Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 Version 1.3.0 Operation Manual
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1. Figure 2 Lifecycle Controller Home page Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller 3 Inthe left pane click Hardware Configuration and then click Configuration Wizards Gu Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Home Hardware Configuration Lifecycle Log Jse Conf on Wizards to si system and storage devices for example RAID DRAC Firmware Update Use Configuration Wizards to set up system and storage devices for example RAID IDRAC Help About Exit Encryption and so on Use the Hardware Inventory wizards to view or export Current and Factory Shipped inventory Use Hardware Configuration Delete Configuration and Reset Defaults to delete the Lifecycle Controller configuration and restore the OS Deployment system to factory defaults esti eestor Configuration Wizards Hardware Diagnostics Hardware Inventory Settings ee ae Delete Configuration and Reset Defaults System Setup Readme 0 The Hardware Inventory feature is disabled if the IDRAC firmware is not updated to the supported version For supported IDRAC version for current version of Lifecycle Controller see Lifecycle Controller Figure 3 Hardware Configuration Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller 4 On the Hardware Configuration Configuration Wizards page click Break Mirror Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Help About Exit Hardwa2. IDO RAID O 930 50 Online No No A Break Mirror The system has no supported controllers or RAID 1 virtual disks Figure 11 Break Mirror Disabled 2 14 Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller Notes e The time required to complete a Break Mirror operation varies on the basis of number of virtual disk s selected for the Break Mirror operation e A Break Mirror operation is not allowed when the initialization of virtual disk is in progress in the back end The Time required to complete the Background initialization process varies on the basis of size of the virtual disk e f the memory capacity of the virtual disk is higher then longer duration is required to complete the background initialization of the virtual disk Break Mirror PERC H710 Adapter Physical Disk 0 4 Physical Disk 0 5 Unable to perform break mirror operation as the virtual disks are not ready Figure 12 An Unsuccessfully Completed Break Mirror Operation 15 Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller PEN amp N NEY
3. cate that the server will be automatically turned off 6 Click Yes Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Help About Exit Hardware Configuration Configuration Wizards Break Mirror The table displays the controllers and Y bks to break mirror Selected Controller Virtual Disk Af Break Mirror Controller If the break mirror operation is successful on any pair of v PERC H710 Adapter Slot 1 baa sical Disk physical disks system shuts down eee ysical Disk 0 12 Do you want to proceed with this operation hyscal Disk 0 13 EE aoe Figure 6 Break Mirror Confirmation The break mirror operation is completed successfully and the LEDs corresponding to the HDDs start blinking 10 Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller 7 Click Shut down 8 Wait for the server to automatically turn off remove the HDDs and then turn on the server Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Help About Exit Hardware Configuration Configuration Wizards Break Mirror The table displays the controllers and the attached physical disks containing RAID 1 virtual disks Select the virtual disks to break mirror Selected Controller Virtual Disk Attributes Controller Virtual Disk Break Mi Physical Disk F PERC H7O Adepter Slor Virtua Y Pret Mirror Physical Disk 0 12 PERC H710 Adapter Slot 1 Physical Disk 0 1 3 Physical Disk 0 1 2 Physical Dis
4. eS Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller This Dell Technical White Paper provides the procedure to perform Break Mirror operation using Lifecycle Controller on the 12th Generation servers and later of Dell Dell Engineering November 2013 Aruna Jayaprakash Balaji K Bala Gupta Vinod PS Sheshadri P R Rao A Dell Technical White Paper Revisions Date Description Nov 2013 Initial release THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND 2013 Dell Inc All rights reserved Reproduction of this material in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden For more information contact Dell Dell the DELL logo and the DELL badge are trademarks of Dell Inc Symantec NetBackup and Backup Exec are trademarks of Symantec Corporation in the U S and other countries Microsoft Windows and Windows Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others Trademarks used in this text Dell the Dell logo Dell Boomi Dell Precisi
5. easy operation by providing an intuitive user friendly graphical user interface GUI Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Help About Exit Hardware Configuration Configuration Wizards Break Mirror The table displays the controllers and the attached physical disks containing RAID 1 virtual disks Select the virtual disks to break mirror Selected Controller Virtual Disk Attributes Controller Virtual Disks Size GB Physical Disk M PERC H710 Adapter Slot 1 VirtualDisk1 465 00 Physical Disk 0 1 2 Physical Disk 0 13 A If the break mirror operation is successful on any pair of physical disks system shuts down CN HEELE Figure 1 The Break Mirror Page 5 Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller 1 Tostart Lifecycle Controller press lt F10 gt during POST 2 Inthe left pane click Hardware Configuration Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Help About Exit Lifecycle Log Firmware Update oasis LIFECYCLE CONTROLLER 2 RELEASE 21 OS Deployment Platform Restore Welcome to Lifecycle Controller Hardware Diagnostics This pre OS utility manages this server throughout its lifecycle from bare metal Settings deployment provisioning updating firmware and RAID controller security System Setup Things to do Get the latest firmware Configure server for remote access DRAC Configure RAID figure RAID and Deploy an Operating System
6. k 0 1 3 Successful Shut down A If the break mirror operation is successful on any pair of physical disks system shuts down MN MT Figure 7 Break Mirror Confirmation 11 Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller When you restart the server Power On Self Test POST indicates the status of those virtual disks on which the break mirror operation was performed as Degraded Virtual Disk The broken virtual disks are identified as Degraded System Memory Size 2 0 GB System Memory Speed 1333 MHz Voltage 1 35U Dell Serial ATA AHCI BIOS Version 1 0 2 Copyright c 1988 2012 Dell Inc Port E PLDS DUD ROM DH 16D6SH Initializing Intel R Boot Agent GE v1 4 03 PXE 2 1 Build 091 WEM 2 0 PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller BIOS Copyright c 2011 LSI Corporation Press lt Ctrl1 gt lt R gt to Run Configuration Utility HA 0 Bus 1 Dev 0 PERC H710 Adapter FW package 21 1 0 0007 Foreign configuration s found on adapter Press any key to continue or C load the configuration utility or F to import foreign configuration s and continue 1 Virtual Drive s found on the host adapter 1 Virtual Drive s Degraded 1 Virtual Drive s handled by BIOS Figure 8 Degraded Virtual Disk Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller 13 On the Raid Configuration page of Lifecycle Controller these virtual disks are indicated as Degraded in the State colum
7. n Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Help About Exit View RAIDISelect Controller Configuration Wizards RAID Configuration ITA Step 1 of 5 View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller irtual E Attrib Select the RAID controller to views its current configuration To delete the existing virtual disks and create a new virtual disk click Next PERC H710 Adapter in Slot 1 Security Capable Selected Controller Virtual Disk Attributes Virtual Disks RAID Level Size GB State Secure T10 PI Capability VirtualDisk1 RAID 1 465 00 Degraded No No Figure 9 Degraded Virtual Disk in LC UI Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller Pre requisites 1 Break Mirror operation can be performed only on RAID1 virtual disks 2 System must have atleast one RAID1 virtual disk to enable the Break Mirror feature Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Help About Exit View RAID Select Controler Configuration Wizards RAID Configuration elect Physical Disks Step 1 of 5 View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller Select the RAID controller to view its current configuration To delete the existing virtual disks and create a new virtual disk click Next PERC H710 Adapter in Slot 1 Security Capable Selected Controller Virtual Disk Attributes Virtual Disks RAID Level Size GB State Secure T10 PI Capability VD RA
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9. on Using Lifecycle Controller vCenter and vSphere are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware Inc in the United States or other countries IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Broadcom and NetXtreme are registered trademarks of Broadcom Corporation Qlogic is a registered trademark of QLogic Corporation Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and or names or their products and are the property of their respective owners Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others 3 Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller Contents REVISIONS istics ahaa an nub a la A io octal dane 2 Executive SUMMA rerin it ici aa 5 INTFOdUCION comida abia a ooo 5 Performing Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller ociocicicnccininnnnccnncciconinnonononnoconornn no nonon no orar anna 6 PrE TOQUIS Suicide 14 4 Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller Executive Summary This whitepaper provides the procedure to perform Break Mirror operation using Lifecycle Controller on the 12th generation servers and later of Dell Introduction Break Mirror is a feature in the Lifecycle Controller of the 12th generation servers and later of Dell that is used to replicate the data from one server to another by safely breaking or isolating a RAID1 virtual disk This feature enables
10. re Configuration Configuration Wizards System Configuration Wizards LCD Panel Security IDRAC Settings System Time and Date Configuration yFlash SD Card Configuration Some links may be disabled if the vFlash SD card is absent or disabled Storage Configuration Wizards RAID Configuration Key Encryption Break Mirror Figure 4 Configuration Wizards Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller 5 On the Break Mirror page a list of all the virtual disks that are RAID1 break mirror capable is displayed In the Controller column select the option corresponding to the virtual disk on which you want to apply the break mirror feature and then click Finish Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Help About Exit Hardware Configuration Configuration Wizards Break Mirror The table displays the controllers and the attached physical disks containing RAID 1 virtual disks Select the virtual disks to break mirror Selected Controller Virtual Disk Attributes Controller Virtual Disks Size GB Physical Disk M PERC H710 Adapter Slot VirtualDisk1 465 00 Physical Disk 0 1 2 Physical Disk 0 1 3 A If the break mirror operation is successful on any pair of physical disks system shuts down Figure 5 Break Mirror Performing a Break Mirror Operation Using Lifecycle Controller After the break mirror operation is successfully completed a message is displayed to indi
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