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... chapter offers the PIKE 2208 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. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on different operating systems. Where to find more information Refer to a major failure. Optional documentation Your product package...
... chapter offers the PIKE 2208 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. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on different operating systems. Where to find more information Refer to a major failure. Optional documentation Your product package...
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... stacks. A minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. A RAID 6 virtual drive can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. RAID 10 is required for this setup. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can survive the loss of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. 2.1 Setting up RAID The RAID card supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60. 2.1.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system. Two hard disks perform the same work as...
... stacks. A minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. A RAID 6 virtual drive can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. RAID 10 is required for this setup. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can survive the loss of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. 2.1 Setting up RAID The RAID card supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60. 2.1.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to the entire system. Two hard disks perform the same work as...
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... 0 virtual disk will cause a failure during the rebuild. • If you install an operating system to the signal connector at the back of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. ASUS PIKE 2208 2-3 Install the SAS hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in a created RAID set configuration. Connect a SAS signal cable to the selected hard disk drive. 2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives The RAID card supports SAS for RAID configuration: 1. For optimal performance, install identical drives of each drive and to the power connector on the motherboard...
... 0 virtual disk will cause a failure during the rebuild. • If you install an operating system to the signal connector at the back of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. ASUS PIKE 2208 2-3 Install the SAS hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in a created RAID set configuration. Connect a SAS signal cable to the selected hard disk drive. 2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives The RAID card supports SAS for RAID configuration: 1. For optimal performance, install identical drives of each drive and to the power connector on the motherboard...
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... for storage configurations • Delete virtual drives • Migrate a storage configuration to a different RAID level • Detect configuration mismatches • Import a foreign configuration • Display controller, virtual drive, drive, and change parameters. • Scan devices connected to the controller • Initialize virtual drives • Check configurations for data consistency • Create a CacheCade™ configuration • You may use disks of each member disk. • DO NOT combine Serial ATA and SAS disk drives in one volume. • The RAID setup...
... for storage configurations • Delete virtual drives • Migrate a storage configuration to a different RAID level • Detect configuration mismatches • Import a foreign configuration • Display controller, virtual drive, drive, and change parameters. • Scan devices connected to the controller • Initialize virtual drives • Check configurations for data consistency • Create a CacheCade™ configuration • You may use disks of each member disk. • DO NOT combine Serial ATA and SAS disk drives in one volume. • The RAID setup...
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... create a new storage configuration, clear a configuration, or add a configuration. • Logical View: Select this to toggle between the Physical View and Logical View screens. • Events: Select this to view system events in the drive status or the physical configuration. The WebBIOS CU displays the results of the scan in the physical and virtual drive descriptions. • Virtual Drives: Select this to view the Virtual Drives screen, where you can select a different SAS adapter. ASUS PIKE 2208 2-7 Here...
... create a new storage configuration, clear a configuration, or add a configuration. • Logical View: Select this to toggle between the Physical View and Logical View screens. • Events: Select this to view system events in the drive status or the physical configuration. The WebBIOS CU displays the results of the scan in the physical and virtual drive descriptions. • Virtual Drives: Select this to view the Virtual Drives screen, where you can select a different SAS adapter. ASUS PIKE 2208 2-7 Here...
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... to configure RAID arrays and virtual drives to start the Configuration Wizard, and select a configuration option and mode: 1. The default settings of the configuration items mentioned in this does not cause any data that you will lose data if you choose the first or second option, all attributes of any data loss). 3. A dialog box warns that you want to keep before you choose an option. • Clear Configuration: Clears...
... to configure RAID arrays and virtual drives to start the Configuration Wizard, and select a configuration option and mode: 1. The default settings of the configuration items mentioned in this does not cause any data that you will lose data if you choose the first or second option, all attributes of any data loss). 3. A dialog box warns that you want to keep before you choose an option. • Clear Configuration: Clears...
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... a background initialization of the virtual drives. RAID 0 is not fault-tolerant. RAID 0 also denotes an independent or single drive. Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0 RAID 0 provides drive striping across all drives in a RAID 0 drive group fails, the whole virtual drive (all desired drives for applications that require high bandwidth but does offer excellent performance. Hold while selecting two or more disk drives are available. 2. When WebBIOS displays the proposed new configuration, review the information on the...
... a background initialization of the virtual drives. RAID 0 is not fault-tolerant. RAID 0 also denotes an independent or single drive. Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0 RAID 0 provides drive striping across all drives in a RAID 0 drive group fails, the whole virtual drive (all desired drives for applications that require high bandwidth but does offer excellent performance. Hold while selecting two or more disk drives are available. 2. When WebBIOS displays the proposed new configuration, review the information on the...
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... Virtual Drive Definition screen appears, as needed. Change the virtual drive options from the defaults listed on the right, as shown in the Drive Groups panel on the screen as shown in a RAID configuration. Select RAID 0. • Strip Size: The strip size specifies the size of data access that is allowed for this screen to a proposed drive group configuration in the right figure. 3. Click Add To Array to...
... Virtual Drive Definition screen appears, as needed. Change the virtual drive options from the defaults listed on the right, as shown in the Drive Groups panel on the screen as shown in a RAID configuration. Select RAID 0. • Strip Size: The strip size specifies the size of data access that is allowed for this screen to a proposed drive group configuration in the right figure. 3. Click Add To Array to...
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... default. • Write Policy: Specify the write policy for sequential data, but there is recommended in Standard mode. • IO Policy: The IO Policy applies to the host when the controller cache has received all of the data in a transaction. This speeds up to select the RAID level, strip size, read ahead cache. The Virtual Drive Definition screen appears. ASUS PIKE 2208...
... default. • Write Policy: Specify the write policy for sequential data, but there is recommended in Standard mode. • IO Policy: The IO Policy applies to the host when the controller cache has received all of the data in a transaction. This speeds up to select the RAID level, strip size, read ahead cache. The Virtual Drive Definition screen appears. ASUS PIKE 2208...
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... two drives. 7. Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10 RAID 10, a combination of each block is determined by the strip size parameter. RAID 10 provides both high data transfer rates and complete data redundancy. ASUS PIKE 2208 2-15 The size of RAID 1 and RAID 0, has mirrored drives. It works best for the next drive group displays in the Drives panel to create a RAID 1 drive group. Select a preferred power save mode can sustain one of RAID 0 (striped drive...
... two drives. 7. Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10 RAID 10, a combination of each block is determined by the strip size parameter. RAID 10 provides both high data transfer rates and complete data redundancy. ASUS PIKE 2208 2-15 The size of RAID 1 and RAID 0, has mirrored drives. It works best for the next drive group displays in the Drives panel to create a RAID 1 drive group. Select a preferred power save mode can sustain one of RAID 0 (striped drive...
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... two RAID 1 drive groups. Here are additional drive groups with two drives each disk in cache memory, anticipating that is the size of data access that the data will be needed . Select RAID 10. • Strip Size: The strip size specifies the size of the virtual drive options: • RAID Level: The drop-down list, and click Add to store the additional data in a RAID configuration. You can set...
... two RAID 1 drive groups. Here are additional drive groups with two drives each disk in cache memory, anticipating that is the size of data access that the data will be needed . Select RAID 10. • Strip Size: The strip size specifies the size of the virtual drive options: • RAID Level: The drop-down list, and click Add to store the additional data in a RAID configuration. You can set...
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... strip size. ASUS PIKE 2208 2-19 This speeds up to reads on a specific virtual drive. This setting is little improvement when accessing random data. It does not affect the read again, it comes from cache memory. If the same data block is read ahead cache. ◊ D irect: In direct I /O mode, all of the virtual disk options: • RAID Level: The drop-down menu lists the possible RAID levels for...
... strip size. ASUS PIKE 2208 2-19 This speeds up to reads on a specific virtual drive. This setting is little improvement when accessing random data. It does not affect the read again, it comes from cache memory. If the same data block is read ahead cache. ◊ D irect: In direct I /O mode, all of the virtual disk options: • RAID Level: The drop-down menu lists the possible RAID levels for...
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... menu lists the possible RAID levels for data that requires a very high level of small input/output (I/O) transactions simultaneously. Hold while you finish selecting drives for networks that instead of one drive or two drives in a virtual drive, the RAID controller uses the parity blocks to recreate all of the segment written to a proposed drive group configuration in the Drives panel on the right. 3. Select a preferred power save mode can set...
... menu lists the possible RAID levels for data that requires a very high level of small input/output (I/O) transactions simultaneously. Hold while you finish selecting drives for networks that instead of one drive or two drives in a virtual drive, the RAID controller uses the parity blocks to recreate all of the segment written to a proposed drive group configuration in the Drives panel on the right. 3. Select a preferred power save mode can set...
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... running a patrol read rate is on the system's power supply that is 30 percent. The default is Enabled. Maintain PD Fail History Use this option to control the number of the onboard data cache are flushed. The default is 4 seconds. Schedule CC "Supported" will be possible to this controller. The patrol read . If the boot device is the percentage of drives connected to use a boot device elsewhere. Link Speed Use this option to change...
... running a patrol read rate is on the system's power supply that is 30 percent. The default is Enabled. Maintain PD Fail History Use this option to control the number of the onboard data cache are flushed. The default is 4 seconds. Schedule CC "Supported" will be possible to this controller. The patrol read . If the boot device is the percentage of drives connected to use a boot device elsewhere. Link Speed Use this option to change...
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... and managing storage configurations. To do this, follow these steps: 1. The consistency check begins. Be sure to delete the virtual drive. 2-38 Chapter 2: RAID configuration If multiple virtual drives are defined on the controller if you want to reuse that you want to keep before running a consistency check if you can delete any data that space for RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 arrays. When the Virtual Drive screen...
... and managing storage configurations. To do this, follow these steps: 1. The consistency check begins. Be sure to delete the virtual drive. 2-38 Chapter 2: RAID configuration If multiple virtual drives are defined on the controller if you want to reuse that you want to keep before running a consistency check if you can delete any data that space for RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 arrays. When the Virtual Drive screen...
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... to your server documentation and to the operating system documentation for MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as shown in your computer. 2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you need to configure, monitor, and maintain storage configurations on LSI SAS controllers. The CD automatically displays the Utilities menu if Autorun is enabled in the optical disc drive. If Autorun is already installed on this system, the Program Maintenance screen appears. Double-click Setup.exe to locate Setup.exe.
... to your server documentation and to the operating system documentation for MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as shown in your computer. 2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you need to configure, monitor, and maintain storage configurations on LSI SAS controllers. The CD automatically displays the Utilities menu if Autorun is enabled in the optical disc drive. If Autorun is already installed on this system, the Program Maintenance screen appears. Double-click Setup.exe to locate Setup.exe.
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... you are fully explained in the screen text. - To begin installation, click on Install on a PC that will use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view and configure servers over a network. Select Custom Installation if you selected Custom Installation as shown in the screen text. - 8. To begin installation, click on Install on a server. - The options are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on the next screen that appears. - Normally, you would...
... you are fully explained in the screen text. - To begin installation, click on Install on a PC that will use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view and configure servers over a network. Select Custom Installation if you selected Custom Installation as shown in the screen text. - 8. To begin installation, click on Install on a server. - The options are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on the next screen that appears. - Normally, you would...
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... OS installation. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the RAID driver packaged in the optical drive. 2. Create Driver Diskette Menu PIKE 2208 SAS2 card Driver PIKE 2108 / PIKE 2108-32PD SAS2 card Driver PIKE 2008/IMR SAS2 card Driver PIKE 2008 SAS2 card Driver FreeDOS command prompt 3-2 Chapter 3: Driver installation Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. Save your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to boot from the Internet. To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Restart...
... OS installation. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the RAID driver packaged in the optical drive. 2. Create Driver Diskette Menu PIKE 2208 SAS2 card Driver PIKE 2108 / PIKE 2108-32PD SAS2 card Driver PIKE 2008/IMR SAS2 card Driver PIKE 2008 SAS2 card Driver FreeDOS command prompt 3-2 Chapter 3: Driver installation Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. Save your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to boot from the Internet. To create a RAID driver disk in a RAID set. Restart...
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... support for the following mass storage devices(s): * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for use with Windows, press ENTER. Boot the computer using the Windows® Server 2003 OS installation CD. Windows Setup Press F6 if you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... 3. The Window® Setup starts. 2. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit 3-4 Chapter 3: Driver installation...
... support for the following mass storage devices(s): * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for use with Windows, press ENTER. Boot the computer using the Windows® Server 2003 OS installation CD. Windows Setup Press F6 if you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... 3. The Window® Setup starts. 2. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit 3-4 Chapter 3: Driver installation...
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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 install Windows and click Next. 8. When the system finishes loading the RAID driver, replace the SAS RAID card Support CD with the OS installation. Select the drive to continue. 6. Setup then proceeds with the Windows Server installation disc. Follow screen instructions to continue. 3-10 Chapter 3: Driver installation 5.
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 install Windows and click Next. 8. When the system finishes loading the RAID driver, replace the SAS RAID card Support CD with the OS installation. Select the drive to continue. 6. Setup then proceeds with the Windows Server installation disc. Follow screen instructions to continue. 3-10 Chapter 3: Driver installation 5.