SUPER AOC-SAT2-MV8 USER'S GUIDE Rev. 1.
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide The information in this User’s Guide has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any person or organization of the updates. Please Note: For the most up-to-date version of this manual, please see our web site at www.supermicro.com.
Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Introduction..................................................................4 1.1. Overview .................................................................................. 4 1.2. Technical Specifications .......................................................... 5 1.3. LED Indicators and Pin Definitions ........................................ 7 1.4. Connectors and Pin Definitions .............................................. 8 2. Safety Guidelines.............
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide 1. Introduction This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate Supermicro's SAT2-MV8 SATA Controller into their system. It provides detailed information for the installation and use of the SAT2-MV8 card. The Supermicro SAT2-MV8 offers an innovative, complete and cost effective solution to the ever-increasing demands of disk density and data integrity of today's servers. 1.
JS8 SATA 7 JS7 SATA6 SATA 7 SATA 6 Rear View PCI X 133 5 88SX6081 Rear view bracket SATA 3 SATA 1 SATA 5 JS3 SATA I2C 6.4” SATA 3 SATA 4 Marvell SATA Controller JS2 Rev. 1.0 JS1 SAT2-MV8 SATA 2 50CN3 SATA 0 SATA 5 SATA 4 Pin 1 SATA I2C Pin 1 Ext.Act.LED Act.0 LED ACT0 ACT 2 ACT 1 Act.3 LED Act.2 LED Act.1 LED Act.7 LED Act.6 LED Act.5 LED Act.4 LED bracket ACT 3 ACT 4 ACT 5 ACT 7 ACT 6 JS10 SATA PRE 0 PRE 3 PRE 2 PRE 1 PRE 4 PRE 6 PRE 5 PRE7 Ext.
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide Front view (SAT2-MV8 w/Full-Height Bracket) 2.5” JS3 SATA 3 88SX6081 Marvell SATA Controller SATA 1 LVC245A SATA 4 BIOS Chip LCX 16373 PRE 0 PRE 2 PRE 1 PRE 3 PRE 4 PRE 6 PRE 5 PRE7 4.75” LVC245A JS2 Rev. 1.0 SATA 2 SAT2-MV8 50CN3 JS1 JS10 Ext. ACT LED JS9 SATA 0 ACT0 ACT 2 ACT 1 ACT 3 ACT 5 ACT 4 ACT 7 ACT 6 SATA I2C SATA 5 Full-Height bracket 6.4” Front view (SAT2-MV8 w/Low-Profile Bracket) 6.4” 6 2.
LED Indicators and Pin Definitions 1.3 LED Indicators and Pin Definitions SATA Presence LED Indicators SATA Presence LED Indidators Pin Definitions (DS0-DS7) Serial ATA Presence LED Indicators (DS0-DS7) indicate the presence of SATA ports (0-7). See the Table on the right for pin definitions.
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide 1.4 Connectors and Pin Definitions Extended Activity LED Connectors Extended Activity LED Connector (JS9) indicates the status of Extended Activity of SATA ports. This connector is only compatible with Supermicro's SATA panel and requires SATA Cables such as CBL-0069, CBL-0055, CBL0056, or CBL-0057 installed to function properly. C 4 3 2 1 K 8 7 6 5 Extended ACT.
Safety Guidelines 2. Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, please carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components: ESD Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent damage to your system. it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD.
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide 3. Installing the SAT2-MV8 Driver 3.1 Creating the driver floppy disk: A CDROM that contains the drivers for the Windows OS, Linux OS, and the Controller BIOS is included in the shipping package. Please locate the CDROM before installing the driver. (*Note: this CDROM does not perform Auto-boot or auto-play.) For the Windows 32-bit Operating System: • Copy all files from the folder: \Windows_3_4_1\build\Windows\i386\Free into a blank, formatted floppy disk.
Installing the SAT2-MV8 Driver b. Start the Windows OS. The Windows OS will launch the "Found New Hardware Wizard" and search for the installer driver. c. Insert the driver floppy disk that you've created into the floppy drive, select the floppy drive as the source, and press the key. d. Continue clicking until the driver is successfully installed. e. Remove the driver disk from the FDD drive and restart the system to complete the installation process. For the Linux Operating System a.
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide 3.3 Installing the driver into a new system (*Note: A new system is a system that has no operating system installed yet, and the SAT2-MV8 driver installation is a part of the OS installation.) For the Windows Operating System a. Install the controller and make sure that the BIOS screen displays as shown on the previous page. b. Insert the Windows Setup CD and boot from it. c. When prompted at the bottom of the screen to install a third party driver, press the key.
Installing the SAT2-MV8 Driver For the Red Hat Linux Operating System a. Insert the Linux Driver into your floppy disk drive and press . A Linux bootup screen will display as shown below: b. At the boot prompt, type: linux dd as shown in the screen below. c. After you've typed: linux dd at the prompt, press . The system starts initializing the driver. Then, follow the instructions when prompted to complete the installation process.
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide For the SuSE Linux Operating System (*Note: The screen shot shown below was taken from a system based on the SuSE Linux 9.2 Installation. Other SuSE systems may display screens that are different from the ones included in the manual. However, the installation procedures listed below apply to all SuSE Linux systems.) a. Extract the image driver from \DiskImag\Linux\x86_32 matted disk. into a blank, for- b. Boot up the system from SuSE Linux Installation CD ROM. c.
Troubleshooting 4. Troubleshooting 1. Problem: The SAT2-MV8's BIOS does not show up in DOS. Recommended Solutions: • Make sure that the system has enough expansion ROM to initialize the card. Remove other add-in cards if possible. • Make sure that the card is properly and fully seated in the PCI slot. • Check if the motherboard's BIOS is updated. (You can download a updated BIOS from our web site at: www.supermicro.com.) 2. Problem: I cannot see the card in the operating system.
AOC-SAT2-MV8 User's Guide 3. Problem: I cannot see the hard drives that are connected to the controller. Recommended Solutions: • Make sure that there is power supply to the hard drives. • Check the SATA cable to make sure that there are no loose connections between the card and the hard drives. • If the hard drives are connected through a SATA back panel, make sure that there is power supply to the back panel, and there are no loose connections between the back panel and the controller.
5. Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web Site: SuperMicro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. +1 (408) 503-8000 +1 (408) 503-8008 marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) www.supermicro.com Europe Address: Tel: Fax: Email: SuperMicro Computer B.V. Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands +31 (0) 73-6400390 +31 (0) 73-6416525 sales@supermicro.nl (General Information) support@supermicro.
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