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Intel ICH9R SATA RAID

Install Intel Matrix Storage Console

The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to operate the hard
drive from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data.
For  this reason,  you cannot remove  or un-install  this driver from the system after
installation;  however,  you  will  have  the  ability  to  un-install  all  other  non-driver
components.

Insert  the  MSI CD  and  click on  the 

Intel M atrix  Storage M anager

  to  install  the

s of tware.

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Summary of Contents for MS-9258

Page 1: ...i P1 107 Series MS 9258 1U Rackmount Server G52 92581X1...

Page 2: ...s and or 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...

Page 3: ...inserting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 11 If any of the...

Page 4: ...when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency en ergy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manua...

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

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Page 8: ...tup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 2 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 4 Power Supply 2 6 Back Panel I O 2 7 Connector 2 8 Jumper 2 15 Slot 2 16 System Assembly Flowchart 2 18 System Assembly 2 1...

Page 9: ...iency the P1 107 accommo dates the latest Dual Core Intel Xeon processor 3000 series Quad Core Intel Xeon processor 3200 series Wolfdale and Yorkfield processors in LGA775 pack age and supports up to...

Page 10: ...MS 9258 Server 1 2 System Overview Top View 1 HDD Tray 2 Slim DVD ROM Drive Optional 3 PCI Expansion Slots 4 CPU Socket 5 DIMM Slots 6 SSI EPS 1U Power Supply 7 Blower 8 Fan Duct 6 5 2 4 3 7 8 1...

Page 11: ...or shows the power status of the system It glows when the main power is turned on 5 Status LEDs of LAN 1 2 1 The green LED is on when there is an active connection on the LAN port 2 This LED flashes w...

Page 12: ...is button once to shut down the system and then once to switch on 10 System Reset Button LED Color State Description Power Blue On Legacy power on ACPI S0 state Blue Blink Sleep ACPI S1 S4 S5 state Of...

Page 13: ...ition Off LAN linkis not established Orange On steadystate LAN linkis established On brighter pulsing Thecomputeriscommunicatingwithanother computeron theLAN Green Off 10 Mbit sec data rate is selecte...

Page 14: ...Up to 8GB memory capacity LAN Optional For mainboards with IPMI chip Intel 82573V Gigabit Ethernet controller LAN1 Intel 82566DM Gigabit Ethernet controller LAN2 For mainboards without IPMI chip Inte...

Page 15: ...ports 1 serial port connector 1 TPM connector 1 SPI Flash ROM connector for debugging 1 chassis intrusion connector Slots 1 PCI Express x16 slot with x8 signal 1 PCI Express x4 slot 4 PCI slots suppo...

Page 16: ...S1 COM2 JAPP2 JSPI1 J_IDE1 ITE IT8213F JUSB4 FDD1 SYS_FAN1 JINT1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI4 DIMM_A1 DIMM_B1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B2 PCIE1 PCIE2 CPU_FAN1 JPWR2 REAR_FAN1 JPWR1 JAPP1 PCI3 J_BOOT3 J_BOOT1 BMC Chip Intel ICH...

Page 17: ...determine the proper sequence of removing or installing components to the server CPU Memory Power Supply Back Panel Connector Jumper Slot Chassis Cover CPU Cooler Memory Expansion Card Hard Disk Drive...

Page 18: ...p 2 6 J_IDE1 p 2 8 J_CMOS1 p 2 15 SYS_FAN2 p 2 10 SATA1 4 p 2 9 JUSB2 3 p 2 12 JAPP3 p 2 11 FPC1 p 2 10 J_VGA_EN1 p 2 15 JTPM1 p 2 14 SYS_FAN1 p 2 10 JAPP2 p 2 11 JUSB4 p 2 12 JSPI1 p 2 13 FRONT_FAN1...

Page 19: ...tter heat dispersion The pin pad side of LGA 775 CPU Yellow triangle is the Pin 1 indicator Alignment Key Important Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system Always make sure th...

Page 20: ...ween channels the slowest memory timing will be used Dual Channel mode can be achieved with two three or four DIMMs To achieve Dual Channel mode the following conditions must be met Matched DIMM confi...

Page 21: ...Insert the memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in until the golden finger on the memory module is deeply inserted in the DIMM slot 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot...

Page 22: ...the power supply firmly into the connector You may use the 20 pin power supply as well If you d like to use the 20 pin power supply please align your power supply connector with pin 1 pin 13 There is...

Page 23: ...for a PS 2 mouse keyboard USB Port The USB Universal Serial Bus port is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices Serial Port The serial port is a 16550A high sp...

Page 24: ...IDE1 This connector supports IDE hard disk drives optical disk drives and other IDE devices Connector FDD1 J_IDE1 Important If you install two IDE devices on the same cable you must configure the driv...

Page 25: ...s are designed to connect Serial ATA devices only SAS LED Connector D_SATALED1 D_SATALED2 These connectors are used to connect external LEDs to show the status of the SATA HDDs attached to the D_SATA1...

Page 26: ...connector connects to the chassis intrusion switch cable If the chassis is opened the chassis intrusion mechanism will be activated The system will record this status and show a warning message on the...

Page 27: ...GND 7 COM2 RXD 8 GND 9 COM2 TXD 10 NC 11 ATXPWR OK 12 GND 13 ID_LED 14 ID_LED JAPP1 Pin Definition JAPP2 1 5 2 6 JAPP2 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 I2 C_DATA 4 ID_LED 5 I2 C_CLK 6 ID_LED P...

Page 28: ...sible damage Serial Port Connector COM2 This connector is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial device to it PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD D...

Page 29: ...GND 7 H2C_RES 8 3 3VDUAL 9 ETMS 10 GND 11 ETDI 12 GND 13 H8_RESET 14 GND Pin Definition J_BOOT2 1 J1 14 2 13 1 J_IPMB1 3 1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 BOOT_TXD_CON 2 BOOT_RXD_CON 3 GND J_BOOT1 3 1 Pi...

Page 30: ...ST LPCreset 4 VCC3 3 3Vpower 5 LAD0 LPC address data pin0 6 SIRQ Serial IRQ 7 LAD1 LPC address data pin1 8 VCC5 5Vpower 9 LAD2 LPC address data pin2 10 KEY No pin 11 LAD3 LPC address data pin3 12 GND...

Page 31: ...ion set the jumper to clear data Jumper J_CMOS1 1 Important You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is o...

Page 32: ...upports up to 1 0 GB s transfer rate PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slot The PCI slot supports LAN card SCSI card USB card and other add on cards that comply with PCI specifications Slot Import...

Page 33: ...Interrupt ID Select REQ GNT XGI Z7 PCI_PIRQ 0 PCI_AD18 IT8213F PCI_PIRQ 2 PCI_AD19 PCI_REQ 2 PCI_GNT 2 PCI Slot 1 PCI_PIRQ 0 PCI_AD20 PCI_REQ 0 PCI_GNT 0 PCI_PIRQ 1 PCI_PIRQ 2 PCI_PIRQ 3 PCI Slot 2 P...

Page 34: ...s when handling electrical components and exer cise caution during the installation process For more information contact your local dealer or experienced technician START REMOVECHASSISCOVER INSTALL CP...

Page 35: ...cted to the AC power System Assembly Chassis Cover 1 Unscrew the chassis cover 2 Press the release button and slide the chassis cover backwards to remove it from the chassis 3 Lift the chassis cover u...

Page 36: ...Before install ing the CPU always cover it to pro tect the socket pins 3 Remove the plastic cap from the load plate The pins of the socket reveal 4 Raise the load lever up to its full extent 5 Open th...

Page 37: ...the socket housing frame Note that the alignment keys are matched 7 Visually inspect if the CPU is seated well into the socket If not take out the CPU with pure vertical motion and reinstall 8 Cover...

Page 38: ...heatsink the fan duct are properly installed 1 Locate the DIMM slots on the mainboard Flip open the retaining clip at each side of the DIMM slot 2 Align the notch on the DIMM with the break on the sl...

Page 39: ...Dual Channel mode can be achieved with two three or four DIMMs To achieve Dual Channel mode the following conditions must be met Matched DIMM configuration in each channel Same Density 128MB 256MB 512...

Page 40: ...Remove the cover plate and put it aside for later use 1 Locate the expansion card bracket holder and unscrew the cover plate 3 Insert the expansion card into the intended slot on the riser card 4 Scr...

Page 41: ...dware Setup 1 To release the hot swapping HDD tray first press the release button Hard Disk Drive 3 Unscrew and remove the HDD tray 1 2 2 Pull the tray lever outwards and gen tly pull the tray out of...

Page 42: ...upplied by the HDD vendor 2 1 5 Insert the HDD tray into the bay and push it backwards until it hits the end If the HDD tray is correctly installed the adapter at the rear should get connected to the...

Page 43: ...Take out your slim DVD drive and the caddy kit mounting frames and adapter Slim DVD Drive Optional 2 Screw the mounting frames to the sides of the DVD drive as shown below 3 Screw the adapter to the...

Page 44: ...sers have to at first remove the dummy tray on top of the HDD drives 5 Simultaneously pull up the locking tab and push the dummy tray backwards to remove it from the chassis 8 Push the DVD drive forwa...

Page 45: ...The DVD drive adapter has one identical FPC socket Follow the above proce dures to connect the other end of the FPC cable to the DVD drive adapter 15 Make sure that the flip lock has been flipped outw...

Page 46: ...2 30 MS 9258 Server Rail Set 1 The rail set includes two rails and two L shaped brackets Rack Mounting 2 Fasten 4 screws 2 on each side to attach the rails onto the chassis...

Page 47: ...are Setup Note Make sure that you hold the system firmly while screwing the system to the rack Rack Mounting 1 Mount the system onto the rack 2 Hold the system firmly and screw to secure the system to...

Page 48: ...Follow the above procedures in reverse order to dismount the system from the rack if necessary 3 Mount the L shaped bracket onto the rail 4 Screw the L shaped bracket to the rack 5 Screw the L shaped...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...ENIX 2nd 5th digit refers to the model number 6th digit refers to the chipset as I Intel N nVidia and V VIA 7th 8th digit refers to the customer as MS all standard customers V1 0 refers to the BIOS ve...

Page 51: ...Then you can use the control 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 provid...

Page 52: ...ures Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices Security Use this menu to set supervisor and user passwords Chipset This menu controls the advanced features of the onboard Northbridge...

Page 53: ...show the firmware and hardware specifications of your system Read only System Time This setting allows you to set the system time The time format is Hour Minute Second System Date This setting allows...

Page 54: ...3 6 MS 9258 Server Advanced For mainboards with IPMI chip For mainboards without IPMI chip...

Page 55: ...CMP Core Multi Processing is the ability to have many independent processing cores on a single die each with their own L1 Code Data caches Local APICs thermal controls while having a shared L2 cache p...

Page 56: ...Configuration SATA 2 Configuration These settings specify the operation modes of the SATA ports Configure SATA 1 as s This setting specifies the function of the on chip SATA controller Primary Seconda...

Page 57: ...on except Disabled determines the number of sectors transferred per block PIO Mode Indicates the type of PIO Programmed Input Output DMA Mode Indicates the type of Ultra DMA S M A R T This allows you...

Page 58: ...llers GbE LAN1 82573 Boot ROM GbE LAN2 82566 Boot ROM The items enable or disable the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup Selecting Disabled will speed up the boot process GbE Wa...

Page 59: ...onfiguration Onboard Floppy Controller This setting disables enables the onboard floppy disk drive controller Serial Port 1 Address Serial Port 2 Address Select an address and a corresponding interrup...

Page 60: ...setting controls the Smart Fan feature Smart Fan is an excellent feature which will adjust the CPU system fan speed automatically depending on the current CPU system temperature Selecting Smart Fan M...

Page 61: ...s the system from a soft off state Resume On PME of PCI Slots When setting to Enabled this setting allows your system to be awakened from the power saving modes through any PME Power Management Event...

Page 62: ...d Press Enter and a screen pops up asking users to confirm whether or not to clear all DMI event logs immediately Press Y and Enter the BIOS will clear all DMI event logs right away Clear Event Log Wh...

Page 63: ...firmware version Read only View BMC System Event Log Use this function to view system event logs recorded by BMC Clear BMC System Event Log Use this function to clear system event logs recorded by BM...

Page 64: ...access type and parameters Serial Port Number Base Address IRQ Serial Port Mode Use these settings to configure ports for remote access Flow Control Flow control is the process of managing the rate of...

Page 65: ...G TPM Support This setting controls the Trusted Platform Module TPM designed by the Trusted Computing Group TCG TPMs are special purpose integrated circuits ICs built into a variety of platforms to en...

Page 66: ...support or have any USB 1 1 2 0 driver installed such as DOS and SCO Unix USB 2 0 Controller Mode This setting specifies the operation mode of the onboard USB 2 0 controller BIOS EHCI Hand Off This se...

Page 67: ...Storage Reset Delay This setting controls the number of seconds the POST waits for the USB mass storage device after the start unit command is sent Emulation Type This setting enables you to set the...

Page 68: ...3 20 MS 9258 Server Boot Boot Settings Configuration...

Page 69: ...ode of optional ROM Bootup Num Lock This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off wi...

Page 70: ...to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system First press Enter to enter the sub menu Then you may use the arrow keys to select the desired device then pres...

Page 71: ...assword Clear User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot These settings allow you to set change or clear the user password Chassis Intrusion The field enables or disables the fe...

Page 72: ...3 24 MS 9258 Server Chipset North Bridge Configuration...

Page 73: ...nterconnect PCI configuration space to be remapped above the 4 GB address line South Bridge Configuration USB 2 0 Controller Set to Enabled if you need to use any USB 2 0 device in the operating syste...

Page 74: ...etup Utility Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifi cally for...

Page 75: ...ndix A This appendix will assist users in configuring and en abling RAID functionality on platforms The ICH9R RAID solution supports RAID level 0 striping RAID level 1 mirroring RAID level 5 striping...

Page 76: ...handling optimizations including tagged command queuing elevator seek and packet chain command Intel ICH9R offers RAID level 0 Striping RAID level 1 Mirroring and Duplexing RAID level 5 Block Interlea...

Page 77: ...all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset The Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM is the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS disk services Please use Ctrl I keys to enter the...

Page 78: ...owing screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the TAB or Enter key to go to the next field 2 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usa...

Page 79: ...upper arrow or down arrow keys to scroll through the available values and pressing the Enter key to select and advance to the next field The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 inc...

Page 80: ...is finished Important Since you want to create two volumes Intel Matrix RAID Technology this default size maximum needs to be reduced Type in a new size for the first volume As an example if you want...

Page 81: ...RAID Volume from the main menu window and press Enter key to select a RAID volume for deletion Then press Delete key to delete the selected RAID volume The following screen appears Press Y key to acc...

Page 82: ...uctures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection Important 1 You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this op...

Page 83: ...3 Copy all the contents in IDE Intel ICH9R Floppy to a formatted floppy diskette 4 The driver diskette for Intel ICH9R RAID Controller is done 4 For Windows Vista During the Operating system installat...

Page 84: ...Windows Vista XP 2000 open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the System icon 2 Choose the Hardware tab then click the Device Manager tab 3 Click the in front of the SCSI and RAID Control...

Page 85: ...he system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data For this reason you cannot remove or un install this driver from the system after installation however you will have the ability to un...

Page 86: ...A 12 MS 9258 Server The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as following Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window...

Page 87: ...A 13 Intel ICH9R SATA RAID After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to continue The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to continue...

Page 88: ...MS 9258 Server Once the installation is complete the following window appears The following window appears to show the Readme File Information It shows the system requirements and installation informa...

Page 89: ...the system is first configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a second SATA hard drive 1 BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows on the single SATA hard drive...

Page 90: ...sk choose Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Note The Action button only appears in advance mode To enable the advance mode go to View Basic mode and click it The Create RAID Volume fr...

Page 91: ...ancy will provide you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data Note Only half of the available volume space will be avail able for data storage RAID 5 Useful RAID 5 can be used on three or more dis...

Page 92: ...pical strip size settings are 4KB For specialized usage models requiring 4KB strips 8KB For specialized usage models requiring 8KB strips 16KB Best for sequential transfers 32KB Good for sequential tr...

Page 93: ...r disk the target disk that you wish to use and then click to move it to the Selected field Then click Next to continue Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive s will be deleted...

Page 94: ...ace will be worked as RAID 1 volume which is the new technology called Intel Matrix RAID Then click Next to continue 5 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Before you continue th...

Page 95: ...e you can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration proc ess starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets interrupted and your system is rebooted...

Page 96: ...esponds to the current situation Missing Hard Drive Member 1 Make sure the system is powered off 2 Reconnect the hard drive 3 Reboot the system to Windows the rebuild will occur automatically Failed H...

Page 97: ...system 6 When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume click Yes 7 The Intel R Storage Utility will be launched Right click the new hard drive and select Rebuild to this Disk The Rebuild Wizard will be lau...

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