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Asus TS300-E5 RAID configuration

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Chapter 6

This chapter provides information on how to configure your hard disk drives as RAID sets.

ASUS TS300-E5

RAID configuration

Contents

TS300-E5 Page Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware setup Chapter 3: Installation options Chapter 4: Motherboard infomation Chapter 5: Chapter 6: RAID configuration Page Chapter 7: Driver installation Appendix: Reference information Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical Safety Operation Safety Audience Contents Conventions Reference Page Product introduction 1.1System package contents 1.2Serial number label 1.3System specifications Page 1.4Front panel features 1.5Rear panel features 1.6Internal features PA4 (Four Hot-swapSATA2 HDD Devices) PX4 (Four Hot-swapSAS HDD Devices) 1.7.1Front panel LEDs 1.7.2Rear panel LEDs Hardware setup 2.1.1Removing the side cover 2.1.2Reinstalling the side cover 2.2Motherboard overview 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page Page 2.3.2Central Processing Unit (CPU) Page 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory configurations 2.4.3Installing a DIMM 2.4.4Removing a DIMM 2.5.1Removing the front panel assembly Page 2.5.2Reinstalling the front panel assembly 2.65.25-inchdrives Page Page 2.7.1Installing a hot-swapSATA/SAS HDD Page 2.7.2Installing an HDD dummy cover 2.8.1Installing an expansion card 2.8.2Removing an expansion card 2.9.1Motherboard connections 2.9.2SATA/SAS backplane connections Back side SATA/SAS backplane jumper settings and HDD ID assignments (in PA4 model only) (in PX4 model only) 2.10.1System fan Page 2.10.2HDD blower (optional) Page Page 2.10.3SATA/SAS backplane Page 2.10.4Floppy disk drive Page 2.10.5Front I/O board Page 2.10.6Chassis footpads and roller wheels Page 2.10.7Power supply unit Page Page Page Installation option 3.1.1Removing the footpads or roller wheels 3.1.2Removing the top cover 3.2Attaching the mounting ears 3.3Attaching the inner rail to the server 3.4Attaching the rack rails Page 3.5Mounting the server to the rack 3.6Installing the cable manager Page Page Motherboard info 4.1Motherboard layouts P5BP-E/4Lmodel Layout contents 4.2Jumpers Page Page 4.3.1Rear panel connectors 4.3.2Internal connectors Page Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Page Page Page Page Page Page BIOS information 5.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 5.1.2AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file Page 5.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility Page 5.2BIOS setup program 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 Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 5.3.2System Time [xx:xx:xx] 5.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 5.3.4Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA1/2/3/4 5.3.5IDE Configuration 5.3.6System Information 5.4.1USB Configuration USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] Legacy USB Support [Auto] USB2.0 Controller mode [HiSpeed] BIOS EHCI Hand-Off[Enabled] 5.4.2Remote Access Configuration 5.4.3Trusted Computing 5.4.4MPS Configuration 5.4.5CPU Configuration 5.4.6Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] DRAM Frequency [Auto] Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI] PEG Port Configuration 5.4.7Onboard Devices Configuration 5.4.8PCI PnP 5.5.1APM Configuration Restore on AC Power Loss [Last State] Resume On Ring [Disabled] Resume On PME# [Disabled] Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled] 5.5.2Hardware Monitor Page 5.6.1Boot Device Priority 5.6.2Boot Settings Configuration 5.6.3Security User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] 5.7Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page RAID configuration 6.1.1RAID definitions 6.1.2Installing hard disk drives 6.1.3Setting the RAID item in BIOS (For PA4 model only) 6.1.4RAID configuration utility (For PA4 model only) 6.2LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (For PA4 model Only) 6.2.1Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set Page Page Page Page 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 Page Using the Objects command Page Page 6.2.5Rebuilding failed drives Page 6.2.6Checking the drives for data consistency Page Page 6.2.7Deleting a RAID configuration 6.2.8Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 6.2.9Enabling the WriteCache Page 6.3.1Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe) Page 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 6.3.7Rebuilding the RAID Page Page 6.3.8Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 6.3.9Setting the Boot array use MB BIOS Setup Utility 6.3.10Global Array Manager 6.4.1Integrated Mirroring volume Page Page Page 6.4.2Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volume Page 6.4.3Integrated Striping (IS) volume Page 6.4.4Managing Arrays Page Managing hot spares Synchronizing the array Activating an array Deleting an array 6.4.5Viewing SAS topology 6.4.6Global Properties Boot Information Display Mode Support Interrupt Restore Defaults Page Driver installation 7.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk (for PA4 Model) ICH7R INTEL RAID Driver ICH7R LSI RAID Driver Broadcom ASF Firmware Update Boot from Windows® Server Boot from Red Hat® Enterprise Linux/SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7.1.2Creating a RAID driver disk (for PX4 Model) 7.1.3Installing the RAID controller driver (for PA4 Model) Page Page Page Red Hat® Enterprise Page Page SuSE Linux Page 7.1.4Installing the RAID controller driver (for PX4 Model) Page Page Page 7.2Intel® chipset software installation Page 7.3.1Windows® Server 7.3.2Red Hat® Enterprise 7.4.1Windows® Server 7.4.2Red Hat® Enterprise 7.5.1Running the support CD 7.5.2Drivers menu 7.5.3Management Software menu 7.5.4Utilities menu 7.5.5Contact information Page Reference information A.1.1 General description Specifications A.2 Simple fixes