User Guide

Table Of Contents

53987 Rev. 3.01 June 2016

AMD-RAIDXpert2 User Guide

List of Tables

Table 1. Document Convention ....................................................................................................... 13

Table 2. Glossary of Terms .............................................................................................................. 13

Table 3. System Requirements for RAIDXpert2 ............................................................................. 16

Table 4. Features of RAIDXpert2 .................................................................................................... 17

Table 5. Feature Set for RAIDXpert2: by RAIDXpert2 License Level .......................................... 20

Table 6. RAID Levels – General Characteristics ............................................................................. 24

Table 7. Array States ........................................................................................................................ 26

Table 8. Failure States by RAID Level ............................................................................................ 26

Table 9. Array Expansion Considerations ....................................................................................... 27

Table 10. Types of Tasks per Array ................................................................................................. 29

Table 11. Disk States ....................................................................................................................... 29

Table 12. Sparing Options ............................................................................................................... 31

Table 13. When to use the AMD-RAID Controller BIOS Configuration Utility (Option ROM) ... 34

Table 14. BIOS Configuration Utility Color Codes ........................................................................ 35

Table 15. Linux

Procedure for Installing the Management Suite .................................................. 58

Table 16. Elements of the Array View Section, Array Status Window .......................................... 63

Table 17. Elements of the Disk List Section, Array Status Window ............................................... 64

Table 18. Elements of the Array List Section, Array Status Window ............................................. 65

Table 19. Elements of the Event View Section, Array Status Window .......................................... 67

Table 20. Commands at the Array and Disk Menus ........................................................................ 68

Table 21. New and Legacy Disks, as They Appear in the BIOS Configuration Utility and

RAIDXpert2 .................................................................................................................... 70

Table 22. Creating Arrays: Issues and Recommendations .............................................................. 71

Table 23. Transforming Arrays: Issues and Recommendations ...................................................... 74

Table 24. Deleting Arrays: Issues and Recommendations .............................................................. 78

Table 25. Cache Array Options ....................................................................................................... 79

Table 26. Consistency Check Options ............................................................................................. 81

Table 27. Event Log Priority Levels ................................................................................................ 85

Table 28. The System Does Not Boot ............................................................................................. 87

Table 29. The BIOS Configuration Utility Does Not Display ......................................................... 87

Table 30. Username and Password .................................................................................................. 88