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Supermicro AOC-USAS2-L8e User Manual

Supermicro AOC-USAS2-L8e User Manual (110 pages)

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Table of Contents

About this Manual
3
Product Features
3
Table of Contents
7
Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines

13
- ESD Safety Guidelines
  13
- General Safety Guidelines
  13
- An Important Note to Users
  13
Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators

15
- Front Connectors and Pin Definitions
  15
  - Internal SAS Connectors
    16
  - Active LED Connector
    16
  - AOC-SAS2-RAID5-KEY Connector
    16
- LED Indicators
  17
- RAID Minimum Drive Requirements
  18
Chapter 3 RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers

19
Chapter 4 Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced

23
- Introduction
  23
- IM and IME Features
  24
- IM/IME Description
  24
- Mirrored Volume Features
  26
  - Resynchronization with Concurrent Host I/O Operation
    27
  - Hot Swapping
    27
  - Hot Spare Disk
    27
  - Online Capacity Expansion
    27
  - Media Verification
    28
  - Disk Write Caching
    28
  - NVSRAM Usage
    28
  - Background Initialization
    28
  - Consistency Check
    28
  - Make Data Consistent
    28
- AOC-USAS2-L8I/L8E/L8Imr Add-On Card User's Manual
  28
Chapter 5 Integrated Striping

39
- Introduction
  39
- IS Features
  40
- IS Description
  40
- Integrated Striping Firmware
  41
  - Metadata Support
    41
  - SMART Support
    42
  - Disk Write Caching
    42
- Fusion-MPT Support
  42
- IS Configuration Overview
  42
- Creating IS Volumes
  42
- Other Configuration Tasks
  44
  - Viewing IS Volume Properties
    44
  - Activating an Array
    44
  - Deleting an Array
    45
  - Locating a Disk in a Volume
    45
  - Selecting a Boot Disk
    46
Chapter 6 Using the Configuration Utility

49
- Hardware and Software Requirements
  49
- Commands and Interface Description
  50
  - Common Command-Line Parameters
    51
- CREATE Command
  51
  - Command Line
    52
  - Parameters
    52
  - Program Return Value
    52
- DELETE Command
  52
  - Parameters
    53
  - Program Return Value
    53
- DISPLAY Command
  53
  - Command Line
    53
  - Sample Output
    54
  - Values
    55
  - HOTSPARE Command
    56
  - Command Line
    57
  - Parameters
    57
  - Program Return Value
    57
- STATUS Command
  57
  - Sample Output
    58
  - Values
    58
- LIST Command
  58
  - Command Line
    58
  - Parameters
    59
  - Program Return Value
    59
  - Sample Output
    59
- MFGPAGE Command
  59
  - Command Line
    59
- CONSTCHK Command
  60
  - Command Line
    60
  - Parameters
    60
  - Program Return Value
    60
- ACTIVATE Command
  60
  - LOCATE Command
    61
    
    Command Line
    61
    
    Parameters
    61
    
    Program Return Value
    61
    
    LOGIR Command
    61
Chapter 7 SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility

63
- Starting the LSI SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility
  63
- Creating a RAID 1 Volume
  65
- Creating a RAID 1E or RAID 10 Volume
  70
- Creating a RAID 0 Volume
  72
- Expanding an Integrated Mirroring Volume with OCE
  74
- Hot Spare Disks
  77
  - Creating Hot Spare Disks
    77
  - Deleting Hot Spare Disks
    79
- Other Configuration Tasks
  79
  - Viewing Volume Properties
    79
  - Changing Properties
    79
  - Running a Consistency Check
    82
  - Activating a Volume
    82
  - Deleting an Volume
    83
  - Locating Disk Drives in a Volume
    84
  - Selecting a Boot Disk
    85
  - Changing Boot Support
    85
Chapter 8 Megaraid Overview and Installation

87
- Overview
  87
  - Creating Storage Configurations
    87
- Hardware and Software Requirements
  88
- Installing for Windows
  88
- Installing for Linux
  89
  - Linux Error Messages
    90
Chapter 9 Megaraid Window and Menus

91
- Starting Megaraid Storage Manager Software
  91
- Megaraid Storage Manager Window
  92
  - Physical/Logical View Panel
    93
  - Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel
    93
  - Event Log Panel
    94
  - Menu Bar
    94
    
    File Menu
    94
    
    Operations Menu
    94
    
    Group Operations Menu
    94
    
    Tools Menu
    94
    
    Log Menu
    94
    
    Help Menu
    95
- Creating a New Storage Configuration
  95
  - Creating a Virtual Drive Using the Simple Method
    97
  - Creating a Virtual Drive Using the Advanced Method
    99
- Changing Virtual Disk Properties
  102
- Deleting a Virtual Disk
  103
- Controller Configuration Files
  103
  - Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk
    103
  - Adding a Configuration
    104
  - Clearing a Configuration
    104
- Flashing Firmware
  105
- Configuring Alerts
  106

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