Raid Storage Guidelines; Adding Raid Arrays - Check Point Smart-1 150 Installtion Manual

RAID Storage Guidelines

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Only install additional hard disk drives in multiples of four. The appliance only supports a
configuration with 4, 8 or 12 hard disk drives.
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For each group of 4 hard disk drives, the RAID controller creates a separate RAID 10 array.
The initial setup is 4 hard drives configured in one RAID 10 array.
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A Smart-1 150 appliance that uses 8 hard disk drives uses two RAID 10 arrays.
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A Smart-1 150 appliance that uses 12 hard disk drives uses three RAID 10 arrays.
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Additional storage is always added to the /dev/vg_splat/lv_log logical volume.

Adding RAID Arrays

Install four or eight more hard disk drives and configure the RAID arrays on the appliance.
To add a new RAID array:
1. Shut down the appliance and disconnect the power cords.
2. Install the new hard disk drives:
a) Slide the replacement hard disk drive into the slot.
b) Push the extraction handle to close it.
The hard disk drive clicks into place.
c) Do these steps again for all the hard disk drives.
3. Connect the power cords and turn on the appliance.
4. Log in to the appliance and run raidconfig status
5. Make sure that the appliance recognizes the additional hard disk drives.
6. Stop all Check Point processes, run cpstop or mdsstop
7. Stop all other processes that use /var/log.
Run lsof /var/log to show a list of these processes.
8. Run raidconfig extendstorage
The new hard disk drives are configured as a new RAID array.
9. If there is an error and the new RAID array is not configured:
a) Run /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli –CfgForeign -Clear -a0
b) Do steps 5 - 8 again.
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