LSI MegaRAID User Manual English and Traditional-Chinese Edition
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4. 5. Windows 2000 LSI MEGARAID Products for Windows 2000 Driver Windows 2003 Server LSI MEGARAID Products for Windows 2003 (x86) Windows XP RAID 320-0 AZCRB [MegaRAID SCSI 320-0 controller] RAID 320-1 [MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 RAID controller] RAID 320-2 [MegaRAID SCSI 320- 2 RAID controller] LSI MegaRAID 2-3
4. 5. Windows 2000 LSI MEGARAID Products for Windows 2000 Driver Windows 2003 Server LSI MEGARAID Products for Windows 2003 (x86) Windows XP RAID 320-0 AZCRB [MegaRAID SCSI 320-0 controller] RAID 320-1 [MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 RAID controller] RAID 320-2 [MegaRAID SCSI 320- 2 RAID controller] LSI MegaRAID 2-3
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... will not need to install the appropriate operating system software drivers. Read this manual until after you have installed the MegaRAID controller. 1 Overview The basic MegaRAID documentation is provided in the MegaRAID hardware guide for your MegaRAID board • the MegaRAID ... manuals: • the MegaRAID Hardware Guide for your MegaRAID board. It also contains general introductory information about installing the MegaRAID controller. You must read the MegaRAID Hardware Guide before you read the MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide. RAID system planning, installation, and...
... will not need to install the appropriate operating system software drivers. Read this manual until after you have installed the MegaRAID controller. 1 Overview The basic MegaRAID documentation is provided in the MegaRAID hardware guide for your MegaRAID board • the MegaRAID ... manuals: • the MegaRAID Hardware Guide for your MegaRAID board. It also contains general introductory information about installing the MegaRAID controller. You must read the MegaRAID Hardware Guide before you read the MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide. RAID system planning, installation, and...
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... BIOS Configuration Utility to: • create hotspare drives • configure physical arrays and logical drives • initialize one or more logical drives • individually access controllers, logical drives, and, physical drives • low-level format hard disk drives • rebuild failed disk drives • verify that support Ultra 160M, and 40...
... BIOS Configuration Utility to: • create hotspare drives • configure physical arrays and logical drives • initialize one or more logical drives • individually access controllers, logical drives, and, physical drives • low-level format hard disk drives • rebuild failed disk drives • verify that support Ultra 160M, and 40...
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... provides on the fly RAID migration, creating almost limitless adaptability and expansion of hard disk drives, tape drives, and CDROM drives. Use MegaRAID Manager to control and monitor the status of any workstation.
... provides on the fly RAID migration, creating almost limitless adaptability and expansion of hard disk drives, tape drives, and CDROM drives. Use MegaRAID Manager to control and monitor the status of any workstation.
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...; remove any physical drive from a logical drive • change a RAID 1, 3, or 5 logical drive to a RAID 0 logical drive Operating System Drivers The MegaRAID PCI SCSI Disk Array RAID Controller is installed in any DOS-compatible operating system using the standard AT BIOS INT 13h Hard Disk Drive interface. In This Manual, Continued Power...
...; remove any physical drive from a logical drive • change a RAID 1, 3, or 5 logical drive to a RAID 0 logical drive Operating System Drivers The MegaRAID PCI SCSI Disk Array RAID Controller is installed in any DOS-compatible operating system using the standard AT BIOS INT 13h Hard Disk Drive interface. In This Manual, Continued Power...
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... Utility To... Choose this menu Configure Initialize Format Rebuild Configure turn to individually access controllers, logical drives, and physical drives. configure arrays and logical drives initialize logical drives format a disk drive rebuild a disk drive use a pre-loaded SCSI drive as-is correct. Choose this option to ... page 16 page 29 page 31...
... Utility To... Choose this menu Configure Initialize Format Rebuild Configure turn to individually access controllers, logical drives, and physical drives. configure arrays and logical drives initialize logical drives format a disk drive rebuild a disk drive use a pre-loaded SCSI drive as-is correct. Choose this option to ... page 16 page 29 page 31...
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... on each drive even if the drives have changed channel and/or target ID. If MegaRAID is replaced, the new MegaRAID controller can detect the RAID configuration, maintaining the integrity of the data on the disk drives attached to MegaRAID. Chapter 2 MegaRAID ...Configuration Utility 9 Make sure that the new controller have no configuration. Note: It is important that NVRAM Configuration is cleared before you install SCSI cables. Select View/Add Configuration. MegaRAID Configuration On Disk MegaRAID supports Configuration on Disk...
... on each drive even if the drives have changed channel and/or target ID. If MegaRAID is replaced, the new MegaRAID controller can detect the RAID configuration, maintaining the integrity of the data on the disk drives attached to MegaRAID. Chapter 2 MegaRAID ...Configuration Utility 9 Make sure that the new controller have no configuration. Note: It is important that NVRAM Configuration is cleared before you install SCSI cables. Select View/Add Configuration. MegaRAID Configuration On Disk MegaRAID supports Configuration on Disk...
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... provides the same functions available in New Configuration. See page 29 for additional information. Configuration Utility Initialize Menu Initialize Choose this option from the MegaRAID controller non-volatile memory. See page 17 for additional information. Select this method to discard the existing configuration information and to associate logical drives with exactly...
... provides the same functions available in New Configuration. See page 29 for additional information. Configuration Utility Initialize Menu Initialize Choose this option from the MegaRAID controller non-volatile memory. See page 17 for additional information. Select this method to discard the existing configuration information and to associate logical drives with exactly...
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... PowerFail • Disk Spin up Timings • Chip Set Type • Cache Flush Timings • Rebuild Rate • Alarm Control • Factory Defaults • Auto Rebuild The Objects/Adapter menu options are as follows. Cont'd Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 11 You... can also install other controllers. You can install only one ) and to access the controllers, logical drives, physical drives, and SCSI channels individually. Choose this option to load the default MegaRAID Configuration Utility settings...
... PowerFail • Disk Spin up Timings • Chip Set Type • Cache Flush Timings • Rebuild Rate • Alarm Control • Factory Defaults • Auto Rebuild The Objects/Adapter menu options are as follows. Cont'd Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 11 You... can also install other controllers. You can install only one ) and to access the controllers, logical drives, physical drives, and SCSI channels individually. Choose this option to load the default MegaRAID Configuration Utility settings...
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...controller is not. Choose this option to display the drive properties for the selected physical device. Choose this option to designate the selected disk drive as a hot spare. Choose this option to change this setting. The default setting is Enabled. Configuration Utility Objects Menu, Continued SCSI... for the selected physical device. MegaRAID automatically uses the fastest possible data transfer rate based on the currently selected controller. The default is Enhanced. MegaRAID automatically sets this option from the Configuration Utility Objects menu to select a physical...
...controller is not. Choose this option to display the drive properties for the selected physical device. Choose this option to designate the selected disk drive as a hot spare. Choose this option to change this setting. The default setting is Enabled. Configuration Utility Objects Menu, Continued SCSI... for the selected physical device. MegaRAID automatically uses the fastest possible data transfer rate based on the currently selected controller. The default is Enhanced. MegaRAID automatically sets this option from the Configuration Utility Objects menu to select a physical...
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.... When you choose Check Consistency, the parameters of the existing logical drives on a data drive, the bad data block is a read error on the current controller and a selection menu listing the logical drives by number appear. Press the spacebar to begin the consistency check. However, if the failure is reassigned with...
.... When you choose Check Consistency, the parameters of the existing logical drives on a data drive, the bad data block is a read error on the current controller and a selection menu listing the logical drives by number appear. Press the spacebar to begin the consistency check. However, if the failure is reassigned with...
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... drives. 4 Define logical drive(s) using : • Easy Configuration, • New Configuration, or • View/Add Configuration. You can install other MegaRAID controllers in the computer. Each configuration method requires a different level of operations for array and logical drive configuration is installed in the computer. Adapter Adapter-1 Adapter... you want to disable the BIOS. Configuration Utility Select Adapter Menu This menu item appears only if more than one MegaRAID controller, but you choose the Select Adapter option: Sel. The general flow of user input.
... drives. 4 Define logical drive(s) using : • Easy Configuration, • New Configuration, or • View/Add Configuration. You can install other MegaRAID controllers in the computer. Each configuration method requires a different level of operations for array and logical drive configuration is installed in the computer. Adapter Adapter-1 Adapter... you want to disable the BIOS. Configuration Utility Select Adapter Menu This menu item appears only if more than one MegaRAID controller, but you choose the Select Adapter option: Sel. The general flow of user input.
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...8226; I /O policy If logical drives have already been configured when you select New Configuration, the existing configuration information on the selected controller is destroyed when the new configuration is not disturbed. See page 26 for instructions on Easy Configuration. See page 23 for additional ... See page 19 for instructions on New Configuration. View/Add Configuration View/Add Configuration allows you to control the same logical drive parameters as New Configuration without disturbing the existing configuration information. Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 17
...8226; I /O policy If logical drives have already been configured when you select New Configuration, the existing configuration information on the selected controller is destroyed when the new configuration is not disturbed. See page 26 for instructions on Easy Configuration. See page 23 for additional ... See page 19 for instructions on New Configuration. View/Add Configuration View/Add Configuration allows you to control the same logical drive parameters as New Configuration without disturbing the existing configuration information. Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 17
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... Management menu, then select Physical Drive. Press When you choose any configuration option, a list of all physical devices connected to the current controller appears, as a hot spare. Each MegaRAID controller supports up along with the RAID drives and usually stay in a standby state. If a disk drive used for designating physical drives as...
... Management menu, then select Physical Drive. Press When you choose any configuration option, a list of all physical devices connected to the current controller appears, as a hot spare. Each MegaRAID controller supports up along with the RAID drives and usually stay in a standby state. If a disk drive used for designating physical drives as...
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...back caching has a performance advantage over write-through caching has a data security advantage over write-back caching. Read-ahead This option enables the SCSI read -ahead for the current logical drive. however, all reads are still evaluated for the logical drive. Cache Policy This parameter applies to... KB. The default is the default setting. Write Policy This option sets the caching method to write-back or write-through caching, the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to exit the Advanced Menu. This is 64 KB. This is the default setting. If all the ...
...back caching has a performance advantage over write-through caching has a data security advantage over write-back caching. Read-ahead This option enables the SCSI read -ahead for the current logical drive. however, all reads are still evaluated for the logical drive. Cache Policy This parameter applies to... KB. The default is the default setting. Write Policy This option sets the caching method to write-back or write-through caching, the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to exit the Advanced Menu. This is 64 KB. This is the default setting. If all the ...
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... you respond to exit Easy Configuration. The array selection screen appears if any unconfigured disk drives remain. 8 Repeat steps 3 through 7 to 40 logical drives per controller. MegaRAID supports up to configure another array and logical drive. See Initializing Logical Drives on page 29. 22 MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide Using Easy Configuration...
... you respond to exit Easy Configuration. The array selection screen appears if any unconfigured disk drives remain. 8 Repeat steps 3 through 7 to 40 logical drives per controller. MegaRAID supports up to configure another array and logical drive. See Initializing Logical Drives on page 29. 22 MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide Using Easy Configuration...
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...3 in the array are : Display the manufacturer data and MegaRAID error count for the selected drive changes from the Configure menu. Try to the current controller. RAID 5 requires at least three physical drives per array. 4 Press when you are finished creating the current array. RAID 1 requires 2 physical drives ... physical drive with the current array. Erases Configuration Choosing the New Configuration option erases the existing configuration information on the selected controller. Hot key information appears at the bottom of the smallest drive in a specific array.
...3 in the array are : Display the manufacturer data and MegaRAID error count for the selected drive changes from the Configure menu. Try to the current controller. RAID 5 requires at least three physical drives per array. 4 Press when you are finished creating the current array. RAID 1 requires 2 physical drives ... physical drive with the current array. Erases Configuration Choosing the New Configuration option erases the existing configuration information on the selected controller. Hot key information appears at the bottom of the smallest drive in a specific array.
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... for the current logical drive. Data is the default setting. If space remains in a transaction. Read-ahead This option enables the SCSI read -ahead for the current logical drive. Press to the host when the disk subsystem has received all read performance, especially if... caching has a data security advantage over write-back caching, whereas write-back caching has a performance advantage over write-through caching, the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to exit the Advanced Menu. 10 After you are not buffered in sequential sectors. Normal specifies that ...
... for the current logical drive. Data is the default setting. If space remains in a transaction. Read-ahead This option enables the SCSI read -ahead for the current logical drive. Press to the host when the disk subsystem has received all read performance, especially if... caching has a data security advantage over write-back caching, whereas write-back caching has a performance advantage over write-through caching, the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to exit the Advanced Menu. 10 After you are not buffered in sequential sectors. Normal specifies that ...
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... the bottom of the same capacity in a specific array determines the RAID levels that have the capacity of arrays). Press the spacebar to the current controller. For example, ONLIN A2-3 means disk drive 3 in the array. RAID 1 requires 2 physical drives per array. 4 Press when you can be implemented with different capacities...
... the bottom of the same capacity in a specific array determines the RAID levels that have the capacity of arrays). Press the spacebar to the current controller. For example, ONLIN A2-3 means disk drive 3 in the array. RAID 1 requires 2 physical drives per array. 4 Press when you can be implemented with different capacities...