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... guide iv PIKE 2008 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 2-2 2.2 LSI Corporation MPT Setup Utility 2-3 2.2.1 RAID 1 volume 2-4 2.2.2 RAID...
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... introduction
This chapter offers the PIKE 2008 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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...PIKE 2008 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 system:
Windows® and Linux operating systems (refer to website for details) • Other requirement:
- Appropriate thermal solution - Certified power supply module
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.... A minimum of four hard disk drives is required for this setup.
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.
2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives
The RAID card supports SAS for RAID set configuration. For optimal performance...
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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... destination folder. Click Next to continue.
The Setup Type screen appears, as shown in the following figure.
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.... To begin installation, click on Install on the next screen that appears.
- Select StandAlone if you will use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to create and manage storage configurations on a standalone workstation. To begin installation, click on Install on the next screen that appears.
- Select Custom if you want to specify individual program features to install.
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...window listing the installation features appears, as shown in the following figure. Select the features you want on this screen.
10. Click Next to proceed. 11. Click Install to install the program. 12. When the final Configuration Wizard screen appears, click Finish.
If you select Client installation... servers with a complete installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software), the server screen will...
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... Client installation for a PC used to monitor servers, 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 appears. The server screen does not list any servers. You can use this screen to manage systems remotely.
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... copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software. (This can be done by using the rpmforce command to install the rpm file directly, which is not recommended, instead of using the install.sh file.) In such cases, the user must uninstall all the rpm files manually before installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software with the procedure listed previously.
• The version is already installed...
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... subnet where the MegaRAID Storage Manager software is running, and click Update. If you check the Connect to remote server at: IP address box, you can also access a standalone (remote) installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software, if it has a network connection.
3. Double-click the icon of the server that you want to access. The Server Login window appears, as shown in...
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... in a degraded state. For example, this icon indicates that a virtual disk is running in a
degraded state because a disk drive has failed:
.
Properties View Panel
The right panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window has the Properties tab that displays information about the selected device. For example, if a controller icon is selected in the left panel, the Properties tab...
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... that Internet Explorer has restricted the file from showing active content. If this warning appears, click on the active content warning bar and enable the active content.
• If you are using the Linux operating system, you must install Firefox® or Mozilla® for the MegaRAID Storage Manager online help to display.
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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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...you 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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...To update the RAID card driver after installing Windows® Server 2003 OS: 1. Right-click the 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 Adapter, SAS2 2008 Falcon -StorPort item.
The controller name differs according to the installed SAS RAID card.
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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 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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... disk drive. Enure that Installation from the Boot Options menu is selected, then press .
5. When below screen appears, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) 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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