Supermicro AOC-USAS-L4i User Manual

Download or browse on-line these Operation & User’s Manual for Supero AOC-USAS-L4i Computer Hardware.

Supero AOC-USAS-L4i Manual Information:

This manual for Supero AOC-USAS-L4i, given in the PDF format, is available for free online viewing and download without logging on. The guide contains 66 pages, and the size of the file at download is . The document type is Operation & User’s Manual.

Download Manual

Summary of Contents:

[Page 1] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

Rev. 1.0b AOC-USAS-L4i AOC-USAS-L4iR USER'S GUIDE 1 3 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE PCB EDGE WWN BAR CODE 1 3 AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J U H G F E D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 ...

[Page 2] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

ii Add-on Card User's Guide The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no com...

[Page 3] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

iii Safety Information and Technical Specifications Table of Contents Introduction Overview ........................................................................................................... vii Product Features ...............................

[Page 4] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

iv Add-on Card User's Guide 3-11 Clearing a Storage Configuration ..................................................................... 3-16 Chapter 4 MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareOverview and Installatio n 4-1 Overview ..................

[Page 5] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

v Safety Information and Technical Specifications 6-8 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration ............................................................. 6-18 ...

[Page 6] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

vi Add-on Card User's Guide Notes ...

[Page 7] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

vii Safety Information and Technical Specifications Introduction Overview This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-USAS-L4i and/or the AOC- USAS...

[Page 8] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

viii 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: [email protected] (General Informa...

[Page 9] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

1-1 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 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. 1-1 ESD Safe...

[Page 10] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

1-2 Add-on Card User's Guide Notes ...

[Page 11] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

2-1 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 1 3 1 4 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C PCB EDGE PCB EDGE WWN BAR CODE 1 3 AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J U H G F E D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 ...

[Page 12] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

2-2 Add-on Card User's Guide 2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions #3. Active LED Connector Allows the add-on card to display activity and status using a standard LED panel. #1. Internal SAS Connector The Internal SAS port (J3) co...

[Page 13] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

2-3 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions Jumper Settings Jumper Jumper Settings Note SWR5 1-2: Enabled 3: Disabled Enables or Disables Software Raid 5 AOC-USAS-L4iR only. Leave disabled f...

[Page 14] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

2-4 Add-on Card User's Guide Front Pane LEDs LED STATE SPECIFICATION LED1 Flashing SAS Port Activity LED2 Flashing Heartbeat and Fault LNP0 ON Fault in HHD #0 LNP1 ON Fault in HHD #1 LNP2 ON Fault in HHD #2 LNP3 ON Fault in HHD #3 LNP4 ON F...

[Page 15] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

2-5 Safety Information and Technical Specifications RAID Minimum Drive Requirements RAID Minimum Hard Drives RAID 0 2 RAID 1 2 RAID 5* 3* RAID 10 4 (2 RAID 1 Arrays) Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to ...

[Page 16] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

2-6 Add-on Card User's Guide Notes ...

[Page 17] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-1 Safety Information and Technical Specifications Chapter 3 Driver Installation The MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility (CU) is used to configure disk arrays and logical drives and to do other configuration tasks in a pre-bootenvironment. ...

[Page 18] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-2 Add-on Card User's Guide 3-2 Configuring Arrays and Logic Drives This section provides detailed instructions for configuring arrays and logical drives with the MegaRAID BIOS CU. LSI recommends that you use drives with the same capac...

[Page 19] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-3 Safety Information and Technical Specifications Note: When you start the MegaRAID BIOS CU by pressing Ctrl-H the Configuration Manager Module of the BIOS allocates three segments of memory using either PMM or conventional memory: these are th...

[Page 20] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-4 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 3-2: Logical Drive Configuration 8. Highlight RAID and press Enter. The available RAID levels for the current logical drive are displayed. 9. Select a RAID level for the logical drive and press Enter. 10....

[Page 21] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-5 Safety Information and Technical Specifications Follow these steps to configure a disk array using the New Configuration or View/ Add Configuration option: 1. Select Configuration→ New Configuration or Configuration→ View/Add Configu ...

[Page 22] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-6 Add-on Card User's Guide 9. Select a RAID level for the logical drive and press Enter. 10. (Optional) Set the logical drive size by highlighting Size and Enter. The minimum valid logical drive size is 64 Mbytes. An error will appear if y...

[Page 23] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-7 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 3. Select an unconfigured drive or Ready drive from the list, and press Enter. 4. When the Physical Drive Property menu appears, select Make Hot Spare and press Enter. 5. Select Yes fr...

[Page 24] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-8 Add-on Card User's Guide 5. After the initialization is complete, press Esc to return to previous menus. If you press Esc while initialization is in progress, the following options appear: – Stop: (Available only if A...

[Page 25] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-9 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 4. Select Yes at the prompt and press Enter. The CU displays a bar graph showing the initialization progress. 5. When initialization completes, press Esc to return to the previous menu. If you pre...

[Page 26] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-10 Add-on Card User's Guide 3. Use the arrow key to select Off or On for Disk WC (DWC) or Read Ahead. 4. When you see the prompt Change DWC or Change Read Ahead, use the arrow key to select Off or On, then press Enter to change the cache ...

[Page 27] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-11 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 4. When rebuild is complete, the CU displays the message: Rebuilding of Drive X Completed Successfully. Press Esc. (X = the ID of the rebuilt drive.) 5. Press Esc to display the Mana...

[Page 28] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-12 Add-on Card User's Guide • CU menus such as Select Boot Drive, Select Adapter, and Logical Drive menus will completely or partially close when a drive is inserted or removed. • If a Rebuild is in progress when you insert ...

[Page 29] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-13 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 4. Press F10. 5. At the prompt, select Yes to start the Check Consistency process and press Enter. A graph shows the progress of the Check Consistency operation until it is...

[Page 30] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-14 Add-on Card User's Guide Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties To view or change adapter properties, follow these steps: 1. On the Management Menu, select Objects→ Adapter. 2. Select an adapter from the list. The following list of a...

[Page 31] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-15 Safety Information and Technical Specifications Viewing and Changing Logical Drive Properties To view or change logical drive properties, follow these steps: 1. On the Management Menu, select Objects → Logical Drive. 2. Select View/Update Par...

[Page 32] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

3-16 Add-on Card User's Guide 3-9 Configuring a Bootable Logical Drive The default boot logical drive is LD 0. If you change the boot drive to another logi- cal drive, the BIOS and the CU will preserve this change. However, if you delet...

[Page 33] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

4-1 Safety Information and Technical Specifications Chapter 4 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and Installation MegaRAID Storage Manager software is a configuration and monitoring utility used with the Embedded MegaRAID Software. T...

[Page 34] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

4-2 Add-on Card User's Guide You can use the Configuration Wizard Auto Configuration mode to automatically create the best possible configuration with the available hardware. You can use the Guided Configuration mode, which as...

[Page 35] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

4-3 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 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 ...

[Page 36] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

4-4 Add-on Card User's Guide 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 Mega...

[Page 37] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

4-5 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 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...

[Page 38] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

4-6 Add-on Card User's Guide If you select Client installation for a PC used to monitor servers, and if there are no available servers with a registered framework on the local subnet (that is, servers with a complete installation of MegaRA...

[Page 39] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

4-7 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 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 Stora...

[Page 40] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

4-8 Add-on Card User's Guide Notes ...

[Page 41] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

5-1 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 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...

[Page 42] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

5-2 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 h...

[Page 43] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

5-3 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 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 configuration and change the configuration. – Sel...

[Page 44] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

5-4 Add-on Card User's Guide 5-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window This section describes the MegaRAID Storage Manager window, which is shown in Figure 5-3. The following topics describe the panels and menu options that appear ...

[Page 45] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

5-5 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 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, dependin...

[Page 46] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

5-6 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 ...

[Page 47] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

5-7 Safety Information and Technical Specifications Menu Bar Here are brief descriptions of the main selections on the MegaRAID Storage Man- ager menu bar. File Menu The File menu has an Exit option for exiting from the MegaRAID Storage Manager so...

[Page 48] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

5-8 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 he...

[Page 49] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-1 Safety Information and Technical Specifications Chapter 6 Configuration You use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to create and modify storage configurations. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 storage configurations are supporte...

[Page 50] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-2 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 6-1: First Screen Configuration Wizard The menu lists three configuration modes: • Auto Configuration automatically creates an optimal configuration from the avail - able disk drives. • Manual Co...

[Page 51] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-3 Safety Information and Technical Specifications The following subsections explain how to use the Configuration Wizard to create storage configurations: • “Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters” • “Using Auto Configuration�...

[Page 52] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-4 Add-on Card User's Guide Using Auto Configuration Auto Configuration is the quickest and simplest way to create a new storage configu- ration. When you select Auto Configuration mode on the first Configuration Wizard screen, the C...

[Page 53] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-5 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 2. Select an initialization option from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the window: – No Initialization: The new configuration is not initialized, and the existing data on the...

[Page 54] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-6 Add-on Card User's Guide Figure 6-3: First Guided Conguration Screen Follow these steps to create a new storage configuration in Guided Configuration mode: 1. Select a redundancy option at the top of the Guided Configuration window: ...

[Page 55] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-7 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 3. Select a maximum number of virtual disks to be created. The Configuration Wizard may not be able to create as many virtual disks as you want, depending on the current configura...

[Page 56] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-8 Add-on Card User's Guide Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0 Follow these steps to create a RAID 0 storage configuration using the Manual Configuration mode of the Configuration Wizard. Figure 6-5 shows the first screen...

[Page 57] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-9 Safety Information and Technical Specifications Figure 6-6: Manual Configuration - Defining a Virtual Disk The Arrays with Free Space menu lists the new array that you just defined, plus any existing arrays with holes (free space) that could...

[Page 58] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-10 Add-on Card User's Guide Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1 Follow these steps to create a RAID 1 storage configuration using the Manual Configuration mode of the Configuration Wizard: 1. In the first Manual Configura...

[Page 59] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-11 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 4. To remove a hotspare from an array, select it in the right panel and click Remove HotSpare. 5. Click Next. The next Configuration Wizard window appears, as shown in Figure 6.6. The Arrays wit...

[Page 60] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-12 Add-on Card User's Guide Using Manual Configuration: RAID 5 Follow these steps to create a RAID 5 storage configuration using the Manual Con- figuration mode of the Configuration Wizard. Remember that RAID 5 requires: • AOC-USAS...

[Page 61] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-13 Safety Information and Technical Specifications Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10 Follow these steps to create a RAID 10 storage configuration using the Manual Configuration mode of the Configuration Wizard: 1. In the first ...

[Page 62] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-14 Add-on Card User's Guide 10. Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk. Note: Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk that you just defined. 11. Click Next to continue with th...

[Page 63] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-15 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 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 leav...

[Page 64] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-16 Add-on Card User's Guide 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 ...

[Page 65] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-17 Safety Information and Technical Specifications 6-6 Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk You can save an existing controller configuration to a file so you can apply it to another controller. To save a configuration file,...

[Page 66] Supero AOC-USAS-L4i

6-18 Add-on Card User's Guide 6-8 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration When you replace a controller, or when you want to duplicate an existing stor- age configuration on a new controller, you can add a saved confi...