LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility USER'S MANUAL
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1. e Discard changes then exit this menu Select this option to discard the changes you ve made and return to the LSI Configuration Utility e Exit the Configuration Utility and Reboot Select this option to exit the LSI Configuration Utility and reboot the system 2 13 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual Notes 2 14 Chapter 3 Configuring the LSI 2308 IT Mode Settings Chapter 3 Configuring the LSI 2308 IT Mode Settings This chapter provides configuration instructions for the LSI 2308 SAS configura tion utility for IT Mode settings If you do not wish to configure LSI Software RAID settings skip this section and go directly to OS Installation For OS installation instructions please refer to our website at www supermicro com f For system stability do not use both SAS and SATA drives in the same array 3 1 Using the LSI 2308 Configuration Utility in IT Mode Follow the steps indicated below to configure arrays and logical drives in SAS IT Mode 1 Power on the system 2 When the LSI MPTSAS Initialization screen displays press lt CTRL gt and lt C gt to enter the LSI SAS configuration utility shown below Global Properties 02 14 00 00 00 IT Enabled LSI Configuration Utility SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual 3 Highlight the LSI 2308 setting you would like to configure and press lt Enter gt to display the configuration utility main page as show2. Chapter 1 Introduction to the LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility RAID 1 RAID 1 Integrated Mirroring allows data to be simultaneously written to multiple drives This RAID configuration increases data integrity by providing redundancy but requires twice the amount of data storage capacity Two drives are required to complete a RAID 1 configuration The following illustration provides a visual example of a RAID 1 drive group RAID 1 Segment 1 Segment 1 Duplicate Segment 2 Segment 2 Duplicate RAID 1 Example RAID 1E RAID 1E Integrated Mirroring Enhanced is a non standard RAID configuration that combines data striping RAID 0 functionality with data redundancy RAID 1 functionality In this configuration data is triped across all drives and a copy of each stripe is stored on a different drive RAID 1E requires at least 3 drives with additional drives added in pairs total number of drives is an odd number The following illustration provides a visual example of a RAID 10 virtual drive group RAID 1E lt lt Segment 1 Segment 1 Segment 2 Duplicate Segment 2 Segment 3 Segment 3 Duplicate Duplicate Segment 4 Segment 4 Segment 5 Duplicate Segment 5 Segment 6 Segment 6 Duplicate Duplicate RAID 1E Example 1 5 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual RAID 10 RAID 10 a combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0 provides superb system perfor mance and system security RAID 10 stripes da
3. Enter gt to display the submenu shown below LSI Corp Config Utility v7 27 00 00 2012 07 02 Advanced Adapter Properties SASZ2308 1 IRQ NUM I0 Port Address Chip A n ID Adapter Timing Properties Esc Exit Menu FisShift Help Enter Select Item r Change Item Advanced Adapter Properties Submenu Advanced Device Properties Select Advanced Device Properties from the Advanced Adapter Properties sub menu above and press lt Enter gt to display the screen shown below LSI Corp Config Utility u 27 00 00 2012 07 02 Advanced Device Properties SASZ308 1 Maximum INT 13 s for this Adapter A11 A11 A11 an for Other Devices Call to s to to to Removable Media Support None Restore Defaults Esc Exit Menu F17 1 Help Enter Select Item Change Item Advanced Device Properties Submenu Use the arrow keys to select any of the following items e Maximum INT 13 Devices for this Adapter This field displays the maxi mum amount of devices attached to the adapter for which you can install a pre OS IO interface The amount ranges from 0 to 24 devices 2 10 Chapter 2 Configuring the LSI 2308 IR Mode Settings e 10 Timeout for selected Devices This field displays the time in sec onds which the host uses to timeout IOs for the following device types The default setting is 10 00h Direct Access 01h Sequential Access 04h Write Once 07
4. a RAID device To change a non RAID drive to a RAID drive navigate to the RAID Disk field for the desired drive and press lt gt or lt gt to select the drive for a RAID volume Press lt C gt to create a RAID volume You can follow the same procedure to change a RAID drive to a non RAID drive Warning When creating a RAID volume all existing data on the disks will be erased Drive Status This field displays the status of the disk drive Pred Fail Predicting Failure This field indicates if SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology predicts that the disk drive will fail SMART is a monitoring system used to detect and report on the various health conditions of a hard drive If a hard disk failure is anticipated by SMART it is strongly recommended that you replace the hard drive before creating a RAID volume on the disk drive Size This item displays the size in GB of the individual hard drive f Notes 1 The size of the volume created in a disk drive does not reflect the actual size of the disk 2 If a RAID set consists of two or more disk drives the size of the RAID volume indicates the total RAID volume created by all the disks within the RAID set combined 2 4 Chapter 2 Configuring the LSI 2308 IR Mode Settings 2 3 Managing Volume This feature allows you to perform the following management tasks on the RAID volumes e Manage Hot Spares e Perform a Consistency Check e Activate a V
5. installation only if the device has media installed Restore Defaults Use this feature to restore all the above settings to the factory defaults 3 5 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual Adapter Timing Properties Select Adapter Timing Properties from the Advanced Adapter Properties submenu and press lt Enter gt to display the screen shown below Adapter Timing Properties Submenu Use the arrow keys to select one of the following items and press the lt gt or lt gt key to change the setting e Direct Attached Spinup Delay Use this field to specify the number of sec onds to wait between spinups of devices For this setting to work properly the device must be configured to require a spinup e Direct Attached Max Targets to Spinup Use this field to specify the maxi mum number of targets that can spin up simultaneously e Report Device missing Delay Use this field to specify the number of seconds the IO will delay reporting a target device missing after it becomes unavailable The device will not be reported as missing if it returns before this timer expires e 10 Device Missing Delay Use this field to specify the number of seconds the IOC will delay replying to SCSI Initiator request messages when the addressed device is missing because the target device is not accesible 3 6 Chapter 3 Configuring the LSI 2308 IT Mode Settings 3 4 Exit After you ve changed SAS RAID Configu
6. stana n ano ee den ka a Xudana anan 3 6 vi Chapter 1 Introduction to the LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility Chapter 1 Introduction After you have installed hardware components you must first configure LSI 2308 SAS settings before you install an operating system and other software drivers f Note If you do not wish to configure LSI Software RAID settings proceed with the OS installation For OS installation instructions refer to related documents posted on our website at www supermicro com 1 1 Overview of the LSI 2308 SAS Controller The LSI 2308 SAS Controller which is based on the Fusion MPT Message Passing Technology architecture integrates advanced SAS and PCI Express technologies to deliver a processor based cost effective RAID management tool for mid level servers that require high system availability and redundancy without full featured RAID implementation The supported Integrated RAID options include RAID 1 In tegrated Mirroring RAID 1E Integrated Mirroring Enhanced RAID 0 Integrated Sriping and RAID 10 Integrated Mirroring and Striping These RAID configurations are easy to configure and should satisfy most internal RAID requirements The LSI 2308 Controller supports eight PCI E lanes with transfer rates of up to 8 0 GT s per lane for PCI E 3 0 while remaining backwards compatible to the 5 0 2 5 GT s data rate supported by PCI E 2 0 1x It also supports End to End CRC ECRC with Advanced Er
7. AS Initialization screen displays press lt CTRL gt and lt C gt to enter the LSI configuration utility shown below Global Properties 00 e0 02 14 00 00 00 IR Enabled LSI Configuration Utility 2 1 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual 3 Highlight the LSI 2308 setting you would like to configure and press lt Enter gt to display the configuration utility main page as shown below LSI Configuration Utility Main Page 4 Highlight Boot Support see above and press lt gt or lt gt to change the set ting Press lt Enter gt to select the desired setting The default setting for Boot Support is Enabled BIOS amp OS Note For more information on an item press lt F1 gt or lt Shift F1 gt to ac cess help information 2 2 Chapter 2 Configuring the LSI 2308 IR Mode Settings 2 2 Creating RAID Volumes In IR mode you can create RAID 1 RAID 0 and RAID 1E 10 volumes The proce dure for creating each RAID volume is the same however the amount of physical disks in a volume varies for each configuration as follows RAID 1 This co hot spares nfiguration consists of 2 disk drives including up to 2 optional RAID 0 This configuration consists of 2 to 10 disk drives RAID 1E 10 This configuration consists of 3 to 10 disk drives including up to 2 optional hot spares Use the following procedure to create a RAID 1 RAID 0 and RAID 1E 10 volumes 1 From
8. PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides instructions on how to use the LSI 2308 configuration utility to configure RAID settings for Supermicro motherboards Manual Organization Chapter 1 provides an overview on the LSI 2308 software utility Chapter 2 provides an introduction to the LSI 2308 SAS software utility settings and how to run the LSI 2308 SAS Configuration utility using IR Mode Chapter 3 provides instructions on how to run the LSI 2308 SAS Configuration utility using IT Mode Conventions Used in This Manual Pay special attention to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage to the system or injury to yourself Warning Important information given to prevent erroneous RAID configuration and to ensure proper system setup f Note Additional information given to ensure correct RAID configuration setup SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility 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 nl General Information support supermicro
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10. SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual 3 3 Advanced Adapter Properties From the LSI configuration utility main page page 2 2 select Advanced Adapter Properties and press lt Enter gt to display the submenu shown below LSI Corp Config Utility U 00 00 2012 07 02 Advanced Adapter Properties SAS2308 1 IRQ NUM 10 Port Address Chip Revision ID Adapter Timing Pro Shift 1 Help Enter Change Item Advanced Adapter Properties Submenu Advanced Device Properties Select Advanced Device Properties from the Advanced Adapter Properties sub menu and press lt Enter gt to display the screen shown below LSI Corp Config Utility U 90 00 2012 07 Advanced Device Properties SASZ2308 1 ximun INT 13 Devices for this Adapter E MH Timeout for Block Dev 10 Timeout for Block Devic Removable 10 Timeout for Sequential Devices 10 Timeout for Other Devices 10 for Block Devi s Call n for Block Devices Removable Al1 for Sequential Devices tall for Other Devices All Removable Media Support None Restore Defaults Esc Exit Menu nift 1 Help Enter lect Item Enter Change Item Advanced Device Properties Submenu Use the arrow keys to select any of the following items e Maximum INT 13 Devices for this Adapter This field displays the maxi mum amount of devices attached to the adapter for which you can install a pre OS IO interface The amount ranges from 0 t
11. apacity Expansion 2 8 Chapter 2 Configuring the LSI 2308 IR Mode Settings 2 4 SAS Topology From the LSI configuration utility main page page 2 2 select SAS Topology and press lt Enter gt to display the submenu shown below SNC2308 1R 01 00 Bi Controller SAS SAS SAS 6 SAS DE ve 2 SAS RAID1 VOL SAS Topology Submenu The SAS Topology submenu provides information on the following items Select an item and press lt Enter gt to display information f Note Use the right arrow key to scroll and view additional items Device Identifier This column displays the types of devices detected Select Direct Attach Devices and press lt Enter gt to display information on all physical disk drives installed on the controller Select LS Logical Volume 3000 and press lt Enter gt to display information on all logical drives Device Info This column indicates if the device is SAS or SATA It also indi cates if the device has been selected as the Boot Device and if the device is a hot spare Negotiated Link Speed This column displays the negotiated link speed for this Phy or if it is disabled Maximum Link Speed This column displays the maximum hardware link rate possible for this Phy 2 9 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual 2 5 Advanced Adapter Properties From the LSI Configuration Utility main page page 2 2 select Advanced Adapter Properties and press lt
12. arget Mode This is a Non RAID mode To use this mode be sure to flash an IT mode firmware to the EEPROM and install an IT Mode driver to the system OS 1 3 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual 1 3 RAID Levels Supported by the LSI 2308 Controller The LSI embedded Software Configuration utility adds RAID functionality to enhance system efficiency and data security by supporting RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1E and RAID 10 RAID 0 Integrated Striping can greatly enhance hard disk I O performance by striping data across multiple drives RAID 1 Integrated Mirroring and RAID 1E Integrated Mirroring Enhanced allow data to be simultaneously written to multiple drives increasing data integrity RAID 10 combining RAID 1 and RAID 0 provides superb system performance and system security f Note A maximum of 2 RAID volumes and 16 physical disk drives includes 2 hot spares is supported for onboard RAID in IR mode RAID 0 RAID 0 Integrated Striping can greatly enhance hard disk I O performance by strip ing data across all disk drives in an array or drive group This RAID configuration does not provide data redundancy but it offers the best RAID performance and a high bandwidth The following illustration provides a visual example of a RAID 0 drive group PZ Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3 Segment 4 Segment 5 Segment 6 Segment 7 Segment 8 RAID 0 Example 1 4
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15. ge 2 10 and press lt Enter gt to display the screen shown below Adapter Timing Properties Submenu Use the arrow keys to select one of the following items and press the lt gt or lt gt key to change the setting e Direct Attached Spinup Delay Use this field to specify the number of sec onds to wait between spinups of devices For this setting to work properly the device must be configured to require a spinup e Direct Attached Max Targets to Spinup Use this field to specify the maxi mum number of targets that can spin up simultaneously e Report Device missing Delay Use this field to specify the number of seconds the IO will delay reporting a target device missing after it becomes unavailable The device will not be reported as missing if it returns before this timer expires e 10 Device Missing Delay Use this field to specify the number of seconds the IOC will delay replying to SCSI Initiator request messages when the addressed device is missing the target device is not accessible 2 12 Chapter 2 Configuring the LSI 2308 IR Mode Settings 2 6 Exit After you ve changed SAS RAID configuration settings press lt Esc gt to access the Exit menu as shown below Exit Menu Cancel Exit Use this option to abort exiting and return to the LSI Configura tion Utility Save changes then exit this menu Select this option to save the changes you ve made and return to the LSI Configuration Utility
16. h Optical OEh Simplified Direct Access e LUNs to scan for selected Devices Use this field to control the LUN scan for the following types of devices The default setting is All 00h Direct Access 01h Sequential Access 04h Write Once 05h CD ROM 07h Optical OEh Simplified Direct Access Use the arrow keys to navigate to the desired item and press the lt gt or lt gt key to change the setting Select LUN 0 Only to scan only LUN 0 Select All to scan all LUNs e Removable Media Support Use this field to select the desired boot support INT 13h interface installation for Direct Access Removable Media devices The default setting is None Press the lt gt or lt gt key to select one of the following settings Select None for no boot support no INT 13h interface installation even if the device is selected as a first boot device or is first in the scan order Select Boot Device Only to provide boot support INT 13h interface installation only if the device is selected as the boot device Select With Media Installed to provide boot support INT 13h interface installation only if the device has media installed Restore Defaults Use this feature to restore all the above settings to the factory defaults 2 11 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual Adapter Timing Properties Select Adapter Timing Properties from the Advanced Adapter Properties submenu pa
17. n below LSI Configuration Utility Main Page 4 Highlight Boot Support see above and press lt gt or lt gt to change the set ting Press lt Enter gt to select the desired setting The default setting for Boot Support is Enabled BIOS amp OS Note For more information on an item press lt F1 gt or lt Shift F1 gt to ac cess help information 3 2 Chapter 3 Configuring the LSI 2308 IT Mode Settings 3 2 SAS Topology From the LSI configuration utility main page on previous page select SAS Topol ogy and press lt Enter gt to display the submenu shown below SMNC2308 1R 01 00 SAS Topology Submenu The SAS Topology submenu provides information on the following items Select an item and press lt Enter gt to display information f Note Use the right arrow key to scroll and view additional items e Device Identifier This column displays the type of device detected Select Direct Attach Devices and press lt Enter gt to display information on all physical disk drives installed in the system e Device Info This column indicates if the device is SAS or SATA It also indi cates if the device has been selected as the Boot Device and if the device is a hot spare e Negotiated Link Speed This column displays the negotiated link speed for this Phy or if it is disabled e Maximum Link Speed This column displays the maximum hardware link rate possible for this Phy 3 3
18. nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho Dist New Taipei City 235 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Email support supermicro com tw Technical Support Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Technical Support Preface Notes SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 1 2 1 3 Overview of the LSI 2308 SAS Controller Features onthe LSI 2308 COMMONER ssevscssccnesserscetensecneeneavasmenostespenacns cnceytenentics Functions of the LSI SAS Configuration Ultility 1 2 Drives supported by the LSI 2308 Ultility EEEEEEEUUUU 1 2 RAID Modes Supported by the LSI 2308 SAS Conitroller 1 3 IR Mode Co lig ra lO sssri raene eaa n na cd alen d k n k n d kaka d 1 3 IT Mode Initiator and Target Mode 1 3 RAID Levels Supported by the LSI 2308 Controller 1 4 RAID Ot cssicteacteert Ain kaw te k k z n alan er daa s lak a day haa trie aa 1 4 ABID tees e DD nn A 1 5 RAID TE issa ern isen GR y N n A AA n k a Da VER TR ERD 1 5 RAID 10 ayni kaya a kan E KUR ERB R MB MEKEM GUN HER H KA OK RANA KORAN 1 6 Chapter 2 Configu
19. o 24 devices 3 4 Chapter 3 Configuring the LSI 2308 IT Mode Settings e 10 Timeout for selected Devices This field displays the time in sec onds which the host uses to timeout IOs for the following device types The default setting is 10 00h Direct Access 01h Sequential Access 04h Write Once 07h Optical OEh Simplified Direct Access e LUNs to scan for selected Devices Use this field to control the LUN scan for the following types of devices The default setting is All 00h Direct Access 01h Sequential Access 04h Write Once 05h CD ROM 07h Optical OEh Simplified Direct Access Use the arrow keys to navigate to the desired item and press the lt gt or lt gt key to change the setting Select LUN 0 Only to scan only LUN 0 Select All to scan all LUNs e Removable Media Support Use this field to select the desired boot support INT 13h interface installation for Direct Access Removable Media devices The default setting is None Press the lt gt or lt gt key to select one of the following settings Select None for no boot support no INT 13h interface installation even if the device is selected as a first boot device or is first in the scan order Select Boot Device Only to provide boot support INT 13h interface installation only if the device is selected as the boot device Select With Media Installed to provide boot support INT 13h interface
20. occurs e The volume selected is currently active e Activating the volume will exceed the maximum number of active volumes or RAID disks allowed e The volume contains incompatible metadata on it Delete Volume From the Manage Volumes submenu page 2 5 select Delete Volume and press lt Enter gt The following screen displays LSI Corp Config Utility u 27 00 00 2012 Manage Volume SASZ308 1 WARNING All data will be lost when the volume is deleted Delete volume and exit to Adapter Properties Abandon volume deletion and exit this menu t Menu FivShift 1 Help ct Item Delete RAID Volume 2 7 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual Press lt N gt to abandon volume deletion and exit the submenu or press lt Y gt to start deleting the RAID volume Warning This feature is used to delete a RAID volume When you delete a RAID volume all data in the volume will be erased Online Capacity Expansion From the Manage Volumes submenu page 2 5 select Online Capacity Expansion and press lt Enter gt Use this feature to expand the capacity of the current RAID volume if it is a RAID 1 volume and is supported or enabled by your firmware This field is used to expand the capacity of the currently displayed RAID volume This field is disabled under the following conditions The volume is not a RAID 1 volume Firmware is configured to disable this feature Online C
21. olume e Delete a Volume e Perform Online Capacity Expansion From the LSI configuration utility main page page 2 2 select RAID Properties and press lt Enter gt The following displays LSI Corp Config Utility 0 00 2012 07 02 View Volume SASZ308 1 Volume Identifier Logical Volume Type D Slot Device Identifier Hot Drive Nun i Spr Status 0 ATA UDC U No Primary 1 ATA f OBL s No Exit Menu FivShift 1 Help lect Item Alt N Ne Volume Manage Volumes Option Select Manage Volume above and press lt Enter gt A list of RAID management options displays as shown below LSI Corp Config Utility u 27 00 00 2012 07 02 Manage Volume Sf SZ2308 1 Identifier LSI Logical Volume 3000 RAID 1 557 Optimal None Consistency Check Activate Volume Delete Volume Online Capacity Expansion it Menu FivShift 1 Help gt ct Item Manage Volume Submenu 2 5 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual Manage Hot Spares From the Manage Volumes submenu page 2 5 select Manage Hot Spares and press lt Enter gt to display the following screen Manage Hot Spares Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Hot Spr column as shown above for the de sired drive and use the lt gt or lt gt key to change the setting Select Yes to configure this device as a Hot Spare for the RAID Volume Select No if you do not want this device to be used as a Hot Spare f
22. or the RAID Volume The default setting is No Consistency Check From the Manage Volumes submenu page 2 5 select Consistency Check and press lt Enter gt The following screen displays LSI Corp Config Utility v 27 00 00 2012 07 02 Manage Volume SASZ308 1 Consistency Check of volume may take several hours to complete Start volume consistency check and exit this menu Abandon volume consistency check and exit this menu Exit Menu FivShift 1 Help Select Item Consistency Check Press lt N gt to abandon volume consistency check and exit the submenu or Press lt Y gt to start volume consistency check the consistency check process may take several hours to complete 2 6 Chapter 2 Configuring the LSI 2308 IR Mode Settings Activate Volume From the Manage Volumes submenu page 2 5 select Activate Volume and press lt Enter gt The following screen displays orp Config Utility This field is used to activate a RAID volume This field is grayed out under the following conditions The volume is currently active Activating the volume would exceed the maximum number of active volumes allowed Activating the volume would exceed the maximum number of RAID disks allowed The volume has incompatible metadata on it Esc E FisShift 1 Help Enter Activate RAID Volume This feature is used to activate a RAID volume It is not available when one of the following conditions
23. ration settings press lt Esc gt to access the Exit menu as shown below Exit Menu e Cancel Exit Use this option to abort exiting and return to the LSI Configura tion Utility Save changes then exit this menu Select this option to save the changes you ve made and return to the LSI Configuration Utility e Discard changes then exit this menu Select this option to discard the changes you ve made and return to the LSI Configuration Utility e Exit the Configuration Utility and Reboot Select this option to exit the LSI Configuration Utility and reboot the system 3 7 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual Notes 3 8 Disclaimer continued The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazar
24. ring the LSI 2308 IR Mode Settings 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 Using the LSI 2308 Configuration Utility in IR Mode Creating RAID VolUME S xss s nn maya ece nena oeyaayar dey TEE E EAEE Managing VOlWIMG y s is suryan dib bl b d Ain Ria w ka ba rao AN AN MEW TN ae Kaj eb A dv dan Manage Hot Spare Sensin deal lai malan n Eyad aE AE a KOR HAY XARE keka AN Consistency Gneck ag u cy alaya la nak bayan i AA esa E aa atte Activate VOL U n lt s sx dahi naya kene beye da dea a seke ka vare cd AEAEE de a DARA ay ki denk Delete Volume Online Capacity EXpa SIOM rissaa aani k na d k nb Ad E ke dan SAS TOPO OVis nten dakin ala naka sale edt Men saci ln ca ee v Advanced Adapter Properties ELLEE keke kek kk kek kk kek KAK KAKA Advanced Device Proper S xasi ka deraa kall d ka 2 kani sai ruya a yaka daa eka Wekl de Adapter Timing Properties sisser p BE KRN KA EW Y KERAN Chapter 3 Configuring the LSI 2308 IT Mode Settings 3 1 3 2 3 3 Using the LSI 2308 Configuration Utility in IT Mode 3 1 SAS TOPGOIOGY sa d Henn dkin ke tives sinc saci NEEN dir V eee anes 3 3 Advanced Adapter Properties ss ida ckadsi lala daka kal la kenda arka kaya keka ka kaka 3 4 Advanced Device Properties a kk a k sika wikailklan dibii 2 dilan n ya ke eee 3 4 Adapter Timing Pr op ri i Sossen saciesas
25. ror Reporting AER power management hot plug support and legacy interrupt Features of the LSI 2308 Controller The LSI SAS 2008 Controller supports the following features Integrated RAID e RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID IE and RAID 10 supported PCI Express to 8 Port SAS SATA Controller with data rates of e 8 0 GT s for PCI E 3 0 e 5 0 GT s for PCI E 2 0 e 2 5 GT s for PCI E 1x High Performance PowerPC 440 800MHz 1 1 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual 6Gb s SAS Interface e 8 port SAS SATA controller e 1 5 Gb s 3 Gb s and 6 Gb s SAS SATA data transfer rates supported e Spread Spectrum Clocking supported e SSP SMP Symmetric Multiple Processing STP Spanning Tree Protocol and SATA Serial ATA protocols supported e SAS and SATA devices supported e T 10 data protection e MegRAID Storage Manger Software supported PCI Express 3 0 e PCI E x8 with a transfer rate of up to 8 0 GT s per lane full duplex e End to End CRC ECRC and Advanced Error Reporting AER supported Power Management Support e Sleep and Standby power mode support for SATA e Programmable SAS link power down e Variable PCI E bandwidth negotiation Network Communication C support for enclosure management SFF 8485 Serial Link General Input Output Specification compliant Functions of the LSI SAS Configuration Utility e Support for BIOS Boot Specification BBS if available in the system BIOS e Support for Interr
26. ta across the primary disks in a drive group and then duplicates that data to the secondary disks in a drive group RAID 10 requires a minimum of 4 drives Any additional drives must be added in pairs 6 drives 8 drives etc The following illustration provides a visual example of a RAID 10 virtual drive group RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1 Se a ee ee CN EB EE 2F Se SS an oe a 1 Drive B 1 LI RAID 10 Lr Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 1 Duplicate rl Segment 2 Duplicate S t3 Segment 3 S t4 Segment 4 gme Duplicate egmen Duplicate Sa Aa es d L kn ee ear RAID 10 Example 1 6 Chapter 2 Configuring the LSI 2308 IR Mode Settings Chapter 2 Configuring the LSI 2308 IR Mode Settings This chapter provides configuration instructions for the LSI 2308 SAS configura tion utility for IR Mode settings If you do not wish to configure LSI Software RAID settings skip this section and go directly to OS Installation For OS installation instructions please refer to our website at www supermicro com f Notes 1 A maximum of 2 RAID volumes and 16 physical disk drives includes 2 hot spares is supported for onboard RAID in IR mode 2 For system stability do not use both SAS and SATA drives in the same array 2 1 Using the LSI 2308 Configuration Utility in IR Mode Follow the steps indicated below to configure arrays and logical drives in SAS IR Mode 1 Power on the system 2 When the LSI MPTS
27. the LSI Configuration Utility main page select RAID Properties and press lt Enter gt to display the RAID configuration options as shown below LSI Corp Conf ig Create RAI Create RAI Esc Enter Exit Menu Choose Select New Volume Type SASZ308 1 v 27 00 00 2012 07 02 Utility RAID isting of 2 plus up to 2 ALL DATA on DELETED D 1E 10 Volume te a RAID sting of 1E or RAID 10 3 to 10 disks ALL t volume cluding up DATA on D Volume RAID 0 volume consisting of ALL DATA on s will be DELETED te a to 10 d volume di FivShift 1 Help volume type to create RAID Configuration Options 2 Select the desired configuration option and press lt Enter gt The following screen displays LSI Corp Conf i Create Neu Vol Volume Typ Volume Slot Num E ata 1 ATA Device I g Utility u7 27 00 00 2 ume SAS2308 1 RAID 1 Pred Fail No No Size GB 558 558 RAID Disk No No dentifier WDC WDC UD6000BLHX 05G04 WD6000BLHX 05G04 Figure 2 3 2 3 SUPER LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility User s Manual 3 Use the arrow keys to navigate the following fields Slot Num This field indicates the slot numbers of the disk drives that will be configured into the RAID volume Device Identifier This field indicates the manufacturer of the hard disk drive RAID Disk This field indicates if the disk drive specified is
28. upt 13 and Enhanced Disk Drive Specification e Support for Enable Disable BIOS Boot e Support for Hot plug and Hot Auto Rebuild during a hot plug event Drives supported by the LSI 2308 Utility The following drive features are supported by the LSI 2308 Software utility e Support for RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 1E and RAID 10 e Online mirror rebuilding e Online consistency checking 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction to the LSI 2308 SAS Configuration Utility e Array system management e Error logging and notification e Automatic resume of rebuilding on restart Support for manual rebuilding e Array initialization support e Logical drive available immediately after creation 1 2 RAID Modes Supported by the LSI 2308 SAS Controller The LSI SAS SATA 2308 Controller supports IR Integrated RAID Mode and IT Initiator and Target Mode 4 Note These two RAID modes require different firmware and drivers Be sure to download the correct RAID mode driver before installing it to the OS For firmware downloads and assistance please contact Supermicro Technical Support at www supermicro com or Support supermicro com IR Mode Configuration To create an IR RAID storage configuration you will need to configure physical disk drives into arrays first An array is a group of one to eight physical disks treated by a host computer as one large disk drive logical drive Only one RAID level can be assigned to an array IT Mode Initiator and T
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