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Contents
About this guide........................................................................................... v
PIKE 2108 specifications summary.......................................................... vii
Chapter 1:
Product introduction
1.1
Welcome!....................................................................................... 1-2
1.3
Card layout.................................................................................... 1-3
1.2
1.4
1.5
Package contents.......................................................................... 1-2
System requirements.................................................................... 1-3
Card installation............................................................................ 1-4
Chapter 2:
2.1
2.2
Setting up RAID............................................................................. 2-2
2.1.1
2.1.2
Installing hard disk drives................................................. 2-3
2.2.1
Starting the WebBIOS CU............................................... 2-5
2.2.3
Creating a Storage Configuration.................................... 2-8
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
WebBIOS CU main screen options.................................. 2-6
Viewing and Changing Device Properties...................... 2-29
Viewing System Event Information................................ 2-36
Managing Configurations............................................... 2-37
MegaRAID Storage Manager...................................................... 2-41
2.3.1
Hardware and Software Requirements.......................... 2-41
2.3.3
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software
for Linux......................................................................... 2-45
2.3.2
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
Chapter 3:
3.1
RAID definitions............................................................... 2-2
LSI WebBIOS Configuration Utility.............................................. 2-4
2.2.2
2.3
RAID configuration
Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on
Microsoft Windows OS................................................... 2-41
Linux Error Messages.................................................... 2-46
Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software............ 2-47
MegaRAID Storage Manager Window........................... 2-49
Driver installation
RAID driver installation................................................................ 3-2
3.2Windows® Server 2003 OS Driver Installation............................ 3-4
3.2.1
3.2.2
During Windows® Server 2003 OS installation................ 3-4
After Windows® Server 2003 OS installation................... 3-6
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