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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations

Introduction

Overview

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable

PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's USAS-H8ir Add on Card to their

system.

Product Features

The AOC-USAS-H8ir offers the following features:

• UIO Form Factor.

• Two Internal "ipass" cable ports.

• Support for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60.

• Preinstalled iButton

Operating Systems Supported

The AOC-USAS-H8ir support the following Operating Systems (OS):

• Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux/SUSE Linux

Each operating system must include the latest patches, hot fi xes, and at least, 256

MB of free hard drive space.

Manual Images

All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the latest PCB

Revision available at the time of publishing. The card you have received may or

may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual.

Summary of Contents for AOC-USAS-H8ir

Page 1: ...ev 1 0 AOC USAS H8ir USER S GUIDE AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J U H G F E D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 4 1 4 A C A C PCB EDGE PCB EDGE A C A C ...

Page 2: ...RODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clar...

Page 3: ...2 2 2 3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions 2 3 RAID Minimum Drive Requirements 2 4 Chapter 3 WebBios Configuration 3 1 Introduction 3 1 3 2 Accessing the WebBIOS 3 1 3 3 WebBIOS Configuration Wizard 3 1 3 4 WebBIOS Configuration Wizard Auto Configuration 3 2 3 5 WebBIOS Configuration Wizard Custom Configuration 3 2 3 6 Device Properties 3 3 Adapter Properties 3 3 Virtual Disk Properties 3 ...

Page 4: ...perations Menu 5 7 Log Menu 5 8 Help Menu 5 8 Chapter 6 Configuration 6 1 Creating a New Storage Configuration 6 1 Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters 6 3 Using Auto Configuration 6 4 Using Guided Configuration 6 5 Using Manual Configuration RAID 0 6 8 Using Manual Configuration RAID 1 6 10 Using Manual Configuration RAID 5 6 12 Using Manual Configuration RAID 10 6 13 Using Manual Configuration ...

Page 5: ...r RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 and 60 Preinstalled iButton Operating Systems Supported The AOC USAS H8ir support the following Operating Systems OS Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Each operating system must include the latest patches hot fixes and at least 256 MB of free hard drive space Manual Images All images and layouts shown in this user s guide are based upon t...

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Page 7: ... on card by its edges only do not touch its components pe ripheral 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 when not in use 1 2 General Safety Guidelines Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components from the computer Disconnect the power cable before ins...

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Page 9: ...D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 4 1 4 A C A C PCB EDGE PCB EDGE A C A C Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors 2 1 Front Connectors and Jumpers Front Connectors 1 Internal SAS Connector 2 Internal SAS Connector 3 I Button 4 Board to Board Connector 1 4 2 3 ...

Page 10: ...number CBL 0108L 02 2 Internal SAS Connector Drive 4 7 The Internal SAS port connects to the back plane allowing the motherboard to access the hard drives This connector supports up to four HDD ports This card supports SAS SATA1 and SATA2 drives Use a single port SAS ipass cable Super Micro order number CBL 0108L 02 3 I Button The I Button allows RAID operation with Mega RAID firmware 4 Board to B...

Page 11: ...settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins Connector Pins Jumper Setting 3 2 1 3 2 1 Jumper Settings Jumper Jumper Settings Note JP5 Open OXAE Closed OXA8 Read Boot Strap ROM from Addre...

Page 12: ...irements RAID Minimum Hard Drives RAID 0 2 RAID 1 2 RAID 5 3 RAID 6 3 RAID 10 4 2 RAID 1 Arrays RAID 50 6 2 RAID 5 Arrays RAID 60 6 2 RAID 6 Arrays Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to set up a RAID environment ...

Page 13: ...Configuration Wizard is used to setup RAID arrays and virtuals disks This section includes an overview of use For more indepth information and descriptions see the WebBIOS Help and other LSI documentation 1 Click the Configuration Wizard link located on the left hand side on the main screen 2 Select a configuration option Clear Configuration New Configuration or Add Configuration Note Clear Cofigu...

Page 14: ... Help file and other LSI documentation for more complete instructions 1 The Custom Confirguration window includes two sections Physical Drives and Disk Groups Press CTRL and select each ready desired physical drives from the group Select two drives for RAID 1 and three drives for RAID 5 2 Click Accept DG 3 For other RAID levels repeat steps 1 and 2 and do the following for RAID 10 configuration cr...

Page 15: ...d initiation Select Size Select the size for the virtual disk 6 Click Accept or Reset 7 Click Next 8 Preview the configuration and click Accept to continue or Back to go to the previous screen and then click Yes to continue 3 6 Device Properties This section gives an overview for the properties of the adapters virtual disks and drives Adapter Properties Click the Adapter Properties to see the defi...

Page 16: ...tialize the virtual drives CC runs a consistency check not available for RAID 0 Physical Drive Properties This section gives an overview of the physical drive properties accessed in the WebBIOS Main screen The physical drive properties cannot be changed at this screen The following information can be changed Select MakeDriveOffline to push the drive offline Select Locate to enable to drive LEDs Th...

Page 17: ...s an overview of the System Event properties Do the following to view event information 1 Click Events in the WebBIOS main screen 2 Choose an Event Locale from the menu 3 Select an Event Class of Information Warning Critical Fatal or Dead and choose the number of events to view and then click Go ...

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Page 19: ... and maintain storage configurations created under Embedded MegaRAID Software The MegaRAID Storage Manager graphical user interface GUI makes it easy for you to create and manage storage configurations Note MegaRAID Storage Manager software can be used to manage a wide range of MegaRAID controllers Some MegaRAID Storage Manager software features are not applicable for Embedded MegaRAID Software Cr...

Page 20: ...k failures and other events that require immediate attention Maintaining Storage Configurations You can use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to perform system maintenance tasks such as running consistency checks on arrays that support redundancy 4 2 Hardware and Software Requirements The hardware requirements for MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as fol lows PC compatible computer with an IA ...

Page 21: ...oftware 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 the CD ROM drive If necessary find and double click the setup exe file to start the installation program 2 When the Welcome screen appears click Next If MegaRAID Storage Manager software is already installed on this system the Pr...

Page 22: ...r software to view or change storage configura tions If you select Only for current user Administrator the MegaRAID Storage Manager shortcuts and associated icons will be available only to the user with this user name 5 Click Next to continue 6 On the next screen accept the default Destination Folder or click Change to select a different destination folder Click Next to continue The Setup Type scr...

Page 23: ...a network Select Server to install only those components required for remote server man agement Select StandAlone if you will use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to create and manage storage configurations on a standalone workstation 8 Click Next to proceed 9 Click Install to install the program 10 Click Finish when the final Configuration Wizard screen appears If you select Client installation ...

Page 24: ...ller tar gz file using the following com mand tar zxvf SSM_linux_installer tar gz A new disk directory is created 3 Go to the new disk directory 4 In the disk directory find and read the readme txt file 5 To start the installation enter the following command install sh If you select Client installation for a PC used to monitor servers and if there are no available servers with a registered framewo...

Page 25: ... must uninstall all the rpm files manually before installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software with the procedure listed previously The version is already installed This message indicates that the version of MegaRAID Storage Manager software you are trying to install is already installed on the system The installed version is newer This message indicates that a version of MegaRAID Storage Manager ...

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Page 27: ...soft Windows system select Start Programs MegaRAID Storage Manager StartupUI or double click the MegaRAID Storage Manager shortcut on the desktop Note If a warning appears stating that Windows Firewall has blocked some fea tures of the program click Unblock to allow MegaRAID Storage Manager software to start The Windows Firewall sometimes blocks the operation of programs that use Java To start Meg...

Page 28: ...n in the server has failed Note To access servers on a different subnet type in the box at the bottom of the screen the IP address of a server in the desired subnet where MegaRAID Storage Manager software is running and click Update If you check the Connect to remote Framework box you can also access a standalone installation of MegaRAID Stor age Manager software if it has a network connection 2 D...

Page 29: ...Select View Only if you need to only view and monitor the configuration 4 Enter your user name and password and click Login Note If the computer is networked this is the login to the computer itself not the network login You must enter the root administrator 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 MegaRAI...

Page 30: ...ser s Guide 5 2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window This section describes the MegaRAID Storage Manager window The following topics describe the panels and menu options that appear in this window Figure 5 3 Storage Manager ...

Page 31: ... controller has one or more ports Disk drives and other devices are attached to the ports The Logical view shows the hierarchy of controllers virtual disks and disk groups that are defined on the system Physical drives also appear in the Logical view so you can see which physical drives are used by each virtual disk The following icons in the left panel represent the controllers disk drives and ot...

Page 32: ...ed in the left panel Some types of devices such as arrays and ports do not have operations associated with them The Graphical View tab can be selected in the right panel if a physical drive or virtual disk is selected in the left panel In graphical view the device s storage capacity is color coded according to the legend shown on the screen For example on a physical drive configured space is blue ...

Page 33: ... of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window The options also vary depending on the current state of the selected device For example if you select an offline physical drive the Make Drive Online option appears in the Operations menu You can also view the Operations selections on the main window on the Operations tab in the right panel If an operation requires user inputs before it can be executed it ap...

Page 34: ...ager software online help file You can select Help About to view version information for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software Note When you use the MegaRAID Storage Manager software online help you may see a warning message that Internet Explorer has restricted the file from showing active content If this warning appears click on the active content warn ing bar and enable the active content ...

Page 35: ... this way could cause unpredict able behavior decreased performance an increased error count and decreased MTBF Note You cannot create or modify a storage configuration unless you are logged on with administrator privileges 6 1 Creating a New Storage Configuration You can use the MegaRAID Storage Manager Configuration Wizard to create new storage configurations To open the MegaRAID Storage Manager...

Page 36: ...anual Configuration gives you the greatest level of control in creating a new virtual disk Guided Configuration asks you a few simple questions about what kind of config uration you want and then automatically creates it from the available disk drives Note You can use Auto Guided or Manual mode to create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration To create a RAID 10 configuration you must use the Manual Con...

Page 37: ...eave them at their default settings Stripe Size A stripe size of 64 Kbytes is supported Disk Cache Policy Select a cache setting for this disk Unchanged Enabled or Disabled Init State No Initialization The new configuration is not initialized and the existing data on the disks is not overwritten Fast Initialization MegaRAID Storage Manager software quickly writes zeroes to the first and last 8 Mby...

Page 38: ... Figure 6 2 Auto Configuration Screen Follow these steps to create a new storage configuration in Auto Configuration mode 1 Select a redundancy option from the drop down menu at the bottom of the Auto Configuration window No Redundancy The new configuration will have no data redundancy RAID 0 If a physical disk in the configuration fails all data will be lost With Redundancy The new configuration ...

Page 39: ...rge 3 Optional Click Modify if you want to switch to Manual Configuration mode so you can modify the suggested Auto Configuration When you click Modify the Virtual Disk Creation screen appears Select the new virtual disk and click Reclaim Then select the new array from the Arrays with Free Space list and change the virtual disk parameters as needed 4 Click Finish The new storage configuration will...

Page 40: ...on only if redundancy RAID 1 or RAID 5 is possible Redundancy when possible Create a redundant configuration if possible Oth erwise create a non redundant configuration No Redundancy Create a non redundant configuration 2 Choose whether you want to use existing arrays in the new virtual disk The options are Use Existing Arrays Only Don t Use Existing Arrays Use Existing and New Arrays The first an...

Page 41: ...d Configuration Screen 5 Change the default volume parameters in this window if needed In the top sec tion of the window you can specify the number of virtual disks to create You can also choose to use less than the full capacity of this array for the virtual disk s You could do this to leave capacity available for other virtual disks that you create later 6 Click Next to continue to the next wind...

Page 42: ... Arrow button to move the selected drives to the right panel Note MegaRAID Storage Manager software will not allow you to select the disk drive on which the operating system is installed or any other drives that are already part of a configuration 2 Click Accept to accept these drives for the new RAID 0 array Note To remove a single drive from a proposed new array select the drive icon in the righ...

Page 43: ...not want to use the entire available capacity for the new virtual disk 7 Optional Change the other Virtual Disk Properties if necessary 8 Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk Note Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just defined 9 Click Next to continue with the next configuration step The Virtual Disk Sum mary window appears 10 Review t...

Page 44: ... button to move the selected drives to the right panel Note MegaRAID Storage Manager software will not allow you to select the disk drive on which the operating system is installed or any other drives that are already part of a configuration 2 Click Accept to accept these drives for the new RAID 1 array 3 To add a hotspare to an array select an available drive in the left panel Select the array fr...

Page 45: ...Optional Set Size in MB to a lower number if you do not want to use the entire available capacity for the new virtual disk 9 Optional Change the other Virtual Disk Properties if necessary 10 Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk Note Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just defined 11 Click Next to continue with the next configuration ste...

Page 46: ... a single drive from a proposed new array select the drive icon in the right panel and click the Left Arrow button 3 Click Next The next Configuration Wizard window appears The Arrays with Free Space menu lists the new array that you just defined plus any existing arrays with holes free space that could be used for a new configuration 4 From the Arrays with Free Space menu select the array to use ...

Page 47: ...o as shown in Figure 6 7 5 To remove a hotspare from an array select it in the right panel and click Remove HotSpare 6 Click Next The next Configuration Wizard window appears as shown in Figure 6 6 The Arrays with Free Space menu lists the new arrays that you just defined plus any existing arrays with holes free space that could be used for a new configuration 7 In the left panel select the two RA...

Page 48: ...first Manual Configuration window shown in Figure 6 5 select two avail able drives in the left panel Click the Right Arrow button to move the selected drives to the right panel 2 Click Accept to accept these drives for a new RAID 5 array 3 Select two more drives for a second RAID 5 array and click Accept 4 To add a hotspare select an available drive in the left panel Select the array from the drop...

Page 49: ...ation and software Help file for more information To add a global hotspare disk follow these steps 1 In the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window right click the icon of any unused disk drive 2 Select Make Global Hotspare For a RAID 10 array the entire capacity of the array is automatically used for the new virtual disk You cannot define another virtual disk on this array 9 Optional Ch...

Page 50: ... can restore them later if necessary Rebuild Rate ____________ Background Initialization BGI Rate ____________ Check Consistency Rate ____________ 1 Select the Physical View tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window and select a controller icon 2 In the right panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window select the Opera tions tab and select Set Adjustable Task Rates The task rat...

Page 51: ... Parameters Note Only the Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead functions are supported in Embedded MegaRAID Software 4 Click Go to accept the changes 6 5 Deleting a Virtual Disk Caution Be sure to back up the data on the virtual disk before you delete it Be sure that the operating system is not installed on this virtual disk You can delete virtual disks to rearrange the storage space To delete a virtua...

Page 52: ...New Configuration option to add a new storage configuration while keeping the existing configuration Alternatively you can clear the existing storage configuration from a controller and then create a totally new configuration or load a previously saved configurationfile Caution Before you clear a configuration be sure to save any data that you want to keep Clearing a configuration deletes all data...

Page 53: ... and size of the physical disks connected to the controller are exactly the same as when the configuration was saved To add a saved configuration follow these steps 1 Select a controller icon in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window 2 On the menu bar select Operations Advanced Operations Configuration Add Saved Configuration A Warning message appears 3 Click Yes 4 When the Open dia...

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