Lsi Megaraid Card Beep Codes; Restoring Raid Configuration After Replacing A Raid Controller - Cisco UCS C210 Installation And Service Manual

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Cisco has also developed the Cisco Server Configuration Utility for C-Series servers, which can assist
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you in setting up some RAID configurations for your drives. This utility is shipped with new servers on
CD. You can also download the ISO from Cisco.com. See the user documentation for this utility at the
following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/ucsscu/user/guide/20/SCUUG20.html

LSI MegaRAID Card Beep Codes

Table C-2
activity and changes from the optimal state of your RAID array. For full documentation on the LSI
MegaRAID cards and the LSI utilities, refer to the LSI documentation for your card.
Table C-2 Summary of LSI MegaRAID Card Beep Codes
Beep Code
3 seconds on, 1 second off
1 second on, 1 second off
1 second on, 3 seconds off

Restoring RAID Configuration After Replacing a RAID Controller

When you replace a RAID controller, the RAID configuration that is stored in the controller is lost. Use
the following procedure to restore your RAID configuration to your new RAID controller.
Step 1 Replace your RAID controller. See
Step 2 If this was a full chassis swap, replace all drives into the drive bays, in the same order that they were
installed in the old chassis.
Step 3 If Quiet Boot is enabled, disable it in the system BIOS. See
Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1), page
Reboot the server and watch for the prompt to press F.
Step 4
Press F when you see the following on-screen prompt:
Step 5
Foreign configuration(s) found on adapter.
Press any key to continue or 'C' load the configuration utility,
or 'F' to import foreign configuration(s) and continue.
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The prompt for the mezzanine-style controller cards is Ctrl-C.
The prompt for the onboard Intel ICH10R controller utility is Ctrl-M.
contains a summary of the LSI MegaRAID card beep codes. These beep codes indicate
LSI Firmware State
SPEAKER_OFFLINE_ENTRY
SPEAKER_DEGRADED_ENTRY
SPEAKER_HOTSPARE_ENTRY
Cause (Depending on RAID Level)
RAID 0: One or more drives offline.
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RAID 1: Two drives offline.
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RAID 5: Two or more drives offline.
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RAID 6: More than two drives offline.
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• RAID 1: A mirrored drive failed.
• RAID 5: One drive failed.
• RAID 6: One or two drives failed.
A hot spare drive has completed the rebuild process
and has been brought into the array.
Replacing a PCIe Card (Mass Storage Controllers), page
How to Disable Quiet Boot for CIMC
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