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Preface
Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview .............................................................................................................v
Product Features .................................................................................................v
Operating Systems Supported ............................................................................v
Manual Images ....................................................................................................v
Contacting Supermicro .......................................................................................vi
Returning Merchandise for Service...................................................................vii
Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines
1-1
ESD Safety Guidelines ................................................................................... 1-1
1-2
General Safety Guidelines .............................................................................. 1-1
1-3
An Important Note to Users ............................................................................ 1-2
Chapter 2 Connectors and LED Indicators
2-1
Front Connectors and Jumpers ...................................................................... 2-1
Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 2-1
2-2
Front Connector and Pin Definitions
............................................................... 2-2
2-3
LED Functions ................................................................................................. 2-3
RAID Minimum Drive Requirements .............................................................. 2-4
Chapter 3
WebBIOS Configuratio
n
3-1
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 3-1
3-2
Accessing the WebBIOS ................................................................................ 3-1
3-3
WebBIOS Configuration Wizard
...................................................................... 3-1
WebBIOS Configuration Wizard - Auto Configuration
.................................... 3-2
WebBIOS Configuration Wizard - Custom Configuration
............................... 3-2
3-4
Device Properties ............................................................................................ 3-3
Chapter 4
MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and
Installation
4-1
Overview ......................................................................................................... 4-1
Creating Storage Configurations
..................................................................... 4-1
Maintaining Storage Configurations
................................................................ 4-2
4-2
Hardware and Software Requirements ........................................................... 4-2
4-3
Installation ....................................................................................................... 4-3
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux ............................ 4-6
Linux Error Messages ..................................................................................... 4-7
