VIA V-RAID Software Package Installation Guide
Updated:
2007-11-12
. Application License
Agreement
. Distribution
Package Contents
. Limitation and
Known Issue
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n VT8251 South Bridge SATA IDE/AHCI/RAID Controller
u It supports four SATA connections to be configured
as one of IDE, AHCI or RAID mode controller.
u It supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD functions.
The RAID 5 is a software RAID technology applied CPU resource to archive RAID
5.
n VT8237S South Bridge SATA RAID Controller
u It supports two SATA HDDs
u It supports RAID 0, 1, and JBOD functions.
n VT8237A South Bridge SATA RAID Controller
u It supports two SATA HDDs
u It supports RAID 0, 1, and JBOD functions.
n VIA CX700/VX700/VX8x0 South Bridge PATA/SATA IDE/RAID Controller
u It supports two SATA HDDs +
two IDE HDDs.
u It supports SATA RAID 0, 1, and JBOD functions.
This "VIA V-RAID
Software Package" is used to install the drivers and utility which are
needed for using the VIA VT8251, VT
The supported platforms are described in System Requirement
section.
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This package should be
installed on the system with VIA
This software package only
supports Microsoft Windows© Platforms. The setup program will detect the
current platform and install proper driver on your system. The supported
platforms are list below:
Windows 98se
Windows Millennium
Windows NT4 Plus service packs
6
Windows 2000 RTM and above
Windows XP RTM and above
Windows Server 2003 RTM and above
Windows
Windows XP-x64 RTM and above
Windows Server 2003 SP1-x64 RTM and above
Windows
The setup
program will display the released data and version for this package at dialog
title.
There is
specific version syntax for package identification:
The X is the major version of this package; and YZ
represents the minor version.
The alphabetic is always appended after version
field to represent the qualification by Windows Hardware Qualification Lab. The
A means the first package for the same driver binary, B means the second
released package for the same driver binary, and so on.
In this section, we show the detail file
list of ZIP-compressed package in which include setup and driver files.
0X0409.INI, INSTMSIA.EXE,
INSTMSIW.EXE, ISSCRIPT.MSI,
License.mlf, PCIENUM.SYS,
README.html,
SETUP.EXE,
Setup.ini, SETUP.ISS,
SETUP.MLF, SETUP.SCF,
viasetup.dll, VIASetup.msi English.slf, asia.slf,
europe1.slf, europe2.slf, europe3.slf, europe3.slf,
165x300.bmp, 500x60.bmp
viarAID: rAID dRIVER FILES
VRAIDDrv\component.cif, VRAIDDrv\MRaid.DLL,
VRAIDDrv\VSDINST.DLL, VRAIDDrv\viaRaid.DLL,
VRAIDDrv\VRaidX64.exe.
Driver files:
Windows
9x, Millennium
|
VRAIDDrv\win9x\vIAmraid.mpd |
|
VRAIDDrv\win9x\vIAmvsd.vxd |
|
VRAIDDrv\win9x\VIAmraid.INF |
Windows
NT4
|
VRAIDDrv\nt4\vIAmraid.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\nt4\VIAmraid.INF |
Windows
2000
|
VRAIDDrv\2K\vIAmRAID.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\2K\VIAmRAID.INF VRAIDDrv\2k\VIAMRAID.CAT |
Windows
XP
|
VRAIDDrv\XP\x86\vIAmRAID.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\XP\x86\VIAmRAID.INF VRAIDDrv\XP\x86\VIAMRAID.CAT |
Windows
Server 2003
|
VRAIDDrv\srv2003\x86\vIAmRAID.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\SRV2003\x86\VIAmRAID.INF VRAIDDrv\SRV2003\x86\VIAMRAID.CAT |
Windows
Home Server
|
VRAIDDrv\srv2003\x86\vIAmRAID.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\SRV2003\x86\VIAmRAID.INF VRAIDDrv\SRV2003\x86\VIAMRAID.CAT |
| |
Windows
Vista
|
VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x86\vIAmRAID.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x86\VIAmRAID.INF VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x86\VIAMRAID.CAT |
Windows
Server 2008
|
VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x86\vIAmRAID.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x86\VIAmRAID.INF VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x86\VIAMRAID.CAT |
Windows
XP AMD64
|
VRAIDDrv\XP\x64\vIAmRX64.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\XP\x64\VIAmRX64.INF VRAIDDrv\XP\x64\VIAMRX64.CAT |
Windows
Server 2003 AMD64
|
VRAIDDrv\SRV2003\x64\vIAmRX64.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\SRV2003\x64\vIAmRX64.INF VRAIDDrv\SRV2003\x64\vIAmRX64.CAT |
Windows
|
VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x64\vIAmRX64.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x64\vIAmRX64.INF VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x64\vIAmRX64.CAT |
Windows
Server 2008 AMD64
|
VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x64\vIAmRX64.SYS |
|
VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x64\vIAmRX64.INF VRAIDDrv\VISTA\x64\vIAmRX64.CAT |
RAIDTOOL:
RAID Management Tool files
RAIDTOOL\component.cif,
RAIDTOOL\RaidUtl.DLL, RAIDTOOL\RaidUtINT.DLL
Tool
files: RAIDTOOL\UTILITY
Main
program
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\rAID_TOOL.EXE |
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\rAID_TOOL.CHM |
|
raidtool\UTILITY\eRRlIST.MLF |
Interface
DLL
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\Win2000-xp\drvinterface.dll |
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\WINNT40\ drvinterface.dll |
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\WIN98-ME\ drvinterface.dll |
Language DLL
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\Language\Lang_CN.dll |
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\ Language\Lang_EN.dll |
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\ Language\Lang_DE.dll |
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\ Language\Lang_NL.dll |
|
RAIDTOOL\UTILITY\ Language\Lang_FR.dll |
DRIVERDISKTOOL: Pre-OS Installation Disk Tool files
VRAIDDrv\DriverDiskPrep.exe, VRAIDDrv\DriverDiskPrep.ini, VRAIDDrv\banner.jpg
There are two operation modes, Windows UI and command line, to execute
installation and remove. The most popular is the Windows UI mode that provides
convenient user interface and systematic operation. The command line mode, also
called as silent mode, need user append more parameters behind SETUP.EXE as
answer to make the setup program silence without pop any dialogs.
There are possible two types setup package you may have. One is
compressed as a zip file includes visible setup and driver files. Another one
is made as a self-extracted-execution file. In the following, we will show you
the steps to complete driver installation and remove with both package types.
If the downloaded file is
ZIP-compressed format, please extract it to proper location in your hard disk
first. Then launch the SETUP.EXE by double-clicking. Otherwise, you could
double-click the self-extracted-execution file and wait for few seconds for the
self-extraction. The extracted file will be deleted automatically after setup
has been terminated.
If it is the first time to
execute the setup package, you will only have the choice of installation.
After the first time
execution, you could have choice to make Update and Remove. You will see two
options, Update and Remove in the first shown dialog. If you are going to
update the driver, please active the Update radio button and press next button
to enter next steps. Else, if you are going to remove the installed driver in
your system, please active the Remove radio button and press next button to
enter next steps.
There is another path to
remove the installed driver is to go through “Add Remove Programs” service of
control panel. An uninstall item is added after install , VIA Platform Device
Manager, to handle all the installed VIA driver components.
The silent mode are usually
applied to system maintainer for servicing hundreds systems that wont have
interactive user interface. They would execute the setup through command line
in console or batch file execution without closing any popped dialog popped or
pressing next buttons. In addition, the command line parameters of these two
types of downloaded file format get few differences.
In this type package, you
could see a setup.exe in those extracted files. User could append parameters
behind setup.exe as command line in console.
The present command line parameters are: -s and /z"reboot;remove:xx,yy,zz"
|
Parameter |
Description |
|
-s |
It
is a required command line parameter to enable silent mode operation. If this
parameter is missed, the setup |
|
-zParam1;K;ParamN |
It
passes predefined parameters to SETUP.EXE. Each parameter, Param1;K;ParamN,
should be separated with semicolons. The
predefined sub-parameters are: reboot It causes Setup.exe automatically to reboot after the silent mode
operation completed. remove It is a switch to
cause Setup.exe to remove
components. If this parameter is absent, then SETUP.EXE will install
components. kompnt:xx,yy,zz It is an optional
parameter to assign specific component in this package to be install/remove. The xx,yy,zz
should be replaced with component name in which is defined as same as the
component folder name of this package. |
Examples:
|
Command
line |
Execution
|
|
setup.exe
-s |
Silent
install all included components but not reboot the computer. |
|
setup.exe
-s /z"reboot" |
Silent
install all component and reboot the computer. |
|
setup.exe
-s /z"reboot;remove" |
Silent
uninstall all include component and reboot the computer. |
|
setup.exe -s /z"remove" |
Silent
uninstall all components but not reboot the computer. |
Under Windows 2000 and later OS, except Windows
VISTA and Windows VISTA-x64, while user intends to install OS on the disk
attached on the RAID controller, they have to prepare a floppy driver disk
including the pre-OS installation files and press “F
The driver disk files had been prepared in this
package. Please follow the steps to prepare it.
1.
Make sure the
target system is already install floppy drive
2.
Prepare a empty
and valid floppy disk
3.
Copy all files
under \DRVDISK to the floppy without losing
4.
Power on the
target machine and boot from the Boot CD. And press “F
5.
After the
booting process ask you to insert the floppy disk, please insert the prepared
floppy disk to the floppy drive and press enter
6.
Choose the
proper item to fit the OS and RAID controller you are installing. Each item
shows the matched OS for it.
Under Windows VISTA and Windows VISTA-x64, while
user intends to install OS on the disk attached on the RAID controller, they
have to prepare a floppy driver disk including the pre-OS installation files
and press “load driver” while setup program prompt it.
The driver disk files had been prepared in this
package. Please follow the steps to prepare it.
1.
Make sure the
target system is already install floppy drive
2.
Prepare a empty
and valid floppy disk
3.
Copy all files
under \DRVDISK to the floppy without losing
4.
Power on the
target machine and boot from the Boot CD. And press “load driver” while the
prompt appear on the setup programe
5.
insert the
prepared floppy disk to the floppy drive
6.
Choose the
proper inf file based on the OS Version you are installing. Please select .\VISTA\x86\VSMRAID.inf for
Windows VISTA and .\VISTA\x64\ VSMRAID.INF for
Windows VISTA-x64
The
default-supported language in this package is in English.
If
the executed Windows OS is in an un-supported language to this package, the
user interface will be represented in English.
This
setup package support 33 languages as below
|
Chinese(Simplified), |
Chinese (Traditional), |
Indonesian, |
|
Japanese, |
Korean, |
Russian, |
|
Thai, |
Turkish. |
|
|
Basque, |
Bulgarian, |
Catalan, |
|
Croatian, |
Czech, |
Danish, |
|
Dutch, |
English, |
Finish, |
|
French( |
French(France), |
German, |
|
Greek, |
Hungarian, |
Italian, |
|
Norwegian, |
Polish, |
Portuguese(Brazi), |
|
Portuguese( |
Romanian, |
Serbian, |
|
Slovak, |
Slovenian, |
Spanish, |
|
Swedish. |
|
|
All the language sequence is arranged as
alphabetical.
Limitation:
þ RAID5 solution for VT8251 only supports Windows
2000 and later version. Win9x, NT4 platforms are not supported.
Application Compatibility:
þ “Everest and SpeedFan” program has problem on their
coding that could not display the information of disks connected on VIA Storage
Host.
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