LSI SATA 150 User Manual

USER’S GUIDE

MegaRAID® SATA 150 Storage Adapters

July 2006

Version 1.5

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P/N: 80-00152-01 Rev. A

Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices

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.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

LSI Logic is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by unauthorized modification of this equipment or the substitution or attachment of connecting cables and equipment other than those specified by LSI Logic. The correction of interferences caused by such unauthorized modification, substitution, or attachment will be the responsibility of the user.

The LSI Logic MegaRAID SATA storage adapters are tested to comply with FCC standards for home or office use.

This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada.

This is a Class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference from Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this is used near a radio or television receiver in a domestic environment, it may cause radio interference. Install and use the equipment according to the instruction manual.

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Document P/N: 80-00152-01, Version 1.5 (July 2006) This document describes LSI Logic Corporation’s SATA 150 PCI to Serial ATA Storage Adapters and will remain the official reference source for all revisions/releases of these products until rescinded by an update. This manual applies to the MegaRAID SATA 1502, SATA 150-4, and SATA 150-6 storage adapters.

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Audience

Preface

This book is the user’s guide for the MegaRAID® SATA 150 storage adapters. It contains complete physical installation instructions, as well as physical and electrical specifications, for the SATA 150 storage adapters.

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

• Anyone installing an SATA 150 storage adapter in a host system

• Engineers who are designing an SATA 150 storage adapter into a

host system

Organization

• Engineers and managers who are evaluating the SATA 150 storage

adapter for possible use in a system

Use this manual to install and configure your MegaRAID SATA 150 storage adapter in the host system.

This document has the following chapters and appendixes:

• Chapter 1, Introduction, introduces the SATA 150 storage adapters

and describes their main supported features.

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

150 storage adapter in a host system.

• Chapter 3, SATA 150 Storage Adapter Characteristics, provides

the environmental and electrical specifications for the SATA 150

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storage adapters. This chapter also provides the mechanical drawing, jumper definitions, and connector locations for the SATA 150 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 SATA 150 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 SATA 150 adapter.

Sequence Task Reference Manual

1 Understand RAID system theory and operation. MegaRAID Configura-

tion Software User’s Guide

2 Install the MegaRAID Serial ATA storage adapter and the

related hardware.

3 Configure the physical arrays and logical devices using either

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

4 Install the MegaRAID device drivers. MegaRAID Device Driver

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 Configuration Software User’s Guide

Installation User’s Guide

MegaRAID Configuration 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: DB15-000269-01

This document explains how to use the RAID system configuration, monitoring, and management 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

1.5 July 2006 Corrected text about the J4 Write Pending connector for the SATA

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

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150-6 and SATA 150-4 controllers. Updated jumper information to state not to use a jumper on the J1 connector for SATA 150-6 and SATA 150-4. In addition, updated contact information for Technical Support.

alarm beep codes. Did general editing on the document.

tion, and headings for RAID Configuration Utilities and Technical Support in Chapter 1. Corrected version number for the Serial ATA specification (1.0).

supported operating systems.

Revision Date Remarks

1.1 April 2003 Added the MegaRAID SATA 150-4 RAID Storage Adapter (RSA).

1.0 December 2002 Initial release of this document.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

This chapter introduces the MegaRAID SATA 150 PCI to Serial ATA storage adapters and consists of the following sections:

• Section 1.1, “Overview of Main Adapter Features”

• Section 1.2, “SATA 150 Storage Adapter Characteristics”

1.1 Overview of Main Adapter Features

The MegaRAID SATA 150 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 SATA 150 adapter on a PCI bus and use it to connect Serial ATA drives to the host computer over a Serial ATA bus. SATA 150 storage adapters are an ideal RAID solution for the internal storage requirements of workgroup, departmental, and enterprise systems. SATA 150 storage adapters offer a cost-effective way to implement RAID in a server.

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

Note:

The following are descriptions of the SATA 150 adapters:

The MegaRAID SATA 150-2 is no longer available.

• The MegaRAID SATA 150-6 intelligent RAID controller and storage

adapter uses three Silicon Image SiI3112A chips to support six Serial ATA ports. The Intel 80302 processor provides the intelligent RAID

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LSI SATA 150 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Overview of Main Adapter Features