Asus PIKE 2108, User Manual

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Contents
About this guide .......................................................................................... v
PIKE 2108 specifications summary ......................................................... vii
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-2
1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-2
1.3 Card layout ................................................................................... 1-3
1.4 System requirements ................................................................... 1-3
1.5 Card installation ........................................................................... 1-4
Chapter 2: RAID configuration
2.1 Setting up RAID ............................................................................ 2-2
2.1.1 RAID definitions .............................................................. 2-2
2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ................................................ 2-3
2.2 LSI WebBIOS Configuration Utility ............................................. 2-4
2.2.1 Starting the WebBIOS CU............................................... 2-5
2.2.2 WebBIOS CU main screen options ................................. 2-6
2.2.3 Creating a Storage Configuration ................................... 2-8
2.2.4 Viewing and Changing Device Properties ..................... 2-29
2.2.5 Viewing System Event Information ............................... 2-36
2.2.6 Managing Configurations .............................................. 2-37
2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager ..................................................... 2-41
2.3.1 Hardware and Software Requirements ......................... 2-41
2.3.2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on
Microsoft Windows OS .................................................. 2-41
2.3.3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software
for Linux ........................................................................ 2-45
2.3.4 Linux Error Messages ................................................... 2-46
2.3.5 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software ........... 2-47
2.3.6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window .......................... 2-49
Chapter 3: Driver installation
3.1 RAID driver installation ............................................................... 3-2
3.2 Windows
®
Server 2003 OS Driver Installation ........................... 3-4
3.2.1 During Windows
®
Server 2003 OS installation ............... 3-4
3.2.2 After Windows
®
Server 2003 OS installation .................. 3-6