Supero SUPERSERVER 5014C-MT, User Manual

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Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
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2. Installing/removing hot-swap SATA drives
The SATA drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the chassis. These
are (with RAID enabled) hot-swap drives, meaning they can be removed and in-
stalled without powering down the system. To remove a carrier, push the release
button located beside the drive LEDs. Then swing the colored handle fully out and
use it to pull the unit straight out (see Figure 6-5).
Note: Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot-plug ca-
pability of the SATA drives.
Serial ATA Backplane
The Serial ATA drives plug into a backplane that provides power, drive ID and bus
termination. A RAID controller can be used with the backplane to provide data
security. The backplane is already preconfi gured, so there are no jumpers or
switches present on it.
The SATA ports are assigned differently based on the setup of the system. Note
that these assignments will also affect the drive activity LEDs:
Onboard Assignments (set by ICH6R, no Operating System)
SATA 0: Primary Master
SATA 1: Secondary Master
SATA 2: Primary Slave
SATA 3: Secondary Slave
Operating System Assignments (no LSI driver installed and RAID disabled)
SATA 0: Primary Master
SATA 1: Primary Slave
SATA 2: Secondary Master
SATA 3: Secondary Slave
Operating System Assignments (LSI driver installed and Mega RAID enabled)*
SATA 0: Primary Master
SATA 1: Secondary Master
SATA 2: Primary Slave
SATA 3: Secondary Slave
*RAID must fi rst be enabled in BIOS (see p. 7-6) and then the LSI driver should be
installed. The LSI driver is included on the CD-ROM included with the system.