LSI MegaRAID SATA 150 User manual

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P/N: 80-00152-01 Rev. A
MegaRAID®SATA 150
Storage Adapters
USER’S GUIDE
July 2006
Version 1.5

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Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices
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1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15
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residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
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LSI Logic Corporation’s SATA 150 PCI to Serial ATA Storage Adapters and will
remain the official reference source for all revisions/releases of these products
until rescinded by an update. This manual applies to the MegaRAID SATA 150-
2, SATA 150-4, and SATA 150-6 storage adapters.
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Preface
This book is the user’s guide for the MegaRAID®SATA 150 storage
adapters. It contains complete physical installation instructions, as well
as physical and electrical specifications, for the SATA 150 storage
adapters.
Audience
This document assumes that you have some familiarity with RAID
controllers and related support devices. The people who benefit from this
book are:
•Anyone installing an SATA 150 storage adapter in a host system
•Engineers who are designing an SATA 150 storage adapter into a
host system
•Engineers and managers who are evaluating the SATA 150 storage
adapter for possible use in a system
Organization
Use this manual to install and configure your MegaRAID SATA 150
storage adapter in the host system.
This document has the following chapters and appendixes:
•Chapter 1, Introduction, introduces the SATA 150 storage adapters
and describes their main supported features.
•Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, describes how to install an SATA
150 storage adapter in a host system.
•Chapter 3, SATA 150 Storage Adapter Characteristics, provides
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storage adapters. This chapter also provides the mechanical
drawing, jumper definitions, and connector locations for the SATA
150 storage adapters.
•Appendix A, Glossary of Terms, defines terms and abbreviations
that are used in this manual.
•Appendix B, MegaRAID Problem Report Form, provides forms to
send or fax to LSI Logic if you encounter difficulty with your SATA
150 storage adapter.
MegaRAID System Installation Sequences and Document Organization
The following table outlines the installation, configuration, and
management tasks for a MegaRAID Serial ATA system. Each sequence
consists of a series of steps and operations that the reference manual
explains. LSI Logic recommends performing the tasks in this sequence
when you install and configure the SATA 150 adapter.
Sequence Task Reference Manual
1 Understand RAID system theory and operation. MegaRAID Configura-
tion Software User’s
Guide
2 Install the MegaRAID Serial ATA storage adapter and the
related hardware.
MegaRAID SATA 150
Storage Adapters User’s
Guide
3 Configure the physical arrays and logical devices using either
the MegaRAID Configuration Utility (CU) or the WebBIOS
CU.
MegaRAID Configura-
tion Software User’s
Guide
4 Install the MegaRAID device drivers. MegaRAID Device Driver
Installation User’s Guide
5 Manage, monitor, and reconfigure the RAID array using either
the MegaRAID Manager tool or the Power Console Plus™
tool. Each tool runs under an operating system and can man-
age the RAID array while the system is operating.
MegaRAID Configura-
tion Software User’s
Guide

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Related Publications
MegaRAID Device Driver Installation User’s Guide
Document Number: DB11-000018-02
This document explains how to install the MegaRAID device driver for
your operating system. The information in this document is independent
of the back-end bus and applies to both MegaRAID SCSI storage
adapters and Serial ATA storage adapters.
MegaRAID Configuration Software User’s Guide
Document Number: DB15-000269-01
This document explains how to use the RAID system configuration,
monitoring, and management tools that MegaRAID provides. These tools
include the BIOS-based MegaRAID Configuration Utility and WebBIOS
Configuration Utility, as well as the MegaRAID Manager OS-based tool
and the Power Console Plus OS-based tool. The information in this
document is independent of the back-end bus and applies to both
MegaRAID SCSI storage adapters and Serial ATA storage adapters.
Revision History
Revision Date Remarks
1.5 July 2006 Corrected text about the J4 Write Pending connector for the SATA
150-6 and SATA 150-4 controllers. Updated jumper information to
state not to use a jumper on the J1 connector for SATA 150-6 and
SATA 150-4. In addition, updated contact information for Technical
Support.
1.4 September 2004 Added information about drive roaming, drive migration, and
alarm beep codes. Did general editing on the document.
1.3 November 2003 Added a note about operating system support, logical drive dele-
tion, and headings for RAID Configuration Utilities and Technical
Support in Chapter 1. Corrected version number for the Serial
ATA specification (1.0).
1.2 September 2003 Added enclosure management information and updated the list of
supported operating systems.

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1.1 April 2003 Added the MegaRAID SATA 150-4 RAID Storage Adapter (RSA).
1.0 December 2002 Initial release of this document.
Revision Date Remarks

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Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 Overview of Main Adapter Features 1-1
1.1.1 Enclosure Management 1-2
1.1.2 Patrol Read 1-2
1.1.3 SMART Technology 1-2
1.1.4 Alarm Beep Codes 1-3
1.1.5 Drive Roaming and Drive Migration 1-4
1.1.6 Logical Drive Deletion 1-4
1.1.7 Background Initialization 1-5
1.1.8 Operating System Support 1-5
1.1.9 Technical Support 1-6
1.2 SATA 150 Storage Adapter Characteristics 1-6
1.2.1 Hardware and Software Characteristics 1-7
1.2.2 Software Utility Support 1-8
Chapter 2
Hardware Installation
2.1 Installation Overview 2-1
2.2 Hardware Requirements 2-2
2.3 Quick Installation Instructions 2-2
2.4 Detailed Installation Instructions 2-3
2.5 After Installing the Storage Adapter 2-5
Chapter 3
SATA 150 Storage Adapter Characteristics
3.1 MegaRAID PCI to Serial ATA Storage Adapters 3-1
3.1.1 MegaRAID SATA 150-6 3-2

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3.1.2 MegaRAID SATA 150-4 3-4
3.1.3 MegaRAID SATA 150-2 3-6
3.2 Physical and Environmental Specifications 3-8
3.2.1 Electrical Characteristics 3-8
3.2.2 Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics 3-8
3.2.3 Safety Characteristics 3-9
Appendix A
Glossary of Terms
Appendix B
MegaRAID Problem Report Form
Customer Feedback

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Figures
2.1 Inserting the SATA 150 Storage Adapter in a PCI Slot 2-4
3.1 SATA 150-6 Board Layout 3-3
3.2 SATA 150-4 Board Layout 3-5
3.3 SATA 150-2 Board Layout 3-7

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Tables
1.1 Alarm Beep Codes 1-3
1.2 SATA 150 Board Characteristics 1-7
3.1 MegaRAID SATA 150 Characteristics 3-1
3.2 SATA 150-6 Connector and Jumper Description 3-3
3.3 SATA 150-4 Connector and Jumper Description 3-5
3.4 SATA 150-2 Connector Definitions 3-7
3.5 Maximum Power Requirements 3-8
B.1 Customer Information B-1
B.2 System and Problem Information B-2
B.3 MegaRAID Array and Logical Device Configuration B-3

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Chapter 1
Introduction
This chapter introduces the MegaRAID SATA 150 PCI to Serial ATA
storage adapters and consists of the following sections:
•Section 1.1, “Overview of Main Adapter Features”
•Section 1.2, “SATA 150 Storage Adapter Characteristics”
1.1 Overview of Main Adapter Features
The MegaRAID SATA 150 storage adapters provide a high-performance
Intelligent PCI to High Speed Serialized AT Attachment (PCI-to-Serial
ATA) interface with RAID control capabilities. These storage adapters
provide reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem
management.
You can install a SATA 150 adapter on a PCI bus and use it to connect
Serial ATA drives to the host computer over a Serial ATA bus. SATA 150
storage adapters are an ideal RAID solution for the internal storage
requirements of workgroup, departmental, and enterprise systems. SATA
150 storage adapters offer a cost-effective way to implement RAID in a
server.
MegaRAID SATA storage adapters support six, four or two Serial ATA
ports. A single Serial ATA device can be connected to each port.
Note: The MegaRAID SATA 150-2 is no longer available.
The following are descriptions of the SATA 150 adapters:
•The MegaRAID SATA 150-6 intelligent RAID controller and storage
adapter uses three Silicon Image SiI3112A chips to support six Serial
ATA ports. The Intel 80302 processor provides the intelligent RAID

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management capabilities. The SATA 150-6 supports RAID 0, 1, 5,
10, and 50.
•The MegaRAID SATA 150-4 intelligent RAID controller and storage
adapter uses two Silicon Image SiI3112A chips to support four Serial
ATA ports. The Intel 80302 processor provides the intelligent RAID
management capabilities. The SATA 150-4 supports RAID 0, 1, 5,
and 10.
•The MegaRAID SATA 150-2 RAID controller and storage adapter
uses a Silicon Image SiI3112A chip to support two Serial ATA ports.
The SATA 150-2 supports RAID 0 and 1.
1.1.1 Enclosure Management
The SATA 150-4 and SATA 150-6 controllers support enclosure
management through the same protocols used for SCSI Accessed Fault-
Tolerant Enclosures (SAF-TE), using an I2C interface to communicate
with the storage enclosure processor. This feature allows you to use
RAID capabilities provided by the SATA 150 adapters in an enclosure
containing your hard drives.
1.1.2 Patrol Read
The Patrol Read operation reviews your system for possible physical disk
errors that could lead to physical disk failure, and then carries out actions
to correct the errors. The goal is to protect data integrity by detecting
physical disk failure before the failure can damage data. The corrective
actions depend on the disk array configuration and type of errors.
Note: Patrol Read is a background operation and is designed to
minimize the impact on I/O performance.
1.1.3 SMART Technology
The self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology (SMART) feature
monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and physical disk
electronics to detect predictable physical disk failures. This feature helps
monitor physical disk performance and reliability, and protects the data
on the physical disk. When problems are detected on a physical disk,
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SMART-compliant physical disks have attributes for which data (values)
can be monitored to identify changes in values and determine whether
the values are within threshold limits. Many mechanical failures and
some electrical failures display some degradation in performance before
failure
There are numerous factors that relate to predictable physical disk
failures, such as a bearing failure, a broken read/write head, and
changes in spin-up rate. In addition, there are factors related to
read/write surface failure, such as seek error rate and excessive bad
sectors.
Note: See http://www.t13.org for Serial Attached ATA (SATA)
interface specifications.
1.1.4 Alarm Beep Codes
The SATA 150-4 and SATA 150-6 adapters have a speaker that
generates audible warnings when system errors or events occur. Beeps
occur at one-second intervals. The audible warnings do not require any
management software in order to work. Ta b le 1 . 1 describes the alarm
beep codes.
Table 1.1 Alarm Beep Codes
Event or Error Alarm Beep Code
A drive is offline (three beeps, one second off)
A drive is running in degraded mode (one beep, one second off)
An automatic rebuild has been completed (one beep, three seconds off)
The temperature is above or below the
acceptable range
(two beeps, two seconds off)
The firmware receives a command from an
application to test the speaker
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1.1.5 Drive Roaming and Drive Migration
Note:Drive roaming and drive migration cannot be supported at
the same time. One or the other feature can be supported
at any one time, but not both features at the same time.
Drive roaming (also known as configuration on disk) occurs when the
hard drives are moved to different channels on the same controller and
the controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration
information on the drives.
Configuration data is saved in both non-volatile random access memory
(NVRAM) on the RAID controller and on the hard drives attached to the
controller. This maintains the integrity of the data on each drive, even if
the drives have changed their target ID. Drive roaming is supported
across channels on the same controller, except when cluster mode is
enabled.
Drive roaming does not work if you move the drives to a new controller
and connect them to different channels. If you move drives to a new
controller, they must be on the same channel/target as they were on the
previous controller, in order to keep the same configuration.
You must power off the host system and the drive enclosure before you
use drive roaming.
Drive migration is the transfer of a set of hard drives in an existing
configuration from one controller to another. The drives must remain on
the same channel and must be reinstalled in the same order as in the
original configuration.
1.1.6 Logical Drive Deletion
The SATA 150 controllers allow you to delete unwanted logical drives and
then use the disk space for a new logical drive. You can use the
configuration utilities to create the next logical drive from the non-
contiguous free space (‘holes’) and from the newly created arrays.
You can still create sequential logical drives, without using the non-
contiguous segments. The utilities provide information about sequential
segments, non-contiguous segments, and physical drives that have not
been configured. You can use this information when you create logical
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Please note the following:
•You cannot delete a logical drive during a reconstruction. Also, you
cannot delete a logical drive during a rebuild, initialization, or check
consistency of a logical drive, if that drive has a higher logical drive
number than the drive you want to delete. You must wait until these
processes have completed before deleting the logical drive.
•Drive size extension is not possible, even though you can use non-
contiguous free space to create a new logical drive.
•You cannot move an existing logical drive to another area to protect
it from defragmentation caused by random deletion.
The MegaRAID Configuration Software User’s Guide has detailed
procedures for deleting logical drives.
1.1.7 Background Initialization
Background initialization is a process to correct parity on the virtual disks.
It ensures that striped data segments are the same on all physical disks
in a disk array.
The background initialization rate is controlled by the background
initialization rate set using your array management software. You must
stop an ongoing background initialization before you change the rate, or
the rate change will not take effect. After you stop background
initialization and change the rate, the rate change will take effect when
you restart background initialization.
Note: Unlike initialization of virtual disks, background initialization
does not clear data from the physical disks.
1.1.8 Operating System Support
The MegaRAID Serial ATA storage adapters support several major
operating systems. LSI Logic provides device drivers and RAID
management tools for operating systems on the Universal Driver Suite
CD that accompanies the SATA boards.
You can download the latest drivers and software from the download
center on the LSI Logic web site at
http://www.lsilogic.com/cm/DownloadSearch.do. Follow the steps to
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Refer to the MegaRAID Device Driver Installation User’s Guide on the
Universal Driver Suite CD for information about installing the device
drivers. Be sure to use the latest Service Packs provided by the
operating system manufacturer and review the readme file that
accompanies the driver.
Note:The SATA 150 adapters do not support the Windows®NT
operating system. See the LSI Logic web site for the latest
operating systems and drivers.
1.1.9 Technical Support
For assistance installing, configuring, or running your MegaRAID SATA
150 RAID storage adapter, contact LSI Logic Technical Support.
E-mail:
suppor[email protected]
[email protected] (Europe)
Phone Support:
1-800-633-4545 (North America)
+44.1344.413.441 (Europe)
Web Site:
http://www.lsilogic.com/support/index.html
1.2 SATA 150 Storage Adapter Characteristics
This section describes the hardware and software characteristics of the
SATA 150 storage adapters, and the software utilities you can use for
RAID management. All models of the SATA 150 storage adapter support
these aspects of the Serial ATA and PCI specifications:
•Serial ATA, Revision 1.0, specification:
– 150 Mbytes/s bus speed
– Theoretical 1.5 Gbits/s data transfer rate