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The State of California, County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes. Supermicro's total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product. Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, you may not copy any part of this document.
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...
PC users who intend to integrate Supermicro's SAT2-MV8 SATA Controller into their system. It provides detailed information for the installation and use of the SAT2-MV8 card. The Supermicro SAT2-MV8 of- fers an innovative, complete and cost effective solution to the ever-increas- ing demands of disk density and data integrity of today's servers.
1.2 Technical Specifications SAT2-MV8 Card Layout and Jumper Locations LVC245A LVC245A SATA 7 SATA 6 PCI X 133 Technical Specifications Front view SATA I SAT2-MV8 JS10 Ext. ACT LED Rev. 1.0 50CN3 Marvell SATA Controller 6.4” Rear view Rear View 88SX6081...
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AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide Front view (SAT2-MV8 w/Full-Height Bracket) Ext. ACT LED LVC245A LVC245A Front view (SAT2-MV8 w/Low-Profile Bracket) Ext. ACT LED LVC245A LVC245A SATA I SAT2-MV8 JS10 Rev. 1.0 50CN3 88SX6081 Marvell SATA Controller 6.4” SATA I SAT2-MV8 Rev. 1.0...
1.3 LED Indicators and Pin Definitions SATA Presence LED Indicators Serial ATA Presence LED Indica- tors (DS0-DS7) indicate the pres- ence of SATA ports (0-7). See the Table on the right for pin defini- tions. SATA Activity LED Indicators Serial ATA Activity LED Indicators (DS8-DS15) indicate the activity status of SATA ports (0-7).
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide 1.4 Connectors and Pin Definitions Extended Activity LED Connectors Extended Activity LED Connector (JS9) indicates the status of Ex- tended Activity of SATA ports. This connector is only compatible with Supermicro's SATA panel and requires SATA Cables such...
2. Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, please carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components: ESD Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. prevent damage to your system. it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD.
• 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. However, the file-rawwritewin.exe is not included.) .2 Adding the driver into an existing system...
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b. Start the Windows OS. The Windows OS will launch the "Found New Hardware Wizard" and search for the installer driver. c. Insert the driver floppy disk that you've created into the floppy drive, select the floppy drive as the source, and press the <enter> key. d.
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide 3.3 Installing the driver into a new system (*Note: A new system is a system that has no operating system installed yet, and the SAT2-MV8 driver installation is a part of the OS installation.) For the Windows Operating System a.
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For the Red Hat Linux Operating System a. Insert the Linux Driver into your floppy disk drive and press <Enter>. A Linux bootup screen will display as shown below: b. At the boot prompt, type: linux dd as shown in the screen below. c.
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AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide For the SuSE Linux Operating System (*Note: The screen shot shown below was taken from a system based on the SuSE Linux 9.2 Installation. Other SuSE systems may display screens that are different from the ones included in the manual. However, the installation procedures listed below apply to all SuSE Linux systems.)
• Make sure that the card is properly and fully seated in the PCI slot. • Check if the 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.
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AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide 3. Problem: I cannot see the hard drives that are connected to the controller. Recommended Solutions: • Make sure that there is power supply to the hard drives. • Check the SATA cable to make sure that there are no loose connections between the card and the hard drives.
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide 6. Product Compliance Information The SAT2-MV8 is compliant with the following safety standards/ requirements: * USA: * European Union: FCC 47 CFR, Part 15, subpart B EN 55022 EN 55024...
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