ASUS pike 2008 Manuale Utente

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Contents

Contents ...................................................................................................... iii
About this guide ......................................................................................... iv
PIKE 2008 specifications summary .......................................................... vi

Product introduction

Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-2

Package contents ......................................................................... 1-2

Card layout ................................................................................... 1-3

System requirements ................................................................... 1-3

Card installation ........................................................................... 1-4

RAID configuration

Setting up RAID ............................................................................ 2-2
2.1.1

RAID definitions .............................................................. 2-2

Installing hard disk drives ................................................ 2-2

LSI Corporation MPT Setup Utility ............................................. 2-3
2.2.1

RAID 1 volume ................................................................ 2-4

RAID 1E/10 volume ........................................................ 2-8

RAID 0 volume .............................................................. 2-10

Managing Arrays ........................................................... 2-12

Viewing SAS topology ................................................... 2-19

Global Properties .......................................................... 2-20

MegaRAID Storage Manager ..................................................... 2-23
2.3.1

Hardware and Software Requirements ......................... 2-23

Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware

on Microsoft Windows OS ............................................. 2-23

Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware for Linux ..2-27

Linux Error Messages ................................................... 2-28

Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software ........... 2-29

MegaRAID Storage Manager Window .......................... 2-31

Driver installation

RAID driver installation ............................................................... 3-2
3.1.1

Creating a RAID driver disk ............................................ 3-2

Server 2003 OS ............................................. 3-4

Enterprise Linux OS ........................................ 3-9

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS ................................3-11