SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-USAS-L4i manual Contacting SuperMicro, Headquarters, Europe, Asia-Paciﬁc

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Add-on Card User's Guide

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:	marketing@supermicro.com (General Information)
	support@supermicro.com (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:	sales@supermicro.nl (General Information)
	support@supermicro.nl (Technical Support)
	rma@supermicro.nl (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:	support@supermicro.com.tw
Tel:	886-2-8228-1366, ext.132 or 139

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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 Product Features OverviewOperating Systems Supported An Important Note to UsersContacting SuperMicro HeadquartersEurope Asia-PaciﬁcAn Important Note to Users ESD Safety GuidelinesGeneral Safety Guidelines Add-on Card Users Guide Front Connectors and Jumpers Front ConnectorsFront Connector and Pin Deﬁnitions #1. Internal SAS ConnectorJumper Settings Front Jumper Locations and Pin DeﬁnitionsLED Indicators Front Pane LEDsRAID Minimum Drive Requirements RAID 1 ArraysAdd-on Card Users Guide Chapter Driver Installation Performing a Quick ConﬁgurationStarting the MegaRAID Bios CU Conﬁguring Arrays and Logic DrivesUsing Easy Conﬁguration Using New Conﬁguration and View/Add Conﬁguration Logical Drive 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 Physical Drive Properties Forcing Drives Online or OfﬂineViewing and Changing Logical Drive Properties Clearing a Storage Conﬁguration Conﬁguring a Bootable Logical DriveDeleting a Logical Drive Overview Creating Storage ConﬁgurationsMaintaining Storage Conﬁgurations Hardware and Software RequirementsMonitoring Storage Devices Installation Customer Information Screen Customer Information Screen Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux Linux Error Messages Add-on Card Users Guide Chapter MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareSelect Server Window Select Server Window MegaRAID Storage Manager Window Physical/Logical View Panel Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel Event Log PanelMenu Bar File MenuLog Menu Chapter Conﬁguration Creating a New Storage ConﬁgurationFirst Screen Conﬁguration Wizard Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters Using Auto Conﬁguration Auto Conﬁguration ScreenUsing Guided Conﬁguration First Guided Conguration Screen Second Guided Conﬁguration Screen Using Manual Conﬁguration RAID Manual Conﬁguration First Manual Conﬁguration ScreenManual 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 Changing Virtual Disk Properties Deleting a Virtual DiskSaving a Storage Conﬁguration to Disk Clearing a Storage Conﬁguration from a ControllerAdding a Saved Storage Conﬁguration