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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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... RAID array on the 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 RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller... driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation. If you may prepare only one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard drive and the ...
... RAID array on the 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 RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller... driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation. If you may prepare only one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard drive and the ...
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The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. When Auto-Rebuild is enabled, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can detect the hot-...
The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. When Auto-Rebuild is enabled, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can detect the hot-...
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...Quit the installation utility first. Figure 16 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - The instructions below explain...-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). The installation utility will appear automatically. Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to install required...
...Quit the installation utility first. Figure 16 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - The instructions below explain...-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). The installation utility will appear automatically. Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to install required...
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Press 2 to the floppy disk. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Then it will appear. Figure 19 - 15 - Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Step 5: Press 0 to Figure 18 below will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to select the 2)GIGARAID item. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe.
Press 2 to the floppy disk. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Then it will appear. Figure 19 - 15 - Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Step 5: Press 0 to Figure 18 below will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to select the 2)GIGARAID item. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe.
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... settings, you see the "Press F6 if you need to that you have prepared a floppy disk with the driver. Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - Ác (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that below appears (Figure 21), insert the floppy disk containing the IDE... RAID driver and press S. The following is an ¤¤ example of some files being loaded before you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto ...
... settings, you see the "Press F6 if you need to that you have prepared a floppy disk with the driver. Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - Ác (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that below appears (Figure 21), insert the floppy disk containing the IDE... RAID driver and press S. The following is an ¤¤ example of some files being loaded before you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto ...
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... 22 If a message appears saying one minute. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to load the driver from the floppy disk. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller... driver again from the floppy disk. Then it will begin to continue the driver installation from the motherboard driver CD. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in...
... 22 If a message appears saying one minute. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to load the driver from the floppy disk. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller... driver again from the floppy disk. Then it will begin to continue the driver installation from the motherboard driver CD. Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in about one or some file(s) cannot be finished in...
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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. After that hard drive. It indicates that you have installed the driver successfully. Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will have to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 -
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. After that hard drive. It indicates that you have installed the driver successfully. Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will 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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... the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Low CPU utilization based on system to your PCs. Supports ANSI ATA proposal PIO modes 0,1,2,3,4 with ...
... the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Low CPU utilization based on system to your PCs. Supports ANSI ATA proposal PIO modes 0,1,2,3,4 with ...
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... interface and is compatible with low CPU utilization. Additionally, it 's unnecessary to the highest speed of system's stability. Users can support IDE drivers ranging from the lowest speed of PIO mode drive to share CPU's performance. When a system is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it also... provides users more system stability. When a system is programmed to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have any compatibility issue. It provides users high speed and integration and low price PC RAID system. v2.2. This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID ...
... interface and is compatible with low CPU utilization. Additionally, it 's unnecessary to the highest speed of system's stability. Users can support IDE drivers ranging from the lowest speed of PIO mode drive to share CPU's performance. When a system is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it also... provides users more system stability. When a system is programmed to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have any compatibility issue. It provides users high speed and integration and low price PC RAID system. v2.2. This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID ...
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... you need more than two drives into a drive with default settings. 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...
... you need more than two drives into a drive with default settings. 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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... this floppy disk. After you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will then automatically zip and transfer this driver, please make sure that , the driver will not have to be listed on the screen, please select the proper chipset model. Follow on all chipsets ...should be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to install this driver file to the floppy disk. Drive D: 2) Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the hard disk drive eg. Please follow the steps below...
... this floppy disk. After you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will then automatically zip and transfer this driver, please make sure that , the driver will not have to be listed on the screen, please select the proper chipset model. Follow on all chipsets ...should be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to install this driver file to the floppy disk. Drive D: 2) Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the hard disk drive eg. Please follow the steps below...
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... you to designate the device you want 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. 6. Press the key to install, press the key. 4. Follow...the bottom of the ! The installation will be listed on the list. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows XP Install the driver during Windows XP installation 1. Start Windows XP installation. If you need to the next step. 7. After designating all the devices, please proceed...
... you to designate the device you want 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. 6. Press the key to install, press the key. 4. Follow...the bottom of the ! The installation will be listed on the list. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows XP Install the driver during Windows XP installation 1. Start Windows XP installation. If you need to the next step. 7. After designating all the devices, please proceed...
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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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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. 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.
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The driver installation has finished. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4. Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 Follow the instruction to continue. 5.
The driver installation has finished. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4. Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 Follow the instruction to continue. 5.
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...RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to check if the driver has been installed successfully. 1. After the system restarts, you can do the following figure), it means that the driver has been installed successfully. 43 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 Hardware tab from the form. 2....
...RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to check if the driver has been installed successfully. 1. After the system restarts, you can do the following figure), it means that the driver has been installed successfully. 43 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 Hardware tab from the form. 2....
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If there is a marking ! User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 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.
If there is a marking ! User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 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.
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...following installation methods, the time when step2 starts will be listed on the window then press the key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the list. When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you need to continue. 6. Boot from floppy ... to continue the installation of the screen, please press the key. 3. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. When the message "Press F6 if you need to be installed will be contained on the bottom of Windows 2000...
...following installation methods, the time when step2 starts will be listed on the window then press the key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the list. When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you need to continue. 6. Boot from floppy ... to continue the installation of the screen, please press the key. 3. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. When the message "Press F6 if you need to be installed will be contained on the bottom of Windows 2000...