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Supero LSI 1068 User Manual

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LSI MegaRAID Software
Confi guration Utility for the
LSI 1068 Controller
USER'S MANUAL
Revision 1.0

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  • Page 1 UPER LSI MegaRAID Software Confi guration Utility for the LSI 1068 Controller USER’S MANUAL Revision 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: About This Manual

    This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users. It explains how to confi gure and use the LSI Software RAID Confi guration Utility included with Supermicro motherboards. Manual Organization Chapter 1 Provides an overview on the LSI™ MegaRAID® Software Utility.

  • Page 4: Contacting Supermicro

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro 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...
  • Page 5 Preface Notes...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Manual Organization ... 3 Conventions Used in the Manual ... 3 Contacting Supermicro ... 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction to the LSI MegaRAID Software Utility for the LSI 1068 Controller ..1-1 Features ... 1-1 Functions ... 1-2 Drive Features ... 1-2 RAID Modes Supported by the LSI 1068 Controller ...
  • Page 7 Rebuilding an Virtual Drive by Using the Rebuild Setting ... 2-26 2-10 Checking Data Consistency of a Disk Drive ... 2-27 Checking Data Consistency ... 2-27 2-11 Clearing a Storage Confi guration... 2-30 Table of Contents...
  • Page 8 LSI MegaRAID Software Confi guration User's Manual Notes viii...

  • Page 9: Introduction To The Lsi Megaraid Software Utility For The Lsi 1068 Controller

    By incorporat- ing the LSI MegaRAID Software confi guration into our product design, Supermicro offers the user the benefi ts of software RAID confi guration without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications.

  • Page 10: Functions

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual • Support for Post Memory Management (PMM) Specifi cation v. 1.01 • Support for Stop-On-Error during bootup • 48-bit LBA support for read, write, and fl ush cache functions •...

  • Page 11: Raid Modes Supported By The Lsi 1068 Controller

    Create RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 via the WebBIOS Utility so that the OS can detect the hard disk drives installed in the system. • Buy an I-Button (AOC-IButton68) from Supermicro to enable RAID 5 support. (Please refer to http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/ad- don/AOC-IButton68.cfm for more information on the AOC-Button68.)

  • Page 12: Raid Level Review

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual RAID Level Review To create a RAID storage confi guration, you will need to confi gure physical disk drives into arrays fi rst. An array is a group of one ~ eight physical disks that is seen as one large disk drive (logical drive) by the host computer system.
  • Page 13 Chapter 1: Introduction to the LSI MegaRAID Software Utility RAID 10 (Striping + Mirroring) RAID 10 combines RAID 0 and RAID 1 by fi rst breaking down data into smaller segments and stripping these segments to each RAID1 set. Each RAID 1 set, then duplicates its data to its mirrored drive.
  • Page 14 LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Notes...

  • Page 15: Using The Lsi Megaraid Confi Guration Utility

    RAID settings, please skip this section and go directly to the OS Installa- tion. For OS installation instructions, please refer to our web site at www. supermicro.com. For system stability, please do not use both SAS and SATA drives in the same array.

  • Page 16: The Lsi Megaraid Utility Main Menu

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual The LSI MegaRAID Utility Main Menu When entering the LSI MegaRAID Utility, the following LSI MegaRAID Main Screen appears: The LSI MegaRAID Main Menu includes the following fi ve submenus: Confi guration, Initialization, Objects, Rebuild, and Check Consistency.
  • Page 17 The physical drives that are ready for confi guration will be displayed. Press <Spacebar> to select the drive you wish to confi gure the RAID settings. When the physical drive you wish to assign an array to is selected, press <F10>...
  • Page 18 LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual When the screen as shown above displays, press <Spacebar> to select the array setting (number). Once the right array number appears, press <F10> to confi gure it. Use the Up/Down Arrow keys to highlight In the pop-up dialogue box, using the Up/Down Arrow keys, select press <Enter>.
  • Page 19 To Display Drive Information From the LSI MegaRAID main menu, select Confi guration and press <Enter>. Use the arrow keys to select Easy Confi guration and press <Enter> to view the drives available in the system. Press <Spacebar> to select the disk drive you wish to confi...
  • Page 20 LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual When prompted to confi rm whether you want to confi gure Hotspare, select Yes and press <Enter>. The drive selected will be confi gured as Hotspare as shown in the screen below.
  • Page 21 When the screen above displays, press <Spacebar> to select the Array number. Once the right Array number appears, press <F10> to confi gure it. Confi guring the LSI MegaRAID Settings...

  • Page 22: Using New Confi Guration Settings To Confi Gure A Selected Disk Drive

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Using New Confi guration Settings to Confi gure a Selected Disk Drive New Confi guration Settings allow the user to confi gure a selected disk drive. Be careful when using this feature because it will erase existing RAID settings and reconfi...
  • Page 23 Press <F10> to confi gure the array. Use the arrow keys to select the correct RAID level and press <Enter>. When the dialogue box as shown on the bottom appears, using the arrow keys, highlight Accept and press <Enter> to confi gure the drive. Confi...

  • Page 24: Using New Confi Guration Settings To Confi Gure A Hotspare Drive

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Using New Confi guration Settings to Confi gure a Hotspare Drive New Confi guration Settings allow the user to clear an existing confi guration of a selected drive or to confi gure a new RAID setting for this drive.
  • Page 25 Use the up/down arrow keys to select the disk drive which you wish to confi g- ure a new RAID setting with as shown above. When the drive you wish to confi gure as a hotspare drive is selected, press <F4>...

  • Page 26: Selecting A Boot Drive

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Selecting a Boot Drive To select a disk drive as a boot drive, following the steps below. From the LSI MegaRAID Main menu, select Confi guration and press <Enter>.
  • Page 27 When the screen as shown above appears, press <Enter>, and the available boot devices will display as shown below. Use the up/down arrow keys to select the disk drive you wish to confi gure as Boot Drive 0 and press <Enter>. Repeat the step above to select your Boot Drive 1 as you wish.

  • Page 28: Initializing A Disk Drive

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Initializing a Disk Drive Warning: Please be careful when you initialize a disk because initializa- tion will erase all data stored in the disk, including RAID settings, and reformat the disk.

  • Page 29: Using The Objects Menu To Confi Gure Device Settings

    Using the Objects Menu to Confi gure Device Settings The Objects Menu allows the user to confi gure, initialize, view & update the pa- rameters of a disk drive. This feature also allows you to confi gure the RAID level and check the consistency of any disk drive.

  • Page 30: Initializing A Virtual Disk Drive

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Initializing a Virtual Disk Drive When the available virtual disk drives display as shown above, use the up/ down arrow keys to select the virtual drive you wish to initialize and press <Enter>.

  • Page 31: Checking Data Consistency Of A Selected Virtual Drive

    Checking Data Consistency of a Selected Virtual Drive Follow Steps 1~2 on Page 2-15 to display all virtual disk drives in the system. When the screen as shown on the bottom of page 2-15 appears, use the up/ down arrow keys to select the disk drive you wish to check consistency with and press <Enter>.

  • Page 32: Viewing And Updating The Parameters (Or The Properties) Of A Selected Virtual Disk Drive

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Viewing and Updating the Parameters (or the Properties) of a Selected Virtual Disk Drive Follow Steps 1~2 on Page 2-15 to access all virtual drives available in the system.
  • Page 33 Updating the Parameters of a Selected Virtual Drive When the parameters of the virtual drive you wish to update appears as shown above, use up/down arrow keys to select the item you wish to update and press <Enter>. Note: Some items are for display only. The item that allows updates will display a update option submenu as shown below.
  • Page 34 LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Updating the Read-Ahead Setting of a Selected Virtual Drive When the parameters of a disk drive appears as shown on the previous page, use the arrow keys to select (Disk) Read-Ahead and press <Enter> as shown above.

  • Page 35: Confi Guring Global Hotspare Drives By Using The Objects Menu

    Confi guring Global Hotspare Drives by Using the Objects Menu Follow the steps below to confi gure Global Hotspare drives using the Object Menus. From the LSI Main Menu, select Objects and press <Enter>. From the Objects submenu, select Physical Drive and press <Enter>. A screen will appear to display all drives that are available in the system.
  • Page 36 LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual A screen with a dialogue box will appear, asking whether you wish to proceed with Hotspare confi guration. Select Yes and press <Enter> to make Global Hotspare. Select No and press <Enter> to cancel the selection.

  • Page 37: To Force A Drive Online Or Offl Ine

    To Force a Drive Online or Offl ine If a drive has gone offl ine due to power outage or other reasons, you can use the Objects Menu to force it online. You can also force a drive in a redundant array offl...

  • Page 38: Viewing The Properties Of A Physical Drive

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Viewing the Properties of a Physical Drive From the LSI MegaRAID Main Menu, select Objects and press <Enter>. When the Objects submenu appears, select Physical Drive and press <En- ter>.

  • Page 39: Rebuilding A Disk Drive By Using The Rebuild Menu

    Rebuilding a Disk Drive by Using the Rebuild Menu The LSI MegaRAID Software allows you to rebuild a failed drive in a redundant array. A failed drive can be rebuilt only when its physical presence can be detected, and its size is greater than or equal to the defi ned size of the array. (A rebuild will not be started if a failed drive's size is smaller than the defi...

  • Page 40: Rebuilding An Virtual Drive By Using The Rebuild Setting

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual If the disk drive you have selected is the one you wish to rebuild, press <F10> and select Yes at the confi rmation prompt to start rebuilding the drive.

  • Page 41: 2-10 Checking Data Consistency Of A Disk Drive

    2-10 Checking Data Consistency of a Disk Drive The LSI MegaRAID Software allows the user to check data consistency between the source drive and its mirrored drive (the target drive) for RAID 1 or RAID 10 arrays. Any differences found between these two drives will be automatically corrected if you run Check Consistency.
  • Page 42 LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual Once you have selected the correct redundant drive to check consistency, press <F10>. A screen with a confi rmation prompt will appear as shown below: At the prompt, select Yes and press <Enter> to proceed with the data consis- tency check.
  • Page 43 Errors in Reading Sectors! Proceed Anyway (Y/N)? Press <Y> to skip the bad sector (block) and continue with the consistency checking for the remaining sectors. Press <N> to abort the process of Check Consistency. If you press <Esc> while Check Consistency is running, the following op- tions will appear: •...

  • Page 44: 2-11 Clearing A Storage Confi Guration

    LSI MegaRAID Confi guration for the LSI 1068 Controller User's Manual 2-11 Clearing a Storage Confi guration The LSI MegaRAID Software allows the user to clear a storage confi gura- tion. Be sure to back up all the data you intend to keep before starting this procedure.
  • Page 45 (Disclaimer continued) The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilities or systems, aircraft, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in signifi cant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage.

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