Creating RAID arrays in the EFI shell - White Paper

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Disk 1 / 2
Drive: WDC WD2500AAKX-603CA0
SerialNo:WD-WCAYU8520661
TotalBlks:0x000000001D1C5970
DeviceId:0x0 (Non-RAID Disk)
CfgStatus:(0) Ok
CheckBox:0x0
State:(0x450) Array:0xFFFFFFFF
DETECTED_DISK
PASSTHRU_DISK
DISK_SMART_EVENT_SUPPORTED
Disk 2 / 2
Drive: WDC WD2500AAKX-603CA0
SerialNo:WD-WCAYU8002779
TotalBlks:0x000000001D1C5970
DeviceId:0x1 (Non-RAID Disk)
CfgStatus:(0) Ok
CheckBox:0x0
State:(0x450) Array:0xFFFFFFFF
DETECTED_DISK
PASSTHRU_DISK
DISK_SMART_EVENT_SUPPORTED
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Total Physical Disks on SCU controller: 2
Total Missing Disks on SCU controller: 0
RAID Volumes
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Total Volumes = 0
RAID Arrays
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Total Arrays = 0
Shell>
Note the “DeviceId:” for each drive that you want to include in the array. These
are HEX values.
Example 4 – To create a RAID 1 array on the SCU use:
Shell> rcfgscu /C MyRAID1 /L 1 /DS 0x0 0x1
Where:
• The name of the array is “MyRAID1”
• The RAID Level chosen is “1” for Mirrored
• The disks selected are “0x0” and “0x1” which came from the “DeviceId:” lines
from the “rcfgscu /I” command of Example 3 above.
This is a minimal command resulting in defaults being used for most parameters.
You should use this command unless you are an expert and wish to specify additional
configuration parameters.
Results in:
Creating Volume...