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AOC-USAS-H8ir
USER'S GUIDE
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  • Page 1 AOC-USAS-H8ir USER'S GUIDE Rev. 1.0...
  • Page 2 Clara County in the State of California, USA. 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Overview ...v Product Features ...v Operating Systems Supported ...v Manual Images ...v Contacting SuperMicro ...vi Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines ESD Safety Guidelines ... 1-1 General Safety Guidelines ... 1-1 An Important Note to Users ... 1-1 Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors Front Connectors and Jumpers ...
  • Page 4 Add-on Card User's Guide Maintaining Storage Confi gurations ... 4-2 4-2 Hardware and Software Requirements ... 4-2 4-3 Installation ... 4-3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux ... 4-6 Linux Error Messages ... 4-7 Chapter 5 MegaRAID Storage ManagerWindow and Menus 5-1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software ...

  • Page 5: Overview

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Introduction Overview This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's USAS-H8ir Add on Card to their system. Product Features The AOC-USAS-H8ir offers the following features: •...

  • Page 6: Contacting Supermicro

    Add-on Card User's Guide Contacting SuperMicro Headquarters Address: SuperMicro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Web Site: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines

    Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, 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 com ponents. To prevent dam- age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully.
  • Page 8 Add-on Card User's Guide Notes...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Led Indicators And Connectors

    LED Indicators and Connectors Front Connectors and Jumpers Front Connectors 1. Internal SAS Connector 2. Internal SAS Connector 3. I-Button 4. Board-to-Board Connector Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Chapter 2...

  • Page 10: Front Connector And Pin Defi Nitions

    Add-on Card User's Guide Front Connector and Pin Defi nitions 1. Internal SAS Connector (Drive 0-3) The Internal SAS port connects to the back- plane allowing the motherboard to access the hard drives. This connector supports up to four HDD ports. This card supports SAS, SATA1, and SATA2 drives.

  • Page 11: Front Jumper Locations And Pin Defi Nitions

    Front Jumper Locations and Pin Defi nitions Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the backplane, jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings. Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector. Pin 1 is identifi ed with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board.

  • Page 12: Raid Minimum Drive Requirements

    Add-on Card User's Guide RAID Minimum Drive Requirements Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to set up a RAID environment. RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 RAID 50 RAID 60 Minimum Hard Drives 4 (2 RAID 1 Arrays)

  • Page 13: Chapter 3 Webbios Confi Guration

    WebBios Confi guration Introduction The WebBios Confi guration manages RAID confi gurations on SAS controllers. The utility works independently of the operating system. Accessing the WebBIOS To start the WebBIOS Confi guration: 1. When prompted during bootup, press CTRL + H. 2.

  • Page 14: Webbios Confi Guration Wizard - Auto Confi Guration

    Add-on Card User's Guide WebBIOS Confi guration Wizard - Auto Confi guration When using either Auto Confi guration setting, do the following: 1. When prompted to review the new confi guration, review the settings. 2. Click Accept or Back to change any settings. (Auto Confi guration with Redun- dancy creates a RAID 5 confi...

  • Page 15: Device Properties

    Access Policy: Select Read/Write, Read Only, or Blocked. Read Policy: Use Ahead, Normal, or Adaptive. Write Policy: Use WBack, WThru, or Bad BBU IO Policy: Use this setting to read to a specifi c virtual disk. Cached mode reads to buffered in cached memory and in Direct mode reads are not buffered. Disk Cache Policy: Enable, Disable, and Unchanged.

  • Page 16: Virtual Disk Properties

    Add-on Card User's Guide Virtual Disk Properties This section gives an overview of the virtual disk properties accessed in the Web- BIOS Main screen. The Properties panel shows the virtual disk RAID level and other defi ning informa- tion. Before changes settings, you should make a backup of the information. You can change the settings by doing any of the following: Locate: Sets the designated LEDs on the physical drives of the virtual disk (requires SAFTE support).

  • Page 17: System Event Information

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations System Event Information This section gives an overview of the System Event properties. Do the following to view event information: 1. Click Events in the WebBIOS main screen. 2. Choose an Event Locale from the menu. 3.
  • Page 18 Add-on Card User's Guide Notes...

  • Page 19: Chapter 4 Megaraid Storage Manager Software Overview And Installation

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Chapter 4 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and Installation MegaRAID Storage Manager software is a confi guration and monitoring utility used with the Embedded MegaRAID Software. This chapter provides a brief overview of the MegaRAID Storage Manager software and explains how to install it on the supported operating systems.

  • Page 20: Monitoring Storage Devices

    Add-on Card User's Guide You can use the Confi guration Wizard Auto Confi guration mode to automatically create the best possible confi guration with the available hardware. You can use the Guided Confi guration mode, which asks you a few brief questions about the confi gu- ration, and then creates it for you.

  • Page 21: Installation

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations 4-3 Installation This section explains how to install (or reinstall) MegaRAID Storage Manager soft- ware on your workstation or server for the supported operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Linux, and SUSE Linux. 5.3.1 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows Follow these steps if you need to install MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a system running Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, or...
  • Page 22 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 4-1: Customer Information Screen 4. Enter your user name and organization name. In the bottom part of the screen, select an installation option: – If you select All users, any user with administrative privileges can use this version of MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view or change storage confi...
  • Page 23 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Figure 4-2: Customer Information Screen 7. Select one of the Setup options. The options are fully explained in the screen text. – Normally, you would select Complete if you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a server. –...

  • Page 24: Installing Megaraid Storage Manager Software For Linux

    Add-on Card User's Guide connect to a remote server unless you fi rst edit the startupui.bat fi le. Specifi cally, you must add the IP address of the remote server to the end of the startupui.bat fi le. For example, to connect to a remote framework on server 192.168.0.10, add the IP address to the end of startupui.bat as shown in this example: start JRE\ bin\javaw -classpath .;GUI.jar GUI.VivaldiStartupDialog ajs- gyqkj=71244 192.168.0.10...

  • Page 25: Linux Error Messages

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Linux Error Messages One or more of the following messages may appear while you are installing Mega- RAID Storage Manager software on a Linux system: • More than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software has been in- stalled.
  • Page 26 Add-on Card User's Guide Notes...

  • Page 27: Megaraid Storage Manager Window And Menus

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Chapter 5 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus This chapter explains how to start MegaRAID Storage Manager software and de- scribes the MegaRAID Storage Manager window and menus. 5-1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Follow these steps to start MegaRAID Storage Manager software and view the main window: 1.
  • Page 28 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 5-1: Select Server Window If the circle in the server icon is yellow instead of green, it means that the server is running in a degraded state—for example, because a disk drive used in a virtual disk has failed.
  • Page 29 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Figure 5-2: Select Server Window 3. Select an access mode from the drop-down menu. – Select Full Access if you need to both view the current confi guration and change the confi guration. – Select View Only if you need to only view and monitor the confi guration. 4.

  • Page 30: Megaraid Storage Manager Window

    Add-on Card User's Guide 5-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window This section describes the MegaRAID Storage Manager window. Figure 5-3: Storage Manager The following topics describe the panels and menu options that appear in this window.

  • Page 31: Physical/Logical View Panel

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Physical/Logical View Panel The left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window displays either the Physical view or the Logical view of the system and the devices in it, depending on which tab is selected. •...

  • Page 32: Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel

    Add-on Card User's Guide Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel The right panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window has either two or three tabs, depending on what kind of device is selected in the left panel. • The Properties tab displays information about the selected device. For example, if a controller icon is selected in the left panel, the Properties tab lists information such as the controller name and the device port count.

  • Page 33: Menu Bar

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Menu Bar Here are brief descriptions of the main selections on the MegaRAID Storage Manager menu bar. File Menu The File menu has an Exit option for exiting from the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. It also has a Rescan option for updating the display in the MegaRAID Storage Manager window.

  • Page 34: Log Menu

    Add-on Card User's Guide Log Menu The Log menu includes options for saving and clearing the message log. Help Menu On the Help menu you can select Help, Help to view the MegaRAID Storage Manager software online help fi le. You can select Help, About to view version information for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software.

  • Page 35: Chapter 6 Confi Guration

    Confi guration You use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to create and modify storage con- fi gurations. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 storage confi gurations are supported. Important: LSI recommends that you do not use both SAS and SATA drives in the same array.
  • Page 36 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 6-1: First Screen Confi guration Wizard The menu lists three confi guration modes: • Auto Confi guration automatically creates an optimal confi guration from the available disk drives. • Manual Confi guration gives you the greatest level of control in creating a new virtual disk.

  • Page 37: Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters This section describes the Virtual Disk Parameters that you can set when you use the Guided Confi guration or Manual Confi guration modes of the Confi guration Wizard. You should change these parameters only if you have a specifi c reason for doing so.

  • Page 38: Using Auto Confi Guration

    Add-on Card User's Guide Using Auto Confi guration Auto Confi guration is the quickest and simplest way to create a new storage con- fi guration. When you select Auto Confi guration mode on the fi rst Confi guration Wizard screen, the Confi guration Wizard creates the best confi guration possible using the available physical disks.

  • Page 39: Using Guided Confi Guration

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations 2. Select an initialization option from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the window: – No Initialization: The new confi guration is not initialized, and the existing data on the disks is not overwritten. –...
  • Page 40 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 6-3: First Guided Conguration Screen Follow these steps to create a new storage confi guration in Guided Confi guration mode: 1. Select a redundancy option at the top of the Guided Confi guration window: – Redundancy Only: Create a confi guration only if redundancy (RAID 1 or RAID 5) is possible.
  • Page 41 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations 3. Select a maximum number of virtual disks to be created. The Confi guration Wizard may not be able to create as many virtual disks as you want, depending on the current confi guration and the number of virtual disks that have already been created.

  • Page 42: Using Manual Confi Guration: Raid 0

    Add-on Card User's Guide Using Manual Confi guration: RAID 0 Follow these steps to create a RAID 0 storage confi guration using the Manual Confi guration mode of the Confi guration Wizard. Figure 6-5 shows the fi rst screen that appears when you select Manual Confi gura- tion.
  • Page 43 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Figure 6-6: Manual Confi guration - Defi ning a Virtual Disk The Arrays with Free Space menu lists the new array that you just defi ned, plus any existing arrays with holes (free space) that could be used for a new confi guration. 4.

  • Page 44: Using Manual Confi Guration: Raid 1

    Add-on Card User's Guide Using Manual Confi guration: RAID 1 Follow these steps to create a RAID 1 storage confi guration using the Manual Confi guration mode of the Confi guration Wizard: 1. In the fi rst Manual Confi guration window, shown in Figure 6-5, select two available drives in the left panel.
  • Page 45 Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations 4. To remove a hotspare from an array, select it in the right panel and click Remove HotSpare. 5. Click Next. The next Confi guration Wizard window appears, as shown in Figure 6-6. The Arrays with Free Space menu lists the new array(s) that you just defi ned, plus any existing arrays with holes (free space) that could be used for a new con- fi...

  • Page 46: Using Manual Confi Guration: Raid 5

    Add-on Card User's Guide Using Manual Confi guration: RAID 5 Follow these steps to create a RAID 5 storage confi guration using the Manual Confi guration mode of the Confi guration Wizard. 1. In the fi rst Manual Confi guration window, select three available drives in the left panel.

  • Page 47: Using Manual Confi Guration: Raid 10

    Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations 9. Click Next to continue with the next confi guration step. The Virtual Disk Sum- mary window appears. 10. Review the confi guration shown in the Virtual Disk Summary window. If you want to change something, click Back and change the confi guration parameters. 11.

  • Page 48: Using Manual Confi Guration: Raid 50

    Add-on Card User's Guide 10. Click Accept to accept the confi guration of the new virtual disk. Note: Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just defi ned. 11. Click Next to continue with the next confi guration step. The Virtual Disk Sum- mary window appears.

  • Page 49: Adding Hotspare Disks

    For a RAID 10 array, the entire capacity of the array is automatically used for the new virtual disk. You cannot defi ne another virtual disk on this array. 9. (Optional) Change the other Virtual Disk Properties, if necessary. For more information, see Section , “Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters.”...

  • Page 50: Changing Adjustable Task Rates

    Add-on Card User's Guide 6-3 Changing Adjustable Task Rates Follow these steps if you need to change the adjustable rates for rebuilds and other system tasks that run in the background: Note: LSI recommends that you leave the adjustable task rates at their default set- tings to achieve the best system performance.

  • Page 51: Changing Virtual Disk Properties

    6-4 Changing Virtual Disk Properties You can change a virtual disk’s Read Policy, Write Policy, and other properties at any time after the virtual disk is created. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Select a virtual disk icon in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window.

  • Page 52: Saving A Storage Confi Guration To Disk

    Add-on Card User's Guide 6-6 Saving a Storage Confi guration to Disk You can save an existing controller confi guration to a fi le so you can apply it to another controller. To save a confi guration fi le, follow these steps: 1.

  • Page 53: Adding A Saved Storage Confi Guration

    6-8 Adding a Saved Storage Confi guration When you replace a controller, or when you want to duplicate an existing stor- age confi guration on a new controller, you can add a saved confi guration to the controller. Caution: When you add a saved confi guration to a replacement controller, be sure that the number and size of the physical disks connected to the controller are exactly the same as when the confi...
  • Page 54 Add-on Card User's Guide Notes 6-20...

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