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Read Caching/Write Caching = Controller Cache

Drive Write Cache = Enable

Optimal Performance Settings for SSDs

RAID levels without parity (RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 10)

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Broadcom RAID controller card:

Read Policy = Normal (No Read Ahead)

Write Policy = Write Through

IO Policy = Direct

Disk Cache = Unchanged (not changeable)

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Microsemi RAID controller card:

Read Caching/Write Caching = SSD IO bypass

Drive Write Cache = Enable

RAID levels with parity (RAID 5/RAID 6/RAID 50/RAID 60)

Small block random read and write:

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Broadcom RAID controller card:

Read Policy = Normal (No Read Ahead)

Write Policy = Write Through

IO Policy = Direct

Disk Cache = Unchanged (not changeable)

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Microsemi RAID controller card:

Read Caching/Write Caching = SSD IO bypass

Drive Write Cache = Enable

Large block sequential read and write:

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Broadcom RAID controller card:

Read Policy = Normal (No Read Ahead)

Write Policy = Write Back

IO Policy = Direct

Disk Cache = Unchanged (not changeable)

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Microsemi RAID controller card:

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Page 1: ...Inspur Server 3408 3508 Series RAID Controller Card Configuration Manual Document Version V1 3 Release Date January 25 2022 ...

Page 2: ...pur makes no express or implied statement or warranty on the contents herein Images provided herein are for reference only and may contain information or features that do not apply to your purchased model This manual is only used as a guide Inspur shall not be liable for any damage including but not limited to loss of profits loss of information interruption of business personal injury or any cons...

Page 3: ...ocument are defined as follows Symbol Description A potential for serious injury or even death if not properly handled A potential for minor or moderate injury if not properly handled A potential loss of data or damage to equipment if not properly handled Operations or information that requires special attention to ensure successful installation or configuration Supplementary description of import...

Page 4: ...commended RAID Configurations 6 1 4 1 With a Super Capacitor 6 1 4 2 Without a Super Capacitor 8 2 Introduction 9 2 1 About Inspur SAS3408IT 9 2 2 About Inspur SAS3408iMR 10 2 3 About Inspur SAS3508MR 11 2 4 Environmental Parameters of SAS RAID Controller Card 14 3 Configuring Inspur SAS3408iMR 3508MR 15 3 1 Initial Configuration 15 3 2 Log in to SAS3508MR Management Screen 16 3 3 Creating RAID Ar...

Page 5: ...nfiguring JBOD 68 3 4 6 Configuring NVMe 70 4 How to Install Inspur SAS RAID Controller Card Driver 74 4 1 Loading Driver during Windows Installation 74 4 2 Loading Driver during Red Hat Linux Installation 90 4 3 Loading Driver during SUSE Linux Installation 93 4 4 Loading Driver during VMware Installation 96 5 How to Obtain Help 97 5 1 Preparations Before Contacting Inspur 97 5 1 1 Collecting Tro...

Page 6: ...s in that a RAID array delivers a higher storage speed and enables automatic data redundancy backup RAID supports Automatic detection of failed drives Rebuilding of data in bad sectors Drive backup Hot swap drives Drive capacity expansion 1 2 RAID Levels Various RAID levels are available to provide different data access speeds security levels and cost performances Users can select appropriate RAID...

Page 7: ...ive If a data drive fails data will be read from its mirrored drive After the failed drive is replaced data can be rebuilt from the mirrored drive RAID 1 features high reliability but its effective capacity is half of the total drive capacity It applies to scenarios where high fault tolerance is required such as finance banking etc Figure 1 2 RAID 1 1 2 3 RAID 5 RAID 5 consists of rotating parity ...

Page 8: ...s a longer time is required to rebuild data than it takes in RAID 1 configuration Figure 1 3 RAID 5 1 2 4 RAID 6 Compared with RAID 5 RAID 6 adds a second independent parity block for double parity The two independent parity systems use different algorithms to ensure high data reliability Data processing is not affected even if two drives fail at the same time However RAID 6 requires larger drive ...

Page 9: ...is least likely to happen in RAID 10 RAID 10 is a perfect choice for data protection because of the same redundancy feature as RAID 1 mirroring Figure 1 5 RAID 10 1 2 6 RAID 1E RAID 1E is the enhanced version of RAID 1 which integrates data striping and mirroring to enhance the data recovery capability However since all data gets written at least twice the load is increased in the RAID processor t...

Page 10: ... RAID 5 Figure 1 7 RAID 50 1 2 8 RAID 60 RAID 60 or RAID 6 0 is a combination of RAID 6 and RAID 0 RAID 0 allows data to be striped and written to multiple drives simultaneously RAID 6 ensures data security by using two parity blocks distributed evenly on drives Figure 1 8 RAID 60 1 3 SAS RAID Controller Card Parameters This section describes the general technical parameters and environmental para...

Page 11: ...ives in a RAID array and M is the number of sub arrays in the RAID array 1 4 Recommended RAID Configurations The following policy settings apply to Broadcom and Microsemi RAID controller cards Recommended configurations for HDDs and SSDs are provided respectively with performance or data security prioritized The configurations are for reference only You can adjust them according to your actual app...

Page 12: ...ypass Drive Write Cache Enable RAID levels with parity RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 50 RAID 60 1 Small block random read and write Broadcom RAID controller card Read Policy Normal No Read Ahead Write Policy Write Through IO Policy Direct Disk Cache Unchanged not changeable Microsemi RAID controller card Read Caching Write Caching SSD IO bypass Drive Write Cache Enable 2 Large block sequential read and write...

Page 13: ...the performance settings for SSDs 1 4 2 Without a Super Capacitor If no super capacitor module is used we assume that data security is not considered and the optimal performance settings are provided by default 1 Optimal Performance Settings for HDDs Broadcom RAID controller card Read Policy Read Ahead Write Policy Always Write Back IO Policy Direct Disk Cache Enable Microsemi RAID controller card...

Page 14: ... to the figure below for its appearance Figure 2 1 SAS3408IT SAS Controller Card Inspur SAS3408IT SAS controller card uses the SAS3408 IO controller from Broadcom with OCP 2 0 and PCIe 3 0 x8 interfaces and a powerful I O storage engine It can transparently execute all data verification and recovery tasks Inspur SAS3408IT SAS controller card supports None of the RAID levels PCIe 3 0 x8 interfaces ...

Page 15: ...parently execute all data verification and recovery tasks The cost effective Inspur SAS3408iMR RAID controller card has no cache and supports fault tolerant storage data striping storage across multiple drives and concurrent read write of multiple drives effectively reducing data access latency Inspur SAS3408iMR RAID controller card supports Broadcom SAS3408 IOC chip RAID 0 1 5 optional and 10 PCI...

Page 16: ...ollowing table lists the drive number limits and redundancies of different RAID levels of Inspur SAS3408iMR RAID controller card Table 2 1 Drive Number Limits and Redundancies of Different RAID Levels RAID Level Number of Drives Supported Number of Drive Redundancies RAID 0 1 32 0 RAID 1 2 32 Number of drives 2 RAID 5 3 32 1 RAID 10 4 32 Number of spans RAID 50 6 32 2 8 for RAID 5 Number of spans ...

Page 17: ...olerant storage data striping storage across multiple drives and concurrent read write of multiple drives effectively reducing data access latency Inspur SAS3508 RAID controller card supports Broadcom SAS3508 ROC RAID on Chip 2 Slimline SAS SFF 8654 x4 internal connectors horizontally installed Up to 128 SAS SATA devices PCIe 3 0 x8 Up to 12 Gb s per port 4 G 2133 MHz DDR4 SDRAM Optional CacheVaul...

Page 18: ...rds Data is directly written to the cache The RAID controller card then updates accumulated cache data to drives in batches The overall data write speed is higher since writing to the cache is faster than writing to the drive During data reading if the user can directly retrieve data in the cache the disk seeking operation will be reduced and the response time will be reduced from more than 6 ms t...

Page 19: ...pan of RAID 10 and RAID 50 A maximum of 2 failed drives are allowed in each span of RAID 60 2 4 Environmental Parameters of SAS RAID Controller Card This section describes the environmental parameters of SAS RAID controller cards in the table below Table 2 3 Environmental Parameters Specification 12 G SAS MTBF 2 000 000 hours Operating voltage 12 V 8 3 3 V 8 Operating temperature 0 C 55 C 32 131 S...

Page 20: ... real time server desktop via the remote virtual console 2 Restart the server to enter BIOS configuration screen The shortcut keys for entering different BIOS may vary Please follow the prompt on the screen When the blue progress bar appears as shown below press Delete as prompted to enter BIOS main screen Figure 3 1 Prompt 3 After the server starts BIOS configuration screen appears Go to Advanced...

Page 21: ...RAID in the UEFI mode The operating procedures described in this section are also applicable to Inspur SAS3408iMR SAS3508MR and 9440 9460 9560 series The main difference between Inspur 3408iMR and 3508MR is that the former has no cache and does not support the super capacitor data protection suite 3 2 Log in to SAS3508MR Management Screen Procedures 1 Restart the server to enter BIOS configuration...

Page 22: ...17 Figure 3 3 Selecting the SAS3508 Controller 3 The SAS3508 main screen is shown below Figure 3 4 SAS3508 Main Screen ...

Page 23: ...file Views or manages RAID controller card properties View Foreign Configuration Views or manages foreign configurations Configure Provides an interface for deleting configurations Set Factory Default Restores to factory settings Update Firmware Updates firmware Silence Alarm Enables Disables the onboard buzzer This parameter is not available to 3408iMR 3508MR 9560 cards that are not configured wi...

Page 24: ...roller card list and press Enter 3 3 1 Creating a RAID 0 Array in UEFI Mode 1 On the popup screen select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 3 5 Selecting Configuration Management 2 On the popup screen select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 3 6 Selecting Create Virtual Drive 3 Select Select RAID Level by pressing or and press Enter 4 Select RAID 0 from the list and press En...

Page 25: ... Select Drives 6 On the popup screen configure as follows a Set Select Media Type to Both b Select the drives for RAID array creation in sequence and set the drive status to Enabled Note Two drives are selected as shown below ...

Page 26: ...ptions Parameter Description Select Media Type Indicates the drive medium type Select Interface Type Indicates the drive interface type Logical Sector Size Indicates the size of a logical sector Check All Checks all drives Uncheck All Unchecks all drives Apply Changes Saves the configurations 7 Select OK on the popup screen and press Enter Figure 3 9 Selecting OK ...

Page 27: ... parameters and descriptions of advanced RAID properties Table 3 3 Parameters and Descriptions of Advanced RAID Properties Parameter Description Virtual Drive Name Name of a virtual drive Virtual Drive Size Capacity of a virtual drive which is the maximum capacity supported by the current RAID array by default Virtual Drive Size Unit Capacity unit Strip Size Size of strip data on each drive For In...

Page 28: ...te Back After the cache of the controller receives all data transmitted the controller returns a data transmission completion signal to the server Note In Always Write Back mode if the super capacitor is absent or in the charging state the written data in DDR memory of the RAID controller card will be lost This mode is not recommended I O Policy I O policy of virtual drives for specific virtual dr...

Page 29: ...ndicates the default initialization mode including No Does not perform initialization Fast Performs fast initialization Full Performs full initialization Emulation Type Logical sectors reported in OS If the drives in a RAID array are 512 B 512 B Default The logical sectors are 512 B 512 B None The logical sectors are 512 B 512 B Force The logical sectors are 512 B 4 KB If the drives in a RAID arra...

Page 30: ...tion has been performed successfully is displayed select OK and press Enter Figure 3 12 Selecting OK 11 To check the configuration result press Esc to return to the previous screen select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter to view the existing RAID information ...

Page 31: ...ormation 3 3 2 Creating a RAID 1 Array in UEFI Mode 1 On the popup screen select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 3 14 Selecting Configuration Management 2 On the popup screen select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter ...

Page 32: ...nd press Enter 5 Locate Select Drives by pressing or and press Enter to add member drivers Figure 3 16 Selecting Select Drives 6 On the popup screen configure as follows a Set Select Media Type to Both b Select the drives for RAID array creation in sequence and set the drive status to Enabled Note Two drives are selected as shown below ...

Page 33: ...ptions Parameter Description Select Media Type Indicates the drive medium type Select Interface Type Indicates the drive interface type Logical Sector Size Indicates the size of a logical sector Check All Checks all drives Uncheck All Unchecks all drives Apply Changes Saves the configurations 7 Select OK on the popup screen and press Enter Figure 3 18 Selecting OK ...

Page 34: ... parameters and descriptions of advanced RAID properties Table 3 5 Parameters and Descriptions of Advanced RAID Properties Parameter Description Virtual Drive Name Name of a virtual drive Virtual Drive Size Capacity of a virtual drive which is the maximum capacity supported by the current RAID array by default Virtual Drive Size Unit Capacity unit Strip Size Size of strip data on each drive For In...

Page 35: ...rite Back After the cache of the controller receives all data transmitted the controller returns a data transmission completion signal to the server Note In Always Write Back mode if super capacitor is absent or in the charging state the written data in DDR memory of the RAID controller card will be lost This mode is not recommended I O Policy I O policy of virtual drives for specific virtual driv...

Page 36: ...he default initialization mode including No Does not perform initialization Fast Performs fast initialization Full Performs full initialization Emulation Type Logical sectors reported in OS If the drives in a RAID array are 512 B 512 B Default The logical sectors are 512 B 512 B None The logical sectors are 512 B 512 B Force The logical sectors are 512 B 4 KB If the drives in a RAID array are 512 ...

Page 37: ...ion has been performed successfully is displayed select OK and press Enter Figure 3 21 Selecting OK 11 To check the configuration result press Esc to return to the previous screen select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter to view the existing RAID information ...

Page 38: ...ormation 3 3 3 Creating a RAID 5 Array in UEFI Mode 1 On the popup screen select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 3 23 Selecting Configuration Management 2 On the popup screen select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter ...

Page 39: ... and press Enter 5 Locate Select Drives by pressing or and press Enter to add member drivers Figure 3 25 Selecting Drives 6 On the popup screen configure as follows a Set Select Media Type to Both b Select the drives for RAID array creation in sequence and set the drive status to Enabled Note Three drives are selected as shown below ...

Page 40: ...s and Descriptions Parameter Description Select Media Type Indicates the drive medium type Select Interface Type Indicates the drive interface type Logical Sector Size Indicates the size of a logical sector Check All Checks all drives Uncheck All Unchecks all drives Apply Changes Saves the configurations 7 Select OK on the popup screen and press Enter ...

Page 41: ... After parameter setting is completed select Save Configuration and press Enter Figure 3 28 Saving Configurations The following table lists parameters and descriptions for advanced RAID properties Table 3 7 Parameters and Descriptions for Advanced RAID Properties Parameter Description Virtual Drive Name Name of a virtual drive Virtual Drive Size Capacity of a virtual drive which is the maximum cap...

Page 42: ...automatically switches to the Write Through mode This mode is the recommended standard mode Write Through After the disk subsystem receives all data transmitted the controller returns a data transmission completion signal to the server Always Write Back After the cache of the controller receives all data transmitted the controller returns a data transmission completion signal to the server Note In...

Page 43: ...te data is not cached through drives Data will not be lost in case of power outage Default Initialization Indicates the default initialization mode including No Does not perform initialization Fast Performs fast initialization Full Performs full initialization Emulation Type Logical sectors reported in OS If the drives in a RAID array are 512 B 512 B Default The logical sectors are 512 B 512 B Non...

Page 44: ...tion has been performed successfully is displayed select OK and press Enter Figure 3 30 Selecting OK 11 To check the configuration result press Esc to return to the previous screen select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter to view the existing RAID information ...

Page 45: ...ormation 3 3 4 Creating a RAID 6 Array in UEFI Mode 1 On the popup screen select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 3 32 Selecting Configuration Management 2 On the popup screen select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter ...

Page 46: ... press Enter 5 Locate Select Drives by pressing or and press Enter to add member drivers Figure 3 34 Selecting Select Drives 6 On the popup screen configure as follows a Set Select Media Type to Both b Select the drives for RAID array creation in sequence and set the drive status to Enabled Note Three drives are selected as shown below ...

Page 47: ...ptions Parameter Description Select Media Type Indicates the drive medium type Select Interface Type Indicates the drive interface type Logical Sector Size Indicates the size of a logical sector Check All Checks all drives Uncheck All Unchecks all drives Apply Changes Saves the configurations 7 Select OK on the popup screen and press Enter Figure 3 36 Selecting OK ...

Page 48: ... Parameters and Descriptions of Advanced RAID Properties Parameter Description Virtual Drive Name Name of a virtual drive Virtual Drive Size Capacity of a virtual drive which is the maximum capacity supported by the current RAID array by default Virtual Drive Size Unit Capacity unit Strip Size Size of strip data on each drive For Inspur 3508MR the strip size can be 64 K 128 K 256 K recommended 512...

Page 49: ...mitted the controller returns a data transmission completion signal to the server Note In Always Write Back mode if super capacitor is absent or in the charging state the written data in DDR memory of the RAID controller card will be lost This mode is not recommended I O Policy I O policy of virtual drives in specific virtual drive read scenarios which does not affect the Read Ahead cache Only the...

Page 50: ...ates the default initialization mode including No Does not perform initialization Fast Performs fast initialization Full Performs full initialization Emulation Type Logical sectors reported in OS If the drives in a RAID array are 512 B 512 B Default The logical sectors are 512 B 512 B None The logical sectors are 512 B 512 B Force The logical sectors are 512 B 4 KB If the drives in a RAID array ar...

Page 51: ...tion has been performed successfully is displayed select OK and press Enter Figure 3 39 Selecting OK 11 To check the configuration result press Esc to return to the previous screen select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter to view the existing RAID information ...

Page 52: ...e 1 On the popup screen select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 3 41 Selecting Configuration Management 2 On the popup screen select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 3 42 Selecting Create Virtual Drive 3 Select Select RAID Level by pressing or and press Enter ...

Page 53: ... press Enter to add member drivers Figure 3 43 Selecting Select Drives 6 On the popup screen configure as follows a Set Select Media Type to Both b Select the drives for RAID array creation in sequence and set the drive status to Enabled Note Two drives are selected for a span as shown below ...

Page 54: ...he parameters and descriptions Table 3 10 Parameters and Descriptions Parameter Description Select Media Type Indicates the drive medium type Select Interface Type Indicates the drive interface type Logical Sector Size Indicates the size of a logical sector Check All Checks all drives Uncheck All Unchecks all drives Apply Changes Saves the configurations 8 Select OK on the popup screen and press E...

Page 55: ...After parameter setting is completed select Save Configuration and press Enter Figure 3 46 Parameter Configurations The following table lists parameters and descriptions of advanced RAID properties Table 3 11 Parameters and Descriptions of Advanced RAID Properties Parameter Description Virtual Drive Name Name of a virtual drive Virtual Drive Size Capacity of a virtual drive which is the maximum ca...

Page 56: ...atically switches to the Write Through mode This mode is the recommended standard mode Write Through After the disk subsystem receives all data transmitted the controller returns a data transmission completion signal to the server Always Write Back After the cache of the controller receives all data transmitted the controller returns a data transmission completion signal to the server Description ...

Page 57: ... write data is not cached through drives and will not be lost in case of a power outage Default Initialization Indicates the default initialization mode including No Does not perform initialization Fast Performs fast initialization Full Performs full initialization Emulation Type Logical sectors reported in OS If the drives in a RAID array are 512 B 512 B Default The logical sectors are 512 B 512 ...

Page 58: ...tion has been performed successfully is displayed select OK and press Enter Figure 3 48 Selecting OK 12 To check the configuration result press Esc to return to the previous screen select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter to view the existing RAID information ...

Page 59: ...54 Figure 3 49 Existing RAID Information 3 4 Configuring RAID Arrays 3 4 1 Configuring a Global HS Drive 1 Log in to the management screen ...

Page 60: ...55 Figure 3 50 Management Screen 2 Enter Drive Management screen a Select Main Menu on the main screen and press Enter b Select Drive Management and press Enter ...

Page 61: ...56 Figure 3 51 Selecting Drive Management c Select the drive to be configured and press Enter to enter the operation screen ...

Page 62: ...57 Figure 3 52 Selecting the Drive to be Configured Figure 3 53 Operation Screen ...

Page 63: ...nfigure a global HS drive a Set Operation to Assign Global Hot Spare Drive Figure 3 54 Setting Operation to Assign Global Hot Spare Drive b Select Go and press Enter to enter the operation confirmation screen ...

Page 64: ...r to complete the configuration and return to the previous screen 3 4 2 Configuring a Dedicated HS Drive 1 Log in to the management screen 2 Enter Drive Management screen a Select Main Menu on the main screen and press Enter b Select Drive Management and press Enter c Select the drive to be configured and press Enter to enter the operation screen ...

Page 65: ...60 Figure 3 56 Operation Screen 3 Configure the dedicated HS drive a Set Operation to Assign Dedicated Hot Spare Drive ...

Page 66: ...ess Enter to enter the operation confirmation screen f Set Confirm to Enabled g Select Yes and press Enter The operation has been performed successfully appears h Press Enter to complete the configuration and return to the previous screen 3 4 3 Deleting HS Drives Scenario If drives in the environment are insufficient delete the existing HS drives to reset them to HDDs Procedures 1 Log in to the ma...

Page 67: ...screen a Select Main Menu on the main screen and press Enter b Select Drive Management and press Enter c Select the drive to be configured and press Enter to enter the operation screen Figure 3 58 Selecting the Drive to be Configured ...

Page 68: ...63 Figure 3 59 Operation Screen 3 Delete the HS drive a Set Operation to Unassign Hot Spare Drive ...

Page 69: ...and press Enter The operation has been performed successfully appears e Press Enter to complete the configuration and return to the previous screen 3 4 4 Deleting RAID Arrays Method 1 Procedures 1 Log in to the management screen 2 Enter Virtual Drive Management screen a Select Main Menu on the main screen and press Enter b Select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter ...

Page 70: ...65 Figure 3 61 Selecting Virtual Drive Management c Select the virtual disk to be deleted and press Enter Select Operation on the popup screen and press Enter Select Delete Virtual Drive and press Enter ...

Page 71: ...66 Figure 3 62 Selecting Delete Virtual Drive d On the popup screen select Go and press Enter Figure 3 63 Selecting Go e On the popup screen set Confirm to Enabled select Yes and press Enter ...

Page 72: ...complete the deletion Other deletion operations can be performed in sequence in the same way Method 2 Delete all RAID arrays at one time 1 Go to Advanced RAID Controller Card Main Menu Configuration Management Clear Configuration On the popup screen set Confirm to Enabled and select Yes ...

Page 73: ...OK and press Enter 3 4 5 Configuring JBOD Procedures 1 Log in to the management screen 2 Enter Drive Management screen a Select Main Menu on the main screen and press Enter b Select Controller Management and press Enter Figure 3 66 Selecting Controller Management ...

Page 74: ...69 c Select Advanced Controller Properties and press Enter Figure 3 67 Selecting Advanced Controller Properties d Set JBOD Mode to Enabled and select Apply Changes to bring the setting into effect ...

Page 75: ...dvanced Controller Management as shown below This configuration switches RAID mode of the RAID controller card to JBOD mode which disables certain functions Figure 3 69 Configuration Screen 3 4 6 Configuring NVMe Procedures 1 Log in to the management screen 2 Enter Drive Management screen ...

Page 76: ...press Enter b Select Controller Management and press Enter Figure 3 70 Selecting Controller Management c Select Advanced Controller Management and press Enter Figure 3 71 Selecting Advanced Controller Management d Select Manage Controller Profiles ...

Page 77: ...72 Figure 3 72 Selecting Manage Controller Profiles e Set Choose Profile to 13_PD64 NVMe4 select Set Profile to save the configuration and restart the system ...

Page 78: ...73 Figure 3 73 Setting Choose Profile to 13_PD64 NVMe4 ...

Page 79: ...s with Windows Server 2008 R2 OS to guide you on how to load the driver during Windows OS installation Scenario The driver needs to be loaded during Windows OS installation Steps 1 Copy the RAID controller driver from the driver disk to a USB flash drive 2 Connect the USB flash drive to the USB port of the server power on the server and put the OS setup CD into the DVD CD ROM drive Go to BIOS for ...

Page 80: ...mpt Windows is loading files indicates the system files are being loaded as shown below Figure 4 2 Loading Files 5 When Install Windows screen appears configure Language to install Time and currency format and Keyboard or input method and click Next as shown below ...

Page 81: ...76 Figure 4 3 Install Windows Screen 6 Click Install now to install immediately as shown below Figure 4 4 Clicking Install Now ...

Page 82: ...n to be installed This section demonstrates with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Full Installation as shown below Figure 4 5 Selecting the Operating System Version 8 Check I accept the license terms and click Next as shown below ...

Page 83: ...78 Figure 4 6 Checking I Accept the License Terms 9 Select Custom advanced and press Enter as shown below ...

Page 84: ...79 Figure 4 7 Selecting Custom advanced 10 On the screen shown select Load Driver and press Enter ...

Page 85: ...80 Figure 4 8 Selecting Load Driver 11 On the screen shown click Browse and press Enter ...

Page 86: ...81 Figure 4 9 Clicking Browse To install the driver 1 Select GHOST C as shown below ...

Page 87: ...82 Figure 4 10 Selecting GHOST C 2 Scroll down to find the folder srv_2008_x86 and click OK to load the RAID controller driver as shown below ...

Page 88: ...83 Figure 4 11 Selecting the Driver 3 The system starts loading the driver as shown below Please wait patiently ...

Page 89: ...84 Figure 4 12 Loading the Driver 4 On the screen shown click Next ...

Page 90: ...85 Figure 4 13 Clicking Next 5 After the driver is loaded the system returns to the screen below Select a system partition and click Next If there is no partition click New to create one ...

Page 91: ...86 Figure 4 14 Selecting a System Partition 6 Click OK to enter the OS installation screen as shown below ...

Page 92: ...ure 4 15 Clicking OK 7 As shown below the screen prompts Installing Windows Your computer will restart several times during installation Please do not perform any operation until the installation is completed ...

Page 93: ...88 Figure 4 16 Installing Windows 8 Create an administrator password and press Enter to enter the OS ...

Page 94: ...89 Figure 4 17 Creating an Administrator Password 9 When the Windows Server 2008 desktop appears Windows installation is completed ...

Page 95: ...res 1 Copy the RAID controller driver to be loaded from the driver disk to the common partition of a USB flash drive 2 Connect the USB flash drive to the USB port of the server power on the server and put the OS setup CD into the DVD CD ROM drive Go to BIOS for setup to boot the system from the CD 3 When boot appears type linux dd and press Enter to load the driver 4 When the screen prompts Do you...

Page 96: ... 19 Driver Disk Availability Confirmation 5 The system prompts you to select a driver disk source Select sda and then OK Figure 4 20 Selecting a Driver Disk Source 6 In the popup window select dev sda1 and then OK ...

Page 97: ...the following window will pop up prompting Do you wish to load any more driver disks Figure 4 22 Prompt on to Load More Driver Disks 8 If you want to load more drivers select Yes and follow the procedures above Otherwise select No and follow the prompts to install Red Hat Linux OS In the figure below sdb 1907MB USB DISK Pro refers to the USB flash drive which needs to be unchecked when you create ...

Page 98: ...lash drive so as not to create partitions on it 4 3 Loading Driver during SUSE Linux Installation This section demonstrates with SUSE 11 2 OS to guide you on how to load the driver during SUSE Linux installation Scenario The driver needs to be loaded during SUSE OS installation Procedures 1 Copy the RAID controller driver to be loaded from the driver disk to a common partition of a USB flash drive...

Page 99: ... CD ROM drive Go to BIOS for setup to boot the system from the CD 3 On the Boot Options screen press F6 A window will pop up Select Yes and press Enter Select Installation and press Enter to load the driver This may take a few minutes Figure 4 24 Selecting Installation 4 The driver loading screen appears as shown below ...

Page 100: ...the driver is loaded the name of the loaded driver will be displayed Select OK to continue 6 The following screen is displayed Figure 4 26 Selecting the Driver Update Medium 7 Since the driver has been loaded automatically select Back to continue ...

Page 101: ...lash drive Do not partition delete or format a USB flash drive 4 4 Loading Driver during VMware Installation Use a tool to merge the driver file vib with the image to generate a new installation image and install the OS with the new image Note that you can directly install VMware7 OS that already come with Inbox drivers ...

Page 102: ...n Measures taken after the fault occurred and the related results Troubleshooting level and required solution deadline 5 1 2 Making Preparations for Debugging When you contact Inspur for help our technical support engineer might assist you to do certain operations to collect information about the fault or rectify the fault directly Before contacting Inspur for help you need to prepare the boards p...

Page 103: ...pport Center Warranty Configuration to learn about the product warranty service policy including service offering warranty period service type response time and disclaimer You can also call Inspur at 1 844 860 0011 1 760 769 1847 to consult by providing product model or product serial number ...

Page 104: ...er of I O operations the system can perform per second which is the most important performance measurement to characterize the storage system P PCIe Short for PCI Express It is a new bus standard adopting peer to peer and bidirectional interconnection technology to replace PCI and AGP interface specifications It supports serial data transmission rather than parallel data transmission of PCI or AGP...

Page 105: ...logy for data transmission between various devices such as hard disks and DVD CD ROM drives SATA Serial advanced technology attachment SSD A solid state disk SSD is a hard disk made with a solid state electronic storage chip array and is composed of a control unit and storage unit FLASH chip The specifications and definitions functions and usage of the interface of the solid state disk are exactly...

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