Page 2 - Revision History
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Page 3 - Table of Contents
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Table of Contents LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 3 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to the Integrated RAID Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 5 - Chapter 1; Introduction to the Integrated RAID Solution; RAID solution for LSI SAS2 controllers.
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Chapter 1: Introduction to the Integrated RAID Solution | Overview LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 5 Chapter 1 1.1 Overview The LSI Integrated RAID solution provides cost benefits for the server or workstation market that requires the extra pe...
Page 6 - Benefits and Features
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Integrated RAID Solution | Benefits and Features SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Page 6 LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 1.2 Benefits and Features The LSI Integrated RAID solution has the following benefits and features: Support for up to 10 disks ...
Page 7 - Chapter 2; Overview of Integrated RAID Mirrored Volumes; creation of mirrored arrays.
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Chapter 2: Overview of Integrated RAID Mirrored Volumes | Introduction LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 7 Chapter 2 2.1 Introduction As a result of the shift towards network-attached storage (NAS), Internet service providers need a cost-effecti...
Page 11 - Mirrored Volume Features
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Chapter 2: Overview of Integrated RAID Mirrored Volumes | Mirrored Volume Features LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 11 2.4 Mirrored Volume Features This section describes features of Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring + Striping, and In...
Page 13 - Chapter 3; Creating Mirrored Volumes
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Chapter 3: Creating Mirrored Volumes | Mirrored Volume Configuration Overview LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 13 Chapter 3 3.1 Mirrored Volume Configuration Overview The LSI SAS2 BIOS CU is a menu-driven utility program that enables you to eas...
Page 17 - Managing Hot Spare Disks
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Chapter 3: Creating Mirrored Volumes | Managing Hot Spare Disks LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 17 4. Again, wait until synchronization completes on the new disk and the volume returns to the Optimal state. 5. In the Adapter List window of the...
Page 19 - Other Configuration Tasks
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Chapter 3: Creating Mirrored Volumes | Other Configuration Tasks LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 19 3.4 Other Configuration Tasks This section explains how to perform other configuration and maintenance tasks for mirrored volumes. 3.4.1 Viewin...
Page 23 - Chapter 4; Integrated Striping Features; Overview of Integrated Striping; creation of striped arrays.
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Chapter 4: Overview of Integrated Striping | Introduction LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 23 Chapter 4 4.1 Introduction The LSI Integrated RAID solution enables you to create Integrated Striping volumes for applications that require the faster...
Page 25 - Chapter 5; Creating Integrated Striping Volumes
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Chapter 5: Creating Integrated Striping Volumes | Integrated Striping Configuration Over- LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 25 Chapter 5 5.1 Integrated Striping Configuration Overview The LSI SAS2 BIOS CU is a menu-driven utility program that en...
Page 27 - Other Configuration Tasks
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Chapter 5: Creating Integrated Striping Volumes | Other Configuration Tasks LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 27 8. From the menu options, select Save changes then exit this menu . A Processing message appears briefly, and then the SAS2 BIOS CU ...
Page 31 - Appendix A; Using the SAS2 Integrated RAID Configuration Utility; controllers in the manufacturing environment.
SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Appendix A: | Hardware and Software Requirements LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 Page 31 Appendix A SAS2IRCU is a command-line utility that you can use to configure the Integrated RAID functions of LSI SAS2 controllers. SAS2IRCU is a minimally inte...
Page 32 - A.2 Interface Description
Appendix A: | Interface Description SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide Page 32 LSI Corporation Confidential | August 2010 A.1.2 Operating System and Software Support SAS2IRCU requires PCI™ 2.x or PCI 3.0 firmware and MPI v2.0. SAS2IRCU supports the following operating systems: WinPE 1.x (Ser...