User`s guide

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Preface
Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview .............................................................................................................v
Product Features .................................................................................................v
Operating Systems Supported ............................................................................v
Manual Images ....................................................................................................v
Contacting Supermicro .......................................................................................vi
Returning Merchandise for Service................................................................... vii
Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines
1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ................................................................................... 1-1
1-2 General Safety Guidelines .............................................................................. 1-1
1-3 An Important Note to Users ............................................................................ 1-2
Chapter 2 Connectors and LED Indicators
2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ...................................................................... 2-1
Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 2-1
2-2 FrontConnectorandPinDenitions ............................................................... 2-2
2-3 LED Functions ................................................................................................. 2-3
RAID Minimum Drive Requirements .............................................................. 2-4
Chapter 3 WebBIOS Conguration
3-1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 3-1
3-2 Accessing the WebBIOS ................................................................................ 3-1
3-3 WebBIOSCongurationWizard ...................................................................... 3-1
WebBIOSCongurationWizard-AutoConguration .................................... 3-2
WebBIOSCongurationWizard-CustomConguration ............................... 3-2
3-4 Device Properties ............................................................................................ 3-3
Chapter 4 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and
Installation
4-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 4-1
CreatingStorageCongurations ..................................................................... 4-1
MaintainingStorageCongurations ................................................................ 4-2
4-2 Hardware and Software Requirements ........................................................... 4-2
4-3 Installation ....................................................................................................... 4-3
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux ............................ 4-6
Linux Error Messages ..................................................................................... 4-7