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HARDWARE
GUIDE
®
MegaRAID SCSI 320-1
RAID Controller
September 2002
®
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This document contains proprietary information of LSI Logic Corporation. The information contained herein is not to be used by or disclosed to third parties without the express written permission of an officer of LSI Logic Corporation. LSI Logic products are not intended for use in life-support appliances, devices, or systems. Use of any LSI Logic product in such applications without written consent of the appropriate LSI Logic officer is prohibited. Document DB15-000245-00, First Edition
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FCC Regulatory Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's author- ity to operate the equipment. This equipment has bee
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iv Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Preface This book is the primary reference and Hardware Guide for the LSI Logic ® MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 Controller. It contains instructions for installing the MegaRAID controller and for configuring RAID arrays. It also contains background information on RAID. The MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 controller supports single-ended and low- voltage differential (LVD) SCSI devices on an Ultra320 and Wide SCSI channel with data transfer rates up to 320 Mbytes/s. Audience This document is intended for people
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Chapter 6, Hardware Installation, explains how to install the MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 controller. Chapter 7, Troubleshooting, provides troubleshooting information for the MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 controller. Appendix A, SCSI Cables and Connectors, describes the SCSI cables and connectors used with the MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 controller. Appendix B, Audible Warnings, explains the meaning of the warning tones generated by the MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 controller. Appendix C, Glossary, defines many t
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MegaRAID Problem Report Form (Cont.) Operating System: BIOS Date: Op. Sys. Ver.: Video Adapter: MegaRAID CPU Type/Speed: Driver Ver.: Network Card: System Memory: Other disk controllers Other adapter cards installed: Installed: Description of problem: Steps necessary to re-create problem: 1. 2. 3. 4. Logical Drive Configuration Use this form to record the configuration details for your logical drives. Logical Drive Configuration Logical RAID Stripe Logical Drive Cache Read Write # of Physical
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Logical Drive Configuration (Cont.) Logical RAID Stripe Logical Drive Cache Read Write # of Physical Drive Level Size Size Policy Policy Policy Drives LD7 LD8 LD9 LD10 LD11 LD12 LD13 LD14 LD15 LD16 LD17 LD18 LD19 LD20 LD21 LD22 LD23 LD24 LD25 LD26 LD27 LD28 LD29 LD30 LD31 viii Preface Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Logical Drive Configuration (Cont.) Logical RAID Stripe Logical Drive Cache Read Write # of Physical Drive Level Size Size Policy Policy Policy Drives LD32 LD33 LD34 LD35 LD36 LD37 LD38 LD39 Physical Device Layout Use this form to record the physical device layout. Physical Device Layout Channel 0 Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Tar
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Physical Device Layout (Cont.) Channel 0 Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model num
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Physical Device Layout (Cont.) Channel 0 Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model num
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Physical Device Layout (Cont.) Channel 0 Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level Target ID Device type Logical drive number/Drive number Manufacturer/Model number Firmware level xii Preface Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Contents Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Features 1-2 1.2 SCSI Channel 1-2 1.3 NVRAM and Flash ROM 1-2 1.4 SCSI Connectors 1-2 1.5 Single-Ended and Differential SCSI Buses 1-3 1.6 Maximum Cable Length for SCSI Standards 1-3 1.7 SCSI Bus Widths and Maximum Throughput 1-4 1.8 Documentation 1-4 1.8.1 MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 Hardware Guide 1-4 1.8.2 MegaRAID Configuration Software Guide 1-4 1.8.3 MegaRAID Operating System Driver Installation Guide 1-5 Chapter 2 Introduction to RAID 2.1 RAID Benefits 2-1 2.1.1
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2.3.6 Disk Mirroring 2-6 2.3.7 Disk Spanning 2-7 2.3.8 Parity 2-8 2.3.9 Hot Spares 2-8 2.3.10 Hot Swapping 2-9 2.3.11 Disk Rebuild 2-9 2.3.12 Logical Drive States 2-10 2.3.13 SCSI Drive States 2-10 2.3.14 Disk Array Types 2-11 2.3.15 Enclosure Management 2-11 Chapter 3 RAID Levels 3.1 Selecting a RAID Level 3-1 3.2 RAID 0 3-2 3.3 RAID 1 3-3 3.4 RAID 5 3-4 3.5 RAID 10 3-6 3.6 RAID 50 3-7 Chapter 4 Features 4.1 SMART Technology 4-1 4.2 Configuration on Disk 4-2 4.3 Configuration Features 4-2 4.4
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4.9.7 SCSI Termination 4-8 4.9.8 SCSI Firmware 4-9 4.10 RAID Management 4-9 4.10.1 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility 4-9 4.10.2 WebBIOS Configuration Utility 4-10 4.10.3 Power Console Plus 4-10 4.10.4 MegaRAID Manager 4-10 4.11 Compatibility 4-10 4.11.1 Server Management 4-10 4.11.2 SCSI Device Compatibility 4-10 4.11.3 Software 4-11 Chapter 5 Configuring Physical Drives, Arrays, and Logical Drives 5.1 Configuring SCSI Physical Drives 5-1 5.1.1 Basic Configuration Rules 5-1 5.1.2 Current Phy
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6.2.4 Step 4: Set Termination 6-6 6.2.5 Step 5: Install MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 6-12 6.2.6 Step 6: Connect SCSI Devices 6-13 6.2.7 Step 7: Set Target IDs 6-14 6.2.8 Step 8: Power Up 6-16 6.2.9 Step 9: Run the MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility 6-17 6.2.10 Step 10: Install the Operating System Driver 6-17 6.3 Summary 6-18 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 General Troubleshooting 7-1 7.2 BIOS Boot Error Messages 7-3 7.3 Other BIOS Error Messages 7-4 7.4 Other Potential Problems 7-5 Appendix A SCSI Cab
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Index Customer Feedback Contents xvii Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
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xviii Contents Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Chapter 1 Overview ® This chapter provides an overview of the MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 and basic SCSI features. It contains the following sections: Section 1.1, “Features” Section 1.2, “SCSI Channel” Section 1.3, “NVRAM and Flash ROM” Section 1.4, “SCSI Connectors” Section 1.5, “Single-Ended and Differential SCSI Buses” Section 1.6, “Maximum Cable Length for SCSI Standards” Section 1.7, “SCSI Bus Widths and Maximum Throughput” Section 1.8, “Documentation” RAID controller is a high-
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1.1 Features MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 features include: A high-performance input/output (I/O) migration path while preserving existing PCI-SCSI software SCSI data transfers up to 320 Mbytes/s Synchronous operation on a Wide low-voltage differential (LVD) SCSI bus Support for up to 15 LVD SCSI devices on the Wide bus An Intel GC30302 chip that performs RAID calculations and routing Support for 32 or 64 Mbytes of SDRAM on-board cache memory, used for read and write-back caching and fo
