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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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... want to create RAID 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 your system Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard...;c Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (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...
... want to create RAID 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 your system Attach one end of the IDE cable to the rear of the IDE hard...;c Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (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...
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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. The RAID Card Resource section: This section displays PCI slot interrupt and I/O port address...
... 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. The RAID Card Resource section: This section displays PCI slot interrupt and I/O port address...
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...164;å First of all, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to install required driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during OS installation....to a floppydisk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the installation utility first. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure ...
...164;å First of all, you need to copy the driver for the IDE RAID controller from the motherboard driver CD to install required driver for an executable program named MENU.exe (Figure 17). Without the ¤¤ driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during OS installation....to a floppydisk. The installation utility will appear automatically. Quit the installation utility first. Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Step 2: Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM drive icon and select Open (Figure ...
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Step 5: Press 0 to the floppy disk. Then it will appear. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Figure 19 - 15 - Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Press 2 to Figure 18 below will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select the 2)GIGARAID item.
Step 5: Press 0 to the floppy disk. Then it will appear. You have copied the IDE RAID driver sucessfully. Figure 19 - 15 - Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Press 2 to Figure 18 below will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19). An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select the 2)GIGARAID item.
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... files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto 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... to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 20). Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - Step 2: Figure 20 When a screen similar to that you have prepared a floppy disk ...
... files being loaded before you see the "Press F6 if you need to install Windows 2000/XP onto 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... to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you are ready to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 20). Figure 21 IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 16 - Step 2: Figure 20 When a screen similar to that you have prepared a floppy disk ...
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... Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to load the driver from the floppy disk. If you want to install Windows XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install: Windows XP, Windows 2000,... or Windows NT. - 17 - Figure 22 If a message appears saying one minute. The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the motherboard driver CD. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the...
... Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER. Step 4: When the screen as shown below appears, press ENTER to load the driver from the floppy disk. If you want to install Windows XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to install: Windows XP, Windows 2000,... or Windows NT. - 17 - Figure 22 If a message appears saying one minute. The driver installation will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct GigaRAID controller driver again from the motherboard driver CD. IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the...
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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 installed the driver successfully. After that, the driver will have to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - It indicates that hard drive. Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed under Windows once for that you should see a screen similar to Figure 23 below.
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 installed the driver successfully. After that, the driver will have to be installed.) IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID) - 18 - It indicates that hard drive. Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you have to be installed under Windows once for that you should see a screen similar to Figure 23 below.
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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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... 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. Users can reduce 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. Users can reduce the...
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... and save data back to worry that users don't have to another new drive. v2.2. Besides, we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any limitations. The GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can provide users a RAID...drive to enhance the performance. Once data is an excellent product resulting from Soc concept. Similarly, it 's unnecessary to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have any penalties for installing RAID system. Its architecture can support the RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID0+1 (striping and mirroring) or JBOD ...
... and save data back to worry that users don't have to another new drive. v2.2. Besides, we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any limitations. The GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can provide users a RAID...drive to enhance the performance. Once data is an excellent product resulting from Soc concept. Similarly, it 's unnecessary to the RAID1 mode, two drivers have any penalties for installing RAID system. Its architecture can support the RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID0+1 (striping and mirroring) or JBOD ...
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...operation, please backup data before you to achieve your goal. 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 system. 7 Warning: In order to get the merits of RAID0 and RAID1.... The default settings can meet most people's requirements. The RAID0+1 mode uses four drivers to prevent any data loss resulting from ! As for the JBOD mode, it combines more advanced optimal, please refer to Setup Utility on page...
...operation, please backup data before you to achieve your goal. 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 system. 7 Warning: In order to get the merits of RAID0 and RAID1.... The default settings can meet most people's requirements. The RAID0+1 mode uses four drivers to prevent any data loss resulting from ! As for the JBOD mode, it combines more advanced optimal, please refer to Setup Utility on page...
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... a blank formatted floppy disk into the hard disk drive eg. When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP from the Windows CD to install the RAID drivers. Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 98/ME Windows NT 4.0 For the Windows operating system (Win NT, WinXP, Win2000 ), for that hard drive. ... Either from "Command Prompt" or DOS, please type in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk. After you complete the steps, boot from HDDs in "D:\BootDrv\menu.exe" 4) Information on all chipsets should be listed on -...
... a blank formatted floppy disk into the hard disk drive eg. When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP from the Windows CD to install the RAID drivers. Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 98/ME Windows NT 4.0 For the Windows operating system (Win NT, WinXP, Win2000 ), for that hard drive. ... Either from "Command Prompt" or DOS, please type in serial ATA controller, press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up, then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk. After you complete the steps, boot from HDDs in "D:\BootDrv\menu.exe" 4) Information on all chipsets should be listed on -...
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... please press the key. 3. following installation methods, the time when step2 starts will continue. If you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the list. Boot from the device list shown on the next window. Start Windows XP installation. The installation will be different. When ... press the key. 4. Press the key 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 the next step. 7. Follow the instruction of Windows XP. 39
... please press the key. 3. following installation methods, the time when step2 starts will continue. If you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears on the list. Boot from the device list shown on the next window. Start Windows XP installation. The installation will be different. When ... press the key. 4. Press the key 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 the next step. 7. Follow the instruction of Windows XP. 39
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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. 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. 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
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The driver installation has finished. Follow the instruction to continue. 5. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4. Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42
The driver installation has finished. Follow the instruction to continue. 5. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 4. Press "Finish" to restart the computer then the driver will take effect. 42
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...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. 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. Select the Properties option from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on...
...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. 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. Select the Properties option from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on...
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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 or ? If there is a marking ! GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3.
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 or ? If there is a marking ! GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL 3.
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... the time when step2 starts will be contained 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 install, press the key. 4. Boot from CD-ROM with Windows installation ...diskette. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. Boot from floppy with Windows installation CD. 2. When the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party...
... the time when step2 starts will be contained 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 install, press the key. 4. Boot from CD-ROM with Windows installation ...diskette. GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER'S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1. Boot from floppy with Windows installation CD. 2. When the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party...