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PXL-S30R

LSI 1030 SCSI RAID card

Summary of Contents for PXL-S30R

Page 1: ...PXL S30R LSI 1030 SCSI RAID card ...

Page 2: ...RCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN...

Page 3: ...s 2 2 2 1 3 Flashing RAID card firmware 2 3 2 2 LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility 2 4 2 2 1 Integrated Mirroring IM volume Integrated Mirroring Enhanced IME volume 2 4 2 2 2 Integrated Striping IS volume 2 9 2 2 3 Managing Arrays 2 12 2 2 4 Selecting a boot disk 2 16 2 2 5 Global Properties 2 17 Chapter 3 Driver update 3 1 RAID controller driver update 3 2 3 1 1 Windows Server 2003 OS 3 2 3 2 Manag...

Page 4: ...ause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the...

Page 5: ...in your area If you are not sure about the voltage of the electrical outlet you are using contact your local power company If the power supply is broken do not try to fix it by yourself Contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operation safety Before installing any component to the server carefully read all the manuals that came with the package Before using the product make sure al...

Page 6: ...uring RAID sets using the available utilities Chapter 3 Driver update This chapter provides instructions for updating the latest drivers in Windows Server 2003 Where to find more information Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates 1 ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on ASUS hardware and software products Refer to the ...

Page 7: ...that you must type the command exactly as shown then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets Example At the DOS prompt type the command line format a DANGER WARNING Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task CAUTION Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to complete a task NOTE Tips and additional information to help you complete a ...

Page 8: ...tor 2 x 68 pin High Density HD SCSI connectors External connector 2 x 68 pin Very High Density Cable Interconnect VHDCI SCSI connectors Termination Universal LVD SE termination auto cable detection per channel RAID level Integrated Hardware RAID0 RAID1 and RAID1E OS support Windows Win2003 FUSION MPT Windows Server 2003 Driver Support device Connects up to 15 internal and external SCSI devices for...

Page 9: ...1 Product introduction This chapter offers the LSI 1030 SCSI RAID card features and the new technologies it supports ...

Page 10: ...ected to the SCSI connectors on the RAID card Before you start installing the SCSI RAID card check the items in your package with the list below If any of the above items is damaged or missing contact your retailer 1 2 Package contents Check your package for the following items ASUS PXL S30R SCSI RAID card Internal 68 pin High Density SCSI cable one connector on each end x 2 Support CD User guide ...

Page 11: ...rating system Windows Win2003 FUSION MPT Windows Server 2003 Driver Other requirement Appropriate thermal solution Certified power supply module 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Channel A 68 pin VHDCI SCSI connector 2 Channel B 68 pin VHDCI SCSI connector 3 Channel B 68 pin HD SCSI connector 4 Channel A 68 pin HD SCSI connector 5 Channel A and B activity LED connector 6 SCSI card status LED lights up to indicate tha...

Page 12: ...1 Chapter 1 Product introduction ...

Page 13: ...2 RAID configuration This chapter provides instructions on setting up creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities ...

Page 14: ... two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup The new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive RAID 1 E Enhanced RAID 1 has a striped layout with each stripe unit having a secondary or alternate copy stored on a different disk You can use three or more hard disk drives for this configuration If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive inc...

Page 15: ...ity to boot from the support CD Save your changes then exit the BIOS Setup 4 Restart the computer 5 Press any key when prompted to boot from CD The Makedisk menu appears Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO Press any key to boot from CDROM A FreeDOS command prompt B Make PXL S30R RAID Card driver disk for Windows 2000 C Make PXL S30R RAID Card driver disk for Windows Server 2003 D Flash PXL S30R RAID Car...

Page 16: ... Mirroring Enhanced IME supports three to eight disks or seven mirrored disks plus a hot spare disk The IM feature supports hot swap capability so when a disk in an IM volume fails you can easily restore the volume and the swapped disk is automatically re mirrored Creating Integrated Mirroring volumes The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly matc...

Page 17: ... Host Bus Adapters Adapter PCI Dev Port IRQ NVM Boot LSI Logic RAID BUS Func Number Order Control Status 1020 1030 2 10 A000 10 Yes 0 Enabled 1020 1030 2 11 9000 11 Yes 1 Enabled Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 Adapters Properties Adapter PCI Dev Bus Func 1020 1030 2 10 Device Prop...

Page 18: ...not large enough to mirror existing data on the primary drive The disk has been selected as the Hot Spare for the RAID array The disk is already part of another array Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item F4 Diagnostic LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 RAID Properties Array SCSI ID Size MB SCSI Device Identifier Array Ho...

Page 19: ...ct Item Enter Execute Item F4 Diagnostic LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 F3 Keep Data Create 2 disk array Delete Erase Disk Create 2 to 6 disk array 7 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add the second disk to the volume Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item F4 Diagnostic LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 0...

Page 20: ... Execute Item LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 RAID Properties Changed Cancel Exit Exit the Configuration Utility Save changes then exit this menu Discard changes then exit this menu Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item F4 Diagnostic LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 Processing may take up 1 ...

Page 21: ...S 5 11 01 Copyright 1995 2003 LSI Logic Corp Adapter s disabled by user Press Ctrl C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility 3 The following screen appears Select a channel and press Enter to enter the setup The numbers of the channel depend on the controller Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item F2 Menu LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version M...

Page 22: ...an add to make up the IS volume Use the arrow key to select a disk then move the cursor to the Array Disk column To include this disk in the array press or By default the Array Disk field shows No before array creation This field is grayed out under the following conditions The disk does not meet the minimum requirements for use in a RAID array The disk is already part of another array Esc Abort E...

Page 23: ...ome End Select Item Enter Execute Item LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IS 5 11 01 Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item F4 Diagnostic LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IS 5 11 01 Processing may take up 1 minute RAID Properties Changed Cancel Exit Exit the Configuration Utility Save changes then exit this menu Discar...

Page 24: ... Item Enter Execute Item F2 Menu LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 Next Array Delete Array Add Delete Hot Spare Activate Array RAID Properties Array IM SCSI ID 8 Size MB 70008 SCSI Device Identifier Array Hot Status Predict Size ID Disk Spare Failure MB 8 FUJITSU MAT3073NC 0107 Yes No Primary No 70008 9 FUJITSU MAT3073NC 0107 Yes No Out of Sync No 70008 10 FUJITSU MAT307...

Page 25: ...ing volume properties 2 From the screen press F2 to select Add Delete Hot Spare 3 Use the arrow key to select the disk you would like to configure as hot spare then move the cursor to the Hot Spare column Press or and the Hot Spare column field now shows Yes Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item F2 Menu LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPT...

Page 26: ... to select Activate Array 3 Press Y to delete or N to cancel Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item F2 Menu RAID Properties Array IM SCSI ID 8 Size MB 70008 SCSI Device Identifier Array Hot Status Predict Size ID Disk Spare Failure MB 8 FUJITSU MAT3073NC 0107 Yes No Primary No 70008 9 FUJITSU MAT3073NC 0107 Yes No Out of Sync No 70008 10 FUJITSU MA...

Page 27: ...No 70008 LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 Next Array Delete Array Add Delete Hot Spare Activate Array Synchronizing the array Synchronizing the array allows the utility to resynchronize data on the mirrored disk in the array This procedure is seldom required because data synchronization is automatically done during normal operation To synchronize the array select Synchr...

Page 28: ... Boot LSI Logic RAID BUS Func Number Order Control Status 1020 1030 2 10 A000 10 Yes 0 Enabled 1020 1030 2 11 9000 11 Yes 1 Enabled LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IS 5 11 01 Boot Adapter List Global Properties 2 From the Boot Adapter List screen move the cursor to highlight the Boot Order column or Next Boot column and press or to configure the boot adapters Press Insert to add a...

Page 29: ...lity Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed No Boot Information Display Mode Verbose Negotiate with devices Supported Video Mode Color Support Interrupt Hook interrupt the default Disable Integrated RAID No Restore Defaults Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS...

Page 30: ...oot Alert Displayed No Boot Information Display Mode Verbose Negotiate with devices Supported Video Mode Color Support Interrupt Hook interrupt the default Disable Integrated RAID No Restore Defaults Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed ...

Page 31: ...r Support Interrupt Hook interrupt the default Disable Integrated RAID No Restore Defaults Support Interrupt Configuration options Hook interrupt the Default Bypass interrupt hook Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed No Boot Information ...

Page 32: ...or Support Interrupt Hook interrupt the default Disable Integrated RAID No Restore Defaults Restore Defaults This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the system defaults Esc Abort Exit ArrowKeys Select Item Change Item Home End Select Item Enter Execute Item LSI Logic MPT SCSI Setup Utility Version MPTBIOS IME 5 10 03 Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed N...

Page 33: ...3 Driver update This chapter provides instructions for updating the latest drivers in Windows Server 2003 ...

Page 34: ...ray This part provides instructions on how to update the RAID controller drivers after OS installation 3 1 1 Windows Server 2003 OS To update the RAID controller driver after installing Windows Server 2003 OS 1 Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Properties 2 Click the Hardware tab on the top then press the Device Manager button 3 Doube click one of the LSI Logic PCI X Ultra320 SCSI ...

Page 35: ...US PXL S30R 3 4 Click the Driver tab on the top then click Update Driver 5 Toggle No not this time then click Next to continue 6 Toggle Install from a list or specific location then click Next to continue ...

Page 36: ...pdate 7 Toggle Don t choose I will choose the driver to install then click Next to continue 8 Highlight LSI Logic PCI X Ultra320 SCSI Host Adapter then click Have Disk 9 Select from the drop down menu and locate the driver ...

Page 37: ...ASUS PXL S30R 3 10 Click Next to start updating the driver 11 After completing driver update click Finish to close the wizard 12 Repeat the previous instructions to update the driver of another channel ...

Page 38: ...port CD Place the support CD to the optical drive The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer browse the contents of the support CD to locate the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder Double click the ASSETUP EXE to run the CD 3 2 2 Drivers menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system dete...

Page 39: ...ASUS PXL S30R 3 3 2 3 Contact information Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact information You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide ...

Page 40: ...3 Chapter 3 Driver update ...

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