Practices Guide

Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification

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4 Workflows

The Best Practice Guide provides the detailed step-by-step Lifecycle Controller WSMAN API interactions

and algorithmic descriptions needed to implement various system management workflows.

4.1 RAID stacking: ResetConfig, CreateVD, assign HotSpares

This workflow stacks multiple RAID operations together and is applied immediately using the

TIME_NOW parameter, which requires one reboot operation. The workflow deletes existing

virtual disks and unassigns all hotspares before creating a single virtual disk, a dedicated

hotspare, and a global hotspare. Following completion of the reboot, the new virtual disk and

hotspare results will be verified. Approximate time for completion on a 12G system is 15

minutes.

Applies to: LC1.5.1+

Prerequisites for script:

 Set FQDD of desired RAID controller by editing the following script

 Applicable RAID controller and hard drives

Script: RAIDstacking_TIME_NOW.win

A) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before executing any

other WSMAN commands. The GetRSStatus() method or the GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus()

method may be used depending on the version of the LC Management registered profile.

B) [LC1.5.1 only] Disable CSIOR (Collect System Inventory on Restart).

NOTE: On 11G systems, CSIOR must be disabled to circumvent a sync behavior that prohibits

successful RAID stacking.

a. SetLCAttribute(): Sets attribute to be configured [ReturnValue=0]

b. CreateConfigJob(): Creates jobID and applies configuration [ReturnValue=4096]

C) ENUMERATE the DCIM_ControllerView class to find RAID controller’s instanceID & FQDD

(They are often identical.) See section 2.2 for a definition of

ENUMERATE .

a. Integrated RAID card example is ”RAID.Integrated.1-1”

b. External RAID card example is ”RAID.Slot.1-1”

D) ResetConfig(): Delete all virtual disks and unassign all HotSpare physical disks.

[ReturnValue=0]

E) CreateVirtualDisk(): RAID 1 on physical disk 0 & 1, for example. [ReturnValue=0].