Asus PIKE 2308 Operation & User’s Manual

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• ASUS PIKE 2308 2-7 8. Repeat step 6 to add the second disk to the volume. 9. When done, press <C> to create the volume, then select Save changes then exit this menu. 10. The utility creates the volume. 7. A warning screen appears. Press any key to continue. Press <M> to keep existing data on the rst disk. If you choose this option, data on the rst disk will be mirr

• Asus PIKE 2308, vi PIKE 2308 specications summary * The exact OS support would base on the OS support list of the motherboard. ** Specications are subject to change without notice. Controller LSISAS2308 Interface ASUS PIKE interface Ports 8 ports Support device SAS/SAS II devices SATA/SATA II/SATA III devices Data transfer rate SATA III and SAS II 6Gb/s per PHY RAID level RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 1E/RAID 10 OS support* Windows ® Server 2012 Windows ® Server 2008 Enterprise R2 Windows ® Server 2003 Enterprise R2 Windows ® 8 Windows ® 7 Ultimate Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.4 SuSE Linux Enterpr

• Asus PIKE 2308, ASUS PIKE 2308 2-3 2.2 LSI Corporation MPT Setup Utility The LSI Corporation MPT Setup Utility is an integrated RAID solution that allows you to create the following RAID sets from SAS hard disk drives supported by the LSI SAS 2308 Series controller: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E, and RAID 10. • You may use disks of different sizes in one volume; however, the size of the smallest disk determines the “logical” size of each member disk. • DO NOT combine Serial ATA and SAS disk drives in one volume. • The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for reference only andThe RAID setup screens shown in this section

• Asus PIKE 2308, 2-20 Chapter 2: RAID conguration 2.2.6 Global Properties From the Adapter List screen, press <Alt+N> to enter Global Properties menu. From the menu you may change related settings. Pause When Boot Alert Displayed Sets whether to pause or not when the boot alert displays. Conguration options: [Yes] [No] Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Alt+N = Adapter List -/+ = Change Item LSI Corp Cong Utility v7.05.01.00 (2010.02.09) Adapter List Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed [No] Boot Information Display Mode [Display minimal information] Support Interrupt

• Asus PIKE 2308, 2-2 Chapter 2: RAID conguration 2.1 Setting up RAID The RAID card supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E, and RAID 10. 2.1.1 RAID denitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Use of at least two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.

• Asus PIKE 2308, iv About this guide This user guide contains the information you need when installing and conguring the server management board. How this guide is organized This guide contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter offers the PIKE 2308 SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports. • Chapter 2: RAID conguration This chapter provides instructions on setting up, creating, and conguring RAID sets using the available utilities. • Chapter 3: Driver installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the RAID drivers on different operating systems. Where to nd more infor

• Asus PIKE 2308, 2-32 Chapter 2: RAID conguration Physical drive A red circle to the right of an icon indicates that the device has failed. For example, this icon indicates that a physical drive has failed: . A yellow circle to the right of an icon indicates that a device is running in a degraded state. For example, this icon indicates that a virtual disk is running in a degraded state because a disk drive has failed: . Properties View Panel The right panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window has the Properties tab that displays information a

• Asus PIKE 2308, v Typography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select. Italics Used to emphasize a word or a phrase. <Key> Keys enclosed in the less-than and greater-than sign means that you must press the enclosed key. Example: <Enter> means that you must press the Enter or Return key. <Key1+Key2+Key3> If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are linked with a plus sign (+). Example: <Ctrl+Alt+D> Command Means that you must type the command exactly as shown, then supply t

• Asus PIKE 2308, ASUS PIKE 2308 1-3 1.3 Card layout The illustration below shows the major components of the RAID card. 1.4 System requirements Before you install the PIKE 2308 SAS RAID card, check if the system meets the following requirements: • Workstation or server motherboard with a PIKE RAID card slot • SAS or SATA hard disk drives • Supporting operating system: Windows ® and Linux operating systems (refer to website for details) • Other requirement: - Appropriate thermal solution - Certied power supply module 1. ASUS PIKE interface-1: PCI-E x8 2. ASUS PIKE interface

• Asus PIKE 2308, 2-16 Chapter 2: RAID conguration Activating a volume If a volume is removed from one controller/computer or moved to another, the volume is considered inactive. When you add the volume back to the system, you may reactivate the volume. To activate the volume: 1. From the Manage Volume screen, select Activate Volume, then press <Enter>. Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Enter = Select Item LSI Corp Cong Utility v7.05.01.00 (2010.02.09) Manage Volume -- SAS2308 Identier LSI Logical Volume 3000 Type RAID 1 Size(GB) 73

• Asus PIKE 2308, 1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome! Thank you for buying an ASUS ® PIKE 2308 SAS RAID card! The ASUS PIKE 2308 allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E, and RAID 10 sets from SATA/SATA II/SATA III/SAS/SAS II hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard. Before you start installing the RAID card, check the items in your package with the list below. If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. 1.2 Package contents Check your package fo

• Asus PIKE 2308, 2-24 Chapter 2: RAID conguration 4. Enter your user name and organization name. In the bottom part of the screen, select an installation option: – If you select All users, any user with administrative privileges can use this version of MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view or change storage congurations. – If you select Only for current user, the MegaRAID Storage Manager shortcuts and associated icons will be available only to the user with this user name. 5. Click Next to continue. 6. On the next screen, accept the default Destination Folder, or click Change

• Asus PIKE 2308, 2-22 Chapter 2: RAID conguration Restore Defaults This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the system defaults. Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Alt+N = Adapter List -/+ = Change Item LSI Corp Cong Utility v7.05.01.00 (2010.02.09) Adapter List Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed [No] Boot Information Display Mode [Display minimal information] Support Interrupt [Hook interrupt, the Default] Restore Defaults

• Asus PIKE 2308, 3-2 Chapter 3: Driver installation 3.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on how to install or update the RAID card drivers. The RAID card driver might be included in the Linux OS installation CD, and could be loaded automatically during OS installation. However, we recommend using the RAID driver packaged in the RAID card support CD for better reliability. 3.1.1 Creating a RAID dr

• Asus PIKE 2308, 3-8 Chapter 3: Driver installation 9. Select from the drop-down menu and locate the driver. 10. Click Next to start updating the driver. 11. After completing driver update, click Finish to close the wizard. LSI Adapter, SAS2 2308 Falcon -StorPort LSI Adapter, SAS2 2308 Falcon -StorPort

• Asus PIKE 2308, 2-28 Chapter 2: RAID conguration 2.3.4 Linux Error Messages The following messages may appear while you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a Linux system: • More than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software has been installed. This message indicates that the user has installed more than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software. (This can be done by using the rpm-force command to install the rpm le directly, which is not recommended, instead of using the install.sh le.) In such cases, the user must uninstall all the rpm les manually before installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software with the procedure listed previously. �

• Asus PIKE 2308, ASUS PIKE 2308 2-13 3. The View Volume screen appears. Here you can view properties of the RAID volume(s) created. If you have congured a hot spare, it will also be listed. If you created more than one volume, you may view the next volume by pressing <Alt+N>. Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Enter=Select Item Alt+N=Next Volume LSI Corp Cong Utility v7.05.01.00 (2010.02.09) View Volume -- SAS2308 Volume 1 of 1 Identier LSI Logical Volume 3000 Type RAID 1 Size(GB) 73 Status

• Asus PIKE 2308, 2-14 Chapter 2: RAID conguration Managing hot spares You may congure one disk as a global hot spare to protect critical data on the RAID 1/1E/10 volume(s). You may create the hot spare disk at the same time you create the RAID 1/1E/10 volume. Refer to this section when adding a hot spare disk on an existing volume. If a disk on an RAID 1/1E/10 volume fails, the utility automatically rebuilds the failed disk data on the hot spare. When the failed disk is replaced, the utility assigns the replacement as the new hot spare. To create a hot spare: 1. Follow steps 1–3 of the section Vie

• Asus PIKE 2308, ASUS PIKE 2308 3-3 7. Place a blank, high-density oppy disk to the oppy disk drive. 8. Press <Enter>. 9. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk. 6. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create. PIKE 2308 SAS2 card Driver Windows XP x86 Windows XP x64 Windows Server 2003 x86 Windows Server 2003 x64 Windows Vista x86 Windows Vista x64 Windows Server 2008 x86 Windows Server 2008 x64 Windows 7 x86 Windows 7 x64 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 RHEL 4 UP6 i686 RHEL 4 UP6 x86_64 RHEL 4 UP7 i686 RHEL 4 UP7 x86_64 RHEL 4 UP8 i686 RHEL 4 UP8 x86_64 RHEL 5 i68

• Asus PIKE 2308, ASUS PIKE 2308 2-5 4. The Adapter Properties screen appears. Use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, then press <Enter>. 5. The Select New Volume Type screen appears. Use the arrow keys to select Create RAID 1 Volume, then press <Enter>. Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Enter = Select Item -/+/Enter = Change Item LSI Corp Cong Utility v7.05.01.00 (2010.02.09) Adapter Properties -- SAS2308 Adapter Asus SAS2308 PCI Slot 07 PCI Address(Bus/Dev)

• 3-10 Chapter 3: Driver installation 5. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press <Enter>. 6. Follow the screen instructions to continue the OS installation. More Driver Disks? Do you wish to load any more driver disks? Yes No

• Asus PIKE 2308, 1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.5 Card installation Follow the below instructions to install the RAID card on your motherboard. For 2U, 5U, or pedestal server To install ASUS PIKE 2308 SAS RAID card on a 2U, 5U, or pedestal server 1. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard. 2. Align the golden ngers of the RAID card with the PIKE RAID card slot. 3. Insert the RAID card into the PIKE RAID card slot. Ensure the card is completely inserted into the card slot, and the heatsink latch is completely hooked to the edge of the card s

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