Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AOC-USAS-S4IR SUPER MICRO Computer
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Rev . 1.0 USER'S GUIDE PCB EDGE AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J U H G F E D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C .
ii Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e The information in this Us e r’ s Manual has b ee n car e fully r ev iew ed and is be li eve d to b e accurat e. Th e vendor assum es no re sponsibility for any i.
iii S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations T able of Contents O ve rview ................................................................................ .............. .............. .v P roduct Fe atur es .........................
iv Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Chapter 6 M ana g in g Y o ur St o ra g e Spa ce 6- 1 About Adapt ec S torage Manag e r ....................................................... .............. .... 6-1 I nstalling Adapt ec S torage Manag er ........
v S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations Introduction O ve rv i ew This manual is writt en for syst em int e grators, PC te chnicians and knowl e dg e able PC us e rs who int e nd to int e grat e S up e rMicro's USAS-S4i Add on Card to th e ir syst em.
vi Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e C ontact ing S upe rMi cro H ead q ua r te rs Addr e ss : S up e rMicro Comput e r, I nc . 98 0 Rock A ve. S an J os e, CA 95 13 1 U.S.A. T el: + 1 (408) 503-8 000 Fa x: + 1 (408) 503-8 00 8 E mail : mark e ting @ sup e rmicro .
1-1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations 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 E S D Safet y G u i del i nes Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents.
1-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Notes.
2-1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations PCB EDGE AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J U H G F E D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A .
2-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e 2-2 Fr ont C onnector and Pin D efi niti ons #1. Internal SAS Connector The I nt e rnal SAS port conn e cts to the back- plane allowing the moth e rboard to acc e ss the hard drive s . This conn e ctor supports up to four HDD ports .
2-3 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations PCB EDGE AF AE AD AC AB AA Y W V T R P N M L K J U H G F E D C B A 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A .
2-4 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e L ED I N DICA T ORS This add-on card includ es LED 's us ed to t e st the product during the manufactur- ing proc e ss . Th es e LED 's do not int e rf er e with normal op e ration and should b e ignor ed.
3-1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations Chapter 3 Boot Controller and Bootable A r ray To se ction de scrib es the st e ps r eq uir ed e stablish a boot controll er and a bootable array .
3-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Creat ing an Ar ray wi th the AC U Be fore starting, backup data on your hard disk b e for e be ginning . I nitializing disks e ras es data . To cr e ate a R A ID 1 array : 1 Con fi rm that your Tu r n on your comput er 2 .
3-3 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations 10. If nece ssary , at the cache warning me ssag e, type Y for Y e s. 11 . At the succ e ssful array cr e ation, click any key to r e turn to th e ACU Me nu . The array imm e diat e ly av ailable at re duc ed until the build proc e ss is fi nish ed 12 .
3-4 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e 3-3 Makin g Y ou r Arr ay B ootable Use the ACU to mak e the array bootabl e and continu e to Chapt er 4: I nstalling th e D rive r and an Ope rating S yst em. 9 . Y ou must partition and format the logical drive s .
4-1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical Spe ci fi cations Chapter 4 Installing the Driver and an Operating System 4- 1 O ve rvi ew This chapt er de tails the following tasks : ● Adapt ec R A ID .
4-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e 4- 3 I nstall ing wi th Wi ndows B e for e b e ginning locat e your W indows I nstallation CD . To install th e Adapt e c R A ID controll e r dri ve r ( during W indows installation ): 1 I ns e rt th e W indows installation CD .
4-3 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical S p e ci fi cations 4- 5 I nstall ing wi th S U SE Li nu x To install th e Adapt e c R A ID controll e r dri ve r ( during SU SE L inu x installation ) . 1. I ns e rt th e SU SE I nstallation CD ( th e fi rst on e ) and r e start th e syst e m .
4-4 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Notes.
5- 1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical S p e ci fi cations Chapter 5 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System 5-1 O ve rvi ew This s e ction gi ve s instruction on installing th e dri ve rs on an e x isting Op e rating syst e m . B e for e installation you must th e Adapt e c R A ID controll e r and int e rnal disk dri ve s .
5-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e 5-3 I nstall ing on Wi ndows To install th e dri ve r on W indows : 1 S tart or r e start th e syst e m th e N e w H ardwar e W izard op e ns . 2 Aft e r ins e rting th e dri ve r disk, s e t th e wizard to us e th e dri ve r on th e dis and click N e xt .
6- 1 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical S p e ci fi cations Chapter 6 Managing Y our Storage Space This chapt e r d e tails how to cr e at e and manag e your storag e spac e onc e th e con- troll e r and r e q uir e d dri ve rs ha ve b ee n install e d .
6-2 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e I nstall ing A daptec S to ra ge M ana g er F or installation fi l e and instructions, s ee th e Adapt e c S torag e Manag e r I nstallation CD . This CD also includ e s a Us e r’ s Guid e for I nt e rnal R A ID S torag e and oth e r docum e ntation .
6-3 S af e ty I nformation and T e chnical S p e ci fi cations 6 -4 T he A daptec Flash U til ity Th e Adapt e c F lash Utility (AFU) allows administrators to updat e , sa ve , and manag e R A ID controll e r fi rmwar e BIOS and N on V olatil e R AM .
6-4 Add-on Card Us e r's Guid e Notes.
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