Asus PIKE 2308, User Manual

Page: 3 / 62

iii
Contents
About this guide ......................................................................................................... iv
PIKE 2308 specifications summary .......................................................................... vi
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 ............................................................2-2
2.2 LSI Corporation MPT Setup Utility ...........................................................2-3
2.2.1 RAID 1 volume ............................................................................2-4
2.2.2 RAID 1E/10 volume.....................................................................2-8
2.2.3 RAID 0 volume ..........................................................................2-10
2.2.4 Managing Arrays .......................................................................2-12
2.2.5 Viewing SAS topology ...............................................................2-19
2.2.6 Global Properties ......................................................................2-20
2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager ...................................................................2-23
2.3.1 Hardware and Software Requirements .....................................2-23
2.3.2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware on
Microsoft Windows OS ..............................................................2-23
2.3.3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware for Linux........2-27
2.3.4 Linux Error Messages ...............................................................2-28
2.3.5 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software .......................2-29
2.3.6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window ......................................2-31
Chapter 3: Driver installation
3.1 RAID driver installation .............................................................................3-2
3.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk.........................................................3-2
3.1.2 Windows
®
Server 2003 OS .........................................................3-4
3.1.3 Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux OS 5 .................................................3-9
3.1.4 SUSE Linux OS 11 .................................................................... 3-11
ASUS contact information .....................................................................................3-12