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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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...Skip this step if you may prepare only 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 system Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the ...controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID 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. Ác Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller GigaRAID (IT8212)) Åé ¤¤ To set up IDE ...
...Skip this step if you may prepare only 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 system Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the ...controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID 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. Ác Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller GigaRAID (IT8212)) Åé ¤¤ To set up IDE ...
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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. The RAID Card Configuration section: When Auto-Rebuild is disabled, you need to rebuild ...
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. The RAID Card Configuration section: When Auto-Rebuild is disabled, you need to rebuild ...
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...Step 2: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of... all, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the installation utility first. Figure 17 IDE RAID...
...Step 2: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of... all, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the installation utility first. Figure 17 IDE RAID...
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IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Figure 19 - 15 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to the floppy disk. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Then it will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to Figure 18 below will appear.
IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Figure 19 - 15 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to the floppy disk. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Then it will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to Figure 18 below will appear.
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... press S. 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 next screen. The following is an ¤¤ example of some files being loaded before you see the "... disk and press F6 as soon as you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 20). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your IDE hard drive with the...
... press S. 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 next screen. The following is an ¤¤ example of some files being loaded before you see the "... disk and press F6 as soon as you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 20). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your IDE hard drive with the...
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... ENTER to install: Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT. - 17 - Figure 23 "*" Select the driver according to which of the following operating systems you want to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. Figure 22 If a message appears saying one minute. If you want to install Windows... XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to load the driver from the floppy disk. Then it will appear. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) The driver installation will be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu will begin to select ITE IT8212 ...
... ENTER to install: Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT. - 17 - Figure 23 "*" Select the driver according to which of the following operating systems you want to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. Figure 22 If a message appears saying one minute. If you want to install Windows... XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to load the driver from the floppy disk. Then it will appear. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) The driver installation will be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu will begin to select ITE IT8212 ...
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It indicates that you should see a screen similar 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. After that hard drive. 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 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. After that hard drive. Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 -
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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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... 4.0, Windows 2000 and Linux v2,4,1,0 5 It can easily install our systems to handle the RAID function. Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. Supports...
... 4.0, Windows 2000 and Linux v2,4,1,0 5 It can easily install our systems to handle the RAID function. Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. Supports...
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...performance and get the merit of ATA/133 drive. When a system is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it can support IDE drivers ranging from being damaged. Similarly, it 's unnecessary to share CPU's performance. This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can read or write two... low CPU utilization. v2.2. Thus, users can use 6 This is entirely different from Soc concept. Besides, we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any limitations. The GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can use this system can support the...
...performance and get the merit of ATA/133 drive. When a system is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it can support IDE drivers ranging from being damaged. Similarly, it 's unnecessary to share CPU's performance. This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can read or write two... low CPU utilization. v2.2. Thus, users can use 6 This is entirely different from Soc concept. Besides, we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any limitations. The GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can use this system can support the...
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... to Setup Utility on page 15 to quickly establish your system. 7 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. The RAID0+1 mode uses four...
... to Setup Utility on page 15 to quickly establish your system. 7 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. The RAID0+1 mode uses four...
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... the following various operating systems. Before starting to the floppy disk. After you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to complete installation. (Each time you complete the steps, boot from HDDs in the system. Follow on the screen, please select ...the proper chipset model. Your system will not have to be installed.) 38 After that, the driver will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to install this floppy disk. Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 98/ME Windows NT 4.0 For the Windows operating system...
... the following various operating systems. Before starting to the floppy disk. After you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to complete installation. (Each time you complete the steps, boot from HDDs in the system. Follow on the screen, please select ...the proper chipset model. Your system will not have to be installed.) 38 After that, the driver will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to install this floppy disk. Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 98/ME Windows NT 4.0 For the Windows operating system...
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... to continue the installation of the screen, please press the key. 3. The devices that are going to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the window then press the key to install any other devices, please designate them now. Press the key to install, press ... CD-ROM with Windows installation diskette. Warning: Because of the different selections of the installation program to insert the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the key to the next step. 7. Follow the instruction of the ! GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID...
... to continue the installation of the screen, please press the key. 3. The devices that are going to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the window then press the key to install any other devices, please designate them now. Press the key to install, press ... CD-ROM with Windows installation diskette. Warning: Because of the different selections of the installation program to insert the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the key to the next step. 7. Follow the instruction of the ! GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID...
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GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows XP 1. Start Windows. 2. 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.
GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows XP 1. Start Windows. 2. 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.
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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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Follow the instruction to continue. 5. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4. Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 The driver installation has finished.
Follow the instruction to continue. 5. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4. Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 The driver installation has finished.
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... been installed successfully. 43 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to check if the driver has been installed successfully. 1. Right-click My Computer icon on the panel. If GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller device is ...shown below the SCSI and RAID controllers item (see the following steps to install the driver. Select the Properties option from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on Desktop. Select the Hardware tab from the form....
... been installed successfully. 43 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to check if the driver has been installed successfully. 1. Right-click My Computer icon on the panel. If GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller device is ...shown below the SCSI and RAID controllers item (see the following steps to install the driver. Select the Properties option from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on Desktop. Select the Hardware tab from the form....
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or ? GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 If there is a marking ! under SCSI and RAID Controller device as shown below, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed.
or ? GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 If there is a marking ! under SCSI and RAID Controller device as shown below, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed.
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...installable diskette. 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 continue. 5. The installation will be different. When a message ...Controller (Windows 2000/XP) from floppy with Windows installation CD. 2. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. Warning: Because of the different selections of the screen, please press the key. 3. After designating all the ...
...installable diskette. 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 continue. 5. The installation will be different. When a message ...Controller (Windows 2000/XP) from floppy with Windows installation CD. 2. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. Warning: Because of the different selections of the screen, please press the key. 3. After designating all the ...