SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-USAS-L4iR manual Overview, Creating Storage Conﬁgurations

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Safety Information and Technical Speciﬁcations

Chapter 4

MegaRAID Storage Manager Software

Overview and Installation

MegaRAID Storage Manager software is a conﬁguration and monitoring utility used with the Embedded MegaRAID Software. This chapter provides a brief overview of the MegaRAID Storage Manager software and explains how to install it on the supported operating systems.

4-1 Overview

MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to conﬁgure, monitor, and maintain storage conﬁgurations created under Embedded MegaRAID Software. The MegaRAID Storage Manager graphical user interface (GUI) makes it easy for you to create and manage storage conﬁgurations.

Note: MegaRAID Storage Manager software can be used to manage a wide range of MegaRAID controllers. Some MegaRAID Storage Manager software features are not applicable for Embedded MegaRAID Software.

Creating Storage Conﬁgurations

MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to easily conﬁgure the control- lers, disk drives, and virtual disks on your workstation or server. The Conﬁguration Wizard greatly simpliﬁes the process of creating arrays and virtual disks.

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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 Overview Product FeaturesOperating Systems Supported An Important Note to UsersHeadquarters Contacting SuperMicroEurope Asia-PaciﬁcESD 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