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Preface

Hitachi Compute Rack 210H/220H BIOS Guide

Intended Audience

This document is intended for personnel involved in planning, managing, and

performing the tasks to prepare your site and to perform installation for the Compute
Rack installation and to install the same.

This document assumes the following:



The reader has a background in hardware installation of computer systems.

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The reader is familiar with the location where the Compute Rack will be installed,
including knowledge of physical characteristics, power systems and specifications,

and environmental specifications.

Release Notes

Release notes contain requirements and more recent product information that

may not be fully described in this manual. Be sure to review the release notes
before installation.

Summary of Contents for Compute Rack 210H

Page 1: ...MK 90CRH008 02 Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide FAS TFIND LINK S Getting Help Contents ...

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Page 3: ...p menu 1 4 System BIOS setup menu window 1 5 System BIOS setup menu items 1 6 Exiting system BIOS setup menu 1 56 MegaRAID WebBIOS 2 1 Configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS 2 2 Disk array utility for the system 2 3 Type of RAID controllers 2 3 Starting MegaRAID WebBIOS 2 4 Operation for MegaRAID WebBIOS 2 7 Window configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS 2 7 MegaRAID WebBIOS menu items 2 9 Building and editi...

Page 4: ...iv Contents Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide ...

Page 5: ...S and RAID BIOS setup information of the Compute Rack 210H 220H CR 210H CR 220H This preface includes the following information Intended Audience Release Notes Document Conventions Getting Help Comments Notice The use of the Compute Rack is governed by the terms of your agreements with Hitachi ...

Page 6: ...ment assumes the following The reader has a background in hardware installation of computer systems The reader is familiar with the location where the Compute Rack will be installed including knowledge of physical characteristics power systems and specifications and environmental specifications Release Notes Release notes contain requirements and more recent product information that may not be ful...

Page 7: ...les square brackets Indicates optional values Example a b indicates that you can choose a b or nothing braces Indicates required or expected values Example a b indicates that you must choose either a or b vertical bar Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or arguments Examples a b indicates that you can choose a b or nothing a b indicates that you must choose either a or b u...

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Page 9: ...stem BIOS This chapter describes system BIOS setup menu items Configuration of system BIOS setup menu Starting system BIOS setup menu Key functions for system BIOS setup menu System BIOS setup menu window System BIOS setup menu items Exiting system BIOS setup menu ...

Page 10: ...tings Trusted Computing WHEA Configuration CPU Configuration Runtime Error Logging SATA Configuration Intel TXT LT SX Configuration USB Configuration Super IO Configuration Serial Port Console Redirection Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port 0 Configuration Console Redirection Settings Console Redirection Settings DIMM Information QPI Configuration IOH Configuration Intel R VT for Directed I O ...

Page 11: ...the RAID BIOS and the extension board BIOS installed in the system is finished the system BIOS setup menu starts up and the Aptio Setup Utility will be displayed Figure 1 2 System BIOS setup menu starting window When the OS has started before pressing the key shut down the OS and restart the system unit See the documents attached to your OS for shutting down Depending on the capacity of the memory...

Page 12: ... Moves the cursor up and down in the menu Move the cursor left and right in the menu bar to select the setup menu Enter Displays the submenu Performs the command Esc Exits the submenu Exits the system BIOS setup menu F1 Display the help screen for the keys F2 Load the last saved settings F3 Load the default settings F4 Save the settings and exit the system BIOS setup menu Increases or decreases th...

Page 13: ... setup menu window components 1 Menu bar Select the setup menu Main Advanced Chipset Server Mgmt Boot Security and Save Exit 2 Menu items Set values for each setup item Place the cursor at a setup item with and press Enter key to display its submenu 3 Help Automatically displays the help information on the selected setup item 4 Key guidance Indicate the key functions 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 14: ...1 6 System BIOS Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide System BIOS setup menu items Main Move the cursor in the menu bar to select the Main menu Figure 1 4 Main menu ...

Page 15: ...nformation Displays the System Information submenu See System Information for the details System Language English Specify the language used for the system BIOS setup menu System Date2 Sets the local date of the system Sets the date as MM DD YYYY System Time2 Sets the local time of the system Sets the time as HH MM SS in the form of 24 hours Access Level Displays the user who is logging on to the s...

Page 16: ...on Displays the SDR version ME Version Displays the ME version System Product Name Displays the product name the system unit System Version Displays the system unit version System Serial Number Displays the serial number of the system unit Board Product Name Displays the motherboard name of the system unit LAN1 MAC Address Displays the LAN1 MAC address LAN2 MAC Address Displays the LAN2 MAC addres...

Page 17: ...System BIOS 1 9 Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide Advanced Move the cursor in the menu bar to select the Advanced menu Figure 1 6 Advanced menu ...

Page 18: ...e details CPU Configuration Displays the CPU Configuration submenu See CPU Configuration for the details Runntime Error Logging Displays the Runntime Error Logging submenu See Runntime Error Logging for the details SATA Configuration Displays the SATA Configuration submenu See SATA Configuration for the details Intel TXT LT SX Configuration Displays the Intel TXT LT SX Configuration submenu See In...

Page 19: ... 1 7 PCI Subsystem Settings submenu The following table shows description of menu items Table 1 5 PCI Subsystem Settings submenu items Menu items Selection Description PCI ROM Priority Legacy ROM EFI Compatible ROM Sets the priority of the ROM on the PCI card No Snoop Disabled Enabled Sets a snoop function A value in square brackets shows the default ...

Page 20: ...1 12 System BIOS Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide Trusted Computing Place the cursor on an item to display or set and press Enter Figure 1 8 Trusted Computing submenu ...

Page 21: ...ty Device Found3 The TPM is not installed in the system unit SUPPORT TURNED OFF4 The TPM is disabled TPM Enabled Status2 Displays an operation status of the TPM TPM Active Status2 Displays an active status of the TPM TPM Owner Status2 Displays an owner status of the TPM Notes 1 A value in square brackets shows the default 2 This item is displayed when the TPM board EQ7000 Y EQ7000 R is installed t...

Page 22: ...u See Starting system BIOS setup menu on page 1 3 4 Change the setting of TPM State to Enabled 5 Save settings and exit the system BIOS setup menu 6 Restart the system unit and then start the system BIOS setup menu 7 Confirm the displaying of TPM Enabled Status and TPM Active Status is Enabled and Active Otherwise leave the setting for TPM SUPPORT as disable default When the system unit is restart...

Page 23: ... set and press Enter Figure 1 9 WHEA Configuration submenu The following table shows description of menu items Table 1 7 WHEA Configuration submenu items Menu items Selection Description WHEA Support Disabled Enabled Sets the Windows Hardware Error Architecture WHEA to enable A value in square brackets shows the default ...

Page 24: ...and press Enter Figure 1 10 CPU Configuration submenu Do not enable the settings of Discrete MTRR Allocation If you change the settings system BIOS may not start up If you change the setting of Intel Virtualization Technology save the setting and turn off the power of the system unit to allow the new setting to take effect ...

Page 25: ...ne Prefetch Disabled Enabled Sets CPU cache Prefetch DCU Streamer Prefetcher Disabled Enabled Sets DCU Streamer Prefetch function DCU IP Prefetcher Disabled Enabled Sets DCU IP Prefetch function Intel Virtualization Technology Disabled Enabled Sets Vanderpool Technology which is Intel s new virtualization technology Discrete MTRR Allocation Disabled Enabled Sets discrete caching CPU Power Manageme...

Page 26: ...igure 1 11 Socket 1 CPU Information submenu The following table shows description of menu items Table 1 9 Socket 1 CPU Information submenu items Menu items Description Socket 1 CPU Information Intel R Xeon CPU x xxGHz Displays the type of CPU CPU Signature Displays the stepping of CPU Processor Core Displays the number of cores in the CPU package ...

Page 27: ...nagement Configuration Place the cursor on an item to display or set and press Enter Figure 1 12 CPU Power Management Configuration submenu Do not enable the settings of Frequency Floor Override If you change the settings the CPU power management may be adversely affected ...

Page 28: ... any of logical processor CPU C3 Report2 Disabled ACPI C 2 ACPI C 3 Sets CPU C2 or C3 Power States which makes effect after the reboot CPU C6 report2 Disabled Enabled Sets CPU C6 Power States which makes effect after the reboot CPU C7 report2 Disabled Enabled Sets CPU C6 Power States which makes effect after the reboot Package C State limit2 C0 C2 C6 C7 No limit Sets state for the C State package ...

Page 29: ...hange the settings system BIOS will not report error information The following table shows description of menu items Table 1 11 Runtime Error Logging submenu items Menu items Selection1 Description Runtime Error Logging Support Disabled Enabled Sets runtime error logging function PCI Error Logging Support 2 Disabled Enabled Sets PCI error logging function Notes 1 A value in square brackets shows t...

Page 30: ...1 22 System BIOS Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide SATA Configuration Place the cursor on an item to display or set and press Enter Figure 1 14 SATA Configuration submenu ...

Page 31: ...t3 SATA Port4 SATA Port5 Displays the device information of connected to SATA port SATA Port4 will display installed DVD ROM drive SATA Mode Disabled IDE Mode AHCI Mode Sets SATA mode Serial ATA Controller02 Disabled Enhanced Compatible Sets SATA controller0 to enable Serial ATA Controller12 Disabled Enabled Sets SATA controller1 to enable Notes 1 A value in square brackets shows the default 2 Thi...

Page 32: ... Support CPU TXT Feature Displays the TXT support status of CPU Chipset TXT Feature Displays the TXT support status of Chipset Intel TXT LT SX Configuration TXT Support2 Disabled Enabled Sets the TXT function to enable Intel TXT LT SX Dependencies VT d Support Displays the VT d function status VT Support Displays the VT function status TPM Support Displays the TPM enable status TPM State Displays ...

Page 33: ...System BIOS 1 25 Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide USB Configuration Place the cursor on an item to display or set and press Enter Figure 1 16 USB Configuration submenu ...

Page 34: ...ays and time outs USB transfer time out 1 sec 5 sec 10 sec 20 sec Sets USB transfer time out Device reset time out 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec 40 sec Sets USB device reset time out Device power up delay Auto Manual Sets delay of USB device powering up Device power up delay in seconds2 5 1 40 Sets delay time of USB device powering up Mass Storage Devices 3 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx3 Auto Floppy Forced FDD Hard Disk...

Page 35: ... table shows description of menu items Table 1 15 Super IO Configuration submenu items Menu items Description Super IO Configuration Super IO Chip Displays the super I O device Serial Port 0 Configuration Serial Port 1 Configuration Displays the Serial Port 0 1 Configuration submenu See Serial Port 0 Configuration for the details This submenu items are same as the Serial Port 0 Configuration subme...

Page 36: ...Description Serial Port 0 Configuration Serial Port2 Disabled Enabled Sets serial poor t0 to enable Device Settings3 Displays serial port 0 setting Change Settings3 Auto IO 3F8h IRQ 4 IO 3F8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 2F8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 3E8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 IO 2E8h IRQ 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 Sets I O and IRQ to serial port 0 Notes 1 A value in square brackets shows the default 2 Thi...

Page 37: ...Port Console Redirection Place the cursor on an item to display or set and press Enter Figure 1 19 Serial Port Console Redirection submenu Do not enable the settings of Serial Port Console Redirection items This function is not supported by Hitachi Compute Rack System ...

Page 38: ...ection Settings Displays the Console Redirection Settings submenu This submenu can not change settings because Console Redirection is Disabled Serial Port for Out Band Management Windows Emergency Management Services EMS Console Redirection Disabled Enabled Sets console redirection function to enable Console Redirection Settings Displays the Console Redirection Settings submenu This submenu can no...

Page 39: ... menu Figure 1 20 Chipset menu The following table shows description of menu items in the left pane of window Table 1 18 Chipset menu items Menu items Description North Bridge Displays the North Bridge submenu See North Bridge for the details South Bridge Displays the South Bridge submenu See South Bridge for the details ...

Page 40: ...you change the setting of NUMA save the setting and turn off the power of the system unit to allow the new setting to take effect Do not change the settings of DDR Speed If you change the settings the system unit may not operate properly Do not change the settings of Channel Interleaving and Rank Interleaving If you change the settings memory performance may be degraded ...

Page 41: ...ys whether mirror mode is possible on the installed memory configuration Sparing Displays whether spare mode is possible on the installed memory configuration Memory Retest No Yes Sets the memory information to clear If you want to clear the error information of disabled memory and clear the disabled state set Yes after you replace the DIMM Memory Mode Independent Mirroring Lock Step Sparing Selec...

Page 42: ...ize If dual rank DIMMs are installed 3 4 2DIMM per Channel or 5 6 3DIMM per Channel of the installed memory size 3 This item is displayed when installing two CPUs in the system unit Memory Mode In order to enable memory redundancy you can set the memory mirroring function the lock step function or the online spare memory function If you use memory mirroring set Mirroring If you use memory lock ste...

Page 43: ... redundancy is enabled at the DRAM chip level so that the system unit can avoid system down and can continue operation even when one DRAM chip on the DIMM fails Device tagging is not operated when you set Memory Mode to Mirroring Lock Step or Sparing If you use device tagging set Memory Mode to Independent ...

Page 44: ... VT for Directed I O Configuration Displays the Intel R VT for Directed I O Configuration submenu See Intel R VT for Directed I O Configuration for the details Intel R I OAT Disabled Enabled Sets Intel I O Acceleration Technology to enable DCA Support Disabled Enabled Sets QPI DCA to enable MMIOH Size 64G 1G 2G 4G 8G 16G 32G 128G Sets the size of the memory mapped I O above 4GB address CPU PCI Exp...

Page 45: ...able shows description of menu items Table 1 21 Intel R VT for Directed I O Configuration submenu items Menu items Selection1 Description Intel R VT d Disabled Enabled Sets Intel VT d to enable Coherency Support2 Disabled Enabled Sets coherency mode ATS Support2 Disabled Enabled Sets the address translation service ATS to enable Notes 1 A value in square brackets shows the default 2 This item is d...

Page 46: ...1 38 System BIOS Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide QPI Configuration Place the cursor on an item to display or set and press Enter Figure 1 24 QPI Configuration submenu ...

Page 47: ...soc Disabled Enabled Sets QPI isochronous QPI Link Speed Mode Fast Slow Sets QPI link mode QPI Link Frequency Select Auto 6 4 GT s 7 2 GT s 8 0 GT s Sets QPI link speed QPI Link0p Disabled Enabled Sets QPI power saving mode L0p to enable QPI Link1 Disabled Enabled Sets QPI power saving mode L1 to enable Alternate RTID Disabled Enabled Sets the transaction ID to enable Notes 1 A value in square bra...

Page 48: ...1 40 System BIOS Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide DIMM Information Place the cursor on an item to display or set and press Enter Figure 1 25 DIMM Information submenu ...

Page 49: ...ry size xxxx MB DIMM is available Not Present DIMM is not installed in the DIMM slot Disabled DIMM is disabled cause error CPU 2 DIMM Information CPU2_DIMM3 Ch 2 Dimm0 CPU2_DIMM7 Ch 2 Dimm0 CPU2_DIMM11 Ch 2 Dimm2 CPU2_DIMM4 Ch 3 Dimm0 CPU2_DIMM8 Ch 3 Dimm1 CPU2_DIMM12 Ch 3 Dimm2 CPU2_DIMM10 Ch 1 Dimm2 CPU2_DIMM6 Ch 1 Dimm1 CPU2_DIMM2 Ch 1 Dimm0 CPU2_DIMM9 Ch 0 Dimm2 CPU2_DIMM5 Ch 0 Dimm1 CPU2_DIMM...

Page 50: ... stepping of the chipset Restore AC Power Loss Power Off Power On Last State Selects a status after restore AC power loss High Precision Event Timer Configuration High Precision Timer Disabled Enabled Sets the high precision event timer PCI Express Ports Configuration Displays the PCI Express Ports Configuration submenu See PCI Express Ports Configuration for the details USB Configuration Displays...

Page 51: ...n of menu items Table 1 25 PCI Express Ports Configuration submenu items Menu items Selection Description PCI Express Ports Configuration Onboard VGA Disabled Enabled Sets the onboard VGA PCH PCI Express L1 Enabled Disabled Sets power saving function L1 by the PCH DMI Vc1 Control Disabled Enabled Sets virtual channel Vc1 on the DMI bus to enable DMI Vcp Control Disabled Enabled Sets virtual channe...

Page 52: ...nected to the system unit The following table shows description of menu items Table 1 26 USB Configuration submenu items Menu items Selection Description USB Configuration USB Front Port Disabled Enabled Sets the front USB port to enable USB Rear Port Disabled Enabled Sets the rear USB port to enable USB BMC Port Disabled Enabled Sets the BMC USB port to enable USB Internal Port Disabled Enabled S...

Page 53: ...System BIOS 1 45 Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide ServerMgmt Move the cursor in the menu bar to select the ServerMgmt menu Figure 1 29 ServerMgmt menu ...

Page 54: ...g data has maxed out BMC Action for IERR NMI Hard Reset No Action Power Cycle Selects a BMC action when CPU error occurs BMC Action for Thermal Trip No Action Power On Selects a BMC action when thermal trip occurs CATERR to NMI Disabled Enabled Sets a NMI when detected a CATERR IPMI Object Disabled Enabled Sets the IPMI to enable Send Hardware Configuration to BMC Disabled Enabled Sets to sending ...

Page 55: ...dvanced Chipset Server Mgmt Boot Security Save Exit Figure 1 30 BMC network configuration submenu The following table shows description of menu items Table 1 28 BMC network configuration submenu items Menu items Selection1 Description BMC network configuration Enabled DHCP Disabled Enabled Sets to enable DHCP for BMC network IP address2 xxx xxx xxx xxx Sets the IP address to BMC network Subnet mas...

Page 56: ...etwork setting with the system BIOS setup menu In this case restart the system unit again Check the BMC network setting and configuration if BMC network can not be connected after restarting Setup for the BMC network settings is necessary when the remote management function is used See Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H Remote Management User s Guide The DHCP address has lease period We recommend that...

Page 57: ...System BIOS 1 49 Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide Boot Move the cursor in the menu bar to select the Boot menu Figure 1 31 Boot menu ...

Page 58: ...CD DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities3 Displays the CD DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities submenu See CD DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities for the details Hard Drive BBS Priorities3 Displays the Hard Drive BBS Priorities submenu See Hard Drive BBS Priorities for the details Network Device BBS Priorities4 Displays the Network Device BBS Priorities submenu Floppy Drive BBS Priorities3 5 Displays the Floppy Drive BBS...

Page 59: ...ITACHI Remote CD DVD x xx in the Network Device BBS Priorities submenu and the remote floppy disk drive is displayed as HITACHI Remote FD x xx in the Floppy Drive BBS Priorities submenu If you want to boot from the remote CD ROM drive or the remote floppy drive on the Remote Console change the priority for the HITACHI Remote CD DVD x xx or HITACHI Remote FD x xx accordingly ...

Page 60: ... press Enter Figure 1 32 CD DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities submenu The following table shows description of menu items Table 1 30 CD DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities submenu items Menu items Selection Description Boot Option 1 P4 xxxxxxxx Disabled Sets to enable the CD ROM or DVD ROM drive for boot up A value in square brackets shows the default ...

Page 61: ... and press Enter Figure 1 33 Hard Drive BBS Priorities submenu The following table shows description of menu items Table 1 31 Hard Drive BBS Priorities submenu items Menu items Selection Description Boot Option 1 Bus xx Dev xx PCI RAID Adapter Disabled Sets to enable the HDD for boot up A value in square brackets shows the default ...

Page 62: ... Security menu If you enter a password and then you forget the password the system unit can no longer be used and must be repaired Figure 1 34 Security menu The following table shows description of menu items Table 1 32 Security menu items Menu items Selection Description Password Description Administrator Password Sets an administrator password User Password Sets a user password ...

Page 63: ...nu items Menu items Selection Description Save Changes and Reset Save the settings and reset the system BIOS Discard Changes and Exit Exit the system BIOS setup menu without saving the settings Save Options Save Changes Save the settings Discard Changes Load previous settings Restore Defaults Load optimized default settings Boot Override P4 xxxxxxxx Bus xx Dev xx PCI RAID Adapter Built in EFI Shel...

Page 64: ...F4 key A confirmation message to save the settings is displayed Figure 1 36 Save reset window 2 Select Yes by moving cursor and then press Enter key The settings in the system BIOS setup menu are saved The system unit will be restarted If you want to go back to the menu select No and press ENTER key ...

Page 65: ...RAID WebBIOS Configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS Disk array utility for the system Type of RAID controllers Starting MegaRAID WebBIOS Operation for MegaRAID WebBIOS Window configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS MegaRAID WebBIOS menu items Building and editing virtual drives Disk with foreign configuration Exiting MegaRAID WebBIOS Status ...

Page 66: ...scribes the MegaRAID WebBIOS configuration See the following chart Figure 2 1 MegaRAID WebBIOS configuration Advanced Software Options Controller Selection Main menu Controller Properties Scan Devices Virtual Drives Drives Configuration Wizard Physical View Logical View Events End Controller Selection Exit Start ...

Page 67: ...roperly Do not execute the operation other than described in this manual Connect a mouse to the system unit before starting MegaRAID WebBIOS Type of RAID controllers Two types of RAID controller are installed to system units Those Two types differ in whether the controller is with or without a cache backup module In the MegaRAID WebBIOS menus the controller types are displayed below RAID controlle...

Page 68: ...t See the documents attached to your OS for shutting down Your VDs that configured for write back are temporality running in write through mode This is caused by the battery being charged missing or bad Please allow the battery to charge for 24 hours before evaluating the battery for replacement The following VDs are affected X Press any key to continue LSI MegaRAID SAS MFI BIOS Version xx xx xx B...

Page 69: ...ess Ctrl key at the left side of the keyboard once If Ctrl key at the left side of the keyboard is not pressed your keyboard and mouse may not operate properly If the keyboard or mouse is not available when you operate MegaRAID WebBIOS press Ctrl key at the left side of the keyboard once 5 Press Enter key once The main menu is displayed ...

Page 70: ...e If you do not press Enter key the mouse will not work properly If a disk is different from the disk array configuration recorded in the RAID controller the following window is displayed See Disk with foreign configuration when the following window is displayed ...

Page 71: ...Key mouse Operation Mouse Moves the cursor Mouse left button Selects an item that the mouse cursor is placed on Moves the cursor to an item to which the mouse cursor points Selects a disk array or physical disk 0 to 9 Enters numerical values Ctrl Selects multiple disk arrays or disks Delete Back Space Deletes an entered value Window configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS The window configuration of Meg...

Page 72: ...ual drives or drives connected to the RAID controller are displayed Click a drive from drives displayed in Logical View or Physical View and the same window is displayed as one when you select Drives Properties from the menu Select a virtual drive from drives displayed in Logical View and the same window is displayed as the one when you click Virtual Drives Properties from the menu If not all capa...

Page 73: ... Those values in squared brackets are recommended values Example Enabled Disabled Enabled is the default and also recommended value Enabled Disabled Disabled is the default value and Enabled is the recommended value which requires the change Unless otherwise specified use the recommended values for all setting items If you set non recommended values the equipment would not be supported and might n...

Page 74: ...ler Properties Displays and sets the hardware information on the disk array controller board Scan Devices Scans the installed devices Virtual Drives Displays and sets the virtual drive logical drive information Drives Displays and sets the drive physical drive information Configuration Wizard Configures or formats disk arrays Physical View Logical View Switches display modes Events Displays events...

Page 75: ...ndow Table 2 5 Controller properties menu 1 items Menu items Description Serial Number Serial number SubVendorID Sub vendor ID SubDeviceID Sub device ID HostInterface Host interface Firmware Version Firmware version FW Package Version Firmware package version Firmware Time Current time that firmware recognizes WebBIOS Version MegaRAID WebBIOS version Drive Count Number of installed physical device...

Page 76: ...nstalled memory Min Strip Size Minimum strip size Max Strip Size Maximum strip size Virtual Drive Count Existing number of array configurations logical devices Hot Spare Spin Down Disk spin down mode set to hot spare Chip Temperature Celsius Chip on the RAID controller temperature You can not change the settings for those items displayed above ...

Page 77: ...oller properties menu 2 items Menu items Description Global Hotspare for Emergency Different type of drive using Hotspare Emergency for SMARTer Different type of drive using SMART copyback SSD Disk Cache Setting Setting the SSD disk cache Unconfig Good for Emergency Different type of drive using drive rebuilding Shield State Supported Physical drives diagnose function Metadata Size Size of metadat...

Page 78: ...cluster mode Disabled Rebuild Rate4 Priority of rebuilding 0 to 100 30 BGI Rate4 Priority of background initializing 0 to 100 30 CC Rate3 Priority of consistency check 0 to 100 30 Reconstruction Rate4 Priority of capacity expansion 0 to 100 30 NCQ3 Enabling or disabling the NCQ command Enabled Disabled Coercion Mode5 Setting the capacity control for the physical disk used for disk array building N...

Page 79: ... at system startup 0 to xxx 6 Notes 1 Present value is displayed when installed the RAID controller with cache backup module 2 Do not use Set Factory Defaults This setting must be changed to the recommended values 3 Always use the Default setting 4 Always use the recommended values 5 This can be changed only when no virtual drive have been set at all Place the mouse cursor on a setting item and le...

Page 80: ...e backup module type Battery State Cache backup module status Battery Replacement To need replacement the cache backup module Voltage Voltage of the cache backup module Current Current from the cache backup module Temperature The cache backup module temperature FullCharge Capacity Full charge capacity of the cache backup module Remaining Capacity Remaining charge capacity of the cache backup modul...

Page 81: ...0H 220H BIOS Guide Menu items Description Device Name Device name of the cache backup module Device Chemistry Component of the cache backup module Auto Learn Mode Auto diagnostic mode You can not change the settings for those items displayed above ...

Page 82: ...hether or not a failed disk can be used Enabled Registers failed disk information Disabled Not register failed disk information Controller BIOS1 Enables the RAID controller BIOS Enabled Disabled Link Speed2 Sets link speed of SAS interface When Manage is clicked the window moves to Manage Link Speed submenu Unconfigured Good for Emergency1 Different type of drive using drive rebuilding Disabled En...

Page 83: ...abled Notes 1 Use this item with the default setting 2 This item is displayed when installed the RAID controller with cache backup module Do not set this item because it is not supported Place the mouse cursor on a setting item and left click the mouse to change the setting values Or left click the mouse to move the cursor and enter a value from the keyboard Click Submit after the setting ...

Page 84: ...Link Speed The following window is displayed Do not change the items in Manage Link Speed submenu settings because they are not supported Use these items with the default settings Table 2 10 Controller properties submenu 2 items Menu items Description Setting display value Select Link Speed Sets the link speed to physical drives Auto 1 5Gbps 3Gbps 6Gbps ...

Page 85: ... display value CC Frequency Sets the CC schedule function Enable or Disable Disable Continuous Hourly Dairy Weekly Monthly CC Start Time Sets on what time the consistency check starts 12 00 AM to 11 00 PM The nearest to the present time Select VDs to Exclude CC Specifies a disk array on which the consistency check is excluded Choose any array configuration CC Start mm dd yyyy Sets on what date the...

Page 86: ...ve is a drive recognized by the OS as a logical entity on the disk array that is constructed of a group of physical drives You can construct multiple virtual drives on the same disk array Click Virtual Drives in the main menu The following window will be displayed Click a virtual drive for viewing information and changing the setting from the list on the upper right pane Check Properties Go The Vi...

Page 87: ...cess mode RW reading and writing Read Only reading only Blocked access denied Read Read policy Normal no read ahead Ahead always read ahead Disk Cache Setting the cache installed in a physical disk Disable cache not used Enable cache used No Change based on the disk setting I O Setting the read cache operation Direct cache not used Cached cache used Disable BGI Setting the background initializatio...

Page 88: ...k information You can display the information on the physical drive connected to the RAID controller Click Drives in the main menu The following window is displayed Click a drive to review information from the list on the upper right pane Check Properties Go The following window is displayed ...

Page 89: ...MegaRAID WebBIOS 2 25 Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide Click Next on the upper left pane the following windows are displayed in order ...

Page 90: ...ce Type Device type Connected Port Port number of the connected disk array controller board Media Errors Number of detected media errors Pred Fail Count Number of reported S M R T warnings SAS Address SAS address Physical Drive State Status Certified Certification FDE Capable With or without encryption function Max Device Speed Maximum speed at which a physical disk can operate Link Speed Link spe...

Page 91: ...hat are already set The Physical View mode displays a list of physical disks comprising a disk array configuration The Logical View mode is applied when the MegaRAID WebBIOS is started To switch to the physical view mode click Physical View in the Logical View mode of the main menu To switch to the logical view mode click Logical View in the Physical View mode of the main menu Logical View mode Vi...

Page 92: ...alue unless otherwise specific directions are given Otherwise the system may not properly operate We have no responsibility for the malfunction due to the setting except our recommended values The maximum number of the virtual drives you can construct per RAID controller is 64 The maximum number of the virtual drives you can construct on one Drive Group is 16 Building virtual drive This section de...

Page 93: ... Configuration Wizard in the main menu 2 The following window is displayed Click New Configuration or Add Configuration box and then click Next NOTICE If you select New Configuration all data in the disks is lost Backup your required data before selecting New Configuration ...

Page 94: ...sting disk arrays and to build disk arrays using additional disks If you click New Configuration you lose the data in the existing disk arrays This should be selected when you discard the data in the existing disk array and build a new one If you click New Configuration the following window is displayed first Click Yes to build new disk array 3 The following window is displayed Click Manual Config...

Page 95: ... set The following table summarizes the number of drives required Table 2 14 Number of drives required RAID level Number of drives required RAID 0 including JBOD One or more RAID 1 Two RAID 5 Three or more RAID 6 Four or more RAID 6 with three physical drives and RAID 1 with three or more physical drives are not supported If you configure those settings the virtual drive may not operate properly Y...

Page 96: ...l physical drives to build a virtual drive click Add To Array Status of those selected drives is Online that is displayed in the Drive Groups pane To release a physical drive from Online select the drive and click Reclaim 6 Click Accept DG 7 The following window is displayed Click Next ...

Page 97: ...pute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 8 The following window is displayed Select the currently building Drive Group from the pull down menu in the Array With Free Space pane 9 Click Add to SPAN 10 The following window is displayed Click Next ...

Page 98: ...size as shown in the table below Set each item in the following value to the recommended value unless otherwise specified NOTICE You need connect the AC cables of the system unit to a UPS when you use the RAID controller without cache backup module and set Write Policy to Always Write Back Otherwise the data corruption may result when blackout or momentary loss of power occurs ...

Page 99: ...ng the background initialization No background initializing valid Yes background initializing invalid Select Size4 Size of a disk array Entering the maximum capacity value minimum allowable value 64 KB Notes 1 If you add a virtual drive to the already existing Drive Group you can not change the RAID level 2 If you use the RAID controller without cache backup module use this item with the default s...

Page 100: ...er disk array size than the maximum capacity Unacceptable size is displayed on the window and all the setting items are initialized You need to reset all items to the correct size 12 Click Accept 13 The following window is displayed Click Yes When you specify Write Through to Write Policy When you specify Always Write Back to Write Policy When you specify Write Back With BBU to Write Policy ...

Page 101: ...7 Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 14 The following window is displayed Click Next The following window is displayed before above window is displayed When you specify Write Back With BBU to Write Policy Click Yes ...

Page 102: ...the settings and then click Accept If the settings are wrong click Back and return to the step 11 16 The following window is displayed Click Yes 17 The following window is displayed Click No The window returns to the main menu 18 Initialize the created virtual drive See Initializing virtual drive on page 2 49 ...

Page 103: ...tual drive for RAID 10 The following table shows the number of required physical drives Table 2 16 Number of disks required RAID level Number of drives required RAID 10 Four six or eight 1 Click Configuration Wizard in the main menu 2 The following window is displayed Click New Configuration or Add Configuration box and then click Next ...

Page 104: ...guration should be selected when you want to keep the data in existing disk arrays and to build disk arrays using additional disks If you click New Configuration you lose the data in the existing disk arrays This should be selected when you discard the data in the existing disk array and build a new one If you click New Configuration the following window is displayed first Click Yes to build new d...

Page 105: ...ves pane for building virtual drive If you build a new virtual drive select two physical drives If you add a virtual drive to the already existing Drive Group select nothing and go to the step 7 You can select only a drive which status is Unconfigured Good unused To select multiple drives click the drives while pressing Ctrl key ...

Page 106: ...ne that is displayed in the Drive Groups pane To release a physical drive from Online select the drive and click Reclaim 6 Click Accept DG 7 The following window is displayed If you build a new virtual drive repeat the steps 4 5 and 6 until you select all the physical drives used for RAID 10 And then click Next If you add a virtual drive to the already existing Drive Group click Next ...

Page 107: ...Array With Free Space pane If you add a virtual drive to the already existing Drive Group select that from the pull down menu in the Array With Free Space pane 9 Click Add to SPAN If you add a virtual drive to the already existing Drive Group select either one of the Drive Group and then click Add to SPAN Then all the currently building Drive Groups are selected 10 The following window is displaye...

Page 108: ... policy and virtual drive size as shown in the table below Set each item in the following value to the recommended value unless otherwise specified NOTICE You need connect the AC cables of the system unit to a UPS when you use the RAID controller without cache backup module and set Write Policy to Always Write Back Otherwise the data corruption may result when blackout or momentary loss of power o...

Page 109: ...ize3 Size of a disk array Entering the maximum capacity value minimum allowable value 64 KB Notes 1 If you use the RAID controller without cache backup module use this item with the default setting when installing an OS Even if the system unit is connected to a UPS the install may not finish normally 2 Change from the default value to the recommended value 3 When you configure Select Size check th...

Page 110: ...e 12 Click Accept 13 The following window is displayed Click Yes When you specify Write Through to Write Policy When you specify Always Write Back to Write Policy When you specify Write Back With BBU to Write Policy 14 The following window is displayed Click Next ...

Page 111: ...played before above window is displayed when you specify Write Back With BBU to Write Policy Click Yes 15 The following window is displayed Confirm the settings and then click Accept If the settings are wrong click Back and return to the step 11 16 The following window is displayed Click Yes ...

Page 112: ...WebBIOS Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 17 The following window is displayed Click No The window returns to the main menu 18 Initialize the created virtual drive See Initializing virtual drive on page 2 49 ...

Page 113: ...s initialized all data in those physical drives including the virtual drive information is lost Backup your required data before initializing a virtual drive Do not perform initialization when consistency check is under operating for other virtual drive on the same Drive Group Otherwise consistency check and initialization may not operate properly 1 Click Virtual Drives in the main menu ...

Page 114: ...indow is displayed In the list of virtual drives displayed in the upper right pane click a virtual drive configuration to be initialized 3 Click Slow Initialize Go 4 The following window is displayed Click Yes 5 The following progress of initialization in the left pane is displayed ...

Page 115: ...y 60 minutes 600 GB SAS 2 5 inch type HDD Approximately 80 minutes 900 GB SAS 2 5 inch type HDD Approximately 120 minutes 1 2 TB SATA2 2 5 inch type HDD Approximately 160 minutes 500 GB SATA2 2 5 inch type HDD Approximately 670 minutes 1 TB SATA2 2 5 inch type HDD Approximately 1340 minutes 100 GB SATA2 2 5 inch type SSD Approximately 10 minutes 200 GB SATA2 2 5 inch type SSD Approximately 20 minu...

Page 116: ...l drive NOTICE When a virtual drive is deleted all data in those physical drives including the virtual drive information is lost Backup your required data before deleting a virtual drive Deleting all virtual drives simultaneously 1 Click Configuration Wizard in the main menu 2 The following window is displayed Click Clear Configuration Next ...

Page 117: ...MegaRAID WebBIOS 2 53 Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 3 The following window is displayed Click Yes ...

Page 118: ...ive is supported only If you want to delete an older virtual drive delete virtual drives in the reverse order starting at the last build virtual drive and ending at the virtual drive you want to delete 1 Click Virtual Drives in the main menu 2 The following window is displayed From the list displayed in the upper right pane click a virtual drive to be deleted Then click Properties Go ...

Page 119: ...MegaRAID WebBIOS 2 55 Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 3 The following window is displayed Click Delete Go in the Operations pane 4 The following window is displayed Click Yes ...

Page 120: ...AID Storage Manage Instruction Manual contained in the DriverKit Manual CD ROM for how to check the consistency from the MegaRAID Storage Manager Do not perform consistency check when initialization is under operating for other virtual drive on the same Drive Group Otherwise initialization and consistency check may not operate properly You can perform consistency check only for RAID 1 5 6 and 10 1...

Page 121: ... Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 2 The following window is displayed From the list displayed in the upper right pane click a virtual drive to be checked the consistency and then check Properties Go 3 The following window is displayed Click CC Go ...

Page 122: ...ack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 4 The progress of consistency check is displayed in the following Operations pane 5 Wait until the processing is completed to 100 6 When the consistency check is completed to 100 click Home to return to the main menu ...

Page 123: ...hi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide Changing the order of booting virtual drives Do not change the settings of this menu items This function is not supported by Hitachi Compute Rack System Use defaults setting for all the items ...

Page 124: ... drive Choose the type as required Before you make a hot spares you need to build a virtual drive with redundancy RAID 1 5 6 10 For the disk array configured with HDDs install HDD as reserve drive for the disk array configured with SSDs install SSD as reserve drive Other type of disk array cannot be configured as reserve drive 1 Click the physical drive you want to use as a hot spare from the list...

Page 125: ...yed If you set the drive as global hot spare check Make Global HSP If you set the drive as dedicated hot spare click the logical drive to be protected in the upper right pane and then check Dedicated HSP 3 Check Make Global HSP or Make Dedicated HSP and then click Go The drive is set as hot spare ...

Page 126: ... spares This section describes a procedure of remove a hot spare 1 Click the physical drive used as a hot spare from the list in the Logical View Physical View in the main menu 2 The following window is displayed Check Remove HOTSPARE and then click Go The hot spare is removed ...

Page 127: ...ant disk array configuration Usually rebuilding will work automatically after you replace the failed disk in hot plug Also if you set up hot spares rebuilding will work automatically The following is a procedure of manual rebuilding in case that rebuilding doesn t work automatically by some reason 1 Click Drives in the main menu 2 The following window is displayed Click a disk status is Offline an...

Page 128: ...nutes 292 GB SAS 146 GB 2 5 inch type HDD 3 Approximately 16 minutes 1 TB SATA2 500 GB 2 5 inch type HDD 3 Approximately 60 minutes RAID 5 200 GB SATA2 100 GB 2 5 inch type SSD 3 Approximately 10 minutes 292 GB SAS 146 GB 2 5 inch type HDD 4 Approximately 16 minutes 1 TB SATA2 500 GB 2 5 inch type HDD 4 Approximately 60 minutes RAID 6 200 GB SATA2 100 GB 2 5 inch type SSD 4 Approximately 10 minute...

Page 129: ...m MegaRAID Storage Manager See MegaRAID Storage Manage Instruction Manual contained in the DriverKit Manual CD ROM You cannot cancel adding capacity to a virtual drive in the middle If multiple virtual drives reside on the same Drive Group or if all the capacity of the Drive Group has not been used up capacity expansion is not supported In order to add capacity you need to have physical drives wit...

Page 130: ...ute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 2 The following window is displayed From the list displayed in the upper right pane click a virtual drive to add capacity and then check Properties Go 3 The following window is displayed Click Adv Opers Go ...

Page 131: ... following window is displayed Check Change RAID Level and Add Drive select the physical drives used for adding capacity from the list below and then click Go To select multiple drives click the drives while pressing Ctrl key 5 The following window is displayed Click Yes ...

Page 132: ... MegaRAID WebBIOS Hitachi Compute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 6 The following window is displayed Click VD Progress Info 7 The progress of adding capacity is displayed in the left pane of the following window ...

Page 133: ...300 GB SATA2 100 GB 2 5 inch type SSD 3 Approximately 60 minutes 292 GB SAS 146 GB 2 5 inch type HDD 3 Approximately 80 minutes 1 TB SATA2 500 GB 2 5 inch type HDD 3 Approximately 480 minutes RAID 5 200 GB SATA2 100 GB 2 5 inch type SSD 3 Approximately 45 minutes 292 GB SAS 146 GB 2 5 inch type HDD 4 Approximately 80 minutes 1 TB SATA2 500 GB 2 5 inch type HDD 4 Approximately 580 minutes RAID 6 20...

Page 134: ... Write Policy to Always Write Back Otherwise the data corruption may result when blackout or momentary loss of power occurs If you use the RAID controller without cache backup module use Write Through setting when installing an OS Even if the system unit is connected to a UPS the install may not finish normally If you use the RAID controller with cache backup module use only Write Back With BBU se...

Page 135: ...roperties Go 3 The following window is displayed Select the write policy from Default Write displayed in the Policies pane The setting is shown in the following table Table 2 20 Default Write settings Setting Description Always Write Back Write cache is enabled Write Through Write cache is disabled Write Back With BBU Write cache is enabled only when a cache backup module is connected to the RAID ...

Page 136: ...s displayed Click Yes When you specify Write Through to Default Write When you specify Always Write Back to Default Write When you specify Write Back With BBU to Default Write The following window is displayed after above window is displayed when you specify Write Back With BBU to Default Write Click Yes ...

Page 137: ...ute Rack 210H 220H BIOS Guide 6 Click Home to return to the main menu You need to configure the write policy for each of the virtual drives If one or more virtual drives are build configure the write policy for all of the virtual drives ...

Page 138: ...RAID controller configuration Difference in configuration between disks may be caused by the following conditions Table2 22 Conditions to generate foreign configuration Conditions to generate foreign configuration A disk failed and could not be recognized Then the disk has been restored to be recognized 1 If the following window is displayed when starting the MegaRAID WebBIOS click Preview ...

Page 139: ... correct click Import If the displayed configuration is incorrect click Cancel to return the windows on the step 1 and then click Clear When you click Clear Previous foreign configuration will be lost Do you want to proceed is displayed Then click Yes The previous foreign configuration is eliminated ...

Page 140: ...BIOS 1 Return to the main menu 2 From the main menu click Exit The Exit Confirmation window is displayed 3 Click Yes Clicking No returns window to the main menu 4 In response to the following message powers off the system unit or restart the system unit by pressing Ctrl Alt Delete keys ...

Page 141: ...s inoperable because of either failures in multiple drive s in a redundant disk array or a failure in a drive in a non redundant disk array Status of the physical drive Table 2 24 Status of the disk Status Description Online Normal Offline Failed A fault has occurred The physical drive is separated from the disk array due to a failure Rebuild Rebuilding is underway Global Hot Spare The physical dr...

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