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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card
User’s Manual
Revison 1.0c
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any person or organization of the updates. Please Note: For the most up-to-date version of this manual, please see our web site at www.supermicro.com. Super Micro Comp
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Table of Contents 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
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties ...........................................4-12 Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties ....................................4-13 Viewing Physical Drive Properties ........................................................4-13 4-8 Forcing Drives Online or Offline....................................................4-13 4-9 Configuring a Bootable Virtual Drive............................................4-14 4-10 Dele
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Table of Contents 6-7 Deleting a Virtual Disk ....................................................................6-20 6-8 Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk.......................................6-21 6-9 Clearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller ..................6-21 6-10 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration .....................................6-22 Chapter 7 Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced ...................................................................
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual 8-4 Integrated Striping Firmware ...........................................................8-3 Metadata Support....................................................................................8-3 SMART Support......................................................................................8-3 Disk Write Caching .................................................................................8-3 8-5 Fusion-MPT Support................................
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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-USAS-L8i add-on card to their system. Product Features The AOC-USAS-L8i add-on card offers the following features: • UIO Form Factor • Dual Internal "ipass" cable ports • Multiple LED Activity/Failure indicators Operating Systems Supported The AOC-USAS-L8i add-on card supports the following Operating Systems (OS): • Windows 2000/Windows XP/W
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual Contacting SuperMicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Web Site: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V. Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0) 73-6400390 Fax: +31 (0) 73-6416525 Email: sales@supermicro.n
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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 components. To prevent damage to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD. • Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discha
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual Notes 1-2
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Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators 2-1 Front Connectors and Pin Definitions Connectors are used to attach the add-on card to the system’s mainboard. Figure 2-1. AOC-USAS-L8i Add On Card Front Connectors and Jumpers 1 1 2 Table 2-1 lists the add-on card’s front connectors. Table 2-1. Front Connectors and Pin Definitions Number Description 1 Internal SAS Connectors 2 Front Panel LED Connector 2-1
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual Internal SAS Connectors The Internal SAS ports (SFF-8087 connector) connect to the backplane allowing the motherboard to access the hard drives and RAID capabilities. Each connector supports up to four hard drives allowing the add-on card to support a maximum of eight. (SAS 0-3 and SAS 4-7). Use a single port SAS "ipass" cable (SuperMicro order number CBL-0108L-02). Active LED Connector The LED connector allows the add-on card to display activity and sta
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Chapter 2: Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators 2-2 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions Figure 2-2. Jumper Locations SWR5 To modify the operation of the backplane, jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings. Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector. Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board. Figure 2-2 shows jumper locations for the add-on card, while Table 2-3 lists the add-on card’s pin definitions. NOT
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual Table 2-3. SWR5 Jumper Settings Jumper Jumper Settings Note Leave disabled when operating in IR or IT mode. Enable for SR 1-2: Enabled SWR5 mode operation. Default setting is disabled for IT mode (see 3: Disabled Chapter 3). 2-3 LED Indicators Figure 2-3. LED Indicators Power LEDS LNP0 - LNP7 A0 - A7 LED2 LED1 Figure displays LED indicators on the add-on card, while table lists the individual LEDs, their state and their specification. Table 2-4. Front P
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Chapter 2: Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators Table 2-4. Front Pane LEDs (Continued) LED State Specification LNP3 On Fault in HDD #3 LNP4 On Fault in HDD #4 LNP5 On Fault in HDD #5 LNP6 On Fault in HDD #6 LNP7 On Fault in HDD #7 A0 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD #0 A1 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD #1 A2 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD #2 A3 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD #3 A4 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD #4 A5 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD #5 A6 Flashing Normal Activity in HDD #6 A7 F
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual Notes 2-6
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Chapter 3 RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers To change RAID modes from the AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card’s default IT Mode, you need to flash your system’s BIOS with a Firmware download and install drivers for the RAID mode to your operating system. 3-1 RAID Modes There are three RAID modes that are supported by the AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card: • IT Mode (Initiator and Target Mode): This is the default mode for the AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card. The maximum support for this mode is up to 122 hard disk dri
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual 3-2 Getting Firmware Downloads Firmware for RAID modes can only be obtained through contacting SuperMicro Technical Support for instructions and assistance to obtain firmware downloads. Each of the RAID modes requires a different firmware download. Make sure the firmware download corresponds to the RAID mode (IT, IR or SR) that you wish to use before installing it. 3-3 Flashing Firmware Follow the procedure below to flash firmware to the BIOS. Flashing
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Chapter 3: RAID Modes, Firmware and Drivers 3-5 Activating RAID Modes in OPROM BIOS RAID modes can be activated by pressing keyboard keys in the OPROM BIOS setup. Press CTRL-C for IT or IR mode and CTRL-M for SR mode to activate your system for one of these modes. 3-3
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AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual Notes 3-4
