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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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...(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 driver during OS installation. Before 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 IDE CD-ROM drive can work properly, please connect it is ...
...(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 driver during OS installation. Before 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 IDE CD-ROM drive can work properly, please connect it is ...
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... shutting down your PC, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can rebuild your mirrored array manually from Rebuild RAID Menu (please refer to page 11). The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. If a failed mirrored drive is disabled, you need to enter the RAID Card Configuration...
... shutting down your PC, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can rebuild your mirrored array manually from Rebuild RAID Menu (please refer to page 11). The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. If a failed mirrored drive is disabled, you need to enter the RAID Card Configuration...
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... not be recognized during OS installation. 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 driver for the GigaRAID controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. ¤å... 16 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. Quit the installation utility first. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - The instructions below explain how ...
... not be recognized during OS installation. 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 driver for the GigaRAID controller on your motherboard during the Windows setup process. ¤å... 16 Step 3: Go to the BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. Quit the installation utility first. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - The instructions below explain how ...
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Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Figure 19 - 15 - Then it will appear. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. 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 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Figure 19 - 15 - Then it will appear. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. 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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... (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 driver. The following is an ¤¤ example of some files being loaded before you need to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and ...press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you see the next screen. 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...
... (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 driver. The following is an ¤¤ example of some files being loaded before you need to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and ...press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you see the next screen. 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...
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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. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Figure 22 If a message appears saying one minute.... 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 ...
...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. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Figure 22 If a message appears saying one minute.... 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 ...
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After that you have installed the driver successfully. It indicates that , the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for 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 should see a screen similar to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 -
After that you have installed the driver successfully. It indicates that , the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for 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 should see a screen similar 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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... to reduce power consumption. Low CPU utilization based on system to handle the RAID function. Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to your PCs. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with flow control, DMA Modes 0,1,2,3,4,5,6. 512 bytes FIFO for...
... to reduce power consumption. Low CPU utilization based on system to handle the RAID function. Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to your PCs. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with flow control, DMA Modes 0,1,2,3,4,5,6. 512 bytes FIFO for...
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...any compatibility issue. When a system is damaged, the system will prevent data from being damaged. Its architecture can read or write two drivers at the same time to worry that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any limitations. It is an excellent product resulting from... Soc concept. Besides, we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that users don't have to enhance the performance. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL What is the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA ...
...any compatibility issue. When a system is damaged, the system will prevent data from being damaged. Its architecture can read or write two drivers at the same time to worry that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any limitations. It is an excellent product resulting from... Soc concept. Besides, we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that users don't have to enhance the performance. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL What is the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA ...
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This mode does not have the RAID function and its merit. The RAID0+1 mode uses four drivers to prevent any data loss resulting from ! The default settings can meet most people's requirements. Warning: In order to get the merits of RAID0 and ...RAID1. 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 RAID system with a large capacity. Quick Start This section leads you to achieve...
This mode does not have the RAID function and its merit. The RAID0+1 mode uses four drivers to prevent any data loss resulting from ! The default settings can meet most people's requirements. Warning: In order to get the merits of RAID0 and ...RAID1. 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 RAID system with a large capacity. Quick Start This section leads you to achieve...
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... chipsets should be listed on -screen instructions to complete installation. (Each time you complete the steps, boot from the Windows CD to install the RAID drivers. Follow on the screen, please select the proper chipset model. Please follow the steps below to complete...) ATA RAID Controller has already been properly setup in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk. Your system will not have to be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to install this...
... chipsets should be listed on -screen instructions to complete installation. (Each time you complete the steps, boot from the Windows CD to install the RAID drivers. Follow on the screen, please select the proper chipset model. Please follow the steps below to complete...) ATA RAID Controller has already been properly setup in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk. Your system will not have to be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to install this...
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... (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) should be different. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows XP Install the driver during Windows XP installation 1. Warning: Because of the different selections of Windows XP. 39 If you need to install, press the key. ...6. Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. After designating all the devices, please proceed to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the next window. following installation methods, the time when step2 starts will be contained on the window then press the...
... (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) should be different. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows XP Install the driver during Windows XP installation 1. Warning: Because of the different selections of Windows XP. 39 If you need to install, press the key. ...6. Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. After designating all the devices, please proceed to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the next window. following installation methods, the time when step2 starts will be contained on the window then press the...
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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. 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.
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. 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. 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. Press "Next" to continue to setup. 41
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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. Follow the instruction to continue. 5. The driver installation has finished.
Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4. Follow the instruction to continue. 5. The driver installation has finished.
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... 2. 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. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA 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...
... 2. 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. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA 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...
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User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. 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.
User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. 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.
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...step. 7. Boot from the device list shown on the list. 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 want to install third party SCSI or RAID...The installation will be different. Start Windows 2000 installation. 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 ! Select GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows ...
...step. 7. Boot from the device list shown on the list. 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 want to install third party SCSI or RAID...The installation will be different. Start Windows 2000 installation. 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 ! Select GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows ...