Table Of Contents - IBM System x Education ServeRAID M1000 Series Study Manual

Servicing the ServeRAID M1000 and M5000 Series SAS/SATA II Controllers - Preface

Table of Contents

Preface...................................................................................................................................... 3
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................... 4
Prerequisites.................................................................................................................. 5
Objectives ..................................................................................................................... 5
Servicing the ServeRAID M1000 and M5000 Series SAS/SATA II Controllers ............. 6
Overview....................................................................................................................... 6
M Series Naming Convention....................................................................................... 7
Warranty ..................................................................................................................... 16
ServeRAID M 1015, M5014 and M5015 Controller Features and Limitations ......... 18
Controller Usage Limitations............................................................................................ 22
Controller Connectors....................................................................................................... 23
Configuration Scenarios.................................................................................................... 25
Installing the M5014 and M5015 Controllers................................................................... 27
Installing the ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Assembly on the ServeRAID M5015
Controller .................................................................................................................... 30
Storage Management Tools .............................................................................................. 34
MegaRAID Storage Manager(MSM) ......................................................................... 35
WebBIOS Configuration Utility (CU)........................................................................ 36
Starting the WebBIOS CU.......................................................................................... 36
MegaRAID Command Line Tool (CLI) ..................................................................... 38
Troubleshooting and Problem Determination Tools......................................................... 39
Collecting Data ........................................................................................................... 39
Monitoring Controllers ............................................................................................... 42
Selecting Data Encryption Security Options Using WebBIOS .................................. 43
Installing Drivers .............................................................................................................. 46
Installing or Updating the MegaRAID Driver in an Existing Windows System........ 46
Installing the Windows System Driver in a New Windows System .......................... 46
Installing from a Driver Update Diskette.................................................................... 47
Rebuilding a Drive...................................................................................................... 47
Logs and Debugging Techniques...................................................................................... 49
OS Level Debug................................................................................................................ 49
Helpful Links .................................................................................................................... 51
Summary ........................................................................................................................... 52
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