Enabling The Scsi Hostraid Feature; Using The Scsi Hostraid Feature - IBM xSeries 236 User Manual

Support CD. If this CD did not come with your server, you can download the IBM
ServeRAID-7e (Adaptec HostRAID) Support CD from the IBM Web site at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.

Enabling the SCSI HostRAID feature

Complete the following steps to enable the SCSI HostRAID feature:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the prompt Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect Utility appears, press
3. Use the arrow keys to select the channel for which you want to change settings
4. Select Configure/View SCSI Controller Setting; then, select HostRAID.
5. Select Enabled.
6. Press Esc; then, select Yes to save the changes.

Using the SCSI HostRAID feature

The instructions in this section describe how to access the SCSI HostRAID feature
from the SCSISelect Utility program and perform an initial RAID level-1
configuration. If you install a different type of RAID adapter in the server, use the
configuration method described in the instructions that come with that adapter to
view or change SCSI settings for attached devices.
See the documentation on the ServeRAID-7e (Adaptec HostRAID) Support CD for
additional information about how to use the SCSI HostRAID feature.
Configuring the controller
Complete the following steps to use the SCSI HostRAID feature to configure a
RAID level-1 array:
Note: You must at least two hard disk drives installed in the server to configure a
RAID level-1 array.
1. From the SCSISelect Utility main menu, select Configure/View HostRAID
2. From the list of ready drives, type C to create an array.
3. Select RAID-1 when asked to select the RAID type.
4. From the list of ready drives, select the two drives that you want to group into
5. Select Create new RAID-1.
6. Type an identifier for the array.
7. Select Yes to create the array.
8. Press Esc to exit the utility.
9. Restart the server.
Viewing the configuration
You can use the SCSISelect Utility program to view information about the SCSI
controller. From the list of available arrays, select an array and press Enter. Press
Esc to exit the utility.
Ctrl+A. If you have set an administrator password, you are prompted to type the
password.
and press Enter.
Settings.
the array.
Chapter 2. Configuring the server
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