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Contents
Contents
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About this guide
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PIKE II 3008 Series specifications summary
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Chapter 1: Product introduction
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
1.3.1
Switch settings
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1-4
1.4
System requirements
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1-5
1.5
Card installation
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1-6
Chapter 2: RAID Configuration
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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2-10
2.2.3
RAID 0 volume
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2-16
2.2.4
Managing the RAID Volumes
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2-22
2.2.5
Viewing SAS topology
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2-33
2.2.6
Global Properties
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2-34
2.3
MegaRAID Storage Manager
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2-37
2.3.1
Hardware and Software Requirements
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2-37
2.3.2
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware on
Microsoft Windows OS
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2-37
2.3.3
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Sofware for
Linux
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2-41
2.3.4
Linux Error Messages
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2-42
2.3.5
Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software
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2-43
2.3.6
MegaRAID Storage Manager Window
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2-45
Chapter 3: Driver installation
3.1
RAID driver installation
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3-2
3.1.1
Windows
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Server 2012 R2 OS
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3-2
3.1.2
Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux OS 5.x
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3-6
3.1.3
Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux OS 6.x
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3-9
3.1.3
SUSE Linux OS 11
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3-13
ASUS contact information
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