Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 RAID controller
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1. installed and the AOC SASLP MV8 add on card driver is being installed as a For the Windows Operating System 1 2 Install the controller and make sure that the BIOS screen is displayed Start the Windows OS The Windows OS displays the FOUND NEW HARDWARE WIZARD window and searches for the installer driver Insert the driver floppy disk that you ve created into the floppy drive select the floppy drive as the source and press the ENTER key Continue clicking until the driver is successfully installed Remove the driver disk from the floppy disk drive and restart the system to complete the installation process For the Linux Operating System 1 2 3 3 Insert the CD ROM that contains the Linux OS driver into the CD drive At the prompt type mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom and press ENTER to mount the CD ROM directory into the system directory At the prompt type mnt cdrom Linux_3_4_0 and press ENTER to change the directory to the CD ROM directory Read the README txt file and exit At the prompt type cd mnt cdrom Linux_3_4_0 Docs and press ENTER Read the documents included carefully and follow the instructions given to create the driver and install it into the system Installing the Driver into a New System Use the following procedures for installing a driver into a new system NOTE A new system is a system that has no operating system installed yet installation and the AOC2. SUPERMICRO AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card o 0507 PORT 0 3 ore oo PORT 4 7 BR 8888 Bern 1 O DESIGNED IN USA SEMB u AOC SASL P MV8 REV 1 00 T amp oo RS Y nn o oo popa z E Am ACTA 2 012 a ae 825088 od 8 ACTS A is 8 Mr Revison 1 0a p co D DO DO ghi ER meg o 0 MEZ 8 ode 1 108 ROHS oH Laa User s Manual Ol WS Ss 5 35 00 Se a E es my A HP 885 32 015 B gt 9 88 en Ki oop Is oM ej 00 2 8 oJ B 2 Sa na ag BARCODE AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For
3. SASLP MV8 add on card driver installation is a part the OS Make sure the boot hard drive is mounted on Slot 3 of the backplane in order to boot from the AOC SASLP MV8 add on card 3 2 Chapter 3 Installing Drivers and Firmware For the Windows Operating System 1 Install the controller make sure that the BIOS screen displays as shown on the previous page Insert the Windows Setup CD and boot from it When prompted at the bottom of the screen to install a third party driver press the F6 key restart the system and repeat this step again NOTE You have only 5 seconds to press F6 If you miss it you will need to r 4 6 Insert the driver disk into the system and wait until you are prompted to install a driver Press S to specify that the driver is included in an additional device the floppy disk and press ENTER When the Marvell s driver disk Marvell 64xx 63xx SAS Controller Driver is located press ENTER Press ENTER again to continue with the Windows OS installation For the Red Hat Linux Operating System i Insert the Linux Driver into your floppy disk drive and press ENTER A Linux bootup screen appears At the boot prompt type linux at the prompt and press ENTER The system starts initializing the driver Follow the instructions when prompted to complete the installation process For the SuSE Linux Operating System NOTE The screen shot shown belo
4. is bad Problem cannot create software RAID in the operating system 4 1 AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual Recommended Solutions Make sure that the operating system supports software RAID If not sure please check with the software company that produces the OS Make sure that more than one drives are seen by the OS 4 2 Contacting Supermicro s Technical Support If you still have problems after trying out all the recommended solutions please contact our Technical Support by phone at 408 503 8000 or visit our web site at www supermicro com support 4 2 Disclaimer The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale 5 1 H8DMT H8DMT IBX H8DMT F H8DMT IBXF User
5. use SAS SATA Controller that allows the user to connect to up to eight drives using Marvell s 88SE6480 Serial ATA SAS Host Controller and a PCI E x4 interface with high performance features With both SAS and SATA physical interface support at 1 5 and 3 0 Gbps the AOC SASLP MV8 add on card is a high speed high bandwidth Controller that can integrate multiple high capacity drives to provide you with maximum storage space Product Features The Product Name 2 offers the following features Low profile Form Factor w the PCB size of 4 75 x 2 5 W e Marvell s 88SE6480 Serial ATA Host Controller supports 8 SAS SATA ports e Two mini SAS connectors can connect to 8 internal SAS SATA drives with iPass cables e PCI E x4 Flash BIOS Interface Presence LED Indicator and Activity Indicator for each connected drive e JBOD Simple Volume support Boots from a single drive Operating Systems Supported The Product Name 2 supports the following Operating Systems OS Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows 2008 Linux source code provided the driver disks currently available Redhat Enterprise Linux Fedora Linux 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual An Important Note to Users All images and layouts shown in this user s guide are based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing The card you have received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics sh
6. an damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic bag e Handle the add on card by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Putthe card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use 1 2 General Safety Guidelines Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components from the computer Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the System Make sure that the add on card is securely and properly installed on the motherboard to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage 1 3 An Important Note to Users All images and layouts shown in this user s guide are based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing The card you have received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual 1 1 AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual Notes 1 2 Chapter 2 Connectors Jumpers and Indicators 2 1 Connectors Connectors are used to attach the add on card to the system s mainboard Figur
7. asonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate for further details WARNING HANDLING OF LEAD SOLDER MATERIALS USED IN THIS A PRODUCT MAY EXPOSE YOU TO LEAD A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HARM Manual Revison 1 0a Release Date March 10 2009 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Copyright O 2008 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Table of Contents Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines 1 1 1 1 ESD Safet
8. e 2 1 AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card Front Connectors and Jumpers nnne PORTO S SEE CEEEEEEEECEEE PORT 4 7 Marvell 88SE6480 J1 o DIT Table 2 1 lists the add on card s jumpers and connectors as shown in Figure 2 1 above Table 2 1 Front Connectors and Pin Definitions Number Description 1 Internal SAS Connectors 2 Marvell s Serial ATA Host Controller 3 PCI E x4 Connector 4 Activity and Ready LEDs Internal SAS Connectors The Internal SAS ports SFF 8087 connector connect to the backplane allowing the motherboard to access the hard drives Each connector supports up to four hard drives allowing the add on card to support a maximum of eight SAS 0 3 and SAS 4 7 2 1 AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual Use a single port SAS ipass cable Supermicro order number CBL 0108L 02 to connect each internal SAS port to up to four drives 2 2 Jumpers The AOC SASLP MV8 add on card does not have any configurable jumpers 2 3 LED Indicators Figure 2 2 LED Indicators 3C va UK gy CN z 0v Lov EX 8888 5 Isak Figure 2 2 displays LED indicators on the add on The Ready RDY LED yellow turns on when a drive is present on the HBA port An Active ACT LED green blinks to show drive activity on that port gt NOTE These LEDs are primarily used for debug pur
9. hooting Problems Problem The AOC SASLP MV8 add on card s BIOS does not show up DOS Recommended Solutions Make sure that the system has enough expansion ROM to initialize the card Remove other add in cards if possible Make sure that the card is properly and fully seated in its PCI slot e if the motherboard s BIOS is updated You can download an updated BIOS from our web site at www supermicro com Problem cannot see the card in the operating system Recommended Solutions Make sure that the card is shown in the BIOS If the card is shown in the BIOS a screen shown below will display If it is not shown in the BIOS please find out the root cause of the problem by following the steps listed above Make sure that the driver for the card is installed in the system the controller Problem cannot see the hard drives that are connected to the controller Recommended Solutions Make sure that there is power supply to the hard drives e Check the SATA cable to make sure that there are no loose connections between the card and the hard drives e hard drives are connected through a SATA back panel make sure that there is power supply to the back panel and there are no loose connections between the back panel and the controller Also make sure that the hard drives are properly seated in the drive bay e f possible swap the drives around to determine if the drive connections or the controller
10. own in this manual Product Compliance Information The Product Name 2 is compliant with the following safety standards requirements USA FCC 47 CFR Part 15 subpart B European Union EN 55022 EN 55024 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Tel Fax Email Web Site Europe Address Tel Fax Email 9 Asia Pacific Address Tel Fax Web Site Technical Support Email Tel Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A 1 408 503 8000 1 408 503 8008 marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support www supermicro com Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands 31 0 73 6400390 31 0 73 6416525 sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C 886 2 8226 3990 886 2 8226 3991 www supermicro com tw support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual Notes Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components 1 1 ESD Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge ESD c
11. poses only 2 2 Chapter 3 Installing Drivers and Firmware This chapter covers installing Drivers and Firmware for the AOC SASLP MV8 add on card 3 1 Creating a Driver Floppy Disk A CD ROM that contains the drivers for the Windows OS Linux OS and the Controller BIOS is included in the shipping package Please locate the CD ROM before installing the driver NOTE This CDROM does not perform Auto boot or auto play For the Windows 32 bit Operating System Copy all files from the folder Windows_3_1_0_17 build Windows i386 Free into a blank formatted floppy disk For the Windows 64 bit Operating System Copy all files from the folder Windows_3_1_0_17 build Windows amd64 Free into a blank formatted floppy disk For the Linux Operating Systems For an existing system Use the source code from the folder Linux_3_1_0_7 to compile For a new system Use the tool rawwritewin exe to write the driver images stored in the folder Dis kimag linux to create a driver disk NOTE The folder Disklmag linux is included in Supermicro s CD ROM that came with your shipment However the file rawwritewin exe is not included 3 1 AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual 3 2 Adding the Driver into an Existing System Use the following procedures for adding a driver into an existing system NOTE An existing system is a system that has an operating system already gt Secondary Controller
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13. the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPERMICRO SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide re
14. w was taken from a system based the AN SuSE Linux 9 2 Installation Other SuSE systems may display screens that are different from the ones included in the manual However the installation procedures listed below apply to all SUSE Linux systems Extract the image driver from Disklmag Linux x86_32 into a blank formatted disk Boot up the system from SuSE Linux Installation CD ROM On the screen that appears highlight INSTALLATION from the list press F6 to add the Installation Driver and press ENTER Follow the instructions given at the prompt to complete the installation process 3 3 AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual 3 4 Getting Firmware Downloads Firmware for the AOC SASLP MV8 add on card can only be obtained through contacting Supermicro Technical Support for instructions and assistance to obtain firmware downloads 3 5 Flashing Firmware Follow the procedure below to flash firmware to the BIOS Flashing Firmware 1 2 Boot the system to DOS Flash the BIOS using the mvf exe file with the following command at the DOS prompt where represents the name of the bin file used a gt mvf bin This automatically flashes the BIOS When the flashing is completed reboot the system The new firmware is now flashed to your system s BIOS 3 4 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter covers various troubleshooting problems for the AOC SASLP MV8 add on card 4 1 Troubles
15. y Guidelines sss 1 1 1 2 General Safety Guidelines sss 1 1 1 3 An Important Note to Users 1 1 Chapter 2 Connectors Jumpers and Indicators 2 1 2 1 Connectors sche ttt ute Ut uut Bet det 2 1 Internal SAS Connectors sese 2 1 2 2 Juimipers n edel quem 2 2 2 3 LED IndiCators cm e ieee a 2 2 Chapter Installing Drivers and Firmware 3 1 3 1 Creating a Driver Floppy Disk sse 3 1 3 2 Adding the Driver into an Existing 3 2 3 3 Installing the Driver into a New System 3 2 3 4 Getting Firmware Downloads sss 3 4 3 5 Flashing Firmware nce 3 4 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 4 1 4 1 Troubleshooting Problems see 4 1 4 2 Contacting Supermicro s Technical 4 2 AOC SASLP MV8 Add on Card User s Manual Notes Introduction About this Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate Supermicro s Product Name 2 to their system It provides detailed information for the installation and use of the AOC SASLP MV8 add on card Overview The Product Name 2 is a highly efficient highly compatible and easy to
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