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http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/. For the blade server, you must configure the
RAID by using the LSI Configuration Utility program.
If an optional RAID expansion card is installed, you can use it to control all of the storage drives that are
installed in the blade server. See the documentation that comes with the expansion card for information on
how to configure the RAID array.
Important: You must create the RAID array before you install the operating system on the blade server.
You can use the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program to configure the storage drives and the SAS
controller. To start the LSI Logic Configuration Utility, see "Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program"
on page 61.
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program
Use these instructions to start the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program.
You can use the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program to perform the following tasks:
• Set the SAS device scan order
• Set the SAS ID for the controller
• Manage the SAS RAID configuration
To start the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program, complete the following steps:
Note: The LSI controller on your blade server is a UEFI compatible device and can also be configured
through the Setup utility for your blade server (see "Configuring UEFI compatible devices" on page 59).
Step 1.
Turn on the blade server, and make sure that the blade server is the owner of the keyboard, video,
and mouse.
When the <<<Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility>>> prompt is displayed, press
Step 2.
Ctrl+C.
Step 3.
Use the arrow keys to select the controller from the list of adapters; then, press Enter.
Step 4.
Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected items; then, press Enter.
If you select SAS Topology or Advanced Adapter Properties, additional screens are displayed.
Using LAN over USB to interface the IMM
The IMM does not require IPMI device drivers or USB daemons for in-band IMM communication. Instead, a
LAN over USB interface enables in-band communications to the IMM; the IMM hardware on the system
board presents an internal Ethernet NIC from the IMM to the operating system. LAN over USB is also called
the "USB in-band interface" in the IMM Web interface.
Typically, the IMM IP address for the LAN over USB interface is set to a static address of 169.254.95.118
with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. In the event of an IP address collision on the network, the IMM might
obtain a different IP address in the 169.254.xxx.xxx range.
Because the IMM might obtain a different IP address for the LAN over USB interface, the IBM Advanced
Settings Utility (ASU) and firmware flash utilities, DSA, and the IBM Director Agent use the Service Location
Protocol (SLP) to discover the IMM IP address. These tools perform an SLP multicast discovery on the LAN
over USB interface. When they receive a response from the IMM, they obtain the attributes that contain the
IP address the IMM is using for the LAN over USB interface.
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