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LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility USER’S MANUAL Revision 1.0[...]

Manual Revision 1.0 Release Date: October 16, 2012 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer , Inc., you may not copy any part of this document. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respecti[...]

Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users. I t pr ovide s ins tru cti ons on ho w to use the LSI™ 2108/2208 MegaRAID ® Configuration U tility to configure R AID settings f or Supermicro mother boards or sy stems. Manual Organization Chapter 1 Provides an overview on the LSI[...]

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vi T able of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview of the LSI 2108/2208 SAS Controller ............................................. 1-1 Features of the LSI 2108/2208 Controller ...................................................... 1-1 Functions of the LSI MegaRAID Utility ........................................................... [...]

Chapter 1: Introduction to the LSI MegaRAID Software Utility 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction After you have installed hardware components, you must rst congure LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID settings before you install an operating system and other software drivers. Note : If you do not wish to congure LSI Software RAID settings, proceed with the O[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 1-2 High Performance • Single PowerPC core at 800 MHz (LSI2108 only), 512MB Write Cache • Dual PowerPC cores at 800 MHz (LSI2208 only), 1GB Write Cache 6Gb/s SAS Interface • 8-port SAS/SA T A controller • 1.5 Gb/s, 3 Gb/s, and 6 Gb/[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction to the LSI MegaRAID Software Utility 1-3 Functions of the LSI MegaRAID Utility • Support for BIOS Boot Specication (BBS) (if supported by the system BIOS) • Support for Enhanced Disk Drive Specication • Support for Enable/Disable BIOS Boot • Support for Hot-plug and Hot Auto Rebuild (during a hot pl[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 1-4 1-2 RAID Levels Supported by the 2108/2208 Controller The LSI Embedded MegaRAID Software Conguration Utility adds RAID functions to enhance system efciency and data security by supporting RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50 and R[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction to the LSI MegaRAID Software Utility 1-5 RAID 10 RAID 10, a combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0, provides superb system performance and system security . RAID 10 mirrors small blocks of data to a series of RAID 1 drive groups. Then the rst RAID 1 drive in a drive group duplicates its data to the second drive. RAID 10 require[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 1-6 RAID 50 RAID 50 is a combination of RAID 5 and RAID 0. This type of drive group is called a spanned drive group because data is striped across multiple RAID 5 drive groups. RAID 50 requires at least 6 drives. The following illustration provides a v[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction to the LSI MegaRAID Software Utility 1-7 RAID 60 RAID 60 combines the features of RAID 6 and RAID 0. RAID 60 implements distributed parity (two independent parity bloks per stripe in a RAID set) and disk striping.The dual parity allows RAID 6 to survive two drive failures in each RAID 6 set without losing data. RAID 60 requi[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 1-8 Notes[...]

 Chapter 2: Conguring the LSI MegaRAID Settings 2-1 3. In the Adapter Selection screen, choose LSI SAS 2108/2208 then select Start to display the MegaRAID main screen. Note: T o make a selection, use the mouse or use the <T ab> key to navi - gate between the selectable items on the screen and press <Enter> to con[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 2-2 LSI Conguration Utility Main Screen 2-2 The LSI MegaRAID Main Screen On the left side of the LSI MegaRAID main screen is a list of congurable items. T o congure the settings for an item, use the mouse or press the <T ab> [...]

 Chapter 2: Conguring the LSI MegaRAID Settings 2-3 2-3 Advanced Software Options The MegaRAID advanced software options enable enhanced features and function - ality that may not be available in the standard controller conguration. Advanced software options are not a standard feature and are not provided by Supermicro. F[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 2-4 3. Select Next again to display the Controller Properties screen (shown below). Controller Properties 4. The Controller Properties screen allows you to view and congure the follow - ing items: Note : Select Next to see additional congurable i[...]

 Chapter 2: Conguring the LSI MegaRAID Settings 2-5 Item Description Rebuild Rate The rebuild rate determines the percentage of system re - sources that will be applied toward rebuilding a drive that has failed. Enter a number between 1 and 100 to control the rebuild rate. Patrol Read Rate A patrol read monitors physical dis[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 2-6 Item Description Emergency Spare Specify whether to use GHS (Global Hot Spares) or UG (Uncongured Good) drives as emergency spares. Emergency for SMART er Select to enable or disable this feature. The default is disabled. Link Speed Use this ite[...]

 Chapter 2: Conguring the LSI MegaRAID Settings 2-7 2. In the window on the right, select a virtual drive and perform one of the fol - lowing actions: • Fast Initialize: Initializes the selected drive by writing zeros to the rst sector of the drive, then continue the initialization in the background after system boot[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 2-8 Policies : This section allows you to view and change the read, write, disk cache, BGI, access, and I/O policies on the drive. T o change any settings, choose the de - sired setting from the pull-down menu and select Change to conrm the change. [...]

 Chapter 2: Conguring the LSI MegaRAID Settings 2-9 Conguration Wizard 2. Highlight a drive and select one of the following items to perform an action. • Rebuild: Check this item to rebuild the drive selected. • Properties: Check this item to display the properties of the drive selected. After you've sel[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 2-10 3. Select one of the following conguration methods: • Manual Conguration: Check this item to manually create drive groups and virtual drives and manually set their parameters. All drives including congured drives will display . •?[...]

 Chapter 2: Conguring the LSI MegaRAID Settings 2-1 1 Conguring Drives Manually 1. In the Add Conguration screen, select Manual Conguration and click Next to begin adding drives. The following screen displays. Add Drives 2. Select the drives you want to add to the array and click Add to Array . To undo any dri[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 2-12 5. The Virtual Drive Denition screen displays, as shown below. Virtual Drive Denition In the Virtual Drive Denition screen, congure the following options as needed: RAID Level : Select the desired RAID level. The available option[...]

 Chapter 2: Conguring the LSI MegaRAID Settings 2-13 Conguration Preview • Always Write-Back: Use this option to write data only to the cache, even if a battery backup is bad or missing. (This option is not recommended because cached data will be lost in the event of a power outage.) IO Policy : The IO Policy appl[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 2-14 2-10 Logical View This feature displays the status of logical drives of the system. From the MegaRAID utility conguration main page, use the <T ab> key or the mouse to select Logical View . The following screen displays to indicate the st[...]

 Chapter 2: Conguring the LSI MegaRAID Settings 2-15 2-1 1 Events This feature displays system event information. From the conguration utility main page, use the <T ab> key or the mouse to select Events . The following screen displays. Event Information Use the left pane of the screen to set the parameters, then sel[...]

  LSI 2108/2208 SAS MegaRAID Conguration Utility User's Manual 2-16 Event Class : Select the class level for the event search. Available classes include: • Informational: This type of event is informative only and does not require user action. • W arning: This type of event indicates a component that may[...]

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