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Safety Information and Technical Specifications
Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview ...........................................................................................................vii
Product Features ...............................................................................................vi
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Operating Systems Supported ..........................................................................vi
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An Important Note to Users ..............................................................................vi
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Contacting SuperMicro ..................................................................................... vii
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Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines
1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ........................................................................................1-1
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2 General Safety Guidelines ................................................................................... 1-1
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3 An Important Note to Users ................................................................................. 1-1
Chapter 2 LED Indicators and Connectors
2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ........................................................................... 2-1
AOC-USAS-L4i Front Connectors ................................................................... 2-
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2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions .................................................................... 2-2
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Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions ........................................................ 2-3
Chapter 3 Driver Installation
3-1 Performing a Quick Configuration ........................................................................ 3-1
3-2 Configuring Arrays and Logic Drives .................................................................. 3-
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Starting the MegaRAID BIOS CU ................................................................... 3-
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Using Easy Configuration ............................................................................... 3-
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Using New Configuration and View/Add Configuration .................................. 3-
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Creating a Global Hotspare Drive ................................................................... 3-
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Initializing Logical Drives ................................................................................. 3-
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3-3 Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies ............................ 3-
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3-4 Rebuilding a Drive ............................................................................................. 3-1
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3-5 Hot Plug Support ................................................................................................3-1
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3-6 Checking Data Consistency ............................................................................... 3-1
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3-7 Viewing and Changing Device Properties ......................................................... 3-1
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Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties ................................................... 3-1
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Viewing and Changing Logical Drive Properties .......................................... 3-1
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Viewing Physical Drive Properties ................................................................ 3-1
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3-8 Forcing Drives Online or Offline ........................................................................ 3-1
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3-9 Configuring a Bootable Logical Drive ................................................................ 3-1
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3-10 Deleting a Logical Drive ................................................................................... 3-1
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