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  • Page 1 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8iMR Add-on Cards User’s Manual Revison 1.0a...
  • Page 2 Please Note: For the most up-to-date version of this manual, please see our web site at www.supermicro.com. Super Micro Computer, Inc. (“Supermicro”) reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice. This product, including software, if any, and documentation may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent.

  • Page 3: About This Manual

    Preface About this Manual This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8IR add-on card to their system. Product Features The AOC-USAS2-L8i add-on card offers the following features: • UIO Form Factor •...
  • Page 4 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8iMR Add-on Card User’s Manual • Power management support • Port independent auto-negotiation • Supports SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocols • Zoning capability w/ SAS2 expanders • Processor at 525 MHZ • Dimensions: 4.376" x 6.6 " (H x L) The AOC-USAS2-L8IR add-on card offers the following features: •...
  • Page 5 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 Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V. Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands...
  • Page 6 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8iMR Add-on Card User’s Manual Notes...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines ............1-1 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ..............1-1 1-2 General Safety Guidelines ............... 1-1 1-3 An Important Note to Users ............. 1-1 Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators ....2-1 2-1 Front Connectors and Pin Definitions ..........
  • Page 8 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8iMR Add-on Card User’s Manual 4-5 Creating Mirrored Volumes .............. 4-7 Starting the LSI SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility ........4-7 Creating an Integrated Mirroring Volume ..........4-8 Creating an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced or Integrated Mirroring and Striping Volume ..................4-9 Expanding an Integrated Mirroring Volume with OCE ......
  • Page 9 Table of Contents CREATE Command ................6-3 Command Line..................6-4 Parameters................... 6-4 Program Return Value................6-4 DELETE Command ................6-4 Command Line..................6-4 Parameters................... 6-5 Program Return Value................6-5 DISPLAY Command ................6-5 Command Line..................6-5 Parameters................... 6-5 Program Return Value................6-5 Sample Output ..................
  • Page 10 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8iMR Add-on Card User’s Manual Program Return Value................ 6-12 LOCATE Command ................6-13 Command Line................... 6-13 Parameters..................6-13 Program Return Value................ 6-13 LOGIR Command ................. 6-13 Command Line................... 6-13 Parameters..................6-13 Program Return Value................ 6-13 Chapter 7 SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility ......
  • Page 11 Table of Contents 9-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window ........... 9-2 Physical/Logical View Panel ..............9-3 Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel.......... 9-3 Event Log Panel..................9-4 Menu Bar ....................9-4 File Menu ..................... 9-4 Operations Menu.................. 9-4 Group Operations Menu............... 9-4 Tools Menu................... 9-4 Log Menu .....................
  • Page 12 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8iMR Add-on Card User’s Manual Notes...

  • Page 13: Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines

    Chapter 1 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 components. To prevent damage to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully.
  • Page 14 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8iMR Add-on Card User’s Manual Notes...

  • Page 15: Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers And Indicators

    Connectors are used to attach the add-on card to the system’s mainboard and other peripherals (see Figure 2-1). Figure 2-1. AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e/L8iMR Add-on Card Front Connectors and Jumpers Table 2-1 lists the add-on card’s front connectors. Table 2-1. Front Connectors and Pin Definitions...

  • Page 16: Internal Sas Connectors

    (SAS 0-3 and SAS 4-7). Use a single port SAS "ipass" cable (SuperMicro order number CBL-0108L-02). Active LED Connector The LED connector allows the add-on card to display activity and status using a standard LED panel.

  • Page 17: Led Indicators

    Chapter 2: Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators LED Indicators Figure 2-2. LED Indicators A0 - A7/PE0 - PE7 LED1 and LED2 Figure 2-2 displays LED indicators on the add-on card, while table lists the individual LEDs, their state and their specification. Table 2-3.

  • Page 18: Raid Minimum Drive Requirements

    Table 2-4 to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to set up a RAID environment in SR mode for the AOC-USAS2-L8i add-on card. Use Table 2-5 determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to set up a RAID environment in IR mode for the AOC-USAS2-L8iMR add-on card.

  • Page 19: Chapter 3 Raid Modes, Firmware And Drivers

    AOC-SAS2-RAID5-KEY to enable the RAID 5 as well as the RAID 0,1 and 10 function. It uses a different type of firmware than the AOC-USAS2-L8i (IR mode) and AOC-USAS2-L8e (IT mode) cards, so it can support up to 16 drives and is SAS-2/ PCI-E Gen-2 compatible.

  • Page 20: Lsi Megaraid Imr/Ir Firmware Flash Process

    8. Reboot the system Downloading RAID Mode Drivers To obtain drivers go to the SuperMicro FTP site and down the appropriate driver for the operating system you are using. The drivers can be found at the following FTP site: ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/driver/SAS/LSI/2008/...

  • Page 21: Activating Raid Modes In Oprom Bios

    Chapter 3: RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers Activating RAID Modes in OPROM BIOS RAID modes can be activated by pressing keyboard keys in the OPROM BIOS setup. Press CTRL-C for IT or IR mode to activate your system for one of these modes.
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  • Page 23: Chapter 4 Integrated Mirroring And Integrated Mirroring Enhanced

    Chapter 4 Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced This chapter provides an overview of the Integrated Mirroring (IM) and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) features. The chapter also explains how to create Integrated Mirroring (IM) and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) volumes using the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility (SAS2 BIOS CU), which is used to setup IR Mode.

  • Page 24: Im And Ime Features

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual IM and IME Features IM and IME support the following features: • Configurations of one or two IM or IME volumes on the same SAS controller. IM volumes have two mirrored disks; IME volumes have three to ten mirrored disks.
  • Page 25 Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Figure 4-1. Typical Integrated Mirroring Implementation IM Volume Primary Mirror NVSRAM (For Write Journaling ) LSI Fusion -MPT Memory Bus Controller Flash (For Configuration ) The advantage of an IM/IME volume is that there is always a second, mirrored copy of the data.

  • Page 26: Mirrored Volume Features

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Figure 4-3. Integrated Mirroring Enhanced with Three Disks Logical View Physical View Mirrored Stripe 1 Mirrored Stripe 1 Mirrored Stripe 1' Mirrored Stripe 2 Mirrored Stripe 2 Mirrored Stripe 2' Mirrored Stripe 3 Mirrored Stripe 3'...

  • Page 27: Resynchronization With Concurrent Host I/O Operation

    Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Resynchronization with Concurrent Host I/O Operation The Integrated RAID firmware allows host I/Os to continue on a mirrored volume while the volume is being resynchronized in the background. The firmware automatically starts resynchronizing data after a disk failure activates a hot spare, or after a physical disk in a mirrored volume has been hot swapped.

  • Page 28: Media Verification

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Media Verification The Integrated RAID firmware supports a background media verification feature that runs at regular intervals when the mirrored volume is in optimal state. If the verification command fails for any reason, the firmware reads the other disk’s data for this segment and writes it to the failing disk in an attempt to refresh the data.

  • Page 29: Creating Mirrored Volumes

    Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Creating Mirrored Volumes The LSI™ SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility can be used to configure one or two Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring and Striping, and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes on each SAS2 controller. The utilility can also be used to configure one mirrored volume and one Integrated Striping volume on the same controller, for up to a maximum of fourteen physical disk drives for the two volumes.

  • Page 30: Creating An Integrated Mirroring Volume

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Creating an Integrated Mirroring Volume Follow the steps below in order to create a two-disk Integrated Mirroring (RAID 1) volume with the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility. The steps begin with the A DAPTER window that appears when the configuration utility starts.

  • Page 31: Creating An Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Or Integrated Mirroring And Striping Volume

    Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Creating an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced or Integrated Mirroring and Striping Volume Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes can have from three-to-ten physical disks. Data is written to a disk and mirrored on an adjacent disk. Integrated Mirroring and Striping volumes can have a minimum of four and a maximum of ten physical disks, in even numbers.

  • Page 32: Expanding An Integrated Mirroring Volume With Oce

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual NOTE: See the instructions in Section : "Creating Hot Spare Disks" on page 4-11, if you want to create one or two global hot spares. Expanding an Integrated Mirroring Volume with OCE You can use the online capacity expansion (OCE) feature to expand the capacity of a two-disk Integrated Mirroring (RAID1) volume by replacing the original disks with two larger disk drives while the volume remains online.

  • Page 33: Hot Spare Disks

    Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced The RAID P screen appears when the expansion process is complete. ROPERTIES This typically occurs in a very short amount of time. 11. Run a commercial tool specific to the operating system to move or increase the size of the partition on the newly-expanded RAID1 volume.

  • Page 34: Deleting Hot Spare Disks

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual also appears if you try to add a SATA disk as a hot spare for volumes that use SAS disks, or vice versa. 10. Select S then exit this menu to create the hot spare disk(s).

  • Page 35: Running A Consistency Check

    Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Running a Consistency Check Use the Consistency Check command to verify that the data is synchronized on the mirrored disks in the volume. Follow these steps to run a consistency check on a selected mirrored volume: 1.

  • Page 36: Deleting An Array

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 5. Select A in the M window. CTIVATE RRAY ANAGE RRAY A menu window appears. 6. Press Y to activate the array. The array becomes active after a pause. Deleting an Array WARNING: Before you delete an array, be sure to back up all data on the array that you want to keep.

  • Page 37: Selecting A Boot Disk

    Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced You can locate individual disk drives from the SAS Topology window by flashing their LEDs. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Select the desired SAS2 controller on the A window and press E DAPTER NTER The A...
  • Page 38 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual NOTE: To change the alternate boot device from one disk to another, follow step 4 step 5 above, but use Alt+A instead of Alt+B. 4-16...

  • Page 39: Chapter 5 Integrated Striping

    Chapter 5 Integrated Striping This chapter provides an overview of the LSI Integrated Striping™ (IS) feature and explains how to create Integrated Striping (IS) volumes using the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility, which is used to setup IR Mode. NOTE: Integrated Striping is also known as RAID 10. Introduction Integrated RAID enables you to create Integrated Striping volumes for applications that require the faster performance and increased storage capacity of striping.

  • Page 40: Is Features

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual IS Features Integrated Striping supports the following features: • Support for volumes with two to ten disks • Support for two Integrated Striping volumes with up to 14 drives total on a SAS2 controller. •...

  • Page 41: Integrated Striping Firmware

    Chapter 5: Integrated Striping Figure 5-1. Integrated Striping Example Fusion-MPT Controller Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3 Segment 4 Segment 5 Segment 6 Segment 7 Segment 8 Segment 9 Segment 10 Segment 11 Segment 12 Figure 5-2 shows a logical view and a physical view of Integrated Striping configuration.

  • Page 42: Smart Support

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual SMART Support SMART is a technology that monitors hard disk drives for signs of future disk failure and generates an alert if such signs are detected. The firmware polls each physical disk in the volume at regular intervals. If the firmware detects a SMART ASC/ASCQ code on a physical disk in the IS volume, it processes the SMART data and stores it in nonvolatile memory.
  • Page 43 Chapter 5: Integrated Striping In this case, the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility will load after the system has completed its power-on self test. You can configure any combination of up to two Integrated Striping (RAID 0) volumes and mirrored volumes on each SAS2 controller, up to a maximum of 14 physical disk drives for the two volumes.

  • Page 44: Other Configuration Tasks

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual NOTE: Repeat the instructions above to create a second Integrated Striping volume, if desired and if enough additional disks are available. Other Configuration Tasks This section explains how to perform other configuration and maintenance tasks for IS volumes.

  • Page 45: Deleting An Array

    Chapter 5: Integrated Striping The M window appears. ANAGE RRAY 5. Select A in the M window. CTIVATE RRAY ANAGE RRAY A menu window appears. 6. Press Y to activate the array. The array becomes active after a pause. Deleting an Array WARNING: Before deleting an array, be sure to back up all data on the array that you want to keep.

  • Page 46: Selecting A Boot Disk

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual You can locate individual disk drives from the SAS Topology window by flashing their LEDs. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Select the desired SAS2 controller on the A window and press E DAPTER...
  • Page 47 Chapter 5: Integrated Striping NOTE: To change the alternate boot device from one disk to another, follow step 4 step 5 above, but use Alt+A instead of Alt+B.
  • Page 48 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 5-10...

  • Page 49: Chapter 6 Using The Configuration Utility

    Chapter 6 Using the Configuration Utility SAS2IRCU is a command-line utility that you use to configure the Integrated RAID functions of SAS2 controllers. SAS2IRCU runs in the DOS, Linux, EFI, and Windows Pre-Installation (WinPE) environments. It is a minimally interactive program that you can execute from a command-line prompt or a shell script.

  • Page 50: Commands And Interface Description

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Commands and Interface Description Format commands as follows for the SAS2IRCU command-line interface: sas2ircu <controller #> <command> <parameters> Use a space to separate the program name, controller number, command, and parameters fields. The format of <parameters> is command specific.

  • Page 51: Common Command-Line Parameters

    Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility Common Command-Line Parameters This section describes command-line parameters that are common to more than one command. • <controller #> The unique controller number that the program assigns to each PCI function found on supported controller chips in the system, starting with controller # 0. For example, in a system containing two controllers, controller # 0 references the first controller and controller # 1 references the other controller.

  • Page 52: Command Line

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual For more information, see the description of the IOC configuration pages in Chapter 14 of the Fusion MPT 2.0 MPI Specification Guide. • SAS2IRCU does not allow you to create an Integrated RAID volume that combines SAS and SATA HDDs.

  • Page 53: Parameters

    Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility Parameters • <controller #> – The index of the controller with the volume(s) that you want to delete. • noprompt – This optional parameter prevents warnings and prompts from appearing while the command is running. Program Return Value 0x00 SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.

  • Page 54: Sample Output

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Sample Output Here is a sample of the information that the DISPLAY command returns. Read configuration has been initiated for controller 0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Controller information ------------------------------------------------------------ Controller type : SAS2008 BIOS version : 7.00.02.00 Firmware version : 00.250.19.0...

  • Page 55: Values

    Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility Device is a Hard disk Enclosure # : Slot # : Connector ID : State : Ready (RDY) Size (in MB)/(in sectors) : 70007/143374738 Manufacturer : Model Number : DG072A9BB7 Firmware Revision : HPD0 Serial No : B365P720H7L70709 Protocol :...

  • Page 56: Hotspare Command

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual • Missing (MIS) – The drive was part of a logical drive or was a hot spare drive, and it is missing. It has been removed or is not responding. • Standby (SBY) – The device is not a hard disk device.

  • Page 57: Command Line

    Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility Command Line sas2ircu <controller #> hotspare [delete] <enclosure:bay> Parameters • <controller #> – The index of the controller on which you want to create the hot spare disk. • <enclosure:bay> - The enclosure:bay value for the hot spare disk drive. You can get these values from the output of the DISPLAY command.

  • Page 58: Sample Output

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Sample Output Here is an example of the information that the STATUS command returns when a volume resynchronization is in progress: Background command progress status for controller 0... IR Volume 1 Volume ID : Current operation :...

  • Page 59: Parameters

    Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility Parameters None Program Return Value 0x00 SUCCESS: Command completed successfully. 0x01 FAILURE: Command failed. 0x02 ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter. Sample Output Here is an example of the output of the LIST command. The format and fields in the output may vary depending on the types of installed controllers.

  • Page 60: Constchk Command

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual CONSTCHK Command The CONSTCHK command sends requests to the Integrated RAID firmware to start a consistency check operation on the specified volume. Command Line sas2ircu <controller #> constchk <volumeId> [noprompt] Parameters • <controller #> – The index of the controller on which the consistency check operation needs to run.

  • Page 61: Locate Command

    Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility LOCATE Command The LOCATE command locates specific drives in a volume by turning on their location indicator. Command Line sas2ircu <controller #> locate <Encl:Bay> <action> Parameters • <controller #> – The index of the controller with the drives that you need to locate. •...
  • Page 62 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Notes 6-14...

  • Page 63: Chapter 7 Sas2 Bios Configuration Utility

    Chapter 7 SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility The LSI™ SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility is used to configure one or two Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring and Striping, and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes on each SAS2 controller. The utilility can also be used to configure one mirrored volume and one Integrated Striping volume on the same controller, up to a maximum of fourteen physical disk drives for the two volumes.
  • Page 64 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual LSI Corp Configuration Utility will load following initialization! the A screen (Figure 7-1) appears after the system completes its power-on DAPTER self test. Figure 7-1. Adapter List Screen...

  • Page 65: Creating A Raid 1 Volume

    Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility Creating a RAID 1 Volume Follow the steps below in order to create a two-disk Integrated Mirroring (RAID 1) volume with the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility. The steps begin with the A DAPTER screen that appears when the configuration utility starts. You can navigate through this screen, and others in the utility, by using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
  • Page 66 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID P , and then press E ROPERTIES NTER The S screen appears (Figure 7-3). ELECT OLUME Figure 7-3. Select New Volume Type...
  • Page 67 Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 3. Select C RAID 1 V REATE OLUME The C screen appears (Figure 7-4). REATE OLUME Figure 7-4. Create New Volume Screen – RAID 1 4. Move the cursor to the RAID D column and select a line that has a No entry in this column, indicating that the disk is not already part of the volume being created.
  • Page 68 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 6. Press C to create the volume. A menu screen appears (Figure 7-5). Figure 7-5. Menu Screen 7. From the menu options, select S then exit this menu. AVE CHANGES A Processing message appears briefly, and then the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility returns to the A screen.
  • Page 69 Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 8. From the A screen, select V DAPTER ROPERTIES XISTING OLUME The V screen appears (Figure 7-8). Use this screen to view your volume OLUME details and review it for correctness. Figure 7-6. View Volume Screen – RAID 10 NOTE: To create a second Integrated Mirroring volume, repeat these instructions starting with step...

  • Page 70: Creating A Raid 1E Or Raid 10 Volume

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Creating a RAID 1E or RAID 10 Volume Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes can have from three-to-ten physical disks. Data is written to a disk and mirrored on an adjacent disk. Integrated Mirroring and Striping volumes can have a minimum of four and a maximum of ten physical disks, in even numbers.
  • Page 71 Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 5. Move the cursor to another line and press the space bar to add another disk to the volume. If you select an odd number of disks, the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility creates an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volume. If you select an even number of disks, it creates an Integrated Mirroring and Striping volume.

  • Page 72: Creating A Raid 0 Volume

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual NOTE: See the instructions in Section : "Creating Hot Spare Disks" on page 7-15, if you want to create one or two global hot spares. Creating a RAID 0 Volume Follow these steps to create a RAID 0 volume with the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility.
  • Page 73 Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 6. Press C to create the volume. A menu screen appears (see Figure 7-5). 7. From the menu options, select S then exit this menu. AVE CHANGES A Processing message appears briefly, and then the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility returns to the A screen.

  • Page 74: Expanding An Integrated Mirroring Volume With Oce

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Expanding an Integrated Mirroring Volume with You can use the online capacity expansion (OCE) feature to expand the capacity of a two-disk Integrated Mirroring (RAID1) volume by replacing the original disks with two larger disk drives while the volume remains online. This process maintains data integrity at all times, even if one of the disks fails during the replacement process.
  • Page 75 Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 6. Use the arrow keys to select RAID P , and then press E ROPERTIES NTER The S screen appears (Figure 7-11). ELECT OLUME Figure 7-11. Select New Volume Type Screen 7. Select V XISTING OLUME The V...
  • Page 76 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 8. Select M ANAGE OLUME The M screen appears (Figure 7-12). ANAGE OLUME Figure 7-12. Manage Volume Screen 9. Select O NLINE APACITY XPANSION A menu screen appears with a warning message and with options to start the expansion process or quit.

  • Page 77: Hot Spare Disks

    Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility Hot Spare Disks You can create one or two global hot spare disks to protect the data on mirrored volumes on a SAS2 controller. You can also delete hot spare disks. Creating Hot Spare Disks Follow these steps to add global hot spare disks to an existing volume.
  • Page 78 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 5. Select M , which is the first option. ANAGE PARES The M screen appears (Figure 7-13). ANAGE PARES Figure 7-13. Manage Hot Spares Screen 6. Identify a disk that is not part of a RAID volume (such as the value in the D RIVE column is not RAID) and that is not already identified as a hot spare disk.

  • Page 79: Deleting Hot Spare Disks

    Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility The SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility pauses while it configures the global hot spares. Deleting Hot Spare Disks Follow these steps to delete a global hot spare disk: 1. Access the Manage Hot Spares screen by following step 1 through step 5...
  • Page 80 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Follow these steps to change your device and timing properties: 1. In the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility, select an SAS2 adapter from the A DAPTER screen (see Figure 7-1). The A screen appears (see Figure 7-2).
  • Page 81 Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility Figure 7-15. Advanced Device Properties Screen Figure 7-16. Adapter Timing Properties Screen 7-19...

  • Page 82: Running A Consistency Check

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 4. In both screens you can change parameters by using the arrow keys to move to a field and using the +/- keys to change the parameter. 5. When finished, use the E key to exit the menu.

  • Page 83: Deleting An Volume

    Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility The V screen appears (see Figure 7-6). If necessary, press Alt + N to OLUME switch to another volume on this adapter. 4. Select M ANAGE OLUME The M screen appears (see Figure 7-12). ANAGE OLUME 5.

  • Page 84: Locating Disk Drives In A Volume

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Locating Disk Drives in a Volume You can use the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility to locate and identify a specific physical disk drive in a disk enclosure by flashing the drive’s LED. You can also flash the LEDs of all the disk drives in a RAID volume, if they are in a disk enclosure.

  • Page 85: Selecting A Boot Disk

    Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility NOTE: The LEDs on the disk drives will flash as described above if the firmware is correctly configured and the drives are in a disk enclosure. Selecting a Boot Disk You can select a boot disk in the SAS T screenscreen.
  • Page 86 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Notes 7-24...

  • Page 87: Chapter 8 Megaraid Overview And Installation

    Chapter 8 MegaRAID Overview and Installation This chapter explains provides and overview of MegaRAID Storage Manager software, and instructions on how to install (or reinstall) the software on your workstation or server for the supported operating systems, which include: Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Linux, and SUSE Linux.

  • Page 88: Hardware And Software Requirements

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Hardware and Software Requirements The hardware requirements for MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as follows: • PC-compatible computer with an IA-32 (32-bit) Intel Architecture processor or an EM64T (64-bit) processor and at least 128 Mbytes of system memory (256 Mbytes recommended) •...

  • Page 89: Installing For Linux

    Chapter 8: MegaRAID Overview and Installation 5. On the next screen, accept the default destination folder, or click C to select a HANGE different destination folder. Click N to continue. The S screen appears. ETUP 6. Select one of the Setup options. The options are fully explained in the screen text. •...

  • Page 90: Linux Error Messages

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual If you select C installation for a PC used to monitor servers, and if there are no LIENT available servers with a registered framework on the local subnet (that is, servers with a complete installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software), you cannot connect to a remote server unless you first edit the startupui.sh file.

  • Page 91: Chapter 9 Megaraid Window And Menus

    Chapter 9 MegaRAID Window and Menus The MegaRAID Storage Manager software is a configuration and monitoring utility used with the Embedded MegaRAID Software. This chapter provides instruction on its use and features. Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Follow these steps to start MegaRAID Storage Manager software and view the main window: 1.

  • Page 92: Megaraid Storage Manager Window

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual • Select F if you need to both view the current configuration and CCESS change the configuration. • Select V if you need to only view and monitor the configuration. 4. Enter your user name and password, and click L...

  • Page 93: Physical/Logical View Panel

    Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus Physical/Logical View Panel The left panel of the M RAID S window displays either the Physical TORAGE ANAGER view or the Logical view of the system and the devices in it, depending on which tab is selected.

  • Page 94: Event Log Panel

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Event Log Panel The lower part of the M RAID S window displays the system event TORAGE ANAGER log entries. New event log entries appear during the session. Each entry has a timestamp and date, an error level indicating the severity of the event, and a brief description of the event.

  • Page 95: Help Menu

    Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus Help Menu On the H menu you can select H to view the MegaRAID Storage Manager software online help file. You can select H to view version BOUT information for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. NOTE: When you use the MegaRAID Storage Manager software online help, you may see a warning message that Internet Explorer has restricted the file from showing active content.
  • Page 96 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Figure 9-2. Create Virtual Drive–Choose Mode Screen This screen has options for creating a virtual drive using either the Simple method or the Advanced method. After choosing your method, press the N button to continue.

  • Page 97: Creating A Virtual Drive Using The Simple Method

    Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus Creating a Virtual Drive Using the Simple Method If you choose the Simple method for creating a virtual drive, then the next screen that appears is the C –D REATE IRTUAL RIVE RIVE ROUP AND IRTUAL RIVE ETTINGS...
  • Page 98 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 2. In the S screen (Figure 9-4) that appears review your settings, and when UMMARY satisfied, press the F button. INISH If you wish to change your settings, press the B button to go to the previous –D...

  • Page 99: Creating A Virtual Drive Using The Advanced Method

    Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus Creating a Virtual Drive Using the Advanced Method If you choose the Advanced method for creating a virtual drive, then the next screen that appears is the C –D screen (Figure 9-5) REATE RIVE ROUP RIVE ROUP...
  • Page 100 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 2. In the C –V screen that appears REATE IRTUAL RIVE IRTUAL RIVE ETTINGS (Figure 9-6), set parameters for all active controls. When finished, press the C button and then press the N REATE IRTUAL RIVE button to continue.
  • Page 101 Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus 3. In the S screen (Figure 9-7) that appears review your settings, and when UMMARY satisfied, press the F button. INISH If you wish to change your settings, press the B button to go to the previous –D screen and REATE...

  • Page 102: Changing Virtual Disk Properties

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Changing Virtual Disk Properties You can change a virtual disk’s R , and other properties at any OLICY RITE OLICY 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 M...

  • Page 103: Deleting A Virtual Disk

    Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus 5. A dialog box appears warning you about changing your settings. Press Y to continue. 6. A second confirmation dialog box appears. Check C and press the Y button to continue. ONFIRM The virtual disk properties for your virtual drive are now changed. Deleting a Virtual Disk You can delete virtual disks to rearrange the storage space.

  • Page 104: Adding A Configuration

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 3. In the S dialog box, type a name for the configuration file or accept the default name (hostname.cfg). 4. Click S to save the configuration file. Adding a Configuration You can add a saved configuration to your system using the procedure below: 1.

  • Page 105: Flashing Firmware

    Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus Flashing Firmware You can flash Firmware upgrades using the MegaRAID Storage Manager software (see Figure 9-9). Figure 9-9. Flashing Firmware To flash your firmware, use the procedure below: 1. Select your controller from the left L pane of the M RAID S OGICAL...

  • Page 106: Configuring Alerts

    AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 5. Press the G button, the firmware will then be flashed to your system. NOTE: You may also flash the BIOS using this same method by selecting the BIOS option instead. Configuring Alerts You can configure alerts by selecting the C...
  • Page 107 Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus In this window you can set system alert settings for emailing alerts to for various severity levels. The controls in this window’s tabs allow you to set the mail server and email address of where you want your alerts sent. When finished, press the OK button to confirm and set your settings.
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  • Page 109 Disclaimer 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 significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage.
  • Page 110 AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Notes...

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