Specifications

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Configuring a Redundant Disk Array
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Updating the drive information record to enable the secondary ports
UsethermcptacommandtoensurethedriveinformationrecordfortheMMChasthecorrect
harddiskdrivetypewhentheRTMispoweredupinthechassis.
Important:Toensurecompatibilitywiththecommandsinthisprocedure,usetheversionof
rmcptathatisprovidedwiththelatestRadisyssoftwarerelease.
1. Invokermcpta,specifyingtheShelfManagerIPaddress:
rmcpta‐h<ShMgrIPaddress>
2. Setthecontrolleraddresswheremessagesareforwarded,specifyingthefrontmodule
slotIPMBaddressandtheIPMB‐LaddressoftheRTM:
targetfwd<FrontmoduleslotIPMBaddress><RTMIPMB‐Laddress>
3. UpdatethedriveinformationrecordintheFRUdatawithdataaboutthenewharddisk
drivetobeinstalled.
setdriveinfo
4. Thesetdriveinfocommandpromptsyoutocompleteseveraldatafields.
Note:ToenablethesecondarySASportsontheSAS1andSAS2connectors,enter1when
promptedtospecifythenumberofcustominfofields,thenenterENwhenpromptedto
specifythevalueforthecustominfofield.Refertothefollowingconfigurationexample.
Enterthenumberofdrivesinstalled():1
Enterthedrivetype,0‐FC,1‐SATA,2‐SAS,0xFF‐None(0xFF):2
Enterdrivemanufacturername():
Enterdrivemodel():
Enterdriveserialnumber():
Enterthedesirednumberofcustominfofields():1
Enterdrivecustom1():EN
Writethedatatothedevicebyenteringyes:
Writethedatatothedevice?[yes/no]yes
Configuring a hard disk drive array in the SAS BIOS
TheSASBIOScanbeaccessedduringtheCPM’sbootprocess,beforethemainBIOSprompt
appears.
ToconfigureaRAID:
1. ResettheCPM.
2. FromtheCPMserialconsole,accesstheSASBIOSwhenyouarepromptedtopressCtrl‐C
tostarttheLSIconfigurationutility.
3. TheSAS/SATAcontrollerisshown.SelectitandpressEnter.
4. SelecttheRAIDPropertiesoptionandpressEnter.