User Manual

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Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................................... iii
About this guide ......................................................................................................... iv
PIKE II 3008 Series specifications summary ........................................................... vi
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! ....................................................................................................1-2
1.2 Package contents ......................................................................................1-2
1.3 Card layout .................................................................................................1-3
1.3.1 Switch settings ............................................................................ 1-4
1.4 System requirements .................................................................................1-5
1.5 Card installation ......................................................................................... 1-6
Chapter 2: RAID Configuration
2.1 Setting up RAID ..........................................................................................2-2
2.1.1 RAID denitions .......................................................................... 2-2
2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ............................................................ 2-2
2.2 LSI Corporation MPT Setup Utility ...........................................................2-3
2.2.1 RAID 1 volume ............................................................................ 2-4
2.2.2 RAID 1E/10 volume...................................................................2-10
2.2.3 RAID 0 volume .......................................................................... 2-16
2.2.4 Managing the RAID Volumes .................................................... 2-22
2.2.5 Viewing SAS topology ............................................................... 2-33
2.2.6 Global Properties ...................................................................... 2-34
2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager ................................................................... 2-37
2.3.1 Hardware and Software Requirements ..................................... 2-37
2.3.2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware on
Microsoft Windows OS .............................................................. 2-37
2.3.3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware for
Linux..........................................................................................2-41
2.3.4 Linux Error Messages ............................................................... 2-42
2.3.5 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software ....................... 2-43
2.3.6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window ...................................... 2-45
Chapter 3: Driver installation
3.1 RAID driver installation .............................................................................3-2
3.1.1 Windows
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Server 2012 R2 OS .................................................... 3-2
3.1.2 Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux OS 5.x .............................................. 3-6
3.1.3 Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux OS 6.x .............................................. 3-9
3.1.3 SUSE Linux OS 11....................................................................3-13
ASUS contact information .....................................................................................3-16