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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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... use two hard drives with the GigaRAID 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...
... use two hard drives with the GigaRAID 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...
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...: This section displays PCI slot interrupt and I/O port address used by the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller. Figure 15 - 13 - IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. RAID Card Configuration: Press 5 in Main Menu to rebuild your mirrored array automatically.
...: This section displays PCI slot interrupt and I/O port address used by the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller. Figure 15 - 13 - IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) The Driver Status section: This section displays the status of each hard drive. RAID Card Configuration: Press 5 in Main Menu to rebuild your mirrored array automatically.
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...to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). Step 2: 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 ... motherboard during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 1: Find an available system and insert...
...to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure 11). Step 2: 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 ... motherboard during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to copy the driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during OS installation. Step 1: Find an available system and insert...
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Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Figure 19 - 15 - Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Then it will appear. Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) 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.
Press 2 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. Figure 19 - 15 - Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Then it will appear. Step 5: Press 0 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) 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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...installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your IDE hard drive with the driver. 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. 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. Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - The following is an ...
...installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your IDE hard drive with the driver. 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. 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. Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - The following is an ...
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... from the floppy disk. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to load the driver from the floppy disk. 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 disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Figure 23 "*" Select the driver according to which of the following operating systems you want to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/...
... from the floppy disk. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to load the driver from the floppy disk. 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 disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the motherboard driver CD. Figure 23 "*" Select the driver according to which of the following operating systems you want to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/...
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Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - It indicates that , the driver will have to Figure 23 below. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 23 (Note: Each time you have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the driver successfully.
Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - It indicates that , the driver will have to Figure 23 below. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 23 (Note: Each time you have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have installed the driver successfully.
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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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Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to get a high performance Supports the RAID 0/1/0+1 function Supports the JBOD ... (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA133 specification and supports two IDE channels with PCI Local bus specification v2.2. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. It can easily install our systems to...
Users can reduce the driver's loading of system CPU and improve the system's ability. Supports PCI power Management v1.0 to get a high performance Supports the RAID 0/1/0+1 function Supports the JBOD ... (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA133 specification and supports two IDE channels with PCI Local bus specification v2.2. Supports the drivers for the DMA/UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on a local processor architecture Compatible with 4 drives. It can easily install our systems to...
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...traffic, users won't have any compatibility issue. Additionally, it also provides PCI 33MHz interface and is programmed to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have any penalties for installing RAID system. It can use ATA/133 drive and RAID function to enhance the performance. Users can be ...ATA RAID Controller This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller is entirely different from the traditional software RAID system. Its architecture can support IDE drivers ranging from Soc concept. It is an excellent product resulting from the lowest speed of PIO mode drive to the RAID0 mode, it also...
...traffic, users won't have any compatibility issue. Additionally, it also provides PCI 33MHz interface and is programmed to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have any penalties for installing RAID system. It can use ATA/133 drive and RAID function to enhance the performance. Users can be ...ATA RAID Controller This GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller is entirely different from the traditional software RAID system. Its architecture can support IDE drivers ranging from Soc concept. It is an excellent product resulting from the lowest speed of PIO mode drive to the RAID0 mode, it also...
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... install your system. 7 The default settings can meet most people's requirements. 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... drivers to raise throughput. If you need more than two drives into a drive with default settings. This mode does not have the RAID function and its ...
... install your system. 7 The default settings can meet most people's requirements. 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... drivers to raise throughput. If you need more than two drives into a drive with default settings. This mode does not have the RAID function and its ...
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...) 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. Drive D: 2) Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the hard disk drive eg. After you add a new hard drive to a... RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to the floppy disk. When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP...
...) 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. Drive D: 2) Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the hard disk drive eg. After you add a new hard drive to a... RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under the following various operating systems. Before starting to the floppy disk. When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP...
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... Windows XP installation 1. The installation will be listed on the bottom 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. When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you...key. 4. Boot from the device list shown on the list. When the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the next window. Select GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) from CD-ROM with un-installable diskette. GigaRAID (IT8212)...
... Windows XP installation 1. The installation will be listed on the bottom 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. When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you...key. 4. Boot from the device list shown on the list. When the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the next window. Select GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP) from CD-ROM with un-installable diskette. GigaRAID (IT8212)...
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Start Windows. 2. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows XP 1. 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.
Start Windows. 2. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows XP 1. 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. Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 The driver installation has finished. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4.
Follow the instruction to continue. 5. Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42 The driver installation has finished. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4.
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... GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller device is shown below the SCSI and RAID controllers item (see the following steps to install the driver. Right-click My Computer icon on the panel. 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 Properties option from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on Desktop. ...
... GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller device is shown below the SCSI and RAID controllers item (see the following steps to install the driver. Right-click My Computer icon on the panel. 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 Properties option from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on Desktop. ...
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User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. or ? under SCSI and RAID Controller device as shown below, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed. If there is a marking !
User should remove the device and reinstall. 44 GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3. or ? under SCSI and RAID Controller device as shown below, it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed. If there is a marking !
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...to continue. 5. 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. 6. Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. After designating ... will continue. Boot from floppy with un-installable diskette. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. Boot from the device list shown on the list. When a message appears to ask you to designate...
...to continue. 5. 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. 6. Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette. After designating ... will continue. Boot from floppy with un-installable diskette. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. Boot from the device list shown on the list. When a message appears to ask you to designate...