Manuali utente per SUPER MICRO Computer AOCS2308LL8E

Sommario

• Table of Contents

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• Preface

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  • About this Manual

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  • Product Features

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  • Operating Systems Supported

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  • An Important Note to Users

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  • Contacting SuperMicro

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• Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines

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  • 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines

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  • 1-2 General Safety Guidelines

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  • 1-3 An Important Note to Users

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• Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators

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  • 2-1 Front Connectors and Pin Definitions

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    • Figure 2-1. AOC-USAS-L8i Add On Card Front Connectors and Jumpers

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    • Table 2-1. Front Connectors and Pin Definitions

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    • Internal SAS Connectors

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    • Active LED Connector

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      • Table 2-2. Front Jumpers and Pin Definitions

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  • 2-2 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions

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    • Figure 2-2. Jumper Locations

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    • Table 2-3. SWR5 Jumper Settings

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  • 2-3 LED Indicators

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    • Figure 2-3. LED Indicators

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    • Table 2-4. Front Pane LEDs

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  • 2-4 RAID Minimum Drive Requirements

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    • Table 2-5. RAID Minimum Drive Requirements for SR Mode

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    • Table 2-6. RAID Minimum Drive Requirements for IR Mode

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• Chapter 3 RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers

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  • 3-1 RAID Modes

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  • 3-2 Getting Firmware Downloads

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  • 3-3 Flashing Firmware

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  • 3-4 Downloading RAID Mode Drivers

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  • 3-5 Activating RAID Modes in OPROM BIOS

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• Chapter 4 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility

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  • 4-1 Performing a Quick Configuration

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  • 4-2 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives

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    • Starting the MegaRAID BIOS CU

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      • Figure 4-1. RAID Configuration Utility Management Menu Screen

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    • Using Easy Configuration

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      • Figure 4-2. Virtual Drives Configured Screen

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    • Using New Configuration and View/Add Configuration

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    • Creating a Global Hotspare Drive

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    • Initializing Virtual Drives

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      • First Initialization Method

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      • Second Initialization Method

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        • Figure 4-3. Virtual Drives List Screen

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  • 4-3 Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies

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  • 4-4 Rebuilding a Drive

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  • 4-5 Hot Plug Support

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  • 4-6 Checking Data Consistency

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  • 4-7 Viewing and Changing Device Properties

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    • Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties

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      • Table 4-1. List of Adapter Properties

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    • Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties

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    • Viewing Physical Drive Properties

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  • 4-8 Forcing Drives Online or Offline

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  • 4-9 Configuring a Bootable Virtual Drive

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  • 4-10 Deleting a Virtual Drive

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  • 4-11 Clearing a Storage Configuration

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• Chapter 5 MegaRAID Overview and Installation

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  • 5-1 Overview

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    • Creating Storage Configurations

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  • 5-2 Hardware and Software Requirements

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  • 5-3 Installing for Windows

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    • Figure 5-1. Customer Information Screen

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    • Figure 5-2. Setup Type Screen

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  • 5-4 Installing for Linux

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    • Linux Error Messages

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• Chapter 6 MegaRAID Window and Menus

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  • 6-1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software

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    • Figure 6-1. Select Server Window

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    • Figure 6-2. Server Login Window

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  • 6-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window

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    • Figure 6-3. Storage Manager Window

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    • Physical/Logical View Panel

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    • Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel

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    • Event Log Panel

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    • Menu Bar

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      • File Menu

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      • Operations Menu

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      • Group Operations Menu

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      • Log Menu

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      • Help Menu

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  • 6-3 Creating a New Storage Configuration

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    • Figure 6-4. Mode Selection Screen

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    • Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters

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    • Using Auto Configuration

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      • Figure 6-5. Auto Configuration Screen

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    • Using Guided Configuration

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      • Figure 6-6. First Guided Configuration Screen

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      • Figure 6-7. Second Guided Configuration Screen

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    • Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0

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      • Figure 6-8. Manual Configuration – First Manual Configuration Screen

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      • Figure 6-9. Defining a Virtual Disk Screen

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    • Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1

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    • Using Manual Configuration: RAID 5

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    • Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10

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  • 6-4 Adding or Deleting a Hotspare Disks

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    • Figure 6-10. Adding a Hotspare Disk

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  • 6-5 Changing Adjustable Task Rates

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  • 6-6 Changing Virtual Disk Properties

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  • 6-7 Deleting a Virtual Disk

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  • 6-8 Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk

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  • 6-9 Clearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller

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  • 6-10 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration

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• Chapter 7 Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced

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  • 7-1 Introduction

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  • 7-2 IM and IME Features

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  • 7-3 IM/IME Description

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    • Figure 7-1. Typical Integrated Mirroring Implementation

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    • Figure 7-2. Integrated Mirroring Volume

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    • Figure 7-3. Integrated Mirroring Enhanced with Three Disks

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  • 7-4 Integrated RAID Firmware

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    • Resynchronization with Concurrent Host I/O Operation

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    • Metadata Support

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    • Hot Swapping

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    • SMART Support

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    • Hot Spare Disk

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    • Media Verification

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    • Disk Write Caching

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    • NVSRAM Usage

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  • 7-5 Fusion-MPT Support

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  • 7-6 IM/IME Configuration Overview

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  • 7-7 Creating IM and IME Volumes

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    • Creating an IM Volume

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      • Figure 7-4. Adapter List Screen

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      • Figure 7-5. Adapter Properties Screen

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      • Figure 7-6. Select New Array Type Screen

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      • Figure 7-7. Create New Array Screen

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    • Creating an IME Volume

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    • Creating a Second IM or IME Volume

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  • 7-8 Managing Hot Spares

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    • Figure 7-8. Manage Array Screen

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  • 7-9 Other Configuration Tasks

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    • Viewing Volume Properties

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    • Synchronizing an Array

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    • Activating an Array

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    • Deleting an Array

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    • Locating Drives in a Volume

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    • Selecting a Boot Disk

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• Chapter 8 Integrated Striping

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  • 8-1 Introduction

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  • 8-2 IS Features

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  • 8-3 IS Description

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    • Figure 8-1. Integrated Striping Example

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    • Figure 8-2. Integrated Striping – Logical and Physical Views

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  • 8-4 Integrated Striping Firmware

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    • Metadata Support

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    • SMART Support

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    • Disk Write Caching

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  • 8-5 Fusion-MPT Support

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  • 8-6 IS Configuration Overview

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  • 8-7 Creating IS Volumes

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    • Figure 8-3. Adapter Properties Screen

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    • Figure 8-4. Create New Array Screen

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  • 8-8 Creating a Second IS Volume

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  • 8-9 Other Configuration Tasks

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    • Viewing IS Volume Properties

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    • Activating an Array

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    • Deleting an Array

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    • Locating a Disk in a Volume

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    • Selecting a Boot Disk

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• Chapter 9 Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility

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  • 9-1 Hardware and Software Requirements

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  • 9-2 CFGGEN Interface Description

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  • 9-3 CFGGEN Commands

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    • Common Command Line Parameters

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    • CREATE Command

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    • DEFAULTS Command

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    • DISPLAY Command

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    • FORMAT Command

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    • HOTSPARE Command

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    • STATUS Command

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    • SETOFFLINE Command

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    • SETONLINE Command

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    • AUTO Command (EFI Version Only)

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    • DISABLEIR Command (EFI Version Only)

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    • ENABLEIR Command (EFI Version Only)

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    • LIST Command (EFI Version Only)

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• Disclaimer

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