PIKE 1078 LSISAS1078 SAS RAID card
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Contents Contents....................................................................................................... iii About this guide.......................................................................................... iv PIKE 1078 specifications summary........................................................... vi Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome!....................................................................................... 1-2 1.2 Package contents....................
About this guide This user guide contains the information you need when installing and configuring the server management board. How this guide is organized This guide contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter offers the PIKE 1078 SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports. • Chapter 2: RAID configuration This chapter provides instructions on setting up, creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities.
Conventions used in this guide To make sure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual. DANGER/WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task. CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to complete a task. IMPORTANT: Instructions that you MUST follow to complete a task. NOTE: Tips and additional information to help you complete a task.
PIKE 1078 specifications summary Controller LSISAS1078 Interface ASUS PIKE interface Ports 8 ports Support device SAS and SATA II devices Data transfer rate SATA II and SAS 3 Gb/s per PHY RAID level RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 10 / RAID 5 / RAID 50 / RAID 6 / RAID 60* OS support** Windows® Server 2003 / Server 2008 / XP / Vista Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 3 / 4 / 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 / 9 / 10 LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) for Windows® / Linux operating systems Form factor 6.
This chapter offers the PIKE 1078 SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports.
1.1 Welcome! Thank you for buying an ASUS® PIKE 1078 SAS RAID card! The ASUS PIKE 1078 allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 50, RAID 6, and RAID 60 set(s) from SAS hard disk drives connected to the SAS connectors on the motherboard. Before you start installing the RAID card, check the items in your package with the list below. 1.2 Package contents Check your package for the following items.
1.3 Card layout The images below show the major components of the RAID card. 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 (Outer heatsink removed, for 1U server) 1. ASUS PIKE interface-1: PCI-E x8 2. ASUS PIKE interface-2: 8-port SAS signal with SGPIO interface* 3.
1.5 Card installation Follow the below instructions to install the RAID card on your motherboard. Please do remember to install i-button and set IBTN RAID setting jumper (usually named ITBN_SEL1) to [PIKE RAID5] after installing PIKE card. Refer to the motherboard’s manual for details. For 2U, 5U, or pedestal server To install ASUS PIKE 1078 SAS RAID card on a 2U, 5U, or pedestal server 1-4 1. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard. 2.
4. Secure the heatsink to the nearest screw hole on the motherboard. DO NOT overtighten the screw, or the motherboard component can be damaged. 5. Connect the SAS hard disk drives to the SAS connectors on the motherboard. To uninstall ASUS PIKE 1078 SAS RAID card from a 2U, 5U, or pedestal server 1. Disconnect all SAS hard disk drives from the motherboard. 2. Remove the screw that secures the RAID card to the motherboard. 3.
For 1U server You have to remove the outer heatsink of ASUS PIKE 1078 SAS RAID card to install the card in a 1U server. To install ASUS PIKE 1078 SAS RAID card on a 1U server 1. Remove the two screws that secure the heatsink bracket on the back of the SAS RAID card. Heatsink bracket 2. Remove the two screws that secure the outer heatsink on the front of the SAS RAID card. DO NOT remove the inner heatsink from the SAS RAID card. 3. 1-6 Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on the motherboard.
4. Align the golden fingers of the RAID card with the PIKE RAID card slot. 5. Insert the RAID card into the PIKE RAID card slot. Make sure the card is completely inserted into the card slot. 6. Connect the SAS hard disk drives to the SAS connectors on the motherboard.
1-8 Chapter 1: Product introduction
This chapter provides instructions on setting up, creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities.
2.1 Setting up RAID The RAID card supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 50, RAID 6, and RAID 60 set(s). 2.1.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Use of at least two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.
RAID 60 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 6. It uses distributed parity, with two independent parity blocks per stripe in each RAID set, and disk striping. A RAID 60 virtual disk can survive the loss of two disks in each of the RAID 6 sets without losing data. It works best with data that requires high reliability, high request rates, high data transfers, and medium-to-large capacity.
2.2 LSI WebBIOS Configuration Utility The LSI WebBIOS Configuration Utility (CU) is an integrated RAID solution that allows you to create RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60 set(s) from SAS hard disk drives supported by the LSI SAS 1078 controller.
3. If the system has multiple SAS adapters, select an adapter. 4. Click Start to continue. The main WebBIOS CU screen appears. 2.2.2 WebBIOS CU main screen options This is the Logical View screen, which displays in the lower right panel all virtual disks (virtual drives) that are configured on this controller. It also shows in the upper right panel the physical drives that are connected to the controller.
Here is a description of the options listed on the left of the main WebBIOS CU screen: 2-6 • Adapter Properties: Select this to view the properties of the currently selected SAS adapter. • Scan Devices: Select this to have the WebBIOS CU re-scan the physical and virtual disks for any changes in the drive status or the physical configuration. The WebBIOS CU displays the results of the scan in the physical and virtual disk descriptions.
2.2.3 Creating a Storage Configuration This section explains how to use the WebBIOS CU Configuration Wizard to configure RAID arrays and virtual disks. Selecting the Configuration with the Configuration Wizard Follow these steps to start the Configuration Wizard, and select a configuration option and mode: 1. Click Configuration Wizard on the WebBIOS main screen. The first Configuration Wizard screen appears, as shown in the right figure. 2. Select a configuration option.
Using Auto Configuration Follow these instructions to create a configuration with auto configuration, either with or without redundancy: 1. When WebBIOS displays the proposed new configuration, review the information on the screen, and click Accept to accept it. (Or click Back to go back and change the configuration.) • RAID 0: If you selected Auto Configuration without Redundancy, WebBIOS creates a RAID 0 configuration.
3. When you have finished selecting physical disks for the disk groups, click Next. The span definition screen appears Select one of the available disk groups, and then click Add to Span. 4. When finish, click Next. The Virtual Disk Definition screen appears, as shown in the right figure. You use this screen to select the RAID level, strip size, read policy, and other attributes for the new virtual disks. 5. Change the virtual disk options from the defaults listed on the screen as needed.
• Write Policy: Specify the write policy for this virtual drive: ◊ WBack: In Writeback mode the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache has received all the data in a transaction. This setting is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ WThru: In Writethrough mode the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the disk subsystem has received all the data in a transaction. This is the default.
8. Check the information in the configuration preview. 9. If the virtual disk configuration is acceptable, click Accept to save the configuration. Otherwise, click Cancel to end the operation and return to the WebBIOS main menu, or click Back to return to the previous screens and change the configuration. 10. If you accept the configuration, click Yes at the prompt to save the configuration. The WebBIOS main menu appears.
3. When you have finished selecting physical disks for the disk groups, click Next. The span definition screen appears Select one of the available disk groups, and then click Add to Span. 4. When finish, click Next. The Virtual Disk Definition screen appears, as shown in the right figure. You use this screen to select the RAID level, strip size, read policy, and other attributes for the new virtual disks. 5. Change the virtual disk options from the defaults listed on the screen as needed.
◊ WBack: In Writeback mode the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache has received all the data in a transaction. This setting is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ WThru: In Writethrough mode the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the disk subsystem has received all the data in a transaction. This is the default.
7. Click Next when you are finished defining virtual disks. The configuration preview screen appears, as shown in the right figure. 8. Check the information in the configuration preview. 9. If the virtual disk configuration is acceptable, click Accept to save the configuration. Otherwise, click Cancel to end the operation and return to the WebBIOS main menu, or click Back to return to the previous screens and change the configuration. 10.
3. When you have finished selecting physical disks for disk groups, click Next. The span definition screen appears Select one of the available disk groups, and then click Add to Span. 4. When finish, click Next. The Virtual Disk Definition screen appears, as shown in the following figure. You use this screen to select the RAID level, strip size, read policy, and other attributes for the new virtual disks. 5. Change the virtual disk options from the defaults listed on the screen as needed.
◊ WBack: In Writeback mode the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache has received all the data in a transaction. This setting is recommended in Standard mode. ◊ WThru: In Writethrough mode the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the disk subsystem has received all the data in a transaction. This is the default.
8. Check the information in the configuration preview. 9. If the virtual disk configuration is acceptable, click Accept to save the configuration. Otherwise, click Cancel to end the operation and return to the WebBIOS main menu, or click Back to return to the previous screens and change the configuration. 10. If you accept the configuration, click Yes at the prompt to save the configuration. The WebBIOS main menu appears.
2. Click Accept DG to move the drives to a proposed disk group configuration in the Disk Groups window on the right, as shown in the right figure. If you need to undo the changes, click the Back button. 3. When you have finished selecting physical disks for disk groups, click Next. The span definition screen appears Select one of the available disk groups, and then click Add to Span. 4. When finish, click Next. The Virtual Disk Definition screen appears, as shown in the following figure.
◊ Ahead: This enables read ahead capability, which allows the controller to read sequentially ahead of requested data and to store the additional data in cache memory, anticipating that the data will be needed soon. This speeds up reads for sequential data, but there is little improvement when accessing random data. ◊ Adaptive: When Adaptive read ahead is selected, the controller begins using read ahead if the two most recent disk accesses occurred in sequential sectors.
• Select Size: Specify the size of the virtual disk in megabytes. Normally, this would be the full size for RAID 6 shown in the Configuration Panel on the right. You may specify a smaller size if you want to create other virtual disks on the same disk group. 6. Click Accept to accept the changes to the virtual disk definition, or click Back to return to the previous settings. 7. Click Next when you are finished defining virtual disks.
2. Click Accept DG to move the drives to a proposed two-drive disk group configuration in the Disk Groups window on the right. If you need to undo the changes, click the Back button. 3. Hold while selecting two more ready physical drives in the Physical Drives window to create a second two-drive disk group. 4. Click Accept DG to move the drives to a second two-drive disk group configuration in the Disk Groups window, as shown in the right figure.
• RAID Level: The drop-down menu lists the possible RAID levels for the virtual disk. Select RAID 10. • Strip Size: The strip size specifies the size of the segment written to each disk in a RAID configuration. You can set the strip size to 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 or 1024 Kbytes. A larger strip size produces higher read performance. If your computer regularly performs random read requests, choose a smaller strip size. The default is 64 Kbytes.
◊ Direct: In Direct I/O mode, reads are not buffered in cache memory. Data is transferred to the cache and the host concurrently. If the same data block is read again, it comes from cache memory. This is the default. ◊ Cached: In Cached I/O mode, all reads are buffered in cache memory. • Disk Cache Policy: Specify the disk cache policy: ◊ Enable: Enable the disk cache. ◊ Disable: Disable the disk cache. This is the default. ◊ NoChange: Leave the current disk cache policy unchanged.
Using Custom Configuration: RAID 50 RAID 50 provides the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 5. RAID 50 uses both distributed parity and disk striping across multiple arrays. It provides high data throughput, data redundancy, and very good performance. It is best implemented on two RAID 5 disk arrays with data striped across both disk arrays. Though multiple drive failures can be tolerated, only one drive failure can be tolerated in each RAID 5 level array.
You use this screen to select the RAID level, strip size, read policy, and other attributes for the new virtual disk(s). 7. Hold while selecting 2 three-drive disk groups in the Configuration window on the right. 8. Change the virtual disk options from the defaults listed on the screen as needed. Here are brief explanations of the virtual disk options: • RAID Level: The drop-down menu lists the possible RAID levels for the virtual disk. Select RAID 50.
◊ Wrthru for BAD BBU: Select WBack for Write Policy and unselect this item if you want the controller to use Writeback mode but the controller has no BBU or the BBU is bad. If you choose this option, the controller firmware automatically switches to Writethrough mode if it detects a bad or missing BBU. • IO Policy: The IO Policy applies to reads on a specific virtual disk. It does not affect the read ahead cache. ◊ Direct: In Direct I/O mode, reads are not buffered in cache memory.
13. If you accept the configuration, click Yes at the prompt to save the configuration. The WebBIOS main menu appears. Using Custom Configuration: RAID 60 RAID 60 provides the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 6, and includes both parity and disk striping across multiple arrays. RAID 6 supports two independent parity blocks per stripe. A RAID 60 virtual disk can survive the loss of two disks in each of the RAID 6 sets without losing data.
5. When you have finished selecting physical disks for the disk groups, click Next. The span definition screen appears. You should add both disk groups you’ve created in the previous step to Span section. Select the disk group in Array With Free Space section and then click Add to Span. 6. When finish, click Next. The Virtual Disk Definition screen appears, as shown in the right figure.
◊ Adaptive: When Adaptive read ahead is selected, the controller begins using read ahead if the two most recent disk accesses occurred in sequential sectors. If the read requests are random, the controller reverts to Normal (no read ahead). • Write Policy: Specify the write policy for this virtual drive: ◊ WBack: In Writeback mode the controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache has received all the data in a transaction.
9. Click Accept to accept the changes to the virtual disk definition, or click Back to return to the previous settings. 10. Click Next when you are finished defining virtual disks. The configuration preview screen appears, as shown in the right figure. 11. Check the information in the configuration preview. 12. If the virtual disk configuration is acceptable, click Accept to save the configuration.
2.2.4 Viewing and Changing Device Properties This section explains how you can use the WebBIOS CU to view and change the properties for adapters, virtual disks, physical drives, and BBUs. WebBIOS allows you to view information for the LSI SAS adapter. To view the properties for the adapter, click Adapter Properties on the main WebBIOS screen. There are two Adapter Properties screens. The following figure shows the first screen. The information on this screen is read-only and cannot be modified directly.
Adapter Properties Menu Options Option Description Battery Backup This entry indicates whether the selected controller has a BBU. If present, you can click Present to view information about the BBU. Set Factory Defaults Use this option to load the default MegaRAID® WebBIOS CU settings. The default is [No]. Cluster Mode Use this option to enable or disable Cluster mode. The default is [Disabled].
Adapter Properties Menu Options (Cont.) Option Description PDF Interval This option determines how frequently the controller polls for physical drives reporting a Predictive Drive Failure (S.M.A.R.T. error). The default is 300 seconds (5 minutes). Alarm Control Select this option to enable, disable, or silence the onboard alarm tone generator on the controller. The default is [Disabled].
Viewing and Changing Virtual Disk Properties Access the Virtual Disk screen by selecting a virtual disk (virtual disk) from the virtual disk list on the WebBIOS CU main screen and clicking Virtual Disk. The following figure shows the Virtual Disk screen. The Properties panel of this screen displays the virtual disk’s RAID level, state, size, and strip size. The Policies panel lists the virtual disk policies that were defined when the storage configuration was created.
• Select CC to run a consistency check on this virtual disk. In the right panel of the Virtual Disk screen you can change the virtual disk configuration by adding or removing a physical drive or by changing the RAID level. Before you change a virtual disk configuration, back up any data on the virtual disk that you want to save. For more information about changing RAID level, please refer to Migrating the RAID Level of a Virtual Disk in section 2.2.6 Managing Configurations.
2.2.5 Viewing System Event Information The SAS controller firmware monitors the activity and performance of all storage configurations and devices in the system. When an event occurs (such as the creation of a new virtual disk or the removal of a physical drive) an event message is generated and is stored in the controller NVRAM. You can use the WebBIOS CU to view these event messages. To do this, click Events on the main WebBIOS CU screen.
2.2.6 Managing Configurations This section includes information about maintaining and managing storage configurations. Running a Consistency Check You should periodically run a consistency check on fault-tolerant virtual disks. A consistency check verifies that the redundancy data is correct and available for RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 arrays. To do this, follow these steps: 1. On the main WebBIOS CU screen, select a virtual disk. 2.
The WebBIOS CU allows you to import the foreign configuration to the RAID controller, or to clear the configuration so you can create a new configuration using these physical disks. If WebBIOS CU detects a foreign configuration, the screen appears, as shown in the following figure. The GUID (Global Unique Identifier) entries on the drop-down list are OEM names and will vary from one installation to another. Click ClearForeignCfg if you want to clear the configuration and reuse the physical disks.
Foreign Configurations in Cable Pull and Disk Removal Scenarios If one or more physical disks are removed from a configuration, by a cable pull or physical disk removal, for example, the configuration on those disks is considered a foreign configuration by the RAID controller. Use the Foreign Configuration Preview screen to import or clear the foreign configuration in each case. The following scenarios can occur with cable pulls or physical disk removals.
Migrating the RAID Level of a Virtual Disk As the amount of data and the number of disk drives in your system increase, you can use RAID-level migration to change a virtual disk from one RAID level to another. You do not have to power down or reboot the system. When you migrate a virtual disk, you can keep the same number of drives, or you can add drives. You can use the WebBIOS CU to migrate the RAID level of an existing virtual disk.
5. When you have made your selections, click Go at the bottom of the right panel. 6. When the message appears, confirm that you want to migrate the RAID level of the virtual disk. A reconstruction operation begins on the virtual disk. You must wait until the reconstruction is completed before performing any other tasks in the WebBIOS CU.
2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to configure, monitor, and maintain storage configurations on LSI SAS controllers. The MegaRAID Storage Manager graphical user interface (GUI) makes it easy for you to create and manage storage configurations. 2.3.
4. Enter your user name and organization name. In the bottom part of the screen, select an installation option: – If you select All users, any user with administrative privileges can use this version of MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view or change storage configurations. – If you select Only for current user, the MegaRAID Storage Manager shortcuts and associated icons will be available only to the user with this user name. 5. Click Next to continue. 6.
7. 8. Select one of the Setup options. The options are fully explained in the screen text. – Normally, you would select Complete if you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a server. – Select Custom Installation if you want to select individual program components. Click Next to continue. If you selected Custom Installation as your setup option, the second Setup Type screen appears, as shown in the following figure.
10. Click Next to proceed. 11. Click Install to install the program. 12. When the final Configuration Wizard screen appears, click Finish. If you select Client installation for a PC used to monitor servers, and if there are no available servers with a registered framework on the local subnet (that is, servers with a complete installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software), the server screen will appear, as shown in the following figure. The server screen will not list any servers.
2.3.3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware for Linux Follow these steps if you need to install MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a system running Red Hat Linux or SUSE Linux: 1. Copy the MSM_linux_installer...tar.gz file to a temporary folder. 2. Untar the MSM_linux_installer...tar.gz file using the following command: tar -zxvf MSM_linux_installer...tar.gz A new disk directory is created. 3. Go to the new disk directory. 4. In the disk directory, find and read the readme.txt file. 5.
2.3.4 Linux Error Messages The following messages may appear while you are installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a Linux system: • More than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software has been installed. This message indicates that the user has installed more than one copy of MegaRAID Storage Manager software. (This can be done by using the rpmforce command to install the rpm file directly, which is not recommended, instead of using the install.sh file.
2.3.5 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Follow these steps to start MegaRAID Storage Manager software and view the main window: 1. Start the program using the method required for your operating system environment: – To start MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a Microsoft Windows system, select Start > Programs > MegaRAID Storage Manager > StartupUI, or double-click the MegaRAID Storage Manager shortcut on the desktop.
To access servers on a different subnet, type in the box at the bottom of the screen the IP address of a server in the desired subnet where the MegaRAID Storage Manager software is running, and click Update. If you check the Connect to remote server at: IP address box, you can also access a standalone (remote) installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software, if it has a network connection. 3. Double-click the icon of the server that you want to access.
2.3.6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window This section describes the MegaRAID Storage Manager window, which is shown in the following figure. Physical/Logical View Panel The left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window displays either the Physical view or the Logical view of the system and the devices in it, depending on which tab is selected. • The Physical view shows the hierarchy of physical devices in the system. At the top of the hierarchy is the system itself.
• Array • Virtual disk • Physical drive • Enclosure • Battery backup unit (BBU) A red circle to the right of an icon indicates that the device has failed. For example, this icon indicates that a physical drive has failed: . A yellow circle to the right of an icon indicates that a device is running in a degraded state. For example, this icon indicates that a virtual disk is running in a degraded state because a disk drive has failed: .
• The Graphical View tab can be selected in the right panel if a physical drive, virtual disk, or disk enclosure is selected in the left panel. In graphical view, the device’s storage capacity is color coded according to the legend shown on the screen. For example, on a physical drive configured space is blue, available space is white, and reserved space is red, as shown in the following figure. Event Log Panel The lower part of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window displays the system event log entries.
Operations Menu The Operations menu is available when a controller, physical drive, or virtual disk is selected in the MegaRAID Storage Manager window. The Operations menu options vary depending on what type of device is selected in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window. For example, the Scan for Foreign Config option is available only when a controller is selected. The options also vary depending on the current state of the selected device.
2-54 Chapter 2: RAID configuration
This chapter provides instructions for installing the RAID drivers on different operating systems.
3.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on how to install or update the RAID card drivers. The RAID card driver might be included in the Linux OS installation CD, and could be loaded automatically during OS installation. However, we recommend using the RAID driver packaged in the RAID card support CD for better reliability. 3.1.
7. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create.
3.1.2 Windows® OS During Windows® OS installation To install the RAID card driver when installing Windows® OS: 1. Boot the computer using the Windows® OS installation CD. The Window® Setup starts. 2. Press when the message “Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...” appears at the bottom of the screen. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... 3. The next screen appears. Press to specify an additional device.
4. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the floppy disk drive, then press . Windows Setup Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A: * Press ENTER when ready. ENTER=Continue 5. ESC=Cancel F3=Exit Select LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver complying with your Windows® OS version, and then press .
After Windows® OS installation To update the RAID card driver after installing Windows® OS: 3-6 1. Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop and select Properties from the menu. 2. Click the Hardware tab on the top, then click the Device Manager button. 3. Double-click the LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS PCI Express ROMB item. 4. Click the Driver tab on the top, then click Update Driver.
5. Toggle Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), then click Next to continue. 6. Toggle Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install, then click Next to continue. 7. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the floppy disk drive. 8. Highlight LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS PCI Express ROMB, then click Have Disk.
9. Select from the drop-down menu and locate the driver. 10. Click Next to start updating the driver. 11. 3-8 After completing driver update, click Finish to close the wizard.
3.1.3 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS To install the RAID card driver when installing�������� Red Hat® Enterprise OS: 1. Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation CD. 2. At the boot:, type linux dd, then press . - To install or upgrade in graphical mode, press the key. - To install or upgrade in text mode, type: linux text . - Use the function keys listed below for more information. [F1-Main] [F2-Options] [F3-General] [F4-Kernel] [F5-Rescue] boot: linux dd 3.
5. Insert the Red Hat® Enterprise RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive, select OK, then press . Insert Driver Disk Insert your driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press “OK” to continue. OK Back The drivers for the RAID card are installed to the system. 6. When asked if you will load additional RAID controller drivers, select No, then press . More Driver Disks? Do you wish to load any more driver disks? Yes 7. 3-10 No Follow the screen instructions to continue the OS installation.
3.1.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS To install the RAID card driver when installing��������������������������������� SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS: 1. Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD. 2. Use the arrow keys to select Installation from the Boot Options menu. Boot from Hard Disk Installation Installation--ACPI Disabled Installation--Local APIC Disabled Installation--Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver 3.
4. Insert the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive. Make sure that Installation from the Boot Options menu is selected, then press . Boot from Hard Disk Installation Installation--ACPI Disabled Installation--Local APIC Disabled Installation--Safe Settings Rescue System Memory Test Boot Options | F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver 5. When below screen appears, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press .
