LSI MegaRAID SATA 150 User Manual

USER’S GUIDE

MegaRAID® SATA150 PCI to Serial ATA Storage Adapters

September 2004

Version 1.4

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Audience

Preface

This book is the user’s guide for the MegaRAID®SATA150 storage adapters. It contains complete physical installation instructions, as well as physical and electrical speciﬁcations, for the SATA150 storage adapters.

This document assumes that you have some familiarity with RAID controllers and related support devices. The people who beneﬁt fromthis book are:

• Anyone installing an SATA150 storage adapter in a host system

• Engineers who are designing an SATA150 storage adapter into a

host system

Organization

• Engineers and managers who are evaluating the SATA150 storage

adapter for possible use in a system

Use this manual to install and conﬁgure your MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapter in the host system.

This document has the following chapters and appendixes:

• Chapter 1, Introduction, introduces the SATA150 storage adapters

and describes their main supported features.

• Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, describes how to install an

SATA150 storage adapter in a host system.

• Chapter 3, SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics, provides

the environmental and electrical speciﬁcations for the SATA150

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storage adapters. This chapter also provides the mechanical drawing, jumper deﬁnitions, and connector locations for the SATA150 storage adapters.

• Appendix A, Glossary of Terms, deﬁnes terms and abbreviations

that are used in this manual.

• Appendix B, MegaRAID Problem Report Form, provides forms to

send or fax to LSI Logic if you encounter difﬁculty with your SATA150 storage adapter.

MegaRAID System Installation Sequences and Document Organization

The following table outlines the installation, conﬁguration, and management tasks for a MegaRAID Serial ATA system. Each sequence consists of a series of steps and operations that the reference manual explains. LSI Logic recommends performing the tasks in this sequence when you install and conﬁgure the SATA150 adapter.

Sequence Task Reference Manual

1 Understand RAID system theory and operation. LSI Logic RAID Primer 2 Install the MegaRAID Serial ATA storage adapter and the

related hardware.

3 Conﬁgure the physicalarrays and logical devices using either

the MegaRAID Conﬁguration Utility (CU) or the WebBIOS CU.

4 Install the MegaRAID device drivers. MegaRAID DeviceDriver

5 Manage, monitor, and reconﬁgure the RAID array using either

the MegaRAID Manager tool or the Power Console Plus™ tool. Each tool runs under an operating system and can manage the RAID array while the system is operating.

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MegaRAID SATA150 User’s Guide

MegaRAID Software User’s Guide

Installation User’s Guide MegaRAID Software

User’s Guide

Related Publications

MegaRAID Device Driver Installation User’s Guide

Document Number: DB11-000018-02

This document explains how to install the MegaRAID device driver for your operating system. The information in this document is independent of the back-end bus and applies to both MegaRAID SCSI storage adapters and Serial ATA storage adapters.

MegaRAID Conﬁguration Software User’s Guide

Document Number: DB15-000269-00

This document explains how to use the RAID system conﬁguration, monitoring, andmanagement tools that MegaRAID provides.These tools include the BIOS-based MegaRAID Conﬁguration Utility and WebBIOS Conﬁguration Utility, as well as the MegaRAID Manager OS-based tool and the Power Console Plus OS-based tool. The information in this document is independent of the back-end bus and applies to both MegaRAID SCSI storage adapters and Serial ATA storage adapters.

Revision History

Revision Date Remarks

1.4 September 2004 Added information about drive roaming, drive migration, and

1.3 November 2003 Added a note about operating system support, logical drive dele-

1.2 September 2003 Added enclosure management information and updated the list of

1.1 April 2003 Added the MegaRAID SATA150-4 RAID Storage Adapter (RSA).

1.0 December 2002 Initial release of this document.

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alarm beep codes. Did general editing on the document.

tion, and headings for RAID Conﬁguration Utilities and Technical Support in Chapter1. Corrected version number for the Serial ATA speciﬁcation (1.0).

supported operating systems.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Overview of Main Adapter Features 1-1

1.1.1 Enclosure Management 1-2

1.1.2 Alarm Beep Codes 1-2

1.1.3 Drive Roaming and Drive Migration 1-3

1.1.4 Logical Drive Deletion 1-3

1.1.5 Operating System Support 1-4

1.1.6 Technical Support 1-5

1.2 SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics 1-5

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

2.1 Installation Overview 2-1

2.2 Hardware Requirements 2-2

2.3 Quick Installation Instructions 2-2

2.4 Detailed Installation Instructions 2-3

2.5 After Installing the Storage Adapter 2-5

Chapter 3 SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics

3.1 MegaRAID PCI to Serial ATA Storage Adapters 3-1

3.1.1 MegaRAID SATA150-6 3-2

3.1.2 MegaRAID SATA150-4 3-4

3.1.3 MegaRAID SATA150-2 3-6

3.2 Physical and Environmental Speciﬁcations 3-7

3.2.1 Electrical Characteristics 3-8

3.2.2 Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics 3-8

3.2.3 Safety Characteristics 3-8

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Appendix A Glossary of Terms

Appendix B MegaRAID Problem Report Form

Customer Feedback

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Figures

2.1 Inserting the SATA150 Storage Adapter in a PCI Slot 2-4

3.1 SATA150-6 Board Layout 3-3

3.2 SATA150-4 Board Layout 3-5

3.3 SATA150-2 Board Layout 3-7

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Tables

1.1 SATA150 Board Characteristics 1-7

3.1 MegaRAID SATA150 Characteristics 3-1

3.2 SATA150-6 Connector and Jumper Description 3-2

3.3 SATA150-4 Connector and Jumper Description 3-4

3.4 SATA150-2 Connector Deﬁnitions 3-6

3.5 Maximum Power Requirements 3-8 B.1 Customer Information B-1 B.2 System and Problem Information B-2 B.3 MegaRAID Array and Logical Device Conﬁguration B-3

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Chapter 1 Introduction

This chapter introduces the MegaRAID SATA150 PCI to Serial ATA storage adapters and consists of the following sections:

• Section 1.1, “Overview of Main Adapter Features”

• Section 1.2, “SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics”

1.1 Overview of Main Adapter Features

The MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapters provide a high-performance Intelligent PCI to High Speed Serialized AT Attachment (PCI-to-Serial ATA) interface with RAID control capabilities. These storage adapters provide reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management.

You can install a SATA150 adapter on a PCI bus and use it to connect Serial ATA drives to the host computer over a Serial ATA bus. SATA150 storage adapters are an ideal RAID solution for the internal storage requirements of workgroup, departmental, and enterprise systems. SATA150 storage adapters offer a cost-effective way to implement RAID in a server.

MegaRAID SATA storage adapters are available with six, four, or two Serial ATA ports. A single Serial ATA device can be connected to each port.

• The MegaRAID SATA150-6 is an intelligent RAID controller and

storage adapter that uses three Silicon Image SiI3112A chips to support six Serial ATA ports. The Intel 80302 processor provides the intelligent RAID management capabilities. The SATA150-6 supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50.

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• The MegaRAID SATA150-4 is an intelligent RAID controller and

storage adapter that uses two Silicon Image SiI3112A chips to support four Serial ATAports. The Intel 80302 processorprovides the intelligent RAID management capabilities. The SATA150-4 supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10.

• The MegaRAID SATA150-2 RAID controller and storage adapter

uses a Silicon Image SiI3112A chip to support two Serial ATA ports. The SATA150-2 supports RAID 0 and 1.

1.1.1 Enclosure Management

The SATA150-4 and SATA150-6 controllers support enclosure management through the same protocols used for SCSI Accessed FaultTolerant Enclosures (SAF-TE), using an I2C interface to communicate with the storage enclosure processor. This feature allows you to use RAID capabilities provided by the SATA150 adapters in an enclosure containing your hard drives.

1.1.2 Alarm Beep Codes

The SATA150-4 and SATA150-6 adapters have a speaker that generates audible warnings when system errors and events occur. Beeps occur at one-second intervals. The audible warnings do not require any management software in order to work. The beep codes are as follows:

• A drive is ofﬂine (three beeps, one second off)

• A drive is running in degraded mode (one beep, one second off)

• An automatic rebuild has been completed (one beep, three seconds

off)

• The temperature is above or below the acceptable range (two beeps,

two seconds off)

• The ﬁrmware receives a command from an application to test the

speaker (four beeps)

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1.1.3 Drive Roaming and Drive Migration

Note: Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be supported at

the same time. One or the other feature can be supported at any one time, but not both features at the same time.

Drive roaming (also known as conﬁguration on disk) occurs when the hard drives are moved to different channels on the same controller and the controller detects the RAID conﬁguration from the conﬁguration information on the drives.

Conﬁguration data is saved in both non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) on the RAID controller and on the hard drives attached to the controller. This maintains the integrity of the data on each drive, even if the drives have changed their target ID. Drive roaming is supported across channels on the same controller, except when cluster mode is enabled.

Drive roaming does not work if you move the drives to a new controller and connect them to different channels. If you move drives to a new controller, they must be on the same channel/target as they were on the previous controller, in order to keep the same conﬁguration.

You must power off the host system and the drive enclosure before you use drive roaming.

Drive migration is the transfer of a set of hard drives in an existing conﬁguration from one controller to another. The drives must remain on the same channel and must be reinstalled in the same order as in the original conﬁguration.

1.1.4 Logical Drive Deletion

The SATA150 controllers allow you to delete unwanted logical drives and then use the disk space for a new logical drive. You can use the conﬁguration utilities to create the next logical drive from the noncontiguous free space (‘holes’) and from the newly created arrays.

You can still create sequential logical drives, without using the noncontiguous segments. The utilities provide information about sequential segments, non-contiguous segments, and physical drives that have not been conﬁgured. You can use this information when you create logical drives.

Overview of Main Adapter Features 1-3

Please note the following:

• You cannot delete a logical drive during a reconstruction. Also, you

cannot delete a logical drive during a rebuild, initialization, or check consistency of a logical drive, if that drive has a higher logical drive number than the drive you want to delete. You must wait until these processes have completed before deleting the logical drive.

• Drive size extension is not possible, even though you can use non-

contiguous free space to create a new logical drive.

• You cannot move an existing logical drive to another area to protect

it from defragmentation caused by random deletion.

The MegaRAID Conﬁguration Software User’s Guide has detailed procedures for deleting logical drives.

1.1.5 Operating System Support

The MegaRAID Serial ATA storage adapters support several major operating systems. LSI Logic provides device drivers and RAID management tools for operating systems on the Universal Driver Suite CD that accompanies the SATA boards.

In addition, you can download the latest drivers and software from the LSI Logic web site: http://www.lsilogic.com. Access the download center and follow the steps to download the driver.

Refer to the MegaRAID Device Driver Installation User’s Guide on the Universal Driver Suite CD for information about installing the device drivers. Be sure to use the latest Service Packs provided by the operating system manufacturer, and review the readme ﬁle that accompanies the driver.

Note: The SATA150 adapters do not support the Windows NT 4.0

1-4 Introduction

operating system. See the LSI Logic web site for the latest operating systems and drivers.

1.1.6 Technical Support

For answers to your technical support questions, or to obtain a driver for an operating system other than the ones listed above, contact the LSI Logic Technical Support team at:

• support@lsil.com

• 1-678-728-1250 or 800-633-4545 option #3

• http://www.lsilogic.com

In Europe, you can contact the LSI Logic Technical Support team at:

• eurosupport@lsil.com

• +44.1344.413.441 (English) or +49.89.45833.338 (Deutsch)

1.2 SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics

All models of the SATA150 storage adapter support these aspects of the Serial ATA and PCI speciﬁcations:

• Serial ATA, Revision 1.0, speciﬁcation:

– 150 Mbytes/s bus speed – Theoretical 1.5 Gbits/s data transfer rate – Use a low-cost 7-pin connector with thin, ﬂexible cables – Use low voltage signaling levels to reduce current draw, EM

emission, and signal switching time

• PCI Speciﬁcation, Version 2.2:

– Backward compatible with previous implementations of the PCI

speciﬁcation

– SATA150-6 and SATA150-4 boards conform to half-size PCI form

factor. SATA150-2 board conforms to low-proﬁle PCI form factor.

All models of the SATA150 storage adapter support online array expansion and hot swapping. These adapters all support some

SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics 1-5

combination of these conﬁguration and control applications (for details, see Table 1.1):

• MegaRAID BIOS Conﬁguration Utility (CU). Used to create arrays

and hot spares; deﬁne and initialize logical drives; view properties of logical drives, controllers, and arrays; rebuild failed drives;verify data redundancy in RAID 1, 5, 10, or 50 logical drives.

BIOS-resident utility. Start by pressing Ctrl-M during system boot.

• WebBIOS Conﬁguration Utility (CU). Same feature set as the

MegaRAID BIOS CU. BIOS-resident utility, HTML-based. Start by pressing Ctrl-H during

system boot.

• MegaRAID Manager. Same feature set as the MegaRAID BIOS CU.

Runs under the operating system.

• MegaRAID Conﬁguration Console (MCC). Same feature set as the

MegaRAID BIOS CU. Runs under the operating system.

• Power Console Plus tool. An object-oriented GUI utility that

conﬁgures and monitors RAID systems locally or over a network. Same feature set as the MegaRAID BIOS CU, plus these RAID migration features that can be used while the system remains operational:

– Add a drive to a RAID logical drive – Convert from a RAID 0 conﬁguration to a RAID 1 or 5

conﬁguration by adding a physical drive

– Change a Degraded redundant logical drive to an Optimal RAID

0 logical drive – Remove physical drives from a logical drive – Convert a RAID 1 or 5 logical drive to a RAID 0 logical drive for

both local and networked RAID management The Power Console Plus tool runs under the Windows NT, Windows

2000, Windows XP, and Windows .NET operating systems.

The MegaRAID Conﬁguration Software User’s Guide explainshow to use these conﬁguration and control applications.

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Table 1.1 lists some characteristics that are not the same forall SATA150

models.

Table 1.1 SATA150 Board Characteristics

Feature SATA150-6 SATA150-4 SATA150-2

Number of Serial ATA Ports 6 4 2 Intelligent RAID Management Yes, using the Intel

80302 processor

Yes, using the Intel 80302 processor

No

PCI Bus Width and Speed 64-bit, 66 MHz 64-bit, 66 MHz 32-bit, 66 MHz PCI Data Transfer Rate

1

533 Mbytes/s 533 Mbytes/s 266.5 Mbytes/s Supported RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 0, 1, 5, and 10 0 and 1 SDRAM Support 64 Mbytes ECC

SDRAM Cache Function Write-back, Write-

through,AdaptiveRead

Ahead, Non-Read

Ahead, Read Ahead,

Cache I/O, Direct I/O

64 Mbytes ECC SDRAM

Write-back, Writethrough,AdaptiveRead Ahead, Non-Read Ahead, Read Ahead, Cache I/O, Direct I/O

None

Hot Spare Pool Yes Yes No Hot Swap Yes Yes Yes Hardware Exclusive-OR Gener-

Yes Yes No ation and Checking

EnclosureManagementSupport Using the I

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BIOS RAID Management Tools MegaRAID CU,

Yes Yes No

WebBIOS CU

MegaRAID CU, WebBIOS CU

MegaRAID CU

Software RAID Management Tools

MegaRAID Manager,

Power Console Plus

MegaRAID Manager, Power Console Plus

Optional Battery Backup Unit Yes No No

1. Theoretical transfer rate.

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MegaRAID Conﬁguration Console

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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

This chapter explains how to install the MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapters. This chapter consists of the following sections:

• Section 2.1, “Installation Overview”

• Section 2.2, “Hardware Requirements”

• Section 2.3, “Quick Installation Instructions”

• Section 2.4, “Detailed Installation Instructions”

• Section 2.5, “After Installing the Storage Adapter”

2.1 Installation Overview

Here is a high-level overview of how to install, conﬁgure, and operate MegaRAID SATA150 storage controllers.

Step 1. Install the Hardware. Refer to Section 2.3, “Quick Installation

Instructions,” or Section 2.4, “Detailed Installation Instructions,”

for hardware installation instructions.

Step 2. Conﬁgure the system BIOS. Refer to the system documentation

for more information.

Step 3. Run the MegaRAID setup utility to conﬁgure the Serial ATA

drives into a RAID array. Refer to the MegaRAID Software User’s Guide for more information.

Step 4. Install the operating system driver. Refer to the MegaRAID

Device Driver Installation User’s Guide for more information.

Step 5. Install and run the MegaRAID Manager tool or the Power

Console Plus tool to manage the RAID system conﬁguration and performance. Refer to the MegaRAID Software User’s

Guide for more information.

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2.2 Hardware Requirements

You must have the following items to install and use a MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapter:

• A MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapter and device driver

• Host computer with an available PCI expansion slot

• Serial ATA disk drives and cables

2.3 Quick Installation Instructions

Follow these instructions to install your SATA150 storage adapter if you have prior experience installing computer hardware.

Step 1. Unpack the MegaRAID storage adapter and inspect it for

damage. Step 2. Power down the system and disconnect the power cord. Step 3. Remove the cover from the computer. Step 4. Conﬁgure the jumpers on the SATA150 storage adapter. Step 5. Insert the MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapter in an available

PCI slot. Step 6. Conﬁgure the Serial ATA devices according to the instructions

for each device. Step 7. Connect the Serial ATA cables between the SATA150 storage

adapter and the Serial ATA devices. Step 8. Replace the computer cover, reconnect the power cord, and

power up the system.

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2.4 Detailed Installation Instructions

Here are detailed installation instructions for installing the SATA150 storage adapter.

Step 1. Unpack the SATA150 storage adapter and inspect it for

damage.

Unpack and install the storage adapter in a static-free

environment. Remove it from the anti-static bag and inspect it

for damage. Contact LSI Logic or your MegaRAID OEM

support representative if the storage adapter appears

damaged. Step 2. Power down the system and remove the cover.

Turn off the computer and physically remove the power cord

from the back of the power supply. Remove the cover from the

computer chassis. Step 3. Conﬁgure the jumpers on the SATA150-6 or SATA150-4 storage

adapter.

Chapter 3, “SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics” lists

jumper deﬁnitions and locations. The SATA150-2 does not have

any jumpers. Step 4. Insert the MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapter in a PCI slot.

Be sure you are properly grounded, so you do not damage the

adapter with static electricity. Press down gently but ﬁrmly to

properly seat the storage adapter in the slot, as shown in

Figure 2.1.

Detailed Installation Instructions 2-3

Figure 2.1 Inserting the SATA150 Storage Adapter in a PCI Slot

Bracket Screw

32-bit PCI slots

Step 5. Attach the bracket to the computer frame with the bracket

screw. Step 6. Conﬁgure the Serial ATA devices and install them in the host

system computer case.

See the Serial ATA device documentation to determine any pre-

installation conﬁguration requirements. Step 7. Connect the Serial ATA cables between the SATA150 storage

adapter and the Serial ATA devices.

Chapter 3, “SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics” shows

the connector locations on the MegaRAID SATA150 storage

adapter.

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5 V, 64-bit PCI slot

3.3 V, 64-bit PCI slots

Step 8. Replace the computer cover, reconnect the power cord and

network cables, and power up the system.

During boot, the MegaRAID BIOS message appears:

The ﬁrmware takes several seconds to initialize while the

adapter scans the Serial ATA ports.

2.5 After Installing the Storage Adapter

After you install the storage adapter, you must install the device driver and deﬁne the logical drives and physical disk arrays. Refer to the MegaRAID Device Driver Installation User’s Guide for detailed device driver installation steps. Refer to the MegaRAID Software User’s Guide for detailed instructions on how to conﬁgure physical arrays and logical drives.

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Chapter 3 SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics

This chapter describes the characteristics of the MegaRAID SATA150 PCI to Serial ATA storage adapters. The chapter includes these topics:

• Section 3.1, “MegaRAID PCI to Serial ATA Storage Adapters”

• Section 3.2, “Physical and Environmental Speciﬁcations”

3.1 MegaRAID PCI to Serial ATA Storage Adapters

The MegaRAID SATA150 storageadapters conform to the PCI Local Bus Speciﬁcation, Revision 2.2, and are backward compatible with previous revisions of the PCI speciﬁcation. The adapters also support the Serial ATA Speciﬁcation, version 1.0. The SATA150-4 and SATA150-6 storage

adapters have an Intel 80302 processor that provides intelligent RAID management capability.

Table 3.1 lists the MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapters and

summarizes the characteristics of each board.

Table 3.1 MegaRAID SATA150 Characteristics

Adapter Ports RAID Modes PCI Bus Mode Board Dimensions

SATA150-6 6 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 64 bits, 66 MHz 6.875 x 4.2 inches (174.63 ×106.68 mm) SATA150-4 4 0, 1, 5, and 10 64 bits, 66 MHz 6.875 x 4.2 inches (174.63 × 106.68 mm) SATA150-2 2 0 and 1 32 bits, 66 MHz 6.6 × 2.53 inches (167.6 × 64.3 mm)

The following sections have detailed descriptions of each SATA150 storage adapter.

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3.1.1 MegaRAID SATA150-6

The MegaRAID SATA150-6 is an intelligent RAID controller that provides six Serial ATA ports and supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50 arrays. The SATA150-6:

• Supports six Serial ATA channels:

– Uses differential signaling – Transfers data in frames – Supports Serial ATA power management

• Complies with the PCI 2.2 Speciﬁcation

• Supports up to a 64-bit/66 MHz PCI interface:

– Functions in a 64-bit PCI slot – Functions at 66 MHz or 33 MHz – Supports 3.3 V and 5.0 V PCI signaling – Is backward compatible with previous versions of the PCI

speciﬁcation

The MegaRAID conﬁguration utility and the WebBIOS utility provide RAID management and conﬁguration support before the operating system boots. The MegaRAID Manager tool and the Power Console Plus tool provide RAID management and conﬁguration support after the operating system boots. The Power Console Plus tool enables the user to manage RAID functions over a network.

Table 3.2 lists the connectors on the SATA150-6. Figure 3.1 shows the

layout of the SATA150-6. The Write Pending connector (J4) provides a signal that indicates a dirty cache or disk activity.

Table 3.2 SATA150-6 Connector and Jumper Description

Jumpers and

Connectors

J1 Reserved – J2 Open - BIOS enabled; Installed - BIOS disabled Open J3 Reserved – J4 Reserved – J5 Serial I/O connector for Serial EPROM Open

3-2 SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics

Description Setting

Table 3.2 SATA150-6 Connector and Jumper Description (Cont.)

Jumpers and

Connectors

Description Setting

J6 I2C connector, used as the interface for the

controller to communicate with a storage enclosure processor

J7-J12 Port connectors (see Figure 3.1 for details) Optional

J13 Enables Mode 0 Select Open J14 Enables 3.3 V load sharing from motherboard Optional J15 Battery backup daughter card connector Optional

J16, J17, JP1 Reserved for internal use –

Figure 3.1 SATA150-6 Board Layout

Open

J1 J2 J3

Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5

J7 J8 J9 J10 J11 J12

J17

J14

J4 J5 J6

J16

J13

J15

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3.1.2 MegaRAID SATA150-4

The MegaRAID SATA150-4 is an intelligent RAID controller that provides four Serial ATA ports and supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 arrays. The SATA150-4:

• Supports four Serial ATA channels:

– Uses differential signaling – Transfers data in frames – Supports Serial ATA power management

• Complies with the PCI 2.2 Speciﬁcation

• Supports up to a 64-bit/66 MHz PCI interface:

– Functions in a 64-bit PCI slot – Functions at 66 MHz or 33 MHz – Supports 3.3 V and 5.0 V PCI signaling – Is backward compatible with previous versions of the PCI

speciﬁcation

The MegaRAID conﬁguration utility and the WebBIOS utility provide RAID management and conﬁguration support before the operating system boots. The MegaRAID Manager tool and the Power Console Plus tool provide RAID management and conﬁguration support after the operating system boots. The Power Console Plus tool enables the user to manage RAID functions over a network.

Table 3.3 lists the connectors on the SATA150-4. Figure 3.2 shows the

layout of the SATA150-4. The Write Pending connector (J4) provides a signal that indicates a dirty cache or disk activity.

Table 3.3 SATA150-4 Connector and Jumper Description

Jumpers and Connectors

J1 Reserved – J2 Open - BIOS enabled; Installed - BIOS disabled Open J4 Reserved – J5 Serial I/O connector for Serial EPROM Open

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Description Setting

Table 3.3 SATA150-4 Connector and Jumper Description (Cont.)

Jumpers and Connectors

Description Setting

J6 I2C connector, used as the interface for the

controller to communicate with a storage enclosure processor

J7-J10 Port connectors (see Figure 3.2 for details) Optional

J13 Reserved –

J16, J17, JP1 Reserved for internal use –

Figure 3.2 SATA150-4 Board Layout

Open

J1 J2

Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3

J7 J8 J9 J10

J17

J4 J5 J6

J16

J13

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3.1.3 MegaRAID SATA150-2

The MegaRAID SATA150-2 RAID controller provides twoSerial ATA ports and supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 arrays. The SATA150-2:

• Supports two Serial ATA channels:

– Uses differential signaling – Transfers data in frames – Supports Serial ATA power management

• Complies with the PCI 2.2 Speciﬁcation

• Supports up to a 32-bit, 66 MHz PCI interface that:

– Functions in a 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slot – Functions at 66 MHz or 33 MHz – Supports 3.3 V and 5.0 V PCI signaling – Is backward compatible with previous versions of the PCI

speciﬁcation

• Provides RAID support before operating system loads with the

MegaRAID conﬁguration utility

• Provides RAID support after the operating system loads with MCC

Table 3.4 lists the connectors on the SATA150-2. Figure 3.3 shows the

layout of the SATA150-2.

Table 3.4 SATA150-2 Connector Deﬁnitions

Connector Number Description

J1 Serial ATA Port 0 J2 Serial ATA Port 1

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Figure 3.3 SATA150-2 Board Layout

Port 0

PCI

Port 1

J2J1

3.2 Physical and Environmental Speciﬁcations

The design and implementation of the Serial ATA storage adapters minimizes electromagnetic emissions, susceptibility to radio frequency energy, and the effects of electrostatic discharge. The board carries the CE mark, C-Tick mark, FCC Self-Certiﬁcation logo, Canadian Compliance Statement, Korean MIC, Taiwan BSMI, andJapan VCCI, and it meets the requirements of CISPR Class B.

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3.2.1 Electrical Characteristics

Table 3.5 lists the maximum power requirements for the MegaRAID

SATA150 storage adapters under normal operation.

Table 3.5 Maximum Power Requirements

Host Adapter PCI/PCI-X +5.0 V PCI/PCI-X+3.3V Power

SATA150-6 (load sharing enabled)

SATA150-6 (load sharing disabled)

SATA150-4 1.5 A 0 A 7.6 W 0 ˚C to 45 ˚C SATA150-2 0.35 A N/A 1.77 W 0 ˚C to 45 ˚C

1. The total power for the SATA150-6 takes into consideration the charging of the BBU from the +12 V and the on-board regulator efﬁciencies.

1

0.85 A 1.29 A

1.63 A 0 A

11 W

Over the Operating Range

0 ˚C to 40 ˚C with BBU 0 ˚C to 45 ˚C without BBU

3.2.2 Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics

The atmospheric characteristics for the MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapters are:

• Temperature range: 0 ˚C to 40 ˚C with BBU; 0 ˚C to 45 ˚C without

BBU (dry bulb)

• Relative humidity range: 20% to 80% noncondensing

• Maximum dew point temperature: 32 ˚C

The following parameters deﬁne the storage and transit environment for the SATA150 storage adapters:

• Temperature range: 40 ˚C to 105 ˚C (dry bulb)

• Relative humidity range: 20% to 80% noncondensing

3.2.3 Safety Characteristics

All Serial ATA storage adapters meet or exceed the requirements of UL ﬂammability rating 94 V0. Each bare board is also marked with the supplier’s name or trademark, type, and UL ﬂammability rating. Because these boards are installed in a PCI bus slot, all voltages are below the SELV 42.4 V limit.

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Appendix A Glossary of Terms

BIOS Basic Input/Output System. The BIOS is software that provides basic

read/write capability. It is usually stored as ﬁrmware. The system BIOS on the main board of a computer boots and controls the system. The BIOS on the storage adapter acts as an extension of the system BIOS.

Conﬁguration Refers to the way a computer is set up; the combined hardware

components (computer, monitor, keyboard, and peripheral devices) that make up a computer system; or the software settings that allow the hardware components to communicate with each other.

Device Driver A program that allows a microprocessor (through the operating system)

to direct the operation of a peripheral device, such as a disk drive.

Host The computer system in which a storage adapter is installed. The host

uses the storage adapter to transfer information to and from devices attached to the storage adapter.

PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. A high performance local bus

speciﬁcation that allows connection of devices directly to computer memory.

RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks. Serial ATA Serialized AT Attachment. The Serial ATA bus is a high-speed, internal

bus that provides a low pin count, low voltage level bus for device connections between a host adapter and a Serial ATA device.

StorageAdapter A circuit board that provides a device connection between the host and

the storage devices attached to the storage adapter.

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A-2 Glossary of Terms

Appendix B MegaRAID Problem Report Form

Use the following form to report problems with your MegaRAID SATA150 storage adapter.

Table B.1 Customer Information

Customer Information MegaRAID Serial ATA Information

Name: Today’s Date:

Company: Date of Purchase:

Address: Invoice Number:

City, State: Serial Number:

Country: Number of Channels:

Email address: Cache Memory:

Phone: Firmware Version:

Fax: BIOS Version:

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Table B.2 System and Problem Information

Motherboard: BIOS Manufacturer:

Operating System: BIOS Date:

Operating System Version: Video Adapter:

MegaRAID

CPU Type and Speed:

Driver Version: Network Card: System Memory: Other disk controllers

installed:

Other adapter cards installed:

Description of problem:

Steps necessary to re-create problem:

1.

2.

3.

4.

B-2 MegaRAID Problem Report Form

Table B.3 MegaRAID Array and Logical Device Conﬁguration

Array Number RAID Mode, Stripe Size

Array #0 Conﬁguration Array #1 Conﬁguration Array #2 Conﬁguration Array #3 Conﬁguration Array #4 Conﬁguration Array #5 Conﬁguration Array #6 Conﬁguration Array #7 Conﬁguration Array #8 Conﬁguration Array #9 Conﬁguration

B-3

B-4 MegaRAID Problem Report Form

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1.1 Overview of Main Adapter Features

1.1.1 Enclosure Management

1.1.2 Alarm Beep Codes

1.1.3 Drive Roaming and Drive Migration

1.1.4 Logical Drive Deletion

1.1.5 Operating System Support

1.1.6 Technical Support

1.2 SATA150 Storage Adapter Characteristics

2.1 Installation Overview

2.2 Hardware Requirements

2.3 Quick Installation Instructions

2.4 Detailed Installation Instructions

2.5 After Installing the Storage Adapter

3.1 MegaRAID PCI to Serial ATA Storage Adapters

3.1.1 MegaRAID SATA150-6

3.1.2 MegaRAID SATA150-4

3.1.3 MegaRAID SATA150-2

3.2.1 Electrical Characteristics

3.2.2 Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics

3.2.3 Safety Characteristics

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