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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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... the power connector from your power supply to ensure optimal performance, it to the IDE port that you begin Please prepare: (a) Two IDE hard drives (to the hard drive(s). "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. (To ensure that your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE ...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 IDE port(s) controlled by the Southbridge, not the GigaRAID controller). If you do not want to create RAID with identical...
... the power connector from your power supply to ensure optimal performance, it to the IDE port that you begin Please prepare: (a) Two IDE hard drives (to the hard drive(s). "*" Skip this step if you do not want to create RAID array on the motherboard. (To ensure that your motherboard. (1) Installing IDE ...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 IDE port(s) controlled by the Southbridge, not the GigaRAID controller). If you do not want to create RAID with identical...
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...menu options you will see shall depend on your computer and press Del to create RAID, set BIOS boot sequence for your motherboard. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: ...F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for the IDE RAID hard drive(s). (2) Configuring GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have and the BIOS version . - 3 - Step 1: Turn on...
...menu options you will see shall depend on your computer and press Del to create RAID, set BIOS boot sequence for your motherboard. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals : Move Enter: Select F5: Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: ...F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may not show the exact settings for the IDE RAID hard drive(s). (2) Configuring GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have and the BIOS version . - 3 - Step 1: Turn on...
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... to CD-ROM so you want to install ¤¤ Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and use the ARROW keys to select the desired IDE hard drive onto which you can boot from Installation CD after system restarts.(Figure 3) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features : Move Enter...
... to CD-ROM so you want to install ¤¤ Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and use the ARROW keys to select the desired IDE hard drive onto which you can boot from Installation CD after system restarts.(Figure 3) CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features : Move Enter...
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..., after the Power-On Self Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, the GigaRAID BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following screen. Navigate the GigaRAID Setup Utility: You can use Number keys 1 to 5 to select the item you ... [3]: To delete existing RAID set, press 3 to enter the Define RAID menu. RAID Card Configuration [5]: To check information about the RAID controller and current hard drive status, press 5 to Figure 5 below. Figure 5 - 5 - Figure 4 After entering the GigaRAID Setup Utility, you should see a screen similar to enter ...
..., after the Power-On Self Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, the GigaRAID BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following screen. Navigate the GigaRAID Setup Utility: You can use Number keys 1 to 5 to select the item you ... [3]: To delete existing RAID set, press 3 to enter the Define RAID menu. RAID Card Configuration [5]: To check information about the RAID controller and current hard drive status, press 5 to Figure 5 below. Figure 5 - 5 - Figure 4 After entering the GigaRAID Setup Utility, you should see a screen similar to enter ...
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...; RAID0+1, JBOD, and Normal (standard ATA mode). And press any key to return to create your selection. This action completes RAID configuration. 6 Figure 6 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 6 - Array Configuration: This section displays the information about the RAID set an array and this is an example of RAID 0 creation. Press Y to...
...; RAID0+1, JBOD, and Normal (standard ATA mode). And press any key to return to create your selection. This action completes RAID configuration. 6 Figure 6 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 6 - Array Configuration: This section displays the information about the RAID set an array and this is an example of RAID 0 creation. Press Y to...
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You will appear. Press 2 in Main Menu and the Define RAID Menu as shown in Figure 7 will see the Define RAID SubMenu (Figure 8 on next page) from a damaged RAID 1 (or RAID 0+1) hard drive to the new replacement hard drive. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Figure 7 - 7 - Define RAID: The Define RAID selection allows you to create RAID set with several hard drives to mirror the data from which you may configure the new RAID array. Use ARROW keys to highlight through arrays and press ENTER after selecting an array.
You will appear. Press 2 in Main Menu and the Define RAID Menu as shown in Figure 7 will see the Define RAID SubMenu (Figure 8 on next page) from a damaged RAID 1 (or RAID 0+1) hard drive to the new replacement hard drive. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Figure 7 - 7 - Define RAID: The Define RAID selection allows you to create RAID set with several hard drives to mirror the data from which you may configure the new RAID array. Use ARROW keys to highlight through arrays and press ENTER after selecting an array.
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... to create RAID 0 (Striping) or RAID 0+1 (Striping+Mirroring), you need to set at least two hard drives to the Define RAID Menu and you should see "Functional" in the hard drive, press Y to confirm (or N to cycle through options. Åé RAID Array Setup Sequence-- ¤...;¤ 1. The block size options include 1KB, 2KB, 4KB, 8KB, 16KB, 32KB and 64KB. 3. Figure 8 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 8 - Press CTRL+Y to select RAID 0 (Striping) mode. In the following procedure, we will see the functional RAID set . Press ESC...
... to create RAID 0 (Striping) or RAID 0+1 (Striping+Mirroring), you need to set at least two hard drives to the Define RAID Menu and you should see "Functional" in the hard drive, press Y to confirm (or N to cycle through options. Åé RAID Array Setup Sequence-- ¤...;¤ 1. The block size options include 1KB, 2KB, 4KB, 8KB, 16KB, 32KB and 64KB. 3. Figure 8 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 8 - Press CTRL+Y to select RAID 0 (Striping) mode. In the following procedure, we will see the functional RAID set . Press ESC...
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IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Figure 9: Information about the RAID set. - 9 -
IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Figure 9: Information about the RAID set. - 9 -
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Ác Delete RAID: Press 3 in the array?" Then, when the "Erase the data in Main Menu to enter the Delete RAID Menu (Figure 10). Åé Use UP or DOWN ARROW key to move the selection bar to the RAID array that you want to delete and ¤¤ press Del. ¤å Figure 10 When a screen similar to that below appears, confirm again whether you want to keep the data in the RAID set, Figure 11 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 10 - message appears, press Y if you are sure to abort. Press CTRL+Y to confirm or other key to delete the RAID array.
Ác Delete RAID: Press 3 in the array?" Then, when the "Erase the data in Main Menu to enter the Delete RAID Menu (Figure 10). Åé Use UP or DOWN ARROW key to move the selection bar to the RAID array that you want to delete and ¤¤ press Del. ¤å Figure 10 When a screen similar to that below appears, confirm again whether you want to keep the data in the RAID set, Figure 11 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 10 - message appears, press Y if you are sure to abort. Press CTRL+Y to confirm or other key to delete the RAID array.
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...from an existing drive to a replacement drive that you want to rebuild. This function will not be rebuilt and press ENTER and you select a non-RAID 1 or non-RAID 0+1 array. You have to select the desired drive and press ENTER. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) In the Drive List section, ...use UP or DOWN keys to assign the Source Drive and Target Drive. Use the ARROW keys to select an array that has been installed in ...
...from an existing drive to a replacement drive that you want to rebuild. This function will not be rebuilt and press ENTER and you select a non-RAID 1 or non-RAID 0+1 array. You have to select the desired drive and press ENTER. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) In the Drive List section, ...use UP or DOWN keys to assign the Source Drive and Target Drive. Use the ARROW keys to select an array that has been installed in ...
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Ác After the assignment, the following window (Figure 14) will appear. If you answer Y, you can monitor the whole rebuild process until it Åé completes?" If you choose background rebuild, rebuild can proceed at the background and you can leave Setup Utility and boot directly. ¤å Figure 14 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 12 - Later, answer Y or N to abort. Press Y to continue or N to the next prompt "Do you like monitoring the reconstruction status till it completely ends or ¤¤ select background rebuild.
Ác After the assignment, the following window (Figure 14) will appear. If you answer Y, you can monitor the whole rebuild process until it Åé completes?" If you choose background rebuild, rebuild can proceed at the background and you can leave Setup Utility and boot directly. ¤å Figure 14 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 12 - Later, answer Y or N to abort. Press Y to continue or N to the next prompt "Do you like monitoring the reconstruction status till it completely ends or ¤¤ select background rebuild.
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The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. If a failed mirrored drive is replaced without shutting down your mirrored array manually from Rebuild RAID Menu (please refer to page 11). Figure 15 - 13 - When Auto-Rebuild... is enabled, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can detect the hot-swap action and start rebuilding automatically. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) The RAID Card Resource section: This section displays PCI slot interrupt and I/O port address used by the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller. The RAID...
The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. If a failed mirrored drive is replaced without shutting down your mirrored array manually from Rebuild RAID Menu (please refer to page 11). Figure 15 - 13 - When Auto-Rebuild... is enabled, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can detect the hot-swap action and start rebuilding automatically. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) The RAID Card Resource section: This section displays PCI slot interrupt and I/O port address used by the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller. The RAID...
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... RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - Quit the installation utility first. The instructions below explain how to My Computer and right-click the CD...Go to copy the driver. 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...
... RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to a floppydisk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Figure 17 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 14 - Quit the installation utility first. The instructions below explain how to My Computer and right-click the CD...Go to copy the driver. 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...
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IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. 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. Then it will appear. Figure 19 - 15 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk.
IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. 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. Then it will appear. Figure 19 - 15 - Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk.
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... system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. 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... 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.
... system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the next screen. 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... 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.
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... which of the following operating systems you want to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) If you want to install Windows XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install: Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT...
... which of the following operating systems you want to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) If you want to install Windows XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install: Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT...
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After that, the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that you have to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - It indicates that hard drive. 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 installed the driver successfully.
After that, the driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that you have to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - It indicates that hard drive. 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 installed the driver successfully.
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... 0,1,2,3,4 with PCI Local bus specification v2.2. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA133 specification and supports two IDE channels with 4 drives. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on system to get a high performance Supports the RAID 0/1/0+1 function Supports...
... 0,1,2,3,4 with PCI Local bus specification v2.2. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA133 specification and supports two IDE channels with 4 drives. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on system to get a high performance Supports the RAID 0/1/0+1 function Supports...
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...because this system can use 6 It provides users high speed and integration and low price PC RAID system. Users can use ATA/133 drive and RAID function to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have to combine RAID system without any compatibility issue. When a system is damaged,...mirroring) or JBOD (spanning) mode. Once data is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it 's unnecessary to the highest speed of ATA/133 drive. Additionally, it also provides users more system stability. Similarly, it also provides PCI 33MHz interface and is an excellent product resulting from being damaged...
...because this system can use 6 It provides users high speed and integration and low price PC RAID system. Users can use ATA/133 drive and RAID function to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have to combine RAID system without any compatibility issue. When a system is damaged,...mirroring) or JBOD (spanning) mode. Once data is programmed to the RAID0 mode, it 's unnecessary to the highest speed of ATA/133 drive. Additionally, it also provides users more system stability. Similarly, it also provides PCI 33MHz interface and is an excellent product resulting from being damaged...