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H3C UniServer R4970 G7 User Manual

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  • Page 1 H3C G6 Servers Storage Controller User Guide New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. http://www.h3c.com Document version: 6W103-20241130...
  • Page 2 The information in this document is subject to change without notice. All contents in this document, including statements, information, and recommendations, are believed to be accurate, but they are presented without warranty of any kind, express or implied. H3C shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
  • Page 3 Preface This preface includes the following topics about the documentation: • Audience. • Conventions. • Documentation feedback. Audience This documentation is intended for: • Network planners. • Field technical support and servicing engineers. • Server administrators. Conventions The following information describes the conventions used in the documentation. Command conventions Convention Description...
  • Page 4 Symbols Convention Description An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed WARNING! can result in personal injury. An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed CAUTION: can result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware or software. An alert that calls attention to essential information.
  • Page 5 Documentation feedback You can e-mail your comments about product documentation to info@h3c.com. We appreciate your comments.
  • Page 6 H3C UniServer R5500 G6 • H3C UniServer R6700 G6 • 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.
  • Page 7 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 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 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 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 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 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 RAID level Min. drives required Max. drives Max. failed drives RAID 10 array. 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 On the screen as shown in Figure 2, select Advanced > Platform Configuration > PCH-IO Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 2 Platform Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select SATA And RST Configuration, 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 a. On the top navigation bar, click Advanced. b. Click Dynamic Device Configuration, or proceed to the next step, depending on the BIOS version. Select 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...
  • Page 21 Figure 7 VROC SATA configuration screen 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.
  • Page 22 Figure 9 Setting RAID parameters Table 2 Configuration parameters Parameter Description Name RAID array name. RAID level, which determines the performance, fault tolerance RAID Level capability, and capacity for the logical drive. Select member drives for the RAID array. Available drives are displayed under Select Disks.
  • Page 23 Figure 10 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. CAUTION: With hot spare drives configured, if a RAID level is degraded due to drive failures, hot spare drives replace the failed drives automatically.
  • Page 24 Figure 12 Configuring a spare drive On the following screen that opens, select Yes and press Enter. 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.
  • Page 25 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 RAID volume. 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.
  • Page 26 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. Figure 17 Locating a logical drive Initializing a logical drive The embedded RAID controller automatically initializes the RAID after RAID configuration.
  • Page 27 Configuring RAID in the operating system Viewing physical drive letters NOTE: • To configure the VROC SATA RAID controller, you must set the PCH SATA Configuration (or PCH sSATA Configuration) field in PCH Configuration to RAID, and restart the server for the configuration to take effect.
  • Page 28 Parameters : Specifies the name of a RAID array. RAID_id : Specifies the container name. container_id : Specifies the number of physical drives. RAID_level: Specifies the RAID level. Examples # Add RAID 1 array named /dev/md/R1 to container /dev/md0. [root@localhost ~]# mdadm -C /dev/md/R1 /dev/md0 -n 2 -l 1 mdadm: array /dev/md/R1 started.
  • Page 29 Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Chunk Size : 128K Consistency Policy : none UUID : cdba8f2d:aad3144b:8a4c2d03:b16742d0 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State active sync /dev/sdd active sync /dev/sdc # Use three drives to create a RAID 5 array in container /dev/md0. [root@localhost ~]# mdadm -C /dev/md0 /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sde -n 3 -e imsm mdadm: /dev/sdc appears to contain an ext2fs file system size=976762584K mtime=Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969...
  • Page 30 Used Dev Size : 468845568 (447.13 GiB 480.10 GB) Raid Devices : 3 Total Devices : 3 State : clean, resyncing Active Devices : 3 Working Devices : 3 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Layout : left-asymmetric Chunk Size : 128K Consistency Policy : resync Resync Status : 4% complete...
  • Page 31 md127 : inactive sdb[1](S) sda[0](S) 10402 blocks super external:imsm unused devices: <none> [root@localhost ~]# mdadm -D /dev/md125 /dev/md125: Container : /dev/md0, member 0 Raid Level : raid10 Array Size : 937691136 (894.25 GiB 960.20 GB) Used Dev Size : 468845568 (447.13 GiB 480.10 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 4 State : clean, resyncing...
  • Page 32 md0 : inactive sdb[1](S) sda[0](S) 2210 blocks super external:imsm unused devices: <none> [root@localhost ~]# mdadm -D /dev/md127 /dev/md127: Container : /dev/md0, member 0 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 468845568 (447.13 GiB 480.10 GB) Used Dev Size : 468845568 (447.13 GiB 480.10 GB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 2 State : clean, resyncing...
  • Page 33 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 window.
  • Page 34 Figure 19 Selecting the installation location Figure 20 Installation completed Creating a RAID array Open Intel Virtual RAID on CPU installed together with the VROC driver.
  • Page 35 Figure 21 Creating a RAID array Click the + icon.
  • Page 36 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 37 Figure 23 Selecting the controller and RAID level Select drives, and then click Next.
  • Page 38 Figure 24 Selecting drives Enter the RAID volume name, select the volumn size, and then click Next to create the volume...
  • Page 39 Figure 25 Configuring the RAID volume parameters After the RAID volume is created, the page as shown in Figure 26 opens.
  • Page 40 Figure 26 Volume creation completed Deleting a RAID array Select the RAID array to be deleted, and then click Delete Volume.
  • Page 41 Figure 27 Selecting the RAID array to be deleted In the dialog box that opens, click Yes.
  • Page 42 Figure 28 Confirming the deletion Verify that the RAID array has been deleted on the Volumes page.
  • Page 43 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 44 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 45 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 46 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen On the screen as shown in Figure 2, select Advanced > Socket Configuration > IIO Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 2 Socket Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select Intel VMD technology, and then press Enter.
  • Page 47 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 48 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 49 b. Click Dynamic Device Configuration, or proceed to the next step, depending on the BIOS version. Select the target storage controller, for example, Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU, and then press Enter. 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.
  • Page 50 The RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 8 opens. 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 51 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 52 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 53 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 54 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 55 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 56 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 57 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 58 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 59 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 60 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 61 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 62 • 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 63 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 64 Figure 33 Selecting a controller and a RAID level Select whether to enable VMD controller spanning and then click Next.
  • Page 65 Figure 34 Selecting whether to enable VMD controller spanning As shown in Figure 36, modify the RAID volume name, volume size, and stripe size.
  • Page 66 Figure 35 Modifying RAID parameters Confirm the RAID volume information and then click Create Volume.
  • Page 67 Figure 36 Confirming RAID creation Click OK to complete the RAID creation.
  • Page 68 Figure 37 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.
  • Page 69 Figure 38 Viewing the created RAID volume As shown in Figure 39, the page displays detailed RAID information, including the RAID level, strip size, NVMe drives, and RAID status information.
  • Page 70 Figure 39 RAID information 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 71 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 72 Figure 41 Setting the selected drive as a hot spare drive In the dialog box that opens, click Yes.
  • Page 73 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 74 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 75 Figure 44 Deleting a RAID array In the dialog box that opens, click Yes, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 76 Figure 45 Confirming the deletion Verifying that the RAID array has been deleted by viewing the Volumes list, as shown in Figure...
  • Page 77 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 78 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 •...
  • Page 79 RAID-LSI-9460-16i(4G) RAID-P5408-Mf-8i-4GB RAID-P5408-Ma-8i-4GB HBA-H5408-Mf-8i HBA-LSI-9440-8i RAID-LSI-9560-LP-8i-4GB RAID-LSI-9560-LP-16i-8GB RAID-P9560-3S-8i-4GB HBA-LSI-9540-LP-8i RAID levels The supported RAID levels vary by storage controller model. For more information about the supported RAID levels of each storage controller, contact Technical Support. 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 80 • For efficient use of storage, use drives that have the same capacity to build a RAID. If the drives have different capacities, the lowest capacity is used across all drives in the RAID. • If you use one physical drive to create multiple RAIDs, RAID performance might decrease in addition to increased maintenance complexities.
  • Page 81 For how to navigate screens and modify settings, see the operation instructions at the lower right corner. Figure 1 BIOS setup screen Enter the controller management screen. a. On the top navigation bar, click Advanced. b. Click Dynamic Device Configuration or UEFI HII Configuration, or proceed to the next step, depending on the BIOS version.
  • Page 82 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 83 Figure 4 Storage controller configuration screen Table 3 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 84 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 85 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 86 Figure 8 Selecting Go When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 9 opens. Figure 9 Completing drive state switchover...
  • Page 87 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 88 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 89 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 90 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 4 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID array name, a case-insensitive string of letters, digits, and special...
  • Page 91 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 92 Parameter Description Default initialization mode: • Default Initialization • Fast. • Full. Policy for optimizing the logical drive sector size: • Default—Displays 512e (4K) as the sector size if the logical drive contains a 512e member drive, and displays 512n if no 512e member drive exists.
  • Page 93 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 94 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 95 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 96 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 97 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 98 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 99 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 100 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 101 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 102 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 103 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 104 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 105 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 106 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 107 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 108 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 109 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 110 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 111 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 112 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 113 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 114 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 115 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 116 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 117 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 118 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 119 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 120 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 121 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 122 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 123 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 124 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 125 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 126 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 127 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 128 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 129 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 130 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 131 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 132 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 133 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 134 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 135 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 136 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 137 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 138 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 139 Figure 109 Confirming the initialization When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 110 opens. Figure 110 Completing the operation...
  • Page 140 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 141 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 142 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 143 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 144 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 145 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 146 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 147 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 controller supports migration and scale-up in UEFI or OS mode only for RAID levels 0 and 1.
  • Page 148 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 149 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 150 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 151 NOTE: The LSI 9540 controller supports migration and scale-up in UEFI or OS mode only for RAID levels 0 and 1. The LSI 9560 controller supports migration and scale-up in UEFI or OS mode only for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6. To migrate the RAID level: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 152 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 153 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 154 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 155 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 156 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 157 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 158 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 159 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 160 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 161 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 162 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 163 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 164 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 165 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 166 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 167 Figure 158 Selecting Main Menu Select Controller Management and press Enter.
  • Page 168 Figure 159 Selecting Controller Management Select Advanced Controller Management and press Enter. Figure 160 Selecting Advanced Controller Management...
  • Page 169 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 170 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 171 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 172 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 173 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 174 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 175 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 176 Restrictions and guidelines The LSI 9540 controller supports migration and scale-up in UEFI or OS mode only for RAID levels 0 and 1. The LSI 9560 controller supports migration and scale-up in UEFI or OS mode only for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6. A storage controller does not support simultaneously reconfiguring two RAID arrays.
  • Page 177 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 178 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 179 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 180 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 181 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 182 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 183 Table 5 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 184 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 6 Parameter description Parameter Description Cache and Memory Cache and memory information of the storage controller.
  • Page 185 • 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 186 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 After you replace a storage controller on a server configured with RAID, the system identifies current RAID configuration as Foreign Configuration.
  • Page 187 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 188 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 189 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 190 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 191 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 192 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 193 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 194 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 195 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 196 Figure 207 Saving the configuration 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 197 Figure 209 Completing the configuration Making a JBOD array Perform this task to change the state of multiple drives to JBOD in the BIOS. NOTE: The LSI-9540 storage controller does not support this feature. To change the state of multiple drives to JBOD: On the storage controller configuration screen, select Configuration Management and then press Enter.
  • Page 198 Figure 211 Configuration Management screen Select the target drives, press Enter, press the down arrow key to the OK item, and then press Enter to confirm the operation.
  • Page 199 Figure 212 Selecting drives Select Confirm, press Enter, press the down arrow key to the OK item, and then press Enter to confirm the operation.
  • Page 200 Figure 213 Confirming the making JBOD operation Select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 201 Figure 214 JBOD made successfully Access the Drive Management screen and verify that the selected drives have formed a JBOD array. Figure 215 Verifying the making JBOD operation...
  • Page 202 Creating RAID 0 logical drives automatically Perform this task to set up RAID 0 logical drives with all drives in Unconfigured Good state. NOTE: The LSI-9540 storage controller does not support this feature. To create RAID 0 logical drives automatically: On the storage controller configuration scree, select Configuration Management and press Enter.
  • Page 203 Figure 217 Configuration Management screen Select Confirm, press Enter, press the down array key to select Yes, and press Enter again.
  • Page 204 Figure 218 Confirming the Auto Configure RAID 0 operation Select OK and press Enter..
  • Page 205 Figure 219 Auto Configure RAID 0 completed Access the Virtual Drive Management screen, and verify that each drive has been used to form a RAID 0 array.
  • Page 206 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 207 Commonly-used commands in StorCLI This section describes the usage and examples of commonly used commands in StorCLI. You can use the OS command line tool to manage storage controllers during normal server operation without restarting the server. NOTE: All the commands related with specifying paths in StorCLI do not support spaces and special characters.
  • Page 208 Device Id = 0x10E2 SubVendor Id = 0x1000 SubDevice Id = 0x4010 Host Interface = PCI-E Device Interface = SAS-12G Bus Number = 75 Device Number = 0 Function Number = 0 Domain ID = 0 Security Protocol = None Drive Groups = 1 TOPOLOGY : ========...
  • Page 209 JBOD Drives = 12 JBOD LIST : ========= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ID EID:Slt DID State Intf Med Size SeSz Model Vendor Port ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 249:4 32 Onln SATA HDD 7.277 TB 512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4 ATA C0.0 & C0.1 5 249:5 9 Onln SATA HDD 7.277 TB 512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4 ATA C0.0 &...
  • Page 210 249:11 11 Onln 7.277 TB SATA HDD N N 512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4 U JBOD 249:12 20 Onln 7.277 TB SATA HDD N N 512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4 U JBOD 249:13 13 Onln 7.277 TB SATA HDD N N 512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4 U JBOD 249:14 12 Onln...
  • Page 211 Default A storage controller operates in RAID 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 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 firmware file name. fw_file : Configures the system not to check the firmware image version when downgrading or noverchk...
  • Page 213 Upgradable PSOC = Present Update the PSoC firmware Perform this task to update the PSoC firmware of a storage controller. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id download file= fw_file storcli64 /ccontroller_id download file= fw_file noverchk Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default.
  • Page 214 Status = Success Description = F/W Flash Completed. Please shutdown the system for the changes to take effect Creating and deleting RAID arrays Perform this task to create and delete RAID arrays. 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]...
  • Page 215 : Specifies hot spare drives. The name of each hot spare drive is in the format of spares_drives enclosure_id:slot_id. : Specifies the ID of the RAID array to be deleted. To obtain the ID, use raid_id command. If you specify this field to , the command ./storcli64 /c0/vall show deletes all the RAID arrays.
  • Page 216 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Start Drive Locate Succeeded. # Turn off the drive UID LED. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/e2/s8 stop locate 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.
  • Page 217 Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id 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. Examples # View the JBOD state.
  • Page 218 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 ---------------- JBOD ---------------- # Disable JBOD. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0 set jbod=off CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0...
  • Page 219 CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 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...
  • Page 220 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Config data is saved to the file # Import RAID configuration. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0 set config file=conf.txt 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...
  • Page 221 %FreSpc - Requested expansion size in % of available free space AbsUsrSz - User size rounded to nearest % Migrating the RAID level Perform this task to change the RAID level without affecting data integrity. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id/vraid_id start migrate type=raidx option=operation drives= vd_drives force Parameters...
  • 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. : Specifies the action to take. Options include: operation •...
  • Page 223 Usage guidelines • If multiple storage controllers exist, use the command to obtain a storcli64 /call show controller ID. • Hot spare disks must use consistent interface protocols as the member drives of the RAID array, and must have higher or the same capacity as the member drives. Examples # Add a global hot spare.
  • Page 224 Examples # Enable emergency hot spare and allow drives to use emergency hot spare upon a SMART error. [root@localhost storcli]# ./storcli64 /c0 set eghs eug=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 :...
  • Page 225 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 SnapDump log ID. snapdump_id logfilename : Specifies the name of the .zip file into which SnapDump data will be written.
  • Page 226 ----------------------------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value ----------------------------------------- Snapdump Snapdump Save Count Snapdump Delay OCR Snapdump properties Read-Write Snapdump Preboot Trace Buffer ON Snapdump Current Count ----------------------------------------- SnapDump Details : ================ ---------------------------------------------- ID Snapdump Size Snapdump time OnDemand ---------------------------------------------- 2492649 09-15-2023 11:43:26 Yes ---------------------------------------------- # If no ID is specified, the command will trigger the controller to generate new SnapDump data and simultaneously download all existing SnapDump data from the controller.
  • Page 227 Snapdump : ======== --------------------------------------- Ctrl Status Ctrl_Prop ErrCd ErrMsg --------------------------------------- 0 Success Get Snapdump --------------------------------------- # Specify the SnapDump ID and write the SnapDump data to a designated file. If the file already exists, it will be truncated and new information will be added. [root@localhost home]# storcli64 /c0 get snapdump id=0 file=snapdump.zip CLI Version = 007.2612.0000.0000 June 13, 2023 Operating system = Linux 5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64...
  • Page 228 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 to view storcli64 show the controller ID. Examples # View TTY logs. [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...
  • Page 229 [root@localhost 0920]# storcli64 /c0 show snapdump CLI Version = 007.2612.0000.0000 June 13, 2023 Operating system = Linux 5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None SnapDump Properties : =================== ----------------------------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value ----------------------------------------- Snapdump Snapdump Save Count Snapdump Delay OCR Snapdump properties Read-Write Snapdump Preboot Trace Buffer ON...
  • Page 230 0 Delete Termlog deleted ---------------------------- # Clear all records in the event logs. [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 Controller Properties : ===================== ---------------------------------...
  • Page 231 # Enable the SnapDump function. [root@localhost ~]# storcli64 /c0 set snapdump state=on CLI Version = 007.2612.0000.0000 June 13, 2023 Operating system = Linux 5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== ------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value ------------------- Set Snapdump on -------------------...
  • Page 232 Description = None Detailed Status : =============== --------------------------------------- VD Property Value Status ErrCd ErrMsg --------------------------------------- 0 wrCache AWB Success --------------------------------------- [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/v0 set rdcache=nora 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 :...
  • Page 233 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 AccPolicy RW Success ---------------------------------------- Setting the read/write cache state for member drives Perform this task to set the read and write cache state for member drives. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id/vraid_id set pdcache= pdcache_policy Parameters...
  • Page 234 Viewing the cache state of member drives Perform this task to view the cache state of member drives. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id /eenclosure_id/sslot_id show all Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default.
  • Page 235 ========================================= Drive /c1/e252/s10 State : ======================== Shield Counter = 0 Media Error Count = 0 Other Error Count = 0 Drive Temperature = 36C (96.80 F) Predictive Failure Count = 0 S.M.A.R.T alert flagged by drive = No Drive /c1/e252/s10 Device attributes : ==================================== SN = PHYF832001H8960CGN Manufacturer Id = ATA...
  • Page 236 Locked = No Needs EKM Attention = No PI Eligible = No Certified = No Wide Port Capable = No Unmap capable = Yes Unmap capable for LDs = No Multipath = No Port Information : ================ ----------------------------------------- Port Status Linkspeed SAS address ----------------------------------------- 0 Active 6.0Gb/s 0x300062b20c75204a...
  • Page 237 : Specifies a read cache policy. Options include: rdmode • ra (Read Ahead): Allows the storage controller to pre-read subsequent data and save the data in the cache at the same time when reading the requested data from virtual drives. This reduces the drive seek time and improves the subsequent access speed.
  • Page 238 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Start Drive Erase Succeeded. # View the erasure process. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/e2/s11 show erase CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Show Drive Erse Status Succeeded.
  • Page 239 -------------------- Property Value -------------------- Type CVPM05 Temperature 25 C State Optimal -------------------- Firmware_Status : =============== --------------------------------------- Property Value --------------------------------------- NVCache State Replacement required No space to cache offload Module microcode update required No --------------------------------------- GasGaugeStatus : ============== ------------------------------ Property Value ------------------------------ Pack Energy 319 J...
  • Page 240 scapSerialNo 0x53b4 scap Date of Manufacture 18/09/2019 scapPcbAssmNo 50046-01 scapPCBversionNo scapBatPackAssmNo 49571-222 Module Version 07251-01 ------------------------------------ Properties : ========== --------------------------------------------------------------------- Property Value --------------------------------------------------------------------- Auto Learn Period 27d (2412000 seconds) Next Learn time 2022/07/18 21:59:20 (711496760 seconds) Learn Delay Interval 0 hour(s) Auto-Learn Mode Transparent Last Successful Learn Time Completed, MON, June 20, 2022 at 23:59:20...
  • Page 241 Status = Success Description = Set Drive Online Succeeded. Configuring Patrol Read parameters Perform this task to view and configure Patrol Read parameters. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id patrolread starttime=start_time maxconcurrentpd=number storcli64 /ccontroller_id set patrolread delay=delay_time storcli64 /ccontroller_id show patrolread Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default.
  • Page 242 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== --------------------------------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value --------------------------------------------- PR Mode Auto PR Execution Delay 168 hours PR iterations completed 1 PR Next Start time 03/19/2022, 15:00:00 PR on SSD Disabled PR Current State Stopped PR Excluded VDs None PR MaxConcurrentPd...
  • Page 243 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== ----------------------------------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value ----------------------------------------------- CC Operation Mode Concurrent CC Execution Delay CC Next Starttime 03/19/2022, 15:00:00 CC Current State Stopped CC Number of iterations CC Number of VD completed 0 CC Excluded VDs None...
  • Page 244 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Stop CC Operation Success # Configure consistency check parameters. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0 set cc=conc delay=2 starttime=2022/03/19 15 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 245 --------------------------------------------------------- Drive-ID Progress% Status Estimated Time Left --------------------------------------------------------- /c0/e2/s23 - Not in progress - --------------------------------------------------------- # View the rebuild progress. [root@localhost home]# ./storcli64 /c0/e2/s23 show rebuild CLI Version = 007.1017.0000.0000 May 10, 2019 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Show Drive Rebuild Status Succeeded.
  • Page 246 Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== ---------------- Ctrl_Prop Value ---------------- ReconRate 40% ---------------- Filtering and clearing PreservedCache data Perform this task to filter and clear PreservedCache data. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id show preservedcache storcli64 /ccontroller_id/vraid_id delete preservedcache force Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default.
  • Page 247 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 248 After this feature is enabled, the reporting order of devices under the storage controller during the server reboot phase will change to boot drives, logical drives, and then passthrough drives. This feature is only applicable to Linux. All storage controllers introduce random reporting of logical drives.
  • Page 249 #Disable the firmware device order for a storage controller. [root@localhost ~]# storcli64 /c0 set deviceorderbyfirmware=off 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 250 Examples # Obtain the status of the direct pd mapping feature for a storage controller. [root@localhost ~]# storcli64 /c0 show directpdmapping CLI Version = 007.2203.0000.0000 May 11, 2022 Operating system = Linux 4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== ----------------------...
  • Page 251 Controller Properties : ===================== ------------------------------------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value ------------------------------------------------- Directpdmapping OFF (Requires reboot for effect) ------------------------------------------------- Configuring the Auto-Configure Behavior feature Perform this task to set the auto-configure policy of a storage controller to RAID 0 or JBOD. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id show autoconfig storcli64 /ccontroller_id set autoconfig=none storcli64 /ccontroller_id set autoconfig=JBOD storcli64 /ccontroller_id set autoconfig=r0 [immediate]...
  • Page 252 Controller Properties : ===================== --------------------------------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value --------------------------------------------- AutoConfig NONE Supported Auto Configure Behaviors NONE JBOD Support R0 Immediate SES Management --------------------------------------------- # Set the auto-configure policy of a storage controller to JBOD. [root@localhost storcli]# ./storcli64 /c0 set autoconfig=JBOD CLI Version = 007.2408.0000.0000 Nov 15, 2022 Operating system = Linux 5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 253 ----------------- AutoConfig R0 ----------------- # Set the auto-configure policy of a storage controller to RAID0 (immediate). [root@localhost storcli]# ./storcli64 /c0 set autoconfig=r0 immediate CLI Version = 007.2408.0000.0000 Nov 15, 2022 Operating system = Linux 5.15.0-60-generic Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties : =====================...
  • Page 254 Examples # Specifies drives in Unconfigured Good state as emergency hot spare drives. [root@localhost ~]# storcli /c0 set eghs eug=on CLI Version = 007.2807.0000.0000 Dec 22, 2023 Operating system = Linux 5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== ------------------...
  • Page 255 Controller Properties : ===================== ------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value ------------------- EmergencyGHS ON ------------------- Support for fault alarming Fault alarming includes alarming for faults that have occurred and predictive faults. Support for fault alarming depends on the storage controller model and connection mode. For more information, see Table 8 and Table Table 8 Support for fault alarming JBOD-mode...
  • Page 256 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 ntroller/?tbox=Software to download the storage controller drivers. For more information about...
  • Page 257 This chapter is applicable to the RAID-LSI-9660-LP-16i-4GB storage controller. RAID levels The supported RAID levels vary by storage controller model. For more information about the supported RAID levels of each storage controller, contact Technical Support.
  • Page 258 • If you use one physical drive to create multiple RAIDs, RAID performance might decrease in addition to increased maintenance complexities. Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a storage controller in UEFI mode. For more information about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to UEFI, see the BIOS user guide for the server.
  • Page 259 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen Enter the controller management screen. a. On the top navigation bar, click Advanced. b. Select the target storage controller, and then press Enter. In this example, the storage controller model is BROADCOM < MegaRAID 9560-8i 4GB 9660-16i Tri-Mode Storage Adapter>...
  • Page 260 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 Figure 4 Storage controller configuration screen...
  • Page 261 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 262 Figure 5 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 6, select Logical Enclosure - and press Enter. Figure 6 Device Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select the target drive and press Enter.
  • Page 263 Figure 7 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 8, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Convert to JBOD and press Enter. Figure 8 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 9, select Go and press Enter.
  • Page 264 Figure 9 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 10, select OK and press Enter. Figure 10 Completing drive state switchover On the screen as shown in Figure 11, verify that the status of the target drive is JBOD.
  • Page 265 Figure 11 Verifying the drive status under BASIC PROPERTIES for the target drive Configuring RAID 0/1/5/6/10 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 12, select Configuration Management and press Enter.
  • Page 266 Figure 12 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 13 Selecting Create Virtual Drive On the screen as shown in Figure 14, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, for example RAID 0, and then press Enter.
  • Page 267 Figure 14 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 15, 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 268 Figure 15 Setting the drive capacity source On the screen as shown in Figure 16, select Select Drives and press Enter. Figure 16 Selecting Select Drives...
  • Page 269 On the screen as shown in Figure 17, select the target drives and press Enter. Then, select OK and press Enter. A drive in JBOD, Unconfigured Bad, or Hotspare status cannot be selected for RAID configuration. Figure 17 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 18, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 270 Figure 18 Completing selecting drives On the screen as shown in Figure 19, configure the parameters, select Save Configuration, and press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table...
  • Page 271 Figure 19 Configuring RAID parameters Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID array name, a case-insensitive string of letters, digits, and special Virtual Drive Name characters. Virtual Drive Size Capacity for the RAID array. Virtual Drive Size Unit Capacity unit for the RAID array. Strip size of the RAID array, that is, data block size for each drive.
  • Page 272 Parameter Description Write cache policy: • Write through—Enables the controller to send data transfer completion signal to the host when the physical drives have received all data in a transaction. • Write back—Enables the controller to send data transfer completion signal to the host when the controller cache receives all data in a transaction.
  • Page 273 Figure 20 Confirming the operation 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 21, select OK and press Enter to return to the storage controller configuration screen. Figure 21 Completing RAID array configuration successfully...
  • Page 274 11. Select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter as shown in Figure Figure 22 Storage controller configuration screen 12. On the screen as shown in Figure 23, you can see the created drives. Select the drive you want to view and press Enter. Figure 23 Virtual Drive Management screen 13.
  • Page 275 Figure 24 Selecting View Associated Drives 14. On the screen as shown in Figure 25, select Advanced…, and then press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the RAID array, including strip, Write Cache Policy, and Read Cache Policy. Figure 25 Selecting Advanced…...
  • Page 276 Configuring RAID 50 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 26, select Configuration Management and press Enter. Figure 26 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 27, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 277 Figure 27 Selecting Create Virtual Drive On the screen as shown in Figure 28, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, and then press Enter. Figure 28 Setting the RAID level...
  • Page 278 On the screen as shown in Figure 29, 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 279 Figure 30 Selecting Select Drives On the screen as shown in Figure 31, select the target drives, press Enter. Then, select OK and press Enter. Figure 31 Selecting the target drives...
  • Page 280 On the screen as shown in Figure 32, select OK and press Enter. Figure 32 Completing target drive selection On the screen as shown in Figure 33, select Add More Spans and press Enter to add Span1:.
  • Page 281 Figure 33 Selecting Add More Spans 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 34, select Select Drives under Span 1: and press Enter. Figure 34 Selecting Select Drives...
  • Page 282 11. On the screen as shown in Figure 35, select the target drives for RAID setup and press Enter. Make sure the number of the selected drive is the same as that in step 7. Then, select OK and press Enter. Figure 35 Selecting the target drives 12.
  • Page 283 Figure 36 Completing target drive selection 13. On the screen as shown in Figure 37, configure the parameters, select Save Configuration, and press Enter. For more information about the parameter description, see Table Figure 37 Configuring RAID parameters...
  • Page 284 14. On the screen as shown in Figure 38, select Confirm and press Enter. ([Enabled] following the drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 38 Confirming the operation 15. On the screen as shown in Figure 39, select OK and press Enter to return to the storage controller configuration screen.
  • Page 285 Figure 39 Completing RAID array configuration successfully 16. As shown in Figure 40, on the storage controller configuration screen, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 286 Figure 40 Storage controller configuration screen 17. On the screen as shown in Figure 41, you can see the created RAID arrays. Select RAID50 you want to view and press Enter.
  • Page 287 Figure 41 Virtual Drive Management screen 18. On the screen as shown in Figure 42, select View Associated Drives and press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the member drives of the RAID.
  • Page 288 Figure 42 Selecting View Associated Drives 19. On the screen as shown in Figure 43, select Advanced… and press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the RAID array, including stripe, Write Cache Policy and Read Cache Policy.
  • Page 289 Figure 43 Selecting Advanced… Configuring RAID 60 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 44, select Configuration Management and press Enter.
  • Page 290 Figure 44 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 45, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 45 Selecting Create Virtual Drive...
  • Page 291 On the screen as shown in Figure 46, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, and then press Enter. Figure 46 Setting the RAID 60 On the screen as shown in Figure 47, select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source, and then press Enter.
  • Page 292 Figure 47 Setting the drive capacity source On the screen as shown in Figure 48, select Select Drives under Span 0: and press Enter. Figure 48 Selecting Select Drives...
  • Page 293 On the screen as shown in Figure 49, select the target drives, press Enter. Then, select OK and press Enter. Figure 49 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 50, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 294 Figure 50 Completing target drive selection On the screen as shown in Figure 51, select Add More Spans and press Enter to add Span1:...
  • Page 295 Figure 51 Selecting Add More Spans On the screen as shown in Figure 52, select Select Drives under Span 1: and press Enter. Figure 52 Selecting Select Drives 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 53, select the target drives and press Enter. Make sure the number of selected drive matches step 6.
  • Page 296 Figure 53 Selecting the target drives 11. On the screen as shown in Figure 32, select OK and press Enter. Figure 54 Completing target drive selection 12. On the screen as shown in Figure 55, configure the parameters, select Save Configuration, and press Enter.
  • Page 297 Figure 55 Configuring RAID parameters 13. On the screen as shown in Figure 56, select Confirm and press Enter. ([Enabled] following the drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 56 Confirming the operation...
  • Page 298 14. On the screen as shown in Figure 57, select OK and press Enter to return to the storage controller configuration screen. Figure 57 Completing RAID array configuration 15. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 58, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 299 16. On the screen as shown in Figure 59, you can see the created RAID arrays. Select RAID 60 you want to view and press Enter. Figure 59 Virtual Drive Management screen 17. On the screen as shown in Figure 60, select View Associated Drives and press Enter.
  • Page 300 Figure 60 Selecting View Associated Drives 18. On the screen as shown in Figure 61, select Advanced… and press Enter. You can view the detailed information about the RAID array, including strip, Write Cache Policy and Read Cache Policy.
  • Page 301 Figure 61 Selecting Advanced… Configuring hot spare drives For data security purposes, configure hot spare drives after configuring a RAID array. You can configure global hot spare drives or dedicated hot spare drives. NOTE: • A hot spare drive can be used only for RAID levels with redundancy. •...
  • Page 302 Figure 62 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select Logical Enclosure - and press Enter. Figure 63 Device Management screen...
  • Page 303 On the screen as shown in Figure 4, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 64 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 5, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Assign Global Hot Spare Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 304 Figure 65 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 6, select Go and press Enter. Figure 66 Selecting Go...
  • Page 305 On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select OK and press Enter. Figure 67 Completing global hot spare drive configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 8, verify that the state of the target drive is Global Hot Spare.
  • Page 306 Figure 68 Verifying the drive status under BASIC PROPERTIES for the target drive Configuring a dedicated hot spare drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 9, select Device Management and press Enter.
  • Page 307 Figure 69 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 10, select Logical Enclosure - and press Enter. Figure 70 Device Management screen...
  • Page 308 On the screen as shown in Figure 11, select the dedicated global hot spare drive and press Enter. Figure 71 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 12, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Assign Dedicated Hot Spare Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 309 Figure 72 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select Go and press Enter. Figure 73 Selecting Go...
  • Page 310 On the screen as shown in Figure 14, select the drive you want to configure as the hot spare drive. ([Enabled] following the drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select OK and press Enter. Figure 74 Confirming selection On the screen as shown in Figure 15, complete the dedicated hot spare drive configuration.
  • Page 311 Figure 75 Completing dedicated hot spare drive configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 16, ensure the target drive shows Dedicated Hot Spare to complete the dedicated hot spare drive configuration. Figure 76 Verifying the drive status under BASIC PROPERTIES for the target drive...
  • Page 312 On the screen as shown in Figure 17 select View Associated Drive Groups and press Enter to view the logical drive group for the dedicated hot spare drive. Figure 77 Selecting View Associated Drive Groups Deleting a RAID array On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 18, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 313 Figure 78 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select the target virtual drive and press Enter. Figure 79 Virtual Drive Management screen...
  • Page 314 On the screen as shown in Figure 4, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Delete Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 80 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 5, select Go and press Enter.
  • Page 315 Figure 81 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 6, select Confirm and press Enter. ([Enabled] following the drive means that the drive has been confirmed.) Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 82 Confirming the deletion On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select OK and press Enter, the operation is complete.
  • Page 316 Figure 83 Completing the operation Locating drives This task allows you to locate a physical drive or all drives for a virtual drive. Locating a physical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 8, select Device Management and press Enter.
  • Page 317 Figure 84 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 9, select Logical Enclosure - and press Enter. Figure 85 Device Management screen...
  • Page 318 On the screen as shown in Figure 10, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 86 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 11, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Start Locate and press Enter. Figure 87 Selecting Start Locate in Operation screen...
  • Page 319 On the screen as shown in Figure 12, select Go and press Enter. Figure 88 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select OK and press Enter to the physical drive properties interface. Figure 89 Completing locating the physical drive...
  • Page 320 On the screen as shown in Figure 14, to stop locating the target physical drive, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Stop Locate and press Enter. Figure 90 Selecting Stop Locate On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select Go and press Enter.
  • Page 321 Figure 91 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 16, select OK and press Enter to the physical drive properties interface.
  • Page 322 Figure 92 Selecting Go Locating all drives for a virtual drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 17, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 323 Figure 93 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 18, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 94 Selecting the target drive...
  • Page 324 On the screen as shown in Figure 19, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Start Locate and press Enter. Figure 95 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 20, select Go and press Enter.
  • Page 325 Figure 96 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 21, select OK and press Enter to the physical drive properties interface. Figure 97 Completing locating all drives for a virtual drive...
  • Page 326 On the screen as shown in Figure 22, to stop locating all drives for a virtual drive, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Stop Locate and press Enter. Figure 98 Selecting Stop Locate On the screen as shown in Figure 23, select Go and press Enter.
  • Page 327 On the screen as shown in Figure 24, select OK and press Enter to the logical drive properties interface. Figure 100 Selecting Go Initializing a virtual drive This task allows you to initialize a virtual drive to be used by operating systems. To initialize a virtual drive: On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 328 Figure 101 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 26, select the target drive and press Enter. Figure 102 Selecting the target drive...
  • Page 329 On the screen as shown in Figure 27, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Fast Initialization or Full Initialization and press Enter. This example selects Full Initialization. Figure 103 Operation screen NOTE: Fast initialization allows immediately writing data. Full initialization allows writing data after initialization is complete.
  • Page 330 Figure 104 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 29, select Confirm and press Enter. ([Enabled] following the drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 105 Confirming the initialization On the screen as shown in Figure 30, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 331 Figure 106 Completing the operation Initializing a physical drive On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 31, select Device Management and press Enter.
  • Page 332 Figure 107 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 3, select Logical Enclosure - and press Enter. Figure 108 Device Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 4, select the target drive and press Enter.
  • Page 333 Figure 109 Selecting the target drive NOTE: Only physical drives in the Unconfigured Good state support the initialization operation. On the screen as shown in Figure 5, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Clear and press Enter. Figure 110 Operation screen...
  • Page 334 On the screen as shown in Figure 6, select Go and press Enter. Figure 111 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select Confirm and press Enter. ([Enabled] following the drive means that the drive has been selected.) Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 112 Confirming the initialization On the screen as shown in Figure 8, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 335 Figure 113 Completing the operation Expanding a RAID array online Perform this task to expand the logical drive capacity by using unused drive space in the array or adding new physical drives to the array. Restrictions and guidelines • Before performing online expansion, back up the data on the logical drive to be expanded as a best practice.
  • Page 336 Using unused drive space in the array NOTE: • Drive space expansion by using unused drive space in the array is available only for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6 in UEFI mode or in the OS. • After RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6 uses unused drive space for expansion, the background initialization starts immediately.
  • Page 337 Figure 115 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 4, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Expand Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 116 Operation screen On the screen as shown in Figure 5, select Go and press Enter.
  • Page 338 Figure 117 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 6, modify the value for Enter a Percentage of Remaining Capacity, select Expand, and then press Enter. Figure 118 Setting the percentage of remaining capacity When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 7 opens. Select OK, and then press Enter.
  • Page 339 Figure 119 Completing expanding a RAID array On the screen as shown in Figure 8, view the background initialization progress in the Background Initialization x% field. Figure 120 Background initialization progress...
  • Page 340 Adding new physical drives to the array NOTE: • Drive space expansion by adding new physical drives to the array is available only for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6 in UEFI mode or in the OS. • The newly added physical drives must match the interface protocol and media type for member drives of the RAID array.
  • Page 341 Figure 122 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 11, select Operation and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Expand Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 123 Operation screen...
  • Page 342 On the screen as shown in Figure 12, select Go and press Enter. Figure 124 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure 13, select Add Drives, and then press Enter. Figure 125 Selecting Add Drives...
  • Page 343 On the screen as shown in Figure 14, select the target drives. ([Enabled] following the drive means that the drive has been selected.) Select OK, and then press Enter. Figure 126 CHOOSE UNCONFIGURED GOOD DRIVES screen On the screen as shown in Figure 15, select OK, and then press Enter.
  • Page 344 Figure 127 Selecting OK On the screen as shown in Figure 16, select Expand, and then press Enter. Figure 128 Selecting Expand...
  • Page 345 When the operation is complete, the screen as shown in Figure 17 opens. Select OK, and then press Enter. Figure 129 Completing expanding a RAID array 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 18, view the virtual drive expansion progress in the Expand Virtual Drive x%.
  • Page 346 Figure 130 Expansion progress 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 Virtual Drive Management menu displays the state of the logical drives as Offline. In this case, you can use this feature to force the logical drive to come online.
  • Page 347 Figure 131 Storage controller screen On the screen as shown in Figure select the target logical drive, and then press Enter. Figure 132 Virtual Drive Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure select View Associated Drives and then press Enter.
  • Page 348 Figure 133 Selecting View Associated Drives On the screen as shown in Figure select the target offline member drive and press Enter to enable the drive. Then, select View Drive Properties and press Enter. Figure 134 Selecting View Drive Properties...
  • Page 349 On the screen as shown in Figure select Operation, press Enter, select Force Online, and then press Enter again. Figure 135 Selecting Force Online On the screen as shown in Figure select Go and then press Enter.
  • Page 350 Figure 136 Selecting Go On the screen as shown in Figure select Confirm and press Enter to enable the drive. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 137 Confirming the operation...
  • Page 351 On the screen as shown in Figure select OK and press Enter. Figure 138 Operation succeeded Viewing storage controller properties On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 27, select Controller Management and press Enter.
  • Page 352 Figure 139 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 28, view the basic storage controller information and press Enter. For more information about storage controller properties, see Table 5. Figure 140 Virtual Drive Management screen Table 4 Parameter description Parameter Description Product Name...
  • Page 353 Parameter Description Product Name Name of the storage controller. Controller Status Operating status of the storage controller. Controller Personality Mode of the storage controller. PCI ID PCI ID of the storage controller. PCI address of the storage controller in the format of bus PCI Segment:Bus:Device:Fuction number:device number:function number.
  • Page 354 On the screen as shown in Figure 30, view and edit the advanced properties of the storage controller. For more information, see Table 6. Figure 142 Advanced properties screen for the storage controller Table 5 Parameter description Parameter Description Cache and Memory Cache and memory properties of the storage controller.
  • Page 355 Parameter Description device first, followed by the remaining drives according to the device reporting order configuration. Specify the action to be taken when the BIOS detects an exception. Options include: • Continue On Errors—The controller firmware attempts to continue startup when detecting an exception, but Boot Mode switches to safe mode if critical issues cannot be bypassed.
  • Page 356 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 After you replace a storage controller on a server configured with RAID, the system identifies current RAID configuration as Foreign Configuration.
  • Page 357 Figure 144 Manage Foreign Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 33, select Import Foreign Configuration and press Enter. Figure 145 Selecting Import Foreign Configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 34, select Confirm and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 358 Figure 146 Confirming the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 35, select OK and press Enter. Figure 147 Completing importing the foreign configuration Clearing RAID array information on the drive This task allows you to clear remaining RAID array information on the drive for reconfiguring RAID array on the drive.
  • Page 359 Procedure On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 36, select Configuration Management and press Enter. Figure 148 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 37, select Manage Foreign Configuration and press Enter. Figure 149 Selecting Manage Foreign Configuration...
  • Page 360 On the screen as shown in Figure 38, select Clear Foreign Configuration and press Enter. Figure 150 Selecting Clear Foreign Configuration On the screen as shown in Figure 39, select Confirm and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 151 Confirming the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 40, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 361 Figure 152 Completing the operation Creating multiple virtual drives Procedure On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 41, select Configuration Management and press Enter. Figure 153 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 42, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 362 Figure 154 Selecting Create Virtual Drive On the screen as shown in Figure 43, select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level, for example RAID 1, and then press Enter. Figure 155 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 44, select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source, select Free Capacity, which indicates that the capacity source is the remaining drive capacity of the drives that have been used for RAID setup.
  • Page 363 Figure 156 Selecting Select Drives From On the screen as shown in Figure 45, select Select Drives Group, and then press Enter. Figure 157 Selecting Select Drives Group On the screen as shown in Figure 46, select Drives Group x, Free Space x, and press Enter.
  • Page 364 Figure 158 CHOOSE DRIVE GROUP section On the screen as shown in Figure 47, select OK and press Enter. Figure 159 Selecting OK On the screen as shown in Figure 48, select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 365 Figure 160 Completing the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 49, select Save Configuration, and then press Enter. Figure 161 Selecting Save Configuration 10. On the screen as shown in Figure 50, select Confirm and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter.
  • Page 366 Figure 162 Confirming the operation 11. On the screen as shown in Figure select OK and press Enter. Figure 163 Completing the configuration Converting drives to JBOD state Perform this task to change the state of multiple drives to JBOD in the BIOS.
  • Page 367 NOTE: This feature is unavailable if no physical drives in Unconfigured Good state are present for a storage controller. Procedure On the screen as shown in Figure 52, select Configuration Management and then press Enter. Figure 164 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 53, select Convert to JBOD and press Enter.
  • Page 368 On the screen as shown in Figure 54, select the target drives, press Enter. Then, select OK and press Enter. Figure 166 Selecting drives On the screen as shown in Figure select OK and press Enter. Figure 167 Completing the operation...
  • Page 369 Converting drives to Unconfigured state Perform this task to change the state of multiple drives to Unconfigured in the BIOS. NOTE: This feature is unavailable when no physical drives in the JBOD state are present for a storage controller. If the the physical drives in JBOD state has data, verify and back up the data before switching the drive state.
  • Page 370 Figure 169 Configuration Management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 58, select the target drives, press Enter. Then, select OK and press Enter. Figure 170 Selecting drives On the screen as shown in Figure select OK and press Enter.
  • Page 371 Figure 171 Completing the operation On the screen as shown in Figure select OK and press Enter. Figure 172 Completing the operation...
  • Page 372 Configuring the Auto-Configure Behavior (Primary) feature Perform this task to set the automatic configuration behavior of storage controllers. When you enable this feature, the newly installed physical drives will be automatically configured. NOTE: The primary auto-configure behavior feature does not apply to physical drives that are already attached to a storage controller.
  • Page 373 Figure 174 Selecting Advanced Controller Management On the screen as shown in Figure 63, select Manage Controller Personality and press Enter. Figure 175 Selecting Manage Controller Personality On the screen as shown in Figure select Auto-Configure Behavior (Primary) and press Enter.
  • Page 374 Figure 176 Manage Controller Personality screen On the screen as shown in Figure select Apply Changes and press Enter. Figure 177 Applying the configuration On the screen as shown in Figure select Confirm and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter...
  • Page 375 Figure 178 Confirming the operation On the screen as shown in Figure 67 select OK and press Enter. Figure 179 Completing the operation...
  • Page 376 Configuring the Auto-Configure Behavior (Execute-Once) feature Perform this task to change the state of multiple drives to JBOD, Single Drive RAID 0, or Single Drive RAID 0 WB in the BIOS. NOTE: The Single Drive RAID 0 option indicates a single drive in RAID 0 with write cache policy as Write Through.
  • Page 377 Figure 181 Selecting Advanced Controller Management On the screen as shown in Figure 70, select Manage Controller Personality and press Enter. Figure 182 Selecting Manage Controller Personality...
  • Page 378 On the screen as shown in Figure select Auto-Configure Behavior (Execute-Once) and press Enter. In the dialog box that opens, select Single Drive RAID 0 WB for the Auto-Configure Behavior (Execute-Once) field and press Enter. Figure 183 Manage Controller Personality screen On the screen as shown in Figure select Apply Now and press Enter.
  • Page 379 Figure 184 Applying the configuation On the screen as shown in Figure select Confirm and press Enter. Then, select Yes and press Enter. Figure 185 Confirming the operation...
  • Page 380 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 StorCLI2 tool package for different operating systems.
  • Page 381 Commonly-used commands in StorCLI This section describes the usage and examples of commonly used commands in StorCLI. You can use the OS command line tool to manage storage controllers during normal server operation without restarting the server. NOTE: All the commands related with specifying paths in StorCLI do not support spaces and special characters.
  • Page 382 0 MegaRAID 9660-16i Tri-Mode Storage Adapter 0X500062B213CCEE80 RAID Optimal 0 Optimal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Ctrl=Controller Index|Health=Controller Health|PD(s)=Physical Drives VD(s)=Virtual Drive(s)|VNOpt=VD Not Optimal|EPack=Energy Pack|Unkwn=Unknown # View basic information about a storage controller. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 show CLI Version = 008.0008.0000.0010 Jan 08, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 383 TOPOLOGY : ======== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DG Span Row EID:Slot PID Type State Status BT Size PDC Secured FSpace ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAID1 - N 558.406 GiB dsbl N RAID1 - N 558.406 GiB dsbl N 292:12 287 DRIVE Conf Online N 558.406 GiB dsbl N 292:13 288 DRIVE Conf Online N 558.406 GiB dsbl N -------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
  • Page 384 292:13 288 Conf Online 0 558.406 GiB SAS HDD - 512B ST600MP0006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ LU/NS LIST : ========== -------------------------------------- PID LUN/NSID Index Status Size -------------------------------------- 287 0/- 0 Online 558.406 GiB 288 0/- 0 Online 558.406 GiB -------------------------------------- EID-Enclosure Persistent ID|Slt-Slot Number|PID-Persistent ID|DG-DriveGroup UConf-Unconfigured|UConfUnsp-Unconfigured Unsupported|Conf-Configured|Unusbl-Unusable GHS-Global Hot Spare|DHS-Dedicated Hot Spare|UConfShld-Unconfigured Shielded| ConfShld-Configured Shielded|Shld-JBOD Shielded|GHSShld-GHS Shielded|DHSShld-DHS...
  • Page 385 ConnId-ConnectorID Energy Pack Info : ================ ---------------------------------------------------- Type SubType Voltage(mV) Temperature(C) Status ---------------------------------------------------- Supercap FBU345 9359 44 Optimal ---------------------------------------------------- # View all information of the storage controller and save the information to the specified file. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 show all logfile=logfile.txt Updating the storage controller firmware Perform this task to update the firmware of a storage controller by a firmware file of a higher, lower, or the same version.
  • Page 386 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Component Image download complete. An Online Activation is in progress. Please wait for the activation to complete. Expected Flash Details Post Activation : ====================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------- ComponentName ComponentVersion SecurityVersionNumber Status ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package Manifest 8.9.1.0-00000-00002 N/A Success...
  • Page 387 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Checking PSoC information Perform this task to view the information about the PSoC firmware of a storage controller. Syntax storcli2 /cController_Index show all | grep -i psoc Parameters : Specifies the index of a storage controller. If only one storage controller controller_Index exists, the index is 0 by default.
  • Page 388 : Specifies the write cache policy. Write through (wt) notifies the system of transmission wt|wb|awb completion when data are written into disks. Write back (wb) notifies the system of transmission completion when data are written into the controller cache. Always write back (awb) forces the system to use write back even when no supercapacitor is present, which may cause data loss in the event of unexpected power-off.
  • Page 389 VD Information : ============== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VDID VDSize Status ErrType ErrCd Msg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 50.0 GiB Success - 1 50.0 GiB Success - Hot Spare assignment successful, Eid:Sid(343:27). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Delete RAID. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 /v1 del CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 390 # Turn off the drive UID LED. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 /e343/s27 stop locate CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Stop PD Locate Succeeded. Switching the drive state Perform this task to switch the drive state between JBOD and Unconfigured Good.
  • Page 391 Parameters : Specifies the index of a storage controller. If only one storage controller controller_Index exists, the index is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the storcli2 show command to view the controller index. : Specifies the enclosure persistent ID. enclosure_id slot_id : Specifies the ID of the physical drive slot.
  • Page 392 DHSSntz-DHS Sanitize|UConfDgrd-Unconfigured Degraded|ConfDgrd-Configured Degraded|JBODDgrd-JBOD Degraded GHSDgrd-GHS Degraded|DHSDgrd-DHS Degraded|Various-Multiple LU/NS Status|Med-Media|SED-Self Encryptive Drive SeSz-Logical Sector Size|Intf-Interface|Sp-Power state|U-Up/On|D-Down/PowerSave|T-Transitioning|F-Foreign NS-Namespace|LU-Logical Unit|LUN-Logical Unit Number|NSID-Namespace ID|Alt-EID-Alternate Enclosure Persistent ID Expanding a RAID array online Perform this task to expand the logical drive capacity by using unused drive space in the array or adding new physical drives to the array.
  • Page 393 The storage controller is performing an expansion operation by adding new physical  drives. Examples # Use all the available disk space in the array for expansion by default. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 /v1 expand CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 394 [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0/v1 expand drives=292:8 CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = expansion operation succeeded EXPANSION RESULT : ================ ------------------------------------------ VD Operation Status ErrType ErrCd ErrMsg ------------------------------------------ 1 OCE Success - ------------------------------------------...
  • Page 395 Usage guidelines The RAID configuration of the LSI MR96 storage controller is mutually exclusive with configurations of the LSI MR93, LSI MR94, and LSI MR95 controllers, preventing the import of external configuration information between them. Examples # Import foreign configuration. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 /fall import CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64...
  • Page 396 Configuring hot spare drives Perform this task to add global or dedicated hot spare drives for a redundant RAID array. Syntax To add a global hot spare drive: storcli2 /cController_Index/eenclosure_id/sslot_id add hotspare To add a dedicated hot spare drive: storcli2 /cController_Index/eenclosure_id/sslot_id hotspare dgs=drive_group...
  • Page 397 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Delete Hot Spare Succeeded. Configuring emergency hot spare Perform this task to enable emergency hot spare and configure whether to activate emergency hot spare upon a SMART error. Syntax storcli2 /cController_Index show es storcli2 /cController_Index show esSMARTER...
  • Page 398 Description = None Controller Properties : ===================== ------------------------ Ctrl_Prop Value ------------------------ Emergency SMARTer On ------------------------ # Disable emergency hot spares in Unconfigured Good state physical drives. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 set es=off ug CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 399 Collecting logs Perform this task to export storage controller logs. SnapDump saves snapshots of debug information during failures. It automatically logs some storage controller issues. You can also obtain the SnapDump log of the current storage controller. Therefore, you can collect all necessary information to identify the root cause at the first identification of a defect.
  • Page 400 total 5004 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2667709 May 28 15:03 snapdump_0X500062B213CCF840_id0_20240527172925.zip -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1470301 May 28 15:03 snapdump_0X500062B213CCF840_id1_20240528095756.zip -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 754351 May 28 15:03 storcli2.log [root@localhost mnt]# ll /root/log total 44 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 44539 May 28 15:03 alilog.txt # Output the event log to a .txt file and save that file in the specified location.
  • Page 401 # Download all existing SnapDump data from the controller. The CLI will construct the filename in a specific format as shown below. Time snapdump_#(Controller_SAS Address)_id#(snapdump_id)_ .zip. [root@localhost sd]# storcli2 /c0 get snapdump all CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 402 [root@localhost sd]# ll total 3040 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2667709 May 28 14:09 snapdump_0X500062B213CCF840_id0_20240527172925.zip -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 440666 May 28 14:09 storcli2.log # Trigger the controller to generate new SnapDump data. The log file will be saved to the current path.
  • Page 403 Examples # View event logs. [root@localhost mnt]# storcli2 /c0 show events Sequence Number: 106901 Time: Tue May 28 15:17:35 2024 Code: 267 Class: Informational Locale: 32 Event Description: The event log was cleared. Event Data: =========== None CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 404 --------------------- DeleteEvents Success --------------------- # Display the information about the SnapDump data on the controller. [root@localhost mnt]# storcli2 /c0 show snapdump CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None SnapDump Details : ================ ----------------------------------------------------------------------...
  • Page 405 • —Write through (wt) notifies the system of transmission completion when data is written into disks. • —Write back (wb) notifies the system of transmission completion when data is written into the controller cache. • —Always write back (awb) forces the system to use write back when no supercapacitor is present or the supercapacitor is damaged.
  • Page 406 Detailed Status : =============== -------------------------------------------------------- VD Property Value Status ErrType ErrCd ErrMsg -------------------------------------------------------- 1 Read Cache Policy RA Success - --------------------------------------------------------+++++++++++++++++++ Viewing RAID read and write cache settings and state Perform this task to view the read and write cache settings and state for RAID. Syntax storcli2 /cController_Index/vraid_id showet Parameters...
  • Page 407 AWB=Always WriteBack|WT=WriteThrough|Access-Access Policy Setting the write cache policy for member drives Perform this task to set the write cache policy for member drives. Syntax storcli2 /cController_Index/vraid_id set pdcache= pdcache_policy Parameters : Specifies the index of a storage controller. If only one storage controller controller_Index exists, the index is 0 by default.
  • Page 408 Examples # View the cache state of member drives. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 /e343/s12 show all CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Show Drive Information Succeeded. Drive /c0/e343/s12 : ================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------...
  • Page 409 Drive /c0/e343/s12 - Detailed Information : ========================================= Shield Counter = 0 Temperature(C) = 42 Serial Number = S6KPNE0T709085 Vendor = ATA Model = SAMSUNG MZ7L3960HBLT-00B7C WWN = 5002538F027527CF Firmware Revision Level = JXTE204Q Logical Sector Size = 512B Physical Sector Size = 4 KiB Raw size = 894.252 GiB [0x6fc81ab0 Sectors] Coerced size = 893.75 GiB [0x6fb80000 Sectors] Capable Speed = 6.0Gb/s...
  • Page 410 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SASAddress DevicePID Path ConnectorIndex NegotiatedSpeed NegotiatedLinkWidth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x5f4e9751f536f0cc 305 Primary 1 6.0Gb/s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connector Information : ===================== --------------------------------- ConnId Name Location Type --------------------------------- 1 C0.0 Internal SFF-8654 8I --------------------------------- LU/NS 0/- Properties for Drive /c0/e343/s12 : ============================================ Media Error Count = 0 Other Error Count = 0 Predictive Failure Count = 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Sequence Number = 0...
  • Page 411 Viewing supercapacitor information Perform this task to view supercapacitor information. Syntax storcli2 /cController_Index/ep show storcli2 /cController_Index/ep show all Parameters : Specifies the index of a storage controller. If only one storage controller controller_Index exists, the index is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the storcli2 show command to view the controller index.
  • Page 412 Capabilities : ============ Manual Learn = Unsupported Schedule Learn = Unsupported VPD Information : =============== Manufacturer = LSI Date of Manufacture(yyyy/mm/dd) = 2022/01/12 PCB Version number = 0x C Pack Version number = 0x00 Serial Number = 05683 PCB Assembly number = 700264483 Pack Assembly number = 49571-222 Cap Assembler number = 0x0 Device Chemistry = EDLC...
  • Page 413 Examples # When you manually set the member drive in slot 8 of RAID 1 to offline, it triggers the emergency hot spare feature. The physical drive in slot 0 starts rebuilding, and the state of the physical drive in slot 8 changes to Unconfigured Good.
  • Page 414 ------------------------------------- EID-Enclosure Persistent ID|Slt-Slot Number|PID-Persistent ID|DG-DriveGroup UConf-Unconfigured|UConfUnsp-Unconfigured Unsupported|Conf-Configured|Unusbl-Unusable GHS-Global Hot Spare|DHS-Dedicated Hot Spare|UConfShld-Unconfigured Shielded| ConfShld-Configured Shielded|Shld-JBOD Shielded|GHSShld-GHS Shielded|DHSShld-DHS Shielded UConfSntz-Unconfigured Sanitize|ConfSntz-Configured Sanitize|JBODSntz-JBOD Sanitize|GHSSntz-GHS Sanitize DHSSntz-DHS Sanitize|UConfDgrd-Unconfigured Degraded|ConfDgrd-Configured Degraded|JBODDgrd-JBOD Degraded GHSDgrd-GHS Degraded|DHSDgrd-DHS Degraded|Various-Multiple LU/NS Status|Med-Media|SED-Self Encryptive Drive SeSz-Logical Sector Size|Intf-Interface|Sp-Power state|U-Up/On|D-Down/PowerSave|T-Transitioning|F-Foreign NS-Namespace|LU-Logical Unit|LUN-Logical Unit Number|NSID-Namespace ID|Alt-EID-Alternate Enclosure Persistent ID # Manually make a physical drive online.
  • Page 415 number : Specifies the number of drives to be checked concurrently. : Specifies the patrol mode. if on is specified, the check includes SSDs. If off is specified, the mode check excludes SSDs. : Specifies the target RAID ID to be excluded from the patrol. You can specify none or a raid_id specific RAID ID in the format of x-y, z.
  • Page 416 Patrol Read Properties : ====================== ------------------ PR Property Value ------------------ Mode ------------------ # Enable the patrol and configure the start time and execution frequency. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 set patrolread=on starttime=2024/5/25 08 execfrequency hours=180 CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success...
  • Page 417 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Start time(LocalTime yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:sec) 2024/05/24 18:00:00 Max Concurrent PD Include SSD Exclude VDs Success -------------------------------------------------------------------- # View patrol read parameters and state. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 show pr CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None...
  • Page 418 EID:Slt PID Progress% Status Estimated Time Left ---------------------------------------------------------- 343:11 304 - Not in progress - 343:12 305 - Not in progress - 343:13 306 - Not in progress - 343:15 308 - Not in progress - 343:16 309 - Not in progress - 343:17 310 - Not in progress - 343:18 311 -...
  • Page 419 --------------------------- Operation Result --------------------------- Resume Patrol Read Success --------------------------- Configuring and viewing consistency check parameters Perform this task to view and configure consistency check parameters. Syntax storcli2 /cController_Index set cc|consistencycheck=off storcli2 /cController_Index set cc|consistencycheck=on starttime=start time execfrequency hours=value storcli2 /cController_Index set cc|consistencycheck starttime=start time execfrequency hours=value...
  • Page 420 Examples # Restore the consistency check to the factory defaults. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 set cc factory CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Consistency Check Properties : ============================ ------------------------- CC Property...
  • Page 421 # Stop consistency check. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 set cc=off CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Consistency Check Properties : ============================ ------------------ CC Property Value ------------------ Mode ------------------ Patrol Read Properties :...
  • Page 422 # Configure consistency check parameters. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 set cc starttime=2024/05/28 06 execfrequency hours=720 maxvd=32 excludevd=3 CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Consistency Check Properties : ============================ -------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Property...
  • Page 423 # Suspend the consistency check for the logical drive. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 /v1 suspend cc CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Suspend CC Operation Success # Restart the consistency check for the logical drive. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 /v1 resume cc CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64...
  • Page 424 Description = Start PD Rebuild Succeeded. [root@localhost home]# storcli2 /c0 /e292/s8 show rebuild CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Show PD Rebuild Status Succeeded. ------------------------------------------------------ EID:Slt PID Progress% Status Estimated Time Left ------------------------------------------------------ 292:8...
  • Page 425 Parameters : Specifies the index of a storage controller. If only one storage controller Controller_Index exists, the index is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the storcli2 show command to view the controller index. : Specifies the enclosure persistent ID. enclosure_id slot_id : Specifies the ID of the physical drive slot.
  • Page 426 storcli2 /cController_Index show func storcli2 /cController_Index set rebuildoperatingmode=mode storcli2 /cController_Index show rebuildoperatingmode Default The rate for each task is 30%. The default priority for the rebuild operating mode is Rebuild. Parameters : Specifies the index of a storage controller. If only one storage controller Controller_Index exists, the index is 0 by default.
  • Page 427 Controller Properties : ===================== ------------------ Ctrl_Prop Value ------------------ OCE Rate(%) ------------------ # View the rebuild operating mode priority. storcli2 /cx show rebuildoperatingmode [root@localhost home]# storcli2 /c0 show rebuildoperatingmode CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Controller Properties :...
  • Page 428 Filtering and clearing PreservedCache data Perform this task to filter and clear PreservedCache data. Syntax storcli2 /cController_Index show preservedcache storcli2 /cController_Index/vraid_id delete preservedcache [force] Parameters : Specifies the index of a storage controller. If only one storage controller Controller_Index exists, the index is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the storcli2 show command to view the controller index.
  • Page 429 Virtual Drives : ============== ------------------------------------------------------------------ DG/VD TYPE State Access CurrentCache DefaultCache Size Name ------------------------------------------------------------------ RAID1 OfLn RW NR,WB NR,WB 3.492 TiB ------------------------------------------------------------------ Rec=Recovery|OfLn=OffLine|Pdgd=Partially Degraded|Dgrd=Degraded Optl=Optimal|RO=Read Only|RW=Read Write|CurrentCache-Current Cache Status R=Read Ahead Always|NR=No Read Ahead|WB=WriteBack| AWB=Always WriteBack|WT=WriteThrough|Access-Access Policy # Clear RAID and PreservedCache data and filter all the logical drive. [root@localhost home]# storcli2 /c0 /v1 delete preservedcache force CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64...
  • Page 430 Examples # Upgrade the drive firmware. [root@localhost p5520]# storcli2 /c0 /e292/s0 download file=9CV10450_WFEM0260_signed.bin mode=E activatenow Starting microcode update. Please wait. CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = Firmware Download Succeeded. Drive Firmware Download : ======================== -----------------------------------------...
  • Page 431 Controller Properties : ===================== ------------------------------------------- Ctrl_Prop Value ------------------------------------------- First Reporting Device Persistent Id 1 ------------------------------------------- # View the first device ID of the storage controller. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 show firstdeviceid CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None...
  • Page 432 • 1—Logical drives are reported prior to JBOD devices during the server restart. Usage guidelines For this task to take effect, restart the server. In some applicable scenarios, the priority of the first device is higher than the device reporting order. Examples # View the device reporting order of a storage controller.
  • Page 433 Syntax storcli2 /cController_Index show autoconfig storcli2 /cController_Index set autoconfig factory storcli2 /cController_Index set autoconfig primary option=option mode Parameters : Specifies the index of a storage controller. If only one storage controller Controller_Index exists, the index is 0 by default. If multiple storage controllers exist, use the storcli2 show command to view the controller index.
  • Page 434 Supported Secondary Auto-configure behavior UGood Supported Immediate Auto-configure behavior JBOD, R0, R0WB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- UGood-Unconfigured Good|R0-Single Drive Raid0|SecureR0-Secure Single Drive Raid0 R0WB-Single Drive Raid0 WriteBack|SecureR0WB-Secure Single Drive Raid0 WriteBack # Restore auto-configuration properties to the default. [root@localhost ~]# storcli2 /c0 set autoconfig factory CLI Version = 008.0009.0000.0010 Apr 02, 2024 Operating system = Linux5.14.0-70.22.1.el9_0.x86_64 Controller = 0...
  • Page 435 Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None Set Auto-configure behavior : =========================== --------------------- Operation Result --------------------- Primary-R0WB Success --------------------- Configuring the immediate auto-configure behavior feature Perform this task to bulk set physical drives in Unconfigured Good state to JBOD, R0, or R0WB. Syntax storcli2 /cController_Index set autoconfig immediate option=option mode drives=drives...
  • Page 436 Auto-config Information : ======================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Auto-config property Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Primary Auto-configure behavior UGood Secondary Auto-configure behavior UGood Supported Primary Auto-configure behavior UGood, JBOD, R0, R0WB, SecureJBOD, SecureR0, SecureR0WB Supported Secondary Auto-configure behavior UGood Supported Immediate Auto-configure behavior JBOD, R0, R0WB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- UGood-Unconfigured Good|R0-Single Drive Raid0|SecureR0-Secure Single Drive Raid0...
  • Page 437 LSI-9660 amber LED is steady The 0.5Hz amber LED is turned on. 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 438 Downloading and installing drivers Access https://www.h3c.com/en/Support/Resource_Center/EN/Severs/Catalog/Optional_Parts/Storage_Co ntroller/?tbox=Software to download the storage controller drivers. For more information about installing drivers, see the release notes for the driver program 带格式的: 正文, 无项目符号或编 号, 到齐到网格...
  • Page 439 About H460, P460, P2404, and P4408 storage controllers The storage controllers support 12-Gbps data channels. Some storage controllers support caching, which greatly improves performance and data security. For more information, access http://www.h3c.com/en/home/qr/default.htm?id=66. This chapter is available for the following storage controllers: • HBA-H460-B1 •...
  • Page 440 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 441 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 442 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. For how to navigate screens and modify settings, see the operation instructions at the lower right corner.
  • Page 443 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 444 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 445 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 Configuring RAID 0 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 6, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 446 On the screen as shown in Figure 7, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter. 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...
  • Page 447 Figure 8 Selecting the target drives 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.
  • Page 448 Figure 10 Setting the RAID level 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...
  • Page 449 Table 2 Parameter description Parameter Description Logical Drive Label RAID array name. Stripe Size Data block size for each drive. Size Capacity for the logical drive. Unit Size Size for the unit. Acceleration Method Logical drive acceleration method. On the screen as shown in Figure 12, select Back to Main Menu.
  • Page 450 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. 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.
  • Page 451 Figure 15 Selecting List Logical Drives 10. Selecting the target logical drive, and then press Enter. 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).
  • Page 452 Figure 17 Selecting Logical Drive Details 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...
  • Page 453 Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter. 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...
  • Page 454 Figure 20 Selecting drives Figure 21 Selecting Proceed to next Form Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form.
  • Page 455 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 Figure 23 Configuring RAID parameters...
  • Page 456 Select Back to Main Menu. Figure 24 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter. Figure 25 Storage controller configuration screen...
  • Page 457 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. Figure 27 Selecting List Logical Drives 10.
  • Page 458 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). Figure 29 Selecting Logical Drive Details...
  • Page 459 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 Select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter.
  • Page 460 Figure 31 Selecting Create Array Select drives of the same type, and select Proceed to next Form. Figure 32 Selecting drives Select the RAID level, press Enter, and then select Proceed to next Form.
  • Page 461 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 Select Back to Main Menu.
  • Page 462 Figure 35 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter. Figure 36 Storage controller configuration screen View the created RAID arrays. Select the array where the RAID1 ADM logical drive resides, and then press Enter.
  • Page 463 Figure 37 Managing arrays Select List Logical Drives, and press Enter to view logical drives in the array. Figure 38 Selecting List Logical Drives 10. Select the target RAID and then press Enter.
  • Page 464 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 465 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 466 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 467 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 468 Figure 46 Configuring RAID parameters Select Back to Main Menu. Figure 47 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter.
  • Page 469 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 470 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 471 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 472 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 473 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 474 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 475 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 476 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 477 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 478 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 479 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 480 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 481 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 482 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 483 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 484 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 485 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 486 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 487 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 488 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 489 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 490 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 491 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 492 Figure 89 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter. Figure 90 Selecting Create Array...
  • Page 493 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 494 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 495 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 496 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 497 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 498 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 499 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 500 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 501 Figure 106 Configuring RAID parameters Select Back to Main Menu. Figure 107 Logical drive creation succeeded Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter.
  • Page 502 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 503 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 504 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 505 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 506 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 507 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 508 Figure 116 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 117, select the target array and press Enter.
  • Page 509 Figure 117 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 118, select Manage Spare Drives and press Enter.
  • Page 510 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 511 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 512 Figure 120 Selecting the target drives Expanding a RAID array Enter the storage controller configuration screen. As shown in Figure 121, select Array Configuration, and then press Enter. Figure 121 Storage controller configuration screen...
  • Page 513 As shown in Figure 122, select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 122 Array Configuration screen Select the target array, as shown in Figure 123. This example selects Array A. Figure 123 Manage Arrays screen As shown in Figure 124, select Manage Data Drives.
  • Page 514 Figure 124 Selecting Manage Data Drivers As shown in Figure 125, select Add Drive(s). Figure 125 Selecting Add Drive(s) As shown in Figure 126, select the drive to be added and click Proceed to next Form.
  • Page 515 Figure 126 Adding a drive As shown in Figure 127, select Auto Expand and click Proceed to next Form. Figure 127 Selecting a type As shown in Figure 128, click Submit Changes.
  • Page 516 Figure 128 Submiting changes When the operation finishes, the screen is as shown in Figure 129. Figure 129 Completing expanding a RAID array Deleting a RAID array This task allows you to delete a RAID array and the logical drives contained in it.
  • Page 517 NOTE: Deleting logical drives in the middle of a RAID array might cause discontinuous sectors on the physical drives of this array. As a consequence, the operation might affect the drive read and write rate and limit the operations on logical drives performed by using RAID array configuration tools. As a best practice to avoid these problems, delete logical drives from back to front in sequence.
  • Page 518 Figure 131 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 132, select the target array and press Enter. Figure 132 Selecting the target array...
  • Page 519 On the screen as shown in Figure 133, select Delete Array and press Enter. Figure 133 Selecting Delete Array Viewing drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 134, select Disk Utilities and press Enter.
  • Page 520 Figure 134 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 135, you can see information about all available drives. Figure 135 Drive information...
  • Page 521 Locating drives Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 135 and press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 136, select Identify Device and press Enter. Figure 136 Selecting Identify Device On the screen as shown in Figure 137, select Start, and the Fault/UID LED on the drive turns steady blue.
  • Page 522 Figure 137 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 135, select the drive to be erased, and then press Enter.
  • Page 523 Figure 138 Erasing a drive On the screen as shown in Figure 139, select the erase pattern, and press Enter.
  • Page 524 Figure 139 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 525 On the screen as shown in Figure 140, select Start Erase, and press Enter. Figure 140 Starting erasing Viewing storage controller information Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 141, select Controller Information and press Enter.
  • Page 526 Figure 141 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 142, view storage controller information.
  • Page 527 Figure 142 Viewing storage controller information Modifying storage controller settings Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 143, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 528 Figure 143 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 144, select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 529 Figure 144 Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 145, 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 530 Figure 145 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 146, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 531 Figure 146 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 147 Figure 148, select Clear Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 532 Figure 147 Configure Controller Settings screen (for the RAID-P460-B2)
  • Page 533 Figure 148 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 149, select Delete All Array Configurations or Delete...
  • Page 534 Figure 149 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 535 Figure 150 Selecting Submit Changes Setting the HBA mode Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 151, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 536 Figure 151 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 152, select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter.
  • Page 537 Figure 152 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 153, select HBA for Set Controller Port Mode and press Enter.
  • Page 538 Figure 153 Configure Controller Port Mode screen Creating multiple virtual drives (VDs) Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 154, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 539 Figure 154 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 155, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 540 Figure 155 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 156, select an array to add VDs. This example selects Array...
  • Page 541 Figure 156 Manage Arrays screen On the screen as shown in Figure 157, select Create Logical Drive.
  • Page 542 Figure 157 Array management screen On the screen as shown in Figure 158, select a RAID level, strip size, and capacity.
  • Page 543 Figure 158 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 159, select Administration and press Enter.
  • Page 544 Figure 159 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 160, select Flash Controller Firmware and press Enter.
  • Page 545 Figure 160 Administration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 161, select Select Firmware File to flash and press Enter.
  • Page 546 Figure 161 Selecting Select Firmware File to flash On the screen as shown in Figure 162, select the target device where the update file is located and press Enter.
  • Page 547 Figure 162 Selecting the target device On the screen as shown in Figure 163, select the update file suffixed with .bin (luxor.bin in this example) and press Enter.
  • Page 548 Figure 163 Selecting the update file On the screen as shown in Figure 164, select Flash Controller Firmware and press Enter.
  • Page 549 Figure 164 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 165, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 550 Figure 165 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 166, select Create Array, and press Enter. Figure 166 Array Configuration screen...
  • Page 551 On the screen as shown in Figure 167, select drives to be used, which indicate by Enabled, and select [Proceed to next Form]. Then, press Enter. Figure 167 Selecting drives On the screen as shown in Figure 168, set the RAID level for RAID Level and select [Proceed to next Form].
  • Page 552 Figure 168 Setting the RAID level On the screen as shown in Figure 169, select Acceleration Method and set the logical drive cache mode. Then, press Enter.
  • Page 553 Figure 169 Configuring the related parameters On the screen as shown in Figure 170, select IO Bypass and complete other RAID settings. NOTE: This feature is only available when you selecting SSDs to build a RAID.
  • Page 554 Figure 170 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 555 Figure 171 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 172, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 556 Figure 172 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 173, select an array that has failed due to offline drives and press Enter.
  • Page 557 Figure 173 Manage Arrays screen On the screen as shown in Figure 174, select List Logical Drives and press Enter. Figure 174 Screen for a failed array due to offline drives...
  • Page 558 On the screen as shown in Figure 175, select a logical drive in Failed state and press Enter. Figure 175 List Logical Drives screen On the screen as shown in Figure 176, select Re-Enable Logical Drives and press Enter.
  • Page 559 Figure 176 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 560 Figure 177 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 178, select Number of OS bootable drives and press Enter.
  • Page 561 Figure 178 Set Bootable Device(s) for Legacy Boot Mode screen On the screen as shown in Figure 179, select Number of OS bootable drives, set the number of drives, and press Enter.
  • Page 562 Figure 179 Setting the number of OS bootable drives 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. Figure 180 Selecting the target RAID array...
  • Page 563 Select List Logical Drives and press Enter. Figure 181 Selecting List Logical Drives Select Logical Drive 1 and press Enter. Figure 182 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).
  • Page 564 Figure 183 Selecting Logical Drive Details Adding multiple virtual drives (VDs) Access the storage controller configuration screen. Select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 184 Storage controller configuration screen...
  • Page 565 Select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 185 Array Configuration screen Select the target RAID array, and then press Enter. Figure 186 Selecting the target VD Select Create Logical Drive and Enter.
  • Page 566 Figure 187 Selecting Create Logical Drive Select the RAID level, and set the strip size and capacity. Figure 188 Create Logical Drive screen...
  • Page 567 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 568 Figure 189 Pressing Ctrl+A The storage controller configuration screen opens as shown in Figure 190. You can view basic RAID array status and version information on the storage controller configuration screen. Figure 190 Storage controller configuration screen Switching the operating mode On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 191, select Configure...
  • Page 569 Figure 191 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 192, select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter. Figure 192 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 193, change the operating mode for Port CN0 or Port CN1 as needed.
  • Page 570 Figure 193 Configure Controller Port Mode screen Configuring RAID 0 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 194, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 194 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 195, select Create Array and press Enter.
  • Page 571 Figure 195 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 196, 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 196 Selecting the target drive On the screen as shown in Figure 197, set the values for RAID Level, Logical Drive Name,...
  • Page 572 Figure 197 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 573 Figure 198 Selecting Manage Arrays On the screen as shown in Figure 199, 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 199 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in...
  • Page 574 Figure 200 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 201 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 575 Figure 202 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 203 Configuring RAID 1 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 576 Figure 204 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 205 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 1 ADM On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 206, select Array...
  • Page 577 Figure 206 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 207 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 578 Figure 208 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 209 Configuring RAID1 ADM parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 579 Figure 210 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 211 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 5 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 212, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 580 Figure 212 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 213 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 581 Figure 214 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 215 Configuring RAID5 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 582 Figure 216 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 217 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 6 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 218, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 583 Figure 218 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 219 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 584 Figure 220 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 221 Configuring RAID6 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 585 Figure 222 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 223 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 10 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 224, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 586 Figure 224 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 225 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 587 Figure 226 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 227 Configuring RAID10 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 588 Figure 228 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 229 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 10 ADM On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 230, select Array...
  • Page 589 Figure 230 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 231 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 590 Figure 232 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 233 Configuring RAID10 ADM parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 591 Figure 234 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 235 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 50 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 236, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 592 Figure 236 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 237 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 593 Figure 238 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 239 Configuring RAID50 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 594 Figure 240 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 241 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 60 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 242, select Array Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 595 Figure 242 Storage controller configuration screen Select Create Array and press Enter. Figure 243 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 596 Figure 244 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 245 Configuring RAID60 parameters Select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 597 Figure 246 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 247 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 598 Procedure On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 248, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 248 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 249, select Manage Arrays and press Enter. Figure 249 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 250, select the target array and press Ctrl+S.
  • Page 599 Figure 250 Selecting the target array On the screen as shown in Figure 251, 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 251 Selecting the target drives On the screen as shown in Figure 252, select the spare type, select Done, and then press...
  • Page 600 Figure 252 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 253, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 253 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 254, select Select Boot Device and press Enter.
  • Page 601 Figure 254 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 255, select the target drive, press Ctrl+P, and then press Enter. Figure 255 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 256, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 602 Figure 256 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 257, select the target RAID array and press Enter. Figure 257 Selecting the target RAID array On the screen as shown in Figure 258, press Ctrl+P to configure the RAID array as the primary boot drive.
  • Page 603 Figure 258 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 259, select Array Configuration and press Enter. Figure 259 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 260, select Manage Arrays and press Enter.
  • Page 604 Figure 260 Array Configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 261, select the target array, press Enter, and then press Delete to delete the array. Figure 261 Deleting the target array Viewing drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 262, select Disk Utilities...
  • Page 605 Figure 262 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 263, you can see information about all available drives. Figure 263 Drive information Locating drives Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 263 and press Enter.
  • Page 606 Figure 264 Identifying the device Erasing drives Procedure On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 263, select the drive to be erased, and then press Enter. On the screen as shown in Figure 265, select Secure Erase and then press Enter. Figure 265 Erasing a drive On the screen as shown in Figure...
  • Page 607 Figure 266 Confirming the operation Modifying storage controller settings Access the storage controller configuration screen. On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 267, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 267 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 268, select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter.
  • Page 608 Figure 268 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 269, you can view the storage controller settings. Figure 269 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 269 are configurable, but the default values are typically used.
  • Page 609 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 270, select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter. Figure 270 Storage controller configuration screen On the screen as shown in Figure 271, select Clear Configuration and press Enter. Figure 271 Configure Controller Settings screen On the screen as shown in Figure 272, select Delete All Array Configurations or Delete RIS...
  • Page 610 Figure 272 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 611 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 612 Figure 276 Manage Arrays screen On the screen as shown in Figure 277, select a RAID array in Failed state, press Enter, and then press Ctrl+F. Figure 277 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 613 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 614 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 615 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 616 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 617 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 618 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 619 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 620 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 621 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 622 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 623 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 624 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 625 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 626 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 627 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 628 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 629 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 630 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 631 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 632 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 633 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 634 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 635 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 636 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 637 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 638 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 639 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 640 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 641 # 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 642 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 643 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 644 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 645 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 646 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 647 Figure 1 BIOS setup screen Enter the controller management screen. a. On the top navigation bar, click Advanced. b. Click Dynamic Device Configuration or UEFI HII Configuration, or proceed to the next step, depending on the BIOS version. c. Select the target storage controller and then press Enter. In this example, storage controller HBA 9500-8i is selected.
  • Page 648 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 3, select Refresh Topology and then press Enter. 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...
  • Page 649 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 650 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 651 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 652 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 653 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 654 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 655 PSOC Part Number = 14790 Driver Name = mpt3sas Driver Version = 43.00.00.00 Bus Number = 24 Device Number = 0 Function Number = 0 Domain ID = 0 Vendor Id = 0x1000 Device Id = 0xE6 SubVendor Id = 0x1000 SubDevice Id = 0x4060 Board Name = HBA 9500-8i Board Assembly = 03-50134-01001...
  • Page 656 : Specifies the name of the storage controller firmware. x.bin : Specifies the BIOS driver of the storage controller. x.rom Examples # Upgrade a storage controller. [root@localhost storcli]# storcli64 /c0 download 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...
  • Page 657 Updating the PSoC firmware Perform this task to update the PSoC firmware of a storage controller. Syntax storcli64 /ccontroller_id download psoc file= fw_file Parameters : Specifies the ID of a storage controller. If only one storage controller exists, the controller_id ID is 0 by default.
  • Page 658 : Specifies the ID of the physical drive slot. To manage the UID LEDs for all drives in the slot_id specified enclosure, specify the slot ID as Examples # Viewing all the drives managed by a storage controller. [root@localhost ~]# storcli64 /c1 /eall/sall show CLI Version = 007.2507.0000.0000 Feb 07, 2023 Operating system = Linux 5.10.0-136.12.0.86.4.nos1.x86_64 Controller = 1...
  • Page 659 EID-Enclosure Device ID|Slt-Slot No|DID-Device ID|DG-DriveGroup UGood-Unconfigured Good|UBad-Unconfigured Bad|Intf-Interface Med-Media Type|SED-Self Encryptive Drive|PI-Protection Info SeSz-Sector Size|Sp-Spun|U-Up|D-Down|T-Transition Drive /c1/e0/s0 - Detailed Information : ====================================== Drive /c1/e0/s0 State : ===================== Shield Counter = N/A Media Error Count = N/A Other Error Count = N/A Predictive Failure Count = N/A S.M.A.R.T alert flagged by drive = N/A Drive /c1/e0/s0 Device attributes :...
  • Page 660 SED Capable = N/A SED Enabled = N/A Secured = N/A Needs EKM Attention = N/A PI Eligible = N/A Certified = N/A Wide Port Capable = N/A Multipath = No Port Information : ================ ----------------------------------------- Port Status Linkspeed SAS address ----------------------------------------- 0 Active 6.0Gb/s 0x300062b20b06d700...
  • Page 661 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 662 Downloading and installing drivers Access https://www.h3c.com/en/Support/Resource_Center/EN/Severs/Catalog/Optional_Parts/Storage_Co ntroller/?tbox=Software to download the storage controller drivers. For more information about installing drivers, see the release notes for the driver program.
  • Page 663 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 664 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 665 b. Click Dynamic Device Configuration or UEFI HII Configuration, or proceed to the next step, depending on the BIOS version. Select the target storage controller and then press Enter. In this example, the storage controller model is Marvell NVMe Configuration Utility. Figure 2 Advanced screen The storage controller configuration screen opens.
  • Page 666 Task type Option Description query Display created logical drives and details. For Virtual Device Information logical drives in RAID 1, media patrol is supported. Namespace Information Display information about namespace*. Controller Information Display storage controller basic information. Create RAID Configuration Create RAIDs.
  • Page 667 Figure 5 Selecting member drives Configure parameters as needed, set the Would you like to create this virtual disk? field to YES, select Accept, and press Enter. The parameter description is in Table Figure 6 Configuring RAID information Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description RAID level.
  • Page 668 Parameter Description Initialization methods. Options include: • Quick—Default. Initialization • Back Ground—This option is supported only in RAID 1. • None. Name Name of a logical drive. 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.
  • Page 669 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. To rebuild a RAID array: Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Rebuild RAID Configuration, and press Enter.
  • Page 670 If the screen displays physical drives for selection, select a target physical drive and press  Enter. Figure 10 Selecting a physical drive Viewing physical drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Physical Device Information, and press Enter. Figure 11 Storage controller configuration screen Select a target physical drive and press Enter.
  • Page 671 Figure 12 Selecting a physical drive The physical drive detail screen opens. Parameters are as described in Table 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. •...
  • Page 672 Parameter Description Serial Number Physical drive serial number. FW Version Physical drive firmware version. Size Physical drive capacity. Viewing logical drive information Access the storage controller configuration screen, select Virtual Device Information, and press Enter. Figure 14 Storage controller configuration screen Select a target logical drive and press Enter.
  • Page 673 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 674 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 675 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 676 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 677 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 678 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 679 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 680 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 681 Examples Viewing physical drive informatoin Syntax ./mnv_cli info -o pd Examples...
  • Page 682 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 683 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 684 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 685 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 686 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 687 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 688 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 689 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 690 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 691 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 692 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 693 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 694 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 695 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 696 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 697 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 698 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 699 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 700 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 701 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 702 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 703 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 704 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 705 Figure 22 Storage controller configuration screen The storage controller information screen opens. Figure 23 Storage controller information...
  • Page 706 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 707 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 708 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 709 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 710 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 711 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 712 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 713 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 714 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 715 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 716 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 717 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 718 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 719 Appendix A Troubleshooting storage controllers This section provides troubleshooting information for common issues with storage controllers. Viewing storage controller models Sign in to HDM2. For information about logging in to HDM, see the firmware update guide for the server. In the navigation pane, select System > Storage. View the models of present storage controllers.
  • Page 720 • 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. Then, the RAID array will automatically rebuild the data. Viewing the status of a physical or logical drive attached to a storage controller Viewing the status of a physical drive Viewing the status of a physical drive from HDM2...
  • Page 721 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 722 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 723 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 724 Select Main Menu and then press Enter. Figure 9 Selecting Main Menu Select Drive Management, and then press Enter.
  • Page 725 Figure 10 Selecting Drive Management Select the target drive and then press Enter.
  • Page 726 Figure 11 Select the target drive View the value of the Status field.
  • Page 727 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 728 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 729 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 730 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 731 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 732 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 733 Figure 22 Selecting the storage controller Select Main Menu and then press Enter. Figure 23 Selecting Main Menu...
  • Page 734 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 735 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 736 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 737 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 738 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 739 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 740 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 741 Figure 33 Identifying a storage controller (2)
  • Page 742 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 743 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 744 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 745 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 746 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 747 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 748 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 749 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 750 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 751 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 752 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 753 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 754 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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