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SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-SASLP-MV8 manual

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’ s Manual Revison 1.0a[...]

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’s Manual ii The information in th is User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is bel ieved to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notif y any perso[...]

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    iii Table of Contents Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines ............ ........... .............. ........... .......... 1-1 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ................. .............. .............. ............ ............ 1-1 1-2 General Safe ty Guidelines .................... ........... .............. ........... ....... 1-1 1-3 An Important Note to U[...]

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’s Manual iv Notes[...]

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    i Introduction About this Manual This manual is written for system integr ators, PC technicians and kn owledgeable PC users who intend to integrate Supermicro's Pr oduct Name 2 to their system. It pro vides detailed information for the install ation and use of the AOC-SASLP-MV8 add-on card. Overview The Product Name 2 is a highly efficient, hi[...]

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’s Manual ii An Import ant Note to Users All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing. The card you have received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual. Product Compliance Information The Product [...]

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    iii : Cont acting Supermicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer , Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. T el: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (T echnical Support) Web Site: www .supermi cr o. co m Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V . Het S ter[...]

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’s Manual iv Notes[...]

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    1-1 Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines T o avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all t he safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines Electric St atic Discharge (ESD) can dama ge electronic components. T o prevent damage to your system, it is important to handle it very c[...]

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’s Manual 1-2 Notes[...]

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    2-1 Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumpers and Indicators 2-1 Connectors Connectors are used to attach the add-on card to the system’s mainboard. T a ble 2-1 lists the add-on card’s jumpers and connectors, as shown in Figure 2-1 above. Internal SAS Connectors The Internal SAS ports (SFF-8087 connector) connect to the backplane allowing the motherboard t[...]

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’s Manual 2-2 Use a single port SAS “ipass” cable (Supe rmicro order number CBL-0108L-02) to connect each internal SAS port to up to four drives. 2-2 Jumpers The AOC-SASLP-MV8 add-on card does not have any configurable jumpers. 2-3 LED Indicators Figure 2-2 displays LED ind icators on the add-on card. The Ready [...]

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    3-1 Chapter 3 Installing Drivers and Firmware This chapter covers installing Drivers and Firmware for the AOC-SASLP-MV8 add-o n card. 3-1 Creating a Driver Floppy Disk A CD-ROM that contains the drivers for the Windows OS, L inux OS, and the C ontroller BIOS is included in the shipping package. Please locate the CD-ROM before installing the driver [...]

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-2 3-2 Adding the Driver in to an Existing System Use the following procedures for adding a driver into an existing system. For the Windows Operating System: 1. Install the controller and make sure that the BIOS screen is displayed. 2. S tart the Windows OS. The Windows OS displays the F OUND N EW H ARDWA[...]

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    3-3 Chapter 3: Installing Drivers and Firmware For the Windows Operating System: 1. Install the controller and make sure that the BIOS screen displays as shown on the previous page. 2. Insert the Windows Setup CD and boot from it. 3. When prompted at the bottom of the screen to install a third party driver , press the F6 key . 4. Insert the driver [...]

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’s Manual 3-4 3-4 Getting Firmware Downloads Firmware for the AOC-SASLP-MV8 add- on card can only be obtained through contacting Supermicro T echnical Support fo r instructions and assistance to obtain firmware downloads. 3-5 Flashing Firmware Follow the procedure below to flash firmware to the BIOS. Flashing Firmwa[...]

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    4-1 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter covers vari ous troubleshooting problems for the AOC-SASLP-MV8 add-on card. 4-1 T roubleshooting Problems Problem: The AOC-SASLP-MV8 add-on card's BIOS does not show up in DOS. Recommended Solutio ns: • Make sure that the system has enough ex pansion ROM to initialize the card. Remove other add-in c[...]

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    AOC-SASLP-MV8 Add-on Card User ’s Manual 4-2 Recommended Solutio ns: • Make sure that the operating system supports software RAID. If not sure, please check with the software company that produces the OS. • Make sure that more than one drives are seen by the OS. 4-2 Cont acting Supermicr o's T echnical Support If you still have problems [...]

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    5-1 Disclaimer The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilitie s or syste ms, aircraf t, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critica l systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant inju ry or los[...]

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    H8DMT/H8DMT -IBX/H8DMT -F/H8DMT -IBXF User ’s Manual 5-2 Notes[...]