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Asus TS300-E3, TS300-PA4, TS300-PS4 ConﬁgurationRAID

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Chapter 6

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

ConﬁgurationRAID

ASUS TS300-E3/PA4 & PS4

Contents

Page Page Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware setup Chapter 3: Installation option Chapter 4: Motherboard info Chapter 5: 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 Reference introductionProduct 1.1System package contents 1.2System speciﬁcations Page 1.3Front panel features 1.4Rear panel features 1.5Internal features PA4 (4 hot-swapSATA conﬁguration) PS4 (4 hot-swapSCSI conﬁguration) 1.6LED information System and HDD LED Page setupHardware 2.1.1Removing the side cover 2.1.2Reinstalling the side cover 2.2Motherboard overview 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and airduct assembly 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/SCSI 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 backplane connections (in PA4 model only) Front side Back side SATA backplane jumper settings and HDD ID assignments 2.9.3SCSI backplane connections (in PS4 model only) Page SCSI backplane jumper settings and HDD ID assignments 2.10.1Chassis fan Page 2.10.2HDD blower Page Page 2.10.3SATA/SCSI 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 optionInstallation Removing the footpads or roller wheels Removing the top cover Attaching the rack rails infoMotherboard 4.1Motherboard layouts P5MT model P5MT-Smodel Layout contents 4.2Jumpers Page Page Page Page 4.3Internal connectors Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Page Page Page Page Page Page Page informationBIOS 5.1.1Creating a bootable ﬂoppy disk 5.1.2AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS ﬁle Page 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 Updating the BIOS through a BIOS ﬁle 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 Scroll bar 5.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 5.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 5.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 5.3.4IDE Conﬁguration 5.3.5Primary, Secondary, Third, Fourth IDE Master/Slave Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-sectorTransfer) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] 5.3.6System Information 5.4.1MPS Conﬁguration 5.4.2CPU Conﬁguration C1E Support [Disabled] Single Logical Processor Mode [Disabled] Intel(R) SpeedStep Technology [Automatic] 5.4.3Chipset Conﬁguration NorthBridge Conﬁguration Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] DRAM Frequency [Auto] Conﬁgure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Boot Graphic Adapter Priority [PEG/PCI] PEG Port Conﬁguration SouthBridge Conﬁguration USB Function [4 USB Ports] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] PCIE Port Conﬁguration Intel PCI-XHub Conﬁguration I/O Port Decode [4K Decode] VGA 16-BitDecode [Enabled] 5.4.4Onboard Devices Conﬁguration 5.4.5PCI PnP 5.5Power Conﬁguration Video Power Down Mode [Suspend] Hard Disk Power Down Mode [Suspend] Standby Time Out [Disabled] Suspend Time Out [Disabled] Throttle Slow Clock Ratio [50%] Restore on AC Power Loss [Last State] Resume On Ring [Disabled] Resume On LAN [Disabled] Resume By PME# [Disabled] Resume By RTC Alarm [Disabled] 5.5.3Hardware Monitor CPU Fan1/2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Front Fan1/2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Rear Fan1/2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Smart Fan Control [Smart Fan II] CPU1 Temperature [XXX] Remote Access Conﬁguration Serial port number [COM1] Baudrate [19200] Flow Control [None] Redirection After BIOS POST [Always] Terminal Type [ANSI] 5.7.1Boot Device Priority 5.7.2Boot Settings Conﬁguration 5.7.3Security User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] 5.8Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page ConﬁgurationRAID 6.1.1RAID deﬁnitions 6.1.2Installing hard disk drives 6.1.3Setting the RAID item in BIOS 6.1.4RAID conﬁguration utilities 6.2LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility 6.2.1Creating a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set Page Page Page Page 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 6.4Adaptec SCSISelect(TM) Utility 6.4.1Conﬁguring the SCSI controller 6.4.2Enabling the HostRAID controller 6.4.3Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe) Page Page 6.4.4Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror) Page Page Page 6.4.5Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe+Mirror) Page Page Page 6.4.6Adding a spare drive to a RAID 10 set 6.4.7Deleting a RAID 10 set spare drive Page 6.4.8Deleting a RAID set 6.4.9Rebuilding a RAID set 6.4.10Verifying a RAID set hard disk drive 6.4.11Making a RAID set bootable Page installationDriver 7.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk 7.1.2Installing the RAID controller driver Page Page Page Red Hat® Enterprise ver Page Page SuSE Linux Page 7.2.1Windows® 2000/2003 Server 7.2.2Red Hat® Enterprise ver 7.3.1Windows® 2000 Server 7.3.2Windows® 2003 Server 7.3.3Red Hat® Enterprise ver 7.4.1Running the support CD 7.4.2Drivers menu 7.4.3Management Software menu 7.4.4Utilities menu 7.4.5Contact information Page informationReference A.1.1 General description Speciﬁcations A.2 Simple ﬁxes Problem The power LED on the server or on the monitor do not light up The keyboard does not work The mouse does not work