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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 add-on card to their system. Product Features The AOC-USAS2-L8i add-on card offers the following features: • UIO Form Factor • Dual Internal "ipass" cable ports • Multiple LED Activity/Failure indicators • Supports LSI SAS 2008 standard • Supports RAID 0, 1, 1E and 10 • Supports MegaRAID Storage Manager software • Supports 1.
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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 .
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 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 .......................... 4-10 4-6 Hot Spare Disks ...............................................................................
Parameters........................................................................................... 6-4 Program Return Value.......................................................................... 6-4 DELETE Command ................................................................................ 6-4 Command Line..................................................................................... 6-4 Parameters...........................................................................................
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Command Line................................................................................... 6-13 Parameters......................................................................................... 6-13 Program Return Value........................................................................ 6-13 LOGIR Command ................................................................................. 6-13 Command Line...................................................
: Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel.......................................... 9-3 Event Log Panel...................................................................................... 9-4 Menu Bar ................................................................................................ 9-4 File Menu ............................................................................................. 9-4 Operations Menu..................................................................................
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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 Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent damage to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD. • Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
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Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators 2-1 Front Connectors and Pin Definitions 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 Add-on Card Front Connectors and Jumpers 1 1 2 Table 2-1 lists the add-on card’s front connectors. Table 2-1.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Internal SAS Connectors The Internal SAS ports (SFF-8087 connector) connect to the backplane allowing the motherboard to access the hard drives and RAID capabilities. Each connector supports up to four hard drives allowing the add-on card to support a maximum of eight. (SAS 0-3 and SAS 4-7). Use a single port SAS "ipass" cable (SuperMicro order number CBL-0108L-02).
Chapter 2: Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators 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.
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Chapter 3 RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers To change RAID modes from the AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e add-on card’s default IT Mode, you need to flash your system’s BIOS with a Firmware download and install drivers for the RAID mode to your operating system. 3-1 RAID Modes There are two RAID modes that are supported by the AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e add-on card: • IT Mode (Initiator and Target Mode): This is the default mode for the AOC-USAS2-L8e add-on card.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual See the installation text file within each download for details on the installation of these drivers. 3-4 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.
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. NOTE: Integrated Mirroring is also known as RAID 1, while Integrated Mirroring Enhanced is also known as RAID 1E.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 4-2 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. Two volumes can have up to 12 disks total. (Requires Integrated RAID firmware v1.20.00 or above.) • One or two global hot spare disks per controller, to automatically replace failed disks in IM/IME volumes.
Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Figure 4-1. Typical Integrated Mirroring Implementation IM Volume Primary Mirror NVSRAM (For Write Journaling ) SAS LSI Fusion -MPT Controller Memory Bus Flash (For Configuration ) The advantage of an IM/IME volume is that there is always a second, mirrored copy of the data. The disadvantage is that writes take longer because data must be written twice. On the other hand, performance is actually improved during reads.
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' Mirrored Stripe 3 Mirrored Stripe 4 Mirrored Stripe 4 Mirrored Stripe 5' Mirrored Stripe 4' + Mirrored Stripe 5 + Mirrored Stripe 6 Mirrored Stripe 6' ... ... ... ...
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.
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.
Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced 4-5 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.
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 ADAPTER LIST window that appears when the configuration utility starts. You can navigate through this window, and others in the utility, by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. 1. In the ADAPTER LIST window, select a SAS adapter and then press ENTER.
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.
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.
Chapter 4: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced The RAID PROPERTIES screen appears when the expansion process is complete. 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. 4-6 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.
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 SAVE CHANGES then exit this menu to create the hot spare disk(s). 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 window by following step 1 through step 5 of "Creating Hot Spare Disks". 2.
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. In the ADAPTER LIST window, use the arrow keys to select a SAS adapter. The ADAPTER PROPERTIES window appears. 2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID PROPERTIES, and then press ENTER. The SELECT NEW ARRAY TYPE window appears. 3.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 5. Select ACTIVATE ARRAY in the MANAGE ARRAY window. 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. Follow these steps to delete a selected volume (array): 1. In the ADAPTER LIST window, use the arrow keys to select a SAS adapter. The ADAPTER PROPERTIES window appears. 2.
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 ADAPTER LIST window and press ENTER. The ADAPTER PROPERTIES window appears. 2. Highlight SAS TOPOLOGY and press ENTER. The SAS TOPOLOGY window appears. 3. Select the disk in the DEVICE IDENTIFIER column and press ENTER.
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 and step 5 above, but use Alt+A instead of Alt+B.
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. 5-1 Introduction Integrated RAID enables you to create Integrated Striping volumes for applications that require the faster performance and increased storage capacity of striping.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 5-2 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. • Support for combining one Integrated Striping volume and one Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring + Striping, or Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volume on a single controller.
Chapter 5: Integrated Striping Figure 5-1. Integrated Striping Example LSI Fusion-MPT Controller SAS Disk 1 Segment 1 Segment 5 Segment 9 Disk 2 Disk 3 Segment 2 Segment 6 Segment 10 Disk 4 Segment 3 Segment 7 Segment 11 Segment 4 Segment 8 Segment 12 Figure 5-2 shows a logical view and a physical view of Integrated Striping configuration. Figure 5-2.
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.
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. (This includes one or two hot spare disks for mirrored arrays.
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. 5-8 Other Configuration Tasks This section explains how to perform other configuration and maintenance tasks for IS volumes. Viewing IS Volume Properties Follow these steps to view the properties of IS volumes: 1. In the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility, select an SAS adapter from the ADAPTER LIST.
Chapter 5: Integrated Striping The MANAGE ARRAY window appears. 5. Select ACTIVATE ARRAY in the MANAGE ARRAY window. 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. Follow these steps to delete a selected array: 1. In the ADAPTER LIST window, use the arrow keys to select an SAS adapter. The ADAPTER PROPERTIES window appears. 2.
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 ADAPTER LIST window and press ENTER. The ADAPTER PROPERTIES window appears. 2. Highlight SAS TOPOLOGY and press ENTER. The SAS TOPOLOGY window appears. 3. Select the disk in the DEVICE IDENTIFIER column and press ENTER. The LED on the disk flashes until you press a key to stop it. 4.
Chapter 5: Integrated Striping NOTE: To change the alternate boot device from one disk to another, follow step 4 and step 5 above, but use Alt+A instead of Alt+B.
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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. When you use SAS2IRCU commands, the program sends results to the environment through the program status value that it returns when it exits.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 6-2 Commands and Interface Description Format commands as follows for the SAS2IRCU command-line interface: sas2ircu Use a space to separate the program name, controller number, command, and parameters fields. The format of is command specific.
Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility Common Command-Line Parameters This section describes command-line parameters that are common to more than one command. • 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.
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. • SAS2IRCU does not allow you to create an Integrated RAID volume that combines SSDs (solid-state drives) and hard disk drives.
Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility Parameters • – 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. 0x01 FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure. 0x02 ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.
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.
Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility Device is a Hard disk Enclosure # : 2 Slot # : 1 Connector ID : 4 State : Ready (RDY) Size (in MB)/(in sectors) : 70007/143374738 Manufacturer : HP Model Number : DG072A9BB7 Firmware Revision : HPD0 Serial No : B365P720H7L70709 Protocol : SAS Drive Type : SAS -----------------------------------------------------------Enclosure information -----------------------------------------------------------Enclosure# : 1 Logical ID : 51234567:890123
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. • Out of Sync (OSY) – The drive, which is part of a logical drive, is not in sync with other drives that are part of the logical drive. • Degraded (DGD) – The drive is part of a logical drive and is in degraded state.
Chapter 6: Using the Configuration Utility Command Line sas2ircu hotspare [delete] Parameters • – The index of the controller on which you want to create the hot spare disk. • - The enclosure:bay value for the hot spare disk drive. You can get these values from the output of the DISPLAY command. DOS does not support addressing by enclosure:bay. • delete – This optional command deletes the hot spare disk at enclosure:bay.
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 : 6 Current operation : Synchronize Volume status : Enabled Volume state : Degraded Physical disk I/Os : Not quiesced Volume size (in sectors) : 70311936 Number of remaining sectors : 68250624 Percentage complete : 2.
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.
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 constchk [noprompt] Parameters • – The index of the controller on which the consistency check operation needs to run.
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 locate Parameters • – The index of the controller with the drives that you need to locate. • – The Enclosure and Bay number of the drive. • – The possible actions are as follows: • ON – Turn on the location indicator of the drive.
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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. This includes up to two optional hot spare disks for the mirrored volume(s).
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual LSI Corp Configuration Utility will load following initialization! the ADAPTER LIST screen (Figure 7-1) appears after the system completes its power-on self test. Figure 7-1.
Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 7-2 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 ADAPTER LIST 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. Use the +/- keys or the Space bar on your keyboard to change options.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID PROPERTIES, and then press ENTER. The SELECT NEW VOLUME TYPE screen appears (Figure 7-3). Figure 7-3.
Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 3. Select CREATE RAID 1 VOLUME. The CREATE NEW VOLUME screen appears (Figure 7-4). Figure 7-4. Create New Volume Screen – RAID 1 4. Move the cursor to the RAID DISK 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. To add the disk to the new volume, change the NO to Yes by pressing the space bar. This is the Primary disk in the volume.
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 SAVE CHANGES then exit this menu. A Processing message appears briefly, and then the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility returns to the ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen. Initialization of the new volume continues in the background.
Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 8. From the ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen, select VIEW EXISTING VOLUME. The VIEW VOLUME screen appears (Figure 7-8). Use this screen to view your volume 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 2.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 7-3 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. In an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced or Integrated Mirroring and Striping volume, the data is both mirrored and striped.
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. As you add disks, the VOLUME SIZE field changes to reflect the size of the new volume. 6. Press C to create the 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. 7-4 Creating a RAID 0 Volume Follow these steps to create a RAID 0 volume with the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility. 1. On the ADAPTER LIST screen, use the arrow keys to select a SAS adapter and then press ENTER. The ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen appears (see Figure 7-2). 2.
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 SAVE CHANGES then exit this menu. A Processing message appears briefly, and then the SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility returns to the ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen. Initialization of the new volume continues in the background. 8. From the ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen, select VIEW EXISTING VOLUME. The VIEW VOLUME screen appears (Figure 7-8).
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 7-5 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. This process maintains data integrity at all times, even if one of the disks fails during the replacement process.
Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 6. Use the arrow keys to select RAID PROPERTIES, and then press ENTER. The SELECT NEW VOLUME TYPE screen appears (Figure 7-11). Figure 7-11. Select New Volume Type Screen 7. Select VIEW EXISTING VOLUME. The VIEW VOLUME screen appears (Figure 7-4). If necessary, press Alt + N to switch to the RAID1 volume with the new, larger disk drives.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 8. Select MANAGE VOLUME. The MANAGE VOLUME screen appears (Figure 7-12). Figure 7-12. Manage Volume Screen 9. Select ONLINE CAPACITY EXPANSION. A menu screen appears with a warning message and with options to start the expansion process or quit. 10. Press Y to start the expansion. The RAID PROPERTIES screen appears when the expansion process is complete. This typically occurs in a very short amount of time. 11.
Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility 7-6 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. The steps begin with the ADAPTER LIST screen that appears when the configuration utility starts: 1.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 5. Select MANAGE HOT SPARES, which is the first option. The MANAGE HOT SPARES screen appears (Figure 7-13). 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 DRIVE STATUS column is not RAID) and that is not already identified as a hot spare disk. NOTE: A global hot spare disk must have 512-byte blocks and nonremovable media.
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 of "Creating Hot Spare Disks". 2. Select the disk that you no longer wish to use as a hot spare, and press C. 3. Select SAVE CHANGES then exit this menu to commit the changes.
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 ADAPTER LIST screen (see Figure 7-1). The ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen appears (see Figure 7-2). 2. Select ADVANCED ADAPTER PROPERTIES. The ADVANCED ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen appears (see Figure 7-14). Figure 7-14. Advanced Adapter Properties Screen 3.
Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility Figure 7-15. Advanced Device Properties Screen Figure 7-16.
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 ESC key to exit the menu. 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.
Chapter 7: SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility The VIEW VOLUME screen appears (see Figure 7-6). If necessary, press Alt + N to switch to another volume on this adapter. 4. Select MANAGE VOLUME. The MANAGE VOLUME screen appears (see Figure 7-12). 5. Select ACTIVATE VOLUME in the MANAGE VOLUME screen. A menu screen appears. 6. Press Y to activate the volume. The volume becomes active after a pause.
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. When you add a disk drive to a new mirrored volume, the LED on the disk drive starts flashing. The LED stops flashing when you finish creating the volume.
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 TOPOLOGY screenscreen. The next time you boot the computer, the firmware moves this disk to scan ID 0, making it the new boot disk. This makes it easier to set BIOS boot device options and to keep the boot device constant during device additions and removals.
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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. 5.3.1 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 8-2 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) • Hard disk drive with at least 50 Mbytes available free space The supported operating systems for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as follows: • Microsoft Wi
Chapter 8: MegaRAID Overview and Installation 5. On the next screen, accept the default destination folder, or click CHANGE to select a different destination folder. Click NEXT to continue. The SETUP TYPE screen appears. 6. Select one of the Setup options. The options are fully explained in the screen text. • Select COMPLETE if you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a server.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 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 MegaRAID Storage Manager software), you cannot connect to a remote server unless you first edit the startupui.sh file. Specifically, you must add the IP address of the remote server to the end of the startupui.sh file.
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. 9-1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Follow these steps to start MegaRAID Storage Manager software and view the main window: 1.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual • Select FULL ACCESS if you need to both view the current configuration and change the configuration. • Select VIEW ONLY if you need to only view and monitor the configuration. 4. Enter your user name and password, and click LOGIN. NOTE: If the computer is net worked, this is the login to the computer itself, not the network login. You must enter the root/administrator user name and password to use Full Access mode.
Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus 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, depending on which tab is selected. • The Physical view shows the hierarchy of physical devices in the system. At the top of the hierarchy is the system itself. One or more controllers are installed in the system. Each controller has one or more ports.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual Event Log Panel The lower part of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window displays the system event 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. Menu Bar This section contains brief descriptions of the main selections from the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER menu bar.
Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus Help Menu On the HELP menu you can select HELP J HELP to view the MegaRAID Storage Manager software online help file. You can select HELP J ABOUT to view version 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.
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 NEXT button to continue.
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 CREATE VIRTUAL DRIVE–DRIVE GROUP AND VIRTUAL DRIVE SETTINGS screen (Figure 9-3). Figure 9-3. Create Virtual Drive–Drive Group and Virtual Drive Settings Screen For the rest of the Simple configuration, use the below procedure. 1.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 2. In the SUMMARY screen (Figure 9-4) that appears review your settings, and when satisfied, press the FINISH button. If you wish to change your settings, press the BACK button to go to the previous CREATE VIRTUAL DRIVE–DRIVE GROUP AND VIRTUAL DRIVE SETTINGS screen and change them. Figure 9-4.
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 CREATE DRIVE GROUP–DRIVE GROUP SETTINGS screen (Figure 9-5) Figure 9-5. Create Drive Group–Drive Group Settings Screen For the rest of the Advanced configuration, use the below procedure. 1.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 2. In the CREATE VIRTUAL DRIVE–VIRTUAL DRIVE SETTINGS screen that appears (Figure 9-6), set parameters for all active controls. When finished, press the CREATE VIRTUAL DRIVE button and then press the NEXT button to continue. Figure 9-6. Create Virtual Drive–Virtual Drive Settings Screen NOTE: Not all controls will be active in this screen.
Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus 3. In the SUMMARY screen (Figure 9-7) that appears review your settings, and when satisfied, press the FINISH button. If you wish to change your settings, press the BACK button to go to the previous CREATE VIRTUAL DRIVE–DRIVE GROUP AND VIRTUAL DRIVE SETTINGS screen and change them. Figure 9-7.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 9-4 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 a virtual disk icon in the left panel of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window. 2. In the right panel, select the OPERATIONS tab, and then select SET VIRTUAL DISK PROPERTIES (Figure 9-8). Figure 9-8.
Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus 5. A dialog box appears warning you about changing your settings. Press YES to continue. 6. A second confirmation dialog box appears. Check CONFIRM and press the YES button to continue. The virtual disk properties for your virtual drive are now changed. 9-5 Deleting a Virtual Disk You can delete virtual disks to rearrange the storage space. WARNING: Be sure to back up the data on the virtual disk before you delete it.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 3. In the SAVE dialog box, type a name for the configuration file or accept the default name (hostname.cfg). 4. Click SAVE to save the configuration file. Adding a Configuration You can add a saved configuration to your system using the procedure below: 1. Select a controller icon from the left panel of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window. 2. On the menu bar, select OPERATIONS J CONFIGURATION J ADD CONFIGURATION FROM FILE. The ADD dialog box appears.
Chapter 9: MegaRAID Window and Menus 9-7 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 LOGICAL pane of the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window. 2. Select the OPERATIONS tab from the right pane. 3. Select the Controller Firmware option button. 4.
AOC-USAS2-L8i/L8e Add-on Card User’s Manual 5. Press the GO 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. 9-8 Configuring Alerts You can configure alerts by selecting the CONFIGURE ALERTS menu option from the TOOLS menu. This will bring up the CONFIGURE ALERTS window (Figure 9-10). Figure 9-10.
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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