Document Outline

• Embedded MegaRAID® Software
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 Overview
    • 1.1 Embedded MegaRAID Software Features
      • 1.1.1 Driver Features
      • 1.1.2 BIOS Features
      • 1.1.3 Ctrl-M Configuration Utility Features
      • 1.1.4 Manageability/Disk Console Features
    • 1.2 RAID Overview
      • 1.2.1 RAID 0 Description
      • 1.2.2 RAID 1 Description
      • 1.2.3 RAID 5 Description
      • 1.2.4 RAID 10 Description
  • Chapter 2 Driver Installation
    • 2.1 Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Installation
      • 2.1.1 Updating the Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver
      • 2.1.2 Confirming the Windows 2000/2003/XP Driver Installation
    • 2.2 Linux Driver Installation
      • 2.2.1 Obtaining the Driver Image File
      • 2.2.2 Preparing the Installation Disk(s) for Linux
      • 2.2.3 Installing the Red Hat Linux Driver on a New System
      • 2.2.4 Updating the Red Hat Linux Driver (Generic)
      • 2.2.5 Installing the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Driver
  • Chapter 3 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility
    • 3.1 Performing a Quick Configuration
    • 3.2 Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives
      • 3.2.1 Starting the MegaRAID BIOS CU
      • 3.2.2 Using Easy Configuration
      • 3.2.3 Using New Configuration and View/Add Configuration
      • 3.2.4 Creating a Global Hotspare Drive
      • 3.2.5 Initializing Logical Drives
    • 3.3 Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies
    • 3.4 Rebuilding a Drive
    • 3.5 Hot Plug Support
    • 3.6 Checking Data Consistency
    • 3.7 Viewing and Changing Device Properties
      • 3.7.1 Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties
      • 3.7.2 Viewing and Changing Logical Drive Properties
      • 3.7.3 Viewing Physical Drive Properties
    • 3.8 Forcing Drives Online or Offline
    • 3.9 Configuring a Bootable Logical Drive
    • 3.10 Deleting a Logical Drive
    • 3.11 Clearing a Storage Configuration
  • Chapter 4 MegaCLI Command Tool
    • 4.1 MegaCLI CT Overview
    • 4.2 Exception Handling
    • 4.3 Command Line Abbreviations and Conventions
    • 4.4 Adapter Commands
      • 4.4.1 Display Adapter Information
      • 4.4.2 Enable or Disable Automatic Rebuild
      • 4.4.3 Set Adapter Properties
      • 4.4.4 Display Specified Adapter Properties
      • 4.4.5 Display Adapter Time
      • 4.4.6 Set Factory Defaults
    • 4.5 BIOS Commands
      • 4.5.1 Set or Display Bootable Logical Drive ID
      • 4.5.2 Set BIOS Options
    • 4.6 Event Log Commands
      • 4.6.1 Manage the Event Log Entries
    • 4.7 Configuration Commands
      • 4.7.1 Add RAID 0, 1 or 5 Configuration
      • 4.7.2 Configure Each Disk as RAID 0
      • 4.7.3 Add RAID 10 Configuration
      • 4.7.4 Clear Existing Configuration
      • 4.7.5 Display Existing Configuration
      • 4.7.6 Save Adapter Configuration
      • 4.7.7 Restore Configuration Data from File
      • 4.7.8 Delete Logical Drive(s)
      • 4.7.9 Display Free Space
    • 4.8 Logical Drive Commands
      • 4.8.1 Display Logical Drive Information
      • 4.8.2 Display Logical Drive Disk Cache Settings
      • 4.8.3 Manage Logical Drive Initialization
      • 4.8.4 Manage Consistency Check
      • 4.8.5 View Ongoing Background Initialization
      • 4.8.6 Display Logical Drive and Physical Drive Information
      • 4.8.7 Display Number of Logical Drives
    • 4.9 Physical Drive Commands
      • 4.9.1 Display Physical Disk Drive Information
      • 4.9.2 Set Physical Disk Drive State to Online
      • 4.9.3 Set Physical Disk Drive State to Offline
      • 4.9.4 Set Physical Disk Drive State to Unconfigured-Good
      • 4.9.5 Manage Global Hotspares
      • 4.9.6 Rebuild Physical Disk Drive
      • 4.9.7 Locate Physical Disk Drive(s) and Activate LED
      • 4.9.8 Replace Configured Disk Drives and Start Automatic Rebuild
      • 4.9.9 Prepare Unconfigured Physical Disk Drives for Removal
      • 4.9.10 Display Number of Physical Disk Drives
      • 4.9.11 Display List of Physical Drives
    • 4.10 Miscellaneous Commands
      • 4.10.1 Display MegaCLI Version
      • 4.10.2 Display MegaCLI Help
  • Chapter 5 MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Overview and Installation
    • 5.1 Overview
      • 5.1.1 Creating Storage Configurations
      • 5.1.2 Monitoring Storage Devices
      • 5.1.3 Maintaining Storage Configurations
    • 5.2 Hardware and Software Requirements
    • 5.3 Installation
      • 5.3.1 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows
      • 5.3.2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux
      • 5.3.3 Linux Error Messages
  • Chapter 6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus
    • 6.1 Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software
    • 6.2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window
      • 6.2.1 Physical/Logical View Panel
      • 6.2.2 Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel
      • 6.2.3 Event Log Panel
      • 6.2.4 Menu Bar
  • Chapter 7 Configuration
    • 7.1 Creating a New Storage Configuration
      • 7.1.1 Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters
      • 7.1.2 Using Auto Configuration
      • 7.1.3 Using Guided Configuration
      • 7.1.4 Using Manual Configuration: RAID 0
      • 7.1.5 Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1
      • 7.1.6 Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10
    • 7.2 Adding Hotspare Disks
    • 7.3 Changing Adjustable Task Rates
    • 7.4 Changing Virtual Disk Properties
    • 7.5 Deleting a Virtual Disk
    • 7.6 Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk
    • 7.7 Clearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller
    • 7.8 Adding a Saved Storage Configuration
  • Chapter 8 Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices
    • 8.1 Monitoring System Events
    • 8.2 Monitoring Controllers
    • 8.3 Monitoring Disk Drives
    • 8.4 Monitoring Virtual Disks
    • 8.5 Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes
  • Chapter 9 Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations
    • 9.1 Initializing a Virtual Disk
    • 9.2 Running a Consistency Check
    • 9.3 Rebuilding a Drive
    • 9.4 Making a Drive Offline
  • Appendix A Events and Messages
  • Customer Feedback