Supero AOC-USASLP-S8i User manual

DESIGNED IN USA
Rev. 1.0d
AOC-USASLP-S8i
AOC-USASLP-S8iR
USER'S GUIDE
SUPER ®

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Release Date: August 20, 2008
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview .............................................................................................................v
Product Features.................................................................................................v
Operating Systems Supported............................................................................v
Manual Images...................................................................................................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 ................................................................................. 1-2
Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors
2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ........................................................................... 2-1
2-2 Front Connector and Pin Denitions.................................................................... 2-2
2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Denitions........................................................ 2-3
Explanation of Jumpers .................................................................................. 2-3
Jumper Settings .............................................................................................. 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 Installing the Driver and an Operating System
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 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
5-1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 5-1

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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
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 Conguration Utility.............................................. 6-2
6-3 About the Adaptec RAID Conguration 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 USASLP-S8i Add on Card to their
system.
Product Features
The AOC-USASLP-S8i offers the following features:
UIO Form Factor.•
Two Internal "ipass" cable ports.•
Support for RAID 0, 1, and 10.•
The AOC-USASLP-S8iR offers the following features:
UIO Form Factor.•
Two Internal "ipass" cable ports.•
Support for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, and 50.•
Preinstalled iButton provides RAID 5, 6 and 50 support.•
Operating Systems Supported
The AOC-USASLP-S8i and AOC-USASLP-S8iR support the following Operating
Systems (OS):
Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows 2008/Windows Vista•
Red Hat Enterprise Linux/SUSE Linux•
Each operating systems must include the latest downloads and hot xes and at
least 256 MB of free hard drive space.

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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: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
980 Rock Ave.
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
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Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.
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Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw
Technical Support:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: [phone], ext.132 or 139

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Notes

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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 dam-
age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures
are generally sufcient to protect your equipment from ESD.
Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.•
Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic•
bag.
Handle the add-on card by its edges only; do not touch its components, periph-•
eral 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 Safety Guidelines
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.

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1-3 An Important 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 (Drive 0-3)
#2. Internal SAS Connector (Drive 4-7)
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2-2 Front Connector and PinDenitions
#1. Internal SAS Connector (Drive 0-3)
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. Internal SAS Connector (Drive 4-7)
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).

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2-3 Front JumperLocationsandPinDenitions
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 identied 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
2 1
2 1
Jumper Settings
Jumper Jumper Settings Note
Flash Enable Open = Disable
Closed = Enabled
Enabled allows qualied technician
to reprogram the Flash EE Prom and
update the chip rmware
For normal operation, leave this
jumper open.
FLASH EN
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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
Use the following chart to determine the minimum number of hard drives needed
to set up a RAID environment.
RAID Minimum Hard Drives
RAID 0 2
RAID 1 2
RAID 5 3
RAID 6 4
RAID 10 4 (2 RAID 1 Arrays)
RAID 50 6 (2 RAID 5 Arrays)

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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 rst
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 Conguration 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.
Creating a RAID 1 array:
Conrm that your Turn on your computer1.
When asked, click Ctrl+A to use the ACU utility. If necessary, select your con-2.
troller from the list of controllers (if you have multiple controllers of the same
type), and then click the Enter button.
Select Array Conguration Utility, and then click the Enter button.3.
Select Initialize Drives, then click Enter.4.
Select at least three disk drives for the array and do the following:5.
5a. Click Insert for each selected disk drive
5b. Click Enter.
Click Y, and then click Enter.6.
Select Create Array, and then click Enter.7.
Select the disk drives that were just initialized, click Insert for each selected8.
disk drive, then click Enter.
At the Array Properties screen opens, use the following settings:9.
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
9g. Create RAID via: Click Enter to choose Build/Verify
If necessary, at the cache warning message, type Y for Yes.10.
After the successful creation of the array, click any key to return to the ACU11.
Menu. The array is immediately available but is reduced until the build pro-
cess is nished
Click the Esc key until the Exit utility window appears.12.

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Select Yes, and then click Enter to restart the computer.13.
Continue with14. Making Your Array Bootable.
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager
This section details how to use the Adaptec Storage Manager conguration wizard.
The Adaptec Storage Manager Install CD is required.
Creating a RAID 1 array:
Restart the computer with the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD in the1.
CD drive.
Select your language, then click Enter.2.
After reviewing the license, click Enter.3.
Click Launch Conguration Utility.4.
Click the Create button. This opens the Conguration Wizard.5.
Select "ExClick conguration..." and click the Next button.6.
Review the information that is displayed. Notice that for this example, Adaptec7.
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 "logi-
cal drives".
If you want to make changes use the Modify logical devices settings.
Click Apply to build the logical drives and save the Adaptec controller.8.
You must partition and format the logical drives. The logical drive appears as9.
one drive on the operating system.
Click Reboot to restart.10.
Remove the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD and go to the next11.
section.

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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.

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Chapter 4
Installing the Driver
and an Operating System
4-1 Overview
This chapter details the following tasks:
Adaptec RAID installation•
Bootable Array creation•
Driver Disk creation•
4-2 Creating a Driver Disk
Creating a driver disk:
Congure the system to boot from the CD-ROM. See your system's documen-1.
tation for instructions on doing this.
Power on the system and insert the RAID Installation CD. This CD is found in2.
the RAID controller kit.
Navigate past the welcome and license windows to Adaptec Start Menu.3.
Click Create Driver Disk(s) for Installing/Updating your OS and select Win-4.
dows or Linux.
When prompted, insert a oppy disk and click Ok to continue and create the 5.
driver disk
Remove and label the driver disk.6.

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4-3 Installing with Windows
Before beginning locate your Windows Installation CD.
Installing the Adaptec RAID controller driver (during Windows installation):
Insert the Windows installation CD.1.
Restart the computer.2.
Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows installation. When3.
asked to install a third-party driver, click F6. If you miss the opportunity to
initiate the F6 command, you must restart the computer.
Insert the driver disk, then wait until you are prompted to install a driver.4.
Choose the oppy disk as the source of the driver and then click Enter. 5.
When prompted, click Enter to continue.6.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete OS installation.7.
Continue to Chapter 6: Managing Your Storage Space.8.
4-4 Installing with Red Hat Linux
This task requires the Red Hat Installation CD to complete this task.
Installing the Adaptec RAID controller driver (during Red Hat Linux installa-
tion).
Insert the Red Hat Installation CD (the rst one) and restart the system.1.
At the Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt.2.
When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK.3.
Linux allows you to set up the specic type of environment you desire. .4.
Install any third party devices and click Done.5.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete OS installation.6.
Continue to Chapter 6: Managing Your Storage Space.7.