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b. Select the physical drive that you want to designate as the hot-spare drive,
and click the icon to add the drive.
7. Click Next . The “Configuration summary” window opens.
8. Review the information in the “Configuration summary” window. To change the
configuration, click Back .
9. Click Apply ; when you are asked whether you want to apply the new
configuration, click Yes . The configuration is saved in the controller and in the
physical drives.
10. Exit from ServeRAID Manager and remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive.
11. Restart the server.
Viewing the configuration
You can use ServeRAID Manager to view information about RAID controllers and
the RAID subsystem (such as arrays, logical drives, hot-spare drives, and physical
drives). When you click an object in the ServeRAID Manager tree, information about
that object appears in the right pane. To display a list of available actions for an
object, click the object and click Actions .
Using the Scalable Partition Web Interface
The Scalable Partition Web Interface is an extension of the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II SlimLine Web Interface and is used to create, delete, control, and view
scalable partitions. The Scalable Partition Web Interface is in the Remote
Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine integrated service processor.
The scalable partition defines a multi-node configuration, which interconnects two,
four, or eight servers. The multi-node configuration provides the function to
individually power-on and power-off each node. The multi-node configuration uses a
single, contiguous memory space and provides access to all associated adapters.
Each scalable system can have one or more scalable partitions.
Before you create or delete scalable partitions, read the following information:
v
A Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine must be installed in all nodes that are
to become part of a scalable partition.
v All of the service processors must be connected to an Ethernet network through
the SP connector on the rear of the node. This connection is needed so that the
service processors can communicate with and manage scalable partitions.
v
Make sure that all nodes in the multi-node configuration have the current level of
BIOS code, SAS BIOS code, service processor firmware, BMC firmware, and
CPLD firmware. The code and firmware levels must be the same for all nodes.
v
When you set up the nodes for scalable partitions for the first time, you must first
log on and configure the service processor in each node.
v PCI slot numbering starts with the primary node and continues with the
secondary nodes, in numeric order of the logical node IDs.
Creating a scalable partition
To create a scalable partition, complete the following steps:
1. Make sure that the service processor on each node is configured and
connected to the network. See the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and
Remote Supervisor Adapter II User’s Guide for more information.
Chapter 3. Configuring the server
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