AOC-LPZCR2 All-In-One Card User's Manual 3.5 Using the Adaptec Storage Manager (ASM) to Confi g- ure SES-2 RAID Settings (I) Introduction Before using the Adaptec Storage Management (ASM) to confi gure the RAID setting, please verify the following conditions: 1. Make sure that you have a backplane that supports SES-2, 2. Make sure that you have either the AMI MG-9071 (for a 4-hard-drive sys- tem) or the AMI MG-9072 (for an 8-hard-drive system) installed, 3. Make sure that you have the Adaptec Storage Management Utility installed, 4. Make sure that you have the most current SES-2 Driver installed, 5.
Make sure that the Adaptec ASM version you have is compatible with your version of the SES-2 Driver, 6. Make sure that you have the Administrator's privileges and a password is pre-keyed in the system for you already. Where to Obtain the SES-2 Driver You can obtain a copy of the SES-2 driver from: 1. The CD that came with your shipping package, 2. Downloading from Supermicro's FTP site. Purposes of Using the SES-2 Driver You can use the SES-2 for the following purposes: 1. To monitor the functionality of LED and Alarm for the attached devices, 2. To indicate disk drive failure with an audible alarm and an LED Indicator, 3. To indicate disk drive rebuilding through LED, 4.
To indicate disk drive hot spares through LED, 5. To eliminate human errors, such as pulling out wrong disk drives, 6. To monitor temperature and system overheat. 3-30