Chapter 1: Introduction Table of Contents Chapter I: Introduction .............................................................................1-4 1.1 Overview ................................................................................................. 1-4 1.2 Introduction to SATA and SAS ............................................................. 1-4 1.3.1 SES-2 and SAF-TE ................................................................................ 1-4 1.3.2 Proper Cable Confi guration for SES-2 .................................................... 1-5 1.4 Product Features ....................................................................................
1-5 1.5 Checklist ................................................................................................. 1-6 1.6 An important Note to the User ............................................................. 1-6 1.7 Contacting Supermicro ........................................................................... 1-7 1.8 Product Compliance Information ......................................................... 1-7 Chapter 2: Technical Specifi cations and Software Installation ...........2-1 2.1 AOC-LPZCR2 Card Layout and Jumper Locations ............... 2-1 2.2.2 Jumpers and LED Indicators ..................................................................
2-3 2.2.1 Jumper and Connector Descriptions ....................................................... 2-2 2.3 Intelligent Interface Management: SAF-TE .......................................... 2-4 2.4 Safety Guidelines ................................................................................... 2-5 2.5 Installing the Controller Driver ............................................................ 2-6 2.5.1 Creating the Driver Floppy Disk ............................................................. 2-6 2.5.2 Adding the Driver into an Existing System ..............................................
2-6 2.5.3 Installing the Driver into a New System .................................................. 2-7 Chapter 3: RAID Confi guration ................................................................3-1 3.1 Using Adaptec's Array Confi guration Utility ....................................... 3-2 3.2.1 Using Adaptec's SCSISelect Utility ....................................................... 3-18 3.2.2 Using Adaptec's SATASelect Utility ....................................................... 3-22 3.2.3 Using Adaptec's SerialSelect Utility ....................................................... 3-23 3.2.4 Using Physical Confi guration Utility ......................................................
3-25 3.3 Using Disk Utilities .............................................................................. 3-26 3.3.1 Using Disk Utilities (*for SCSI only) ...................................................... 3-26 3.3.2 Using Disk Utilities (*for SATA/SAS only) ............................................. 3-28 3.3.2.1 To Format a Disk Drive .............................................................. 3-28 3.3.2.2 To Verify Disk Media .................................................................. 3-29 3.4 To Exit the Array Confi guration Utility ............................................. 3-29 3.5 Using Adaptec's Storage Manager to Confi gure RAID Settings .... 3-30 Chapter 4:
Troubleshooting .....................................................................4-1 1-3