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Contents
About this guide v PIKE 2108 specifications summary vii
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 2-4 2.2.1 Starting ...
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Contents
3.3 Windows® Server 2008 OS Driver Installation 3-9 3.3.1 During Windows® Server 2008 OS installation 3-9 3.3.2 After Windows® Server 2008 OS installation 3-11
3.4 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 5 Driver Installation 3-13 3.5 SUSE® Linux OS 11 Driver Installation 3-15
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... introduction
This chapter offers the PIKE 2108 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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... if you need to install MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a system running Microsoft Windows OS:
1. Insert the ASUS PIKE 2108 Support CD in the optical disc drive. The CD automatically displays the Utilities menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the Support CD to locate Setup.exe. Double-click Setup.exe to run...
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...window listing the installation features appears, as shown in the following figure. Select the features you want on this screen.
11. Click Next to proceed. 12. Click Install to install the program. 13. 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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... 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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...of 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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... screen.
LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver (Windows 2000) LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller 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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... 2003 OS installation
To update the RAID card driver after installing Windows® Server 2003 OS: 1. Click Start, right-click My Computer and select Manage from the menu. 2. In the Computer Management window, click the Device Manager item. 3. Double-click RAID Controller under the Other Devices item.
The controller name differs according to the installed SAS RAID card.
4. Click the Driver tab on...
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5. Toggle No, Not this time to cancel searching driver from Windows Update, and then click Next to continue.
6. Toggle Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), then click Next to continue.
7. Select the Include this location in the search: check box, and then click Browse.
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7. Insert the SAS RAID card Support CD into the optical drive. 8. Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support CD, and then
click OK to continue.
9. The system automatically updates the driver. After completing driver update, click Finish to close the wizard.
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Chapter 3: Driver installation
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... of installation, click Custom (advanced).
3. Click Load Driver.
4. A message appears, reminding you to insert the installation media containing the driver of the SAS RAID card. If you have only one optical drive installed in your system, eject the Windows OS installation disc and replace with the PIKE SAS RAID card Support CD into the optical drive. Click Browse to continue.
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... folder of the Support CD, and then click OK to continue.
6. Select LSI MegaRAID SAS PCI Express ROMB and click Next.
7. When the system finishes loading the RAID driver, replace the SAS RAID card Support CD with the Windows Server installation disc. Select the drive to install Windows and click Next.
8. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue.
3-10...
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... 2008 OS: 1. Click Server Manager on the Windows taskbar. In the Server Manager
window, click the "+" sign before Diagnostics and click Device Manager. Click the "+" sign before Storage controllers, and double-click LSI MegaRAID SAS Adapter.
The controller name differs according to the installed SAS RAID card.
4. Click the Driver tab on the top, then click Update Driver.
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... Browse my computer for driver software.
6. Insert the SAS RAID card Support CD into the optical drive. Click Browse.
7. In the Browse for Folder window, locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support CD, and then click OK to continue.
8. In the Update Driver Software window, click Next to continue.
9. The system automatically updates the driver. After completing driver update, click...
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... 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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... drive. Ensure 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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