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1. 65 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 7 Select RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller from the window then click OK to continue 8 Follow the instruction to restart the computer then the driver will take effect System Settings Change 66 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 Ifthe RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller device is shown on the Devices panel as shown below it means that the driver has been installed successfully H 4 IDE CD ROM ATAPI 1 2 Dual channel PCI IDE Controller El IDE CD ROM ATAPI 1 2 Dual channel PCI IDE Controller E 67 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Linux Mandrake Installation Guide and Release Notes 1 Component Name s and Version Components For Mandrake 9 0 Kernels Tested 2 4 19 16mdk Driver Version v1 0 Release Date Jan 16 2003 2 Files Listing in linux directory redhat txt This file mandrake txt Mandrake installation guide driver md90 Mandrake 9 0 directory iteraid o Driver module for Mandrake 9 0 rh73 RedHat 7 3 directory modinfo Module info file modules cgz Compressed driver modules
2. 57 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Select the Device Manager panel from the System Properties window If RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller device is shown below the SCSI controllers item see the following figure it means that the driver has been installed successfully I Computer 4 3 Disk drives Display adapters 3 Floppy disk controllers 2 Hard disk controllers E Keyboard Monitors Mouse BY Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT E SCSI controllers BES JITE 118212 ATA RAID Controller System devices H Universal Serial Bus controllers 58 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 3 If there is a marking or in front of the RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller device as shown below it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed User should remove the device and reinstall H E Disk drives Display adapters 2 Floppy disk controllers 2 Hard disk controllers E Keyboard Monitors 4 Ports COM amp LPT E SCSI controllers Av ITE 178212 ATA RAID Controller System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers 59 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Windows NT Install the driver during Windows NT installation 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 fro
3. 1 2 3 4 Remove the case of the PC system Remove the inside slot cover of any available 32 bit PCI slot Install the RAIDExpress 133 card in this open slot Attach Ultra ATA 133 hard drives to the RAIDExpress 133 card RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL The hard drives which are required for the installation The hard drives which are connected on the RAIDExpress 133 card 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 included in the package to connect the RAIDExpress 133 card and hard drives in order to assure the system s ability and efficiency If the cable
4. 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 23 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Stripe Mirror RAID 0 1 A RAID 0 1 array has to be formed by four hard drives RAID 0 1 is implemented as a mirrored array whose segments are RAID 0 arrays SPAN JBOD There isn t any specific limitation IDE 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 an IDE drive The existence of the IDE hard drive sometimes will influence the array number user specified If the Pri DO Pri D1 Sec DO or Sec D1 hard drive is an IDE drive array 0 1 2 or 3 cannot have the array setting respectively However you do not have to concern about this limitation If Setup Utility finds any
5. to continue to setup Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers PS A device driver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with gt an operating system f This wizard will complete the installation for this device Ke RAID Controller ao A device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for your new device To locate driver files and complete the installation click Next What do you want the wizard to do 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 45 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Check the Specify a location option on the following window then press Next to continue to setup Found New Hardware Wizard 4 Locate Driver Files SS Where do you want Windows to search for driver files SY Search for driver files for the following hardware device 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 CD before clicking Next Optional search locations IV Floppy disk drives CD ROM drives IV Specify a location 7 Microsoft Windows Update
6. IDE ATAJATAPI controllers Ge Keyboards 7 Mice and other pointing devices Monitors BB Network adapters Y Ports COM amp LPT me Processors SCSI and RAID controllers KEJITE 118212 ATA RAID Controller 8 Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers FF 42 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 3 If there is a marking or before the RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller device as shown below it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed Users should remove the device and reinstall E Device Manager File Action View Help e 0532 y lt Rma SA AK 47 Computer lt Disk drives 2 Display adapters 4 DYD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers EB Floppy disk drives 3 IDE ATAJATAPI controllers gt Keyboards 5 Mice and other pointing devices Monitors E9 Network adapters HY Ports COM amp LPT MGR Processors E SCSI and RAID controllers Ev RAID Controller H Sound video and game controllers System devices 1 Universal Serial Bus controllers 43 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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
7. Suto Rebuild Boot Disk No State Active Array Type RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 JBOD Array Name Assigned by RAID Manager Block Size Virtual block 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 82 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Existing Arrays Existing arrays list Available Disks Disks can be used to create an array Selected Disks Disks will be put in an array Click Create to create a disk array Remarks a 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 a Source Disk is valid when Array Type is RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 and Erase Partition is disabled a 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 E If Erase Partition is unchecked the Source must be assigned 83 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 Array Name Array 0 57259 Megabytes 64 Kilobytes RAID O Actual Disk Count Total Disk Count Disk ID Auto Rebuild Boot Disk
8. lt Back Next gt Cancel 46 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Insert the RAIDExpress 133 ATA Raid Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then type AXWIN2K on the field designating the file s location Press Next to continue to setup Found New Hardware Wizard E 47 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL The driver for RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller is found Press Next to continue to setup Found New Hardware Wizard E Driver Files Search Results SS The wizard has finished searching for driver files for your hardware device SY The wizard found a driver for the following device ITE 178212 ATA RAID Controller Windows found a driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Next an a Wwin2k_xptiteraid imf lt Back Next gt Cancel 48 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 6 T The driver installation has finished Press Finish to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard ITE 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish lt Back Cancel Follow the instruction to restart the computer then the driver will take effect System Settings Change a xj 2 To finish setting up your new hardware you must restart your computer Do you want to restart
9. modules dep Module dependence file pcitable IT8212 pci info rhdd 6 1 Driver disk label iteraid o Driver module for RedHat 9 0 3 Installation Procedures 3 1 Install 178212 Linux Driver into an EXISTING SYSTEM 3 1 1 Boot Linux system and login as root 68 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 3 1 2 3 1 4 Copy the IT8212 driver module linux driver md90 iteraid o to any directory you want and then go to that directory You can test out the module to ensure that it works by the following commands insmod scsi_mod insmod sd_mod insmod iteraid o To ensure the modules have been loaded successfully you can check the driver status by using the dmesg command dmesg Then you will see the following messages Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0 channel 0 id 0 lun O SCSI device sda 120103200 512 byte hdwr sectors 61493 MB The following commands are only for your reference You can create the partition when the IT8212 driver module is ready fdisk dev sda If you create two partitions on dev sda such as dev sda1 and dev sda2 you can use the mkfs to make the filesystem 69 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL mkfs dev sda1 lt Make dev sda1 ext2 filesystem mkfs j dev sda2 lt Make dev sda2 ext3 filesystem After this you can create two directories for mount point For example mkdir mnt hdO mkdir mnt hd1 mount t ext2 dev sda1 mnt hd0 mount t ext3
10. 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 4 Follow the instruction of the installation program to insert the RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the lt Enter gt key to continue 5 Select RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller Windows 2000 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 RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller Windows 2000 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 7 Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation of Windows 2000 44 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows 2000 1 Start Windows 2 When Windows detects RAIDExpress 133 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
11. State Delete Disk Array v yt RAID Adapter 0 v f Available Arrays List existing arrays Selected Arrays Arrays will be deleted Erase Partition Check to erase partition table Click Delete to delete disk arrays 84 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 DiskO IBM DTTA 350840 Disk2 Maxtor 52049H3 Array 0 8063 Megabytes N A RAID 1 Rebuild Array List arrays that 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 85 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 09 49 44 Wednesday September 18 2002 Succeed to create RAID Array 1 09 49 54 Wednesday September 18 2002 Succeed to delete RAID Array 1 RAID Adapter 0 X ml Click Clear to clear all records 86 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 5 Options Email Notification Click the Start Menu at the left bottom on th
12. Users should remove the device and reinstall 51 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Windows 98SE ME Install the driver 1 2 Start Windows When Windows detects RAIDExpress 133 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 Advanced 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 Next What would you like to do Automatic search for a better driver Recommended lt Back Cancel 52 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Insert the RAIDExpress 133 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 New Hardware Wizard E Windows will search for new drivers in its driver database on pour hard drive and in any of the following selected Search for the best driver for your device Recommended IV Specify a location Ja WIN38_ME ba Browse Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location
13. and go back to the Main Menu press the Esc key Array Ho Array Hode Drive Ho Size HB Status Array 1 Array 2 Hirror Array 3 30 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 31 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL You can use arrow keys Y 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 32 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL If you press Y the following window 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 33 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL The following screen will appear if you choose to monitor the whole rebuild process Channel ID S40VLATZO Drive Hane IBH DTTA ase uait uhile duplicating inage a IAS Channel ID PrifDO HDS 22540VLAT2O Sec DO IBH DTTA O When rebuild is completed a message below will pop up to inform you that rebuild is finished Channel Channel ID J Fer alo Size HB Pri DO HOS 22540VLAT2O 39 Sec DO IBH DTTA 350840
14. dev sda2 mnt hd1 70 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Red Hat Installation Guide and Release Notes 1 Component Name s and Version Components For Redhat Linux 7 3 Kernels Tested 2 4 18 3 Driver Version v1 1 Release Date Feb 7 2003 2 Files Listing in linux directory redhat txt This file mandrake txt Mandrake installation guide driver driver directory md90 Mandrake 9 0 directory iteraid o Driver module for Mandrake 9 0 rh73 RedHat 7 3 directory modinfo Module info file modules cgz Compressed driver modules modules dep Module dependence file pcitable IT8212 pci info rhdd 6 1 Driver disk label iteraid o Driver module for RedHat 9 0 3 Installation Procedures 3 1 Installing 118212 Linux Driver into an EXISTING SYSTEM 3 1 1 Boot Linux system and login as root 3 1 2 Copy iteraid o to any directory you want and then go to that 71 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 3 1 4 directory You can test out the module to ensure that it works by the following commands insmod scsi_mod insmod sd_mod insmod iteraid o To ensure the modules have been loaded successfully you can check the driver status by using the dmesg command dmesg Then you will see the following messages Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0 channel 0 id 0 lun O SCSI device sda 120103200 512 byte hdwr sectors 61493 MB Most likely you will not want to type in i
15. page 21 to setup your arrays manually o Click the Esc key to go back to the Main Menu on page 9 o Click the Esc key to quit BIOS and boot o You need to FDISK and format your new array The new array will be regarded as a new hard drive by the system 13 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Setup Utility Using the RAIDExpress 133 Card Setup Utility The RAIDExpress 133 card Setup Utility provides functions to create delete and rebuild an array lt also provides the information of each hard drive and the configuration of the RAIDExpress 133 card Please attach your hard drives to the RAIDExpress 133 card and boot your system If your array s configuration is correct you will see the following message shown by the RAIDExpress 133 card onboard BIOS on the screen You can press Ctrl F or Ctrl E keys to enter Setup Utility or press the Esc key to skip and boot directly ITe212 RAID Y4 7 1 91 FAH Ver 02093030 2 004 ITE Inc All Righ scan ALLP LH30 Array O JBOD Array O JBOD F gt Ctrl E gt to enter Setup Utility or or lt 5 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 W4 7 1 91 FAH Yer 020 004 ITE Inc All Righ BALLP LH30 Array O JBOD Array 3 JBOD RAID configuration error 1 F gt or lt Ctrl E gt to enter Setup Util
16. so you can select the driver you want Storie 53 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL The driver for RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller is found Press Next to continue to setup Add New Hardware Wizard Windows driver file search for the device ITE 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller Windows 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 ET AAWINS8_MESITERAID INF 54 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 5 The driver installation has finished Press Finish to continue Add New Hardware Wizard 5 ITE 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller Windows has finished installing the new hardware device Cancel 55 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 6 Follow the instruction to restart the computer then the driver will take effect System Settings Change Q EA E 56 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 Lal My Documents Open Explore Search Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Rename WINDIFF EX Internet RaidMar exe Explorer
17. 3 Y 25 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL If you choose not to rebuild this array for the time being the RAIDExpress 133 card cannot read data correctly because the data is inconsistent in the mirrored hard drives Thus the following window will appear eted yet data in the e disk nou Channel ID Drive Hane Size HB PrifDO QUANTUH FIREBALLP LH30 28 Sec IBH DTTA 40 8063 Please press arrow keys T and J to highlight your selection and press the Enter key to select the source disk s then the setting will be finished 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 21 26 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Delete RAID Press 3 on the Main Menu then the Delete RAID Menu will appear Please use arrow keys T and J to highlight the array you want to delete press D to select it and then enter the Delete RAID Sub Menu to delete your array The key D has no effect if the highlight raw is an empty array If you want to quit the menu and go to the Main Menu press the Esc key Array Ho Array Hode Drive Ho Size HB Status Array 0 2 36693 Funct ional Array 1 Array 2 As for the detailed descriptions of Array Mode Drive No Size and Status please refer to Define RAID on page 21 27 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANU
18. 8063 Then you leave and go back to the Rebuild RAID Menu on page 30 34 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL RAID Card Configuration Press 5 on the Main Menu then the RAID Card Configuration menu will appear You can use arrow keys gt and and the space bar key to enable or disable Auto Rebuild option Auto Rebuild Enable Channel O Interrupt 5 I P Port DODOCCOO Channel 1 Interrupt 5 I P Port OO00C800 Channel Size Drive ID Drive Hane Array Ho Hode PrizDO HDS 22540LAT2O 39266 Array 2 US Sec D0 IBH DTTA 350840 Array 2 U2 When Auto Rebuild enables the RAIDExpress 133 card can rebuild your mirrored array automatically If a failed mirrored drive is replaced without shutting down your PC the RAIDExpress 133 card 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 76 or from Rebuild RAID Menu Please refer to page 30 Note You need to install removable docking case to support hard drive hot plug 35 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL On the RAID Card Resource section you can see the PCI slot interrupt and I O port address used by the RAIDExpress 133 card You can also see the status of each hard drive from the Drive Status section For the meanings of Channel ID Drive Name and Size please refer to Define RAID sub Menu on page 22
19. AID USER MANUAL How to Create Disk Array 1 Create RAID 0 o Open RAID Manager o Change the control panel to Create Disk Array o Select Array Type as RAID 0 o Check Erase Partition to erase partition table or uncheck Erase Partition not to erase partition table o Select Stripe Size Default is 64 KB o Select at least two disks o Click Create 2 Create RAID 1 o Open RAID Manager o Change the control panel to Create Disks Array o Select Array Type as RAID 1 o 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 o If Erase Partition is unchecked the Source must be assigned o Select exactly two disks These two disks must be primary master and secondary master or primary slave and secondary slave o Click Create 91 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 3 Create RAID 0 1 o Open RAID Manager o Change the control panel to Create Disks Array o Select Array Type as RAID 0 1 o 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 o If Erase Partition is unchecked the Source must be assigned o Selec
20. AL Delete RAID Sub Menu When you highlight the array you select to delete at the Delete RAID Menu and press the D 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 Array No Array Hode Drive Ho Status Array 0 Span 2 Funct ional Block Size Not Available Channel 10 Drive Hane PrisDO QUANTUH FIREBALLP LH30 Sec 00 IBH DTTA 350840 Ar you want to delete th to Delete or other k 28 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 Array Hode Drive No Status Array O Span 2 Funct ional Block Size Not Available Channel ID Drive Na old data in this new array 3 Ass ignnent Pri DO QUANTUH Y Yes N No y Sec D0 IBH DTTA 350840 8063 Y 29 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Rebuild RAID Press 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
21. Boat from floppy with un installable diskette o 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 4 Follow the instruction of the installation program to insert the RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the lt Enter gt key to continue 5 Select RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller Windows 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 RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller Windows 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 7 Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation of Windows XP 38 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows XP 1 Start Windows 2 When Windows detects RAIDExpress 133 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 con
22. 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 IDE drive Column 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 36 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Driver Installation This section details the procedures to install the RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller driver under the following various operating systems Before starting to install this driver please make sure that RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller has already been properly setup in the system Windows XP Windows 2000 e Windows 98 ME o Windows NT 4 0 37 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Windows XP Install the driver during Windows XP installation 1 Start Windows XP installation Warning Because of the different selections of the following installation methods the time when step2 starts will be different o Boat from floppy with Windows installation diskette o
23. ID 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 automatically set as array 0 RAID 0 1 A A CEES ur wy WE er rt Primary Primary Secondary Secondary Master Slave Master Slave RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Setup Array for JBOD The RAIDExpress 133 card 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 IDE You can use the RAIDExpress 133 card as an IDE controller The RAIDExpress 133 card allows you to use one two three or four hard drives All the hard drives attached on the RAIDExpress 133 controller are left to act as independent drive volumes 20 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Define RAID Click 2 on the Main Menu then you can enter the Define RAID Menu Please use arrow keys T and J to highlight the array number you want to define use the space key to specify the bootable array if you would like to boot your system from array attached on RAIDExpress 133 controller and click the Enter key to select it and enter the Define RAID Sub Menu
24. MN Taskbar amp Start Menu QJ Folder Options Log Off Administrator ay Shut Down G Control Panel Y Exploring C XITERAIDA mm 61 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 3 In the Control Panel window double click on the SCSI Adapters icon J Control Panel OF ES File Edit View Go Favorites Help e A Sak EA Back Forward Up Cut Copy Paste Undo Delete Properties Views Address a Control Panel y Control Panel LD 0 Mts Modems Mouse Multimedia Network ODBC SCSI Adapters Add Remove SCSI adapters and view their gt properties Z Es 3 gt PC Card Printers Regional SCSI Adapters Microsoft Home PCMCIA Settings Technical Support 2 t 3 e Server Services System Tape Devices Add Remove SCSI adapters anc My Computer A 62 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 4 Choose the Drivers tab from the SCSI Adapters window then press Add to continue IDE CD ROM ATAPI 1 2 Dual channel PCI IDE Co 63 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 5 Click Have Disk from the Install Driver window Adaptec Advanced Micro Devices 64 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Insert the RAIDExpress 133 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 mm E
25. RAID 0 The RAIDExpress 133 card allows you to use two three or four hard drives to set a RAID 0 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 E E E E my EJ E ELO EL Lubes ey EIJ WAI EE EE ale Primary Primary Secondary Secondary Master Slave Master Slave i L E E RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Setup Array for RAID 1 The RAIDExpress 133 card 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 O 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 g g E E f f al Ele Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Master Master Slave Slave RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Setup Array for RAID 0 1 A RAID 0 1 mirror and stripe array has to be formed by four hard drives RA
26. RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Preliminary Specification 0 3 Notice Reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate We assume no liability for technical inaccuracies typographical or other errors contain herein Backup your important data before using the IDE RAID product and use at your own risk In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profile or for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in our products or manuals Contents INTFOCUCTION a E AE EEE cnn 1 O 2 What is the RAIDExpress 133 Card oooooccccnnonccinocaccnononcncnnnonnnnnnnnnnnonan cnn naar nnnnnnnns 3 QUICK Startinio niena anaa aaa aaa avia area aeaaaee iiaa aa 5 Unpack your RAIDExpress 133 Card packaQ8 ooocccccnocccconocccnnnnoncnnonnncnnonancnnnn 5 Install the RAIDExpress 133 Card cecceeceeeseeeeneeeeneeeeneeseaeeseaeeseaeeeeeeseeeesaes 6 Greate Your DIS KAMAY sc causalidad 8 Setup Utility accion ic 14 Using the RAIDExpress 133 Card Setup Utility o ooninnnnnnni ncnnnnnnnnnnnmmm m 14 RAIDExpress 133 Card Setup Utility Main Menu oooonnnnnnnnninnncncccnnccncncnnos 15 Auto Gontiquration ar aa aa aa a aa a aaea AaS a a AS EAEE herana hiini 16 Define RA Divina tas 21 Delete RAID o Sete 27 Rebuild RAID ici td dae needed ees 30 RAID Card Configura eiii ide naaa 35 Driver Installation ccccssseessseeeeseeeeeeesseeesenseeeeeaseeee
27. SER MANUAL Features Compatible with the ATA ATAPI 6 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 the system to handle the RAID function lt can reduce the driver s loading of system CPU and improve the system s ability Supports Hot Swap function and doesn t need any special HD removable box Low CPU utilization based on local processor architecture Compatible with PCI Local bus specification v2 2 Our systems can be easily installed to PCs Supports PCI power Management v1 0 to reduce the power consumption Supports the drivers for Windows 98SE ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 XP 2003 server and Linux v2 4 1 0 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL What is the RAIDExpress 133 card This RAIDExpress 133 card is an excellent product resulting from Soc concept It includes one RAID Chip combining the CPU firmware advanced PCI controller and IDE controller lts architecture can provide users a RAID system with low CPU utilization When a PC is in the high CPU operation or PCI traffic users won t have any penalties for installing the RAID system This is because this system embeds a loc
28. 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 automatically set as array 0 Setup Array for JBOD The RAIDExpress 133 card 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 12 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Setup Array for IDE You can use the RAIDExpress 133 card as an IDE controller The RAIDExpress 133 card allows you to use one two three or four hard drives All the hard drives attached on the RAIDExpress 133 controller are left to act as independent drive volumes Please follow the procedures below to set an array o Use the space bar key to select a RAID type o Press Ctrl Y keys to save and create an array If you select RAID 0 1 0 1 or JBOD the boot sector of the newly created array will be erased lf you select IDE the boot sector will be remained Warning If you prefer to keep data in your hard drives please follow the procedures in the Define RAID section on
29. al CPU to deal with the RAID function and it s unnecessary to share CPU s performance lt is entirely different from the traditional software RAID system Similarly it also provides users more system stability lt provides users high speed and integration and a low price PC RAID system Additionally it also provides PCI 33MHz interface and is compatible with PCI spec v2 2 lt 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 their systems and the IDE RAID system have any compatibility issue This RAIDExpress 133 card 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 RAIDExpress 133 card 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 drivers have the same data and it will prevent data from being damaged Once data are damaged the system will start the rebuild function automatically and save data back to another new drive Similarly this system can use th
30. conflicts Array No will be adjusted automatically After finishing setting the array go back to the Define RAID Menu on page 21 then you will find the Array No is changed This is because the existence of the IDE 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 and then you can click the Esc key to go back to the Define RAID Menu on page 21 24 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Array Ho Array Hode Drive Ho Status Array 0 Span 2 Funct ional Block Size Not Available Channel ID Drive Maj Er i Ass ignnent Pris DO OUANTUH y DO IBH DTTA 3508 8063 y 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 30 IT8212 Setup Utility C Copyright 2002 2004 ITE Inc Array Ho Array Hode Drive Ho Status Array O Hirror 2 Funct ional Hot Available Channel Do you like to rebuild current array ID Drive Hall Y Ye Ass ignnent Pri D0 QUANTUH Y DO IBH DTTA 350840 806
31. e RAID Manager control panel then choose Email Notification to modify the settings ATA RAID iteraid test com hello test com E Email Notification Y e Event Timer Self error detection time interval e Enable Email Notification Check to enable email notification e Email Address If email notification is enabled a warning message will be sent to this email box o Select default mail tool or using SMTP protocol to send the mail If SMTP protocol is selected user must provide SMTP server and the email address of the sender 87 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL o Click Test to send a test email to the above email address o Click Set to save the settings 88 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 ATARAID oo cf 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 89 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 6 Miscellaneous Icon list represents disk array is inactive Ey represents disk array is active 0 represents physical disk is inactive lt represents physical disk is active 90 RAIDExpress 133 R
32. e is any array in rebuilding process 80 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 AA a ATA RAID 57259 Megabytes 64 Kilobytes RAID 0 Actual Disk Count 2 Total Disk Count 2 Disk ID Auto Rebuild Device Status l J Refresh i RAID Adapter 0 X fa IM pu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ gt 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 Remarks E If only slave disks are hot swapped make sure that Reset Adapter is checked to get system information correctly 81 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 IBM DTL4 307030 Disk3 QUANTUM FIREBALLP 4530 0 Array 0 Disk ID Primary IDE Slave Device Model Number Disk1 IBM DTL4 307030 Capacity 29314 Megabytes Raid ID Not In Array Raid Type Not In Array Auto Rebuild Yes T
33. ert line umount mnt initrd gzip c tmp initrd ext2 gt boot initrd 2 4 18 3 img If you are using Lilo to boot your system you also need to run lilo lilo Then reboot your system and the driver will be loaded Configure system to mount volumes during startup Now you can inform the system to automatically mount the array by modifying the file etc fstab E g You can add the following line to tell the system to mount dev sda1 to location mnt raid after startup dev sda1 mnt raid ext2 defaults 00 3 2 Installing Red Hat Linux on IT8212 Controller 3 2 1 Prepare your hardware for installation After attaching your hard disks to T8212 controller you can use IT8212 BIOS to configure your hard disks as RAID O RAID 1 RAID 0 1 or JBOD arrays or just use them as single disks Remember to set the BOOT disk in the IT8212 BIOS configuration menu Before installation you must remove all the disk drives which 74 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 are not physically attached to 118212 controller from your system Check system BIOS setting In your system bios setup menu change Boot Sequence in such a way that system will first boot from CDROM and then from SCSI Refer to your BIOS manual to see how to set boot sequence Prepare the driver diskette Copy all the files under linux driver rh73 directory to a new dos formatted disk Install Red Hat 7 3 S
34. from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup 78 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Functions Description 1 Starting RAID Manager will be executed automatically when Microsoft Windows is booted A small icon D will show in the system tray at the right bottom corner to indicate RAID Manager is active Aa 465 fam EOJ ta 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 79 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL choose RAID Adapter 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 ther
35. is damaged after a period of time it is also suggested to buy the cable with the same specification RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Create Your Disk Array You can create your own array using the onboard BIOS utility of the RAIDExpress 133 card 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 RAIDExpress 133 card boot your system and then you will see the following message shown by the RAIDExpress 133 card onboard BIOS on the screen AID BIOS Y4 7 1 94 F H Yer 0209303 ight 2002 2004 ITE Inc All Righ Please uait for IDE scan QUANTUH FIREBALLP LH30 Array O JBOD Hot Det Array O JBOD Ctr1 E gt to enter Setup Utility or to continue booting RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Please press Ctrl F or Ctrl E keys to enter the BIOS utility Main Menu The screen below will appear RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 and the space bar key to change your option to setup your array type Setup Array Type as RHI AAA CCAA Unqu
36. is data copying 3 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL characteristic to let two drivers transmit at the same time and balance the performance to raise the 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 merits RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 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 14 to achieve your goal Unpack your RAIDExpress 133 Card package When you unpack your RAIDExpress 133 card package you can see the following items RAIDExpress 133 card RAIDExpress 133 manual RAIDExpress 133 card software CD One 80 wire 40 pin Ultra ATA 133 hard drive cables If you lack anything mentioned above please contact your distributor to ask for remedy Warning In order to prevent any data loss resulting from inappropriate operation please backup data before you start to install your system RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Install the RAIDExpress 133 Card This RAIDExpress 133 card meets the PCI v2 2 standard and can be easily installed under 32 bit PCI slots of different PC systems Please follow the following procedures to install it
37. ity 14 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL RAIDExpress 133 Card 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 Auto Conf iguration a E Def ine RAID Delete RAID Rebuild RAID RAID Card Conf iguration 5 If you are not familiar with the array setting please follow the procedures in Auto_ Configuration on page 16 to create new arrays automatically You can use Define RAID on page 21 and Delete RAID on page 27 to manually create or delete arrays You can also use Rebuild RAID selection on page 30 to help you rebuild a mirrored RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array Besides you can use RAID Card Configuration on page 35 to see the controller s resources each hard drive s status and the setting of the RAIDExpress 133 card 15 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Auto Configuration Click 1 on the Main Menu to enter Auto Configuration You can use arrow keys gt and 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 15 Setup Array Type as REID O usod A PA Drivals ln Avrallicsscctcccccssccccccoccos Array Capacity size in HB 16 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Setup Array for
38. m floppy with un installable diskette a 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 RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller Driver diskette into the floppy disk drive then press the lt Enter gt key to continue 6 Select RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller Windows NT from the device list shown on the window then press the lt Enter gt key to continue 7 The devices that are going to be installed will be listed on the next window RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller Windows NT 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 60 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Install the driver under existing Windows NT 1 Start Windows 2 Select Settings from the Start menu then choose the Control Panel option from the Settings form Network Free Build Neighborhood Environment EJ Control Panel f Pints p
39. nsmod iteraid o each time you boot up the system Therefore you must install the module and tell the system about it To install the module type in the following commands first change directory to where the proper iteraid o can be loacted On Red Hat 7 3 use install d lib modules 2 4 18 3 kernel drivers scsi 12 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL install c iteraid o lib modules 2 4 18 3 kernel drivers scsi Then you should inform the system when to load the module You can add the driver to the existing RAM disk image In RedHat 7 3 it will be boot initrd 2 4 18 3 img Use the following commands gzip dc boot initrd 2 4 18 3 img gt tmp initrd ext2 mkdir mnt initrd mount o loop tmp initrd ext2 mnt initrd cp iteraid o mnt initra lib cp lib modules 2 4 18 3 kernel drivers scsi scsi_mod o mnt initrd lib cp lib modules 2 4 18 3 kernel drivers scsi sd_mod o mnt initrd lib Now add the following lines to the file mnt initrd linuxrc and you can use the editor that you are familiar with like vi Example of linuxrc vi mnt initrd linuxrc bin sh echo Loading scsi_mod module lt new insert line insmod lib scsi_mod o lt new insert line echo Loading sd_mod module lt new insert line insmod lib sd_mod o lt new insert line echo Loading IT8212 module lt new insert line 73 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL insmod lib iteraid o lt new ins
40. rive No Status TM Span 2 Funct ional Block Size Hot Available Channel 10 Drive Hane y Ass ignnent Pri DO QUANTUH FIREBALLP LH30 hy Sec D0 IBH DTTA 350840 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 22 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Drive Assignments Option You can use arrow keys T and J 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 For the meanings of Array Mode Drive No and Status please refer to Define RAID Menu on page 21 The location of the hard drive is shown at 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 is shown before the size the capacity unit is gigabyte When you press
41. sed Drlvelic ccc cncssstceescescmawan Drivels O Array Capacity size in HB 10 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Totally there are five configurations supported RAID level Type Configurations Number of disks needed Disk Striping 2or3or4 Disk Mirroring 2 Disk Striping Mirroring 4 Disk Concatenation 2or3or4 None 1or2or3or4 Setup Array for RAID 0 The RAIDExpress 133 card allows you to use two three or four hard drives to set a RAID 0 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 11 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Setup Array for RAID 1 The RAIDExpress 133 card 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 O 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
42. sesseeeseaseneeeasseeeeeaseeeeeensnenenneas 37 AATE ENEA aE E E E A A E a 38 Windows 2000 rsr e a a aes hen ei 44 Windows IBSE ME EEEE AAE TE T 52 Windows Nic ata 60 LINUX estada aii 68 APPIlCAtlON catssiccdccacicccsttecdedadiaeenedeadvedduisheuccdeaadeduadudscesuacasdnienatecerwaiesistetadederetauedeans 76 Installation Ea 76 Functions Descriptio Neima da a er a a a e erian 79 How to Create Disk Array ceecccecceeeeeteneeeeeeeseeeeeaeeseaeeseaeeteaeeeeaeeteneeeeaeerias 91 Technology Support RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Introduction This manual is mainly to help users setup the RAIDExpress 133 card and solve problems when they use it If it is your first time to use the RAIDExpress 133 card and you are about to install it please refer to the Quick Start section on page 5 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 RAIDExpress 133 card please refer to the Q amp A section on page 93 In this section you can refer to the problems users may face and find the correct solutions You can follow the instructions to solve your problems and then you will get satisfactory results If there are still any questions you don t understand please refer to the Technology Support section on page 94 to look for technical support RAIDExpress 133 RAID U
43. t exactly four disks o Click Create 4 Create JBOD o Open RAID Manager o Change the control panel to Create Disk Array o Select Array Type as JBOD o Select at least two disks o Click Create 92 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Q8A 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 mobi e 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 93 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Technology Support If you have any technical problems please look for the support from the nearby supplier 94
44. tart installing Red Hat 7 3 by booting with the CDROM On welcome to Red Hat Linux 7 3 installation screen a prompted label boot will appear at the bottom of the screen Then type in expert and press enter Then you will be asked Do you have a driver disk Select Yes When Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue is prompted insert the driver disk in the floppy driver and then select OK Then the IT8212 driver will be loaded Continue the installation as normal You can refer to the Red Hat Linux installation guide 75 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Application Installation 1 Run iteraid exe to install the device driver and the application 2 Click Next to start the installation Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for ITE 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller The InstallShieldR Wizard will install ITE 178212 ATA RAID Controller on your computer To continue click Next 76 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Review the License Agreement If you accept the License Agreement click Yes to continue the installation i License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Hstasmed 77 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Click Finish to reboot the computer InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing ITE 178212 ATA RAID Controller on your computer No will restart my computer later Remove any disks
45. tinue to setup Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for RAID Controller If your hardware came with an installation CD or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do O Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue 39 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL Insert the RAIDExpress 133 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 WINXP 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 Si Sy Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed C Search removable media floppy CD ROM Include this location in the search A NWIN2K_XP Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for pour hardware 40 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL The driver installation has finished Press Finish to contin
46. to create your array If you want to quit and go back to the Main Menu please click the Esc key Array Ho Array Hode Array 1 ARE Array 2 Hrray 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 and click the Enter key then the Define RAID Sub Menu will appear and allow drive assignments to the array 21 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 T and J 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 21 118212 Setup Utility C Copyright 2002 2004 ITE Inc Array No Array Hode D
47. ue Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for ITE 1T8212 ATA RAID Controller The hardware you installed will not work until you restart your computer Click Finish to close the wizard Back Cancel Follow the instruction to restart the computer then the driver will take effect System Settings Change Windows has finished installing new devices The software that supports your device requires that you restart your computer You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect Do you want to restart your computer now 41 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 il 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 RAIDExpress 133 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 Device Manager File Action View Help 3 Y YU lt Q 4 Computer S Disk drives 2 Display adapters 2 DVD CD ROM drives 2 Floppy disk controllers 43 Floppy disk drives
48. your computer now No 49 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER 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 RAIDExpress 133 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 o x Action View es amela m Computer amp Disk drives 3 Display adapters Y DYD CD ROM drives Sy Floppy disk controllers amp Floppy disk drives 2 IDE ATA ATAPI controllers Keyboards T Mice and other pointing devices 3 Monitors BY Network adapters 4 Ports COM amp LPT amp SCSI and RAID controllers ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller g Sound video and game controllers m System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers a 50 RAIDExpress 133 RAID USER MANUAL 3 If there is a marking or in front of the RAIDExpress 133 ATA RAID Controller device it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed

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