LSI SATA 150 manual

® P/N: 80-00152-01 Rev . A MegaRAID ® SA T A 150 Storage Adapters USER’S GUIDE Ju ly 2006 Ve r s i o n 1 . 5[...]

ii Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Electr omagne tic Compatibility Notices This device complies with P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to t he following two conditions: 1. This device ma y not cause har mful interference , and 2. This device m ust accept any interf erence receiv ed, includi[...]

iii Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. This document contain s pr oprietar y information of LS I Logic Cor poration. The information contained herein is not to be used by or disclosed to third pa rti es without the express written per mission of an officer of LSI L ogic Corporation. LSI Logic products are no[...]

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MegaRAID SA T A 15 0 Storage Adapters User’ s Guide v Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Preface This book is the user’ s guide f or the Meg aRAID ® SA T A 150 storage adapters . It contai ns complete ph ysica l installation instr uctions , as well as ph ysical and electrical specification s, f or the S[...]

vi Pref ace Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. storage ad apters . This chapter also provide s the mechanical dra wing, jumper def initions , and connector locat ions f or the SA T A 150 storag e adapters . • Appendix A, Glossary of T erms , defines ter ms and abbreviations that are us ed in this manual. ?[...]

Pref ace vii Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Related Publications MegaRAID Device Driver In stallation User’ s G uide Document Number: DB11-000018-02 This document e xplains how to install the MegaRAID de vice driver f or yo ur opera ting system. The inf ormation in this document is in dependent of the [...]

viii Pref ace Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 1.1 Apr il 2003 Added the MegaRAID SA T A 150-4 RAID Storage Adapter (RSA). 1.0 December 2002 Initial release of this document. Revision Date Remarks[...]

MegaRAID SA T A 15 0 Storage Adapters User’ s Guide ix Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Contents Chapter 1 Introd uction 1.1 Ov erview of Main Adapter F eatures 1-1 1.1.1 Enclosure Management 1-2 1.1.2 P atrol Read 1-2 1.1.3 SMART T echn olog y 1-2 1.1.4 Alarm Beep Codes 1-3 1.1.5 Drive Roaming and Driv [...]

xC o n t e n t s Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 3.1.2 MegaRAID SA T A 150-4 3-4 3.1.3 MegaRAID SA T A 150-2 3-6 3.2 Ph ysical and Envir onmental Specifications 3-8 3.2.1 Electrica l Characteristics 3-8 3.2.2 Ther mal and Atmospheric Characteristics 3-8 3.2.3 Saf ety Char acteristics 3-9 Appendix A Glossa[...]

Contents xi Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Figures 2.1 Inser ting the SA T A 150 St orage Adapter in a PCI Slot 2-4 3.1 SA T A 150-6 Board La y out 3-3 3.2 SA T A 150-4 Board La y out 3-5 3.3 SA T A 150-2 Board La y out 3-7[...]

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Contents xiii Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Ta b l e s 1.1 Alarm Beep Codes 1-3 1.2 SA T A 150 Board Characteristics 1-7 3.1 MegaRAID SA T A 150 Characteristics 3-1 3.2 SA T A 150-6 Connector an d Jum per Description 3-3 3.3 SA T A 150-4 Connector an d Jum per Description 3-5 3.4 SA T A 150-2 Connector [...]

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MegaRAID SA T A 15 0 Storage Adapters User’ s Guide 1-1 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Chapter 1 Intr oduction This chapter introduces t he MegaRAID SA T A 150 PCI to Serial A T A storage adap ters and consists of th e f ollowing sect ions: • Section 1.1, “Ov erview of Main Adapte r F eatures” ?[...]

1-2 Introduction Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. management capabilities. The SA T A 150-6 suppor ts RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50. • The MegaRAID SA T A 150-4 intelligent RA ID controller and storage adapter uses tw o Sili con Image SiI311 2A chips to support four Serial A T A por ts. The Intel 80302 proces[...]

Overview of Main Adapter Features 1-3 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. SMAR T -compliant ph ysical disks hav e at tribut es f or which dat a (v alues) can be monitored to ide ntify changes in va lues and determine whether the v alues are within threshol d limits. Many mechanical f ailures and some electric[...]

1-4 Introduction Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 1.1.5 Drive Roaming and Drive Migration Note : Drive roaming and driv e mig ration cannot be suppor ted at the same tim e. O ne or the o ther f eature can be supported at any on e time , but not both f eatures at the same time . Drive roaming (also kno wn a[...]

Overview of Main Adapter Features 1-5 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Please note th e f ollo wing: • Y ou cannot delete a logi cal drive during a reconstruction. Also , y ou cannot delete a logical drive du ring a rebu ild, initialization, or check consistency of a logical driv e, if that driv e has a [...]

1-6 Introduction Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Ref er to th e MegaRAID De vice Driver In stallation User’ s Guide on the Univ ersal Driver Suite CD for inf or mation about installing the de vice drivers. Be sure to use th e latest Ser vice Pac ks provided by the operating system man uf acturer and re [...]

SA T A 150 Storage Ad apter Characteristics 1-7 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. – Use a low-cost 7-pi n connec tor with thin, fle xib le cables – Use low v oltage signaling le v els to reduce current dra w , EM emission, and sign al s wit ching time • PCI Specification, V ersion 2.2: – Backward co[...]

1-8 Introduction Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 1.2.2 Software Utility Support In addition, the y suppor t some combination of these conf iguration a nd control applications (for details, see Ta b l e 1 . 2 ): • MegaRAID BIOS Configura tion Utility (CU) . Used to create arr a ys and hot spares , defin [...]

SA T A 150 Storage Ad apter Characteristics 1-9 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. – Removing ph ysical dr iv es from a logical drive – Con v er ting a RAID 1 or 5 logical driv e to a RAID 0 log ical drive f or both loca l and network ed RAID manageme nt The P ower Consol e Plus tool runs under the Windo[...]

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MegaRAID SA T A 15 0 Storage Adapters User’ s Guide 2-1 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Chapter 2 Har d ware Installation This chapter e xplains how to install the MegaRAID SA T A 150 storage adapters. This chap ter consists of the following sections: • Section 2.1, “Installa tion Ov erv ie w” •[...]

2-2 Hardware Installation Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 2.2 Har d ware Requirements Y ou must ha v e the f ollo wing items to install and use a MegaRAID SA T A 150 storag e adapter: • A MegaRAID SA T A 150 storage ada pter and de vice driv er • Host comput er with an av ailab le PCI expansion slot ?[...]

Detailed Installation Instr uctions 2-3 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 2.4 Detailed Installa tion Instructions Here are detailed installation instr u ctions f or installing the SA T A 150 storage ad apter . Step 1. Unpack the SA T A 150 storage adapter and inspect it for damage. Unpac k and install the s[...]

2-4 Hardware Installation Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Figure 2.1 Inserting the SA T A 150 Storage Adapter in a PCI Slot Step 5. Attach the br ac k et to the comp uter fra me with the br ac k et screw . Step 6. Configure the Se rial A T A devices and install them in th e host system computer case. See [...]

After Installing the Storage Adapter 2-5 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Step 8. Replace the comput er co v er , reconnect the po wer cord and network cab les, an d pow er up the system. During boot, the MegaRAI D BIOS message a ppears: MegaRAID BIOS Version x.xx date (c) Copyright 2002, LSI Logic Corpora[...]

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MegaRAID SA T A 15 0 Storage Adapters User’ s Guide 3-1 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Chapter 3 SA T A 150 Stora ge Adapter Characteristics This chapter describes the charact eristics of the MegaRAID SA T A 150 PCI to Serial A T A storage adapters . The chapter in cludes these topics: • Section 3.1,[...]

3-2 SA T A 150 Storage Ad apter Characteristics Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 3.1.1 MegaRAID SA T A 150-6 The MegaRAID SA T A 150-6 is an inte lligent RAID controller that provides six Serial A T A por ts and suppor ts RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50 arra ys. The SA T A 150-6 does t he f ol[...]

MegaRAID PCI to Ser ial A T A Storage Adapters 3-3 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Figure 3.1 shows t he la y out of the SA T A 150-6. Figure 3.1 SA T A 150-6 Boar d La y out Ta b l e 3 . 2 lists the connectors on th e SA T A 150-6. J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J13 J14 J16 J17 J7 J8 J9 J10 J11 J12 J15 P ort 0 P ort [...]

3-4 SA T A 150 Storage Ad apter Characteristics Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 3.1.2 MegaRAID SA T A 150-4 The MegaRAID SA T A 150-4 is an intelligent RAID controller that provides f our Serial A T A por ts and supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 arra ys. Th e SA T A 150-4 does the f ollo wing: [...]

MegaRAID PCI to Ser ial A T A Storage Adapters 3-5 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. operat ing system boots . The P ower Console Plus tool enab les the user to manage RAID functi ons ov er a network. Figure 3.2 SA T A 150-4 Boar d La y out Ta b l e 3 . 3 lists the connectors on t he SA T A 150-4. Figure 3.[...]

3-6 SA T A 150 Storage Ad apter Characteristics Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 3.1.3 MegaRAID SA T A 150-2 The MegaRAID SA T A 150-2 RAID controller provide s two Serial A T A por ts and suppor ts RAI D 0 and RAID 1 ar ra ys . The SA T A 150-2 do es the f ollowing: • Suppor ts two Ser ial A T A chann e[...]

MegaRAID PCI to Ser ial A T A Storage Adapters 3-7 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Ta b l e 3 . 4 lists the connectors on t he SA T A 150-2. Figure 3.3 shows the la y out of the SA T A 150-2. Figure 3.3 SA T A 150-2 Boar d La y out T abl e 3.4 SA T A 150-2 Connector Definitions Connector Number Descriptio[...]

3-8 SA T A 150 Storage Ad apter Characteristics Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. 3.2 Ph ysical and En vir onmental Specifications The design and imp lementation o f the Serial A T A storage adapt ers minimizes electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility to radio frequency energ y , and the effects of electro[...]

Physical and En vironment al Specifications 3-9 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. The follo wing parameters d efine the storage and t ransit en vironment for the SA T A 150 storage adapte rs: • T emperature ra nge: -40 °C to 105 °C (dr y bu lb) • Relativ e humidity r ange: 20% to 80% noncondensi ng 3.[...]

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MegaRAID SA T A 15 0 Storage Adapters User’ s Guide A-1 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Appendix A Glossary of T erms BIOS Basic Input/Out put System. The BIOS is software that provides basic read/write capability . It is usually stored as firm w are . The system BIOS on the main board of a computer b o[...]

A- 2 Gl o s s a ry o f T erm s Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed.[...]

MegaRAID SA T A 15 0 Storage Adapters User’ s Guide B-1 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. Appendix B MegaRAID Pr ob lem Repor t Form Use the f ollo wing f orm to repor t pr ob lems with y our MegaRAID SA T A 150 storag e adapter . T able B.1 Customer Information Customer Information MegaRAID Serial A T A [...]

B-2 MegaRAID Pro b lem Repor t F orm Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. T able B.2 System and Pr oblem Inf ormation Motherboard: BIOS Manufacturer: Operati ng System: BI OS Date: Operating System V ersion: Video Adapter : MegaRAID Driver V ersion: CPU T ype and Speed: Network Card: System Memor y: Other disk[...]

B-3 Cop yright © 2002–2006 b y LSI Logi c Corporation. All rights reserv ed. T ab le B.3 MegaRAID Arra y and Logical De vice Configuration Array Number RAID Mode, Stripe Siz e Arra y #0 Configuration Arra y #1 Configuration Arra y #2 Configuration Arra y #3 Configuration Arra y #4 Configuration Arra y #5 Configuration Arra y #6 Configuration Arr[...]

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