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Overview .............................................................................................................v
Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................v
Operating Systems Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........................v
Manual Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................v
Contacting SuperMicro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................vi
Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines
1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ................................................................................... 1-1
1-2 General Safety Guidelines ... ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. ....................... 1-1
1-3 An Important Note to Users . .... .... .... ... .... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... .... .... ...................... 1-1
Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors
2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ...................................................................... 2-1
Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 2-1
2-2 Front Connector and Pin Defi nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-2
2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Defi nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-3
Explanation of Jumpers .................................................................................. 2-3
LED INDICATORS .......................................................................................... 2-4
RAID Minimum Drive Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-4
Chapter 3 Boot Controller and Bootable Array
3-1 Boot Controller Setup .......................................................................................... 3-1
3-2 Creating an Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 3-1
Creating an Array with the ACU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 3-2
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager ......................................... 3-3
3-3 Making Your Array Bootable ................................................................................ 3-4
Chapter 4 Installing the Driver and an Operating System
4-1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 4-1
4-2 Creating a Driver Disk ......................................................................................... 4-1
4-3 Installing with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 4-2
4-4 Installing with Red Hat Linux . ..................................... ......................................... 4-2
4-5 Installing with SUSE Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 4-3
Chapter 5 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
5-1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 5-1
5-2 Creating a Driver Disk ......................................................................................... 5-1
5-3 Installing on Windows . .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... ..... ......................... 5-2
5-4 Installing on Linux (Red Hat and SUSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 5-2