Datoptic ARC-1680 Series Manual de usuario

ARC-1680 Series(PCIe to SAS RAID Controllers ) SAS RAID CardsUSER’S ManualVersion: 1.41Issue Date: March, 2010

INTRODUCTION101. IntroductionThis section presents a brief overview of the SAS RAID controller, ARC-1680 series. (PCIe to SAS RAID controllers)1.1 Ove

DRIVER INSTALLATION1009. After the installation is completed, reboot the system to load the new driver/operating system.10. See Chapter 5 in this manu

DRIVER INSTALLATION1011. Follow the instructions in Chapter 2, the Hardware Installation Chapter, to install the controller and connect the disk drive

DRIVER INSTALLATION102the diskette from the drive and click Yes to restart the computer to load the new drivers.12. See Chapter 5 in this manual for i

DRIVER INSTALLATION1031. Ensure that you have closed all applications and are logged in with administrative rights.2. Open “Control Panel” and start t

DRIVER INSTALLATION104ed version driver for RedHat, SuSE and other versions of Linux. Please refer to the “readme.txt” le on the included Areca CD or

DRIVER INSTALLATION1054.6.1 Installation ProceduresYou must have administrative level permissions to install Areca Mac driver & software.

DRIVER INSTALLATION106only upgrade the driver, archttp64 or arc_cli individual item that resides at <CD-ROM>\packages\MacOS Arc-cli performs man

107ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION5. ArcHttp Proxy Server InstallationOverviewAfter hardware installation, the SAS/SATA disk drives connected to th

ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION1085.1 For WindowsYou must have administrative level permissions to install SAS RAID software. This procedure assume

109ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATIONClick on the “Start” button in the Windows task bar and then click “Program”, select the “McRAID” and run “ ArcHt

INTRODUCTION11DIMM socket with default 512MB of ECC DDR2-533 SDRAM with optional battery backup module, upgrade to 4GB. The test result is against ove

ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION110usr/local/sbin). Or(1). Download from the www.areca.com.tw or from the email attachment.2. You must have

111ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION5.3 For FreeBSDYou must have administrative level permissions to install SAS RAID software. This procedure assumes

ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION112driver, archttp64 and arc-cli from software CD < CD >\package\Mac OS directory at the same time.5.6 ArcHttp

113ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATIONthe RAID controller email sending function, click on the “Mail Con-guration” link. The "SMTP Server Congura

ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION114Error Notication: Send only urgent eventSerious Error Notication: Send urgent and serious eventWarning Error No

115ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION• SNMP Trap Notication Congurations Before the client side manager application accepts the SAS RAID controller t

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1166. Web Browser-based Conguration Before using the rmware-based browser McRAID storage manager, do the initial setu

117WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONmore and a supported browser. A locally managed system requires all of the following components:• A supported Web br

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION118• Start-up McRAID Storage Manager from Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris/Mac Local AdministrationTo congure the internal SAS RA

119WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONto the 10/100 RJ45 LAN port.To congure RAID controller on a remote machine, you need to know its IP address. The IP

INTRODUCTION12Easy RAID ManagementThe controllers contain an embedded McBIOS RAID manager thatcan access via hot key at M/B BIOS boot-up screen. This

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1206.3 Main Menu The main menu shows all available functions, accessible by clicking on the appropriate link.Individual

121WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONNote: In “Quick Create”, your volume set is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. Use

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION122Note: To create RAID 30/50/60 volume, you need create multiple RAID sets rst (up to 8 RAID sets) with the same disk

123WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONPress the Yes to start the expansion on the RAID set.The new additional capacity can be utilized by one or more volu

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION124To activate the incomplete the RAID set, click on the “Activate Raid Set” link. A “Select The RAID SET To Activate”

125WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.5.7 Rescue Raid SetWhen the system is powered off in the RAID set update/creation period, the conguration possibl

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION126It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks. RAID level refers to the level of data performance

127WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION• Volume NameThe default volume name will always appear as “ARC-1680-VOL”. You can rename the volume set providing i

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION128formance, especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads. However, if you are sure that your computer does

129WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONThe new create volume set attribute allows user to select the Volume Name, RAID Level , Capacity, Greater Two TB Vol

INTRODUCTION13• Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultane- ously• Online volume set growth• Instant availability and background

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1306.6.4 Modify Volume SetTo modify a volume set from a RAID set:(1). Click on the “Modify Volume Set” link.(2). Click

131WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION• You can expand volume capacity, but can’t reduce volume capacity size. • After volume expansion, the volume c

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1326.6.5 Check Volume SetTo check a volume set from a RAID set:(1). Click on the “Check Volume Set” link.(2). Click on

133WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.7 Physical Drive Choose this option to select a physical disk from the main menu and then perform the operations

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION134bute” screen appears, modify the drive attribute values, as you want. After you complete the selection, mark the che

135WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.8 System Controls6.8.1 System CongTo set the RAID system function, move the cursor to the main menu and click the

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION136• System Beeper SettingThe “System Beeper Setting” function is used to “Disabled” or “Enabled” the SAS RAID controll

137WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION• HDD Read Ahead CacheAllow Read Ahead (Default: Enabled)—When Enabled, the drive’s read ahead cache algorithm is us

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION138PHY will automatically enter the sleep mode. In this condition, our rmware will set no linkage on those channels. S

139WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONMultiples Of 1G: If you have 123 GB drives from different ven-dors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. F

INTRODUCTION14• Novell Netware 6.5• Solaris 10 x86/x86_64• SCO UnixWare 7.1.4• Mac OS 10.x (EFI BIOS support) (For latest supported OS listing visit

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION140designed to meet short-term startup power demand as well as steady state conditions. Areca RAID controller has inclu

141WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONIP address must be entered manually at each computer system. DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distrib

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1426.8.5 SNMP Conguration To congure the RAID controller SNMP function, click on the “Sys-tem Controls” link. The “Sy

143WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION• SNMP Trap Notication CongurationsPlease refer to Appendix E of Event Notication Congurations.6.8.6 NTP Congur

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION144Note: NTP feature works through onboard Ethernet port. So you must make sure that you have connected onboard Etherne

145WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.8.9 Clear Events BufferUse this feature to clear the entire events buffer information.6.8.10 Modify PasswordTo set

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1466.8.11 Update Firmware Please refer to the appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Pro-cess.6.9 Information6.9.1 Raid

147WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.9.2 System InformationTo view the SAS RAID controller’s system information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu

APPENDIX148Appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update ProcessSince the PCIe SAS RAID controller features ash ROM rmware, it is not necessary to change th

149APPENDIXUpgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage ManagerGet the new version rmware for your SAS RAID controller. For example, download the bin l

INTRODUCTION15 SAS RAID cardModel name ARC-1680ix-8 ARC-1680IXL-12 ARC-1680IXL-16I/O Processor Intel IOP348 1200MHzForm Factor 69(H) x 210(L) mm 69(H

APPENDIX150Controller with onboard LAN port, you can directly plug an Ethernet cable to the controller LAN port, then enter the McBIOS RAID manager to

151APPENDIX Parameter:<path=<PATH_OF_FIRMWARE_FILE>>Fn: Firmware Updating.Ex: Update Firmware And File Path Is In [C:\FW\ARC1110FIRM.BIN.]

APPENDIX152Appendix BBattery Backup Module (ARC-6120-BAT-xxx)The SAS RAID controller operates using cache memory. The Bat-tery Backup Module is an add

153APPENDIX4.Low prole bracket also provided.Battery Backup CapacityBattery backup capacity is dened as the maximum duration of a power failure for

APPENDIX154Note: Do not remove BBM while system is running. 2. Disconnect the BBM cable from J2 on the SAS RAID controller.3. Disconnect the battery

155APPENDIXAppendix CSNMP Operation & InstallationOverviewThe McRAID storage manager includes a rmware-embedded Sim-ple Network Management Protoc

APPENDIX156MIB Compilation and Denition File CreationBefore the manager application accesses the RAID controller, it is necessary to integrate the MI

157APPENDIXStarting the SNMP Function Setting• Community NameCommunity name acts as a password to screen accesses to the SNMP agent of a particular ne

APPENDIX1582. Run the setup.exe le that resides at: <CD-ROM>\packages\windows\http\setup.exe on the CD. (If SNMP service was not installed, ple

159APPENDIX5. A Progress bar appears that measures the progress of the Areca SNMP extension agent setup. When this screen completes, you have complet

HARDWARE INSTALLATION162. Hardware InstallationThis section describes the procedures for installing the SAS RAID con-trollers.2.1 Before You Begin Ins

APPENDIX160SNMP Community CongurationsPlease refer to the community name in this appendix.SNMP Trap Notication CongurationsThe "Community Name

161APPENDIXware and Linux are installed and operational in your system.For the SNMP extension agent installation for Linux procedure, please refer to

APPENDIX162Appendix DEvent Notication CongurationsThe controller classies disk array events into four levels depend-ing on their severity. These in

163APPENDIXEvent Level Meaning Action Start Initialize Warning Volume initialization has startedStart Rebuilding Warning Volume rebuilding has started

APPENDIX164C. RAID Set EventEvent Level Meaning Action Create RaidSet Warning New RAID set createdDelete RaidSet Warning Raidset deletedExpand RaidSet

165APPENDIXTelnet Log Serious a Telnet login detectedInVT100 Log In Serious a VT100 login detectedAPI Log In Serious a API login detectedLost Rebuild

APPENDIX166Appendix ERAID ConceptRAID SetA RAID set is a group of disks connected to a SAS RAID control-ler. A RAID set contains one or more volume se

167APPENDIXIn the illustration, volume 1 can be assigned a RAID level 5 of operation while volume 0 might be assigned a RAID level 1E of operation. Al

APPENDIX168on the existing volume sets (residing on the newly expanded RAID set) is redistributed evenly across all the disks. A contigu-ous block of

169APPENDIX• Online RAID Level and Stripe Size MigrationFor those who wish to later upgrade to any RAID capabilities, a system with Areca online RAID

HARDWARE INSTALLATION17Connector Type Description1. (J3) Battery Backup Module Connector 12-pin box header2. (J4) RS232 Port for CLI to congure the e

APPENDIX170tion is completed, the volume set transitions to degraded mode. If a global hot spare is present, then it further transitions to rebuilding

171APPENDIXautomatically take its place and he data previously located on the failed drive is reconstructed on the Global Hot Spare. For this feature

APPENDIX172condition, the Auto Declare Hot-Spare status will be disappeared if the RAID subsystem has since powered off/on.The Hot-Swap function can b

173APPENDIXThe SAS RAID controller allows user to choose the task priority (Ultra Low (5%), Low (20%), Medium (50%), High (80%)) to bal-ance volume se

APPENDIX174defective. If it is found to have a defect, data will be automatically relocated, and the defective location is mapped out to prevent futur

175APPENDIXThe batteries in the BBM are recharged continuously through a trickle-charging process whenever the system power is on. The batteries prote

APPENDIX176Appendix F Understanding RAID RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It is an array of multiple independent hard disk

177APPENDIXRAID 1RAID 1 is also known as “disk mirroring”; data written on one disk drive is simultaneously written to another disk drive. Read perfor

APPENDIX178RAID 10(1E)RAID 10(1E) is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1, combing stripping with disk mirroring. RAID Level 10 combines the fast perfor

179APPENDIXRAID 5RAID 5 is sometimes called striping with parity at byte level. In RAID 5, the parity information is written to all of the drives in t

HARDWARE INSTALLATION18Connector Type Description1. (J2) Battery Backup Module Connector 12-pin box header2.(SCN2) SAS 9-12 Ports (External) Min SAS 4

APPENDIX180RAID 6RAID 6 provides the highest reliability. It is similar to RAID 5, but it performs two different parity computations or the same compu

181APPENDIXImportant: RAID level 30, 50 and 60 can support up to eight sub-Volumes (RAID set). If the volume is RAID level 30, 50, or 60, you can-not

APPENDIX182Summary of RAID LevelsRAID subsystem supports RAID Level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50 and 60. The following table provides a summary of RA

183APPENDIX6 As RAID level 5, but with additional independently computed redundant information4 Two-disk failure30 RAID 30 is a combination multiple R

HISTORY184Revision Page Description1.4 p.17 Added note for expander CLI manual1.4 p.91, p141 Added note for HTTP Port Number 1.4 p.21Added J2 and JP1

HARDWARE INSTALLATION19Figure 2-3, ARC-1680LP SAS RAID ControllerConnector Type Description1. (J2) Battery Backup Module Connector 12-pin box header2.

Copyright and TrademarksThe information of the products in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment o

HARDWARE INSTALLATION20Connector Type Description1. (J4) Ethernet Port RJ452. (JP2) Individual Fault LED Header 4-pin header 3. (J5) Individual Activi

HARDWARE INSTALLATION21Connector Type DescriptionFront Side1. (SCN5) SAS 5-8 Ports (External) Min SAS 4x2. (J4) Ethernet port RJ453. (J1) Manufacture

HARDWARE INSTALLATION22Connector Type Description1.(J1) Manufacture Purpose Port 10-pin header 2. (J4) Signal for Ethernet Daughterboard 10-pin header

HARDWARE INSTALLATION23Tools RequiredAn ESD grounding strap or mat is required. Also required are stan-dard hand tools to open your system’s case.Syst

HARDWARE INSTALLATION24• Always wear a grounding strap or work on an ESD-protective mat.• Before opening the system cover, turn off power switches

HARDWARE INSTALLATION25Figure 2-7, Insert SAS RAID controller into a PCIe slotStep 5 Mount the DrivesYou can connect the SAS/SATA drives to the contro

HARDWARE INSTALLATION26In the backplane solution, SAS/SATA drives are directly connected to SAS system backplane or through an expander board. The num

HARDWARE INSTALLATION27Figure 2-10, SAS Cable Connect to BackplaneFigure 2-9, SAS Cable Connect to HD Step 6. Install SAS CableThis section describes

HARDWARE INSTALLATION28Step 7. Install the LED Cable (option) The preferred I/O connector for server backplanes is the Min SAS 4i internal connector.

HARDWARE INSTALLATION29Step 9. Re-check Fault LED Cable Connections (optional)Be sure that the proper failed drive channel information is dis-played b

Contents1. Introduction ... 101.1 Overview ...

HARDWARE INSTALLATION30Step 13. Congure Volume Set The controller congures RAID functionality through the McBIOS RAID manager. Please refer to Chap

HARDWARE INSTALLATION31(2).Ghost (such as Carbon Copy Cloner ghost utility) the Mac OS X 10.4.X or 10.5 system disk on the Mac Pro to the Areca Exter-

HARDWARE INSTALLATION32Figure 2-11, Internal Min SAS 4i to 4x SATA CableFigure 2-12, Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF-8482 Cable 2.4.2 Internal Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF

HARDWARE INSTALLATION33Figure 2-13, Min SAS 4i to Min SAS 4i Cable Figure 2-14, Min SAS 4x to Min SAS 4x Cable 2.4.3 Internal Min SAS 4i to Internal M

HARDWARE INSTALLATION34Note: A cable for the global indicator comes with your computersystem. Cables for the individual drive LEDs may come with adriv

HARDWARE INSTALLATION35LED Normal Status Problem IndicationFault LED When the fault LED is solid illuminated, there is no disk present. When the faul

HARDWARE INSTALLATION36Figure 2-17, ARC-1680LP individual LED for each channel drive and global indicator connector for computer case.Figure 2-18, A

HARDWARE INSTALLATION37Figure 2-20, Activity/Fault LED I2C connector connected between SAS RAID Controller & 4 SATA HDD backplane.B: I2C Connector

HARDWARE INSTALLATION38PIN Description PIN DescriptionSideBand0 SClock (Clock signal) SideBand1 SLoad (Last clock of a bit stream)SideBand2 Ground Si

HARDWARE INSTALLATION39The following signal denes the sideband connector which can work with Areca sideband cable on its SFF-8087 to 4 SATA cable. Th

• Volume Name ... 62• Raid Level ...

HARDWARE INSTALLATION40Conguration Utility Operating System supportedMcBIOS RAID Manager OS-IndependentMcRAID Storage Manager(Via Archttp proxy serve

HARDWARE INSTALLATION41McRAID Storage ManagerBefore launching the rmware-embedded web server, McRAID storage manager through the PCIe bus, you need 

BIOS CONFIGURATION423. McBIOS RAID ManagerThe system mainboard BIOS automatically congures the following SAS RAID controller parameters at power-up:•

BIOS CONFIGURATION43Areca Technology Corporation RAID Setup <V1.40, 2006/08/8> ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, **** P

BIOS CONFIGURATION443.4 Designating Drives as Hot SparesAny unused disk drive that is not part of a RAID set can be desig-nated as a hot spare. The “Q

BIOS CONFIGURATION453.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Con-guration“Quick Volume / Raid Setup conguration” collects all available drives and include

BIOS CONFIGURATION463.6 Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function MethodIn “Raid Set Function”, you can use the “Create Raid Set” function to generate a new

BIOS CONFIGURATION47Step Action1 To setup the hot spare (option), choose “Raid Set Function” from the main menu. Select the “Create Hot Spare” and pre

BIOS CONFIGURATION483.7 Main Menu The main menu shows all functions that are available for executing actions, which is accomplished by clicking on the

BIOS CONFIGURATION49Option DescriptionQuick Volume/Raid Setup Create a default conguration based on the number of physical disk installedRaid Set Fun

3.6.7.4 Time To Spin Down Idle Hdd (Minutes) ... 893.7.7 Ethernet Conguration ... 893.

BIOS CONFIGURATION50I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot SystemArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L

BIOS CONFIGURATION51This option works on different OS which supports 16 bytes CDB. Such as:Windows 2003 with SP1Linux kernel 2.6.x or latter• Use 4K B

BIOS CONFIGURATION52I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot SystemArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L

BIOS CONFIGURATION533.7.2 Raid Set FunctionManual conguration gives complete control of the RAID set set-ting, but it will take longer to congure th

BIOS CONFIGURATION543.7.2.1 Create Raid Set The following is the RAID set features for the SAS RAID control-ler.1. Up to 32 disk drives can be include

BIOS CONFIGURATION553.7.2.2 Delete Raid SetTo completely erase and recongure a RAID set, you must rst delete it and re-create the RAID set. To delet

BIOS CONFIGURATION563.7.2.3 Expand Raid SetInstead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional disk drives, the “Expand Raid Set” functio

BIOS CONFIGURATION57• MigratingMigration occurs when a disk is added to a RAID set. Migrating state is displayed in the RAID state area of “The Raid S

BIOS CONFIGURATION58The following screen is used to activate the RAID set after one of its disk drive was removed in the power off state.When one of t

BIOS CONFIGURATION593.7.3 Volume Set FunctionA volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical de-vice; it is organized in a RAID level with

(Out-of-Band) ... 1186.2 SAS RAID controller McRAID Storage Manager ... 11

BIOS CONFIGURATION60set. If multiple volume sets reside on a specied RAID set, all volume sets will reside on all physical disks in the RAID set. Thu

BIOS CONFIGURATION613.7.3.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6)I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot SystemArrowKey Or AZ:Mo

BIOS CONFIGURATION625. After completed the modication of the volume set, press the Esc key to conrm it. An “Initialization Mode” screen ap-pears. •

BIOS CONFIGURATION63• Raid LevelSet the RAID level for the volume set. Highlight RAID Level and press the Enter key. The available RAID levels for the

BIOS CONFIGURATION64• NoIt keeps the volume size with max. 2TB limitation. • LBA 64 This option uses 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes. The maximum vol

BIOS CONFIGURATION65• SCSI IDEach device attached to the SAS RAID controller, as well as the SAS RAID controller itself, must be assigned a unique SCS

BIOS CONFIGURATION66• SCSI LUNEach SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs. Most SAS controllers treat each LUN as if it were a SAS disk.I/O Port Addr : 2800

BIOS CONFIGURATION67• Tag QueuingThis option, when enabled, can enhance overall system perfor-mance under multi-tasking operating systems. The Command

BIOS CONFIGURATION68The created new volume set attribute option allows users to select the Volume Name, Capacity, RAID Level, Strip Size, SCSI ID/LUN,

BIOS CONFIGURATION693.7.3.4 Modify Volume Set Use this option to modify volume set conguration. To modify volume set values from RAID set system func

• HDD Read Ahead Cache ... 137• Volume Data Read Ahead ... 137

BIOS CONFIGURATION703.7.3.4.1 Volume GrowthUse “Expand RAID Set” function to add disk to a RAID set. The additional capacity can be used to enlarge th

BIOS CONFIGURATION713.7.3.5 Check Volume SetUse this option to verify the correctness of the redundant data in a volume set. For example, in a system

BIOS CONFIGURATION723.7.3.6 Stop Volume Set CheckUse this option to stop all of the “Check Volume Set” operations.3.7.3.7 Display Volume Set Info.To d

BIOS CONFIGURATION73Choose this option from the main menu to select a physical disk and perform the operations listed above. Move the cursor bar to an

BIOS CONFIGURATION743.7.4.3 Modify a Pass-Through DiskUse this option to modify “Pass-Through Disk Attributes”. To select and modify a pass-through di

BIOS CONFIGURATION75To delete a pass-through drive from the pass-through drive pool, move the cursor bar to the “Delete Pass-Through Drive” item, then

BIOS CONFIGURATION76I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot SystemArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L

BIOS CONFIGURATION773.7.5.1 Mute The Alert Beeper The “Mute The Alert Beeper” function item is used to control the SAS RAID controller Beeper. Select

BIOS CONFIGURATION783.7.5.3 Change PasswordThe manufacture default password is set to 0000. The password option allows user to set or clear the passwo

BIOS CONFIGURATION793.7.5.5 Background Task PriorityThe “Background Task Priority” is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to

Appendix C ... 155SNMP Operation & Installation ...

BIOS CONFIGURATION80ing mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of the workload. The SAS RAID controller allows the user to select the SATA

BIOS CONFIGURATION813.7.5.9 Hdd Queue Depth SettingThis parameter is adjusted the queue depth capacity of NCQ (SATA HDD) or Tagged Command Queuing (SA

BIOS CONFIGURATION823.7.5.10 Empty HDD Slot LEDThe rmware has added the "Empty HDD Slot LED" option to setup the fault LED light "ON &

BIOS CONFIGURATION833.7.5.11 Controller Fan DetectionIncluded in the product box is a eld replaceable passive heat-sink to be used only if there is e

BIOS CONFIGURATION84"Internal" in the setup manual then restart the system to set the active channel CH5-8 on the internal port. I/O Port Ad

BIOS CONFIGURATION853.7.5.14 Disk Write Cache ModeUser can set the “Disk Write Cache Mode” to Auto, Enabled, or Disabled. “Enabled” increases speed, “

BIOS CONFIGURATION86Main MenuQuick Volume/Raid SetupRaid Set FunctionVolume Set FunctionPhysical DrivesRaid System FunctionHdd Power ManagementEtherne

BIOS CONFIGURATION873.7.6.1 Stagger Power OnIn a PC system with only one or two drives, the power can sup-ply enough power to spin up both drives simu

BIOS CONFIGURATION883.7.6.2 Time to Hdd Low Power Idle (Minutes) This option delivers lower power consumption by automatically unloading recording hea

BIOS CONFIGURATION89I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot SystemArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L

BIOS CONFIGURATION903.7.7.1 DHCP FunctionDHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol) allows network ad-ministrators centrally manage and automate the as

BIOS CONFIGURATION913.7.7.2 Local IP addressIf you intend to set up your client computers manually (noDHCP), make sure that the assigned IP address is

BIOS CONFIGURATION92I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot SystemArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L

BIOS CONFIGURATION93I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot SystemArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L

BIOS CONFIGURATION94I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot SystemArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L

BIOS CONFIGURATION95I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot SystemArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L

DRIVER INSTALLATION964. Driver InstallationThis chapter describes how to install the SAS RAID controller driver to your operating system. The installa

DRIVER INSTALLATION97system installations. Determine the correct kernel version and identify which diskette images contain drivers for that kernel. If

DRIVER INSTALLATION984.2 Driver Installation for WindowsThe SAS RAID controller can be used with Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. The SAS RAID co

DRIVER INSTALLATION99Note: The computer system BIOS must support bootable from CD-ROM.volume set is created and congured, continue with next step to