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LSISAS RAID cardPIKE 2208User Guide

1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction1.1 Welcome!Thank you for buying an ASUS® PIKE 2208 SAS RAID card!The ASUS PIKE 2208 allows you to create RAID 0,

ASUS PIKE 2208 1-31.3 Card layoutThe illustration below shows the major components of the RAID card.Front1. CacheVault connector2. ASUS PIKE interf

1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction11. 1GB DDR3 SDRAMRear1.4 System requirementsBefore you install the PIKE 2208 SAS RAID card, check if the system

ASUS PIKE 2208 1-51. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard then remove the screws beside PIKE1 connector as shown.2. Align the golden n

1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction

2Chapter 2: RAID congurationThis chapter provides instructions on setting up, creating, and conguring RAID sets using the available utilities.

2-2 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2.1 Setting up RAIDThe RAID card supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60.2.1.1 RAID denitionsRAID 0 (Data striping

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-3• Having RAID 0 and RAID 5 virtual disks in the same physical array is notHaving RAID 0 and RAID 5 virtual disks in the same physic

2-4 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2.2 LSI WebBIOS Conguration UtilityThe LSI WebBIOS Conguration Utility (CU) is an integrated RAID solution that all

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-53. The Adapter Selection screen appears. If the system has multiple SAS adapters, select an adapter.4. Click Start to continue. Th

iiE7568First Edition (V1)August 2012Copyright © 2012 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved.No part of this manual, including the products and soft

2-6 Chapter 2: RAID congurationWebBIOS CU Toolbar IconsIcon DescriptionClick this icon to return to the main screen from any other WebBIOS CU screen.

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-7Here is a description of the options listed on the left of the main WebBIOS CU screen:• Advanced Software Option: Select this to al

2-8 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2.2.3 Creating a Storage CongurationThis section explains how to use the WebBIOS CU Conguration Wizard to congure

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-9 If you select Automatic Conguration, you can choose the redundancy mode: • Redundancy when possible: Automatically creates an

2-10 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2. Click Add To Array to move the drives to a proposed drive group conguration in the Drive Groups panel on the rig

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-11 ◊ Always Read Ahead: This enables read ahead capability, which allows the controller to read sequentially ahead of requested dat

2-12 Chapter 2: RAID conguration9. Click Yes to conrm the write policy mode you have chosen.10. Click Next after you nish dening virtual drives.

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-134. When you have nished selecting drives for the drive group, click Accept DG.5. Click Next. The Span Denition screen appears.

2-14 Chapter 2: RAID conguration ◊ Direct: In direct I/O mode, reads are not buffered in cache memory. Data is transferred to the cache and the hos

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-15Using Manual Conguration: RAID 10RAID 10, a combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0, has mirrored drives. It breaks up data into smaller

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2-16 Chapter 2: RAID conguration12. Select a second drive group from the Array With Free Space drop-down list, and click Add to SPAN. Both drive gr

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-17 ◊ Always Write Back: In Writeback mode, the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller c

2-18 Chapter 2: RAID conguration23. After the virtual drive is successfully created, the Manage SSD Caching screen appears. Click Cancel to close th

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-19 Here are brief explanations of the virtual disk options:• RAID Level: The drop-down menu lists the possible RAID levels for the

2-20 Chapter 2: RAID conguration• Disable BGI: Specify the background initialization status: ◊ No: Leave background initialization enabled. This m

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-21Using Manual Conguration: RAID 50RAID 50 provides the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 5. RAID 50 uses both distributed parity and

2-22 Chapter 2: RAID conguration13. If there are additional drive groups with three or more drives each, you can add them to the virtual drive.14.

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-23• Drive Cache: Specify the drive cache policy: ◊ Unchanged: Leave the current drive cache policy unchanged. This is the default.

2-24 Chapter 2: RAID congurationUsing Manual Conguration: RAID 6RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 (drive striping and distributed parity), except that ins

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-25• Access Policy: Select the type of data access that is allowed for this virtual drive: ◊ RW: Allow read/write access. This is th

iv3.3 Windows® Server 2008 OS Driver Installation ... 3-93.3.1 During Windows® Server 2008 OS installation ...

2-26 Chapter 2: RAID conguration• Select Size: Specify the size of the virtual drive in terabytes, gigabytes, megabytes, or kilobytes. Normally, thi

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-27When you select Manual Conguration and click Next, the Drive Group Denition screen appears. You use this screen to select drives

2-28 Chapter 2: RAID conguration• Strip Size: The strip size species the size of the segment written to each disk in a RAID conguration. You can s

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-29 ◊ No: Leave background initialization enabled. This means that a new conguration can be initialized in the background while you

2-30 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2.2.4 Viewing and Changing Device PropertiesThis section explains how you can use the WebBIOS CU to view and change

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-31Controller Properties Menu OptionsOption DescriptionBattery BackupThis entry indicates whether the selected controller has a BBU. I

2-32 Chapter 2: RAID congurationController Properties Menu Options (Cont.)Option DescriptionPatrol Read RateUse this option to select the rate for pa

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-33Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive PropertiesTo access the Virtual Drive screen, click a virtual drive icon in the right panel on t

2-34 Chapter 2: RAID conguration• Select CC to run a consistency check on this virtual drive.Before you change a virtual drive conguration, back up

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-35Viewing Drive PropertiesThe Physical Drive screen displays the properties of a selected drive and also enables you to perform opera

vAbout this guideThis user guide contains the information you need when installing and conguring the server management board.How this guide is organi

2-36 Chapter 2: RAID congurationIf the drive state is Uncongured Good, four additional operations appear on this screen:• Select Make Global HSP to

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-372.2.5 Viewing System Event InformationThe SAS controller rmware monitors the activity and performance of all storage conguration

2-38 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2.2.6 Managing CongurationsThis section includes information about maintaining and managing storage congurations.R

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-39Importing or Clearing a Foreign CongurationA foreign conguration is a storage conguration that already exists on a replacement s

2-40 Chapter 2: RAID conguration3. Perform one of the following steps: • Click Preview to preview the foreign congurations. The Foreign Congura

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-412. Scenario #2: If some of the drives in a conguration are removed and re-inserted, the controller considers the drives to have f

2-42 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2.3 MegaRAID Storage ManagerMegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to congure, monitor, and maintain storage

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-435. Enter your user name and organization name. In the bottom part of the screen, select an installation option:– If you select Al

2-44 Chapter 2: RAID conguration8. Select one of the Setup options. The options are fully explained in the screen text.– Normally, you would select

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-4511. Click Next to proceed.12. Click Install to install the program.13. When the nal Conguration Wizard screen appears, click F

viTypographyBold text Indicates a menu or an item to select.Italics Used to emphasize a word or a phrase.<Key> Keys enclosed in the less-t

2-46 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2.3.3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for LinuxFollow these steps if you need to install MegaRAID Stor

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-472.3.4 Linux Error MessagesThe following messages may appear while you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a Linux

2-48 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2.3.5 Starting the MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareFollow these steps to start the MegaRAID Storage Manager softwar

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-494. Select an access mode from the drop-down menu.– Select Full Access if you need to both view the current conguration and chang

2-50 Chapter 2: RAID conguration2.3.6 MegaRAID Storage Manager WindowAfter you log in, the dashboard view provides an overview of the system and cov

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-51The following icons in the left panel represent the controllers, drives, and other devices:• System • Controller • Slot for a dr

2-52 Chapter 2: RAID congurationProperties View PanelThe right panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window has the Properties tab that displays info

ASUS PIKE 2208 2-53Help MenuOn the Help menu you can select Help > Contents to view the MegaRAID Storage Manager online help le. You can select He

2-54 Chapter 2: RAID conguration

3Chapter 3: Driver installationThis chapter provides instructions for installing the RAID drivers on different operating systems.

viiPIKE 2208 specications summary* The OS support depends on the motherboard’s OS support list.** Specications are subject to change without notice.

3-2 Chapter 3: Driver installation3.1 RAID driver installationAfter creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an op

ASUS PIKE 2208 3-37. Place a blank, high-density oppy disk to the oppy disk drive.8. Press <Enter>.9. Follow screen instructions to create

3-4 Chapter 3: Driver installation3.2 Windows® Server 2003 OS Driver Installation3.2.1 During Windows® Server 2003 OS installationTo install the RA

ASUS PIKE 2208 3-54. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the oppy disk drive, then press <Enter>.Windows SetupENTER=Continue

3-6 Chapter 3: Driver installation3.2.2 After Windows® Server 2003 OS installationTo update the RAID card driver after installing Windows® Server 200

ASUS PIKE 2208 3-75. Toggle No, Not this time to cancel searching driver from Windows Update, and then click Next to continue.6. Toggle Install from

3-8 Chapter 3: Driver installation7. Insert the SAS RAID card Support CD into the optical drive.8. Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of

ASUS PIKE 2208 3-93. Click Load Driver.4. A message appears, reminding you to insert the installation media containing the driver of the SAS RAID ca

3-10 Chapter 3: Driver installation5. Locate the driver in the corresponding folder of the Support CD, and then click OK to continue.6. Select LSI M

ASUS PIKE 2208 3-114. Click the Driver tab on the top, then click Update Driver.3.3.2 After Windows® Server 2008 OS installationTo update the RAID c

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3-12 Chapter 3: Driver installation5. Click Browse my computer for driver software.9. The system automatically updates the driver. After completing

ASUS PIKE 2208 3-133.4 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 5 Driver InstallationTo install the RAID card driver when installing Red Hat Red Hat® Enterprise

3-14 Chapter 3: Driver installation5. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press <Enter>.7. Follow

ASUS PIKE 2208 3-153.5 SUSE® Linux OS 11 Driver InstallationTo install the RAID card driver when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS: SUSE Lin

3-16 Chapter 3: Driver installation

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1Chapter 1: Product introductionThis chapter offers the PIKE 2208 SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports.