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• Chapter 4, Overview of Integrated Striping, provides an overview of the LSI Integrated Striping™ (IS) feature. • Chapter 5, Creating Integrated Striping Volumes, describes how to configure Integrated Striping (IS) volumes with the BIOS-based configuration utility. • Appendix A, Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility, describes how to create IM, IME, and IS volumes using the CFGGEN IR configuration utility (for manufacturing use only). Conventions Used in This Manual The first time a word or phrase is defined in this manual, it is italicized. Hexadecimal numbers are indicated by the prefix "0x" -for example, 0x32CF. Binary numbers are indicated by the prefix "0b" -for example, 0b0011.0010.1100.1111. Revision History Document Number Version/Date DB15-000357-01 Version 1.1 April 2007 DB15-000357-00 Version 1.0 January 2006 Remarks Documented the following updated Integrated RAID support: • Support for up to two volumes consisting of up to twelve drives per controller, plus one or two hot spare drives. In all, a maximum of 14 drives per controller. • IM, IME, and IS volumes support up to ten drives. • IM and IME arrays support one or two hot spares. Deleted references to SCSI controllers from Appendix A. Made many low-level editing improvements. Initial release of document. vi Preface Version 1.1 Copyright © 2006, 2007 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

Section	Page
Integrated RAID for SAS	1
Chapter1 Introduction to Integrated RAID	13
1.1 Introduction	13
1.2 Integrated RAID Benefits and Features	14
1.3 Using this Manual	15
Chapter2 Overview of Integrated Mirroring and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced	17
2.1 Introduction	17
2.2 IM and IME Features	18
2.3 IM/IME Description	19
2.4 Integrated RAID Firmware	21
2.4.1 Resynchronization with Concurrent Host I/O Operation	21
2.4.2 Metadata Support	21
2.4.3 Hot Swapping	22
2.4.4 SMART Support	22
2.4.5 Hot Spare Disk	22
2.4.6 Media Verification	23
2.4.7 Disk Write Caching	23
2.4.8 NVSRAM Usage	23
2.5 Fusion-MPT Support	23
Chapter3 Creating IM and IME Volumes	25
3.1 IM/IME Configuration Overview	25
3.2 Creating IM and IME Volumes	26
3.2.1 Creating an IM Volume	27
3.2.2 Creating an IME Volume	29
3.3 Creating a Second IM or IME Volume	29
3.4 Managing Hot Spares	30
3.5 Other Configuration Tasks	32
3.5.1 Viewing Volume Properties	32
3.5.2 Synchronizing an Array	32
3.5.3 Activating an Array	33
3.5.4 Deleting an Array	33
3.5.5 Locating a Disk Drive, or Multiple Disk Drives in a Volume	34
3.5.6 Selecting a Boot Disk	34
Chapter4 Overview of IntegratedStriping	37
4.1 Introduction	37
4.2 IS Features	38
4.3 IS Description	38
4.4 Integrated Striping Firmware	40
4.4.1 Metadata Support	40
4.4.2 SMART Support	40
4.4.3 Disk Write Caching	40
4.5 Fusion-MPT Support	40
Chapter5 Creating Integrated Striping Volumes	41
5.1 IS Configuration Overview	41
5.2 Creating IS Volumes	42
5.3 Creating a Second IS Volume	44
5.4 Other Configuration Tasks	45
5.4.1 Viewing IS Volume Properties	45
5.4.2 Activating an Array	45
5.4.3 Deleting an Array	46
5.4.4 Locating a Disk Drive, or Multiple Disk Drives in a Volume	46
5.4.5 Selecting a Boot Disk	47
AppendixA Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility	49
A.1 Hardware and Software Requirements	50
A.2 CFGGEN Interface Description	51
A.3 CFGGEN Commands	51
A.3.1 Common Command Line Parameters	52
A.3.2 CREATE Command	53
A.3.3 DEFAULTS Command	54
A.3.4 DISPLAY Command	55
A.3.5 FORMAT Command	58
A.3.6 HOTSPARE Command	59
A.3.7 STATUS Command	60
A.3.8 SETOFFLINE Command	61
A.3.9 SETONLINE Command	62
A.3.10 AUTO Command (EFI Version Only)	63
A.3.11 DISABLEIR Command (EFI Version Only)	64
A.3.12 ENABLEIR Command (EFI Version Only)	65
A.3.13 LIST Command (EFI Version Only)	66