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SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-USAS-S4I manual

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    Rev . 1.0 USER'S GUIDE PCB EDGE 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 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 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 AOC-USAS-S4i AOC-USAS-S4ir[...]

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    ii Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e The information in this Us e r’ s Manual has b ee n car e fully r ev iew ed and is be li eve d to b e accurat e. Th e vendor assum es no re sponsibility for any inaccuraci es that may b e contain e d in this docum e nt, mak es no commitm e nt to update or to k ee p curr e nt the information in this manual, or t[...]

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    iii S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations T able of Contents O ve rview ................................................................................ .............. .............. .v P roduct Fe atur es ........................................................................ ............... .......... v Ope rating S yst e ms [...]

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    iv Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Chapter 6 M ana g in g Y o ur St o ra g e Spa ce 6- 1 About Adapt ec S torage Manag e r ....................................................... .............. .... 6-1 I nstalling Adapt ec S torage Manag er ............................................. .............. .... 6-2 6-2 The Adapt ec R A ID Controll er C[...]

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    v S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations Introduction O ve rv i ew This manual is writt en for syst em int e grators, PC te chnicians and knowl e dg e able PC us e rs who int e nd to int e grat e S up e rMicro's USAS-S4i Add on Card to th e ir syst em. Pr oduct Featu r es The AO C-U SAS-S4i off e rs the following fe atur es:[...]

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    vi Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e C ontact ing S upe rMi cro H ead q ua r te rs Addr e ss : S up e rMicro Comput e r, I nc . 98 0 Rock A ve. S an J os e, CA 95 13 1 U.S.A. T el: + 1 (408) 503-8 000 Fa x: + 1 (408) 503-8 00 8 E mail : mark e ting @ sup e rmicro . com (Gene ral I nformation ) support @ sup e rmicro . com (T e chnical S upport ) Web[...]

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    1-1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations 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 E S D Safet y G u i del i nes Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. T o pre[...]

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    1-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Notes[...]

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    2-1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations PCB EDGE 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 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 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 Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors 2-1 Fr ont C onnecto r s and J umpe rs [...]

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    2-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e 2-2 Fr ont C onnector and Pin D efi niti ons #1. Internal SAS Connector The I nt e rnal SAS port conn e cts to the back- plane allowing the moth e rboard to acc e ss the hard drive s . This conn e ctor supports up to four HDD ports . This card supports SAS, S ATA 1, and S ATA 2 drive s . Use a single port SAS &[...]

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    2-3 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations PCB EDGE 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 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 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 2-3 Fr ont J umpe r L ocat i ons and Pin D efi ni ti ons Ex planat i on of J u[...]

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    2-4 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e L ED I N DICA T ORS This add-on card includ es LED 's us ed to t e st the product during the manufactur- ing proc e ss . Th es e LED 's do not int e rf er e with normal op e ration and should b e ignor ed. RAID Mi ni mum D r i ve R equ irements RAID Minimum Hard Drives RAID 0 2 RAID 1 3 RAID 5 3 RAID 1[...]

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    3-1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations Chapter 3 Boot Controller and Bootable A r ray To se ction de scrib es the st e ps r eq uir ed e stablish a boot controll er and a bootable array . If you are cr e ating e stablishing the boot controll er and array on an e x isting OS , skip to : I nstalling the Driver on an E x isting O[...]

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    3-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Creat ing an Ar ray wi th the AC U Be fore starting, backup data on your hard disk b e for e be ginning . I nitializing disks e ras es data . To cr e ate a R A ID 1 array : 1 Con fi rm that your Tu r n on your comput er 2 .. When ask e d, click Ctrl +A to use the ACU utility . If nec e ssary , sele ct your con-[...]

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    3-3 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations 10. If nece ssary , at the cache warning me ssag e, type Y for Y e s. 11 . At the succ e ssful array cr e ation, click any key to r e turn to th e ACU Me nu . The array imm e diat e ly av ailable at re duc ed until the build proc e ss is fi nish ed 12 . Click the E sc key until the Exit[...]

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    3-4 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e 3-3 Makin g Y ou r Arr ay B ootable Use the ACU to mak e the array bootabl e and continu e to Chapt er 4: I nstalling th e D rive r and an Ope rating S yst em. 9 . Y ou must partition and format the logical drive s . The logical drive app e ars as one drive on the op e rating syst em. 10. Click R e boot to re st[...]

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    4-1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations Chapter 4 Installing the Driver and an Operating System 4- 1 O ve rvi ew This chapt er de tails the following tasks : ● Adapt ec R A ID installation ● B ootable Array cr e ation ● D rive r D isk cr e ation 4- 2 C r eat in g a D r i ve r Di s k To cr e ate a drive r disk : 1 Con fi[...]

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    4-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e 4- 3 I nstall ing wi th Wi ndows B e for e b e ginning locat e your W indows I nstallation CD . To install th e Adapt e c R A ID controll e r dri ve r ( during W indows installation ): 1 I ns e rt th e W indows installation CD . 2 . Re start th e comput e r . 3 . F ollow th e on-scr ee n instructions to b e gin [...]

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    4-3 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical S p e ci fi cations 4- 5 I nstall ing wi th S U SE Li nu x To install th e Adapt e c R A ID controll e r dri ve r ( during SU SE L inu x installation ) . 1. I ns e rt th e SU SE I nstallation CD ( th e fi rst on e ) and r e start th e syst e m . 2 . At th e SU SE L inu x installation s e l e ction scr ee[...]

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    4-4 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Notes[...]

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    5- 1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical S p e ci fi cations Chapter 5 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System 5-1 O ve rvi ew This s e ction gi ve s instruction on installing th e dri ve rs on an e x isting Op e rating syst e m . B e for e installation you must th e Adapt e c R A ID controll e r and int e rnal disk dri ve s . In [...]

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    5-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e 5-3 I nstall ing on Wi ndows To install th e dri ve r on W indows : 1 S tart or r e start th e syst e m th e N e w H ardwar e W izard op e ns . 2 Aft e r ins e rting th e dri ve r disk, s e t th e wizard to us e th e dri ve r on th e dis and click N e xt . 3 Click N e xt twic e to na v igat e past th e lic e ns [...]

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    6- 1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical S p e ci fi cations Chapter 6 Managing Y our Storage Space This chapt e r d e tails how to cr e at e and manag e your storag e spac e onc e th e con- troll e r and r e q uir e d dri ve rs ha ve b ee n install e d . This chapt e r also d e tails th e Adapt e c S torag e Manag e r and oth e r Adapt e c R A[...]

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    6-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e I nstall ing A daptec S to ra ge M ana g er F or installation fi l e and instructions, s ee th e Adapt e c S torag e Manag e r I nstallation CD . This CD also includ e s a Us e r’ s Guid e for I nt e rnal R A ID S torag e and oth e r docum e ntation . 6-2 T he A daptec R A ID Cont r oller Con fi gur at i on [...]

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    6-3 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical S p e ci fi cations 6 -4 T he A daptec Flash U til ity Th e Adapt e c F lash Utility (AFU) allows administrators to updat e , sa ve , and manag e R A ID controll e r fi rmwar e BIOS and N on V olatil e R AM . Th e utility is t e xt bas e d . It is r e comm e nd e d that, although th e AF U pro v id e s s[...]

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    6-4 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Notes[...]