About This Document
Purpose
This document describes the appearances and features of the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controller cards, how to configure properties for the RAID controller cards, and how to install drivers. The RAID controller cards include the LSI SAS2208, LSI SAS2308, LSI SAS3008, LSI SAS3108, LSI SoftRAID, PM8060, and PM8068.
The server does not have an authentication system for the RAID controller card during startup. You can enable the EFI or UEFI mode on the Boot screen to use the BIOS authentication mechanism.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for:
- Enterprise administrators
- Enterprise end users
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
The symbols that may be found in this document are defined as follows.
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Indicates a hazard with a high level of risk which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury. |
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Indicates a hazard with a medium level of risk which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury. |
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Indicates a hazard with a low level of risk which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury. |
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Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in equipment damage, data loss, performance deterioration, or unanticipated results. NOTICE is used to address practices not related to personal injury. |
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Supplements the important information in the main text. NOTE is used to address information not related to personal injury, equipment damage, and environment deterioration. |
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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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 |
ModifiedRAID 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 "Hard 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 |
Modified this document. |
21 |
2018-05-23 |
Added operations for restoring hard drives to the Frn-bad state for the LSI SAS3108. |
20 |
2018-04-20 |
Deleted the chapter "Environmental Specifications". |
19 |
2018-01-25 |
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18 |
2018-01-10 |
Added the meaning of suffixes in RAID controller card names. |
17 |
2017-12-22 |
Added MegaRAID Storage Manager description for the LSI SAS2208 and LSI SAS3108. |
16 |
2017-10-16 |
Added RAID controller card features. |
15 |
2017-08-01 |
Optimized the document structure. |
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 |
Changed the commands of the LSI SAS3108. |
11 |
2016-01-30 |
This issue is the eleventh official release. |
10 |
2015-10-28 |
Added the PM8060 and PM8068. |
09 |
2015-09-15 |
Deleted the JBOD information about LSI SAS3108. |
08 |
2014-12-23 |
Added the note about authentication mechanism. |
07 |
2014-09-18 |
Optimized the document structure. |
06 |
2014-03-03 |
This issue is the sixth official release. |
05 |
2013-06-30 |
This issue is the fifth official release. |
04 |
2013-04-19 |
Added the limited number of hard drives can be configured with RAID properties for LSI SAS2308 controller card. |
03 |
2012-08-30 |
Added the overview and configuration about SoftRAID. |
02 |
2012-06-15 |
Added the appendix. |
01 |
2012-04-20 |
This issue is the first official release. |
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