Asus AZCRB- Manuals

6 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 2. Features The AZCRB is a proprietary daughterboard for the RAID connectors on the ASUS PR-DLSR533 motherboard. The AZCRB includes the Intel ® GC80303 integrated I/O processor and 64MB ECC SDRAM cache, and 64MB ECC SDRAM. RAID features • RAID levels 0/1/5 support • Ba...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 7 Fault tolerance • COD (Configuration on Disk) and NVRAM • Auto-detection of failed drives • Automatic and transparent rebuild of hot spare drives • Hot-swapping of drives without shutting the system down • SAF-TE enclosure management support • SMART support Utilities •...

8 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 3. Board layout The two connectors underneath the board fit the RAID connectors on the PR-DLSR533 motherboard. Make sure that your system motherboard is PR-DLSR533. Only theproprietary RAID connectors on this motherboard will support the AZCRB. PR-DLSR533 ® PR-DLSR533 ...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 9 4. Board installation To install the board: 1. Make sure that the system is off. 2. Remove the system cover to access the RAID connectors on themotherboard. Refer to the AP1600Rsystem manual for instructions. 3. Remove the PCI riser card and bracket assembly by pulling...

10 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 4. Locate the proprietary RAID connectors on the motherboard. 5. Remove the board from its anti- static packaging. RAID connectors on the motherboard

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 11 6. Position the board as shown, then plug the RAID connectors to thecorresponding connectors on themotherboard. The two holes (with standoffs) onthe board should also align with theholes beside the RAID connectorson the motherboard. 7. Use a Phillips screwdriver to se...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 13 5. RAID configuration The MegaRAID BIOS on your AZCRB board includes the MegaRAID ConfigurationUtillity. Use this utility to create and configure disk arrays and logical drives. The MegaRAID Configuration Utility is independent of the operating system so youhave to st...

14 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board The initial menu of the MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility shows the Managementmenu. Each option in the menu leads to different sub-menus that allow you to createand configure RAID drives. Management menu options Configure Select to configure physical arrays and logi...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 15 5.1 Configuring arrays and logical drives Depending on your current drive configuration or number of existing drives, you maycreate physical arrays and logical drives using either one of the following methods: • Easy Configuration • New Configuration • View/Add Config...

16 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 5.2 Easy Configuration The Easy Configuration method allows you to create a basic logical driveconfiguration where every physical array you define is automatically associated withone logical drive. If you have an existing logical drive configuration, using this method...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 17 The Easy Configuration-ARRAYSELECTION MENU appears. Usethe command bar hot keys to perform the configuration functions. Press: <F2> to display the manufacturerdata and error count for theselected drive <F3> to display the logical drivesthat have been confi...

18 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board MegaRAID BIOS Config Utility(40-Ld) Ver5.40 Apr 21, 2003 Standard:Adapter-01 SPACE-Array,ENTER-Configure,F2-Drive Information,F3-Logical Drives,F4-HotSpare Ch-1 ID-0 DISK 17521MB FUJITSU MAN3184MC 0109 Management Configure InitializeObjectsFormatRebuildCheck Consisten...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 19 The number of physical drives in an array determines the RAID levels that can beimplemented with the array. RAID 0 requires one or more physical drives RAID 1 requires exactly two physical drives RAID 3 requires at least three physical drives RAID 5 requires at least ...

20 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board Logical Drive Configured LD RAID Size #Stripes StrpSz Drive-State 1 5 52563MB 4 64KB OPTIMAL 4. When finished creating the array, press <Enter> to start theconfiguration. The Logical Drive Configured screen appears showing the logical drive beingconfigured and t...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 21 7. Select the Advanced Menu to set the stripe size, write policy, read policy, and cache policy. RAID = 5Size = 52563MB Advanced Menu Accept Logical Drive 1 StripeSize = 64MB Write Policy = WRTHRURead Policy = NORMAL Cache Policy = Direct I/O Advanced Cache IODirect I...

22 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board Read Policy - enables the SCSI read-ahead feature for the logical drive. The configuration options are Normal, Read-ahead, or Adaptive. In Normal setting, the controller does not use read-ahead for the current logical drive. In Read-ahead , the controller uses read-ah...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 23 10. When done, press <Esc> to exit Easy Configuration. A screenappears with a list of the configuredlogical drive(s). M e g a R A I D B I O S C o n f i g U t i l i t y ( 4 0 - L d ) Ve r 5 . 4 0 A p r 2 1 , 2 0 0 3 S t a n d a r d : A d a p t e r - 0 1 S PA C E ...

24 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 11. From the Management menu, use the arrow keys to highlight Initialize , then press <Enter>. 12. When prompted, select YES to start initialing the logical drive(s) that youhave configured. M e g a R A I D B I O S C o n f i g U t i l i t y ( 4 0 - L d ) Ve r 5 ...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 25 5.3 New Configuration The New Configuration method allows you to discard the existing configurationinformation, and configure a new array and logical drives. This method lets youchange the RAID level , stripe size , write policy , read policy , and cache policy parame...

26 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board MegaRAID BIOS Config Utility(40-Ld) Ver5.40 Apr 21, 2003 Standard:Adapter-01 SPACE-Array,ENTER-Configure,F2-Drive Information,F3-Logical Drives,F4-HotSpare Ch-1 ID-0 DISK 17521MB FUJITSU MAN3184MC 0109 Management Configure InitializeObjectsFormatRebuildCheck Consisten...

ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 27 MegaRAID BIOS Config Utility(40-Ld) Ver5.40 Apr 21, 2003 Standard:Adapter-01 SPACE-Array,ENTER-Configure,F2-Drive Information,F3-Logical Drives,F4-HotSpare Ch-1 ID-0 DISK 17521MB FUJITSU MAN3184MC 0109 Management Configure InitializeObjectsFormatRebuildCheck Consisten...

28 ASUS Zero-Channel RAID Board 5.3 View/Add Configuration The View/Add Configuration lets you examine the existing configuration and/orspecify additional arrays and logical drives. To use View/Add Configuration: 1. From the Management menu, use the arrow keys to highlight Configure , then press <...

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