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1. Channel i ke to 5 ae la I riwe Nal Y T E 4527 QHment Prio sT 340016 Unn k i Sec OO0 QUANTUM FIREBALL ELS 1L4 ooo Y If you choose not to rebuild this array for the time being the GigaRAID I1T8212 ATA RAID Controller cannot read data correctly because the data is inconsistent in the 26 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL mirrored hard drives Thus the following window will appear Because reconstruction is not completed yet data in the drives 15 inconsistent Please Mee the source disk now Channel ID Oriwe Name Size He Frisii 57 HOO16 4 S166 Secr iD QUSATUM FIREBALL ELS LA 459 2 Please press arrow keys and to highlight your selection and press the Enter key to select the source disk s then you have finished the setting and the screen will go back to the Define RAID Sub Menu automatically This array s setup is completed You can press the Esc key to go back to the Define RAID Menu on page 22 27 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Delete RAID Press 3 on the Main Menu then the Delete RAID Menu will appear Please use arrow keys and J to highlight the array you want to delete press Del to select it and then enter the Delete RAID Sub Menu to delete your array The Del key has no effect if the highlight raw is an empty array If you want to leave and go to the Main Menu press the Esc key No ar
2. Ial Setup Utility Cocopyright 2002 ITE Tee array No array Mode Drive No Status Array 2 2 Functional Block Size Not available Channel Th Drive Hame Pri DO STHOOLEA Sec D0 QUANTUM FIREBALL EL5 1l Block Size Option You can select Stripe Block size ranging from 1k to 64k for Stripe RAID 0 or Stripe Mirror RAID 0 1 array The selection of block size is related to how your data is sent and regained from hard drives You can do some tests to decide which block size is suitable for your system Generally a large block size is suitable to manage large file transfer such as MPEG files On the contrary the small block size is suitable to manage small files such as e mail files Drive Assignments Option 23 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL You can use arrow keys and to highlight the drive you want to assign to the disk array and change the status of Assignments to Y by pressing the space bar key 7 19 For the meanings of Array Mode Drive No and Status please refer to Define RAID Menu on page 22 The location of the hard drive is shown at the column Channel ID Pri represents the primary channel and Sec represents the secondary channel DO represents a master hard drive while D1 represents a slave hard drive Column Drive Name shows the model name of the hard drive Column Size shows the capacity of each hard drive When a symbol
3. 4 Follow the instruction of the installation program to insert the GigaRAID I1T8212 ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the lt Enter gt key to continue 5 Select GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Windows 2000 XP from the device list shown on the window then press the lt Enter gt key to continue 6 The devices that are going to be installed will be listed on the next window GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Windows 2000 XP should be contained on the list If you need to install any other devices please designate them now After designating all the devices please proceed to the next step re Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation of Windows 2000 45 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows 2000 Start Windows When Windows detects GigaRAID 118212 ATA RAID Controller in the system a dialog box named Found New Hardware Wizard will show on the screen Select the Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended option then click Next to continue to setup Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers a A device diver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with SJ an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device amp RAID Controller device driver it a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows
4. when you are at the Main Menu then the Rebuild RAID Menu will appear You can use and J keys to highlight different arrays press the Enter key to select an array and enter the next rebuild drive select screen If the RAID Mode of the array you want to select is neither mirror nor stripe mirror the Enter key will have no effect If you want to leave and go back to the Main Menu press the Esc key Ho rray Mode Drive Mo Size E MO Fror 31 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Rebuild RAID Drive Select When you highlight the array you want to rebuild on the Rebuild RAID Menu press the Enter key then the following screen will appear Channel ID Drive Name Size he Channel ID Drive Name Size he Channel ID Drive Name Size B QUSNTUM FIREBALL ELS LA 32 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL You can use arrow keys and J to highlight the source disk s then press the Enter key to select the source disk s The following window will appear to make sure if you would like to continue Channel ID Drive Name Sec QUSHTUM FIREBALL ELS LS Channel ID Drive Name Frisio ST S400 164 Start to duplicate the image Do you Tike to continue channel ID Drive Y Continue s ESC abort Size E Fririg STS40016 4 i QUANTUM FIREBALL ELS La 33 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL If you press Y the following wind
5. GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 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 Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search and installation options Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which inclides local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed Search removable media floppy CO ROM Include this location in the search AcAWIN2K P a Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device diver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the diver you choose will be the best match for pour hardware 4 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL The driver installation has finished Press Finish to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for GS ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller The hardware you installed wall not work until you restart your computer Click Finish to close the wizard Follow the instruction to restart the computer then the driver will take effect System Settings Change P Windows has Finish
6. edeeiadeccee 31 RAID Card Configuration xr iccecte oe teeselca tes E A EA 36 Driver TS Cea AC OV ae sie es ic cece pacha iva able get ves ohae Genus neces a a a aE 38 WINGO NWS iP cacet gi cnnarc one yseengucsnacconans E pone 39 WiINdOwS 2000s rere Ree eine neers rete teeter ares ner arti meen acer eae ver tee er ee 45 WIndows SEME saarea isa a a a 53 WINGOWS NT sissesiar a ast hibbae ded sennteahmnretdaeeaamite seen ood iden daGhabornmeeessaens 61 EROK toca ta asters hae ectte a ta ee neteeeneieenis 69 Install the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller on Red Hat 7 3 0008 69 PAODIIG ATION eneas E net ae lee DA eee See eos 72 ISTAN ATOR saena O egies 72 FURCHONS Descriptio searr tos Secs se A i ARE E Eia 15 HON CO scsecssesctmecia tance wc vetie teedin tar svc tasigacg a sn wlancues 86 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Introduction This manual is mainly to help users setup the GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller and solve problems when they use it If it is your first time to use the GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller and you are about to install it please refer to the Quick Start section on page 7 After finishing installing it you can get the advantages of enhancing the performance and raising the system s reliability When you face any difficulties and find anything you don t understand while using the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller please refer to the Q amp A section on
7. establish your own RAID system After getting ready for the hard drives you can follow the procedures below to install the system 1 Exactly set up every hard drive s master and slave setting to assure that the hard drives can surely action and unnecessarily incorrect action of data access won t occur 2 Exactly insert the hard drive s cables into the connectors on the hard drive and check if it s really firmly inserted 3 Insert every power cable connector into the corresponding hard drive and check if it s firmly inserted in a correct direction Warning Because this system can support the hard drives of Ultra ATA 133 it is suggested that you can use the 80 wire 40 pin cable to connect the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller and hard drives in order to assure the system s ability and efficiency If the cable is damaged after a period of time it is also suggested to buy the cable of the same specification GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Create Your Disk Array You can create your own array using the onboard BIOS utility of the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller with the attached hard drives Please follow the steps below to setup your disk array Warning Please backup data in your hard drives to prevent data damage resulting from the unfamiliarity with the operation 1 Boot your system Please attach your hard drives to the GigaRAID 118212 ATA RAID Controller boot your syste
8. needs driver files for your new device To locate driver files and complete the Installation click Next Wi hat do vou want the wizard to do f Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driver lt Back Cancel 46 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Check the Specify a location option on the following window then press Next to continue to setup Found New Hardware Wizare Locate Driver Files nt Where do you want Windows to search for driver files Search for driver files for the following hardware device amp RAID Controller The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database on your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Next IF you are searching on a floppy disk or CD ROM drive Insert the floppy disk or CO before clicking Next Optional search locations IM Floppy disk drives CD ROM drives M Specify a location Microsoft Windows Update lt Back Next gt Cancel 47 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Insert the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then type A WIN2K_XP on the field designating the file s location Press Next to continue to setup Found New Hardware Wizard x Insert the manufacturer s installa
9. page 88 In this section you can refer to the problems users may face and find the correct solutions You can follow its instructions to solve your problems and then you will get satisfactory results GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA133 specification and supports two IDE channels with 4 drives Supports ANSI ATA proposal PIO modes 0 1 2 3 4 with flow control DMA Modes 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 512 bytes FIFO for auto transfer per IDE channel to get a high performance Supports the RAID 0 1 0 1 function Supports the JBOD function Supports the Scatter Gather function for the DMA UDMA function Includes one embedded CPU and firmware on system to handle the RAID function It can reduce the driver s loading of system CPU and improve the system s ability Low CPU utilization based on a local processor architecture Compatible with PCI Local bus specification v2 2 Users can easily install our systems to your PCs Supports PCI power Management v1 0 to reduce power consumption Supports the drivers for windows 98SE Me XP Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Linux v2 4 1 0 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL What is the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller This GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller is an excellent product resulting from Soc concept It includes one RAID Chip combining CPU firmware advanced PCI controller and IDE controller Its architecture can provide users
10. size for RAID 0 or RAID 0 1 Auto Rebuild Check to rebuild by hardware automatically Boot Disk Check to boot from this array Erase Partition Check to erase partition table Source Source disk Existing Arrays Existing arrays list Available Disks Disks can be used to create an array Selected Disks Disks will be put in an array 78 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Click Create to create a disk array Remarks E Stripe Size is valid when Array Type is RAID 0 or RAID 0 1 a Auto Rebuild is valid when Array Type is RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 E Source Disk is valid when Array Type is RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 and Erase Partition is disabled E Check Erase Partition to erase partition table or uncheck Erase Partition not to erase partition table If there is an Array of RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 Erase Partition can t be modified m If Erase Partition is unchecked the Source must be assigned 79 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Delete Disk Array Click the Start Menu at the left bottom on the RAID Manager control panel then choose Delete Disk Array to delete disk array Array ID 0 Array Name Array 0 Capacity 38172 Megabytes Stripe Size NIA Raid Type RAID 1 Actual Disk Count Total Disk Count Disk ID Auto Rebuild Boot Disk State Available Arrays List existing arrays Selected Arrays Arrays will be deleted Erase Partition C
11. 3 If there is a marking or 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 Device Manager File Action View Help Hes E Ak 4 rg Computer Se Disk drives a Display adapters 4 DYDICD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers HA Floppy disk drives 4 IDE 4TASATAPI controllers gt Keyboards 1 Mice and other pointing devices Monitors Eg Network adapters a Ports COM amp LPT ae Processors g SCSI and RAID controllers RAID Controller Sound video and game controllers oy System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers 44 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Windows 2000 Install the driver during Windows 2000 installation 1 Start Windows 2000 installation Warning Because of the different selections of the following installation methods the time when step2 starts will be different a Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette a Boot from floppy with un installable diskette a Boot from CD ROM with Windows installation CD 2 When the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears on the bottom of the screen please press the lt F6 gt key 3 The installation will continue When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you want to install press the lt S gt key
12. 8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 5 Options Email Notification Click the Start Menu at the left bottom on the RAID Manager control panel then choose Email Notification to modify the settings Event Timer Self error detection time interval Enable Email Notification Check to enable email notification Email Address If email notification is enabled a warning message will be sent to this email box Click Test to send a test email to the above email address Click Set to save the settings 83 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Remote Access Click the Start Menu at the left bottom on the RAID Manager control panel then choose Remote Access to modify the settings GigaRAID RAID Adapter 3 57 A Machine Type Single Machine Client or Server Server Name If this machine is client a server is required Server Name can be a computer name or an IP address Click Set to save the settings Restart RAID Manager if settings are modified 84 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 6 Miscellaneous Icon list Ey represents disk array is inactive Ey represents disk array is active represents physical disk is inactive represents physical disk is active 85 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL How to 1 Create RAID 0 Open RAID Manager Change the control panel to Cr
13. Adapter 75 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Alert LED at the right bottom is used to indicate the whole system situation GREEN Normal RED If the configuration error of any array occurs BLINKING If there is any array in rebuilding process 76 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 2 System Information Device Status Click the Start Menu at the left bottom on the RAID Manager control panel then choose Device Status to show the system information uGigaRAID Array 0 38172 Megabytes RAID Adapter 3 gt a If the disk arrays exist they will be listed at the first row If the physical disks exist they will be listed at the second row Click the disk array or physical disk icons to list the device properties Reset Adapter Check to reset adapter Click Refresh to refresh system information 71 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 3 Configuration Create Disk Array Click the Start Menu at the left bottom on the RAID Manager control panel then choose Create Disk Array to create a disk array Disk1 MAXTOR 6LO040J2 Disk3 MAXTOR 6L040J2 Array 0 f gt Primary IDE Slave Device Disk1 MAXTOR 6L040J2 RAID 0 v f 38172 Megabytes i Not In Array 64K Bytes y i Not In Array T zuto Rebuild Array Type RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 JBOD Array Name Assigned by RAID Manager Block Size Virtual block
14. GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 12ME IT8212 006R Copyright Copyright by GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD GBT No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed written permission of GBT Trademarks Third party brands and names are the property of their respective owners Notice Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein Contents NVROCUIG OM sates dae ices sainete nanan stentes gaits Guid dud genacebunnuedaaie stvannte seen sou iuansasaennarndatenendtauee 4 FEAU oane Ra EE ene eee a OE Ree Pe Rare eee ere ee eae ene Teme ee ere 5 What is the GigaRAID 118212 ATA RAID Controller cccceccccseeeeeeeeeeeeaees 6 Quek Sa ieee terre ee eee 7 Greate Your DISK Alay arrn unaa anaa a Meee 9 SetuP UU aches scet Sees wene tees ate eatea ans Se euen Beene eet antosauce NR 15 Using the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Setup Utility 0 15 Auto COMNQUIANOM cess ssecte tatoo nea oeheed a a ietaten eed 17 BeMERA D ansa a odew in teehee ncuacgautsaebuatennenecies 22 DACICE TANID eee ele eter eee ee net eam Ree eee ne re nen ee en 28 FR UIC RAD essence stented a weenceade ct a veh saddactsn ss ee iaed eae
15. a RAID system with low CPU utilization When a PC is in high CPU operation or PCI traffic users won t have any penalties for installing RAID system This is because this system embeds a local CPU to deal with the RAID function and it s unnecessary to share CPU s performance It is entirely different from the traditional software RAID system Similarly it also provides users more system stability It provides users high speed and integration and low price PC RAID system Additionally it also provides PCI 33MHz interface and is compatible with PCI spec v2 2 It can be easily installed into the PC system nowadays Besides we provide each OS a corresponding driver so that users don t have to worry that your systems and the IDE RAID system have any compatibility issue This GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller can support IDE drivers ranging from the lowest speed of PIO mode drive to the highest speed of ATA 133 drive Thus users can use this characteristic to combine RAID system without any limitations Users can use ATA 133 drive and RAID function to achieve the best performance and get the merit of system s stability The GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller can support the RAIDO striping RAID1 mirroring RAIDO 1 striping and mirroring or JBOD spanning mode When a system is programmed to the RAIDO mode it can read or write two drivers at the same time to enhance the performance When a system is programmed to the RAID1 mode two
16. ader Norton Internet Secunty NIS SOFTWARE INFORMATION HARDWARE INFORMATION 4 CONTACT US 72 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 2 Click Next Welcome Welcome to the GigaRAID Setup program This program will install GigaRAlD on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law 3 Click Next Choose Destination Location Setup will install GigaRAID in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install GigaRAID by clicking Cancel to exit Setup 73 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 4 Click Next Select Program Folder Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder listed below You may type a new folder name or select one from the existing Folders list Click Next to continue Program Folders GigaRAlD Existing Folders Accessories Administrative Tools Avanc
17. ager Change the control panel to Create Disk Array Select Array Type as JBOD Select at least two disks Click Create 87 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Q amp A Q How to set RAID as startup disk A Please set booting device to ArrayO and set as SCSI boot in the BIOS Q Is CD ROM able to be used A This product does not support any ATAPI devices Q How can two RAIDO perform well A For two RAIDO it is suggested that HD should be put in different channels to get a better performance Q Is a special mobile rack necessary for HOT Swap A It s not necessary The regular one is just enough Q What if R1 and RO 1 just create RAID but don t Rebuild right away A It is suggested that they should Rebuild as soon as possible because the HD data of two mirrors are different and if the HD with the correct data is damaged the data will lose Q For RO 1 when two HDs in the same channel are hot swapping at the same time sometimes AP can t find that Slave is back again A This situation may happen to some HDs To avoid this situation please set Slave HD first then set Master HD 88
18. and lt and the space bar key to enable or disable Auto Rebuild option Ir zl2 Setup Utility Cacopyright 2002 ITE Tne auto Rebui ld Enable Channel O Interrupt 3 LFP Port Go000800 Channel 1 Interrupt 3 TP Port GO000000 Channel Size Drive I Orive Name ME array No Mode Prifog ST3400164 38 156 ree i PrifDl MAXTOR 6LO4oJe Sec O0 QUANTUM FIREBALL ELS 14 Sec D1 TBM OTL4 307030 When Auto Rebuild enables the GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller can rebuild your mirrored array automatically If a failed mirrored drive is replaced without shutting down your PC the GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller can detect the hot swap action and start rebuilding automatically When Auto Rebuild is disabled you need to rebuild your mirrored array manually from Application Please refer to page 72 or from Rebuild RAID Menu Please refer to page 31 On the RAID Card Resource section you can see the PCI slot interrupt and I O port address used by the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller You can also see the status of each hard drive from the Drive Status section For the meanings of 36 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Channel ID Drive Name and Size please refer to Define RAID sub Menu on page 23 Column Array No shows hard drive s array number If a hard drive is not assigned to an array it s shown as free A free hard drive is taken as a normal one Colum
19. atically set as array 0 Setup Array for JBOD The GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller allows you to use two three or four hard drives to form a JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks array as array 0 Although JBOD doesn t offer other RAID functionality it makes the hard disks appear to be a single one by combining the drives into one larger logical one without any capacity loss 13 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Setup Array for Normal You can use the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller as a normal IDE controller The GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller allows you to use one two three or four hard drives All the hard drives attached on the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller are left to act as independent drive volumes Please follow the procedures below to set an array Use the space bar key to select a RAID type Press Ctrl Y keys to save and create an array If you select RAID O 1 0 1 or JBOD the boot sector of the new created array will be erased If you select Normal the boot sector will be remained Warning If you prefer to keep data in your hard drives please follow the procedures in Define RAID section on page 22 to setup your arrays manually Click the Esc key to go back to the Main Menu on page 10 Click the Esc key to quit BIOS and boot You need to FDISK and format your new array The new array will be regarded as a new hard drive by
20. d array whose segments are RAID 0 arrays so RAID 0 1 also has fault tolerance capacity as RAID 1 It not only enhances hard disk access performance but also backups data to prevent data loss The formed array is automatically set as array 0 RAID 0 1 j Primary Slave Secondary Slave Primary Master Secondary Master 20 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Setup Array for JBOD The GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller allows you to use two three or four hard drives to form a JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks array as array 0 Although JBOD doesn t offer other RAID functionality it makes the hard disks appear to be a single one by combining the drives into one larger logical one without any capacity loss Setup Array for Normal You can use the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller as a normal IDE controller The GigaRAID 118212 ATA RAID Controller allows you to use one two three or four hard drives All the hard drives attached on the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller are left to act as independent drive volumes 21 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Define RAID Click 2 on the Main Menu then you can enter the Define RAID Menu Please use arrow keys and to highlight the array number you want to define use space key to specify the bootable array if you like to boot your system from array attached on GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller and click the Enter k
21. d successfully System Properties SS x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance f Yiew devices by type C view devices by connection w Computer Disk drives c am Display adapters H Floppy disk controllers H 4 Hard disk controllers coe Keyboard ae Monitors E c Mouse H E Network adapters E Ports COM amp LPT 5 amp SCSI controllers epee TE 179272 ATA AAID Controller oe system devices Universal Serial Bue controllers Properties Refresh Remove Pririt OF Cancel 59 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL If there is a marking or in front of the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller device as shown below it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed User should remove the device and reinstall System Properties 3 x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance f Yiew devices by type C Vien devices by connection Disk drives c am Display adapters H Floppy disk controllers H 4 Hard disk controllers rae Keyboard Monitors Hy Mouse H E Network adapters fl Ports COM amp LPT EES SCSI controllers eG ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller 7 Sistem devices Universal Serial Bue controllers Properties Refresh Remove Print 60 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Windows NT Install the driver during Windows NT installatio
22. dows is now ready to install the best driver for this device Click Back to select a different driver or click Next to continue Location of driver ASWINSe MESITERAIC INE Cancel 55 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL The driver installation has finished Press Finish to continue Add New Hardware Wizard x ITE Te212 ATA RAID Controller Windows has finished installing the new hardware device ance 56 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 6 Follow the instruction to restart the computer then the driver will take effect 57 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to install the driver After the system restarts you can do the following steps to check if the driver has been installed successfully 1 Right click My Computer icon on Desktop Select the Properties option from the form ES d L E A E Test Man age Fw Dress Open Explore Search Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Rename Properties WIMDIFF EAE Rec Interet Raidhigr ere Explorer 58 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Select the Device Manager panel from the System Properties window If GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller device is shown under the SCSI controllers item see the following figure it means that the driver has been installe
23. drivers have the same data and it will prevent data from being damaged Once data is damaged the system will start the rebuild function automatically and save data back to another new drive Similarly this system can use 6 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 raise throughput The RAIDO 1 mode uses four drivers to get the merits of RAIDO and RAID1 As for the JBOD mode it combines more than two drives into a drive with a large capacity This mode does not have the RAID function and its merit Quick Start This section leads you to quickly establish your RAID system with default settings The default settings can meet most people s requirements If you need more advanced optimal please refer to Setup Utility on page 15 to achieve your goal Warning In order to prevent any data loss resulting from inappropriate operation please backup data before you start to install your system GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL The hard drives which are required for the installation The hard drives which are connected on the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller can support Ultra ATA 133 Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 33 EIDE or Fast ATA 2 drives Nevertheless for the best performance it is suggested that you had better use the hard drives of the same type and capacity to
24. e Sound Manager Games Startup lt Back Cancel 5 Click Finish Setup Complete Setup has finished installing GigaRAID on your computer Setup can launch the Read Me file and GigaRAID Choose the options you want below Click Finish to complete Setup 74 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Functions Description 1 Starting RAID Manager will be executed automatically when Microsoft Windows is booted A small icon D3 will show in the system tray at the right bottom corner to indicate RAID Manager is active iy Start RJE vs A 9 57AM Open RAID Manager Double click on the small icon in the system tray to open the RAID Manager control panel Click the right button on the small icon to open the menu then choose Open The system information will be presented in the beginning when the RAID Manager control panel is opened Please read the next section System Information for more detail about system information Close RAID Manager Click Close to close RAID Manager The RAID Manager will be minimized to the system tray at the right bottom corner but will not exit Terminate RAID Manager Right click the small icon and choose Exit to terminate RAID Manager Note Click the Start Menu at the left bottom on the RAID Manager control panel to choose RAID functions If more than one adapter exists click the RAID Adapter at the right bottom to choose RAID
25. eate Disk Array Select Array Type as RAID 0 Check Erase Partition to erase partition table or uncheck Erase Partition not to erase partition table Select Stripe Size Default is 64 KB Select at least two disks Click Create Create RAID 1 Open RAID Manager Change the control panel to Create Disks Array Select Array Type as RAID 1 Check Erase Partition to erase partition table or uncheck Erase Partition not to erase partition table If there is an Array of RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 Erase Partition can t be modified If Erase Partition is unchecked the Source must be assigned Select exactly two disks These two disks must be primary master and secondary master or primary slave and secondary slave Click Create 86 3 6 4 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Create RAID 0 1 Open RAID Manager Change the control panel to Create Disks Array Select Array Type as RAID 0 1 Check Erase Partition to erase partition table or uncheck Erase Partition not to erase partition table If there is an Array of RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 Erase Partition can t be modified If Erase Partition is unchecked the Source must be assigned Select exactly four disks Click Create Create JBOD Open RAID Man
26. ed installing new devices The software that supports your device gt requires that you restart your computer You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect Do vou want to restart your computer naw 42 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to install the driver After the system restarts you can do the following steps to check if the driver has been installed successfully 1 Right click My Computer icon on Desktop Select the Properties option from the form 2 Select the Hardware tab from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on the panel If GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller device is shown below the SCSI and RAID controllers item see the following figure it means that the driver has been installed successfully T m i Device Manager Sl x File Action View Help Hes E AK 47 4 Computer Se0 Disk drives a Display adapters Had DYDICD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers A Flopp disk drives IDE ATAATAFI controllers H Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices Monitors 8 Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT ol Processors gi SCSI and RAID controllers ITE 17821 ATA RAID Controller 2 Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers 43 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL
27. ey to select it and enter the Define RAID Sub Menu to create your array If you want to quit and go back to the Main Menu please click the Esc key No array Mode Drive Mo Size MEI orray array 2 Mirror array 3 When an array is not assigned a RAID level you will see on the raw Column Array Mode shows the RAID level Stripe Mirror Stripe Mirror or JBOD assigned to the array Column Drive No shows the number of hard drive included in the array Column Size shows the array s total capacity If there is a symbol shown in front of Size the capacity unit is gigabyte Column Status shows array status You will see Functional if the array is operational and Non Functional if the array has lost its functionality Please highlight the array number you want to define click the Enter key then the Define RAID Sub Menu will appear and allow drive assignments to the array ZZ GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Define RAID Sub Menu When you highlight the array you want to define on the Define RAID Menu click the Enter key then you will enter this Define RAID Sub Menu You can use arrow keys f and to highlight different positions The space bar key can help you cycle through the different options Ctrl Y keys can save the change and the Esc key can help you quit then go back to the Define RAID Menu on page 22
28. heck to erase partition table Click Delete to delete disk arrays 80 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Rebuild Disk Array Click the Start Menu at the left bottom on the RAID Manager control panel then choose Rebuild Disk Array to rebuild disk array BB Resume Previous Reguikl Process DiskO MAXTOR 6L040L2 v 30 Disk2 MAXTOR 6LO40L2 v Array ID 0 Array Name Array 0 Capacity 38172 Megabytes Stripe Size NIA Raid Type RAID 1 Actual Disk Court 2 Total Disk Count 2 Disk ID 0 27 Auto Rebuild Yes Boot Disk No Rebuild Disk Array ime p x vi RAID Adapter 3 y A Rebuild Array List arrays which can be rebuilt Source Disk The source for rebuilding the array Destination Disk The destination for rebuilding the array Resume Previous Rebuild Process Check to resume the last rebuild process Status Timer Time interval for polling rebuild status Click Rebuild to start rebuilding a disk array 81 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 4 Records Activity Records Click the Start Menu at the left bottom on the RAID Manager control panel then choose Activity Records to show the activity records 04 47 35 wednesday November 27 2002 Succeed to delete RAID Array 0 04 49 05 Wednesday November 27 2002 Succeed to create RAID Array 0 Activity Records v A BRAID Adapter 3 Click Clear to clear all records 82 GigaRAID 1T
29. ing steps to check if the driver has been installed successfully 1 Right click My Computer icon on Desktop Select the Properties option from the form 2 Select the Hardware tab from the System Properties window then click the Device Manager button on the panel If GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller device is shown under the SCSI and RAID controllers item see the following figure it means that the driver has been installed successfully 0 x f Computer eo Disk drives 7A Display adapters Hi DYDOICD ROM drives H Floppy disk controllers ee Floppy disk drives Fy IDE ATA ATAPT controllers cee Keyboards ig KE fe Mice and other painting devices a Monitors H E Network adapters I Ports COM amp LPT F lt SCSI and RAID controllers ee ITE 178212 ATA RAID Controller Hej Sound video and game controllers H System devices H Universal Serial Bus controllers 51 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 3 If there is a marking or under SCSI and ATA RAID Controller device it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed User should remove the device and reinstall 52 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Windows SE ME Install the driver 1 Start Windows 2 When Windows detects GigaRAID 118212 ATA RAID Controller in the system a dialog box named Add New Hardware Wizard will show on the screen Select the Specify the location of the driver Ad
30. is shown before the size the capacity unit is gigabyte When you press Ctrl Y keys to save your change Setup Utility will check if the setting is legal If not an error message will pop up to show you what the error is and you have to correct the setting Limitations are shown as below Stripe RAID 0 There isn t any specific limitation Mirror RAID 1 Two hard drives that form a RAID 1 array have to be attached as the same master or slave hard disks For example primary channel Pri master drive DO and secondary channel Sec master drive DO can form a mirror array primary channel Pri slave drive D1 and secondary channel Sec slave drive D1 can form a mirror array but primary channel master drive and primary channel slave drive cannot form a mirror array Stripe Mirror RAID 0 1 A RAID 0 1 array has to be formed by four hard drives 24 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL RAID 0 1 is implemented as a mirrored array whose segments are RAID 0 arrays SPAN JBOD There isn t any specific limitation Normal If a hard drive is not included in an array Column Assignment in the View Drive Assignment is shown Free this hard drive is regarded as a normal drive The existence of the normal hard drive sometimes will influence the array number user specified If the Pri DO Pri D1 Sec DO or Sec D1 hard drive is a normal drive array 0 1 2 or 3 cannot have the array se
31. isted on the screen please select the proper chipset model Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk After you complete the steps boot from the Windows CD to install the RAID drivers When install Windows 2000 or Windows XP from HDDs in serial ATA controller press F6 as Win2000 or XP boots up then supply serial ATA controller driver by this floppy disk Follow on screen instructions to complete installation Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive After that the driver will not have to be installed 38 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Windows XP 1 N O 6 Install the driver during Windows XP installation Start Windows XP installation Warning Because of the different selections of the following installation methods the time when step2 starts will be different Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette Boot from floppy with un installable diskette Boot from CD ROM with Windows installation CD When the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears on the bottom of the screen please press the lt F6 gt key The installation will continue When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you want to install press the lt S gt key Follow the instruction of the installation program t
32. ller Setup Utility Main Menu There are five options in the Setup Utility Main Menu please press 1 5 to enter the submenu or the Esc key to quit the Setup Utility SUC CONPIQUPATTON weeee eee 1 Define RAID Delete RAID Rebuild RAID RAID Card Configuratio ssaa If you are not familiar with the array setting please follow the procedures in Auto_ Configuration on page 17 to create new arrays automatically You can use Define_ RAID on page 22 and Delete RAID on page 28 to manually create or delete arrays You can also use Rebuild RAID selection on page 31 to help you rebuild a mirrored RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array Besides you can use RAID Card Configuration on page 36 to see the controller s resources each hard drive s status and the setting of the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller 16 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Auto Configuration Click 1 on the Main Menu to enter Auto Configuration You can use arrow keys gt and lt and the space bar key to change your option After selecting your option you can press Ctrl Y keys to save the setting and click the Esc key to leave Auto Configuration menu and go back to the Main Menu on page 10 Setup Aray Type as paraanin mia e ee ee a em stripe Un used SORE Slee ee ee ee we el a E Drivers in array 4 array Capacity S722 1H MB dasseeneennueuen 17 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Set
33. ller USER S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows NT Start Windows Select Settings from the Start menu then choose the Control Panel option from the Settings form Ke Network Free Build Neighborhood Environrriert Prograrnis Favorites Documents J Control Panel A Erintes r 4 Taskbar amp Start Meru ET Folder Options fe Active Desktop tatio q irk Windows NT yvi A Start Z E gA a Control Panel 4 Exploring CAITERAID m 62 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 3 In the Control Panel window double click on the SCSI Adapters icon J Control Panel File Edt View Go Favorites Help el gt 4 il eg Pas BEZE Back Bamsan Up Cut Copy Paste Undo Delete Properties Views H8 Control Panel of 3 Modems Multimedia Network ODBC SCSI Adapters Add Remove SCSI adapters and view their ce a properties J l PC Card Printers Regional SCS Adapters Microsoft Home FEMEIA Settings Technical Support Server Services Sounds System Tape Devices Add Remove SCSI adapters anc a My Computer D 63 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 4 Choose the Drivers tab from the SCSI Adapters window then press Add to continue IDE CO ROM ATAPI 1 2 Oual channel PCI IDE Co Started 64 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 5 Click Have Disk from the Install Dri
34. lo conf the contents may be different with yours prompt timeout 50 default Linux boot dev had map boot map install boot boot b message boot message linear Original kernel image boot vmlinuz 2 4 18 3 label Linux initrd boot initrd 2 4 18 3 img read only root dev hda1 Add the new kernel here image boot vmlinuz 2 4 18 lt The kernel is in boot directory label Linux RAID The new kernel label you can change it read only root dev hda 1 70 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Run LILO to update the book record on disk by typing the following sbin lilo The output should be similar to Added Linux Added Linux RAID Reboot the system then choose the Linux RAID Jreboot 71 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Application Installation Pictures below are shown in Windows XP CD ver 2 2 Insert the driver CD title that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive the driver CD title will auto start and show the installation guide If not please double click the CD ROM device icon in My computer and execute the setup exe 1 Click GigaRAID Utility LA TUCD2 2 8021119 The page reveals the value added software developed by Gigabyte and its veorldvade partners Gigabyte Windows Utilities ManagerGWUM Gigabyte Management Too GMT EastT une4 DMI Viewer INSTALL Face Wizard CHIPSET DRIVERS BIOS Acrobat e Book Acrobat Re
35. m and then you will see the following message shown by the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller onboard BIOS on the screen IT 212 BIOS test Version for Gigabyte FAY Yer 02093030 Copyright 2062 ITE Inc All Rights Reserved Please wait for IDE can Press lt Ctrl G gt to enter Setup Utility or Press lt ESC gt to continue booting GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Please press Ctrl G keys to enter the BIOS utility Main Menu The screen below will be shown AUTO CONPIQUPACTON wee eneeee E Define RAID De ete RAT BHEHESE BHHEEBBHBHEBHESE Rebuild RAID RAID Card Configurationsssss 5 10 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Please click 1 to enter the Auto Configuration window It will guide you to set an array and this is the simplest and fastest way to create your first array Under the Setup Array Type as option you can use arrow keys gt and lt and the space bar key to change your option to setup your array type Setup array Type asi Ramdeni aae siemens wd aa a orn sara a Ea Stripe Unes en Diiue eal cai a at E Drives in array 4 array Capacity S722 1H WB ssunnnnnnnnnn 11 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Totally there are five configurations supported RAID level Type Configurations Number of disks needed RAID 0 1 Disk Striping Mirroring JBOD Disk Concatenation Setup Array f
36. n Mode shows hard drive s data transfer mode U represents Ultra DMA UDMA mode D represents Multiword DMA DMA mode and P represents PIO mode PIO modes 0 1 2 3 and 4 correspond to maximum transfer rates of 3 3 5 2 8 3 11 1 and 16 7 megabytes per second MB s respectively Multiword DMA modes 0 1 and 2 have maximum transfer rates of 4 2 13 3 and 16 7 MB s respectively Ultra DMA modes 0 1 2 3 4 and 5 have maximum transfer rates of 16 7 25 33 3 44 4 66 7 and 100 MB s respectively 37 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Driver Installation This section details the procedures to install the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller driver under the following various operating systems Before starting to install this driver please make sure that GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller has already been properly setup in the system Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 98 ME Windows NT 4 0 For the Windows operating system Win NT WinXP Win2000 for IDE RAID SCSI Serial ATA functioning the driver must first be transferred to a floppy disk Please follow the steps below to complete driver transfer to a floppy disk 1 Please insert the provided driver CD into the hard disk drive eg Drive D 2 Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into the floppy disk drive 3 Either from Command Prompt or DOS please type in D BootDrv menu exe 4 Information on all chipsets should be l
37. n 1 Start Windows NT installation Warning Because of the different selections of the following installation methods the time when step2 starts will be different a Boot from floppy with Windows installation diskette a Boot from floppy with un installable diskette E Boot from CD ROM with Windows installation CD 2 When the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears on the bottom of the screen please press the lt F6 gt key 3 The installation will continue When a message appears to ask you to designate the device you want to install press the lt S gt key 4 The device list of SCSI Adapter will show on the following window Select Other and press the lt Enter gt key to continue 5 Insert GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the lt Enter gt key to continue 6 Select GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Windows NT from the device list shown on the window then press the lt Enter gt key to continue ie The devices that are going to be installed will be listed on the next window GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Windows 2000 XP should be contained on the list If you need to install any other devices please designate them now After designating all the devices please proceed to the next step 8 Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation of Windows NT 6l GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Contro
38. o insert the GigaRAID I1T8212 ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the lt Enter gt key to continue Select GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Windows 2000 XP from the device list shown on the window then press the lt Enter gt key to continue The devices that are going to be installed will be listed on the next window GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Windows 2000 XP should be contained on the list If you need to install any other devices please designate them now After designating all the devices please proceed to the next step Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation of Windows XP 39 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows XP Start Windows When Windows detects GigaRAID 118212 ATA RAID Controller in the system a dialog box named Found New Hardware Wizard will show on the screen Select the Install from a list or specific location Advanced option then click Next to continue to setup Found Mew Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for RAID Controller fo If pour hardware came with an installation CD lt or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue 40
39. or RAID 0 The GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller allows you to use two three or four hard drives to set a RAID O stripe array All the hard drives attached on the controller will be set as array 0 When you create a striped array files are broken into 64k stripe size and stripes are sent to each disk in the array Selecting RAID 0 can increase data transfer rate and allow the best overall performance characteristics because of giving up redundancy 12 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Setup Array for RAID 1 The GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller allows two drives to be setup as a RAID 1 mirror array or four drives as two arrays The first mirrored array will be set as array 0 and the second as array 1 RAID 1 is implemented as mirroring a drive has its data duplicated on the other different drive Selecting RAID 1 can enhance read performance and allow fault tolerance A RAID 1 array can thoroughly backup your files to prevent data loss Warning Two hard drives that form a RAID 1 array have to be attached as the same master or slave hard disks Setup Array for RAID 0 1 A RAID 0 1 mirror and stripe array has to be formed by four hard drives RAID 0 1 is implemented as a mirrored array whose segments are RAID 0 arrays so RAID 0 1 also has fault tolerance capacity as RAID 1 It not only enhances hard disk access performance but also backups data to prevent data loss The formed array is autom
40. ow will pop up You can select to monitor the whole rebuild process until it ends completely or select background rebuild You can leave Setup Utility and boot directly if you choose background rebuild and rebuild can proceed at the background Drive Hame Size ve UATI FIREBALL ELS LA 492 Channel ID Drive Name Size We Prip STODOLE A 35 156 Do you Tike monitoring the reconstruction status till it Channel ID Oriwe completes Y Yes s M Escape Size MB Pei TOLEA Seco QUSNTUM FIREBALL ELS L 34 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL The following screen will appear if you choose to monitor the whole rebuild process Source Or lve Chann el ID Drive Name Sec foo OUSAHTUM FIREBALL ELS 14 L Target Orive J Channel ID Drive Hame Pri DO STHOOLEA EETA ak Pr1 DO ST S400 16 4 Sec foo OUSAHTUM FIREBALL ELS 14 When rebuild is completed a message below will pop up to inform you that rebuild is finished Source OFT Ve Channel ID Drive Name Sec 00 QUANTUM FIREBALL ELS 14 Target Drive J Channel Drive Hame Pri DO THOLE A channel i Press ANY KEY ONT THe Size MB Pri DO E w166 Sec iD QUSHTUM FIREGSLL ELS 14 459 2 Then you leave and go back to the Rebuild RAID Menu 35 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL RAID Card Configuration Press 5 on the Main Menu then the RAID Card Configuration menu will appear You can use arrow keys gt
41. r has been installed successfully SCSI Adapters Ei Devices Drivers GS SCSI adapters and connected devices are listed below H g5 IDE CO ROM ATAPI 1 2 Oual channel PCITIDE Controller E q5 IDE CO ROM ATAPI 1 2 Dual channel PCITIDE Controller TE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Properties OK Cancel 68 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Linux Install the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller on Red Hat 7 3 1 Mount the driver CD ROM mkdir cdrom For mount point mount t iso9660 dev cdrom cdrom Mount CD ROM under cdrom directory Copy and unzip the new kernel cp cdrom linux linux 2 4 18 tar gz usr src lt Copy new kernel to the usr src cd usr src Jtar zxvf linux 2 4 18 tar gz Untar the kernel Compile the new kernel cd linux 2 4 18 Go to the new kernel directory Imake menuconfig lt Configure your hardware Our RAID controller is already selected you don t have to select again The following are the procedures to compile the new kernel Imake dep Imake clean Imake bzlmage make modules make modules_ install or you can use this way make dep clean bzIlmage modules modules_ install then Imake install lt This will copy the necessary stuffs to the boot directory Update the new kernel into LILO 69 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL cd etc Jvim lilo conf Edit the li
42. ray Mode Drive Mo Size E Mirror As for the detailed descriptions of Array Mode Drive No Size and Status please refer to Define RAID on page 22 28 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Delete RAID Sub Menu When you highlight the array you select to delete at the Delete RAID Menu and press the Del key the Delete RAID Sub Menu will appear Please press Ctrl Y keys to confirm to delete an array or press any other keys to abort array delete ee Ho ee Mo de Oriwe No Statue array 2 horror 2 Functional Block Size Wot Available Channel l l tine l Tm Oriwe Name Size Me A527 QHmMent Fri DO 8673400164 35 166 y Sec DO QUANTUM FIREBALL ELS 1L4 459 2 are you sure you want to delete this array Press Ctrl to Delete or other key to abort 29 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL If you press Ctrl Y keys to make sure to delete an array the following window will appear You can choose to clear the array s boot sector or keep it After you finish the selection Delete RAID Menu will pop up automatically Array Ho orray Mo de Drive Ho Status MOrror 2 Functional array 2 Block Size Hot available Channel i Erase the data in the array l ID riwe Na Y Yes H Mo Assignment PrirDO STOLE Secr DO QUANTUM FIREBALL ELS 14 592 a als 30 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Rebuild RAID Press 4
43. the system 14 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Setup Utility Using the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Setup Utility The GigaRAID T8212 ATA RAID Controller Setup Utility provides functions to create delete and rebuild an array It also provides the information of each hard drive and the configuration of the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Please attach your hard drives to the GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller and boot your system If your array s configuration is correct you will see the following message shown by the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller onboard BIOS on the screen You can press Ctrl G keys to enter Setup Utility or press the Esc key to skip and boot directly IT 212 BIOS test Version for Gigabyte FAY Ver 02093030 Copyright 2082 ITE Inc All Rights Reserved Please wait for DE scan Press lt Ctrl G gt to enter Setup Utility or Press lt ESC gt to continue booting If your array s configuration is incorrect you will see an error message on your screen You have to enter Setup Utility to reconfigure the arrays then quit utility to boot IT 212 BIOS test Version for Gigabyte FAW Ver 02093030 Copyright 24602 ITE Inc All Rights Reserved Please wait for IDE scan Errorft RAID configuration error Press lt Ctrl G to enter Setup Wtility 15 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Contro
44. tion disk into the drive selected and then click OF Cancel i Copy manufacturer s files from Browse 48 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL The driver for GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller is found Press Next to continue to setup Driver Files Search Results nt The wizard has finished searching for driver files for pour hardware device The wizard found a driver for the following device amp ITE T5212 ATA RAID Controller Windows found a driver for this device To install the driwer Windows found click Next 4 ac winek_ xp siteraid int lt Back Next gt Cancel 49 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL 6 The driver installation has finished Press Finish to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard amp ITE ITE212 ATA RAID Controller Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish 4 Back ance T Follow the instruction to restart the computer then the driver will take effect System Settings Change E xX 2 To finish setting up your new hardware you must restart your computer Do pou want to restart your computer now 50 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to install the driver After the system restarts you can do the follow
45. tting respectively However you do not have to concern about this limitation If Setup Utility finds any conflicts Array No will be adjusted automatically After finishing setting the array go back to the Define RAID Menu on page 22 then you will find the Array No is changed This is because the existence of the normal hard drive s causes the Array No to be adjusted automatically When you press Ctrl Y keys to save your change and your settings checked by Setup Utility are correct the following window will appear You can choose to clear the boot sector for the newly created array or not If your RAID Mode is neither Mirror nor Stripe Mirror this array setting is finished then you can click the Esc key to go back to the Define RAID Menu on page 22 25 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Define RAID Sub bernu ee Ho array Mo de Oriwe No Status orray 2 MIrror z Functional Block Size Hot vad lable Channel ID Drive Na 0 f E 8527 QHment Pri ig TSS emm j y Sec DO QUANTUM FIREBALL ELS 14 If your RAID Mode selection is Mirror or Stripe Mirror and you choose not to delete the boot sector of the array the following window will appear to ask whether you want to rebuild an array If you choose Y the Rebuild RAID Menu will appear Please refer to page 31 L Define RAID Sub Menu array No Array Mo de Orive Ho statys iray 2 MFror Functional Block Size Hot wai lable
46. up Array for RAID 0 The GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller allows you to use two three or four hard drives to set a RAID O stripe array All the hard drives attached on the controller will be set as array 0 When you create a striped array files are broken into 64k stripe size and stripes are sent to each disk in the array Selecting RAID 0 can increase data transfer rate and allow the best overall performance characteristics because of giving up redundancy RAID 0 Primary Master Secondary Master Primary Slave Secondary Slave 18 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Setup Array for RAID 1 The GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller allows two drives to be setup as a RAID 1 mirror array or four drives as two arrays The first mirrored array will be set as array 0 and the second as array 1 RAID 1 is implemented as mirroring a drive has its data duplicated on the other different drive Selecting RAID 1 can enhance read performance and allow fault tolerance RAID 1 array can thoroughly backup your files to prevent data loss Note Two hard drives that form a RAID 1 array have to be attached as the same master or slave hard disks RAID 1 Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave 19 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Setup Array for RAID 0 1 A RAID 0 1 mirror and stripe array has to be formed by four hard drives RAID 0 1 is implemented as a mirrore
47. vanced option then click Next to continue to setup Add New Hardware Wizard Windows has found the following new hardware PCI RAID Controller Windows can automatically search for and install software that supports your hardware If your hardware came with Installation media insert it now and click Nest what would vou like to do Automatic search for a better driver Recommended 4 Back Cancel 53 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Insert the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended from the following dialog box and type A WIN98_ME on the field designating the file s location Press Next to continue to setup Add Hew Hardware Wizard Windows will search for new drivers in its diver database on your hard dive and in any of the following selected f Search for the best driver for your device Recommended M Specify a location amp wINS8_ME Browse C Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location so ou can select the driver you want Back Cancel 54 GigaRAID 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL The driver for GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller is found Press Next to continue to setup Add New Hardware Wizard Windows driver file search for the device ITE T8212 ATA RAID Controller Win
48. ver window Adaptec Advanced Micra Devices AMI BusLogic 65 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Insert the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then type A WINNT on the field designating the file s location Press OK to continue to setup Install From Disk 66 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Select GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller from the window then click OK to continue Install Driver ES IF you have an installation disk for a driver that i not in the list click Have x Click the driver you want bo install and then click OF Disk SCSI Adapter ITE T8212 ATA RAID Controller OF Cancel Follow the instruction to restart the computer then the driver will take effect System Settings Change d EJ You must restart your computer before the new z settings will take affect Do you want to restart your computer now 67 GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller USER S MANUAL Verify Installation Follow the previous section to install the driver After the system restarts you can do the following steps to check if the driver has been installed successfully 1 Follow step1 to step3 described in the previous section to activate the SCSI Adapters option 2 If the GigaRAID IT8212 ATA RAID Controller device is shown on the Devices panel as shown below it means that the drive

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