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Contents
Contents
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About this guide
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PIKE 2008 specifications summary
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Chapter 1:
Product introductio
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1.1
Welcome!
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1-2
1.2
Package contents
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1-2
1.3
Card layout
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1-3
1.4
System requirements
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1-3
1.5
Card installation
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1-4
Chapter 2:
RAID configuratio
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2.1
Setting up RAID
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2-2
2.1.1
RAID definitions
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2-2
2.1.2
Installing hard disk drives
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2-2
2.2
LSI Corporation MPT Setup Utility
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2-3
2.2.1
RAID 1 volume
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2-4
2.2.2
RAID 1E/10 volume
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2-8
2.2.3
RAID 0 volume
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2-10
2.2.4
Managing Arrays
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2-12
2.2.5
Viewing SAS topology
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2-19
2.2.6
Global Properties
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2-20
2.3
MegaRAID Storage Manager
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2-23
2.3.1
Hardware and Software Requirements
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2-23
2.3.2
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware
on Microsoft Windows OS
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2-23
2.3.3
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware for Linux ..2-27
2.3.4
Linux Error Messages
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2-28
2.3.5
Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software
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2-29
2.3.6
MegaRAID Storage Manager Window
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2-31
Chapter 3:
Driver installatio
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3.1
RAID driver installation
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3-2
3.1.1
Creating a RAID driver disk
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3-2
3.1.2
Windows
®
Server 2003 OS
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3-4
3.1.3
Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux OS
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3-9
3.1.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS
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3-11