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GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller

USER’S MANUAL

12ME-IT8212-006R

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Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................4

Features ...........................................................................................................5

What is the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller.......................................6

Quick Start .................................................................................................................7

Create Your Disk Array .....................................................................................9

Setup Utility..............................................................................................................15

Using the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller Setup Utility....................15

Auto Configuration..........................................................................................17

Define RAID....................................................................................................22

Delete RAID....................................................................................................28

Rebuild RAID..................................................................................................31

RAID Card Configuration................................................................................36

Driver Installation .....................................................................................................38

Windows XP ...................................................................................................39

Windows 2000................................................................................................45

Windows SE/ME.............................................................................................53

Windows NT ...................................................................................................61

Linux...............................................................................................................69

Install the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller on Red Hat 7.3 ........................69

Application ...............................................................................................................72

Installation ......................................................................................................72

Functions Description .....................................................................................75

How to….........................................................................................................86

Q&A .........................................................................................................................88

GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller USER’S MANUAL

Introduction

This manual is mainly to help users setup the GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID

Controller and solve problems when they use it.

If it is your first time to use the GigaRAID (IT8212) 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&A” section on 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 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 (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller can support the RAID0 (striping),

RAID1 (mirroring), RAID0+1 (striping and mirroring) or JBOD (spanning) mode.

When a system is programmed to the RAID0 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 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

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 RAID0+1 mode uses four drivers

to get the merits of RAID0 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 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 (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller,

boot your system and then you will see the following message shown by the

GigaRAID (IT8212) ATA RAID Controller onboard BIOS on the screen.

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.

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