LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 RAID Controller Series 520 User Manual download pdf (Page 85)

Installation Steps 6-13

Figure 6.7 Installing the MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 Controller

6.2.6 Step 6: Connect SCSI Devices

Use SCSI cables to connectSCSI devices to the MegaRAID SCSI 320-1.

The MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 provides two SCSI connectors:

· J1, the internal high-density 68-pin SCSI connector for Wide (16-bit)

SCSI

· J7, the external very high-density 68-pin SCSI connector

Use this procedure to connect SCSI devices:

1. Disable termination on any SCSI device that does not sit at the end

of the SCSI bus.

32-bit Slots

64-bit Slots

(3.3 V)

(5 V)

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MegaRAID 1
SCSI 320-1 1
RAID Controller 1
HARDWARE 1
FCC Regulatory Statement 3
Logical Drive Configuration 7
Physical Device Layout 9
Contents 13
Contents xv 15
Chapter 1 19
Overview 19
1.1 Features 20
1.2 SCSI Channel 20
1.3 NVRAM and Flash ROM 20
1.4 SCSI Connectors 20
· Single-ended bus 21
1.8 Documentation 22
Documentation 1-5 23
1-6 Overview 24
Chapter 2 25
Introduction to RAID 25
2.1.2 Increased Reliability 26
2.2.1 Host-Based RAID 26
2.3 RAID Overview 27
2.3.3 Consistency Check 28
2.3.4 Fault Tolerance 28
2.3.5 Disk Striping 28
RAID Overview 2-5 29
MegaRAID Controller 29
2.3.6 Disk Mirroring 30
2.3.7 Disk Spanning 31
2.3.8 Parity 32
2.3.9 Hot Spares 32
2.3.10 Hot Swapping 33
2.3.11 Disk Rebuild 33
2.3.12 Logical Drive States 34
2.3.13 SCSI Drive States 34
2.3.14 Disk Array Types 35
2.3.15 Enclosure Management 35
2-12 Introduction to RAID 36
Chapter 3 37
RAID Levels 37
3.2 RAID 0 38
3.3 RAID 1 39
3.4 RAID 5 40
Figure 3.3 RAID 5 Array 41
3.5 RAID 10 42
3.6 RAID 50 43
Figure 3.5 RAID 50 Array 44
Chapter 4 45
Features 45
4.2 Configuration on Disk 46
4.3 Configuration Features 46
4.5 RAID Management Features 48
4.6 Fault Tolerance Features 48
4.7 Software Utilities 49
4.9.1 PCI Bridge/CPU 51
4.9.2 Cache Memory 51
4.9.3 MegaRAID BIOS 51
4.9.4 Serial Port 52
4.9.5 SCSI Bus 52
4.9.6 SCSI Connectors 52
4.9.7 SCSI Termination 52
4.10 RAID Management 53
4.11 Compatibility 54
4.11.3 Software 55
4-12 Features 56
Chapter 5 57
Configuring Physical Drives 57
Arrays, and Logical Drives 57
5.1.4 Physical Device Layout 61
5.2 Configuring Arrays 64
5.3 Creating Logical Drives 65
5.3.2 Assigning RAID Levels 67
5.4.1 Optimizing Data Storage 68
Chapter 6 73
Hardware Installation 73
6.2 Installation Steps 74
6.2.1 Step 1: Unpack 75
6.2.2 Step 2: Power Down 75
Installation Steps 6-5 77
Unjumpered Enabled 77
Jumpered Disabled 77
6.2.4 Step 4: Set Termination 78
Installation Steps 6-7 79
6-8 Hardware Installation 80
Installation Steps 6-9 81
6-10 Hardware Installation 82
· Tape drive set to SCSI ID 2 83
6-12 Hardware Installation 84
Installation Steps 6-13 85
6.2.7 Step 7: Set Target IDs 86
6.2.8 Step 8: Power Up 88
· Novell NetWare 5.1, 6.0 89
· Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3 89
6.3 Summary 90
Chapter 7 91
Troubleshooting 91
Firmware Initializing 92
7.2 BIOS Boot Error Messages 93
7.3 Other BIOS Error Messages 94
7.4 Other Potential Problems 95
Appendix A 97
SCSI Cables and 97
Connectors 97
SCSI devices is shown below 99
Table A.1 SCSI Cable Vendors 102
Appendix B 107
Audible Warnings 107
B-2 Audible Warnings 108
Glossary 109
Appendix C 109
C-2 Glossary 110
C-4 Glossary 112
C-6 Glossary 114
C-8 Glossary 116
C-10 Glossary 118
IX-2 Index 120
Index IX-3 121
IX-4 Index 122
Customer Feedback 123

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