Supero AOC-USAS-S8i, User Manual

Page 1: ...ir USER S GUIDE 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J 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 1 4 A C A C A C A C A...

Page 2: ...DUCT 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 T...

Page 3: ...2 2 3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions 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 A...

Page 4: ...USE 5 2 Chapter 6 Managing Your Storage 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 Adapt...

Page 5: ...le ports Support for RAID 0 1 5 6 10 and 50 Preinstalled iButton provides RAID 5 6 and 50 support Operating Systems Supported The AOC USAS S8i and AOC USAS S8ir support the following Operating Systems...

Page 6: ...er Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical...

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...

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Page 9: ...N M L K J 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 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE PCB EDGE Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors 2 1 Front...

Page 10: ...o 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 Internal SAS Connector Drive 4 7 The Internal SAS port connects...

Page 11: ...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 Open Disable...

Page 12: ...cess 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 2 RAID 5 3 RAID 6 4 RAID 10 4 2 RAID 1 Arrays RAI...

Page 13: ...ot 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 T...

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 Se...

Page 15: ...rage 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 rev...

Page 16: ...e 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 Reb...

Page 17: ...igure 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 controll...

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...

Page 19: ...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 3 When prompted insert the driver disk Click any key to m...

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Page 21: ...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 RA...

Page 22: ...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 Instal...

Page 23: ...cal 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 Insta...

Page 24: ...l 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 lin...

Page 25: ...e 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 Impr...

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