Msi X2-109 v1 User Manual

®80-00142-01 Rev. AEmbedded MegaRAID® SoftwareUSER’SGUIDENovember 2006Version 2.0

xContentsVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.10 Miscellaneous Commands 4-214.10.1 Display MegaCLI Version 4

7-10 ConfigurationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 8. Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new

Creating a New Storage Configuration 7-11Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 7.7 Manual Configuration

7-12 ConfigurationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Note: Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a vi

Adding Hotspare Disks 7-13Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 9. (Optional) Change the other Virtual Disk Pro

7-14 ConfigurationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 7.3 Changing Adjustable Task RatesFollow these steps if

Changing Virtual Disk Properties 7-15Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 7.4 Changing Virtual Disk Properties

7-16 ConfigurationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 7.6 Saving a Storage Configuration to DiskYou can save

Adding a Saved Storage Configuration 7-17Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 7.8 Adding a Saved Storage Confi

7-18 ConfigurationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide 8-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 8Monitoring System Eve

Contents xiVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 7.3 Changing Adjustable Task Rates 7-147.4 Changing Virtual Di

8-2 Monitoring System Events and Storage DevicesVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 8.2 Monitoring Controller

Monitoring Disk Drives 8-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Most of the information on this screen is self-

8-4 Monitoring System Events and Storage DevicesVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 8.2 Physical Drive

Monitoring Virtual Disks 8-5Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. To display a graphical view of a disk drive,

8-6 Monitoring System Events and Storage DevicesVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 8.3 Virtual Disk P

Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes 8-7Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. To display a graphical view of

8-8 Monitoring System Events and Storage DevicesVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Operations on virtual dis

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide 9-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 9Maintaining and Manag

9-2 Maintaining and Managing Storage ConfigurationsVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. information, see Secti

Making a Drive Offline 9-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. if the drive is still operational.) If hotspare

xii ContentsVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

9-4 Maintaining and Managing Storage ConfigurationsVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. To remove the disk dri

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide A-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Appendix AEvents and MessagesTh

A-2 Events and MessagesVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Table A.2 Event MessagesNumber(Hex)Number(Decimal)

A-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.0x001e 30 Information Event log cleared 0x001f 31 Information Event l

A-4 Events and MessagesVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.0x003c 60 Fatal Consistency Check detected uncorre

A-5Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.0x0058 88 Information Format complete on %s 0x0059 89 Information For

A-6 Events and MessagesVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.0x0076 118 Information Dedicated Hot Spare PD %s n

A-7Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.0x0094 148 Information Battery is discharging0x0095 149 Information Ba

A-8 Events and MessagesVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.0x00b2 178 Caution Enclosure %s temperature sensor

A-9Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.0x00cd 205 Information Enclosure %s Power supply %d switched on0x00ce

xiiiVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figures1.1 RAID 0 Array Example with Two Disk Drives 1-61.2 RAID 1 Ar

A-10 Events and MessagesVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.0x00eb 235 Warning Enclosure %s Firmware download

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s GuideVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Customer FeedbackWe would appreciat

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xvVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Tables4.1 Conventions 4-34.2 Display Adapter Information 4-54.3 Enable

xviVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.36 Display Number of Physical Disk Drives 4-204.37 Display List of P

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide 1-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Chapter 1OverviewThis manual ex

1-2 OverviewVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.• Support for migration path from Embedded MegaRAID Software t

Embedded MegaRAID Software Features 1-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.• Support for Post Memory Managemen

iiVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.This document contains proprietary information of LSI Logic Corporation.

1-4 OverviewVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.1.1.4 Manageability/Disk Console FeaturesThe following feature

RAID Overview 1-5Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.• A RAID 1 array consists of two physical drives.• A RAID

1-6 OverviewVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.1.2.1 RAID 0 DescriptionRAID 0 provides disk striping across a

RAID Overview 1-7Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.1.2.2 RAID 1 DescriptionRAID 1 duplicates all data from o

1-8 OverviewVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.RAID 5 addresses the bottleneck issue for random I/O operation

RAID Overview 1-9Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.1.2.4 RAID 10 DescriptionRAID 10, a combination of RAID 1

1-10 OverviewVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide 2-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Chapter 2Driver InstallationThi

2-2 Driver InstallationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.5. Scroll down the list and select the appropriate

Linux Driver Installation 2-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.2.2 Linux Driver InstallationThis section exp

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide iiiVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.PrefaceThis document explains h

2-4 Driver InstallationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Then press Enter.You are prompted to enter the name

Linux Driver Installation 2-5Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.2.2.3 Installing the Red Hat Linux Driver on

2-6 Driver InstallationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.3. Mount the driver update diskette (DUD) using the

Linux Driver Installation 2-7Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.controller without checking the subsystem dev

2-8 Driver InstallationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.2.2.5 Installing the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide 3-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Chapter 3MegaRAID BIOS Configur

3-2 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.3.1 Performing a Quick Configuratio

Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.• RAID 0 requires from one to eig

3-4 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.(Destination Segment), 6000:0 (Scra

Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3-5Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Figure 3.2 Logical Drive Configur

iv PrefaceVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.• Chapter 6, MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus, describ

3-6 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Follow these steps to configure a d

Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3-7Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.A list of the available RAID leve

3-8 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.You can create a hotspare when you

Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives 3-9Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.A graph shows the progress of the

3-10 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.4. Select Yes at the prompt and pr

Rebuilding a Drive 3-11Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.3. Use the arrow key to select Off or On for Disk W

3-12 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.4. When rebuild is complete, the C

Checking Data Consistency 3-13Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.• CU menus such as Select Boot Drive, Select

3-14 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.4. Press F10.5. At the prompt, sel

Viewing and Changing Device Properties 3-15Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.3.7.1 Viewing and Changing Adap

Preface vVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.Note: Notes contain supplementary information that can have an ef

3-16 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.3.7.2 Viewing and Changing Logical

Configuring a Bootable Logical Drive 3-17Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.3. Select Force Offline or Force

3-18 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration UtilityVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.To clear a storage configuration,

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide 4-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 4MegaCLI Command ToolT

4-2 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.1 MegaCLI CT OverviewMegaCLI CT and MegaDCLI CT

Command Line Abbreviations and Conventions 4-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. but fails to start rebuildi

4-4 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. You can specify the -Silent command line option f

Adapter Commands 4-5Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. E0:Sn syntax that enables you to specify a disk drive

4-6 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.4.3 Set Adapter PropertiesThis command sets the

BIOS Commands 4-7Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.4.5 Display Adapter TimeUse the command in Ta ble 4 .

vi PrefaceVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

4-8 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.5.2 Set BIOS OptionsUse the command in Table 4

Configuration Commands 4-9Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.7 Configuration CommandsYou can use the comma

4-10 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.7.2 Configure Each Disk as RAID 0Use the comma

Configuration Commands 4-11Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.7.3 Add RAID 10 ConfigurationUse the command

4-12 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.7.4 Clear Existing ConfigurationUse the comman

Configuration Commands 4-13Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.7.7 Restore Configuration Data from FileUse

4-14 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.8 Logical Drive CommandsYou can use the comman

Logical Drive Commands 4-15Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.8.4 Manage Consistency CheckUse the command

4-16 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. background initialization processes complete or

Physical Drive Commands 4-17Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.8.7 Display Number of Logical DrivesUse the

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide viiVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. ContentsChapter 1Overview1.1 E

4-18 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.9.3 Set Physical Disk Drive State to OfflineUs

Physical Drive Commands 4-19Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. array fails, you can rebuild the physical dis

4-20 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.9.9 Prepare Unconfigured Physical Disk Drives

Miscellaneous Commands 4-21Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.10 Miscellaneous CommandsThe commands in thi

4-22 MegaCLI Command ToolVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide 5-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 5MegaRAID Storage Mana

5-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and InstallationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. You can us

Installation 5-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. • Red Hat Linux 3.0 or 4.0• SUSE SLES 9, with latest upda

5-4 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and InstallationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 5.1

Installation 5-5Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 5.2 Setup Type Screen7. Select one of the Setup op

viii ContentsVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 3MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility3.1 Performing a

5-6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and InstallationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. first edit

Installation 5-7Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Be sure to include a space in front of the IP address, as

5-8 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and InstallationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide 6-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 6MegaRAID Storage Mana

6-2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and MenusVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. When the program starts, the

Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software 6-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 6.2 Server Login Win

6-4 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and MenusVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 6.2 MegaRAID Storage Manager

MegaRAID Storage Manager Window 6-5Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 6.2.1 Physical/Logical View PanelThe l

6-6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and MenusVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 6.2.2 Properties/Operations/

MegaRAID Storage Manager Window 6-7Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 6.2.4 Menu BarHere are brief descripti

Contents ixVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 4.5.1 Set or Display Bootable Logical Drive ID 4-74.5.2 Set BI

6-8 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and MenusVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 6.2.4.4 Log MenuThe Log menu

Embedded MegaRAID Software User’s Guide 7-1Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Chapter 7ConfigurationYou use

7-2 ConfigurationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 7.1 Creating a New Storage ConfigurationYou can use the

Creating a New Storage Configuration 7-3Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. • Guided Configuration asks you a

7-4 ConfigurationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 7.1.2 Using Auto ConfigurationAuto Configuration is the

Creating a New Storage Configuration 7-5Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. – With Redundancy: The new config

7-6 ConfigurationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Figure 7.3 First Guided Configuration ScreenFollow these

Creating a New Storage Configuration 7-7Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 3. Select a maximum number of vir

7-8 ConfigurationVersion 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. 7.1.4 Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0Follow these ste

Creating a New Storage Configuration 7-9Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved. Note: To remove a single drive fr