ASUS PIKE 2008IMR User Manual

PIKE 2008/IMR

LSISAS RAID card

User Guide

E5905

First Edition V1 November 2010

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Contents ...................................................................................................... iii

About this guide ......................................................................................... iv

PIKE 2008/IMR specications summary ................................................... vi

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-2

1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-2

1.3 Card layout ................................................................................... 1-3

1.4 System requirements ................................................................... 1-3

1.5 Card installation ........................................................................... 1-4

Chapter 2: RAID conguration

2.1 Setting up RAID ............................................................................ 2-2

2.1.1 RAID denitions .............................................................. 2-2

2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ................................................ 2-3

2.2 LSI WebBIOS Conguration Utility ............................................. 2-4

2.2.1 Starting the WebBIOS CU............................................... 2-5

2.2.2 WebBIOS CU main screen options ................................. 2-6

2.2.3 Creating a Storage Conguration ................................... 2-8

2.2.4 Viewing and Changing Device Properties ..................... 2-22

2.2.5 Viewing System Event Information ............................... 2-29

2.2.6 Managing Congurations .............................................. 2-30

2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager ..................................................... 2-34

2.3.1 Hardware and Software Requirements ......................... 2-34

2.3.2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on

Microsoft Windows OS .................................................. 2-34

2.3.3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for

Linux ............................................................................. 2-38

2.3.4 Linux Error Messages ................................................... 2-39

2.3.5 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software ........... 2-40

2.3.6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window .......................... 2-42

Chapter 3: Driver installation

3.1 RAID driver installation ............................................................... 3-2

3.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk ............................................ 3-2

3.1.2 Windows® Server 2003 OS ............................................. 3-4

3.1.3 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 5 ..................................... 3-9

3.1.4 SUSE Linux OS 11 .........................................................3-11

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About this guide

This user guide contains the information you need when installing and conguring

the server management board.

How this guide is organized

This guide contains the following parts:

• Chapter 1: Product introduction

This chapter offers the PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports.

• Chapter 2: RAID conguration

This chapter provides instructions on setting up, creating, and conguring

RAID sets using the available utilities.

• Chapter 3: Driver installation

This chapter provides instructions for installing the RAID drivers on different operating systems.

Where to nd more information

Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates.

1. ASUS websites

The ASUS website provides updated information on ASUS hardware and software products. Refer to the ASUS contact information.

2. Optional documentation

Your product package may include optional documentation, such as warranty

yers, that may have been added by your dealer. These documents are not

part of the standard package.

Conventions used in this guide

To make sure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual.

DANGER/WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself

when trying to complete a task.

CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components

when trying to complete a task.

IMPORTANT: Instructions that you MUST follow to complete a

task.

NOTE: Tips and additional information to help you complete a

task.

Typography

Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select.

Italics

Used to emphasize a word or a phrase.

<Key> Keys enclosed in the less-than and greater-than sign means that you must press the enclosed key.

Example: <Enter> means that you must press the Enter or Return key.

<Key1+Key2+Key3> If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are linked with a plus sign (+).

Example: <Ctrl+Alt+Del>

Command Means that you must type the command exactly as shown,

then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets.

Example: At the DOS prompt, type the command line: format a:

PIKE 2008/IMR specications summary

Controller LSISAS2008

Interface ASUS PIKE interface

Ports 8 ports

Support device SAS/SAS II devices

Data transfer rate SATA III and SAS II 6Gb/s per PHY

RAID level RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 10/RAID 5/RAID 50

OS support* Windows® XP Professional SP3

Form factor 6.44 in x 1.57 in (1U compatible)

* The exact OS support would base on the OS support list of the motherboard. ** Specications are subject to change without notice.

SATA/SATA II/SATA III devices

Windows® Server 2003 SP2 Enterprise Edition Windows® Server 2003 SP2 Standard Edition Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 Windows® Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 Windows® Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 Windows® Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 Windows® 7 (Ultimate) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.5 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.1 Fedora 12 Free BSD 8.1 Cent OS 5.5 ESX4.0 UP1 ESXi4.0

This chapter offers the PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports.

Chapter 1: Product

introduction

1.1 Welcome!

Thank you for buying an ASUS® PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card!

The ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and RAID 50 sets from SATA/SATA II/SATA III/SAS/SAS II hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard.

Before you start installing the RAID card, check the items in your package with the list below.

1.2 Package contents

Check your package for the following items.

• ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card

• Support CD

• User guide

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

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1.3 Card layout

The illustration below shows the major components of the RAID card.

1. ASUS PIKE interface-1: PCI-E x8

2. ASUS PIKE interface-2: 8-port SAS signal with SGPIO interface*

3. SAS RAID card status LED (lights up and blinks to indicate that the card is working normally)

* The SGPIO interface is used for visibility into drive activity, failure and rebuild

status, so that users could build high-performatnce and reliable storage systems. Refer to the motherboard manual for detailed information about using the SGPIO connectors on the motherboard.

1.4 System requirements

Before you install the PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card, check if the system meets the following requirements:

• Workstation or server motherboard with a PIKE RAID card slot

• SAS or SATA hard disk drives

• Supporting operating system:

Windows® and Linux operating systems (refer to website for details)

• Other requirement:

- Appropriate thermal solution

- Certied power supply module

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1.5 Card installation

Follow the below instructions to install the RAID card on your motherboard.

For 2U, 5U, or pedestal server

To install ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card on a 2U, 5U, or pedestal server

1. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard.

2. Align the golden ngers of the RAID

card with the PIKE RAID card slot.

3. Insert the RAID card into the PIKE RAID card slot. Ensure the card is completely inserted into the card slot, and the heatsink latch is completely hooked to the edge of the card slot.

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4. Secure the heatsink to the nearest screw hole on the motherboard.

DO NOT overtighten the screw, or the motherboard component can be damaged.

5. Connect the hard disk drives to the SAS connectors on the motherboard.

To uninstall ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card from a 2U, 5U, or pedestal server

1. Disconnect all SAS hard disk drives from the motherboard.

2. Remove the screw that secures the RAID card to the motherboard.

3. Release the heatsink latch from

the card slot with a nger, and then

remove the RAID card from the slot.

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For 1U server

You have to remove the outer heatsink of ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card to install the card in a 1U server.

To install ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR SAS RAID card on a 1U server

1. Remove the two screws that secure the heatsink bracket on the back of the SAS RAID card.

Heatsink bracket

2. Remove the two screws that secure the outer heatsink on the front of the SAS RAID card.

DO NOT remove the inner heatsink from the SAS RAID card.

3. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard.

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4. Align the golden ngers of the

RAID card with the PIKE RAID card slot.

5. Insert the RAID card into the PIKE RAID card slot. Ensure the card is completely inserted into the card slot.

6. Connect the hard disk drives to the SAS connectors on the motherboard.

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This chapter provides instructions on setting

up, creating, and conguring RAID sets using

the available utilities.

Chapter 2: RAID

conguration

2.1 Setting up RAID

The RAID card supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and RAID 50.

2.1.1 RAID denitions

RAID 0

(Data striping)

data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Use of at least two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.

RAID 1

(Data mirroring)

drive to a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of

the data in the other drive. This RAID conguration provides data protection and

increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new drive must be of the same

size or larger than the existing drive.

RAID 10 is a striped conguration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. This conguration has the same fault tolerance as RAID 1, and

has the same overhead for fault-tolerance as mirroring alone. RAID 10 achieves high input/output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. In some instances, a RAID

10 conguration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. A minimum of four

hard disk drives is required for this setup.

RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard

disk drives. Among the advantages of RAID 5 conguration include better

HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. The RAID

5 conguration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database

applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.

RAID 50 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 5. It uses distributed parity and disk striping and works best with data that requires high reliability, high request rates, high data transfers, and medium-to-large capacity.

optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write

copies and maintains an identical image of data from one

• Having RAID 0 and RAID 5 virtual disks in the same physical array is notHaving RAID 0 and RAID 5 virtual disks in the same physical array is not recommended. If a drive in the physical array has to be rebuilt, the RAID 0 virtual disk will cause a failure during the rebuild.

• If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created

RAID set, copy rst the RAID driver from the support CD to a oppy disk

before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive.

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2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives

The RAID card supports SAS for RAID set conguration. For optimal performance,

install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.

To install SAS hard disks for RAID conguration:

1. Install the SAS hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in the system user guide.

2. Connect a SAS signal cable to the signal connector at the back of each drive and to the SAS connector on the motherboard.

3. Connect a power cable to the power connector on each drive.

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2.2 LSI WebBIOS Conguration Utility

The LSI WebBIOS Conguration Utility (CU) is an integrated RAID solution that

allows you to create RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, and 50 sets from SATA/SATA II/SATA III/SAS/ SAS II hard disk drives supported by the LSI SAS 2008 controller.

You can also use the WebBIOS CU to do the following tasks:

• Create drive groups and virtual drives for storage congurations

• Delete virtual drives

• Detect conguration mismatches

• Import a foreign conguration

• Display controller, virtual drive, drive, and change parameters.

• Scan devices connected to the controller

• Initialize virtual drives

• Check congurations for data consistency

• Create a CacheCade™ conguration

• You may use disks of different sizes; however, the size of the smallest disk determines the “logical” size of each member disk.

• DO NOT combine Serial ATA and SAS disk drives in one volume.

• The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen due to the controller version difference.

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2.2.1 Starting the WebBIOS CU

Follow these steps to start the WebBIOS CU and access the main screen.

1. Turn on the system after installing all SAS hard disk drives.

2. During POST, press <Ctrl+H> when the following screen appears

Press <Ctrl+Y> for Preboot CLI: this option is for advanced debug only!

Battery Status: Not present

PCI SLOT ID LUN VENDOR PRODUCT REVISION

-------- -- --- ------ ------- ------- 5 LSI LSI MegaRAID ROMB 5 0 0 ATA Hitachi HDS72161 AB3A 5 0 0 ATA Hitachi HDS72161 AB3A 5 0 0 ATA Hitachi HDS72161 AB3A 5 0 0 ATA Hitachi HDS72161 AB3A

3 JBOD(s) found on the host adapter. 3 JBOD(s) handled by BIOS

0 Virtual Drive(s) found on the host adapter.

0 Virtual Drive(s) handled by BIOS Press <Ctrl><H> for WebBIOS or press <Ctrl><Y> for Preboot CLI

3. The Adapter Selection screen appears. If the system has multiple SAS adapters, select an adapter.

4. Click Start to continue. The main WebBIOS CU screen appears.

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2.2.2 WebBIOS CU main screen options

This is the Physical View screen which displays the drives that are connected to the controller. To toggle between the physical view and logical view of the storage devices connected to the controller, click Physical View or Logical View in the menu on the left. When the Logical View screen is displayed, you can see all the

virtual drives that are congured on this controller.

WebBIOS CU Toolbar Icons

Icon Description

Click this icon to return to the main screen from any other WebBIOS CU screen.

Click this icon to return to the previous screen that you were viewing.

Click this icon to exit the WebBIOS CU program.

Click this icon to turn off the sound on the onboard controller alarm.

Click this icon to display information about the WebBIOS CU version, bus number, and device number.

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Here is a description of the options listed on the left of the main WebBIOS CU screen:

• Manage Advanced Software Option: Select this to allow you to enable the

special functionality or features that may not be available in the standard

conguration of the controller.

• Controller Selection: Select this to view the Adapter Selection screen, where

you can select a different SAS adapter. You can then view information about

the controller and the devices connected to it, or create a new conguration on

the controller.

• Controller Properties: Select this to view the properties of the currently

selected SAS controller.

• Scan Devices: Select this to have the WebBIOS CU re-scan the physical and

virtual drives for any changes in the drive status or the physical conguration.

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

change and view virtual drive properties, initialize drives, and perform other

tasks.

• Drives: Select this to view the Drives screen, where you can view drive

properties, and perform other tasks.

• Conguration Wizard: Select this to start the Conguration Wizard and create

a new storage conguration, clear a conguration, or add a conguration.

• Physical View/Logical View: Select this to toggle between the Physical View

and Logical View screens.

• Events: Select this to view system events in the Event Information screen.

• Exit: Select this to exit the WebBIOS CU and continue with system boot.

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2.2.3 Creating a Storage Conguration

This section explains how to use the WebBIOS CU Conguration Wizard to congure RAID arrays and virtual drives.

Selecting the Conguration with the Conguration Wizard

Follow these steps to start the Conguration Wizard, and select a conguration

option and mode:

1. Click Conguration Wizard on

the WebBIOS main screen. The

rst Conguration Wizard screen

appears, as shown in the right

gure.

2. Select a conguration option.

If you choose the rst or second option, all existing data in the conguration will

be deleted. Make a backup of any data that you want to keep before choosing these options.

• Clear Conguration: Clears the existing conguration.

• New Conguration: Clears the existing conguration and lets you

create a new conguration.

• Add Conguration: Retains the existing storage conguration and adds

new drives to it (this does not cause any data loss).

3. Click Next. A dialog box warns that you will lose data if you select Clear

Conguration or New Conguration.

4. On the next screen, select a conguration mode:

• Manual Conguration: Allows you to control all attributes of the new

storage conguration.

• Automatic Conguration: Automatically creates an optimal RAID

conguration.

If you select Automatic Conguration, you can choose the redundancy mode:

• Redundancy when possible: Automatically creates an optimal RAID

conguration, providing data redundancy.

• No Redundancy: Automatically creates a non-redundant RAID 0

conguration.

5. Click Next to continue.

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