Chapter 3: RAID Confi guration Chapter 3 RAID Confi guration After all the hardware has been installed in your system, you must fi rst confi gure the Adaptec Embedded RAID Driver before you install the Windows operating system. The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came with your card. (*Note: For the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility to function properly, you will need to correctly setup the jumper settings of your add-on card fi rst before using the Utility) Confi guring Jumper Settings To properly confi gure the jumper settings, please follow the table listed below before using the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility.
For more detailed informa- tion on jumper settings and locations, please refer to Chapter 2. (*Note 1) SATA/SCSI Jumper Settings for the AOC-LPZCR2 Minimal Hard Drive Required for RAID Confi gurations The AOC-LPZCR2 supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and RAID 50. (*Note 2) Refer to the table below for the minimum of hard drives required for each RAID setting. *Notes : 1. Refer to Page 2-1 for jumper locations. 2. RAID 50 is for SATA, SAS only.
3-1 Jumper/Function J5 J3 J7 To enable SATA based on Hercules II On To enable SCSI On To enable SAS On RAID Setting Minimal Hard Drives Required RAID 0 2 Hard Drives RAID 1 2 Hard Drives RAID 5 3 Hard Drives RAID 10 4 Hard Drives RAID 50 6 Hard Drives