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Contents
Contents...iii About this guide iv PIKE 2008/IMR specifications summary vi
Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-2 1.2 Package contents 1-2 1.3 Card layout 1-3 1.4 System requirements 1-3 1.5 Card installation 1-4
Chapter 2: RAID configuration 2.1 Setting up RAID 2-2
2.1.1 RAID definitions 2-2 2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives 2-3 2.2 LSI WebBIOS Configuration Utility ...
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This chapter offers the PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports. • Chapter 2: RAID configuration This chapter provides instructions on setting up, creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. • Chapter 3: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the RAID drivers on different operating systems...
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...reliable storage systems. Refer to the motherboard manual for detailed information about using the SGPIO connectors on the motherboard.
1.4 System requirements
Before you install the PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card, check if the system meets the following requirements: • Workstation or server motherboard with a PIKE RAID card slot • SAS or SATA hard disk drives • Supporting operating...
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...;t recommended. If a drive in the physical array has to be rebuilt, the RAID 0 virtual disk will cause a failure during the rebuild.
• If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive.
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Chapter 2: RAID configuration
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... you to create and manage storage configurations.
2.3.1 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)
• Disk drive with at least 50 Mbytes...
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... installation option:
- If you select All users, any user with administrative privileges can use this version of MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view or change storage configurations.
- If you select Only for current user, the MegaRAID Storage ... a different destination folder. Click Next to continue.
The Setup Type screen appears, as shown in the following figure.
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... text.
- Select Client if you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a PC that will be used to view and configure servers over a network. To begin installation, click on Install on the next screen that appears.
- Select Server to install only those components required for remote server management. To begin installation, click on Install on the next screen that appears...
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..., 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), the server screen will appear, as shown in the following figure. The server screen will not list any servers. You can use this screen to manage systems remotely.
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... Linux
Follow these steps if you need to install MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a system running Red Hat Linux or SUSE Linux:
1. Copy the MSM_linux_installer...tar.gz file to a temporary folder. 2. Untar the MSM_linux_installer...tar.gz file using the following command:
tar -zxvf MSM_linux_installer...tar.gz A new disk directory is created. 3. Go to the new...
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... software is already installed on the system, and it is a newer version than the version you are trying to install.
• Exiting installation.
This is the message that appears when the installation is complete.
• RPM installation failed.
This message indicates that the installation failed for some reason. Additional message text explains the cause of the failure.
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... using the method required for your operating system environment:
- To start MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a Microsoft Windows system, select Start > All Programs > MegaRAID Storage Manager > StartupUI, or double-click the MegaRAID Storage Manager shortcut on the desktop.
If a warning appears stating that Windows Firewall has blocked some features of the program, click Unblock to allow...
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... the system and covers the properties of the virtual drives and the physical drives, total capacity, configured capacity, unconfigured capacity, background operations in progress, MegaRAID Storage Manager features and their status (enabled or disabled), and actions you can perform, such as creating a virtual drive and updating the firmware, as shown in the following figure.
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...from the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. It also has a Refresh option for updating the display in the MegaRAID Storage Manager window. (Refresh is seldom required; the display normally updates automatically.) The Manage menu options also include Check Consistency, Initialize, and Show Progress.
Go To Menu The Go To menu is available when a controller, physical drive, or virtual disk is selected...
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... when installing Windows® Server 2003 or Linux operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk application in the support CD).
To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment:
1. Place the RAID card support CD in the optical drive. 2. Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. Select the optical drive...
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...driver...
3. The next screen appears. Press to specify an additional device.
Windows Setup
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s):
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers...
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...want from the following list, or press ESC to return to the previous screen.
LSI Fusion-MPT SAS Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)
ENTER=Select F3=Exit
6. The Windows® Setup loads the RAID card drivers from the RAID driver disk. When next screen appears, press to continue installation.
7. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue.
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... My Computer icon on the desktop and select Properties from
the menu. 2. Click the Hardware tab on the top, then click the Device Manager button. 3. Double-click the LSI MRSASRoMB-8i item.
The controller name differs according to the installed SAS RAID card.
LSI MRSASRoMB-8i
4. Click the Driver tab on the top, then click Update Driver.
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9. Select from the drop-down menu and locate the driver.
10. Click Next to start updating the driver.
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11. After completing driver update, click Finish to close the wizard.
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Chapter 3: Driver installation
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... the key when asked if you have the driver disk, then press .
Main Menu
Do you have a driver disk?
Yes
No
4. Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the USB floppy disk drive, select OK, then press .
Insert Driver Disk
Insert your driver disk into /dev/sda and press "OK" to continue.
OK
Back
The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system.
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...Enure that Installation from the Boot Options menu is selected, then press .
5. When below screen appears, select the USB floppy disk drive (sdx) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press .
Please choose the Driver Update medium.
sda: USB Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, ASUS DRW-2014S1T Other device
OK
Back
The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system.
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