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Storage Controller User Guide
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  • Page 1 H3C Servers Storage Controller User Guide New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. http://www.h3c.com Document version: 6W107-20220725...
  • Page 2 The information in this document is subject to change without notice. All contents in this document, including statements, information, and recommendations, are believed to be accurate, but they are presented without warranty of any kind, express or implied. H3C shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
  • Page 3 Preface This preface includes the following topics about the documentation: • Audience. • Conventions. • Documentation feedback. Audience This documentation is intended for: • Network planners. • Field technical support and servicing engineers. • Server administrators working with the R6900 G3 Server. Conventions The following information describes the conventions used in the documentation.
  • Page 4 Symbols Convention Description An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed WARNING! can result in personal injury. An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed CAUTION: can result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware or software. An alert that calls attention to essential information.

  • Page 5: Documentation Feedback

    Documentation feedback You can e-mail your comments about product documentation to info@h3c.com. We appreciate your comments.
  • Page 6 The information in this document might differ from your product if it contains custom configuration options or features. The following information is subject to change over time. For the most up-to-date information, contact H3C Support. The software screenshots used in this document are for illustration only and might differ from your products or versions.

  • Page 7: Technical Specifications

    H3C UIS B780 G3.  For information about storage controller and server compatibility, contact Technical Support. Technical specifications For technical specifications of storage controllers, see H3C Servers Storage Controllers Technical Specifications. Operating systems For operating systems supported by storage controllers, contact Technical Support.
  • Page 8 RAID Whether Application scenarios Reference configuration services are method affected Applicable to the following scenarios • Use ARCCONF Command Line Utility to configure RAID with a PMC storage controller. • Use StorCLI to configure RAID Use command lines with an LSI storage controller. or a third-party tool to Tool user guide from •...

  • Page 9: Hot Spare Drives

    Storage controller features The available features vary by storage controller model. For more information, see H3C Servers Storage Controllers Technical Specifications. Hot spare drives About hot spare drives You can configure hot spare drives to improve data security. One or multiple independent drives in the drive system can function as hot spare drives.

  • Page 10: Raid Rebuild

    drive, states of the spare and new drives vary by the support of the storage controller for data copyback: If the storage controller supports copying data on the pooled spare drive back to the new  drive, the new drive becomes a RAID member drive and the pooled spare drive is placed in standby status.
  • Page 11 RAID level migration About RAID level migration RAID level migration is to change the level of a RAID array to reconfigure RAID without compromising data integrity. Applicable scenarios You can perform RAID level migration when the current RAID level cannot meet service requirements.
  • Page 12 • Read policy—Monitoring data reads, the storage controller reads sequential data that will be requested in advance and stores the data in the cache. When the sequential data is requested, the controller directly reads the data stored in the cache. This mechanism speeds up reads for sequential data.
  • Page 13 Drive initialization and uninitialization About drive initialization and uninitialization Before RAID and hot spare drive configuration, some P430 storage controllers require drive initialization for drives in RAW status. During initialization, the storage controller draws an area to save RAID configuration. During uninitialization, the storage controller clears all RAID configuration and places the drives in RAW status.
  • Page 14 Applicable scenarios To manually locate the drives, you can use this feature. Logical drive initialization About logical drive initialization You must initialize logical drives after you configure a RAID array. After logical drives are initialized, they can be used by the operating system and the member drives in the redundant RAID array can meet the requirement of the RAID level.

  • Page 15: Online Firmware Upgrade

    The drive erasing operation might take a few hours and cannot be aborted deliberately. If this operation is aborted due to server powering off or reboot, drives might get damaged or become unusable. NOTE: For some storage controller, this feature is available only when the storage controller operates in RAID mode.
  • Page 16 The storage controller allows you to hot swap drives. You can remove or replace failed drives without shutting down the server system or powering off the server. This feature improves disaster recovery capability and capacity scalability of the server. Applicable scenarios You can use this feature to replace drives without powering off the server.
  • Page 17 OS. If the issue persists, contact Technical Support. RAID levels The supported RAID levels vary by storage controller model. For more information about the supported RAID levels of each storage controller, see H3C Servers Storage Controllers Technical Specifications. Table 1 shows the minimum number of drives required by each RAID level and the maximum number of failed drives supported by each RAID level.
  • Page 18 RAID level Min. drives required Max. failed drives RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Restrictions and guidelines for RAID configuration • As a best practice, install drives that do not contain RAID information. • To avoid degraded RAID performance or RAID creation failures, make sure all drives in the RAID are the same type (HDDs or SSDs) and have the same connector type (SAS or SATA).
  • Page 19 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen On the screen as shown in Figure 2, select Platform Configuration > PCH Configuration, and press Enter. For G5 servers, the Platform Configuration options are in the Advanced menu. Figure 2 Platform Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select PCH SATA Configuration or PCH sSATA Configuration, which corresponds to the two configuration entries of the embedded RSTe...
  • Page 20 Figure 3 PCH Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 4, select Configure SATA As, press Enter, and select an operating mode. For more information about setting the operating mode for an embedded RSTe RAID controller, see "Features." Figure 4 Modifying the storage controller operating mode After the configuration is complete, press F4.
  • Page 21 Accessing the RSTe configuration screen Access the BIOS setup screen. On the screen as shown in Figure 5, select Advanced > Intel(R) VROC SATA Controller or Intel(R) VROC sSATA Controller, and press Enter. NOTE: For the Intel(R) VROC SATA Controller or Intel(R) VROC sSATA Controller option to appear on the screen shown in Figure 5, make sure the SATA or sSATA controller has been...

  • Page 22: Configuring Raid Arrays

    Figure 6 RSTe configuration screen Configuring RAID arrays On the RSTe configuration screen as shown in Figure 7, select Create RAID Volume, and press Enter. The Create RAID Volume option is available only when the interface corresponding to the SATA or sSATA controller connects to two or more drives. Figure 7 Selecting Create RAID Volume On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 23 Table 2 describes the configuration parameters for creating a RAID volume. Figure 8 Setting RAID parameters Table 2 Configuration parameters Parameter Description Name RAID array name. RAID level, which determines the performance, fault tolerance RAID Level capability, and capacity for the logical drive. Select member drives for the RAID array.
  • Page 24 Figure 9 Viewing the created RAID volume Configuring hot spare drives CAUTION: With hot spare drives configured, if a RAID level is degraded due to drive failures, hot spare drives replace the failed drives automatically. The system starts RAID rebuilding automatically after accessing the OS.

  • Page 25: Deleting Raid Arrays

    Select Mark as Spare, and press Enter. Figure 11 Configuring a spare drive On the following screen that opens, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 12 Confirming the hot spare configuration Deleting RAID arrays On the RSTe configuration screen as shown in Figure 13, select the RAID volume to be deleted under RAID Volumes, and press Enter.

  • Page 26: Locating A Drive

    Figure 13 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted On the screen as shown in Figure 14, select Delete and press Enter to delete the selected RAID volume. Figure 14 RAID volume information screen Locating a drive On the RSTe configuration screen as shown in Figure 15, select the RAID volume to locate, and press Enter.

  • Page 27: Initializing A Logical Drive

    Figure 15 Selecting the RAID volume to delete Select Turn Locate LED On and then press Enter. For information about drive LEDs, see the user guide for the server. Figure 16 Locating a logical drive Initializing a logical drive The embedded RAID controller automatically initializes the RAID after RAID configuration. After initialization, the logical drive can be used by the OS and the member drives can meet the requirement of the RAID level if the RAID is redundant.
  • Page 28 Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode This section describes how to configure RAID through an embedded RSTe RAID controller in legacy mode. For more information about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to legacy, see the BIOS user guide for the server. RAID array configuration tasks at a glance To configure RAID arrays in legacy mode, perform the following tasks: •...
  • Page 29 Figure 18 PCH Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 19, select Configure SATA As, press Enter, and select an operating mode. Figure 19 Modifying the storage controller operating mode Accessing the RSTe configuration screen This section describes how to access the legacy BIOS configuration screen. To enter the RSTe configuration screen, make sure a minimum of one embedded RSTe RAID controller is configured to operate in RAID mode and each controller connects to a minimum of two drives.
  • Page 30 Power on or reboot the server. When the screen is as shown in Figure 20 during server POST, press Ctrl+I. Figure 20 BIOS boot screen NOTE: If both sSATA and SATA controllers are configured to operate in RAID mode, the prompt Press <CTRL-I>...
  • Page 31 Section Description • Create RAID arrays. • Delete RAID arrays. • Reset drives to non-RAID. • Mark drives as spare. • Exit. In the DRIVE/VOLUME INFORMATION section on the lower part DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION of the page, you can view brief information about existing RAID arrays and physical drives.
  • Page 32 Figure 23 Creating a RAID volume Table 4 Configuration parameters Configuration Description Name RAID array name. RAID level, which determines the performance, fault tolerance capability, and RAID Level capacity for the logical drive. Select member drives for the RAID array. To select a drive, select Disks, Disks press Enter, navigate to the drive, and then press the space bar.
  • Page 33 Configuring hot spare drives CAUTION: With hot spare drives configured, if a RAID level is degraded due to drive failures, hot spare drives replace the failed drives automatically. The system starts RAID rebuilding automatically after accessing the OS. On the RSTe configuration screen, select Mark Disks as Spare, and press Enter. Figure 25 RSTe configuration screen Select a drive for hot spare, press SPACE, and then press Enter.
  • Page 34 Figure 27 Viewing hot spare information Deleting RAID arrays On the RSTe configuration screen as shown in Figure 28, select Delete RAID Volume, and press Enter. Figure 28 RSTe configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 29, select the RAID volume to be deleted, and press Delete.
  • Page 35 Figure 29 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted...
  • Page 36 0, 1, 5, 10 Premium Edition RAID levels The supported RAID levels vary by NVMe VROC module model. For more information, see H3C Servers Storage Controllers Technical Specifications. Table 2 shows the minimum number of drives required by each RAID level and the maximum number of failed drives supported by each RAID level.
  • Page 37 Table 2 RAID levels and the numbers of drives for each RAID level RAID level Min. drives required Max. failed drives RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Restrictions and guidelines for RAID configuration • As a best practice, install drives that do not contain RAID information. •...
  • Page 38 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen On the screen as shown in Figure 2, select Socket Configuration > IIO Configuration, and press Enter. For G5 servers, the Socket Configuration options are in the Advanced menu. Figure 2 Socket Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select Intel®...
  • Page 39 Figure 3 IIO Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 4, select Intel® VMD for Volume Management Device on Processor 1, and then press Enter. This section takes processor 1 as an example. Figure 4 Intel® VMD technology screen (For G3 servers only.) On the screen as shown in Figure 5, set each Intel®...
  • Page 40 Figure 5 Setting VMD status Table 3 Configuration parameters Parameter Description Default This item is available only in UEFI boot mode. Select whether to enable Intel® VMD for the volume management device in PStackX. Options: Intel® VMD for • Disabled—Disables Intel® VMD for the volume management Volume device for PStackX.
  • Page 41 Figure 6 Setting VMD status Table 4 Configuration parameters Parameter Description Default VMD Config for Specifies the VMD configuration field for the PCH or IOU n. PCH (IOU n) Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable VMD for the PCH or IOU.
  • Page 42 NOTE: For the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU option to appear on the screen shown in Figure 7, make sure the VMD controllers have been enabled. For how to enable VMD controllers, see "Configuring VMD settings." Figure 7 Advanced screen On the screen as shown in Figure 8, select All Intel VMD Controllers, and then press Enter.
  • Page 43 Figure 9 All Intel VMD Controllers screen Configuring RAID arrays On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 10, select Create RAID Volume, and press Enter. The Create RAID Volume option is available only when the NVMe VROC module identifies that a minimum of two non-RAID NVMe drives are present.
  • Page 44 Figure 11 Setting RAID parameters Table 5 Configuration parameters Parameter Description Name RAID array name. RAID level, which determines the performance, fault tolerance RAID Level capability, and capacity for the logical drive. Press the space bar to configure this item. To build a RAID volume Enable RAID spanned over over physical drives controlled by different VMD controllers, select this VMD Controllers...
  • Page 45 Figure 12 Viewing the created RAID volume Configuring hot spare drives On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 13, select the drive to be configured as a spare drive, and press Enter. Figure 13 Selecting the drive to be configured as a spare drive On the screen as shown in Figure 14, select Mark as Spare, and press Enter.
  • Page 46 Figure 14 Spare drive configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select Yes, and press Enter. Figure 15 Confirming the spare drive configuration Deleting RAID arrays On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 16, select the RAID volume to delete under RAID Volumes, and press Enter.
  • Page 47 Figure 16 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted On the screen as shown in Figure 17, select Delete and press Enter. Figure 17 RAID volume information screen On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select Yes, and press Enter.
  • Page 48 Figure 18 Confirming the spare drive deletion Locating an NVMe drive On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 16, select the RAID volume to be located under RAID Volumes, and press Enter. Figure 19 Selecting the NVMe drive to be located On the screen as shown in Figure 20, select Turn Locate LED On and press Enter.
  • Page 49 Figure 20 Locating the NVMe drive Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode NVMe VROC in legacy mode does not support RAID configuration. Configuring RAID arrays in Linux RAID array configuration tasks at a glance To configure RAID arrays in Linux, perform the following tasks: •...
  • Page 50 If the screen does not display the Platform and Version fields, it indicates VMD has not  been enabled. You can set the VMD statues to Auto or Enabled. For information about how to enable VMD for RAID configuration, see "Configuring VMD settings."...
  • Page 51 Figure 23 Creating a container Table 6 Configuration parameters Parameter Description /dev/md/imsm0 Container name. /dev/nvme[1-4]n1 NVMe drives to be used for creating the container. Number of NVMe drives. Specify the keyword to enable support of the Intel®Matrix Storage Manager -e imsm (IMSM) metadata format.
  • Page 52 Figure 25 Viewing RAID information Configuring hot spare drives Use one of the following methods to configure hot spare drives: • Configuring hot spare drives while creating a RAID array. • Configuring hot spare drives after RAID array creation. Configuring hot spare drives while creating a RAID array Verify that VMD is enabled.
  • Page 53 Figure 28 Configuring hot spare drives Deleting RAID arrays Execute the command to stop the RAID array, as shown in Figure mdadm –S /dev/md1 Execute the command to stop the container, as shown in Figure mdadm –S /dev/md0 Execute the command to remove mdadm ––zero-superblock /dev/nvme[1-4]n1 RAID information on NVMe drives, as shown in...
  • Page 54 Verifying VMD status Access the CLI of the server. Access Device Manager to examine VMD status: If the screen displays the information in the Storage controllers section as shown in  Figure 30, it indicates that VMD has been enabled, and the server supports configuring RAID arrays.
  • Page 55 Figure 31 Intel VROC 6.0 PV GUI On the page that opens, select a controller and a RAID level, and then click Next, as shown in Figure Figure 32 Selecting a controller and a RAID level Edit the RAID array name, select NVMe drives, and select whether to enable VMD controller spanning or drive initiation (optional) as needed, as shown in Figure 33.
  • Page 56 Figure 33 Editing RAID settings Click the Create Volume button, as shown in Figure Figure 34 Confirming RAID creation Click OK to complete the RAID creation.
  • Page 57 Figure 35 Completing RAID creation The screen as shown in Figure 36 opens. After the RAID volume is created, the RAID volume is displayed in the Volumes section. To view details about a RAID volume, click the RAID volume. The right pane displays the details about a RAID volume, including RAID level, strip size, RAID status, and number of NVMe drives.
  • Page 58 Figure 37 Configuring hot spare drives In the dialog box that opens, click Yes. Figure 38 Confirming the configuration Select the NVMe drive and verify that the drive has been configured as a hot spare drive successfully in the Disk Properties section, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 59 Figure 39 Verifying the configuration Deleting RAID arrays Open Intel VROC 6.0 PV GUI. Select the RAID array to be deleted, and then click Delete volume, as shown in Figure Figure 40 Deleting a RAID array In the dialog box that opens, click Yes, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 60 Figure 41 Confirming the deletion Verifying that the RAID array has been deleted by viewing the Volumes list, as shown in Figure Figure 42 Verifying the deletion...

  • Page 61: Storage Controllers

    To resolve the issue, you can re-install the operating system. If the issue persists, contact Technical Support. RAID levels The supported RAID levels vary by storage controller model. For more information about the supported RAID levels of each storage controller, see H3C Servers Storage Controllers Technical Specifications.
  • Page 62 Table 1 shows the minimum number of drives required by each RAID level and the maximum number of failed drives supported by each RAID level. For more information about RAID levels, see "Appendix B RAID arrays and fault tolerance." Table 1 RAID levels and the numbers of drives for each RAID level RAID level Min.
  • Page 63 Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a storage controller in UEFI mode. For more information about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to UEFI, see the BIOS user guide for the server.
  • Page 64 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen On the screen as shown in Figure 2, select Advanced > PMC maxView Storage Manager, and press Enter. Figure 2 Advanced screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select Scan For Controllers, and press Enter.
  • Page 65 Figure 3 Selecting Scan For Controllers On the screen as shown in Figure 4, select Controller #0 PM8060-RAID, and press Enter. Figure 4 Selecting Controller #0 PM8060-RAID The storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 5 opens. This screen contains tasks as described in Table...
  • Page 66 Figure 5 Storage controller configuration screen Table 2 Storage controller configuration tasks Option Description Select Logical Device Configuration to perform the following tasks: • Manage RAID arrays. • Create RAID arrays. Logical Device Configuration • Initialize drives. • Erase drives. •...
  • Page 67 Figure 6 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select Controller Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 7 Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 8, select Controller Mode, and press Enter.
  • Page 68 Figure 8 Controller Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 9, select a storage controller operating mode, and press Enter. Table 3 describes the storage controller operating modes. Figure 9 Selecting a storage controller operating mode Table 3 Storage controller operating modes Operating mode Description All RAID functions can be used.
  • Page 69 Operating mode Description system. RAID functions are disabled. Raw physical drives are exposed to the system. Before setting this mode, you must delete all RAID arrays and hot spare drives, and perform the Uninitializing drives operation for all drives. In this mode, raw physical drives with system partitions are exposed to the system, and physical drives without system partitions are configured as Auto Volume simple volumes.

  • Page 70: Initializing Drives

    Figure 11 Logical Device Configuration screen Initializing drives Initializing a drive is to divide a small partition from the drive for saving the RAID information. A raw drive must be initialized before it can be used for creating a RAID array or configured as a hot spare drive.
  • Page 71 Figure 13 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 14, select the drives to be initialized. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select SUBMIT and press Enter. Figure 14 Selecting drives If the system prompts that the initiation will erase all array information from the selected drives and affect RAID arrays using these selected drives, perform one of the following tasks: To verify if the drives are correctly selected, press ESC to go back to the previous step.

  • Page 72: Configuring Raid Arrays

    Figure 15 Drive initiation risk warning screen Configuring RAID arrays On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 16, select Logical Device Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 16 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 17, select Create Array, and press Enter.
  • Page 73 Figure 17 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 18, select the drives to be configured as a RAID array. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select PROCEED and press Enter. A raw drive cannot be selected.
  • Page 74 Figure 19 Selecting a RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 20, set the Array Label, Stripe Size, Array Size, Array Size Selection, Read Cache, Write Cache, and Create RAID via parameters, select SUBMIT, and press Enter to create the array. Table 4 describes the configuration parameters.
  • Page 75 Parameter Description Array Size Selection RAID array capacity. Read Cache Read cache policy status. Options are Enabled and Disabled. Write cache policy status: • Enable Always—Always enables the write cache. Without a supercapacitor installed, this status might cause data loss if power supply fails.
  • Page 76 Figure 22 Manage Arrays screen On the RAID management screen that opens, select Array Properties, and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including the RAID array name, RAID level, and member drives), as shown in Figure Figure 23 RAID array information screen Configuring hot spare drives After configuring a RAID array, you can configure hot spare drives for the RAID array to improve the...
  • Page 77 Configuring global hot spare drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 24, select Logical Device Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 24 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 25, select Global Hotspares, and press Enter. Figure 25 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 78 Figure 26 Global Hotspares configuration screen NOTE: To delete a host spare drive, select Delete Spares on the screen as shown in Figure On the screen as shown in Figure 27, select the drives to be configured as global hot spare drives.
  • Page 79 Configuring dedicated hot spare drives On the storage controller configuration screen, select Logical Device Configuration > Manage Arrays, and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 28, select the RAID array for which you want to configure dedicated hot spare drives, and press Enter. Figure 28 Selecting a RAID array On the screen as shown in Figure...

  • Page 80: Deleting Raid Arrays

    Figure 30 Failover Assignments On the screen as shown in Figure 31, select the drives to be configured as dedicated hot spare drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select ADD, and press Enter to configure the dedicated hot spare drives. Figure 31 Selecting drives Deleting RAID arrays On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in...
  • Page 81 Figure 32 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 33, select Manage Arrays, and press Enter. Figure 33 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 34, select the RAID array to be deleted, and press Enter.
  • Page 82 Figure 34 Selecting the RAID array to be deleted On the screen as shown in Figure 35, select Delete Array, and press Enter. Figure 35 Selecting Delete Array On the screen as shown in Figure 36, select PROCEED or SUBMIT, and press Enter to delete the selected RAID array.
  • Page 83 Figure 36 Deleting a RAID array Uninitializing drives Perform this task to clear data, Adaptec metadata, and reserved space on drives, and remove the system partitions. After a drive in Ready state is uninitialized, it returns to the raw state. To uninitialize drives: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 84 Figure 38 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 39, select the drives to be uninitialized. ([Enabled] following a drive means the drive has been selected.) Then, select SUBMIT, and press Enter to uninitialize the drives. Figure 39 Selecting drives Locating drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in...
  • Page 85 Figure 40 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 41, select the drive to be operated, and press Enter. Figure 41 Selecting a drive On the screen as shown in Figure 42, select an operation (Identify Drive in this example), and press Enter.
  • Page 86 Figure 42 Drive information display/operation screen Table 5 Operation options Option Description Verify Disk Media Verify the media of the drive. Locate the drive. With this operation performed for a drive, the Identify Drive Fault/UID LED on the drive backplane turns steady blue. Write Cache Set the write cache for the drive.
  • Page 87 Erasing drives WARNING! • To avoid data loss, do not enter the operating system and read or write the drives during the drive erasing process. • To avoid drive failure, do not perform any other operations during the drive erasing process. To erase drives: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 88 Figure 45 Selecting Secure Erase Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 46, select the drives to be erased. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select SUBMIT, and press Enter. Figure 46 Selecting the drives to be erased On the screen as shown in Figure 47, select PROCEED or SUBMIT, and press Enter to erase...
  • Page 89 Figure 47 Erasing drives Restoring the default configuration for a storage controller On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 48, select Controller Settings, and press Enter. Figure 48 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 49, select Controller Configuration, and press Enter.
  • Page 90 Figure 49 Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 50, you can view the basic configuration of the storage controller. Select RESET, and press Enter. IMPORTANT: The backplane mode sets the LED lighting policy. After the storage controller configuration is restored to the default, the LED lighting policy becomes IBPI, which causes the LED to operate abnormally.
  • Page 91 Figure 51 Restoring the storage controller configuration to the default Upgrading the storage controller firmware online On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 52, select Administration, and press Enter. Figure 52 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 53, select FW update from Media, and press Enter.
  • Page 92 Figure 53 Administration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 54, select the device where the update file resides (fs1 in this example), and press Enter. Figure 54 Selecting the device where the update file resides On the screen as shown in Figure 55, select the .ufi file and press Enter.
  • Page 93 Figure 55 Selecting the update file On the screen as shown in Figure 56, select Update Flash, and press Enter to start the update process. Wait until the update process is complete. Figure 56 Selecting Update Flash After the update is complete, press F4. On the dialog box that opens, select Yes to reboot the device and make the update take effect.
  • Page 94 To enable RAID rebuilding: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 57, select Controller Settings, and press Enter. Figure 57 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 58, select Controller Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 58 Controller Settings screen...
  • Page 95 On the screen as shown in Figure 59, set Automatic Failover to Enabled. Figure 59 Controller Configuration screen Select SUBMIT and then press Enter. Migrating RAID levels You can perform RAID level migration for the RAID-P430-M1 and RAID-P430-M2 storage controllers only by using ARCCONF commands. For more information, contact Technical Support. Expanding RAID capacity You can perform RAID capacity expansion for the RAID-P430-M1 and RAID-P430-M2 storage controllers only by using ARCCONF commands.
  • Page 96 • Initializing drives • Configuring RAID arrays • (Optional.) Configuring boot options • (Optional.) Deleting RAID arrays • (Optional.) Uninitializing drives • (Optional.) Erasing drives • (Optional.) Locating drives • (Optional.) Modifying storage controller settings Accessing the PMC RAID management screen During server POST, press Ctrl+A when the screen as shown in Figure 60 opens.
  • Page 97 Figure 61 Loading screen The PMC RAID management screen as shown in Figure 62 opens. Table 6 describes the configuration options. For how to navigate screens and modify settings, see the operation instructions at the bottom. Figure 62 PMC RAID management screen Table 6 Configuration tasks Option Description...
  • Page 98 Option Description Select Controller Settings to perform the following tasks: • Controller Settings Modify the storage controller operating mode. • Restore the default configuration for a storage controller. Select Disk Utilities to perform the following tasks: • Disk Utilities Format drives. •...
  • Page 99 On the screen as shown in Figure 65, select Controller Mode, and press Enter. Figure 65 Controller Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 66, select a storage controller operating mode (Table 7 describes the storage controller operating modes), and press Enter. Figure 66 Selecting a storage controller operating mode Table 7 Storage controller operating modes Operating mode...
  • Page 100 Operating mode Description system. Before setting this mode, you must delete all RAID arrays and hot spare drives, and perform the Uninitializing drives operation for all drives. In this mode, raw physical drives with system partitions are exposed to the system, and physical drives without system partitions are Auto Volume configured as simple volumes.
  • Page 101 Figure 68 Logical Device Configuration screen Initializing drives Initializing a drive is to divide a small partition in the drive for saving the RAID information. A raw drive must be initialized before it is used for creating a RAID array or configured as a hot spare drive.
  • Page 102 Figure 70 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 71, navigate to the drive that you want to initialize, and press Insert to select the drive. Repeat this step to select more drives. Then, press Enter. Figure 71 Selecting and initializing drives Configuring RAID arrays On the PMC RAID management screen as shown in...
  • Page 103 Figure 72 PMC RAID management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 73, select Create Array, and press Enter. Figure 73 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 74, navigate to the drive to be configured for a RAID array, and press Insert to select the drive.
  • Page 104 Figure 74 Selecting drives On the screen as shown in Figure 75, set the Array Type, Array Label, Array Size, Stripe Size, Read Caching, Write Caching, and Create RAID via parameters, select Done, and press Enter. Table 8 describes the parameters. Figure 75 Setting RAID parameters Table 8 Configuration parameters Parameter...
  • Page 105 Parameter Description Array Size RAID array capacity. Stripe Size Strip size, which determines the data block size of a stripe on each drive. Read Caching Read cache. Write Caching Write cache. Create RAID via Select a method for initializing the RAID array. After the RAID array is created, select Manage Arrays, and press Enter on the screen as shown in Figure...

  • Page 106: Configuring Boot Options

    Figure 77 Viewing RAID array information Configuring boot options This section describes how to configure boot options. You can configure a logical drive or physical drive as the first boot option. Configuring a logical drive as the first boot option Only a logical drive in Optimal state can be configured as the first boot option.
  • Page 107 Figure 79 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 80, select a RAID array, and press Ctrl+B to configure it as the first boot option. Figure 80 Selecting the RAID array to be configured as the first boot option Configuring a physical drive as the first boot option Only a raw physical drive can be configured as the first boot option.
  • Page 108 On the PMC RAID management screen, select Logical Device Configuration, and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 81, select Select Boot Device, and press Enter. Figure 81 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 82, navigate to the drive to be used as the boot device, press Insert to select the drive, and press Enter.
  • Page 109 Figure 83 PMC RAID management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 84, select Manage Arrays, and press Enter. Figure 84 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 85, select the RAID array to be deleted, and press Delete to delete it.
  • Page 110 Figure 85 Deleting a RAID array Uninitializing drives IMPORTANT: When the storage controller operating mode is HBA, you cannot uninitialize drives. To uninitialize these drives, you must first set the storage controller operating mode to RAID: hide RAW, RAID: expose RAW, Auto Volume, or Simple Volume. Perform this task to clear data, Adaptec metadata, and reserved space on drives, and remove the system partitions.
  • Page 111 Figure 86 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 87, navigate to the drive that you want to uninitialize, and press Insert to select the drive. Repeat this step to select more drives. Then, press Enter to uninitialize the selected drives.
  • Page 112 On the PMC RAID management screen as shown in Figure 88, select Logical Device Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 88 PMC RAID management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 89, select Secure Erase Drives, and press Enter. Figure 89 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 90, navigate to the drive that you want to erase, and press...
  • Page 113 Figure 90 Erasing drives Locating drives On the PMC RAID management screen as shown in Figure 91, select Disk Utilities, and press Enter. Figure 91 PMC RAID management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 92, you can view the drive information. Select the drive to be operated, and press Enter.
  • Page 114 Figure 92 Disk Utilities screen On the screen as shown in Figure 93, select Identify Drive and press Enter. The Fault/UID LED on the drive turns steady blue. Figure 93 Operating the drive Modifying storage controller settings Perform this task to view the storage controller configuration information, restore the default configuration for the storage controller, and modify the storage controller settings.
  • Page 115 Figure 94 PMC RAID management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 95, select Controller Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 95 Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 96, you can view or modify the basic configuration information for the storage controller.
  • Page 116 Figure 96 Controller Configuration screen...
  • Page 117 Configuring an HBA-1000-M2-1 storage controller About the HBA-1000-M2-1 storage controller The HBA-1000-M2-1 storage controller supports 6-Gbps and 12-Gbps SAS/SATA data channels. For detailed storage controller information, contact Technical Support. Features Operating modes The storage controller supports the following operating modes: •...
  • Page 118 The storage controller supports the following types of hot spare drives. For more information about hot spare drive types, see "Storage controller features." • Dedicated spare drive. • Auto replace spare drive. Restrictions and guidelines for configuring RAID • As a best practice, configure RAID with drives that do not contain RAID information. •...
  • Page 119 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen On the screen as shown in Figure 2, select Advanced > Adaptec Smart IOC 8i, and press Enter. Figure 2 Selecting Adaptec Smart IOC 8i The storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 3 opens.

  • Page 120: Switching The Operating Mode

    Figure 3 Storage controller configuration screen Switching the operating mode On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 4, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 4 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 5, select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 121 Figure 5 Controller Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 6, change the operating mode for connector (CN0) and connector (CN1), select SUBMIT, and press Enter. If the storage controller connects to a drive backplane, you can set different modes for connector (CN0) and connector (CN1).

  • Page 122: Configuring A Raid Array

    Figure 7 Modify Controller Settings screen Configuring a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 8, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 8 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 9, select Create Array and press Enter.
  • Page 123 Figure 9 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 10, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Proceed to next Form and press Enter. Figure 10 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 11, set the RAID level, select Proceed to next Form, and...
  • Page 124 Figure 11 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 12, set the values for Logical Drive Label, Stripe Size/Full Stripe Size, Sectors Per Track, Size, Unit Size, SSD Over Provisioning Optimization, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Submit Changes and press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 12 Configuring RAID parameters...
  • Page 125 Sectors Per Track Number of sectors per track. Size Capacity of the logical drive. Unit Size Size for the unit. Acceleration Method Logical drive acceleration method. After creating the RAID array, select Array Configuration > Manage Arrays and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select the RAID array you want to view and press Enter.
  • Page 126 Figure 14 Selecting List Logical Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 15 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring hot spare drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 127 Figure 16 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 17, select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 17 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 18, select the target RAID array and press Enter.
  • Page 128 Figure 18 Selecting the target RAID array On the screen as shown in Figure 19, select Manage Spare Drives and press Enter. Figure 19 Selecting Manage Spare Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 20, select Assign Dedicated Spare (for specifying hot spare drives for the specified array) or Assign Auto Replace Spare (for automatically replacing failed drives) and press Enter.

  • Page 129: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 20 Selecting the spare type On the screen as shown in Figure 21, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 21 Selecting the target drive Deleting a RAID array This task allows you to delete a RAID array and the logical drives contained in it. NOTE: Deleting logical drives in the middle of a RAID array might cause discontinuous sectors on the physical drives of this array.
  • Page 130 rate and limit the operations on logical drives performed by using RAID array configuration tools. As a best practice to avoid these problems, delete logical drives from back to front in sequence. If you delete logical drives in the middle, wait for all the logical drives to enter normal state before executing any other operations.
  • Page 131 On the screen as shown in Figure 24, select the target array and press Enter. Figure 24 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 25, select Delete Array and press Enter. Figure 25 Selecting Delete Array Scanning drives and viewing drive information On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 132 Figure 26 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 27, you can see information for all available drives. Figure 27 Drive information Locating drives Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 27 and press Enter.
  • Page 133 Figure 28 Locating drives Viewing basic storage controller information On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 29, select Controller Information and press Enter. Figure 29 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 30, you can see basic information for the storage controller. For more information about the parameter description, see Table...
  • Page 134 Figure 30 Basic storage controller information screen Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description Controller Storage controller model. Hardware Revision Hardware version. Viewing and modifying storage controller settings On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 31, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 135 Figure 31 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 32, select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 32 Controller Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 33, you can view and modify the basic storage controller settings.
  • Page 136 Figure 33 Modify Controller Settings screen Clearing storage controller configuration information On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 34, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 34 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 35, select Clear Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 137 Figure 35 Controller Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 36, select Delete All Arrays Configurations and press Enter. Figure 36 Selecting Delete All Arrays Configurations On the screen as shown in Figure 37, select Submit Changes and press Enter.
  • Page 138 Figure 37 Selecting Submit Changes Upgrading the storage controller firmware online The BIOS supports only online firmware upgrade. To upgrade the SEEPROM, contact Technical Support. To upgrade the storage controller firmware online: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 38, select Administration and press Enter.
  • Page 139 Figure 39 Administration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 40, select Proceed to next Form and press Enter. Figure 40 Selecting Proceed to next Form On the screen as shown in Figure 41, select the target device where the update file is located and press Enter.
  • Page 140 Figure 41 Selecting the target device On the screen as shown in Figure 42, select the update file suffixed with .bin (thor.bin in this example) and press Enter. Figure 42 Selecting the update file On the screen as shown in Figure 43, select PROCEED and press Enter.
  • Page 141 Figure 43 Selecting PROCEED After the update is complete, restart the server for the new firmware to take effect. Erasing drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 44, select Disk Utilities, and press Enter. The system starts to scan all available drives. Figure 44 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 142 Figure 45 Selecting the drive to be erased On the screen as shown in Figure 46, select Erase Disk, and press Enter. Figure 46 Erasing a drive On the screen as shown in Figure 47, press Enter to start erasing. After erasing, the Main menu opens.
  • Page 143 Figure 47 Erasing drives Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a storage controller in legacy mode. For more information about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to legacy, see the BIOS user guide for the server.

  • Page 144: Switching The Operating Mode

    Figure 48 Pressing Ctrl+A The storage controller configuration screen opens as shown in Figure 49. You can view basic RAID status and version information on the storage controller configuration screen. Figure 49 Storage controller configuration screen Switching the operating mode On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 50, select Configure...
  • Page 145 Figure 50 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 51, select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter. Figure 51 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 52, change the operating mode for Connector CN0 and Connector CN1 as needed.

  • Page 146: Configuring A Raid Array

    Figure 52 Configure Controller Port Mode screen Configuring a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 53, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 53 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 54, select Create Array and press Enter.
  • Page 147 Figure 54 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 55, navigate to a drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it. Repeat this step to select more drives, and then press Enter. Figure 55 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 56, set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name,...
  • Page 148 Figure 56 Configuring RAID parameters Table 4 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID level that determines the drive performance, fault tolerance RAID Level capability, and logical drive capacity. Logical Drive Name RAID array name. Stripe Size Data block size for each drive. Size Capacity of the logical drive.
  • Page 149 On the screen as shown in Figure 58, select the RAID array you want to view and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 58 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring hot spare drives In legacy mode, if a hot spare drive is configured for a RAID array, the hot spare drive will not take effect on other RAID arrays.
  • Page 150 Figure 60 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 61, select the target array and press Ctrl+S. Figure 61 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 62, navigate to a drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it.
  • Page 151 Figure 62 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 63, select the spare type, select Done, and then press Enter. Figure 63 Selecting the spare type Configuring the primary boot drives Configuring physical drives as the primary boot drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 64, select Array...
  • Page 152 Figure 64 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 65, select Select Boot Device and press Enter. Figure 65 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 66, navigate to a drive and press Ctrl+P or Ctrl+S to select it.
  • Page 153 Figure 66 Selecting the target drives Configuring a logical drive as the primary boot drive On the storage controller configuration screen, select Array Configuration and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 67, select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 67 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure...

  • Page 154: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 68 Selecting the target RAID array On the screen as shown in Figure 69, press Ctrl+P to configure the RAID array as the primary boot drive. Figure 69 Configuring the primary boot drive Deleting a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 70, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 155 Figure 70 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 71, select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 71 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 72, select the target array, press Enter, and then press Delete to delete the array.
  • Page 156 Figure 72 Deleting the target array Scanning drives and viewing drive information On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 73, select Disk Utilities and press Enter. The storage controller starts scanning all available drives. Figure 73 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 74, you can see information for all available drives.
  • Page 157 Figure 74 Drive information Locating drives Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 74 and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 75, perform one of the following operations: Select Device Information and press Enter to view drive information. ...
  • Page 158 Figure 76 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 77, select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 77 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 78, you can view the storage controller settings.
  • Page 159 Figure 78 Modify Controller Settings screen Press F6 to restore the storage controller settings to the default. NOTE: The settings (such as Transformation Priority and Rebuild Priority) on the screen as shown Figure 78 are configurable, but the default values are typically used.
  • Page 160 Features RAID levels The supported RAID levels vary by storage controller model. For more information about the supported RAID levels of each storage controller, see H3C Servers Storage Controllers Technical Specifications. Table 1 shows the minimum number of drives required by each RAID level and the maximum number of failed drives supported by each RAID level.
  • Page 161 RAID level Min. drives required Max. failed drives n, where n is the number of RAID 1 arrays in the RAID 10 array. NOTE: RAID 10 Storage controllers described in this chapter support a maximum of eight member RAID 1 arrays. RAID 50 n, where n is the number of RAID 5 arrays in the RAID 50 array.
  • Page 162 Accessing the storage controller configuration screen Access the BIOS. Press Delete, Esc, or F2 as prompted during server POST to open the BIOS setup screen as shown in Figure 1. For some devices, the Front Page screen opens, and you must select Device Management before proceeding to the next step. For how to navigate screens and modify settings, see the operation instructions at the lower right corner.
  • Page 163 Figure 2 Advanced screen Select Main Menu as shown in Figure 3, and press Enter. Figure 3 Selecting Main Menu The storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 4 opens. This screen contains five tasks as described in Table...
  • Page 164 Figure 4 Storage controller configuration screen Table 2 Storage controller configuration tasks Option Description Select Configuration Management to perform the following tasks: • Create RAID arrays. • Configuration Management View RAID array properties. • View hot spare drives. • Clear configuration. Select Controller Management to perform the following tasks: •...
  • Page 165 Switching the drive state The storage controller supports the following drive states: • Unconfigured Good—The drive is normal and can be used for RAID array or hot backup configuration. • Unconfigured Bad—The drive is faulty or has RAID array information remaining on it. If the drive is faulty, replace the drive.
  • Page 166 Figure 6 Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Make Unconfigured Bad and press Enter. Figure 7 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 8, select Go and press Enter.

  • Page 167: Configuring A Raid Array

    Figure 8 Selecting Go When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 9 opens. Figure 9 Completing drive state switchover Configuring a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 10, select Configuration Management and press Enter.
  • Page 168 Figure 10 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 11, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 11 Selecting Create Virtual Drive On the screen as shown in Figure 12, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, and then press Enter.
  • Page 169 Figure 12 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source, and then press Enter. Unconfigured Capacity—The capacity source is the unconfigured drives.  Free Capacity—The capacity source is the remaining drive capacity. ...
  • Page 170 Figure 14 Selecting Select Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Apply Changes and press Enter. A drive in JBOD or Unconfigured Bad status cannot be selected. Figure 15 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 171 Figure 16 Configuring RAID parameters Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID array name, a case-insensitive string of letters, digits, and underscores Virtual Drive Name (_). Virtual Drive Size Capacity for the RAID array. Virtual Drive Size Unit Capacity unit for the RAID array. Stripe Size Data block size for each drive.
  • Page 172 • Blocked I/O policy: • Direct—Enables the system to read or write data directly from or into a drive by read operations (excluding read ahead operations) or by write I/O Policy through operations of the storage controller. • Cached—Enables the cache module to process all read and write operations of the storage controller.
  • Page 173 Figure 17 Confirming the configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 18, select OK to return to the storage controller configuration screen. Figure 18 Completing RAID array configuration 10. Select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter as shown in Figure...
  • Page 174 Figure 19 Storage controller configuration screen 11. On the screen as shown in Figure 20, you can see the created drives. Select the drive you want to view and press Enter. Figure 20 Virtual Drive Management screen 12. On the screen as shown in Figure 21, select View Associated Drives and press Enter.
  • Page 175 Figure 21 Selecting View Associated Drives Configuring hot spare drives For data security purposes, configure hot spare drives after configuring a RAID array. You can configure global hot spare drives or dedicated hot spare drives. NOTE: • A hot spare drive can be used only for RAID levels with redundancy. •...
  • Page 176 Figure 22 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 23, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 23 Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 24, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Assign Global Hot Spare Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 177 Figure 24 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 25, select Go and press Enter. Figure 25 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 26, select Confirm and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Enabled and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 178 Figure 26 Confirming the configuration When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 27 opens. Figure 27 Completing global hot spare drive configuration Configuring a dedicated hot spare drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 28, select Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 179 Figure 28 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 29, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 29 Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 30, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Assign Dedicated Hot Spare Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 180 Figure 30 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 31, select Go and press Enter. Figure 31 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 32, select the drive you want to configure as the hot spare drive.

  • Page 181: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 32 Confirming selection When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 33 opens. Figure 33 Completing the operation Deleting a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 34, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 182 Figure 34 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 35, select the target virtual drive and press Enter. Figure 35 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 36, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Delete Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 183 Figure 36 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 37, select Go and press Enter. Figure 37 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 38, select Confirm and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Enabled and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 184 Figure 38 Confirming the deletion When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 39 opens. Figure 39 Completing the operation Locating drives This task allows you to locate a physical drive or all drives for a virtual drive. Locating a physical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 185 Figure 40 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 41, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 41 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 42, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Start Locate and press Enter.
  • Page 186 Figure 42 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 43, select Go and press Enter. Figure 43 Selecting Go When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 44 opens. The Fault/UID LED on the drive turns steady blue.
  • Page 187 Figure 44 Completing locating the physical drive Locating all drives for a virtual drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 45, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 45 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 46, select the target drive and press Enter.
  • Page 188 Figure 46 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 47, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Start Locate and press Enter. Figure 47 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 48, select Go and press Enter.

  • Page 189: Initializing A Virtual Drive

    Figure 48 Selecting Go When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 49 opens. The Fault/UID LED on the drive turns steady blue. Figure 49 Completing locating all drives for a virtual drive Initializing a virtual drive This task allows you to initialize a virtual drive to be used by operating systems.
  • Page 190 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 50, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 50 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 51, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 51 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 52, select Operation and press Enter.
  • Page 191 Figure 52 Operation screen NOTE: Fast initialization allows immediately writing data. Slow initialization allows writing data after initialization is complete. On the screen as shown in Figure 53, select Go and press Enter. Figure 53 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 54, select Confirm and press Enter.
  • Page 192 Figure 54 Confirming the initialization When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 55 opens. Figure 55 Completing the operation Initializing a physical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 56, select Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 193 Figure 56 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 57, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 57 Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 58, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Initialize Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 194 Figure 58 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 59, select Go and press Enter. Figure 59 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 60, select Confirm and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Enabled and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 195 Figure 60 Confirming the initialization When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 61 opens. Figure 61 Completing the operation Erasing drives CAUTION: To avoid drive failure, do not perform other operations when erasing a physical drive. This task allows you to erase data from physical and logical drives.
  • Page 196 Erasing a physical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 62, select Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 62 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 63, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 63 Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 197 Figure 64 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 65, press Enter and set the Erase Mode (the default Simple mode is recommended). Figure 65 Setting the Erase Mode On the screen as shown in Figure 66, select Go and press Enter.
  • Page 198 Figure 66 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 67, select Confirm and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Enabled and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 67 Confirming the operation When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 68 opens.
  • Page 199 Figure 68 Completing the operation Erasing a logical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 69, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 69 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 70, select the target drive and press Enter.
  • Page 200 Figure 70 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 71, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Virtual Drive Erase and press Enter. Figure 71 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 72, press Enter and set the Erase Mode (the default Simple mode is recommended).
  • Page 201 Figure 72 Setting the Erase Mode On the screen as shown in Figure 73, select Go and press Enter. Figure 73 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 74, select Confirm and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Enabled and press Enter.
  • Page 202 Figure 74 Confirming the operation When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 75 opens. Figure 75 Completing the operation Expanding a RAID array This task allows you to expand the RAID array capacity by setting the percentage of available logical drive capacity for availability purposes.
  • Page 203 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 76, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 76 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 77, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 77 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 78, select Operation and press Enter.
  • Page 204 Figure 78 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 79, select Go and press Enter. Figure 79 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 80, modify the value for Enter a Percentage of Available Capacity, select OK, and then press Enter.
  • Page 205 Figure 80 Setting the percentage of available capacity When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 81 opens. Figure 81 Completing expanding a RAID array Migrating the RAID level This task allows you to change the RAID level without affecting data integrity. To migrate the RAID level: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 206 Figure 82 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 83, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 83 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 84, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Reconfigure Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 207 Figure 84 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 85, select Go and press Enter. Figure 85 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 86, set the RAID level, select Choose the Operation, and then press Enter.
  • Page 208 Figure 86 Choose the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 87, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Apply Changes and press Enter. Figure 87 Adding drives On the screen as shown in Figure 88, select Confirm and press Enter.
  • Page 209 Figure 88 Confirming the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 89, select Start Operation, and then press Enter. Figure 89 Start the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 90, select OK, and then press Enter.
  • Page 210 Figure 90 Selecting OK 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 91, you can view the migration progress. Figure 91 Viewing the migration progress Clearing RAID array information on the drive This task allows you to clear remaining RAID array information on the drive for reconfiguring RAID array on the drive.
  • Page 211 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 92, select Configuration Management and press Enter. Figure 92 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 93, select Manage Foreign Configuration and press Enter. Figure 93 Selecting Manage Foreign Configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 94, select Clear Foreign Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 212 Figure 94 Selecting Clear Foreign Configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 95, select Confirm and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Enabled and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 95 Confirming the operation When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 96 opens.
  • Page 213 Figure 96 Completing the operation Hiding a virtual drive This task allows you to hide a virtual drive to avoid unintentional deletion. To hide a virtual drive: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 97, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 214 Figure 98 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 99, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Hide Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 99 Operation screen Hiding a RAID array This task allows you to hide a RAID array to avoid unintentional deletion.
  • Page 215 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 100, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 100 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 101, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 101 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 102, select Operation and press Enter.
  • Page 216 Figure 102 Operation screen Upgrading the storage controller firmware online To use a USB drive for the firmware upgrade, save the firmware file in the root directory or a level-1 folder of the USB drive. To upgrade the storage controller firmware online: On the Advanced screen as shown in Figure 103, select Update Firmware and press Enter.
  • Page 217 Figure 104 Selecting directory On the screen as shown in Figure 105, select the image file of the target firmware and press Enter. Figure 105 Selecting image On the screen as shown in Figure 106, select Update and press Enter.
  • Page 218 Figure 106 Selecting Update On the screen as shown in Figure 107, select Confirm and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Enabled and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter. CAUTION: After confirming the upgrade, the screen is stuck for a short time during which the firmware is being upgraded.
  • Page 219 Figure 108 Completing the operation Restart the BIOS for the operation to take effect. Switching the storage controller mode On the Advanced menu, select Main Menu and press Enter.
  • Page 220 Figure 109 Selecting Main Menu Select Controller Management and press Enter.
  • Page 221 Figure 110 Selecting Controller Management Select Advanced Controller Management and press Enter. Figure 111 Selecting Advanced Controller Management Select Manage Personality Mode and press Enter.
  • Page 222 Figure 112 Selecting Manage Personality Mode As shown in Figure 113, the storage controller is now is RAID mode. To switch the controller to JBOD mode, select Switch to JBOD Mode and press Enter. Figure 113 Switching the controller to JBOD mode Select Confirm to enable the specified mode, select Yes and then press Enter.
  • Page 223 CAUTION: When switching the storage controller to JBOD mode, you can also change logical drives managed by the controller to JBOD mode at the same time. Be careful that data might be cleared for logical drives that do not support JBOD mode once you switch the mode. For example, logical drives in RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50, or RAID 60 managed by...
  • Page 224 RAID array configuration tasks at a glance To configure a RAID array in legacy, perform the following tasks: • Accessing the storage controller configuration screen • Switching the drive state • Configuring a RAID array • (Optional.) Configuring hot spare drives •...
  • Page 225 Figure 117 LSI RAID management screen Switching the drive state The storage controller supports the following drive states: • Unconfigured Good—The drive is normal and can be used for RAID array or hot backup configuration. • Unconfigured Bad—The drive is faulty or has RAID array information remaining on it. If the drive is faulty, replace the drive.

  • Page 226: Configuring A Raid Array

    Figure 119 Selecting Make unconfigured good Configuring a RAID array On the VD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 120, press F2 and select Create Virtual Drive. Figure 120 Selecting Create Virtual Drive On the screen as shown in Figure 121, set the RAID level and press Enter.
  • Page 227 Figure 121 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 122, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 122 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 123, specify the size and name, select Advanced, and then press Enter.
  • Page 228 Figure 123 Specifying the RAID array name and size On the screen as shown in Figure 124, configure the parameters, select OK, and then press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 124 Configuring advanced RAID array parameters On the screen as shown in Figure 125, select OK, and then press Enter.
  • Page 229 Figure 125 Confirming the creation On the screen as shown in Figure 126, select the target RAID array and press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the RAID array, including name, level, and drive information. Figure 126 Viewing RAID array information Configuring hot spare drives For data security purposes, configure hot spare drives after configuring a RAID array.
  • Page 230 Configuring a global hot spare drive On the PD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 127, select the target drive and press F2. Figure 127 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 128, select Make Global HS and press Enter. Figure 128 Selecting Make Global HS On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 231 Figure 129 Viewing global hot spare drive information Configuring a dedicated hot spare drive On the VD Mgmt screen, press F2 and then select Manage Ded.SH. On the screen as shown in Figure 130, select the target drive, select Advanced, and then press Enter.

  • Page 232: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 131 Selecting Configure HotSpare On the screen as shown in Figure 132, select the target drive, select OK, and then press Enter. Figure 132 Selecting the target drive Deleting a RAID array On the VD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 133, select the target drive and press F2.
  • Page 233 Figure 133 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 134, select Delete VD and press Enter. Figure 134 Selecting Delete VD On the screen as shown in Figure 135, select YES and press Enter.
  • Page 234 Figure 135 Confirming the operation Locating drives This task allows you to locate a physical drive. To locate drives: On the PD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 136, select the target drive and press F2. Figure 136 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 137, select Locate >...
  • Page 235 Figure 137 Selecting Locate > Start Initializing a virtual drive This task allows you to initialize a virtual drive to be used by operating systems. To initialize a virtual drive: On the VD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 138, select the target drive and press F2. Figure 138 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 236 Figure 139 Selecting Initialization > Start FGI NOTE: • Background Initialization (BGI) first initializes part of the RAID array space for data write operations, and initializes the rest of the RAID array space in the background. • Full Ground Initialization (FGI) initializes the entire RAID array space. Data write operations can be performed only when the initialization is complete.
  • Page 237 Figure 141 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 142, select the erase mode (the default Simple mode is recommended) and press Enter. Figure 142 Selecting the erase mode On the screen as shown in Figure 143, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 238 Figure 143 Confirming the operation Erasing a logical drive On the VD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 144, select the target drive and press F2. Figure 144 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 145, select the erase mode (the default Simple mode is recommended) and press Enter.
  • Page 239 Figure 145 Selecting the erase mode On the screen as shown in Figure 146, select YES and press Enter. Figure 146 Confirming the operation Expanding a RAID array This task allows you to expand the RAID array capacity by setting the percentage of available capacity for logical drives.
  • Page 240 Figure 147 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 148, select Expand VD size and press Enter. Figure 148 Selecting Expand VD size On the screen as shown in Figure 149, modify the value for Enter a percentage of available capacity as needed, select Resize, and then press Enter.
  • Page 241 Figure 149 Setting the percentage of available capacity Clearing RAID array information on the drive This task allows you to clear remaining RAID array information on the drive for reconfiguring RAID array on the drive. To clear RAID array information on the drive: Switch the drive state from Unconfigured Bad to Unconfigured Good.

  • Page 242: Configuring Boot Options

    Figure 151 Confirming the operation Configuring boot options On the Ctrl Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 152, select the target physical drive or logical drive as the boot device and then press Enter. Figure 152 Selecting the boot device Select APPLY and then press Enter as shown in Figure 153.
  • Page 243 Figure 153 Confirming the operation...
  • Page 244 Configuring an H460, P460, P2404, or P4408 series storage controller About H460, P460, P2404, and P4408 storage controllers The storage controllers support 12-Gbps data channels. Some storage controllers support caching, which greatly improves performance and data security. For more information, contact Technical Support.
  • Page 245 RAID levels The supported RAID levels vary by storage controller model. For more information about the supported RAID levels of each storage controller, see H3C Servers Storage Controllers Technical Specifications. Table 1 shows the minimum number of drives required by each RAID level and the maximum number of failed drives supported by each RAID level.
  • Page 246 Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a storage controller in UEFI mode. For more information about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to UEFI, see the BIOS user guide for the server.
  • Page 247 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen On the screen as shown in Figure 2, select Advanced > storage controller model, and press Enter. In this example, the storage controller model is UN HBA H460-B1. Figure 2 Selecting UN HBA H460-B1 The storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 3 opens.

  • Page 248: Switching The Operating Mode

    Figure 3 Storage controller configuration screen Switching the operating mode If RAID arrays have been created, delete all the RAID arrays before you switch the mode. To switch the operating mode: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 4, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 249 Figure 5 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 6, change the operating mode for Port CN0 Mode or Port CN1 Mode (as a best practice, make sure their operating modes are the same), select Submit Changes, and press Enter.

  • Page 250: Configuring A Raid Array

    Figure 7 Modify Controller Settings screen Configuring a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 8, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 8 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 9, select Create Array and press Enter.
  • Page 251 Figure 9 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 10, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Proceed to next Form and press Enter. Figure 10 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 11, set the RAID level, select Proceed to next Form, and...
  • Page 252 Figure 11 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 12, set the values for Logical Drive Label, Stripe Size/Full Stripe Size, Size, Unit Size, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Submit Changes and press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 12 Configuring RAID array parameters Table 2 Parameter description...
  • Page 253 Parameter Description Unit Size Size for the unit. Acceleration Method Logical drive acceleration method. After creating the RAID array, select Array Configuration > Manage Arrays and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 13 that opens, select the RAID array you want to view and press Enter.
  • Page 254 On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select Logical Drive 2 and press Enter. Figure 15 Selecting Logical Drive 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 16, select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information).
  • Page 255 Configuring hot spare drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 17, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 17 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 18, select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 18 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 256 Figure 19 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 20, select Manage Spare Drives and press Enter. Figure 20 Selecting Manage Spare Drivers On the screen as shown in Figure 21, select Assign Dedicated Spare (for specifying a hot spare drive for the specified array) or Assign Auto Replace Spare (for automatically replacing failed drives) and press Enter.

  • Page 257: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 21 Selecting the spare type On the screen as shown in Figure 22, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Assign Dedicated Spare and press Enter. Figure 22 Selecting the target drives Deleting a RAID array This task allows you to delete a RAID array and the logical drives contained in it.
  • Page 258 NOTE: Deleting logical drives in the middle of a RAID array might cause discontinuous sectors on the physical drives of this array. As a consequence, the operation might affect the drive read and write rate and limit the operations on logical drives performed by using RAID array configuration tools. As a best practice to avoid these problems, delete logical drives from back to front in sequence.
  • Page 259 Figure 24 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 25, select the target array and press Enter. Figure 25 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 26, select Delete Array and press Enter.

  • Page 260: Viewing Drive Information

    Figure 26 Selecting Delete Array Viewing drive information On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 27, select Disk Utilities and press Enter. Figure 27 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 28, you can see information about all available drives.
  • Page 261 Figure 28 Drive information Locating drives Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 28 and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 29, select Identify Device and press Enter. Figure 29 Selecting Identify Device On the screen as shown in Figure 30, select Start, and the Fault/UID LED on the drive turns...
  • Page 262 Figure 30 Identifying the drive Erasing drives Restrictions and guidelines You can perform this task only when the storage controller operates in RAID mode. You can erase only physical drives. To avoid drive failure, do not power off, restart, or remove the drive during the erasing process. Procedure On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 263 Figure 31 Erasing a drive On the screen as shown in Figure 32, select the erase pattern, and press Enter. Figure 32 Selecting the erase pattern On the screen as shown in Figure 33, select Start Erase, and press Enter.
  • Page 264 Figure 33 Starting erasing Viewing basic storage controller information On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 34, select Controller Information and press Enter. Figure 34 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 35, you can see basic information for the storage controller. For more information about the parameter description, see Table...
  • Page 265 Figure 35 Basic storage controller information screen Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description Controller Storage controller model. Hardware Revision Hardware version. Modifying storage controller settings On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 36, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 36 Storage controller configuration screen...
  • Page 266 On the screen as shown in Figure 37, select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 37 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 38, modify the basic storage controller settings as needed. If no logical drives are available, you can only modify the operating mode for the storage controller.
  • Page 267 Clearing storage controller configuration information On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 39, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 39 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 40 Figure 41, select Clear Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 268 Figure 41 Configure Controller Settings screen (for the RAID-P460-M2, RAID-P460-B2, RAID-P460-M4, and RAID-P460-B4) NOTE: The RAID-P460-M2, RAID-P460-B2, RAID-P460-M4, and RAID-P460-B4 storage controllers support the Backup Power Source option. This option indicates that the controllers can provide power fail safeguard if it has a supercapacitor connected. On the screen as shown in Figure 42, select Delete All Array Configurations and press...
  • Page 269 Figure 43 Selecting Submit Changes Upgrading the storage controller firmware online The BIOS supports only online firmware upgrade. To upgrade the SEEPROM, contact Technical Support. To upgrade the storage controller firmware online: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 44, select Administration and press Enter.
  • Page 270 Figure 45 Administration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 46, select Select Firmware File to flash and press Enter. Figure 46 Selecting Select Firmware File to flash On the screen as shown in Figure 47, select the target device where the update file is located and press Enter.
  • Page 271 Figure 47 Selecting the target device On the screen as shown in Figure 48, select the update file suffixed with .bin (luxor.bin in this example) and press Enter. Figure 48 Selecting the update file On the screen as shown in Figure 49, select Flash Controller Firmware and press Enter.
  • Page 272 Figure 49 Selecting Flash Controller Firmware After the update is complete, press F4 and select Yes on the dialog box that opens. The update will take effect at next startup. Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a storage controller in legacy mode. For more information about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to legacy, see the BIOS user guide for the server.
  • Page 273 Accessing the storage controller configuration screen During server POST as shown in Figure 50, press Ctrl+A. Figure 50 Pressing Ctrl+A The storage controller configuration screen opens as shown in Figure 51. You can view basic RAID array status and version information on the storage controller configuration screen. Figure 51 Storage controller configuration screen Switching the operating mode On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in...
  • Page 274 Figure 52 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 53, select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter. Figure 53 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 54, change the operating mode for Port CN0 or Port CN1 as needed.

  • Page 275: Configuring A Raid Array

    Figure 54 Configure Controller Port Mode screen Configuring a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 55, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 55 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 56, select Create Array and press Enter.
  • Page 276 Figure 56 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 57, navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it. Repeat this step to add more drives, and press Enter. Figure 57 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 58, set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name,...
  • Page 277 Figure 58 Configuring RAID array parameters Table 4 Parameter description Parameter Description The RAID level determines the drive performance, fault tolerance RAID Level capability, and logical drive capacity. Logical Drive Name RAID array name. Strip/Full Stripe Size Data block size for each drive. Parity Group Count Number of RAID 1 or RAID 5 groups used to create RAID 10 or RAID 50.
  • Page 278 Figure 59 Selecting Manage Arrays On the screen as shown in Figure 60, select the RAID array you want to view and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 60 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring hot spare drives Restrictions and guidelines...
  • Page 279 Figure 61 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 62, select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 62 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 63, select the target array and press Ctrl+S.
  • Page 280 Figure 63 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 64, navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it. Repeat this step to add more drives, and press Enter. Figure 64 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 65, select the spare type, select Done, and then press...
  • Page 281 Figure 65 Selecting the spare type Configuring the primary boot drive Configuring a physical drive as the primary boot drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 66, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 66 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 67, select Select Boot Device and press Enter.
  • Page 282 Figure 67 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 68, select the target drive, press Ctrl+P, and then press Enter. Figure 68 Selecting the target drive Configuring a logical drive as the primary boot drive On the storage controller configuration screen, select Array Configuration and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 69, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 283 Figure 69 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 70, select the target RAID array and press Enter. Figure 70 Selecting the target RAID array On the screen as shown in Figure 71, press Ctrl+P to configure the RAID array as the primary boot drive.

  • Page 284: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 71 Configuring the primary boot drive Deleting a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 72, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 72 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 73, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.

  • Page 285: Viewing Drive Information

    Figure 73 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 74, select the target array, press Enter, and then press Delete to delete the array. Figure 74 Deleting the target array Viewing drive information On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 75, select Disk Utilities and press Enter.
  • Page 286 Figure 75 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 76, you can see information about all available drives. Figure 76 Drive information Locating drives Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 76 and press Enter.
  • Page 287 Figure 77 Identifying the device Erasing drives Procedure On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 76, select the drive to be erased, and then press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 78, select Secure Erase and then press Enter. Figure 78 Erasing a drive On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 288 Figure 79 Confirming the operation Modifying storage controller settings On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 80, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 80 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 81, select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 289 Figure 81 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 82, you can view the storage controller settings. Figure 82 Modify Controller Settings screen Press F6 to restore the storage controller settings to the default. NOTE: The settings (such as Transformation Priority and Rebuild Priority) on the screen as shown Figure 82 are configurable, but the default values are typically used.
  • Page 290 Displaying backup power source status This feature is available only when a RAID-P460-M2, RAID-P460-B2, RAID-P460-M4, or RAID-P460-B4 controller is installed. You can perform this task to view the status of the installed backup power source, if any. To display backup power source status: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 83, select Configure...
  • Page 291 Figure 85 Backup Power Source screen NOTE: For an HBA-H460-M1 or HBA-H460-B1 storage controller, the Backup Power Status field is fixed to Not Present. Clearing storage controller configuration On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 86, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 292 Figure 87 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 88, select Delete All Array Configurations and press Enter. In the confirmation dialog box that opens, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 88 Clearing storage controller configuration The screen as shown in Figure 89 opens, indicating that the clearing operation is complete.
  • Page 293 Figure 89 Clearing completion...
  • Page 294 Configuring an HBA-LSI-9300-8i-A1-X storage controller About the HBA-LSI-9300-8i-A1-X storage controller The HBA-LSI-9300-8i-A1-X storage controller supports 12-Gbps data channels. For storage controller details, contact Technical Support. RAID levels The storage controller does not support configuring RAID arrays. Configuring controller settings in UEFI mode This section describes how to configure the storage controller settings in UEFI mode.
  • Page 295 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen Access the LSI SAS3 MPT Controller SAS3008 submenu. Select Advanced > LSI SAS3 MPT Controller SAS3008, and press Enter. Figure 2 Advanced screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select LSI SAS3 MPT Controller and press Enter. In this example, the LSI SAS3 MPT controller is LSI SAS3 MPT Controller Version 14.00.00.00.
  • Page 296 Figure 3 Selecting the LSI SAS3 MPT controller The controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 4 opens. Figure 4 Controller configuration screen View basic controller properties Access the controller configuration screen. For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen, see "Accessing the controller configuration screen."...
  • Page 297 Figure 5 Controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 6, select View Controller Properties, and press Enter. Figure 6 Selecting View Controller Properties View the controller properties on the screen as shown in Figure Table 1 describes the properties of the controller.
  • Page 298 Figure 7 Viewing controller properties Table 1 Properties of the storage controller Property Description Controller Revision Version of the storage controller. Host interface Host interface type. Changing controller properties Access the controller configuration screen. For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen, see "Accessing the controller configuration screen."...
  • Page 299 Figure 8 Controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 9, select Change Controller Properties, and press Enter. Figure 9 Selecting Change Controller Properties On the screen as shown in Figure 10, enable Legacy BIOS.

  • Page 300: Viewing Drive Properties

    Figure 10 Enabling Legacy BIOS Select Apply Changes and press Enter. Viewing drive properties Access the controller configuration screen. For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen, see "Accessing the controller configuration screen." On the screen as shown in Figure 11, select Physical Disk Management and press Enter.
  • Page 301 On the screen as shown in Figure 12, select View Physical Disk Properties and press Enter. Figure 12 Selecting View Physical Disk Properties On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select Select Physical Disk. On the pop-up window that opens, select the physical drive you want to view and press Enter.
  • Page 302 Figure 14 Viewing drive properties Locating drives Access the controller configuration screen. For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen, see "Accessing the controller configuration screen." On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select Physical Disk Management and press Enter. Figure 15 Controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 303 Figure 16 Selecting physical disk operations On the screen as shown in Figure 17, select Select Physical Disk. On the pop-up window that opens, select the physical drive you want to locate and press Enter. Figure 17 Selecting a physical drive Select Start Locate/Blink and press Enter.
  • Page 304 Controller configuration tasks at a glance To configure the storage controller settings in legacy mode, perform the following tasks: • Accessing the controller configuration screen • (Optional.) Viewing drive properties • (Optional.) Locating drives • (Optional.) Verifying/Formatting drives • (Optional.) Setting advanced controller properties •...
  • Page 305 The controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 20 opens. Figure 20 Controller configuration screen Viewing drive properties Access the controller configuration screen. For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen, see "Accessing the controller configuration screen." On the screen as shown in Figure 21, select SAS Topology and press Enter.
  • Page 306 Figure 22 Selecting a physical drive View properties of the drive on the screen as shown in Figure Figure 23 Drive properties Locating drives Access the controller configuration screen. For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen, see "Accessing the controller configuration screen."...
  • Page 307 Figure 24 Controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 25, select the physical drive you want to locate and press Enter to turn on the drive LED on the drive backplane. Figure 25 Selecting a physical drive Verifying/Formatting drives Access the controller configuration screen.
  • Page 308 Figure 26 Controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 27, select the physical drive you want to locate and press Alt+D. Figure 27 Selecting a physical drive On the screen as shown in Figure 28, select Verify or Format as needed, and then press Enter.
  • Page 309 Figure 28 Verifying or Formatting the physical drive Setting advanced controller properties Access the controller configuration screen. For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen, see "Accessing the controller configuration screen." On the screen as shown in Figure 29, select Advanced Adapter Properties and press Enter.
  • Page 310 Figure 30 Selecting Advanced Device Properties Change the advanced properties of the controller on the screen as shown in Figure Figure 31 Advanced controller properties screen Keep pressing Esc till you enter the screen as shown in Figure 32. Select Save changes then exit this menu and press Enter to save the controller configuration.

  • Page 311: Configuring Boot Options

    Figure 32 Saving the controller configuration Configuring boot options On the screen as shown in Figure 33, select SAS Topology and press Enter. Figure 33 SAS Topology screen On the screen as shown in Figure 34, select the target drive, and then press Alt+B to specify the drive as the boot device in legacy mode.
  • Page 312 Figure 34 Specifying the boot device To cancel a specified boot device, select the drive, and then press Alt+B. Press Esc until the screen as shown in Figure 35 opens, select Save changes then exit this menu, and then press Enter. The boot option configuration takes effect at the next restart.
  • Page 313 Configuring an HBA-LSI-9311-8i storage controller About the HBA-LSI-9311-8i storage controller The HBA-LSI-9311-8i storage controller supports 12-Gbps data channels. For storage controller details, contact Technical Support. Features RAID levels Table 1 shows the minimum number of drives required by each RAID level and the maximum number of failed drives supported by each RAID level.
  • Page 314 Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a storage controller in UEFI mode. For more information about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to UEFI, see the BIOS user guide for the server.
  • Page 315 Access the LSI SAS3 MPT Controller SAS3008 submenu. Select Advanced > LSI SAS3 MPT Controller SAS3008, and press Enter. Figure 2 Advanced screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select LSI SAS3 MPT Controller Version 18.00.00.00, and press Enter. Figure 3 Selecting the LSI SAS3 MPT controller The controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 4...

  • Page 316: Configuring A Raid Array

    Figure 4 Controller configuration screen Configuring a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 5, select Controller Management and press Enter. Figure 5 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 6, select Create Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 317 Figure 6 Selecting Create Virtual Drive On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, and then press Enter. Figure 7 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 8, select Select Physical Disks, and then press Enter.
  • Page 318 Figure 8 Selecting Select Physical Disks On the screen as shown in Figure 9, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Apply Changes and press Enter. Figure 9 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 10, select Confirm and press Enter.
  • Page 319 Figure 10 Confirming the configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 11, select OK to return to the storage controller configuration screen. Figure 11 Completing RAID array configuration Select Virtual Disk Management and press Enter as shown in Figure...
  • Page 320 Figure 12 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select Manage Virtual Disk Properties and press Enter. Figure 13 Virtual Drive Management screen 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 14, select View Associated Drives and press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the RAID array, including name, level, and drive information.
  • Page 321 Figure 14 Selecting View Associated Drives Configuring hot spare drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 15, select Virtual Disk Management and press Enter. Figure 15 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 16, select Manage Virtual Disk Properties and press Enter.
  • Page 322 Figure 16 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 17, select Manage Global Hotspare Disks and press Enter. Figure 17 Selecting Manage Global Hotspare Disks On the screen as shown in Figure 18, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Assign Global Hotspare Disk and press Enter.

  • Page 323: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 18 Selecting the target drives Deleting a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 19, select Virtual Disk Management and press Enter. Figure 19 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 20, select Select Virtual Disk Properties and press Enter.
  • Page 324 Figure 20 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 21, select Delete Virtual Disk and press Enter. Figure 21 Selecting Delete Virtual Disk On the screen as shown in Figure 22, select Confirm and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Enabled and press Enter.
  • Page 325 Figure 22 Confirming the deletion When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 23 opens. Figure 23 Completing the operation Clearing RAID array information on the drive This task allows you to clear remaining RAID array information on the drive for reconfiguring RAID array on the drive.
  • Page 326 Figure 24 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 25, select Manage Foreign Configuration and press Enter. Figure 25 Selecting Manage Foreign Configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 26, select Clear All Foreign Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 327 Figure 26 Selecting Clear Foreign Configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 27, select Confirm and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Enabled and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 27 Confirming the operation View basic controller properties On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 328 Figure 28 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 29, select View Controller Properties and press Enter. Figure 29 Selecting View Controller Properties View the controller properties on the screen as shown in Figure Table 2 describes the properties of the controller.
  • Page 329 Figure 30 Viewing controller properties Table 2 Properties of the storage controller Parameter Description Chip Revision Version of the chip. Host interface Host interface type. Persistent NVData Version Current NVData version. Changing controller properties On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 31, select Controller Management and press Enter.
  • Page 330 Figure 31 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 32, select Change Controller Properties and press Enter. Figure 32 Selecting Change Controller Properties On the screen as shown in Figure 33, change the controller settings as needed, select Apply Changes, and press Enter.

  • Page 331: Viewing Drive Properties

    Figure 33 Changing advanced controller settings Figure 34 Parameter description Parameter Description Percentage of I/O resources occupied by RAID rebuild when a new Rebuild Rate hard drive is installed or a failed hard disk is replaced with a hot spare disk.
  • Page 332 Figure 35 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 36, select View Physical Disk Properties and press Enter. Figure 36 Selecting View Physical Disk Properties On the screen as shown in Figure 37, select Select Physical Disk. On the pop-up window that opens, select the physical drive you want to view and press Enter.
  • Page 333 Figure 37 Selecting a physical drive View properties of the physical drive on the screen as shown in Figure You can select View More Physical Disk Properties for more information. Figure 38 Viewing drive properties Locating drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 39, select Physical Disk Management and press Enter.
  • Page 334 Figure 39 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 40, select Select Physical Disk Operations, and press Enter. Figure 40 Selecting physical disk operations On the screen as shown in Figure 41, select Select Physical Disk. On the pop-up window that opens, select the physical drive you want to locate and press Enter.
  • Page 335 Figure 41 Selecting a physical drive Select Start Locate/Blink and press Enter. On the server, identify the physical drive of which the Fault/UID LED is steady blue. Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a storage controller in legacy mode. For more information about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to legacy, see the BIOS user guide for the server.
  • Page 336 Figure 42 Legacy BIOS setup screen On the screen as shown in Figure 43, press Enter. Figure 43 Main screen The controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 44 opens.
  • Page 337 Figure 44 Controller configuration screen Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description Adapter Storage controller name. MPT Firmware Revision MPT firmware version. Boot order for multiple storage controllers. If only one storage controller Boot Order exists, the field displays 0. Support for storage controller management. Options include: •...
  • Page 338 Figure 45 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 46, select a target RAID level and press Enter. Figure 46 Logical Device Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 47, navigate to a drive, and then press the space bar to select the drive.
  • Page 339 Figure 47 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 48, select Save changes then exit this menu and press Enter. Figure 48 Save the controller configuration Configuring hot spare drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 49, select RAID Properties and press Enter.
  • Page 340 Figure 49 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 50, select Manage Volume and press Enter. For more information about the parameters, see Table Figure 50 Selecting Manage Volume Table 4 RAID parameters Parameter Description Volume RAID serial number.
  • Page 341 On the screen as shown in Figure 51, select Manage Hot Spares and press Enter. Figure 51 Selecting Manage Hot Spares On the screen as shown in Figure 52, navigate to a drive, and then press the space bar to select the drive.

  • Page 342: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 53 Saving the controller configuration Deleting a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 54, select RAID Properties and press Enter. Figure 54 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Table 5, select Manage Volume and press Enter.
  • Page 343 Table 5 Selecting Manage Volume On the screen as shown in Figure 55, select Delete Volume, press Enter, and then press Y to delete the array. Figure 55 Deleting the target array Running consistency check This feature enables you to check the consistency and validity of data redundancy for RAID 1, 10, and 1E.
  • Page 344 Figure 56 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 57, select Manage Volume and press Enter. Figure 57 Selecting Manage Volume On the screen as shown in Table 6, select Consistency Check, press Enter, and then press...
  • Page 345 Table 6 Selecting Consistency Check Viewing drive properties On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 58, select SAS Topology and press Enter. Figure 58 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 59, select the physical drive you want to view and press Alt+D.
  • Page 346 Figure 59 Selecting a physical drive Table 7 SAS Topology parameters Parameter Description Device Info Device information. Number of RAID arrays for the controller. A maximum of 2 RAID arrays are supported. RAID VOL The storage controller supports multiple RAID modes. This field varies by RAID level and might display value such as RAID1 VOL or RAID10 VOL.
  • Page 347 Figure 61 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 62, select the physical drive you want to locate and press Enter to turn on the drive LED on the drive backplane. Figure 62 Selecting a physical drive Clearing RAID information or verifying drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 348 Figure 63 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 64, select the physical drive you want to locate and press Alt+D. Figure 64 Selecting a physical drive On the screen as shown in Figure 65, select Verify or Format as needed, and then press Enter.
  • Page 349 Figure 65 Verifying or formatting the physical drive Setting advanced controller properties On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 66, select Advanced Adapter Properties and press Enter. Figure 66 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 67, select Advanced Device Properties and press Enter.
  • Page 350 Figure 67 Selecting Advanced Device Properties Change the advanced properties of the controller on the screen as shown in Figure Figure 68 Advanced controller properties screen Keep pressing Esc till you enter the screen as shown in Figure 69. Select Save changes then exit this menu and press Enter to save the controller configuration.
  • Page 351 Figure 69 Saving the controller configuration Configuring boot options On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 70, select SAS Topology and then press Enter. Figure 70 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 71, select the target drive and then press Alt+B to specify the drive as the boot device in legacy mode.
  • Page 352 Figure 71 Configuring the boot device To display more keyboard shortcuts on the SAS Topology screen, press Alt+M. For more information about keyboard shortcuts, see Table Figure 72 Displaying more keyboard shortcuts Table 8 Keyboard shortcut parameters Parameter Description Configure or cancel a selected device as the secondary boot option. The key Alt+A changes to Boot in Device Info if the operation succeeds.
  • Page 353 Press Esc until you enter the screen as shown in Figure 73, select Save changes then exit this menu and then press Enter to save the configuration. The boot option configuration takes effect at next startup. Figure 73 Saving storage controller configuration...
  • Page 354 Configuring LSI 9400 and 9500 series storage controllers About the LSI 9400 and 9500 series storage controllers The LSI 9400 and 9500 series storage controllers support 12-Gbps data channels. For detailed storage controller information, contact Technical Support. The LSI 9400 and 9500 series storage controllers contain the following models: •...
  • Page 355 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen On the screen as shown in Figure 2, select Advanced > Storage controller, and press Enter. In this example, storage controller HBA 9400-8i is selected. Figure 2 Advanced screen On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 3, select Refresh Topology and then press Enter.
  • Page 356 Figure 3 Storage controller configuration screen On the confirmation screen as shown in Figure 4, select OK and then press Enter. Figure 4 Confirming the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 5, select OK and then press Enter to return to the configuration screen.
  • Page 357 Figure 5 Configuration completed Viewing basic controller information On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 6, select Controller Properties and then press Enter. Figure 6 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 7, you can view basic information about the storage controller.
  • Page 358 Figure 7 Basic controller information Viewing drive information On the screen as shown in Figure 8, select Device Properties and then press Enter. Figure 8 Controller configuration screen On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 9, press Enter.
  • Page 359 Figure 9 Selecting the enclosure On the screen as shown in Figure 10, select the target drive such as <Slot 36>SAS-HDD-HGST HUC101818CS4200 and then press Enter. Figure 10 Selecting the target drive On the drive configuration screen as shown in Figure 11, you can view information about the drive.
  • Page 360 Figure 11 Drive properties screen Locating drives On the drive properties screen as shown in Figure 12, select Locate LED and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select On to turn on the drive LED. Figure 12 Drive properties screen Select Apply Changes, and press Enter.
  • Page 361 Configuring boot options for the legacy mode The storage controller does not provide legacy mode configuration screens. You can perform this task to configure boot options for the legacy mode in the UEFI BIOS. This enables users to install an OS in legacy mode. To configure boot options for the legacy mode: On the drive properties screen as shown in Figure...

  • Page 362: Storage Controller

    Configuring a RAID-MARVELL-SANTACRUZ-LP-2i storage controller About the RAID-MARVELL-SANTACRUZ-LP-2i storage controller The RAID-MARVELL-SANTACRUZ-LP-2i standard storage controller can be installed onto a riser card to provide limited RAID support for the system, which improves read/write performance and data security. This section introduces the RAID-MARVELL-SANTACRUZ-LP-2i storage controller in a rack server. Features RAID levels Table 1...
  • Page 363 Controller configuration tasks at a glance To configure controller settings in UEFI mode, perform the following tasks: • Accessing the storage controller configuration screen • Configuring a RAID array • Deleting a RAID array • Rebuilding a RAID array • Viewing physical drive information •...
  • Page 364 Figure 2 Advanced screen The storage controller configuration screen opens. Tasks can be performed from this screen are shown in Table Figure 3 Storage controller configuration screen...
  • Page 365 Table 2 Storage controller configuration tasks Task type Option Description Physical Device Information Display installed physical drives and details. Display created logical drives and details. For Virtual Device Information Information logical drives in RAID 1, media patrol is supported. query Namespace Information Display information about namespace*.
  • Page 366 Figure 5 Selecting member drives Configure parameters as needed, set the Would you like to create this virtual disk? field to YES, select Accept, and press Enter. The parameter description is in Table Figure 6 Configuring RAID information...
  • Page 367 Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID level. Options include: • JBOD. RAID Level • RAID 0. • RAID 1. Stripe size. Options include: • 128K. Stripe Size • 256K. • 512K. Initialization methods. Options include: • Quick—Default. Initialization • Back Ground—This option is supported only in RAID 1.

  • Page 368: Rebuilding A Raid Array

    a. Select a target logical drive and set its state to Enabled. b. Set the Are you sure you want to delete the selected virtual Disk? field to Yes. c. Select Accept and press Enter. Figure 8 Deleting a RAID array Rebuilding a RAID array This feature rebuilds the RAID array for drive replacement when a member drive in RAID 1 failed.
  • Page 369 Figure 9 Storage controller configuration screen Perform tasks based on the following guidelines: If the screen does not display any logical drives for selection, no logical drive is available or  no logical drive can be rebuilt. If the screen displays logical drives for selection, set the target logical drive state to ...
  • Page 370 Figure 10 Rebuilding a RAID array Perform tasks based on the following guidelines: If the screen does not display any physical drives, no physical drive is available.  If the screen displays physical drives for selection, select a target physical drive and press ...

  • Page 371: Viewing Physical Drive Information

    Figure 11 Selecting a physical drive Viewing physical drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Physical Device Information, and press Enter.
  • Page 372 Figure 12 Storage controller configuration screen Select a target physical drive and press Enter. Figure 13 Selecting a physical drive The physical drive detail screen opens. Parameters are as described in Table...

  • Page 373: Viewing Logical Drive Information

    Figure 14 Physical drive detail screen Table 4 Parameter description Parameter Description Physical drive slot information. Options include: • 0—Slot for physical drive marked Bay 1. • 1—Slot for physical drive marked Bay 2. Physical drive status. Options include: • Unconfigured—Not used by any RAID array and unidentifiable Status in the OS.
  • Page 374 Figure 15 Storage controller configuration screen Select a target logical drive and press Enter. Figure 16 Selecting a logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens. Parameters are as described in Table...
  • Page 375 Figure 17 Logical drive detail screen Table 5 Parameter description Parameter Description Logical drive number. Options include 0 and 1. Name Logical drive name. Logical drive status. Options include: • Functional. Status • Degrade. • Offline. Background task type. Options include: •...
  • Page 376 Configuring logical drive media patrol This feature is available only when RAID 1 is configured. To configure logical drive media patrol: Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Virtual Device Information, and press Enter. Figure 18 Storage controller configuration screen Select a target logical drive, and press Enter.
  • Page 377 Figure 19 Selecting s logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens. Select START and press Enter. Figure 20 Logical drive detail screen...
  • Page 378 Select a target logical drive for media patrol, and press Enter. Figure 21 Selecting a drive for media patrol As shown in Figure 22, the media patrol is in progress. To terminate the patrol, select ABORT, and press Enter. Figure 22 Media patrol in progress...
  • Page 379 Viewing namespace information Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Namespace Information, and press Enter. Figure 23 Storage controller configuration screen Select a logical drive to query its namespace and press Enter.
  • Page 380 Figure 24 Selecting a logical drive for viewing its namespace The namespace information screen opens. Parameters are as described in Table Figure 25 Logical drive namespace information...
  • Page 381 Table 6 Parameter description Parameter Description Namespace states. Options include: • NameSpace State Active. • Inactive. Namespace available capacity. Value in this field usually equals that NameSpace Capacity of the NameSpace Size field. Namesapce capacity that has been used. Value in this field must be NameSpace Utilization no more than that of the Namespace Capacity field.
  • Page 382 Figure 27 Storage controller information...

  • Page 383: Appendix A Troubleshooting Storage Controllers

    Appendix A Troubleshooting storage controllers This section provides troubleshooting information for common issues with storage controllers. Viewing storage controller models Sign in to HDM. For information about logging in to HDM, see the firmware update guide for the server. In the navigation pane, select Dashboard > Hardware Summary. Click the Storage tab.
  • Page 384 If copyback is not enabled, replace the failed drive with a new drive and configure the new  drive as a hot spare drive. If copyback is enabled, replace the failed the failed drive with a new drive.  • If the failed drive is a member of a redundant RAID array and is not configured as a hot spare drive, replace the failed drive with a new drive.
  • Page 385 Figure 2 Viewing storage controller information Table 1 Parameter description Parameter Description Hardware Revision Hardware version. Replacing the storage controller Replace the storage controller. For more information, see the storage controller replacement procedure in the user guide for the server. Configure the new storage controller.
  • Page 386 Figure 3 Storage controller configuration screen The screen as shown in Figure 4 opens. Figure 4 Logical Device Configuration screen Identify the first boot option. If the operating system is installed on a logical drive, select Manage Arrays and press ...
  • Page 387 Figure 5 Manage Arrays screen If the operating system is installed on a physical drive, select Select Boot Device and  press Enter to open the screen as shown in Figure 6. The first drive in the Selected Drives area on the right is the first boot option. Figure 6 Select Boot Device Replacing a storage controller Replace the storage controller.
  • Page 388 Configuring the system to identify the new storage controller After a replacement, storage controller consistency check might fail if RAID arrays have been built by using the replaced storage controller. This is because RAID configuration information is saved on both the storage controller and drives. The failure might cause the controller to stop operating if the controller's boot mode is set to Stop on Error.
  • Page 389 Figure 8 Identifying a storage controller (2)

  • Page 390: Appendix B Raid Arrays And Fault Tolerance

    Appendix B RAID arrays and fault tolerance RAID arrays Physical drives The capacity and performance of a single physical drive is adequate for home users. However, business users demand higher storage capacities, higher data transfer rates, and greater protection against data loss when drives fail. As shown in Figure 1, connecting extra physical drives (denoted by P...

  • Page 391: Data Striping

    Figure 2 The read/write heads of all the constituent physical drives are active simultaneously Data striping Data striping divides continuous data into parts of the same size and writes these parts into different drives. As shown in Figure 3, each unit of data is called a block (denoted by B ), and adjacent blocks form a set of data stripes (S ) across all the physical drives that comprise the logical drive.
  • Page 392 A natural consequence of the striping process is that each physical drive in a given logical drive contains the same amount of data. If one physical drive has a larger capacity than other physical drives in the same logical drive, the extra capacity is wasted because it cannot be used by the logical drive.

  • Page 393: Fault Tolerance Methods

    Fault tolerance methods RAID 0 RAID 0 does not support fault tolerance. As shown in Figure 5, RAID 0 configuration provides data striping, but there is no protection against data loss when a drive fails. Figure 5 RAID 0 Application scenarios RAID 0 is useful for rapid storage of large amounts of noncritical data (for printing or image editing, for example) or when cost is the most important consideration.
  • Page 394 Figure 6 RAID 1 Application scenarios RAID 1 is useful when high performance and data protection are more important than the cost of physical drives. Advantages • Has the highest security performance among all RAID methods. • No data is lost as long as no failed drive is mirrored to another failed drive. •...
  • Page 395 Figure 7 RAID 1E Application scenarios RAID 1E is useful when high performance and data protection are more important than the cost of physical drives. Advantages • Has higher read performance than RAID 1 and mirrors data for an odd number of drives. •...
  • Page 396 Figure 8 RAID 5 When a physical drive fails, data that was on the failed drive can be calculated from the remaining parity data and user data on the other drives in the array. This recovered data is usually written to an online spare in a process called a rebuild.
  • Page 397 Figure 9 RAID 6 Application scenarios RAID 6 is most useful when data loss is unacceptable, but cost is also an important factor. Data loss is less likely to occur in an array configured with RAID 6 than an array configured with RAID 5. Advantages •...
  • Page 398 Figure 10 RAID 10 In each mirrored pair, the physical drive that is not busy answering other requests answers any read requests that are sent to the array. This behavior is called load balancing. If a physical drive fails, the remaining drive in the mirrored pair can still provide all the necessary data. Several drives in the array can fail without incurring data loss, as long as no two failed drives belong to the same mirrored pair.
  • Page 399 Figure 11 RAID 50 For any given number of drives, when the most parity groups are configured, the data loss probability is the lowest. For example, if 12 drives are used, configuring four parity groups is more secure than three parity groups. However, the more parity groups are configured, the less data can be stored on the array.
  • Page 400 configuration needs a minimum of eight drives, which can be organized into two parity groups, each containing four drives. Figure 12 RAID 60 For any given number of drives, when the most parity groups are configured, the data loss probability is the lowest. For example, if 20 drives are used, configuring five parity groups is more secure than four parity groups.

  • Page 401: Probability Of Logical Drive Failure

    Probability of logical drive failure The probability that a logical drive will fail depends on the RAID level setting and on the number and type of physical drives in the array. If the logical drive does not have an online spare, the following rules apply: •...

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