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® DB15-000319-00 Embedded SA T A Software RAID for ICH6R USER’S GUIDE October 2004[...]

ii Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Document DB15-000319-00, October 2004 This document desc ribes the initi al release of LSI Logic Corporation’ s Embedded SA T A Software RAID for ICH6R and will remain the official user’ s guide for all revisions/releases of this product until re scinded by an update. LSI Logic[...]

iii Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGMENT LSI Logic, the LSI Logic logo design, and MegaRAID, are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Logic Cor poration. Linux is a trademark of Linus T orvalds. Red Hat is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. MS-DOS , W i ndows, and W indows NT are registered trade[...]

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Embedded SA T A Software RAID v Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Pr eface Package Contents Y ou should have received the following: • a Embedded SA T A Softwar e RAID for ICH6R U ser's Guide • software license agreement • CD/diskette(s) with the so ftware for Embed ded SA T A Softw are RAID This book is th[...]

vi Pr eface Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. • Chapter 3, BIOS Configuration Utility , explains how to configure ICH6R SA T A and arrays, assign RAID leve ls, plan the array configuration, optimize storage, and use th e ICH6R ID E Setup Utility . • Chapter 4, Operating System Installation , contains the procedure[...]

Pr eface vii Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. vertical dots . . . V ertical dots ind icate that a por tion of a program or listing has been omitted from the text. semicolon and other punctuation Use as shown in the text. Notation Example Meaning and Use[...]

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ix Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 1.1 RAID Benefits 1-1 1.1.1 Improved I/O 1-1 1.1.2 Increased Reliability 1-2 1.2 Product Features 1-2 1.2.1 SA T A Ports 1-2 1.2.2 BIOS Features 1-2 1.2.3 Driver Features 1-3 1.2.4 Manageability/Disk Console 1-4 2.1 RAID 0 2-1 2.2 RAID 1 2-2 2.3 RAID 10 2-3 3.1 Configuring Arrays 3[...]

x Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.3.4 SuSE Linux 9.0 Driver Installation o n a New System 4-6 4.3.5 SuSE 8.2 Driver Installation 4-7 4.3.6 SuSE SLES8 Driver Installation 4-8 4.4 Novell NetW are Driver Installation 4-8 4.4.1 Novell NetW are Driver Files Descrip tion 4-8 4.4.2 New Novell NetW are System Driver Insta[...]

xi Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 3.1 Physical Drives Requi red per RAID Level 3-2 3.2 Physical Drives Requi red per RAID Level 3-3 3.3 Logical Drive Parameters and Descriptions 3-5 5.1 HyperCFG Optio ns and Attributes 5-3 5.2 Return Codes on Error Conditions 5-10 7.1 Problems and Suggested Solutions 7-1 7.2 Embedd[...]

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xiii Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 2.1 RAID 0 Array 2-2 2.2 RAID 1 Array 2-2 2.3 RAID 10 Array 2-3 3.1 Configuration Menu Screen 3-6 3.2 Logical Drive Confi guration Screen 3-7 3.3 Logical Drive Submenu 3-10 6.1 Control Panel Screen 6-2[...]

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Embedded SA T A Software RAID 1-1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 Overview This manual describes the Embedded SA T A Software RAID for ICH6R. This chapter provides an over view of this product an d contains the follo wing sections: • Section 1.1, “RAID B enefits,” page 1-1 • Section 1.2, “Product[...]

1-2 Overview Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 1.1.2 Increased Reliability The electromechanical components of a disk subsys tem operate mor e slowly , require more power, and generate more noise and vibrati on than electronic devices. These factors reduce the relia bility of data stored on disks. RAID 1 and RAID 10 s[...]

Pr oduct Featur es 1-3 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. • ability to select a lo gi cal drive as boot device • support for power-on self test (POST) Memory Manageme nt (PMM) for the BIOS memory requirement (Specification v1.01, Novem ber 21, 1997) • enhanced disk drive support (Sp ecifi cation 2.9, revision 08,[...]

1-4 Overview Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 1.2.4 Manageability/Disk Console The features you can use to manage the lo gical and physical di sks in the system include • configuration information d isplay (in BIOS Configuration Utility and Hyper Configuration Uti lity) • support for RAID levels 0, 1 , and 10 •[...]

Embedded SA T A Software RAID 2-1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 2 RAID Levels Embedded SA T A Softw are RAID supports RAID le vels 0, 1, and 10. These RAID levels are discussed in the followi ng sections: • Section 2.1, “RAID 0,” page 2-1 • Section 2.2, “RAID 1,” page 2-2 • Section 2.3, “RA[...]

2-2 RAID Levels Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 2.1 RAID 0 Array 2.2 RAID 1 RAID 1 ( Figure 2.2 ) duplicates all data from one drive to a second drive. RAID 1 provides complete data redu ndancy , but at the cost of d oubling the required data storage capacity . Figure 2.2 RAID 1 Array Segment 1 Segment 3 Segm[...]

RAID 10 2-3 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 2.3 RAID 10 RAID 10 is a combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0. RAID 10 has mirrored drives. It breaks up data in to smaller blocks, then stripes the block s of data to each RAID 1 RAID set. Each RAID 1 RAID set then duplicates its data to its other drive. The size of each bloc[...]

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Embedded SA T A Software RAID 3-1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Utility This chapter explains how to configur e ICH6R SA T A and arrays, assign RAID levels, plan the array configuration, optimize storage, and use the ICH6R IDE Setup Utility . This information is presen ted in the follo[...]

3-2 BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 3.2 Configuration S trategies Y o u have two choices when creating a RAID array . • Maximizing Fault T olerance Y ou can maximize fault to lerance to protect against l oss of data by using mirroring. Use mirror configurat ion (RAID 1) to at tain this o[...]

Performing a Quick Configuration 3-3 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. The factors you need to c onsider when selecting a RAID lev el are listed in Ta b l e 3 . 2 . 3.4 Performing a Quick Configuration This section provides quick install ation steps for users that are familiar with configuration utilities and to ols. [...]

3-4 BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 3.5 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives This section provides detail ed instructions for configuring the logical disks and arrays. 3.5.1 S tarting the BIOS Configuration Utility During bootup, the following BIOS bann er displays the following: Press Ct[...]

Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3-5 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 3.5.3.2 Logical Drive Parameters For the logical drive you can change the RAID level and stripe size. Ta b l e 3 . 3 contains descriptions of the logical dri ve parameters. 3.5.3.3 Easy Configura tion In Easy Configuratio n, the CU associates [...]

3-6 BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 3.1 Configuration Menu Screen Step 2. Press the spacebar to associate th e selected physical drives with the current array . The indicator for the sel ected drives changes from READY to ONLIN A[ array number ]-[ drive number ] . For example, ONLIN[...]

Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3-7 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 3.2 Logical Drive Configuration Screen Step 6. Set the RAID level for the logical d rive by highlighti ng RAID and pressing <Enter>. The available RAID levels for th e current logical drive display . Step 7. Select a RAID level an[...]

3-8 BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. configuration. If you do not want to delete the existing configuration data, use View/Add Configuration. Perform the following steps to configure a disk array using New Configuration or V iew/Add Configurat ion: Step 1. Select Configure → V iew/A dd Co[...]

Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3-9 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 3.5.4 Initializing Logical Drives Y ou can initialize the logi cal drives using individual in itialization, which initializes a single logical disk. There are two methods to init ialize a logical drive using the individual initialization proce[...]

3-10 BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 3.3 Logical Drive Submenu Step 2. Select a logical drive, if there is more than one configured. and press <Enter>. Step 3. Select Initialize from the submenu and press <Enter>. Step 4. Select Y es at the prompt and press <Enter>[...]

Checking Data Consistency 3-1 1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. The indicators for the sel ected drive changes to REBLD . Step 5. When rebuild is complete , press any key to continue. Step 6. Press <Esc> to display the Management Menu. A second way to perform a manual rebu ild on an individu al dr ive is as fo[...]

3-12 BIOS Configuration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Note that the logical drive should be at a RAID 1 level to start check consistency . If you select a RAID 0 logical drive, a m essage displays stating that a check consistency ca nnot be performed. T o de-select a logical drive, pre ss the space bar aga[...]

Using a Pr e-loaded System Drive 3-13 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 11 . Press <Esc> to exit the CU and reboot. Step 12. Set the host system t o boot from the drive. Some operating systems treat RAID storage adapters as mass storage devices.[...]

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Embedded SA T A Software RAID 4-1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 4 Operating System Installation This chapter contains the procedures for installing the Windows 2000, 2003, and XP , Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, and Novell NetW are operating systems when using the Embedded SA T A Software RAID . The chapter co[...]

4-2 Operating System Installation Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 5. Scroll down the list until the appropriate selecti on for your system which contains the Embedded SA T A Software RAID and for your operating system displays, th en click <OK>. Step 6. Continue with th e normal installat ion procedure. 4[...]

DOS Driver Installation 4-3 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 1. Click the Windows S tart button. The W indows menu displays. Step 2. Select Settings. The Settings menu displays to t he right. Step 3. Click Control Panel. The Control Panel window displays. Step 4. Select Adapters. Step 5. Select the Drivers tab. [...]

4-4 Operating System Installation Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.3.2 Preparing the Installation Disk(s) for Linux This section describes how to prepare the inst allation disk(s) from the obtained driver image files using the Windows- or Linux-based operating systems. Refer to this section when necessary durin g i[...]

Linux Driver Installation 4-5 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.3.2.2 Using a Linux Operating System Under Red Hat and SuSE Linux, yo u can us e a driver diskette utility to create disk images from image fi les. Perform the followi ng steps create the driver update disk: Step 1. Copy the driver update disk image dud[...]

4-6 Operating System Installation Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 7. Follow the Red H at Linux installat ion procedure to complete t he installation. Step 8. Reboot the system. 4.3.4 SuSE Linux 9.0 Driver Installation on a New System This section describes the fresh installation of a Linux SuSE 9.0 sy stem with[...]

Linux Driver Installation 4-7 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 9. Select Y es and complete th e installation Important : After all the selected packag es are installed, a prompt displays and gives you 10 seconds to reply . If you do not reply within 10 seconds, you will ha ve to start the installation proces s o[...]

4-8 Operating System Installation Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.3.6 SuSE SLES8 Driver Installation This section describes a fresh installation on a Linux SuSE SLES8.0 system with the Embedded Software RAID Stack. Prepar e installation disks with the driver image, then perform the following steps t o install the [...]

Novell NetW ar e Driver Inst allation 4-9 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 3. Highlight Default usin g the arrow keys, then press <Enter> to change the option to Manual. Step 4. Highlight Continue and p ress <Enter>. The screen used to prepare the boot parti tion displays. Step 5. Highlight Free Spac[...]

4-10 Operating Syst em Installation Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Step 18. Press <Esc> twice. Step 19. Select Continue and press <Enter>. The storage devices and driver na mes display so you can match the drivers to the hardware devices. Step 20. Select Continue and press <Enter>. Step 21. Select[...]

Novell NetW ar e Driver Inst allation 4-1 1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. This completes the proced ure. If you choose Select an Ad ditional Driver , the Select a Driver screen displays. Perform the following steps to select an additional driver . Step 1. Press <Insert>, then follow the instructions that app[...]

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Embedded SA T A Software RAID 5-1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 5 Hyper Configuration Utility HYPERCFG is a command line utility fo r ICH6R so ftware. This chapt er details the product features in these sections: • Section 5.1, “General Description,” page 5-1 • Section 5.2, “Installing Hyp erCFG [...]

5-2 Hyper Confi guration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 5.2 Installing HyperCFG Perform the following steps to install HyperCFG: Step 1. Copy the HyperCFG executable file from the CD to your hard drive. The filename in the various operati ng systems is: – HYPERCFG.exe for DOS – hypercfg for Lin ux – H[...]

Using HyperCFG 5-3 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. T able 5.1 Hy perCFG Opt ions and Attrib utes Options Descrip tion /S Silent Operation. When this option is set, the ut ility does not pr ompt the user . /F[ File Name ] This option redirects the output to the specified filename. If the filename is not specified, th[...]

5-4 Hyper Confi guration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. /A[ Array ] (for new configuration) or add/A[ Array ] (for add configuration) This option is used to configures arrays for RAID 0 , 1, and 10 <m>:d1, d2...dn /G<n>:<size> <m > is the RAID mode for configuring. The <m> fiel[...]

Using HyperCFG 5-5 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Free Array Information /freearr/a<m>:d1, d2, dn... This option is used to access the free array information. /freearr/a Specifies the fre e array information option. <m> Specifies the RAID le vel you need to create. d1, d2, dn... Lists the drives. Force [...]

5-6 Hyper Confi guration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Adapter Properties /SetADP / C<n> [/r<val>] [/d<val>] [/b<val>] [/s<val>] [/n<val>] [/f<val>] [/c<val>] [/ars<val>] [/boot<val>] [/arb<val>] This option is used to select values for adap[...]

Using HyperCFG 5-7 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Display Options This option determines how the data displays. Th is option is valid only for /I. /W[o] Prints the dump for the /I option. The [o] field can be either of the following: V Prints the dump in V erbose mode Default option: If [o] is not specified, then d[...]

5-8 Hyper Confi guration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 5.4 Configuration File The configuration file cont ains three logical blocks wi th RAID, logical drive, and physical drive informatio n. The config uration fil e is binary and cannot be read or changed li ke a norm al text file. It is not case sensitiv[...]

Configuration File 5-9 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. The valid choices for the OP TI ONS field are as follows: • WRITE_CACHE (sets the type of write policy) • VIRUS_PROTECTION (selects virus protection) • DMA_ENABLED (enables direct memory access) A “+” prefix to the option value sets the option and a ?[...]

5-10 Hyper Configuration Utility Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Drives other than those sp ecified in the conf iguration file ar e configured as SP ARE DRIVES. T o force configuration of a SP ARE DRIVE, do not include that drive in the configura tion file. That drive will be automatically co nfigured as SP ARE. 5.5[...]

Return Codes on Err or Condition 5-1 1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 1Bh RAID BIOS not found. Occurs with a /V command if the RAID BIOS is not found. 1Ch Feature not availabl e in IDE drive. This error occur s if the /P or /M command is used on drives that do not support this feature or if invalid parameters are s[...]

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Embedded SA T A Software RAID 6-1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 6 Spy Service This chapter describes the Spy Service program and contains the follow ing sections • Section 6.1, “Starting or Stopping Spy Service under W indow s 2000, XP , or 2003,” page 6-1 • Section 6.2, “Installing Spy Service u[...]

6-2 Spy Service Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 6.1 Control Panel Scr een Step 2. Click on Administrat ive T ools → Services icon → Spy Ser . A dialog window displ ays with the start and stop options. Step 3. Click on the Start or Stop button. This starts or stops the Spy Servi ce prog ram, depending on y[...]

Installing Spy Serv ice under Linux 6-3 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 6.2 Installing Spy Service under Linux Perform the follow ing steps to install Spy Service under Linux. Spy Service runs in the background after installation. Note : Y o u must have “GNOME” libraries instal led before you install Spy Service[...]

6-4 Spy Service Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 6.4 Uninstalling Spy Service Perform the following steps to uninstall Sp y Service. Step 1. Stop the Spy Service program. See “ Section 6.1, “Starting or Stopping Spy Service under W indow s 2000, XP , or 2003” for instructions on stopping Sp y Service. Step 2. C[...]

Spy Service Icon 6-5 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Do the following to place the Spy icon on the T askbar when operati ng under W i ndows 2000: Click on Start → Programs → MegaRAID IDE → MegaRAID IDE Spy . This places the Spy icon on the T askbar . Note: The Spy icon displays on the T askbar automatically un[...]

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Embedded SA T A Software RAID 7-1 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 7 T r oubleshooting 7.1 Problems and Suggested Solutions Ta b l e 7 . 1 describes possible problems you might encounter, along with suggested solutions. T able 7.1 Problems and Suggest ed Solutions Problem Suggested Solution Drives are not det[...]

7-2 T rou bleshooting Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 7.2 Embedded SA T A Software RAID Pr oblem Report Form T able 7-2 contains a form you can just to record problems with the Embedded SA T A Softwar e RAID. One of the hard drives in a mirrored (RAID 1) array has failed. Replace the failed drive wi th anot her driv[...]

Embedded SA T A Software RAID Pr oblem Report Form 7-3 Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. T able 7.2 Embedded SA T A Software RAID Problem Report Form Customer Information Embedded SA T A Software RAID Information Name: T oday’ s Date: Company: Date of Purchase: Address: Invoice Number: City/S tate: Option ROM Number[...]

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Embedded SA T A Software RAID Copyright © 2004 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Customer Feedback W e would appreciate your feedback on th is document . Please copy the following page, add your comments, and fax it to us at the number sho wn. If appropriate, please also fax copies of any marked-up pages from thi s document. Important[...]

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