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AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User’s Manual

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Manual Revison 1.0a

Release Date: March 10, 2009

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Printed in the United States of America

WARNING: 

HANDLING OF LEAD SOLDER MATERIALS USED IN THIS 

PRODUCT MAY EXPOSE YOU TO LEAD, A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS AND OTHER 
REPRODUCTIVE HARM.

Summary of Contents for Supero AOC-SASLP-MV8

Page 1: ...AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual Revison 1 0a ...

Page 2: ...a shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware 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 reasonable protection against harmful interf...

Page 3: ...Internal SAS Connectors 2 1 2 2 Jumpers 2 2 2 3 LED Indicators 2 2 Chapter 3 Installing Drivers and Firmware 3 1 3 1 Creating a Driver Floppy Disk 3 1 3 2 Adding the Driver into an Existing System 3 2 3 3 Installing the Driver into a New System 3 2 3 4 Getting Firmware Downloads 3 4 3 5 Flashing Firmware 3 4 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 4 1 4 1 Troubleshooting Problems 4 1 4 2 Contacting Supermicro s...

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Page 5: ... MV8 add on card is a high speed high bandwidth Controller that can integrate multiple high capacity drives to provide you with maximum storage space Product Features The Product Name 2 offers the following features Low profile Form Factor w the PCB size of 4 75 H x 2 5 W Marvell s 88SE6480 Serial ATA Host Controller supports 8 SAS SATA ports Two mini SAS connectors can connect to 8 internal SAS S...

Page 6: ...he 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 Product Compliance Information The Product Name 2 is compliant with the following safety standards requirements USA FCC 47 CFR Part 15 subpart B European Union EN 55022 EN 55024 ...

Page 7: ...puter 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 rma supermicro nl Customer Support 9 Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www sup...

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Page 9: ...ly 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 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 installing or removing any c...

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Page 11: ...SFF 8087 connector connect to the backplane allowing the motherboard to access the hard drives Each connector supports up to four hard drives allowing the add on card to support a maximum of eight SAS 0 3 and SAS 4 7 Figure 2 1 AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card Front Connectors and Jumpers Table 2 1 Front Connectors and Pin Definitions Number Description 1 Internal SAS Connectors 2 Marvell s Serial ATA Ho...

Page 12: ...Jumpers The AOC SASLP MV8 add on card does not have any configurable jumpers 2 3 LED Indicators Figure 2 2 displays LED indicators on the add on card The Ready RDY LED yellow turns on when a drive is present on the HBA port An Active ACT LED green blinks to show drive activity on that port Figure 2 2 LED Indicators NOTE These LEDs are primarily used for debug purposes only ...

Page 13: ...s i386 Free into a blank formatted floppy disk For the Windows 64 bit Operating System Copy all files from the folder Windows_3_1_0_17 build Windows amd64 Free into a blank formatted floppy disk For the Linux Operating Systems For an existing system Use the source code from the folder Linux_3_1_0_7 to compile For a new system Use the tool rawwritewin exe to write the driver images stored in the fo...

Page 14: ...the prompt type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom and press ENTER to mount the CD ROM directory into the system directory 3 At the prompt type cd mnt cdrom Linux_3_4_0 and press ENTER to change the directory to the CD ROM directory 4 Read the README txt file and exit 5 At the prompt type cd mnt cdrom Linux_3_4_0 Docs and press ENTER 6 Read the documents included carefully and follow the instructions given...

Page 15: ... A Linux bootup screen appears 2 At the boot prompt type linux dd at the prompt and press ENTER The system starts initializing the driver Follow the instructions when prompted to complete the installation process For the SuSE Linux Operating System 1 Extract the image driver from DiskImag Linux x86_32 into a blank formatted disk 2 Boot up the system from SuSE Linux Installation CD ROM 3 On the scr...

Page 16: ...ain firmware downloads 3 5 Flashing Firmware Follow the procedure below to flash firmware to the BIOS Flashing Firmware 1 Boot the system to DOS 2 Flash the BIOS using the mvf exe file with the following command at the DOS prompt where represents the name of the bin file used a mvf bin This automatically flashes the BIOS 3 When the flashing is completed reboot the system The new firmware is now fl...

Page 17: ...hown below will display If it is not shown in the BIOS please find out the root cause of the problem by following the steps listed above Make sure that the driver for the card is installed in the system the controller Problem I cannot see the hard drives that are connected to the controller Recommended Solutions Make sure that there is power supply to the hard drives Check the SATA cable to make s...

Page 18: ...e check with the software company that produces the OS Make sure that more than one drives are seen by the OS 4 2 Contacting Supermicro s Technical Support If you still have problems after trying out all the recommended solutions please contact our Technical Support by phone at 408 503 8000 or visit our web site at www supermicro com support ...

Page 19: ...pected 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 ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions lit...

Page 20: ...H8DMT H8DMT IBX H8DMT F H8DMT IBXF User s Manual 5 2 Notes ...

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