Supero AOC-SAT2-MV8, User Manual

Page 1: ...Rev 1 0 SUPER USER S GUIDE AOC SAT2 MV8 ...

Page 2: ...HE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be g...

Page 3: ... Definitions 7 1 4 Connectors and Pin Definitions 8 2 Safety Guidelines 9 3 Installing the SAT2 MV8 Driver 10 3 1 Creating the driver floppy disk 10 3 2 Adding the Driver into an Existing System 10 3 3 Installing the driver into a new system 12 4 Troubleshooting 18 5 Contacting Supermicro 21 Table of Contents ...

Page 4: ...ser with maximum storage space Product Features Low profile Form Factor w the PCB size of 2 5 H x 6 4 W Marvell s 88SX6081 8 port Serial ATA Host Controller Eight SATA ports 1 5 or 3 0 Gigabits per second Gbps 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X bus Flash BIOS Interface Presence LED Indicator and Activity Indicator for each port Software RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and JBOD simple volume supported Note Some operating ...

Page 5: ...ATA 3 JS3 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 7 SATA6 JS8 JS7 PCI X 133 Rear View 1 2 Technical Specifications SAT2 MV8 Card Layout and Jumper Locations Act 0 LED Act 1 LED Act 2 LED Act 4 LED Act 5 LED Act 6 LED Act 7 LED Act 3 LED Ext Act LED SATA I 2 C SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA SATA 3 SATA 0 SATA 1 SATA CTLR PRE 0 LED PRE 1 LED PRE 2 LED PRE 4 LED PRE 5 LED PRE 6 LED PRE 7 LED PRE 3 LED SATA 6 SATA 7 bracket Pin 1 Pin...

Page 6: ...0 JS1 SATA 1 SATA 2 JS2 SATA 3 JS3 SATA 4 SATA 5 2 5 Front view SAT2 MV8 w Low Profile Bracket Low Profile bracket Front view SAT2 MV8 w Full Height Bracket ACT 7 ACT 6 ACT 5 ACT 4 ACT 3 ACT 2 ACT 1 ACT0 PRE 0 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4 PRE 5 PRE 1 PRE 6 PRE7 Ext ACTLED JS9 SATAI2 C 50CN3 88SX6081 MarvellSATA Controller SAT2 MV8 Rev 1 0 LVC245A LVC245A BIOS Chip LCX 16373 JS10 6 4 4 75 SATA 0 JS1 SATA 1 SA...

Page 7: ...S4 SATA4_Present DS5 SATA5_Present DS6 SATA6_Present DS7 SATA7_Present SATA Activity LED Indicators Serial ATA Activity LED Indicators DS8 DS15 indicate the activity status of SATA ports 0 7 See the table on the right for pin defini tions SATA Activity LED Indidators Pin Definitions DS8 DS15 DS Definition DS8 SATA0_Act DS9 SATA1_Act DS10 SATA2_Act DS11 SATA3_Act DS Definition DS12 SATA4_Act DS13 S...

Page 8: ...tivity of SATA ports This connector is only compatible with Supermicro s SATA panel and requires SATA Cables such as CBL 0069 CBL 0055 CBL 0056 or CBL 0057 installed to function properly 1 2 3 Pin 1 8 C K Definition Activity Output for Drives 0 7 Common Ground Unused Extended ACT LED Pin Definitions JS9 1 2 3 4 C 5 6 7 8 K 1 4 Connectors and Pin Definitions SATA Connections The following onboard c...

Page 9: ... or modules avoid touching their pins Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use General Safety Guidelines Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any com ponents from the computer including the RAID card Use only the correct type of bracket for the chassis Please use a full height bracket for a 1U 3U 4U Tower or a Pedestal system Use a low pr...

Page 10: ...ld Windows amd64 Free into a blank formatted floppy disk For the Linux Operating System For an existing system Use the source code from the folder Linux_3_4_0 to compile For a new system Use the tool rawwritewin exe to write the driver images stored in the folder DiskImag linux to create a driver disk Note The folder DiskImag linux is included in Supermicro s CD ROM that came with your shipping Ho...

Page 11: ...installation process For the Linux Operating System a Insert the CDROM that contains the Linux OS driver in the CD drive b At the prompt type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom and press enter to mount the CDROM directory into the system directory c At the prompt type cd mnt cdrom Linux_3_4_0 and press enter to change the directory to the CDROM directory d Read the README txt file and exit e At the prompt ...

Page 12: ... and boot from it c When prompted at the bottom of the screen to install a third party driver press the F6 key Note You have only 5 seconds to press F6 If you miss it you will need to restart the system and repeat this step again d Insert the driver disk into the system and wait until you are prompted to install a driver Press S to specify that the driver is included in an additional device the fl...

Page 13: ...nux bootup screen will display as shown below b At the boot prompt type linux dd as shown in the screen below c After you ve typed linux dd at the prompt press Enter The system starts initializing the driver Then follow the instructions when prompted to complete the installation process Installing the SAT2 MV8 Driver ...

Page 14: ...uded in the manual However the installation procedures listed below apply to all SuSE Linux systems a Extract the image driver from DiskImag Linux x86_32 into a blank for matted disk b Boot up the system from SuSE Linux Installation CD ROM c When the screen as shown below displays highlight Installation press F6 to add the Installation Driver and hit Enter d Follow the instructions given at the pr...

Page 15: ...he motherboard s BIOS is updated You can download a up dated BIOS from our web site at www supermicro com 2 Problem I cannot see the card in the operating system Recommended Solutions Make sure that the card is shown in the BIOS If the card is shown in the BIOS a screen shown below will display If it is not shown in the BIOS please find out the root cause of the problem by following the steps list...

Page 16: ...and the controller Also make sure that the hard drives are properly seated in the drive bay If possible swap the drives around to determine if the drive connections or the controller is bad 4 I cannot create software RAID in the operating system Recommended Solutions Make sure that the operating system supports software RAID If not sure please check with the software company that produces the OS M...

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Page 18: ...AOC SAT2 MV8 User s Guide 18 6 Product Compliance Information The SAT2 MV8 is compliant with the following safety standards requirements USA FCC 47 CFR Part 15 subpart B European Union EN 55022 EN 55024 ...