Manuel D’UtilisationTable des matièresTable of Contents3Preface7About this Manual7Product Features7Operating Systems Supported7An Important Note to Users7Contacting SuperMicro8Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines91-1 ESD Safety Guidelines91-2 General Safety Guidelines91-3 An Important Note to Users9Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators112-1 Front Connectors and Pin Definitions11Figure 2-1. AOC-USAS-L8i Add On Card Front Connectors and Jumpers11Table 2-1. Front Connectors and Pin Definitions11Internal SAS Connectors12Active LED Connector12Table 2-2. Front Jumpers and Pin Definitions122-2 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions13Figure 2-2. Jumper Locations13Table 2-3. SWR5 Jumper Settings142-3 LED Indicators14Figure 2-3. LED Indicators14Table 2-4. Front Pane LEDs142-4 RAID Minimum Drive Requirements15Table 2-5. RAID Minimum Drive Requirements for SR Mode15Table 2-6. RAID Minimum Drive Requirements for IR Mode15Chapter 3 RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers173-1 RAID Modes173-2 Getting Firmware Downloads183-3 Flashing Firmware183-4 Downloading RAID Mode Drivers183-5 Activating RAID Modes in OPROM BIOS19Chapter 4 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility214-1 Performing a Quick Configuration214-2 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives21Starting the MegaRAID BIOS CU22Figure 4-1. RAID Configuration Utility Management Menu Screen22Using Easy Configuration22Figure 4-2. Virtual Drives Configured Screen23Using New Configuration and View/Add Configuration24Creating a Global Hotspare Drive26Initializing Virtual Drives26First Initialization Method27Second Initialization Method27Figure 4-3. Virtual Drives List Screen284-3 Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies284-4 Rebuilding a Drive294-5 Hot Plug Support304-6 Checking Data Consistency314-7 Viewing and Changing Device Properties32Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties32Table 4-1. List of Adapter Properties32Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties33Viewing Physical Drive Properties334-8 Forcing Drives Online or Offline334-9 Configuring a Bootable Virtual Drive344-10 Deleting a Virtual Drive344-11 Clearing a Storage Configuration34Chapter 5 MegaRAID Overview and Installation375-1 Overview37Creating Storage Configurations375-2 Hardware and Software Requirements385-3 Installing for Windows38Figure 5-1. Customer Information Screen39Figure 5-2. Setup Type Screen405-4 Installing for Linux41Linux Error Messages41Chapter 6 MegaRAID Window and Menus436-1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software43Figure 6-1. Select Server Window44Figure 6-2. Server Login Window456-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window46Figure 6-3. Storage Manager Window46Physical/Logical View Panel46Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel47Event Log Panel47Menu Bar47File Menu48Operations Menu48Group Operations Menu48Log Menu48Help Menu486-3 Creating a New Storage Configuration48Figure 6-4. Mode Selection Screen49Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters50Using Auto Configuration50Figure 6-5. Auto Configuration Screen51Using Guided Configuration52Figure 6-6. First Guided Configuration Screen52Figure 6-7. Second Guided Configuration Screen54Using Manual Configuration: RAID 055Figure 6-8. Manual Configuration – First Manual Configuration Screen55Figure 6-9. Defining a Virtual Disk Screen56Using Manual Configuration: RAID 157Using Manual Configuration: RAID 558Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10596-4 Adding or Deleting a Hotspare Disks60Figure 6-10. Adding a Hotspare Disk606-5 Changing Adjustable Task Rates616-6 Changing Virtual Disk Properties626-7 Deleting a Virtual Disk626-8 Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk636-9 Clearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller636-10 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration64Chapter 7 Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced657-1 Introduction657-2 IM and IME Features667-3 IM/IME Description66Figure 7-1. Typical Integrated Mirroring Implementation67Figure 7-2. Integrated Mirroring Volume67Figure 7-3. Integrated Mirroring Enhanced with Three Disks687-4 Integrated RAID Firmware68Resynchronization with Concurrent Host I/O Operation68Metadata Support68Hot Swapping68SMART Support69Hot Spare Disk69Media Verification69Disk Write Caching69NVSRAM Usage697-5 Fusion-MPT Support707-6 IM/IME Configuration Overview707-7 Creating IM and IME Volumes70Creating an IM Volume71Figure 7-4. Adapter List Screen71Figure 7-5. Adapter Properties Screen72Figure 7-6. Select New Array Type Screen73Figure 7-7. Create New Array Screen74Creating an IME Volume75Creating a Second IM or IME Volume757-8 Managing Hot Spares76Figure 7-8. Manage Array Screen767-9 Other Configuration Tasks77Viewing Volume Properties77Synchronizing an Array77Activating an Array78Deleting an Array78Locating Drives in a Volume79Selecting a Boot Disk79Chapter 8 Integrated Striping818-1 Introduction818-2 IS Features818-3 IS Description82Figure 8-1. Integrated Striping Example82Figure 8-2. Integrated Striping – Logical and Physical Views828-4 Integrated Striping Firmware83Metadata Support83SMART Support83Disk Write Caching838-5 Fusion-MPT Support838-6 IS Configuration Overview838-7 Creating IS Volumes84Figure 8-3. Adapter Properties Screen85Figure 8-4. Create New Array Screen868-8 Creating a Second IS Volume878-9 Other Configuration Tasks87Viewing IS Volume Properties87Activating an Array87Deleting an Array88Locating a Disk in a Volume88Selecting a Boot Disk89Chapter 9 Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility919-1 Hardware and Software Requirements919-2 CFGGEN Interface Description929-3 CFGGEN Commands92Common Command Line Parameters93CREATE Command93DEFAULTS Command95DISPLAY Command95FORMAT Command98HOTSPARE Command99STATUS Command99SETOFFLINE Command100SETONLINE Command101AUTO Command (EFI Version Only)101DISABLEIR Command (EFI Version Only)103ENABLEIR Command (EFI Version Only)103LIST Command (EFI Version Only)104Disclaimer105Taille: 3,5 MoPages: 106Language: EnglishOuvrir le manuel