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...ii Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by or disclosed to third parties without written consent of the appropriate LSI Logic of equipment prototypes. All rights reserved. LSI Logic reserves the right to make changes to improve products as new technology, components, software, and firmware become..., or systems. Use of any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right of LSI Logic Corporation to any products herein at any time without notice. LSI LOGIC DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE USE OF ANY PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN EXCEPT...
...ii Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by or disclosed to third parties without written consent of the appropriate LSI Logic of equipment prototypes. All rights reserved. LSI Logic reserves the right to make changes to improve products as new technology, components, software, and firmware become..., or systems. Use of any patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right of LSI Logic Corporation to any products herein at any time without notice. LSI LOGIC DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE USE OF ANY PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN EXCEPT...
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... registered trademarks of fices, and design resource centers, view our web page located at http://www.lsi.com iii Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. KL For a current list of our distributors, sales of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand and... product names may be trademarks of LSI Logic Corporation. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Windows and Windows NT are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective ...
... registered trademarks of fices, and design resource centers, view our web page located at http://www.lsi.com iii Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. KL For a current list of our distributors, sales of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand and... product names may be trademarks of LSI Logic Corporation. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Windows and Windows NT are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective ...
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...1, Introduction to Integrated RAID, provides an overview of Integrated RAID for SAS User's Guide v Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. Audience This user's guide assumes that you have some familiarity with installing and configuring software programs and that you are ...using the IR software product in general. Preface This user's guide explains how to configure and use the components of the LSI Integrated Mirroring™ (IM) and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) features. • Chapter 3, Creating IM and IME Volumes, describes how...
...1, Introduction to Integrated RAID, provides an overview of Integrated RAID for SAS User's Guide v Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. Audience This user's guide assumes that you have some familiarity with installing and configuring software programs and that you are ...using the IR software product in general. Preface This user's guide explains how to configure and use the components of the LSI Integrated Mirroring™ (IM) and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) features. • Chapter 3, Creating IM and IME Volumes, describes how...
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...Preface Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by the prefix "0x" -for example, 0b0011.0010.1100.1111. Binary numbers are indicated by LSI Logic Corporation. Deleted references to ten drives. • IM and IME arrays support one or two hot spare drives. Initial release of the... LSI Integrated Striping™ (IS) feature. • Chapter 5, Creating Integrated Striping Volumes, describes how to configure Integrated Striping (IS) volumes ...
...Preface Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by the prefix "0x" -for example, 0b0011.0010.1100.1111. Binary numbers are indicated by LSI Logic Corporation. Deleted references to ten drives. • IM and IME arrays support one or two hot spare drives. Initial release of the... LSI Integrated Striping™ (IS) feature. • Chapter 5, Creating Integrated Striping Volumes, describes how to configure Integrated Striping (IS) volumes ...
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... Configuration Overview 3-1 3.2 Creating IM and IME Volumes 3-2 3.2.1 Creating an IM Volume 3-3 3.2.2 Creating an IME Volume 3-5 Contents vii Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation.
... Configuration Overview 3-1 3.2 Creating IM and IME Volumes 3-2 3.2.1 Creating an IM Volume 3-3 3.2.2 Creating an IME Volume 3-5 Contents vii Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation.
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... an Array 5-5 5.4.3 Deleting an Array 5-6 5.4.4 Locating a Disk Drive, or Multiple Disk Drives in a Volume 5-6 5.4.5 Selecting a Boot Disk 5-7 viii Contents Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation.
... an Array 5-5 5.4.3 Deleting an Array 5-6 5.4.4 Locating a Disk Drive, or Multiple Disk Drives in a Volume 5-6 5.4.5 Selecting a Boot Disk 5-7 viii Contents Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation.
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...) A.3.13 LIST Command (EFI Version Only) Customer Feedback A-2 A-3 A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-7 A-10 A-11 A-12 A-13 A-14 A-15 A-16 A-17 A-18 Contents ix Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
...) A.3.13 LIST Command (EFI Version Only) Customer Feedback A-2 A-3 A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-7 A-10 A-11 A-12 A-13 A-14 A-15 A-16 A-17 A-18 Contents ix Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
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All rights reserved. Logical and Physical Views 4-3 5.1 Adapter Properties Screen 5-3 5.2 Create New Array Screen 5-4 Contents xi Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. Figures 2.1 Typical Integrated Mirroring Implementation 2-4 2.2 Integrated Mirroring Volume 2-4 2.3 Integrated Mirroring Enhanced with Three Disks 2-5 3.1 Adapter Properties Screen 3-3 3.2 Create New Array Screen 3-4 3.3 Manage Array Screen 3-7 4.1 Integrated Striping Example 4-3 4.2 Integrated Striping -
All rights reserved. Logical and Physical Views 4-3 5.1 Adapter Properties Screen 5-3 5.2 Create New Array Screen 5-4 Contents xi Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. Figures 2.1 Typical Integrated Mirroring Implementation 2-4 2.2 Integrated Mirroring Volume 2-4 2.3 Integrated Mirroring Enhanced with Three Disks 2-5 3.1 Adapter Properties Screen 3-3 3.2 Create New Array Screen 3-4 3.3 Manage Array Screen 3-7 4.1 Integrated Striping Example 4-3 4.2 Integrated Striping -
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...8226; Section 1.2, "Integrated RAID Benefits and Features," page 1-2 • Section 1.3, "Using this Manual," page 1-3 You can use the LSI Integrated RAID solution with two to ten disks. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 Introduction to Integrated RAID This chapter provides an overview of the..., and/or redundancy of Integrated RAID are required. Integrated RAID for SAS User's Guide 1-1 Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. The components of a RAID configuration are : • Integrated Mirroring (IM), which supports two-disk mirrored arrays and...
...8226; Section 1.2, "Integrated RAID Benefits and Features," page 1-2 • Section 1.3, "Using this Manual," page 1-3 You can use the LSI Integrated RAID solution with two to ten disks. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 Introduction to Integrated RAID This chapter provides an overview of the..., and/or redundancy of Integrated RAID are required. Integrated RAID for SAS User's Guide 1-1 Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. The components of a RAID configuration are : • Integrated Mirroring (IM), which supports two-disk mirrored arrays and...
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Each controller can create up to two Integrated RAID storage volumes on the same LSI SAS controller. 1.2 Integrated RAID Benefits and Features Integrated RAID has the following benefits ...visible to OS or to Integrated RAID Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by providing firmware support in its host adapters, LSI can boot from an IM, IME, or IS volume • No special OS-specific software required • High reliability and... provides processing power - All rights reserved. By simplifying the configuration options and by LSI Logic Corporation.
Each controller can create up to two Integrated RAID storage volumes on the same LSI SAS controller. 1.2 Integrated RAID Benefits and Features Integrated RAID has the following benefits ...visible to OS or to Integrated RAID Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by providing firmware support in its host adapters, LSI can boot from an IM, IME, or IS volume • No special OS-specific software required • High reliability and... provides processing power - All rights reserved. By simplifying the configuration options and by LSI Logic Corporation.
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1.3 Using this Manual • Chapters 2 and 3 of this Manual 1-3 Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Using this User's Guide list IM/IME features and explain how to create IM/IME volumes and optional hot spare disks. • Chapters 4 and 5 list Integrated Striping features and explain how to create Integrated Striping (IS) volumes. • Appendix A explains how to use the CFGGEN IR configuration utility to create IM, IME, and IS volumes in the manufacturing environment.
1.3 Using this Manual • Chapters 2 and 3 of this Manual 1-3 Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Using this User's Guide list IM/IME features and explain how to create IM/IME volumes and optional hot spare disks. • Chapters 4 and 5 list Integrated Striping features and explain how to create Integrated Striping (IS) volumes. • Appendix A explains how to use the CFGGEN IR configuration utility to create IM, IME, and IS volumes in the manufacturing environment.
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... 2-3 • Section 2.4, "Integrated RAID Firmware," page 2-5 • Section 2.5, "Fusion-MPT Support," page 2-7 2.1 Introduction As a result of the LSI Integrated Mirroring (IM) and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) features. If a disk in an Integrated Mirroring volume fails, the hot swap capability allows you to ...restore the volume by LSI Logic Corporation. Chapter 2 Overview of Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced This chapter provides an overview of the shift towards...
... 2-3 • Section 2.4, "Integrated RAID Firmware," page 2-5 • Section 2.5, "Fusion-MPT Support," page 2-7 2.1 Introduction As a result of the LSI Integrated Mirroring (IM) and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) features. If a disk in an Integrated Mirroring volume fails, the hot swap capability allows you to ...restore the volume by LSI Logic Corporation. Chapter 2 Overview of Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced This chapter provides an overview of the shift towards...
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...SATA disks and a second volume with SAS disks. 2-2 Overview of Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. The BIOS-based configuration utility makes it easy to ten mirrored disks. IM volumes have up to 12 disks total. (Requires...: • Configurations of disks cannot be combined in degraded mode (if one or two IM or IME volumes on the same LSI SAS controller. Two volumes can have two mirrored disks; This eliminates the need for two volumes per SAS controller. • Mirrored volumes run...
...SATA disks and a second volume with SAS disks. 2-2 Overview of Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. The BIOS-based configuration utility makes it easy to ten mirrored disks. IM volumes have up to 12 disks total. (Requires...: • Configurations of disks cannot be combined in degraded mode (if one or two IM or IME volumes on the same LSI SAS controller. Two volumes can have two mirrored disks; This eliminates the need for two volumes per SAS controller. • Mirrored volumes run...
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... data after unexpected power-down situations. • Metadata used to the BIOS, drivers, and operating system. All rights reserved. The runtime mirroring of the LSI SAS controller that data on IM/IME volumes is the boot volume, as a mirror of the first (primary) disk. Boot support is available ...through the firmware of the boot disk is transparent to store volume configuration on each LSI SAS controller (or one IM/IME volume and one of these volumes is always accessible. 2.3 IM/IME Description The...
... data after unexpected power-down situations. • Metadata used to the BIOS, drivers, and operating system. All rights reserved. The runtime mirroring of the LSI SAS controller that data on IM/IME volumes is the boot volume, as a mirror of the first (primary) disk. Boot support is available ...through the firmware of the boot disk is transparent to store volume configuration on each LSI SAS controller (or one IM/IME volume and one of these volumes is always accessible. 2.3 IM/IME Description The...
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All rights reserved. Figure 2.1 Typical Integrated Mirroring Implementation IM Volume Primary Mirror SAS LSI Fusion-MPT Controller Memory Bus NVSRAM (For Write Journaling) FLASH (For Configuration) The advantage of an IM/IME volume is that writes take ... can be added also.) Figure 2.3 shows the logical view and physical view of Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. This type of configuration is always a second, mirrored copy of an IM volume.
All rights reserved. Figure 2.1 Typical Integrated Mirroring Implementation IM Volume Primary Mirror SAS LSI Fusion-MPT Controller Memory Bus NVSRAM (For Write Journaling) FLASH (For Configuration) The advantage of an IM/IME volume is that writes take ... can be added also.) Figure 2.3 shows the logical view and physical view of Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. This type of configuration is always a second, mirrored copy of an IM volume.
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...after a hot swap has occurred to a physical disk in Integrated RAID Firmware 2-5 Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. When the firmware is initialized, each member disk is queried to continue on each member disk. All rights reserved... + Mirrored Stripe 4' + Mirrored Stripe 5' Mirrored Stripe n-2 Mirrored Stripe n' Mirrored Stripe n-1 Mirrored Stripe (n-2)' Mirrored Stripe n Mirrored Stripe (n-1)' The LSI BIOS-based configuration utility enables you to create IM and IME volumes during initial setup and to reconfigure them in response...
...after a hot swap has occurred to a physical disk in Integrated RAID Firmware 2-5 Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. When the firmware is initialized, each member disk is queried to continue on each member disk. All rights reserved... + Mirrored Stripe 4' + Mirrored Stripe 5' Mirrored Stripe n-2 Mirrored Stripe n' Mirrored Stripe n-1 Mirrored Stripe (n-2)' Mirrored Stripe n Mirrored Stripe (n-1)' The LSI BIOS-based configuration utility enables you to create IM and IME volumes during initial setup and to reconfigure them in response...
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.... If the firmware detects a SMART ASC/ASCQ code on the controller. Following a hot swap event, the firmware readies the new physical disk by LSI Logic Corporation. order to protect data on the IM/IME volumes configured on a physical disk in the IM/IME volume, it processes the...
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... for this segment is always valid. If the verification command fails for any reason, the other . 2.5 Fusion-MPT Support The BIOS uses the LSI Fusion-MPT interface to communicate to the SAS controller and firmware to enable IM and IME volumes. The Fusion-MPT drivers for IM/IME... the devices connected to perform write journaling. Write journaling is done to a power-cycle. 2.4.7 Disk Write Caching The firmware disables disk write caching by LSI Logic Corporation.
... for this segment is always valid. If the verification command fails for any reason, the other . 2.5 Fusion-MPT Support The BIOS uses the LSI Fusion-MPT interface to communicate to the SAS controller and firmware to enable IM and IME volumes. The Fusion-MPT drivers for IM/IME... the devices connected to perform write journaling. Write journaling is done to a power-cycle. 2.4.7 Disk Write Caching The firmware disables disk write caching by LSI Logic Corporation.