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    6 -P or t S A T A R AI D Co ntr oller User G u ide Part number: 377602-003 Third edition: May 2006[...]

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    2 Legal notices © Copyright 2004, 2006 Hewlett- Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and servi c es. Nothing herein should be construed as constit uting an a[...]

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    Contents 3 Contents 1 Board components and features Controller specificatio ns and attributes ....................................................................................... ................. 4 2 Installation and configuration procedures Overview of the inst allation process ..................................................................[...]

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    Board compone nts and features 4 1 Boar d co mponents and f eatur es Figure 1-1 6-Port SATA RAID Controller 1 Internal SATA port 0 3 Flash jumper 2 Internal SATA port 5 4 I2C connector C ontr oller spec ifi cati ons and attribu te s Table 1-1 Controller specifications and attributes Ambient temperature 0°C to 50°C (forced airflow is recommended, [...]

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    Installation and config uration procedures 5 2 Inst allati on and co nf i gur ation pr ocedur e s Ov erv i e w of the ins tallati on pr ocess 1. Install and configure the controller and hard drives. Fo r details, see “Installing the controller and drives” on page 5. The maximum supported size of the logical drive on this controller is 2 TB . NO[...]

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    Installation and config uration procedures 6 7. Attach the other end of the I2C able to the connector on the internal drive cage backplane board (2). Figure 2-1 8. Install drives in the internal SATA dr ive bay of the server, if necessary. The 6-Port SATA RAID Controller can support logical drives of up to 2 TB capacity. NOTE: To determine the numb[...]

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    Installation and config uration procedures 7 Assi gning the boot contr oller NOTE: If the server will contain two or more bootable controllers, read this section. Otherwise, omit this section. The 6-Port SATA RAID controller supports bootable drives and arrays. The default setting of the controller and system setup usually allows you to install and[...]

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    Installation and config uration procedures 8 13. On the next screen, respond as follows: Table 2-1 Entries for array properties Property line disp layed Entry or selection Array type Select the RAID level, and the press the Enter key. Array label Type a name, and then press the Enter key. Array size Press the Enter key, and then press the Enter key[...]

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    Appendix A: Electrostati c discharge 9 Appe ndi x A: Electr os tati c dis c har ge Pr e ven ting elec tr o s tati c dis c har ge To prevent damaging the system, be aw are of the precautions you must follo w when setting up the system or handling parts. A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor ma y damage system boards or o[...]

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    Appendix B: Regulatory compliance notices 10 Appe ndi x B: R egulato r y compliance n oti ce s F eder al C omm uni cati ons C ommis si on noti ce Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rules and Regulations has established Radio Frequency (RF) emission limits to prov ide an interference-free r adio frequency spectrum. Many electroni[...]

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    Appendix B: Regulatory compliance notices 11 For questions regarding this FCC declaratio n, contact us by mail or telephone: • Hewlett-Packard Company P. O. Box 692000, Ma il Stop 510101 Houston, Texas 77269-2000 • 1-281-514-333 3 To identify this product, refer to the part, series, or model nu mber found on the product. Modifications The FCC r[...]

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    Appendix B: Regulatory compliance notices 12 Japanes e noti ce K or ean noti ces Class A Equipment Class B Equipment[...]

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    Appe ndix C: Using t he RAI D Confi gura tion U tility 1 3 Appe ndi x C: Using the RAI D Co nf i gur atio n Utility The RAID Configuration Utility is loaded on the controlle r ROM. The utility is used to create, configure, and manage arrays, and make arrays bootable. It is also used to initialize and rescan drives. To run the utility, press Ctrl+A [...]

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    Appe ndix C: Using t he RAI D Confi gura tion U tility 1 4 14. Select the method by which you wa nt the array to be created. • Build/Verify conducts a background initialization on the array. The array is available immediately, although performance is degraded. • Quick Init also enables the array to be available i mmediately, without any ongoing[...]

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    Appe ndix C: Using t he RAI D Confi gura tion U tility 1 5 4. Press the Enter key. The following message appears: Warning!! Deleting will erase all the data from the array. Do you still want to continue? (Yes/No): 5. Select Yes to delete the array, or No to return to the previous menu. 6. In the Array Properties dialog box, select Delete again, and[...]

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    Appe ndix C: Using t he RAI D Confi gura tion U tility 1 6 Re sc a n n i n g d rives 1. Restart the computer. 2. When the appropriate prompt appears, press Ctrl+A to access the RAID Configuration Utility. 3. From the RAID Configuration Utility menu, select Array Configuration Utility. 4. Select Rescan Drives.[...]

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    Appendix D: About RAID 17 Appe ndi x D: Abou t RAI D A Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) provides better performance and reliability from combinations of drives than is possible with the same total storage space without RAID. This Appendix describes the various RAID levels supported by the 6-Port SATA RAID controller. The following table s[...]

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    Appendix D: About RAID 18 RAID 1 A RAID 1 array is created by copying, or mirroring, a ll data from one drive onto a second drive. This mirroring provides redundancy, ensuring that if one drive fails no data is lost. Howeve r, redundancy also means that only half the total capacity is available. Figure 4 A RAID 1 array A RAID 1 array has no write p[...]

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    Appendix D: About RAID 19 RAID 10 This dual-level RAID type is created by using two or mo re equal-sized RAID 1 arrays to create a RAID 0 array. Both read and write performance are improved becaus e array striping occurs. However, the performance improvement requires that additional storage s pace be used because the arrays are mirrored. Figure 6 A[...]

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    Appendix D: About RAID 20 RAID 50 This dual-level RAID type is created by using two or mo re equal-sized RAID 5 arrays to create a RAID 0 array. The top level RAID 0 array shares the load among the second-level RAID 5 a rrays, improving both read and write performance. Parity (Pa n or Pb n ), used in the second level RAID 5 a rrays, provides effici[...]

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    Glossary 2 1 Glo ss ar y activity See task. array A logical disk created from avai lable space a nd made up of one or more partitions on one or more physical disks. Arrays are typically used to provide data redundancy or enhanced I/O performance. See also container , volume , spanned volume , and RAID signature . Also know n as a container. array i[...]

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    Glossary 2 2 degraded A redundant array (for example, a RAID 1 array) in which one or more members have failed. The data is intact, but redundancy has been co mpromised. Any further failure would cause the array to fail and result in data loss. dirty data Data that has been written to a cache, but which has not been flushed out to its final destina[...]

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    Glossary 2 3 impacted An impacted array is one which has been crea ted, but for some reason the initial build operation did not complete. All member driv es are present and operational, and all data written to the array is protected. To opti mize the array, run a Verify with Fix task. initialize Process of preparing a disk for use by the controller[...]

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    Glossary 2 4 redundant The ability of an array to main tain operability when one or more hardware failures occur. RAID 1 array is an example of a redundant arra y. In the event of a drive failure, redundant arrays can be restored to normal operation by replacing the failed drive and rebuilding the array. rescan Process of updating the current scree[...]

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    Index 25 Inde x B board components, 4 boot controller, ass igning, 7 bootable a rray, crea ting, 7 BSMI notice, 11 C cables, 11 Canadian notice, 11 controller attribu tes, 4 controller feat ures, 4 controller specification s, 4 D declaration of conformity, 10 driver, installation of , 8 drives, number of, for a given RAID level, 17 E electrostatic [...]