Users Guide

Defining rules with the Array Builder
You can define rules to match configurations based on the following:
● Detected slot number that the controller is in or just the embedded controller, if any.
● Number of disks that are attached to the controller.
● Apply a blanket configuration to any controller the Array Builder finds.
You can also apply configuration rules based on the RAID profiles detected on the server. This allows you to define different
configurations to different servers even if the detected hardware is identical.
Creating a RAID Profile using Array Builder
To create a RAID Profile:
You can also import an existing profile and modify the configurations using the Array Builder. For more information on importing
a profile, see Importing a profile on page 29.
1. Launch the System Viewer utility, click RAID Configuration > Create RAID Profile.
When you launch the Array Builder, a default embedded controller is created.
2. Type the configuration rule name in the Configuration rule name field.
3. Select Error handling rule from the drop-down menu. You can choose from:
● Fail the task if any controller does not match a configuration rule — Reports a failure if any of the detected
controllers are not configurable by a rule.
● Fail the task only if the first controller does not match a configuration rule — Reports a failure if the first
controller detected (usually the embedded controller) is not configurable by a rule.
● Fail the task only if none of the array controllers match a configuration rule — Reports a failure only if all of the
controllers in the system fail to match a rule; in other words, none of the controllers are configured. This rule also fails if a
controller does not have sufficient disks to configure a RAID.
4. You can:
● Add new controllers and define rules for them, or edit the default controller and define the rules. For more information,
see Controllers on page 25.
● Add or edit variable conditions for the default controller or the controller that you add. For more information, see Variable
conditions on page 26.
● Create new arrays from a variable condition, if required. For more information, see Arrays on page 27.
● You can create an array, add additional disks, hot spares, or global hot spares to the array.
5. Click Save to save the profile as a .XML file.
You can also import an existing profile and modify the configurations using the Array Builder. For more information on
importing a profile, see Importing a profile on page 29.
About creating Array Builder
When you use the RAID profile that you created using Array Builder as part of the operating system deployment of DLCI
for Configuration Manager, it detects the existing controller(s) on the server as well as the disks attached to each controller.
It then tries to match the physical configuration(s) that the utility detected, to the logical configurations you defined in the
configuration rules. These array configuration rules are defined using a graphical, logical layout that allows you to visualize how
your array controllers will be configured. Rules are processed in the order displayed in the Array Builder tree, so you know
exactly which rules have priority.
Controllers
Controller elements contain variable condition elements. Controllers can be one of several configuration types:
● The embedded controller
● A controller in slot "X"
● Any controller with "X" disks
● Any controller with "X" disks or more
● All remaining controllers
NOTE: If the disk(s) is set to non-RAID, the existing RAIDs are cleared when the variable condition is not met.
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