled, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can detect the hot-swap action and start rebuilding automatically. The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. The RAID Card Configuration section: When Auto-Rebuild is replaced without shutting down your...
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... 3: Go to a floppydisk. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 2: Go to install ...; To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on the GigaRAID controller successfully, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to the BootDrv folder and look for the GigaRAID controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. ...
... 3: Go to a floppydisk. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 2: Go to install ...; To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on the GigaRAID controller successfully, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to the BootDrv folder and look for the GigaRAID controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. ...
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IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. Figure 19 - 15 - 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. Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Then it will appear. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk.
IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. Figure 19 - 15 - 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. Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Then it will appear. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk.
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...that below appears (Figure 21), insert the floppy disk containing the IDE RAID driver and press S. After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your IDE hard drive with the driver. Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - Step 2: Figure... 20 When a screen similar to that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID controller driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you see the "Press F6 if you need to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as...
...that below appears (Figure 21), insert the floppy disk containing the IDE RAID driver and press S. After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your IDE hard drive with the driver. Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - Step 2: Figure... 20 When a screen similar to that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID controller driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you see the "Press F6 if you need to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as...
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... and press ENTER. If you want to install Windows XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to load the driver from the floppy disk. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu will be finished in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please... check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to install: Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT. - 17 - Figure...
... and press ENTER. If you want to install Windows XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to load the driver from the floppy disk. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu will be finished in about one or some file(s) cannot be found, please... check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to install: Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT. - 17 - Figure...
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It indicates that you have to Figure 23 below. 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 be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the driver successfully. Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - After that hard drive.
It indicates that you have to Figure 23 below. 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 be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have installed the driver successfully. Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - After that hard drive.
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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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...JBOD function Supports the Scatter/Gather function for windows 98SE/Me/XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Linux v2,4,1,0 5 Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to reduce power consumption. Low CPU utilization based on... USER'S MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA133 specification and supports two IDE channels with PCI Local bus specification v2.2. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives.
...JBOD function Supports the Scatter/Gather function for windows 98SE/Me/XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Linux v2,4,1,0 5 Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to reduce power consumption. Low CPU utilization based on... USER'S MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA133 specification and supports two IDE channels with PCI Local bus specification v2.2. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives.
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... can support the RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID0+1 (striping and mirroring) or JBOD (spanning) mode. Besides, we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that users don't have to worry that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any penalties for installing RAID system. Users can support... IDE drivers ranging from Soc concept. The GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can be easily installed into the PC system nowadays. GigaRAID (IT8212) ...
... can support the RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID0+1 (striping and mirroring) or JBOD (spanning) mode. Besides, we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that users don't have to worry that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any penalties for installing RAID system. Users can support... IDE drivers ranging from Soc concept. The GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can be easily installed into the PC system nowadays. GigaRAID (IT8212) ...
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... more advanced optimal, please refer to Setup Utility on page 15 to quickly establish your RAID system with a large capacity. The RAID0+1 mode uses four drivers to prevent any data loss resulting from ! Quick Start This section leads you to achieve your system. 7 Warning: In order to get the merits of... you need more than two drives into a drive with default settings. 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 install your goal.
... more advanced optimal, please refer to Setup Utility on page 15 to quickly establish your RAID system with a large capacity. The RAID0+1 mode uses four drivers to prevent any data loss resulting from ! Quick Start This section leads you to achieve your system. 7 Warning: In order to get the merits of... you need more than two drives into a drive with default settings. 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 install your goal.
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... instructions to complete installation. (Each time you complete the steps, boot from the Windows CD to a floppy disk: 1) Please insert the provided driver CD into the floppy disk drive. 3) Either from HDDs in "D:\BootDrv\menu.exe" 4) Information on all chipsets should be installed.) 38 Your ... please type in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver, please make sure that , the driver will not have to be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to the floppy disk. Follow...
... instructions to complete installation. (Each time you complete the steps, boot from the Windows CD to a floppy disk: 1) Please insert the provided driver CD into the floppy disk drive. 3) Either from HDDs in "D:\BootDrv\menu.exe" 4) Information on all chipsets should be installed.) 38 Your ... please type in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver, please make sure that , the driver will not have to be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to the floppy disk. Follow...
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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 be installed will continue. The devices that are going to continue. 5. ..., please press the key. 3. Press the key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the next window. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows XP Install the driver during Windows XP installation 1. When the message "Press F6 if you want to the next...
...! 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 be installed will continue. The devices that are going to continue. 5. ..., please press the key. 3. Press the key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the next window. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows XP Install the driver during Windows XP installation 1. When the message "Press F6 if you want to the next...
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Select the Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) option then click "Next" to continue to setup. 40 When Windows detects GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller in the system, a dialog box named Found New Hardware Wizard will show on the screen. Start Windows. 2. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows XP 1.
Select the Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) option then click "Next" to continue to setup. 40 When Windows detects GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller in the system, a dialog box named Found New Hardware Wizard will show on the screen. Start Windows. 2. 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 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. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3.
Press "Next" to continue to setup. 41 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. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3.
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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. 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.
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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 Properties option from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on Desktop. If GigaRAID (IT8212...) ATA RAID Controller device is shown below the SCSI and RAID controllers item (see the following steps to install the driver. Right-click My Computer icon on the panel. Select the Hardware tab from the form. 2. After the system restarts, you can do the following...
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 Properties option from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on Desktop. If GigaRAID (IT8212...) ATA RAID Controller device is shown below the SCSI and RAID controllers item (see the following steps to install the driver. Right-click My Computer icon on the panel. Select the Hardware tab from the form. 2. After the system restarts, you can do the following...
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or ? under SCSI and RAID Controller device as shown below, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 If there is a marking !
or ? under SCSI and RAID Controller device as shown below, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 If there is a marking !
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... diskette. Boot from floppy with Windows installation CD. 2. When the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the list. Follow the instruction of the screen, please press the key. 3. When a message appears to ask you to designate...to be installed will be different. Press the key to continue. 6. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. Start Windows 2000 installation. The installation will be listed on the window then press the key to continue the ...
... diskette. Boot from floppy with Windows installation CD. 2. When the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the list. Follow the instruction of the screen, please press the key. 3. When a message appears to ask you to designate...to be installed will be different. Press the key to continue. 6. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. Start Windows 2000 installation. The installation will be listed on the window then press the key to continue the ...