Asus PIKE 6480 - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................... iii
Notices ......................................................................................................... iv
Safety information ....................................................................................... v
About this guide ......................................................................................... vi
PIKE 6480 specifications summary ........................................................ viii
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-2
1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-2
1.3 Card layout ................................................................................... 1-3
1.4 System requirements ................................................................... 1-3
1.5 Card installation ........................................................................... 1-4
Chapter 2: RAID configuration
2.1 Setting up RAID ............................................................................ 2-2
2.1.1
RAID definitions .............................................................. 2-2
2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives ................................................ 2-2
2.2 Marvell ® 88SE6480 SAS RAID BIOS setup utility ...................... 2-3
2.2.1 Creating an array ............................................................ 2-4
2.2.2 Deleting an array ............................................................. 2-7
2.2.3 Wipe out disk .................................................................. 2-8
2.2.4 Spare Management ........................................................ 2-9
2.2.5 Advanced Operation ......................................................2-11
2.2.6 Controller Configuration ................................................ 2-12
Chapter 3: Driver installation
3.1 RAID driver installation ............................................................... 3-2
3.1.1
Creating a RAID driver disk ............................................ 3-2
3.1.2 Windows ® OS .................................................................. 3-4
3.1.3 Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux OS ...................................... 3-10
3.1.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS ............................... 3-12
3.2 Support CD information ............................................................ 3-14
3.2.1
Running the support CD ............................................... 3-14
3.2.2 Utilities menu ................................................................ 3-14
3.2.3 Make disk ...................................................................... 3-15
3.2.4 Contact information ....................................................... 3-15