Supermicro AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR User Manual

AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR

Add-on Card

User’s Manual

Revison 1.0

AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR Add-on Card User’s Manual

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against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction manual, may cause harmful interference with radio
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in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense.

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Material-special handling may apply. See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate for further
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WARNING: HANDLING OF LEAD SOLDER MATERIALS USED IN THIS
PRODUCT MAY EXPOSE YOU TO LEAD, A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS AND OTHER
REPRODUCTIVE HARM.

Manual Revison 1.0
Release Date: October 7, 2010
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines..........................................................1-1

1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines.....................................................................1-1

1-2 General Safety Guidelines...............................................................1-1

1-3 An Important Note to Users.............................................................1-1

Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators...............2-1

2-1 Front Connectors and Pin Definitions............................................2-1

Internal SAS Connectors ........................................................................2-1

Board-to-Board Connector......................................................................2-1

2-2 LED Functions ...................................................................................2-2

2-3 RAID Minimum Drive Requirements..............................................2-2

2-4 Getting Firmware Downloads..........................................................2-2

Flashing Firmware Using MegaRAID Storage Manager.........................2-2

Flashing Firmware Using the MegaCLI under DOS................................2-8

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Preface

About this Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC
users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR add-on card to their
system.

Product Features

The AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR add-on card offers the following features:

• Low profile UIO Connection

• Dual Internal “ipass” cable ports

• Support for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60.

• Supports MegaRAID Storage Manager Software

• Supports 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 Gb/s SAS and SATA data transfer rates

• 8 internal ports

• LSI SAS 2108 chip

• 512MB 800MHz DDR2 on-card cache

• Optional Battery Backup Unit

Operating Systems Supported

The AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR add-on card supports the following Operating Systems (OS):

• Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003

•Linux OS:

• Redhat-rhel52

• Redhat-fc9

• Suse-sles10sp2

Each operating system must include the latest patches, hot fixes, and at least, 256 MB
of free hard drive space.

An Important Note to Users

All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the latest PCB
Revision available at the time of publishing. The card you have received may or may not
look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual.

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Contacting SuperMicro

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