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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 Configuration 2.1 Setting up RAID 2-2 2.1.1 RAID definitions 2-2 2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives 2-3 2.2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 2-3 2.2.1 Starting the MegaRAID Configuration Utility 2-4 2.2.2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 2-5 2.2.3 VD Mgmt Menu 2-7 2.2.4 PD Mgmt Menu 2-8 2.2.5 Ctrl Mgmt Menu 2-9 2.2.6 Properties Menu 2-10 2.2.7 Foreign View Menu 2-11 2.2.8 Managing Software Licensing 2-12 2.2.9 Creating a Storage Configuration 2-13 2.2.10 Selecting Additional Virtual Drive Properties 2-14 2.2.11 Modifying Controller Properties 2-17 2.2.12 Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties 2-20 2.2.13 Deleting a Virtual Drive 2-20 2.2.14 Deleting a Virtual Drive Group 2-21 2.2.15 Initializing a Virtual Drive 2-21 2.2.16 Running a Consistency Check 2-22 2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager 2-23 2.3.1 Hardware and Software Requirements 2-23 2.3.2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows OS 2-23 2.3.3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux....... 2-27 iii

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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 Configuration
2.1
Setting up RAID
..........................................................................................
2-2
2.1.1
RAID definitions
..........................................................................
2-2
2.1.2
Installing hard disk drives
............................................................
2-3
2.2
MegaRAID Configuration Utility
................................................................
2-3
2.2.1
Starting the MegaRAID Configuration Utility
...............................
2-4
2.2.2
MegaRAID Configuration Utility
..................................................
2-5
2.2.3
VD Mgmt Menu
...........................................................................
2-7
2.2.4
PD Mgmt Menu
...........................................................................
2-8
2.2.5
Ctrl Mgmt Menu
...........................................................................
2-9
2.2.6
Properties Menu
........................................................................
2-10
2.2.7
Foreign View Menu
...................................................................
2-11
2.2.8
Managing Software Licensing
...................................................
2-12
2.2.9
Creating a Storage Configuration
..............................................
2-13
2.2.10
Selecting Additional Virtual Drive Properties
.............................
2-14
2.2.11
Modifying Controller Properties
.................................................
2-17
2.2.12
Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties
........................
2-20
2.2.13
Deleting a Virtual Drive
.............................................................
2-20
2.2.14
Deleting a Virtual Drive Group
..................................................
2-21
2.2.15
Initializing a Virtual Drive
...........................................................
2-21
2.2.16
Running a Consistency Check
..................................................
2-22
2.3
MegaRAID Storage Manager
...................................................................
2-23
2.3.1
Hardware and Software Requirements
.....................................
2-23
2.3.2
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on
Microsoft Windows OS
..............................................................
2-23
2.3.3
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux
.......
2-27