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American Megatrends MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Manual (118 pages)
American Megatrends, Inc. MegaRAID Express 500 Hardware Guide
Brand:
American Megatrends
| Category:
Computer Hardware
| Size: 1.02 MB
Table of Contents
Hardware Guide
1
Revision History
2
Table of Contents
3
Physical Device Layout
10
Table of Contents
15
Overview
15
Single Ended and Differential SCSI Buses
16
Maximum Cable Length for SCSI Standards
16
Documentation
17
Megaraid Express 500 Block Diagram
18
Introduction to RAID
19
RAID Benefits
19
In this Chapter
20
Megaraid Express 500 - Host-Based RAID Solution
21
RAID Overview
22
Consistency Check
22
Fault Tolerance
22
Disk Striping
23
Disk Spanning
24
Disk Mirroring
25
Parity
26
Hot Spares
27
Disk Rebuild
28
Disk Rebuilds
28
Logical Drive
29
Hot Swap
29
SCSI Drive States
29
Logical Drive States
29
Disk Array Types
30
Enclosure Management
30
RAID Levels
31
Selecting a RAID Level
32
Raid 0
33
Raid 1
34
Raid 3
35
Raid 5
37
Raid 10
38
Raid 30
39
Raid 50
40
Features
41
Hardware Requirements
42
Configuration Features
42
Hardware Architecture Features
43
Array Performance Features
43
RAID Management Features
44
Fault Tolerance Features
44
Software Utilities
45
Operating System Software Drivers
45
Megaraid Express 500 Specifications
46
PCI Bridge/Cpu
47
Cache Memory
47
Megaraid BIOS
48
Onboard Speaker
48
Serial Port
48
SCSI Bus
48
SCSI Connectors
49
SCSI Termination
49
SCSI Firmware
49
RAID Management
50
Fault-Tolerance Features
51
Compatibility
52
Summary
52
Table of Contents, Continued
41
Configuring Megaraid Express 500
53
Configuring SCSI Physical Drives
53
Current Configuration
54
Logical Drive Configuration
54
Physical Device Layout
56
Configuring Arrays
58
Configuration Strategies
59
Assigning RAID Levels
61
Configuring Logical Drives
61
Optimizing Data Storage
62
Planning the Array Configuration
63
Array Configuration Planner
64
Table of Contents, Continued
65
Hardware Installation
65
Installation Steps
66
Step 1 Unpack
67
Step 2 Power down
67
Step 3 Configure Motherboard
67
Step 4 Install Cache Memory
68
Step 5 Set Jumpers
70
Megaraid Express 500 Card Layout
70
Step 6 Set Termination
73
SCSI Termination
74
Step 7 Install Megaraid Express 500
77
Step 8 Connect SCSI Cables
78
Step 9 Set Target Ids
79
Device Identification on Megaraid Express 500
80
Step 10 Power up
81
Step 11 Run Megaraid BIOS Setup
81
Step 12 Install the Operating System Driver
82
Troubleshooting
85
BIOS Boot Error Messages
87
Other BIOS Error Messages
89
DOS ASPI Driver Error Messages
90
Other Potential Problems
91
ASCSI Cables and Connectors
93
SCSI Connectors
93
68-Pin High Density SCSI Internal Connector
93
Pin 1
98
Amp - 786096-7
98
Amp - 786090-7
98
50 Conductor 0.025 Centerline
98
0 A W G
98
High-Density 68-Pin SCSI Connector Pinout
99
Cont'D
99
68-Pin Connector Pinout for LVD SCSI
101
B Audible Warnings
103
Glossary
105
Index
115
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