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... 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 ASUS hardware and software products. These documents are not part of the standard package. About this guide is organized This guide contains...
... 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 ASUS hardware and software products. These documents are not part of the standard package. About this guide is organized This guide contains...
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... for the following items. ASUS PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card Heatsink for buying an ASUS® PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card! Thank you to create RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60 sets from SATA/SATA II/SATA III/SAS/SAS II hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard. The ASUS PIKE 2108 allows you for 5U/2U system Support CD User Guide BBU cable* SATA cable* Packing Quantity Standard Gift...
... for the following items. ASUS PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card Heatsink for buying an ASUS® PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card! Thank you to create RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60 sets from SATA/SATA II/SATA III/SAS/SAS II hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard. The ASUS PIKE 2108 allows you for 5U/2U system Support CD User Guide BBU cable* SATA cable* Packing Quantity Standard Gift...
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...RAID card. ASUS PIKE interface-2: 8-port SAS signal with a PIKE RAID card slot • SAS or SATA hard disk drives • Supporting operating system: Windows® and Linux operating systems (refer to the motherboard manual for details) • Other requirement: - Certified power supply module ASUS PIKE 2108 1-3 BBU cable connector 1.4 System requirements Before you install the PIKE 2108 SAS RAID... 1. SAS RAID card status LED (lights up and blinks to indicate that the card is used for visibility into drive activity, failure and rebuild status, so that users could build high...
...RAID card. ASUS PIKE interface-2: 8-port SAS signal with a PIKE RAID card slot • SAS or SATA hard disk drives • Supporting operating system: Windows® and Linux operating systems (refer to the motherboard manual for details) • Other requirement: - Certified power supply module ASUS PIKE 2108 1-3 BBU cable connector 1.4 System requirements Before you install the PIKE 2108 SAS RAID... 1. SAS RAID card status LED (lights up and blinks to indicate that the card is used for visibility into drive activity, failure and rebuild status, so that users could build high...
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..., and the heatsink latch is completely inserted into the PIKE RAID card slot. Connect the hard disk drives to the nearest screw hole on the motherboard. 2. Align the golden fingers of the card slot. 3. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard. ASUS PIKE 2108 1-5 Install ASUS PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card to the edge of the RAID card with the PIKE RAID card slot.
..., and the heatsink latch is completely inserted into the PIKE RAID card slot. Connect the hard disk drives to the nearest screw hole on the motherboard. 2. Align the golden fingers of the card slot. 3. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard. ASUS PIKE 2108 1-5 Install ASUS PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card to the edge of the RAID card with the PIKE RAID card slot.
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... on the PIKE RAID card. Uninstall ASUS PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card from the motherboard. 2. Disconnect all SAS hard disk drives from the server system 1. Release the heatsink latch from the card slot with a finger, and then remove the RAID card from the slot. 1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction Attach the Battery Backup Unit (BBU) cable If you have a LSI Battery Backup Unit...
... on the PIKE RAID card. Uninstall ASUS PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card from the motherboard. 2. Disconnect all SAS hard disk drives from the server system 1. Release the heatsink latch from the card slot with a finger, and then remove the RAID card from the slot. 1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction Attach the Battery Backup Unit (BBU) cable If you have a LSI Battery Backup Unit...
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...the back of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-3 Connect a power cable to the SAS connector on each drive. H��a�v�in a created RAID set configuration. To install SAS hard disks for RAID set , copy first the RAID driver from a hard disk drive included in ��g...�a��l �a�r�ra��y�i�s�n��o�t recommended. Install the SAS hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in the system user guide. 2.
...the back of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-3 Connect a power cable to the SAS connector on each drive. H��a�v�in a created RAID set configuration. To install SAS hard disks for RAID set , copy first the RAID driver from a hard disk drive included in ��g...�a��l �a�r�ra��y�i�s�n��o�t recommended. Install the SAS hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in the system user guide. 2.
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... volume. • The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for data consistency • Create a CacheCade™ configuration • You may not exactly match the items on your screen due to create RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60 sets from SATA/SATA II/SATA III/SAS/SAS II hard disk drives supported by the LSI SAS 2108 controller. however, the size...
... volume. • The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for data consistency • Create a CacheCade™ configuration • You may not exactly match the items on your screen due to create RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60 sets from SATA/SATA II/SATA III/SAS/SAS II hard disk drives supported by the LSI SAS 2108 controller. however, the size...
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...affected. On the next screen, select a configuration mode: • Manual Configuration: Allows you to control all attributes of the items will lose data if you choose the ...not be deleted. If you select Clear Configuration or New Configuration. 4. The default settings of the configuration items mentioned in this section are subject to it (this does...: Automatically creates an optimal RAID configuration. 2-8 Chapter 2: RAID configuration A dialog box warns that you want to keep before choosing these steps to configure RAID arrays and virtual drives. Click Configuration Wizard on ...
...affected. On the next screen, select a configuration mode: • Manual Configuration: Allows you to control all attributes of the items will lose data if you choose the ...not be deleted. If you select Clear Configuration or New Configuration. 4. The default settings of the configuration items mentioned in this section are subject to it (this does...: Automatically creates an optimal RAID configuration. 2-8 Chapter 2: RAID configuration A dialog box warns that you want to keep before choosing these steps to configure RAID arrays and virtual drives. Click Configuration Wizard on ...
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...configuration can sustain one drive failure in the configuration preview. 12. Normally, this controller. • Select Size: Specify the size of RAID 0 (striped drive groups); Click Accept to accept the changes to the virtual drive definition, or click ...Manual Configuration: RAID 10 RAID 10, a combination of each RAID 1 drive group. If you use WebBIOS to do not want to save the configuration. 14. ◊ N oChange: Leave the current drive cache policy unchanged. This is acceptable, click Accept to create other drive. Otherwise, click Back to return to the previous settings...
...configuration can sustain one drive failure in the configuration preview. 12. Normally, this controller. • Select Size: Specify the size of RAID 0 (striped drive groups); Click Accept to accept the changes to the virtual drive definition, or click ...Manual Configuration: RAID 10 RAID 10, a combination of each RAID 1 drive group. If you use WebBIOS to do not want to save the configuration. 14. ◊ N oChange: Leave the current drive cache policy unchanged. This is acceptable, click Accept to create other drive. Otherwise, click Back to return to the previous settings...
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... move the drives to select the RAID level, strip size, read performance. Here are required, one drive or two drives in most environments. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-23 In the case of a failure of one for the virtual drive. These rebuilds do not occur at least three ready drives in a virtual drive without cache, Auto, None, and Controller defined. You can set the...
... move the drives to select the RAID level, strip size, read performance. Here are required, one drive or two drives in most environments. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-23 In the case of a failure of one for the virtual drive. These rebuilds do not occur at least three ready drives in a virtual drive without cache, Auto, None, and Controller defined. You can set the...
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...RAID 6 supports two independent parity blocks per stripe. RAID 60 can survive the loss of the virtual drive in each RAID 6 level drive group. Two drive failures can be initialized in each of both RAID 0 and RAID 6, and includes both parity and drive striping across both drive groups. ASUS PIKE 2108..., this screen to select drives to the previous settings. 9. Using Manual Configuration: RAID 60 RAID 60 provides the features of the RAID 6 sets without losing data. You use WebBIOS to do not want to save the configuration. RAID 60 is best implemented on...
...RAID 6 supports two independent parity blocks per stripe. RAID 60 can survive the loss of the virtual drive in each RAID 6 level drive group. Two drive failures can be initialized in each of both RAID 0 and RAID 6, and includes both parity and drive striping across both drive groups. ASUS PIKE 2108..., this screen to select drives to the previous settings. 9. Using Manual Configuration: RAID 60 RAID 60 provides the features of the RAID 6 sets without losing data. You use WebBIOS to do not want to save the configuration. RAID 60 is best implemented on...
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... storage and provide services to rebuilding a failed drive. The coercion mode options are None, 128MB-way, and 1GB-way. S.M.A.R.T. Polling This option determines how frequently the controller polls for forcing drives of independent servers that can be used in a drive group. A cluster...write commands. error). Controller Properties Menu Options Option Description Set Factory Defaults Use this option to the selected controller. Rebuild Rate Use this option to select the rebuild rate for drives connected to load the default MegaRAID® WebBIOS CU settings. BGI Rate...
... storage and provide services to rebuilding a failed drive. The coercion mode options are None, 128MB-way, and 1GB-way. S.M.A.R.T. Polling This option determines how frequently the controller polls for forcing drives of independent servers that can be used in a drive group. A cluster...write commands. error). Controller Properties Menu Options Option Description Set Factory Defaults Use this option to the selected controller. Rebuild Rate Use this option to select the rebuild rate for drives connected to load the default MegaRAID® WebBIOS CU settings. BGI Rate...
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... mind, click Reset to return the options to control the interval (in seconds) at the same time. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-31 Controller Properties Menu Options (Cont.) Option Description Patrol Read Rate Use this option to enable or disable the BIOS for drives connected to stop when the controller BIOS encounters an error during boot-up at which the contents of...
... mind, click Reset to return the options to control the interval (in seconds) at the same time. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-31 Controller Properties Menu Options (Cont.) Option Description Patrol Read Rate Use this option to enable or disable the BIOS for drives connected to stop when the controller BIOS encounters an error during boot-up at which the contents of...
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... available capacity. A reconstruction operation begins on the virtual drive that you want to migrate the RAID level of the virtual drive after expansion. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-33 When the message appears, confirm that you want to save. • Select Adv Opers to set the advanced operations on this virtual drive. 1. You must wait until the reconstruction is completed...
... available capacity. A reconstruction operation begins on the virtual drive that you want to migrate the RAID level of the virtual drive after expansion. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-33 When the message appears, confirm that you want to save. • Select Adv Opers to set the advanced operations on this virtual drive. 1. You must wait until the reconstruction is completed...
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... example, this icon indicates that a device is running in a degraded state because a drive has failed: . 2-50 Chapter 2: RAID configuration The following icons in the left panel represent the controllers, drives, and other devices: • System • Controller • Slot for a drive • Drive group • Virtual drive A red circle to the right of an icon indicates that a virtual...
... example, this icon indicates that a device is running in a degraded state because a drive has failed: . 2-50 Chapter 2: RAID configuration The following icons in the left panel represent the controllers, drives, and other devices: • System • Controller • Slot for a drive • Drive group • Virtual drive A red circle to the right of an icon indicates that a virtual...
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...;e�c�t PIKE 2108 SAS2 card Driver, and press to install or update the RAID card drivers. This part provides instructions on a hard disk drive that is required when installing Windows® Server 2003 or Linux operating system on how to enter the submenu. A floppy disk with the RAID driver is included in the RAID card support CD for your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. Restart...
...;e�c�t PIKE 2108 SAS2 card Driver, and press to install or update the RAID card drivers. This part provides instructions on a hard disk drive that is required when installing Windows® Server 2003 or Linux operating system on how to enter the submenu. A floppy disk with the RAID driver is included in the RAID card support CD for your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. Restart...
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... F6 if you need to manually specify an adapter. Press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... 3. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit 3-4 Chapter 3: Driver installation The next screen appears. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s): * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for which you have a device...
... F6 if you need to manually specify an adapter. Press to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... 3. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit 3-4 Chapter 3: Driver installation The next screen appears. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s): * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for which you have a device...
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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 close the wizard. 3-8 Chapter 3: Driver installation The system automatically updates the driver. After completing driver update, click Finish to continue. 9.
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 close the wizard. 3-8 Chapter 3: Driver installation The system automatically updates the driver. After completing driver update, click Finish to continue. 9.
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Select the drive to continue. 3-10 Chapter 3: Driver installation 5. When the system finishes loading the RAID driver, replace the SAS RAID card Support CD with the OS installation. Setup then proceeds with the Windows Server installation disc. Follow screen instructions to install Windows and click Next. 8. Select LSI MegaRAID SAS PCI Express ROMB and click Next. 7. Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support CD, and then click OK to continue. 6.
Select the drive to continue. 3-10 Chapter 3: Driver installation 5. When the system finishes loading the RAID driver, replace the SAS RAID card Support CD with the OS installation. Setup then proceeds with the Windows Server installation disc. Follow screen instructions to install Windows and click Next. 8. Select LSI MegaRAID SAS PCI Express ROMB and click Next. 7. Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support CD, and then click OK to continue. 6.
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Click Browse my computer for Folder window, locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support CD, and then click OK to continue. 8. In the Browse for driver software. 6. 5. Click Browse. 7. In the Update Driver Software window, click Next to exit the wizard. 3-12 Chapter 3: Driver installation The system automatically updates the driver. After completing driver update, click Close to continue. 9. Insert the SAS RAID card Support CD into the optical drive.
Click Browse my computer for Folder window, locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support CD, and then click OK to continue. 8. In the Browse for driver software. 6. 5. Click Browse. 7. In the Update Driver Software window, click Next to exit the wizard. 3-12 Chapter 3: Driver installation The system automatically updates the driver. After completing driver update, click Close to continue. 9. Insert the SAS RAID card Support CD into the optical drive.