SUPER MICRO Computer AOCS2308LL8E user manual

AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card

User’s Manual

Revison 1.0c

Contents

Main ii Table of Contents Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators Chapter 3 RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers Chapter 4 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility..............4-1 Chapter 5 MegaRAID Overview and Installation Chapter 6 MegaRAID Window and Menus Chapter 7 Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Chapter 8 Integrated Striping Chapter 9 Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility.9-1 Preface AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card Users Manual ii Contacting SuperMicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Pacific Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines 1-2 General Safety Guidelines 1-3 An Important Note to Users Page Page Internal SAS Connectors Active LED Connector Chapter 2: Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators 2-2 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions 2-3 LED Indicators Chapter 2: Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators 2-4 RAID Minimum Drive Requirements Page Chapter 3 RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers 3-1 RAID Modes 3-2 Getting Firmware Downloads 3-3 Flashing Firmware 3-4 Downloading RAID Mode Drivers Page Page Chapter 4 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility 4-1 Performing a Quick Configuration 4-2 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives Starting the MegaRAID BIOS CU Using Easy Configuration Page Using New Configuration and View/Add Configuration Page Creating a Global Hotspare Drive Initializing Virtual Drives First Initialization Method Second Initialization Method 4-3 Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies 4-4 Rebuilding a Drive 4-5 Hot Plug Support 4-6 Checking Data Consistency 4-7 Viewing and Changing Device Properties Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties Viewing Physical Drive Properties 4-8 Forcing Drives Online or Offline Notes 4-9 Configuring a Bootable Virtual Drive 4-11 Clearing a Storage Configuration 4-10 Deleting a Virtual Drive Page Page Chapter 5 MegaRAID Overview and Installation 5-1 Overview Creating Storage Configurations Monitoring Storage Devices Maintaining Storage Configurations 5-2 Hardware and Software Requirements 5-3 Installing for Windows Page Page Chapter 5: MegaRAID Overview and Installation 5-4 Installing for Linux Linux Error Messages Page Chapter 6 MegaRAID Window and Menus 6-1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Page Page 6-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window Physical/Logical View Panel Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel Event Log Panel Menu Bar File Menu Operations Menu 6-3 Creating a New Storage Configuration Page Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters Using Auto Configuration Page Using Guided Configuration Page Page Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0 Page Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1 Using Manual Configuration: RAID 5 Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10 6-4 Adding or Deleting a Hotspare Disks 6-5 Changing Adjustable Task Rates 6-6 Changing Virtual Disk Properties 6-7 Deleting a Virtual Disk 6-8 Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk 6-9 Clearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller 6-10 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration Chapter 7 Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced 7-1 Introduction 7-2 IM and IME Features 7-3 IM/IME Description Logical View Physical View + 7-4 Integrated RAID Firmware Resynchronization with Concurrent Host I/O Operation Metadata Supp ort Hot Swapping Logical View Physical View SMART Support Hot Spare Disk Media Verification Disk Write Caching NVSRAM Usage 7-5 Fusion-MPT Support 7-6 IM/IME Configuration Overview 7-7 Creating IM and IME Volumes Creating an IM Volume Page Page Page Creating an IME Volume Creating a Second IM or IME Volume 7-8 Managing Hot Spares 7-9 Other Configuration Tasks Viewing Volume Properties Synchronizing an Array Activating an Array Deleting an Array Locating Drives in a Volume Selecting a Boot Disk Page Chapter 8 Integrated Striping 8-1 Introduction 8-2 IS Features 8-3 IS Description LSI Fusion-MPT Controller + 8-4 Integrated Striping Firmware Metadata Supp ort SMART Support Disk Write Caching 8-5 Fusion-MPT Support 8-7 Creating IS Volumes Page Page 8-8 Creating a Second IS Volume 8-9 Other Configuration Tasks Viewing IS Volume Properties Activating an Array Deleting an Array Locating a Disk in a Volume Selecting a Boot Disk Page Chapter 9 Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility 9-1 Hardware and Software Requirements 9-2 CFGGEN Interface Description 9-3 CFGGEN Commands Common Command Line Parameters CREATE Command Page DEFAULTS Command DISPLAY Command Page Page FORMAT Command HOTSPARE Command STATUS Command SETOFFLINE Command SETONLINE Command AUTO Command (EFI Version Only) Page DISABLEIR Command (EFI Version Only) ENABLEIR Command (EFI Version Only) LIST Command (EFI Version Only) Disclaimer