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Installing hard disk drives, 2.2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility

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• Having RAID 0 and RAID 5 virtual disks in the same physical array is not recommended. If a drive in the physical array has to be rebuilt, the RAID 0 virtual disk will cause a failure during the rebuild. • If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. 2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives 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 SAS hard disks for RAID configuration: 1. 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 connector at the back of each drive and to the SAS connector on the motherboard. 3. Connect a power cable to the power connector on each drive. 2.2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility The AVAGO MegaRAID SAS-MFI BIOS Utility is an integrated RAID solution that allows you to create RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60 sets from SATA II/SATA III/ SAS/SAS II/SAS III hard disk drives supported by the LSI SAS 3108 12Gb/s SAS controller. • Create drive groups and virtual drives for storage configurations • Delete virtual drives • Migrate a storage configuration to a different RAID level • Detect configuration mismatches • Import a foreign configuration • Display controller, virtual drive, physical drive, and change parameters. • Scan devices connected to the controller • Initialize virtual drives • Check configurations for data consistency • Create a CacheCade™ configuration • You may use disks of different sizes; however, the size of the smallest disk determines the "logical" size of each member disk. • DO NOT combine Serial ATA and SAS disk drives in one volume. • The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and may not exactly match the items on your screen due to the controller version difference. ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series 2-3

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Having RAID 0 and RAID 5 virtual disks in the same physical array is
not recommended.
If a drive in the physical array has to be rebuilt, the
RAID 0 virtual disk will cause a failure during the rebuild.
•
If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created
RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk
before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive.
2.1.2
Installing hard disk drives
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 SAS hard disks for RAID configuration:
1.
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 connector at the back of each drive
and to the SAS connector on the motherboard.
3.
Connect a power cable to the power connector on each drive.
2.2
MegaRAID Configuration Utility
The AVAGO MegaRAID SAS-MFI BIOS Utility is an integrated RAID solution that
allows you to create RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60 sets from SATA II/SATA III/
SAS/SAS II/SAS III hard disk drives supported by the LSI SAS 3108 12Gb/s SAS
controller.
•
Create drive groups and virtual drives for storage configurations
•
Delete virtual drives
•
Migrate a storage configuration to a different RAID level
•
Detect configuration mismatches
•
Import a foreign configuration
•
Display controller, virtual drive, physical drive, and change parameters.
•
Scan devices connected to the controller
•
Initialize virtual drives
•
Check configurations for data consistency
•
Create a CacheCade™ configuration
•
You may use disks of different sizes; however, the size of the smallest disk
determines the “logical” size of each member disk.
•
DO NOT combine Serial ATA and SAS disk drives in one volume.
•
The RAID setup screens shown in this section are for reference only and
may not exactly match the items on your screen due to the controller
version difference.