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H3C G6 Servers
Storage Controller User Guide
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  • Page 1 H3C G6 Servers Storage Controller User Guide New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. http://www.h3c.com Document version: 6W101-20240109...
  • 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: Command Conventions

    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. Conventions The following information describes the conventions used in the documentation. Command conventions Convention Description...

  • Page 4: Network Topology Icons

    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: Technical Specifications

    H3C UniServer R6900 G6 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 7: Configuration Methods

    OS is installed server. User Guide from the iFIST For the available storage controllers, interface see H3C Servers iFIST User Guide. Applicable to the scenario where service continuity must be guaranteed during the RAID configuration Configure RAID from H3C Servers HDM2 process.

  • Page 8: 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 9: 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 10: Raid Level Migration

    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 11 High speed read/write cache About high speed read/write cache The storage controller supports the cache feature. The cache provides a much faster read/write speed than drives. • Read policy—Monitoring data reads, the storage controller reads sequential data that will be requested in advance and stores the data in the cache.
  • Page 12 Drive initialization and uninitialization About drive initialization and uninitialization Before RAID and hot spare drive configuration, some PMC 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 13: Logical Drive Initialization

    Applicable scenarios To manually locate the drives, you can use this feature. Logical drive initialization About logical drive initialization For some PMC storage controllers, 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 14: 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 15 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 16 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 17 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 18 Figure 2 Platform Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select SATA And RST Configuration, and then press Enter. Figure 3 PCH-IO Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 4, select Controller 1 SATA And RST Configuration, Controller 2 SATA And RST Configuration or Controller 3 SATA And RST Configuration based on the drive position, and then press Enter.
  • Page 19 Figure 4 Modifying the storage controller operating mode Select an operating mode. For more information about setting the operating mode for a VROC SATA RAID controller, see "Features." Figure 5 Selecting an operating mode After the configuration is complete, press F4. On the dialog box that opens, select Yes to save the current configuration and reboot the system to complete the storage controller operating mode configuration.
  • Page 20 On the screen as shown in Figure 6, 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 6, make sure the SATA or sSATA controller has been configured to operate in RAID mode.

  • Page 21: Configuring Raid Arrays

    Configuring RAID arrays On the VROC SATA configuration screen as shown in Figure 8, 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 8 Selecting Create RAID Volume On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 22 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. Available drives are Select Disks displayed under Select Disks. Press Enter to select drives. [X] indicates that the corresponding drive has been selected.
  • Page 23 Figure 11 Selecting a drive for hot spare Select Mark as Spare, and press Enter. Figure 12 Configuring a spare drive On the following screen that opens, select Yes and press Enter.

  • Page 24: Deleting Raid Arrays

    Figure 13 Confirming the hot spare configuration Deleting RAID arrays On the VROC SATA configuration screen as shown in Figure 14, select the RAID volume to be deleted under RAID Volumes, and press Enter. Figure 14 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select Delete and press Enter to delete the selected...

  • Page 25: Locating A Drive

    Figure 15 RAID volume information screen Locating a drive On the VROC SATA configuration screen as shown in Figure 16, select the drive to locate, and press Enter. Figure 16 Selecting the drive to locate Set the Locate LED On option to On, and then press Enter. For information about drive LEDs, see the user guide for the server.

  • Page 26: Initializing A Logical Drive

    Figure 17 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. Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode The NVMe VROC RAID controller does not support RAID configuration in legacy mode.

  • Page 27: Creating A Container

    [0:0:0:0] disk INTEL SSDSCKKB48 1132 /dev/sda [1:0:0:0] disk Micron_5300_MTFD U001 /dev/sdb [N:0:0:1] disk INTEL SSDPE2KX010T8__1 /dev/nvme0n1 In this example, the system disk letter is /dev/nvme0n1, and the drive letters used for RAID creation is /dev/sda and /dev/sdb. Creating a container Perform this task to create a container for logical drive creation.
  • Page 28 Continue creating array? y mdadm: container /dev/md0 prepared. [root@localhost ~]# mdadm -C /dev/md/R0 /dev/md0 -n 2 -l 0 mdadm: array /dev/md/R0 started. [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid0] md125 : active raid0 sdc[1] sdd[0] 1953513472 blocks super external:/md0/0 128k chunks md0 : inactive sdd[1](S) sdc[0](S) 2210 blocks super external:imsm md126 : active raid0 sda[1] sdb[0]...
  • Page 29 mdadm: /dev/sde appears to contain an ext2fs file system size=468851544K mtime=Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 Continue creating array? y mdadm: container /dev/md0 prepared. [root@localhost ~]# mdadm -C /dev/md/R1 /dev/md0 -n 3 -l 5 mdadm: array /dev/md/R1 started. [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md125 : active raid5 sde[2] sdd[1] sdc[0] 937691136 blocks super external:/md0/0 level 5, 128k chunk, algorithm 0 [3/3] [UUU]...
  • Page 30 active sync /dev/sdd active sync /dev/sde # Use four drives to create a RAID 10 array in container /dev/md0. [root@localhost ~]# mdadm -C /dev/md0 /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sde /dev/sdf -n 4 -e imsm mdadm: /dev/sdc appears to contain an ext2fs file system size=976762584K mtime=Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 mdadm: /dev/sdd appears to contain an ext2fs file system size=976762584K mtime=Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969...
  • Page 31 Consistency Policy : resync Resync Status : 0% complete UUID : bd08e6b3:90b4c83c:498c7d20:2b33be77 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State active sync set-A /dev/sdc active sync set-B /dev/sdf active sync set-A /dev/sdd active sync set-B /dev/sde Viewing the states of all RAID arrays Perform this task to view the state of all RAID arrays.
  • Page 32 When you install the VROC driver, related software programs are also installed. To install the VROC driver: Access the H3C official website and download the VROC driver. Upload the SetupVROC.exe file to the system, and double-click the file to open the installation...
  • Page 33 Figure 18 Installing the VROC tool Select the installation location. Figure 19 Selecting the installation location...

  • Page 34: Creating A Raid Array

    Figure 20 Installation completed Creating a RAID array Open Intel Virtual RAID on CPU installed together with the VROC driver. Figure 21 Creating a RAID array...
  • Page 35 Click the + icon. Figure 22 Selecting to create a volume Select the controller and RAID level and then click Next. In this example, two M.2 drives are used to create a RAID 1 array.
  • Page 36 Figure 23 Selecting the controller and RAID level Select drives, and then click Next.
  • Page 37 Figure 24 Selecting drives Enter the RAID volume name, select the volumn size, and then click Next to create the volume...
  • Page 38 Figure 25 Configuring the RAID volume parameters After the RAID volume is created, the page as shown in Figure 26 opens.

  • Page 39: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 26 Volume creation completed Deleting a RAID array Select the RAID array to be deleted, and then click Delete Volume.
  • Page 40 Figure 27 Selecting the RAID array to be deleted In the dialog box that opens, click Yes.
  • Page 41 Figure 28 Confirming the deletion Verify that the RAID array has been deleted on the Volumes page.

  • Page 42: Troubleshooting

    Figure 29 Verifying the deletion result Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information, diagnosing and locating faults, and troubleshooting servers, see H3C Servers Troubleshooting Guide. Compatibility information about storage controller server compatibility, access http://www.h3c.com/en/home/qr/default.htm?id=66. Downloading and installing drivers Access https://www.h3c.com/en/Support/Resource_Center/EN/Severs/Catalog/Optional_Parts/Storage_Co...
  • Page 43 No NVMe VROC VROC in Each drive acts as a passthrough drive. module installed pass-thru mode NOTE: Intel NVMe drives P3608, P4608, and P4618 are not supported by H3C servers. • Intel NVMe drives: 0, 1, 5, 10 ® NVMe-VRO Intel VROC •...
  • Page 44 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. For more information about RAID levels, see "Appendix B RAID arrays and fault tolerance."...
  • Page 45 During server POST, press Delete, Esc, or F2 as prompted to open the BIOS setup screen as shown in Figure For how to navigate screens and modify settings, see the operation instructions at the lower right corner. Figure 1 BIOS setup screen On the screen as shown in Figure 2, select Advanced >...
  • Page 46 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 On the screen as shown in Figure 5, set the VMD port XX-Slot XX item in each VMD Config...
  • Page 47 Figure 5 Setting VMD status Table 3 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 48 NOTE: For the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU option to appear on the screen shown in Figure 6, make sure the VMD controllers have been enabled. Figure 6 Advanced screen On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select All Intel VMD Controllers, and then press Enter. Figure 7 RAID summary screen The RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 8...

  • Page 49: Configuring Raid Arrays

    Figure 8 All Intel VMD Controllers screen Configuring RAID arrays On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 9, 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 50 On the screen as shown in Figure 10, set the Name, RAID Level, Select Disks, and Capacity parameters, select Create Volume, press Enter, select Yes, and then press Enter to create the RAID volume. Table 4 describes the configuration parameters for creating a RAID volume. Figure 10 Setting RAID parameters Table 4 Configuration parameters Parameter...
  • Page 51 Figure 11 Viewing the created RAID volume Configuring a hot spare drive This task configures a global hot spare drive. The hot spare drive is effective for all created RAID volumes. Multiple hot spare drives can be created to protect multiple RAID volumes. To configure a hot spare drive: On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 52 On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select Mark as Spare, and press Enter. Figure 13 Spare drive configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 14, select Yes, and press Enter. Figure 14 Confirming the spare drive configuration...

  • Page 53: Deleting Raid Arrays

    Deleting RAID arrays On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 15, select the RAID volume to delete under RAID Volumes, and press Enter. Figure 15 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted On the screen as shown in Figure 16, select Delete and press Enter.
  • Page 54 Figure 17 Confirming the spare drive deletion Locating an NVMe drive On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 15, select the RAID volume to be located under RAID Volumes, and press Enter. Figure 18 Selecting the NVMe drive to be located On the screen as shown in Figure 19, select On for the Locate LED On option and press...
  • Page 55 Figure 19 Locating the NVMe drive Viewing NVMe VROC Key specifications Access the BIOS Setup Utility. Access the Advanced > Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU screen. NOTE: The Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU item is displayed only when the VMD controller is enabled. For more information about enabling the VMD controller, see "Configuring VMD settings."...
  • Page 56 Figure 20 Advanced screen On the NVMe RAID summary screen, view the upgrade key, which represents the NVMe VROC Key specifications. For more information, see "NVMe VROC module specifications." Figure 21 NVMe RAID summary screen Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode NVMe VROC in legacy mode does not support RAID configuration.
  • Page 57 Configuring RAID arrays in Linux RAID array configuration tasks at a glance To configure RAID arrays in Linux, perform the following tasks: • Configuring VMD settings • Accessing NVMe RAID configuration screen • Configuring RAID arrays • (Optional.) Configuring a hot spare drive •...
  • Page 58 Configuring RAID arrays Prerequisites Make sure the number of NVMe drives meets the requirements for RAID configuration. Execute the command to view the number of NVMe drives, as shown in Figure lsblk Figure 23 Viewing the number of NVMe drives Procedure Execute the command...
  • Page 59 Parameter Description Number of NVMe drives in the RAID array. RAID level. RAID capacity. Execute the command to view RAID information, including container mdadm –D /dev/md0 name, RAID level, strip size, number of NVMe drives, and RAID status, as shown in Figure Figure 26 Viewing RAID information Configuring hot spare drives...
  • Page 60 Figure 28 Creating a RAID array Configuring hot spare drives after RAID array creation After RAID array creation, execute the command to add mdadm –a /dev/md0 /dev/nvme1n1 hot spare drives to the container. Figure 29 Configuring hot spare drives Deleting RAID arrays Execute the command to stop the RAID array, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 61 • Accessing NVMe RAID configuration screen • Configuring RAID arrays • (Optional.) Configuring a hot spare drive • (Optional.) Deleting RAID arrays Configuring VMD settings Configure VMD settings as described in "Configuring VMD settings." 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 ...
  • Page 62 Configuring RAID arrays Open Intel VROC Storage Management Application, as shown in Figure Figure 32 Intel VROC Storage Management Application Click the icon, select a controller and a RAID level, and then click Next, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 63 Figure 33 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 34. Then, click Next. Figure 34 Editing RAID settings...
  • Page 64 Select whether to enable VMD controller spanning and then click Next. Figure 35 Selecting whether to enable VMD controller spanning As shown in Figure 36, modify the RAID volume name, volume size, and stripe size.
  • Page 65 Figure 36 Modifying RAID parameters Confirm the RAID volume information and then click Create Volume.
  • Page 66 Figure 37 Confirming RAID creation Click OK to complete the RAID creation.
  • Page 67 Figure 38 Completing RAID creation The screen as shown in Figure 39 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 68 Figure 39 Viewing the created RAID volume Configuring a hot spare drive Open Intel VROC Storage Management Application. Select the NVMe drive to be configured as the hot spare drive from the list, and then click the wrench icon in the upper right corner, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 69 Figure 40 Configuring a hot spare drive As shown in Figure 41, click Mark as spare to set the selected drive as a hot spare drive.
  • Page 70 Figure 41 Setting the selected drive as a hot spare drive In the dialog box that opens, click Yes.
  • Page 71 Figure 42 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 72 Figure 43 Verifying the configuration Deleting RAID arrays Open Intel VROC Storage Management Application. Select the RAID array to be deleted, and then click Delete volume, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 73 Figure 44 Deleting a RAID array In the dialog box that opens, click Yes, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 74 Figure 45 Confirming the deletion Verifying that the RAID array has been deleted by viewing the Volumes list, as shown in Figure...

  • Page 75: Troubleshooting

    Figure 46 Verifying the deletion Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information, diagnosing and locating faults, and troubleshooting servers, see H3C Servers Troubleshooting Guide. Compatibility information about storage controller server compatibility, access http://www.h3c.com/en/home/qr/default.htm?id=66. Downloading and installing drivers Access https://www.h3c.com/en/Support/Resource_Center/EN/Severs/Catalog/Optional_Parts/Storage_Co...
  • Page 76 The storage controllers provide a maximum interface rate of 12 Gbps, and some storage controllers support caching, which greatly increases performance and data security. For more information about storage controller details supported cache, access http://www.h3c.com/en/home/qr/default.htm?id=66. This chapter is applicable to the following storage controllers: • RAID-LSI-9560-LP-16i-8GB • RAID-LSI-9560-LP-8i-4GB • HBA-LSI-9540-LP-8i Features RAID levels The supported RAID levels vary by storage controller model.
  • Page 77 RAID level Min. drives required Max. failed drives For the LSI 9560: 8 2n, where n is the number of RAID 6 arrays in the RAID 60 For the other storage RAID 60 array. controllers: 6 (8 is recommended.) NOTE: Storage controllers described in this chapter support using a maximum of eight member RAID 1/5/6 arrays to form a RAID 10/50/60 array.
  • Page 78 • (Optional.) Upgrading the storage controller firmware online • (Optional.) Switching the storage controller mode • (Optional.) Forcing a logical drive to come online • (Optional.) Adding new drives to a RAID array • (Optional.) Viewing storage controller properties • (Optional.) Importing foreign configuration •...
  • Page 79 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 80 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 81 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 82 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 83 Figure 8 Selecting Go When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 9 opens. Figure 9 Completing drive state switchover...

  • Page 84: Configuring Raid

    Configuring RAID 0/1/5/6 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 10, select Configuration Management and press Enter. 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...
  • Page 85 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. This example  selects Unconfigured Capacity as an example. Free Capacity—The capacity source is the remaining drive capacity of the drives that ...
  • Page 86 Figure 14 Selecting Select Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select the target drives and press Enter. Then, select Apply Changes and press Enter. A drive in JBOD, Unconfigured Bad, or Hotspare status cannot be selected. Figure 15 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 16, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 87 Figure 16 Completing selecting drives On the screen as shown in Figure 17, configure the parameters, select Save Configuration, and press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 17 Configuring RAID parameters Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID array name, a case-insensitive string of letters, digits, and special...
  • Page 88 Parameter Description Virtual Drive Size Capacity for the RAID array. Virtual Drive Size Unit Capacity unit for the RAID array. Stripe size of the RAID array, that is, data block size for each drive, including Stripe Size 64KB, 128KB, 256KB, 512KB, and 1MB. The HBA-LSI-9540-LP-8i storage controller supports only 64KB in the current software version.
  • Page 89 Parameter Description • Full. Sector size reported to the OS: • Default—Displays 512e (4K) as the sector size as long as one 512e member drive exists, and displays 512n as the sector size if no 512e member drive exists. Emulation Type •...
  • Page 90 Figure 19 Completing RAID array configuration 11. Select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter as shown in Figure Figure 20 Storage controller configuration screen 12. On the screen as shown in Figure 21, you can see the created drives. Select the drive you want to view and press Enter.
  • Page 91 Figure 21 Virtual Drive Management screen 13. On the screen as shown in Figure 22, select View Associated Drives and press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the RAID array, including name, level, and drive information. Figure 22 Selecting View Associated Drives Configuring RAID 10 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 92 Figure 23 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 24, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 24 Selecting Create Virtual Drive On the screen as shown in Figure 25, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, and then press Enter.
  • Page 93 Figure 25 Setting RAID10 On the screen as shown in Figure 26, select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source, and then press Enter. Figure 26 Setting the drive capacity source On the screen as shown in Figure 27, select Select Drives and press Enter.
  • Page 94 Figure 27 Selecting Select Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 28, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Apply Changes and press Enter. Figure 28 Selecting the target drives...
  • Page 95 On the screen as shown in Figure 29, select Add More Spans and press Enter to add drive space. A minimum of four drives are required for setting up RAID10. Figure 29 Adding drive space On the screen as shown in Figure 30, select Select Drives and press Enter.
  • Page 96 On the screen as shown in Figure 31, 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 31 Selecting the target drives 10.
  • Page 97 11. On the screen as shown in Figure 33, configure the parameters, select Save Configuration, and press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 33 Configuring RAID parameters 12. On the screen as shown in Figure 34, select Confirm.
  • Page 98 13. On the screen as shown in Figure 35, select OK to return to the storage controller configuration screen. Figure 35 Completing RAID array configuration 14. As shown in Figure 36, on the storage controller configuration screen, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 99 15. On the screen as shown in Figure 37, you can see the created RAID arrays. Select RAID10 you want to view and press Enter. Figure 37 Virtual Drive Management screen 16. On the screen as shown in Figure 38, select View Associated Drives and press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the RAID array, including name, level, and drive information.
  • Page 100 Configuring RAID 50 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 39, select Configuration Management and press Enter. Figure 39 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 40, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 40 Selecting Create Virtual Drive...
  • Page 101 On the screen as shown in Figure 41, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, and then press Enter. Figure 41 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 42, select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source, and then press Enter.
  • Page 102 Figure 43 Selecting Select Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 44, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Apply Changes and press Enter. Figure 44 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 45, select Add More Spans and press Enter to add drive...
  • Page 103 Figure 45 Adding drive space On the screen as shown in Figure 46, select Select Drives and press Enter. Figure 46 Selecting Select Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 47, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Apply Changes and press Enter.
  • Page 104 Figure 47 Selecting the target drives 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 48, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 48 Confirming the operation 11. On the screen as shown in Figure 49, configure the parameters, select Save Configuration, and press Enter.
  • Page 105 Figure 49 Configuring RAID parameters 12. On the screen as shown in Figure 50, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 50 Confirming the operation 13. On the screen as shown in Figure 51, select OK to return to the storage controller configuration screen.
  • Page 106 Figure 51 Completing RAID array configuration 14. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 52, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 52 Storage controller configuration screen 15. On the screen as shown in Figure 53, you can see the created RAID arrays. Select RAID50 you want to view and press Enter.
  • Page 107 Figure 53 Virtual Drive Management screen 16. On the screen as shown in Figure 54, select View Associated Drives and press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the RAID array, including name, level, and drive information. Figure 54 Selecting View Associated Drives...
  • Page 108 Configuring RAID 60 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 55, select Configuration Management and press Enter. Figure 55 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 56, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 109 Figure 56 Selecting Create Virtual Drive On the screen as shown in Figure 57, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, and then press Enter. Figure 57 Settings the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 58, select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source, and then press Enter.
  • Page 110 Figure 58 Setting the drive capacity source On the screen as shown in Figure 59, select Select Drives and press Enter. Figure 59 Selecting Select Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 60, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Apply Changes and press Enter.
  • Page 111 Figure 60 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 61, select Add More Spans and press Enter to add drive space. A minimum of eight drives are required for setting up RAID60. Figure 61 Adding drive space On the screen as shown in Figure 62, select Select Drives and press Enter.
  • Page 112 Figure 62 Selecting Select Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 63, 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 63 Selecting the target drives 10.
  • Page 113 Figure 64 Confirming the operation 11. On the screen as shown in Figure 65, configure the parameters, select Save Configuration, and press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 65 Configuring RAID parameters 12. On the screen as shown in Figure 66, select Confirm.
  • Page 114 Figure 66 Confirming the operation 13. On the screen as shown in Figure 67, select OK to return to the storage controller configuration screen. Figure 67 Completing RAID array configuration 14. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 68, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 115 Figure 68 Storage controller configuration screen 15. On the screen as shown in Figure 69, you can see the created RAID arrays. Select RAID60 you want to view and press Enter. Figure 69 Virtual Drive Management screen...
  • Page 116 16. On the screen as shown in Figure 70, select View Associated Drives and press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the RAID array, including name, level, and drive information. Figure 70 Selecting View Associated Drives Configuring hot spare drives For data security purposes, configure hot spare drives after configuring a RAID array.
  • Page 117 Figure 71 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 72, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 72 Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 73, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Assign Global Hot Spare Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 118 Figure 73 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 74, select Go and press Enter. Figure 74 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 75, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 119 Figure 75 Confirming the operation When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 76 opens. Figure 76 Completing global hot spare drive configuration Configuring a dedicated hot spare drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 77, select Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 120 Figure 77 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 78, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 78 Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 79, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Assign Dedicated Hot Spare Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 121 Figure 79 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 80, select Go and press Enter. Figure 80 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 81, select the drive you want to configure as the hot spare drive.

  • Page 122: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 81 Confirming selection When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 82 opens. Figure 82 Completing the operation Deleting a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 83, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 123 Figure 83 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 84, select the target virtual drive and press Enter. Figure 84 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 85, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Delete Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 124 Figure 85 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 86, select Go and press Enter. Figure 86 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 87, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 125 Figure 87 Confirming the deletion When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 88 opens. Figure 88 Completing the operation Locating drives This task allows you to locate a physical drive or all drives for a virtual drive.
  • Page 126 Locating a physical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 89, select Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 89 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 90, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 90 Selecting the target drive...
  • Page 127 On the screen as shown in Figure 91, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Start Locate and press Enter. Figure 91 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 92, select Go and press Enter. Figure 92 Selecting Go When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 93...
  • Page 128 Figure 93 Completing locating the physical drive Locating all drives for a virtual drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 94, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 94 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 95, select the target drive and press Enter.
  • Page 129 Figure 95 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 96, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Start Locate and press Enter. Figure 96 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 97, select Go and press Enter.

  • Page 130: Initializing A Virtual Drive

    Figure 97 Selecting Go When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 98 opens. The Fault/UID LED on the drive turns steady blue. Figure 98 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 131 To initialize a virtual drive: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 99, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 99 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 100, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 100 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 132 Figure 101 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 102, select Go and press Enter. Figure 102 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 103, select Confirm.
  • Page 133 Figure 103 Confirming the initialization When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 104 opens. Figure 104 Completing the operation Initializing a physical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 105, select Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 134 Figure 105 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 106, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 106 Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 107, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Initialize Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 135 Figure 107 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 108, select Go and press Enter. Figure 108 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 109, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 136 Figure 109 Confirming the initialization When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 110 opens. Figure 110 Completing the operation...
  • Page 137 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. Erasing a physical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 111, select Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 138 Figure 112 Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 113, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Drive Erase and press Enter. For some controllers, you must select Cryptographic Erase for a SAS drive and select Drive Erase for a SATA drive.
  • Page 139 On the screen as shown in Figure 114, press Enter and set the Erase Mode (the default Simple mode is recommended). Figure 114 Setting the Erase Mode On the screen as shown in Figure 115, select Go and press Enter. Figure 115 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 140 Figure 116 Confirming the operation When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 117 opens. Figure 117 Completing the operation Erasing a logical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 118, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 141 Figure 118 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 119, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 119 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 120, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Virtual Drive Erase and press Enter.
  • Page 142 Figure 120 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 121, press Enter and set the Erase Mode (the default Simple mode is recommended). Figure 121 Setting the Erase Mode On the screen as shown in Figure 122, select Go and press Enter.
  • Page 143 Figure 122 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 123, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 123 Confirming the operation When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 124 opens.
  • Page 144 Figure 124 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. NOTE: The LSI 9540&9560 controller supports migration and scale-up in UEFI mode or the operating system only when the RAID level is 0, 1, 5, or 6.
  • Page 145 Figure 125 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 126, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 126 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 127, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Expand Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 146 Figure 127 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 128, select Go and press Enter. Figure 128 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 129, modify the value for Enter a Percentage of Available Capacity, select OK, and then press Enter.
  • Page 147 Figure 129 Setting the percentage of available capacity When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 130 opens. Figure 130 Completing expanding a RAID array Migrating the RAID level This task allows you to change the RAID level without affecting data integrity.
  • Page 148 NOTE: The LSI 9540&9560 controller supports migration and scale-up in UEFI mode or the operating system only when the RAID level is 0, 1, 5, or 6. To migrate the RAID level: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 131, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 149 Figure 132 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 133, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Reconfigure Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 133 Operation screen...
  • Page 150 On the screen as shown in Figure 134, select Go and press Enter. Figure 134 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 135, set the RAID level, select Choose the Operation, and then press Enter. Figure 135 Choose the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 136, select the target drives.
  • Page 151 Figure 136 Adding drives On the screen as shown in Figure 137, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 137 Confirming the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 138, select Start Operation, and then press Enter.
  • Page 152 Figure 138 Start the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 139, select OK, and then press Enter. Figure 139 Selecting OK 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 140, you can view the migration progress.
  • Page 153 Figure 140 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. The task typically applies to drives in Unconfigured Bad state. To clear RAID array information on the drive: Switch the drive state from Unconfigured Bad to Unconfigured Good.
  • Page 154 Figure 141 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 142, select Manage Foreign Configuration and press Enter. Figure 142 Selecting Manage Foreign Configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 143, select Clear Foreign Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 155 Figure 143 Selecting Clear Foreign Configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 144, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 144 Confirming the operation When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 145 opens.
  • Page 156 Figure 145 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 146, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 157 Figure 146 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 147, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 147 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 148, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Hide Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 158 Figure 148 Operation screen Hiding a RAID array This task allows you to hide a RAID array to avoid unintentional deletion. If you hide a RAID array, all the virtual drives of the RAID array are hidden. To hide a RAID array: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 149, select Virtual Drive...
  • Page 159 Figure 149 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 150, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 150 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 151, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that appears, select Hide Drive Group and press Enter.
  • Page 160 Figure 151 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 152, select Update Firmware and press Enter.
  • Page 161 On the screen as shown in Figure 153, select the directory of the target firmware and press Enter. Figure 153 Selecting directory On the screen as shown in Figure 154, select the image file of the target firmware and press Enter.
  • Page 162 Figure 155 Selecting Update On the screen as shown in Figure 156, select Confirm. 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. Do not perform any other operations during this time. Figure 156 Confirming the operation...
  • Page 163 On the screen as shown in Figure 157, select OK and press Enter. Figure 157 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 164 Figure 158 Selecting Main Menu Select Controller Management and press Enter.
  • Page 165 Figure 159 Selecting Controller Management Select Advanced Controller Management and press Enter. Figure 160 Selecting Advanced Controller Management...
  • Page 166 Select Manage Personality Mode and press Enter. Figure 161 Selecting Manage Personality Mode As shown in Figure 162, the storage controller is now is RAID mode. To switch the controller to JBOD mode, select Switch to JBOD Mode and press Enter.
  • Page 167 Figure 162 Switching the controller to JBOD mode Select Confirm to enable the specified mode, select Yes and then press Enter. 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.
  • Page 168 Figure 163 Confirming the mode switching Select OK and press Enter to reboot the operating system for the change to take effect. Figure 164 Completing the mode switching Forcing a logical drive to come online When the number of faulty drives exceeds the tolerance range of the logical drive fault-tolerant method, the management tool interface displays the state of logical drives as Offline.
  • Page 169 CAUTION: Using this function may change data in the logical drive. Before forcing a logical drive to come online, perform an evaluation task to determine whether the operation can be performed. To force a logical drive to come online: On the storage controller screen, select Virtual Drive Management and then press Enter. Figure 165 Storage controller screen Select the target logical drive, and then press Enter.
  • Page 170 Select View Associated Drives and then press Enter. Figure 167 Selecting View Associated Drives Select the target offline member drive, enable the drive, select View Drive Properties, and then press Enter. Figure 168 Selecting View Drive Properties Select Operation, press Enter, select Place Drive Online, and then press Enter again.
  • Page 171 Figure 169 Selecting Place Drive Online Select Go and then press Enter. Figure 170 Selecting Go Select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 172 Figure 171 Confirming the operation Figure 172 Operation succeeded Adding new drives to a RAID array Perform this task to add new drives to a RAID array for expansion.
  • Page 173 Restrictions and guidelines The LSI-9540 or 9560 series storage controller supports migration or expansion in UEFI mode or in the OS only in RAID 0, 1, 5, or 6. A storage controller does not support simultaneously reconfiguring two RAID arrays, which involves reconfiguring virtual drives, including drive expansion or RAID level migration.
  • Page 174 Figure 174 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 175, select Operation and press Enter. On the dialog box that opens, select Reconfigure Virtual Drives and press Enter. Figure 175 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 176, select Go and press Enter.
  • Page 175 Figure 176 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 177, set the RAID level, select Choose the Operation, and then press Enter. Figure 177 Choosing the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 178, select the drives to be added and click Apply Changes. Then, press Enter.
  • Page 176 Figure 178 Choose the Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 179, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 179 Confirming the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 180, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 177 Figure 180 Completing drive selection On the screen as shown in Figure 181, select Start Operation and press Enter. Figure 181 Starting the operation 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 182, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 178 Figure 182 Selecting OK 11. On the screen as shown in Figure 183, you can view the migration progress. Figure 183 Viewing the migration progress...
  • Page 179 Viewing storage controller properties On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 184, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 184 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 185, you can view the basic storage controller information and press Enter.
  • Page 180 Table 4 Parameter description Parameter Description Product Name Storage controller name. Serial Number Serial number of the storage controller. Controller Status Operating status of the storage controller. Personality Mode Mode of the storage controller. Boot option for the storage controller. This field specifies the Select Boot Device boot option in legacy mode and the configuration takes effect only in legacy mode.
  • Page 181 On the screen as shown in Figure 187, you can view and edit the advanced properties of the storage controller. For more information, see Table Figure 187 Advanced properties screen for the storage controller Table 5 Parameter description Parameter Description Cache and Memory Cache and memory information of the storage controller.
  • Page 182 • Safe Mode on Errors—The controller BIOS uses the safe startup mode when detecting an exception. Specify the BIOS enablement status, which is enabled by Controller BIOS default. ROC Temperature Temperature of the storage controller. Select whether to support I/O interruption for drive diagnosis. Shield State Supported The default is Yes.
  • Page 183 Importing foreign configuration Perform this task to import the configuration of an old storage controller to a new storage controller after the old storage controller is replaced. Restrictiond and guidelines On the server with RAID configuration, after a storage controller is replaced, the current RAID configuration will be identified as Foreign Configuration.
  • Page 184 Figure 189 Configuration Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 124, select Preview Foreign Configuration and press Enter to display the current detailed foreign configuration. Figure 190 Manage Foreign Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 191, select Import Foreign Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 185 Figure 191 Preview Foreign Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 124, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 192 Confirming the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 193, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 186 Figure 193 Completing importing the foreign configuration Clearing foreign configuration On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 124, select Configuration Management and press Enter. Figure 194 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 124, select Manage Foreign Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 187 Figure 195 Configuration Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 124, select Preview Foreign Configuration and press Enter to display the current detailed foreign configuration. Figure 196 Manage Foreign Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 197, select Clear Foreign Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 188 Figure 197 Preview Foreign Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 198, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 198 Confirming the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 199, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 189 Figure 199 Completing the clear operation Creating multiple virtual drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 200, select Configuration Management and press Enter. Figure 200 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 201, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 190 Figure 201 Selecting Create Virtual Drive On the screen as shown in Figure 202, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, for example RAID 1, and then press Enter. Figure 202 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 203, select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source, and then press Enter.
  • Page 191 Figure 203 Selecting Select Drives From On the screen as shown in Figure 204, select Select Drives Group and select the drive group for RAID setup, and then press Enter. Figure 204 Selecting Select Drives group On the screen as shown in Figure 205, select Apply Changes and press Enter.
  • Page 192 Figure 205 Selecting Apply Changes On the screen as shown in Figure 206, complete the drive group selection. Select OK and press Enter. Figure 206 Completing drive group selection On the screen as shown in Figure 207, configure the related parameters, select Save Configuration, and press Enter.
  • Page 193 Figure 207 Configuring the parameters On the screen as shown in Figure 208, select Confirm. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 208 Confirming the operation 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 209, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 194 OS command line tool to manage storage controllers during normal server operation without restarting the server. Downloading StorCLI Access https://www.h3c.com/cn/BizPortal/DownLoadAccessory/DownLoadAccessoryFilt.aspx. Download the installation package and release notes for the corresponding storage controller firmware as instructed. Decompress the installation package to obtain the StorCLI tool package for different operating systems.
  • Page 195 NOTE: All the commands related with specifying paths in StorCLI do not support spaces and special characters. Viewing storage controller information Perform this task to view basic information about an LSI storage controller. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id show [ all ] Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller.

  • Page 196: Usage Guidelines

    Device Number = 0 Function Number = 0 Physical Drives = 2 PD LIST : ======= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EID:Slt DID State DG Size Intf Med SED PI SeSz Model Sp Type ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 UGood - 5.457 TB SATA HDD N N 512B ST6000NM0115-1YZ110 U - 2:23 61 UGood - 1.818 TB SATA HDD N N 512B ST2000NM0125-1YZ104 U -...

  • Page 197: Upgrading The Firmware

    Examples # Switch the storage controller mode to JBOD. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0 set personality=jbod CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ctrl_Prop Value...
  • Page 198 Syntax To create a RAID array: storcli64 /ccontroller_id add vd rraid_level [size=<vd1_size>,..] [name=<vdname1>,..] drives= vd_drives [pdperarray= pdperarraynum] [pdcache=pdcache_policy] [pi] [wt|wb|awb] [nora|ra] [strip=strip_size] [emulationtype=emulationtype] [spares =spares_drives] To delete a RAID array: storcli64 /ccontroller_id/vraid_id del Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default.

  • Page 199: Locating A Physical Drive

    Usage guidelines When you specify member drives, use a comma (,) to separate two slots and use a hyphen (-) to indicate a slot range. Examples # Create RAID 1. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0 add vd r1 size=all drives=2:8,23 CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 200 CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Stop Drive Locate Succeeded. Viewing the JBOD state Perform this task to view the enabling status of the JBOD function for a storage controller. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id jbod Parameters...
  • Page 201 : Specifies the action to take. Options include: mode • : Enable JBOD. • : Disable JBOD. Usage guidelines This feature is supported only by the 9361, 9460, and 9440 controllers and controllers of the same series. Examples # Enable JBOD. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0 set jbod=on CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64...

  • Page 202: Viewing Drive Information

    Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id/eenclosure_id/sslot_id set good [force] storcli64 /ccontroller_id/eenclosure_id/sslot_id set jbod Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID.
  • Page 203 Status = Success Description = Show Drive Information Succeeded. Drive Information : ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EID:Slt DID State DG Size Intf Med SED PI SeSz Model Sp Type ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 JBOD - 5.458 TB SATA HDD N N 512B ST6000NM0115-1YZ110 U - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EID=Enclosure Device ID|Slt=Slot No.|DID=Device ID|DG=DriveGroup DHS=Dedicated Hot Spare|UGood=Unconfigured Good|GHS=Global Hotspare...
  • Page 204 CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Config data is restored to the adapter Scaling up RAID Perform this task to scale up a RAID array. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id/vraid_id expand size=target_size Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller.
  • Page 205 Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id/vraid_id start migrate type=raidx option=operation drives= vd_drives force Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID.
  • Page 206 Usage guidelines If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command to obtain a storcli64 /call show controller ID. Examples # Import external configuration. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/fall import CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Successfully imported foreign configuration...
  • Page 207 [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/e2/s11 add hotsparedrive CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Add Hot Spare Succeeded. # Add a dedicated hot spare. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/e2/s8 add hotsparedrive dgs=0 CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0...

  • Page 208: Collecting Logs

    ===================== ------------------ Ctrl_Prop Value ------------------ EmergencyUG ON ------------------ [root@localhost storcli]# ./storcli64 /c0 set eghs smarter=on CLI Version = 007.2507.0000.0000 Feb 07, 2023 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== ----------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value...
  • Page 209 Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID. Examples [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0 show termlog Firmware Term Log Information on controller 0: 03/13/22 9:12:37: C0:TTY History buffer cleared CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019...
  • Page 210 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== ---------------------------- Ctrl Method Result ---------------------------- 0 Delete Termlog deleted ---------------------------- [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0 delete events CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None...
  • Page 211 : Specifies the read cache policy. When reading data from RAID, the ra policy enables {ra|nora} the system to read the surrounding data and store them in the cache at the same time. When the user accesses these data subsequently, they can be directly read from the cache, which reduces the disk seeking time and improves read performance.
  • Page 212 Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID. : Specifies the target RAID ID. raid_id : Specifies the access policy.
  • Page 213 [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/v0 set pdcache=off CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Detailed Status : =============== --------------------------------------- VD Property Value Status ErrCd ErrMsg --------------------------------------- 0 PdCac Success Viewing the cache state of member drives Perform this task to view the cache state of member drives.
  • Page 214 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 252:10 20 Onln 0 893.750 GB SATA SSD N N 512B INTEL SSDSC2KB960G8 U - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EID=Enclosure Device ID|Slt=Slot No|DID=Device ID|DG=DriveGroup DHS=Dedicated Hot Spare|UGood=Unconfigured Good|GHS=Global Hotspare UBad=Unconfigured Bad|Sntze=Sanitize|Onln=Online|Offln=Offline|Intf=Interface Med=Media Type|SED=Self Encryptive Drive|PI=Protection Info SeSz=Sector Size|Sp=Spun|U=Up|D=Down|T=Transition|F=Foreign UGUnsp=UGood Unsupported|UGShld=UGood shielded|HSPShld=Hotspare shielded CFShld=Configured shielded|Cpybck=CopyBack|CBShld=Copyback Shielded UBUnsp=UBad Unsupported|Rbld=Rebuild Drive /c1/e252/s10 - Detailed Information :...
  • Page 215 ==================================== Drive position = DriveGroup:0, Span:0, Row:0 Enclosure position = 1 Connected Port Number = 11(path0) Sequence Number = 10 Commissioned Spare = No Emergency Spare = No Last Predictive Failure Event Sequence Number = 0 Successful diagnostics completion on = N/A FDE Type = None SED Capable = No SED Enabled = No...
  • Page 216 Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id/vraid_id set wrcache=wrmode storcli64 /ccontroller_id/vraid_id set rdcache=rdmode Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID.
  • Page 217 Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID. enclosure_id : Specifies the enclosure ID. : Specifies the ID of the physical drive slot.
  • Page 218 Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID. Examples [root@localhost ~]# storcli64 /c0/cv show all CLI Version = 007.1705.0000.0000 Mar 31, 2021 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0...
  • Page 219 Design_Info : =========== ------------------------------------ Property Value ------------------------------------ Date of Manufacture 18/09/2019 Serial Number 21428 Manufacture Name Design Capacity 374 J Device Name CVPM05 tmmFru CacheVault Flash Size 8.187 GB scapBatversionNo 0x00 scapSerialNo 0x53b4 scap Date of Manufacture 18/09/2019 scapPcbAssmNo 50046-01 scapPCBversionNo scapBatPackAssmNo 49571-222...
  • Page 220 : Specifies the ID of the physical drive slot. slot_id : Specifies the action to take. Options include mode offline online Examples # Manually make a physical drive go offline. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/e2/s23 set offline CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 221 Controller Properties : ===================== --------------------------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value --------------------------------------- PR Starttime 2022/03/19 15:00:00 PR MaxConcurrentPd 32 --------------------------------------- # View Patrol Read parameters. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0 show pr CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties :...
  • Page 222 Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID. raid_id : Specifies the target RAID ID. : Specifies the action to take.
  • Page 223 =================== ----------------------------------------------------------- VD Operation Progress% Status Estimated Time Left ----------------------------------------------------------- 0 CC Not in progress - ----------------------------------------------------------- # Enable consistency check. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/v0 start cc force CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Start CC Operation Success...
  • Page 224 Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID. : Specifies the enclosure ID. enclosure_id slot_id : Specifies the ID of the physical drive slot.
  • Page 225 Default The rate for each task is 30%. Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID.
  • Page 226 CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = No Virtual Drive has Preserved Cache Data. # Clear PreservedCache data. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/v0 delete preservedcache force CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 227 Configuring the firmware device order feature Perform this task to obtain and set the enabling status of the firmware device order feature for an LSI storage controller. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id show deviceorderbyfirmware storcli64 /ccontroller_id set deviceorderbyfirmware=mode Parameters controller_id: Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the ID is 0 by default.
  • Page 228 ------------------------------------- # Enable the firmware device order for a storage controller. [root@localhost ~]# storcli64 /c0 set deviceorderbyfirmware=on CLI Version = 007.2203.0000.0000 May 11, 2022 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Please reboot the system for the changes to take effect Controller Properties : ===================== -------------------------------------...

  • Page 229: Restrictions And Guidelines

    Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id show directpdmapping storcli64 /ccontroller_id set directpdmapping=mode Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command storcli64 /call show to view the controller ID.

  • Page 230: Troubleshooting

    ------------------------------------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value ------------------------------------------------- Directpdmapping OFF (Requires reboot for effect) ------------------------------------------------- Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information, diagnosing and locating faults, and troubleshooting servers, see H3C Servers Troubleshooting Guide. Compatibility information about storage controller server compatibility, access http://www.h3c.com/en/home/qr/default.htm?id=66.
  • Page 231 ntroller/?tbox=Software to download the storage controller drivers. For more information about installing drivers, see the release notes for the driver program.
  • Page 232 About 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, access http://www.h3c.com/en/home/qr/default.htm?id=66. This chapter is available for the following storage controllers: • RAID-P460-B2 •...
  • Page 233 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."...
  • Page 234 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). For efficient use of storage, use drives that have the same capacity to build a RAID.

  • Page 235: Switching The Operating Mode

    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 servers, the Front Page screen opens, and you must select Device Management before proceeding to the next step.
  • Page 236 Figure 2 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select Modify Controller Settings or Configure Controller Port Mode, and press Enter. This section uses Modify Controller Settings as an example.
  • Page 237 Figure 3 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 4, 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 238 Figure 4 Modify Controller Settings screen Figure 4 shows a screen with no RAID array configured. If a RAID array is configured, the Modify Controller Settings screen is as shown in Figure Figure 5 Modify Controller Settings screen...

  • Page 239: Configuring Raid

    Configuring RAID 0 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 6, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 6 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 240 Figure 7 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 8, select drives of the same type. Then, select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure Figure 8 Selecting the target drives...
  • Page 241 Figure 9 Proceeding to the next form On the screen as shown in Figure 10, select the RAID level, press Enter, and select Proceed to next Form. Figure 10 Setting the RAID level...
  • Page 242 On the screen as shown in Figure 11, configure the parameters, press Enter, and then select Submit Changes. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 11 Configuring RAID array parameters Table 2 Parameter description Parameter Description Logical Drive Label RAID array name.
  • Page 243 Figure 12 Logical drive creation succeeded On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select Manage Arrays, and press Enter. Figure 13 Storage controller configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 14, view the created arrays. Select the array where the RAID 0 logical drive resides, and then press Enter.
  • Page 244 Figure 14 Managing arrays On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select List Logical Drives and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array. Figure 15 Selecting List Logical Drives 10. Selecting the target logical drive, and then press Enter.
  • Page 245 Figure 16 Selecting Logical Drive 1 11. Selecting Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view the logical drive details (including drive name, level, and member drive information). Figure 17 Selecting Logical Drive Details...
  • Page 246 Configuring RAID 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 18, select Array Configuration and then press Enter. Figure 18 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 247 Figure 19 Selecting Create Array On the screen as shown in Figure 20, select drives of the same type. Then, select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure Figure 20 Selecting drives...
  • Page 248 Figure 21 Selecting Proceed to next Form Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form. Figure 22 Selecting the RAID level Configure the parameters, press Enter, and then select Submit Changes. For more information about the parameter description, see Table...
  • Page 249 Figure 23 Configuring RAID parameters Select Back to Main Menu. Figure 24 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter.
  • Page 250 Figure 25 Storage controller configuration screen View the created arrays. Select the array where the RAID 1 logical drive resides, and press Enter. Figure 26 Managing arrays Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to view logical drives in the array.
  • Page 251 Figure 27 Selecting List Logical Drives 10. Select the target drive, and then press Enter. Figure 28 Selecting Logical Drive 2 11. Selecting Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view the detailed information about the logical drive (including logical drive name, level, and member drives).
  • Page 252 Figure 29 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 1 AMD On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 30, select Array Configuration and then press Enter. Figure 30 Storage controller configuration screen...
  • Page 253 Select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 31 Selecting Create Array Select drives of the same type, and select Proceed to next Form. Figure 32 Selecting drives...
  • Page 254 Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form. Figure 33 Selecting the RAID1 ADM level Configure the parameters, press Enter, and then select Submit Changes. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 34 Configuring RAID parameters...
  • Page 255 Select Back to Main Menu. Figure 35 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter. Figure 36 Storage controller configuration screen...
  • Page 256 View the created RAID arrays. Select the array where the RAID1 ADM logical drive resides, and then press Enter. Figure 37 Managing arrays Select List Logical Drives, and press Enter to view logical drives in the array. Figure 38 Selecting List Logical Drives...
  • Page 257 10. Select the target RAID and then press Enter. Figure 39 Selecting Logical Drive 7 11. Select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive (including the logical drive name, level, and member drives). Figure 40 Selecting Logical Drive Details...
  • Page 258 Configuring RAID 5 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 41, select Array Configuration and then press Enter. Figure 41 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 259 Figure 42 Selecting Create Array As shown in Figure 43, select drives of the same type. Then, select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure Figure 43 Selecting drives...
  • Page 260 Figure 44 Selecting Proceed to next Form Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form. Figure 45 Selecting the RAID5 level Configure parameters, press Enter, and then select Submit Changes. For more information about the parameter description, see Table...
  • Page 261 Figure 46 Configuring RAID parameters Select Back to Main Menu. Figure 47 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter.
  • Page 262 Figure 48 Storage controller configuration screen View the created RAID arrays, select the array where the RAID5 logical drive resides, and then press Enter. Figure 49 Managing arrays Select List Logical Drives and press Enter to view logical drives in the array.
  • Page 263 Figure 50 Selecting List Logical Drives 10. Select the target logical drive, and then press Enter. Figure 51 Selecting Logical Drive 3 11. Select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive (including the logical drive name, level, and member drives).
  • Page 264 Figure 52 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 6 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 53, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 265 Figure 53 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 54 Selecting Create Array As shown in Figure 55, select drives of the same type. Then, select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure...
  • Page 266 Figure 55 Selecting drives Figure 56 Selecting Proceed to next Form Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form.
  • Page 267 Figure 57 Selecting the RAID0 level Configure parameters, press Enter, and then select Submit Changes. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 58 Configuring RAID parameters Select Back to Main Menu.
  • Page 268 Figure 59 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter. Figure 60 Storage controller configuration screen View the created RAID arrays, select the array where the RAID 6 logical drive resides, and then press Enter.
  • Page 269 Figure 61 Managing arrays Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to view logical drives in the array. Figure 62 Selecting List Logical Drives 10. Select the target logical drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 270 Figure 63 Selecting Logical Drive 5 11. Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive (including the logical drive name, level, and member drives). Figure 64 Selecting Logical Drive Details...
  • Page 271 Configuring RAID 10 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 65, select Array Configuration and then press Enter. Figure 65 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 272 Figure 66 Selecting Create Array As shown in Figure 67, select drives of the same type. Creating a RAID 10 requires a minimum of four drives. Then, select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure Figure 67 Selecting drives...
  • Page 273 Figure 68 Selecting Proceed to next Form Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form. Figure 69 Selecting the RAID10 level...
  • Page 274 Configure the parameters, press Enter, and then select Submit Changes. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 70 Configuring RAID parameters Select Back to Main Menu. Figure 71 Logical drive creation succeeded...
  • Page 275 Select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 72 Storage controller configuration screen View the created RAID arrays, select the array where the RAID 10 logical drive resides, and then press Enter. Figure 73 Managing arrays...
  • Page 276 Select List Logical Drives and press Enter to view logical drives in the array. Figure 74 Selecting List Logical Drives 10. Select the target logical drive and then press Enter. Figure 75 Selecting Logical Drive 4...
  • Page 277 11. Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive (including logical drive name, level, and member drives). Figure 76 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 10 ADM On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 77, select Array Configuration, and then press Enter.
  • Page 278 Figure 77 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter. Figure 78 Selecting Create Array As shown in Figure 79, select drives of the same type. Creating a RAID10 ADM logical drive requires a minimum of six drives. As shown in Figure 80, select Proceed to next Form.
  • Page 279 Figure 79 Selecting drives Figure 80 Selecting Proceed to next Form Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form.
  • Page 280 Figure 81 Selecting the RAID10 level Configure the parameters, press Enter, and then select Submit Changes. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 82 Configuring RAID parameters Select Back to Main Menu.
  • Page 281 Figure 83 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter. Figure 84 Storage controller configuration screen View the created RAID arrays, select the array where the RAID10 ADM logical drive resides, and then press Enter.
  • Page 282 Figure 85 Managing arrays Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to view logical drives in the array. Figure 86 Selecting List Logical Drives 10. Select the target logical drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 283 Figure 87 Selecting Logical Drive 1 11. Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive (including logical drive name, level, and member drives).

  • Page 284: Configuring Raid

    Figure 88 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 50 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 89, select Array Configuration, and then press Enter.
  • Page 285 Figure 89 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter. Figure 90 Selecting Create Array...
  • Page 286 Select drives of the same type, and then select Proceed to next Form. Figure 91 Selecting drives Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form. Figure 92 Selecting the RAID10 level Select Proceed to next Form.
  • Page 287 Figure 93 Selecting the number of parity groups Configure the parameters, press Enter, and then select Submit Changes. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 94 Configuring RAID parameters Select Back to Main Menu.
  • Page 288 Figure 95 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter. Figure 96 Storage controller configuration screen View the created RAID arrays, select the array where the RAID50 logical drive resides, and then press Enter.
  • Page 289 Figure 97 Managing arrays 10. Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to view logical drives in the array. Figure 98 Selecting List Logical Drives 11. Select the target logical drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 290 Figure 99 Selecting Logical Drive 6 12. Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive (including logical drive name, level, and member drives). Figure 100 Selecting Logical Drive Details...
  • Page 291 Configuring RAID 60 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 101, select Array Configuration, and then press Enter. Figure 101 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 292 Figure 102 Selecting Create Array Select drives of the same type, and then select Proceed to next Form. Figure 103 Selecting drives Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form.
  • Page 293 Figure 104 Selecting the RAID60 level Select Proceed to next Form. Figure 105 Selecting the number of parity groups Configure the parameters, press Enter, and then select Submit Changes. For more information about the parameter description, see Table...
  • Page 294 Figure 106 Configuring RAID parameters Select Back to Main Menu. Figure 107 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter.
  • Page 295 Figure 108 Storage controller configuration screen View the created RAID arrays, select the array where the RAID60 logical drive resides, and then press Enter. Figure 109 Managing arrays 10. Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to view logical drives in the array.
  • Page 296 Figure 110 Selecting List Logical Drives 11. Select the target logical drive and then press Enter. Figure 111 Selecting Logical Drive 2 12. Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive (including logical drive name, level, and member drives).

  • Page 297: Viewing Controller Properties

    Figure 112 Selecting Logical Drive Details Viewing controller properties On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 113, select Controller Information and press Enter.
  • Page 298 Figure 113 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 114, you can see basic information for the storage controller. For more information about the parameter description, see Table...
  • Page 299 Figure 114 Controller Information screen Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description Controller Storage controller model. PCI Slot number PCIe bus address assigned to the storage controller by the BIOS. PCI Address PCI address of the storage controller. Hardware Revision Hardware version. Serial Number Serial number of the storage controller.
  • Page 300 the drives can operate in both RAID mode and passthrough mode. By default, the controller mode is Mixed. Supported modes of ports on the storage controller, including: • Supported Modes Port CN0:RAID HBA Mixed • Port CN1:RAID HBA Mixed Configuring hot spare drives On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 115, select Array...
  • Page 301 Figure 116 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 117, select the target array and press Enter.
  • Page 302 Figure 117 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 118, select Manage Spare Drives and press Enter.
  • Page 303 Figure 118 Selecting Manage Spare Drivers On the screen as shown in Figure 119, 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 304 Figure 119 Selecting the spare type On the screen as shown in Figure 120, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following a drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Assign Dedicated Spare and press Enter.

  • Page 305: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 120 Selecting the target drives 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 306 Figure 121 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 122, select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 122 Array Configuration screen...
  • Page 307 On the screen as shown in Figure 123, select the target array and press Enter. Figure 123 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 124, select Delete Array and press Enter.

  • Page 308: Viewing Drive Information

    Figure 124 Selecting Delete Array Viewing drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 125, select Disk Utilities and press Enter.
  • Page 309 Figure 125 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 126, you can see information about all available drives. Figure 126 Drive information...
  • Page 310 Locating drives Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 126 and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 127, select Identify Device and press Enter. Figure 127 Selecting Identify Device On the screen as shown in Figure 128, select Start, and the Fault/UID LED on the drive turns steady blue.
  • Page 311 Figure 128 Identifying the drive Erasing drives Restrictions and guidelines 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 126, select the drive to be erased, and then press Enter.
  • Page 312 Figure 129 Erasing a drive On the screen as shown in Figure 130, select the erase pattern, and press Enter.
  • Page 313 Figure 130 Selecting the erase pattern Table 4 Parameter description Parameter Description Three-passes: Random + Write random numbers to the drive twice, and write all zeros to Random + All zeroes the entire drive on the third pass. Write random numbers to the drive once, and write all zeros to Two-passes: Random +All zeroes the entire drive on the second pass.
  • Page 314 On the screen as shown in Figure 131, select Start Erase, and press Enter. Figure 131 Starting erasing Viewing storage controller information Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 132, select Controller Information and press Enter.
  • Page 315 Figure 132 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 133, view storage controller information.
  • Page 316 Figure 133 Viewing storage controller information Modifying storage controller settings Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 134, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 317 Figure 134 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 135, select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 318 Figure 135 Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 136, 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 319 Figure 136 Modify Controller Settings screen Clearing storage controller configuration information Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 137, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 320 Figure 137 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 138 Figure 139, select Clear Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 321 Figure 138 Configure Controller Settings screen (for the RAID-P460-B2)
  • Page 322 Figure 139 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 140, select Delete All Array Configurations or Delete...
  • Page 323 Figure 140 Selecting Delete All Array Configurations Table 5 Parameter description Parameter Description Clear all created RAID and related array Delete All Array Configurations configuration information. Delete Configuration metadata on all physical Clear all invalid RAID information remaining in drives physical drives.
  • Page 324 Figure 141 Selecting Submit Changes Setting the HBA mode Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 142, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 325 Figure 142 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 143, select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter.
  • Page 326 Figure 143 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 144, select HBA for Set Controller Port Mode and press Enter.
  • Page 327 Figure 144 Configure Controller Port Mode screen Create multiple virtual drives (VDs) Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 145, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 328 Figure 145 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 146, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 329 Figure 146 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 147, select an array to add VDs. This example selects Array...
  • Page 330 Figure 147 Manage Arrays screen On the screen as shown in Figure 148, select Create Logical Drive.
  • Page 331 Figure 148 Array management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 149, select a RAID level, strip size, and capacity.
  • Page 332 Figure 149 Create Logical Drive screen 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: Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 150, select Administration and press Enter.
  • Page 333 Figure 150 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 151, select Flash Controller Firmware and press Enter.
  • Page 334 Figure 151 Administration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 152, select Select Firmware File to flash and press Enter.
  • Page 335 Figure 152 Selecting Select Firmware File to flash On the screen as shown in Figure 153, select the target device where the update file is located and press Enter.
  • Page 336 Figure 153 Selecting the target device On the screen as shown in Figure 154, select the update file suffixed with .bin (luxor.bin in this example) and press Enter.
  • Page 337 Figure 154 Selecting the update file On the screen as shown in Figure 155, select Flash Controller Firmware and press Enter.
  • Page 338 Figure 155 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 IO Bypass On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 156, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 339 Figure 156 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 157, select Create Array, and press Enter. Figure 157 Array Configuration screen...
  • Page 340 On the screen as shown in Figure 158, select drives to be used, which indicate by Enabled, and select [Proceed to next Form]. Then, press Enter. Figure 158 Selecting drives On the screen as shown in Figure 159, set the RAID level for RAID Level and select [Proceed to next Form].
  • Page 341 Figure 159 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 160, select Acceleration Method and set the logical drive cache mode. Then, press Enter.
  • Page 342 Figure 160 Configuring the related parameters On the screen as shown in Figure 161, select IO Bypass and complete other RAID settings. NOTE: • This feature is only available when you selecting SSDs to build a RAID. • If you set Logical Drive Label to aacraid, IO Bypass is not supported.
  • Page 343 Figure 161 Selecting IO Bypass Forcing logical drives to come online If the number of offline drives exceeds the tolerance range of the logical drive fault-tolerant method, the management tool interface will display the logical drive state as Failed. In this case, you can use the Force Online function to force the logical drives to come online.
  • Page 344 Figure 162 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 163, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 345 Figure 163 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 164, select an array that has failed due to offline drives and press Enter.
  • Page 346 Figure 164 Manage Arrays screen On the screen as shown in Figure 165, select List Logical Drives and press Enter. Figure 165 Screen for a failed array due to offline drives...
  • Page 347 On the screen as shown in Figure 166, select a logical drive in Failed state and press Enter. Figure 166 List Logical Drives screen On the screen as shown in Figure 167, select Re-Enable Logical Drives and press Enter.
  • Page 348 Figure 167 Screen for logical drives in Failed state Setting the number of OS bootable drives in Legacy BIOS mode Perform this task to set the number of OS bootable drives in UEFI or Legacy mode, in the range of 0 to 8.
  • Page 349 Figure 168 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 169, select Number of OS bootable drives and press Enter.
  • Page 350 Figure 169 Set Bootable Device(s) for Legacy Boot Mode screen On the screen as shown in Figure 170, select Number of OS bootable drives, set the number of drives, and press Enter.
  • Page 351 Figure 170 Setting the number of OS bootable drives Adding new physical drives to a logical drive Access the storage controller configuration screen. Select Array Configuration and then press Enter.
  • Page 352 Figure 171 Storage controller configuration screen Select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 172 Array Configuration Select the target array, and then press Enter.
  • Page 353 Figure 173 Managing arrays Select Manage Data Drives and then press Enter. Figure 174 Selecting the target logical drive Select Add Drive(s)-Expand Array and press Enter.
  • Page 354 Figure 175 Manage Data Drives Select the drives to be added, select Proceed to next Form, and then press Enter. Figure 176 Selecting drives Select a method from the Expand Existing Array Type field, select Proceed to next Form, and then press Enter.
  • Page 355 Figure 177 Selecting the logical drive expansion method Select Submit Changes, and then press Enter. Figure 178 Selecting Submit Changes Viewing RAID controller attributes On the storage controller configuration screen, select Array Configuration > Manage Arrays, and then press Enter. Select the target RAID array, and then press Enter.
  • Page 356 Figure 179 Selecting the target RAID array Select List Logical Drives and press Enter. Figure 180 Selecting List Logical Drives Select Logical Drive 1 and press Enter.
  • Page 357 Figure 181 Selecting Logical Drive 1 Select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive (including the logical drive name, level, and member drives). Figure 182 Selecting Logical Drive Details...
  • Page 358 Adding multiple virtual drives (VDs) Access the storage controller configuration screen. Select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 183 Storage controller configuration screen Select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 184 Array Configuration screen...
  • Page 359 Select the target RAID array, and then press Enter. Figure 185 Selecting the target VD Select Create Logical Drive and Enter. Figure 186 Selecting Create Logical Drive Select the RAID level, and set the strip size and capacity.
  • Page 360 Figure 187 Create Logical Drive screen 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 361 • (Optional.) Locating drives • (Optional.) Erasing drives • (Optional.) Modifying storage controller settings • (Optional.) Clearing storage controller configuration Accessing the storage controller configuration screen During server POST as shown in Figure 188, press Ctrl+A. Figure 188 Pressing Ctrl+A The storage controller configuration screen opens as shown in Figure 189.
  • Page 362 Figure 190 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 191, select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter. Figure 191 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 192, change the operating mode for Port CN0 or Port CN1 as needed.

  • Page 363: Configuring Raid

    Figure 192 Configure Controller Port Mode screen Configuring RAID 0 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 193, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 193 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 194, select Create Array and press Enter.
  • Page 364 Figure 194 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 195, 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 195 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 196, set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name,...
  • Page 365 Figure 196 Configuring RAID 0 parameters Table 6 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 366 Figure 197 Selecting Manage Arrays On the screen as shown in Figure 198, 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 198 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in...
  • Page 367 Figure 199 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 200 Array Configuration screen 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.
  • Page 368 Figure 201 Selecting drives Set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name, Strip/Full Stripe Size, Parity Group Count, Build Method, Size, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Done and then press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 202 Configuring RAID 1 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 369 Figure 203 Selecting Manage Arrays Select the target RAID array and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 204 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 1 ADM On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 205, select Array...
  • Page 370 Figure 205 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 206 Array Configuration screen 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.
  • Page 371 Figure 207 Selecting drives Set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name, Strip/Full Stripe Size, Parity Group Count, Build Method, Size, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Done and then press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 208 Configuring RAID1 ADM parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 372 Figure 209 Selecting Manage Arrays Select the target RAID array and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 210 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 5 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 211, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 373 Figure 211 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 212 Array Configuration screen 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.
  • Page 374 Figure 213 Selecting drives Set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name, Strip/Full Stripe Size, Parity Group Count, Build Method, Size, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Done and then press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 214 Configuring RAID5 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 375 Figure 215 Selecting Manage Arrays Select the target RAID array and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 216 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 6 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 217, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 376 Figure 217 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 218 Array Configuration screen 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.
  • Page 377 Figure 219 Selecting drives Set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name, Strip/Full Stripe Size, Parity Group Count, Build Method, Size, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Done and then press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 220 Configuring RAID6 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 378 Figure 221 Selecting Manage Arrays Select the target RAID array and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 222 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 10 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 223, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 379 Figure 223 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 224 Array Configuration screen 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.
  • Page 380 Figure 225 Selecting drives Set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name, Strip/Full Stripe Size, Parity Group Count, Build Method, Size, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Done and then press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 226 Configuring RAID10 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 381 Figure 227 Selecting Manage Arrays Select the target RAID array and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 228 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 10 ADM On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 229, select Array...
  • Page 382 Figure 229 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 230 Array Configuration screen 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.
  • Page 383 Figure 231 Selecting drives Set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name, Strip/Full Stripe Size, Parity Group Count, Build Method, Size, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Done and then press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 232 Configuring RAID10 ADM parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 384 Figure 233 Selecting Manage Arrays Select the target RAID array and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 234 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 50 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 235, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 385 Figure 235 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 236 Array Configuration screen 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.
  • Page 386 Figure 237 Selecting drives Set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name, Strip/Full Stripe Size, Parity Group Count, Build Method, Size, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Done and then press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 238 Configuring RAID50 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 387 Figure 239 Selecting Manage Arrays Select the target RAID array and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 240 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 60 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 241, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 388 Figure 241 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 242 Array Configuration screen 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.
  • Page 389 Figure 243 Selecting drives Set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name, Strip/Full Stripe Size, Parity Group Count, Build Method, Size, and Acceleration Method. Then, select Done and then press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 244 Configuring RAID60 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 390 Figure 245 Selecting Manage Arrays Select the target RAID array and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array (including RAID array name, level, and drive information). Figure 246 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring hot spare drives Restrictions and guidelines 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 391 Procedure On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 247, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 247 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 248, select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 248 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 249, select the target array and press Ctrl+S.
  • Page 392 Figure 249 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 250, 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 250 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 251, select the spare type, select Done, and then press...
  • Page 393 Figure 251 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 252, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 252 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 253, select Select Boot Device and press Enter.
  • Page 394 Figure 253 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 254, select the target drive, press Ctrl+P, and then press Enter. Figure 254 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 255, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 395 Figure 255 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 256, select the target RAID array and press Enter. Figure 256 Selecting the target RAID array On the screen as shown in Figure 257, press Ctrl+P to configure the RAID array as the primary boot drive.

  • Page 396: Deleting A Raid Array

    Figure 257 Configuring the primary boot drive Deleting a RAID array Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 258, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 258 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 259, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.

  • Page 397: Viewing Drive Information

    Figure 259 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 260, select the target array, press Enter, and then press Delete to delete the array. Figure 260 Deleting the target array Viewing drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 261, select Disk Utilities...
  • Page 398 Figure 261 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 262, you can see information about all available drives. Figure 262 Drive information Locating drives Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 262 and press Enter.
  • Page 399 Figure 263 Identifying the device Erasing drives Procedure On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 262, select the drive to be erased, and then press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 264, select Secure Erase and then press Enter. Figure 264 Erasing a drive On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 400 Figure 265 Confirming the operation Modifying storage controller settings Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 266, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 266 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 267, select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 401 Figure 267 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 268, you can view the storage controller settings. Figure 268 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 268 are configurable, but the default values are typically used.
  • Page 402 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 269, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 269 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 270, select Clear Configuration and press Enter. Figure 270 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 271, select Delete All Array Configurations or Delete RIS...
  • Page 403 Figure 271 Clearing storage controller configuration Table 7 Parameter description Parameter Description Clear all created RAID configuration and the related Delete All Array Configurations array configuration. Clear all invalid RAID information remaining in the Delete RIS on All Physical drives physical drives.
  • Page 404 Forcing logical drives to come online If the number of offline drives exceeds the tolerance range of the logical drive fault-tolerant method, the management tool interface will display the logical drive state as Failed. In this case, you can use the Force Online function to force the logical drives to come online. The Force Online function for storage controllers is named Force Online LD in Legacy mode boot mode.
  • Page 405 Figure 275 Manage Arrays screen On the screen as shown in Figure 276, select a RAID array in Failed state, press Enter, and then press Ctrl+F. Figure 276 Screen for a failed array due to offline drives Setting the number of OS bootable drives in Legacy BIOS mode Perform this task to set the number of OS bootable drives in UEFI or Legacy mode, in the range of 0 to 8.
  • Page 406 This section introduces the download and installation steps of the OS command line tool. You can use the OS command line tool to manage storage controllers during normal server operation without restarting the server. Downloading ARCCONF Access https://www.h3c.com/en/Support/Resource_Center/EN/Severs/Catalog/Optional_Parts/Storag e_Controller/?tbox=Software. Download the installation package and release notes for the corresponding storage controller firmware as instructed.
  • Page 407 Decompress the installation package to obtain the ARCCONF tool package for different operating systems. Installing ARCCONF See the release notes to install ARCCONF for the corresponding operating system. Commonly-used commands in ARCCONF This section describes the usage and examples of commonly used commands in ARCCONF. You can use ARCCONF commands to manage storage controllers during normal server operation without restarting the server.
  • Page 408 Examples # View attributes of storage controller 1. [root@localhost home]# arcconf list 1 Controllers found: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Controller information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Controller ID : Status, Slot, Mode, Name, SerialNumber, WWN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Controller 1: : Optimal, Slot 19, Mixed, UN RAID P460-B2, UNKNOWN, 598F181BA1DBB000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Array Information...
  • Page 409 Physical 0,14 : Ready (SATA, 512 Bytes, 457862MB, ATA , INTEL SSDSC2KB480G8 , Solid State Drive) 500E004AAAAAAA06, [Enclosure 1, Slot 6(Connector 0:CN0)] Physical 0,15 : Ready (SATA, 512 Bytes, 457862MB, ATA , INTEL SSDSC2KB480G8 , Solid State Drive) 500E004AAAAAAA07, [Enclosure 1, Slot 7(Connector 0:CN0)] Physical 2,0 : Ready (SES2, Not Applicable, Not Applicable, MSCC, SXP 36x12G, Enclosure Services Device) 500E004AAAAAAA7F, [Connector 0:CN0, Enclosure 1]...
  • Page 410 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Array Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Array Number 0 Name Status : Ok Interface : SATA SSD Total Size : 305152 MB Unused Size : 204800 MB Block Size : 512 Bytes Array Utilization : 32.77% Used, 67.23% Unused Type : Data Transformation Status : Not Applicable Spare Rebuild Mode...
  • Page 411 Array RAID level Status of Logical Device : Optimal Size : 457830 MB Stripe-unit size : 256 KB Full Stripe Size : 256 KB Interface Type : SATA SSD Device Type : Data Boot Type : None Heads : 255 Sectors Per Track : 32 Cylinders...
  • Page 412 Serial number : BTYF8316086G480BGN World-wide name : 500E004AAAAAAA00 Reserved Size : 32768 KB Used Size : 457830 MB Unused Size : 0 MB Total Size : 457862 MB S.M.A.R.T. : No S.M.A.R.T. warnings : Yes NCQ supported : Supported NCQ status : Enabled Boot Type : None...
  • Page 413 Hard Read Errors Hard Write Errors Hot Plug Count Media Failures Not Ready Errors Other Time Out Errors Predictive Failures Retry Recovered Read Errors Retry Recovered Write Errors Scsi Bus Faults Sectors Reads : 1527374224 Sectors Written : 3824871501 Service Hours : 72 Device #9 Device is a Hard drive...
  • Page 414 Sanitize Lock Setting : None Usage Remaining : 99 percent Estimated Life Remaining : 16751 SSD Smart Trip Wearout : False 56 Day Warning Present : False Drive Unique ID : 59BEEAC95A7A20E79FED05D090BE7939 Drive SKU Number : Not Applicable Drive Part Number : Not Applicable Last Failure Reason : No Failure...
  • Page 415 Status : Ok Active path 2 Path : CN1 Status : Ok Enclosure ID Enclosure Logical Identifier : 500E004AAAAAAA7E Expander ID Expander SAS Address : 500E004AAAAAAA7F SEP device ID : 377 Type : SES2 Vendor : MSCC Model : SXP 36x12G Firmware : RevB Status of Enclosure Services Device...
  • Page 416 Channel description : SCSI Controller Model : UN RAID P460-B2 Vendor ID : 0x9005 Device ID : 0x028F Subsystem Vendor ID : 0x193D Subsystem Device ID : 0xC461 Controller Serial Number : Unknown Controller World Wide Name : 598F181BA1DBB000 Physical Slot : 19 Temperature : 44 C/ 111 F (Normal)
  • Page 417 Pending Power Mode : Not Applicable Survival Mode : Enabled -------------------------------------------------------- Cache Properties -------------------------------------------------------- Cache Status : Ok Cache Serial Number : Not Applicable Cache memory : 1808 MB Read Cache Percentage : 40 percent Write Cache Percentage : 60 percent No-Battery Write Cache : Enabled Wait for Cache Room...
  • Page 418 Hardware Revision -------------------------------------------------------- Temperature Sensors Information -------------------------------------------------------- Sensor ID Current Value : 30 deg C Max Value Since Powered On : 31 deg C Location : Inlet Ambient Sensor ID Current Value : 44 deg C Max Value Since Powered On : 45 deg C Location : ASIC...
  • Page 419 Pending VDM Notification : Not Applicable -------------------------------------------------------- Connector information -------------------------------------------------------- Connector #0 Connector Name : CN0 Connection Number Functional Mode : Mixed Connector Location : Internal SAS Address : 598F181BA1DBB000 Connector #1 Connector Name : CN1 Connection Number Functional Mode : Mixed Connector Location : Internal...
  • Page 420 Command Function length of time. controller_id array array_id time time Turn on the UID LED for the specified array. You can press arcconf identify any key to turn off the LED. controller_id array array_id Parameters : Specifies the ID of the storage controller. controller_id LD_id : Specifies the ID of a LD.
  • Page 421 Parameters : Specifies the ID of the storage controller. controller_id : Specifies the operating mode of a storage controller. Options include: mode • : Specifies the HBA mode. • : Specifies the RAID mode. • : Specifies the Mixed mode. Examples # Set the storage controller mode to RAID.
  • Page 422 Degraded Mode Performance Optimization : Disabled Latency : Disabled Statistics data collection mode : Disabled Post Prompt Timeout : 15 seconds Boot Controller : False Primary Boot Volume : None Secondary Boot Volume : None Driver Name : smartpqi Driver Supports SSD I/O Bypass : Yes NVMe Supported : No...
  • Page 423 Configured Drives : Disabled Unconfigured Drives : Disabled HBA Drives : Disabled -------------------------------------------------------- maxCache Properties -------------------------------------------------------- maxCache Version maxCache RAID5 WriteBack Enabled : Enabled -------------------------------------------------------- RAID Properties -------------------------------------------------------- Logical devices/Failed/Degraded : 1/0/0 Spare Activation Mode : Failure Background consistency check : Idle Consistency Check Delay : 3 seconds...
  • Page 424 Location : Bottom -------------------------------------------------------- Out Of Band Interface Settings -------------------------------------------------------- OOB Interface : PBSI Pending OOB Interface : PBSI I2C Address : 0xDE Pending I2C Address : 0xDE -------------------------------------------------------- PBSI -------------------------------------------------------- I2C Clock Speed : 400 KHZ I2C Clock Stretching : Enabled Pending I2C Clock Speed : 400 KHZ...
  • Page 425 Command completed successfully. Create and delete RAID arrays Perform this task to create and delete RAID arrays. Syntax arcconf create controller_id logicaldrive option size level channel_id …… slot_id channel_id slot_id arcconf delete controller_id logicaldrive ld_id noprompt Parameters : Specifies the ID of the storage controller. controller_id : Specifies the LD attributes.
  • Page 426 Controllers found: 1 WARNING: Deleting this logical device will automatically delete array 0 because it is the only logical device present on that array. All data in logical device 0 will be lost. Deleting: logical device 0 ("LogicalDrv 0") Command completed successfully. # Create RAID 10.
  • Page 427 Space will be wasted as devices specified are of different sizes. WARNING: Use of SED device(s) may lead to data loss if ownership is taken on the specified device(s). Do you want to add a logical device to the configuration? Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y Creating logical device: LogicalDrv 0 Command completed successfully.
  • Page 428 Controllers found: 1 Space will be wasted as devices specified are of different sizes. WARNING: Use of SED device(s) may lead to data loss if ownership is taken on the specified device(s). Do you want to add a logical device to the configuration? Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y Creating logical device: LogicalDrv 0 Command completed successfully.
  • Page 429 Syntax arcconf modify controller_id array array_id expand channel_id slot_id ..channel_id slot_id Parameters : Specifies the ID of the storage controller. controller_id : Specifies the ID of an array. array_id channel_id : Specifies the channel ID of a drive. : Specifies the device ID of a drive. slot_id Description •...
  • Page 430 1/1ADM/10 for the PMC storage controller might cause the RAID level to increase depending on the number of the added drives. • To migrate RAID 1 to RAID 5, you cannot add drives directly to RAID 1. First migrate RAID 1 to RAID 0, add drives, and then migrate RAID 0 to RAID 5.
  • Page 431 Command completed successfully. Set the drive initialization or uninitialization state Perform this task to set the drive initialization or uninitialization state. Syntax arcconf task start controller_id device channel_id device_id type Parameters : Specifies the ID of the storage controller. controller_id : Specifies the channel ID of the drive.
  • Page 432 Parameters : Specifies the ID of the storage controller. controller_id : Specifies the channel ID of the drive. channel_id : Specifies the drive ID. slot_id : Specifies the array ID. array_id : Specifies the mode of hot spare drives. Options include: type •...

  • Page 433: Collect Logs

    Command completed successfully. Collect logs Perform this task to collect storage controller logs. Syntax arcconf savesupportarchive path Parameters : Specifies the path for storing the log file. path Examples # Collect storage controller logs and save the log in the home directory. [root@localhost ~]# arcconf savesupportarchive /home Controllers found: 1 Collecting uart logs may take few seconds...
  • Page 434 # Set the cache write policy to write back. [root@localhost Firmware]# arcconf setcache 1 logicaldrive 0 wb Controllers found: 1 WARNING: Power failure without battery/ZMM support will lead to data loss. Do you wish to continue? Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y Command completed successfully.
  • Page 435 Parameters : Specifies the ID of the storage controller. controller_id : Specifies the channel ID of a drive. channel_id : Specifies the device ID of a drive. slot_id Examples # Force the physical drive with device ID 14 to go offline. [root@localhost ~]# arcconf setstate 1 device 0 14 DDD Controllers found: 1 Changing state from Ready to Failed may delete any data partitions present on the drive.
  • Page 436 Upgrade the drive firmware Perform this task to upgrade the drive firmware. Syntax arcconf imageupdate controller_id device channel_id slot_id chunksize fwfile mode Parameters : Specifies the ID of the storage controller. controller_id : Specifies the channel ID of a drive. channel_id slot_id : Specifies the device ID of a drive.
  • Page 437 Syntax arcconf setconfig controller_id default [ noprompt ] Parameters : Specifies the ID of the storage controller. controller_id : Forcedly restores the default settings. noprompt Examples # Restore the default storage controller settings. [root@localhost ~]# arcconf setconfig 1 default Set the read and write cache ratios Perform this task to set the read and write cache ratios for a storage controller.

  • Page 438: Troubleshooting

    1 0 ssdiobypass disable Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information, diagnosing and locating faults, and troubleshooting servers, see H3C Servers Troubleshooting Guide. Compatibility information about storage controller server compatibility, access http://www.h3c.com/en/home/qr/default.htm?id=66. Downloading and installing drivers Access https://www.h3c.com/en/Support/Resource_Center/EN/Severs/Catalog/Optional_Parts/Storage_Co...
  • Page 439 The BIOS screens might vary by the BIOS version. The screenshots in this chapter are for illustration only. About the LSI-9500 series storage controllers The LSI-9500 series storage controllers support 12-Gbps data channels. For detailed storage controller information, access http://www.h3c.com/en/home/qr/default.htm?id=66. The LSI-9500 series storage controllers contain the following models: • HBA-LSI-9500-8i •...
  • Page 440 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 9500-8i 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 441 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 442 Figure 5 Configuration completed Viewing basic controller information Refresh configuration information. For more information, see "Refreshing configuration 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...
  • Page 443 Figure 7 Basic controller information Viewing drive information Refresh configuration information. For more information, see "Refreshing configuration 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 444 Figure 9 Selecting the enclosure On the screen as shown in Figure 10, select the target drive such as <Slot 4>SATA-SSD-ATA SAMSUNG MZ7L3480 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 445 Figure 11 Drive properties screen Locating drives On the drive properties screen as shown in Figure 12, select On from the drop-down list for the Locate LED option. Figure 12 Drive properties screen Click Apply Changes.
  • Page 446 This section introduces the download and installation steps of the OS command line tool. You can use the OS command line tool to manage storage controllers during normal server operation without restarting the server. Downloading StorCLI Access https://www.h3c.com/cn/BizPortal/DownLoadAccessory/DownLoadAccessoryFilt.aspx. Download the installation package and release notes for the corresponding storage controller firmware as instructed.
  • Page 447 Decompress the installation package to obtain the StorCLI tool package for different operating systems. Installing StorCLI See the release notes to install StorCLI for the corresponding operating system. Commonly-used commands in StorCLI This section describes the usage and examples of commonly used commands in StorCLI. You can use StorCLI commands to manage storage controllers during normal server operation without restarting the server.
  • Page 448 Device Number = 0 Function Number = 0 Vendor Id = 0x1000 Device Id = 0xAC SubVendor Id = 0x1000 SubDevice Id = 0x3000 Board Name = HBA 9400-16i Board Assembly = 03-50008-15011 Board Tracer Number = SPB2726571 Physical Drives = 7 PD LIST : ======= ----------------------------------------------------------------------------...
  • Page 449 file=9500_8i_ Mixed_Profile_H3C.bin 'Downloading image.Please wait... CLI Version = 007.2507.0000.0000 Feb 07, 2023 Operating system = Linux 5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Firmware Flash Successful # Upgrade the BIOS driver of a storage controller. [root@localhost storcli]# ./storcli64 /c0 download bios file=IT_HBA_X64_BIOS_PKG_E6.rom 'Downloading image.Please wait...
  • Page 450 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information, diagnosing and locating faults, and troubleshooting servers, see H3C Servers Troubleshooting Guide. Compatibility information about storage controller...
  • Page 451 Configuring a RAID-MARVELL-SANTACRUZ-LP-2i storage controller NOTE: The BIOS screens might vary by the BIOS version. The screenshots in this chapter are for illustration only. 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.
  • Page 452 storage controller in UEFI mode. For more information about how to access the BIOS setup utility and set the boot mode to UEFI, see the BIOS user guide for the server. Controller configuration tasks at a glance To configure controller settings in UEFI mode, perform the following tasks: •...
  • Page 453 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 Table 2 Storage controller configuration tasks Task type Option Description Physical Device Information Display installed physical drives and details.

  • Page 454: Configuring A Raid Array

    Task type Option Description Create RAID Configuration Create RAIDs. RAID Delete RAID Configuration Delete RAIDs. configuration Rebuild RAID Configuration Rebuild RAIDs. Namespace*: Memory space of an NVMe M.2 SSD that is logically divided. Namespaces are independent of each other and can be formatted or encrypted independently. The RAID-MARVELL-SANTACRUZ-LP-2i storage controller does not support namespaces.

  • Page 455: Deleting A Raid Array

    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 Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID level. Options include: •...

  • Page 456: Rebuilding A Raid Array

    Figure 7 Storage controller configuration screen Perform the following tasks: 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 457: Viewing Physical Drive Information

    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 458 Figure 11 Storage controller configuration screen Select a target physical drive and press Enter. Figure 12 Selecting a physical drive The physical drive detail screen opens. Parameters are as described in Table...

  • Page 459: Viewing Logical Drive Information

    Figure 13 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 460 Figure 14 Storage controller configuration screen Select a target logical drive and press Enter. Figure 15 Selecting a logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens. Parameters are as described in Table...
  • Page 461 Figure 16 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 462 Figure 17 Storage controller configuration screen Select a target logical drive, and press Enter. Figure 18 Selecting s logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens. Select START and press Enter.
  • Page 463 Figure 19 Logical drive detail screen Select a target logical drive for media patrol, and press Enter. Figure 20 Selecting a drive for media patrol As shown in Figure 21, the media patrol is in progress. To terminate the patrol, select ABORT, and press Enter.
  • Page 464 Figure 21 Media patrol in progress Viewing namespace information Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Namespace Information, and press Enter. Figure 22 Storage controller configuration screen Select a logical drive to query its namespace and press Enter.
  • Page 465 Figure 23 Selecting a logical drive for viewing its namespace The namespace information screen opens. Parameters are as described in Table Figure 24 Logical drive namespace information Table 6 Parameter description Parameter Description Namespace states. Options include: • NameSpace State Active.
  • Page 466 Parameter Description • Settings 0—Disabled. • 1—Enabled. Enabling status of multi-path I/O and sharing namespace: Multi-path I/O and Sharing • 0—Disabled. Capabilities • 1—Enabled. Viewing storage controller information Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Controller Information, and press Enter. Figure 25 Storage controller configuration screen The storage controller information screen opens.

  • Page 467: Viewing Information

    Figure 26 Storage controller information Configuring RAID in OS Viewing information Viewing information about the host bus adapter Syntax ./mnv_cli info -o hba...
  • Page 468 Examples Viewing server component information Syntax lspci -nvs bus:device:function Parameters Parameter Description Value Specifies a component in a system by its bus:device:function bus, device, and function IDs.
  • Page 469 Examples Viewing physical drive informatoin Syntax ./mnv_cli info -o pd Examples...
  • Page 470 Viewing the smart information of a drive Syntax ./mnv_cli smart -i pd_id Parameters Parameter Description Valne pd id Drive ID. 0 or 1 Examples Viewing namespace information Syntax ./mnv_cli ns --list Examples Retrieving the primary controller ID Syntax ./mnv_cli ns -p ctrl...

  • Page 471: Configuring Raid

    Examples Configuring RAID Creating RAID Syntax ./mnv_cli vd –a create –r raid_level -d pd_id [ -b stripe size ] Parameters Parameter Description Value range raid level RAID level 0, 1, and JBOD pd id Drive ID 0 and 1 stripe size Stripe size 128, 256, and 512 Examples...
  • Page 472 Examples Initializing a logical drive Syntax ./mnv_cli init -a < start | stop > -i vd id Parameters Parameter Description Value range • Start : Starts logical drive initialization. start | stop • Stop : Stops logical drive initialization. vd id Logical drive ID.
  • Page 473 Examples Starting media patrol on a logical drive Syntax ./mnv_cli mp -a < start | stop > -i vd_id Parameters Parameter Description Value range • Start : Starts media patrol on a logical drive. start | stop • Stop : Stops media patrol on a logical drive vd id Logical drive id...
  • Page 474 Examples Rebuilding RAID automatically Syntax ./mnv_cli set -o hba -a < on | off > Parameters Parameter Description Values : Enables auto RAID rebuilding. on | off : Disables auto RAID rebuilding. Examples Importing a logical drive Syntax ./mnv_cli import -l vd id Parameters Parameter Description...

  • Page 475: Viewing Logs

    Examples Viewing logs Enabling or disabling logging Syntax ./mnv_cli log -a < on | off > Parameters Parameter Description Value range : Enables logging. on | off : Disables logging. Examples Viewing and saving logs Syntax ./mnv_cli log -a show --outputfile=log.txt Examples Displaying all storage controller events Syntax...
  • Page 476 Value range Specifies the firmware file for the Marvell raw.bin storage controller. Examples Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information, diagnosing and locating faults, and troubleshooting servers, see H3C Servers Troubleshooting Guide. Compatibility information about storage controller server...
  • Page 477 Configuring a RAID-MARVELL-M.2 storage controller About the RAID-MARVELL-M.2 storage controller The RAID-MARVELL-M.2 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. Features RAID levels Table 1 shows the number of drives required by each RAID level and the maximum number of failed drives supported by each RAID level.
  • Page 478 Accessing the storage controller configuration screen After the server is powered on or restarts, access the BIOS. Press Delete, Esc, or F2 as prompted during server POST to open the BIOS setup screen as shown in Figure For how to navigate screens and modify settings, see the operation instructions at the lower right corner.
  • Page 479 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 480 Table 2 Storage controller configuration tasks Task type Option Description Physical/Virtual Device Display summary and detailed information about Information installed physical drives and logical drives. Information query Display detailed information about the storage Controller Information controller. Create RAID Configuration Create RAIDs. Delete RAID Configuration Delete RAIDs.
  • Page 481 Figure 5 Selecting member drives Configure parameters as needed and set the Would you like to create this virtual disk? field to Yes. In the dialog box that opens, press Enter. Then, select Next and press Enter. The parameter description is in Table Figure 6 Configuring RAID information...
  • Page 482 Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID level. Options include: • RAID Level RAID 0. • RAID 1. Stripe size. Options include: • Stripe Size 32K. • 64K. Initialization methods. Options include: • Quick—Default. Initialization • Back Ground—This option is supported only in RAID 1. •...
  • Page 483 Figure 8 Selecting member drives Configure parameters as needed and set the Would you like to create this virtual disk? field to Yes. In the dialog box that opens, press Enter. Then, select Next and press Enter. See the parameter description in Table Figure 9 Configuring RAID information...

  • Page 484: Deleting A Raid Array

    Deleting a RAID array This feature deletes damaged RAID arrays or RAID arrays that cannot meet requirements. To delete a RAID array: Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Delete RAID Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 10 Storage controller configuration screen Perform the following tasks: a.
  • Page 485 Figure 11 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. To rebuild a RAID array: Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Rebuild RAID Configuration, and press Enter.
  • Page 486 Figure 12 Storage controller configuration screen Select a logical drive to be rebuilt, select Next, and then press Enter. If no logical drive is displayed, it indicates that no logical drive is available or no logical drive can be rebuilt. Figure 13 Rebuilding a RAID array...

  • Page 487: Viewing Physical Drive Information

    Select physical drives for logical drive rebuilding, and set the Would you like to do rebuild with the Physical disk field to Yes. In the dialog box that opens, press Enter. Then, select Next and press Enter. If no physical drive is displayed, it indicates that no physical drive is available. Figure 14 Selecting physical drives Viewing physical drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Physical/Virtual Disk Information,...
  • Page 488 Figure 15 Storage controller configuration screen Select Physical Disk Info and press Enter. Figure 16 Accessing physical drive information Select the target physical drive and press Enter.
  • Page 489 Figure 17 Selecting a physical drive The physical drive details screen opens. Parameters are as described in Table Figure 18 Physical drive details screen...

  • Page 490: Viewing Logical Drive Information

    Table 4 Parameter description Parameter Description Physical drive slot. Options include: • PD ID 0—Physical drive slot marked Bay 1. • 1—Physical drive slot marked Bay 2. Type Physical drive type. Status Physical drive status. Model Name Physical drive model. Serial Number Physical drive serial number.
  • Page 491 Figure 20 Selecting a logical drive The logical drive details screen opens. Parameters are as described in Table Figure 21 Logical drive details screen...
  • Page 492 Table 5 Parameter description Parameter Description VD ID Logical drive number. Options include 0 and 1. NAME Logical drive name. Logical drive status. Options include: • Functional. • Status Degrade. • Offline. • Rebuilding. Stripe Size Stripe size of each physical drive. RAID Mode RAID level.
  • Page 493 Figure 22 Storage controller configuration screen The storage controller information screen opens. Figure 23 Storage controller information...
  • Page 494 Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a RAID-MARVELL-M.2 storage controller in legacy mode. For more information about how to access the BIOS setup utility and set the boot mode to legacy, see the BIOS user guide for the server. The BIOS screens might vary by BIOS version and the screens used in this section are for illustration only.

  • Page 495: Configuring Raid

    Figure 25 Storage controller configuration screen Configuring RAID 0 Access the storage controller configuration screen, select HBA 0: Marvell 0, press Enter, and select Configuration Wizard. Figure 26 Storage controller configuration screen Press Space to select two member drives and press Enter.
  • Page 496 Figure 27 Selecting member drives Configure parameters as needed and click Next. In the dialog box that opens, click Y. The parameter description is in Table Figure 28 Configuring RAID information...
  • Page 497 Figure 29 Finishing configuring a RAID array Table 6 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID level. Options include: • RAID Level RAID 0. • RAID 1. Stripe size. Options include: • Stripe Size 32K. • 64K. Name Name of the logical drive. Configuring RAID 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen, select HBA 0: Marvell 0, press Enter, and select Configuration Wizard.
  • Page 498 Figure 30 Storage controller configuration screen Press Space to select two member drives and press Enter. Figure 31 Selecting member drives Configure parameters as needed and click Next. In the dialog box that opens, click Y. Table 6 for the parameter description.
  • Page 499 Figure 32 Configuring RAID information Figure 33 Finishing configuring a RAID array Deleting a RAID array This feature deletes damaged RAID arrays or RAID arrays that cannot meet requirements. To delete a RAID array: Access the storage controller configuration screen, select the target logical drive, press Enter, and select Delete.
  • Page 500 Figure 34 Storage controller configuration screen In all the dialog boxes that open, press Y or click Yes. Figure 35 Deleting a RAID array...

  • Page 501: Viewing Physical Drive Information

    Figure 36 Deleting MBR Viewing physical drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen, select the target physical drive, and view the related information. Figure 37 Viewing physical drive information Viewing logical drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen, select the target logical drive, and view related information.
  • Page 502 Figure 38 Viewing logical drive information Configuring RAID arrays in the operating system This section introduces how to configure RAID arrays in the operating system by using a RAID controller tool. Installing a RAID controller tool Install a RAID controller tool in the operating system to help you build RAID arrays, update firmware, and view physical drive information.
  • Page 503 Viewing the RAID controller information Syntax info -o hba Examples > info -o hba Adapter ID: Product: 1b4b-9230 Sub Product: 1b4b-9230 Chip revision: Max PCIe speed: 5Gb/s Current PCIe speed: 5Gb/s Max PCIe link: Current PCIe link: Rom version: 0.0.99.1000 Package version: 9.0.99.2000 BIOS version:...
  • Page 504 Examples > info -o pd Physical Disk Information ---------------------------- Adapter: PD ID: Type: SATA PD Linked at: HBA port 0 Size: 937692504 K Write cache: not supported SMART: supported (on) NCQ: supported (on) 48 bits LBA: supported supported speed: 1.5 3 6 Gb/s Current speed: 6 Gb/s model:...
  • Page 505 Total # of PD: Viewing logical drive information Syntax info -o vd Examples > info -o vd Virtual Disk Information ------------------------- name: Raid1 status: functional Stripe size: RAID mode: RAID1 Cache mode: Not Support size: 915651 M BGA status: not running Block ids: # of PDs: PD RAID setup:...

  • Page 506: Deleting A Logical Drive

    Troubleshooting issues For more information about fault information collection, fault diagnosis and location, and fault troubleshooting of the storage controller, see H3C Servers Storage Controller User Guide. Storage controller compatibility For more information about the compatibility between the storage controller and the server, use the...

  • Page 507: 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 508 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 509 Figure 3 Selecting the storage controller Select Disk Utilities and then press Enter. Figure 4 Selecting Disk Utilities Select the target drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 510 Figure 5 Selecting the target drive Select Device Information, and then press Enter. Figure 6 Selecting Device Information View the value of the Status field.
  • Page 511 Figure 7 Viewing the value of the Status field Viewing the status of a physical drive attached to an LSI storage controller from BIOS Click the Advanced tab, select the storage controller, and then press Enter. Figure 8 Selecting the storage controller...
  • Page 512 Select Main Menu and then press Enter. Figure 9 Selecting Main Menu Select Drive Management, and then press Enter.
  • Page 513 Figure 10 Selecting Drive Management Select the target drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 514 Figure 11 Select the target drive View the value of the Status field.

  • Page 515: Physical Drive Status

    Figure 12 Viewing the value of the Status field Physical drive status Table 1 Physical drive status Parameters Description The physical drive has been initialized or has not been configured, Unconfigured Good and it is available for RAID configuration and hot spare setting. The physical drive is faulty or has residual RAID information.
  • Page 516 drive. Viewing the status of a logical drive Viewing the status of a logical drive from HDM2 On the top navigation bar, click System. In the left navigation pane, select Storage. On the Logical view tab, select a logical drive to view its information. Figure 13 Viewing the status of a logical drive from HDM2 Viewing the status of a logical drive attached to a PMC storage controller from BIOS Click the Advanced tab, select the storage controller, and then press Enter.
  • Page 517 Figure 14 Selecting the storage controller Select Array Configuration, and then press Enter. Figure 15 Selecting Array Configuration Select Manage Arrays, and then press Enter.
  • Page 518 Figure 16 Selecting Manage Arrays Select the array where the logical drive resides and then press Enter. Figure 17 Selecting the array where the logical drive resides Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter.
  • Page 519 Figure 18 Selecting List Logical Drives Select the logical drive and then press Enter. Figure 19 Selecting the logical drive Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter.
  • Page 520 Figure 20 Selecting Logical Drive Details View the value of the Status field. Figure 21 Viewing the value of the Status field Viewing the status of a logical drive attached to an LSI storage controller from BIOS Click the Advanced tab, select the storage controller, and then press Enter.
  • Page 521 Figure 22 Selecting the storage controller Select Main Menu and then press Enter. Figure 23 Selecting Main Menu...
  • Page 522 Select Virtual Drive Management, and then press Enter. Figure 24 Selecting Virtual Drive Management Selecting the logical drive and then press Enter. Figure 25 Selecting the logical drive View the value of the Status field.
  • Page 523 Figure 26 Viewing the value of the Status field Logical drive status description Table 2 Logical drive status description Status Description Optimal The logical drive is operating correctly. Some member drives of the logical drive are faulty and require prompt Degraded replacement.
  • Page 524 RAID array failure The management tool displays the RAID array status information. When a RAID array fails, the management tool displays the RAID array status as Degraded or Failed. • If the RAID array status is Degraded, examine the status of member drives, and replace the failed drives with new drives.
  • Page 525 Figure 27 Viewing storage controller information Table 3 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 526 Figure 28 Storage controller configuration screen The screen as shown in Figure 29 opens. Figure 29 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 527 Figure 30 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 31. The first drive in the Selected Drives area on the right is the first boot option. Figure 31 Select Boot Device Replacing a storage controller Replace the storage controller.
  • Page 528 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 529 Figure 33 Identifying a storage controller (2)

  • Page 530: Appendix B Raid Arrays And Fault Tolerance

    Appendix B RAID arrays and fault tolerance NOTE: This chapter introduces the general principles of disk arrays and fault tolerance methods. If the implementation of some storage controllers does not match the description in this section, refer to the actual situation of the storage controller. RAID arrays Physical drives The capacity and performance of a single physical drive is adequate for home users.

  • Page 531: 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 532 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 533: 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 534 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 535 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 536 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 537 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 538 Figure 10 RAID 00 Application scenarios RAID 00 is suitable for quickly storing large amounts of non-critical data (such as printing or editing images) or cost-effective applications. Advantages • Has extremely high storage capacity and read/write performance. • All drive capacity is used to store data (none needed for fault tolerance). Disadvantages •...
  • Page 539 Figure 11 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 540 Figure 12 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 541 configuration needs a minimum of eight drives, which can be organized into two parity groups, each containing four drives. Figure 13 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 542: 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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