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... Controller Interface Ports Support Device Data transfer rate RAID level Cache Battery Backup Support OS support* Form factor LSI SAS 2108 6Gb/s SAS Controller ASUS PIKE interface 8 ports SAS / SAS II devices SATA / SATA II / SATA III devices SATA III and SAS II 6Gb/s per PHY • RAID 0 / 1 / 10 / 5 / 50 / 6 / 60 ...
... Controller Interface Ports Support Device Data transfer rate RAID level Cache Battery Backup Support OS support* Form factor LSI SAS 2108 6Gb/s SAS Controller ASUS PIKE interface 8 ports SAS / SAS II devices SATA / SATA II / SATA III devices SATA III and SAS II 6Gb/s per PHY • RAID 0 / 1 / 10 / 5 / 50 / 6 / 60 ...
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Align the pin 1 wire (red) of the BBU cable to the triangle mark on the PIKE RAID card. Attach the Battery Backup Unit (BBU) cable If you have a LSI Battery Backup Unit (BBU), connect the BBU cable to the BBU connector on the BBU connector, and then firmly insert the cable. Remove the ... card to the motherboard. 3. Release the heatsink latch from the card slot with a finger, and then remove the RAID card from the server system 1. Uninstall ASUS PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card from the slot. 1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction Disconnect all SAS hard disk drives from the motherboard. 2.
Align the pin 1 wire (red) of the BBU cable to the triangle mark on the PIKE RAID card. Attach the Battery Backup Unit (BBU) cable If you have a LSI Battery Backup Unit (BBU), connect the BBU cable to the BBU connector on the BBU connector, and then firmly insert the cable. Remove the ... card to the motherboard. 3. Release the heatsink latch from the card slot with a finger, and then remove the RAID card from the server system 1. Uninstall ASUS PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card from the slot. 1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction Disconnect all SAS hard disk drives from the motherboard. 2.
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...: this option is for Preboot CLI _ 3. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-5 The main WebBIOS CU screen appears. LSI MegaRAID SAS-MFI BIOS Version 3.19.00 (Build October 19, 2010) Copyright(C) 2010 LSI Corporation HA -0 (Bus 12 Dev 0) LSI MegaRAID SAS PCI Express ROMB FW package: 12.12.0-0033 Battery Status: Not present PCI SLOT ID LUN...
...: this option is for Preboot CLI _ 3. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-5 The main WebBIOS CU screen appears. LSI MegaRAID SAS-MFI BIOS Version 3.19.00 (Build October 19, 2010) Copyright(C) 2010 LSI Corporation HA -0 (Bus 12 Dev 0) LSI MegaRAID SAS PCI Express ROMB FW package: 12.12.0-0033 Battery Status: Not present PCI SLOT ID LUN...
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... the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache has received all reads are not buffered in a transaction. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-11 This speeds up reads for RAID 0 shown in cache memory. This is the default. ◊ Enable: Enable the drive cache. ...cache memory. This setting has to be initialized in a transaction. Data is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). ◊ A head: This enables read ahead capability, which allows the controller to read sequentially ahead of requested data and...
... the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache has received all reads are not buffered in a transaction. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-11 This speeds up reads for RAID 0 shown in cache memory. This is the default. ◊ Enable: Enable the drive cache. ...cache memory. This setting has to be initialized in a transaction. Data is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). ◊ A head: This enables read ahead capability, which allows the controller to read sequentially ahead of requested data and...
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... a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache has received all reads are not buffered in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). Here are brief explanations of the data in a RAID configuration. This is the default. ◊ Read Only: Allow read-only access. ◊... allow access. • Read Policy: Specify the read policy for sequential data, but there is the default. • Drive Cache: Specify the drive cache policy: ASUS PIKE 2108 2-13
... a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache has received all reads are not buffered in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). Here are brief explanations of the data in a RAID configuration. This is the default. ◊ Read Only: Allow read-only access. ◊... allow access. • Read Policy: Specify the read policy for sequential data, but there is the default. • Drive Cache: Specify the drive cache policy: ASUS PIKE 2108 2-13
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.... • Strip Size: The strip size specifies the size of the data in a transaction. This setting is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). 15. A larger strip size produces higher read requests, choose a smaller strip size. This setting has to the host when the controller cache...
.... • Strip Size: The strip size specifies the size of the data in a transaction. This setting is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). 15. A larger strip size produces higher read requests, choose a smaller strip size. This setting has to the host when the controller cache...
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... cache. ◊ D irect: In direct I /O mode, all reads are buffered in cache memory. This is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). ASUS PIKE 2108 2-19 Normally, this controller. • Select Size: Specify the size of the virtual drive in terabytes, gigabytes, megabytes, or kilobytes. This is the default...
... cache. ◊ D irect: In direct I /O mode, all reads are buffered in cache memory. This is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). ASUS PIKE 2108 2-19 Normally, this controller. • Select Size: Specify the size of the virtual drive in terabytes, gigabytes, megabytes, or kilobytes. This is the default...
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... the changes. 16. Click Yes at the prompt to confirm the write policy mode you are not buffered in cache memory. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). If the same data block is acceptable, click Accept to the host when the controller cache has received all reads are buffered...
... the changes. 16. Click Yes at the prompt to confirm the write policy mode you are not buffered in cache memory. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). If the same data block is acceptable, click Accept to the host when the controller cache has received all reads are buffered...
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... from cache memory. ◊ C ached: In cached I /O mode, reads are buffered in cache memory. This setting is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). This is the default. • Drive Cache: Specify the drive cache policy: ◊ N oChange: Leave the current drive cache policy unchanged. This...
... from cache memory. ◊ C ached: In cached I /O mode, reads are buffered in cache memory. This setting is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). This is the default. • Drive Cache: Specify the drive cache policy: ◊ N oChange: Leave the current drive cache policy unchanged. This...
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This is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). This setting is the default. ◊ Read Only: Allow read policy for this controller. If the same data block is the default. ... the controller cache has received all of requested data and to store the additional data in a transaction. Data is little improvement when accessing random data. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-27 This is read /write access. This means that the data will be needed soon. ◊ RW: Allow read again, it comes from cache memory...
This is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ W rite Back with a Battery Backup Unit (BBU). This setting is the default. ◊ Read Only: Allow read policy for this controller. If the same data block is the default. ... the controller cache has received all of requested data and to store the additional data in a transaction. Data is little improvement when accessing random data. ASUS PIKE 2108 2-27 This is read /write access. This means that the data will be needed soon. ◊ RW: Allow read again, it comes from cache memory...