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Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller GigaRAID (IT8212)) ....................................... 2
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Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system ................................................................................ 2
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Configuring GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ........................... 3
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Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ............................................................................................. 5
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Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk .................................................................................. 14
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Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation ..................................................... 16
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller GigaRAID (IT8212)) ........2 Installing IDE hard drive(s) in your system ................2 Configuring GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup ......3 Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS ..................... 5 Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk .................. -
Page 2: Configuring Ide Raid Hard Drive(S) (Controller Gigaraid (It8212))
Ác Configuring IDE RAID Hard Drive(s) (Controller GigaRAID (IT8212)) Åé ¤¤ To set up IDE RAID hard drive(s), follow the steps below ¤å (1) Install IDE hard drive(s) in your computer. (2) Configure GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup. (3)* Configure RAID set in RAID BIOS. -
Page 3: Configuring Gigaraid Controller Mode And Boot Sequence In Bios Setup
(2) Configuring GigaRAID controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup You have to make sure whether the GigaRAID controller are configured correctly in system BIOS Setup and set BIOS boot sequence for the IDE RAID hard drive(s). Step 1: Turn on your computer and press Del to enter BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). - Page 4 Ác Step 2 Next, go to Advanced BIOS Features and select Hard Disk Boot Priority. In the Hard Disk Boot Priority Åé submenu, use the ARROW keys to select the desired IDE hard drive onto which you want to install Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and use the PLUS SIGN to move it up to the first item.
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Page 5: Configuring Raid Set In Raid Bios
(3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS Enter the RAID setup utility to create RAID set on the GigaRAID controller. Skip this step and proceed to Section 4 if you do not want to create RAID. Step 1: If you have attached hard drives to the GigaRAID controller correctly, after the Power-On Self Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, the GigaRAID BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following screen. -
Page 6: Auto Configuration
Ác Auto Configuration Auto Configuration will guide you to set an array and this is the simplest and fastest way to create Åé your first array. You should see a screen similar to Figure 6 below after pressing 1 from the Main Menu. Auto Configuration Menu: You can use the ARROW keys or SPACEBAR to cycle through RAID mode ¤¤... - Page 7 Define RAID: The Define RAID selection allows you to create RAID set with several hard drives to mirror the data from a damaged RAID 1 (or RAID 0+1) hard drive to the new replacement hard drive. Press 2 in Main Menu and the Define RAID Menu as shown in Figure 7 will appear. Use ARROW keys to highlight through arrays and press ENTER after selecting an array.
- Page 8 Ác Define RAID Sub-Menu (Figure 8): Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to move to an item and use SPACEBAR to cycle through options. Åé RAID Array Setup Sequence-- 1. Array Mode: Press SPACEBAR under this item to select RAID 0 (Striping) mode. In the following ¤¤...
- Page 9 Figure 9: Information about the RAID set. - 9 - IDE RAID Drives Configuration (GigaRAID)
- Page 10 Ác Delete RAID: Press 3 in Main Menu to enter the Delete RAID Menu (Figure 10). Åé Use UP or DOWN ARROW key to move the selection bar to the RAID array that you want to delete and press Del. ¤¤...
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Page 11: Rebuild Raid
Rebuild RAID: The Rebuild RAID selection allows you to initiate the copying of data from an existing drive to a replacement drive that has been installed in a RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 set after the failure of one of the members. Press 4 in Main Menu to enter the Rebuild RAID Menu. - Page 12 Ác After the assignment, the following window (Figure 14) will appear. Press Y to continue or N to abort. Later, answer Y or N to the next prompt "Do you like monitoring the reconstruction status till it Åé completes?" If you answer Y, you can monitor the whole rebuild process until it completely ends or select background rebuild.
- Page 13 RAID Card Configuration: Press 5 in Main Menu to enter the RAID Card Configuration menu (Figure 15). The RAID Card Configuration section: When Auto-Rebuild is enabled, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can rebuild your mirrored array automatically. If a failed mirrored drive is replaced without shutting down your PC, the GigaRAID ATA RAID Controller can detect the hot-swap action and start rebuilding automatically.
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Page 14: Making A Ide Raid Controller Driver Disk
Ác (4) Making a IDE RAID controller driver disk To install Windows 2000/XP onto a hard drive on the GigaRAID controller successfully, you need to Åé install required driver for the GigaRAID controller on your motherboard during OS installation. Without the driver,the hard drive may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. - Page 15 Step 3: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to Figure 18 below will appear. Figure 18 Step 4: Insert an empty floppy disk. Press 2 to select the 2)GIGARAID item. Then it will take about one minute to copy the GigaRAID driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk. Step 5: Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 19).
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Page 16: Installing Ide Raid Controller Driver During Os Installation
Ác (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation Now that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID controller driver and adjusted BIOS settings, Åé you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your IDE hard drive with the driver. The following is an example of Windows XP installation. - Page 17 Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu will appear. If you want to install Windows XP, use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller (Windows 2000/XP)* (Figure 22) and press ENTER. Then it will begin to load the driver from the floppy disk.
- Page 18 Ác After the GigaRAID controller driver installation is completed, you should see a screen similar to Figure 23 below. It indicates that you have installed the driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 23 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive.