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4 

Figure 4 Modifying the storage controller operating mode 

 

 

5. 

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 

 

 

6. 

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. 

Accessing the VROC SATA configuration screen 

1. 

Access the BIOS setup screen.   

Summary of Contents for UniServer R4300 G6

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

Page 2: ...H3C Technologies Co Ltd any trademarks that may be mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice A...

Page 3: ...hoices separated by vertical bars from which you select one x y Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vertical bars from which you select one or none x y Asterisk marke...

Page 4: ...s a Layer 2 or Layer 3 switch or a router that supports Layer 2 forwarding and other Layer 2 features Represents an access controller a unified wired WLAN module or the access controller engine on a u...

Page 5: ...Documentation feedback You can e mail your comments about product documentation to info h3c com We appreciate your comments...

Page 6: ...I O transmission and bandwidth processing capabilities and support various RAID expansions to improve system performance With support for multi disk fragment storage of data and data read write concur...

Page 7: ...vailable storage controllers see H3C Servers HDM2 User Guide H3C Servers HDM2 User Guide Configure a template with RAID settings and then apply the template to the server from the FIST interface Yes A...

Page 8: ...mes a RAID member drive and the new drive is idle You can configure the new drive as a hot spare drive from the management interface or CLI Dedicated Spare Specifies a hot spare drive for a specific r...

Page 9: ...build feature is applicable to scenarios where automatic RAID rebuild is required after faulty drive replacement Copyback About copyback If a drive fails the storage controller uses a hot spare drive...

Page 10: ...g drives New drives can be added to a RAID array to expand the RAID capacity If needed the level of the RAID array can be migrated to accommodate the newly added drives This method is typically accomp...

Page 11: ...cache feature is applicable to scenarios where high read write speed is required RAID information clearing on drives About RAID information clearing If a drive is hot swapped RAID information remains...

Page 12: ...nnot be used to configure RAID arrays but can be identified by the OS Ready Drives in this state can be used to configure RAID arrays Optimal Drives in this state have been used for configuring RAID a...

Page 13: ...ve Data write is available after the initialization is finished Applicable scenarios To make the member drives in the redundant RAID array meet the requirement of the RAID level you can use this featu...

Page 14: ...ive failure alarming When a storage controller detects a failing drive HDM generates an alarm and turns the Fault UID LED on the drive backplane to flashing amber When a storage controller detects a f...

Page 15: ...lability requirements Applicable scenarios This feature is applicable to scenarios where you need to create RAIDs with NVMe drives IO Bypass About IO Bypass IO Bypass can provide an optimized data pat...

Page 16: ...an be created on physical drives to improve I O performance and data security NOTE For the new mode to take effect restart the server after an operating mode change The OS might fail to start up after...

Page 17: ...RAID performance might be affected and maintenance complexities will increase Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a VROC SATA RAID controll...

Page 18: ...RST Configuration and then press Enter Figure 3 PCH IO Configuration screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 4 select Controller 1 SATA And RST Configuration Controller 2 SATA And RST Configuration...

Page 19: ...ATA RAID controller see Features Figure 5 Selecting an operating mode 6 After the configuration is complete press F4 On the dialog box that opens select Yes to save the current configuration and reboo...

Page 20: ...ler or Intel R VROC sSATA Controller option to appear on the screen shown in Figure 6 make sure the SATA or sSATA controller has been configured to operate in RAID mode For how to set the operating mo...

Page 21: ...corresponding to the SATA or sSATA controller connects to two or more drives Figure 8 Selecting Create RAID Volume 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 9 set the Name RAID Level Select Disks Strip Size...

Page 22: ...splayed in the RAID Volumes directory To view details about a RAID volume select the RAID volume and press Enter Details about a RAID volume include the RAID array name RAID level and member drives Fi...

Page 23: ...8 Figure 11 Selecting a drive for hot spare 2 Select Mark as Spare and press Enter Figure 12 Configuring a spare drive 3 On the following screen that opens select Yes and press Enter...

Page 24: ...e VROC SATA configuration screen as shown in Figure 14 select the RAID volume to be deleted under RAID Volumes and press Enter Figure 14 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted 2 On the screen as show...

Page 25: ...the VROC SATA configuration screen as shown in Figure 16 select the drive to locate and press Enter Figure 16 Selecting the drive to locate 2 Set the Locate LED On option to On and then press Enter F...

Page 26: ...rive 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 config...

Page 27: ...to a container Perform this task to add RAID arrays to a container Syntax mdadm C RAID_id container_id n num l RAID_level Parameters RAID_id Specifies the name of a RAID array container_id Specifies t...

Page 28: ...ev md125 dev md125 Container dev md0 member 0 Raid Level raid0 Array Size 1953513472 1863 02 GiB 2000 40 GB Raid Devices 2 Total Devices 2 State clean Active Devices 2 Working Devices 2 Failed Devices...

Page 29: ...S sdd 1 S sdc 0 S 3315 blocks super external imsm md126 active raid0 sda 1 sdb 0 890817536 blocks super external md127 0 128k chunks md127 inactive sdb 1 S sda 0 S 10402 blocks super external imsm unu...

Page 30: ...1 started root localhost cat proc mdstat Personalities raid0 raid6 raid5 raid4 raid10 md125 active raid10 sde 3 sdd 2 sdf 1 sdc 0 937691136 blocks super external md0 0 128K chunks 2 near copies 4 4 UU...

Page 31: ...of all RAID arrays root localhost cat proc mdstat Personalities raid1 md127 active raid1 sda 1 sdb 0 468845568 blocks super external md0 0 2 2 UU resync 0 5 2401792 468845568 finish 35 6min speed 218...

Page 32: ...s 2 Total Devices 2 State clean Active Devices 2 Working Devices 2 Failed Devices 0 Spare Devices 0 Consistency Policy resync UUID af26b232 b11886cf 24caa39f e04f675a Number Major Minor RaidDevice Sta...

Page 33: ...18 Figure 18 Installing the VROC tool 3 Select the installation location Figure 19 Selecting the installation location...

Page 34: ...19 Figure 20 Installation completed Creating a RAID array 1 Open Intel Virtual RAID on CPU installed together with the VROC driver Figure 21 Creating a RAID array...

Page 35: ...20 2 Click the icon Figure 22 Selecting to create a volume 3 Select the controller and RAID level and then click Next In this example two M 2 drives are used to create a RAID 1 array...

Page 36: ...21 Figure 23 Selecting the controller and RAID level 4 Select drives and then click Next...

Page 37: ...22 Figure 24 Selecting drives 5 Enter the RAID volume name select the volumn size and then click Next to create the volume...

Page 38: ...23 Figure 25 Configuring the RAID volume parameters After the RAID volume is created the page as shown in Figure 26 opens...

Page 39: ...24 Figure 26 Volume creation completed Deleting a RAID array 1 Select the RAID array to be deleted and then click Delete Volume...

Page 40: ...25 Figure 27 Selecting the RAID array to be deleted 2 In the dialog box that opens click Yes...

Page 41: ...26 Figure 28 Confirming the deletion 3 Verify that the RAID array has been deleted on the Volumes page...

Page 42: ...Guide Compatibility For information about storage controller and server compatibility access http www h3c com en home qr default htm id 66 Downloading and installing drivers Access https www h3c com...

Page 43: ...rd If NVMe M 2 SSDs are connected to a storage controller the NVMe M 2 SSDs are managed exclusively by the controller Features NVMe VROC module specifications Table 1 shows the specifications of NVMe...

Page 44: ...drives in the RAID If one drive is used by several logical drives RAID performance might be affected and maintenance complexities will increase To use VROC NVMe RAID the system has specific requireme...

Page 45: ...ate screens and modify settings see the operation instructions at the lower right corner Figure 1 BIOS setup screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 2 select Advanced IIO Configuration and press Ent...

Page 46: ...n press Enter This section takes processor 1 as an example Figure 4 Intel VMD technology screen 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 5 set the VMD port XX Slot XX item in each VMD Config for IOU X field...

Page 47: ...MD for the port This field is available for a port only when a device is connected to the port The slot number varies by riser card and NVMe drive backplane Disabled Hot Plug Capable Select Enabled or...

Page 48: ...n shown in Figure 6 make sure the VMD controllers have been enabled Figure 6 Advanced screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 7 select All Intel VMD Controllers and then press Enter Figure 7 RAID su...

Page 49: ...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...

Page 50: ...rives controlled by different VMD controllers select this item X indicates that this item has been selected Strip Size Stripe size which determines the size of the data block that can be written into...

Page 51: ...ve 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 1 On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Fig...

Page 52: ...as shown in Figure 13 select Mark as Spare and press Enter Figure 13 Spare drive configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 14 select Yes and press Enter Figure 14 Confirming the spare d...

Page 53: ...t the RAID volume to delete under RAID Volumes and press Enter Figure 15 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 16 select Delete and press Enter Figure 16 RAID volu...

Page 54: ...1 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 2 On the screen as sh...

Page 55: ...ions 1 Access the BIOS Setup Utility 2 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 inform...

Page 56: ...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 mod...

Page 57: ...atus 1 Access the CLI of the server 2 Execute the mdadm detail platform command to examine VMD status as shown in Figure 22 If the screen displays the Platform and Version fields it indicates that VMD...

Page 58: ...arameters Figure 24 Creating a container Table 5 Configuration parameters Parameter Description dev md imsm0 Container name dev nvme 1 4 n1 NVMe drives to be used for creating the container n Number o...

Page 59: ...g a RAID array Configuring hot spare drives after RAID array creation Configuring hot spare drives while creating a RAID array 1 Verify that VMD is enabled For more information see Verifying VMD statu...

Page 60: ...he mdadm S dev md1 command to stop the RAID array as shown in Figure 30 2 Execute the mdadm S dev md0 command to stop the container as shown in Figure 30 3 Execute the mdadm zero superblock dev nvme 1...

Page 61: ...ion as shown in Figure 31 it indicates that VMD has been enabled and the server supports configuring RAID arrays If the screen displays Standard NVM Express Controller or none for NVMe drive informati...

Page 62: ...ays 1 Open Intel VROC Storage Management Application as shown in Figure 32 Figure 32 Intel VROC Storage Management Application 2 Click the icon select a controller and a RAID level and then click Next...

Page 63: ...oller and a RAID level 3 Edit the RAID array name select NVMe drives and select whether to enable VMD controller spanning or drive initiation optional as needed as shown in Figure 34 Then click Next F...

Page 64: ...ect whether to enable VMD controller spanning and then click Next Figure 35 Selecting whether to enable VMD controller spanning 5 As shown in Figure 36 modify the RAID volume name volume size and stri...

Page 65: ...23 Figure 36 Modifying RAID parameters 6 Confirm the RAID volume information and then click Create Volume...

Page 66: ...24 Figure 37 Confirming RAID creation 7 Click OK to complete the RAID creation...

Page 67: ...ens After the RAID volume is created the RAID volume is displayed in the Volumes section To view details about a RAID volume click the RAID volume The right pane displays the details about a RAID volu...

Page 68: ...lume Configuring a hot spare drive 1 Open Intel VROC Storage Management Application 2 Select the NVMe drive to be configured as the hot spare drive from the list and then click the wrench icon in the...

Page 69: ...27 Figure 40 Configuring a hot spare drive 3 As shown in Figure 41 click Mark as spare to set the selected drive as a hot spare drive...

Page 70: ...28 Figure 41 Setting the selected drive as a hot spare drive 4 In the dialog box that opens click Yes...

Page 71: ...29 Figure 42 Confirming the configuration 5 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 43...

Page 72: ...30 Figure 43 Verifying the configuration Deleting RAID arrays 1 Open Intel VROC Storage Management Application 2 Select the RAID array to be deleted and then click Delete volume as shown in Figure 44...

Page 73: ...31 Figure 44 Deleting a RAID array 3 In the dialog box that opens click Yes as shown in Figure 45...

Page 74: ...32 Figure 45 Confirming the deletion 4 Verifying that the RAID array has been deleted by viewing the Volumes list as shown in Figure 46...

Page 75: ...ide Compatibility For information about storage controller and server compatibility access http www h3c com en home qr default htm id 66 Downloading and installing drivers Access https www h3c com en...

Page 76: ...I 9540 LP 8i Features 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 T...

Page 77: ...ne 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 configur...

Page 78: ...torage controller configuration screen 1 Access the BIOS Press Delete Esc or F2 as prompted during server POST to open the BIOS setup screen as shown in Figure 1 For some devices the Front Page screen...

Page 79: ...screen 3 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 d...

Page 80: ...lowing tasks View and manage controller properties Clear schedule or run controller events Virtual Drive Management Select Virtual Drive Management to perform the following tasks View logical drive pr...

Page 81: ...ains on the drive clear the RAID array information Hotspare The drive is a hot spare drive JBOD JBOD online Just a Bunch Of Disks The drive is a passthrough or passthrough like drive and does not supp...

Page 82: ...3 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 4 On the screen as shown in...

Page 83: ...8 Figure 8 Selecting Go When the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 9 opens Figure 9 Completing drive state switchover...

Page 84: ...agement and press Enter Figure 10 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 11 select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 11 Selecting Create Virtual Drive 3 O...

Page 85: ...onfigured 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 driv...

Page 86: ...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 drive...

Page 87: ...rs select Save Configuration and press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 3 Figure 17 Configuring RAID parameters Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description...

Page 88: ...if the supercapacitor of the storage controller is absent or faulty If the server is powered off the controller cache loses its data because of lack of power Access Policy Read and write policy Read W...

Page 89: ...e Displays 512n as the sector size if no 512e member drive exists Force Displays 512e 4K as the sector size even if no 512e member drive exists Save Configuration Select this option to save the config...

Page 90: ...on 11 Select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter as shown in Figure 20 Figure 20 Storage controller configuration screen 12 On the screen as shown in Figure 21 you can see the created drives Sele...

Page 91: ...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 1 On the sto...

Page 92: ...tion screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 24 select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 24 Selecting Create Virtual Drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 25 select Select RAID Level to...

Page 93: ...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 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 27 sele...

Page 94: ...Select Drives 6 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 Selec...

Page 95: ...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 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 30 select Select Drives an...

Page 96: ...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 On the screen as show...

Page 97: ...select Save Configuration and press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 3 Figure 33 Configuring RAID parameters 12 On the screen as shown in Figure 34 select Confirm...

Page 98: ...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...

Page 99: ...nt 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 th...

Page 100: ...uration screen as shown in Figure 39 select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 39 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 40 select Create Virtual Drive...

Page 101: ...nd then press Enter Figure 41 Setting the RAID level 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 42 select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source and then press Enter Figure 42 Setting the drive c...

Page 102: ...Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Apply Changes and press Enter Figure 44 Selecting the target drives 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 45 select Add More...

Page 103: ...ives and press Enter Figure 46 Selecting Select Drives 9 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...

Page 104: ...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 Ente...

Page 105: ...meters 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 storag...

Page 106: ...troller 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...

Page 107: ...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 Figur...

Page 108: ...ge controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 55 select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 55 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 56 select...

Page 109: ...e 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 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 58 select Select Drives From to...

Page 110: ...as shown in Figure 59 select Select Drives and press Enter Figure 59 Selecting Select Drives 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 60 select the target drives Enabled following a drive means that the dri...

Page 111: ...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 8 On the screen as shown...

Page 112: ...ves 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 tar...

Page 113: ...Figure 65 configure the parameters select Save Configuration and press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 3 Figure 65 Configuring RAID parameters 12 On the screen as...

Page 114: ...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 Fig...

Page 115: ...e 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 Managemen...

Page 116: ...r 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 The capacity of a hot spare d...

Page 117: ...e screen as shown in Figure 72 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 72 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 73 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that a...

Page 118: ...3 Figure 73 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 74 select Go and press Enter Figure 74 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 75 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter...

Page 119: ...s complete the screen as shown in Figure 76 opens Figure 76 Completing global hot spare drive configuration Configuring a dedicated hot spare drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as...

Page 120: ...screen as shown in Figure 78 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 78 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 79 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that ap...

Page 121: ...Figure 80 select Go and press Enter Figure 80 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 81 select the drive you want to configure as the hot spare drive Enabled following the drive means that t...

Page 122: ...he operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 82 opens Figure 82 Completing the operation Deleting a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 83 select V...

Page 123: ...creen as shown in Figure 84 select the target virtual drive and press Enter Figure 84 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 85 select Operation and press Enter On the dial...

Page 124: ...9 Figure 85 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 86 select Go and press Enter Figure 86 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 87 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter...

Page 125: ...ing 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...

Page 126: ...ller configuration screen as shown in Figure 89 select Drive Management and press Enter Figure 89 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 90 select the target drive...

Page 127: ...g box that opens select Start Locate and press Enter Figure 91 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 92 select Go and press Enter Figure 92 Selecting Go When the operation is complete th...

Page 128: ...es for a virtual drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 94 select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 94 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the...

Page 129: ...drive 3 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 4 On the screen as shown in Fi...

Page 130: ...e 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...

Page 131: ...Enter Figure 99 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 100 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 100 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as sho...

Page 132: ...iately writing data Slow initialization allows writing data after initialization is complete 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 102 select Go and press Enter Figure 102 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as...

Page 133: ...en the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 104 opens Figure 104 Completing the operation Initializing a physical drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figu...

Page 134: ...2 On the screen as shown in Figure 106 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 106 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 107 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog...

Page 135: ...Figure 107 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 108 select Go and press Enter Figure 108 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 109 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Ent...

Page 136: ...61 Figure 109 Confirming the initialization When the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 110 opens Figure 110 Completing the operation...

Page 137: ...lows you to erase data from physical and logical drives Erasing a physical drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 111 select Drive Management and press Enter Figure...

Page 138: ...hown in Figure 113 select Operation and press Enter 4 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 selec...

Page 139: ...the Erase Mode the default Simple mode is recommended Figure 114 Setting the Erase Mode 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 115 select Go and press Enter Figure 115 Selecting Go 7 On the screen as show...

Page 140: ...he operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 117 opens Figure 117 Completing the operation Erasing a logical drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 118 sel...

Page 141: ...e screen as shown in Figure 119 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 119 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 120 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog...

Page 142: ...on screen 4 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 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 122 sele...

Page 143: ...22 Selecting Go 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 123 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 123 Confirming the operation 7 When the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure...

Page 144: ...available logical drive capacity for availability purposes NOTE The LSI 9540 9560 controller supports migration and scale up in UEFI mode or the operating system only when the RAID level is 0 1 5 or...

Page 145: ...e screen as shown in Figure 126 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 126 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 127 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog...

Page 146: ...reen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 128 select Go and press Enter Figure 128 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 129 modify the value for Enter a Percentage of Available Capacity selec...

Page 147: ...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...

Page 148: ...when the RAID level is 0 1 5 or 6 To migrate the RAID level 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 131 select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 131 Storage...

Page 149: ...Virtual Drive Management screen 3 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 Oper...

Page 150: ...screen as shown in Figure 135 set the RAID level select Choose the Operation and then press Enter Figure 135 Choose the operation 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 136 select the target drives Enable...

Page 151: ...ding drives 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 137 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 137 Confirming the operation 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 138 select Start Operation and...

Page 152: ...Figure 138 Start the operation 9 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 progres...

Page 153: ...guring RAID array on the drive The task typically applies to drives in Unconfigured Bad state To clear RAID array information on the drive 1 Switch the drive state from Unconfigured Bad to Unconfigure...

Page 154: ...tion screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 142 select Manage Foreign Configuration and press Enter Figure 142 Selecting Manage Foreign Configuration 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 143 select C...

Page 155: ...g Clear Foreign Configuration 5 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 sho...

Page 156: ...ding a virtual drive This task allows you to hide a virtual drive to avoid unintentional deletion To hide a virtual drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 146 select...

Page 157: ...he screen as shown in Figure 147 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 147 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 148 select Operation and press Enter On the dialo...

Page 158: ...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 1 On the storage controller configuration screen...

Page 159: ...the screen as shown in Figure 150 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 150 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 151 select Operation and press Enter On the dial...

Page 160: ...e 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 1 On the Advanced screen as s...

Page 161: ...f the target firmware and press Enter Figure 153 Selecting directory 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 154 select the image file of the target firmware and press Enter Figure 154 Selecting image 4 On...

Page 162: ...ure 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 op...

Page 163: ...wn in Figure 157 select OK and press Enter Figure 157 Completing the operation 7 Restart the BIOS for the operation to take effect Switching the storage controller mode 1 On the Advanced menu select M...

Page 164: ...89 Figure 158 Selecting Main Menu 2 Select Controller Management and press Enter...

Page 165: ...90 Figure 159 Selecting Controller Management 3 Select Advanced Controller Management and press Enter Figure 160 Selecting Advanced Controller Management...

Page 166: ...sonality 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...

Page 167: ...same time Be careful that data might be cleared for logical drives that do not support JBOD mode once you switch the mode As a best practice before switching the mode of an LSI storage controller cha...

Page 168: ...ure 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...

Page 169: ...luation task to determine whether the operation can be performed To force a logical drive to come online 1 On the storage controller screen select Virtual Drive Management and then press Enter Figure...

Page 170: ...Selecting View Associated Drives 4 Select the target offline member drive enable the drive select View Drive Properties and then press Enter Figure 168 Selecting View Drive Properties 5 Select Operati...

Page 171: ...96 Figure 169 Selecting Place Drive Online 6 Select Go and then press Enter Figure 170 Selecting Go 7 Select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter...

Page 172: ...97 Figure 171 Confirming the operation Figure 172 Operation succeeded Adding new drives to a RAID array Perform this task to add new drives to a RAID array for expansion...

Page 173: ...A newly added drive must be of the same type as the member drives in a RAID array and its capacity cannot be smaller than the minimum capacity of the member drives in the RAID array For expansion with...

Page 174: ...3 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 4 On the screen as s...

Page 175: ...screen as shown in Figure 177 set the RAID level select Choose the Operation and then press Enter Figure 177 Choosing the operation 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 178 select the drives to be added...

Page 176: ...Choose the Operation screen 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 179 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 179 Confirming the operation 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 180 select OK a...

Page 177: ...180 Completing drive selection 9 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 pr...

Page 178: ...103 Figure 182 Selecting OK 11 On the screen as shown in Figure 183 you can view the migration progress Figure 183 Viewing the migration progress...

Page 179: ...ect Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 184 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 185 you can view the basic storage controller information and press E...

Page 180: ...number of the storage controller Package Version Package version of the storage controller PSOC Firmware Version PSOC firmware version of the storage controller Firmware Version Firmware version of t...

Page 181: ...sk Rates Set processing rates for tasks Auto Import Foreign Configuration Select whether to enable automatic import of external configuration Coercion Mode Specify the capacity compression mode of dri...

Page 182: ...Bad Foreign and the rebuild operation will not be automatically performed To rebuild RAID for this drive set the drive status to Unconfigured Good For more information see Importing foreign configura...

Page 183: ...ear foreign configuration the RAID configuration will get lost To avoid failure in importing foreign configuration replace a storage controller with a new one of the same model When the number of fail...

Page 184: ...shown in Figure 124 select Preview Foreign Configuration and press Enter to display the current detailed foreign configuration Figure 190 Manage Foreign Configuration screen 4 On the screen as shown...

Page 185: ...iew Foreign Configuration screen 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 124 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 192 Confirming the operation 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 193 select...

Page 186: ...n configuration 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 124 select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 194 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the scre...

Page 187: ...shown in Figure 124 select Preview Foreign Configuration and press Enter to display the current detailed foreign configuration Figure 196 Manage Foreign Configuration screen 4 On the screen as shown...

Page 188: ...iew Foreign Configuration screen 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 198 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 198 Confirming the operation 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 199 select...

Page 189: ...rtual drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 200 select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 200 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen...

Page 190: ...Setting the RAID level 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 203 select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source and then press Enter Unconfigured Capacity The capacity source is the unconfigu...

Page 191: ...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 6 On the screen as shown in Fig...

Page 192: ...screen as shown in Figure 206 complete the drive group selection Select OK and press Enter Figure 206 Completing drive group selection 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 207 configure the related para...

Page 193: ...Configuring the parameters 9 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 a...

Page 194: ...ng StorCLI 1 Access https www h3c com cn BizPortal DownLoadAccessory DownLoadAccessoryFilt aspx 2 Download the installation package and release notes for the corresponding storage controller firmware...

Page 195: ...controller root localhost home storcli64 c0 show Generating detailed summary of the adapter it may take a while to complete CLI Version 007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 19...

Page 196: ...rted Switching the storage controller mode Perform this task to switch the storage controller mode Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id set personality mode Default A storage controller operates in RAID mo...

Page 197: ...one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage controllers exist use the storcli64 call show command to view the controller ID fw_file Specifies the firmware file name Usage...

Page 198: ...h wt notifies the system of transmission 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...

Page 199: ...ntroller_id Specifies the ID of a storage controller If only one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage controllers exist use the storcli64 call show command to view the...

Page 200: ...view the controller ID Examples View the JBOD state root localhost home storcli64 c0 show jbod CLI Version 007 1316 0000 0000 Mar 12 2020 Operating system Linux 3 10 0 862 el7 x86_64 Controller 0 Stat...

Page 201: ...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 ON Disable JBOD root localhost home storcli64 c0...

Page 202: ...ating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description Set Drive Good Succeeded Switch the drive state to JBOD root localhost home storcli64 c0 e2 s8 set jbod CLI Version 007...

Page 203: ...iguration Perform this task to save restore or import RAID configuration Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id get config file filename storcli64 ccontroller_id set config file filename Parameters controlle...

Page 204: ...apacity size Usage guidelines The LSI 9540 9560 controllers support migration and scaling up in UEFI mode or the OS only when the RAID level is 0 1 5 or 6 Examples Scale up the RAID capacity to 20Gb r...

Page 205: ...OS only when the RAID level is 0 1 5 or 6 Examples root localhost home storcli64 c0 v0 start migrate type raid5 option add drives 2 11 CLI Version 007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linu...

Page 206: ...osure_id sslot_id add hotsparedrive storcli64 ccontroller_id eenclosure_id sslot_id add hotsparedrive dgs drive_group storcli64 ccontroller_id eenclosure_id sslot_id delete hotsparedrive Default If yo...

Page 207: ...gency hot spare and configure whether to activate emergency hot spare upon a SMART error Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id set eghs eug state storcli64 ccontroller_id set eghs smarter state Parameters c...

Page 208: ...gfile logfilename Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of a storage controller If only one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage controllers exist use the storcli64...

Page 209: ...ng system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None root localhost home storcli64 c0 show events seqNum 0x00079e17 Time Sun Mar 13 09 13 18 2022 Code 0x0000001e Class 0...

Page 210: ...orcli64 ccontroller_id vraid_id set rdcache ra nora Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of a storage controller If only one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage c...

Page 211: ...torcli64 c0 v0 set wrcache awb CLI Version 007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Detailed Status VD Property Value St...

Page 212: ...x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Detailed Status VD Property Value Status ErrCd ErrMsg 0 AccPolicy RW Success 0 Setting the read write cache state for member drives Perform this ta...

Page 213: ...rage controllers exist use the storcli64 call show command to view the controller ID enclosure_id Specifies the enclosure ID slot_id Specifies the ID of the physical drive slot Usage guidelines If mul...

Page 214: ...UBUnsp UBad Unsupported Rbld Rebuild Drive c1 e252 s10 Detailed Information Drive c1 e252 s10 State Shield Counter 0 Media Error Count 0 Other Error Count 0 Drive Temperature 36C 96 80 F Predictive Fa...

Page 215: ...p capable Yes Unmap capable for LDs No Multipath No Port Information Port Status Linkspeed SAS address 0 Active 6 0Gb s 0x300062b20c75204a Inquiry Data 40 00 ff 3f 37 c8 10 00 00 00 00 00 3f 00 00 00...

Page 216: ...s the storage controller to read sequentially from ahead of requested data from virtual drives and to save the additional data in the cache Then the subsequent users can directly obtain these data fro...

Page 217: ...storcli64 c0 e2 s11 start erase simple CLI Version 007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description Start Drive Erase Succeeded View...

Page 218: ...orcli64 c0 cv show all CLI Version 007 1705 0000 0000 Mar 31 2021 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Cachevault_Info Property Value Type CVPM05 T...

Page 219: ...ime 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 Manually making a physical drive c...

Page 220: ...s Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id set patrolread starttime start_time maxconcurrentpd number storcli64 ccontroller_id set patrolread delay delay_time storcli64 ccontroller_id show patrolread Parameter...

Page 221: ...rop 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 222: ...rameters If you specify the vraid_id option the command displays the specific check progress Examples View the consistency check parameters root localhost home storcli64 c0 show cc CLI Version 007 101...

Page 223: ...m Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description Stop CC Operation Success Configure consistency check parameters root localhost home storcli64 c0 set cc conc delay 2 starttime 20...

Page 224: ...007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description Show Drive Copyback Status Succeeded Drive ID Progress Status Estimated Time Left c...

Page 225: ...t home storcli64 c0 set reconrate 40 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_Pro...

Page 226: ...download src fw_file Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of a storage controller If only one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage controllers exist use the storc...

Page 227: ...nd VMware Enabling this feature accidentally might cause the system to hang during boot After this feature is enabled the reporting order of devices under the storage controller during the server rebo...

Page 228: ...device ordering ON 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 Lin...

Page 229: ...u enable this feature non RAID drives under the storage controller will be reported based on their slot number during a server reboot A change to the direct pd mapping feature takes effect only after...

Page 230: ...cription None Controller Properties Ctrl_Prop Value Directpdmapping OFF Requires reboot for effect Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information diagno...

Page 231: ...156 ntroller tbox Software to download the storage controller drivers For more information about installing drivers see the release notes for the driver program...

Page 232: ...troller are exposed as raw drives and RAID functions are disabled RAID mode In this mode RAID functions are enabled and RAID arrays can be created on physical drives Only logical drives are exposed to...

Page 233: ...of the failed drives The storage controller supports the following types of hot spare drives For more information about hot spare drive types see Storage controller features Dedicated spare drive Aut...

Page 234: ...gure 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 RAID array configuratio...

Page 235: ...e Management before proceeding to the next step For how to navigate screens and modify settings see the operation instructions at the lower right corner Figure 1 BIOS setup screen Switching the operat...

Page 236: ...age controller configuration screen 2 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 Setting...

Page 237: ...troller Settings screen 3 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...

Page 238: ...Controller Settings screen Figure 4 shows a screen with no RAID array configured If a RAID array is configured the Modify Controller Settings screen is as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Modify Controller...

Page 239: ...orage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 6 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 6 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 7 select Creat...

Page 240: ...9 Figure 7 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 8 select drives of the same type Then select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure 9 Figure 8 Selecting the target drives...

Page 241: ...10 Figure 9 Proceeding to the next form 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 10 select the RAID level press Enter and select Proceed to next Form Figure 10 Setting the RAID level...

Page 242: ...Table 2 Figure 11 Configuring RAID array parameters Table 2 Parameter description Parameter Description Logical Drive Label RAID array name Stripe Size Data block size for each drive Size Capacity fo...

Page 243: ...the screen as shown in Figure 13 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 13 Storage controller configuration 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 14 view the created arrays Select the array where th...

Page 244: ...9 On the screen as shown in Figure 15 select List Logical Drives and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array Figure 15 Selecting List Logical Drives 10 Selecting the target logic...

Page 245: ...Selecting Logical Drive 1 11 Selecting Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view the logical drive details including drive name level and member drive information Figure 17 Selecting Logical...

Page 246: ...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 2 Select Create Virtual Drive...

Page 247: ...16 Figure 19 Selecting Create Array 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 20 select drives of the same type Then select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure 21 Figure 20 Selecting drives...

Page 248: ...4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 22 Selecting the RAID level 5 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information...

Page 249: ...18 Figure 23 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 24 Logical drive creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter...

Page 250: ...configuration screen 8 View the created arrays Select the array where the RAID 1 logical drive resides and press Enter Figure 26 Managing arrays 9 Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to v...

Page 251: ...0 Select the target drive and then press Enter Figure 28 Selecting Logical Drive 2 11 Selecting Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view the detailed information about the logical drive including...

Page 252: ...ting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 1 AMD 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 30 select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 30 Storage controller co...

Page 253: ...22 2 Select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 31 Selecting Create Array 3 Select drives of the same type and select Proceed to next Form Figure 32 Selecting drives...

Page 254: ...hen select Proceed to next Form Figure 33 Selecting the RAID1 ADM level 5 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see T...

Page 255: ...24 6 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 35 Logical drive creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter Figure 36 Storage controller configuration screen...

Page 256: ...ays Select the array where the RAID1 ADM logical drive resides and then press Enter Figure 37 Managing arrays 9 Select List Logical Drives and press Enter to view logical drives in the array Figure 38...

Page 257: ...Enter Figure 39 Selecting Logical Drive 7 11 Select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive including the logical drive name level and member drives...

Page 258: ...1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 41 select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 41 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Drive...

Page 259: ...28 Figure 42 Selecting Create Array 3 As shown in Figure 43 select drives of the same type Then select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure 44 Figure 43 Selecting drives...

Page 260: ...m 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 45 Selecting the RAID5 level 5 Configure parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information ab...

Page 261: ...30 Figure 46 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 47 Logical drive creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter...

Page 262: ...onfiguration screen 8 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID5 logical drive resides and then press Enter Figure 49 Managing arrays 9 Select List Logical Drives and press Enter to...

Page 263: ...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...

Page 264: ...33 Figure 52 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 6 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 53 select Array Configuration and press Enter...

Page 265: ...controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 54 Selecting Create Array 3 As shown in Figure 55 select drives of the same type Then select Proceed to next Form a...

Page 266: ...35 Figure 55 Selecting drives Figure 56 Selecting Proceed to next Form 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form...

Page 267: ...cting the RAID0 level 5 Configure parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 58 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Select...

Page 268: ...ve creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter Figure 60 Storage controller configuration screen 8 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID 6 logical drive resid...

Page 269: ...gure 61 Managing arrays 9 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...

Page 270: ...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...

Page 271: ...0 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 65 select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 65 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Drive...

Page 272: ...Selecting Create Array 3 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 68 Figure 67 Sele...

Page 273: ...42 Figure 68 Selecting Proceed to next Form 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 69 Selecting the RAID10 level...

Page 274: ...meters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 70 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 71 Logical dr...

Page 275: ...anage Arrays and press Enter Figure 72 Storage controller configuration screen 8 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID 10 logical drive resides and then press Enter Figure 73 Ma...

Page 276: ...ect 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...

Page 277: ...information about the logical drive including logical drive name level and member drives Figure 76 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 10 ADM 1 On the storage controller configuration scr...

Page 278: ...Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter Figure 78 Selecting Create Array 3 As shown in Figure 79 select drives of the same type Creating a RAID10 ADM logical drive requires a minimum of six d...

Page 279: ...48 Figure 79 Selecting drives Figure 80 Selecting Proceed to next Form 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form...

Page 280: ...ng the RAID10 level 5 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 82 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Selec...

Page 281: ...creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter Figure 84 Storage controller configuration screen 8 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID10 ADM logical drive res...

Page 282: ...gure 85 Managing arrays 9 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...

Page 283: ...52 Figure 87 Selecting Logical Drive 1 11 Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive including logical drive name level and member drives...

Page 284: ...53 Figure 88 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 50 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 89 select Array Configuration and then press Enter...

Page 285: ...54 Figure 89 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter Figure 90 Selecting Create Array...

Page 286: ...f the same type and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 91 Selecting drives 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 92 Selecting the RAID10 level 5 Select P...

Page 287: ...e number of parity groups 6 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 94 Configuring RAID parameters 7...

Page 288: ...ve creation succeeded 8 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter Figure 96 Storage controller configuration screen 9 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID50 logical drive resid...

Page 289: ...ure 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...

Page 290: ...ng 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 L...

Page 291: ...1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 101 select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 101 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Driv...

Page 292: ...igure 102 Selecting Create Array 3 Select drives of the same type and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 103 Selecting drives 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next F...

Page 293: ...RAID60 level 5 Select Proceed to next Form Figure 105 Selecting the number of parity groups 6 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parame...

Page 294: ...63 Figure 106 Configuring RAID parameters 7 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 107 Logical drive creation succeeded 8 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter...

Page 295: ...guration screen 9 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 Ente...

Page 296: ...elect 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 inclu...

Page 297: ...66 Figure 112 Selecting Logical Drive Details Viewing controller properties 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 113 select Controller Information and press Enter...

Page 298: ...re 113 Storage controller configuration screen 2 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...

Page 299: ...troller Controller Status Status of the storage controller Controller Mode Current mode of the storage controller including RAID In this mode logical drives attached to a storage controller will repor...

Page 300: ...he storage controller including Port CN0 RAID HBA Mixed Port CN1 RAID HBA Mixed Configuring hot spare drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 115 select Array Config...

Page 301: ...70 Figure 116 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 117 select the target array and press Enter...

Page 302: ...71 Figure 117 Selecting the target array 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 118 select Manage Spare Drives and press Enter...

Page 303: ...e Spare Drivers 5 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 f...

Page 304: ...119 Selecting the spare type 6 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 pr...

Page 305: ...ad 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 se...

Page 306: ...75 Figure 121 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 122 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 122 Array Configuration screen...

Page 307: ...76 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 123 select the target array and press Enter Figure 123 Selecting the target array 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 124 select Delete Array and press Enter...

Page 308: ...Selecting Delete Array Viewing drive information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 125 select Disk Utilities and...

Page 309: ...78 Figure 125 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 126 you can see information about all available drives Figure 126 Drive information...

Page 310: ...ss Enter 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 127 select Identify Device and press Enter Figure 127 Selecting Identify Device 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 128 select Start and the Fault UID LED on...

Page 311: ...ves To avoid drive failure do not power off restart or remove the drive during the erasing process Procedure 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 126 select the drive to...

Page 312: ...81 Figure 129 Erasing a drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 130 select the erase pattern and press Enter...

Page 313: ...e erase operation This operation clears all user data removes all unused data blocks and resets the flash memory storage in the SSD Unrestricted Sanitize Block Erase Unrestricted drive erasure Recover...

Page 314: ...ase and press Enter Figure 131 Starting erasing Viewing storage controller information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in...

Page 315: ...84 Figure 132 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 133 view storage controller information...

Page 316: ...roller information Modifying storage controller settings 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 134 select Configure C...

Page 317: ...86 Figure 134 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 135 select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter...

Page 318: ...roller Settings screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 136 modify the basic storage controller settings as needed If no logical drives are available you can only modify the operating mode for the s...

Page 319: ...screen Clearing storage controller configuration information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 137 select Config...

Page 320: ...89 Figure 137 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 138 or Figure 139 select Clear Configuration and press Enter...

Page 321: ...90 Figure 138 Configure Controller Settings screen for the RAID P460 B2...

Page 322: ...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 4 On the screen as shown...

Page 323: ...ription Delete All Array Configurations Clear all created RAID and related array configuration information Delete Configuration metadata on all physical drives Clear all invalid RAID information remai...

Page 324: ...ting Submit Changes Setting the HBA mode 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 142 select Configure Controller Settin...

Page 325: ...94 Figure 142 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 143 select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter...

Page 326: ...95 Figure 143 Configure Controller Settings screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 144 select HBA for Set Controller Port Mode and press Enter...

Page 327: ...troller Port Mode screen Create multiple virtual drives VDs 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 145 select Array Co...

Page 328: ...97 Figure 145 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 146 select Manage Arrays and press Enter...

Page 329: ...98 Figure 146 Array Configuration screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 147 select an array to add VDs This example selects Array A...

Page 330: ...99 Figure 147 Manage Arrays screen 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 148 select Create Logical Drive...

Page 331: ...100 Figure 148 Array management screen 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 149 select a RAID level strip size and capacity...

Page 332: ...supports only online firmware upgrade To upgrade the SEEPROM contact Technical Support To upgrade the storage controller firmware online 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the...

Page 333: ...102 Figure 150 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 151 select Flash Controller Firmware and press Enter...

Page 334: ...103 Figure 151 Administration screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 152 select Select Firmware File to flash and press Enter...

Page 335: ...104 Figure 152 Selecting Select Firmware File to flash 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 153 select the target device where the update file is located and press Enter...

Page 336: ...105 Figure 153 Selecting the target device 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 154 select the update file suffixed with bin luxor bin in this example and press Enter...

Page 337: ...106 Figure 154 Selecting the update file 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 155 select Flash Controller Firmware and press Enter...

Page 338: ...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 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown...

Page 339: ...108 Figure 156 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 157 select Create Array and press Enter Figure 157 Array Configuration screen...

Page 340: ...ect drives to be used which indicate by Enabled and select Proceed to next Form Then press Enter Figure 158 Selecting drives 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 159 set the RAID level for RAID Level an...

Page 341: ...110 Figure 159 Setting the RAID level 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 160 select Acceleration Method and set the logical drive cache mode Then press Enter...

Page 342: ...ameters 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 161 select IO Bypass and complete other RAID settings NOTE This feature is only available when you selecting SSDs to build a RAID If you set Logical Drive La...

Page 343: ...r storage controllers is named Re Enable in UEFI boot mode CAUTION Forcing a logical drive in Failed state to come online might cause the existing data on the logical drive to become invalid or unreco...

Page 344: ...113 Figure 162 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 163 select Manage Arrays and press Enter...

Page 345: ...114 Figure 163 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 164 select an array that has failed due to offline drives and press Enter...

Page 346: ...115 Figure 164 Manage Arrays screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 165 select List Logical Drives and press Enter Figure 165 Screen for a failed array due to offline drives...

Page 347: ...e screen as shown in Figure 166 select a logical drive in Failed state and press Enter Figure 166 List Logical Drives screen 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 167 select Re Enable Logical Drives and...

Page 348: ...UEFI or Legacy mode in the range of 0 to 8 This feature is available only in Legacy BIOS mode CAUTION If the number of OS bootable drives is set to 0 in Legacy BIOS mode the OS will start up properly...

Page 349: ...118 Figure 168 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 169 select Number of OS bootable drives and press Enter...

Page 350: ...119 Figure 169 Set Bootable Device s for Legacy Boot Mode screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 170 select Number of OS bootable drives set the number of drives and press Enter...

Page 351: ...0 Figure 170 Setting the number of OS bootable drives Adding new physical drives to a logical drive 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Array Configuration and then press Ent...

Page 352: ...121 Figure 171 Storage controller configuration screen 3 Select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 172 Array Configuration 4 Select the target array and then press Enter...

Page 353: ...122 Figure 173 Managing arrays 5 Select Manage Data Drives and then press Enter Figure 174 Selecting the target logical drive 6 Select Add Drive s Expand Array and press Enter...

Page 354: ...Drives 7 Select the drives to be added select Proceed to next Form and then press Enter Figure 176 Selecting drives 8 Select a method from the Expand Existing Array Type field select Proceed to next...

Page 355: ...Submit Changes and then press Enter Figure 178 Selecting Submit Changes Viewing RAID controller attributes 1 On the storage controller configuration screen select Array Configuration Manage Arrays an...

Page 356: ...125 Figure 179 Selecting the target RAID array 2 Select List Logical Drives and press Enter Figure 180 Selecting List Logical Drives 3 Select Logical Drive 1 and press Enter...

Page 357: ...ting Logical Drive 1 4 Select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive including the logical drive name level and member drives Figure 182 Selecting L...

Page 358: ...es VDs 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 183 Storage controller configuration screen 3 Select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figur...

Page 359: ...target RAID array and then press Enter Figure 185 Selecting the target VD 5 Select Create Logical Drive and Enter Figure 186 Selecting Create Logical Drive 6 Select the RAID level and set the strip s...

Page 360: ...nfiguration tasks at a glance To configure RAID arrays in legacy mode perform the following tasks Accessing the storage controller configuration screen Switching the operating mode Configuring RAID 0...

Page 361: ...Figure 188 press Ctrl A Figure 188 Pressing Ctrl A The storage controller configuration screen opens as shown in Figure 189 You can view basic RAID array status and version information on the storage...

Page 362: ...screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 191 select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter Figure 191 Configure Controller Settings screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 192 change the op...

Page 363: ...figuring RAID 0 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 193 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 193 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as...

Page 364: ...at this step to add more drives and press Enter Figure 195 Selecting the target drive 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 196 set the values for RAID Level Logical Drive Name Strip Full Stripe Size Par...

Page 365: ...e 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 Build Method...

Page 366: ...t to view and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 198 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 1 1 On the...

Page 367: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 200 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Page 368: ...ve 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 6 Figur...

Page 369: ...to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 204 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 1 ADM 1 On the storage controller c...

Page 370: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 206 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Page 371: ...e 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 6 Figure...

Page 372: ...er to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 210 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 5 1 On the storage controller con...

Page 373: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 212 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Page 374: ...ive 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 6 Figu...

Page 375: ...er to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 216 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 6 1 On the storage controller con...

Page 376: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 218 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Page 377: ...ive 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 6 Figu...

Page 378: ...r to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 222 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 10 1 On the storage controller con...

Page 379: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 224 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Page 380: ...ve 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 6 Figur...

Page 381: ...to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 228 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 10 ADM 1 On the storage controller c...

Page 382: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 230 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Page 383: ...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 6 Figure...

Page 384: ...r to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 234 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 50 1 On the storage controller con...

Page 385: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 236 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Page 386: ...ve 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 6 Figur...

Page 387: ...r to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 240 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 60 1 On the storage controller con...

Page 388: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 242 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Page 389: ...ve 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 6 Figur...

Page 390: ...ID array name level and drive information Figure 246 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring hot spare drives Restrictions and guidelines In legacy mode if a hot spare drive is configured for a RA...

Page 391: ...elect Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 247 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 248 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 248 Array Configuration...

Page 392: ...igure 250 navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to add more drives and press Enter Figure 250 Selecting the target drives 5 On the screen as show...

Page 393: ...physical drive as the primary boot drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 252 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 252 Storage controller configuration...

Page 394: ...drive press Ctrl P and then press Enter Figure 254 Selecting the target drive Configuring a logical drive as the primary boot drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen select Array Config...

Page 395: ...reen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 256 select the target RAID array and press Enter Figure 256 Selecting the target RAID array 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 257 press Ctrl P to configure the...

Page 396: ...e storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 258 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 258 Storage controller configuration...

Page 397: ...target array press Enter and then press Delete to delete the array Figure 260 Deleting the target array Viewing drive information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage...

Page 398: ...can see information about all available drives Figure 262 Drive information Locating drives 1 Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 262 and press Enter 2 On the screen as shown in...

Page 399: ...controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 262 select the drive to be erased and then press Enter 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 264 select Secure Erase and then press Enter Figure 264 Er...

Page 400: ...controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 266 select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 266 Storage controller configuratio...

Page 401: ...ntroller Settings screen 5 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 in Figure 26...

Page 402: ...On the screen as shown in Figure 270 select Clear Configuration and press Enter Figure 270 Configure Controller Settings screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 271 select Delete All Array Configur...

Page 403: ...Array Configurations Clear all created RAID configuration and the related array configuration Delete RIS on All Physical drives Clear all invalid RAID information remaining in the physical drives The...

Page 404: ...data on the logical drive to become invalid or unrecoverable You can reformat and use the logical drive in the OS The Force Online operation might change data a logical drive Before performing this o...

Page 405: ...cy 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 This feature is available only in Legacy BIOS mode CAUTION If the number of OS boot...

Page 406: ...tion 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...

Page 407: ...irmware Syntax arcconf romupdate controller_id fwfile Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of the storage controller fwfile Specifies the name of the firmware file Examples Upgrade the storage co...

Page 408: ...tion Physical 0 8 Online SATA 512 Bytes 457862MB ATA INTEL SSDSC2KB480G8 Solid State Drive 500E004AAAAAAA00 Enclosure 1 Slot 0 Connector 0 CN0 Physical 0 9 Online SATA 512 Bytes 457862MB ATA INTEL SSD...

Page 409: ...w storage controller information Command Function arcconf getconfig controller_id AD View adapter information arcconf getconfig controller_id LD View information about all the LDs arcconf getconfig co...

Page 410: ...rray Physical Device Information Device 0 Present 915715MB SATA SSD Channel 0 Device 0 18031A983BCA Device 1 Present 152627MB SATA SSD Channel 0 Device 1 CVPR1461036N160DGN Array Hotspare Information...

Page 411: ...ATA SSD Connector CN0 Enclosure 1 Slot 0 BTYF8316086G480BGN Device 9 Present 457862MB SATA SSD Connector CN0 Enclosure 1 Slot 1 BTYF95230EMQ480BGN Command completed successfully View basic information...

Page 412: ...k Freeze Support True Sanitize Lock Anti Freeze Support True Sanitize Lock Setting None Usage Remaining 99 percent Estimated Life Remaining 39550 SSD Smart Trip Wearout False 56 Day Warning Present Fa...

Page 413: ...ted Channel Device T L 0 9 9 0 Reported Location Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Connector 0 CN0 Array 0 Vendor ATA Model INTEL SSDSC2KB480G8 Firmware XCV10132 Serial number BTYF95230EMQ480BGN World wide name 500E...

Page 414: ...Device Error Counters Aborted Commands 0 Bad Target Errors 0 Ecc Recovered Read Errors 0 Failed Read Recovers 0 Failed Write Recovers 0 Format Errors 0 Hardware Errors 0 Hard Read Errors 0 Hard Write...

Page 415: ...Temperature Sensor Status 1 Normal Temperature Sensor Status 2 Normal Temperature Sensor Status 3 Normal Temperature Sensor Status 4 Normal Speaker status Off Channel 2 Device 1 Device is an Enclosure...

Page 416: ...Enabled Degraded Mode Performance Optimization Disabled Latency Disabled Statistics data collection mode Disabled Post Prompt Timeout 15 seconds Boot Controller False Primary Boot Volume None Seconda...

Page 417: ...or Physical Drive Write Cache Policy Information Configured Drives Disabled Unconfigured Drives Disabled HBA Drives Disabled maxCache Properties maxCache Version 4 maxCache RAID5 WriteBack Enabled Ena...

Page 418: ...ce Powered On 39 deg C 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 Str...

Page 419: ...annel_id slot_id time time Turn on the UID LED for the specified drive for a specific length of time arcconf identify controller_id device channel_id slot_id Turn on the UID LED for the specified driv...

Page 420: ...sor may be identified The specified device s is are blinking Press any key to stop the blinking Turn on the UID LEDs for all drives for 60 seconds root localhost home arcconf identify 1 all time 60 Co...

Page 421: ...he storage controller mode that is Controller Model parameters root localhost home arcconf getconfig 1 ad Controllers found 1 Controller information Controller Status Optimal Controller Mode RAID Hide...

Page 422: ...Checksum Status Passed Sanitize Lock Setting None Expander Minimum Scan Duration 0 seconds Expander Scan Time out 350 seconds Reboot Required Reasons Firmware update Power Settings Power Consumption N...

Page 423: ...t 1 Inconsistency Repair Policy Disabled Consistency Check Inconsistency Notify Disabled Rebuild Priority High Expand Priority Medium Controller Version Information Firmware 4 11 Driver Linux 1 2 10 0...

Page 424: ...s Use On Initialization Not Applicable VDM Notification Not Applicable Pending SMBus Device Type Not Applicable Pending SMBus Channel Not Applicable Pending Static EIDs Use On Initialization Not Appli...

Page 425: ...nable and disable Enabling this option will optimize SSDs by reallocating all used blocks before writing data to the SSDs resulting in faster initialization DataLD ID of the accelerated LD size Capaci...

Page 426: ...eate 1 logicaldrive 102400 6 0 8 0 9 0 10 0 11 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 ta...

Page 427: ...10ADM root localhost arcconf create 1 logicaldrive 102400 10Triple 0 8 0 9 0 11 0 12 0 13 0 14 Controllers found 1 Space will be wasted as devices specified are of different sizes WARNING Use of SED...

Page 428: ...rect RAID level channel ID and physical ID of member drives Make sure the added capacity does not exceed the remaining capacity of the array in which the logical drive resides Parameters controller_id...

Page 429: ...ay root localhost arcconf modify 1 array 0 expand 0 10 Controllers found 1 This will modify the array 0 Are you sure you want to continue Press y then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort y Modif...

Page 430: ...1 Logical device information Logical Device number 0 Logical Device name LogicalDrv 0 Disk Name dev sda Block Size of member drives 512 Bytes Array 0 RAID level 5 Status of Logical Device Optimal Back...

Page 431: ...nitialize and uninitialize Usage guidelines If you specify all as the channel_id device_id the command initializes or uninitializes all drives managed by the storage controller Examples Set the drive...

Page 432: ...not allow operating system to use the drive contents Are you sure you want to continue Press y then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort y Command completed successfully Delete the hot spare dri...

Page 433: ...Perform this task to enable or disable the LD cache feature Syntax arcconf setcache controller_id logicaldrive LD_id con arcconf setcache controller_id logicaldrive LD_id coff Parameters controller_id...

Page 434: ...fies the channel ID of a drive slot_id Specifies the device ID of a drive Examples Start to erase data on the physical drive with device ID 15 root localhost Firmware arcconf task start 1 device 0 15...

Page 435: ...e consistency check Syntax arcconf consistencycheck controller_id mode arcconf consistencycheck controller_id parallelcount parallelcount_number Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of the storag...

Page 436: ...not activate the image file for firmware upgrade in blocks specified by the chunksize argument 239 Downloads and activates the image file for firmware upgrade in blocks specified by the chunksize argu...

Page 437: ...of 0 to 100 write Specifies the write cache ratio in the range of 0 to 100 Usage guidelines The sum of the read cache ratio and the write cache ratio must be 100 Examples Set both the read cache ratio...

Page 438: ...ting Guide Compatibility For information about storage controller and server compatibility access http www h3c com en home qr default htm id 66 Downloading and installing drivers Access https www h3c...

Page 439: ...This section describes how to configure the 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 Contro...

Page 440: ...igure 2 select Advanced Storage controller and press Enter In this example storage controller HBA 9500 8i is selected Figure 2 Advanced screen 3 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown...

Page 441: ...uration screen 4 On the confirmation screen as shown in Figure 4 select OK and then press Enter Figure 4 Confirming the operation 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 5 select OK and then press Enter to...

Page 442: ...nformation see Refreshing configuration information 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 6 select Controller Properties and then press Enter Figure 6 Storage controller...

Page 443: ...tion information For more information see Refreshing configuration information 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 8 select Device Properties and then press Enter Figure 8 Controller configuration scre...

Page 444: ...n 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 5 On the drive configuration screen as shown in F...

Page 445: ...Drive properties screen Locating drives 1 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 2 Click Ap...

Page 446: ...ies screen 2 Click Apply Changes Configuring controller settings in legacy mode The storage controllers support the legacy mode but do not provide configuration screens in legacy mode Downloading and...

Page 447: ...luding storage controller name firmware version drive slot capacity vendor serial number interface type and interface speed Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id show Parameters controller_id Specifies the...

Page 448: ...US728T8TALE6L4 U 7 12 6 JBOD 1 746 TB SATA SSD N N 512B INTEL SSDSC2KB019T8 U EID Enclosure Device ID Slt Slot No DID Device ID DG DriveGroup UGood Unconfigured Good UBad Unconfigured Bad Intf Interfa...

Page 449: ...r_id eenclosure_id sslot_id operation locate Parameters controller_id Specifies the controller ID enclosure_id Specifies the enclosure ID To manage the UID LEDs for drives in all enclosures specify th...

Page 450: ...please wait CLI Version 007 1207 0000 0000 Sep 25 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Troubleshooting For detailed information about collect...

Page 451: ...ve JBOD does not support redundancy For more information about RAID levels see Appendix B RAID arrays and fault tolerance Table 1 RAID levels and the numbers of drives for each RAID level RAID level M...

Page 452: ...array Viewing physical drive information Viewing logical drive information Configuring logical drive media patrol Viewing namespace information Viewing storage controller information Accessing the sto...

Page 453: ...controller configuration tasks Task type Option Description Information query Physical Device Information Display installed physical drives and details Virtual Device Information Display created logic...

Page 454: ...ndependent of each other and can be formatted or encrypted independently The RAID MARVELL SANTACRUZ LP 2i storage controller does not support namespaces Configuring a RAID array 1 Access the storage c...

Page 455: ...l Options include JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 Stripe Size Stripe size Options include 128K 256K 512K Initialization Initialization methods Options include Quick Default Back Ground This option is supported onl...

Page 456: ...ou want to delete the selected virtual Disk field to Yes c Select Accept and press Enter Figure 8 Deleting a RAID array Rebuilding a RAID array This feature rebuilds the RAID array for drive replaceme...

Page 457: ...he target logical drive state to Enabled select Goto PD Select and press Enter 3 Perform tasks based on the following guidelines If the screen does not display any physical drives no physical drive is...

Page 458: ...11 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a target physical drive and press Enter Figure 12 Selecting a physical drive The physical drive detail screen opens Parameters are as described in...

Page 459: ...drive status Options include Unconfigured Not used by any RAID array and unidentifiable in the OS Assigned Used by a RAID array and identifiable in the OS Model Name Physical drive model Serial Number...

Page 460: ...re 14 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a target logical drive and press Enter Figure 15 Selecting a logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens Parameters are as described in T...

Page 461: ...RAID rebuilding in progress MediaPatrol Media patrol for logical drives in progress None BGA Status Background task status Options include None RUNNING Task progress in percentage Member Count Number...

Page 462: ...Figure 17 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a target logical drive and press Enter Figure 18 Selecting s logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens 3 Select START and press Ent...

Page 463: ...tail screen 4 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...

Page 464: ...ewing namespace information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen select Namespace Information and press Enter Figure 22 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a logical drive...

Page 465: ...pace State Namespace states Options include Active Inactive NameSpace Capacity Namespace available capacity Value in this field usually equals that of the NameSpace Size field NameSpace Utilization Na...

Page 466: ...status of multi path I O and sharing namespace 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Viewing storage controller information Access the storage controller configuration screen select Controller Information and press E...

Page 467: ...17 Figure 26 Storage controller information Configuring RAID in OS Viewing information Viewing information about the host bus adapter Syntax mnv_cli info o hba...

Page 468: ...es Viewing server component information Syntax lspci nvs bus device function Parameters Parameter Description Value bus device function Specifies a component in a system by its bus device and function...

Page 469: ...19 Examples Viewing physical drive informatoin Syntax mnv_cli info o pd Examples...

Page 470: ...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 contr...

Page 471: ...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 Creating JBOD Syntax mnv_cli vd a...

Page 472: ...logical drive Syntax mnv_cli init a start stop i vd id Parameters Parameter Description Value range start stop Start Starts logical drive initialization Stop Stops logical drive initialization N A vd...

Page 473: ...n a logical drive Syntax mnv_cli mp a start stop i vd_id Parameters Parameter Description Value range start stop Start Starts media patrol on a logical drive Stop Stops media patrol on a logical drive...

Page 474: ...s auto RAID rebuilding off Disables auto RAID rebuilding N A Examples Importing a logical drive Syntax mnv_cli import l vd id Parameters Parameter Description Value range vd id Logical drive ID 0 to N...

Page 475: ...les Viewing and saving logs Syntax mnv_cli log a show outputfile log txt Examples Displaying all storage controller events Syntax mnv_cli event c n Parameters Parameter Description Value range n Speci...

Page 476: ...arvell storage controller N A Examples Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information diagnosing and locating faults and troubleshooting servers see H3C...

Page 477: ...troller does not support NVMe M 2 SSDs For efficient use of storage use drives that have the same capacity to build RAID 1 If the drives have different capacities the lowest capacity is used across al...

Page 478: ...S Press Delete Esc or F2 as prompted during server POST to open the BIOS setup screen as shown in Figure 1 For how to navigate screens and modify settings see the operation instructions at the lower r...

Page 479: ...3 Figure 2 Advanced screen The storage controller configuration screen opens Tasks can be performed from this screen are shown in Table 2 Figure 3 Storage controller configuration screen...

Page 480: ...detailed information about the storage controller RAID configuration Create RAID Configuration Create RAIDs Delete RAID Configuration Delete RAIDs Rebuild RAID Configuration Rebuild RAIDs Erase Physic...

Page 481: ...re 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 Ta...

Page 482: ...n Initialization methods Options include Quick Default Back Ground This option is supported only in RAID 1 None Name Name of the logical drive Configuring RAID 1 1 Access the storage controller config...

Page 483: ...re 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 T...

Page 484: ...rage controller configuration screen select Delete RAID Configuration and press Enter Figure 10 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Perform the following tasks a Select a target logical drive b...

Page 485: ...ding 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 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen select Re...

Page 486: ...guration screen 2 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 rebu...

Page 487: ...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 p...

Page 488: ...12 Figure 15 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Physical Disk Info and press Enter Figure 16 Accessing physical drive information 3 Select the target physical drive and press Enter...

Page 489: ...13 Figure 17 Selecting a physical drive The physical drive details screen opens Parameters are as described in Table 4 Figure 18 Physical drive details screen...

Page 490: ...el Name Physical drive model Serial Number Physical drive serial number FW Version Physical drive firmware version Size Physical drive capacity Viewing logical drive information 1 Access the storage c...

Page 491: ...15 Figure 20 Selecting a logical drive The logical drive details screen opens Parameters are as described in Table 5 Figure 21 Logical drive details screen...

Page 492: ...GA Type Background task type Options include Initialization RAID initialization in progress Rebuild RAID rebuilding in progress MediaPatrol Media patrol for logical drives in progress None Size Logica...

Page 493: ...17 Figure 22 Storage controller configuration screen The storage controller information screen opens Figure 23 Storage controller information...

Page 494: ...ration only Controller configuration tasks at a glance To configure controller settings in legacy mode perform the following tasks Accessing the storage controller configuration screen Configuring RAI...

Page 495: ...en Configuring RAID 0 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen select HBA 0 Marvell 0 press Enter and select Configuration Wizard Figure 26 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Press...

Page 496: ...20 Figure 27 Selecting member drives 3 Configure parameters as needed and click Next In the dialog box that opens click Y The parameter description is in Table 6 Figure 28 Configuring RAID information...

Page 497: ...er Description RAID Level RAID level Options include RAID 0 RAID 1 Stripe Size Stripe size Options include 32K 64K Name Name of the logical drive Configuring RAID 1 1 Access the storage controller con...

Page 498: ...iguration screen 2 Press Space to select two member drives and press Enter Figure 31 Selecting member drives 3 Configure parameters as needed and click Next In the dialog box that opens click Y See Ta...

Page 499: ...iguring 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 1 Access the storage controller configuration sc...

Page 500: ...24 Figure 34 Storage controller configuration screen 2 In all the dialog boxes that open press Y or click Yes Figure 35 Deleting a RAID array...

Page 501: ...roller 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 controll...

Page 502: ...em to help you build RAID arrays update firmware and view physical drive information Install a RAID controller tool in the operating system and then assign permissions of using the tool to the current...

Page 503: ...e SATA Supported RAID mode RAID0 RAID1 JBOD Maximum disk in one VD 2 PM Not supported Expander Not supported Maximum supported disk 2 Maximum supported VD 1 Max total blocks 128 Features rebuild media...

Page 504: ...are version D4MU002 Locate LED status Not Support Running OS no SSD Type SSD block ids 0 associated VDs 0 PD valid size 0 K Adapter 0 PD ID 1 Type SATA PD Linked at HBA port 1 Size 937692504 K Write c...

Page 505: ...pport size 915651 M BGA status not running Block ids 0 4 of PDs 2 PD RAID setup 0 1 Running OS no Total of VD 1 Creating a RAID array Syntax create o vd r raid level d pd id pd id n name b stripe size...

Page 506: ...elete VD 0 successfully Troubleshooting issues For more information about fault information collection fault diagnosis and location and fault troubleshooting of the storage controller see H3C Servers...

Page 507: ...er or the management tool shows that the drive is in Failed state you can determine that the drive fails To solve this issue perform one of the following tasks as needed If the drive is not used for c...

Page 508: ...he 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 1 On the top navigation bar click Syst...

Page 509: ...3 Figure 3 Selecting the storage controller 2 Select Disk Utilities and then press Enter Figure 4 Selecting Disk Utilities 3 Select the target drive and then press Enter...

Page 510: ...4 Figure 5 Selecting the target drive 4 Select Device Information and then press Enter Figure 6 Selecting Device Information 5 View the value of the Status field...

Page 511: ...e of the Status field Viewing the status of a physical drive attached to an LSI storage controller from BIOS 1 Click the Advanced tab select the storage controller and then press Enter Figure 8 Select...

Page 512: ...6 2 Select Main Menu and then press Enter Figure 9 Selecting Main Menu 3 Select Drive Management and then press Enter...

Page 513: ...7 Figure 10 Selecting Drive Management 4 Select the target drive and then press Enter...

Page 514: ...8 Figure 11 Select the target drive 5 View the value of the Status field...

Page 515: ...e The physical drive is already used to create a RAID Offline The physical drive is disabled Rebuilding The physical drive is being used in RAID rebuilding Hot Spare The physical drive is already used...

Page 516: ...2 In the left navigation pane select Storage 3 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...

Page 517: ...11 Figure 14 Selecting the storage controller 2 Select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 15 Selecting Array Configuration 3 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter...

Page 518: ...16 Selecting Manage Arrays 4 Select the array where the logical drive resides and then press Enter Figure 17 Selecting the array where the logical drive resides 5 Select List Logical Drives and then p...

Page 519: ...13 Figure 18 Selecting List Logical Drives 6 Select the logical drive and then press Enter Figure 19 Selecting the logical drive 7 Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter...

Page 520: ...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 1 Click the Advanced tab selec...

Page 521: ...15 Figure 22 Selecting the storage controller 2 Select Main Menu and then press Enter Figure 23 Selecting Main Menu...

Page 522: ...rtual Drive Management and then press Enter Figure 24 Selecting Virtual Drive Management 4 Selecting the logical drive and then press Enter Figure 25 Selecting the logical drive 5 View the value of th...

Page 523: ...rive has failed If more than one member drive has failed the logical drive is placed in Degraded state This status is available only for RAID 6 and RAID 60 logical drives Morphing Data is being migrat...

Page 524: ...in the RAID array Evaluate whether this operation is necessary before performing it The embedded RSTe RAID controller does not support the Force Online function If the RAID array status is Failed rec...

Page 525: ...r the server 2 Configure the new storage controller Make sure the replaced and newly installed storage controllers operate in the same mode and have the same firmware version Replacing a storage contr...

Page 526: ...29 opens Figure 29 Logical Device Configuration screen 5 Identify the first boot option If the operating system is installed on a logical drive select Manage Arrays and press Enter to open the screen...

Page 527: ...ect Boot Device Replacing a storage controller 1 Replace the storage controller For more information see the storage controller replacement procedure in the user guide for the server 2 Configure the s...

Page 528: ...e the controller to stop operating if the controller s boot mode is set to Stop on Error The server cannot identify the new storage controller and the BIOS displays Failed on the Advanced Driver Healt...

Page 529: ...23 Figure 33 Identifying a storage controller 2...

Page 530: ...oss when drives fail As shown in Figure 1 connecting extra physical drives denoted by Pn to a system increases the total storage capacity but has no effect on the efficiency of read write R W operatio...

Page 531: ...blocks form a set of data stripes Sn across all the physical drives that comprise the logical drive Because the read write heads are active simultaneously the same amount of data is written to each dr...

Page 532: ...in Figure 4 failure of any physical drive in the array causes every logical drive in the array to suffer irretrievable data loss To avoid data loss due to physical drive failure logical drives are con...

Page 533: ...cost is the most important consideration Advantages Has an extremely high storage capacity and read write performance All drive capacity is used to store data none needed for fault tolerance Disadvant...

Page 534: ...s lost as long as no failed drive is mirrored to another failed drive Up to half of the physical drives in the array can fail Disadvantages This method is expensive as it needs many drives for fault t...

Page 535: ...advantages This method is expensive as it needs many drives for fault tolerance Only half of the total drive capacity is usable for data storage Has lower security performance than RAID 10 when the sa...

Page 536: ...fails More drive capacity is usable than with RAID 10 because parity information requires only the storage space equivalent to one physical drive Disadvantages Has relatively low write performance Dat...

Page 537: ...th RAID 10 because parity information requires only the storage space equivalent to two physical drives Disadvantages The main disadvantage of RAID 6 is a relatively low write performance lower than R...

Page 538: ...capacity and read write performance All drive capacity is used to store data none needed for fault tolerance Disadvantages All data on the logical drive is lost if a physical drive fails Cannot use an...

Page 539: ...are more important than the cost of physical drives Advantages Has the second highest read performance among all RAID methods No data is lost as long as no failed drive is mirrored to another failed d...

Page 540: ...ult tolerance performance than RAID 0 and RAID 5 No data is lost even up to n the number of parity groups physical drives fail as long as the failed drives are in different parity groups Disadvantages...

Page 541: ...archiving databases and high availability solutions Advantages Has higher performance especially write performance than RAID 6 Has higher fault tolerance performance than RAID 0 and RAID 6 No data is...

Page 542: ...failures that can cause the logical drive to fail is two This situation occurs when the two failed drives are mirrored to each other As the total number of drives in the array increases the probabilit...

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