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Assigning a Dedicated Disk

To mark a disk as dedicated, or reserve it for use by a specific array,

Step 1: Mark the Disk as a Free Disk

Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as

free is RAID enabled.

Boot into W indows and run the NVRAIDMAN program.

If the disk is not part of any RAID array, then it will appear under the Free Disk
section of the RAID GUI.

Step 2: Dedicate the Free Disk to an Array

W hile running NVRAIDMAN, dedicate the free disk to an array by doing the following:

1. Right click one of the two Mirrored arrays as shown below.

2. Select

Designate Spare

from the menu to launch the Spare Disk Allocation Wizard.

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Page 1: ...i K9ND Master MS 9182 V1 X Server Board G52 91821X1...

Page 2: ...r other countries PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a regist...

Page 3: ...lace the power cord such a way that people can not step on it Do not place anything over the power cord 8 Always Unplug the Power Cord before inserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and war...

Page 4: ...interference by one or more of the measures listed below Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on...

Page 5: ...v WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Statement...

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Page 8: ...les 2 6 Memory Frequency vs Core Multiplier 2 7 Installing DDRII Modules 2 7 Power Supply 2 8 SSI 24 Pin System Power Connector JPWR2 2 8 SSI 8 Pin CPU Power Connector JPWR3 2 8 SSI 4 Pin Power Connec...

Page 9: ...lp 3 3 General Help F1 3 3 The Menu Bar 3 4 Main 3 4 Advanced 3 6 Security 3 21 Power 3 23 Boot 3 25 Exit 3 25 Appendix A nVIDIA SATA RAID A 1 Introduction A 2 System Requirement A 2 RAID Arrays A 2 S...

Page 10: ...Integrated Mirroring Firmware B 7 2 5 Fusion MPT Support B 8 3 Creating Integrated Mirroring Volumes B 8 3 1 IM Configuration Overview B 9 3 2 Creating IM and IME Volumes B 9 3 3 Creating a Second IM...

Page 11: ...tem efficiency the K9ND Master accom modates the latest AMD Opteron processor in 1207 pin package and supports up to 16 Registered ECC DDRII 400 533 667 DIMM slots to provide the maximum of 32GB memor...

Page 12: ...er ATI Radeon 7000M Memory Support Memory controller is integrated into AMD Opteron processor Supports 1 DIMM 2GB ECC Register memory 16 DDRII DIMM slots total 32GB memory Supports ECC Registered DDRI...

Page 13: ...45 Gigabit LAN ports 1 x individual RJ 45 10 100Mbps LAN port for KVM only Slots 2 PCI Express x8 slots 1 HTX slot for Infini band card with riser card optional Form Factor SSI Form Factor 12 x 13 Mou...

Page 14: ...t log Ability to update firmware inband unattended Remote access security MD5 Out of band environmental monitoring and alerting Secure remote power control and system reset over Serial or shared NIC R...

Page 15: ...TA_2 SATA _1 PCIE2 BATT BIOS USBPorts COM1 JCD1 JLAN0 JLAN1 JLAN2 J6 CN7 JFP1 JFP3 JPBT1 P0_DIMM 8 P0_DIMM7 P0_DIMM6 P0_DIMM4 P0_DIMM2 P0_DIMM5 P0_DIMM3 P0_DIMM 1 P1_DIMM1 P1_DIMM3 P1_DIMM 5 P1_DIMM 2...

Page 16: ...MS 9182 Server Board 1 6...

Page 17: ...dures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work...

Page 18: ...0_FAN CPU1_FAN p 2 13 HTX Slot p 2 20 CPU p 2 3 Back Panel I O p 2 9 JPWR3 p 2 8 JPBT1 p 2 17 J FP 3 p 2 16 J FP 1 p 2 16 PCI E Slot p 2 20 J2 p 2 18 CN7 p 2 18 J5 p 2 17 J1 p 2 17 JFP2 p 2 16 SATA_0...

Page 19: ...l seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating 2 Make sure that you apply an even layer of heat sink paste or thermal tape...

Page 20: ...CPU has a plastic cap on it to protect the contact from damage Before install ing the CPU always cover it to pro tect the socket pins 3 Raise the load lever up to its full extent 4 Open the load plat...

Page 21: ...at the alignment keys are matched 6 Visually inspect if the CPU is seated well into the socket If not take out the CPU with pure vertical motion and reinstall 7 Cover the load plate onto the package 8...

Page 22: ...8 pin 56x2 112 pin DDRII 240 pin 1 8V Memory Population Rules Important Please note that each AMD Socket F CPU supports only 4 DDRII 667MHz DIMMs not 8 DIMMs DDRII DIMM Frequency 400MHz 533MHz 667MHz...

Page 23: ...ger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Volt Notch v NOTE You can barely see the golden finger if the mem...

Page 24: ...onnector JPWR2 This connector allows you to connect to an SSI power supply To connect to the SSI power supply make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins...

Page 25: ...t Connector The serial port is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector VGA Connector...

Page 26: ...Linkage Left Side OFF Idle Yellow ON 1Gbps connection Green ON 100Mbps connection RJ45 NIC 1 Mode Right Side OFF 10Mbps connection Green ON LAN Link no Access Green BLINK LAN Access RJ45 NIC 3 Linkag...

Page 27: ...ive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions Connect to JCD1 Connect to 40 pin IDE device Connect to 44 pi...

Page 28: ...generation serial communication protocol for devices designed to allow for much higher speed data transfers It supports data transfer speeds up to 3 Gbit s SAS uses serial communication instead of th...

Page 29: ...Monitor chipset onboard you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control Important Please refer to the recommended CPU fans at AMD official website or...

Page 30: ...3 USB0 4 USB1 5 USB0 6 USB1 7 GND 8 GND 9 Key no pin 10 USBOC Pin Definition Important Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid possible damage Serial Port Connector COM...

Page 31: ...2 5Vs b 3 Key 4 NC 5 PowerLED 6 NC 7 HDD Activity LED 8 System Status LED 9 HDD Activity LED 10 System Status LED 11 PowerSwitch 12 NIC Activity LED 13 Power Switch GND 14 NIC Activity LED 15 ResetSw...

Page 32: ...RST_SSIJ 25 GND 26 FAIL 27 POWRE_LED_N 28 ACCESS HDD LED A 29 POWER_LED_P 30 FAN_LED2 31 FAN_LED3 32 GND 33 ID_LED_C 34 GND 35 ID_LED_A 36 NC 37 COM2_DCDJ 38 C_PIN2 39 C_PIN3 40 C_PIN4 41 C_PIN7 42 C...

Page 33: ...roprietary MS 95L6 OPMA card or other BMC Baseboard Management Controller card to this connector CN6 Pin Signal Description 1 ETCK Test clock input 2 GND GND 3 ETRST Test reset input signal 4 GND GND...

Page 34: ...Pin Header J2 The pin header is for internal debugging only J2 20 2 19 1 I2C Bus Connector CN7 The mainboard provides one I2C also known as I2 C Bus connector for users to connect System Management Bu...

Page 35: ...p Data 1 3 OPMA Share NIC Jumper J9 This jumper works as a switch for OPMA to share different network interface cards NIC OPMA shares MCP55 Pro LAN 1 1 J9 OPMA shares Broadcom LAN 1 System Configure J...

Page 36: ...Slot PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slot The PCI class slots support LAN cards SCSI cards USB cards VGA cards and other add on cards that comply with PCI specifications PCI Express architecture...

Page 37: ...pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus pins as follows Primary IDE Interrupt R...

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Page 39: ...IOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you...

Page 40: ...IX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia V VIA and R Serverworks 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to...

Page 41: ...l keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen Yo...

Page 42: ...ngs Main Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features available on your system s chipset Security Use thi...

Page 43: ...is YYYY MM DD Local Bus IDE Adapter This setting controls the onboard IDE adapter Primary Master Primary Slave Type Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None or Auto type Note that the specifications...

Page 44: ...the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items Boot time Diagnostic Screen Select Enabled if you want to view the system diagnostic screen during b...

Page 45: ...nge this setting BIOS Write Protect This function protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses When enabled the BIOS data cannot be changed when attempt ing t...

Page 46: ...t is set the CPU is expected to modify its operating voltage and frequency to match the OSPM s request Halt On Error The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot...

Page 47: ...can only address a 32 bit address space It is a MMU that translates DMA virtual addresses to real physical addresses Size This setting specifies the memory size for IOMMU ACPI SRAT Table The Static Re...

Page 48: ...M ECC Scrub option controls the frequency at which memory read options are corrected while the system is in an idle state DCache ECC Scrub Control The Data Cache ECC Scrub option controls the time all...

Page 49: ...m Health These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds CPU and System Voltage This field shows the CP...

Page 50: ...ed by overheating CPU0 Temp Tmin CPU1 Temp Tmin System Temp Tmin You can select a fan value here If the current temperature reaches to the minimum threshold you set here the fan will slow down to keep...

Page 51: ...1 2 0 device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB 1 1 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix MAC LAN MAC LAN Bridge MAC 1 LAN MAC 1 LAN Bridge These settings allow you...

Page 52: ...V RAID Configuration NV RAID Configuration This setting enables disables the nVIDIA software RAID configuration Master SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 Primary Master SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 Secondary These settings contr...

Page 53: ...to Enabled BIOS will activate the selected device as a PCI bus master Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over When set to higher values eve...

Page 54: ...able Master When set to Enabled BIOS will activate the selected device as a PCI bus master Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over When set...

Page 55: ...Master When set to Enabled BIOS will activate the selected device as a PCI bus master Latency Timer This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before another takes over When set to...

Page 56: ...guration Serial Port A B These settings enable disable the onboard Serial Port A B Base I O Address These settings specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port A B Interrupt These se...

Page 57: ...te bits per second of Console Redirection Console Type This setting specifies the console type Flow Control This feature allows you to enable flow control Console Connection This feature indicates whe...

Page 58: ...this setting is set to Yes the DMI event log will be cleared at next POST stage Then the BIOS will automatically set this option to No Event Logging This setting disables enables the BIOS to log DMI...

Page 59: ...trols access to the system at boot Password on Boot Choosing Enabled requires a password on boot It requires prior setting of the supervisor password If the supervisor password is set and this option...

Page 60: ...em to an on state Last State Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred C State Configuration C state performance indicates the ability to run the processor...

Page 61: ...3 23 BIOS Setup Resume On Time Select On to wake up the system at predetermined time Resume Time The time format is HH MM SS Resume Date The date format is MM DD YYYY...

Page 62: ...ity Order This setting allows users to set the boot priority of the specified devices First press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then press or...

Page 63: ...S settings to the Optimal Defaults The Setup Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for the optimized performance of the mainboard Discard Changes The option al...

Page 64: ...3 26 MS 9182 Server BoardB...

Page 65: ...h is used by the world s lead ing businesses to the common PC desktop This tech nology uses multiple drives to either increase total disk space or to offer data protection For all levels RAID techniqu...

Page 66: ...tolerance 100 data redundancy Requires 2 drives for the storage space of 1 drive 2 Yes System Requirement Operating System Support NVRAID supports the following operating systems Windows XP Windows 2...

Page 67: ...ID array 3 Boot from the Windows CD use the floppy disk that has the RAID driver to copy and install the nForce RAID software 4 Initialize the NVRAID Array Disks Setting Up the NVRAID BIOS Be sure to...

Page 68: ...e Free Disks and Array Disks lists In the example above 1 0 M means the hard drive is attached to Channel 1 Controller 0 and the drive is set to Master The following is a list of all possible combinat...

Page 69: ...the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block These are the drives that are available for...

Page 70: ...ave set up 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up then press Enter The Array Detail window appears 4 If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents then...

Page 71: ...RIVER and then press Enter 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller and then press Enter The follow ing Windows Setup screen appears lis...

Page 72: ...on is completed then take out the floppy 5 Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP After Windows XP is com pletely installed it is recommended that you install the the RAID management too...

Page 73: ...the RAID software which will upgrade the Windows IDE driver and install the RAID software 1 Start the NVIDIA C19 System Drivers installation program to open the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers page 2 S...

Page 74: ...ngs Control Panel then open the Administrative Tools folder and double click on Computer Management 2 Click Disk Management under the Storage section The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizards appears 3...

Page 75: ...The Computer Management window appears The actual disks listed will depend on your system and the unallocated partition is the total combined storage of two hard disks You must format the unallocated...

Page 76: ...rrored Array Rebuild a broken mirrored array Watch the progress of rebuilding an array Only applies to RAID 1 arrays Synchronizing a RAID Array Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 arrays copy the data to...

Page 77: ...the mirrored array to be used instead of the failed disk Dedicated Disk A dedicated free disk is a disk that is assigned to a RAID 1 array and that disk is used by that array only when needed for exa...

Page 78: ...free is RAID enabled 2 Boot into Windows and run the NVRAIDMAN program If the disk is not part of any RAID array then it will appear under the Free Disk section of the RAID GUI Step 2 Dedicate the Fre...

Page 79: ...l be designated to the mirror array 5 Click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Spare Disk Allocation page appears 6 Click Finish As shown in figure below the ST380011A drive is now a dedicated free disk i...

Page 80: ...been assigned to a particular array it can be removed at any time To remove the disk right click on the dedicated disk and select Remove Disk to remove it In the previous example simply right click on...

Page 81: ...iples NVIDIA RAID includes extensive support for morphing a process of converting from one RAID mode to another RAID mode General Requirements and Limitations The new array capacity must be equal to o...

Page 82: ...n a drive can be safely added to the system As soon as the drive is added the user can then finish running the RAID wizard and the drive becomes usable by the system Hot Plug Array allows the user to...

Page 83: ...AID arrays is recommended to ensure consistency and reliable performance on any supported fault tolerant array such as RAID 0 Use this feature only if you are absolutely sure that you want to wipe out...

Page 84: ...oring and Stripe Size is set to its default value of 64K then click Next 5 At the Free Disk Selection page select the two drives that you want to Mirror and click Next 6 Click Next again and the follo...

Page 85: ...s the created RAID array as shown below The Initialization Process As you can see from the screen shot above the initialization process has started and it will be completed in a short period of time A...

Page 86: ...of the drives fail then you need the lost data on the newly added drive Rebuilding Instructions After creating a mirrored array you can rebuild the array using the following steps 1 Go to Windows and...

Page 87: ...ist then click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears 6 Click Finish The array rebuilding starts after a few seconds and a small pop up message appears towards the bottom right corn...

Page 88: ...Only to RAID 1 Array Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1 Rebuilding does not apply to RAID 0 Rebuilding applies to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored arra...

Page 89: ...e assumes you have already created a fault tolerant array such as RAID 1 1 Right click on Mirroring and select Synchronize Array as shown in Figure below 2 The Synchronize Array Wizard Welcome screen...

Page 90: ...ystem motherboard The image shows the hard drive connector ports and provides a visual indication of the location and status of the drives as follows Red rectangle A red rectangle will flash around th...

Page 91: ...B 1 LSI SAS RAID LSI SAS RAID Appendix B This appendix explains how to configure and use the components of the LSI Logic Integrated RAID IR soft ware with LSI SAS 1064 1064E 1068 1068E controllers...

Page 92: ...t in its host adapters LSI Logic can offer the Integrated RAID solution at a lower cost than a hardware RAID implementation Fusion MPT firmware supports IM and IS volumes You can configure IM and IS v...

Page 93: ...with up to ten drives total per controller v Note Ten disk drives is the theoretical upper limit although the SAS controller itself may support fewer drives If a disk in an Integrated Mirroring volum...

Page 94: ...ve to the OS for each IM IME volume Supports both SAS and SATA disks although the two types of disks cannot be combined on the same LSI Logic SAS controller Fusion MPT architecture Easy to use BIOS ba...

Page 95: ...e boot disk is transparent to the BIOS drivers and operating system Host based status software monitors the state of the mirrored disks and reports any error conditions In Figure 2 1 the system is con...

Page 96: ...ated Mirroring Enhanced IME volume with three mirrored disks Each mir rored stripe is written to a disk and mirrored to an adjacent disk This type of configu ration is also called RAID 1E LSI Logic pr...

Page 97: ...ng The hot swapped disk is automatically resynchronized in the background without any host or user intervention The firmware detects hot swap removal and disk insertion Following a hot swap event the...

Page 98: ...firmware disables disk write caching by default This is done to increase data integrity so that the disk write log stored in NVSRAM is always valid If disk write caching were enabled not recommended t...

Page 99: ...start the CU After you do this the message changes to Please wait invoking SAS Configuration Utility After a brief pause the main menu of the SAS BIOS CU appears On some systems however the following...

Page 100: ...New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume 5 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a disk To add the disk to the volume change the No to Yes by pressing the key...

Page 101: ...volume type select Create IME Volume The Create New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume 5 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a disk To add the disk to the...

Page 102: ...ll display the current volume 2 Press C to create a new volume 3 Continue with step 4 of the IM or IME creation procedure in the previous section to create a second volume The other way in which to ad...

Page 103: ...IME volume s The global hot spare disk must have 512 byte blocks it cannot have removable media and the disk type must be either SATA with extended command set support or SAS with SMART support If SA...

Page 104: ...the array is placed in the Degraded state until the data on the mirrored disks has been resynchronized Follow these steps to force the synchronization of a selected array 1 Select Synchronize Array on...

Page 105: ...s Enter The LED on the disk flashes until the next key is pressed You can locate all the disk drives in a volume by selecting the volume on the RAID Properties screen The LEDs flash on all disk drives...

Page 106: ...erating system The SAS BIOS CU is used to configure IS volumes which can consist of two to eight disks v Note Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Striping volumes can be configured on the same LSI log...

Page 107: ...For example as shown in Figure 4 1 segment 1 is written to disk 1 segment 2 is written to disk 2 segment 3 is written to disk 3 and so on When the system reaches the end of the disk list it continues...

Page 108: ...RT Support The IS firmware enables Mode 6 SMART on the IS member disks Mode 6 SMART requires each physical disk to be polled at regular intervals If a SMART ASC ASCQ code is detected on a physical IS...

Page 109: ...ange disks in the same size classification The supported stripe size is 64 Kbytes Refer to Section 4 2 IS Features for more information about Integrated Striping volumes 5 2 Creating IS Volumes The SA...

Page 110: ...to a volume 5 Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column To add a disk to the volume change the No to Yes by pressing the key key or space bar As disks are added the Array Size field changes to reflect t...

Page 111: ...igure two IS volumes or an IS volume and an IM or IME volume If one volume is already configured and if there are available disk drives there are two ways to add a second volume The first is as follow...

Page 112: ...a system This option is only available when the selected array is currently inactive Follow these steps to activate a selected array 1 Select Activate Array on the Manage Array screen 2 Press Y to pro...

Page 113: ...device options and to keep the boot device constant during device addi tions and removals There can be only one boot disk Follow these steps to select a boot disk 1 In the SAS BIOS CU select an adapte...

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