Asus LSISAS RAID Card PIKE 1064E, User Manual

Page 1: ...LSISAS RAID card PIKE 1064E 1068E User Guide ...

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Page 3: ...ed Striping IS volume 2 10 2 2 4 Managing Arrays 2 12 2 2 5 Viewing SAS topology 2 17 2 2 6 Global Properties 2 18 2 3 MegaRAID Storage Manager 2 21 2 3 1 Hardware and Software Requirements 2 21 2 3 2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware on Microsoft Windows OS 2 21 2 3 3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware for Linux 2 25 2 3 4 Linux Error Messages 2 26 2 3 5 Starting MegaRAID Stora...

Page 4: ...g RAID sets using the available utilities Chapter 3 Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the RAID drivers on different operating systems Where to find more information Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates 1 ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on ASUS hardware and software products Ref...

Page 5: ...at you must type the command exactly as shown then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets Example At the DOS prompt type the command line format a DANGER WARNING Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task CAUTION Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to complete a task NOTE Tips and additional information to help you complete a ta...

Page 6: ...068E Interface ASUS PIKE interface Ports PIKE 1064E 4 ports PIKE 1068E 8 ports Support device SAS and SATA II devices Data transfer rate SATA II and SAS 3 Gb s per PHY RAID level RAID0 RAID1 RAID1E OS support Windows Server 2003 2000 XP Vista Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 4 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 9 10 LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager MSM for Windows Linux operating systems Form factor 6 44 in x...

Page 7: ...1 Chapter 1 Product introduction This chapter offers the PIKE 1064E 1068E SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports ...

Page 8: ...ID1E set s from SAS hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard Before you start installing the RAID card check the items in your package with the list below If any of the above items is damaged or missing contact your retailer 1 2 Package contents Check your package for the following items ASUS PIKE 1064E 1068E SAS RAID card Support CD User guide ...

Page 9: ...mal solution Certified power supply module 1 ASUS PIKE interface 1 PCI E x8 2 ASUS PIKE interface 2 4 port SAS signal with SGPIO interface PIKE 1064E 8 port SAS signal with SGPIO interface PIKE 1068E 3 SAS RAID card status LED lights up and blinks to indicate that the card is working normally 1 3 1 2 2 The SGPIO interface is used for visibility into drive activity failure and rebuild status so tha...

Page 10: ...ard 2 Align the golden fingers of the RAID card with the PIKE RAID card slot 3 Insert the RAID card into the PIKE RAID card slot Make sure it s completely inserted into the PIKE RAID card slot Connect the SAS hard disk drives to SAS connectors 1 4 red on the motherboard when using a 4 port PIKE RAID card The SAS connectors 5 8 blue function when using a 8 port PIKE RAID card ...

Page 11: ...2 Chapter 2 RAID configuration This chapter provides instructions on setting up creating and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities ...

Page 12: ...or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup The new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive RAID 1E Enhanced RAID 1 has a striped layout with each stripe unit having a secondary or alternate copy stored on a different disk You can use three or more hard disk drives for this configuration If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a create...

Page 13: ... reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen due to the controller version difference The adapter name shown on the setup screens differs according to the installed SAS RAID card Before requesting support from the ASUS Technical Support team you have to take note of the MPTFW and MPTBIOS version for the SAS RAID card After entering the SAS configuration utility you can see be...

Page 14: ... 0 2 2 1 Integrated Mirroring volume The Integrated Mirroring IM feature supports simultaneous mirrored volumes with two disks IM The IM feature supports hot swap capability so when a disk in an IM volume fails you can easily restore the volume and the swapped disk is automatically re mirrored To create an IM volume 1 Turn on the system after installing all SAS hard disk drives 2 During POST press...

Page 15: ...ties SAS Topology Advanced Adapter Properties 5 The Select New Array Type screen appears Use the arrow keys to select Create IM Volume then press Enter Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help Enter Choose array type to create LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Select New Array Type SAS1064E Create IM Volume Create Integrated Mirror Array of 2 disks plus up to 2 optional hot spares Data on the pr...

Page 16: ... conditions The disk does not meet the minimum requirements for use in a RAID array The disk is not large enough to mirror existing data on the primary drive The disk has been selected as the Hot Spare for the RAID array The disk is already part of another array Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help SPACE Select disk for array or hot spare C Create array LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Crea...

Page 17: ...ss D to overwrite any data and create the new IM array Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help Space Select disk for array or hot spare C Create array LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Create New Array SAS1064E M Keep existing data migrate to an IM array Synchronization of disk will occur D Overwrite existing data create a new IM array ALL DATA on ALL disk in the array will be DELETED No Synchr...

Page 18: ...s will be deleted Create IS Volume Create Integrated Striping array of 2 to 10 disks ALL Data on array disks will be deleted 3 The Create New Array screen shows the disks you can add to make up the IME volume Integrated Mirroring Enhanced IME supports three to ten disks or seven mirrored disks plus two hot spare disks Use the arrow key to select a disk then move the cursor to the RAID Disk column ...

Page 19: ... selected as the Hot Spare for the RAID array The disk is already part of another array 4 Repeat step 3 to add the other disks to the volume 5 When done press C to create the array then select Save changes then exit this menu 6 The utility creates the array Create and save new array Cancel Exit Save changes then exit this menu Discard changes then exit this menu Exit the Configuration Utility and ...

Page 20: ... LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Select New Array Type SAS1064E Create IM Volume Create Integrated Mirror Array of 2 disks plus up to 2 optional hot spares Data on the primary disk may be migrated Create IME Volume Create Integrated Mirrored Enhanced Array of 3 to 10 disks including up to 2 optional hot spares ALL DATA on array disks will be DELETED Create IS Volume Create Integrate...

Page 21: ...n selected as the Hot Spare for the RAID array The disk is already part of another array 4 Repeat step 3 to add the other disks to the volume 5 When done press C to create the array then select Save changes then exit this menu 6 The utility creates the array Create and save new array Cancel Exit Save changes then exit this menu Discard changes then exit this menu Exit the Configuration Utility and...

Page 22: ... PCI Slot 20 PCI Address Bus Dev Func 02 00 00 MPT Firmware Revision 1 24 00 00 IR SAS Address 500E0188 01111705 NVDATA Version 2D 02 Status Enabled Boot Order 0 Boot Support Enabled BIOS OS RAID Properties SAS Topology Advanced Adapter Properties Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help Enter Choose array type to create LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Select New Array Type SAS1064E View Exist...

Page 23: ...ift 1 Help Enter Select Item Alt N Next Array C Create an array R Refresh Display LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 View Array SAS1064E Array 1 of 1 Identifier LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000 Type IME Scan Order 0 Size MB 51498 Status Optimal Manage Array Slot Device Identifier RAID Hot Drive Pred Size Num Disk Spr Status Fail MB 0 SEAGATE ST336754SS 0003 Yes No Ok No 34331 2 SEAGATE ST33...

Page 24: ...hen press Enter 3 From the Manage Array screen select Manage Hot Spares then press Enter Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help Enter Select Item Alt N Next Array C Create an array LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 View Array SAS1064E Array 1 of 1 Identifier LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000 Type IME Scan Order 0 Size MB 51498 Status Optimal Manage Array Slot Device Identifier RAID Hot Drive Pred Si...

Page 25: ...een select Synchronize Array then press Enter 3 Press Y to begin the synchronization or N to cancel Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help SPACE Change Item C Commit Changes LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Manage Hot Spare SAS1064E Identifier LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000 Type IME Scan Order 0 Size MB 51498 Status Optimal Slot Device Identifier Hot Drive Pred Size Num Spr Status Fail MB 0 SEAG...

Page 26: ...D 1 volume the data is preserved on the primary disk To delete an array 1 From the Manage Array screen select Delete Array then press Enter 2 Press Y to delete or N to cancel Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help Enter Select Item LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Manage Array SAS1064E Identifier LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000 Type IME Scan Order 0 Size MB 51498 Status Inactive Manage Hot Spare ...

Page 27: ... 1 24 00 00 IR SAS Address 500E0188 01111705 NVDATA Version 2D 02 Status Enabled Boot Order 0 Boot Support Enabled BIOS OS RAID Properties SAS Topology Advanced Adapter Properties More keys for the SAS Topology display C Clear Device Mappings for Non Present Devices R Refresh SAS Topology Enter On a SAS Enclosure or Expander Expand or Collapse Item Enter On a Disk Drive Turn on the Locate LED next...

Page 28: ...st Change Item LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Adapter List Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed No Boot Information Display Mode Display adapters installed devices Support Interrupt Hook interrupt the Default Restore Defaults Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help Alt N Global Properties Alter Boot Order Ins Del Alter Boot List LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Ada...

Page 29: ...dapter List Change Item LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Adapter List Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed No Boot Information Display Mode Display adapters installed devices Support Interrupt Hook interrupt the Default Restore Defaults Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help Alt N Adapter List Change Item LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Adapter List Global Properti...

Page 30: ... the system defaults Esc Exit Menu F1 Shift 1 Help Alt N Adapter List Change Item LSI Corp Config Utility v6 20 00 00 2007 12 04 Adapter List Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed No Boot Information Display Mode Display adapters installed devices Support Interrupt Hook interrupt the Default Restore Defaults ...

Page 31: ...ft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista Red Hat Linux 3 0 4 0 or 5 0 SUSE SLES 9 and 10 with latest updates and service packs Refer to your server documentation and to the operating system documentation for more information on hardware and operating system requirements 2 3 2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware on Microsoft Windows OS Follow these steps if you need to install MegaRAID Sto...

Page 32: ...torage Manager software to view or change storage configurations If you select Only for current user the MegaRAID Storage Manager shortcuts and associated icons will be available only to the user with this user name 5 Click Next to continue 6 On the next screen accept the default Destination Folder or click Change to select a different destination folder Click Next to continue The Setup Type scree...

Page 33: ...he options are fully explained in the screen text Select Client if you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a PC that will be used to view and configure servers over a network To begin installation click on Install on the next screen that appears Select Server to install only those components required for remote server management To begin installation click on Install on the next sc...

Page 34: ...t Client installation for a PC used to monitor servers and if there are no available servers with a registered framework on the local subnet that is servers with a complete installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software the server screen will appear as shown in the following figure The server screen will not list any servers You can use this screen to manage systems remotely ...

Page 35: ..._installer tar gz A new disk directory is created 3 Go to the new disk directory 4 In the disk directory find and read the readme txt file 5 To start the installation enter the following command csh install sh a If you select Client installation for a PC used to monitor servers and if there are no available servers with a registered framework on the local subnet that is servers with a complete ins...

Page 36: ... all the rpm files manually before installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software with the procedure listed previously The version is already installed This message indicates that the version of MegaRAID Storage Manager software you are trying to install is already installed on the system The installed version is newer This message indicates that a version of MegaRAID Storage Manager software is alr...

Page 37: ...nblock to allow MegaRAID Storage Manager software to start The Windows Firewall sometimes blocks the operation of programs that use Java To start MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a Red Hat Linux system select Applications System Tools MegaRAID Storage Manager StartupUI To start MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a SUSE SLES 9 system select Start System More Programs MegaRAID Storage Manager ...

Page 38: ...at you want to access The Server Login window appears as shown in the following figure 4 Select an access mode from the drop down menu Select Full Access if you need to both view the current configuration and change the configuration Select View Only if you need to only view and monitor the configuration 5 Enter your user name and password and click Login If the computer is networked this is the l...

Page 39: ...the system itself One or more controllers are installed in the system The controller label identifies the MegaRAID controller such as the ASUS PIKE 1064E 1068E controller so that you can easily differentiate between multiple controllers Each controller has one or more ports Disk drives and other devices are attached to the ports The Logical view shows the hierarchy of controllers virtual disks and...

Page 40: ...e Manager window has either two or three tabs depending on what kind of device is selected in the left panel The Properties tab displays information about the selected device For example if a controller icon is selected in the left panel the Properties tab lists information such as the controller name NVRAM size and device port count The Operations tab lists the operations that can be performed on...

Page 41: ... The lower part of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window displays the system event log entries New event log entries appear during the session Each entry has an ID a timestamp and date an error level indicating the severity of the event and a brief description of the event Menu Bar Here are brief descriptions of the main selections on the MegaRAID Storage Manager menu bar File Menu The File menu has...

Page 42: ...is where you access the Configuration Wizard and other configuration related commands To access the other configuration commands select Operations Configuration Group Operations Menu The Group Operations menu options include Check Consistency Initialize and Show Progress Tools Menu On the Tools menu you can select Configure Monitor Configurator to access the Event Configuration Notification screen...

Page 43: ...3 Chapter 3 Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the RAID drivers on different operating systems ...

Page 44: ...he Internet A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows Server 2003 or Linux operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS using the Makedisk application in the support CD To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment 1 Place the RAID card support CD in the optical drive 2 Restart the computer then enter t...

Page 45: ... 2000 Server SP4 Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista 32 bit Windows Vista 64 bit Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Server 2008 64 bit RHEL AS3 UP6 UP8 UP9 32 bit Intel RHEL AS3 UP6 UP8 UP9 32 bit AMD RHEL AS3 UP6 UP8 UP9 64 bit RHEL AS4 UP4 UP5 UP6 32 bit RHEL AS4 UP4 UP5 UP6 64 bit SLES 9 32 bit SLES 9 64 bit SLES 9 SP1 32 bit S...

Page 46: ... ENTER Continue F3 Exit Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Currently Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices s none To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support...

Page 47: ...s Enter Windows Setup ENTER Select F3 Exit You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC to return to the previous screen LSI Fusion MPT SAS Driver Server 2003 32 bit 6 The Windows Setup loads the RAID card drivers from the RAID driver disk When n...

Page 48: ...click the My Computer icon on the desktop and select Properties from the menu 2 Click the Hardware tab on the top then click the Device Manager button 3 Double click the LSI Adapter SAS 3000 series 4 port with 1064E StorPort item 4 Click the Driver tab on the top then click Update Driver The controller name differs according to the installed SAS RAID card ...

Page 49: ...nced then click Next to continue 6 Toggle Don t search I will choose the driver to install then click Next to continue 7 Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the floppy disk drive 8 Highlight LSI Adapter SAS 3000 series 4 port with 1064E StorPort then click Have Disk ...

Page 50: ...3 8 Chapter 3 Driver installation 9 Select from the drop down menu and locate the driver 10 Click Next to start updating the driver 11 After completing driver update click Finish to close the wizard ...

Page 51: ...inux text ENTER Use the function keys listed below for more information F1 Main F2 Options F3 General F4 Kernel F5 Rescue boot linux dd 4 Select fd0 using the Tab key when asked to select the driver disk source Press Tab to move the cursor to OK then press Enter 3 Select Yes using the Tab key when asked if you have the driver disk then press Enter Main Menu Do you have a driver disk Yes No Driver ...

Page 52: ...rprise RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive select OK then press Enter The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into dev fd0 and press OK to continue OK Back 7 Follow the screen instructions to continue the OS installation More Driver Disks Do you wish to load any more driver disks Yes No ...

Page 53: ...2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver Boot from Hard Disk Installation Installation ACPI Disabled Installation Local APIC Disabled Installation Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options 3 Press F5 then select Yes from the menu Press Enter F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver Boot from Hard Disk Installation Installation ACPI Disabled Installation Local APIC Disabled ...

Page 54: ...n Installation ACPI Disabled Installation Local APIC Disabled Installation Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options 5 When below screen appears select the floppy disk drive fd0 as the driver update medium Select OK then press Enter Please choose the Driver Update medium OK Back fd0 Floppy sr0 CD ROM TEAC DV 516E sda Disk SEAGATE ST336754SS sdb Disk SEAGATE ST336754SS Other device The d...

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Page 56: ...io disturbance characteristics of in the GSM 900 and GSM 1800 bands broadcast receivers and associated covering essential requirements under equipment article 3 2 of the R TTE directive 999 5 EC Directive EN 55020 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated EN 301893 Broadband Radio Access Networks BRAN equipment 5 GHz high performance RLAN Harmonized EN covering essenti...