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Inspur Server
3408&3508 Series
RAID Controller Card
Configuration Manual
Document Version: V1.3
Release Date: January 25, 2022

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  • Page 1 Inspur Server 3408&3508 Series RAID Controller Card Configuration Manual Document Version: V1.3 Release Date: January 25, 2022...
  • Page 2 This manual is only used as a guide. Inspur shall not be liable for any damage, including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of information, interruption of business, personal injury, or any consequential damage incurred before, during, or after the use of our products.
  • Page 3 These methods are also applicable to Broadcom MegaRAID 9440-8i and 9460 series. Inspur assumes you have sufficient knowledge of servers and are well trained in protecting yourself from personal injury or product damages during service. Symbol Conventions The symbols that may be found in this document are defined as follows.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    With a Super-Capacitor ................. 6 1.4.2 Without a Super-Capacitor ..............8 Introduction ....................9 About Inspur SAS3408IT .................. 9 About Inspur SAS3408iMR ................10 About Inspur SAS3508MR ................11 Environmental Parameters of SAS RAID Controller Card ....... 14 Configuring Inspur SAS3408iMR/3508MR ..........15 Initial Configuration ..................
  • Page 5 Configuring JBOD ................68 3.4.6 Configuring NVMe ................70 How to Install Inspur SAS RAID Controller Card Driver ....... 74 Loading Driver during Windows Installation ..........74 Loading Driver during Red Hat Linux Installation .......... 90 Loading Driver during SUSE Linux Installation ..........93 Loading Driver during VMware Installation ...........

  • Page 6: Raid Introduction

    RAID Introduction This chapter introduces the basic concepts and features of RAID. RAID Functions RAID is the abbreviation of “Redundant Array of Independent Disk”. Simply put, RAID is a technology that combines multiple independent hard disks (physical hard disks) in different ways to form a group of hard disks (logical hard disks), thus providing higher storage performance than a single hard disk and providing data backup.

  • Page 7: Raid 1

    0). However, RAID 0 cannot ensure data security since it does not support data redundancy, and therefore is applicable only to scenarios that require high I/O performance but low data security. Figure 1-1 RAID 0 1.2.2 RAID 1 RAID 1 is also referred to as mirroring. In a RAID 1 array, each data drive has a mirrored drive.

  • Page 8: Raid 6

    information. If any drive fails, data on the failed drive can be rebuilt from the parity bit data on other drives in the array. RAID 5 requires at least 3 drives. The advantages are better utilization of the capacity of all redundant drives configured in the array and excellent read/write performance.

  • Page 9: Raid 10

    1.2.5 RAID 10 RAID 10 is a combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0. RAID 10 requires at least 4 drives. It delivers the best performance, protection, and capacity among all RAID levels. In RAID 10, mirrored drives are in pairs, and their data is stripped on the entire array. In most cases, RAID 10 can resist failures of multiple drives at the same time, and is able to better ensure stable running of the system.

  • Page 10: Raid 50

    1.2.7 RAID 50 RAID 50 or RAID 5+0 is a combination of RAID 5 (distributed parity) and RAID 0 (striping). RAID 0 allows data to be striped and written to multiple drives simultaneously, and RAID 5 ensures data security by using parity bits evenly distributed on drives.

  • Page 11: Recommended Raid Configurations

    Table 1-1 Performance and Drive Space Utilization of Different RAID Levels Read Write Drive Space RAID Level Reliability Performance Performance Utilization RAID 0 High High 100% RAID 1 High Relatively RAID 5 High Medium (N - 1)/N high Relatively RAID 6 High Medium (N - 2)/N...
  • Page 12 Read Caching/Write Caching = Controller Cache Drive Write Cache = Enable 2. Optimal Performance Settings for SSDs RAID levels without parity (RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 10) Broadcom RAID controller card:  Read Policy = Normal (No Read Ahead) Write Policy = Write Through IO Policy = Direct Disk Cache = Unchanged (not changeable) Microsemi RAID controller card:...

  • Page 13: Without A Super-Capacitor

    Read Caching/Write Caching = SSD IO bypass Drive Write Cache = Enable 3. Recommended Data Security Settings Security Settings for HDDs: Broadcom RAID controller card:  Read Policy = Read Ahead Write Policy = Write Back IO Policy = Direct Disk Cache = Disable Microsemi RAID controller card: ...

  • Page 14: Introduction

    Introduction This chapter describes the appearance, features, and functions of Inspur 12 G SAS RAID controller cards. For information about 9440/9460 series, refer to the datasheet on Broadcom website. About Inspur SAS3408IT Inspur SAS3408IT SAS controller card is a cost-effective SAS solution designed specifically to provide external drive storage and JBOD expansion capabilities for servers.

  • Page 15: About Inspur Sas3408Imr

    Drive sleep mode  About Inspur SAS3408iMR Inspur SAS3408iMR is an entry-level RAID solution designed specifically to provide cost-effective external drive storage and expansion capabilities for servers. Refer to the figure below for its appearance. Figure 2-2 SAS3408iMR RAID Controller Card Inspur SAS3408iMR RAID controller card uses the SAS3408 IO controller from Broadcom, with OCP 2.0 and PCIe3.0 x8 interfaces and a powerful I/O storage...

  • Page 16: About Inspur Sas3508Mr

     Power save mode of drives  Connection to extended devices, up to 32 drives on an Inspur server  The following table lists the drive number limits and redundancies of different RAID levels of Inspur SAS3408iMR RAID controller card.
  • Page 17 Figure 2-3 SAS3508MR RAID Controller Card Inspur SAS3508MR RAID controller card uses the new generation SAS3508 controller from Broadcom. SAS3508 is an 8-port 12 Gbit/s SAS controller based on the MegaRAID architecture, coming standard with PCIe 3.0 x8 interfaces and a powerful I/O storage engine.
  • Page 18 Shielded state drive diagnostic technology  The built-in cache of Inspur SAS3508MR series plays an important role in improving the performance of RAID controller cards. Data is directly written to the cache. The RAID controller card then updates accumulated cache data to drives in batches.

  • Page 19: Environmental Parameters Of Sas Raid Controller Card

    RAID 60 6 - 32 (2 - 8 for RAID 6) Number of spans × 2 Note: Inspur SAS3508MR RAID controller card supports up to 24 drives.  The failed drives cannot be adjacent  A maximum of 1 failed drive is allowed in each span of RAID 10 and RAID 50.

  • Page 20: Configuring Inspur Sas3408Imr/3508Mr

    Configuring Inspur SAS3408iMR/3508MR This chapter guides you on how to configure RAID arrays for Inspur 3408iMR and Inspur 3508MR series, which is also applicable to Broadcom MegaRAID 9440-8i and 9460 series. Initial Configuration Procedures: Log in to the real-time server desktop via the remote virtual console.

  • Page 21: Log In To Sas3508Mr Management Screen

    The operating procedures described in this section are also applicable to  Inspur SAS3408iMR, SAS3508MR, and 9440/9460/9560 series. The main difference between Inspur 3408iMR and 3508MR is that the former  has no cache and does not support the super-capacitor data protection suite.
  • Page 22 Figure 3-3 Selecting the SAS3508 Controller The SAS3508 main screen is shown below. Figure 3-4 SAS3508 Main Screen...

  • Page 23: Creating Raid Arrays

    MegaRAID xxx Enables/Disables advanced features. Manage MegaRAID Advanced Manages advanced features. Software Options Creating RAID Arrays This section guides you on how to create RAID arrays after entering CU screen of Inspur SAS3508 RAID controller card.

  • Page 24: Creating A Raid 0 Array In Uefi Mode

    The drives in a RAID array shall be of the same type and specifications. Procedures: Configure the UEFI mode and re-enter BIOS configuration screen. Log in to LSI SAS3508 management screen, switch to Advanced tab, select the LSI SAS3508 controller from the existing RAID controller card list, and press <Enter>.
  • Page 25 Figure 3-7 Selecting Select Drives On the popup screen, configure as follows: a. Set Select Media Type to Both. b. Select the drives for RAID array creation in sequence and set the drive status to Enabled. Note: Two drives are selected, as shown below.
  • Page 26 Figure 3-8 Drive Configurations c. Select Apply Changes and press <Enter>. The following table lists the parameters and descriptions. Table 3-2 Parameters and Descriptions Parameter Description Select Media Type Indicates the drive medium type. Select Interface Type Indicates the drive interface type. Logical Sector Size Indicates the size of a logical sector.
  • Page 27 Virtual Drive Size Capacity unit. Unit Size of strip data on each drive. For Inspur 3508MR, the strip Strip Size size can be 64 K, 128 K, 256 K (recommended), 512 K, and 1 M. The strip size of 3408iMR can only be 64 K.
  • Page 28 Parameter Description Read policy of virtual drives, including: No Read Ahead: Read Ahead disabled.  Read Policy Read Ahead: Read Ahead enabled. The controller can  read sequential data ahead or predict data to be used and cache it. Write policy of virtual drives. Write Back: When the controller has no BBU (Battery ...
  • Page 29 Parameter Description Physical drive cache policy, including: Unchanged: The current drive cache policy is not  changed. Enable: During data read/write, data is cached through  drives, which improves the write performance. However, Drive cache data will be lost in case of a power outage if no protection mechanism is available.
  • Page 30 Figure 3-11 Confirmation Screen 10. After the prompt The operation has been performed successfully is displayed, select OK and press <Enter>. Figure 3-12 Selecting OK 11. To check the configuration result, press <Esc> to return to the previous screen, select Virtual Drive Management, and press <Enter> to view the existing RAID information.

  • Page 31: Creating A Raid 1 Array In Uefi Mode

    Figure 3-13 Existing RAID Information 3.3.2 Creating a RAID 1 Array in UEFI Mode On the popup screen, select Configuration Management and press <Enter>. Figure 3-14 Selecting Configuration Management On the popup screen, select Create Virtual Drive and press <Enter>.
  • Page 32 Figure 3-15 Selecting Create Virtual Drive Select Select RAID Level by pressing <↑> or <↓> and press <Enter>. Select RAID 1 from the list and press <Enter>. Locate Select Drives by pressing <↑> or <↓> and press <Enter> to add member drivers.
  • Page 33 c. Select Apply Changes and press <Enter>. Figure 3-17 Drive Configurations The following table lists the parameters and descriptions. Table 3-4 Parameters and Descriptions Parameter Description Select Media Type Indicates the drive medium type. Select Interface Type Indicates the drive interface type. Logical Sector Size Indicates the size of a logical sector.
  • Page 34 Virtual Drive Size Capacity unit. Unit Size of strip data on each drive. For Inspur 3508MR, the strip Strip Size size can be 64 K, 128 K, 256 K (recommended), 512 K, and 1 M. The strip size of 3408iMR can only be 64 K.
  • Page 35 Parameter Description Read policy of virtual drives, including: No Read Ahead: Read Ahead disabled.  Read Policy Read Ahead: Read Ahead enabled. The controller can  read sequential data ahead or predict data to be used and cache it. Write policy of virtual drives. Write Back: When the controller has no BBU (Battery ...
  • Page 36 Parameter Description Physical drive cache policy, including: Unchanged: The current drive cache policy is not  changed. Enable: During data read/write, data is cached through  drives, which improves the write performance. However, Drive cache data will be lost in case of power outage if no protection mechanism is available.
  • Page 37 Figure 3-20 Confirmation Screen 10. When the prompt The operation has been performed successfully is displayed, select OK and press <Enter>. Figure 3-21 Selecting OK 11. To check the configuration result, press <Esc> to return to the previous screen, select Virtual Drive Management, and press <Enter> to view the existing RAID information.

  • Page 38: Creating A Raid 5 Array In Uefi Mode

    Figure 3-22 Existing RAID Information 3.3.3 Creating a RAID 5 Array in UEFI Mode On the popup screen, select Configuration Management and press <Enter>. Figure 3-23 Selecting Configuration Management On the popup screen, select Create Virtual Drive and press <Enter>.
  • Page 39 Figure 3-24 Selecting Create Virtual Drive Select Select RAID Level by pressing <↑> or <↓> and press <Enter>. Select RAID5 from the list and press <Enter>. Locate Select Drives by pressing <↑> or <↓> and press <Enter> to add member drivers.
  • Page 40 Figure 3-26 Drive Configurations c. Select Apply Changes and press <Enter>. The following table lists the parameters and descriptions. Table 3-6 Parameters and Descriptions Parameter Description Select Media Type Indicates the drive medium type. Select Interface Type Indicates the drive interface type. Logical Sector Size Indicates the size of a logical sector.
  • Page 41 Figure 3-27 Selecting OK On the popup screen, select required options by pressing <↑> or <↓> to configure the RAID controller card parameters. Note: This RAID array contains 3 SDDs, without any battery capacitor. After parameter setting is completed, select Save Configuration and press <Enter>. Figure 3-28 Saving Configurations The following table lists parameters and descriptions for advanced RAID properties.
  • Page 42 Virtual Drive Size Capacity unit. Unit Size of strip data on each drive. For Inspur 3508MR, the strip Strip Size size can be 64 K, 128 K, 256 K (recommended), 512 K, and 1 M. The strip size of 3408iMR can only be 64 K.
  • Page 43 Parameter Description In write scenarios, written data is cached on the RAID  controller card. (except for the case where Write Policy is set to Write Through, in which case data is directly written into drives without being cached on the RAID controller card.) Physical drive cache policy, including: Unchanged: The current drive cache policy is not...
  • Page 44 Figure 3-29 Confirmation Screen 10. After the prompt The operation has been performed successfully is displayed, select OK and press <Enter>. Figure 3-30 Selecting OK 11. To check the configuration result, press <Esc> to return to the previous screen, select Virtual Drive Management, and press <Enter> to view the existing RAID information.

  • Page 45: Creating A Raid 6 Array In Uefi Mode

    Figure 3-31 Existing RAID Information 3.3.4 Creating a RAID 6 Array in UEFI Mode On the popup screen, select Configuration Management and press <Enter>. Figure 3-32 Selecting Configuration Management On the popup screen, select Create Virtual Drive and press <Enter>.
  • Page 46 Figure 3-33 Selecting Create Virtual Drive Select Select RAID Level by pressing <↑> or <↓> and press <Enter>. Select RAID6 from the list and press <Enter>. Locate Select Drives by pressing <↑> or <↓> and press <Enter> to add member drivers.
  • Page 47 Figure 3-35 Drive Configureations c. Select Apply Changes and press <Enter>. The following table lists the parameters and descriptions. Table 3-8 Parameters and Descriptions Parameter Description Select Media Type Indicates the drive medium type. Select Interface Type Indicates the drive interface type. Logical Sector Size Indicates the size of a logical sector.
  • Page 48 Virtual Drive Size Capacity unit. Unit Size of strip data on each drive. For Inspur 3508MR, the strip Strip Size size can be 64 K, 128 K, 256 K (recommended), 512 K, and 1 M. The strip size of 3408iMR can only be 64 K.
  • Page 49 Parameter Description read sequential data ahead or predict data to be used and cache it. Write policy of virtual drives. Write Back: When the controller has no BBU (Battery  Backup Unit), the BBU is charging/discharging or damaged, or the pinned/preserved cache reaches 50% of the physical cache capacity of the RAID controller card, the RAID controller card automatically switches to the Write Through mode.
  • Page 50 Parameter Description Physical drive cache policy, including: Unchanged: The current drive cache policy is not  changed. Enable: During data read/write, data is cached through  drives, which improves the write performance. However, Drive cache data will be lost in case of a power outage if no protection mechanism is available.
  • Page 51 Figure 3-38 Confirmation Screen 10. After the prompt The operation has been performed successfully is displayed, select OK and press <Enter>. Figure 3-39 Selecting OK 11. To check the configuration result, press <Esc> to return to the previous screen, select Virtual Drive Management, and press <Enter> to view the existing RAID information.

  • Page 52: Creating A Raid 10 Array In Uefi Mode

    Figure 3-40 Existing RAID Information 3.3.5 Creating a RAID 10 Array in UEFI Mode On the popup screen, select Configuration Management and press <Enter>. Figure 3-41 Selecting Configuration Management On the popup screen, select Create Virtual Drive and press <Enter>. Figure 3-42 Selecting Create Virtual Drive Select Select RAID Level by pressing <↑>...
  • Page 53 Select RAID 10 from the list and press <Enter>. Locate Select Drives by pressing <↑> or <↓> and press <Enter> to add member drivers. Figure 3-43 Selecting Select Drives On the popup screen, configure as follows: a. Set Select Media Type to Both. b.
  • Page 54 Figure 3-44 Drive Configurations c. Select Apply Changes and press <Enter>. Add member drives on the screen shown below to add a span. Note: Two drives are selected for a span. The following table lists the parameters and descriptions. Table 3-10 Parameters and Descriptions Parameter Description Select Media Type...
  • Page 55 Figure 3-45 Selecting OK On the popup screen, select required options by pressing <↑> or <↓> to configure the RAID controller card parameters. Note: This RAID array contains 4 HDDs, without any battery capacitor. After parameter setting is completed, select Save Configuration and press <Enter>.
  • Page 56 Virtual Drive Size Capacity unit. Unit Size of strip data on each drive. For Inspur 3508MR, the strip Strip Size size can be 64 K, 128 K, 256 K (recommended), 512 K, and 1 M. The strip size of 3408iMR can only be 64 K.
  • Page 57 Parameter Description In write scenarios, written data is cached on the RAID  controller card. (except for the case where Write Policy is set to Write Through, in which case data is directly written into drives without being cached on the RAID controller card.) Physical drive cache policy, including: Unchanged: The current drive cache policy is not...
  • Page 58 Figure 3-47 Confirmation Screen 11. After the prompt The operation has been performed successfully is displayed, select OK and press <Enter>. Figure 3-48 Selecting OK 12. To check the configuration result, press <Esc> to return to the previous screen, select Virtual Drive Management, and press <Enter> to view the existing RAID information.

  • Page 59: Configuring Raid Arrays

    Figure 3-49 Existing RAID Information Configuring RAID Arrays 3.4.1 Configuring a Global HS Drive Log in to the management screen.
  • Page 60 Figure 3-50 Management Screen Enter Drive Management screen. a. Select Main Menu on the main screen and press <Enter>. b. Select Drive Management and press <Enter>.
  • Page 61 Figure 3-51 Selecting Drive Management c. Select the drive to be configured and press <Enter> to enter the operation screen.
  • Page 62 Figure 3-52 Selecting the Drive to be Configured Figure 3-53 Operation Screen...
  • Page 63 Configure a global HS drive. a. Set Operation to Assign Global Hot Spare Drive. Figure 3-54 Setting Operation to Assign Global Hot Spare Drive b. Select Go and press <Enter> to enter the operation confirmation screen.

  • Page 64: Configuring A Dedicated Hs Drive

    Figure 3-55 Selecting Go c. Set Confirm to Enable. d. Select Yes and press <Enter>. The operation has been performed successfully appears. e. Press <Enter> to complete the configuration and return to the previous screen. 3.4.2 Configuring a Dedicated HS Drive Log in to the management screen.
  • Page 65 Figure 3-56 Operation Screen Configure the dedicated HS drive. a. Set Operation to Assign Dedicated Hot Spare Drive.

  • Page 66: Deleting Hs Drives

    Figure 3-57 Operation Screen b. Select Go and press <Enter> to view the list of existing virtual disks. c. Select the virtual disk to be associated and press <Enter>. d. Select Enabled and press <Enter>. e. Select OK and press <Enter> to enter the operation confirmation screen. f.
  • Page 67 Enter the Drive Management screen. a. Select Main Menu on the main screen and press <Enter>. b. Select Drive Management and press <Enter>. c. Select the drive to be configured and press <Enter> to enter the operation screen. Figure 3-58 Selecting the Drive to be Configured...
  • Page 68 Figure 3-59 Operation Screen Delete the HS drive. a. Set Operation to Unassign Hot Spare Drive.

  • Page 69: Deleting Raid Arrays

    Figure 3-60 Setting Operation to Unassign Hot Spare Drive b. Select Go and press <Enter> to enter the operation confirmation screen. c. Set Confirm to Enabled. d. Select Yes and press <Enter>. The operation has been performed successfully appears. e. Press <Enter> to complete the configuration and return to the previous screen.
  • Page 70 Figure 3-61 Selecting Virtual Drive Management c. Select the virtual disk to be deleted and press <Enter>. Select Operation on the popup screen and press <Enter>. Select Delete Virtual Drive and press <Enter>.
  • Page 71 Figure 3-62 Selecting Delete Virtual Drive d. On the popup screen, select Go and press <Enter>. Figure 3-63 Selecting Go e. On the popup screen, set Confirm to Enabled, select Yes, and press <Enter>.
  • Page 72 Figure 3-64 Confirmation Screen f. On the popup screen, select OK and press <Enter> to complete the deletion. Other deletion operations can be performed in sequence in the same way. Method 2: Delete all RAID arrays at one time Go to Advanced > RAID Controller Card > Main Menu > Configuration Management >...

  • Page 73: Configuring Jbod

    Figure 3-65 Operation Screen On the popup screen, select OK and press <Enter>. 3.4.5 Configuring JBOD Procedures: Log in to the management screen. Enter Drive Management screen. a. Select Main Menu on the main screen and press <Enter>. b. Select Controller Management and press <Enter>. Figure 3-66 Selecting Controller Management...
  • Page 74 c. Select Advanced Controller Properties and press <Enter>. Figure 3-67 Selecting Advanced Controller Properties d. Set JBOD Mode to Enabled and select Apply Changes to bring the setting into effect.

  • Page 75: Configuring Nvme

    Figure 3-68 Setting JBOD Mode to Enabled e. Do not select Switch to JBOD Mode under Advanced > Controller Management, as shown below. This configuration switches RAID mode of the RAID controller card to JBOD mode, which disables certain functions. Figure 3-69 Configuration Screen 3.4.6 Configuring NVMe Procedures:...
  • Page 76 a. Select Main Menu on the main screen and press <Enter>. b. Select Controller Management and press <Enter>. Figure 3-70 Selecting Controller Management c. Select Advanced Controller Management and press <Enter>. Figure 3-71 Selecting Advanced Controller Management d. Select Manage Controller Profiles.
  • Page 77 Figure 3-72 Selecting Manage Controller Profiles e. Set Choose Profile to 13_PD64-NVMe4, select Set Profile to save the configuration, and restart the system.
  • Page 78 Figure 3-73 Setting Choose Profile to 13_PD64-NVMe4...

  • Page 79: How To Install Inspur Sas Raid Controller Card Driver

    How to Install Inspur SAS RAID Controller Card Driver This chapter guides you on how to load Inspur SAS RAID controller card drivers during Windows, Red Hat Linux and SUSE Linux installations. The method is also applicable to Broadcom MegaRAID 9440-8i and 9460 series.
  • Page 80 Figure 4-1 Pressing Any Key to Boot from CD or DVD The prompt Windows is loading files... indicates the system files are being loaded, as shown below. Figure 4-2 Loading Files When Install Windows screen appears, configure Language to install, Time and currency format, and Keyboard or input method, and click Next, as shown below.
  • Page 81 Figure 4-3 Install Windows Screen Click Install now to install immediately, as shown below. Figure 4-4 Clicking Install Now...
  • Page 82 Select the OS version to be installed. This section demonstrates with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Full Installation), as shown below. Figure 4-5 Selecting the Operating System Version Check I accept the license terms and click Next, as shown below.
  • Page 83 Figure 4-6 Checking I Accept the License Terms Select Custom (advanced) and press <Enter>, as shown below.
  • Page 84 Figure 4-7 Selecting Custom (advanced) 10. On the screen shown, select Load Driver and press <Enter>.
  • Page 85 Figure 4-8 Selecting Load Driver 11. On the screen shown, click Browse and press <Enter>.
  • Page 86 Figure 4-9 Clicking Browse To install the driver: Select GHOST (C:), as shown below.
  • Page 87 Figure 4-10 Selecting GHOST (C:) Scroll down to find the folder srv_2008_x86 and click OK to load the RAID controller driver, as shown below.
  • Page 88 Figure 4-11 Selecting the Driver The system starts loading the driver, as shown below. Please wait patiently.
  • Page 89 Figure 4-12 Loading the Driver On the screen shown, click Next.
  • Page 90 Figure 4-13 Clicking Next After the driver is loaded, the system returns to the screen below. Select a system partition and click Next. If there is no partition, click New to create one.
  • Page 91 Figure 4-14 Selecting a System Partition Click OK to enter the OS installation screen, as shown below.
  • Page 92 Figure 4-15 Clicking OK As shown below, the screen prompts Installing Windows. Your computer will restart several times during installation. Please do not perform any operation until the installation is completed.
  • Page 93 Figure 4-16 Installing Windows Create an administrator password and press <Enter> to enter the OS.
  • Page 94 Figure 4-17 Creating an Administrator Password When the Windows Server 2008 desktop appears, Windows installation is completed.

  • Page 95: Loading Driver During Red Hat Linux Installation

    Figure 4-18 Desktop Loading Driver during Red Hat Linux Installation This section demonstrates with Red Hat 6.2 OS to guide you on how to load the driver during Red Hat OS installation. Scenario: The driver needs to be loaded during Red Hat OS installation. Procedures: Copy the RAID controller driver to be loaded from the driver disk to the common partition of a USB flash drive.
  • Page 96 Figure 4-19 Driver Disk Availability Confirmation The system prompts you to select a driver disk source. Select sda and then OK. Figure 4-20 Selecting a Driver Disk Source In the popup window, select /dev/sda1 and then OK.
  • Page 97 Figure 4-21 Selecting a Partition If there are multiple files in the USB flash drive, a driver selection screen will pop up. Select the desired driver file and then OK. Press <Enter> to load the driver. After loading, the following window will pop up, prompting Do you wish to load any more driver disks?.

  • Page 98: Loading Driver During Suse Linux Installation

    Figure 4-23 Creating a Partition During partition creation for Red Hat Linux 6.x (x indicates 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6),, the USB flash drive will be detected automatically. Uncheck the box in front of the USB flash drive so as not to create partitions on it. Loading Driver during SUSE Linux Installation This section demonstrates with SUSE 11.2 OS to guide you on how to load the driver...
  • Page 99 Connect the USB flash drive to the USB port of the server, power on the server, and put the OS setup CD into the DVD/CD-ROM drive. Go to BIOS for setup to boot the system from the CD. On the Boot Options screen, press <F6>. A window will pop up. Select Yes and press <Enter>.
  • Page 100 Figure 4-25 Driver Loading Screen After the driver is loaded, the name of the loaded driver will be displayed. Select OK to continue. The following screen is displayed. Figure 4-26 Selecting the Driver Update Medium Since the driver has been loaded automatically, select Back to continue.

  • Page 101: Loading Driver During Vmware Installation

    Follow the prompts to install SUSE Linux OS. During custom partitioning, distinguish between a hard disk and a USB flash drive. Do not partition, delete or format a USB flash drive. Loading Driver during VMware Installation Use a tool to merge the driver file (.vib) with the image to generate a new installation image, and install the OS with the new image.

  • Page 102: How To Obtain Help

    Troubleshooting level and required solution deadline  5.1.2 Making Preparations for Debugging When you contact Inspur for help, our technical support engineer might assist you to do certain operations to collect information about the fault or rectify the fault directly.

  • Page 103: How To Contact Us

    How to Contact Us Go to Inspur official website https://en.inspur.com/, click Support > Support Center > Warranty & Configuration to learn about the product warranty service policy, including service offering, warranty period, service type, response time and disclaimer. You can also call Inspur at 1-844-860-0011/1-760-769-1847 to consult...

  • Page 104: Appendix

    Appendix Appendix A: Glossary A circuit board that connects devices in parallel with each other. It provides connectors for slots to support power Backplane distribution, management, and auxiliary signal connection. The slot ports are connected by high-speed twisted pairs. BIOS Basic input/output system Hard disk drive In a running system, inserting or removing a board does...
  • Page 105 data backup. The ability of a system to keep functioning normally in the Redundancy event of a device failure, by automatically having a backup device replace the faulty one. Short for Serial Attached SCSI. It is a computer bus technology for data transmission between various devices, such as hard disks and DVD/CD-ROM drives.

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