About This Document
Purpose
This document describes the appearances and features of the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controller cards, how to configure RAID arrays, and how to install drivers. The RAID controller cards include the LSI SAS2208, LSI SAS2308, LSI SAS3008IR, LSI SAS3008IT, LSI SAS3108, LSI SoftRAID, PM8060, and PM8068.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for:
- Technical support engineers
- Maintenance engineers
The server maintenance personnel must have adequate knowledge about the server products and service skills to avoid injury to human body or damage to devices during maintenance.
Symbol Conventions
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Change History
Changes between document issues are cumulative. The latest document issue contains all changes made in previous issues.
Issue |
Date |
Description |
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49 |
2022-01-24 |
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48 |
2021-10-21 |
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47 |
2021-08-28 |
Modified RAID Controller Card Not Healthy in Device Manager. |
46 |
2021-08-13 |
Added precautions for capacity expansion by adding drives. |
45 |
2021-07-27 |
Optimized the "Common Commands" section for each RAID controller card. |
44 |
2021-07-01 |
Optimized the description of parameters related to RAID array configuration. |
43 |
2021-06-21 |
Modified Discarding Preserved Cache. |
42 |
2021-05-31 |
Added the description about the Mini-SAS port on some RAID controller cards. |
41 |
2021-04-06 |
Modified Drive Passthrough. |
40 |
2021-02-02 |
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39 |
2020-11-27 |
Added a new structure diagram to "Overview" section of LSI SAS3108 RAID controller card. |
38 |
2020-08-24 |
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37 |
2020-04-29 |
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36 |
2019-10-30 |
Added Creating Multiple Virtual Drives and Creating Multiple Virtual Drives. |
35 |
2019-08-17 |
Modified description about the methods for logging in to the Configuration Utility of each RAID controller card. |
34 |
2019-08-06 |
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33 |
2019-05-21 |
Modified Logging In to the Configuration Utility. |
32 |
2019-04-09 |
Modified Technical Specifications. |
31 |
2019-03-20 |
Modified RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 and RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. |
30 |
2019-01-31 |
Updated the document. |
29 |
2019-01-10 |
Added Managing the Security Key and Managing the Security Key. |
28 |
2018-12-30 |
Modified Creating RAID 10, Creating RAID 50, and Creating RAID 60. |
27 |
2018-12-07 |
The description of the RAID controller card property screen of the LSI SAS3108 is optimized. |
26 |
2018-10-30 |
Optimized the method of deleting the preserved cache in Legacy mode on LSI SAS3108. |
25 |
2018-08-28 |
Modified the "Drive Faults" section for each type of RAID controller card. |
24 |
2018-08-21 |
Added the overview and configuration about LSI SAS3008IT. |
23 |
2018-07-20 |
Added the description of indicators on RAID controller cards. |
22 |
2018-06-26 |
Added operations for restoring drives to the Frn-bad state for the LSI SAS3108. |
21 |
2018-05-23 |
Deleted the chapter "Environmental Specifications". |
20 |
2018-04-20 |
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19 |
2018-01-25 |
Added the meaning of suffixes in RAID controller card names. |
18 |
2018-01-10 |
Added MegaRAID Storage Manager description for the LSI SAS2208 and LSI SAS3108. |
17 |
2017-12-22 |
Added RAID controller card features. |
16 |
2017-10-16 |
Optimized the document structure. |
15 |
2017-08-01 |
This issue is the fifteenth official release. |
14 |
2017-05-20 |
This issue is the fourteenth official release |
13 |
2016-10-27 |
This issue is the thirteenth official release. |
12 |
2016-03-28 |
Added the PM8060 and PM8068. |
11 |
2016-01-30 |
Deleted the JBOD information about LSI SAS3108. |
10 |
2015-10-28 |
Added the note about authentication mechanism. |
09 |
2015-09-15 |
Optimized the document structure. |
08 |
2014-12-23 |
This issue is the eighth official release. |
07 |
2014-09-18 |
This issue is the seventh official release. |
06 |
2014-03-03 |
Added the restriction on the number of drives supported by the LSI SAS2308. |
05 |
2013-06-30 |
Added the introduction to and configuration of SoftRAID. |
04 |
2013-04-19 |
Added sections "Identifying RAID Controller Card Models" and "Expanding RAID Array Capacity", and corrected some format errors. Updated the supported RAID controller card types. |
03 |
2012-08-30 |
Added drive parameters for each RAID controller card. |
02 |
2012-06-15 |
Added the appendix. |
01 |
2012-04-20 |
This issue is the first official release. |