SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-USAS-S4I manual Overview, Product Features, Operating Systems Supported

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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations

Introduction

Overview

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's USAS-S4i Add on Card to their system.

Product Features

The AOC-USAS-S4i offers the following features:

•UIO Form Factor.

•Two Internal "ipass" cable ports.

•Support for RAID 0, 1, and 10.

The AOC-USAS-S4ir offers the following features:

•UIO Form Factor.

•Two Internal "ipass" cable ports.

•Support for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10.

•Preinstalled iButton provides RAID 5 support.

S4i/S4iR has one internal and one external connector. Therefore this statement is wrong.

S4iR supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50.

Operating Systems Supported

The AOC-USAS-S4i and AOC-USAS-S4ir support the following Operating Systems (OS):

•Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003

•Red Hat Enterprise Linux/SUSE Linux

Each operating systems must include the latest downloads and hot fi xes and at least 256 MB of free hard drive space.

Manual Images

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 Users Guide AOC-USAS-S4i AOC-USAS-S4irManual Revision Release Date July 9 Table of Contents Managing Your Storage Space Overview Product FeaturesOperating Systems Supported Manual ImagesHeadquarters Contacting SuperMicroEurope Asia-Pacifi cESD Safety Guidelines Chapter Safety GuidelinesGeneral Safety Guidelines An Important Note to UsersAdd-on Card Users Guide Front Connectors Front Connectors and Jumpers#1. Internal SAS Connector Front Connector and Pin Defi nitionsFront Jumper Locations and Pin Defi nitions Jumper SettingsRAID Minimum Drive Requirements LED IndicatorsCreating an Array Chapter Boot Controller and Bootable ArrayBoot Controller Setup Creating an Array with the ACU Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager Making Your Array Bootable Creating a Driver Disk Chapter Installing the Driver An Operating SystemInstalling with Red Hat Linux Installing with WindowsInstalling with Suse Linux Add-on Card Users Guide Overview Installing on Linux Red Hat and Suse Installing on WindowsAbout Adaptec Storage Manager Chapter Managing Your Storage SpaceAbout the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility Installing Adaptec Storage ManagerAdaptec RAID Controller Confi guration Utility Choosing a Utility Adaptec Flash UtilityAdd-on Card Users Guide
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