SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-USAS-S4IR, AOC-USAS-S4I User Manual

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USER'S GUIDE

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Manual Revision 1.0

Release Date: July 9, 2007

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Table of Contents

Overview .............................................................................................................v

Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................v

Operating Systems Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........................v

Manual Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................v

Contacting SuperMicro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................vi

Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines

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 LED Indicators and Connectors

2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers . . ................ . ................. . ................................. 2-1

Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 2-1

2-2 Front Connector and Pin Defi nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-2

2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Defi nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-3

Explanation of Jumpers .................................................................................. 2-3

LED INDICATORS .......................................................................................... 2-4

RAID Minimum Drive Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-4

Chapter 3 Boot Controller and Bootable Array

3-1 Boot Controller Setup .......................................................................................... 3-1

3-2 Creating an Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 3-1

Creating an Array with the ACU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 3-2

Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. ...................... 3-3

3-3 Making Your Array Bootable ..... ........... .......... ........... .......... ................................. 3-4

Chapter 4 Installing the Driver and an Operating System

4-1 Overview .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .... ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .... ... .. . .. . .. . .......................... 4-1

4-2 Creating a Driver Disk ......................................................................................... 4-1

4-3 Installing with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 4-2

4-4 Installing with Red Hat Linux . . .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. ..................... 4-2

4-5 Installing with SUSE Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 4-3

Chapter 5 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System

5-1 Overview .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .... ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .... ... .. . .. . .. . .. . ....................... 5-1

5-2 Creating a Driver Disk ......................................................................................... 5-1

5-3 Installing on Windows . . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ....................... 5-2

5-4 Installing on Linux (Red Hat and SUSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 5-2

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Chapter 6 Managing Your Storage Space

6-1 About Adaptec Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 6-1

Installing Adaptec Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 6-2

6-2 The Adaptec RAID Controller Confi guration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 6-2

6-3 About the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility ..................................................... 6-2

6-4 The Adaptec Flash Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 6-3

6-5 Choosing a Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................. 6-3

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Introduction

Overview

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable

PC users who intend to integrate SuperMicro's USAS-S4i Add on Card to their

system.

Product Features

The AOC-USAS-S4i offers the following features:

• UIO Form Factor.

• Two Internal "ipass" cable ports.

• Support for RAID 0, 1, and 10.

The AOC-USAS-S4ir offers the following features:

• UIO Form Factor.

• Two Internal "ipass" cable ports.

• Support for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10.

• Preinstalled iButton provides RAID 5 support.

Operating Systems Supported

The AOC-USAS-S4i and AOC-USAS-S4ir support the following Operating Systems

(OS):

• Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux/SUSE Linux

Each operating systems must include the latest downloads and hot fi xes and at

least 256 MB of free hard drive space.

Manual Images

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.

S4i/S4iR has one internal
and one external connector.
Therefore this statement is
wrong.

S4iR supports RAID
0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50.

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Contacting SuperMicro

Headquarters

Address: SuperMicro Computer, Inc.

980 Rock Ave.

San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

Web Site: www.supermicro.com

Europe

Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V.

Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

[e-mail] (Customer Support)

Asia-Pacifi c

Address: SuperMicro, Ta iwan

4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.

Chung-Ho 235, Ta ipei County

Ta iwan, R.O.C.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw

Technical Support:

Email: [e-mail]

Tel: [phone], ext.132 or 139

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Chapter 1

Safety Guidelines

To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps

listed below when accessing your system or handling the components.

1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines

Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam-

age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures

are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD.

• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.

• To uch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the anti-

static bag.

• Handle the add-on card by its edges only; do not touch its components, pe-

ripheral chips, memory modules or gold contacts.

• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.

• Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use.

1-2 General Safety Guidelines

• Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components

from the computer.

• Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the

system.

• Make sure that the add-on card is securely and properly installed on the moth-

erboard to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.

1-3 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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Notes