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AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on CardUser’s ManualRevison 1.0

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AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual9-12When a disk drive is added to an IM, IME, or IS volume, its entire storage capacity may or may not be used

9-13Chapter 9: Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration UtilityDISABLEIR Command (EFI Version Only)The DISABLEIR command, which is currently supported only i

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual9-14LIST Command (EFI Version Only)The LIST command, which is currently supported only in the EFI version of C

DisclaimerThe products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilities or

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2-1Chapter 2Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators2-1 Front Connectors and Pin DefinitionsConnectors are used to attach the add-on card to the system’s ma

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual2-22-2 Front Jumper Locations and Pin DefinitionsTo modify the operation of the backplane, jumpers can be used

2-3Chapter 2: Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators2-3 RAID Minimum Drive RequirementsUse Table 2-3 to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed

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3-1Chapter 3RAID Modes, Firmware and DriversTo change RAID modes from the AOC-USASLP-L8i add-on card’s default IT Mode, you need to flash your system’

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual3-23-2 Getting Firmware DownloadsFirmware for RAID modes can only be obtained through contacting SuperMicro Te

3-3Chapter 3: RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers3-5 Activating RAID Modes in OPROM BIOSRAID modes can be activated by pressing keyboard keys in the OPRO

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4-1Chapter 4MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityThe LSI™ MegaRAID® BIOS Configuration Utility (CU) is used to configure disk arrays and virtual drives

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s ManualiiThe information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. The vendor

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual4-2The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the possible RAID levels that you can implemen

4-3Chapter 4: MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityFollow the steps below to create a virtual drive using EASY CONFIGURATION:1. Select CONFIGURATION J E

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual4-44. Highlight RAID and press ENTER.The available RAID levels for the current virtual drive are displayed.5.

4-5Chapter 4: MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityUsing New Configuration and View/Add ConfigurationWhen you select the NEW CONFIGURATION menu option,

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual4-68. Highlight RAID and press ENTER.A list of the available RAID levels for the current virtual drive appears

4-7Chapter 4: MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility3. Select an un-configured drive or READY drive from the list, and press ENTER.4. When the PHYSICAL D

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual4-85. After the initialization is complete, press ESC to return to previous menus.If you press ESC while initi

4-9Chapter 4: MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility3. Select INITIALIZE from the submenu and press ENTER.4. Select YES at the prompt and press ENTER.The

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual4-104-4 Rebuilding a DriveThe MegaRAID BIOS CU enables you to rebuild a drive of a redundant array if the arra

4-11Chapter 4: MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility4-5 Hot Plug SupportMegaRAID BIOS CU supports hot plugging of disk drives. When you insert or remove

iiiTable of ContentsChapter 1 Safety Guidelines ...1-11-1 ESD Safety Guidelines...

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual4-12Checking Data Consistency1. On the MANAGEMENT menu select CHECK CONSISTENCY and press ENTER.A list of conf

4-13Chapter 4: MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityViewing and Changing Adapter PropertiesTo view or change adapter properties, follow these steps:1. O

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual4-14NotesViewing Physical Drive PropertiesTo view physical drive properties, follow these steps:1. On the MANA

4-15Chapter 4: MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityTo delete a specified virtual drive, follow these steps:1. Select OBJECTS J VIRTUAL DRIVE.2. Highlig

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5-1Chapter 5MegaRAID Overview and InstallationThis chapter explains provides and overview of MegaRAID Storage Manager software, and instructions on ho

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual5-25-2 Hardware and Software RequirementsThe hardware requirements for MegaRAID Storage Manager software are a

5-3Chapter 5: MegaRAID Overview and Installation4. Enter your user name and organization name, and in the bottom part of the screen, select an install

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual5-46. Select one of the Setup options. The options are fully explained in the screen text.• Select COMPLETE if

5-5Chapter 5: MegaRAID Overview and InstallationFor example, to connect to a remote framework on server 192.168.0.10, add the IP address to the end of

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s ManualivViewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties ...4-13Viewing Physical Drive

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual5-6• The version is already installed.This message indicates that the version of MegaRAID Storage Manager soft

6-1Chapter 6MegaRAID Window and MenusThe MegaRAID Storage Manager software is a configuration and monitoring utility used with the Embedded MegaRAID S

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-2If the circle in the server icon is yellow instead of green, it means that the server is running in a degra

6-3Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and Menus3. Select an access mode from the drop-down menu.• Select FULL ACCESS if you need to both view the current conf

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-46-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager WindowThis section describes the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER window (Figure 6-3).

6-5Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and MenusThe following icons in the left panel represent the controllers, disk drives, and other devices:•System• Contro

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-6File MenuThe FILE menu has an EXIT option for exiting from the MEGARAID STORAGE MANAGER software. It also h

6-7Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and MenusTo open the MegaRAID Storage Manager Configuration Wizard, select a controller in the left panel of the MEGARAI

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-8The menu lists three configuration modes:• Auto Configuration automatically creates an optimal configuratio

6-9Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and MenusFollow these steps to create a new storage configuration in Auto Configuration mode:1. Select a redundancy opti

v6-7 Deleting a Virtual Disk ...6-206-8 Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk...

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-103. (Optional) Click MODIFY if you want to switch to Manual Configuration mode so you can modify the sugges

6-11Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and MenusFollow these steps to create a new storage configuration in Guided Configuration mode:1. Select a redundancy o

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-124. Click NEXT to continue to the next screen (see Figure 6-7).5. Change the default volume parameters in t

6-13Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and MenusUsing Manual Configuration: RAID 0Follow these steps to create a RAID 0 storage configuration using the Manual

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-143. Click NEXT. The DEFINING A VIRTUAL DISK screen of the Configuration Wizard appears, as shown in Figure

6-15Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and Menus9. Click NEXT to continue with the next configuration step. The VIRTUAL DISK SUMMARY screen appears.10. Review

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-169. Click NEXT to continue with the next configuration step.The VIRTUAL DISK SUMMARY screen appears.10. Rev

6-17Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and Menus9. Click NEXT to continue with the next configuration step. The VIRTUAL DISK SUMMARY screen appears.10. Review

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-186-4 Adding or Deleting a Hotspare DisksHotspares are disk drives that are available to automatically repla

6-19Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and MenusMake sure the capacity of the hotspare drive is equal to or larger than the capacity of the disks in the array

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manualvi8-4 Integrated Striping Firmware ... 8-3Metadata Sup

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-20Each task rate can be set from 0 to 100. The higher the number, the faster the activity will run in the ba

6-21Chapter 6: MegaRAID Window and Menus6-8 Saving a Storage Configuration to DiskYou can save an existing controller configuration to a file so you c

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual6-226-10 Adding a Saved Storage ConfigurationWhen you replace a controller, or when you want to duplicate an e

7-1Chapter 7Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring EnhancedThis chapter provides an overview of the Integrated Mirroring (IM) and Integrated Mi

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual7-27-2 IM and IME FeaturesIM and IME support the following features:• Configurations of one or two IM or IME v

7-3Chapter 7: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring EnhancedThe advantage of an IM/IME volume is that there is always a second, mirrored copy

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual7-4The BIOS-based configuration utility enables you to create IM and IME volumes during initial setup and to r

7-5Chapter 7: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring EnhancedFollowing a hot swap event, the firmware readies the new physical disk by spinning

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual7-67-5 Fusion-MPT SupportThe BIOS uses the LSI Fusion-MPT® interface to communicate to the SAS controller and

7-7Chapter 7: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced• An IM volume must have two drives. An IME volume can have three to ten drives. I

iPrefaceAbout this ManualThis manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro&a

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual7-82. Press ENTER to go to the ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen, as shown in Figure 7-5 below:Figure 7-5. Adapter Pro

7-9Chapter 7: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced3. On the ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen, use the arrow keys to select RAID PROPERTIES

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual7-104. In the SELECT NEW ARRAY TYPE screen (Figure 7-6), select CREATE IM VOLUME.The CREATE NEW ARRAY screen a

7-11Chapter 7: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced8. When the volume has been fully configured, press C and then SAVE CHANGES. Then

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual7-123. On the ADAPTER PROPERTIES screen, use the arrow keys to select RAID PROPERTIES and press ENTER.4. Conti

7-13Chapter 7: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring EnhancedIf SATA disks are used for the IM/IME volume(s), the hot spare disk must also be

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual7-14Follow these steps to force the synchronization of a selected array:1. Select SYNCHRONIZE ARRAY on the MAN

7-15Chapter 7: Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring EnhancedLocating Drives in a VolumeYou can use the SAS BIOS CU to locate and identify a s

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8-1Chapter 8Integrated StripingThis chapter provides an overview of the LSI Integrated Striping™ (IS) feature and explains how to create Integrated St

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s ManualiiContacting SuperMicroHeadquartersAddress: Super Micro Computer, Inc.980 Rock Ave.San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.Te

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual8-2• SES status LED support for drives used in IS volumes8-3 IS DescriptionThe IS feature writes data across m

8-3Chapter 8: Integrated Striping8-4 Integrated Striping FirmwareThis section describes features of the Integrated RAID firmware.Metadata SupportThe f

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual8-4The supported stripe size is 64 kilobytes. Refer to Section 8-2: "IS Features" on page 8-1 for mo

8-5Chapter 8: Integrated StripingCreating IS Volumes1. On the ADAPTER LIST screen of the SAS BIOS CU, use the arrow keys to select a SAS adapter.2. Pr

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual8-64. When you are prompted to select a volume type, select CREATE IS VOLUME.The CREATE NEW ARRAY screen (Figu

8-7Chapter 8: Integrated Striping8-8 Creating a Second IS VolumeSAS controllers allow you to configure two IS volumes, or an IS volume and an IM/IME v

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual8-8Follow these steps to activate a selected array.1. Select ACTIVATE ARRAY on the MANAGE ARRAY screen.2. Pres

8-9Chapter 8: Integrated StripingSelecting a Boot DiskYou can select a boot disk in the SAS TOPOLOGY screen. This disk is then moved to scan ID 0 on t

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9-1Chapter 9Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration UtilityThis Chapter describes how to use the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility to create Integrated Mirror

1-1Chapter 1Safety GuidelinesTo avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing or handli

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual9-2• WinPE – CFGGEN runs in Windows Pre-Installation Environment (WinPE) and is statically compiled with the L

9-3Chapter 9: Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility• Text surrounded by <> must be replaced with a required parameter.• Text surrounded by [

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual9-4The following rules must be observed when creating IM, IME, and IS volumes and hot spare disks:1. All disks

9-5Chapter 9: Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration UtilityDEFAULTS CommandThe DEFAULTS (DELETE) command deletes any IM, IME, and IS volumes and hot spare

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual9-6Program Return Value –0x00 SUCCESS: command completed successfully.0x01 FAILURE: bad command line arguments

9-7Chapter 9: Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration UtilityManufacturer : MAXTORModel Number : ATLAS15K2_036SASFirmware Revision : BG31Serial No : E204

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual9-8• Inactive, Okay (OKY) – Volume is inactive and drives are functioning properly. User data is protected if

9-9Chapter 9: Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility• noprompt – Suppresses display of warnings and prompts.Program Return Value –0x00 SUCCESS: com

AOC-USASLP-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual9-10Parameters –• <controller #> – Number of the SAS controller targeted by this command.Program Return

9-11Chapter 9: Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration UtilityThe SETOFFLINE command makes a physical disk in a volume offline. A physical disk that is take