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AOC-USAS-S4i
AOC-USAS-S4ir
USER'S GUIDE
Rev. 1.0
PCB EDGE PCB EDGE
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Add-on Card User's Guide The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurat e. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any person or organization of the updates. Please Note: For the most up-to-date version of this manual, please see our web site at www.supermicro.com. SUPERMICRO COMPUTER res
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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Table of Contents Overview .............................................................................................................v Product Features .................................................................................................v Operating Systems Supported ............................................................................v Manual Images ..........................................................................
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Add-on Card User's Guide Chapter 6 Managing Your Storage Space 6-1 About Adaptec Storage Manager ......................................................................... 6-1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager ............................................................... 6-2 6-2 The Adaptec RAID Controller Confi guration Utility .............................................. 6-2 6-3 About the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility ..................................................... 6-2 6-4 The
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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Introduction Overview This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's USAS-S4i Add on Card to their system. Product Features The AOC-USAS-S4i offers the following features: • UIO Form Factor. • Two Internal "ipass" cable ports. • Support for RAID 0, 1, and 10. The AOC-USAS-S4ir offers the following features: • UIO Form Factor. • Two Internal "ipass" cable ports. • Sup
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Add-on Card User's Guide Contacting SuperMicro Headquarters Address: SuperMicro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Web Site: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V. Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0) 73-6400390 Fax: +31 (0) 73-6416525 Email: sales@supermicro.nl (Genera
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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam- age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD. • Use a g
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Add-on Card User's Guide Notes 1-2
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A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors 2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC 2 AD AE AF Front Connectors 1. Internal SAS Connector 2. External SAS Connector 2-1 PCB EDGE PCB EDGE
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Add-on Card User's Guide 2-2 Front Connector and Pin Defi nitions #1. Internal SAS Connector The Internal SAS port connects to the back- plane allowing the motherboard to access the hard drives. This connector supports up to four HDD ports. This card supports SAS, SATA1, and SATA2 drives. Use a single port SAS "ipass" cable (Super Micro order number CBL - 0108L-02). #2. External SAS Connector The External SAS port (J4) allows the moth- erboard to connect to an external backplane or h
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A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C A A C C Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations 2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Defi nitions FLASH EN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC AD AE AF Explanation of Jumpers 3 2 1 Connector To modify the operation of the backplane, Pins jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings. Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the funct
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Add-on Card User's Guide LED INDICATORS This add-on card includes LED's used to test the product during the manufactur- ing process. These LED's do not interfere with normal operation and should be ignored. RAID Minimum Drive Requirements Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed to set up a RAID environment. RAID Minimum Hard Drives RAID 0 2 RAID 1 3 RAID 5 3 RAID 10 2 2-4
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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Chapter 3 Boot Controller and Bootable Array To section describes the steps required establish a boot controller and a bootable array. If you are creating establishing the boot controller and array on an existing OS, skip to: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System. 3-1 Boot Controller Setup To set the system to book for a disk drive or controller array: 1. Enter system setup and navigate to the drive boot sequence. 2 Using the ar
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Add-on Card User's Guide Creating an Array with the ACU Before starting, backup data on your hard disk before beginning. Initializing disks erases data. To create a RAID 1 array: 1 Confi rm that your Turn on your computer 2.. When asked, click Ctrl+A to use the ACU utility. If necessary, select your con- troller from the list of controllers (if you have multiple controllers of the same type), and then click the Enter button. 3 Select Array Confi guration Utility, and then click the Enter bu
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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations 10. If necessary, at the cache warning message, type Y for Yes. 11. At the successful array creation, click any key to return to the ACU Menu. The array immediately available at reduced until the build process is fi nished 12. Click the Esc key until the Exit utility window appears. 13. Select Yes, and then click Enter to restart the computer. 14. Continue with Making Your Array Bootable. Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager This section d
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Add-on Card User's Guide 9. You must partition and format the logical drives. The logical drive appears as one drive on the operating system. 10. Click Reboot to restart. 11. Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD and go to the next sec- tion. 3-3 Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to make the array bootable and continue to Chapter 4: Installing the Driver and an Operating System. 3-4
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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Chapter 4 Installing the Driver and an Operating System 4-1 Overview This chapter details the following tasks: ● Adaptec RAID installation ● Bootable Array creation ● Driver Disk creation 4-2 Creating a Driver Disk To create a driver disk: 1 Confi gure the system to boot from the CD-ROM. See your system's documenta- tion for instructions on doing this. 2 Power on the system and insert the RAID Installation CD. This CD is found in the RAID cont
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Add-on Card User's Guide 4-3 Installing with Windows Before beginning locate your Windows Installation CD. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver (during Windows installation): 1 Insert the Windows installation CD. 2. Restart the computer. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows installation. When asked to install a third-party driver, click F6. If you miss the opportunity to initiate the F6 command, you must restart the computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wa
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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations 4-5 Installing with SUSE Linux To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver (during SUSE Linux installation). 1. Insert the SUSE Installation CD (the fi rst one) and restart the system. 2. At the SUSE Linux installation selection screen, choose the installation type and click F6 to use a driver disk. (For older versions of SUSE Linux, use the Alt key) 4. When prompted, insert the driver disk. (Click any key to move forward) 5 Linux allows you to
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Add-on Card User's Guide Notes 4-4
