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Figure 30 Manage Arrays screen 

 

 

 

If the operating system is installed on a physical drive, select 

Select Boot Device

 and 

press 

Enter

 to open the screen as shown i

Figure 31

. The first drive in the 

Selected 

Drives

 area on the right is the first boot option.   

Figure 31 Select 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 storage controller. Make sure the replaced and the newly installed storage 
controller operate in the same mode and have the same firmware version. 

3. 

Configure the first boot option. Make sure the first boot option remains unchanged after the 
storage controller replacement. 

Содержание UniServer R4300 G6

Страница 1: ...H3C G6 Servers Storage Controller User Guide New H3C Technologies Co Ltd http www h3c com Document version 6W101 20240109...

Страница 2: ...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 notice A...

Страница 3: ...hoices 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 y Asterisk marke...

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: ...I O transmission and bandwidth processing capabilities and support various RAID expansions to improve system performance With support for multi disk fragment storage of data and data read write concur...

Страница 7: ...vailable storage controllers see H3C Servers HDM2 User Guide H3C Servers HDM2 User Guide Configure a template with RAID settings and then apply the template to the server from the FIST interface Yes A...

Страница 8: ...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 9: ...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 10: ...g drives New drives can be added to a RAID array to expand the RAID capacity If needed the level of the RAID array can be migrated to accommodate the newly added drives This method is typically accomp...

Страница 11: ...cache feature is applicable to scenarios where high read write speed is required RAID information clearing on drives About RAID information clearing If a drive is hot swapped RAID information remains...

Страница 12: ...nnot 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 a...

Страница 13: ...ve Data write is 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 featu...

Страница 14: ...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 15: ...lability requirements Applicable scenarios This feature is applicable to scenarios where you need to create RAIDs with NVMe drives IO Bypass About IO Bypass IO Bypass can provide an optimized data pat...

Страница 16: ...an be created on physical drives to improve I O performance and data security NOTE For the new mode to take effect restart the server after an operating mode change The OS might fail to start up after...

Страница 17: ...RAID performance might be affected and maintenance complexities will increase Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This section describes how to configure RAID arrays through a VROC SATA RAID controll...

Страница 18: ...RST Configuration and then press Enter Figure 3 PCH IO Configuration screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 4 select Controller 1 SATA And RST Configuration Controller 2 SATA And RST Configuration...

Страница 19: ...ATA RAID controller see Features Figure 5 Selecting an operating mode 6 After the configuration is complete press F4 On the dialog box that opens select Yes to save the current configuration and reboo...

Страница 20: ...ler or Intel R VROC sSATA Controller option to appear on the screen shown in Figure 6 make sure the SATA or sSATA controller has been configured to operate in RAID mode For how to set the operating mo...

Страница 21: ...corresponding to the SATA or sSATA controller connects to two or more drives Figure 8 Selecting Create RAID Volume 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 9 set the Name RAID Level Select Disks Strip Size...

Страница 22: ...splayed in the RAID Volumes directory To view details about a RAID volume select the RAID volume and press Enter Details about a RAID volume include the RAID array name RAID level and member drives Fi...

Страница 23: ...8 Figure 11 Selecting a drive for hot spare 2 Select Mark as Spare and press Enter Figure 12 Configuring a spare drive 3 On the following screen that opens select Yes and press Enter...

Страница 24: ...e VROC SATA configuration screen as shown in Figure 14 select the RAID volume to be deleted under RAID Volumes and press Enter Figure 14 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted 2 On the screen as show...

Страница 25: ...the VROC SATA configuration screen as shown in Figure 16 select the drive to locate and press Enter Figure 16 Selecting the drive to locate 2 Set the Locate LED On option to On and then press Enter F...

Страница 26: ...rive letters NOTE To configure the VROC SATA RAID controller you must set the PCH SATA Configuration or PCH sSATA Configuration field in PCH Configuration to RAID and restart the server for the config...

Страница 27: ...to a container Perform this task to add RAID arrays to a container Syntax mdadm C RAID_id container_id n num l RAID_level Parameters RAID_id Specifies the name of a RAID array container_id Specifies t...

Страница 28: ...ev md125 dev md125 Container dev md0 member 0 Raid Level raid0 Array Size 1953513472 1863 02 GiB 2000 40 GB Raid Devices 2 Total Devices 2 State clean Active Devices 2 Working Devices 2 Failed Devices...

Страница 29: ...S sdd 1 S sdc 0 S 3315 blocks super external imsm md126 active raid0 sda 1 sdb 0 890817536 blocks super external md127 0 128k chunks md127 inactive sdb 1 S sda 0 S 10402 blocks super external imsm unu...

Страница 30: ...1 started root localhost cat proc mdstat Personalities raid0 raid6 raid5 raid4 raid10 md125 active raid10 sde 3 sdd 2 sdf 1 sdc 0 937691136 blocks super external md0 0 128K chunks 2 near copies 4 4 UU...

Страница 31: ...of all RAID arrays root localhost cat proc mdstat Personalities raid1 md127 active raid1 sda 1 sdb 0 468845568 blocks super external md0 0 2 2 UU resync 0 5 2401792 468845568 finish 35 6min speed 218...

Страница 32: ...s 2 Total Devices 2 State clean Active Devices 2 Working Devices 2 Failed Devices 0 Spare Devices 0 Consistency Policy resync UUID af26b232 b11886cf 24caa39f e04f675a Number Major Minor RaidDevice Sta...

Страница 33: ...18 Figure 18 Installing the VROC tool 3 Select the installation location Figure 19 Selecting the installation location...

Страница 34: ...19 Figure 20 Installation completed Creating a RAID array 1 Open Intel Virtual RAID on CPU installed together with the VROC driver Figure 21 Creating a RAID array...

Страница 35: ...20 2 Click the icon Figure 22 Selecting to create a volume 3 Select the controller and RAID level and then click Next In this example two M 2 drives are used to create a RAID 1 array...

Страница 36: ...21 Figure 23 Selecting the controller and RAID level 4 Select drives and then click Next...

Страница 37: ...22 Figure 24 Selecting drives 5 Enter the RAID volume name select the volumn size and then click Next to create the volume...

Страница 38: ...23 Figure 25 Configuring the RAID volume parameters After the RAID volume is created the page as shown in Figure 26 opens...

Страница 39: ...24 Figure 26 Volume creation completed Deleting a RAID array 1 Select the RAID array to be deleted and then click Delete Volume...

Страница 40: ...25 Figure 27 Selecting the RAID array to be deleted 2 In the dialog box that opens click Yes...

Страница 41: ...26 Figure 28 Confirming the deletion 3 Verify that the RAID array has been deleted on the Volumes page...

Страница 42: ...Guide Compatibility For information about storage controller and server compatibility access http www h3c com en home qr default htm id 66 Downloading and installing drivers Access https www h3c com...

Страница 43: ...rd If NVMe M 2 SSDs are connected to a storage controller the NVMe M 2 SSDs are managed exclusively by the controller Features NVMe VROC module specifications Table 1 shows the specifications of NVMe...

Страница 44: ...drives in the RAID If one drive is used by several logical drives RAID performance might be affected and maintenance complexities will increase To use VROC NVMe RAID the system has specific requireme...

Страница 45: ...ate screens and modify settings see the operation instructions at the lower right corner Figure 1 BIOS setup screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 2 select Advanced IIO Configuration and press Ent...

Страница 46: ...n press Enter This section takes processor 1 as an example Figure 4 Intel VMD technology screen 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 5 set the VMD port XX Slot XX item in each VMD Config for IOU X field...

Страница 47: ...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 48: ...n shown in Figure 6 make sure the VMD controllers have been enabled Figure 6 Advanced screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 7 select All Intel VMD Controllers and then press Enter Figure 7 RAID su...

Страница 49: ...the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 9 select Create RAID Volume and press Enter The Create RAID Volume option is available only when the NVMe VROC module identifies that a minimum of two...

Страница 50: ...rives controlled by different VMD controllers select this item X indicates that this item has been selected Strip Size Stripe size which determines the size of the data block that can be written into...

Страница 51: ...ve is effective for all created RAID volumes Multiple hot spare drives can be created to protect multiple RAID volumes To configure a hot spare drive 1 On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Fig...

Страница 52: ...as shown in Figure 13 select Mark as Spare and press Enter Figure 13 Spare drive configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 14 select Yes and press Enter Figure 14 Confirming the spare d...

Страница 53: ...t the RAID volume to delete under RAID Volumes and press Enter Figure 15 Selecting the RAID volume to be deleted 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 16 select Delete and press Enter Figure 16 RAID volu...

Страница 54: ...1 On the RAID configuration screen as shown in Figure 15 select the RAID volume to be located under RAID Volumes and press Enter Figure 18 Selecting the NVMe drive to be located 2 On the screen as sh...

Страница 55: ...ions 1 Access the BIOS Setup Utility 2 Access the Advanced Intel Virtual RAID on CPU screen NOTE The Intel Virtual RAID on CPU item is displayed only when the VMD controller is enabled For more inform...

Страница 56: ...view the upgrade key which represents the NVMe VROC Key specifications For more information see NVMe VROC module specifications Figure 21 NVMe RAID summary screen Configuring RAID arrays in legacy mod...

Страница 57: ...atus 1 Access the CLI of the server 2 Execute the mdadm detail platform command to examine VMD status as shown in Figure 22 If the screen displays the Platform and Version fields it indicates that VMD...

Страница 58: ...arameters Figure 24 Creating a container Table 5 Configuration parameters Parameter Description dev md imsm0 Container name dev nvme 1 4 n1 NVMe drives to be used for creating the container n Number o...

Страница 59: ...g a RAID array Configuring hot spare drives after RAID array creation Configuring hot spare drives while creating a RAID array 1 Verify that VMD is enabled For more information see Verifying VMD statu...

Страница 60: ...he mdadm S dev md1 command to stop the RAID array as shown in Figure 30 2 Execute the mdadm S dev md0 command to stop the container as shown in Figure 30 3 Execute the mdadm zero superblock dev nvme 1...

Страница 61: ...ion as shown in Figure 31 it indicates that VMD has been enabled and the server supports configuring RAID arrays If the screen displays Standard NVM Express Controller or none for NVMe drive informati...

Страница 62: ...ays 1 Open Intel VROC Storage Management Application as shown in Figure 32 Figure 32 Intel VROC Storage Management Application 2 Click the icon select a controller and a RAID level and then click Next...

Страница 63: ...oller and a RAID level 3 Edit the RAID array name select NVMe drives and select whether to enable VMD controller spanning or drive initiation optional as needed as shown in Figure 34 Then click Next F...

Страница 64: ...ect whether to enable VMD controller spanning and then click Next Figure 35 Selecting whether to enable VMD controller spanning 5 As shown in Figure 36 modify the RAID volume name volume size and stri...

Страница 65: ...23 Figure 36 Modifying RAID parameters 6 Confirm the RAID volume information and then click Create Volume...

Страница 66: ...24 Figure 37 Confirming RAID creation 7 Click OK to complete the RAID creation...

Страница 67: ...ens After the RAID volume is created the RAID volume is displayed in the Volumes section To view details about a RAID volume click the RAID volume The right pane displays the details about a RAID volu...

Страница 68: ...lume Configuring a hot spare drive 1 Open Intel VROC Storage Management Application 2 Select the NVMe drive to be configured as the hot spare drive from the list and then click the wrench icon in the...

Страница 69: ...27 Figure 40 Configuring a hot spare drive 3 As shown in Figure 41 click Mark as spare to set the selected drive as a hot spare drive...

Страница 70: ...28 Figure 41 Setting the selected drive as a hot spare drive 4 In the dialog box that opens click Yes...

Страница 71: ...29 Figure 42 Confirming the configuration 5 Select the NVMe drive and verify that the drive has been configured as a hot spare drive successfully in the Disk Properties section as shown in Figure 43...

Страница 72: ...30 Figure 43 Verifying the configuration Deleting RAID arrays 1 Open Intel VROC Storage Management Application 2 Select the RAID array to be deleted and then click Delete volume as shown in Figure 44...

Страница 73: ...31 Figure 44 Deleting a RAID array 3 In the dialog box that opens click Yes as shown in Figure 45...

Страница 74: ...32 Figure 45 Confirming the deletion 4 Verifying that the RAID array has been deleted by viewing the Volumes list as shown in Figure 46...

Страница 75: ...ide Compatibility For information about storage controller and server compatibility access http www h3c com en home qr default htm id 66 Downloading and installing drivers Access https www h3c com en...

Страница 76: ...I 9540 LP 8i Features RAID levels The supported RAID levels vary by storage controller model For more information about the supported RAID levels of each storage controller contact Technical Support T...

Страница 77: ...ne physical drive to create multiple RAIDs RAID performance might decrease in addition to increased maintenance complexities Configuring RAID arrays in UEFI mode This section describes how to configur...

Страница 78: ...torage controller configuration screen 1 Access the BIOS Press Delete Esc or F2 as prompted during server POST to open the BIOS setup screen as shown in Figure 1 For some devices the Front Page screen...

Страница 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ...ains on the drive clear the RAID array information Hotspare The drive is a hot spare drive JBOD JBOD online Just a Bunch Of Disks The drive is a passthrough or passthrough like drive and does not supp...

Страница 82: ...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 83: ...8 Figure 8 Selecting Go When the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 9 opens Figure 9 Completing drive state switchover...

Страница 84: ...agement and press Enter Figure 10 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 11 select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 11 Selecting Create Virtual Drive 3 O...

Страница 85: ...onfigured Capacity The capacity source is the unconfigured drives This example selects Unconfigured Capacity as an example Free Capacity The capacity source is the remaining drive capacity of the driv...

Страница 86: ...Figure 15 select the target drives and press Enter Then select Apply Changes and press Enter A drive in JBOD Unconfigured Bad or Hotspare status cannot be selected Figure 15 Selecting the target drive...

Страница 87: ...rs select Save Configuration and press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 3 Figure 17 Configuring RAID parameters Table 3 Parameter description Parameter Description...

Страница 88: ...if the supercapacitor of the storage controller is absent or faulty If the server is powered off the controller cache loses its data because of lack of power Access Policy Read and write policy Read W...

Страница 89: ...e Displays 512n as the sector size if no 512e member drive exists Force Displays 512e 4K as the sector size even if no 512e member drive exists Save Configuration Select this option to save the config...

Страница 90: ...on 11 Select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter as shown in Figure 20 Figure 20 Storage controller configuration screen 12 On the screen as shown in Figure 21 you can see the created drives Sele...

Страница 91: ...Drives and press Enter You can view the detailed information about the RAID array including name level and drive information Figure 22 Selecting View Associated Drives Configuring RAID 10 1 On the sto...

Страница 92: ...tion screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 24 select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 24 Selecting Create Virtual Drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 25 select Select RAID Level to...

Страница 93: ...the screen as shown in Figure 26 select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source and then press Enter Figure 26 Setting the drive capacity source 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 27 sele...

Страница 94: ...Select Drives 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 28 select the target drives Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Apply Changes and press Enter Figure 28 Selec...

Страница 95: ...Add More Spans and press Enter to add drive space A minimum of four drives are required for setting up RAID10 Figure 29 Adding drive space 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 30 select Select Drives an...

Страница 96: ...that the drive has been selected Then select Apply Changes and press Enter A drive in JBOD or Unconfigured Bad status cannot be selected Figure 31 Selecting the target drives 10 On the screen as show...

Страница 97: ...select Save Configuration and press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 3 Figure 33 Configuring RAID parameters 12 On the screen as shown in Figure 34 select Confirm...

Страница 98: ...to the storage controller configuration screen Figure 35 Completing RAID array configuration 14 As shown in Figure 36 on the storage controller configuration screen select Virtual Drive Management and...

Страница 99: ...nt to view and press Enter Figure 37 Virtual Drive Management screen 16 On the screen as shown in Figure 38 select View Associated Drives and press Enter You can view the detailed information about th...

Страница 100: ...uration screen as shown in Figure 39 select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 39 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 40 select Create Virtual Drive...

Страница 101: ...nd then press Enter Figure 41 Setting the RAID level 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 42 select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source and then press Enter Figure 42 Setting the drive c...

Страница 102: ...Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Apply Changes and press Enter Figure 44 Selecting the target drives 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 45 select Add More...

Страница 103: ...ives and press Enter Figure 46 Selecting Select Drives 9 On the screen as shown in Figure 47 select the target drives Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Apply...

Страница 104: ...in Figure 48 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 48 Confirming the operation 11 On the screen as shown in Figure 49 configure the parameters select Save Configuration and press Ente...

Страница 105: ...meters 12 On the screen as shown in Figure 50 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 50 Confirming the operation 13 On the screen as shown in Figure 51 select OK to return to the storag...

Страница 106: ...troller configuration screen as shown in Figure 52 select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 52 Storage controller configuration screen 15 On the screen as shown in Figure 53 you can see...

Страница 107: ...screen 16 On the screen as shown in Figure 54 select View Associated Drives and press Enter You can view the detailed information about the RAID array including name level and drive information Figur...

Страница 108: ...ge controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 55 select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 55 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 56 select...

Страница 109: ...e screen as shown in Figure 57 select Select RAID Level to set the RAID level and then press Enter Figure 57 Settings the RAID level 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 58 select Select Drives From to...

Страница 110: ...as shown in Figure 59 select Select Drives and press Enter Figure 59 Selecting Select Drives 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 60 select the target drives Enabled following a drive means that the dri...

Страница 111: ...screen as shown in Figure 61 select Add More Spans and press Enter to add drive space A minimum of eight drives are required for setting up RAID60 Figure 61 Adding drive space 8 On the screen as shown...

Страница 112: ...ves Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Apply Changes and press Enter A drive in JBOD or Unconfigured Bad status cannot be selected Figure 63 Selecting the tar...

Страница 113: ...Figure 65 configure the parameters select Save Configuration and press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 3 Figure 65 Configuring RAID parameters 12 On the screen as...

Страница 114: ...as shown in Figure 67 select OK to return to the storage controller configuration screen Figure 67 Completing RAID array configuration 14 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Fig...

Страница 115: ...e 68 Storage controller configuration screen 15 On the screen as shown in Figure 69 you can see the created RAID arrays Select RAID60 you want to view and press Enter Figure 69 Virtual Drive Managemen...

Страница 116: ...r configuring a RAID array You can configure global hot spare drives or dedicated hot spare drives NOTE A hot spare drive can be used only for RAID levels with redundancy The capacity of a hot spare d...

Страница 117: ...e screen as shown in Figure 72 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 72 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 73 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that a...

Страница 118: ...3 Figure 73 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 74 select Go and press Enter Figure 74 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 75 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter...

Страница 119: ...s complete the screen as shown in Figure 76 opens Figure 76 Completing global hot spare drive configuration Configuring a dedicated hot spare drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as...

Страница 120: ...screen as shown in Figure 78 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 78 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 79 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that ap...

Страница 121: ...Figure 80 select Go and press Enter Figure 80 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 81 select the drive you want to configure as the hot spare drive Enabled following the drive means that t...

Страница 122: ...he operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 82 opens Figure 82 Completing the operation Deleting a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 83 select V...

Страница 123: ...creen as shown in Figure 84 select the target virtual drive and press Enter Figure 84 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 85 select Operation and press Enter On the dial...

Страница 124: ...9 Figure 85 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 86 select Go and press Enter Figure 86 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 87 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter...

Страница 125: ...ing the deletion When the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 88 opens Figure 88 Completing the operation Locating drives This task allows you to locate a physical drive or all drives...

Страница 126: ...ller configuration screen as shown in Figure 89 select Drive Management and press Enter Figure 89 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 90 select the target drive...

Страница 127: ...g box that opens select Start Locate and press Enter Figure 91 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 92 select Go and press Enter Figure 92 Selecting Go When the operation is complete th...

Страница 128: ...es for a virtual drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 94 select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 94 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the...

Страница 129: ...drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 96 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Start Locate and press Enter Figure 96 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Fi...

Страница 130: ...e screen as shown in Figure 98 opens The Fault UID LED on the drive turns steady blue Figure 98 Completing locating all drives for a virtual drive Initializing a virtual drive This task allows you to...

Страница 131: ...Enter Figure 99 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 100 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 100 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as sho...

Страница 132: ...iately writing data Slow initialization allows writing data after initialization is complete 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 102 select Go and press Enter Figure 102 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as...

Страница 133: ...en the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 104 opens Figure 104 Completing the operation Initializing a physical drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figu...

Страница 134: ...2 On the screen as shown in Figure 106 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 106 Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 107 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog...

Страница 135: ...Figure 107 Operation screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 108 select Go and press Enter Figure 108 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 109 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Ent...

Страница 136: ...61 Figure 109 Confirming the initialization When the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 110 opens Figure 110 Completing the operation...

Страница 137: ...lows you to erase data from physical and logical drives Erasing a physical drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 111 select Drive Management and press Enter Figure...

Страница 138: ...hown in Figure 113 select Operation and press Enter 4 On the dialog box that opens select Drive Erase and press Enter For some controllers you must select Cryptographic Erase for a SAS drive and selec...

Страница 139: ...the Erase Mode the default Simple mode is recommended Figure 114 Setting the Erase Mode 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 115 select Go and press Enter Figure 115 Selecting Go 7 On the screen as show...

Страница 140: ...he operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 117 opens Figure 117 Completing the operation Erasing a logical drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 118 sel...

Страница 141: ...e screen as shown in Figure 119 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 119 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 120 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog...

Страница 142: ...on screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 121 press Enter and set the Erase Mode the default Simple mode is recommended Figure 121 Setting the Erase Mode 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 122 sele...

Страница 143: ...22 Selecting Go 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 123 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 123 Confirming the operation 7 When the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure...

Страница 144: ...available logical drive capacity for availability purposes NOTE The LSI 9540 9560 controller supports migration and scale up in UEFI mode or the operating system only when the RAID level is 0 1 5 or...

Страница 145: ...e screen as shown in Figure 126 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 126 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 127 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog...

Страница 146: ...reen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 128 select Go and press Enter Figure 128 Selecting Go 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 129 modify the value for Enter a Percentage of Available Capacity selec...

Страница 147: ...available capacity When the operation is complete the screen as shown in Figure 130 opens Figure 130 Completing expanding a RAID array Migrating the RAID level This task allows you to change the RAID...

Страница 148: ...when the RAID level is 0 1 5 or 6 To migrate the RAID level 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 131 select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 131 Storage...

Страница 149: ...Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 133 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that appears select Reconfigure Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 133 Oper...

Страница 150: ...screen as shown in Figure 135 set the RAID level select Choose the Operation and then press Enter Figure 135 Choose the operation 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 136 select the target drives Enable...

Страница 151: ...ding drives 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 137 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 137 Confirming the operation 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 138 select Start Operation and...

Страница 152: ...Figure 138 Start the operation 9 On the screen as shown in Figure 139 select OK and then press Enter Figure 139 Selecting OK 10 On the screen as shown in Figure 140 you can view the migration progres...

Страница 153: ...guring RAID array on the drive The task typically applies to drives in Unconfigured Bad state To clear RAID array information on the drive 1 Switch the drive state from Unconfigured Bad to Unconfigure...

Страница 154: ...tion screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 142 select Manage Foreign Configuration and press Enter Figure 142 Selecting Manage Foreign Configuration 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 143 select C...

Страница 155: ...g Clear Foreign Configuration 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 144 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 144 Confirming the operation When the operation is complete the screen as sho...

Страница 156: ...ding a virtual drive This task allows you to hide a virtual drive to avoid unintentional deletion To hide a virtual drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 146 select...

Страница 157: ...he screen as shown in Figure 147 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 147 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 148 select Operation and press Enter On the dialo...

Страница 158: ...to hide a RAID array to avoid unintentional deletion If you hide a RAID array all the virtual drives of the RAID array are hidden To hide a RAID array 1 On the storage controller configuration screen...

Страница 159: ...the screen as shown in Figure 150 select the target drive and press Enter Figure 150 Virtual Drive Management screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 151 select Operation and press Enter On the dial...

Страница 160: ...e a USB drive for the firmware upgrade save the firmware 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 s...

Страница 161: ...f the target firmware and press Enter Figure 153 Selecting directory 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 154 select the image file of the target firmware and press Enter Figure 154 Selecting image 4 On...

Страница 162: ...ure 156 select Confirm 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 other op...

Страница 163: ...wn in Figure 157 select OK and press Enter Figure 157 Completing the operation 7 Restart the BIOS for the operation to take effect Switching the storage controller mode 1 On the Advanced menu select M...

Страница 164: ...89 Figure 158 Selecting Main Menu 2 Select Controller Management and press Enter...

Страница 165: ...90 Figure 159 Selecting Controller Management 3 Select Advanced Controller Management and press Enter Figure 160 Selecting Advanced Controller Management...

Страница 166: ...sonality Mode and press Enter Figure 161 Selecting Manage Personality Mode As shown in Figure 162 the storage controller is now is RAID mode To switch the controller to JBOD mode select Switch to JBOD...

Страница 167: ...same time Be careful that data might be cleared for logical drives that do not support JBOD mode once you switch the mode As a best practice before switching the mode of an LSI storage controller cha...

Страница 168: ...ure 164 Completing the mode switching Forcing a logical drive to come online When the number of faulty drives exceeds the tolerance range of the logical drive fault tolerant method the management tool...

Страница 169: ...luation task to determine whether the operation can be performed To force a logical drive to come online 1 On the storage controller screen select Virtual Drive Management and then press Enter Figure...

Страница 170: ...Selecting View Associated Drives 4 Select the target offline member drive enable the drive select View Drive Properties and then press Enter Figure 168 Selecting View Drive Properties 5 Select Operati...

Страница 171: ...96 Figure 169 Selecting Place Drive Online 6 Select Go and then press Enter Figure 170 Selecting Go 7 Select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter...

Страница 172: ...97 Figure 171 Confirming the operation Figure 172 Operation succeeded Adding new drives to a RAID array Perform this task to add new drives to a RAID array for expansion...

Страница 173: ...A newly added drive must be of the same type as the member drives in a RAID array and its capacity cannot be smaller than the minimum capacity of the member drives in the RAID array For expansion with...

Страница 174: ...3 On the screen as shown in Figure 175 select Operation and press Enter On the dialog box that opens select Reconfigure Virtual Drives and press Enter Figure 175 Operation screen 4 On the screen as s...

Страница 175: ...screen as shown in Figure 177 set the RAID level select Choose the Operation and then press Enter Figure 177 Choosing the operation 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 178 select the drives to be added...

Страница 176: ...Choose the Operation screen 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 179 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 179 Confirming the operation 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 180 select OK a...

Страница 177: ...180 Completing drive selection 9 On the screen as shown in Figure 181 select Start Operation and press Enter Figure 181 Starting the operation 10 On the screen as shown in Figure 182 select OK and pr...

Страница 178: ...103 Figure 182 Selecting OK 11 On the screen as shown in Figure 183 you can view the migration progress Figure 183 Viewing the migration progress...

Страница 179: ...ect Virtual Drive Management and press Enter Figure 184 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 185 you can view the basic storage controller information and press E...

Страница 180: ...number of the storage controller Package Version Package version of the storage controller PSOC Firmware Version PSOC firmware version of the storage controller Firmware Version Firmware version of t...

Страница 181: ...sk Rates Set processing rates for tasks Auto Import Foreign Configuration Select whether to enable automatic import of external configuration Coercion Mode Specify the capacity compression mode of dri...

Страница 182: ...Bad Foreign and the rebuild operation will not be automatically performed To rebuild RAID for this drive set the drive status to Unconfigured Good For more information see Importing foreign configura...

Страница 183: ...ear foreign configuration the RAID configuration will get lost To avoid failure in importing foreign configuration replace a storage controller with a new one of the same model When the number of fail...

Страница 184: ...shown in Figure 124 select Preview Foreign Configuration and press Enter to display the current detailed foreign configuration Figure 190 Manage Foreign Configuration screen 4 On the screen as shown...

Страница 185: ...iew Foreign Configuration screen 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 124 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 192 Confirming the operation 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 193 select...

Страница 186: ...n configuration 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 124 select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 194 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the scre...

Страница 187: ...shown in Figure 124 select Preview Foreign Configuration and press Enter to display the current detailed foreign configuration Figure 196 Manage Foreign Configuration screen 4 On the screen as shown...

Страница 188: ...iew Foreign Configuration screen 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 198 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 198 Confirming the operation 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 199 select...

Страница 189: ...rtual drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 200 select Configuration Management and press Enter Figure 200 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen...

Страница 190: ...Setting the RAID level 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 203 select Select Drives From to set the drive capacity source and then press Enter Unconfigured Capacity The capacity source is the unconfigu...

Страница 191: ...On the screen as shown in Figure 204 select Select Drives Group and select the drive group for RAID setup and then press Enter Figure 204 Selecting Select Drives group 6 On the screen as shown in Fig...

Страница 192: ...screen as shown in Figure 206 complete the drive group selection Select OK and press Enter Figure 206 Completing drive group selection 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 207 configure the related para...

Страница 193: ...Configuring the parameters 9 On the screen as shown in Figure 208 select Confirm Then select Yes and press Enter Figure 208 Confirming the operation 10 On the screen as shown in Figure 209 select OK a...

Страница 194: ...ng StorCLI 1 Access https www h3c com cn BizPortal DownLoadAccessory DownLoadAccessoryFilt aspx 2 Download the installation package and release notes for the corresponding storage controller firmware...

Страница 195: ...controller root localhost home storcli64 c0 show Generating detailed summary of the adapter it may take a while to complete CLI Version 007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 19...

Страница 196: ...rted Switching the storage controller mode Perform this task to switch the storage controller mode Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id set personality mode Default A storage controller operates in RAID mo...

Страница 197: ...one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage controllers exist use the storcli64 call show command to view the controller ID fw_file Specifies the firmware file name Usage...

Страница 198: ...h wt notifies the system of transmission completion when data are written into disks Write back wb notifies the system of transmission completion when data are written into the controller cache Always...

Страница 199: ...ntroller_id Specifies the ID of a storage controller If only one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage controllers exist use the storcli64 call show command to view the...

Страница 200: ...view the controller ID Examples View the JBOD state root localhost home storcli64 c0 show jbod CLI Version 007 1316 0000 0000 Mar 12 2020 Operating system Linux 3 10 0 862 el7 x86_64 Controller 0 Stat...

Страница 201: ...0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Controller Properties Ctrl_Prop Value JBOD ON Disable JBOD root localhost home storcli64 c0...

Страница 202: ...ating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description Set Drive Good Succeeded Switch the drive state to JBOD root localhost home storcli64 c0 e2 s8 set jbod CLI Version 007...

Страница 203: ...iguration Perform this task to save restore or import RAID configuration Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id get config file filename storcli64 ccontroller_id set config file filename Parameters controlle...

Страница 204: ...apacity size Usage guidelines The LSI 9540 9560 controllers support migration and scaling up in UEFI mode or the OS only when the RAID level is 0 1 5 or 6 Examples Scale up the RAID capacity to 20Gb r...

Страница 205: ...OS only when the RAID level is 0 1 5 or 6 Examples root localhost home storcli64 c0 v0 start migrate type raid5 option add drives 2 11 CLI Version 007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linu...

Страница 206: ...osure_id sslot_id add hotsparedrive storcli64 ccontroller_id eenclosure_id sslot_id add hotsparedrive dgs drive_group storcli64 ccontroller_id eenclosure_id sslot_id delete hotsparedrive Default If yo...

Страница 207: ...gency hot spare and configure whether to activate emergency hot spare upon a SMART error Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id set eghs eug state storcli64 ccontroller_id set eghs smarter state Parameters c...

Страница 208: ...gfile logfilename Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of a storage controller If only one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage controllers exist use the storcli64...

Страница 209: ...ng system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None root localhost home storcli64 c0 show events seqNum 0x00079e17 Time Sun Mar 13 09 13 18 2022 Code 0x0000001e Class 0...

Страница 210: ...orcli64 ccontroller_id vraid_id set rdcache ra nora Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of a storage controller If only one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage c...

Страница 211: ...torcli64 c0 v0 set wrcache awb CLI Version 007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Detailed Status VD Property Value St...

Страница 212: ...x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Detailed Status VD Property Value Status ErrCd ErrMsg 0 AccPolicy RW Success 0 Setting the read write cache state for member drives Perform this ta...

Страница 213: ...rage controllers exist use the storcli64 call show command to view the controller ID enclosure_id Specifies the enclosure ID slot_id Specifies the ID of the physical drive slot Usage guidelines If mul...

Страница 214: ...UBUnsp UBad Unsupported Rbld Rebuild Drive c1 e252 s10 Detailed Information Drive c1 e252 s10 State Shield Counter 0 Media Error Count 0 Other Error Count 0 Drive Temperature 36C 96 80 F Predictive Fa...

Страница 215: ...p capable Yes Unmap capable for LDs No Multipath No Port Information Port Status Linkspeed SAS address 0 Active 6 0Gb s 0x300062b20c75204a Inquiry Data 40 00 ff 3f 37 c8 10 00 00 00 00 00 3f 00 00 00...

Страница 216: ...s the storage controller to read sequentially from ahead of requested data from virtual drives and to save the additional data in the cache Then the subsequent users can directly obtain these data fro...

Страница 217: ...storcli64 c0 e2 s11 start erase simple CLI Version 007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description Start Drive Erase Succeeded View...

Страница 218: ...orcli64 c0 cv show all CLI Version 007 1705 0000 0000 Mar 31 2021 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Cachevault_Info Property Value Type CVPM05 T...

Страница 219: ...ime 2022 07 18 21 59 20 711496760 seconds Learn Delay Interval 0 hour s Auto Learn Mode Transparent Last Successful Learn Time Completed MON June 20 2022 at 23 59 20 Manually making a physical drive c...

Страница 220: ...s Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id set patrolread starttime start_time maxconcurrentpd number storcli64 ccontroller_id set patrolread delay delay_time storcli64 ccontroller_id show patrolread Parameter...

Страница 221: ...rop Value PR Mode Auto PR Execution Delay 168 hours PR iterations completed 1 PR Next Start time 03 19 2022 15 00 00 PR on SSD Disabled PR Current State Stopped PR Excluded VDs None PR MaxConcurrentPd...

Страница 222: ...rameters If you specify the vraid_id option the command displays the specific check progress Examples View the consistency check parameters root localhost home storcli64 c0 show cc CLI Version 007 101...

Страница 223: ...m Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description Stop CC Operation Success Configure consistency check parameters root localhost home storcli64 c0 set cc conc delay 2 starttime 20...

Страница 224: ...007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description Show Drive Copyback Status Succeeded Drive ID Progress Status Estimated Time Left c...

Страница 225: ...t home storcli64 c0 set reconrate 40 CLI Version 007 1017 0000 0000 May 10 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Controller Properties Ctrl_Pro...

Страница 226: ...download src fw_file Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of a storage controller If only one storage controller exists the ID is 0 by default If multiple storage controllers exist use the storc...

Страница 227: ...nd VMware Enabling this feature accidentally might cause the system to hang during boot After this feature is enabled the reporting order of devices under the storage controller during the server rebo...

Страница 228: ...device ordering ON Disable the firmware device order for a storage controller root localhost storcli64 c0 set deviceorderbyfirmware off CLI Version 007 2203 0000 0000 May 11 2022 Operating system Lin...

Страница 229: ...u enable this feature non RAID drives under the storage controller will be reported based on their slot number during a server reboot A change to the direct pd mapping feature takes effect only after...

Страница 230: ...cription None Controller Properties Ctrl_Prop Value Directpdmapping OFF Requires reboot for effect Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information diagno...

Страница 231: ...156 ntroller tbox Software to download the storage controller drivers For more information about installing drivers see the release notes for the driver program...

Страница 232: ...troller are exposed as raw drives and RAID 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...

Страница 233: ...of the failed drives The storage controller supports the following types of hot spare drives For more information about hot spare drive types see Storage controller features Dedicated spare drive Aut...

Страница 234: ...gure 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 configuratio...

Страница 235: ...e Management before proceeding to the next step For how to navigate screens and modify settings see the operation instructions at the lower right corner Figure 1 BIOS setup screen Switching the operat...

Страница 236: ...age controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 3 select Modify Controller Settings or Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter This section uses Modify Controller Setting...

Страница 237: ...troller Settings screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 4 change the operating mode for Port CN0 Mode or Port CN1 Mode as a best practice make sure their operating modes are the same select Submit...

Страница 238: ...Controller Settings screen Figure 4 shows a screen with no RAID array configured If a RAID array is configured the Modify Controller Settings screen is as shown in Figure 5 Figure 5 Modify Controller...

Страница 239: ...orage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 6 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 6 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 7 select Creat...

Страница 240: ...9 Figure 7 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 8 select drives of the same type Then select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure 9 Figure 8 Selecting the target drives...

Страница 241: ...10 Figure 9 Proceeding to the next form 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 10 select the RAID level press Enter and select Proceed to next Form Figure 10 Setting the RAID level...

Страница 242: ...Table 2 Figure 11 Configuring RAID array parameters Table 2 Parameter description Parameter Description Logical Drive Label RAID array name Stripe Size Data block size for each drive Size Capacity fo...

Страница 243: ...the screen as shown in Figure 13 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 13 Storage controller configuration 8 On the screen as shown in Figure 14 view the created arrays Select the array where th...

Страница 244: ...9 On the screen as shown in Figure 15 select List Logical Drives and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array Figure 15 Selecting List Logical Drives 10 Selecting the target logic...

Страница 245: ...Selecting Logical Drive 1 11 Selecting Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view the logical drive details including drive name level and member drive information Figure 17 Selecting Logical...

Страница 246: ...1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 18 select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 18 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Drive...

Страница 247: ...16 Figure 19 Selecting Create Array 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 20 select drives of the same type Then select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure 21 Figure 20 Selecting drives...

Страница 248: ...4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 22 Selecting the RAID level 5 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information...

Страница 249: ...18 Figure 23 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 24 Logical drive creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter...

Страница 250: ...configuration screen 8 View the created arrays Select the array where the RAID 1 logical drive resides and press Enter Figure 26 Managing arrays 9 Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to v...

Страница 251: ...0 Select the target drive and then press Enter Figure 28 Selecting Logical Drive 2 11 Selecting Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view the detailed information about the logical drive including...

Страница 252: ...ting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 1 AMD 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 30 select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 30 Storage controller co...

Страница 253: ...22 2 Select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 31 Selecting Create Array 3 Select drives of the same type and select Proceed to next Form Figure 32 Selecting drives...

Страница 254: ...hen select Proceed to next Form Figure 33 Selecting the RAID1 ADM level 5 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see T...

Страница 255: ...24 6 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 35 Logical drive creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter Figure 36 Storage controller configuration screen...

Страница 256: ...ays Select the array where the RAID1 ADM logical drive resides and then press Enter Figure 37 Managing arrays 9 Select List Logical Drives and press Enter to view logical drives in the array Figure 38...

Страница 257: ...Enter Figure 39 Selecting Logical Drive 7 11 Select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive including the logical drive name level and member drives...

Страница 258: ...1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 41 select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 41 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Drive...

Страница 259: ...28 Figure 42 Selecting Create Array 3 As shown in Figure 43 select drives of the same type Then select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure 44 Figure 43 Selecting drives...

Страница 260: ...m 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 45 Selecting the RAID5 level 5 Configure parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information ab...

Страница 261: ...30 Figure 46 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 47 Logical drive creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter...

Страница 262: ...onfiguration screen 8 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID5 logical drive resides and then press Enter Figure 49 Managing arrays 9 Select List Logical Drives and press Enter to...

Страница 263: ...Select the target logical drive and then press Enter Figure 51 Selecting Logical Drive 3 11 Select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive including...

Страница 264: ...33 Figure 52 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 6 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 53 select Array Configuration and press Enter...

Страница 265: ...controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter Figure 54 Selecting Create Array 3 As shown in Figure 55 select drives of the same type Then select Proceed to next Form a...

Страница 266: ...35 Figure 55 Selecting drives Figure 56 Selecting Proceed to next Form 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form...

Страница 267: ...cting the RAID0 level 5 Configure parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 58 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Select...

Страница 268: ...ve creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter Figure 60 Storage controller configuration screen 8 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID 6 logical drive resid...

Страница 269: ...gure 61 Managing arrays 9 Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to view logical drives in the array Figure 62 Selecting List Logical Drives 10 Select the target logical drive and then press...

Страница 270: ...Logical Drive 5 11 Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive including the logical drive name level and member drives Figure 64 Selecting...

Страница 271: ...0 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 65 select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 65 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Drive...

Страница 272: ...Selecting Create Array 3 As shown in Figure 67 select drives of the same type Creating a RAID 10 requires a minimum of four drives Then select Proceed to next Form as shown in Figure 68 Figure 67 Sele...

Страница 273: ...42 Figure 68 Selecting Proceed to next Form 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 69 Selecting the RAID10 level...

Страница 274: ...meters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 70 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 71 Logical dr...

Страница 275: ...anage Arrays and press Enter Figure 72 Storage controller configuration screen 8 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID 10 logical drive resides and then press Enter Figure 73 Ma...

Страница 276: ...ect List Logical Drives and press Enter to view logical drives in the array Figure 74 Selecting List Logical Drives 10 Select the target logical drive and then press Enter Figure 75 Selecting Logical...

Страница 277: ...information about the logical drive including logical drive name level and member drives Figure 76 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 10 ADM 1 On the storage controller configuration scr...

Страница 278: ...Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter Figure 78 Selecting Create Array 3 As shown in Figure 79 select drives of the same type Creating a RAID10 ADM logical drive requires a minimum of six d...

Страница 279: ...48 Figure 79 Selecting drives Figure 80 Selecting Proceed to next Form 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form...

Страница 280: ...ng the RAID10 level 5 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 82 Configuring RAID parameters 6 Selec...

Страница 281: ...creation succeeded 7 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter Figure 84 Storage controller configuration screen 8 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID10 ADM logical drive res...

Страница 282: ...gure 85 Managing arrays 9 Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to view logical drives in the array Figure 86 Selecting List Logical Drives 10 Select the target logical drive and then press...

Страница 283: ...52 Figure 87 Selecting Logical Drive 1 11 Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive including logical drive name level and member drives...

Страница 284: ...53 Figure 88 Selecting Logical Drive Details Configuring RAID 50 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 89 select Array Configuration and then press Enter...

Страница 285: ...54 Figure 89 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Drive and then press Enter Figure 90 Selecting Create Array...

Страница 286: ...f the same type and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 91 Selecting drives 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 92 Selecting the RAID10 level 5 Select P...

Страница 287: ...e number of parity groups 6 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parameter description see Table 2 Figure 94 Configuring RAID parameters 7...

Страница 288: ...ve creation succeeded 8 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter Figure 96 Storage controller configuration screen 9 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID50 logical drive resid...

Страница 289: ...ure 97 Managing arrays 10 Select List Logical Drives and then press Enter to view logical drives in the array Figure 98 Selecting List Logical Drives 11 Select the target logical drive and then press...

Страница 290: ...ng Logical Drive 6 12 Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive including logical drive name level and member drives Figure 100 Selecting L...

Страница 291: ...1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 101 select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 101 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Create Virtual Driv...

Страница 292: ...igure 102 Selecting Create Array 3 Select drives of the same type and then select Proceed to next Form Figure 103 Selecting drives 4 Select the RAID level press Enter and then select Proceed to next F...

Страница 293: ...RAID60 level 5 Select Proceed to next Form Figure 105 Selecting the number of parity groups 6 Configure the parameters press Enter and then select Submit Changes For more information about the parame...

Страница 294: ...63 Figure 106 Configuring RAID parameters 7 Select Back to Main Menu Figure 107 Logical drive creation succeeded 8 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter...

Страница 295: ...guration screen 9 View the created RAID arrays select the array where the RAID60 logical drive resides and then press Enter Figure 109 Managing arrays 10 Select List Logical Drives and then press Ente...

Страница 296: ...elect the target logical drive and then press Enter Figure 111 Selecting Logical Drive 2 12 Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive inclu...

Страница 297: ...66 Figure 112 Selecting Logical Drive Details Viewing controller properties 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 113 select Controller Information and press Enter...

Страница 298: ...re 113 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 114 you can see basic information for the storage controller For more information about the parameter description see...

Страница 299: ...troller Controller Status Status of the storage controller Controller Mode Current mode of the storage controller including RAID In this mode logical drives attached to a storage controller will repor...

Страница 300: ...he storage controller including Port CN0 RAID HBA Mixed Port CN1 RAID HBA Mixed Configuring hot spare drives 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 115 select Array Config...

Страница 301: ...70 Figure 116 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 117 select the target array and press Enter...

Страница 302: ...71 Figure 117 Selecting the target array 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 118 select Manage Spare Drives and press Enter...

Страница 303: ...e Spare Drivers 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 119 select Assign Dedicated Spare for specifying a hot spare drive for the specified array or Assign Auto Replace Spare for automatically replacing f...

Страница 304: ...119 Selecting the spare type 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 120 select the target drives Enabled following a drive means that the drive has been selected Then select Assign Dedicated Spare and pr...

Страница 305: ...ad and write rate and limit the operations on logical drives performed by using RAID array configuration tools As a best practice to avoid these problems delete logical drives from back to front in se...

Страница 306: ...75 Figure 121 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 122 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 122 Array Configuration screen...

Страница 307: ...76 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 123 select the target array and press Enter Figure 123 Selecting the target array 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 124 select Delete Array and press Enter...

Страница 308: ...Selecting Delete Array Viewing drive information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 125 select Disk Utilities and...

Страница 309: ...78 Figure 125 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 126 you can see information about all available drives Figure 126 Drive information...

Страница 310: ...ss Enter 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 127 select Identify Device and press Enter Figure 127 Selecting Identify Device 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 128 select Start and the Fault UID LED on...

Страница 311: ...ves 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 as shown in Figure 126 select the drive to...

Страница 312: ...81 Figure 129 Erasing a drive 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 130 select the erase pattern and press Enter...

Страница 313: ...e erase operation This operation clears all user data removes all unused data blocks and resets the flash memory storage in the SSD Unrestricted Sanitize Block Erase Unrestricted drive erasure Recover...

Страница 314: ...ase and press Enter Figure 131 Starting erasing Viewing storage controller information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in...

Страница 315: ...84 Figure 132 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 133 view storage controller information...

Страница 316: ...roller information Modifying storage controller settings 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 134 select Configure C...

Страница 317: ...86 Figure 134 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 135 select Modify Controller Settings and press Enter...

Страница 318: ...roller Settings screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 136 modify the basic storage controller settings as needed If no logical drives are available you can only modify the operating mode for the s...

Страница 319: ...screen Clearing storage controller configuration information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 137 select Config...

Страница 320: ...89 Figure 137 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 138 or Figure 139 select Clear Configuration and press Enter...

Страница 321: ...90 Figure 138 Configure Controller Settings screen for the RAID P460 B2...

Страница 322: ...B4 storage controllers support the Backup Power Source option This option indicates that the controllers can provide power fail safeguard if it has a supercapacitor connected 4 On the screen as shown...

Страница 323: ...ription Delete All Array Configurations Clear all created RAID and related array configuration information Delete Configuration metadata on all physical drives Clear all invalid RAID information remai...

Страница 324: ...ting Submit Changes Setting the HBA mode 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 142 select Configure Controller Settin...

Страница 325: ...94 Figure 142 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 143 select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter...

Страница 326: ...95 Figure 143 Configure Controller Settings screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 144 select HBA for Set Controller Port Mode and press Enter...

Страница 327: ...troller Port Mode screen Create multiple virtual drives VDs 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 145 select Array Co...

Страница 328: ...97 Figure 145 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 146 select Manage Arrays and press Enter...

Страница 329: ...98 Figure 146 Array Configuration screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 147 select an array to add VDs This example selects Array A...

Страница 330: ...99 Figure 147 Manage Arrays screen 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 148 select Create Logical Drive...

Страница 331: ...100 Figure 148 Array management screen 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 149 select a RAID level strip size and capacity...

Страница 332: ...supports only online firmware upgrade To upgrade the SEEPROM contact Technical Support To upgrade the storage controller firmware online 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the...

Страница 333: ...102 Figure 150 Storage controller configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 151 select Flash Controller Firmware and press Enter...

Страница 334: ...103 Figure 151 Administration screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 152 select Select Firmware File to flash and press Enter...

Страница 335: ...104 Figure 152 Selecting Select Firmware File to flash 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 153 select the target device where the update file is located and press Enter...

Страница 336: ...105 Figure 153 Selecting the target device 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 154 select the update file suffixed with bin luxor bin in this example and press Enter...

Страница 337: ...106 Figure 154 Selecting the update file 7 On the screen as shown in Figure 155 select Flash Controller Firmware and press Enter...

Страница 338: ...the update is complete press F4 and select Yes on the dialog box that opens The update will take effect at next startup Configuring IO Bypass 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown...

Страница 339: ...108 Figure 156 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 157 select Create Array and press Enter Figure 157 Array Configuration screen...

Страница 340: ...ect drives to be used which indicate by Enabled and select Proceed to next Form Then press Enter Figure 158 Selecting drives 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 159 set the RAID level for RAID Level an...

Страница 341: ...110 Figure 159 Setting the RAID level 5 On the screen as shown in Figure 160 select Acceleration Method and set the logical drive cache mode Then press Enter...

Страница 342: ...ameters 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 161 select IO Bypass and complete other RAID settings NOTE This feature is only available when you selecting SSDs to build a RAID If you set Logical Drive La...

Страница 343: ...r storage controllers is named Re Enable in UEFI boot mode CAUTION Forcing a logical drive in Failed state to come online might cause the existing data on the logical drive to become invalid or unreco...

Страница 344: ...113 Figure 162 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 163 select Manage Arrays and press Enter...

Страница 345: ...114 Figure 163 Array Configuration screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 164 select an array that has failed due to offline drives and press Enter...

Страница 346: ...115 Figure 164 Manage Arrays screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 165 select List Logical Drives and press Enter Figure 165 Screen for a failed array due to offline drives...

Страница 347: ...e screen as shown in Figure 166 select a logical drive in Failed state and press Enter Figure 166 List Logical Drives screen 6 On the screen as shown in Figure 167 select Re Enable Logical Drives and...

Страница 348: ...UEFI or Legacy mode in the range of 0 to 8 This feature is available only in Legacy BIOS mode CAUTION If the number of OS bootable drives is set to 0 in Legacy BIOS mode the OS will start up properly...

Страница 349: ...118 Figure 168 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 169 select Number of OS bootable drives and press Enter...

Страница 350: ...119 Figure 169 Set Bootable Device s for Legacy Boot Mode screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 170 select Number of OS bootable drives set the number of drives and press Enter...

Страница 351: ...0 Figure 170 Setting the number of OS bootable drives Adding new physical drives to a logical drive 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Array Configuration and then press Ent...

Страница 352: ...121 Figure 171 Storage controller configuration screen 3 Select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 172 Array Configuration 4 Select the target array and then press Enter...

Страница 353: ...122 Figure 173 Managing arrays 5 Select Manage Data Drives and then press Enter Figure 174 Selecting the target logical drive 6 Select Add Drive s Expand Array and press Enter...

Страница 354: ...Drives 7 Select the drives to be added select Proceed to next Form and then press Enter Figure 176 Selecting drives 8 Select a method from the Expand Existing Array Type field select Proceed to next...

Страница 355: ...Submit Changes and then press Enter Figure 178 Selecting Submit Changes Viewing RAID controller attributes 1 On the storage controller configuration screen select Array Configuration Manage Arrays an...

Страница 356: ...125 Figure 179 Selecting the target RAID array 2 Select List Logical Drives and press Enter Figure 180 Selecting List Logical Drives 3 Select Logical Drive 1 and press Enter...

Страница 357: ...ting Logical Drive 1 4 Select Logical Drive Details and press Enter to view detailed information about the logical drive including the logical drive name level and member drives Figure 182 Selecting L...

Страница 358: ...es VDs 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 183 Storage controller configuration screen 3 Select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figur...

Страница 359: ...target RAID array and then press Enter Figure 185 Selecting the target VD 5 Select Create Logical Drive and Enter Figure 186 Selecting Create Logical Drive 6 Select the RAID level and set the strip s...

Страница 360: ...nfiguration tasks at a glance To configure RAID arrays in legacy mode perform the following tasks Accessing the storage controller configuration screen Switching the operating mode Configuring RAID 0...

Страница 361: ...Figure 188 press Ctrl A Figure 188 Pressing Ctrl A The storage controller configuration screen opens as shown in Figure 189 You can view basic RAID array status and version information on the storage...

Страница 362: ...screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 191 select Configure Controller Port Mode and press Enter Figure 191 Configure Controller Settings screen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 192 change the op...

Страница 363: ...figuring RAID 0 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 193 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 193 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as...

Страница 364: ...at this step to add more drives and press Enter Figure 195 Selecting the target drive 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 196 set the values for RAID Level Logical Drive Name Strip Full Stripe Size Par...

Страница 365: ...e 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 366: ...t to view and press Enter to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 198 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 1 1 On the...

Страница 367: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 200 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Страница 368: ...ve Name Strip Full Stripe Size Parity Group Count Build Method Size and Acceleration Method Then select Done and then press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 6 Figur...

Страница 369: ...to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 204 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 1 ADM 1 On the storage controller c...

Страница 370: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 206 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Страница 371: ...e Name Strip Full Stripe Size Parity Group Count Build Method Size and Acceleration Method Then select Done and then press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 6 Figure...

Страница 372: ...er to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 210 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 5 1 On the storage controller con...

Страница 373: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 212 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Страница 374: ...ive Name Strip Full Stripe Size Parity Group Count Build Method Size and Acceleration Method Then select Done and then press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 6 Figu...

Страница 375: ...er to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 216 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 6 1 On the storage controller con...

Страница 376: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 218 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Страница 377: ...ive Name Strip Full Stripe Size Parity Group Count Build Method Size and Acceleration Method Then select Done and then press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 6 Figu...

Страница 378: ...r to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 222 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 10 1 On the storage controller con...

Страница 379: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 224 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Страница 380: ...ve Name Strip Full Stripe Size Parity Group Count Build Method Size and Acceleration Method Then select Done and then press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 6 Figur...

Страница 381: ...to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 228 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 10 ADM 1 On the storage controller c...

Страница 382: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 230 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Страница 383: ...Name Strip Full Stripe Size Parity Group Count Build Method Size and Acceleration Method Then select Done and then press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 6 Figure...

Страница 384: ...r to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 234 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 50 1 On the storage controller con...

Страница 385: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 236 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Страница 386: ...ve Name Strip Full Stripe Size Parity Group Count Build Method Size and Acceleration Method Then select Done and then press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 6 Figur...

Страница 387: ...r to view detailed information about the RAID array including RAID array name level and drive information Figure 240 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring RAID 60 1 On the storage controller con...

Страница 388: ...ler configuration screen 2 Select Create Array and press Enter Figure 242 Array Configuration screen 3 Navigate to the target drive and press Insert or the space bar to select it Repeat this step to a...

Страница 389: ...ve Name Strip Full Stripe Size Parity Group Count Build Method Size and Acceleration Method Then select Done and then press Enter For more information about the parameter description see Table 6 Figur...

Страница 390: ...ID array name level and drive information Figure 246 Selecting the target RAID array Configuring hot spare drives Restrictions and guidelines In legacy mode if a hot spare drive is configured for a RA...

Страница 391: ...elect Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 247 Storage controller configuration screen 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 248 select Manage Arrays and press Enter Figure 248 Array Configuration...

Страница 392: ...igure 250 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 250 Selecting the target drives 5 On the screen as show...

Страница 393: ...physical drive as the primary boot drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 252 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 252 Storage controller configuration...

Страница 394: ...drive press Ctrl P and then press Enter Figure 254 Selecting the target drive Configuring a logical drive as the primary boot drive 1 On the storage controller configuration screen select Array Config...

Страница 395: ...reen 3 On the screen as shown in Figure 256 select the target RAID array and press Enter Figure 256 Selecting the target RAID array 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 257 press Ctrl P to configure the...

Страница 396: ...e storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 258 select Array Configuration and press Enter Figure 258 Storage controller configuration...

Страница 397: ...target array press Enter and then press Delete to delete the array Figure 260 Deleting the target array Viewing drive information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen 2 On the storage...

Страница 398: ...can see information about all available drives Figure 262 Drive information Locating drives 1 Select the target drive on the screen as shown in Figure 262 and press Enter 2 On the screen as shown in...

Страница 399: ...controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 262 select the drive to be erased and then press Enter 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 264 select Secure Erase and then press Enter Figure 264 Er...

Страница 400: ...controller configuration screen 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 266 select Configure Controller Settings and press Enter Figure 266 Storage controller configuratio...

Страница 401: ...ntroller Settings screen 5 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 26...

Страница 402: ...On the screen as shown in Figure 270 select Clear Configuration and press Enter Figure 270 Configure Controller Settings screen 4 On the screen as shown in Figure 271 select Delete All Array Configur...

Страница 403: ...Array Configurations Clear all created RAID configuration and the related array configuration Delete RIS on All Physical drives Clear all invalid RAID information remaining in the physical drives The...

Страница 404: ...data on the logical drive to become invalid or unrecoverable You can reformat and use the logical drive in the OS The Force Online operation might change data a logical drive Before performing this o...

Страница 405: ...cy BIOS mode Perform this task to set the number of OS bootable drives in UEFI or Legacy mode in the range of 0 to 8 This feature is available only in Legacy BIOS mode CAUTION If the number of OS boot...

Страница 406: ...tion introduces the download and installation steps of the OS command line tool You can use the OS command line tool to manage storage controllers during normal server operation without restarting the...

Страница 407: ...irmware Syntax arcconf romupdate controller_id fwfile Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of the storage controller fwfile Specifies the name of the firmware file Examples Upgrade the storage co...

Страница 408: ...tion Physical 0 8 Online SATA 512 Bytes 457862MB ATA INTEL SSDSC2KB480G8 Solid State Drive 500E004AAAAAAA00 Enclosure 1 Slot 0 Connector 0 CN0 Physical 0 9 Online SATA 512 Bytes 457862MB ATA INTEL SSD...

Страница 409: ...w storage controller information Command Function arcconf getconfig controller_id AD View adapter information arcconf getconfig controller_id LD View information about all the LDs arcconf getconfig co...

Страница 410: ...rray Physical Device Information Device 0 Present 915715MB SATA SSD Channel 0 Device 0 18031A983BCA Device 1 Present 152627MB SATA SSD Channel 0 Device 1 CVPR1461036N160DGN Array Hotspare Information...

Страница 411: ...ATA SSD Connector CN0 Enclosure 1 Slot 0 BTYF8316086G480BGN Device 9 Present 457862MB SATA SSD Connector CN0 Enclosure 1 Slot 1 BTYF95230EMQ480BGN Command completed successfully View basic information...

Страница 412: ...k Freeze Support True Sanitize Lock Anti Freeze Support True Sanitize Lock Setting None Usage Remaining 99 percent Estimated Life Remaining 39550 SSD Smart Trip Wearout False 56 Day Warning Present Fa...

Страница 413: ...ted Channel Device T L 0 9 9 0 Reported Location Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Connector 0 CN0 Array 0 Vendor ATA Model INTEL SSDSC2KB480G8 Firmware XCV10132 Serial number BTYF95230EMQ480BGN World wide name 500E...

Страница 414: ...Device Error Counters Aborted Commands 0 Bad Target Errors 0 Ecc Recovered Read Errors 0 Failed Read Recovers 0 Failed Write Recovers 0 Format Errors 0 Hardware Errors 0 Hard Read Errors 0 Hard Write...

Страница 415: ...Temperature Sensor Status 1 Normal Temperature Sensor Status 2 Normal Temperature Sensor Status 3 Normal Temperature Sensor Status 4 Normal Speaker status Off Channel 2 Device 1 Device is an Enclosure...

Страница 416: ...Enabled Degraded Mode Performance Optimization Disabled Latency Disabled Statistics data collection mode Disabled Post Prompt Timeout 15 seconds Boot Controller False Primary Boot Volume None Seconda...

Страница 417: ...or Physical Drive Write Cache Policy Information Configured Drives Disabled Unconfigured Drives Disabled HBA Drives Disabled maxCache Properties maxCache Version 4 maxCache RAID5 WriteBack Enabled Ena...

Страница 418: ...ce Powered On 39 deg C Location Bottom Out Of Band Interface Settings OOB Interface PBSI Pending OOB Interface PBSI I2C Address 0xDE Pending I2C Address 0xDE PBSI I2C Clock Speed 400 KHZ I2C Clock Str...

Страница 419: ...annel_id slot_id time time Turn on the UID LED for the specified drive for a specific length of time arcconf identify controller_id device channel_id slot_id Turn on the UID LED for the specified driv...

Страница 420: ...sor may be identified The specified device s is are blinking Press any key to stop the blinking Turn on the UID LEDs for all drives for 60 seconds root localhost home arcconf identify 1 all time 60 Co...

Страница 421: ...he storage controller mode that is Controller Model parameters root localhost home arcconf getconfig 1 ad Controllers found 1 Controller information Controller Status Optimal Controller Mode RAID Hide...

Страница 422: ...Checksum Status Passed Sanitize Lock Setting None Expander Minimum Scan Duration 0 seconds Expander Scan Time out 350 seconds Reboot Required Reasons Firmware update Power Settings Power Consumption N...

Страница 423: ...t 1 Inconsistency Repair Policy Disabled Consistency Check Inconsistency Notify Disabled Rebuild Priority High Expand Priority Medium Controller Version Information Firmware 4 11 Driver Linux 1 2 10 0...

Страница 424: ...s Use On Initialization Not Applicable VDM Notification Not Applicable Pending SMBus Device Type Not Applicable Pending SMBus Channel Not Applicable Pending Static EIDs Use On Initialization Not Appli...

Страница 425: ...nable and disable Enabling this option will optimize SSDs by reallocating all used blocks before writing data to the SSDs resulting in faster initialization DataLD ID of the accelerated LD size Capaci...

Страница 426: ...eate 1 logicaldrive 102400 6 0 8 0 9 0 10 0 11 Controllers found 1 Space will be wasted as devices specified are of different sizes WARNING Use of SED device s may lead to data loss if ownership is ta...

Страница 427: ...10ADM root localhost arcconf create 1 logicaldrive 102400 10Triple 0 8 0 9 0 11 0 12 0 13 0 14 Controllers found 1 Space will be wasted as devices specified are of different sizes WARNING Use of SED...

Страница 428: ...rect RAID level channel ID and physical ID of member drives Make sure the added capacity does not exceed the remaining capacity of the array in which the logical drive resides Parameters controller_id...

Страница 429: ...ay root localhost arcconf modify 1 array 0 expand 0 10 Controllers found 1 This will modify the array 0 Are you sure you want to continue Press y then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort y Modif...

Страница 430: ...1 Logical device information Logical Device number 0 Logical Device name LogicalDrv 0 Disk Name dev sda Block Size of member drives 512 Bytes Array 0 RAID level 5 Status of Logical Device Optimal Back...

Страница 431: ...nitialize and uninitialize Usage guidelines If you specify all as the channel_id device_id the command initializes or uninitializes all drives managed by the storage controller Examples Set the drive...

Страница 432: ...not allow operating system to use the drive contents Are you sure you want to continue Press y then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort y Command completed successfully Delete the hot spare dri...

Страница 433: ...Perform this task to enable or disable the LD cache feature Syntax arcconf setcache controller_id logicaldrive LD_id con arcconf setcache controller_id logicaldrive LD_id coff Parameters controller_id...

Страница 434: ...fies the channel ID of a drive slot_id Specifies the device ID of a drive Examples Start to erase data on the physical drive with device ID 15 root localhost Firmware arcconf task start 1 device 0 15...

Страница 435: ...e consistency check Syntax arcconf consistencycheck controller_id mode arcconf consistencycheck controller_id parallelcount parallelcount_number Parameters controller_id Specifies the ID of the storag...

Страница 436: ...not activate the image file for firmware upgrade in blocks specified by the chunksize argument 239 Downloads and activates the image file for firmware upgrade in blocks specified by the chunksize argu...

Страница 437: ...of 0 to 100 write Specifies the write cache ratio in the range of 0 to 100 Usage guidelines The sum of the read cache ratio and the write cache ratio must be 100 Examples Set both the read cache ratio...

Страница 438: ...ting Guide Compatibility For information about storage controller and server compatibility access http www h3c com en home qr default htm id 66 Downloading and installing drivers Access https www h3c...

Страница 439: ...This section describes how to configure the 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 Contro...

Страница 440: ...igure 2 select Advanced Storage controller and press Enter In this example storage controller HBA 9500 8i is selected Figure 2 Advanced screen 3 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown...

Страница 441: ...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 442: ...nformation see Refreshing configuration information 2 On the storage controller configuration screen as shown in Figure 6 select Controller Properties and then press Enter Figure 6 Storage controller...

Страница 443: ...tion information For more information see Refreshing configuration information 2 On the screen as shown in Figure 8 select Device Properties and then press Enter Figure 8 Controller configuration scre...

Страница 444: ...n as shown in Figure 10 select the target drive such as Slot 4 SATA SSD ATA SAMSUNG MZ7L3480 and then press Enter Figure 10 Selecting the target drive 5 On the drive configuration screen as shown in F...

Страница 445: ...Drive properties screen Locating drives 1 On the drive properties screen as shown in Figure 12 select On from the drop down list for the Locate LED option Figure 12 Drive properties screen 2 Click Ap...

Страница 446: ...ies screen 2 Click Apply Changes Configuring controller settings in legacy mode The storage controllers support the legacy mode but do not provide configuration screens in legacy mode Downloading and...

Страница 447: ...luding storage controller name firmware version drive slot capacity vendor serial number interface type and interface speed Syntax storcli64 ccontroller_id show Parameters controller_id Specifies the...

Страница 448: ...US728T8TALE6L4 U 7 12 6 JBOD 1 746 TB SATA SSD N N 512B INTEL SSDSC2KB019T8 U EID Enclosure Device ID Slt Slot No DID Device ID DG DriveGroup UGood Unconfigured Good UBad Unconfigured Bad Intf Interfa...

Страница 449: ...r_id eenclosure_id sslot_id operation locate Parameters controller_id Specifies the controller ID enclosure_id Specifies the enclosure ID To manage the UID LEDs for drives in all enclosures specify th...

Страница 450: ...please wait CLI Version 007 1207 0000 0000 Sep 25 2019 Operating system Linux 4 18 0 193 el8 x86_64 Controller 0 Status Success Description None Troubleshooting For detailed information about collect...

Страница 451: ...ve JBOD does not support redundancy For more information about RAID levels see Appendix B RAID arrays and fault tolerance Table 1 RAID levels and the numbers of drives for each RAID level RAID level M...

Страница 452: ...array Viewing physical drive information Viewing logical drive information Configuring logical drive media patrol Viewing namespace information Viewing storage controller information Accessing the sto...

Страница 453: ...controller configuration tasks Task type Option Description Information query Physical Device Information Display installed physical drives and details Virtual Device Information Display created logic...

Страница 454: ...ndependent of each other and can be formatted or encrypted independently The RAID MARVELL SANTACRUZ LP 2i storage controller does not support namespaces Configuring a RAID array 1 Access the storage c...

Страница 455: ...l Options include JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 Stripe Size Stripe size Options include 128K 256K 512K Initialization Initialization methods Options include Quick Default Back Ground This option is supported onl...

Страница 456: ...ou want to delete the selected virtual Disk 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 replaceme...

Страница 457: ...he target logical drive state to Enabled select Goto PD Select and press Enter 3 Perform tasks based on the following guidelines If the screen does not display any physical drives no physical drive is...

Страница 458: ...11 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a target physical drive and press Enter Figure 12 Selecting a physical drive The physical drive detail screen opens Parameters are as described in...

Страница 459: ...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 460: ...re 14 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a target logical drive and press Enter Figure 15 Selecting a logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens Parameters are as described in T...

Страница 461: ...RAID rebuilding in progress MediaPatrol Media patrol for logical drives in progress None BGA Status Background task status Options include None RUNNING Task progress in percentage Member Count Number...

Страница 462: ...Figure 17 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a target logical drive and press Enter Figure 18 Selecting s logical drive The logical drive detail screen opens 3 Select START and press Ent...

Страница 463: ...tail screen 4 Select a target logical drive for media patrol and press Enter Figure 20 Selecting a drive for media patrol As shown in Figure 21 the media patrol is in progress To terminate the patrol...

Страница 464: ...ewing namespace information 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen select Namespace Information and press Enter Figure 22 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select a logical drive...

Страница 465: ...pace State Namespace states Options include Active Inactive NameSpace Capacity Namespace available capacity Value in this field usually equals that of the NameSpace Size field NameSpace Utilization Na...

Страница 466: ...status of multi path I O and sharing namespace 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Viewing storage controller information Access the storage controller configuration screen select Controller Information and press E...

Страница 467: ...17 Figure 26 Storage controller information Configuring RAID in OS Viewing information Viewing information about the host bus adapter Syntax mnv_cli info o hba...

Страница 468: ...es Viewing server component information Syntax lspci nvs bus device function Parameters Parameter Description Value bus device function Specifies a component in a system by its bus device and function...

Страница 469: ...19 Examples Viewing physical drive informatoin Syntax mnv_cli info o pd Examples...

Страница 470: ...of a drive Syntax mnv_cli smart i pd_id Parameters Parameter Description Valne pd id Drive ID 0 or 1 Examples Viewing namespace information Syntax mnv_cli ns list Examples Retrieving the primary contr...

Страница 471: ...b stripe size Parameters Parameter Description Value range raid level RAID level 0 1 and JBOD pd id Drive ID 0 and 1 stripe size Stripe size 128 256 and 512 Examples Creating JBOD Syntax mnv_cli vd a...

Страница 472: ...logical drive Syntax mnv_cli init a start stop i vd id Parameters Parameter Description Value range start stop Start Starts logical drive initialization Stop Stops logical drive initialization N A vd...

Страница 473: ...n a logical drive Syntax mnv_cli mp a start stop i vd_id Parameters Parameter Description Value range start stop Start Starts media patrol on a logical drive Stop Stops media patrol on a logical drive...

Страница 474: ...s auto RAID rebuilding off Disables auto RAID rebuilding N A Examples Importing a logical drive Syntax mnv_cli import l vd id Parameters Parameter Description Value range vd id Logical drive ID 0 to N...

Страница 475: ...les Viewing and saving logs Syntax mnv_cli log a show outputfile log txt Examples Displaying all storage controller events Syntax mnv_cli event c n Parameters Parameter Description Value range n Speci...

Страница 476: ...arvell storage controller N A Examples Troubleshooting For detailed information about collecting storage controller fault information diagnosing and locating faults and troubleshooting servers see H3C...

Страница 477: ...troller does not support NVMe M 2 SSDs For efficient use of storage use drives that have the same capacity to build RAID 1 If the drives have different capacities the lowest capacity is used across al...

Страница 478: ...S Press Delete Esc or F2 as prompted during server POST to open the BIOS setup screen as shown in Figure 1 For how to navigate screens and modify settings see the operation instructions at the lower r...

Страница 479: ...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 480: ...detailed information about the storage controller RAID configuration Create RAID Configuration Create RAIDs Delete RAID Configuration Delete RAIDs Rebuild RAID Configuration Rebuild RAIDs Erase Physic...

Страница 481: ...re parameters as needed and set the Would you like to create this virtual disk field to Yes In the dialog box that opens press Enter Then select Next and press Enter The parameter description is in Ta...

Страница 482: ...n Initialization methods Options include Quick Default Back Ground This option is supported only in RAID 1 None Name Name of the logical drive Configuring RAID 1 1 Access the storage controller config...

Страница 483: ...re parameters as needed and set the Would you like to create this virtual disk field to Yes In the dialog box that opens press Enter Then select Next and press Enter See the parameter description in T...

Страница 484: ...rage controller configuration screen select Delete RAID Configuration and press Enter Figure 10 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Perform the following tasks a Select a target logical drive b...

Страница 485: ...ding a RAID array This feature rebuilds the RAID array for drive replacement when a member drive in RAID 1 failed To rebuild a RAID array 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen select Re...

Страница 486: ...guration screen 2 Select a logical drive to be rebuilt select Next and then press Enter If no logical drive is displayed it indicates that no logical drive is available or no logical drive can be rebu...

Страница 487: ...the dialog box that opens press Enter Then select Next and press Enter If no physical drive is displayed it indicates that no physical drive is available Figure 14 Selecting physical drives Viewing p...

Страница 488: ...12 Figure 15 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Select Physical Disk Info and press Enter Figure 16 Accessing physical drive information 3 Select the target physical drive and press Enter...

Страница 489: ...13 Figure 17 Selecting a physical drive The physical drive details screen opens Parameters are as described in Table 4 Figure 18 Physical drive details screen...

Страница 490: ...el Name Physical drive model Serial Number Physical drive serial number FW Version Physical drive firmware version Size Physical drive capacity Viewing logical drive information 1 Access the storage c...

Страница 491: ...15 Figure 20 Selecting a logical drive The logical drive details screen opens Parameters are as described in Table 5 Figure 21 Logical drive details screen...

Страница 492: ...GA Type Background task type Options include Initialization RAID initialization in progress Rebuild RAID rebuilding in progress MediaPatrol Media patrol for logical drives in progress None Size Logica...

Страница 493: ...17 Figure 22 Storage controller configuration screen The storage controller information screen opens Figure 23 Storage controller information...

Страница 494: ...ration only Controller configuration tasks at a glance To configure controller settings in legacy mode perform the following tasks Accessing the storage controller configuration screen Configuring RAI...

Страница 495: ...en Configuring RAID 0 1 Access the storage controller configuration screen select HBA 0 Marvell 0 press Enter and select Configuration Wizard Figure 26 Storage controller configuration screen 2 Press...

Страница 496: ...20 Figure 27 Selecting member drives 3 Configure parameters as needed and click Next In the dialog box that opens click Y The parameter description is in Table 6 Figure 28 Configuring RAID information...

Страница 497: ...er Description RAID Level RAID level Options include RAID 0 RAID 1 Stripe Size Stripe size Options include 32K 64K Name Name of the logical drive Configuring RAID 1 1 Access the storage controller con...

Страница 498: ...iguration screen 2 Press Space to select two member drives and press Enter Figure 31 Selecting member drives 3 Configure parameters as needed and click Next In the dialog box that opens click Y See Ta...

Страница 499: ...iguring a RAID array Deleting a RAID array This feature deletes damaged RAID arrays or RAID arrays that cannot meet requirements To delete a RAID array 1 Access the storage controller configuration sc...

Страница 500: ...24 Figure 34 Storage controller configuration screen 2 In all the dialog boxes that open press Y or click Yes Figure 35 Deleting a RAID array...

Страница 501: ...roller configuration screen select the target physical drive and view the related information Figure 37 Viewing physical drive information Viewing logical drive information Access the storage controll...

Страница 502: ...em to help you build RAID arrays update firmware and view physical drive information Install a RAID controller tool in the operating system and then assign permissions of using the tool to the current...

Страница 503: ...e SATA Supported RAID mode RAID0 RAID1 JBOD Maximum disk in one VD 2 PM Not supported Expander Not supported Maximum supported disk 2 Maximum supported VD 1 Max total blocks 128 Features rebuild media...

Страница 504: ...are version D4MU002 Locate LED status Not Support Running OS no SSD Type SSD block ids 0 associated VDs 0 PD valid size 0 K Adapter 0 PD ID 1 Type SATA PD Linked at HBA port 1 Size 937692504 K Write c...

Страница 505: ...pport size 915651 M BGA status not running Block ids 0 4 of PDs 2 PD RAID setup 0 1 Running OS no Total of VD 1 Creating a RAID array Syntax create o vd r raid level d pd id pd id n name b stripe size...

Страница 506: ...elete VD 0 successfully Troubleshooting issues For more information about fault information collection fault diagnosis and location and fault troubleshooting of the storage controller see H3C Servers...

Страница 507: ...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 508: ...he status of a physical or logical drive attached to a storage controller Viewing the status of a physical drive Viewing the status of a physical drive from HDM2 1 On the top navigation bar click Syst...

Страница 509: ...3 Figure 3 Selecting the storage controller 2 Select Disk Utilities and then press Enter Figure 4 Selecting Disk Utilities 3 Select the target drive and then press Enter...

Страница 510: ...4 Figure 5 Selecting the target drive 4 Select Device Information and then press Enter Figure 6 Selecting Device Information 5 View the value of the Status field...

Страница 511: ...e of the Status field Viewing the status of a physical drive attached to an LSI storage controller from BIOS 1 Click the Advanced tab select the storage controller and then press Enter Figure 8 Select...

Страница 512: ...6 2 Select Main Menu and then press Enter Figure 9 Selecting Main Menu 3 Select Drive Management and then press Enter...

Страница 513: ...7 Figure 10 Selecting Drive Management 4 Select the target drive and then press Enter...

Страница 514: ...8 Figure 11 Select the target drive 5 View the value of the Status field...

Страница 515: ...e The physical drive is already used to create a RAID Offline The physical drive is disabled Rebuilding The physical drive is being used in RAID rebuilding Hot Spare The physical drive is already used...

Страница 516: ...2 In the left navigation pane select Storage 3 On the Logical view tab select a logical drive to view its information Figure 13 Viewing the status of a logical drive from HDM2 Viewing the status of a...

Страница 517: ...11 Figure 14 Selecting the storage controller 2 Select Array Configuration and then press Enter Figure 15 Selecting Array Configuration 3 Select Manage Arrays and then press Enter...

Страница 518: ...16 Selecting Manage Arrays 4 Select the array where the logical drive resides and then press Enter Figure 17 Selecting the array where the logical drive resides 5 Select List Logical Drives and then p...

Страница 519: ...13 Figure 18 Selecting List Logical Drives 6 Select the logical drive and then press Enter Figure 19 Selecting the logical drive 7 Select Logical Drive Details and then press Enter...

Страница 520: ...View the value of the Status field Figure 21 Viewing the value of the Status field Viewing the status of a logical drive attached to an LSI storage controller from BIOS 1 Click the Advanced tab selec...

Страница 521: ...15 Figure 22 Selecting the storage controller 2 Select Main Menu and then press Enter Figure 23 Selecting Main Menu...

Страница 522: ...rtual Drive Management and then press Enter Figure 24 Selecting Virtual Drive Management 4 Selecting the logical drive and then press Enter Figure 25 Selecting the logical drive 5 View the value of th...

Страница 523: ...rive has failed If more than one member drive has failed the logical drive is placed in Degraded state This status is available only for RAID 6 and RAID 60 logical drives Morphing Data is being migrat...

Страница 524: ...in the RAID array Evaluate whether this operation is necessary before performing it The embedded RSTe RAID controller does not support the Force Online function If the RAID array status is Failed rec...

Страница 525: ...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 526: ...29 opens Figure 29 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...

Страница 527: ...ect 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 s...

Страница 528: ...e 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 Healt...

Страница 529: ...23 Figure 33 Identifying a storage controller 2...

Страница 530: ...oss when drives fail As shown in Figure 1 connecting extra physical drives denoted by Pn to a system increases the total storage capacity but has no effect on the efficiency of read write R W operatio...

Страница 531: ...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 532: ...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 533: ...cost is the most important consideration Advantages Has an extremely high storage capacity and read write performance All drive capacity is used to store data none needed for fault tolerance Disadvant...

Страница 534: ...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 535: ...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 536: ...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 537: ...th RAID 10 because parity information requires only the storage space equivalent to two physical drives Disadvantages The main disadvantage of RAID 6 is a relatively low write performance lower than R...

Страница 538: ...capacity and read write performance All drive capacity is used to store data none needed for fault tolerance Disadvantages All data on the logical drive is lost if a physical drive fails Cannot use an...

Страница 539: ...are 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 d...

Страница 540: ...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 541: ...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 542: ...failures 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 probabilit...

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