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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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...164;å (1) Install IDE hard drive(s) in your computer. (2) Configure GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your system Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard drive and the other end to ... controller, 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 RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation.
...164;å (1) Install IDE hard drive(s) in your computer. (2) Configure GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in your system Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard drive and the other end to ... controller, 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 RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the IDE RAID controller driver (5) Install the IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation.
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...rebuilding automatically. If a failed mirrored drive is disabled, you need to rebuild your mirrored array manually from Rebuild RAID Menu (please refer to enter the RAID Card Configuration menu (Figure 15). Figure 15 - 13 - When Auto-Rebuild is replaced without shutting down your ...mirrored array 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. RAID Card Configuration: Press 5 in Main ...
...rebuilding automatically. If a failed mirrored drive is disabled, you need to rebuild your mirrored array manually from Rebuild RAID Menu (please refer to enter the RAID Card Configuration menu (Figure 15). Figure 15 - 13 - When Auto-Rebuild is replaced without shutting down your ...mirrored array 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. RAID Card Configuration: Press 5 in Main ...
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...BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Quit...explain how to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). 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 ...
...BootDrv folder and look for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Quit...explain how to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). 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 ...
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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. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Then it will appear. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Figure 19 - 15 - Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item.
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. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Then it will appear. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Figure 19 - 15 - Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item.
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... OS installation Åé Now that below appears (Figure 21), insert the floppy disk containing the IDE RAID driver and press S. Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - The following is an ¤¤ example of some files being loaded before you see the ...2000/XP onto your IDE hard drive with the IDE RAID controller driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you need to that you have prepared a floppy disk with the driver. Step 2: Figure 20 When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 20). After pressing F6, there ...
... OS installation Åé Now that below appears (Figure 21), insert the floppy disk containing the IDE RAID driver and press S. Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - The following is an ¤¤ example of some files being loaded before you see the ...2000/XP onto your IDE hard drive with the IDE RAID controller driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you need to that you have prepared a floppy disk with the driver. Step 2: Figure 20 When a screen similar to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 20). After pressing F6, there ...
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... the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu will begin to load the driver from the floppy disk. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) If you want to install Windows XP,... use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER....
... the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to continue the driver installation from the floppy disk. The driver installation will be finished in the floppy disk, a controller menu will begin to load the driver from the floppy disk. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) If you want to install Windows XP,... use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER....
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It indicates that , the driver will have installed the driver successfully. After that you 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 should see a screen similar to Figure 23 below. Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive.
It indicates that , the driver will have installed the driver successfully. After that you 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 should see a screen similar to Figure 23 below. Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for 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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...Management v1.0 to get a high performance Supports the RAID 0/1/0+1 function Supports the 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 Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and... firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA133 specification and supports...
...Management v1.0 to get a high performance Supports the RAID 0/1/0+1 function Supports the 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 Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and... firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA133 specification and supports...
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It is entirely different from Soc concept. v2.2. This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can use ATA/133 drive and RAID function to the highest speed of system's stability. Users can support IDE drivers ranging from being damaged. When a system is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it can...PCI spec. Additionally, it also provides users more system stability. Thus, users can read or write two drivers at the same time to another new drive. It includes one RAID Chip combining CPU, firmware, advanced PCI controller and IDE controller. Its architecture can support the RAID0 (...
It is entirely different from Soc concept. v2.2. This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can use ATA/133 drive and RAID function to the highest speed of system's stability. Users can support IDE drivers ranging from being damaged. When a system is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it can...PCI spec. Additionally, it also provides users more system stability. Thus, users can read or write two drivers at the same time to another new drive. It includes one RAID Chip combining CPU, firmware, advanced PCI controller and IDE controller. Its architecture can support the RAID0 (...
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...it combines more advanced optimal, please refer to Setup Utility on page 15 to install your system. 7 If you start to achieve your RAID system with a large capacity. inappropriate operation, please backup data before you need more than two drives into a drive with default settings.... Warning: In order 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 prevent any data loss resulting from ! The RAID0...
...it combines more advanced optimal, please refer to Setup Utility on page 15 to install your system. 7 If you start to achieve your RAID system with a large capacity. inappropriate operation, please backup data before you need more than two drives into a drive with default settings.... Warning: In order 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 prevent any data loss resulting from ! The RAID0...
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..., please type in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver file to install the RAID drivers. After you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to install this...
..., please type in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this driver file to install the RAID drivers. After you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to install this...
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... The installation will be listed on the window then press the key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the list. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) should be contained on the bottom of the installation program to insert the GigaRAID... now. After designating all the devices, please proceed to install, press the key. 4. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows XP Install the driver during Windows XP installation 1. Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. Boot from floppy with un-installable diskette. ...
... The installation will be listed on the window then press the key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the list. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) should be contained on the bottom of the installation program to insert the GigaRAID... now. After designating all the devices, please proceed to install, press the key. 4. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows XP Install the driver during Windows XP installation 1. Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. Boot from floppy with un-installable diskette. ...
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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. 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.
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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 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3.
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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. Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4.
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... 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 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. Select the Hardware tab from the form. 2. Right-click My...
... 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 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. Select the Hardware tab from the form. 2. Right-click My...
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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. or ?
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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 continue. 5. Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. The installation will... to ask you to designate the device you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the window then press the key to be installed will be different. Select GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) from CD-ROM with un-installable diskette. following installation methods...
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 continue. 5. Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. The installation will... to ask you to designate the device you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the window then press the key to be installed will be different. Select GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) from CD-ROM with un-installable diskette. following installation methods...