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    PIKE II 3108 Series PIKE II 3108-8i PIKE II 3108-4i4e
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    Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
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    Contents Contents...iii About this guide...v PIKE II 3108 Series specifications summary vii 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
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    MegaRAID Storage Manager Window 2-31 Chapter 3: Driver Installation 3.1 RAID driver installation 3-2 3.1.1 Windows® Server 2012 R2 OS 3-2 3.1.2 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 7.0 3-4 3.1.3 SUSE Linux OS 12 3-6 ASUS contact information 3-8 iv
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    board. How this guide is organized This guide contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product Introduction This chapter offers the PIKE II 3108 SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports. • Chapter 2: RAID Configuration This chapter provides instructions on setting up, creating
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    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
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    PIKE II 3108 Series specifications summary PIKE II 3108-8i/16PD PIKE II 3108-8i/240PD PIKE II 3108-4i4e/240PD Controller LSI SAS 3108 Interface PCI-E Gen 3 Ports 8 SAS 12Gb/s Ports (2 Mini-SAS HD SFF-8643) 8 SAS 12Gb/s Ports (1 Mini-SAS HD SFF8643 + 1 Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) Support Device
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    viii
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    Product Introduction This chapter offers the PIKE II 3108 SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports. Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1
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    Thank you for buying an ASUS® PIKE II 3108 Series SAS RAID card! The ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series SAS RAID card supports 12 Gb/s SAS Technology and allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 50, RAID 6, and RAID 60 sets from SATA II/SATA III/SAS/SAS II/SAS III hard disk drives connected
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    below shows the major components of the RAID card. PIKE II 3108-8i DEFAULT_SEL1 HBLED1 DRLED1 FAILLED1 PIKE II 3108-4i4e DEFAULT_SEL1 HBLED1 DRLED1 FAILLED1 1. PCI-E x8 interface 5. HBLED1 (HEARTBEAT LED): The LED shows the firmware heartbeat information (blinking) ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 1-3
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    using more than one PIKE II card on your system, ensure to manually set the pin settings on the Switch on each of the PIKE II cards to ensure that for the pin settings. DEFAULT_SEL1 HBLED1 DRLED1 FAILLED1 PIKE II card Switch pin settings and recommended configuration: PIKE 3108 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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    1.4 System requirements Before you install the PIKE II 3108 Series RAID card, check if the system meets the following requirements: • ASUS Server motherboard • PCI-E Gen3 slot • SAS or SATA hard disk drives • Mini-SAS HD cable • Supported operating system: - Windows® and Linux operating systems (
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    into the PCIE Gen3 card slot. Ensure the card is completely seated in place. PIKE RAID card PCI-E slot 4. For PIKE II 3108-8i, connect the hard disk drives to the internal Mini-SAS HD connectors. For PIKE II 3108-4i4e, connect the hard disk drives to the internal and external Mini-SAS HD connectors
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    RAID Configuration This chapter provides instructions on setting up, creating, and configuring RAID sets using the available utilities. 2 Chapter 2: RAID Configuration
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    2.1 Setting up RAID The RAID card supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60. 2.1.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved stacks.
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    disk drive. 2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives The RAID card supports SAS for RAID set configuration. For optimal performance, install the SAS hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in the system user guide. 2. Connect a SAS signal cable to the signal ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-3
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    2.2.1 Starting the MegaRAID Configuration Utility Follow these steps to start the MegaRAID Configuration Utility and access the main screen. 1. Turn on the system after installing all SAS hard disk drives. 2. During POST, press when the following screen appears 3. If the system has multiple
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    RAID card Take note of the BIOS and FW version of your SAS RAID card. You will need it if you request support from the ASUS Technical Support team. You can get the BIOS and FW version of your SAS RAID card, navigate to the Properties screen. FW version BIOS version ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-5
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    Utility Keystrokes Keystroke F1 F2 Action Displays help for the particular screen that you are in. Displays a list of commands that can be performed for the selected device. This key stroke is available only in the VD Mgmt, the PD Mgmt, and the Foreign View menus. The commands that are enabled are
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    drives. The right panel of the screen shows attributes of the selected device. Based on the controller settings, some options will be enabled or disabled. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-7
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    2.2.4 PD Mgmt Menu The PD Mgmt menu shows information about all the physical drives connected to the selected controller. This menu also shows information about enclosures, the number of physical drives in an enclosure, and all of the direct-attached drives under a backplane node. In the Drive
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    Good. In the second screen, you can perform tasks, such as changing the link speed, the power save, and the battery settings of the controller. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-9
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    2.2.6 Properties Menu The Properties menu shows all of the properties of the active controller. The Properties menu consists of two screens. The information shown in these screens is read only. In the first screen, you can view properties, such as controller status, firmware version, BIOS version,
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    , virtual drives, physical drives, and hot spares. The Foreign View menu lets you import foreign configurations to the RAID controller or clear the foreign configurations. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-11
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    2.2.8 Managing Software Licensing The MegaRAID advanced software offers the software license key feature to enable the advanced options. The license key is also known as the activation key. To configure the Advanced Software options by using the activation key: 1. In the VD Mgmt screen, navigate to
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    virtual drive cannot exceed 15 characters. 7. Press OK. Press Advanced to set additional properties. For more information, see the Selecting Additional Virtual Drive Properties section. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-13
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    To initialize the virtual drive: 1. Navigate to the Virtual Drive you just created. 2. Press and then choose one of the Initialization options. 2.2.10 Selecting Additional Virtual Drive Properties This section describes the following additional virtual drive properties that you can select
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    in the drive group. Strip sizes of 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, or 1 MB are supported. Read Policy - Specify one of the following options to specify the read policy for this virtual drive: Normal - I/O makes sure that the cache and the host contain the same data. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-15
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    a virtual drive to default or none. The force option forces the emulation to be set on a controller even when MFC settings do not support it. The possible options are Default, Disabled, or Forced. Initialize - Select to initialize the virtual drive. Initialization prepares the storage medium for use
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    a failed drive. The higher the number, the more system resources that are devoted to a rebuild. The range of rebuild rate is between 0 and 100 percent. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-17
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    Options BGI Rate CC Rate Recon. Rate Patrol Rate Cache Flush Interval Spinup Delay Spinup Drive Descriptions Use this option to select the amount of system resources dedicated to background initialization of virtual drives connected to the selected controller. The range of background initialization
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    (Global Hotspare), or UG and GHS (Unconfigured Good and Global Hotspare). Use this option to commission emergency hot spare drives for predictive failure analysis events. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-19
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    2.2.12 Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties The Utility shows the properties, policies, and the operations for virtual drives. To view these items for the currently selected virtual drive and to change some of these settings: 1. In the VD Mgmt screen, navigate to a virtual drive, and press
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    data you want to keep before you initialize a virtual drive. Make sure the operating system is not installed on the virtual drive you are initializing. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-21
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    2.2.16 Running a Consistency Check You should periodically run a consistency check on fault-tolerant virtual drives (RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, or 60 configurations; RAID 0 does not provide data redundancy). A consistency check scans the virtual drive to determine whether the data has become corrupted
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    install MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a system running Microsoft Windows OS: 1. Insert the ASUS PIKE 3108 Support CD in the optical disc drive. The CD automatically displays the Utilities menu if Autorun appears, read and accept the user license, and click Next. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-23
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    5. 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
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    workstation. To begin installation, click on Install on the next screen that appears. - Select Custom if you want to specify individual program features to install. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-25
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    If you select Custom, a window listing the installation features appears, as shown in the following figure. Select the features you want on this screen. 11. Click Next to proceed. 12. Click Install to install the program. 13. When the final Configuration Wizard screen appears, click Finish. If you
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    MegaRAID Storage Manager software), the server screen appears. The server screen does not list any servers. You can use this screen to manage systems remotely. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-27
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    , which is not recommended, instead of using the install.sh file.) In such cases, the user must uninstall all the rpm files manually before installing MegaRAID Storage Manager software with the procedure listed previously. • The version is already installed. This message indicates that the version
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    SLES system, select Start > System > More Programs > MegaRAID Storage Manager. 2. When the program starts, the select server window appears, as shown in the following figure. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-29
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    If the circle in Health column of the corresponding server is orange instead of green, it means that the server is running in a degraded state-for example, because a drive used in a virtual drive has failed. If the circle is red, the storage configuration in the server has failed. You can click
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    their status (enabled or disabled), and actions you can perform, such as creating a virtual drive and updating the firmware, as shown in the following figure. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-31
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    You can click the Physical tab to view the drives connected to the controller or Logical tab to view the virtual drives connected to the controller. The following icons in the left panel represent the controllers, drives, and other devices: • System • Controller • Slot for a drive • Drive group •
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    Alerts to access the Event Configuration Notification screen, which you can use to set the alert delivery rules, event severity levels, exceptions, and email settings. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-33
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    Help Menu On the Help menu you can select Help > Contents to view the MegaRAID Storage Manager online help file. You can select Help > About MegaRAID Storage Manager to view version information for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. • When you use the MegaRAID Storage Manager online help, you
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    Driver Installation This chapter provides instructions for installing the RAID card driver on different operating systems. 3 Chapter 3: Driver Installation
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    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 However, we recommend using the RAID driver packaged in the RAID card support CD for better reliability. 3.1.1 Windows® Server 2012 R2 OS During
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    support DVD and replace it with the installation DVD 10. Continue installing the operating system and follow onscreen instructions support DVD, click OK when done, and then click Next. 8. Wait for the driver installation to finish. 9. When done, click Close. 10. Restart the system. ASUS PIKE II 3108
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    storage device to your system. To get the dd.iso from the support CD, go to Drivers > PIKE_II_3108-8i_16PD_PIKE_ II_3108-8i_240PD_PIKE_II_3108-4i4e_240PD > Driver > > rhel7_oel7_centos7 > disks-1.To download dd.iso from the ASUS website, visit www.asus.com. 2. Boot the system from the Red Hat®
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    5. From the Driver disk device selection list, key in , then press . 6. From the Choose driver disk ISO file list, key in , then press . 7. Key in , then press to continue. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 3-5
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    to your system. To get the dd.iso from the support CD, go to Drivers > PIKE_II_3108-8i_16PD_PIKE_ II_3108-8i_240PD_PIKE_II_3108-4i4e_240PD > Driver > Linux > sles12 > disks-1.To download dd.iso from the ASUS website, visit www.asus.com. 2. Boot the system from the SUSE OS installation CD
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    4. Follow on-screen instructions to continue with the installation. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 3-7
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    11259 Telephone +886-2-2894-3447 Fax +886-2-2890-7798 E-mail [email protected] Web site http://www.asus.com.tw Technical Support Telephone Online Support +886-2-2894-3447 (0800-093-456) http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (China) Address No.508
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    Ostrava - Hrabová, Czech Republic Telephone +420-596766888 Web site http://www.asus.cz Technical Support Telephone Fax E-mail Online Support +420-596-766-891 +420-596-766-329 [email protected] http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 3-9
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    Sp. z o.o. (Poland) Address Ul. Postępu 6, 02-676 Warszawa, Poland Web site http://pl.asus.com Technical Support Telephone Online Support +48-225718033 http://support.asus.com/techserv/techserv.aspx ASK-Service (Russia and CIS) Address 10 Telephone (495) 640-32-75 Web site http://ru
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    Party Name: Asus Computer International Address: 800 Corporate Way, Fremont, CA 94539. Phone/Fax No: (510)739-3777/(510)608-4555 hereby declares that the product Product Name : PIKE Card Model Number : PIKE II 3108-8i/16PD, PIKE II 3108-8i/240PD, PIKE II 3108-4i4e/16PD, PIKE II 3108-4i4e/240PD
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    . 4F, No. 150, LI-TE Rd., PEITOU, TAIPEI 112, TAIWAN ASUS COMPUTER GmbH HARKORT STR. 21-23, 40880 RATINGEN GERMANY Product name : PIKE Card Model name : PIKE II 3108-8i/16PD, PIKE II 3108-8i/240PD, PIKE II 3108-4i4e/16PD, PIKE II 3108-4i4e/240PD conform with the essential requirements of the
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PIKE II 3108 Series
PIKE II 3108-8i
PIKE II 3108-4i4e