Installing ENCS-MRAID Drivers for NFVIS
NFVIS 3.6.1 already includes the required drivers and there is no need to install additional driver for this
RAID controller.
RAID Configuration
RAID configuration is done through CIMC Web GUI unless specified otherwise. Though ENCS-MRAID
controller can support multiple RAID modes, the physical limitation of ENCS chassis (two physical drives)
restrict ENCS-MRAID controller only supporting JBOD and RAID-1 modes under NFVIS 3.6.1.
JBOD Mode
When a brand new drive is inserted, the drive’s status is either
Unconfigured Good
or
JBOD
. If drive is in
Unconfigured Good
status, use the following steps to enable JBOD mode:
Procedure
Purpose
Command or Action
Log into CIMC.
Step 1
choose
Storage
tab on the left pane.
Step 2
Choose
Physical Drive Info
tab in middle pane.
Step 3
Highlight the drive which is in
Unconfigured Good
status.
Step 4
Click
Set State as JBOD
in the
Actions
field.
Step 5
Reboot NFVIS to use the new installed drive.
Step 6
For existing ENCS with external drives inserted but no RAID card installed, the drives will be set to JBOD
mode without further configuration after RAID card installed..
RAID-1 Mode
After both drives are in
Unconfigured Good
state, use the following steps to create virtual disk (under
WebGUI):
Before you begin
To enable RAID-1 virtual disk on ENCS, refer to
Mixing Drives Types in RAID Groups
for hard drive
compatibility and best practice for performance. Before creating virtual disk, both drives must be in
Unconfigured Good
status. If drive is on other status, use CIMC Web GUI/CLI and do the following:
• If disk is in JBOD state: go to
Storage
tab >
Physical Drive Info
tab, choose
Set State as Unconfigured
Good
link for this drive.
• If disk is in
Foreign Config
state, go to
Storage
tab >
Controller Info
tab, choose
Clear Foreign Config
in
Action
field.
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Installing ENCS-MRAID Drivers for NFVIS
