VIA VT8237/R/R Plus/A, VT8251, VT6421, VT6410 andCX700/VX700 V-RAIDSoftware Package Installation Guide

Updated:2006-05-29

.Introduction

. Application LicenseAgreement

Jun 17, 2009  Thanks Shakeyplace, Finally i installed Windows 7 RC 32 Bits without the pci card (via raid sata controller), and after the OS was installed, i put the pci card inside of my computer (canceling the default OS driver installation, and installing the VIA SATA Drivers Version 3249 downloaded from the official VIA website). Can someone tell me how to integrate the. VT6421/VT6410/VT6420/VT8237 ComboRAID Driver. SATA drivers to my 64Bit XP VLK? The lastest Drivers can be download here. This page contains the drivers installer for VIA Technologies Inc VIA VT6421 RAID Controller for Windows 7 64 bit, the hardware/chipset supported by this driver are: PCI VEN_1106&DEV_3249&CC_0104, PCI VEN_1106&DEV_3249&CC_0104, etc. I have a VT6421 based raid controller. Lspci shows this: 00:0a.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6421 IDE RAID Controller (rev 50) The drivers that come with it appear to have been compiled against an old kernel (I'm guessing). VIA V-RAID Driver is a combo driver for VIA VT6410 IDE RAID controller, discrete Serial ATA RAID controllers VT6420 and VT6421 and integrated Serial ATA RAID controllers VT8237 & VT8251. Click on the following links for the driver package readme info./extract/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models: VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Controller. In our share libs contains the list of VIA VT6421 RAID Controller drivers all versions and available for download. To download the proper driver by the version or Device ID. If not found in our garage driver you need, please contact us, we will help you in time, and updates to our website.

. System Requirements

. DistributionPackage Contents

. Installation andRemove

- Windows UImode

Controller

- Silent Mode

. Multilingual Support

. Limitation andKnown Issue

This readme file providesinformation onVIAVT6410/VT6420/VT6421/VT6421L/VT8251/VT8237(R)/VT8237A/CX700/VX700V-RAIDsoftwarepackages. VIA Technologies assumes no responsibility for any errors in this document.Any part of document MUST NOTbe reproduced, transmitted, or translated into any language, or in anyform without the prior written permission of VIA Technologies Inc.

nVT6410 IDE/RAID Adapter

uIt supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1 andJBOD if it is configured as a RAID controller.

uIt also supports up to four IDEhard disk drives.

nVT6421 SATA RAID Adapter

uIt supports two SATA HDDs + two IDE HDDs.

uIt supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1 andJBOD functions.

nVT8237(R)SouthBridge SATA IDE/RAIDController

uIt supports two SATA HDDs

uIt supports RAID 0, 1, and JBODfunctions.

nVT8251 SouthBridgeSATA IDE/AHCI/RAID Controller

uIt supports four SATAconnections to be configured as one of IDE, AHCI or RAID mode controller.

uIt supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5and JBOD functions. The RAID 5 is a software RAID technology applied CPUresource to archive RAID 5.

nVIA CX700/VX700SouthBridgePATA/SATA IDE/RAID Controller

uIt supports two SATA HDDs +two IDE HDDs.

uIt supports SATA RAID 0, 1, andJBOD functions.

This 'VIAV-RAIDSoftware Package' is used to install the drivers and utility which areneeded for using the VIA VT6410, VT6421, VT6421L, VT8251,VT8237(R), VT8237A,CX700/VX700 V-RAID controllers.

The supported platforms are described in System Requirementsection.

Please read carefully before you download, install,or use any VIA SOFTWARE. VIA SOFTWARE means the software program you arecurrently trying to download, and all related updates supplied by VIATechnologies, Inc. (VIA).
By clicking on the I ACCEPT button, and by downloading and installing the VIASOFTWARE, you accept all the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
If you do not agree to the terms andconditions of this Agreement, do not click the “I ACCEPT” button or use the VIASOFTWARE.

Upon your acceptance of this Agreement, subject tothe terms and conditions set forth herein, VIA hereby grants to you a limited,non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide license to use the VIA SOFTWARE asfollows:.

1.Restrictions. You are not allowed to modify,disassemble, decompile, or reverse-engineering the VIA SOFTWARE, or remove anyproprietarynotice or label onthe VIA SOFTWARE. You may not transfer ordistribute this software to any third party

2.Use of Software. The VIASOFTWARE is licensed for personal use and may only be used inconjunction with VIAproducts.If you wish to use the VIA SOFTWARE for commercial or any other purpose,please contact VIA directly.

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7.Termination. Your license willautomatically terminate without notice from VIA upon any failureby you to comply with the terms underthis Agreement. Upontermination, you mustcease all use of the VIA SOFTWARE and destroythe VIASOFTWARE along with all copies and merged portionsinany form.

Hardware

This package should beinstalled on the system with VIA NorthBridge, SouthBridgeand peripheral chipsets. The setup program will not support to be installed onother vendor chipsets.

Software

This software package onlysupports Microsoft Windows© Platforms. The setup program will detect thecurrent platform and install proper driver on your system. The supportedplatforms are list below:

Windows9x Platforms

Windows 98se
Windows Millennium

WindowsNT4 Platform

Windows NT4Plus service packs6

WindowsNT 32-bits Platforms

Windows 2000RTM and above

Windows XPRTM and above

Windows Server 2003RTM and above

WindowsNT x64-bits Platform

Windows XP-x64RTM and above

Windows Server 2003 SP1-x64RTM and above

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The setup program willdisplay the released data and version for this package at dialog title.

There is specificversion syntax for package identification:

Version field: X.YZ

The X is the major version of this package; and YZrepresents the minor version.

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Appended Alphabetic: A, B, C

The alphabetic is always appended after versionfield to represent the qualification by Windows Hardware Qualification Lab. TheA means the first package for the same driver binary, B means the secondreleased package for the same driver binary, and so on.

In this section, we show the detail filelist of ZIP-compressed package in which include setup and driver files.

Setup files

0X0409.INI, INSTMSIA.EXE,INSTMSIW.EXE, ISSCRIPT.MSI,

License.mlf, PCIENUM.SYS,README.html,SETUP.EXE,

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Setup.ini, SETUP.ISS,SETUP.MLF, SETUP.SCF,

viasetup.dll, VIASetup.msiEnglish.slf,asia.slf,

europe1.slf,europe2.slf,europe3.slf,165x300.bmp,

500x60.bmp

Components

viarAID: rAID dRIVER FILES

VIAStorcomponent.cif, VIAStorMRAID.DLL,VIAStorStor9X.DLL, VIAStorStorDifx.DLL, VIAStorVIAStor.DLL, VIAStorInsStX64.exe, VIAStorVSDINST.DLL

Driver files: VIAStordriverRaid

Windows2000, XP and Server 2003

wINxpvIAmRAID.SYS

WINxpVIAmRAID.INF

WINXPVIAMRAID.CAT

WindowsXP and Server 2003 AMDx64

x64vIAmrx64.SYS

x64VIAmrx64.INF

X64VIAMRX64.CAT

WindowsNT4

winnt40vIAmraid.SYS

winnt40VIAmraid.INF

Windows9x, Millennium

win9xvIAmraid.mpd

win9xvIAmvsd.vxd

win9xVIAmraid.INF

RAIDTOOL:RAID Management Tool files

RAIDTOOLcomponent.cif,RAIDTOOLRAIDUTL.DLL, RAIDTOOLRAIDTULNT.DLL

Toolfiles: RAIDTOOLUTILITY

Mainprogram

RAIDTOOLUTILITYrAID_TOOL.EXE

RAIDTOOLUTILITYrAID_TOOL.CHM

raidtoolUTILITYeRRlIST.MLF

InterfaceDLL

RAIDTOOLUTILITYWin2000-xpdrvinterface.dll

RAIDTOOLUTILITYWINNT40 drvinterface.dll

RAIDTOOLUTILITYWIN98-ME drvinterface.dll

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There are two operation modes, Windows UI and command line, to executeinstallation and remove. The most popular is the Windows UI mode that providesconvenient user interface and systematic operation. The command line mode, alsocalled as silent mode, need user append more parameters behind SETUP.EXE asanswer to make the setup program silence without pop any dialogs.

There are possible two types setup package you may have. One iscompressed as a zip file includes visible setup and driver files. Another oneis made as a self-extracted-execution file. In the following, we will show youthe steps to complete driver installation and remove with both package types.

Windows UI mode

If the downloaded file isZIP-compressed format, please extract it to proper location in your hard diskfirst. Then launch the SETUP.EXE by double-clicking. Otherwise, you coulddouble-click the self-extracted-execution file and wait for few seconds for theself-extraction. The extracted file will be deleted automatically after setuphas been terminated.

First time execution

If it is the first time toexecute the setup package, you will only have the choice of installation.

Maintenance

After the first timeexecution, you could have choice to make Update and Remove. You will see twooptions, Update and Remove in the first shown dialog. If you are going toupdate the driver, please active the Update radio button and press next buttonto enter next steps. Else, if you are going to remove the installed driver inyour system, please active the Remove radio button and press next button toenter next steps.

Control PanelAddRemove Programs

There is another path toremove the installed driver is to go through “Add Remove Programs” service ofcontrol panel. An uninstall item is added after install ,VIA Platform Device Manager, to handle all the installed VIA driver components.

Silent mode

The silent mode are usuallyapplied to system maintainer for servicing hundreds systems that wont haveinteractive user interface. They would execute the setup through command linein console or batch file execution without closing any popped dialog popped orpressing next buttons. In addition, the command line parameters of these twotypes of downloaded file format get few differences.

ZIP-Compressed Package

In this type package, youcould see a setup.exe in those extracted files. User could append parametersbehind setup.exe as command line in console.

The presentcommand 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.

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Via Vt6421 Raid Controller Driver Win7 Windows 10

Windows Pre-OSinstallation Floppy Disk (F6 Installation)

Under Windows 2000 and later OS, while user intends to install OS on thedisk attached on the RAID controller, they have to prepare a floppy driver diskincluding the pre-OS installation files and press “F6” while boot CD is starting.

The driver disk files had been prepared in this package. Please followthe steps to prepare it.

1.Make sure the target system isalready install floppy drive

2.Prepare a empty and validfloppy disk

3.Copy all files under DRVDISKto the floppy without losing

4.Power on the target machine andboot from the Boot CD. And press “F6”while the prompt appear on the button line

5.After the booting process askyou to insert the floppy disk, please insert the prepared floppy disk to thefloppy drive and press enter

6.Choose the proper item to fitthe OS and RAID controller you are installing. Each item shows the matched OSfor it.

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Thedefault-supported language in this package is in English.

If theexecuted Windows OS is in an un-supported language to this package, the userinterface will be represented in English.

This setuppackage support 33 languages as below

Via Vt6421 Raid Controller Driver Win7 10

East

Chinese(Simplified),

Chinese (Traditional),

Indonesian,

Japanese,

Korean,

Russian,

Thai,

Turkish.

West

Basque,

Bulgarian,

Catalan,

Croatian,

Czech,

Danish,

Dutch,

English,

Finish,

French(Canada),

French(France),

German,

Greek,

Hungarian,

Italian,

Norwegian,

Polish,

Portuguese(Brazi),

Portuguese(Portugal),

Romanian,

Serbian,

Slovak,

Slovenian,

Spanish,

Swedish.

All the language sequence is arranged asalphabetical.

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Limitation:

þRAID5solution for VT8251 only supports Windows 2000 and later version. Win9x, NT4platforms are not supported.

Application Compatibility:

þ“Everestand SpeedFan” program has problem on their codingthat could not display the information of disks connected on VIA Storage Host.

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All copyrights are reserved by VIA Technologies,Inc.http://www.via.com.tw/

May 13, 2011
V-RAID_v6.10a.zip
12.0 MB
Windows (all)
Storage Devices
19,777

To create the driver disk for Windows installation, you need to copy the contents of the folder named DriverDisk in the zip file, but not the folder itself - just the contents. Please note that Windows 7 support is not included for the VT8237, VT8237R, VT8237R Plus and VT6410. Please also note that installing this driver on Windows 7 (32 and 64) will not update the driver, it will only update the RAID utility.

Supported Operating Systems:

  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows ME
  • Windows NT
  • Windows 98SE
  • Windows Server 2003 x64
  • Windows Vista 32-Bit
  • Windows 7 32-Bit
  • Windows 7 64-Bit
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Vista 64-Bit
  • Windows XP 64-Bit

For use with the following Product/s:

  • VT6410 IDE RAID controller
  • Discrete Serial ATA RAID controllers VT6420
  • Discrete Serial ATA RAID controllers VT6421
  • Discrete Serial ATA RAID controllers VT6421A
  • VT8237 Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller
  • VT8251 Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller
  • CX700 Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller
  • VX700 Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller
  • VX800/VX800UT Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller
  • VX820/VX820UT Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller
  • VX855/VX875 Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller

Instructions:
To install the driver, save any unsaved work and close all applications then click on the driver download link (above). Choose the 'Save File' option and save it to your folder under Windows where you file your drivers. Unzip the file. (To unzip the file right click and highlight 'Extract All') Then double click on the Setup.exe file to run the installation program. Follow the prompts and restart at the end of the installation

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