Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................... iii
Notices ......................................................................................................... iv
Safety information ....................................................................................... v
About this guide ......................................................................................... vi
PIKE 6480 specications summary ........................................................ viii
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 conguration
2.1 Setting up RAID ............................................................................ 2-2
2.1.1 RAID denitions ..............................................................
2-2
2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ................................................
2-2
2.2 Marvell
®
88SE6480 SAS RAID BIOS setup utility ...................... 2-3
2.2.1 Creating an array ............................................................
2-4
2.2.2 Deleting an array .............................................................
2-7
2.2.3 Wipe out disk ..................................................................
2-8
2.2.4 Spare Management ........................................................
2-9
2.2.5 Advanced Operation ......................................................
2-11
2.2.6 Controller Conguration ................................................
2-12
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
®
OS .................................................................. 3-4
3.1.3 Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux OS ...................................... 3-10
3.1.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS ...............................
3-12
3.2 Support CD information ............................................................
3-14
3.2.1 Running the support CD ...............................................
3-14
3.2.2 Utilities menu ................................................................
3-14
3.2.3 Make disk ......................................................................
3-15
3.2.4 Contact information .......................................................
3-15