Supero AOC-USAS-L8i Manuel utilisateur
Rev. 1.0b
AOC-USAS-L8i
USER'S GUIDE
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Add-on Card User's Guide
The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate.
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Manual Revision 1.0b
Release Date: October 17, 2007
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview ...........................................................................................................vii
Product Features ...............................................................................................vii
Operating Systems Supported .......................................................................... vii
An Important Note to Users ..............................................................................vii
Contacting SuperMicro ..................................................................................... viii
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 ................................................................................. 1-1
Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors
2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ........................................................................... 2-1
Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 2-1
2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions .................................................................... 2-2
2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions ........................................................ 2-3
LED INDICATORS .......................................................................................... 2-4
Front Pane LEDs ............................................................................................ 2-4
RAID Minimum Drive Requirements ............................................................... 2-5
Chapter 3 Driver Installation
3-1 Performing a Quick Configuration ........................................................................ 3-1
3-2 Configuring Arrays and Logic Drives .................................................................. 3-2
Starting the MegaRAID BIOS CU ................................................................... 3-2
Using Easy Configuration ............................................................................... 3-3
Using New Configuration and View/Add Configuration .................................. 3-4
Creating a Global Hotspare Drive ................................................................... 3-6
Initializing Logical Drives ................................................................................. 3-7
3-3 Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies ............................ 3-9
3-4 Rebuilding a Drive ............................................................................................. 3-10
3-5 Hot Plug Support ................................................................................................3-11
3-6 Checking Data Consistency ............................................................................... 3-12
3-7 Viewing and Changing Device Properties ......................................................... 3-13
Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties ................................................... 3-14
Viewing and Changing Logical Drive Properties .......................................... 3-15
Viewing Physical Drive Properties ................................................................ 3-15
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3-8 Forcing Drives Online or Offline ........................................................................ 3-15
3-9 Configuring a Bootable Logical Drive ................................................................ 3-16
3-10 Deleting a Logical Drive ................................................................................... 3-16
3-11 Clearing a Storage Configuration ..................................................................... 3-16
Chapter 4 MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareOverview and
Installation
4-1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 4-1
Creating Storage Configurations ..................................................................... 4-1
Monitoring Storage Devices ............................................................................ 4-2
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
Chapter 5 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus
5-1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software .................................................. 5-1
5-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window ................................................................. 5-4
Physical/Logical View Panel ........................................................................... 5-5
Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel .................................................. 5-6
Event Log Panel .............................................................................................. 5-6
Menu Bar ......................................................................................................... 5-7
File Menu .................................................................................................... 5-7
Operations Menu ........................................................................................ 5-7
Group Operations Menu ............................................................................. 5-7
Log Menu ................................................................................................... 5-8
Help Menu .................................................................................................. 5-8
Chapter 6 Configuration
6-1 Creating a New Storage Configuration ................................................................ 6-1
Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters .......................................................... 6-3
Using Auto Configuration ................................................................................ 6-4
Using Guided Configuration ............................................................................ 6-5
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0 .............................................................. 6-8
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1 ............................................................ 6-10
Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10 .......................................................... 6-12
6-2 Adding Hotspare Disks ...................................................................................... 6-13
6-3 Changing Adjustable Task Rates ....................................................................... 6-14
6-4 Changing Virtual Disk Properties ....................................................................... 6-15
6-5 Deleting a Virtual Disk ....................................................................................... 6-15
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6-6 Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk ............................................................ 6-16
6-7 Clearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller .......................................... 6-16
6-8 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration ............................................................. 6-17
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Introduction
Overview
This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable
PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-USAS-L8i add-on card to
their system.
Product Features
The AOC-USAS-L8i add-on card offers the following features:
• UIO Form Factor.
• Dual Internal "ipass" cable ports.
• Multiple LED Activity/Failure indicators.
Operating Systems Supported
The AOC-USAS-L8i add-on card supports the following Operating Systems (OS):
• Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux/SUSE Linux
An Important 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 same as the graphics shown in this manual.
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Contacting SuperMicro
Headquarters
Address: SuperMicro Computer, Inc.
980 Rock Ave.
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000
Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
Web Site: www.supermicro.com
Europe
Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V.
Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0) 73-6400390
Fax: +31 (0) 73-6416525
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
[email protected] (Customer Support)
Asia-Pacific
Address: SuperMicro, Taiwan
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.supermicro.com.tw
Technical Support:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 886-2-8228-1366, ext.132 or 139
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Chapter 1
Safety Guidelines
To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps
listed below when accessing your system or handling the components.
1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines
Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent dam-
age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures
are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD.
• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
• Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the anti-
static bag.
• Handle the RAID card by its edges only; do not touch its components, periph-
eral 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 cables from the
system.
• Make sure that the add-on card is securely and properly installed on the moth-
erboard to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.
1-3 An Important 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 same as the graphics shown in this manual.
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