NOTE:
– For a disabled PERC, none of the other options Reset Configuration, Export TTY Log, Discard Pinned Cache, and
Disable RAID Controller are available in the drop-down menu.
– By default the two integrated shared storage adapters are detected with high availability mode.
– You must enable
Fault Tolerance mode
on the external shared controller after it is cabled.
–
Enable Fault Tolerance
and
Disable Fault Tolerance
are displayed only for the External Shared PERC 8 cards. The
default mode of the External Shared PERC 8 cards is the non-fault-tolerant mode.
NOTE: Enabling or disabling a peer controller initiates a chassis power cycle. The changes are reflected only after the
power cycle is complete.
Enabling or Disabling RAID Controller Using RACADM
To enable a peer controller using RACADM, open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC, log in, and enter:
racadm raid enableperc:<AdapterFQDD>
To disable a peer controller, enter:
racadm raid disableperc:<AdapterFQDD>
NOTE: For more information on this feature using the RACADM interface see the
RACADM Command Line Reference
Guide for iDRAC and CMC
.
Enabling or disabling fault tolerance of external RAID controller using
RACADM
To enable the fault tolerance:
racadm raid controllers: <FQDD of External Shared PERC8> -p HighAvailabilityMode ha
To disable the fault tolerance:
racadm raid set controllers: <FQDD of External Shared PERC8> -p HighAvailabilityMode None
Viewing Physical Disk Properties Using the CMC Web Interface
Make sure that physical disks are installed on the chassis.
To view the properties of physical disk drives:
1.
In the left pane, go to
Chassis Overview
→
Storage
→
Physical Disks
.
The
Properties
page is displayed.
2.
To view properties of all the physical disk drives, under the
Physical Disks
section, click the
.
NOTE: The following attributes are displayed for fault-tolerant mode of integrated shared adapters:
•
Active controller — Shared PERC8 (Integrated 1)
•
Redundant/Failover controller — Shared PERC8 (Integrated 2)
The following attributes are displayed for fault-tolerant mode of external shared adapters:
•
Active controller — Shared PERC8 (SPERC Slot 5)
•
Redundant/Failover controller — Shared PERC8 (SPERC Slot 6)
You can also use the following filters to view specific physical disk drive's properties:
•
Under the
Basic Physical Disks Filter
option , from the
Group By
drop-down menu, select
Virtual Disk
,
Controller
, or
Enclosure
, and then click
Apply
.
•
Click
Advanced Filter
, select the values for various attributes, and then click
Apply
.
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