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Add-on Card User's Guide

3-3 Making Your Array Bootable

Use the ACU to make the array bootable and continue to Chapter 4: Installing the 
Driver and an Operating System.

Summary of Contents for AOC-USASLP-S8i

Page 1: ...DESIGNED IN USA Rev 1 0d AOC USASLP S8i AOC USASLP S8iR USER S GUIDE SUPER...

Page 2: ...RODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPERMICRO SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING...

Page 3: ...nd Pin Definitions 2 3 Explanation of Jumpers 2 3 Jumper Settings 2 3 LED Indicators 2 4 RAID Minimum Drive Requirements 2 4 Chapter 3 Boot Controller and Bootable Array 3 1 Boot Controller Setup 3 1...

Page 4: ...ux Red Hat and SUSE 5 2 Chapter 6 Managing Your Storage Space 6 1 About Adaptec Storage Manager 6 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 6 2 6 2 The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 6 2 6 3...

Page 5: ...orts Support for RAID 0 1 and 10 The AOC USASLP S8iR offers the following features UIO Form Factor Two Internal ipass cable ports Support for RAID 0 1 5 6 10 and 50 Preinstalled iButton provides RAID...

Page 6: ...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...

Page 7: ...Address Super Micro 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 n...

Page 8: ...viii Add on Card User s Guide Notes...

Page 9: ...ed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic bag Handle the add on card by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips...

Page 10: ...nt Note to Users 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...

Page 11: ...tion and Technical Specifications DESIGNED IN USA Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors 2 1 Front Connectors and Jumpers Front Connectors 1 Internal SAS Connector Drive 0 3 2 Internal SAS Connector...

Page 12: ...o 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 2 Internal SAS Connector Drive 4 7 The Internal SAS port connects...

Page 13: ...on 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...

Page 14: ...cess These LED s do not interfere with normal operation and should be ignored RAID Minimum Drive Requirements Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to set up a...

Page 15: ...ot controller to the first item on the list If your systems supports only one boot controller go to the next section For more information refer to your computer s documentation 3 2 Creating an Array T...

Page 16: ...nter 6 Select Create Array and then click Enter 7 Select the disk drives that were just initialized click Insert for each selected 8 disk drive then click Enter At the Array Properties screen opens us...

Page 17: ...guration Utility 4 Click the Create button This opens the Configuration Wizard 5 Select ExClick configuration and click the Next button 6 Review the information that is displayed Notice that for this...

Page 18: ...3 4 Add on Card User s Guide 3 3 Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to make the array bootable and continue to Chapter 4 Installing the Driver and an Operating System...

Page 19: ...re the system to boot from the CD ROM See your system s documen 1 tation for instructions on doing this Power on the system and insert the RAID Installation CD This CD is found in 2 the RAID controlle...

Page 20: ...n click Enter 5 When prompted click Enter to continue 6 Follow the on screen instructions to complete OS installation 7 Continue to Chapter 6 Managing Your Storage Space 8 4 4 Installing with Red Hat...

Page 21: ...installation selection screen choose the installation type 2 and click F6 to use a driver disk For older versions of SUSE Linux use the Alt key When prompted insert the driver disk Click any key to mo...

Page 22: ...4 4 Add on Card User s Guide Notes...

Page 23: ...2 Creating a Driver Disk Creating a driver disk Configure the system to boot from the CD ROM See your system s documen 1 tation for instructions on doing this Power on the system and insert the RAID...

Page 24: ...omputer 5 Skip to Chapter 6 Managing Your Storage Space 6 5 4 Installing on Linux Red Hat and SUSE Installing the module on Linux both Red Hat and SUSE Insert RAID Installation CD 1 Mount the Installa...

Page 25: ...rives The logic drive protect data through redundancy The Adaptec Storage Manager also allows administrators to manage controllers and drives from one work station This includes DAS and NAS Installing...

Page 26: ...l RAID Storage User s Reference which describes how to use ARCCONF are included on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD Note It is recommended that only advanced users familiar with command lin...

Page 27: ...e utility is text based It is recommended that although the AFU provides safeguards against improper configuration AFU management should be performed by an experienced technician or administrator Impr...

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