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Figure 47 Erasing drives 

 

 

Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode 

This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a storage controller in legacy mode. 
For more information about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to legacy, see the BIOS 
user guide for the server. 

RAID array configuration tasks at a glance 

To configure a RAID array in legacy mode, perform the following tasks: 

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Accessing the storage controller configuration screen 

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Switching the operating mode 

•

 

Configuring a RAID array 

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(Optional.) 

Configuring hot spare drives

 

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(Optional.) 

Configuring the primary boot drives

 

•

 

(Optional.) 

Deleting a RAID array

 

•

 

(Optional.) 

Scanning drives and viewing drive information

 

•

 

(Optional.) 

Locating drives

 

•

 

(Optional.) 

Clearing storage controller settings

 

Accessing the storage controller configuration screen 

During server POST as shown in 

Figure 48

, press 

Ctrl+A

. 

Содержание UniServer B5700 G3

Страница 1: ...H3C Servers Storage Controller User Guide New H3C Technologies Co Ltd http www h3c com Document version 6W107 20220725...

Страница 2: ...New 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 notic...

Страница 3: ...equired syntax choices 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 6: ...G 1Rx8 R S which have different suffixes Storage controllers provide powerful I O transmission and bandwidth processing capabilities and support various RAID expansions to improve system performance W...

Страница 7: ...all RAID configuration scenarios H3C Servers Storage Controllers User Guide Configure RAID simultaneously when the OS is installed from the iFIST interface Yes Applicable to the scenario where iFIST...

Страница 8: ...he following scenarios Use ARCCONF Command Line Utility to configure RAID with a PMC storage controller Use StorCLI to configure RAID with an LSI storage controller Use Intel VROC 6 0 PV GUI to config...

Страница 9: ...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...

Страница 10: ...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...

Страница 11: ...he RAID capacity If needed the level of the RAID array can be migrated to accommodate the newly added drives Applicable scenarios You can perform RAID capacity expansion when the current RAID capacity...

Страница 12: ...nformation clearing on drives About RAID information clearing If a drive is hot swapped RAID information remains on the drive You must clear RAID information on the drive before you configure the driv...

Страница 13: ...annot 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...

Страница 14: ...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 feature Drive scanning...

Страница 15: ...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...

Страница 16: ...the server Applicable scenarios You can use this feature to replace drives without powering off the server RAID creation with NVMe drives About RAID creation with NVMe drives You can use Intel VROC or...

Страница 17: ...n configure RAID in both UEFI mode and legacy mode Features Operating modes The RAID controller supports the following operating modes AHCI mode This is the default mode In this mode all physical driv...

Страница 18: ...affected and maintenance complexities will increase Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through an embedded RSTe RAID controller in UEFI mode For...

Страница 19: ...Enter For G5 servers the Platform Configuration options are in the Advanced menu Figure 2 Platform Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 3 select PCH SATA Configuration or PCH sSATA...

Страница 20: ...mation about setting the operating mode for an embedded RSTe RAID controller see Features Figure 4 Modifying the storage controller operating mode 5 After the configuration is complete press F4 On the...

Страница 21: ...roller and press Enter NOTE For the Intel R VROC SATA Controller or Intel R VROC sSATA Controller option to appear on the screen shown in Figure 5 make sure the SATA or sSATA controller has been confi...

Страница 22: ...er The Create RAID Volume option is available only when the interface corresponding to the SATA or sSATA controller connects to two or more drives Figure 7 Selecting Create RAID Volume 2 On the screen...

Страница 23: ...rives are displayed under Select Disks Press Enter to select drives X indicates that the corresponding drive has been selected Strip Size Stripe size which determines the size of the data block that c...

Страница 24: ...l is degraded due to drive failures hot spare drives replace the failed drives automatically The system starts RAID rebuilding automatically after accessing the OS 1 On the RSTe configuration screen a...

Страница 25: ...drive 3 On the following screen that opens select Yes and press Enter Figure 12 Confirming the hot spare configuration Deleting RAID arrays 1 On the RSTe configuration screen as shown in Figure 13 se...

Страница 26: ...e screen as shown in Figure 14 select Delete and press Enter to delete the selected RAID volume Figure 14 RAID volume information screen Locating a drive 1 On the RSTe configuration screen as shown in...

Страница 27: ...the user guide for the server Figure 16 Locating a logical drive Initializing a logical drive The embedded RAID controller automatically initializes the RAID after RAID configuration After initializa...

Страница 28: ...Setting the RSTe operating mode Accessing the RSTe configuration screen Configuring RAID arrays Optional Configuring hot spare drives Optional Deleting RAID arrays Setting the RSTe operating mode 1 A...

Страница 29: ...ng the RSTe configuration screen This section describes how to access the legacy BIOS configuration screen To enter the RSTe configuration screen make sure a minimum of one embedded RSTe RAID controll...

Страница 30: ...e sSATA controller and SATA controller Select a controller according to the drives to be configured for a RAID array The RSTe configuration screen as shown in Figure 21 opens Table 3 describes the con...

Страница 31: ...t existing RAID arrays and physical drives Configuring RAID arrays 1 On the RSTe configuration screen as shown in Figure 22 select Create RAID Volume and press Enter Figure 22 RSTe configuration scree...

Страница 32: ...for the RAID array To select a drive select Disks press Enter navigate to the drive and then press the space bar Strip Size Stripe size which determines the size of the data block that can be written...

Страница 33: ...RAID rebuilding automatically after accessing the OS 1 On the RSTe configuration screen select Mark Disks as Spare and press Enter Figure 25 RSTe configuration screen 2 Select a drive for hot spare pr...

Страница 34: ...leting RAID arrays 1 On the RSTe configuration screen as shown in Figure 28 select Delete RAID Volume and press Enter Figure 28 RSTe configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 29 select t...

Страница 35: ...19 Figure 29 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted...

Страница 36: ...cations of NVMe VROC modules supported by the server For more information contact Technical Support Table 1 NVMe VROC module specifications Model Description RAID levels N A No NVMe VROC module instal...

Страница 37: ...ill increase Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through an embedded RSTe RAID controller in UEFI mode For more information about how to enter the...

Страница 38: ...e 2 select Socket Configuration IIO Configuration and press Enter For G5 servers the Socket Configuration options are in the Advanced menu Figure 2 Socket Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown...

Страница 39: ...s Enter This section takes processor 1 as an example Figure 4 Intel VMD technology screen 5 For G3 servers only On the screen as shown in Figure 5 set each Intel VMD for Volume Management Device for P...

Страница 40: ...s Intel VMD the volume management device for PStackX The screen displays items for further configuration if you set the item to Enabled Auto Enables Intel VMD automatically when a device is detected f...

Страница 41: ...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...

Страница 42: ...he VMD controllers have been enabled For how to enable VMD controllers see Configuring VMD settings Figure 7 Advanced screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 8 select All Intel VMD Controllers and t...

Страница 43: ...able only when the NVMe VROC module identifies that a minimum of two non RAID NVMe drives are present Figure 10 Selecting Create RAID Volume 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 11 set the Name RAID Lev...

Страница 44: ...hich determines the size of the data block that can be written into a stripe on each drive Select Disks Select member drives for the RAID array Available drives are displayed under Select Disks Press...

Страница 45: ...rives 1 On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 13 select the drive to be configured as a spare drive and press Enter Figure 13 Selecting the drive to be configured as a spare drive 2 On t...

Страница 46: ...screen as shown in Figure 15 select Yes and press Enter Figure 15 Confirming the spare drive configuration Deleting RAID arrays 1 On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 16 select the RAI...

Страница 47: ...Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 17 select Delete and press Enter Figure 17 RAID volume information screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 15 select Yes an...

Страница 48: ...drive 1 On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 16 select the RAID volume to be located under RAID Volumes and press Enter Figure 19 Selecting the NVMe drive to be located 2 On the screen...

Страница 49: ...NVMe RAID configuration screen Configuring RAID arrays Optional Configuring hot spare drives Optional Deleting RAID arrays Configuring VMD settings For information about how to configure VMD settings...

Страница 50: ...rsion field might vary by server model Figure 21 Verifying VMD status Configuring RAID arrays Prerequisites Make sure the number of NVMe drives meets the requirements for RAID configuration Execute th...

Страница 51: ...ute the mdadm C dev md0 dev md imsm0 n 4 l 5 z 10G command to create a container as shown in Figure 24 Table 6 describes the parameters Figure 24 Creating a RAID array Table 7 Configuration parameters...

Страница 52: ...ev nvme 1 3 n1 n 3 e imsm command to create a container as shown in Figure 26 The number of NVMe drives for creating the container is n 1 This section takes 3 as an example Figure 26 Creating a contai...

Страница 53: ...ve RAID information on NVMe drives as shown in Figure 29 Figure 29 Deleting a RAID array Configuring RAID arrays in Windows RAID array configuration tasks at a glance To configure RAID arrays in Windo...

Страница 54: ...ess Controller or none for NVMe drive information in the Storage controllers section For information about how to enable VMD for RAID configuration see Configuring VMD settings Figure 30 Verifying VMD...

Страница 55: ...d a RAID level and then click Next as shown in Figure 23 Figure 32 Selecting a controller and a RAID level 3 Edit the RAID array name select NVMe drives and select whether to enable VMD controller spa...

Страница 56: ...21 Figure 33 Editing RAID settings 4 Click the Create Volume button as shown in Figure 34 Figure 34 Confirming RAID creation 5 Click OK to complete the RAID creation...

Страница 57: ...RAID volume The right pane displays the details about a RAID volume including RAID level strip size RAID status and number of NVMe drives Figure 36 Viewing the created RAID volume Configuring hot spa...

Страница 58: ...es 3 In the dialog box that opens click Yes Figure 38 Confirming the configuration 4 Select the NVMe drive and verify that the drive has been configured as a hot spare drive successfully in the Disk P...

Страница 59: ...ion Deleting RAID arrays 1 Open Intel VROC 6 0 PV GUI 2 Select the RAID array to be deleted and then click Delete volume as shown in Figure 40 Figure 40 Deleting a RAID array 3 In the dialog box that...

Страница 60: ...25 Figure 41 Confirming the deletion 4 Verifying that the RAID array has been deleted by viewing the Volumes list as shown in Figure 42 Figure 42 Verifying the deletion...

Страница 61: ...re exposed as raw drives Physical drives without system partitions are configured as simple volumes Simple Volume mode In this mode only non redundant RAID arrays with the simple volume level each con...

Страница 62: ...ally replaces the failed drive and rebuilds the data of the failed drive The storage controller supports the following types of hot spare drives For more information about hot spare drive types see St...

Страница 63: ...tializing drives Configuring RAID arrays Optional Configuring hot spare drives Optional Deleting RAID arrays Optional Uninitializing drives Optional Locating drives Optional Erasing drives Optional Re...

Страница 64: ...setup screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 2 select Advanced PMC maxView Storage Manager and press Enter Figure 2 Advanced screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 3 select Scan For Controllers...

Страница 65: ...the screen as shown in Figure 4 select Controller 0 PM8060 RAID and press Enter Figure 4 Selecting Controller 0 PM8060 RAID 5 The storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 5 opens Thi...

Страница 66: ...o perform the following tasks Modify the storage controller operating mode View the storage controller configuration information Restore the default configuration for a storage controller Disk Utiliti...

Страница 67: ...oller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 7 select Controller Configuration and press Enter Figure 7 Controller Settings screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 8 select Controll...

Страница 68: ...ribes the storage controller operating modes Figure 9 Selecting a storage controller operating mode Table 3 Storage controller operating modes Operating mode Description RAID expose RAW All RAID funct...

Страница 69: ...system Simple Volume In this mode only non redundant RAID arrays with the simple volume level each contains only one drive can be created RAID arrays with other RAID levels cannot be created Before se...

Страница 70: ...e must be initialized before it can be used for creating a RAID array or configured as a hot spare drive To initialize drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 12 sel...

Страница 71: ...SUBMIT and press Enter Figure 14 Selecting drives 4 If the system prompts that the initiation will erase all array information from the selected drives and affect RAID arrays using these selected dri...

Страница 72: ...g RAID arrays 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 16 select Logical Device Configuration and press Enter Figure 16 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the scre...

Страница 73: ...the drive has been selected Then select PROCEED and press Enter A raw drive cannot be selected To configure a RAID array for the drive you must first initialize the drive For more information about in...

Страница 74: ...and Create RAID via parameters select SUBMIT and press Enter to create the array Table 4 describes the configuration parameters Figure 20 Setting RAID parameters Table 4 Configuration parameters Para...

Страница 75: ...s created Skip Init Establishes the RAID relationship immediately after the RAID array is created without clearing the data Build Verify Verifies the data for the drives after the RAID array is create...

Страница 76: ...out the RAID array including the RAID array name RAID level and member drives as shown in Figure 23 Figure 23 RAID array information screen Configuring hot spare drives After configuring a RAID array...

Страница 77: ...re 24 select Logical Device Configuration and press Enter Figure 24 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 25 select Global Hotspares and press Enter Figure 25 Logi...

Страница 78: ...ure 27 select the drives to be configured as global hot spare drives Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select ADD and press Enter to configure the global hot spare...

Страница 79: ...n the screen as shown in Figure 28 select the RAID array for which you want to configure dedicated hot spare drives and press Enter Figure 28 Selecting a RAID array 3 On the screen as shown in Figure...

Страница 80: ...spare drives Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select ADD and press Enter to configure the dedicated hot spare drives Figure 31 Selecting drives Deleting RAID array...

Страница 81: ...configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 33 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 33 Logical Device Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 34 select the RAID arra...

Страница 82: ...y to be deleted 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 35 select Delete Array and press Enter Figure 35 Selecting Delete Array 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 36 select PROCEED or SUBMIT and press Ente...

Страница 83: ...rtitions After a drive in Ready state is uninitialized it returns to the raw state To uninitialize drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 37 select Logical Device C...

Страница 84: ...rives to be uninitialized Enabled following a drive means the drive has been selected Then select SUBMIT and press Enter to uninitialize the drives Figure 39 Selecting drives Locating drives 1 On the...

Страница 85: ...n the screen as shown in Figure 41 select the drive to be operated and press Enter Figure 41 Selecting a drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 42 select an operation Identify Drive in this example...

Страница 86: ...he drive Identify Drive Locate the drive With this operation performed for a drive the Fault UID LED on the drive backplane turns steady blue Write Cache Set the write cache for the drive 4 On the scr...

Страница 87: ...rive failure do not perform any other operations during the drive erasing process To erase drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 44 select Logical Device Configura...

Страница 88: ...46 select the drives to be erased Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select SUBMIT and press Enter Figure 46 Selecting the drives to be erased 4 On the screen as sh...

Страница 89: ...storage controller 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 48 select Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 48 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen...

Страница 90: ...the LED lighting policy After the storage controller configuration is restored to the default the LED lighting policy becomes IBPI which causes the LED to operate abnormally You must set the LED light...

Страница 91: ...ng the storage controller firmware online 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 52 select Administration and press Enter Figure 52 Storage controller configuration screen...

Страница 92: ...reen as shown in Figure 54 select the device where the update file resides fs1 in this example and press Enter Figure 54 Selecting the device where the update file resides 4 On the screen as shown in...

Страница 93: ...he update is complete press F4 On the dialog box that opens select Yes to reboot the device and make the update take effect Enabling RAID rebuilding If hot spare drives are not configured you can perf...

Страница 94: ...onfiguration screen as shown in Figure 57 select Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 57 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 58 select Controller Configura...

Страница 95: ...the RAID P430 M1 and RAID P430 M2 storage controllers only by using ARCCONF commands For more information contact Technical Support Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode This section describes how t...

Страница 96: ...ves Optional Locating drives Optional Modifying storage controller settings Accessing the PMC RAID management screen 1 During server POST press Ctrl A when the screen as shown in Figure 60 opens Figur...

Страница 97: ...ens and modify settings see the operation instructions at the bottom Figure 62 PMC RAID management screen Table 6 Configuration tasks Option Description Logical Device Configuration Select Logical Dev...

Страница 98: ...Utilities Select Disk Utilities to perform the following tasks Format drives Locate physical drives Switching the storage controller operating mode 1 On the PMC RAID management screen as shown in Figu...

Страница 99: ...ge controller operating modes and press Enter Figure 66 Selecting a storage controller operating mode Table 7 Storage controller operating modes Operating mode Description RAID expose RAW All RAID fun...

Страница 100: ...the simple volume level each contains only one drive can be created RAID arrays with other RAID levels cannot be created Before setting this mode you must delete all RAID arrays and hot spare drives...

Страница 101: ...ion A raw drive must be initialized before it is used for creating a RAID array or configured as a hot spare drive To initialize drives 1 On the PMC RAID management screen as shown in Figure 69 select...

Страница 102: ...rive that you want to initialize and press Insert to select the drive Repeat this step to select more drives Then press Enter Figure 71 Selecting and initializing drives Configuring RAID arrays 1 On t...

Страница 103: ...e 73 select Create Array and press Enter Figure 73 Logical Device Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 74 navigate to the drive to be configured for a RAID array and press Insert to...

Страница 104: ...te RAID via parameters select Done and press Enter Table 8 describes the parameters Figure 75 Setting RAID parameters Table 8 Configuration parameters Parameter Description Array Type Select a RAID le...

Страница 105: ...Create RAID via Select a method for initializing the RAID array 5 After the RAID array is created select Manage Arrays and press Enter on the screen as shown in Figure 76 Figure 76 Selecting Manage Ar...

Страница 106: ...guring a logical drive as the first boot option Only a logical drive in Optimal state can be configured as the first boot option To configure a logical drive as the first boot option 1 On the PMC RAID...

Страница 107: ...boot option Only a raw physical drive can be configured as the first boot option To configure a physical drive in any other state as the first boot option you must first perform the Uninitializing dr...

Страница 108: ...d press Enter Figure 81 Logical Device Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 82 navigate to the drive to be used as the boot device press Insert to select the drive and press Enter F...

Страница 109: ...screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 84 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 84 Logical Device Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 85 select the RAID array to be delet...

Страница 110: ...RAID hide RAW RAID expose RAW Auto Volume or Simple Volume Perform this task to clear data Adaptec metadata and reserved space on drives and remove the system partitions After a drive in Ready state...

Страница 111: ...eat this step to select more drives Then press Enter to uninitialize the selected drives Figure 87 Selecting and uninitializing drives Erasing drives CAUTION To avoid data loss do not enter the operat...

Страница 112: ...RAID management screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 89 select Secure Erase Drives and press Enter Figure 89 Logical Device Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 90 navigate to...

Страница 113: ...the PMC RAID management screen as shown in Figure 91 select Disk Utilities and press Enter Figure 91 PMC RAID management screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 92 you can view the drive information...

Страница 114: ...rating the drive Modifying storage controller settings Perform this task to view the storage controller configuration information restore the default configuration for the storage controller and modif...

Страница 115: ...ttings screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 96 you can view or modify the basic configuration information for the storage controller Press F6 to restore the default configuration for the storage...

Страница 116: ...56 Figure 96 Controller Configuration screen...

Страница 117: ...is changed To resolve the issue re install the operating system If the issue persists contact Technical Support If the storage controller has RAID configuration you must clear RAID configuration befor...

Страница 118: ...how to configure 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...

Страница 119: ...setup screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 2 select Advanced Adaptec Smart IOC 8i and press Enter Figure 2 Selecting Adaptec Smart IOC 8i The storage controller configuration screen as shown in...

Страница 120: ...ating mode 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 4 select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 4 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen a...

Страница 121: ...drive backplane you can set different modes for connector CN0 and connector CN1 If the storage controller connects to an expander module specify the same operating mode for connector CN0 and connector...

Страница 122: ...ring a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 8 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 8 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as s...

Страница 123: ...ect the target drives Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Proceed to next Form and press Enter Figure 10 Selecting the target drives 4 On the screen as shown i...

Страница 124: ...ack Size Unit Size SSD Over Provisioning Optimization and Acceleration Method Then select Submit Changes and press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 12 Conf...

Страница 125: ...leration method 6 After creating the RAID array select Array Configuration Manage Arrays and press Enter On the screen as shown in Figure 13 select the RAID array you want to view and press Enter Figu...

Страница 126: ...ls and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 15 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring hot spare drives 1 On t...

Страница 127: ...troller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 17 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 17 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 18 select the target RAI...

Страница 128: ...t Manage Spare Drives and press Enter Figure 19 Selecting Manage Spare Drives 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 20 select Assign Dedicated Spare for specifying hot spare drives for the specified arra...

Страница 129: ...lecting the target drive Deleting a RAID array This task allows you to delete a RAID array and the logical drives contained in it NOTE Deleting logical drives in the middle of a RAID array might cause...

Страница 130: ...cal drives in the middle wait for all the logical drives to enter normal state before executing any other operations To delete a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in...

Страница 131: ...On the screen as shown in Figure 25 select Delete Array and press Enter Figure 25 Selecting Delete Array Scanning drives and viewing drive information 1 On the storage controller configuration screen...

Страница 132: ...an see information for all available drives Figure 27 Drive information Locating drives 1 Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 27 and press Enter 2 On the screen as shown in Figure...

Страница 133: ...r configuration screen as shown in Figure 29 select Controller Information and press Enter Figure 29 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 30 you can see basic inf...

Страница 134: ...scription Parameter Description Controller Storage controller model Hardware Revision Hardware version Viewing and modifying storage controller settings 1 On the storage controller configuration scree...

Страница 135: ...elect Modify Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 32 Controller Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 33 you can view and modify the basic storage controller settings If no log...

Страница 136: ...figuration information 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 34 select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 34 Storage controller configuration screen 2 O...

Страница 137: ...ion screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 36 select Delete All Arrays Configurations and press Enter Figure 36 Selecting Delete All Arrays Configurations 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 37 sele...

Страница 138: ...grade the SEEPROM contact Technical Support To upgrade the storage controller firmware online 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 38 select Administration and press Ent...

Страница 139: ...3 On the screen as shown in Figure 40 select Proceed to next Form and press Enter Figure 40 Selecting Proceed to next Form 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 41 select the target device where the upda...

Страница 140: ...device 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 42 select the update file suffixed with bin thor bin in this example and press Enter Figure 42 Selecting the update file 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 4...

Страница 141: ...ffect Erasing drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 44 select Disk Utilities and press Enter The system starts to scan all available drives Figure 44 Storage contr...

Страница 142: ...the drive to be erased 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 46 select Erase Disk and press Enter Figure 46 Erasing a drive 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 47 press Enter to start erasing After erasi...

Страница 143: ...To configure a RAID array in legacy mode perform the following tasks Accessing the storage controller configuration screen Switching the operating mode Configuring a RAID array Optional Configuring h...

Страница 144: ...u can view basic RAID status and version information on the storage controller configuration screen Figure 49 Storage controller configuration screen Switching the operating mode 1 On the storage cont...

Страница 145: ...n 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 51 select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter Figure 51 Configure Controller Settings screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 52 change the operating...

Страница 146: ...uring a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 53 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 53 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen a...

Страница 147: ...it Repeat this step to select more drives and then press Enter Figure 55 Selecting the target drives 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 56 set the values for RAID Level Logical Drive Name Stripe Size...

Страница 148: ...performance fault tolerance capability and logical drive capacity Logical Drive Name RAID array name Stripe Size Data block size for each drive Size Capacity of the logical drive Acceleration Method L...

Страница 149: ...legacy mode if a hot spare drive is configured for a RAID array the hot spare drive will not take effect on other RAID arrays To avoid this problem configure all RAID arrays and then add hot spare dri...

Страница 150: ...hown in Figure 61 select the target array and press Ctrl S Figure 61 Selecting the target array 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 62 navigate to a drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it...

Страница 151: ...he spare type select Done and then press Enter Figure 63 Selecting the spare type Configuring the primary boot drives Configuring physical drives as the primary boot drives 1 On the storage controller...

Страница 152: ...reen as shown in Figure 65 select Select Boot Device and press Enter Figure 65 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 66 navigate to a drive and press Ctrl P or Ctrl S to select...

Страница 153: ...ive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen select Array Configuration and press Enter 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 67 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 67 Array Configuration...

Страница 154: ...hown in Figure 69 press Ctrl P to configure the RAID array as the primary boot drive Figure 69 Configuring the primary boot drive Deleting a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen...

Страница 155: ...ation screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 71 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 71 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 72 select the target array press Enter a...

Страница 156: ...torage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 73 select Disk Utilities and press Enter The storage controller starts scanning all available drives Figure 73 Storage controller configuratio...

Страница 157: ...llowing operations Select Device Information and press Enter to view drive information Select Identify Drive and press Enter to locate the drive The Fault UID LED on the drive turns steady green Figur...

Страница 158: ...figuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 77 select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 77 Configure Controller Settings screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 78 you can v...

Страница 159: ...creen 4 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 78 are configurable b...

Страница 160: ...I 9460 8i 4G RAID LSI 9460 16i 4G RAID L460 M4 HBA H5408 Mf 8i RAID P5408 Mf 8i 4GB RAID P5408 Ma 8i 4GB RAID LSI 9560 LP 16i 8GB RAID LSI 9560 LP 8i 4GB HBA LSI 9540 LP 8i Features RAID levels The su...

Страница 161: ...es in the RAID If you use one physical drive to create multiple RAIDs RAID performance might decrease in addition to increased maintenance complexities Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This sectio...

Страница 162: ...Page screen opens and you must select Device Management before proceeding to the next step For how to navigate screens and modify settings see the operation instructions at the lower right corner Figu...

Страница 163: ...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...

Страница 164: ...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...

Страница 165: ...a hot spare drive JBOD JBOD online Just a Bunch Of Disks The drive is a passthrough or passthrough like drive and does not support RAID configuration The passthrough drive is in JBOD online state by...

Страница 166: ...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...

Страница 167: ...on is complete the screen as shown in Figure 9 opens Figure 9 Completing drive state switchover Configuring a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 10 select C...

Страница 168: ...tion screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 11 select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 11 Selecting Create Virtual Drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 12 select Select RAID Level to...

Страница 169: ...et the drive capacity source and then press Enter Unconfigured Capacity The capacity source is the unconfigured drives Free Capacity The capacity source is the remaining drive capacity Figure 13 Setti...

Страница 170: ...he drive has been selected Then select Apply Changes and press Enter A drive in JBOD or Unconfigured Bad status cannot be selected Figure 15 Selecting the target drives 7 On the screen as shown in Fig...

Страница 171: ...he No Read Ahead Write Through and Direct values setting the Read Ahead Write Back and Cached values can improve performance but at the cost of losing data consistency Write Policy Write cache policy...

Страница 172: ...e write process If this policy is used data will not get lost upon an unexpected power failure but the write performance will not as high as when drive caching is enabled Unchanged Uses the default dr...

Страница 173: ...guration 9 On the screen as shown in Figure 18 select OK to return to the storage controller configuration screen Figure 18 Completing RAID array configuration 10 Select Virtual Drive Management and p...

Страница 174: ...ee the created drives Select the drive you want to view and press Enter Figure 20 Virtual Drive Management screen 12 On the screen as shown in Figure 21 select View Associated Drives and press Enter Y...

Страница 175: ...rives NOTE A hot spare drive can be used only for RAID levels with redundancy The capacity of a hot spare drive must be equal to or greater than the capacity of the smallest drive in the RAID array On...

Страница 176: ...e screen as shown in Figure 23 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 23 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 24 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that a...

Страница 177: ...screen as shown in Figure 25 select Go and press Enter Figure 25 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 26 select Confirm and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Enabled and press...

Страница 178: ...is complete the screen as shown in Figure 27 opens Figure 27 Completing global hot spare drive configuration Configuring a dedicated hot spare drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen a...

Страница 179: ...screen as shown in Figure 29 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 29 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 30 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that ap...

Страница 180: ...Figure 31 select Go and press Enter Figure 31 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 32 select the drive you want to configure as the hot spare drive Enabled following the drive means that t...

Страница 181: ...he operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 33 opens Figure 33 Completing the operation Deleting a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 34 select V...

Страница 182: ...creen as shown in Figure 35 select the target virtual drive and press Enter Figure 35 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 36 select Operation and press Enter On the dial...

Страница 183: ...screen as shown in Figure 37 select Go and press Enter Figure 37 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 38 select Confirm and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Enabled and press...

Страница 184: ...in Figure 39 opens Figure 39 Completing the operation Locating drives This task allows you to locate a physical drive or all drives for a virtual drive Locating a physical drive 1 On the storage contr...

Страница 185: ...2 On the screen as shown in Figure 41 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 41 Selecting the target drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 42 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog...

Страница 186: ...tion screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 43 select Go and press Enter Figure 43 Selecting Go When the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 44 opens The Fault UID LED on the drive...

Страница 187: ...es for a virtual drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 45 select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 45 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the...

Страница 188: ...drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 47 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Start Locate and press Enter Figure 47 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Fi...

Страница 189: ...wn in Figure 49 opens The Fault UID LED on the drive turns steady blue Figure 49 Completing locating all drives for a virtual drive Initializing a virtual drive This task allows you to initialize a vi...

Страница 190: ...0 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 51 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 51 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 52...

Страница 191: ...on allows writing data after initialization is complete 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 53 select Go and press Enter Figure 53 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 54 select Confirm and...

Страница 192: ...hen the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 55 opens Figure 55 Completing the operation Initializing a physical drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figur...

Страница 193: ...2 On the screen as shown in Figure 57 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 57 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 58 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog bo...

Страница 194: ...screen as shown in Figure 59 select Go and press Enter Figure 59 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 60 select Confirm and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Enabled and press...

Страница 195: ...is complete the screen as shown in Figure 61 opens Figure 61 Completing the operation Erasing drives CAUTION To avoid drive failure do not perform other operations when erasing a physical drive This t...

Страница 196: ...ration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 63 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 63 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 64 select Operation and press Enter 4 O...

Страница 197: ...ion screen 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 65 press Enter and set the Erase Mode the default Simple mode is recommended Figure 65 Setting the Erase Mode 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 66 select...

Страница 198: ...hown in Figure 67 select Confirm and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Enabled and press Enter Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 67 Confirming the operation When the operation is co...

Страница 199: ...l drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 69 select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 69 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as show...

Страница 200: ...shown in Figure 71 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that appears select Virtual Drive Erase and press Enter Figure 71 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 72 press Ent...

Страница 201: ...he screen as shown in Figure 73 select Go and press Enter Figure 73 Selecting Go 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 74 select Confirm and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Enabled and pr...

Страница 202: ...ete the screen as shown in Figure 75 opens Figure 75 Completing the operation Expanding a RAID array This task allows you to expand the RAID array capacity by setting the percentage of available logic...

Страница 203: ...er Figure 76 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 77 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 77 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in...

Страница 204: ...creen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 79 select Go and press Enter Figure 79 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 80 modify the value for Enter a Percentage of Available Capacity select...

Страница 205: ...n Figure 81 opens Figure 81 Completing expanding a RAID array Migrating the RAID level This task allows you to change the RAID level without affecting data integrity To migrate the RAID level 1 On the...

Страница 206: ...screen as shown in Figure 83 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 83 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 84 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box...

Страница 207: ...4 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 85 select Go and press Enter Figure 85 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 86 set the RAID level select Choose the Operation and then...

Страница 208: ...es Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Apply Changes and press Enter Figure 87 Adding drives 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 88 select Confirm and press Ent...

Страница 209: ...88 Confirming the operation 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 89 select Start Operation and then press Enter Figure 89 Start the operation 9 On the screen as shown in Figure 90 select OK and then pr...

Страница 210: ...rmation on the drive This task allows you to clear remaining RAID array information on the drive for reconfiguring RAID array on the drive The task typically applies to drives in Unconfigured Bad stat...

Страница 211: ...ement and press Enter Figure 92 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 93 select Manage Foreign Configuration and press Enter Figure 93 Selecting Manage Foreign Con...

Страница 212: ...e screen as shown in Figure 95 select Confirm and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Enabled and press Enter Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 95 Confirming the operation When the op...

Страница 213: ...e to avoid unintentional deletion To hide a virtual drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 97 select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 97 Storage contr...

Страница 214: ...press Enter On the dialog box that appears select Hide Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 99 Operation screen Hiding a RAID array This task allows you to hide a RAID array to avoid unintentional del...

Страница 215: ...ter Figure 100 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 101 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 101 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as show...

Страница 216: ...irmware 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 shown in Figure 103 select Update Firmware and pre...

Страница 217: ...electing directory 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 105 select the image file of the target firmware and press Enter Figure 105 Selecting image 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 106 select Update a...

Страница 218: ...lect Enabled and press Enter 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 ot...

Страница 219: ...60 Figure 108 Completing the operation 7 Restart the BIOS for the operation to take effect Switching the storage controller mode 1 On the Advanced menu select Main Menu and press Enter...

Страница 220: ...61 Figure 109 Selecting Main Menu 2 Select Controller Management and press Enter...

Страница 221: ...2 Figure 110 Selecting Controller Management 3 Select Advanced Controller Management and press Enter Figure 111 Selecting Advanced Controller Management 4 Select Manage Personality Mode and press Ente...

Страница 222: ...igure 113 the storage controller is now is RAID mode To switch the controller to JBOD mode select Switch to JBOD Mode and press Enter Figure 113 Switching the controller to JBOD mode 5 Select Confirm...

Страница 223: ...Confirming the mode switching 6 Select OK and press Enter to reboot the operating system for the change to take effect Figure 115 Completing the mode switching Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mode T...

Страница 224: ...al Locating drives Optional Initializing a virtual drive Optional Erasing drives Optional Expanding a RAID array Optional Clearing RAID array information on the drive Optional Configuring boot options...

Страница 225: ...on it If the drive is faulty replace the drive If the drive has RAID array information remaining on it clear the information JBOD Just a Bunch Of Drives The drive is a passthrough drive and does not...

Страница 226: ...red good Configuring a RAID array 1 On the VD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 120 press F2 and select Create Virtual Drive Figure 120 Selecting Create Virtual Drive 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 1...

Страница 227: ...ID level 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 122 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 122 Selecting the target drive 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 123 specify the size and name select Ad...

Страница 228: ...as shown in Figure 124 configure the parameters select OK and then press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 3 Figure 124 Configuring advanced RAID array parameters 6...

Страница 229: ...on Configuring hot spare drives For data security purposes configure hot spare drives after configuring a RAID array You can configure a global hot spare drive or dedicated hot spare drive NOTE A hot...

Страница 230: ...e target drive and press F2 Figure 127 Selecting the target drive 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 128 select Make Global HS and press Enter Figure 128 Selecting Make Global HS 3 On the screen as sh...

Страница 231: ...the VD Mgmt screen press F2 and then select Manage Ded SH 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 130 select the target drive select Advanced and then press Enter Figure 130 Selecting the target virtual d...

Страница 232: ...re 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 132 select the target drive select OK and then press Enter Figure 132 Selecting the target drive Deleting a RAID array 1 On the VD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure...

Страница 233: ...gure 133 Selecting the target drive 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 134 select Delete VD and press Enter Figure 134 Selecting Delete VD 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 135 select YES and press E...

Страница 234: ...drive To locate drives 1 On the PD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 136 select the target drive and press F2 Figure 136 Selecting the target drive 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 137 select Locate S...

Страница 235: ...to initialize a virtual drive to be used by operating systems To initialize a virtual drive 1 On the VD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 138 select the target drive and press F2 Figure 138 Selecting th...

Страница 236: ...e RAID array space Data write operations can be performed only when the initialization is complete 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 140 select YES and press Enter Figure 140 Confirming the operation...

Страница 237: ...arget drive 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 142 select the erase mode the default Simple mode is recommended and press Enter Figure 142 Selecting the erase mode 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 1...

Страница 238: ...ogical drive 1 On the VD Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 144 select the target drive and press F2 Figure 144 Selecting the target drive 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 145 select the erase mode the...

Страница 239: ...ss Enter Figure 146 Confirming the operation Expanding a RAID array This task allows you to expand the RAID array capacity by setting the percentage of available capacity for logical drives To expand...

Страница 240: ...screen as shown in Figure 148 select Expand VD size and press Enter Figure 148 Selecting Expand VD size 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 149 modify the value for Enter a percentage of available capa...

Страница 241: ...ar RAID array information on the drive 1 Switch the drive state from Unconfigured Bad to Unconfigured Good For more information see Switching the drive state 2 On the Foreign View screen as shown in F...

Страница 242: ...g boot options 1 On the Ctrl Mgmt screen as shown in Figure 152 select the target physical drive or logical drive as the boot device and then press Enter Figure 152 Selecting the boot device 2 Select...

Страница 243: ...84 Figure 153 Confirming the operation...

Страница 244: ...D 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 the operating system Mixed mode This is...

Страница 245: ...RAID 60 array Hot spare drives You can configure hot spare drives to improve data security A hot spare drive is a standby drive that does not store any data When a drive in a redundant RAID fails a sp...

Страница 246: ...ng a RAID array Optional Viewing drive information Optional Locating drives Optional Erasing drives Optional Viewing basic storage controller information Optional Modifying storage controller settings...

Страница 247: ...as shown in Figure 2 select Advanced storage controller model and press Enter In this example the storage controller model is UN HBA H460 B1 Figure 2 Selecting UN HBA H460 B1 The storage controller co...

Страница 248: ...ch the operating mode 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 4 select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 4 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On t...

Страница 249: ...t CN0 Mode or Port CN1 Mode as a best practice make sure their operating modes are the same select Submit Changes and press Enter Figure 6 Modify Controller Settings screen Figure 6 shows a screen wit...

Страница 250: ...ring a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 8 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 8 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as s...

Страница 251: ...ect the target drives Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Proceed to next Form and press Enter Figure 10 Selecting the target drives 4 On the screen as shown i...

Страница 252: ...t Size and Acceleration Method Then select Submit Changes and press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 12 Configuring RAID array parameters Table 2 Parameter...

Страница 253: ...Array Configuration Manage Arrays and press Enter On the screen as shown in Figure 13 that opens select the RAID array you want to view and press Enter Figure 13 Selecting a RAID array 7 On the scree...

Страница 254: ...s Enter Figure 15 Selecting Logical Drive 2 9 On the screen as shown in Figure 16 select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array na...

Страница 255: ...Figure 17 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 17 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 18 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 18 Array Config...

Страница 256: ...nage Spare Drives and press Enter Figure 20 Selecting Manage Spare Drivers 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 21 select Assign Dedicated Spare for specifying a hot spare drive for the specified array...

Страница 257: ...ct the target drives Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Assign Dedicated Spare and press Enter Figure 22 Selecting the target drives Deleting a RAID array Thi...

Страница 258: ...ols As a best practice to avoid these problems delete logical drives from back to front in sequence If you delete logical drives in the middle wait for all the logical drives to enter normal state bef...

Страница 259: ...rray Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 25 select the target array and press Enter Figure 25 Selecting the target array 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 26 select Delete Array a...

Страница 260: ...mation 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 27 select Disk Utilities and press Enter Figure 27 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure...

Страница 261: ...gure 28 and press Enter 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 29 select Identify Device and press Enter Figure 29 Selecting Identify Device 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 30 select Start and the Faul...

Страница 262: ...RAID mode You can erase only physical drives 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 a...

Страница 263: ...31 Erasing a drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 32 select the erase pattern and press Enter Figure 32 Selecting the erase pattern 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 33 select Start Erase and pr...

Страница 264: ...r configuration screen as shown in Figure 34 select Controller Information and press Enter Figure 34 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 35 you can see basic inf...

Страница 265: ...Description Controller Storage controller model Hardware Revision Hardware version Modifying storage controller settings 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 36 select...

Страница 266: ...er Figure 37 Configure Controller Settings screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 38 modify the basic storage controller settings as needed If no logical drives are available you can only modify th...

Страница 267: ...on screen as shown in Figure 39 select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 39 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 40 or Figure 41 select Clear C...

Страница 268: ...controllers support the Backup Power Source option This option indicates that the controllers can provide power fail safeguard if it has a supercapacitor connected 3 On the screen as shown in Figure...

Страница 269: ...grade the SEEPROM contact Technical Support To upgrade the storage controller firmware online 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 44 select Administration and press Ent...

Страница 270: ...screen as shown in Figure 46 select Select Firmware File to flash and press Enter Figure 46 Selecting Select Firmware File to flash 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 47 select the target device where...

Страница 271: ...On the screen as shown in Figure 48 select the update file suffixed with bin luxor bin in this example and press Enter Figure 48 Selecting the update file 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 49 select...

Страница 272: ...the BIOS user guide for the server RAID array configuration tasks at a glance To configure RAID arrays in legacy mode perform the following tasks Accessing the storage controller configuration screen...

Страница 273: ...configuration screen opens as shown in Figure 51 You can view basic RAID array status and version information on the storage controller configuration screen Figure 51 Storage controller configuration...

Страница 274: ...screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 53 select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter Figure 53 Configure Controller Settings screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 54 change the oper...

Страница 275: ...uring a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 55 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 55 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen a...

Страница 276: ...at this step to add more drives and press Enter Figure 57 Selecting the target drive 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 58 set the values for RAID Level Logical Drive Name Strip Full Stripe Size Parit...

Страница 277: ...ve 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...

Страница 278: ...n Figure 60 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring hot spare drives Restrictions and guidelines In legacy mode if a hot spare drive is configured for a RAID array the hot spare drive will not tak...

Страница 279: ...ontroller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 62 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 62 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 63 select the target a...

Страница 280: ...Figure 64 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 64 Selecting the target drives 5 On the screen as shown...

Страница 281: ...physical drive as the primary boot drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 66 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 66 Storage controller configuration s...

Страница 282: ...rive press Ctrl P and then press Enter Figure 68 Selecting the target drive Configuring a logical drive as the primary boot drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen select Array Configur...

Страница 283: ...reen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 70 select the target RAID array and press Enter Figure 70 Selecting the target RAID array 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 71 press Ctrl P to configure the RA...

Страница 284: ...ng a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 72 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 72 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as s...

Страница 285: ...n in Figure 74 select the target array press Enter and then press Delete to delete the array Figure 74 Deleting the target array Viewing drive information 1 On the storage controller configuration scr...

Страница 286: ...can see information about all available drives Figure 76 Drive information Locating drives 1 Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 76 and press Enter 2 On the screen as shown in Fi...

Страница 287: ...e controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 76 select the drive to be erased and then press Enter 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 78 select Secure Erase and then press Enter Figure 78 Eras...

Страница 288: ...ttings 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 80 select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 80 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as...

Страница 289: ...torage controller settings Figure 82 Modify Controller Settings screen 4 Press F6 to restore the storage controller settings to the default NOTE The settings such as Transformation Priority and Rebuil...

Страница 290: ...iew the status of the installed backup power source if any To display backup power source status 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 83 select Configure Controller Sett...

Страница 291: ...eld is fixed to Not Present Clearing storage controller configuration 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 86 select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter Figure...

Страница 292: ...Figure 88 select Delete All Array Configurations and press Enter In the confirmation dialog box that opens select Yes and press Enter Figure 88 Clearing storage controller configuration The screen as...

Страница 293: ...50 Figure 89 Clearing completion...

Страница 294: ...S user guide for the server Controller configuration tasks at a glance To configure the storage controller settings in UEFI mode perform the following tasks Accessing the controller configuration scre...

Страница 295: ...submenu Select Advanced LSI SAS3 MPT Controller SAS3008 and press Enter Figure 2 Advanced screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 3 select LSI SAS3 MPT Controller and press Enter In this example th...

Страница 296: ...Controller configuration screen View basic controller properties 1 Access the controller configuration screen For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen see Accessin...

Страница 297: ...the screen as shown in Figure 6 select View Controller Properties and press Enter Figure 6 Selecting View Controller Properties 4 View the controller properties on the screen as shown in Figure 7 Tab...

Страница 298: ...e storage controller Host interface Host interface type Changing controller properties 1 Access the controller configuration screen For more information about how to access the controller configuratio...

Страница 299: ...ler configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 9 select Change Controller Properties and press Enter Figure 9 Selecting Change Controller Properties 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 10...

Страница 300: ...Access the controller configuration screen For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen see Accessing the controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in F...

Страница 301: ...ecting View Physical Disk Properties 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 13 select Select Physical Disk On the pop up window that opens select the physical drive you want to view and press Enter Figure...

Страница 302: ...t how to access the controller configuration screen see Accessing the controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 15 select Physical Disk Management and press Enter Figure 15 Co...

Страница 303: ...17 Selecting a physical drive 5 Select Start Locate Blink and press Enter 6 On the server identify the physical drive of which the Fault UID LED is steady blue Configuring controller settings in legac...

Страница 304: ...s Optional Locating drives Optional Verifying Formatting drives Optional Setting advanced controller properties Optional Configuring boot options Accessing the controller configuration screen 1 During...

Страница 305: ...onfiguration screen For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen see Accessing the controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 21 select SAS Topo...

Страница 306: ...igure 23 Figure 23 Drive properties Locating drives 1 Access the controller configuration screen For more information about how to access the controller configuration screen see Accessing the controll...

Страница 307: ...on the drive LED on the drive backplane Figure 25 Selecting a physical drive Verifying Formatting drives 1 Access the controller configuration screen For more information about how to access the cont...

Страница 308: ...screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 27 select the physical drive you want to locate and press Alt D Figure 27 Selecting a physical drive 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 28 select Verify or F...

Страница 309: ...more information about how to access the controller configuration screen see Accessing the controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 29 select Advanced Adapter Properties and...

Страница 310: ...roperties of the controller on the screen as shown in Figure 31 Figure 31 Advanced controller properties screen 5 Keep pressing Esc till you enter the screen as shown in Figure 32 Select Save changes...

Страница 311: ...ng boot options 1 On the screen as shown in Figure 33 select SAS Topology and press Enter Figure 33 SAS Topology screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 34 select the target drive and then press Alt...

Страница 312: ...ice select the drive and then press Alt B 4 Press Esc until the screen as shown in Figure 35 opens select Save changes then exit this menu and then press Enter The boot option configuration takes effe...

Страница 313: ...re drives You can configure hot spare drives to improve data security A hot spare drive is a standby drive that does not store any data When a drive in a redundant RAID fails a spare drive automatical...

Страница 314: ...spare drives Optional Deleting a RAID array Optional Clearing RAID array information on the drive Optional View basic controller properties Optional Changing controller properties Optional Viewing dri...

Страница 315: ...MPT Controller SAS3008 and press Enter Figure 2 Advanced screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 3 select LSI SAS3 MPT Controller Version 18 00 00 00 and press Enter Figure 3 Selecting the LSI SAS3...

Страница 316: ...RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 5 select Controller Management and press Enter Figure 5 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown...

Страница 317: ...al Drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 7 select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level and then press Enter Figure 7 Setting the RAID level 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 8 select Select Phy...

Страница 318: ...Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Apply Changes and press Enter Figure 9 Selecting the target drives 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 10 select Confirm and...

Страница 319: ...iguration 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 11 select OK to return to the storage controller configuration screen Figure 11 Completing RAID array configuration 8 Select Virtual Disk Management and pr...

Страница 320: ...13 select Manage Virtual Disk Properties and press Enter Figure 13 Virtual Drive Management screen 10 On the screen as shown in Figure 14 select View Associated Drives and press Enter You can view th...

Страница 321: ...drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 15 select Virtual Disk Management and press Enter Figure 15 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown...

Страница 322: ...ect Manage Global Hotspare Disks and press Enter Figure 17 Selecting Manage Global Hotspare Disks 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 18 select the target drives Enabled following a drive means that th...

Страница 323: ...y 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 19 select Virtual Disk Management and press Enter Figure 19 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Fi...

Страница 324: ...shown in Figure 21 select Delete Virtual Disk and press Enter Figure 21 Selecting Delete Virtual Disk 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 22 select Confirm and press Enter On the dialog box that opens...

Страница 325: ...peration Clearing RAID array information on the drive This task allows you to clear remaining RAID array information on the drive for reconfiguring RAID array on the drive To clear RAID array informat...

Страница 326: ...ion screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 25 select Manage Foreign Configuration and press Enter Figure 25 Selecting Manage Foreign Configuration 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 26 select Clear...

Страница 327: ...nfirm and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Enabled and press Enter Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 27 Confirming the operation View basic controller properties 1 On the storage c...

Страница 328: ...On the screen as shown in Figure 29 select View Controller Properties and press Enter Figure 29 Selecting View Controller Properties 3 View the controller properties on the screen as shown in Figure...

Страница 329: ...Parameter Description Chip Revision Version of the chip Host interface Host interface type Persistent NVData Version Current NVData version Changing controller properties 1 On the storage controller...

Страница 330: ...On the screen as shown in Figure 32 select Change Controller Properties and press Enter Figure 32 Selecting Change Controller Properties 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 33 change the controller se...

Страница 331: ...n Rebuild Rate Percentage of I O resources occupied by RAID rebuild when a new hard drive is installed or a failed hard disk is replaced with a hot spare disk Viewing drive properties 1 On the storage...

Страница 332: ...wn in Figure 36 select View Physical Disk Properties and press Enter Figure 36 Selecting View Physical Disk Properties 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 37 select Select Physical Disk On the pop up w...

Страница 333: ...e on the screen as shown in Figure 38 You can select View More Physical Disk Properties for more information Figure 38 Viewing drive properties Locating drives 1 On the storage controller configuratio...

Страница 334: ...wn in Figure 40 select Select Physical Disk Operations and press Enter Figure 40 Selecting physical disk operations 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 41 select Select Physical Disk On the pop up wind...

Страница 335: ...ay configuration tasks at a glance To configure RAID arrays in legacy mode perform the following tasks Accessing the controller configuration screen Configuring a RAID array Optional Configuring hot s...

Страница 336: ...24 Figure 42 Legacy BIOS setup screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 43 press Enter Figure 43 Main screen The controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 44 opens...

Страница 337: ...port Support for storage controller management Options include Enabled BIOS OS RAID array management is supported for both the BIOS and the OS Enabled BIOS Only RAID array management is supported for...

Страница 338: ...gure 46 select a target RAID level and press Enter Figure 46 Logical Device Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 47 navigate to a drive and then press the space bar to select the dr...

Страница 339: ...shown in Figure 48 select Save changes then exit this menu and press Enter Figure 48 Save the controller configuration Configuring hot spare drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as...

Страница 340: ...Table 4 RAID parameters Parameter Description Volume RAID serial number Identifier RAID identifier Type RAID level Status Current RAID status Task Current RAID task No background task is in progress f...

Страница 341: ...Hot Spares 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 52 navigate to a drive and then press the space bar to select the drive Yes indicates that the drive has been selected Then press C Figure 52 Selecting th...

Страница 342: ...eting a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 54 select RAID Properties and press Enter Figure 54 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as sh...

Страница 343: ...Y to delete the array Figure 55 Deleting the target array Running consistency check This feature enables you to check the consistency and validity of data redundancy for RAID 1 10 and 1E To run consis...

Страница 344: ...oller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 57 select Manage Volume and press Enter Figure 57 Selecting Manage Volume 3 On the screen as shown in Table 6 select Consistency Check pre...

Страница 345: ...oller configuration screen as shown in Figure 58 select SAS Topology and press Enter Figure 58 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 59 select the physical drive y...

Страница 346: ...modes This field varies by RAID level and might display value such as RAID1 VOL or RAID10 VOL Alt D Displays the details if you select a drive that is highlighted on the screen Alt M Displays more ke...

Страница 347: ...ct the physical drive you want to locate and press Enter to turn on the drive LED on the drive backplane Figure 62 Selecting a physical drive Clearing RAID information or verifying drives 1 On the sto...

Страница 348: ...tion screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 64 select the physical drive you want to locate and press Alt D Figure 64 Selecting a physical drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 65 select Verify...

Страница 349: ...roller properties 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 66 select Advanced Adapter Properties and press Enter Figure 66 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the s...

Страница 350: ...troller on the screen as shown in Figure 68 Figure 68 Advanced controller properties screen 4 Keep pressing Esc till you enter the screen as shown in Figure 69 Select Save changes then exit this menu...

Страница 351: ...age controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 70 select SAS Topology and then press Enter Figure 70 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 71 select the ta...

Страница 352: ...Configure or cancel a selected device as the secondary boot option The key changes to Boot in Device Info if the operation succeeds Alt B Configure or cancel a selected device as the first boot option...

Страница 353: ...the screen as shown in Figure 73 select Save changes then exit this menu and then press Enter to save the configuration The boot option configuration takes effect at next startup Figure 73 Saving sto...

Страница 354: ...formation about how to enter the BIOS and set the boot mode to UEFI see the BIOS user guide for the server Controller configuration tasks at a glance To configure controller settings in UEFI mode perf...

Страница 355: ...igure 2 select Advanced Storage controller and press Enter In this example storage controller HBA 9400 8i is selected Figure 2 Advanced screen 3 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown...

Страница 356: ...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...

Страница 357: ...on 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 6 select Controller Properties and then press Enter Figure 6 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in...

Страница 358: ...ion Viewing drive information 1 On the screen as shown in Figure 8 select Device Properties and then press Enter Figure 8 Controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration scre...

Страница 359: ...n as shown in Figure 10 select the target drive such as Slot 36 SAS HDD HGST HUC101818CS4200 and then press Enter Figure 10 Selecting the target drive 4 On the drive configuration screen as shown in F...

Страница 360: ...ting drives 1 On the drive properties screen as shown in Figure 12 select Locate LED and press Enter 2 In the dialog box that opens select On to turn on the drive LED Figure 12 Drive properties screen...

Страница 361: ...nfigure boot options for the legacy mode 1 On the drive properties screen as shown in Figure 13 select Legacy OpROM Boot Device and then press Enter 2 In the dialog box that opens select Yes for the s...

Страница 362: ...els and the numbers of drives for each RAID level RAID level Min drives required Max failed drives JBOD 1 0 RAID 0 2 0 RAID 1 2 1 Restrictions and guidelines for RAID configuration As a best practice...

Страница 363: ...ing logical drive media patrol Viewing namespace information Viewing storage controller information Accessing the storage controller configuration screen 1 After the server is powered on or restarts a...

Страница 364: ...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...

Страница 365: ...uration Create RAID Configuration Create RAIDs Delete RAID Configuration Delete RAIDs Rebuild RAID Configuration Rebuild RAIDs Namespace Memory space of an NVMe M 2 SSD that is logically divided Names...

Страница 366: ...member drives 3 Configure parameters as needed set the Would you like to create this virtual disk field to YES select Accept and press Enter The parameter description is in Table 3 Figure 6 Configuri...

Страница 367: ...ude Quick Default Back Ground This option is supported only in RAID 1 None Name Name of a logical drive Deleting a RAID array This feature deletes damaged RAID arrays or RAID arrays that cannot meet r...

Страница 368: ...isk 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 replacement when a member drive in RAID 1 failed...

Страница 369: ...lowing guidelines If the screen does not display any logical drives for selection no logical drive is available or no logical drive can be rebuilt If the screen displays logical drives for selection s...

Страница 370: ...y 3 Perform tasks based on the following guidelines If the screen does not display any physical drives no physical drive is available If the screen displays physical drives for selection select a targ...

Страница 371: ...10 Figure 11 Selecting a physical drive Viewing physical drive information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen select Physical Device Information and press Enter...

Страница 372: ...e 12 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a target physical drive and press Enter Figure 13 Selecting a physical drive The physical drive detail screen opens Parameters are as described in...

Страница 373: ...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...

Страница 374: ...re 15 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a target logical drive and press Enter Figure 16 Selecting a logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens Parameters are as described in T...

Страница 375: ...nal Degrade Offline BGA Type Background task type Options include Initialization RAID initialization in progress Rebuild RAID rebuilding in progress MediaPatrol Media patrol for logical drives in prog...

Страница 376: ...ly when RAID 1 is configured To configure logical drive media patrol 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen select Virtual Device Information and press Enter Figure 18 Storage controller...

Страница 377: ...16 Figure 19 Selecting s logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens 3 Select START and press Enter Figure 20 Logical drive detail screen...

Страница 378: ...l drive for media patrol and press Enter Figure 21 Selecting a drive for media patrol As shown in Figure 22 the media patrol is in progress To terminate the patrol select ABORT and press Enter Figure...

Страница 379: ...nformation 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen select Namespace Information and press Enter Figure 23 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a logical drive to query its nam...

Страница 380: ...19 Figure 24 Selecting a logical drive for viewing its namespace The namespace information screen opens Parameters are as described in Table 6 Figure 25 Logical drive namespace information...

Страница 381: ...f the Namespace Capacity field Formatted LBA Size Formatted logical block size Data Protection Type Settings Enabling status of the data protection feature Options include 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Multi p...

Страница 382: ...21 Figure 27 Storage controller information...

Страница 383: ...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...

Страница 384: ...the data in the RAID array If the operation fails you must reconfigure the RAID array IMPORTANT The Force Online operation might modify the data in the RAID array Evaluate whether this operation is n...

Страница 385: ...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...

Страница 386: ...4 opens Figure 4 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 a...

Страница 387: ...t 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 sto...

Страница 388: ...se 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 Heal...

Страница 389: ...7 Figure 8 Identifying a storage controller 2...

Страница 390: ...rage capacity but has no effect on the efficiency of read write R W operations Data can still be transferred to only one physical drive at a time Figure 1 Data can still be transferred to only one phy...

Страница 391: ...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...

Страница 392: ...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...

Страница 393: ...nsideration Advantages Has the highest write performance among all RAID methods Has the lowest cost per unit of stored data among all RAID methods All drive capacity is used to store data none needed...

Страница 394: ...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...

Страница 395: ...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...

Страница 396: ...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...

Страница 397: ...because any two drives can fail without loss of critical data More drive capacity is usable than with RAID 10 because parity information requires only the storage space equivalent to two physical driv...

Страница 398: ...re 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 dr...

Страница 399: ...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...

Страница 400: ...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...

Страница 401: ...res 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 probability tha...

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