Supermicro AOC-USAS-S4i User manual

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USER'S GUIDE
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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 Definitions............................................................... 2-2
2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions................................................... 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 Installingthe Driver and an OperatingSystem
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 Installingthe Driver on an Existing OperatingSystem
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 Configuration Utility.............................................. 6-2
6-3 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration 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 fixes 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.

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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)
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Technical Support:
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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 SafetyGuidelines
Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent dam-
age 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 discharge.
• Tou ch 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 SafetyGuidelines
• 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 AnImportant 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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Chapter 2
LED Indicators and Connectors
2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers
Front Connectors
1. Internal SAS Connector
2. External SAS Connector
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2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions
#1. Internal SAS Connector
The Internal SAS port connects to the back-
plane allowing the motherboard to access
the hard drives. This connector supports
up to four HDD ports. This card supports
SAS, SATA1, and SATA2 drives.
Use a single port SAS "ipass" cable (Super
Micro order number CBL - 0108L-02).
#2. External SAS Connector
The External SAS port (J4) allows the moth-
erboard to connect to an external backplane
or hard drives. This connector supports up
to four hard drives. This card supports SAS,
SATA1, and SATA2 drives.
Use a single port, external SAS cable (Su-
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2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions
Explanation of Jumpers
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. Note: On two pin jumpers, "Closed"
means the jumper is on and "Open" means
the jumper is off the pins.
Connector
Pins
Jumper
Setting
3 2 1
3 2 1
Jumper Settings
Jumper Jumper Settings Note
Flash Enable Open = Disable
Closed = Enabled
Enabled allows qualified technician
to reprogram the Flash EE Prom and
update the chip firmware
For normal operation, leave this
jumper open.
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LED INDICATORS
This add-on card includes LED's used to test the product during the manufactur-
ing process. These LED's do not interfere with normal operation and should be
ignored.
RAID Minimum Drive Requirements
RAID Minimum Hard Drives
RAID 0 2
RAID 1 3
RAID 5 3
RAID 10 2
Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed
to set up a RAID environment.

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Chapter 3
Boot Controller and Bootable Array
To section describes the steps required establish a boot controller and a bootable
array. If you are creating establishing the boot controller and array on an existing
OS, skip to: Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System.
3-1 Boot Controller Setup
To set the system to book for a disk drive or controller array:
1. Enter system setup and navigate to the drive boot sequence.
2 Using the arrows provided or grab and drop, move boot controller to the first
item on the list.
If your systems supports only one boot controller, go to the next section.
For more information, refer to your computer’s documentation.
3-2 Creating an Array
This example uses a RAID 1 array (minimum of three hard drives).
You can establish an array with a different RAID level or change the array level
later.
You can create an array using either tool:Array Configuration Utility with keyboard
navigation and menu interface (BIOS) or Adaptec Storage Manager available on
bootable RAID installation CD (GUI).
Warning: Do not mix SAS and SATA drives in the same array. The Adaptec
Storage Manager generates a warning if you try to create a logical drive using a
combination of SAS and SATA disk drives.

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Creating an Array with the ACU
Before starting, backup data on your hard disk before beginning. Initializing disks
erases data.
To create aRAID 1 array:
1 Confirm that your Turn on your computer
2.. When asked, click Ctrl+A to use the ACU utility. If necessary, select your con-
troller from the list of controllers (if you have multiple controllers of the same type),
and then click the Enter button.
3 Select Array Configuration Utility, and then click the Enter button.
4 Select Initialize Drives, then click Enter.
5 Select at least three disk drives for the array and do the following:
5a. Click Insert for each selected disk drive
5b. Click Enter.
6 Click Y, and then click Enter.
7 Select Create Array, and then click Enter.
8 Select the disk drives that were just initialized, click Insert for each selected disk
drive, then click Enter.
9 At the Array Properties screen opens, use the following settings:
9a. Array Type: Select RAID 1 and click Enter
9b. Array Label: Enter a name the array and click Enter
9c. Array Size: Press Enter twice to use the default GB granularity.
9d. Stripe Size: Click Enter to use the default (256 K)
9e. Read Caching: Click Enter to use the default (Yes)
9f. Write Caching: Click Enter to Enable Always
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10. If necessary, at the cache warning message, type Y for Yes.
11. At the successful array creation, click any key to return to the ACU Menu.
The array immediately available at reduced until the build process is finished
12. Click the Esc key until the Exit utility window appears.
13. Select Yes, and then click Enter to restart the computer.
14. Continue with Making Your Array Bootable.
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager
This section details how to use the Adaptec Storage Manager configuration wizard.
The Adaptec Storage Manager Install CD is required.
To create aRAID 1 array:
1. Restart the computer with the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD in the
CD drive.
2. Select your language, then click Enter.
3. After reviewing the license, click Enter.
4. Click Launch Configuration Utility.
5. Click the Create button. This opens the Configuration Wizard.
6. Select "ExClick configuration..." and click the Next button.
7. Review the information that is displayed. Notice that for this example, Adaptec
Storage Manager used 13 disk drives to create one logical drive and one hot
spare.
Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager refers to arrays "logical
drives".
If you want to make changes use the Modify logical devices settings.
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3-3 Making Your Array Bootable
Use the ACU to make the array bootable and continue to Chapter 4: Installing the
Driver and an Operating System.
9. You must partition and format the logical drives. The logical drive appears as
one drive on the operating system.
10. Click Reboot to restart.
11. Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD and go to the next sec-
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Chapter 4
Installing the Driver
and an Operating System
4-1Overview
This chapter details the following tasks:
●Adaptec RAID installation
●Bootable Array creation
●Driver Disk creation
4-2Creating a Driver Disk
To create a driver disk:
1 Configure the system to boot from the CD-ROM. See your system's documenta-
tion for instructions on doing this.
2 Power on the system and insert the RAID Installation CD. This CD is found in
the RAID controller kit.
3 Navigate past the welcome and license windows to Adaptec Start Menu.
4 Click Create Driver Disk(s)for Installing/Updating your OS and select Windows
or Linux.
5When prompted, insert a floppy disk and click Ok to continue and create the
driver disk
6Remove and label the driver disk.

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4-3Installing with Windows
Before beginning locate your Windows Installation CD.
To install the AdaptecRAID controllerdriver(during Windows installation):
1 Insert the Windows installation CD.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Follow the on-screeninstructions to begin the Windows installation. Whenasked
to install athird-party driver, click F6. If you miss the opportunity to initiate the
F6 command, you must restart the computer.
4Insert the driverdisk, thenwait until you are promptedto install adriver.
5Choose the floppy disk as the source of the driverand thenclick Enter.
6Whenprompted, click Enterto continue.
7Follow the on-screeninstructions to complete OS installation.
8Continue to Chapter6: Managing Your Storage Space.
4-4 Installing with Red Hat Linux
This task requiresthe RedHat Installation CD to complete this task.
To install the AdaptecRAID controllerdriver(during RedHat Linuxinstallation).
1 Insert the RedHat Installation CD (the first one)and restart the system.
2At the Welcome screenappears, type linuxdd at the Boot:prompt.
4Whenprompted, insert the driverdisk, thenselect OK.
5Linuxallows you to setup the specifictype of environment you desire. .
6Install any third party devicesand click Done.
7Follow the on-screeninstructions to complete OS installation.
8Continue to Chapter6: Managing Your Storage Space.

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4-5Installing with SUSE Linux
To install the AdaptecRAID controllerdriver(during SUSE Linuxinstallation).
1. Insert the SUSE Installation CD (the first one)and restart the system.
2. At the SUSE Linuxinstallation selection screen, choose the installation type
and click F6 to use adriverdisk. (For olderversions of SUSE Linux, use the
Alt key)
4. Whenprompted, insert the driverdisk. (Click any keyto move forward)
5Linuxallows you to setup the specifictype of environment you desire. .
6Install any third party devicesand click Done.
7Follow the on-screeninstructions to complete OS installation.
8Continue to Chapter6: Managing Your Storage Space.

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