Asus SCSI 320-0 User Manual
LSI MegaRAID User â s Manual Q2143 August 2005
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LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual i About This Manual ..................................................................... ii Chapter 1: RAID Setup ............................................................ 1-1 1.1 Change the Speed of SCSI Channel .......................... 1-1 1.2 RAID 0 or RAID 1 Setup ............................................. 1-3 1.3 RAID 5 Setup .............................................................. 1-9 1.4 RAID 50 Setup .......................................................... 1-15 1.5 RAID 10 Setup .......................................................... 1-21 1.6 Rebuild the Arrays ..................................................... 1-27 1.7 Migration Setup ......................................................... 1-28 1.8 Hot Spare Setup ....................................................... 1-29 1.9 Clear RAID ................................................................ 1-31 Chapter 2 Set up fo r Op era tion Syst ems ... ..... .... ... ..... .... ... ..... ..... . 2.1 Install Drives for SCSI RAID ............................................ 2.1.1 Microsoft® Windows® ......................................................... 2.1.2 Red Hat Linux® ................................................................... T able of Contents
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual ii This manual is designed for users who have already acquired knowledge of peronal computer integration so as to help establish a powerful ASUS server . Overview The structure of this manual is listed as follows: 1. Overview : How to use this manual This chapter will make a description of how to use this manual as well as guide throughout the contents of the following chapters. 2. Chapter 1: RAIDs Setup With a step-by-step description, this chapter shows the procedures of setting up a RAID on your system at the time when system is powered on and not yet enters the operation system. 3. Chapter 2: Setup for Operation Systems This chapter will guide you throught the relevant settings after entering the operation systems. Special Messages This manual uses the following icons to call your attention to speciï¬c instructions or explanations. W arning: Provides messages of high importance, including messages relating to personal safety or system integrity . Caution: Draws attention so as to prevent possible unappropriate actions which could leads to damages to the system. About This Manual
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1 RAID Setup With step-by-step descriptions, this chapter introducess the procedures of setting up a RAID on your system at the time when system is powered on and not yet enters the operation system.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-1 1. 1 Change the Speed of SCSI Channel 1 . Press Ctrl H at the same time and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window . Se le ct w it h y ou r m ou s e o r ke yb o ar d t he S CS I Ch an ne l Pr op er ti es i n th e W eb B IO S co nï¬ gu ra ti on m en u. 2. The w indow w ill sho w the cur rent opera tion speed o f the SCSI chann els. Y ou c oul d enab le one sing le chann el (320- 1) or two chann els a s well . (32 0-0,3 20- 2)
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-2 3. Click on the arrow of SCSI Capabilities box and open the drop down menu. The four speed selections are Fast, Ultra, Ultra-II, U160, and U320. Select a suitable speed and click the Submit button to save the new conï¬guration. 4. If it is to disable one of the channels (the disabled channel will not be accessed to any storage devices), you could set the T ermination of this very channel to Disabled and click Submit to apply . W arning: Do not make unnecessary changes to the settings of T ermination . The default setting is Enabled so that there would be no such occasions that the system could not ï¬nd storage devices.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-3 1 . 2 R A I D 0 or R AI D 1 Se t u p 1. Press at the same time Ctrl H and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start RAID setup. 2. If this is the ï¬rst time to setup a RAID on your system, please select New Conï¬guration and click Next to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-4 3. If the setting is to meet special requirements, please click on Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard to set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration . Press Next to continue. 4. Press and hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select two ready drives with your mouse, then click Accept Array to setup RAID 1. The minimum requirements of hard drives for dif ferent types of RAID are: RAID 0: at least two disks; RAID 1: at least two disks and the number of disks must be even.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-5 5. In the right side windows you could view the information of all RAIDs (arrays). Click Accept Array and Next to continue. 6. For RAID 0 conï¬guration, set the RAID Level as RAID 0, and input the RAID 0 size value within the circled area into the Select Size box (For example: RAID 0 size= 70004 MB). Then click Accept and Next to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-6 7. For RAID 1 conï¬guration, set the RAID Level as RAID 1, and input the RAID 1 size value within the circled area into the Select Size box (For example: RAID 1 size= 35002 MB). Then click Accept and Next to continue. 8. The Logical Drives window now displays the status of the conï¬gured RAID, Click on Accept to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-7 9. Click Y es to save the setup. 10. Click Y es to initialize the new logical drives.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-8 1 1. If no boot device is ever set, please select Set Boot Drive and then select Go to change the settings so that the RAID storage devices could become the ï¬rst boot device.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-9 1. Press at the same time Ctrl H and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start the RAID settings. 2. If this is the ï¬rst time to setup a RAID on your system, please select New Conï¬guration and click Next to continue. 1 . 3 R A I D 5 S e t u p
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-10 3. If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration. Click Next to continue. 4. Hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select with your mouse ï¬ve ready drives, then click on Accept Array to setup Array 1. At least three hard disks are needed for establishing RAID 5.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-1 1 5. This warning window will prompt out when hard disks of different sizes are deployed in a RAID. If hard disks of identical space are used, this window would not appear . (W e recommend using hard disks of a same model for RAID conï¬gurationn) 6. Y ou could see the information of RAID in the Array Deï¬nition window . Click Next to continue the settings.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-12 7. Set RAID Level as RAID 5 and input the Select Size box with the RAID 5 size value within the circled area. 8. Y ou could see information of all RAID settings in the left side window . Click Accept to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-13 9. Click Y es to save the conï¬guration, or click No to cancel the settings. 10. Click Y es to initialize the new logical drives.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-14 1 1. If no boot device is ever set, please select Set Boot Drive and then click Go to change the settings so that the RAID storage device could become the ï¬rst boot device.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-15 2. If this is the ï¬rst time to set up a RAID on your system, please select New Conï¬guration and click Next . 1 . 4 R A I D 5 0 S e t up 1. Press at the same time Ctrl H and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start the RAID settings.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-16 3. If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard to set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration. Then press Next to continue. 4. Hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select with your mouse three ready drives, then click on Accept Array to setup RAID 50. Note: a minimum of 6 hard drives is needed for RAID 50.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-17 5. The th ree d isks are n ow se t as Array 1. C lick Acc ept Arr ay to cont inue. 6. Then set the rest three hard disks as Array 2 and click Accept Array . Press Next to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-18 7. Select Array 1 and set the RAID Level as RAID5 and Span as Enabled . Then input the RAID 5 size value with spanning in the circled area into the Select Size box. Click Accept to continue. 8. Y ou could now view all the RAID setup information in the Conï¬guration Preview window . The two arrays then form a RAID 50, with the Array 2 being the continuance of RAID 1.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-19 9. Click Y es to save the conï¬guration. 10. Click Y es to initialize the new logical drives.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-20 1 1. If no boot storage device is ever set, please select Set Boot Drive and then select Go to change the settings so that the RAID storage device could become the ï¬rst boot device. 12. Now you could see information about all physical drives and logical drives in the home page of WebBIOS.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-21 1 . 5 R A I D 1 0 S e t u p 1. Press Ctrl H at the same time and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window , where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start the RAID settings. 2. If this is the ï¬rst time to setup a RAID on your system, click New Conï¬guration and then click Next to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-22 3. If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration. Click Next to continue. 4. Hol d on the C trl k ey of yo ur ke yboar d a nd se lect with your mouse two rea dy drive s, click o n Acce pt Arra y to set u p Arra y 1 a s RAI D 0. Rep eat thi s proc edure to setu p Arra y 2. At least four hard dis ks are need to set up RAI D 10. 5. Select two hard disks as and set them as Array1, and the rest Array 2. At least two hard disks are needed for setting up RAID 1, and the number of disks must be even. 6. This warning window will prompt out when hard disks of dif ferent sizes are deployed in a RAID. If hard disks of identical space are used, this window would not appear . (W e recommend using hard disks of a same model for RAID conï¬ guration)
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-23 3. If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration. Click Next to continue. 4. Hol d on the C trl k ey of yo ur ke yboar d a nd se lect with your mouse two rea dy drive s, click o n Acce pt Arra y to set u p Arra y 1 a s R AID 0. Rep eat thi s proc edure to setu p Arra y 2. At least four hard dis ks are need to set up RAI D 10. 5. Select two hard disks as and set them as Array1, and the rest Array 2. At least two hard disks are needed for setting up RAID 1, and the number of disks must be even. 6. This warning window will prompt out when hard disks of different sizes are deployed in a RAID. If hard disks of identical space are used, this window would not appear . (W e recommend using hard disks of a same model for RAID conï¬guration)
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-24 7. Y ou could now see information of all RAID settings. When you have ï¬nished the setting for Array 1 and Array 2, please click Next to continue. 8. Set Array 1 as RAID 1, and set the Span as Enable . Input the Select Size box with the RAID 1 size value within the circled area; then click Accept and Next to apply . 9. Y ou could then see the information of RAID settings in the Conï¬guration Preview window . The two arrays form a RAID 10, with the Array 2 being the continuance of the Array 1. 1 0 . C l i c k Y e s t o s a v e t h e s e t t i n g s , o r t o c l i c k N o t o c a n c e l t h e c o n ï¬ g u r a t i o n .
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-25 7. Y ou could now see information of all RAID settings. When you have ï¬nished the setting for Array 1 and Array 2, please click Next to continue. 8. Set Array 1 as RAID 1, and set the Span as Enable . Input the Select Size box with the RAID 1 size value within the circled area; then click Accept and Next to apply . 9. Y ou could then see the information of RAID settings in the Conï¬guration Preview window . The two arrays form a RAID 10, with the Array 2 being the continuance of the Array 1. 10 . Cl ic k Y es to sa ve t he s et ti ng s, o r to c li ck N o to ca nc el th e c on ï¬g ur at io n.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-26 1 1. Click Y es to initialize the new array of Logical Drives. 12. If no boot device is ever set, please select Set Boot Drive and then select Go to change the settings so that the RAID storage device could become the ï¬rst boot device.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-27 1. When one of the hard disks within the array is removed and substituted with new disk, the array could automatically start the rebuilding process. Y ou could check the information of the rebuilding progress in the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window . If you would like to check the rebuilding speed, please click on the Rebuild Progress button. 2. The rebuilding progress is displayed in the left side window . If necessary , you could select Abort and then click Go to cancel the rebuilding process. Caution: Do not launch unnecessary abortion to the array rebuilding process, nor to cut the power supply during the rebuilding process, in case the existing data being destroyed. 1 . 6 A r r ay R eb u i ld
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-28 1. If new hard disks are to be installed onto the SCSI backplane, please select Scan Devices to discover the disk ï¬rst. Then you will ï¬nd the ready disk in the Physical Drives window . Click on Logical Drives to set up Migration. 1 . 7 M i g r a t i o n S e t u p 2. There are two available options for Migration setup: I. RAID Migration only: to make the Array 1 to do the âRAID Migrationâ automatically . II. RAID Migration (with addition): to make the Array 1 and the new hard disk to do the âRAID Migrationâ. In this option, you could change the existing RAID to any RAID type you want to setup. Click âGoâ to apply the settings.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-29 1. Select a ready physical drive and set it as Hotspare. Note: The disks already set as a part of RAID (Online) could not be selected. 2. Se lect M ake Hotspa re and click Go to set this hard disk as Hotspar e. 1 . 8 H o t s p a r e S e t u p
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-30 3. If it is to stop the Hotspare function, select Ofï¬ine and click Go to cancel. 4. Th e ha rd di sk a ss ig ne d as H ot sp ar e wi ll b e hi gh li gh te d in p in k c ha ra ct er s, w hi ch m ea ns t he H o ts pa re s et ti ng i s co mp le te d.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-31 1 . 9 C l e a r A r ra y s 1. Press Ctrl H at the same time and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window , where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start the setup. 2. Select Clear Conï¬guration tab, and then click Next.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-32 3. Y ou could ï¬nd no Logic al Drivers in t he right side w indow , which means the d isk ar rays have alread y been cle ared. Click Accep t to conti nue. 4. Click Y es and save the conï¬guration. 5. In the right side windows, all the storage devices are listed in the Physical Drives window , while the Logical Drives window is blank.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-33 3. Y ou could ï¬nd no Logica l Driv ers in t he right side w indow , which means the d isk ar rays have alread y been cle ared. Click Accep t to conti nue. 4. Click Y es and save the conï¬guration. 5. In the right side windows, all the storage devices are listed in the Physical Drives window , while the Logical Drives window is blank.
2 System Setup This chapter will guide you throught the relevant settings after entering the operation systems.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-1 The SCSI RAID device installed in this server works in compliance with operating system such as Microsoft® Server 2003, RedHat Linux®, and SuSE Linux®. Next, we are to get on with the drive installation procedures for these respective OS. 2.1.1 Microsoft® Windows® Insert the support CD with the label reading LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320- 0/320-1 320 & ASUS AZ CRB into your optical drive and open the Driver folder . There are, in this folder , drivers for all operating systems for creating a installation ï¬oppy disk. For example, if it is to make a drive disk for Windows® OS, please open Driver\Windows, where you could see several different folders for different Windows® OS. If it is to create a driver disk for Windows 2000®, please click open the folder named Windows 2000, then insert a blank disk into your ï¬oopy drive, then click MakeDisk. exe to make the disk. If your OS is Windows 2003®, after selecting the folder , you are to make one more selection between win2003 32bit and win2003 64bit. Y ou could also get access ASUS global website to download the *.zip driver . Unzip the ï¬le in Windows® OS and run the *.exe ï¬le, the driver would automatically write into the ï¬oopy disk. If the unzipped ï¬les are not *.exe ï¬le, please copy these ï¬les directly into a blank disk. 1. As soon as the screen for Windows® installation prompts, press immediately F6. 2 . 1 I n s ta l l D r i ve s f o r O p er at i o n S y st em s
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-2 2. When a screen as follows prompts out, press S to install driver for the operation system. 3. Insert the drive disk previously prepared into the ï¬oppy drive, and press Enter .
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-3 4. For Windows 2000®, please select LSI MAGARAID Product for Windows 2000 Driver ; For Windows 2003®, please select LSI MEGARAID Products for Windows 2003 (x86) . 5. For Windows 2003 Server®, when driver program is selected, a following window would prompt out, displayig the detected preset driver of Windows 2003 Server®. Press S and select to install from the ï¬oopy disk. Then please follow the instructions of Windows® and complete the installation. DO NOT take out the ï¬oopy disk until the ï¬rst time system restart is completed.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-4 2 .1 .2 R e dH at L i nu x® Y ou could get access ASUS global website to download the *.zip driver . Unzip the ï¬le in Windows® OS and run the *.exe ï¬le, the driver would automatically write into the ï¬oopy disk. If the unzipped ï¬les are not *.exe ï¬le, please copy these ï¬les directly into a blank disk. 1. Insert the Linux® installation CD into your optical drive and start the system. Then input linux dd when the following screen appears, and press Enter. 2. Then you could see the reading action in the following screen.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-5 3. Insert the drive disk into the ï¬oopy drive, and follow the instruction to proceed with the installation. Press Y es , and then press Enter . 4. Select fd0 to install from ï¬oopy drive. Select OK and press Enter. If a USB ï¬oopy drive is deployed, please select sda to install from the ï¬oopy disk.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-6 5. The operating system now is reading from the drive disk in the ï¬oopy drive. 6. When the installation is completed, please select No and press Enter to enter the Linux® OS; if more drivers are to be installed, please select Y es and press Enter , then repeat the step 3-4 to proceed with the installation.
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1-4 1.2 RAID 0 RAID 1 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard RAID 4. Termination Disabled Submit Termination Enabled
LSI MegaRAID 1-5 3. Custom Configuration Auto Configuration Configuration Wizard RAID 2. RAID New Configuration Next
1-6 5. RAID(Array) RAID 1 Accept Array Next 4. <Ctrl> 2 Ready Drives Accept Array RAID 1 RAID 1 2 RAID 0 2
LSI MegaRAID 1-7 7. RAID 1 RAID RAID 1 size Select Size RAID 1 size = 35002 MB Accept Next 6. RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID Select Size Accept Next RAID 0 RAID 0 size = 70004 MB Accept Next
1-8 9. Yes 8. Logical Drivers RAID Accept
LSI MegaRAID 1-9 11. Set Boot Drive Go RAID 1 10. Yes Logical Drives Initialize
1-10 1.3 RAID 5 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard RAID 2. RAID New Configuration Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-11 3. Custom Configuration Auto Configuration Configuration Wizard RAID 4. <Ctrl> 3 Ready Drives Accept Array Array 1 RAID 5 RAID 5 3
1-12 5. RAID 6. RAID Array 1 Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-13 7. RAID 5 Select Size RAID 5 Size = Accept 8. RAID Accept
1-14 9. Yes No 10. Yes Logical Drives Initialize
LSI MegaRAID 1-15 11. Set Boot Drive Go RAID 1
1-16 1.4 RAID 50 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard RAID 2. RAID New Configuration Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-17 3. Custom Configuration Auto Configuration Configuration Wizard RAID 4. Physical Drivers Ready 6 RAID 50 6 8 10
1-18 5. <Ctrl> 3 Ready Drives Accept Array 3 Array 1 6. 3 Array 2 Accept Array Arrays Array 1 Array 2 Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-19 7. Array 1 RAID RAID 5 Span Enabled With spanning RAID 5 Select Size RAID 5 Size = Accept 8. Array 2 Array 1 RAID 50 7 1L26 1Z26 1I37 1Z37 RAID 5 [Spna] [Enable] A rray 1 R5=(size) <Ctrl> Configuration Array 1 Array 2 [Accept] [Next]
1-20 9. Yes 10. Yes Logical Drives Initialize
LSI MegaRAID 1-21 11. Set Boot Drive Go RAID 1 12. WebBIOS Physical Logical Drivers Array` RAID
1-22 1.5 RAID 10 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard RAID 2. RAID New Configuration Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-23 3. Custom Configuration Auto Configuration Configuration Wizard RAID 4. <Ctrl> 2 Ready Drives Accept Array Array 1 RAID 0 Array 2 RAID 10 4
1-24 5. RAID 6. Array 2 Array 1 Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-25 7. Array 1 RAID 1 Span Enabled With Spannong RAID 1 size Select Size RAID 1 Size = Accept Next 8. Array 2 Array 1 RAID 10 7 1L26 1Z26 1I37 1Z37 RAID 1 [Spna] [Enable] A rray 1 R1=(size) <Ctrl> Configuration Array 1 Array 2 [Accept] [Next]
1-26 9. Yes No 10. Yes Logical Drives Initialize
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1-30 2. Make Hptspare Go Hotspare 1.8 Hotspare 1. Ready Physical Drives Hotspare RAID Online Hotspare RAID RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50
LSI MegaRAID 1-31 4. Hotspare Offline Go 3. Hotspare
1-32 1.9 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard 2. Clear Configuration Next RAID array
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LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual i About This Manual ..................................................................... ii Chapter 1: RAID Setup ............................................................ 1-1 1.1 Change the Speed of SCSI Channel .......................... 1-1 1.2 RAID 0 or RAID 1 Setup ............................................. 1-3 1.3 RAID 5 Setup .............................................................. 1-9 1.4 RAID 50 Setup .......................................................... 1-15 1.5 RAID 10 Setup .......................................................... 1-21 1.6 Rebuild the Arrays ..................................................... 1-27 1.7 Migration Setup ......................................................... 1-28 1.8 Hot Spare Setup ....................................................... 1-29 1.9 Clear RAID ................................................................ 1-31 Chapter 2 Set up fo r Op era tion Syst ems ... ..... .... ... ..... .... ... ..... ..... . 2.1 Install Drives for SCSI RAID ............................................ 2.1.1 Microsoft® Windows® ......................................................... 2.1.2 Red Hat Linux® ................................................................... T able of Contents
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual ii This manual is designed for users who have already acquired knowledge of peronal computer integration so as to help establish a powerful ASUS server . Overview The structure of this manual is listed as follows: 1. Overview : How to use this manual This chapter will make a description of how to use this manual as well as guide throughout the contents of the following chapters. 2. Chapter 1: RAIDs Setup With a step-by-step description, this chapter shows the procedures of setting up a RAID on your system at the time when system is powered on and not yet enters the operation system. 3. Chapter 2: Setup for Operation Systems This chapter will guide you throught the relevant settings after entering the operation systems. Special Messages This manual uses the following icons to call your attention to speciï¬c instructions or explanations. W arning: Provides messages of high importance, including messages relating to personal safety or system integrity . Caution: Draws attention so as to prevent possible unappropriate actions which could leads to damages to the system. About This Manual
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual iii Important: Important tips or things to be paid attention to. Note: T ips, deï¬nitions, or further explanations More Information about This Product Y ou could get, via the following two media, information about the ASUS products you are using as well as the upgrade information for both software and hardware. 1. ASUS Website Visit ASUS global website and acquire all kinds of information about ASUS hardware and software products. 2. Other Documents Besides the articles listed as the contents of shipping package, there also may have other documents within the package, such as warranty documents provided by your dealer .
1 RAID Setup With step-by-step descriptions, this chapter introducess the procedures of setting up a RAID on your system at the time when system is powered on and not yet enters the operation system.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-1 1. 1 Change the Speed of SCSI Channel 1 . Press Ctrl H at the same time and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window . Se le ct w it h y ou r m ou s e o r ke yb o ar d t he S CS I Ch an ne l Pr op er ti es i n th e W eb B IO S co nï¬ gu ra ti on m en u. 2. The w indow w ill sho w the cur rent opera tion speed o f the SCSI chann els. Y ou c oul d enab le one sing le chann el (320- 1) or two chann els a s well . (32 0-0,3 20- 2)
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-2 3. Click on the arrow of SCSI Capabilities box and open the drop down menu. The four speed selections are Fast, Ultra, Ultra-II, U160, and U320. Select a suitable speed and click the Submit button to save the new conï¬guration. 4. If it is to disable one of the channels (the disabled channel will not be accessed to any storage devices), you could set the T ermination of this very channel to Disabled and click Submit to apply . W arning: Do not make unnecessary changes to the settings of T ermination . The default setting is Enabled so that there would be no such occasions that the system could not ï¬nd storage devices.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-3 1 . 2 R A I D 0 or R AI D 1 Se t u p 1. Press at the same time Ctrl H and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start RAID setup. 2. If this is the ï¬rst time to setup a RAID on your system, please select New Conï¬guration and click Next to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-4 3. If the setting is to meet special requirements, please click on Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard to set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration . Press Next to continue. 4. Press and hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select two ready drives with your mouse, then click Accept Array to setup RAID 1. The minimum requirements of hard drives for dif ferent types of RAID are: RAID 0: at least two disks; RAID 1: at least two disks and the number of disks must be even.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-5 5. In the right side windows you could view the information of all RAIDs (arrays). Click Accept Array and Next to continue. 6. For RAID 0 conï¬guration, set the RAID Level as RAID 0, and input the RAID 0 size value within the circled area into the Select Size box (For example: RAID 0 size= 70004 MB). Then click Accept and Next to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-6 7. For RAID 1 conï¬guration, set the RAID Level as RAID 1, and input the RAID 1 size value within the circled area into the Select Size box (For example: RAID 1 size= 35002 MB). Then click Accept and Next to continue. 8. The Logical Drives window now displays the status of the conï¬gured RAID, Click on Accept to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-7 9. Click Y es to save the setup. 10. Click Y es to initialize the new logical drives.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-8 1 1. If no boot device is ever set, please select Set Boot Drive and then select Go to change the settings so that the RAID storage devices could become the ï¬rst boot device.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-9 1. Press at the same time Ctrl H and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start the RAID settings. 2. If this is the ï¬rst time to setup a RAID on your system, please select New Conï¬guration and click Next to continue. 1 . 3 R A I D 5 S e t u p
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-10 3. If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration. Click Next to continue. 4. Hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select with your mouse ï¬ve ready drives, then click on Accept Array to setup Array 1. At least three hard disks are needed for establishing RAID 5.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-1 1 5. This warning window will prompt out when hard disks of different sizes are deployed in a RAID. If hard disks of identical space are used, this window would not appear . (W e recommend using hard disks of a same model for RAID conï¬gurationn) 6. Y ou could see the information of RAID in the Array Deï¬nition window . Click Next to continue the settings.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-12 7. Set RAID Level as RAID 5 and input the Select Size box with the RAID 5 size value within the circled area. 8. Y ou could see information of all RAID settings in the left side window . Click Accept to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-13 9. Click Y es to save the conï¬guration, or click No to cancel the settings. 10. Click Y es to initialize the new logical drives.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-14 1 1. If no boot device is ever set, please select Set Boot Drive and then click Go to change the settings so that the RAID storage device could become the ï¬rst boot device.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-15 2. If this is the ï¬rst time to set up a RAID on your system, please select New Conï¬guration and click Next . 1 . 4 R A I D 5 0 S e t up 1. Press at the same time Ctrl H and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start the RAID settings.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-16 3. If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard to set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration. Then press Next to continue. 4. Hold on the Ctrl key on your keyboard and select with your mouse three ready drives, then click on Accept Array to setup RAID 50. Note: a minimum of 6 hard drives is needed for RAID 50.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-17 5. The th ree d isks are n ow se t as Array 1. C lick Acc ept Arr ay to cont inue. 6. Then set the rest three hard disks as Array 2 and click Accept Array . Press Next to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-18 7. Select Array 1 and set the RAID Level as RAID5 and Span as Enabled . Then input the RAID 5 size value with spanning in the circled area into the Select Size box. Click Accept to continue. 8. Y ou could now view all the RAID setup information in the Conï¬guration Preview window . The two arrays then form a RAID 50, with the Array 2 being the continuance of RAID 1.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-19 9. Click Y es to save the conï¬guration. 10. Click Y es to initialize the new logical drives.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-20 1 1. If no boot storage device is ever set, please select Set Boot Drive and then select Go to change the settings so that the RAID storage device could become the ï¬rst boot device. 12. Now you could see information about all physical drives and logical drives in the home page of WebBIOS.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-21 1 . 5 R A I D 1 0 S e t u p 1. Press Ctrl H at the same time and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window , where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start the RAID settings. 2. If this is the ï¬rst time to setup a RAID on your system, click New Conï¬guration and then click Next to continue.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-22 3. If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration. Click Next to continue. 4. Hol d on the C trl k ey of yo ur ke yboar d a nd se lect with your mouse two rea dy drive s, click o n Acce pt Arra y to set u p Arra y 1 a s RAI D 0. Rep eat thi s proc edure to setu p Arra y 2. At least four hard dis ks are need to set up RAI D 10. 5. Select two hard disks as and set them as Array1, and the rest Array 2. At least two hard disks are needed for setting up RAID 1, and the number of disks must be even. 6. This warning window will prompt out when hard disks of dif ferent sizes are deployed in a RAID. If hard disks of identical space are used, this window would not appear . (W e recommend using hard disks of a same model for RAID conï¬ guration)
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-23 3. If the setting is to meet individual requirements, please select Custom Conï¬guration . Y ou could also let the Conï¬guration Wizard set up a RAID automatically by selecting Auto Conï¬guration. Click Next to continue. 4. Hol d on the C trl k ey of yo ur ke yboar d a nd se lect with your mouse two rea dy drive s, click o n Acce pt Arra y to set u p Arra y 1 a s R AID 0. Rep eat thi s proc edure to setu p Arra y 2. At least four hard dis ks are need to set up RAI D 10. 5. Select two hard disks as and set them as Array1, and the rest Array 2. At least two hard disks are needed for setting up RAID 1, and the number of disks must be even. 6. This warning window will prompt out when hard disks of different sizes are deployed in a RAID. If hard disks of identical space are used, this window would not appear . (W e recommend using hard disks of a same model for RAID conï¬guration)
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-24 7. Y ou could now see information of all RAID settings. When you have ï¬nished the setting for Array 1 and Array 2, please click Next to continue. 8. Set Array 1 as RAID 1, and set the Span as Enable . Input the Select Size box with the RAID 1 size value within the circled area; then click Accept and Next to apply . 9. Y ou could then see the information of RAID settings in the Conï¬guration Preview window . The two arrays form a RAID 10, with the Array 2 being the continuance of the Array 1. 1 0 . C l i c k Y e s t o s a v e t h e s e t t i n g s , o r t o c l i c k N o t o c a n c e l t h e c o n ï¬ g u r a t i o n .
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-25 7. Y ou could now see information of all RAID settings. When you have ï¬nished the setting for Array 1 and Array 2, please click Next to continue. 8. Set Array 1 as RAID 1, and set the Span as Enable . Input the Select Size box with the RAID 1 size value within the circled area; then click Accept and Next to apply . 9. Y ou could then see the information of RAID settings in the Conï¬guration Preview window . The two arrays form a RAID 10, with the Array 2 being the continuance of the Array 1. 10 . Cl ic k Y es to sa ve t he s et ti ng s, o r to c li ck N o to ca nc el th e c on ï¬g ur at io n.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-26 1 1. Click Y es to initialize the new array of Logical Drives. 12. If no boot device is ever set, please select Set Boot Drive and then select Go to change the settings so that the RAID storage device could become the ï¬rst boot device.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-27 1. When one of the hard disks within the array is removed and substituted with new disk, the array could automatically start the rebuilding process. Y ou could check the information of the rebuilding progress in the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window . If you would like to check the rebuilding speed, please click on the Rebuild Progress button. 2. The rebuilding progress is displayed in the left side window . If necessary , you could select Abort and then click Go to cancel the rebuilding process. Caution: Do not launch unnecessary abortion to the array rebuilding process, nor to cut the power supply during the rebuilding process, in case the existing data being destroyed. 1 . 6 A r r ay R eb u i ld
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-28 1. If new hard disks are to be installed onto the SCSI backplane, please select Scan Devices to discover the disk ï¬rst. Then you will ï¬nd the ready disk in the Physical Drives window . Click on Logical Drives to set up Migration. 1 . 7 M i g r a t i o n S e t u p 2. There are two available options for Migration setup: I. RAID Migration only: to make the Array 1 to do the âRAID Migrationâ automatically . II. RAID Migration (with addition): to make the Array 1 and the new hard disk to do the âRAID Migrationâ. In this option, you could change the existing RAID to any RAID type you want to setup. Click âGoâ to apply the settings.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-29 1. Select a ready physical drive and set it as Hotspare. Note: The disks already set as a part of RAID (Online) could not be selected. 2. Se lect M ake Hotspa re and click Go to set this hard disk as Hotspar e. 1 . 8 H o t s p a r e S e t u p
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-30 3. If it is to stop the Hotspare function, select Ofï¬ine and click Go to cancel. 4. Th e ha rd di sk a ss ig ne d as H ot sp ar e wi ll b e hi gh li gh te d in p in k c ha ra ct er s, w hi ch m ea ns t he H o ts pa re s et ti ng i s co mp le te d.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-31 1 . 9 C l e a r A r ra y s 1. Press Ctrl H at the same time and enter the MegaRAID WebBIOS conï¬guration window , where information about all physical drivers installed is displayed. Click Conï¬guration Wizard to start the setup. 2. Select Clear Conï¬guration tab, and then click Next.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-32 3. Y ou could ï¬nd no Logic al Drivers in t he right side w indow , which means the d isk ar rays have alread y been cle ared. Click Accep t to conti nue. 4. Click Y es and save the conï¬guration. 5. In the right side windows, all the storage devices are listed in the Physical Drives window , while the Logical Drives window is blank.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 1-33 3. Y ou could ï¬nd no Logica l Driv ers in t he right side w indow , which means the d isk ar rays have alread y been cle ared. Click Accep t to conti nue. 4. Click Y es and save the conï¬guration. 5. In the right side windows, all the storage devices are listed in the Physical Drives window , while the Logical Drives window is blank.
2 System Setup This chapter will guide you throught the relevant settings after entering the operation systems.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-1 The SCSI RAID device installed in this server works in compliance with operating system such as Microsoft® Server 2003, RedHat Linux®, and SuSE Linux®. Next, we are to get on with the drive installation procedures for these respective OS. 2.1.1 Microsoft® Windows® Insert the support CD with the label reading LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320- 0/320-1 320 & ASUS AZ CRB into your optical drive and open the Driver folder . There are, in this folder , drivers for all operating systems for creating a installation ï¬oppy disk. For example, if it is to make a drive disk for Windows® OS, please open Driver\Windows, where you could see several different folders for different Windows® OS. If it is to create a driver disk for Windows 2000®, please click open the folder named Windows 2000, then insert a blank disk into your ï¬oopy drive, then click MakeDisk. exe to make the disk. If your OS is Windows 2003®, after selecting the folder , you are to make one more selection between win2003 32bit and win2003 64bit. Y ou could also get access ASUS global website to download the *.zip driver . Unzip the ï¬le in Windows® OS and run the *.exe ï¬le, the driver would automatically write into the ï¬oopy disk. If the unzipped ï¬les are not *.exe ï¬le, please copy these ï¬les directly into a blank disk. 1. As soon as the screen for Windows® installation prompts, press immediately F6. 2 . 1 I n s ta l l D r i ve s f o r O p er at i o n S y st em s
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-2 2. When a screen as follows prompts out, press S to install driver for the operation system. 3. Insert the drive disk previously prepared into the ï¬oppy drive, and press Enter .
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-3 4. For Windows 2000®, please select LSI MAGARAID Product for Windows 2000 Driver ; For Windows 2003®, please select LSI MEGARAID Products for Windows 2003 (x86) . 5. For Windows 2003 Server®, when driver program is selected, a following window would prompt out, displayig the detected preset driver of Windows 2003 Server®. Press S and select to install from the ï¬oopy disk. Then please follow the instructions of Windows® and complete the installation. DO NOT take out the ï¬oopy disk until the ï¬rst time system restart is completed.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-4 2 .1 .2 R e dH at L i nu x® Y ou could get access ASUS global website to download the *.zip driver . Unzip the ï¬le in Windows® OS and run the *.exe ï¬le, the driver would automatically write into the ï¬oopy disk. If the unzipped ï¬les are not *.exe ï¬le, please copy these ï¬les directly into a blank disk. 1. Insert the Linux® installation CD into your optical drive and start the system. Then input linux dd when the following screen appears, and press Enter. 2. Then you could see the reading action in the following screen.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-5 3. Insert the drive disk into the ï¬oopy drive, and follow the instruction to proceed with the installation. Press Y es , and then press Enter . 4. Select fd0 to install from ï¬oopy drive. Select OK and press Enter. If a USB ï¬oopy drive is deployed, please select sda to install from the ï¬oopy disk.
LSI MegaRAID User ʼ s Manual 2-6 5. The operating system now is reading from the drive disk in the ï¬oopy drive. 6. When the installation is completed, please select No and press Enter to enter the Linux® OS; if more drivers are to be installed, please select Y es and press Enter , then repeat the step 3-4 to proceed with the installation.
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LSI MegaRAID 1-3 2. 320-1 320-0 320-2 3. SCSI Capabilities Fast Ultra Ultra-II U160 U320 Submit
1-4 1.2 RAID 0 RAID 1 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard RAID 4. Termination Disabled Submit Termination Enabled
LSI MegaRAID 1-5 3. Custom Configuration Auto Configuration Configuration Wizard RAID 2. RAID New Configuration Next
1-6 5. RAID(Array) RAID 1 Accept Array Next 4. <Ctrl> 2 Ready Drives Accept Array RAID 1 RAID 1 2 RAID 0 2
LSI MegaRAID 1-7 7. RAID 1 RAID RAID 1 size Select Size RAID 1 size = 35002 MB Accept Next 6. RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID Select Size Accept Next RAID 0 RAID 0 size = 70004 MB Accept Next
1-8 9. Yes 8. Logical Drivers RAID Accept
LSI MegaRAID 1-9 11. Set Boot Drive Go RAID 1 10. Yes Logical Drives Initialize
1-10 1.3 RAID 5 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard RAID 2. RAID New Configuration Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-11 3. Custom Configuration Auto Configuration Configuration Wizard RAID 4. <Ctrl> 3 Ready Drives Accept Array Array 1 RAID 5 RAID 5 3
1-12 5. RAID 6. RAID Array 1 Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-13 7. RAID 5 Select Size RAID 5 Size = Accept 8. RAID Accept
1-14 9. Yes No 10. Yes Logical Drives Initialize
LSI MegaRAID 1-15 11. Set Boot Drive Go RAID 1
1-16 1.4 RAID 50 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard RAID 2. RAID New Configuration Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-17 3. Custom Configuration Auto Configuration Configuration Wizard RAID 4. Physical Drivers Ready 6 RAID 50 6 8 10
1-18 5. <Ctrl> 3 Ready Drives Accept Array 3 Array 1 6. 3 Array 2 Accept Array Arrays Array 1 Array 2 Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-19 7. Array 1 RAID RAID 5 Span Enabled With spanning RAID 5 Select Size RAID 5 Size = Accept 8. Array 2 Array 1 RAID 50 7 1L26 1Z26 1I37 1Z37 RAID 5 [Spna] [Enable] A rray 1 R5=(size) <Ctrl> Configuration Array 1 Array 2 [Accept] [Next]
1-20 9. Yes 10. Yes Logical Drives Initialize
LSI MegaRAID 1-21 11. Set Boot Drive Go RAID 1 12. WebBIOS Physical Logical Drivers Array` RAID
1-22 1.5 RAID 10 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard RAID 2. RAID New Configuration Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-23 3. Custom Configuration Auto Configuration Configuration Wizard RAID 4. <Ctrl> 2 Ready Drives Accept Array Array 1 RAID 0 Array 2 RAID 10 4
1-24 5. RAID 6. Array 2 Array 1 Next
LSI MegaRAID 1-25 7. Array 1 RAID 1 Span Enabled With Spannong RAID 1 size Select Size RAID 1 Size = Accept Next 8. Array 2 Array 1 RAID 10 7 1L26 1Z26 1I37 1Z37 RAID 1 [Spna] [Enable] A rray 1 R1=(size) <Ctrl> Configuration Array 1 Array 2 [Accept] [Next]
1-26 9. Yes No 10. Yes Logical Drives Initialize
LSI MegaRAID 1-27 11. Set Boot Drive Go RAID 1
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LSI MegaRAID 1-29 2. A. RAID Migration only Array 1 RAID Migration 1. Array RAID RAID Migration only 2. Go B. RAID Migration with addition Array [RAID Migration with addition] RAID Go 1.7 Migration 1. SCSI backplane Scan Devices Physical Drivers Ready Logical Drivers Array Migration
1-30 2. Make Hptspare Go Hotspare 1.8 Hotspare 1. Ready Physical Drives Hotspare RAID Online Hotspare RAID RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50
LSI MegaRAID 1-31 4. Hotspare Offline Go 3. Hotspare
1-32 1.9 1. <Ctrl H> MegaRAID BIOS Physical Drivers Configuration Wizard 2. Clear Configuration Next RAID array
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2-6 4. Yes Enter 3.
LSI MegaRAID 2-7 6. 5. fd0 OK Enter USB sda USB
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