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Summary of Contents for AOC-USAS-L4i

Page 1: ...A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE PCB EDGE WWN BAR CODE 1 3 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...

Page 2: ...UCT 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 TH...

Page 3: ...Driver Installation 3 1 Performing a Quick Con guration 3 1 3 2 Con guring Arrays and Logic Drives 3 2 Starting the MegaRAID BIOS CU 3 2 Using Easy Con guration 3 3 Using New Con guration and View Ad...

Page 4: ...ogical View Panel 5 5 Properties Operations Graphical View Panel 5 6 Event Log Panel 5 6 Menu Bar 5 7 File Menu 5 7 Operations Menu 5 7 Group Operations Menu 5 7 Log Menu 5 8 Help Menu 5 8 Chapter 6 C...

Page 5: ...v Safety Information and Technical Speci cations 6 8 Adding a Saved Storage Con guration 6 18...

Page 6: ...vi Add on Card User s Guide Notes...

Page 7: ...l ipass cable ports Multiple LED Activity Failure indicators In addition the AOC USAS L4iR add on card offers IR Mode and SWR with iButton RAID 5 with iButton Operating Systems Supported AOC USAS L4i...

Page 8: ...s SuperMicro 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 Techni...

Page 9: ...card by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the card and peripherals back into th...

Page 10: ...1 2 Add on Card User s Guide Notes...

Page 11: ...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 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE A C A C Chapter...

Page 12: ...4 HDD ports Use a single port SAS ipass cable Super Micro order number CBL 0108L 02 2 iButton Socket The iButton is used to enable RAID 5 with the AOC USAS L4iR card only To do this you must install a...

Page 13: ...20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE A C A C SWR5 Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the b...

Page 14: ...mal Activity in HHD 7 LED INDICATORS 1 3 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE PCB EDGE WWN BAR CODE 1 3 AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J U H G F E D...

Page 15: ...mum Drive Requirements RAID Minimum Hard Drives RAID 0 2 RAID 1 2 RAID 5 3 RAID 10 4 2 RAID 1 Arrays Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to set up a RAID envi...

Page 16: ...2 6 Add on Card User s Guide Notes...

Page 17: ...re the best performance select the optimal RAID level for the logical drive you create Important It is recommended that you do not use both SAS and SATA drives in the same array Using different drive...

Page 18: ...ermines the possible RAID levels that you can implement with the array RAID 0 requires from one to eight physical drives RAID 1 requires two physical drives RAID 5 requires three physical drives RAID...

Page 19: ...ng Easy Con guration 1 Select Con guration Easy Con guration from the Management Menu A list of available READY physical drives appears 2 Use the arrow keys to select the physical drives to include in...

Page 20: ...r 12 Save the con guration when prompted and press any key to return to the Management Menu 13 Initialize the new logical drive s See Section 3 Initializing Logical Drives for detailed instructions Us...

Page 21: ...ive its status changes from READY to ONLIN A array num ber drive number For example ONLIN A00 01 means array 0 disk drive 1 4 To create a global hotspare drive highlight a READY disk drive and press F...

Page 22: ...y 14 Save the con guration when prompted and press any key to the Management Menu 15 Initialize the new logical drive s See Section 3 2 Initializing Logical Drives for detailed instructions Creating a...

Page 23: ...h the Mega RAID BIOS CU If the Fast Init property is enabled fast initialization will be used In fast initialization the MegaRAID BIOS CU quickly writes zeroes to the rst and last 8 Mbyte regions of t...

Page 24: ...nabled the initialization resumes where it left off when you restart it instead of starting over from 0 percent Continue The initialization continues normally Abort The initialization is completely ab...

Page 25: ...rive on the array The Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead policies can be set to On or Off When the disk Write Cache is On a write transaction is considered to be complete when all the data has been writt...

Page 26: ...the de ned size of the array Follow these steps to rebuild a drive 1 Select Rebuild from the Management Menu 2 When the list of drives appears highlight the FAIL drive that you want to rebuild and pr...

Page 27: ...build continues normally Abort The rebuild is completely aborted and the disk drive remains in the FAIL state If you restart the rebuild it begins at 0 percent 3 5 Hot Plug Support The MegaRAID BIOS C...

Page 28: ...of Array Not Complete Press ESC followed by the hot plug message If a consistency check is in progress when you insert or remove a drive the CU will display the message CC Not Completed Press ESC foll...

Page 29: ...d continues If you press N the program aborts the consistency check The same message appears if the program nds a hard media error on the target drive If you press Esc while a Check Consistency is run...

Page 30: ...t The following list of adapter properties appears 1 The Disk coercion property can be accessed only when no con guration is pres ent for the adapter Otherwise an error message will appear 3 If you wa...

Page 31: ...isk Capacity Product ID and Revision No These properties are view only 3 8 Forcing Drives Online or Of ine The MegaRAID BIOS CU enables you to force drives online or of ine You may want to force a dri...

Page 32: ...ting a Logical Drive Caution Before you delete a logical drive be sure to back up all the data you want to keep The MegaRAID BIOS CU allows you to delete any single logical drive de ned in the con gur...

Page 33: ...r and maintain storage con gurations created under Embedded MegaRAID Software The MegaRAID Storage Manager graphical user interface GUI makes it easy for you to create and manage storage con gurations...

Page 34: ...lures and other events that require immediate attention Maintaining Storage Con gurations You can use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to perform system maintenance tasks such as running consistency...

Page 35: ...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 nd and dou...

Page 36: ...tware to view or change storage con gura tions If you select Only for current user the MegaRAID Storage Manager shortcuts and associated icons will be available only to the user with this user name 5...

Page 37: ...Client if you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a PC that will be used to view and con gure servers over a network Select Server to install only those components required for remote...

Page 38: ...unning Red Hat Linux or SUSE Linux 1 Copy the SSM_linux_installer tar gz le to a temporary folder 2 Untar the SSM_linux_installer tar gz le using the following command tar zxvf SSM_linux_installer tar...

Page 39: ...st uninstall all the rpm les manually before installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software with the procedure listed previously The version is already installed This message indicates that the version...

Page 40: ...4 8 Add on Card User s Guide Notes...

Page 41: ...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...

Page 42: ...er 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 runni...

Page 43: ...lect View Only if you need to only view and monitor the con guration 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...

Page 44: ...r s Guide 5 2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window This section describes the MegaRAID Storage Manager window which is shown in Figure 5 3 The following topics describe the panels and menu options that app...

Page 45: ...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 de ned on the system...

Page 46: ...t 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 sele...

Page 47: ...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 of ine physical drive the Make Drive Online option appe...

Page 48: ...nager software online help le 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 ma...

Page 49: ...ould cause unpredict able behavior decreased performance an increased error count and decreased MTBF Note You cannot create or modify a storage con guration unless you are logged on with administrator...

Page 50: ...anual Con guration gives you the greatest level of control in creating a new virtual disk Guided Con guration asks you a few simple questions about what kind of con gu ration you want and then automat...

Page 51: ...Manual Con guration modes of the Con guration Wizard You should change these parameters only if you have a speci c reason for doing so It is usually best to leave them at their default settings Strip...

Page 52: ...ysical disks Figure 7 2 Auto Con guration Screen Follow these steps to create a new storage con guration in Auto Con guration mode 1 Select a redundancy option from the drop down menu at the bottom of...

Page 53: ...to switch to Manual Con guration mode so you can modify the suggested Auto Con guration When you click Modify the Virtual Disk Creation screen appears Select the new virtual disk and click Reclaim The...

Page 54: ...ration only if redundancy RAID 1 is pos sible Redundancy when possible Create a redundant con guration if possible Other wise create a non redundant con guration No Redundancy Create a non redundant c...

Page 55: ...cond Guided Con guration 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 cho...

Page 56: ...ow 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 driv...

Page 57: ...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 con guration of the new virtual dis...

Page 58: ...tton 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 th...

Page 59: ...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 Ac...

Page 60: ...cept these drives for the new RAID 5 array Note To remove 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 Con gu...

Page 61: ...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 Con guration Wizard window appears as shown in Figure 6 6 The...

Page 62: ...Hotspares are disk drives that are available to automatically replace failed drives in a RAID 1 or RAID 10 virtual disk Only global hotspares are supported for Embed ded MegaRAID Software To add a gl...

Page 63: ...ere so you can restore them later if necessary Rebuild Rate ____________ Background Initialization BGI Rate ____________ Check Consistency Rate ____________ 1 Select the Physical View tab in the left...

Page 64: ...ote Only the Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead functions are supported in Em bedded MegaRAID Software 4 Click Go to accept the changes 6 5 Deleting a Virtual Disk Caution Be sure to back up the data on...

Page 65: ...the Add New Con guration option to add a new storage con guration while keeping the existing con guration Alternatively you can clear the existing storage con guration from a controller and then crea...

Page 66: ...of the physical disks connected to the controller are exactly the same as when the con guration was saved To add a saved con guration follow these steps 1 Select a controller icon in the left panel o...

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