Asus PIKE 1068E PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual
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PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID card User Guide - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 2
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 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 3
iii About this guide iv PIKE 1064E/1068E specifications summary vi Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-2 1.2 Package contents 1-2 1.3 Card layout 1-3 1.4 System requirements 1-3 1.5 Card installation 1-4 Chapter 2: RAID configuration 2.1 Setting up RAID 2-2 2.1.1 RAID definitions - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 4
This chapter offers the PIKE 1064E/1068E 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. • Chapter 3: Driver installation This chapter - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 5
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 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 6
PIKE 1064E/1068E specifications summary Controller Interface Ports Support device Data transfer rate RAID level OS support* Form factor PIKE 1064E: LSISAS1064E PIKE 1068E: LSISAS1068E ASUS PIKE interface PIKE 1064E: 4 ports PIKE 1068E: 8 ports SAS and SATA II devices SATA II and SAS 3 Gb/s per PHY - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 7
This chapter offers the PIKE 1064E/1068E SAS RAID card features and the new technologies it supports. Chapter 1: 1Product introduction - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 8
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. • ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E SAS RAID card • Support CD • User guide If any of the above items is damaged or missing - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 9
or server motherboard with a PIKE RAID card slot • SAS or SATA hard disk drives • Supporting operating system: Windows® and Linux operating systems (refer to website for details) • Other requirement: - Appropriate thermal solution - Certified power supply module ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 1-3 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 10
of the RAID card with the PIKE RAID card slot. 3. Insert the RAID card into the PIKE RAID card slot. Make sure it's completely inserted into the PIKE RAID card slot. Connect the SAS hard disk drives to SAS connectors 1-4 (red) on the motherboard when using a 4-port PIKE RAID card. The SAS connectors - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 11
This chapter provides instructions on setting up, creating, and configuring RAID sets using Chapcteornf2ig: urRa2tAioIDn the available utilities. - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 12
The RAID card supports SAS for RAID set configuration. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. To install the SAS hard disks for RAID configuration: 1. Install the SAS hard disks into the drive bays following the instructions in - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 13
MPT Setup Utility is an integrated RAID solution that allows you to create the following RAID set(s) from SAS hard disk drives supported by the LSI SAS 1064E/1068E controller: • RAID 1 (Integrated Mirroring) • RAID 1E (Integrated Mirroring Enhanced) • RAID 0 (Integrated Striping) • You may use disks - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 14
on the system after installing all SAS hard disk drives. 2. During POST, press to enter the SAS configuration utility. LSI Corporation MPT SAS BIOS MPTBIOS-6.20.00.00 (2007.12.04) Copyright 2000-2007 LSI Corporation. Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Corp Configuration Utility... To avoid data - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 15
Firmware Revision SAS Address NVDATA Version Status Boot Order Boot Support SAS1064E 20 02:00:00 1.24.00.00-IR 500E0188:01111705 2D.02 Enabled 0 [Enabled BIOS & OS] RAID Properties SAS Topology Advanced Adapter Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Enter = Choose array type to create ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 2-5 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 16
cursor to the Hot Spr column, then press , , or . LSI Corp Config Utility Create New Array -- SAS1064E Array Type: Array Size(MB): conditions: • The disk does not meet the minimum requirements for use in a RAID array. • The disk is not large enough to mirror existing data on the - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 17
IM array. ALL DATA on ALL disk in the array will be DELETED!! No Synchronization performed. Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Space/+/- = Select disk for array LSI Corp Config Utility v6.20.00.00 (2007.12.04) Processing...may take up to 1 minute Creating RAID Array... ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 2-7 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 18
select Create IME Volume, then press . LSI Corp Config Utility v6.20.00.00 (2007 up the IME volume. Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) supports three to ten disks, or seven mirrored disks to select a disk, then move the cursor to the RAID Disk column. To include this disk in the array, - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 19
? Cancel Exit Save changes then exit this menu Discard changes then exit this menu Exit the Configuration Utility and Reboot 6. The utility creates the array. LSI Corp Config Utility v6.20.00.00 (2007.12.04) Processing...may take up to 1 minute Creating RAID Array... ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 2-9 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 20
volume The Integrated Striping (IS) feature provides RAID 0 functionality, supporting volumes with two to ten disks. You may a disk, then move the cursor to the RAID Disk column. To include this disk in the array, press , , or . LSI Corp Config Utility Create New Array -- SAS1064E - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 21
? Cancel Exit Save changes then exit this menu Discard changes then exit this menu Exit the Configuration Utility and Reboot 6. The utility creates the array. LSI Corp Config Utility v6.20.00.00 (2007.12.04) Processing...may take up to 1 minute Creating RAID Array... ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 2-11 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 22
Arrays The LSI Corporation MPT Setup Utility allows you to perform other tasks Firmware Revision SAS Address NVDATA Version Status Boot Order Boot Support SAS1064E 20 02:00:00 1.24.00.00-IR 500E0188:01111705 2D.02 Enabled 0 [Enabled BIOS & OS] RAID Properties SAS Topology Advanced Adapter - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 23
3 SEAGATE ST336754SS RAID Hot Disk Spr 0003 Yes No 0003 Yes No 0003 Yes No Drive Pred Status Fail Ok No Ok No Ok No Size (MB) 34331 34331 34331 Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Enter=Select Item Alt+N=Next Array C = Create an array R = Refresh Display ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 2-13 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 24
the View Array screen, select Manage Array, then press . LSI Corp Config Utility View Array -- SAS1064E Array Identifier Type Scan Order LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000 IME 0 51498 Optimal Slot Device Identifier Num 0 SEAGATE ST336754SS 2 SEAGATE ST336754SS 3 SEAGATE ST336754SS RAID Hot Disk - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 25
Synchronize Array, then press . LSI Corp Config Utility Manage Array -- 3000 IME 0 51498 Optimal Synnchronize Array Activate Array Delete Array Esc = Exit Menu Enter = Select Item F1/Shift+1 = Help 3. Press to begin the synchronization, or to cancel. ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 26
controller .00.00 (2007.12.04) LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000 IME 0 51498 Inactive Manage Hot Spare Synnchronize an array. • If you delete an IM (RAID 1) volume, the data is preserved on the primary disk. select Delete Array, then press . LSI Corp Config Utility Manage Array -- SAS1064E - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 27
Utility SAS Topology -- SAS1064E v6.20.00.00 (2007.12.04) Device Identifier SAS1064E(02:00:00) ﹂ Enclosure Direct Attach Devices ﹂ IM VOL LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000 Device Info Controller Esc = Exit F1/Shift+1 = Help Alt+D = Device Properties Alt+M = More Keys ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 2-17 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 28
displays. Configuration options: [Yes] [No] LSI Corp Config Utility v6.20.00.00 (2007.12.04) Adapter List Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed Boot Information Display Mode Support Interrupt Restore Defaults [No] [Display adapters & installed devices] [Hook interrupt, the Default - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 29
List Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed Boot Information Display Mode Support Interrupt Restore Defaults [No] [Display adapters & installed devices] [Hook interrupt, the Default] Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Alt+N = Adapter List -/+ = Change Item ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 2-19 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 30
you made and restore the system defaults. LSI Corp Config Utility v6.20.00.00 (2007.12.04) Adapter List Global Properties Pause When Boot Alert Displayed Boot Information Display Mode Support Interrupt Restore Defaults [No] [Display adapters & installed devices] [Hook interrupt, the Default - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 31
This chapter provides instructions for installing the RAID drivers on different operating systems. Chapter 3: 3Driver installation - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 32
boot from the support CD. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. Restart the computer. 5. Press any key when prompted to boot from CD. Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO! Press any key to boot from CDROM... 6. The Makedisk menu appears. Select PIKE 1064E / PIKE 1068E SAS card Driver, and press - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 33
Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create. PIKE 1064E / PIKE 1068E SAS card Driver Windows 2000 Server SP4 Windows XP 32 bit disk to the floppy disk drive. 9. Press . 10. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk. ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 3-3 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 34
SCSI or RAID driver... 3. The next screen appears. Press to specify an additional device. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 35
2003 32-bit) ENTER=Select F3=Exit 6. The Windows® Setup loads the RAID card drivers from the RAID driver disk. When next screen appears, press to continue installation. 7. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to continue. ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 3-5 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 36
from the menu. 2. Click the Hardware tab on the top, then click the Device Manager button. 3. Double-click the LSI Adapter, SAS 3000 series, 4-port with 1064E -StorPort item. The controller name differs according to the installed SAS RAID card. 4. Click the Driver tab on the top, then click Update - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 37
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 Adapter, SAS 3000 series, 4-port with 1064E -StorPort, then click Have Disk. ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 3-7 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 38
9. Select from the drop-down menu and locate the driver. 10. Click Next to start updating the driver. 11. After completing driver update, click Finish to close the wizard. 3-8 Chapter 3: Driver installation - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 39
fd0 using the key when asked to select the driver disk source. Press to move the cursor to OK, then press . Driver Disk Source You have multiple devices which could serve as sources for a driver disk. Which would you like to use? fd0 scd0 OK Cancel ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 3-9 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 40
. 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 No 7. Follow the screen instructions to continue the OS - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 41
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 System Memory Test Boot Options | Yes No File F1 Help F2 Language F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver ASUS PIKE 1064E/1068E 3-11 - Asus PIKE 1068E | PIKE 1064E/1068E LSISAS RAID Card User Guide user's manual - Page 42
drive (fd0) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press . Please choose the Driver Update medium. fd0: Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, TEAC DV-516E sda: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS sdb: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS Other device OK Back The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system
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