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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Template Last Updated - 7/01/2005 Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI 6/iR Integrated and Adapter User’s Guide Model UCS-61 book.book Page 1 Monday, September 15, 2008 2:47 PM
www.dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI 6/iR Integrated and Adapter User’s Guide Model UCS-61 book.book Page 1 Monday, September 15, 2008 2:47 PM
Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ________________________________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2007-2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Dell Precision, PowerEdge, and OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, and Windows Vista are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries; Novell, NetWare, and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries; Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.; LSI Logic, Fusion-MPT, Integrated Mirroring, and Integrated Striping are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Logic Corporation; DR-DOS is a registered trademark of DRDOS, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own. Model UCS-61 July 2008 P/N JM360 Rev. A01 book.book Page 2 Monday, September 15, 2008 2:47 PM
Contents3 Contents 1 CAUTION: Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . 9 SAFETY: General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System . . . . . . . 9 SAFETY: Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 About RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 RAID Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 RAID Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Integrated Striping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Integrated Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 SAS 6/iR Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Installing the SAS 6/iR Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 book.book Page 3 Monday, September 15, 2008 2:47 PM
4Contents 5 Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Installing the Windows Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Creating the Driver Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Pre-Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Installing the Driver During a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Operating System Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Installing the Driver During a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Installation . . . . . 26 Installing a Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Driver for a New RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Updating an Existing Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows Vista Driver . . . . . . . 28 Installing Linux Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems using the Driver Update Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Installation and Disk Enumeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Using the Driver Update Diskette . . . . . . . . . . 31 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation and Disk Enumeration . . . . . . . . . 32 Installing the RPM Package With DKMS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 book.book Page 4 Monday, September 15, 2008 2:47 PM
Contents5 6 SAS 6/iR BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 POST Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 BIOS Fault Code Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Starting the Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . 36 Functions Performed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Navigating the Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . 37 Integrated RAID Configuration and Management Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Select New Array Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Create New Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 View Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Manage Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Performing Configuration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Creating an Integrated Striping Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Creating a Integrated Mirroring Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Viewing Virtual Disk Properties . . . . . . . . . . 44 Synchronizing a Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Activating a Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Migrating and Activating a Virtual Disk . . . . . . 45 Deleting a Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Hot Spare Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Replacing and Rebuilding a Degraded Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 book.book Page 5 Monday, September 15, 2008 2:47 PM
6Contents 7 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 BIOS Boot Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Physical Disk Related Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Configuration Utility Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 51 BIOS Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 A Updating the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Firmware Update Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 B Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Technical Support and Customer Service . . . . . 58 Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . . 59 Dell Enterprise Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 60 Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 book.book Page 6 Monday, September 15, 2008 2:47 PM
Contents7 C Regulatory Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 D Corporate Contact Details (Taiwan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 book.book Page 7 Monday, September 15, 2008 2:47 PM
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