SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-USAS-L4iR manual Overview, Product Features, Operating Systems Supported

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Safety Information and Technical Speciﬁcations

Introduction

Overview

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-USAS-L4i and/or the AOC- USAS-L4iR add-on cards to their system.

Product Features

The AOC-USAS-L4i and the AOC-USAS-L4iR add-on cards offer the following features:

•UIO Form Factor.

•Internal and External "ipass" cable ports.

•Multiple LED Activity/Failure indicators.

In addition, the AOC-USAS-L4iR add-on card offers:

•IR Mode and SWR with iButton

•RAID 5 with iButton

Operating Systems Supported

AOC-USAS-L4i and AOC-USAS-L4iR add-on cards support 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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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 EuropeGeneral Safety Guidelines ESD 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 Viewing and Changing Logical Drive Properties Forcing Drives Online or OfﬂineViewing Physical Drive Properties Deleting a Logical Drive Conﬁguring a Bootable Logical DriveClearing a Storage Conﬁguration Creating Storage Conﬁgurations OverviewMonitoring Storage Devices Hardware and Software RequirementsMaintaining 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