RAID EzAssist™ Configuration Utility
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1. Figure 1 3 No Existing RAID Configuration Would you like to configure a RAID drive now The answer depends on whether you want to change any of the default parameters and settings for this Mylex RAID Controller If you are a new or inexperienced user the default settings will probably suit your needs just fine so yov ll answer Yes If you are an advanced user now s the time to change any controller parameters that you wish before a RAID configuration is set on the controller so yov ll answer No ts f you want to adjust controller parameters use the arrow key to select No then press Enter Please see Chapter 2 for information on changing Global Startup or Advanced parameters Return here when you re done to continue first time RAID configuration Note After changing controller parameters select Configure a RAID Drive from the main menu to proceed ts Ifyou want to begin configuring your first RAID drive without changing controller options select Yes then press Enter 4000 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration Q Choose a Configuration Method Three configuration methods are available to you The table below will help you decide which method is most appropriate for your situation Table 1 1 Selecting a Configuration Method Configuration Who Should Use It What It Does Method Automatic Novice users with little or Automatically creates ONE array out of2. Logical Drive 0 Chan ID Vendor Model Version Capacity GB Status Cancel 9 Details Figure 1 5 RAID Configuration Summary Screen Table 1 2 RAID Configuration Summary Fields Field Description Fault Tolerance For 1 disk drive No For 2 or more disk drives Yes Spare For 1 3 disk drives No For 4 8 disk drives Yes Dedicated Spare Optimization For 1 disk drive Performance no fault tol For 2 disk drives Performance For 3 or more disk drives Capacity Logical Drive Count 1 Total usable Capacity Depends on the fault tolerance overhead For 1 disk drive of n GB n GB For 2 disk drives of n GB n GB For 3 disk drives of n GB 2n GB For 4 5 6 7 8 disk drives of n GB 2n 3n 4n 5n 6n GB respectively Disk Drive Identification Depends on the disk drives a With four or more drives one drive s capacity is used for fault tolerance overhead and one additional drive is reserved as a spare Manual No DB15 000277 00 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time If there are more than five drives in the array you ll see a small down arrow next to the disk drive display field t Optional If there is a down arrow next to the disk drive display field press PgDn to see the additional disk drives in the array t Optional Alternate PgUp and PgDn to see the entire list of disk drives in the array t Optional If you want to see ad
3. ee ieeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeteeeeetes 3 4 Update the Selected Controller S ceceeseesceeeteeseeeteeenreeees 3 5 SOFTWARE LICENSE AND WARRANTY POLICY RAID EzAssist Quick Config Chapter 1 First Time Configuration Welcome Welcome to RAID EzAssist Mylex s user friendly configuration and maintenance utility for RAID controllers This chapter will help you get started step by step doing your first Mylex RAID Controller configuration Before you are ready to configure a controller be sure that you have already done the following according to the instructions in your controller s quick installation or hardware installation guide e Installed your Mylex controller s in the target system e Connected appropriate cables between your controller s and the set of disk drives which you intend to use with each controller e Set unique SCSI IDs for each drive on a particular SCSI bus i e attached to each Mylex RAID controller if necessary e Terminated each SCSI bus appropriately not applicable for Fibre channel controllers Supported Mylex PCI Controllers RAID EzAssist supports up to eight 8 controllers RAID EzAssist for Software Kit 5 x and higher supports the AcceleRAID 160 170LP 170 352 and eXtremeRAID 2000 PCI to Ultra 160 SCSI controllers and the eXtremeRAID 3000 PCI to Fibre Channel controller Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 1 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time How Do
4. Background Initialization Background Init Rate Check Consistency Rate MORE Rate Drive Size Coercion UserSelected CacheLineSize Active CacheLineSize Figure 2 4 Global Properties Screen This screen uses the following navigation strategy Arrow keys move among the property fields The Spacebar brings up a list of valid options Arrow keys move among the options and Enter selects an option The and keys cycle through the valid options When the desired option is visible use the arrow key to move to another field The Tab key shifts control to the buttons or from the buttons back to the property fields When buttons are in focus arrow keys select a button and Enter activates the highlighted button At any time you can press Enter to accept the current settings and close the screen Q View Modify Automatic Rebuild Management Default Disabled The Automatic Rebuild Management option refers to the function of the same name It detects the removal of a failed drive and performs an automatic rebuild after a replacement drive is installed into a redundant fault tolerant logical array RAID 1 3 5 and 0 1 Automatic Rebuild Management requires hardware compatibility with disk array enclosures that are certified AEMI or SAF TE compliant Manual No DB15 000277 00 2 5 How Do Change Global Properties for a Controller t With the Automatic Rebuild Management field selected t Press the or
5. KB definition fields the and keys cycle through the valid options When the desired option is visible use the arrow key to move to another field e For Physical Capacity or Logical Capacity definition fields type a numeric decimal value representing the desired capacity in GB You may choose one or the other field to adjust e The Tab key shifts control to the buttons or from the buttons back to the logical drive definition fields e When buttons are in focus arrow keys select a button and Enter activates the highlighted button Arrow keys rotate selections through Add Drive Apply Cancel Clear New and Delete Last Let s start by selecting a RAID level for our first logical drive ts With the RAID Level definition field selected t Press the or key to find your desired RAID level OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired RAID level then press Enter Figure 1 25 Array D Write Stripe Capacity GB 1 Cache Size KB Physical Logical Maximum Add Drive Cancel Clear New Delete Last Capacity rounding may occur for alignment with block sizes Figure 1 25 Example of a Selection Box Next we ll select the write caching strategy for our logical drive 1 24 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration Write Back caching speeds write performance but risks loss of data in the cache buffer should power fail
6. Use Write Back only if you have a battery backup unit BBU or uninterruptable power supply UPS installed to preserve data in the cache t Use the right arrow key to select the Write Cache definition field then t Press the or key to find your desired caching method Thru for Write Through Back for Write Back OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired write caching method then press Enter Next we ll set the stripe size for this logical drive Note Depending on the controller available stripe sizes are 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 and 1024 If you set the stripe size of all logical drives on the controller to at least 64K you can make use of 64K cache line size to improve performance Change the cache line size in Controller Parameters Global See Chapter 2 t Use the right arrow key to select the Stripe Size KB definition field then t Press the or key to find your desired stripe size OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired stripe size then press Enter Next we set a size for this logical drive based on the maximum available capacity You can set logical drive size in terms of either physical capacity or logical Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 25 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time capacity Logical capacity takes into account o
7. key to set the value to Enabled or Disabled as desired OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired setting then press Enter Q View Modify Rebuild Rate Default 50 The Rebuild Rate is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a rebuild A rate of 50 assigns the maximum allowable resources to a drive rebuild or array expansion allowing the Rebuld or Expand to proceed at its fastest Lowering the number devotes more resources to I Os and consequently slows the Rebuild or Expand Array process This parameter takes effect immediately without resetting the controller s t Use the arrow key to select the Rebuild Rate field then t Press the or key to select the desired numeric value for rebuild processes OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired value then press Enter Q View Modify Background Inititialization Default Enabled The Background Initialization option allows a logical device or system drive to be initialized as a background operation while reads and writes are being performed ts With the Background Initialization field selected t Press the or key to set the value to Enabled or Disabled as 2 6 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Controller Configuration desired OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your
8. 6 990 00 1 eXtremeRAID 2888 3 6 909 08 Figure 1 1 Welcome RAID EzAssist will then scan the Mylex controller and target drives Figure 1 2 Scanning Controller O Channel 1 Target ID 4 Cancel Figure 1 2 RAID EzAssist Scans for Controllers and Drives t Allow scanning to complete If you have drives of differing capacities you ll see a Notice that says There are drives of different capacities detected If you are using drives of different capacities there is a possibility that some of the capacity on the larger drives will not be used With an Automatic Configuration larger disk drives are initialized down to the capacity of the smallest connected disk drive Therefore to be able to use the capacity of your drives to their fullest extent perform a Custom Configuration when you have drives of differing capacities With a Custom Configuration you can create multiple arrays and logical drives to maximize disk drive capacity usage by grouping drives of similar size into separate RAID arrays See Table 1 1 in the section Choose a Configuration Method for more information Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 3 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time t Press Enter to continue Since this is a first time configuration you ll see a Notice Figure 1 3 i Controller No existing RAID configuration has been detected Would you like to configure a RAID drive now
9. Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time Q Power On Your System Regardless of whether an operating system is installed on your computer system you can run RAID EzAssist from the Mylex controller s BIOS at system boot time t Turn on the system s power switch Q Start RAID EzAssist As the system boots up you ll see various messages on the display Pay special attention when you see a message similar to the following lt Mylex controller ID gt BIOS Version x xx xx Month Day Year Mylex Shortly after some additional messages from the Mylex controller are displayed including Press lt Alt M gt for BIOS Options Next you ll see Press lt Alt R gt for RAID Configuration options t When you see the prompt press lt Alt R gt If you ve pressed lt Alt R gt within the allotted time yow ll see RAID Configuration will start after system initialization completes No system drives installed If you were too late pressing lt Alt R gt simply reboot and start again t Wait for RAID EzAssist to start Q Get Started 1 Examples include AcceleRAID 352 eXtremeRAID 2000 etc 1 2 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration From the Welcome screen Figure 1 1 select the controller and press Enter Please select the RAID controller you wish to configure or manage Controller PCI PCI PCI Firmware No Model Bus Device Function Version eXtremeRAID 2888 2
10. Logical Drive Count The Logical Drive Count screen is always displayed in Assisted Configuration You may divide the available drive space into multiple logical drives or retain the default of one 1 logical drive The Logical Drive Count screen is displayed Figure 1 13 Max Drive Capacity 49 172 GB Figure 1 13 Logical Drive Count Each logical drive that you create under Assisted Configuration will have 1 14 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration identical capacity and settings RAID level caching etc If you wish to set logical drive capacities or settings individually you must use Custom Configuration See Option 3 Do a Custom Configuration t Ifyou want to set only one 1 logical drive select Ok then press Enter t Ifyou want to set up multiple logical drives t Press the up arrow key to select the logical drive count field ts Type in a number of logical drives to set up t Press the down arrow key to select Ok t Press Enter with Ok selected E Capacity Usage The Capacity Usage screen is always displayed in Assisted Configuration You may use all or a part of the total available capacity to set up the specified number of logical drives with the optimization you ve selected previously The Capacity Usage screen is displayed Figure 1 14 apac it sag The new logical drive s can utilize up to the maximum drive capacity value Capacity rounding may occur f
11. Overlays Controller Configuration Screen Q Enter the Advanced Properties Screen t When the Properties menu is displayed use the arrow key to select Advanced then press Enter The Advanced Properties screen is displayed Figure 2 9 Controller 1 Patrol Read Patrol Read DelayChours Temporary Offline Device Health Monitoring S M A R T S M A R T Polling Interval minutes Figure 2 9 Advanced Properties Screen This screen uses the following navigation strategies e Arrow keys move among the property fields 2 14 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Controller Configuration e The Spacebar brings up a list of options Arrow keys move among the options and Enter selects and option e The and keys cycle through the valid options When the desired option is visible use the arrow key to move to another field e The Tab key shifts control to the buttons or from the buttons back to the property fields e When Buttons are in focus arrow keys select a button and Enter activates the highlighted button e At any time you can press Enter to accept the currently visible settings and close the screen Note Patrol Read Delay hours is only available when Patrol Read is Enabled S M A R T Polling Interval minutes is only available when Device Health Monitoring S M A R T is Enabled Q View Modify the Patrol Read Setting Default Disabled As opposed to a consistency check which read
12. PgDn to see the additional disk drives in the array tS Optional Alternate PgUp and PgDn to see the entire list of disk drives in the array 1 16 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration 1 Optional If you want to see additional configuration details use the arrow key to select the Details button then press Enter If you choose to view configuration details the RAID Configuration Details screen is displayed Figure 1 16 Logical Drive 0 RAID Level 5 Stripe Block Size 64 KB Cache Line Size 8 KB Read Cache Normal Write Cache Write Thru Figure 1 16 RAID Configuration Details Screen Note After viewing configuration details press Enter to select OK and return to the RAID Configuration Summary screen tS To apply the configuration use the arrow key if necessary to select Apply then press Enter OR t To cancel the configuration use the arrow key to select Cancel then press Enter When you apply the new configuration RAID EzAssist writes configuration information to the Mylex controller and drives This takes a few moments so a message is displayed Figure 1 17 Figure 1 17 Writing RAID Configuration Please Wait Configuration information is also stored directly on the disk drives Known Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 17 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time as configuration on disk or COD this allows you to restore a configuration to a r
13. WARNING Only update your controller firmware if the current firmware is from Software Kit 3 04 or higher Updating controllers that have firmware lower than Software Kit 3 04 will render the controller unusable If your firmware is Software Kit 3 04 or higher continue with the section Enter the Advanced Options Menu If your firmware is lower than Software Kit 3 04 continue with the section Update a Controller whose Firmware is Lower than Software Kit 3 04 Manual No DB15 000277 00 3 1 How Do Update Controller Firmware or the RAID EzAssist Utility Q Update a Controller whose Firmware is Lower than Software Kit 3 04 ts First update RAID EzAssist Follow the instructions in the section Enter the Advanced Options Menu but select the RAID EzAssist image file Updating RAID EzAssist first will guard against accidently flashing the wrong files Reboot and press lt Alt R gt when prompted to run EzAssist t Update the controller firmware to Software Kit 3 04 firmware Follow the instructions in the section Enter the Advanced Options Menu After you have updated your controller firmware to Software Kit 3 04 firmware you can safely flash the firmware version contained in this Software Kit Q Enter the Advanced Options Menu t Use the arrow key to select Advanced Options on the main menu then press Enter Figure 3 1 Configure RAID Drive View or Modify Controller Configuration Perform Adminis
14. desired setting then press Enter Q View Modify Background Init Rate Default 50 The Background Initialization Rate is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a background initialization operation Integer values from 0 50 can be defined in multiples of 10 For low priority and high array performance specify a value of 0 For a high background initialization rate with reduced array performance select 50 t Use the arrow key to select the Background Init Rate field then t Press the or key to select the desired numeric value for background initialization processes OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired value then press Enter Q View Modify the Check Consistency Rate Setting Default 50 The Check Consistency Rate is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a Consistency Check For lower priority and higher array performance specify a lower value For higher Consistency Check priority with reduced array performance specify a higher value A Consistency Check is a process that verifies the integrity of redundant data and gives the user the ability to have a discrepancy reported and corrected t Use the arrow key to select the Check Consistency Rate field Manual No DB15 000277 00 2 7 How Do Change Global Properties for a Controller then t Press the or key to set the desired valu
15. no RAID experience all available disk drives on the controller Users who wish to set up a lf disk drives are different capacities single array with one logical larger disk drives are initialized down to drive when all available disk the capacity of the smallest connected drives are of similar size disk drive capacity RAID level is automatically set based on Don t use this if you want to the number of connected disk drives span arrays use RAID 0 1 drive a JBOD striping or RAID 0 1 2 drives a RAID 1 mirrored set mirroring with striping 3 drives a 3 drive RAID 5 striping with parity configuration 4 8 drives a3 4 5 6 or 7 drive RAID 5 striping with parity configuration adding one device as a hot spare Assisted Users with some Leads you step by step through a series knowledge of RAID who of questions about what type of RAID wish a step by step configuration you re looking for configuration approach Users who want to set up more than one array or logical drive without the detailed control of Custom configuration Custom Experienced or advanced Provides detailed control of RAID users who want more complete control over configuration options Users with disk drives of multiple capacities who wish to create multiple arrays and logical drives to maximize capacity usage configuration including individual selection of physical devices multiple arrays multiple logical drives caching strip
16. select Apply then press Enter OR t To cancel the configuration press the tab key if necessary to switch focus to the buttons use the arrow key to select Cancel then press Enter When you apply the new configuration RAID EzAssist writes configuration information to the Mylex controller This takes a few moments so a message is displayed Figure 1 28 Figure 1 28 Writing RAID Configuration Please Wait Configuration information is also stored directly on the disk drives Known as configuration on disk or COD this allows you to restore a configuration to a replacement controller in the event of a failed controller A COD allows for RAID Group Transportability where the RAID group can be physically moved from one location to another or from one controller to another ts Wait for the configuration information to be written to the controller When the process is complete RAID EzAssist brings you back to the Disk Array Configuration screen or Welcome menu if all drives are assigned Your next step will be to install the appropriate Mylex Disk Array Controller driver for the operating system you ll be using on the computer in which the Mylex RAID Controller is installed e If you have not installed your operating system software yet and the Mylex controller is your system s primary controller you will need to install the operating system and the Mylex driver concurrently e Ifthe operating system is already i
17. 5 000277 00 2 11 How Do Change Startup Properties for a Controller This screen uses the following navigation strategy e Arrow keys move among the property fields e The Disk Spin Up field is fixed at On Command e The Initial Delay seconds field is fixed at 5 e For the Number of Disk Drives per Spin and Delay Between Spins seconds fields type a numeric value representing the desired setting e The Tab key shifts control to the buttons or from the buttons back to the property fields e When buttons are in focus arrow keys select a button and Enter activates the highlighted button e At any time you can press Enter to accept the currently visible settings and close the screen Q View the Disk Spin Up Setting Fixed On Command The Disk Spin Up setting controls how the SCSI drives in the array are started spun up On Command This mode will spin up drives on command from the user This is the only value for disk spin up Q View Modify the Number of Disk Drives per Spin Setting Default 2 The Number of Disk Drives per Spin setting specifies the number of drives to spin up at one time Values range from to 6 t Use the arrow keys to select the Number of Disk Drives per Spin field then type the desired numeric value for the number of disk drives per spin Q View the Initial Delay Setting Fixed 5 After the controller completes its initialization process the initial delay value defines the
18. 67 GB Figure 1 9 Do You Want Fault Tolerance In most situations you will want fault tolerance to protect your array in the event of a drive failure However if raw performance utilizing maximum available drive capacity overshadows your need for fault tolerance a RAID 0 striping configuration may be more appropriate ts Ifyou want your array to be fault tolerant use the arrow key to select Yes then press Enter ts Ifyou prefer a RAID 0 striping or a JBOD configuration and Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 11 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time fault tolerance is not a consideration use the arrow key to select No then press Enter E Spare Drive The Spare Drive screen is displayed under the following conditions e Fault Tolerance YES AND e Number of Unconfigured Drives on Controller gt 3 Note If you have two unconfigured drives on this controller you ll get a RAID 1 mirroring configuration If you have three unconfigured drives you ll get a RAID 5 striping with parity configuration In both cases no drive would be available to act as a spare so you will therefore NOT see the Spare Drive choice screen Assuming your situation meets the above conditions the Spare Drive screen is displayed Figure 1 10 A Spare drive automatically replaces a failed hard disk in a RAID to maintain a fault No tolerant state Data capacity will be less if Leta ele otha you select Yes 4
19. 9 172 GB gt Figure 1 10 Do You Want a Spare Drive A spare drive hot spare or standby drive offers an additional level of fault tolerance for existing fault tolerant arrays If a drive in the array fails the presence of a spare drive allows the failed drive s data to be rebuilt onto the spare After rebuild is complete the array could still accept another drive failure with no loss of data although there would be degraded performance It is usually beneficial to reserve a spare drive for the array if you can afford not to use the capacity of the drive for array data storage Reserving a spare drive lowers the total usable capacity of the array by the capacity of that spare drive 1 12 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration ts Ifyou want your array to reserve a spare drive use the arrow key to select Yes then press Enter ts Ifyou prefer not to reserve a spare drive and thereby use all the available drives in the array use the arrow key to select No then press Enter H Optimization Priority The Optimization Priority screen is displayed under the following conditions e Fault Tolerance YES AND e Number of Available Drives on Controller gt 2 Note If you have only two available drives on this controller you ll get a RAID 1 mirroring configuration which optimizes for performance You will therefore NOT see the Optimization Priority choice screen Assuming your situation
20. RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility Quick Configuration Guide DB15 000277 00 First Edition 08P5520 LSIEUE te Proprietary Rights Notice This document contains proprietary information of LSI Logic Corporation The information contained herein is not to be used by or disclosed to third parties without the express written permission of an officer of LSI Logic Corporation Any product s described herein is are a licensed product of LSI Logic Corporation Document Description Document DB15 000277 00 First Edition November 2002 This document describes the LSI Logic Corporation s Mylex RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility product for Software Kit 5 20 and will remain the official reference source for all revisions releases of this product until rescinded by an update Disclaimer It is the policy of LSI Logic to improve products as new technology components software and firmware become available LSI Logic Corporation reserves the right to make changes to any products herein at any time without notice All features functions and operations described herein may not be marketed by LSI Logic in all parts of the world In some instances photographs and figures are of equipment prototypes Therefore before using this document consult your LSI Logic representative for information that is applicable and current LSI LOGIC DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE USE OF ANY PRODUCT S DESCRIBED HEREIN EXCEPT AS E
21. See Chapter 2 of the RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility User Reference Guide for more complete information about this option If you plan on only one array or if you d prefer to define logical drives before building any additional arrays you should move on to define logical drives at this time t To build additional disk arrays use the arrow key if necessary to select No then press Enter Repeat the steps described in Build Disk Arrays t To define logical drives at this time use the arrow key if necessary to select Yes then press Enter M Define Logical Drives Logical drives for the array s you just set up are defined from the Logical Drive Definition screen Figure 1 24 Logical drives can be created in any order Array 0 Drive RAID Write Stripe Capacity GB No Level Cache Size KB Physical Logical Maximum Add Drive Cancel Delete Last Capacity rounding may occur for alignment with block sizes Figure 1 24 Logical Drive Definition Screen This screen uses the following navigation strategy e Arrow keys move among the logical drive definition fields Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 23 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time e For RAID Level Write Cache and Stripe Size KB definition fields the Spacebar brings up a list of valid options Arrow keys move among the options and Enter selects an option e For RAID Level Write Cache and Stripe Size
22. XPRESSLY AGREED TO IN WRITING BY LSI LOGIC License Restriction The purchase or use of an LSI Logic product does not convey a license under any patent copyright trademark or other intellectual property right of LSI Logic or third parties Copyright Notice Copyright 2001 2002 LSI Logic Corporation All rights reserved Trademark Acknowledgments LSI Logic the LSI Logic logo MORE Mylex and SANmapping are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Logic Corporation All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies LSI Logic Corporation North American Headquarters Milpitas CA 408 433 8000 JB About This Manual This quick configuration guide covers only RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility startup first time drive configuration controller configuration and flash upgrades For advanced drive and physical device configuration topics as well as all other RAID EzAssist topics please refer to the RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility User Reference Guide provided on the Mylex Solutions Software Kit 5 20 CD ROM Conventions Throughout the manual the following conventions are used Q This Graphic and Text Identifies a Task MH This Graphic and Text Identifies a Subtask Under the Above t This graphic and text states a particular action to perform OR An alternative action to perform Note Supplementary information that can have an effect on system performa
23. al drives use 64KB or greater Stripe Size Figure 2 5 Notice About Stripe Size Requirement t If you see the Notice press Enter to continue t Press the arrow key to select Yes at the Save Changes Screen and press Enter OR t To cancel any changes you ve made press the Esc key or press the Tab key the arrow key to select Cancel then press Enter 2 10 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Controller Configuration How Do I Change Startup Properties for a Controller Q Enter the Properties Menu To view and possibly change Startup properties of the controller you enter the Properties menu from the Controller Configuration screen te Press Enter with Properties selected on the Controller Configuration screen The Properties menu is displayed Figure 2 6 ontroller Ve My lex Mo eXtremeRAID 2668 Fi 6 990 00 BIOS Version 0 01 15 PCI Bus PCI Device PCI Function IRQ Memory Address 6066666 size 4096 bytes Figure 2 6 Properties Menu Overlays Controller Configuration Screen Q Enter the Startup Properties Screen t When the Properties menu is displayed use the arrow key to select Startup then press Enter The Startup Properties screen is displayed Figure 2 7 Controller Disk Spin Up 0 Number of Disk Drives per Spin Initial Delay seconds 5 Delay Between Spins seconds Figure 2 7 Startup Properties Screen Manual No DB1
24. che Size KB Physical Logical Maximum Add Drive Apply Delete Last Capacity rounding may occur for alignment with block sizes 12 000 8 000 Figure 1 27 Logical Drive Has Been Added t To define additional logical drives use the arrow key if necessary to return to the RAID Level definition field Repeat the steps described in Define Logical Drives At this point you can delete the logical drives you ve set up and define new ones RAID EzAssist lets you e Delete a logical drive you ve added OR e Delete all the logical drives you ve added in this logical drive definition session t To delete a logical drive press the tab key if necessary to switch focus to the buttons use the arrow key to select Delete Last then press Enter t To delete all logical drives that you added press the tab key if necessary to switch focus to the buttons use the arrow key to select Clear New then press Enter ts Ifyou wish define new logical drives as described in Define Logical Drives M Apply the Configuration to the Controller In order for the disk arrays and logical drives you set up to become a valid registered configuration you must Apply the configuration to the controller Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 27 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time t To apply the configuration press the tab key if necessary to switch focus to the buttons use the arrow key to
25. ditional configuration details use the arrow key to select the Details button then press Enter If you choose to view configuration details the RAID Configuration Details screen is displayed Figure 1 6 Logical Drive o RAID Level 5 Stripe Block Size 64 KB Cache Line Size 8 KB Read Cache Normal Write Cache Write Thru Figure 1 6 RAID Configuration Details Screen Table 1 3 RAID Configuration Details Fields Field Description RAID Level For 1 disk drive JBOD For 2 disk drives RAID 1 For 3 or more disk drives RAID 5 Stripe Block Size For 1 disk drive n a For 2 or more disk drives 64 KB Cache Line Size Default 8KB tuned to Stripe Block Size Read Cache Normal default Write Cache Write Thru default 1 8 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration Note After viewing configuration details press Enter to select OK and return to the RAID Configuration Summary screen t To apply the configuration use the arrow key if necessary to select Apply then press Enter OR t To cancel the configuration use the arrow key to select Cancel then press Enter When you apply the new configuration RAID EzAssist writes configuration information to the Mylex controller This takes a few moments so a message is displayed Figure 1 7 Figure 1 7 Writing RAID Configuration Please Wait Configuration information is also stored directly on the disk d
26. e OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired value then press Enter Q View Modify the MORE Rate Setting Default 50 The MORE Rate is a relative indication of how much time the contoller devotes to Online RAID Expansion For lower priority and higher array performance specify a lower value For higher MORE priority with reduced array performance specify a higher value t Use the arrow key to select the MORE Rate field then t Press the or key to set the desired value OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired value then press Enter Q View Modify the Drive Size Coercion Setting Default Disabled Enable this setting to allow drives of similar but not exact capacities to be treated as identical in capacity for the purpose of hot spares drive replacements and array configurations t Use the arrow key to select the Drive Size Coercion field then t Press the or key to set the value to Enabled or Disabled as desired OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the 2 8 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Controller Configuration arrow key to select your desired value then press Enter Q View Modify the UserSelected CacheLineSize Setting Default 8KB The Cache Line Size can be set to 64KB by the user to enhance performance if the Stripe Size setting of ALL l
27. e size etc Allows spanning RAID 0 1 10 30 50 etc To take advantage of performance improvements available with the new user selected 64K cache line size make sure stripe size for all logical drives is set to at least 64K then go to Controller Parameters Global to set your cache line size to 64K See Chapter 2 Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 5 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time You choose your configuration method from the Configure RAID Drive screen Figure 1 4 Controller 0 Conf iguration Method Figure 1 4 Choose a Configuration Method t Ifyou want to do an Automatic configuration use the arrow key to select Automatic then press Enter Now see Option 1 Do an Automatic Configuration for details t Ifyou want to do an Assisted configuration use the arrow key to select Assisted then press Enter Now see Option 2 Do an Assisted Configuration for details t Ifyou want to do a Custom configuration use the arrow key to select Custom then press Enter Now see Option 3 Do a Custom Configuration for details 1 6 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration Q Option 1 Do an Automatic Configuration The RAID Configuration Summary screen is displayed showing the recommended configuration for your system Figure 1 5 Fault Tolerance Yes Spare Yes Optimization Capacity Logical Drive Count 1 Total Capacity 49 172 GB
28. eplacement controller in the event of a failed controller A COD allows for RAID Group Transportability where the RAID group can be physically moved from one location to another or from one controller to another ts Wait for the configuration information to be written to the controller Next you ll see a Configuration Status screen Figure 1 18 Your assisted configuration has been completed Logical Drive 0 ot RAID drive configuration is successful You may now utilize this drive immediately Figure 1 18 Configuration Complete Reboot or Main Menu Note To take advantage of performance improvements available when all logical drives have a 64K stripe size go to Controller Parameters Global to set your cache line size to 64K See Chapter 2 Your next step will be to install the appropriate Mylex Disk Array Controller driver for the operating system you ll be using on the computer in which the Mylex RAID Controller is installed e If you have not installed your operating system software yet and the Mylex controller is your system s primary controller you will need to install the operating system and the Mylex driver concurrently e If the operating system is already installed the Mylex controller is a secondary controller You will need to boot your operating system and install the Mylex driver from within the operating system In either case refer to the appropriate operating system chapte
29. he following RAID EzAssist 1 02 36 Multiple controllers can be flashed Select controllers you wish to flash Controller Boot Conf ig No Model Firmware BIOS Block Utility 0 eXtremeRAID 3000 5 60 00 4 50 13 5 07 51 1 02 35 Figure 3 5 Flash Code Update Q Choose Controllers to Update The image file is read from the diskette then the contents of the image file are displayed in the gray field at the top of the screen This screen uses the following navigation strategy e PgDn and PgUp show you all the available or selected controllers if there is a small down up arrow beside the Controller field e Inside the Controller field arrow keys select a controller Enter accepts the highlighted controller and adds a check mark OR deselects a controller that already has a check mark You may select more than one controller e The Tab key shifts control to the buttons or from the buttons back to the Controller field e When buttons are in focus arrow keys select a button and Enter activates the highlighted button t Use the arrow keys to select a controller you wish to update then press Enter Repeat to select additional controllers The currently active controller is selected by default 3 4 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Flash Upgrades Q Update the Selected Controller s tS After you ve selected all controllers to update press the tab key to select Ok then press Enter If the following Error me
30. hen buttons are in focus arrow keys select a button and Enter activates the highlighted button RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration A Caution The drives you select to comprise the array will all be treated as having the capacity of the smallest selected drive regardless of the actual capacities This could lead to wasted drive space Therefore try whenever possible to select drives of similar capacity when building an array How many drives should I select for an array The answer depends on the RAID levels you want to be able to choose for the logical drives you ll set up in that array See Table 1 4 Table 1 4 Required Numbers of Drives By RAID Level Desired RAID Level Number of Drives to Select JBOD Single Drive Exactly 1 drive RAID 0 Striping At least 2 drives of equal size RAID 1 Mirroring Exactly 2 drives of equal size RAID 3 Parity Drive At least 3 drives of equal size RAID 5 Striping with Parity RAID 0 1 Striping with Mirroring t Use the arrow keys to select a disk drive in the Unused Drives field then press Enter to accept the drive into the disk array t Repeat the step above for as many disk drives as you wish to add to the array t When you ve finished adding drives press the Tab key to switch focus to the buttons Figure 1 22 is an example of how your screen might look after the steps above Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 21 How Do Configure a M
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32. ify certain settings The best time to make such changes is prior to doing your first drive configuration on the controller This chapter will discuss the following e Changing Global Properties e Changing Startup Properties e Changing Advanced Properties The following table is a summary of the specific properties you are able to change along with their default values Manual No DB15 000277 00 2 1 Table 2 1 Summary of Controller Parameters Property Type Parameter Default Setting Global Automatic Rebuild Management Disabled Rebuild Rate 50 Background Initialization Enabled Background Init Rate 50 Check Consistency Rate 50 MORE Rate 50 Drive Size Coercion Disabled UserSelected CacheLineSize 8 KB Active CacheLineSize 8 KB Startup Disk Spin Up On Command Number of Disk Drives per Spin 2 Initial Delay seconds 5 Delay Between Spins seconds 0 Advanced Patrol Read Disabled Patrol Read Delay hours 0 Temporary Offline Disabled Device Health Monitoring S M A R T Disabled S M A R T Polling Interval minutes 0 2 2 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Controller Configuration How Do I View Controller Configuration Information Q Enter the Controller Configuration Screen t ff necessary select the controller you wish to configure from the Welcome to RAID EzAssist screen The RAID EzAssist main menu includes several options Figure 2 1 Figure 2 1 View or Modify Controller Configuration t U
33. meets the conditions above the Optimization Priority screen is displayed Figure 1 11 The Capacity optimization RAID 5 priority provides the best combination of settings for the majority of server applications Max Drive Capacity 49 172 GB Figure 1 11 Optimize for Capacity At this point you choose whether available capacity or array performance is the top criterion in your fault tolerant array If you choose Capacity you ll be requesting a RAID 5 striping with parity configuration If you choose 1 Available drives are both unconfigured AND not reserved as a spare Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 13 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time Performance you ll be requesting a RAID 0 1 striping with mirroring configuration Both give you the safety of fault tolerance RAID 5 provides the best combination of settings for most applications and has an overhead of only one drive s capacity RAID 0 1 has a write performance advantage over RAID 5 but since the striped set is mirrored available capacity is only half of the total capacity in the drive set t Ifyou want to optimize your array for capacity use the arrow key to select Capacity then press Enter ts Ifyou want to optimize your array for performance use the arrow key to select Performance then press Enter Figure 1 12 Capacity Max Drive Capacity 49 172 GB Figure 1 12 Optimize for Performance E
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35. nce A Caution Notification that a proscribed action has the potential to adversely affect equipment operation system performance or data integrity WARNING Notification that a proscribed action will definitely result in equipment damage data loss or personal injury Contents Chapter 1 First Time Configuration Welcome 12 4 As sae belied debbie Gane NN Ni 1 1 Supported Mylex PCI Controllers ceecceeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeneeeneeeees 1 1 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time 1 2 Power On Your System c cecceeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeaees 1 2 Start RAID EZASSIST 4 sens drain ain anid teeta dts 1 2 Get Started schaiiilan nis cay ahaa iain ainsi 1 2 Choose a Configuration Method esceeeseeseeeeeeteneeeeeeeeeeeaes 1 5 Option 1 Do an Automatic Configuration ceeceeeeeeeeeeeee 1 7 Option 2 Do an Assisted Configuration ecceeeeeereeeee 1 11 Fault Tolerance ss rss ares aa deere 1 11 Spare Drive esa stl neces feted eA Reheat ue Aunt aed 1 12 Optimization Priority neiaie aona oana aeieea 1 13 Logical Drive Count s sierran aeaaeai arae aiieieo asaini 1 14 Gapacity Usage munani date cola doe ed S 1 15 Apply the Configuration to the Controller ceeeeeeeeeeees 1 16 Option 3 Do a Custom Configuration ceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 1 19 Build Disk ArrayS ssssssssessessisssiesrrrsrrrrerirssirrsrinsrrinsrirnsrrnnsrens 1 20 Define Logical D
36. nstalled the Mylex controller is a secondary controller You will need to boot your operating system and install the Mylex driver from within the operating system 1 28 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration In either case refer to the appropriate operating system chapter in the PCI Disk Array Controller Drivers Installation Guide and User Manual for instructions on primary and secondary controller driver installation t Press the Esc key multiple times until you see the screen in Figure 1 29 below You are about to exit RAID EzAssist Are you sure you want to exit Figure 1 29 Do You Wish to Exit RAID EzAssist t Ona 32 bit system to exit RAID EzAssist use the arrow key to select Yes then press Enter A screen appears that says System can now be powered off select OK to reboot ts At this final screen press Enter to select OK Begin operating system installation if necessary or reboot your installed operating system Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 29 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time 1 30 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Chapter 2 Controller Configuration You can change certain settings on your controller using RAID EzAssist Each Mylex Disk Array Controller is shipped from the factory with default settings which have been found to work well in a majority of applications and environments However no two environments are the same and you may want to mod
37. number of seconds before the first disk interrogation 2 12 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Controller Configuration request is issued to the array This value is set to 5 seconds and cannot be changed Q View Modify the Delay Between Spins Setting Default 0 The Delay Between Spins setting specifies the number of seconds between consecutive device spin up cycles t Use the arrow keys to select the Delay Between Spins seconds field then type the desired numeric value for the number of seconds of delay between spins Q Accept or Cancel Your Startup Property Changes t To accept your Startup property changes select Ok then press Enter then press the arrow key to select Yes at the Save Changes screen and press Enter OR t To cancel any changes you ve made press the Esc key or press the tab key the arrow key to select Cancel then press Enter Manual No DB15 000277 00 2 13 How Do Change Advanced Properties How Do Change Advanced Properties Q Enter the Properties Menu To view and possibly change Advanced properties of the controller you enter the Properties menu from the Controller Configuration screen t Press Enter with Properties selected on the Controller Configuration screen The Properties menu is displayed Figure 2 8 BIOS Version PCI Bus PCI Device PCI Function IRQ 11 Memory Address 10101010101010 size 4096 bytes Figure 2 8 Properties Menu
38. ogical drives configured on the controller is 64KB or larger The Active CacheLineSize field below this field indicates what Cache Line Size the controller is currently using Even if you select 64KB Cache Line Size the Active field will remain at 8KB if any logical drives have a Stripe Size smaller than 64KB t Use the arrow key to select the UserSelected CacheLineSize field then t Press the or key to set the value to 64KB or 8KB as desired OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired value then press Enter Q View the Active CacheLineSize Setting Read Only Field 8KB or 64KB The Active CacheLineSize field indicates what Cache Line Size the controller is currently using This value will read 8KB unless 1 all logical drive Stripe Sizes are 64KB or larger AND 2 the user has changed the UserSelected CacheLineSize field to 64KB and saved the change Even if you select 64KB Cache Line Size the Active field will remain at 8KB if any logical drives have a Stripe Size smaller than 64KB Q Accept or Cancel Your Global Property Changes t To accept your Global property changes press Enter with Ok selected Manual No DB15 000277 00 2 9 How Do Change Global Properties for a Controller If you changed the UserSelected CacheLineSize field from 8KB to 64KB the following screen is displayed Figure 2 5 64KB Cache Line Size will be used only when all logic
39. oller Drivers Installation Guide and User Manual for instructions on primary and secondary controller driver installation t Ona 32 bit system to exit RAID EzAssist select the Reboot button and press Enter A screen appears that says System can now be powered off select OK to reboot ts At this final screen press Enter to select OK Begin operating system installation if necessary or reboot your installed operating system 1 10 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration Q Option 2 Do an Assisted Configuration The sequence of screens displayed during an Assisted Configuration depends on several factors such as the number of unconfigured drives on the controller and your responses at each step of the Assisted Configuration process M Fault Tolerance The Fault Tolerance screen is displayed under the following condition Number of Unconfigured Drives on Controller gt 1 Note If you have only one unconfigured drive on this controller your only configuration option is JBOD a non fault tolerant option You will therefore NOT see the Fault Tolerance choice screen Assuming your situation meets the above condition the Fault Tolerance screen is displayed Figure 1 9 Select Yes if this RAID will be used in an environment where a disk failure protection is needed Data capacity will be less if you select Yes Yes RAID Levels 1 0 1 5 Max Drive Capacity No RAID Levels O JBOD 57 3
40. or alignment with block Max Drive Capacity sizes 49 172 GB Figure 1 14 Capacity Usage By default the maximum available capacity is displayed in the Capacity Usage field If you wish to reserve some of the capacity of your drives to set up future arrays you may choose a smaller gigabyte GB value for the current logical drive set t Ifyou want to use the maximum available capacity for these logical drives select Ok then press Enter Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 15 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time t Ifyou want to reserve some capacity for future use t Press the up arrow key to select the capacity usage field tS Type in a number representing the gigabytes GB to be used in the current configuration This number must be lower than the maximum value displayed te Press the down arrow key to select Ok t Press Enter E Apply the Configuration to the Controller The RAID Configuration Summary screen is displayed Figure 1 15 Logical Drive 0 Fault Tolerance Yes Spare Yes Optimization Capacity Logical Drive Count 2 Total Capacity 49 172 GB Chan ID Vendor Model Version Capacity GB Status Cancel JE Details Figure 1 15 RAID Configuration Summary Screen If there are more than five drives in the array you 1l see a small down arrow next to the disk drive display field tS Optional If there is a down arrow next to the disk drive display field press
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42. r in the PCT Disk Array Controller Drivers Installation Guide and User Manual for instructions on primary and secondary controller driver installation t Ona 32 bit system to exit RAID EzAssist select the Reboot 1 18 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration button and press Enter A screen appears that says System can now be powered off select OK to reboot ts At this final screen press Enter to select OK Begin operating System installation if necessary or reboot your installed operating system Q Option 3 Do a Custom Configuration Custom Configuration gives you full control over the configuration of your disk drives With Custom Configuration you can e Select individual disk drives to add to the configuration e Build multiple arrays e Configure logical drives individually e Select a specific RAID level e Select the write caching method Write Thru or Write Back e Set the stripe size per logical drive e Set logical drive size by physical or logical capacity e Add capacity to an existing array e Assign additional spare drives e Enable spanning to create a configuration of larger drive sets Once you ve selected Custom from the Configure RAID Drive screen the Custom Configuration main menu is displayed Figure 1 19 conf igure a New Disk Array Add Capacity to Existing Disk Array Define Logical Drive s Assign Spare Drive s Spanning Figure 1 19 Custom Configuration Main Men
43. reasing the chances of marking a RAID array permanently Offline which will result in data loss t Use the arrow key to select the Temporary Offline field then t Press the or key to set the value to Enabled or Disabled as desired OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired value then press Enter Q View Modify the Device Health Monitoring S M A R T Setting Default Disabled If Enabled the Device Health Monitoring S M A R T feature will scan physical devices for Informational Exception Conditions IEC and Predictive Failure Analysis PFA warnings and return the warnings to the user 2 16 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Controller Configuration S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology t Use the arrow key to select the Device Health Monitoring S M A R T field then t Press the or key to set the value to Enabled or Disabled as desired OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the arrow key to select your desired value then press Enter Q View Modify the S M A R T Polling Interval Minutes Setting Default 0 This feature sets the number of minutes between each S M A R T poll Values range from 0 to 255 A value of 255 means no delay between polls t Use the arrow keys to select the S M A R T Polling Interval minutes field then use the or keys to set the desired n
44. rives Known as configuration on disk or COD this allows you to restore a configuration to a replacement controller in the event of a failed controller A COD allows for RAID Group Transportability where the RAID group can be physically moved from one location to another or from one controller to another ts Wait for the configuration information to be written to the controller Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 9 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time Next you ll see a Configuration Status screen Figure 1 8 Your automatic configuration has been completed Logical Drive 0 RAID drive configuration is successful You may now utilize this drive immediately Figure 1 8 Configuration Complete Reboot or Main Menu Your next step will be to install the appropriate Mylex Disk Array Controller driver for the operating system you ll be using on the computer in which the Mylex RAID Controller is installed e If you have not installed your operating system software yet and the Mylex controller is your system s primary controller you will need to install the operating system and the Mylex driver concurrently e Ifthe operating system is already installed the Mylex controller is a secondary controller You will need to boot your operating system and install the Mylex driver from within the operating system In either case refer to the appropriate operating system chapter in the PCT Disk Array Contr
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46. s all sectors and validates either the parity or mirror pair of the drive a Patrol Read periodically verifies all sectors including the COD on the configured drives With periodic checking any potential problems could be found before the host accesses data If Enabled Patrol Read will initialize when a controller has been idle for a defined period of time and no other background tasks are active t Use the arrow key to select the Patrol Read field then t Press the or key to set the value to Enabled or Disabled as desired OR t Press Spacebar to display a box of available choices use the Manual No DB15 000277 00 2 15 How Do Change Advanced Properties arrow key to select your desired value then press Enter Q View Modify the Patrol Read Delay Hours Setting Default 0 This specifies the number of hours between one Patrol Read and the next Values range from 1 to 1016 hours t Use the arrow keys to select the Patrol Read Delay hours field then use the or keys to set the desired numeric value for the number of hours between Patrol Reads Q View Modify the Temporary Offline Setting Default Disabled The Temporary Offline feature prevents a physical drive associated with a currently critical system drive or a physical drive associated with an online non redundant system drive from being permanently marked offline The Temporary Offline feature increases reliability of recovering data by dec
47. se the arrow key to select View or Modify Controller Configuration on the main menu then press Enter The Controller Configuration screen is displayed showing basic controller configuration information Figure 2 2 Controller Vendor My lex Model eXtremeRAID 2600 Firmware Version 6 980 08 BIOS Version 6 61 15 PCI Bus PCI Device PCI Function IRQ Memory Address 6660066 size 4096 bytes Figure 2 2 Controller Configuration Screen Manual No DB15 000277 00 2 3 How Do Change Global Properties for a Controller How Do I Change Global Properties for a Controller Q Enter the Properties Menu To view and possibly change Global properties of the controller you enter the Properties menu from the Controller Configuration screen tS Press Enter with Properties selected on the Controller Configuration screen The Properties menu is displayed Figure 2 3 ontroller Ve My lex Mo eXtremeRAID 2000 Fi 6 989 00 BIOS Version 6 801 15 PCI Bus PCI Device PCI Function IRQ Memory Address 66660068 size 4096 bytes Figure 2 3 Properties Menu Overlays Controller Configuration Screen Q Enter the Global Properties Screen t When the Properties menu is displayed select Global then press Enter 2 4 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Controller Configuration The Global Properties screen is displayed Figure 2 4 Cont Automatic Rebuild Management Rebuild Rate
48. ssage is displayed Figure 3 6 return to the section Update a Controller whose Firmware is Lower than 3 04 on page 3 2 and follow the instructions to update your controller Controller 0 MFOOO8 Error in Store image Figure 3 6 Error in Store Image Message The Flash Code Update warning is displayed Figure 3 7 The flash process can not be interrupted Keyboard input will be disabled during this process Are you sure you want to continue with the flash process Figure 3 7 Flash Code Update Warning To begin the update flash process use the arrow key to select Yes then press Enter OR To cancel the update select No then press Enter If you selected Yes the Flash Process Status screen is displayed Figure 3 8 Manual No DB15 000277 00 3 5 How Do Update Controller Firmware or the RAID EzAssist Utility Controller No Model Status O eXtremeRAID 3000 Flashing Figure 3 8 Flash Process Status RAID EzAssist loads the image file information to the controller and stores it t Wait for the flash image storage to conclude Once the image file has been stored to the controller RAID EzAssist will automatically program the controller with the new image data A message is displayed Figure 3 9 Figure 3 9 Programming Controller t Wait while the controller is programmed When the process is finished the Flash Process Status screen will indicate Flas
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50. tration on Rescan for New Devices dvanced Options Figure 3 1 Advanced Options The Advanced Options menu is displayed Figure 3 2 Backup Configuration Restore Configuration Print Configuration Clear Configuration Clustering Host ID Change Background Tasks Figure 3 2 Advanced Options Menu 3 2 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Flash Upgrades Q Choose an Image File for the Update t Have the diskette ready that contains the firmware BIOS boot block or utility image file s you want to flash from the root directory and record the name s of the file s you ll be flashing t From the Advanced Options menu select Update Flash Code then press Enter The Update Flash Code screen is displayed Figure 3 3 For example Controller 0 Please insert a diskette and type in the configuration filename the file must reside in the root directory A ez10236 img Figure 3 3 Update Flash Code Type the pathname of the image file then press the tab key t Insert the diskette into the floppy diskette drive select Ok then press Enter to continue A message is displayed while RAID EzAssist reads the image file Figure 3 4 Figure 3 4 Reading Image File Wait while the image file data is being read Manual No DB15 000277 00 3 3 How Do Update Controller Firmware or the RAID EzAssist Utility The Flash Code Update screen is displayed Figure 3 5 The flash code image contains t
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53. u We are setting up a first time configuration so we ll use the menu s first option Configure a New Disk Array t Select the Configure a New Disk Array option and press Enter Manual No DB15 000277 00 1 19 How Do Configure a Mylex Controller for the First Time E The Build Disk Arrays first step in Custom Configuration is to build at least one disk array This is accomplished from the Disk Array Configuration screen Figure 1 20 ChanNo Status Array AG Select the physical drive s desired for the disk array Unused Drives Capacity Array Usable Chan ID EI GB Chan ID Capacity DPSS 309178 M S93E 8 195 8 082 08 IBM DPSS 389178N S93E 8 195 Array GB 6 888 Save Array M Cancel Clear _ Figure 1 20 Disk Array Configuration Screen If you have two 2 or more controllers sharing the same channel the ChanNo Status box on the Disk Array Configuration screen will indicate the channel as Shared Figure 1 21 ChanNo Status Figure 1 21 ChanNo Status Box with Shared Channel This screen uses the following navigation strategy 1 20 PgDn and PgUp show you all the available drives if there is a small down arrow beside the Unused Drives field Inside Unused Drives arrow keys select a drive Enter accepts the highlighted drive and adds it to the Disk Array box to the right The Tab key shifts control to the buttons or from the buttons back to Unused Drives W
54. umeric value for the number of minutes between S M A R T polls Q Accept or Cancel Your Advanced Property Changes t To accept your Advanced property changes select Ok then press Enter then press the arrow key to select Yes at the Save Changes screen and press Enter OR t To cancel any changes you ve made press the Esc key or press the tab key or the arrow key to select Cancel then press Enter Manual No DB15 000277 00 2 17 How Do Change Advanced Properties 2 18 RAID EzAssist Quick Config Chapter 3 Flash Upgrades In this chapter you Il learn how to use RAID EzAssist to update flash new firmware code to one or more Mylex RAID Controllers or update the RAID EzAssist BIOS Configuration Utility itself How Do Update Controller Firmware or the RAID EzAssist Utility From time to time LSI Logic makes available updated firmware or BIOS code with new features or fixes for your controller RAID EzAssist offers a straightforward way to update flash the new code to your controller In addition you can even use RAID EzAssist to update itself The same Update Flash Code function can be used to update the BIOS version of RAID EzAssist on your controller Note Whether you re updating firmware BIOS code RAID EzAssist etc you will need to reboot your system for the new code to take effect Be sure you know what Software Kit firmware version your controller has before you continue
55. verhead for fault tolerance spare drives etc If you intend to set up more than one logical drive in this array then set the capacity for the first logical drive somewhere below the maximum to leave space for additional logical drives t Use the right arrow key to select either the Physical or Logical Capacity GB definition field then type a numeric decimal value for the physical or logical capacity to be used in this logical drive Note Drive capacity may be rounded for alignment with block sizes Finally let s add the logical drive Check your settings among the logical drive definition fields to be sure they are what you want t Ifyou wish to change any settings use the arrow key to select the desired definition field and change its value as described earlier t To add the logical drive press the tab key to switch focus to the buttons select the Add Drive button then press Enter Figure 1 26 Array 0 Drive RAID Write Stripe Capacity GB No Level Cache Size KB Physical Logical Maximum Cancel Clear New Delete Last Capacity rounding may occur for alignment with block sizes Figure 1 26 Ready to Add the Logical Drive 1 26 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration The logical drive is added to the display box and focus returns to the logical drive definition field line Figure 1 27 Array Lo Drive RAID Write Stripe Capacity GB No Level Ca
56. ylex Controller for the First Time ChanNo Status Array AG Select the physical drive s desired for the disk array Unused Drives Capacity Array Usable Chan ID EI GB Chan ID Capacity 6 602 00 IBM DPSS 309176M SIZE 8 195 Array GB 16 391 Save Array J Cancel Clear Figure 1 22 Sample Disk Array Configuration t ff you re not satisfied with your drive selections use the arrow key to select Clear then Press Enter Press Tab to return to Unused Drives Your selections will be erased and you can try again as described above tS To save the array you ve set up select Save Array and press Enter A Notice is displayed at this point as shown in Figure 1 23 Array AD The newly configured disk array can not be utilized by the operating system until you define one or more logical drive s Would you like to define logical drive s now Figure 1 23 Define Logical Drives or Return to Disk Array Set Up Do you want to build additional arrays at this time If you want to set up additional arrays it is convenient to do so at this time before logical drives are defined 1 22 RAID EzAssist Quick Config First Time Configuration Note If you want to take advantage of spanning your configuration across multiple arrays you must enable spanning FIRST build the individual arrays then create logical drives that can make use of the spanned capacity available
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