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Chapter 3

RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers

To change RAID modes from the AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e add-on card’s default IT Mode, 
you need to flash your system’s BIOS with a Firmware download and install drivers for 
the RAID mode to your operating system.

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RAID Modes

There are two RAID modes that are supported by the AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e add-on 
card:

•

IT Mode (Initiator and Target Mode):

 This is the default mode for the 

AOC-USAS2-L8e add-on card. The maximum support for this mode is up to 122 
hard disk drives under expander topology. This mode does not support RAID.

This mode requires an IT mode firmware flash to the BIOS and an IT mode driver 
installation to the OS.

•

IR Mode (Integrated RAID Mode):

 In Integrated Raid™ mode the integrated ARM 

chip on the AOC-USAS2-L8i add-on card creates Integrated Mirroring™ (IM, RAID 
1), Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME, RAID 1E) and Integrated Striping (IS, RAID 
0) through the chipset’s BIOS and the system’s OS. The maximum support for this 
IR mode is up to 63 hard disk drives under an expander topology. 

See 

Chapter 4: "Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced" on 

page 4-1

 and 

Chapter 5: "Integrated Striping" on page 5-1

 for details on Integrated 

Mirroring Enhanced or Integrated Striping.

This RAID mode requires an IR mode firmware flash to the BIOS and an IT mode 
driver installation to the OS.

•

IMR Mode (Integrated MegaRaid Mode):

 The AOC-USAS2-L8iR add-on card 

uses the AOC-SAS2-RAID5-KEY to enable the RAID 5 as well as the RAID 0,1 and 
10 function.

It uses a different type of firmware than the AOC-USAS2-L8i (IR mode) and 
AOC-USAS2-L8e (IT mode) cards, so it can support up to 16 drives and is SAS-2/
PCI-E Gen-2 compatible. The RAID 5 feature in this card is often refered to as SW 
(Software) RAID due to its absence of a ROC (RAID On Chip) on the card.

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Getting Firmware Downloads

Firmware for RAID modes can only be obtained through contacting SuperMicro 
Technical Support for instructions and assistance to obtain firmware downloads.

Each of the RAID modes requires a different firmware download. Make sure the 
firmware download corresponds to the RAID mode (IT or IR) that you wish to use before 
installing it. 

Summary of Contents for AOC-USAS2-L8e

Page 1: ...AOC USAS2 L8i L8e L8iMR Add on Cards User s Manual Revison 1 0a...

Page 2: ...product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasona...

Page 3: ...port Supports 63 devices Double the performance compare with SWR5 Automatically negotiates PCI E 1 x and 2 x link widths Power management support Port independent auto negotiation Supports SSP SMP ST...

Page 4: ...matically negotiates PCI E 1 x and 2 x link widths Power management support Supports 3 0 and 6 0 Gb s SAS and SATA data transfer rates Port independent auto negotiation Supports SSP SMP STP and SATA p...

Page 5: ...Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support r...

Page 6: ...AOC USAS2 L8i L8e L8iMR Add on Card User s Manual iv Notes...

Page 7: ...ers 3 1 3 1 RAID Modes 3 1 3 2 Getting Firmware Downloads 3 1 LSI MegaRAID iMR IR Firmware Flash Process 3 2 3 3 Downloading RAID Mode Drivers 3 2 3 4 Activating RAID Modes in OPROM BIOS 3 3 Chapter 4...

Page 8: ...n Array 4 13 Deleting an Array 4 14 Locating Disk Drives in a Volume 4 14 Selecting a Boot Disk 4 15 Chapter 5 Integrated Striping 5 1 5 1 Introduction 5 1 5 2 IS Features 5 2 5 3 IS Description 5 2 5...

Page 9: ...ommand 6 8 Command Line 6 9 Parameters 6 9 Program Return Value 6 9 STATUS Command 6 9 Command Line 6 9 Parameters 6 9 Program Return Value 6 9 Sample Output 6 10 Values 6 10 LIST Command 6 10 Command...

Page 10: ...Volume with OCE 7 12 7 6 Hot Spare Disks 7 15 Creating Hot Spare Disks 7 15 Deleting Hot Spare Disks 7 17 7 7 Other Configuration Tasks 7 17 Viewing Volume Properties 7 17 Changing Properties 7 17 Ru...

Page 11: ...g Menu 9 4 Help Menu 9 5 9 3 Creating a New Storage Configuration 9 5 Creating a Virtual Drive Using the Simple Method 9 7 Creating a Virtual Drive Using the Advanced Method 9 9 9 4 Changing Virtual D...

Page 12: ...AOC USAS2 L8i L8e L8iMR Add on Card User s Manual x Notes...

Page 13: ...y do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags whe...

Page 14: ...AOC USAS2 L8i L8e L8iMR Add on Card User s Manual 1 2 Notes...

Page 15: ...system s mainboard and other peripherals see Figure 2 1 Table 2 1 lists the add on card s front connectors Figure 2 1 AOC USAS2 L8i L8e L8iMR Add on Card Front Connectors and Jumpers Table 2 1 Front C...

Page 16: ...and SAS 4 7 Use a single port SAS ipass cable SuperMicro order number CBL 0108L 02 Active LED Connector The LED connector allows the add on card to display activity and status using a standard LED pan...

Page 17: ...ation Figure 2 2 LED Indicators Table 2 3 Front Pane LEDs LED State Specification LED1 Flashing SAS Port Activity LED2 Flashing Heartbeat and Fault PE0 On Fault in HDD 0 PE1 On Fault in HDD 1 PE2 On F...

Page 18: ...ot use these modes A1 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD 1 A2 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD 2 A3 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD 3 A4 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD 4 A5 Flashing Normal Activity in HD...

Page 19: ...e is up to 63 hard disk drives under an expander topology See Chapter 4 Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced on page 4 1 and Chapter 5 Integrated Striping on page 5 1 for details on...

Page 20: ...em Flashing iMR mode to IR mode 1 Run chkimr bat and if the Device Id is 0x73 It s in iMR mode 2 Run chkadd bat and find SAS address in the adpinfo txt This process will take some time 3 Run upirsbr b...

Page 21: ...des Firmware and Drivers 3 4 Activating RAID Modes in OPROM BIOS RAID modes can be activated by pressing keyboard keys in the OPROM BIOS setup Press CTRL C for IT or IR mode to activate your system fo...

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Page 23: ...ata the IM and IME features support one or two mirrored volumes per SAS controller The two volumes can contain up to twelve disk drives total plus one or two hot spare disks If a disk in an Integrated...

Page 24: ...econd volume with SAS disks Fusion MPT architecture Easy to use BIOS based configuration utility Error notification the drivers update an OS specific event log SES status LED support Write journaling...

Page 25: ...irrored disks One or two global hot spares can be added also Figure 4 3 shows the logical view and physical view of an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced IME volume with three mirrored disks Each mirrored...

Page 26: ...ller Figure 4 3 Integrated Mirroring Enhanced with Three Disks Figure 4 4 Integrated Mirroring and Striping with Four Disks WARNING All existing data on the disks is deleted when you select disk drive...

Page 27: ...data as the primary disk The firmware resynchronizes all data from the primary disk onto the new secondary disk In a mirrored volume with an odd number of disks primary and secondary sets include thr...

Page 28: ...32 KB NVSRAM to perform write journaling for mirrored volumes on LSI SAS2 controllers The NVSRAM also preserves configuration information across reboots The firmware uses write journaling to verify t...

Page 29: ...guration Utility If the message below appears LSI Corp Configuration Utility will load following initialization the ADAPTER LIST window appears after the system completes its power on self test WARNIN...

Page 30: ...ray change the No to Yes by pressing the space bar This is the Primary disk in the array 5 Move the cursor to another line and press the space bar to add the second disk to the array This is the Secon...

Page 31: ...3 Select CREATE RAID 1E VOLUME The CREATE NEW ARRAY window appears 4 Move the cursor to the RAID DISK column and select a line that has a No entry in this column indicating that the disk is not alread...

Page 32: ...nd the volume returns to the Optimal state as indicated in the ADAPTER PROPERTIES window of the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 3 Physically replace the other volume disk drive with a drive that is at...

Page 33: ...elect RAID PROPERTIES and then press ENTER The SELECT NEW ARRAY TYPE window appears 3 Select VIEW EXISTING ARRAY The VIEW ARRAY window appears If necessary press Alt N to switch to another array on th...

Page 34: ...asks This section explains how to perform other configuration and maintenance tasks for mirrored volumes Viewing Volume Properties Follow these steps to view the RAID properties of the mirrored volume...

Page 35: ...w appears 6 Press Y to start the consistency check The consistency check runs a read read compare algorithm in the background If it encounters any data miscompares it stores the information in a bad b...

Page 36: ...pears 6 Press Y to delete the array or press N to cancel the deletion process After a pause the utility deletes the array If there is another remaining array and one or two hot spare disks the BIOS ch...

Page 37: ...device constant during device additions and removals You can also select an alternative boot device If the BIOS cannot find the preferred boot device when it loads it will attempt to boot from the al...

Page 38: ...AOC USAS2 L8i L8e Add on Card User s Manual 4 16 NOTE To change the alternate boot device from one disk to another follow step 4 and step 5 above but use Alt A instead of Alt B...

Page 39: ...ature has many of the advantages of a more expensive RAID striping solution You can configure an Integrated Striping volume as the boot disk or as a data disk The Integrated Striping solution provides...

Page 40: ...g which is enabled by default on all Integrated Striping volumes Use of metadata to store volume configuration on disks OS specific event log Error display inside the Fusion MPT BIOS SCSI Enclosure Se...

Page 41: ...member disk When the firmware is initialized each member disk is queried to read the stored metadata to verify the configuration The usable disk space for each IS member disk is adjusted down when th...

Page 42: ...iguration Utility is a menu driven utility program that enables you to easily configure and manage Integrated RAID volumes You can use the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility to create one or two Integrat...

Page 43: ...an Integrated Striping IS volume with the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility The procedure assumes that the required controller s and disks are already installed in the computer system Creating IS Volume...

Page 44: ...pter Activating an Array An array can become inactive if for example it is removed from one controller or computer and moved to another one The ACTIVATE ARRAY option allows you to reactivate an inacti...

Page 45: ...switch to another array on this adapter 4 Select MANAGE ARRAY The MANAGE ARRAY window appears 5 Select DELETE ARRAY A menu window appears 6 Press Y to delete the array or press N to cancel the deleti...

Page 46: ...stant during device additions and removals You can also select an alternative boot device If the BIOS cannot find the preferred boot device when it loads it will attempt to boot from the alternate dev...

Page 47: ...5 9 Chapter 5 Integrated Striping NOTE To change the alternate boot device from one disk to another follow step 4 and step 5 above but use Alt A instead of Alt B...

Page 48: ...AOC USAS2 L8i L8e Add on Card User s Manual 5 10...

Page 49: ...4 Sun SPARC v9 SAS2IRCU works with storage devices that are compliant with existing SCSI standards SAS2IRCU requires PCI 2 x or PCI 3 0 firmware and MPI v2 0 SAS2IRCU supports the following operating...

Page 50: ...a RAID command fails the SAS2IRCU prints the IOCStatus and IOCLogInfo on the console You can use this information to analyze the cause of the failure The following table shows which commands the SAS2...

Page 51: ...sk drive the volume does not use the remaining 100 GB of capacity on the disk drive The disk identified by the first Enclosure Bay on the command line becomes the primary disk drive when you create an...

Page 52: ...roller The index of the controller for the newly created volume volume type Volume type for the new volume Valid values are RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 or RAID1E size Size of the RAID volume in Mbytes or MAX f...

Page 53: ...ntroller type firmware version BIOS version volume information physical drive information and enclosure See the following Sample Output example The physical device information section displays the dup...

Page 54: ...on 1 Serial Attached SCSI Initiator ID 112 Maximum physical devices 62 Concurrent commands supported 266 Slot 3 Segment 0 Bus 64 Device 1 Function 0 RAID Support Yes IR Volume information Physical dev...

Page 55: ...e User data is not fully protected due to a configuration change or drive failure Failed FLD The volume has failed Missing MIS The volume is missing Initializing INIT The volume is initializing Online...

Page 56: ...are drive The capacity of the hot spare drive must be greater than or equal to the capacity of the smallest drive in the RAID volume You can verify this by using the DISPLAY command on the drive Obser...

Page 57: ...y 0x01 FAILURE Bad command line arguments or operational failure 0x02 ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND Cannot find specified adapter STATUS Command The STATUS command displays the current status of any existing Inte...

Page 58: ...ground volume operation is not in progress Background command progress status for controller 0 IR Volume 1 Current operation None Volume ID 6 Volume status Enabled Volume state Optimal Physical disk I...

Page 59: ...ue Parameters controller The index of the controller with the manufacturing pages you want to update passcode A passcode is required for DOS access which is restricted mfgpage The manufacturing page 4...

Page 60: ...ts warnings and prompts from appearing while the command is running Program Return Value 0x00 SUCCESS Command completed successfully 0x01 FAILURE Bad command line arguments or operational failure 0x02...

Page 61: ...ational failure 0x02 ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND Cannot find specified adapter LOGIR Command The LOGIR command uploads or clears the Integrated RAID log information Command Line sas2ircu controller logir action...

Page 62: ...AOC USAS2 L8i L8e Add on Card User s Manual 6 14 Notes...

Page 63: ...s on the screen Please wait invoking SAS Configuration Utility If the message below appears WARNING You cannot combine both SATA and SAS physical disks in the same volume All disks in the same volume...

Page 64: ...dd on Card User s Manual 7 2 LSI Corp Configuration Utility will load following initialization the ADAPTER LIST screen Figure 7 1 appears after the system completes its power on self test Figure 7 1 A...

Page 65: ...that appears when the configuration utility starts You can navigate through this screen and others in the utility by using the arrow keys on your keyboard Use the keys or the Space bar on your keyboar...

Page 66: ...OC USAS2 L8i L8e Add on Card User s Manual 7 4 2 Use the arrow keys to select RAID PROPERTIES and then press ENTER The SELECT NEW VOLUME TYPE screen appears Figure 7 3 Figure 7 3 Select New Volume Typ...

Page 67: ...add the disk to the new volume change the NO to Yes by pressing the space bar This is the Primary disk in the volume 5 Move the cursor to another line and press the space bar to add the second disk t...

Page 68: ...n appears Figure 7 5 7 From the menu options select SAVE CHANGES then exit this menu A Processing message appears briefly and then the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility returns to the ADAPTER PROPERTIES...

Page 69: ...rrectness Figure 7 6 View Volume Screen RAID 10 NOTE To create a second Integrated Mirroring volume repeat these instructions starting with step 2 Alternatively follow the instructions in the next sec...

Page 70: ...r Integrated Mirroring and Striping RAID 10 volume with the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 1 On the ADAPTER LIST screen use the arrow keys to select a SAS adapter and then press ENTER The ADAPTER PRO...

Page 71: ...create the volume A menu screen appears see Figure 7 5 7 From the menu options select SAVE CHANGES then exit this menu A Processing message appears briefly and then the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility...

Page 72: ...appears see Figure 7 3 3 Select CREATE RAID 0 VOLUME The CREATE NEW VOLUME screen appears Figure 7 7 4 Move the cursor to the RAID DISK column and select a line that has a No entry in this column indi...

Page 73: ...he ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen Initialization of the new volume continues in the background 8 From the ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen select VIEW EXISTING VOLUME The VIEW VOLUME screen appears Figure 7 8 Use...

Page 74: ...AID1 volume with OCE 1 Physically replace one of the two volume disk drives with a drive that is at least 50 GB larger If necessary you can identify the disks in the volume by following the instructio...

Page 75: ...OPERTIES and then press ENTER The SELECT NEW VOLUME TYPE screen appears Figure 7 11 7 Select VIEW EXISTING VOLUME The VIEW VOLUME screen appears Figure 7 4 If necessary press Alt N to switch to the RA...

Page 76: ...age and with options to start the expansion process or quit 10 Press Y to start the expansion The RAID PROPERTIES screen appears when the expansion process is complete This typically occurs in a very...

Page 77: ...en the configuration utility starts 1 In the ADAPTER LIST screen use the arrow keys to select the SAS adapter with the volume that needs hot spare disks and then press ENTER The ADAPTER PROPERTIES scr...

Page 78: ...Repeat the preceding step to select a second global hot spare disk 9 Press C to create the hot spare disk A menu screen appears An error message appears if the selected disk is not at least as large a...

Page 79: ...he SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility select an SAS2 adapter from the ADAPTER LIST screen see Figure 7 1 The ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen appears see Figure 7 2 2 Select RAID PROPERTIES The SELECT NEW VOLUM...

Page 80: ...7 2 2 Select ADVANCED ADAPTER PROPERTIES The ADVANCED ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen appears see Figure 7 14 3 In the ADVANCED ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen choose either ADVANCED DEVICE PROPERTIES or ADAPTER...

Page 81: ...7 19 Chapter 7 SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility Figure 7 15 Advanced Device Properties Screen Figure 7 16 Adapter Timing Properties Screen...

Page 82: ...ch to another volume on this adapter 4 SELECT MANAGE VOLUME The MANAGE VOLUME screen appears see Figure 7 12 5 Select CONSISTENCY CHECK in the MANAGE VOLUME screen A menu screen appears 6 Press Y to s...

Page 83: ...t RAID PROPERTIES and then press ENTER The SELECT NEW VOLUME TYPE screen appears see Figure 7 3 3 Select VIEW EXISTING VOLUME The VIEW VOLUME screen appears see Figure 7 6 If necessary press Alt N to...

Page 84: ...ividual disk drives from the SAS Topology screen by flashing their LEDs To do this follow these steps 1 Select the desired SAS2 controller on the ADAPTER LIST screen see Figure 7 1 and press ENTER The...

Page 85: ...ber 0 If a device is currently configured as the alternate boot device the BOOT ORDER column shows a succeding number 3 To change the boot order use the key to alter the boot order between the control...

Page 86: ...AOC USAS2 L8i L8e Add on Card User s Manual 7 24 Notes...

Page 87: ...ion Wizard s Auto Configuration mode to automatically create the best possible configuration with the available hardware You can use the Guided Configuration mode which asks you a few brief questions...

Page 88: ...ll MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a system running Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Windows XP 1 Insert the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installation CD in...

Page 89: ...f there are no available servers with a registered framework on the local subnet that is servers with a complete installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software you cannot connect to a remote server...

Page 90: ...system More than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software has been installed This message indicates that the user has installed more than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software This can b...

Page 91: ...RAID STORAGE MANAGER When the program starts the SELECT SERVER window appears If the circle in the server icon is yellow instead of green it means that the server is running in a degraded state for ex...

Page 92: ...ator user name and password to use Full Access mode If your user name and password are correct for the Login mode you have chosen the main MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window appears 9 2 MegaRAID Storage...

Page 93: ...to the right of an icon indicates that the device has failed A yellow circle to the right of an icon indicates that a device is running in a degraded state Properties Operations Graphical View Panel T...

Page 94: ...L DRIVE CONFIGURATION and SCAN FOR FOREIGN CONFIGURATION These options are also sometimes available if you right click on an item in the PHYSICAL LOGICAL VIEW panels The CREATE VIRTURAL DRIVE option a...

Page 95: ...anel of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window Then select OPERATIONS J CREATE VIRTUAL DRIVE This brings up the Configuration Wizard s Create Virtual Drive Choose Mode screen Figure 9 2 NOTE When you use...

Page 96: ...r s Manual 9 6 This screen has options for creating a virtual drive using either the Simple method or the Advanced method After choosing your method press the NEXT button to continue Figure 9 2 Create...

Page 97: ...setting to set your RAID level to either RAID level 0 1 or 10 Assign a Hotspare Check this box in order to specify if you want a hotspare disk set asside from those available Use Drive Security Check...

Page 98: ...at appears review your settings and when satisfied press the FINISH button If you wish to change your settings press the BACK button to go to the previous CREATE VIRTUAL DRIVE DRIVE GROUP AND VIRTUAL...

Page 99: ...to either RAID level 0 1 or 10 Drive Security Method Select the drive security method you wish to use in your configuration Select Unconfigured Drives Drive Groups Panes Select the unconfigured drives...

Page 100: ...VE SETTINGS screen that appears Figure 9 6 set parameters for all active controls When finished press the CREATE VIRTUAL DRIVE button and then press the NEXT button to continue Figure 9 6 Create Virtu...

Page 101: ...ppears review your settings and when satisfied press the FINISH button If you wish to change your settings press the BACK button to go to the previous CREATE VIRTUAL DRIVE DRIVE GROUP AND VIRTUAL DRIV...

Page 102: ...rtual disk icon in the left panel of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window 2 In the right panel select the OPERATIONS tab and then select SET VIRTUAL DISK PROPERTIES Figure 9 8 A list of Virtual Disk Pr...

Page 103: ...b and select DELETE VIRTUAL DISK 4 Click GO 5 When the warning message appears click YES to confirm that you want to delete the virtual disk 9 6 Controller Configuration Files Controller configuration...

Page 104: ...ADD dialog box appears Press YES to continue 3 In the ADD window that next appears select the configuration file that you wish to add 4 Click ADD to add the configuration file to your system Clearing...

Page 105: ...procedure below 1 Select your controller from the left LOGICAL pane of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window 2 Select the OPERATIONS tab from the right pane 3 Select the Controller Firmware option butto...

Page 106: ...r system 9 8 Configuring Alerts You can configure alerts by selecting the CONFIGURE ALERTS menu option from the TOOLS menu This will bring up the CONFIGURE ALERTS window Figure 9 10 NOTE You may also...

Page 107: ...set system alert settings for emailing alerts to for various severity levels The controls in this window s tabs allow you to set the mail server and email address of where you want your alerts sent Wh...

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Page 109: ...ted to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ul...

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