Enabling the scsi hostraid feature, Using the scsi hostraid feature, Using – IBM 206 User Manual

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7.

(optional),

Type

an

identifier

for

the

array.

8.

Select

Quick

Int

when

asked

for

the

array

build

method.

9.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen

to

complete

the

configuration,

and

select

Done

to

exit.

10.

Restart

the

server.

Viewing

the

configuration:

Complete

the

following

steps

to

view

information

about

the

Serial

ATA

controller:

1.

Start

the

Array

Configuration

Utility.

2.

From

the

Array

Configuration

Utility

window,

select

Manage

Arrays.

3.

Select

an

array

and

press

Enter.

4.

Press

Esc

to

exit

the

program.

Using

the

SCSISelect

Utility

program

(for

SCSI

RAID)

Use

the

SCSISelect

Utility

to

add

RAID

levels

0

and

1

functionality

to

the

SCSI

controller.

This

utility

is

part

of

the

BIOS

code

in

your

server.

The

integrated

SCSI

RAID

feature

(SCSI

HostRAID)

comes

disabled

by

default.

You

must

enable

the

SCSI

RAID

feature

and

install

the

device

drivers

before

you

can

use

it.

The

SCSI

RAID

configuration

utilities,

device

drivers,

and

information

are

available

on

the

IBM

ServeRAID-7e

(Adaptec

HostRAID)

Support

CD.

If

this

CD

did

not

come

with

your

server,

you

can

download

the

IBM

ServeRAID-7e

(Adaptec

HostRAID)

Support

CD

from

the

IBM

Web

site

at

http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.

Enabling

the

SCSI

HostRAID

feature

Complete

the

following

steps

to

enable

the

SCSI

RAID

feature:

1.

Turn

on

the

server

and

watch

the

monitor

screen.

2.

When

the

message

Press

<CTRL><A>

for

SCSISelect

Utility

appears,

press

Ctrl+A.

If

you

have

set

a

supervisor

password,

you

are

prompted

to

type

the

password.

3.

Use

the

arrow

keys

to

select

the

channel

for

which

you

want

to

change

settings

and

press

Enter.

4.

Select

Configure/View

SCSI

Controller

Setting;

then,

select

HostRAID.

5.

Select

Enabled.

6.

Press

Esc;

then,

select

Yes

to

save

the

changes.

Using

the

SCSI

HostRAID

feature

The

instructions

in

this

section

describe

how

to

access

the

SCSI

RAID

feature

from

the

SCSISelect

Utility

program

and

perform

an

initial

RAID

level-1

configuration

on

your

server.

If

you

install

a

different

type

of

RAID

adapter

in

your

server,

use

the

configuration

method

described

in

the

instructions

that

come

with

that

adapter

to

view

or

change

SCSI

settings

for

attached

devices.

See

the

documentation

on

the

IBM

ServeRAID-7e

(Adaptec

HostRAID)

Support

CD

for

additional

information

about

how

to

use

the

SCSI

HostRAID

feature.

Configuring

the

controller:

Complete

the

following

steps

to

use

the

SCSI

HostRAID

feature

to

configure

a

RAID

level-1

array

on

your

server:

1.

From

the

SCSISelect

main

menu,

select

Configure/View

HostRAID

Settings.

2.

From

the

list

of

ready

drives,

type

C

to

create

an

array.

3.

Select

RAID-1

when

asked

to

select

the

RAID

type.

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