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Asus RS120-E3 (PA4) 6.2.9Enabling the WriteCache, Objects, Adapter, WriteCache, WriteCache

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6.2.9Enabling the WriteCache

You may enable the RAID controller’s WriteCache option to improve the data transmission performance.

When you enable WriteCache, you may lose data when a power interruption occurs while transmitting or exchanging data among the drives.

To enable WriteCache:

1.From the Management Menu, select Objects > Adapter, then press <Enter> to display the adapter properties.

2.Select WriteCache, then press <Enter> to turn the option On (enabled).

3.When finished, press any key to continue.

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Chapter 6: RAID configuration

Contents

Page E2354 First Edition January Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware setup Chapter 3: Installation options Chapter 4: Motherboard information Chapter 5: BIOS setup Chapter 6: RAID configuration Chapter 7: Driver installation Appendix: Reference information Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical Safety Operation Safety Audience Contents Conventions Typography References Product introduction 1.1System package contents Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.2System specifications Chassis Motherboard Chipset Processor 1.3Front panel features 1.4Rear panel features 1.6.1Rear panel LEDs 1.6.2Front panel LEDs 1.6.3LAN (RJ-45)LEDs 1.6.4HDD status LED Hardware setup 2.1.1Removing the front cover 2.1.2 Removing the rear cover 2.1.3Installing the top cover 2.2.1Installing the CPU Page 2.2.2Installing the CPU heatsink and airduct Page 2.3.1DIMM sockets location 2.3.2Memory configurations 2.3.3Installing a DIMM 2.3.4Removing a DIMM 2.4Hard disk drives Page 2.5.1Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket Page 2.5.2Reinstalling the riser card bracket 2.5.3Configuring an expansion card 2.6Cable connections Pre-connectedsystem cables 2.7SATA backplane cabling 2.8.1System fans Page 2.8.2System fan with dummy case 2.8.3Device fan 2.8.4Power supply module 2.8.5Optical drive Page Page 2.8.6Motherboard Page Installation options 3.1Rackmount rail kit items 3.2Rack rails assembly 3.3Attaching the rails to the rack rear 1U space front 1U space 3.4Rackmounting the server Motherboard info 4.1Motherboard layout Chapter 4: Motherboard information Layout contents 4.2 Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) P5MT-RClear RTC RAM 2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34) P5MT-RUSB device wake-up 3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1) P5MT-RKeyboard power setting 4 . Gigabit LAN1 controller setting (3-pinLAN_EN1) 5 . Gigabit LAN2 controller setting (3-pinLAN_EN2) 6 . Integrated graphics controller (3-pinVGA_EN1) 7 . RAID controller selection (3-pinRAID_SEL1) 8 . Force BIOS recovery (3-pinRECOVERY1) P5MT-RBIOS recovery setting 4.3 Connectors 1 . Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY1) P5MT-RFloppy disk drive connector 2 . IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE1) P5MT-RIDE connector 3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) P5MT-RSATA connectors Important note on Serial ATA ID E Serial ATA hard disk drive connection 4 . Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pinHDLED1) 5 . System and device fan connectors (3-pinFRNT_FAN1/2/3/4; REAR_FAN1/2) 6 . USB port connector (10-1pin USB34) 7 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM2) 8 . SSI power connectors (24-pinATXPWR1, 4-pinATX12V1) P5MT-RATX power connectors 9 . Printer port connector (26-1pin LPT1) 10 . BMC connector (16-pinBMCCONN1) 11 . Backplane SMBus connector (6-1pin BPSMB1) P5MT-RSMBus connector 12 . Ambient thermal sensor (2-pinTRPWR1) P5MT-RTRPWR connector 13 . Auxiliary panel connector (20-pinAUX_PANEL1) •Front panel SMB (6-1pin FPSMB) LAN activity LED •Chassis intrusion (2-pinCHASSIS) •Locator LED (6-pinLOCATOR) 14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1) P5MT-RSystem panel connector •System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED) •Message LED (Brown 2-pinMLED) System warning speaker (Orange •Reset button (Blue 2-pinRESET) BIOS setup 5.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 5.1.2AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file afudos /i[filename] Updating the BIOS file using a USB flash drive My Computer File system FAT32 FAT16 5.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 5.1.4ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet Programs ASUS ASUSUpdate 2. Select Update BIOS from the Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file Open Save 5.2BIOS setup program Load Setup Defaults 5.2.1BIOS menu screen 5.2.2Menu bar 5.2.3Navigation keys 5.2.4Menu items 5.2.5Sub-menuitems 5.2.6Configuration fields 5.2.7Pop-upwindow 5.2.8Scroll bar 5.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 5.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 5.3.3Legacy Diskette A [Disabled] 5.3.4IDE Configuration Onboard SATA RAID ROM Configure SATA As SATA RAID ROM Legacy IDE Channels ATA/IDE Configuration 5.3.5Primary/Secondary/Third IDE Master/Slave 5.3.6System Information 5.4.1MPS Configuration 5.4.2Remote Access Configuration 5.4.3CPU Configuration CPU TM funtion [TM1] Hyper-ThreadingTechnology [Enabled] 5.4.4Chipset Configuration NorthBridge Configuration PEG Port Configuration SouthBridge Configuration PCIE Port Configuration Intel PCI-XHub Configuration 5.4.5Onboard Devices Configuration 5.4.6PCI/PnP Configuration IRQXX assigned to [PCI Device] 5.5Power menu ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 5.5.1APM Configuration Thermal Active Temperature [60ºC/140ºF] Thermal Slow Clock Ratio [50%] Power Button Mode [On/Off] Restore on AC Power Loss [Last State] Resume On Ring [Disabled] 5.5.2Hardware Monitor CPU1 Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] Fan1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Smart Fan Control [Smart Fan] 5.6.1Boot Device Priority 5.6.2Boot Settings Configuration 5.6.3Security User Access Level [Full Access] No Access View Only Limited Full Access Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] 5.7Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults RAID configuration 6.1.1RAID definitions 6.1.2Installing hard disk drives 6.1.3Setting the RAID item in BIOS 6.1.4RAID configuration utility 6.2LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility Management Menu 6.2.1Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set ARRAY SELECTION MENU READY ONLIN A[X]-[Y] Page Logical Drive Stripe Size Accept Using New Configuration 6.2.2Creating a RAID 10 set Page Page Page 6.2.3Adding or viewing a RAID configuration Page Page 6.2.4Initializing the logical drives Y e s Initialize Using the Objects command Logical Drives Page 6.2.5Rebuilding failed drives RBLD 6.2.6Checking the drives for data consistency Consistency Check Page 6.2.7Deleting a RAID configuration 6.2.8Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 6.2.9Enabling the WriteCache 6.3Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility 6.3.1Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe) Capacity C r e a t e V o l u m e Create Array 6.3.2Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror) 6.3.3Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe + Mirror) 6.3.4Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity) 6.3.5Deleting a RAID set 6.3.6Resetting disks to Non-RAID 6.3.7Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 6.4Global Array Manager 6.5Rebuilding the RAID Page Page 6.6Setting the Boot array use MB BIOS Setup Utility Driver installation 7.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk 7.1.2Installing the RAID controller driver LSI Logic SATA RAID Intel Matrix Storage To an existing Windows® 2000/2003 Server OS Administrator New Hardware Found Cancel Properties SCSI and RAID controllers LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Driver Details O K Red Hat® Enterprise AS4.0 update boot: linux dd sda OK N o SuSE Linux 9 SP2 Boot Options Page 7.2.1Windows® 2000/2003 Server 7.2.2Red Hat® Enterprise AS4.0 update 7.3.1Windows® 2000 Server 7.3.2Windows® 2003 Server 7.3.3Red Hat® Enterprise AS4.0 update 7.4.1Running the support CD 7.4.2Drivers menu 7.4.3Management Software menu 7.4.4Utilities menu 7.4.5Contact information Reference information Using the Intel® EM64T feature A.2.1 System requirements A.2.2 Using the EIST Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology A.4 Block diagram A.1.1 General description A.1.2 Specifications