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C-B-1

This appendix explains how to configure and use the

components of the LSI Logc Integrated RAID (IR) soft-

ware wth LSI SAS 1064/1064E & 1068/1068E control-

lers.

Appendix B

LSI SAS RAID

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Page 8: ...1 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Quick Components Guide 2 2 CPU Central Processing Unit 2 3 Memory 2 6 Power Supply 2 8 Rear Panel I O 2 9 Connector 2 10 Jumper 2 16 Slot 2 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1...

Page 9: ...1 1 Introduction to Integrated RAID B 2 2 Integrated Mirroring Overview B 3 3 Creating Integrated Mirroring Volumes B 9 4 Integrated Striping Overview B 16 5 Creating Integrated Striping Volumes B 19...

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Page 11: ...dates the latest Intel Nehalem and Westmere proces sors up to 130W in LGA1366 package and supports up to 6 DDR3 800 1066 1333 DIMM slots to provide the maximum of 96GB memory capacity In the advanced...

Page 12: ...ller JLAN1 for IPMI SATA 6 SATA 3Gb s ports by Intel ICH10R SAS Optional Optionally supported through MS 95X4 SAS card Option 1 8 mini SAS ports by LSI Logic SAS1068E Host Controller with RAID0 1 10 a...

Page 13: ...0 pinheaders 4 ports 1 serial port connector 1 SMBus connector 1 SPI Flash ROM pinheader for debugging 1 chassis intrusion connector 1 TPM connector Slot 1 PCI Express 2 0 x16 slot 1 PCI Express 2 0 x...

Page 14: ...1 4 Overview Mainboard Layout...

Page 15: ...ion 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 properly Use a grounded wrist s...

Page 16: ...p 2 11 CPU p 2 3 CPU p 2 3 DIMM Slots p 2 6 SAS_1 8 p 2 10 PCI Express Slot p 2 18 JIDE1 p 2 11 PCI Express Slot p 2 18 PCI Express Slots p 2 18 JLCD1 p 2 15 SATA0 5 p 2 10 RECOVERY p 2 16 JUSB2 3 p...

Page 17: ...heating Make sure that you apply an even layer of thermal paste or thermal tape between the CPU and the heatsink to enhance heat dissipation Replacing the CPU While replacing the CPU always turn off t...

Page 18: ...correctly Wrong installation will cause the damage of your CPU mainboard Open the load lever 1 Lift the load lever up and open the load plate 2 The CPU socket has a plastic cap on it to protect the c...

Page 19: ...lever lightly onto the load plate and then secure the lever with the hook under the reten tion tab 7 Important Read the CPU status in BIOS Whenever CPU is not installed always protect your CPU socket...

Page 20: ...that you install memory modules of the same type and density in different channel DIMM slots Population Rules 1 DIMM CPU0_DIMM1 2 DIMMs CPU0_DIMM1 CPU1_DIMM1 3 DIMMs CPU0_DIMM1 CPU1_DIMM1 CPU0_DIMM2...

Page 21: ...the DIMM slot will automatically close when the memory module is properly seated Manually check if the memory module has been locked in place by the DIMM slot clips at the sides Important You can bare...

Page 22: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 3V 3 3V GND 5V GND 5V GND PWR OK 5VSB 12V 12V 3 3V 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3 3V 12V GND PS ON GND GND GND 3 3VSB 5V 5V 5V GND CPU Memory Power Connector JPWR1...

Page 23: ...irectly to the connector VGA Port The DB15 pin female connector is provided for monitor LAN The standard RJ 45 LAN jack is for connection to the Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable...

Page 24: ...a loss may occur during transmission Serial Attached SCSI Connector SAS_1 SAS_8 The SAS connector is a new generation serial communication protocol for de vices designed to allow for much higher speed...

Page 25: ...SYS_FAN1 2 3 4 The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with 12V When con necting the wire to the connectors always note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12...

Page 26: ...onnector JFRONT1 The mainboard provides one front panel connector for electrical connection to the front panel switches and LEDs 2 1 16 15 PIN SIGNAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 HDD LED POW...

Page 27: ...2 4 6 8 10 VCC USB1 USB1 GND NC 10 9 2 1 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 th...

Page 28: ...nector JSMBUS2 This connector known as I2C is for users to connect System Management Bus SMBus interface SPI Flash ROM Connector J2 This connector is used to flash SPI flash ROM PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL...

Page 29: ...r the cur rent status of the connected system 1 5 2 6 PIN SIGNAL 1 2 3 4 5 COM SOUT COM SIN GND 5V Dual 5V Dual PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 LCLK LRST LAD0 LAD1 LAD2 L...

Page 30: ...t the jumper to its normal state pin 1 2 short connected BIOS Write Protect Jumper JBIOS_WP This jumper is used to enable disable the BIOS flash When you intend to update the BIOS code uncap this jump...

Page 31: ...every time it is turned on If you want to clear the system configuration set the jumper to clear data Important You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin p...

Page 32: ...ure any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration PCI Express x16 slot PCI_E1 PCI E 2 0 x16 PCI Express x4 slot PCI_E2 PCI E 2 0 x4...

Page 33: ...ws you to configure the system for op timum 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 to run SETUP You want to...

Page 34: ...s under each BIOS category described in this chapter are under continuous update for better system performance Therefore the description may be slightly different from the latest BIOS and should be he...

Page 35: ...own in the right view appears to the left of certain fields that means a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter You can use arrow keys to...

Page 36: ...eatures 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 Northbrid...

Page 37: ...s 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 Min ute Second System Date This setting allo...

Page 38: ...3 6 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Advanced CPU Configuration...

Page 39: ...t can execute instruc tions simultaneously In this way the system performance is highly improved If you disable the function the processor will use only one core to execute the instructions Please dis...

Page 40: ...determines the number of sectors trans ferred 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 to activate the S...

Page 41: ...e SATA controller s AHCI Advanced Host Con troller Interface functionality It is a new interface specification that enables advanced SATA features like Native Command Queuing NCQ and hot plug ging AHC...

Page 42: ...s S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This gives you an op portunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard...

Page 43: ...irected I O Intel VT d provides the ca pability to ensure improved isolation of I O resources for greater reliability security and availability Coherency Support This setting indicates if hardware acc...

Page 44: ...ese settings show the status of the BMC Baseboard Management Control ler chip and its firmware version Read only View BMC System Event Log Use this function to view system event logs recorded by BMC C...

Page 45: ...nt IP Address in BMC Current Subnet Mask in BMC Current Gateway in BMC Use these settings to view the IP address subnet mask and gateway in BMC Hardware Health Information These items display the curr...

Page 46: ...ing data This is particularly important where the sending device is capable of sending data much faster than the receiving device can receive it Redirection After BIOS POST This setting determines whe...

Page 47: ...appropriate access to confidential and sensitive information and to protect against compromised networks Execute TPM Command TPM commands are managed through a child node of the TPM Management console...

Page 48: ...3 16 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup APM Configuration Resume On RTC Alarm When Enabled your can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from suspend mode...

Page 49: ...MS 96E0 3 17 MS 96E0 Boot Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot Enabling this setting will cause the BIOS power on self test routine to skip some of its tests during bootup for faster system boot...

Page 50: ...ed on Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Wait For F1 If Error When this setting is se...

Page 51: ...nge User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot These settings allow you to set or change the user password Chassis Intrusion The field enables or disables the feature of recordi...

Page 52: ...3 20 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Chipset CPU Bridge Configuration Memory Frequency This item allows you to select the memory frequency...

Page 53: ...specifies the memory mode North Bridge Configuration South Bridge Configuration 82574 LAN 1 LAN 2 OPROM The items enable or disable the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup Selec...

Page 54: ...r system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs Available settings are Power Off Leaves the computer in the power off state Power On Leaves the computer in the power on state Last State...

Page 55: ...Setup 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 specifically for...

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Page 57: ...C A 1 This appendix will assist users in configuring and en abling RAID functionality on platforms Appendix A Intel ICH10R SATA RAID...

Page 58: ...vides enhanced read performance RAID 5 Provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction informa tion This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance Level 5 is...

Page 59: ...e and reset RAID volumes Using the Intel Matrix Stroage Manager Option ROM Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utilit...

Page 60: ...will ap pear Create RAID Volume Select option 1 Create RAID Volume and press Enter key The following screen appears Then in the Name field specify a RAID Volume name and then press the TAB or Enter k...

Page 61: ...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 incremen...

Page 62: ...example if you want the first volume to span the first half of the two disks re type the size to be half of what is shown by default The second volume when created will automatically span the remaind...

Page 63: ...rrently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM your system will become unbootable Select option 2 Delete RAID Volume from the main menu window and press En ter key t...

Page 64: ...move any RAID structures from the drives The following screen appears Press Y key to accept the selection Important You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you...

Page 65: ...ons Select option 4 Recovery Volume Options and press Enter to change recov ery volume mode The following screen appears Recovery mode will change from Continuous Update to On Request after you enable...

Page 66: ...are ready to supply the driver For Windows 2003 if this is not the case then press F6 when prompted at the beginning of Windows setup Press the S key to select Specify Additional Device You should be...

Page 67: ...AID Edition The drivers will be automatically installed Confirming Windows Server 2008 2003 Driver Installation Under Windows Server 2008 2003 open the Control Panel from My Computer followed by the S...

Page 68: ...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 how...

Page 69: ...MS 96E0 A 13 MS 96E0 The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window...

Page 70: ...l ICH10R SATA RAID Intel ICH10R SATA RAID The window shows the components to be installed Click Next button to continue After reading the license agreement in the following window click Yes button to...

Page 71: ...0 A 15 MS 96E0 The following window appears to show the Readme File Information It shows the sys tem requirements and installation information Once the installation is complete the following window ap...

Page 72: ...be followed at the time the system is first configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a second SATA hard drive BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows on the...

Page 73: ...Existing Disk To create a RAID volume from an existing disk choose Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead you for th...

Page 74: ...he available volume space will be available for data storage RAID 5 Useful RAID 5 can be used on three or more disks with zero or more spare disks The resulting RAID 5 device size will be N 1 S where...

Page 75: ...ecialized usage models requiring 8KB strips 16KB Best for sequential transfers 32KB Good for sequential transfers 64KB Good general purpose strip size 128KB Best performance for most desktops and work...

Page 76: ...t the member 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...

Page 77: ...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 78: ...n status While you can still continue using your computer during the migration process once the migration process starts it cannot be stopped If the migration process gets interrupted and your system...

Page 79: ...o not see the option listed refer to Recovery Volume Creation in Advanced Mode A recovery volume can be created using either Basic mode or Advanced mode in the Intel Matrix Storage Console Recovery Vo...

Page 80: ...ected as the recovery drive Back up all important data before beginning these steps To create a recovery volume in Advanced mode use the following steps Open the Intel Matrix Storage Console Start All...

Page 81: ...96E0 Modify the recovery volume name if you wish Select a hard drive to be used as the master hard drive for the recovery volume 5 6 Select a hard drive to be used as the recovery hard drive for the r...

Page 82: ...A 26 Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Intel ICH10R SATA RAID Select an update policy 8 Select Finish to begin recovery volume creation 9...

Page 83: ...dure below that corresponds to the current situation Missing Hard Drive Member Make sure the system is powered off Reconnect the hard drive Reboot the system to Windows the rebuild will occur automati...

Page 84: ...ystem When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume click Yes 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 launched...

Page 85: ...C B 1 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 control lers Appendix B LSI SAS RAID Optional...

Page 86: ...ons and by providing firmware support 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 v...

Page 87: ...ler with up to ten drives total per controller 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 volu...

Page 88: ...drive 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 BIO...

Page 89: ...he 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 co...

Page 90: ...tegrated Mirroring Enhanced IME volume with three mirrored disks Each mirrored stripe is written to a disk and mirrored to an adjacent disk This type of configuration is also called RAID 1E LSI Logic...

Page 91: ...zed in the background without any host or user intervention The firmware de tects hot swap removal and disk insertion Following a hot swap event the firmware readies the new physical disk by spinning...

Page 92: ...is done to increase data integrity so that the disk write log stored in NVSRAM is always valid If disk write cach ing were enabled not recommended the disk write log could be invalid 2 4 9 NVSRAM Usa...

Page 93: ...he LSI Logic Configuration Utility press Ctrl C to 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 BIO...

Page 94: ...pted to select a volume type select Create IM Volume The Create New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a disk To add th...

Page 95: ...pted to select a volume type select Create IME Volume The Create New Array screen shows a list of disks that can be added to a volume Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a disk To add t...

Page 96: ...ill display the current volume Press C to create a new volume 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 add a...

Page 97: ...ume 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 com mand set support or SAS with SMART support If SATA disk...

Page 98: ...data on the mirrored disks has been resynchronized Follow these steps to force the synchronization of a selected array Select Synchronize Array on the Manage Array screen Press Y to start the synchro...

Page 99: ...ext 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 in the volume Note The LEDs on the disk drives...

Page 100: ...he operating system The SAS BIOS CU is used to configure IS volumes which can consist of two to eight disks Note Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Striping volumes can be configured on the same LSI...

Page 101: ...sk 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 continu...

Page 102: ...MART 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 I...

Page 103: ...hange 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 vol umes 5 2 Creating IS Volumes The...

Page 104: ...volume 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 the siz...

Page 105: ...re are available disk drives there are two ways to add a second volume The first is as follows In the configuration utility select an adapter from the Adapter List Select the RAID Properties option Th...

Page 106: ...n Press Y to proceed with the activation or press N to abandon it After a pause the array will become active 5 4 3 Deleting an Array CAUTION Before deleting an array be sure to back up all data on the...

Page 107: ...these steps to select a boot disk In the SAS BIOS CU select an adapter from the Adapter List Select the SAS Topology option The current topology is displayed If the se lection of a boot device is supp...

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Page 109: ...C C 1 This appendix will assist users in setting up the LCM front panel control Appendix C LCM Front Panel Control Optional...

Page 110: ...Users can make simple configuration through the LCM as well This could be very useful when the system s keyboard or monitor is disconnected Installing the LCM Control Utility OS supported Windows 200...

Page 111: ...Step 2 The screen will show the Welcome dialog box as shown below Click Next to continue Step 3 To install the LCM Control Utility click Next to use the default folder or Browse to install to another...

Page 112: ...ront Panel Control LCM Front Panel Control Step 4 Setup has finished installing the LCM Control Utility on your computer Click Finish to complete the installation Now you can read the informa tion for...

Page 113: ...E0 C 5 MS 96E0 Uninstalling the LCM Control Utility Step 1 Under Control Panel click Add Remove Programs Follow the on screen instructions to complete the uninstallation process Step 2 Click OK to con...

Page 114: ...C 6 LCM Front Panel Control LCM Front Panel Control Step 3 Click Finish to complete the uninstallation...

Page 115: ...ter the submenu of the current menu When in setting time date and IP mode this button is used to modify the digit at the cursor position At the bottom right corner of the LCD panel are 4 navigation ic...

Page 116: ...button to apply the setting Follow the same procedures to set the system date Monitor the system Move to the HW Monitor menu and press the Right button The LCM will show the sensors and their value Us...

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