SUPER MICRO Computer 6014L-M manual Configuring Sata RAID, Adaptec Sata HostRAID Controller Driver

SUPERSERVER 6014L-M User's Manual

Configuring SATA RAID

Note: applies only to Operating Systems that support RAID functions (Windows, Red Hat & SuSe, Linux, etc.)

1.Select "Advanced Setting" from the AMI BIOS menu.

2.Select the IDE Confi guration menu.

3.Change the IDE Confi guration to "P-ATA Only."

4.Under the item-"Confi gure S-ATA as RAID", select "Yes".

5.Tap the <Esc> key and scroll down to "Exit". Select "Save and Exit" from the "Exit" menu. Press the <Enter> key to save the changes and exit the BIOS.

6.Once you've exited the BIOS Utility, the system will re-boot.

7.During the system startup, press the <Ctrl> and the <A> keys simultaneously to run the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility when prompted by the following mes- sage:

Press <Ctrl><A> for the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility.

Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller Driver

Adaptec's Embedded SATA RAID with HostRAID controller adds RAID functionality to the SATA I/O controller and enhances the performance of PCI-Express based products. RAID striping (RAID 0) allows data to be written across across multiple drives, greatly improving hard disk I/O performance. RAID mirroring (RAID 1) al- lows data to be simultaneously written to two drives, improving data security even if a single hard disk fails. By incorporating Adaptec's Embedded SATA into the serverboard design, the X6DLP-EG2 offers the user the benefi ts of SATA RAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications.

Note: For instructions on installing Adaptec's RAID driver, please refer to the Adaptec RAID Controller User's Guide ("Emb_SA_RAID_UG.pdf") in the CD that came with the serverboard. You can also download a copy of Adaptec's User's Guide from our web site at www.supermicro.com.

Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC)

The Adaptec RAID Confi guration utility, an embedded BIOS utility, includes the following:

Array Confi guration Utility: Use this utility to create, confi gure and manage arrays.

Disk Utilities: Use this option to format or verify disks.

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