Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i, User Manual

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Page 3: ...lanation of Jumpers 2 3 LED INDICATORS 2 4 RAID Minimum Drive Requirements 2 4 Chapter 3 Boot Controller and Bootable Array 3 1 Boot Controller Setup 3 1 3 2 Creating an Array 3 1 Creating an Array with the ACU 3 2 Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager 3 3 3 3 Making Your Array Bootable 3 4 Chapter 4 Installing the Driver and an Operating System 4 1 Overview 4 1 4 2 Creating a Driver Disk...

Page 4: ...age Space 6 1 About Adaptec Storage Manager 6 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 6 2 6 2 The Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 6 2 6 3 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 6 2 6 4 The Adaptec Flash Utility 6 3 6 5 Choosing a Utility 6 3 ...

Page 5: ...wo Internal ipass cable ports Support for RAID 0 1 5 and 10 Preinstalled iButton provides RAID 5 support Operating Systems Supported The AOC USAS S4i and AOC USAS S4ir support the following Operating Systems OS Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Each operating systems must include the latest downloads and hot fixes and at least 256 MB of free hard drive space ...

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Page 7: ... on card by its edges only do not touch its components pe ripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use 1 2 General Safety Guidelines Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components from the computer Disconnect the power cable before ins...

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Page 9: ...U H G F E D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors 2 1 Front Connectors and Jumpers Front Connectors 1 Internal SAS Connector 2 External SAS Connector 1 2 ...

Page 10: ... four HDD ports This card supports SAS SATA1 and SATA2 drives Use a single port SAS ipass cable Super Micro order number CBL 0108L 02 2 External SAS Connector The External SAS port J4 allows the moth erboard to connect to an external backplane or hard drives This connector supports up to four hard drives This card supports SAS SATA1 and SATA2 drives Use a single port external SAS cable Su per Micr...

Page 11: ...pers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins Connector Pins Jumper Setting 3 2 1 3 2 1 Jumper Settings Jumper Jumper Settings Note Flash Enable...

Page 12: ...ring the manufactur ing process These LED s do not interfere with normal operation and should be ignored RAID Minimum Drive Requirements RAID Minimum Hard Drives RAID 0 2 RAID 1 3 RAID 5 3 RAID 10 2 Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to set up a RAID environment ...

Page 13: ...oot controller to the first item on the list If your systems supports only one boot controller go to the next section For more information refer to your computer s documentation 3 2 Creating an Array This example uses a RAID 1 array minimum of three hard drives You can establish an array with a different RAID level or change the array level later You can create an array using either tool Array Con...

Page 14: ... at least three disk drives for the array and do the following 5a Click Insert for each selected disk drive 5b Click Enter 6 Click Y and then click Enter 7 Select Create Array and then click Enter 8 Select the disk drives that were just initialized click Insert for each selected disk drive then click Enter 9 At the Array Properties screen opens use the following settings 9a Array Type Select RAID ...

Page 15: ...orage Manager Install CD is required To create a RAID 1 array 1 Restart the computer with the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD in the CD drive 2 Select your language then click Enter 3 After reviewing the license click Enter 4 Click Launch Configuration Utility 5 Click the Create button This opens the Configuration Wizard 6 Select ExClick configuration and click the Next button 7 Review the...

Page 16: ...le and continue to Chapter 4 Installing the Driver and an Operating System 9 You must partition and format the logical drives The logical drive appears as one drive on the operating system 10 Click Reboot to restart 11 Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD and go to the next sec tion ...

Page 17: ...figure the system to boot from the CD ROM See your system s documenta tion for instructions on doing this 2 Power on the system and insert the RAID Installation CD This CD is found in the RAID controller kit 3 Navigate past the welcome and license windows to Adaptec Start Menu 4 Click Create Driver Disk s for Installing Updating your OS and select Windows or Linux 5 When prompted insert a floppy d...

Page 18: ... then click Enter 6 When prompted click Enter to continue 7 Follow the on screen instructions to complete OS installation 8 Continue to Chapter 6 Managing Your Storage Space 4 4 Installing with Red Hat Linux This task requires the Red Hat Installation CD to complete this task To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver during Red Hat Linux installation 1 Insert the Red Hat Installation CD the fi...

Page 19: ...x installation selection screen choose the installation type and click F6 to use a driver disk For older versions of SUSE Linux use the Alt key 4 When prompted insert the driver disk Click any key to move forward 5 Linux allows you to set up the specific type of environment you desire 6 Install any third party devices and click Done 7 Follow the on screen instructions to complete OS installation 8...

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Page 21: ...5 2 Creating a Driver Disk To create a driver disk 1 Configure the system to boot from the CD ROM See your system s documenta tion for instructions on doing this 2 Power on the system and insert the RAID Installation CD This CD is found in the RAID controller kit 3 Navigate past the welcome and license windows to Adaptec Start Menu 4 Click Create Driver Disk s for Installing Updating your OS and s...

Page 22: ...r computer 6 Skip to Chapter 6 Managing Your Storage Space 5 4 Installing on Linux Red Hat and SUSE To install the module on Linux both Red Hat and SUSE 1 Insert RAID Installation CD 2 Mount the Installation CD using the following settings Red Hat mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom SUSE mount dev cdrom media cdrom 3 Install the module RPM rpm Uvh mount point xxx yyy rpm where mount point is the specific mo...

Page 23: ...ical drives The logic drive protect data through redundancy The Adaptec Storage Manager also allows administrators to manage controllers and drives from one work station This includes DAS and NAS Installing the Adaptec Storage Manager automatically installs the Adaptec Storage Manager agent The agent is a service running in the background that monitors system health events notifications and other ...

Page 24: ...al RAID Storage User s Reference which describes how to use ARCCONF are included on the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD Note It is recommended that only advanced users familiar with command line interfaces use ARCCONF Currently ARCCONF is not supported on FreeBSD To create and manage arrays use theARC utility 6 3 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility The Adaptec RAID Configuration A...

Page 25: ...he utility is text based It is recommended that although the AFU provides safeguards against improper configuration AFU management should be performed by an experienced technician or administrator Improper use may damage the RAID controller 6 5 Choosing a Utility It is recommended that administrators use the BIOS based ACU to create a bootable array and the Adaptec Storage Manager for storage mana...

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