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    GigaR A ID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’S MANUA L 12 M E- I T 8212-00 6 R[...]

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    Copyright Copyright by G IGA-BYT E TECHNOLOGY CO., L TD. (“GBT”) No p art of this man ual may be reprod uced or tran smitted i n any from without the ex pressed, written permission of GBT . T rademarks Third-party brands and names are the pr operty of thei r respective ow ners. Notice Due to rapid cha nge in techn ology , some of the specificat[...]

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    Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................ 4 Features ........................................................................................................... 5 What is the Gig aRAID (IT8212 ) A T A RAID Controller ....................................... [...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 4 Introduction This ma nual is mainly to help users setup the GigaRAID (IT 8212) A T A RAID Controller a nd solve pr oblems w hen they use it. If it is your first time to u se the GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller and you are about to install it, please refer to the “ Quick St art ”[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 5 Features  Compat ible with the A T A133 specification an d support s two IDE chan nels with 4 drives.  Support s ANSI A T A proposal PIO modes 0, 1,2,3,4 w ith flow control , DMA Modes 0,1,2, 3,4,5,6.  512 bytes FIFO for auto tr ansfer per IDE cha nnel to get a high performa nce ?[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 6 What is th e GigaRA ID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller This GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller is an ex cellent product re sulting from Soc concept. It include s one RAID Chip combin ing CPU, firmw are, advanced PCI controlle r and IDE contro ller . Its archit ecture can pr ovide use rs[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 7 this dat a-copying characteris tic to let tw o drivers tra nsmit at t he same time a nd balance the performance to raise thr oughput. The RAID0+1 mode us es four drivers to get the merits of RAID0 and RAID1. As for the JBOD m ode, it com bines mor e than two driv es into a driv e with a la [...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 8 The hard dr ives which are required for the inst allation The hard drive s, which are co nnected on the GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller , can support U ltra A T A/ 133, Ultra A T A/ 100, Ultra A T A/ 66, Ultra A T A/33, EIDE or Fast A T A-2 drives. Neverth eless, fo r the best perf [...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 9 Create Y our Disk A rra y Y ou can create your ow n array using th e onboard BIOS utility of the GigaRAID (IT 8212) A T A RAID Controller w ith the att ached ha rd drives. Please follow the step s below to setup your disk array . Warning: Pleas e backup dat a in your hard drives to prevent [...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 10 Please press “Ctr l-G” keys to enter the BIOS uti lity Main Me nu . The scr een below will be show n.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 11 Please clic k ”1” to enter the Auto Configuration window . It will guide y ou to set an array and thi s is the simp lest and fa stest way to crea te your fi rst array . Under the Setup Array T ype as option, y ou can use arrow keys → and ← and the “spa ce” bar key to c hange yo[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 12 T otally , there are fiv e configuration s supported: RAID level/T ype Configurati ons Number of d isks needed RAID 0 Disk S triping 2 or 3 or 4 RAID 1 Disk M irroring 2 RAID 0+1 Disk S triping + M irroring 4 JBOD Disk Conc atenation 2 or 3 or 4 Normal None 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 Setup Array for[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 13 Setup Array for R AID 1: The GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller al lows two driv es to be se tup as a RAID 1 (mirror) array or four drives as two array s. The first mirrored array will be set as array 0 and the second a s array 1. RAID 1 i s implemented as mirroring; a drive ha s its [...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 14 Setup Array for No rmal: Y ou can use the GigaRA ID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller as a normal IDE co ntroller . The GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A R AID Controller a llows you to u se one, tw o, three or four hard drives. All the hard dr ives att ached on the GigaRAID (IT 8212) A T A RAID Contro[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 15 Setup Utilit y Using the GigaRA ID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller Setup Utility The GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller Setup Ut ility pro vides funct ions to create, delete a nd rebuild an a rray . It also provides the inf ormation of ea ch hard drive and the confi guration of t he Gi[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 16 GigaRAID (IT 8212) A T A RAID Controller Set up Utility M ain Menu There are five options in the Setup Utility Main Menu , pleas e press 1 ~ 5 to e nter the submenu or the “Esc” key to quit the Setu p Utility . If you are not familiar w ith the array sett ing, please fo llow the proc e[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 17 A ut o Configuration Click “1” on the Main Men u to enter Auto Configuration . Y ou can use arrow keys → and ← and the “s pace” bar key to change your optio n. After selecting y our option, you can pre ss “Ctrl-Y ” keys to sav e the setting and click t he “Esc” key to l[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 18 Setup Array for R AID 0: The GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller allow s you to use tw o, three or four hard drives t o set a RAID 0 (stripe) arr ay . All the hard dr ives att ached on the controlle r will be set as array 0. W hen you create a striped array , files are brok en into 64k[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 19 Setup Array for R AID 1: The GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller al lows two driv es to be se tup as a RAID 1 (mirror) array or four drives as two array s. The first mirrored array will be set as array 0 and the second a s array 1. RAID 1 i s implemented as mirroring; a drive ha s its [...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 20 Setup Array for R AID 0 +1: A RAID 0+1 (mirror and stripe) array has to be for med by fou r hard drives. RAID 0+1 is implem ented as a mirror ed array w hose segment s are RA ID 0 arrays so RAID 0+1 als o has fau lt -tol eran ce c apacit y as RAI D 1. It n ot onl y enhances hard disk ac ce[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 21 Setup Array for JBOD: The GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller allow s you to use tw o, three or four hard drives to form a JBO D ( J ust a B unc h O f D is ks) array a s array 0. Although JBOD doesn’t of fer other R AID functi onality , it makes th e hard dis ks appear to be a single[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 22 Define RAID Click “2” on the Main Me nu then you can e nter the Define RA ID Menu . Please use arrow keys ↑ and ↓ to high light the array number y ou want to defi ne; use “sp ace” key to spe cify the bo otable arr ay if you like to boot your system from arr ay atta ched on Giga[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 23 Define RAID S ub-Menu When you hig hlight the arr ay you w ant to define on the D efine RAID Menu , c lick the “Enter” key then you will en ter this Define RA ID Sub-Menu . Y ou can use arrow keys ↑ and ↓ to h ighlight di fferen t positions. The “sp ace” bar k ey can help y ou [...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 24 Y ou can use arrow key s ↑ and ↓ to highlight th e drive yo u want to assi gn to the disk array a nd change t he stat us of Assignment s to “Y” by p ressing the “ space” bar key . For the meaning s of “Array Mode”, “Drive N o” and “S tatus”, plea se refer to Define [...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 25 RAID 0+1 is i mplemented as a mirrored arr ay whose s egment s are RAID 0 array s. SP AN (JBOD): T here isn’t any spe cific limitat ion. Normal: If a hard drive is n ot includ ed in an array (Col umn “Assi gnment” in t he View Drive A ssignment is shown “Free”), t his hard driv e[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 26 If your RAID M ode selection is M irror or S tripe + Mirror and y ou choose not to delete the boot se ctor of t he array , the follow ing window will appear to ask wheth er you want to rebuild an array . If you choose “Y ”, the Rebuild RAID Men u will appe ar . (Please refer to pag e 3[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 27 mirrored hard dr ives. Thus, th e follow ing window w ill appear . Please pres s arrow keys ↑ and ↓ to highlight y our sele ction and pr ess the “E nter” key to sele ct the sour ce disk(s ) then you have f inished the setting and the screen w ill go back to t he Define RAID Sub-Men[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 28 Delete RA ID Press “3” on the Ma in Menu then the Delet e RAID Menu w ill appear . Please us e arrow keys ↑ and ↓ to high light the array you want to delete, press “D el” to select it and then en ter the Delete R AID Sub-Menu to dele te your array . The “D el” key has no ef[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 29 Delete RAID S ub-Menu When you hig hlight the arr ay you sele ct to delete at the Delete RA ID Menu and press the “D el” key , the Delete RAID Sub-Menu w ill appear . Pleas e press “Ctrl-Y ” keys to co nfirm to del ete an array or press any other keys to abort array delete.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 30 If you press “C trl-Y” key s to make sure to delete an array , the following w indow w ill appear . Y ou can c hoose to cl ear the arr ay’s boot se ctor or ke ep it. After you finish t he selection, Delete RAID Menu w ill pop up autom atically .[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 31 Rebuild RAID Press ”4” w hen you are at the Main Menu the n the Rebuild RA ID Menu will appe ar . Y ou can use ↑ and ↓ keys to highli ght differe nt arrays, pr ess the “Enter” key to select an array and enter the nex t rebuild driv e select screen. If the RAID M ode of the arra[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 32 Rebuild RAID Drive Select When you hig hlight the arr ay you w ant to rebuild on th e Rebuild RAID Menu , pr ess the “Enter” key then the foll owing screen w ill appear .[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 33 Y ou can use arrow key s ↑ and ↓ to highlight th e source disk(s) then pre ss the “Enter” key to s elect the source di sk(s). T he follow ing window will appear to make sure if you w ould like to continue.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 34 If you press “Y”, the foll owing w indow will pop up. Y ou can select to monitor th e whole rebuild pr ocess until i t ends co mpletely or select ba ckground rebuild. Y ou can leave Setup Utility and boot dire ctly if y ou choose back ground rebu ild and rebui ld can proceed at the bac[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 35 The follow ing screen w ill appear if y ou choose to monitor t he whole rebu ild proces s. When rebui ld is co mpleted, a mes sage below will pop u p to inform yo u that rebuil d is finished. Then you leav e and go b ack to the Rebuild RA ID Menu .[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 36 RAID Card Configuration Press “5” on the Ma in Menu then the RA ID Card Configuration menu w ill appear . Y ou can use arrow key s → and ← and the “sp ace” bar key to enabl e or disable Auto-Rebuild option. When Auto-Reb uild enables, the GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RA ID Controlle[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 37 “Channel ID”, “Driv e Name” an d “Size”, please re fer to Define RAID sub-Menu on page 23. C olumn “Array N o” show s hard drive’ s array num ber . If a hard drive is not assigned to an array , it’s shown as free. A free hard driv e is t aken as a norma l one. Column ?[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 38 Driver In st allatio n This secti on detai ls the proc edures to in stall t he GigaRAID (I T8212) A T A RAID Controller dr iver under the fo llowing v arious operati ng systems. B efore st arting to inst all this driv er , please make sure that GigaR AID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller h as[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 39 Windows XP Insta ll the driv er during W i ndow s XP inst allation 1. S tart W indows X P inst allation . Warning: Because of the d iff erent selections of t he following install ation methods, the t ime when step2 st arts will be dif ferent.  Boot from floppy with W indow s insta llati[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 40 Insta ll the driv er under existi ng W indow s XP 1. S tart W indow s. 2. W hen W indows dete cts Gig aRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller in t he syste m, a dialog box named Found New Hardware Wizard w ill show on the s creen. Select the Inst all from a list o r specific location (A dvanc[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 41 3. Insert the Gi gaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller Driver dis kette into the floppy di sk drive then check the Search for the best dr iver i n these locations option and ty pe A:WIN2K_XP on the field designating the fil e’s loca tion. Press “Next” to contin ue to setup.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 42 4. The driver in stallat ion has fin ished. Press “Fin ish” to continu e. 5. Follow the instruction to r est art the computer then the driv er will t ake ef fect.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 43 V erify Instal lation Follow the previous sect ion to inst all the driver . A fter the syst em rest arts, you can do the follow ing step s to check if the driver has been in stalle d succe ssfully . 1. Right-cli ck My Computer icon on Desktop . Select th e Properties option from the form. [...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 44 3. If there is a marking ! or ? under SCSI and RAID Controller device as shown below , it indicates that t he driver ha s not been c orrectly in stalled. U s er shou ld remove the d evice and r einsta ll.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 45 Windows 2000 Insta ll the driv er during W i ndow s 2000 insta llation 1. S tart W indows 2000 insta llation. Warning: Because of the d iff erent selections of t he following install ation methods, the t ime when step2 st arts will be dif ferent.  Boot from floppy with W indow s insta l[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 46 Insta ll the driv er under existi ng W indow s 2000 1. S tart W indow s. 2. W hen W indows dete cts Gig aRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller in t he syste m, a dialog box named Found New Hardware Wizard w ill show on the s creen. Select the S earch for a suit able driver for my de vice (re[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 47 3. Check the Spec ify a locati on option on the follow i ng window then press “Nex t” to continue t o setup.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 48 4. Insert the Gi gaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller Driver dis kette into the floppy dis k drive then ty pe A:WIN2K_XP on the fie ld designating the file’ s location. Pre ss “Next” to c ontinue to set up.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 49 5. The driver for G igaRAID (IT 8212) A T A RAID Controller is found. Pr ess “Nex t” to continue to setup.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 50 6. The driver in stallat ion has fin ished. Press “Fin ish” to continu e. 7. Follow the instruction to r est art the computer then the driv er will t ake ef fect.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 51 V erify Instal lation Follow the previous sect ion to inst all the driver . A fter the syst em rest arts, you can do the follow ing step s to check if the driver has been in stalle d succe ssfully . 1. Right-cli ck My Computer icon on Desktop . Select th e Properties o ption from the form.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 52 3. If there is a marking ! or ? under SCSI and A T A R AID Controller devi ce, it indicates t hat the dr iver has not been correct ly instal led. User should remov e the device and reinst all.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 53 Windows SE/ME Insta ll the driv er 1. S tart W indow s. 2. W hen W indows dete cts Gig aRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller in t he syste m, a dialog box named Add New Hardware Wizard will show on the scr een. Select the S pecify the location of the driv er (Advanced) o ption then clic k ?[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 54 3. Insert the Gi gaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller Driver dis kette into the floppy dis k drive then se lect Sear ch for the best driv er for y our device (Recommended) from the foll owing dialog b ox and type A :WIN98_ME on the field desig nating the fi le’s location. Pr ess “Nex[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 55 4. The driver for G igaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller is f ound. Press “N ext” to continue t o setup.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 56 5. The driver in stallat ion has fin ished. Press “Fin ish” to continu e.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 57 6. Follow the instruction to r est art the computer then the driv er will t ake ef fect.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 58 V erify Instal lation Follow the previous sect ion to inst all the driver . A fter the syst em rest arts, you can do the follow ing step s to check if the driver has been in stalle d succe ssfully . 1. Right-cli ck My Computer icon on Desktop . Select th e Properties option from the form.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 59 2. Select the Device Manag er panel from the Sy stem Properties window . If GigaRA ID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller device is show n under the SCSI controllers item (see t he follo wing figure), it means t hat the driver ha s been inst alled successf ully .[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 60 3. If there i s a marking ! or ? in front of the GigaRA ID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller device as shown below , it indicate s that the dr iver has not been correctly in stalle d. User shoul d remove t he device and r einstall.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 61 Windows NT Insta ll the driv er during W i ndow s NT inst allation 1. S tart W indows N T inst allation . Warning: Because of the d iff erent selections of t he following install ation methods, the t ime when step2 st arts will be dif ferent.  Boot from floppy with W indow s insta llati[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 62 Insta ll the driv er under existi ng W indow s NT 1. S tart W indow s. 2. Select Settings from the St ar t menu then choo se the Control Panel option from the Sett ings fo rm .[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 63 3. In the Control Pan el window , double-click on th e SCSI Adapters icon.[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 64 4. Choose the Drivers tab from the SCSI A dapters window then pre ss “Add” to continue .[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 65 5. Click Have Disk from the Inst all Driver window .[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 66 6. Insert the Gi gaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller Driver dis kette into the floppy disk drive then ty pe A:WINNT on the fiel d designati ng the file ’s locatio n. Press “OK” to continue to setup.[...]

  • Page 67

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 67 7. Select GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller from the w indow then click “OK” to contin ue. 8. Follow the instruction to r est art the computer then the driv er will t ake ef fect.[...]

  • Page 68

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 68 V erify Instal lation Follow the previous sect ion to inst all the driver . A fter the syst em rest arts, you can do the follow ing step s to check if the driver has been in stalle d succe ssfully . 1. Follow ste p1 to step3 describe d in the prev ious section t o activ ate the SCSI Ada pt[...]

  • Page 69

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 69 Linux Install the GigaR AID (IT8212) A T A R AID Contro ller o n Red Hat 7 .3 1. Mount the driv er CD-ROM . [/]mkdir cdrom  For mount point [/]mount –t i so9660 /dev /cdrom /cdrom  Mount CD-ROM under /cdrom directory 2. Copy and u nzip the new kern el [/]cp /cdrom/ linux/linux -2.4[...]

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    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 70 [/] cd /etc/ [/]vim lilo. conf  Edit the lilo .conf , the content s may be different with you rs prompt timeout= 50 default=Linux boot=/dev/had map=/boot /map inst all=/boot/boot.b message=/b oot/messa ge linear # # Original ker nel # image=/boot/v mlinuz-2.4.18 -3 label=Linux initrd=/b[...]

  • Page 71

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 71 3. Run LILO t o update the boo k record on disk by typi ng the foll owing: [/] /sbin/lil o The output should b e similar to: Added Linux * Added Linux-RAID 4. Reboot the system then c hoose the Linux-R AID. [/]reboot[...]

  • Page 72

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 72 Application Inst allation Pictures belo w are shown in Windows XP (CD ver . 2.2) Insert the driv er CD-title t hat came w ith your motherbo ard into y our CD-ROM driv e, the driver C D-title w ill auto st art and show the inst allation g uide. If not, ple ase double click t he CD-ROM devic[...]

  • Page 73

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 73 2. Click “Next”. 3. Click “Next”.[...]

  • Page 74

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 74 4. Click “Next”. 5. Click “Finish”.[...]

  • Page 75

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 75 Functions Description 1. St arting RAID Manager w ill be executed auto matically w hen Microsoft W i ndows is b ooted. A small ico n, “ ”, will show in the sy stem tray at the r ight bottom corner to ind icate RAID Manager i s active. Open RAID Manager Double cl ick on the small icon i[...]

  • Page 76

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 76 Alert LED, at th e right bottom, is u sed to indicate t he whole system situation. GREEN: Normal. RED: If the configuration err or of any array occurs. BLINKING: If ther e is any arra y in rebuild ing process.[...]

  • Page 77

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 77 2. System Informatio n Device Status Click the “S tart M enu” at the le ft bottom on the RAID M anager control p anel then choose “Dev ice S tatus” to show the system informa tion.  If the disk arr ays exist, th ey will be listed at th e first row .  If the physi cal disk s e[...]

  • Page 78

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 78 3. Configuration Create Disk A rray Click the “S tart M enu” at the le ft bottom on the RAID M anager control p anel then choose “Cre ate Disk Array” to creat e a disk array .  Array T ype: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBO D  Array Name: Assign ed by RAID M anager  Block Size[...]

  • Page 79

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 79  Click “Creat e” to create a disk array .  Remarks :  S tripe Size is valid w hen Array T ype is RAID 0 or RA ID 0+1.  Auto Rebuil d is valid w hen Array T ype is RAID 1 or RAID 0+1.  Source Disk i s valid when Array T ype is RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 and Erase Partition is d i[...]

  • Page 80

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 80 Delete Disk Array Click the “S tart M enu” at the le ft bottom on the RAID M anager control p anel then choose “De lete Disk Array” to delete disk array .  Availab le Arrays: List ex isting arrays.  Selected Arrays: Arrays w ill be deleted.  Erase Partition: C heck to era [...]

  • Page 81

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 81 Rebuild Disk Array Click the “S tart M enu” at the le ft bottom on the RAID M anager control p anel then choose “Re build Disk Array” to rebuild d isk array .  Rebuild Array: List arrays whic h can be rebu ilt.  Source Disk: The sour ce for rebuil ding the array  Destinati[...]

  • Page 82

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 82 4. Records Activ it y Records Click the “S tart M enu” at the le ft bottom on the RAID M anager control p anel then choose “A ctivity Re cords” to show the act ivity reco rds. Click “Clear” to clear all records.[...]

  • Page 83

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 83 5. Options Email Notification Click the “S tart M enu” at the le ft bottom on the RAID M anager control p anel then choose “E mail Notificati on” to modi fy the sett ings.  Event T imer: Self error detecti on time interval  Enable Email N otificat ion: Check t o enable em ail[...]

  • Page 84

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 84 Remote Access Click the “S tart M enu” at the le ft bottom on the RAID M anager control p anel then choose “Re mote Access” to modify the settin gs.  Machine T ype: Single M achine, Clien t or Server  Server Name: If this machi ne is clien t, a server is re quired.  Server[...]

  • Page 85

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 85 6. Miscellan eous Icon list represent s disk array is inact ive. represent s disk array is active. represent s physic al disk is in active. represent s physic al disk is a ctive.[...]

  • Page 86

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 86 How to… 1. Create R AID 0  Open RAID M anager .  Change the control p anel to “Create Disk Array”.  Select “Array T ype” as “RAID 0”.  Check “Erase Part ition” to era se partit ion tabl e or uncheck “ Erase Partition” not to erase partit ion tabl e.  Se[...]

  • Page 87

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 87 3. Create R AID 0+1  Open RAID M anager .  Change the control p anel to “Create Disks Array”.  Select “Array T ype” as “RAID 0+1”.  Check “Erase Part ition” to era se partit ion tabl e or uncheck “ Erase Partition” not to eras e partitio n table. If there is[...]

  • Page 88

    GigaRAID (IT8212) A T A RAID Controller USER’ S MANUAL 88 Q&A 1. Q: How to set RAID as st artup disk? A: Please set b ooting device to Array0 and set a s SCSI boot in the BIO S. 2. Q: Is CD ROM able to be used? A: T his product does not supp ort any A T API devices. 3. Q: How can tw o RAID0 perform w ell? A: For tw o RAID0, it is sugges ted t[...]