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Intel AXX4SASMOD Software User's Manual (204 pages)
Software User's Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
Chapter 1: Overview
15
Supported Hardware
15
Software
17
RAID Terminology
18
Fault Tolerance
18
Hot Spare
19
Enclosure Management
20
Performance
20
Disk Striping
21
Disk Spanning
21
Cpu Usage
21
Chapter 2: RAID Levels
23
Summary of RAID Levels
23
Selecting a RAID Level
24
RAID 0 - Data Striping
24
Figure 1. RAID 0 - Data Striping
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Table 1. RAID 0 Overview
24
RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring/Disk Duplexing
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RAID 5 - Data Striping with Striped Parity
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Figure 2. RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring/Disk Duplexing
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Table 2. RAID 1 Overview
25
RAID 6 - Distributed Parity and Disk Striping
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Figure 3. RAID 5 - Data Striping with Striped Parity
26
Table 3. RAID 5 Overview
26
Table 4. RAID 6 Overview
26
Raid Ime
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Figure 4. Example of Distributed Parity Across Two Blocks in a Stripe (RAID 6)
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RAID 10 - Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0
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Figure 5. Integrated Mirroring Enhanced with Three Disks
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Table 5. RAID 1E Overview
28
RAID 50 - Combination of RAID 5 and RAID 0
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Figure 6. RAID 10 - Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0
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Table 6. RAID 10 Overview
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RAID 60 - Combination of RAID 0 and RAID 6
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Figure 7. RAID 50 - Combination of RAID 5 and RAID 0
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Table 7. RAID 50 Overview
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Table 8. RAID 60 Overview
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Figure 8. RAID 60 Level Virtual Drive
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RAID Configuration Strategies
33
Maximizing Fault Tolerance
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Table 9. RAID Levels and Fault Tolerance
33
Maximizing Performance
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Table 10. RAID Levels and Performance
34
Maximizing Storage Capacity
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Table 11. RAID Levels and Capacity
36
RAID Availability
37
RAID Availability Concept
37
Spare Drives
37
Rebuilding
37
Drive in Foreign State
37
Copyback
38
Configuration Planning
38
Dimmer Switch Feature
39
Number of Physical Disks
39
Megaraid Fast Path
39
4K Sector Drive Support
39
Larger than 2TB Drive Support
40
Power Save Settings
40
Shield State
40
Array Purpose
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Table 12. Factors to Consider for Array Configuration
41
Chapter 3: RAID Utilities
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Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 BIOS Configuration Utility
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LSI MPT* SAS BIOS Configuration Utility
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Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 Configuration Utility for Intelligent RAID
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Intel RAID Web Console 2 Configuration and Monitoring Utility
45
Drive Hierarchy Within the RAID Firmware
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Intel Intelligent RAID Controller Features
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Enterprise Features
46
Fault Tolerant Features
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Cache Options and Settings
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Background Tasks
48
Error Handling
49
Audible Alarm
49
Chapter 4: Intel ® RAID Drivers
51
RAID Driver Installation for Microsoft Windows
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Installation in a New Microsoft Windows* Operating System
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Installation in an Existing Microsoft Windows* Operating System
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RAID Driver Installation for Red Hat* Enterprise Linux
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RAID Driver Installation for Suse* Linux
53
RAID Driver Installation for Novell Netware
53
Installation in a New Novell Netware* System
53
Installation in an Existing Novell Netware* System
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RAID Driver Installation for Solaris* 10
54
Installation in a New Solaris* System
54
Installation in an Existing Solaris* System
54
Chapter 5: Intel ® Embedded Server RAID BIOS Configuration Utility
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Creating, Adding or Modifying a Virtual Drive Configuration
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Figure 9. Intel ® Embedded Server RAID BIOS Configuration Utility Screen
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Raid Level
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Stripe Size
57
Setting the Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies
58
Working with a Global Hot-Spare Drive
58
Adding a Hot-Spare Drive
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Removing a Hot-Spare Drive
59
Rebuilding a Drive
59
Auto Rebuild and Auto Resume
59
Checking Data Consistency
60
Viewing and Changing Device Properties
60
Forcing a Drive Online or Offline
61
Configuring a Bootable Virtual Drive
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Deleting (Clearing) a Storage Configuration
61
Chapter 6: Intel IT/IR RAID Configuration
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IM and IME Configuration Overview
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Features
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Creating IM and IME Volumes
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Creating an IM Volume
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Figure 10. Adapter Properties Screen
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Creating an IME Volume
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Figure 11. Create New Array Screen
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Creating a Second IM or IME Volume
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Managing Hot Spares
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Figure 12. Manage Array Screen
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Other Configuration Tasks
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Viewing Volume Properties
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Synchronizing an Array
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Activating an Array
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Deleting an Array
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Locating a Drive or Multiple Drives in a Volume
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Selecting a Boot Disk
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IS Configuration Overview
71
Creating IS Volumes
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Figure 13. Adapter Properties Screen
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Creating a Second IS Volume
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Figure 14. Create New Array Screen
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Other Configuration Tasks
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Viewing IS Volume Properties
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Activating an Array
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Deleting an Array
74
Locating a Disk Drive, or Multiple Disk Drives in a Volume
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Selecting a Boot Disk
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Chapter 7: Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2 Utility
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Quick Configuration Steps
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Detailed Configuration Steps Using the Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2
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Start the Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2 Utility
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Screen and Option Descriptions
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Table 13. Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2 Toolbar Icon Descriptions
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Figure 15. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 Menu
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Main Screen
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Figure 16. Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2 - Controller Selection
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Figure 17. Controller Properties
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Figure 18. Additional Controller Properties
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Setting up a RAID Array Using the Configuration Wizard
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Figure 19. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Configuration Types
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Figure 20. Selecting Configuration
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Figure 21. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Configuration Methods
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RAID BIOS Console 2 (Detailed)
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Figure 22. Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2 - Add Physical Drives to Array
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Figure 23. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Set Array Properties
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Figure 24. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Confirm Configuration
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Figure 25. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Initialization Speed Setting
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Creating RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 Using Intel
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RAID BIOS Console 2
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Figure 26. Intel ® RAID BIOS Console 2 - Multiple Disk Groups for RAID 10, 50, or 60
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Figure 27. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Spanning Multiple Arrays
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Figure 28. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Viewing Completed Settings
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Figure 29. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Initialization Settings
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Figure 30. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - RAID 10 Final Screen
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Figure 31. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - RAID 10 Properties Screen
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Figure 32. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - RAID 50 Properties Screen
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Setting Drive Parameters
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Creating a Hot Spare
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Figure 33. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Choosing a Hot Spare Drive
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Figure 34. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Setting a Hot Spare Drive
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Figure 35. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Viewing Hot Spare
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Figure 36. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Main Screen Showing Hot Spare Drive
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Viewing Event Details
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Figure 37. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Event Information Screen
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Figure 38. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Selecting Events to View
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Figure 39. Intel RAID BIOS Console 2 - Viewing an Event
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Chapter 8: Intel ® RAID Web Console 2
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Configuration Functions
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Monitoring Functions
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Maintenance Functions
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Hardware and Software Requirements
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Installing the Intel RAID Web Console 2 on a Microsoft Windows* Operating System
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Figure 40. Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 - Customer Information Screen
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Figure 41. Setup Type Screen
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Installing the Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 on Linux or Suse* Linux Enterprise Server
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Intel RAID Web Console 2 Support and Installation on Vmware
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Installing Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 for Vmware Classic
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Uninstalling Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 for Vmware
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Installing Intel RAID Web Console 2 Support on the Vmware ESX
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Starting the Intel ® RAID Web Console 2
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Intel RAID Web Console 2 Screens
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Figure 42. Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 - Select Server Screen
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Figure 43. Intel RAID Web Console 2 - Login Screen
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Figure 44. Intel RAID Web Console 2 Dashboard
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Physical/Virtual View Panel
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Figure 45. Intel ® RAID Web Console 2 - Main Screen
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Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel
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Figure 46. Intel RAID Web Console 2 - Operations Tab
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Event Log Panel
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Figure 47. Intel RAID Web Console 2 - Graphical Tab (Optional Feature)
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Menu Bar/Manage Menu
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Menu Bar/Go to Menu
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File Menu/Log Menu
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File Menu/Tool Menu
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File Menu/Help Menu
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Drive Configuration Tasks
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Create Virtual Drive
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Creating a Virtual Drive Using Simple Configuration
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Figure 48. Virtual Drive Creation Menu
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Figure 49. Virtual Drive Creation Mode
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Figure 50. Create Virtual Drive Screen
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Figure 51. Create Virtual Drive - Summary Window
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Figure 52. Option to Create Additional Virtual Drives
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Creating a Virtual Drive Using Advanced Configuration
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Figure 53. Option to Close the Configuration Wizard
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Figure 54. Virtual Drive Creation Menu
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Figure 55. Virtual Drive Creation Mode
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Figure 56. Create Drive Group Settings Screen
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Figure 57. Span 0 of Drive Group 0
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Figure 58. Span 0 and Span 1 of Drive Group 0
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Figure 59. Virtual Drive Settings Window
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Figure 60. New Virtual Drive 0
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Figure 61. Create Virtual Drive Summary Window
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Figure 62. Option to Create Additional Virtual Drives
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Figure 63. Option to Close the Configuration Wizard
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Creating a Spanned Disk Group
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Creating Hot Spares
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Figure 64. Assign Global Hotspare
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Figure 65. Assign Dedicated Hotspare
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Figure 66. Select Hotspare Drive
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Setting Adjustable Task Rates
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Figure 67. Set Adjustable Task Rates
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Adding a Drive to a Virtual Disk
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Figure 68. Starting Modify Drive Group
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Figure 69. Select RAID Level to Migrate
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Figure 70. Selecting Drives to Add
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Figure 71. Changing RAID Level
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Removing a Drive or Changing the RAID Level of a Virtual Disk
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Figure 72. Selecting Drives to Remove
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Changing Virtual Disk Properties
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Figure 73. Changing RAID Level
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Deleting a Virtual Disk
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Figure 74. Set Virtual Disk Properties
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Managing Configurations
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Saving a Configuration to Disk
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Figure 75. Save Configuration to File
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Figure 76. Save Configuration Dialog Box
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Clearing a Configuration from a Controller
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Figure 77. Clear Configuration
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Adding a Configuration from a File
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Figure 78. Add Saved Configuration
143
Monitoring System Events and Devices
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Monitoring System Events
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Figure 79. Event Information Window
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Monitoring Controllers
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Figure 80. Controller Information
145
Monitoring Disk Drives and Other Physical Devices
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Figure 81. Physical Drive Information
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Figure 82. Locating a Physical Drive
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Figure 83. Patrol Read Configuration
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Running a Patrol Read
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Monitoring Virtual Disks
149
Monitoring Enclosures
149
Figure 84. Virtual Drive Properties
149
Monitoring Battery Backup Units
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Figure 85. Enclosure Information
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Battery Learn Cycle
151
Figure 86. Battery Backup Unit Information
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Figure 87. Battery Backup Unit Operations
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Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes
153
Figure 88. Group Show Progress Window
153
Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations
154
Initializing a Virtual Disk
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Figure 89. Selecting Initialize
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Running a Consistency Check
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Figure 90. Group Consistency Check Window
155
Scanning for New Drives
156
Rebuilding a Drive
156
Figure 91. Scan for Foreign Configuration
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Removing a Drive
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Figure 92. Preparing Drive for Removal
157
Flashing the Firmware
158
Enabling RAID Premium Features
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Enabling Full Disk Encryption Feature
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Figure 93. Check Controller Security Status
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Figure 94. Check Drive Security Status
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Figure 95. Enable Drive Security
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Figure 96. Start Security Wizard
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Figure 97. Enter Security Key Identifier
161
Figure 98. Enter Security Key
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Figure 99. Enter Pass Phrase
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Figure 100. Confirm Enable Drive Security
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Figure 101. Check Drive Security Enabled Status
164
Figure 102. Select Full Disk Encryption
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Figure 103. Create RAID Virtual Drive with FDE Enabled
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Figure 104. Instant Secure Erase
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Figure 105. Confirm Secure Erase
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Enabling Snapshot Feature
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Figure 106. Enable Megaraid Recovery
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Figure 107. Enter the Capacity for Snapshot Respository
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Figure 108. Confirm Enable Snapshot
169
Figure 109. Snapshot Base Is Shown
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Figure 110. Enter Snapshot Name
170
Figure 111. Create Snapshot
171
Figure 112. Create View
171
Figure 113. Set Megaraid Recovery Properties
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Figure 114. Disable Megaraid Recovery
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Figure 115. Confirm Disable Snapshots
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Figure 116. Adapter Selection
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Figure 117. Selecting Snapshot Base
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Figure 118. Selecting Advanced Operations
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Figure 119. Selecting Rollback
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Figure 120. Selecting a Snapshot
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Figure 121. Confirm Page
176
Enabling Super Sized Cache
177
Figure 122. Rollback Operation Is Done
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Figure 123. Create SSC from Dashboard
178
Figure 124. Create SSC Drive Group
178
Figure 125. Create SSCD Name
179
Figure 126. SSC Summary
179
Figure 127. SSCD Status Shown
180
Figure 128. Delete SSCD
180
Appendix A: Creating a Virtual Drive Using Advanced Configuration
181
Figure 129. Virtual Drive Creation Menu
181
Figure 130. Virtual Drive Creation Mode
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Figure 131. Create Drive Group Settings Screen
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Figure 132. Span 0 of Drive Group 0
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Figure 133. Span 0 and Span 1 of Drive Group 0
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Figure 134. Virtual Drive Settings Window
186
Figure 135. New Virtual Drive 0
187
Figure 136. Create Virtual Drive Summary Window
187
Table 14. MFI Messages
190
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