SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-USAS-L4iR manual Table of Contents

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Safety Information and Technical Specifications

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

AOC-USAS-L4i Front Connectors

2-1

2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions

2-2

2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions

2-3

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

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

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Contents AOC-USAS-L4i AOC-USAS-L4iR Manual Revision 1.0b Release Date October 17 Table of Contents MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareOverview and Installation Adding a Saved Storage Configuration Add-on Card Users Guide An Important Note to Users Product FeaturesOverview Operating Systems SupportedAsia-Pacific Contacting SuperMicroHeadquarters EuropeESD Safety Guidelines General Safety GuidelinesAn Important Note to Users Add-on Card Users Guide Front Connectors Front Connectors and Jumpers#1. Internal SAS Connector Front Connector and Pin DefinitionsFront Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions Jumper SettingsFront Pane LEDs LED IndicatorsRAID 1 Arrays RAID Minimum Drive RequirementsAdd-on Card Users Guide Performing a Quick Configuration Chapter Driver InstallationConfiguring Arrays and Logic Drives Starting the MegaRAID Bios CUUsing Easy Configuration Logical Drive Configuration Using New Configuration and View/Add ConfigurationSafety Information and Technical Specifications Creating a Global Hotspare Drive Initializing Logical Drives Logical Drive Submenu Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies Rebuilding a Drive Hot Plug Support Checking Data Consistency Viewing and Changing Device Properties Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties Forcing Drives Online or Offline Viewing and Changing Logical Drive PropertiesViewing Physical Drive Properties Configuring a Bootable Logical Drive Deleting a Logical DriveClearing a Storage Configuration Creating Storage Configurations OverviewHardware and Software Requirements Monitoring Storage DevicesMaintaining Storage Configurations Installation Customer Information Screen Customer Information Screen Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux Linux Error Messages Add-on Card Users Guide Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Chapter MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and MenusSelect Server Window Select Server Window MegaRAID Storage Manager Window Physical/Logical View Panel Event Log Panel Properties/Operations/Graphical View PanelFile Menu Menu BarLog Menu Creating a New Storage Configuration Chapter ConfigurationFirst Screen Configuration Wizard Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters Auto Configuration Screen Using Auto ConfigurationUsing Guided Configuration First Guided Conguration Screen Second Guided Configuration Screen Manual Configuration First Manual Configuration Screen Using Manual Configuration RAIDManual Configuration Defining a Virtual Disk Manual Configuration Adding a Hotspare Safety Information and Technical Specifications Using Manual Configuration RAID Using Manual Configuration RAID Adding Hotspare Disks Changing Adjustable Task Rates Deleting a Virtual Disk Changing Virtual Disk PropertiesClearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller Saving a Storage Configuration to DiskAdding a Saved Storage Configuration