LSI Computer Hardware SAS2 User Manual

SAS2 Integrated RAID Solution  
User Guide  
Version 2.0  
August 2010  
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Table of Contents  
Table of Contents  
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Integrated RAID Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5  
Chapter 2: Overview of Integrated RAID Mirrored Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7  
Chapter 3: Creating Mirrored Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13  
Chapter 4: Overview of Integrated Striping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23  
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Chapter 5: Creating Integrated Striping Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25  
Appendix A: Using the SAS2 Integrated RAID Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31  
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Integrated RAID Solution | Overview  
Chapter 1  
Introduction to the Integrated RAID Solution  
This chapter provides an introduction to the features and benefits of the LSI Integrated  
RAID solution for LSI SAS2 controllers.  
1.1 Overview  
The LSI Integrated RAID solution provides cost benefits for the server or workstation  
market that requires the extra performance, storage capacity, and/or redundancy of a  
RAID configuration. The LSI Integrated RAID solution includes the following RAID  
features:  
The Integrated Mirroring solution, which provides features of RAID 1  
The Integrated Mirroring + Striping solution, which provides features of RAID 10  
The Integrated Mirroring Enhanced solution, which provides features of RAID 1  
Enhanced (RAID 1E)  
The Integrated Striping solution, which provides features of RAID 0  
By simplifying the configuration options and by providing firmware support in its SAS2  
host adapters, LSI can offer the Integrated RAID solution at a lower cost than a  
hardware RAID implementation.  
LSI Fusion-MPT™ firmware supports Integrated Mirroring volumes, Integrated Mirroring  
+ Striping volumes, Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes, and Integrated Striping  
volumes. You can create up to two Integrated RAID volumes on each LSI SAS2  
controller.  
The LSI Integrated RAID solution supports the following LSI SAS2 controllers and the  
host bus adapters based on these controllers:  
LSISAS2004  
LSISAS2008  
LSISAS2108  
LSISAS2208  
LSISAS2304  
LSISAS2308  
LSI Integrated RAID firmware uses the same device drivers as the standard LSI  
Fusion-MPT-based controllers. This eliminates the need for complex backup software or  
expensive RAID hardware. To conserve system resources, the Integrated RAID firmware  
operates independently from the operating system. The BIOS-based configuration  
utility, documented in Chapter 3 and Chapter 5, makes it easy to configure mirrored  
and striped volumes. The Integrated RAID solution is currently available as an optional  
component of the Fusion-MPT architecture on LSI SAS2 controllers.  
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Integrated RAID Solution | Benefits and Features  
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1.2 Benefits and Features  
The LSI Integrated RAID solution has the following benefits and features:  
Support for up to 10 disks per Integrated RAID volume, with one or two volumes on  
each SAS2 controller. Each controller can support can support 14 volume drives,  
including one or two hot spare disks.  
Support for two-disk Integrated Mirroring volumes (RAID 1)  
Support for online capacity expansion (OCE) for RAID 1 volumes. OCE allows you to  
increase the size of a RAID 1 volume by replacing the disk drives with  
higher-capacity drives.  
Low-cost RAID volume creation, which meets the needs of most internal RAID  
installations  
Easy installation and configuration  
Support for booting from any kind of Integrated RAID volume  
Ability to operate without special operating system-specific software  
High reliability and data integrity  
— Nonvolatile write journaling  
— Physical disks in a volume are not visible to the operating system (OS) or to  
application software  
Low host CPU and PCI bus utilization  
Processing power provided by Fusion-MPT architecture  
— Shared-memory architecture minimizes external memory requests  
— Device hardware and firmware contain the functionality  
1.2.1 Host Interface  
The Integrated RAID host interface uses the message-passing interface, as described in  
the Fusion-MPT Message Passing Interface Specification. The Fusion-MPT interface gives  
the host OS access to the RAID volumes as well as to additional non-RAID physical disks.  
1.2.2 Metadata Support  
The Integrated RAID firmware supports metadata, which describes the logical drive  
configuration stored on each member disk of a volume. After initialization, the  
firmware queries each member disk to read the metadata and verify the configuration.  
The firmware reduces the usable disk space for each member disk when it creates the  
the volume, which makes room for the metadata.  
1.2.3 SMART Support  
The Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) monitors disk drives  
for signs of future disk failure and generates an alert if it detects such signs. The  
Integrated RAID firmware polls each physical disk in the volume at regular intervals. If  
the firmware detects a SMART ASC/ASCQ code on a physical disk in the volume, it  
processes the SMART data and stores it in a log. The volume does not support SMART  
directly because it is only a logical representation of the physical disks in the volume.  
1.2.4 Fusion-MPT Support  
The Integrated RAID BIOS uses the LSI Fusion-MPT interface to communicate to the  
SAS2 controller and firmware. This process includes reading the Fusion-MPT  
configuration to access the parameters that define behavior between the SAS2  
controller and the devices that connect to it. The Fusion-MPT drivers for all supported  
operating systems implement the Fusion-MPT interface to communicate with the  
controller and firmware.  
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Chapter 2: Overview of Integrated RAID Mirrored Volumes | Introduction  
Chapter 2  
Overview of Integrated RAID Mirrored Volumes  
This chapter provides an overview of the LSI Integrated RAID features that support the  
creation of mirrored arrays.  
2.1 Introduction  
As a result of the shift towards network-attached storage (NAS), Internet service  
providers need a cost-effective, fault-tolerant solution to protect the operating systems  
on small form-factor, high-density, rack-mountable servers. The mirroring features of  
the LSI Integrated RAID solution provide data protection for the system boot volume,  
which safeguards the operating system and other critical information on servers and  
high-performance workstations. The Integrated RAID solution supports the following  
types of mirrored arrays:  
The Integrated Mirroring solution, which provides features of RAID 1  
The Integrated Mirroring + Striping solution, which provides features of RAID 10  
The Integrated Mirroring Enhanced solution, which provides features of RAID 1  
Enhanced (RAID 1E)  
These three mirroring solutions provide a robust, high-performance, fault-tolerant  
solution to data storage needs at a lower cost than a dedicated RAID controller.  
Mirrored volumes may have from two-to-ten disks to provide fault-tolerant protection  
for critical data. Mirrored volumes also support one or two global hot spare drives, with  
a maximum of 14 drives on each LSI SAS2 controller.  
NOTE: Fourteen drives is the theoretical upper limit for a single LSI SAS2 controller,  
although the controller itself may support fewer than 14 drives. You can also configure  
one mirrored volume and one Integrated Striping volume on the same LSI SAS  
controller.  
Each SAS2 controller can have two global hot spare disks available to automatically  
replace a failed disk in the one or two mirrored volumes configured on the controller.  
The hot spares make the mirrored volumes even more fault-tolerant.  
2.2 Integrated Mirroring and  
Integrated Mirroring Enhanced  
Features  
Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring + Striping, and Integrated Mirroring  
Enhanced volumes support the following features:  
Configurations of one or two mirrored volumes on each LSI SAS2 controller. Each  
volume can consist of two mirrored disks for an Integrated Mirroring volume;  
three-to-ten mirrored disks for an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volume; or four,  
six, eight, or ten mirrored disks for an Integrated Mirroring + Striping volume.  
(Optional) Two global hot spare disks per LSI SAS2 controller to automatically  
replace failed disks in mirrored volumes.  
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Ability of mirrored volumes to run in optimal mode or in degraded mode if one  
mirrored disk in an Integrated Mirroring volume fails or if one or more mirrored  
disks fail in an Integrated Mirroring + Striping volume or Integrated Mirroring  
Enhanced volume.  
Support for hot swapping.  
Support for online capacity expansion (OCE) for RAID 1 volumes. OCE allows you to  
increase the size of a RAID 1 volume by replacing the existing disk drives with  
higher-capacity disk drives. Data is protected during the expansion process, and the  
RAID 1 volume remains online.  
Presentation of a single, virtual drive to the operating system for each  
mirrored volume.  
Support for both SAS and SATA disks, although you cannot combine the two types  
of disks in the same volume. However, an LSI SAS2 controller can support one  
volume with SATA disks and a second volume with SAS disks.  
Automatic background initialization after volume creation.  
Consistency checking.  
Fusion-MPT architecture.  
Menu-driven, BIOS-based configuration utility.  
Error notification, in which the drivers update an OS-specific event log.  
Support for SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) status LED.  
Write journaling, which allows automatic synchronization of potentially  
inconsistent data after unexpected powerdown situations.  
Use of metadata to store volume configuration on disks in a mirrored volume.  
Automatic background resynchronization while host I/Os continue.  
Background media verification, which ensures that data on mirrored volumes is  
always accessible.  
2.3 Operation of Mirrored  
Volumes  
The LSI Integrated RAID solution supports one or two mirrored volumes on each LSI  
SAS2 controller (or one mirrored volume and one Integrated Striping volume).  
Typically, one of these volumes is the boot volume. Boot support is available through  
the firmware of the LSI SAS2 controller that supports the standard Fusion-MPT  
interface. The runtime mirroring of the boot disk is transparent to the BIOS, the drivers,  
and the operating system. Host-based status software monitors the state of the  
mirrored disks and reports any error conditions. The following figure shows an  
Integrated Mirroring volume in which the second disk is a mirrored copy of the data on  
the first (primary) disk.  
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Integrated Mirroring Volume  
Primary  
Mirror  
SAS  
NVSRAM  
(For Write Journaling)  
Memory Bus  
LSI  
Fusion-MPT  
SAS2 Controller  
FLASH  
(For Configuration)  
3_00006-00  
Figure 1:  
Typical Integrated Mirroring Implementation  
The following figure shows the logical view and physical view of an Integrated  
Mirroring volume. Each logical block address (LBA) is mirrored on the second disk.  
Logical View  
Physical View  
LBA 1  
LBA 2  
LBA 3  
LBA 1  
LBA 2  
LBA 3  
LBA 1'  
LBA 2'  
LBA 3'  
+
LBA N  
LBA N  
LBA N’  
3_00007-00  
Figure 2:  
Integrated Mirroring Volume  
You can configure an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volume with up to 10 mirrored  
disks. The following figure shows the logical view and physical view of an Integrated  
Mirroring Enhanced volume with three mirrored disks. The firmware writes each  
mirrored stripe to a disk and mirrors it to an adjacent disk. RAID 1E is another term for  
this type of mirrored configuration.  
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Logical View  
Physical View  
Mirrored Stripe 1  
Mirrored Stripe 2  
Mirrored Stripe 3  
Mirrored Stripe 4  
Mirrored Stripe 1  
Mirrored Stripe 2'  
Mirrored Stripe 4  
Mirrored Stripe 5'  
Mirrored Stripe 1'  
Mirrored Stripe 3  
Mirrored Stripe 4'  
Mirrored Stripe 6  
Mirrored Stripe 2  
Mirrored Stripe 3'  
Mirrored Stripe 5  
Mirrored Stripe 6'  
+
+
Mirrored Stripe N  
Mirrored Stripe N-1'  
Mirrored Stripe N  
Mirrored Stripe N’  
3_00008-00  
Figure 3:  
Integrated Mirroring Enhanced with Three Disks  
You can configure an Integrated Mirroring + Striping volume with an even number of  
disks, ranging from four minimum to ten maximum. The following figure shows the  
logical view and physical view of an Integrated Mirroring + Striping volume with four  
mirrored disks. The firmware writes each mirrored stripe to a disk and mirrors it to an  
adjacent disk. RAID 10 is another term for this type of mirrored/striped configuration.  
Logical View  
Physical View  
Mirrored Stripe 1  
Mirrored Stripe 2  
Mirrored Stripe 3  
Mirrored Stripe 4  
Mirrored Stripe 1  
Mirrored Stripe 3  
Mirrored Stripe 5  
Mirrored Stripe 7  
Mirrored Stripe 1'  
Mirrored Stripe 3'  
Mirrored Stripe 5'  
Mirrored Stripe 7'  
Mirrored Stripe 2  
Mirrored Stripe 4  
Mirrored Stripe 6  
Mirrored Stripe 8  
Mirrored Stripe 2'  
Mirrored Stripe 4'  
Mirrored Stripe 6'  
Mirrored Stripe 8'  
+
+
+
Mirrored Stripe N  
Mirrored Stripe N-1  
Mirrored Stripe N-1'  
Mirrored Stripe N  
Mirrored Stripe N’  
3_00009-00  
Figure 4:  
Integrated Mirroring + Striping with Four Disks  
The LSI SAS2 BIOS configuration utility enables you to create mirrored volumes during  
initial setup and to reconfigure them in response to hardware failures or changes in  
the environment.  
CAUTION: The SAS2 BIOS CU deletes all existing data from the disks drives when you  
select them to use for a mirrored volume.  
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Chapter 2: Overview of Integrated RAID Mirrored Volumes | Mirrored Volume Features  
2.4 Mirrored Volume Features  
This section describes features of Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring + Striping,  
and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes. You can configure one or two mirrored  
volumes on each LSI SAS2 controller.  
2.4.1 Resynchronization with  
Concurrent Host I/O Operation  
The Integrated RAID firmware allows host I/O transactions to continue on a mirrored  
volume while it resynchronizes the volume in the background. The firmware  
automatically starts resynchronizing data after a disk failure activates a hot spare, or  
after a disk in a mirrored volume has been hot swapped.  
2.4.2 Hot Swapping  
The Integrated RAID firmware supports hot swapping, and it automatically  
resynchronizes the hot-swapped disk in the background without any host or user  
intervention. The firmware detects hot-swap removal and disk insertion.  
Following a hot-swap event, the firmware verifies that the new physical disk has  
enough capacity for the mirrored volume. The firmware resynchronizes all replaced  
hot-swapped disks, even if the same disk is re-inserted. In a mirrored volume with an  
even number of disks, the firmware marks the hot-swapped disk as a secondary disk  
and the other disk with data as the primary disk. The firmware resynchronizes all data  
from the primary disk onto the new secondary disk. In a mirrored volume with an odd  
number of disks, primary and secondary sets include three disks instead of two.  
2.4.3 Hot Spare Disk  
You can configure two disks as global hot spare disks to protect data on the mirrored  
volumes configured on the SAS2 controller. If the Integrated RAID firmware fails one of  
the mirrored disks, it automatically replaces the failed disk with a hot spare disk and  
then resynchronizes the mirrored data. The firmware automatically receives a  
notification when a hot spare replaces the failed disk, and it then designates that disk  
as the new hot spare.  
2.4.4 Online Capacity Expansion  
The OCE feature enables you to expand the capacity of an existing two-disk Integrated  
Mirroring (RAID 1) volume by replacing the original disk drives with higher-capacity  
drives that have the same protocol (SAS or SATA).  
NOTE: The new drives must have at least 50 GB more capacity than the original drives  
of the volume.  
After you replace the disk drives and run the OCE command, you must use a  
commercial tool specific to the operating system to move or increase the size of the  
partition on the volume.  
2.4.5 Media Verification  
The Integrated RAID firmware supports a background media verification feature that  
runs at regular intervals when the mirrored volume is in the Optimal state. If the  
verification command fails for any reason, the firmware reads the other disk’s data for  
this segment and writes it to the failing disk in an attempt to refresh the data. The  
firmware periodically writes the current media verification logical block address to  
nonvolatile memory so that the media verification can continue from where it stopped  
prior to a power cycle.  
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2.4.6 Disk Write Caching  
2.4.7 NVSRAM Usage  
By default, the Integrated RAID firmware disables disk write caching for mirrored  
volumes. It does this to ensure that the write journal entry stored in nonvolatile static  
RAM (NVSRAM) is always valid. If you enable disk write caching (not recommended),  
you may cause the disk write log to be invalid.  
The Integrated RAID firmware requires at least a 32-KB NVSRAM to perform write  
journaling for mirrored volumes on LSI SAS2 controllers. The NVSRAM also preserves  
configuration information across reboots. The firmware uses write journaling to verify  
that the disks in the mirrored volume are synchronized with each other.  
2.4.8 Background Initialization  
2.4.9 Consistency Check  
2.4.10 Make Data Consistent  
Background initialization (BGI) is the process of copying data from primary to  
secondary disks in a mirrored volume. The Integrated RAID firmware starts BGI  
automatically as a background task when it creates a volume. The volume remains in  
the Optimal state while BGI is in progress.  
A consistency check is a background process that reads data from primary and  
secondary disks in a mirrored volume and compares it to make sure the data is identical  
on both disks. You can use the LSI SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility to run a consistency  
check on a mirrored volume.  
If it is enabled in the Integrated RAID firmware, the make data consistent (MDC) process  
starts automatically and runs in the background when you move a redundant volume  
from one SAS controller to another SAS controller. MDC compares the data on the  
primary and secondary disks. If MDC finds inconsistencies, it copies data from the  
primary disk to the secondary disk.  
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Chapter 3: Creating Mirrored Volumes | Mirrored Volume Configuration Overview  
Chapter 3  
Creating Mirrored Volumes  
This chapter explains how to create Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring +  
Striping, and Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes with the LSI SAS2 BIOS  
Configuration Utility (SAS2 BIOS CU).  
3.1 Mirrored Volume  
Configuration Overview  
The LSI SAS2 BIOS CU is a menu-driven utility program that enables you to easily  
configure and manage Integrated RAID volumes. You can use the SAS2 BIOS CU to  
create one or two mirrored volumes on each LSI SAS2 controller, with up to two  
optional global hot spare disks. You must connect all disks in a mirrored volume to the  
same LSI SAS2 controller.  
Although you can use disks of different size in mirrored volumes, the smallest disk in  
the volume determines the logical size of all disks in the volume. In other words, the  
volume does not use the excess space of the higher-capacity member disk(s). For  
example, if you create an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volume with two 100-GB disks  
and two 120-GB disks, the volume uses only 100 GB on each of the 120-GB disks.  
about the features of Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring + Striping, and  
Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes.  
3.2 Creating Mirrored Volumes  
The SAS2 BIOS CU is part of the Fusion-MPT BIOS. When the BIOS loads during the  
startup sequence and you see the message about the LSI Configuration Utility, press  
Ctrl-C to start the SAS2 BIOS CU. After you do this, the message changes to:  
Please wait, invoking SAS Configuration Utility...  
After a brief pause, the main menu (Adapter List window) of the SAS2 BIOS CU appears.  
On some systems, however, the following message appears next:  
LSI Corp Configuration Utility will load following  
initialization!  
In this case, the SAS2 BIOS CU loads after the system completes its power-on self-test.  
You can configure one or two Integrated Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring + Striping, and  
Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes on each LSI SAS2 controller. You can also  
configure one mirrored volume and one Integrated Striping volume on the same  
controller, up to a maximum of 14 disk drives for the two volumes. This includes one or  
two optional hot spare disks for the mirrored volume(s).  
All physical disks in a volume must be either SATA (with extended command set  
support) or SAS (with SMART support). You cannot combine SAS and SATA disks in  
the same volume. However, you can create one volume with SAS disks and a second  
volume with SATA disks on the same controller.  
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Disks must have 512-byte blocks and must not have removable media.  
Integrated mirroring volumes must have two disks, Integrated Mirroring Enhanced  
volumes can have three-to-ten disks, and Integrated Mirroring + Striping volumes  
can have an even number of disks ranging from four-to-ten disks.  
NOTE: LSI strongly recommends that you create global hot spare disks for all mirrored  
volumes to increase the level of data protection. If a disk in a mirrored volume fails, the  
Integrated RAID firmware rebuilds it using one of the global hot spares, and the data is  
safe. If you create two mirrored volumes on an LSI SAS 2 controller, either of the two  
mirrored volumes can use the global hot spares if a disk fails.  
3.2.1 Creating an Integrated Mirroring  
Volume  
Follow these steps to create a two-disk Integrated Mirroring (RAID 1) volume with the  
SAS2 BIOS CU. The steps begin with the Adapter List window that appears when the  
SAS2 BIOS CU starts:  
1. On the Adapter List window, use the arrow keys to select an LSI SAS adapter, and  
then press Enter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears, as the following figure shows.  
Figure 5:  
Adapter Properties Window  
2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, and then press Enter.  
The Create Array window appears.  
3. Select Create RAID 1 Volume.  
The Create New Array window appears.  
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4. Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a line that has a No entry in this  
column, indicating that the disk is not already part of the volume you are creating.  
To add the disk to the new array, change the No to Yes by pressing the space bar.  
This is the Primary disk in the array.  
CAUTION: The SAS2 BIOS CU deletes all existing data from the disks drives when you  
select them to use in a mirrored volume.  
5. Move the cursor to another line and press the space bar to add the second disk to  
the array.  
This is the Secondary disk in the array.  
6. Press C to create the array.  
A menu window appears.  
7. From the menu options, select Save changes then exit this menu.  
A processing message appears briefly, and then the SAS2 BIOS CU returns to  
the Adapter Properties window. Initialization of the new array continues in  
the background.  
NOTE: To create a second Integrated Mirroring volume, repeat these instructions  
starting with step 2. Alternatively, follow the instructions in the following section to  
create an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced or Integrated Mirroring + Striping volume.  
NOTE: See the instructions in Section 3.3, Managing Hot Spare Disks, if you want to  
create one or two global hot spares.  
3.2.2 Creating an Integrated Mirroring  
Enhanced or Integrated Mirroring +  
Striping Volume  
Integrated Mirroring Enhanced volumes can have from three-to-ten physical disks.  
Data is written to a disk and mirrored on an adjacent disk. Integrated Mirroring +  
Striping volumes can have a minimum of four and a maximum of 10 physical disks, in  
even numbers. In an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced or Integrated Mirroring + Striping  
volume, the data is both mirrored and striped.  
Follow these steps to create an Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (RAID 1E) or Integrated  
Mirroring + Striping (RAID 10) volume with the SAS2 BIOS CU. The steps begin with the  
Adapter List window that appears when the configuration utility starts:  
1. On the Adapter List window, use the arrow keys to select an LSI SAS adapter, and  
then press Enter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears, as shown in Figure 5.  
2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, and then press Enter.  
The Create Array window appears.  
3. Select Create RAID 1E Volume.  
The Create New Array window appears.  
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4. Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column and select a line that has a No entry in this  
column, which indicates that the disk is not already part of the volume you are  
creating. To add the disk to the new array, change the No to Yes by pressing the  
space bar.  
CAUTION: The SAS2 BIOS CU deletes all existing data from the disks drives when you  
select them to use for a mirrored volume.  
5. Move the cursor to another line and press the space bar to add another disk to  
the array.  
If you select an odd number of disks, the SAS2 BIOS CU creates an Integrated  
Mirroring Enhanced array. If you select an even number of disks, it creates an  
Integrated Mirroring + Striping array. As you add disks, the Array Size field changes  
to reflect the size of the new array.  
6. Press C to create the array.  
A menu window appears.  
7. From the menu options, select Save changes then exit this menu.  
A processing message appears briefly, and then the SAS2 BIOS CU returns to the  
Adapter Properties window. Initialization of the new array continues in the  
background.  
NOTE: To create a second Integrated Mirroring Enhanced or Integrated Mirroring +  
Striping volume, repeat the instructions above.  
NOTE: See the instructions in Section 3.3, Managing Hot Spare Disks, if you want to  
create one or two global hot spares.  
3.2.3 Expanding an Integrated  
Mirroring Volume with OCE  
You can use the online capacity expansion (OCE) feature to expand the capacity of a  
two-disk Integrated Mirroring (RAID 1) volume by replacing the original disks with two  
higher-capacity disk drives while the volume remains online. This process maintains  
data integrity at all times, even if one of the disks fails during the replacement process.  
The new disks must have at least 50 GB more capacity than the disks they are replacing,  
and they must use the same protocol (SAS or SATA) as the disks they are replacing.  
Follow these steps to expand an existing RAID1 volume with OCE:  
1. Physically replace one of the two volume disk drives with a drive that has at least  
50 GB more capacity.  
If necessary, you can identify the disks in the volume by following the instructions in  
2. Wait until synchronization completes on the new disk and the volume returns to the  
Optimal state, as indicated in the Adapter Properties window of the SAS2 BIOS CU.  
3. Physically replace the other volume disk drive with a drive that has at least 50 GB  
more capacity.  
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4. Again, wait until synchronization completes on the new disk and the volume  
returns to the Optimal state.  
5. In the Adapter List window of the SAS2 BIOS CU, use the arrow keys to select the LSI  
SAS adapter with the RAID 1 volume, and then press Enter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
6. Use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, and then press Enter.  
The Select New Array Type window appears.  
7. Select View Existing Array.  
The View Array window appears. If necessary, press Alt + N to switch to the RAID 1  
volume with the new, higher-capacity disk drives.  
8. Select Manage Array.  
The Manage Array window appears.  
9. Select Online Capacity Expansion.  
A menu window appears with a warning message and with options to start the  
expansion process or quit.  
10. Press Y to start the expansion.  
The RAID Properties window appears when the expansion process completes.  
11. Run a commercial tool specific to the operating system to move or increase the size  
of the partition on the newly expanded RAID1 volume.  
3.3 Managing Hot Spare Disks  
You can create one or two global hot spare disks to protect the data on mirrored  
volumes on an LSI SAS2 controller. You can also delete hot spare disks.  
3.3.1 Creating Hot Spare Disks  
Follow these steps to add global hot spare disks to an existing volume. The steps begin  
with the Adapter List window that appears when the configuration utility starts:  
1. In the Adapter List window, use the arrow keys to select the LSI SAS adapter on  
which you want to create hot spare disks, and then press Enter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears, as shown in Figure 5.  
2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, and then press Enter.  
The Select New Array Type window appears.  
3. Select View Existing Array.  
The View Array window appears. If necessary, press Alt + N to switch to another  
array on this adapter.  
4. Select Manage Array.  
The Manage Array window appears.  
5. Select Manage Hot Spares, which is the first option, as shown in the  
following figure.  
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Figure 6:  
Manage Array Window  
The Manage Hot Spares window appears.  
6. Identify a disk that is not part of a RAID volume (i.e., the value in the Drive Status  
column is not RAID) and that is not already identified as a hot spare disk.  
A global hot spare disk must have 512-byte blocks and nonremovable media. The  
disk type must be either SATA with extended command set support or SAS with  
SMART support.  
7. Select the Hot Spr (Hot Spare) field for this disk, and press the space bar.  
The Hot Spare status changes to Yes.  
8. (Optional) Repeat the preceding step to select a second global hot spare disk  
9. Press C to create the hot spare disk.  
A menu window appears. An error message appears if the selected disk is not at  
least as large as the smallest disk used in the existing volume(s). An error message  
also appears if you try to add a SATA disk as a hot spare for volumes that use SAS  
disks, or vice versa.  
10. Select Save changes then exit this menu to create the hot spare disk(s).  
The SAS2 BIOS CU pauses while it configures the global hot spares.  
3.3.2 Deleting Hot Spare Disks  
Follow these steps to delete a global hot spare disk:  
1. Access the Manage Hot Spares window by following steps 1 through 5 of the  
previous section.  
2. Select a hot spare disk for deletion, and press C.  
3. Select Save changes then exit this menu to commit the changes.  
The configuration utility pauses while it removes the global hot spare.  
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3.4 Other Configuration Tasks  
This section explains how to perform other configuration and maintenance tasks for  
mirrored volumes.  
3.4.1 Viewing Volume Properties  
Follow these steps to view the RAID properties of the mirrored volume(s):  
1. In the SAS2 BIOS CU, select an LSI SAS2 adapter from the Adapter List.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
2. Select RAID Properties.  
The Select New Array Type window appears.  
3. Select View Existing Array.  
The View Array window appears, showing information about the array and each  
disk in it. The window includes global hot spare information, if any exists.  
NOTE: If you create one volume using SAS disks, another volume using SATA disks, and  
one or two global hot spare disks, the hot spare disks only appear when you view the  
mirrored volume that uses the same type of disks as the hot spare disks.  
4. If the currently displayed array is not the one you want, press Alt + N to view  
another array on the adapter.  
3.4.2 Running a Consistency Check  
Use the Consistency Check command to verify that the data is synchronized on the  
mirrored disks in the volume.  
Follow these steps to run a consistency check on a selected mirrored volume:  
1. In the Adapter List window, use the arrow keys to select an LSI SAS adapter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, and then press Enter.  
The Select New Array Type window appears.  
3. Select View Existing Array.  
The View Array window appears. If necessary, press Alt + N to switch to another  
array on this adapter.  
4. Select Manage Array.  
The Manage Array window appears.  
5. Select Consistency Check on the Manage Array window.  
A menu window appears.  
6. Press Y to start the consistency check.  
The consistency check runs a read-read-compare algorithm in the background. If it  
encounters any data miscompares, it stores the information in a bad block table.  
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3.4.3 Activating an Array  
A volume (array) can become inactive if, for example, you remove it from one controller  
or computer and install it on a different one. The Activate Array option allows you to  
reactivate an inactive volume. This option is available only when the selected volume is  
currently inactive.  
Follow these steps to activate a selected volume:  
1. In the Adapter List window, use the arrow keys to select an LSI SAS adapter and  
press Enter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
2. Select RAID Properties, and then press Enter.  
The Select New Array Type window appears.  
3. Select View Existing Array.  
The View Array window appears. If necessary, press Alt + N to switch to another  
array on this adapter.  
4. Select Manage Array.  
The Manage Array window appears.  
5. Select Activate Array on the Manage Array window.  
A menu window appears.  
6. Press Y to activate the array.  
The array becomes active after a pause.  
3.4.4 Deleting an Array  
CAUTION: Before you delete an array, be sure to back up all data on the array that you  
want to keep.  
Follow these steps to delete a selected volume (array):  
1. In the Adapter List window, use the arrow keys to select an LSI SAS adapter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, and then press Enter.  
The Select New Array Type window appears.  
3. Select View Existing Array.  
The View Array window appears. If necessary, press Alt + N to switch to another  
array on this adapter.  
4. Select Manage Array.  
The Manage Array window appears.  
5. Select Delete Array.  
A menu window appears.  
6. Either press Y to delete the array, or press N to cancel the deletion process.  
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After a pause, the utility deletes the array. If there is another remaining array and  
one or two hot spare disks, the BIOS checks the hot spare disks to determine if they  
are compatible with the remaining volume. If they are not compatible (too small or  
wrong disk type), the BIOS deletes them also.  
3.4.5 Locating Disk Drives in a Volume  
You can use the SAS2 BIOS CU to locate and identify a specific physical disk drive in a  
disk enclosure by flashing the drive’s LED. You can also flash the LEDs of all the disk  
drives in a RAID volume, if they are in a disk enclosure.  
When you add a disk drive to a new mirrored volume, the LED on the disk drive starts  
flashing. The LED stops flashing when you finish creating the volume.  
You can locate individual disk drives from the SAS Topology window by flashing their  
LEDs. To do this, follow these steps:  
1. Select the desired SAS2 controller on the Adapter List window, and press Enter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
2. Highlight SAS Topology, and press Enter.  
The SAS Topology window appears.  
3. Select the disk in the Device Identifier column, and press Enter.  
The LED on the disk flashes until you press a key to stop it.  
4. To identify all the disk drives in a volume, select the volume in the left column of the  
SAS Topology window, and press Enter.  
The LEDs flash on all disk drives in the volume until you press a key to stop them.  
NOTE: The LEDs on the disk drives flash as previously described if the firmware  
configuration is correct and the drives are in a disk enclosure.  
3.4.6 Selecting a Boot Disk  
You can select a boot disk in the SAS Topology window. The next time you boot the  
computer, the firmware moves this disk to scan ID 0, making it the new boot disk. This  
makes it easier to set BIOS boot device options and to keep the boot device constant  
during device additions and removals. You can also select an alternative boot device. If  
the BIOS cannot find the preferred boot device when it loads, it will attempt to boot  
from the alternate device.  
Follow these steps to select a boot disk:  
1. In the SAS2 BIOS CU, select an adapter from the Adapter List.  
2. Select the SAS Topology option. If a device is currently designated as the boot  
device, the Device Info column on the SAS Topology window lists the word Boot, as  
shown in the following figure.  
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Figure 7:  
Boot Device on SAS Topology Window  
If a device is currently designated as the alternate boot device, the Device Info  
column shows the word Alt.  
3. To select the preferred boot disk, move the cursor to the disk, and press Alt + B.  
4. To remove the boot designator, move the cursor to the current boot disk, and press  
Alt + B.  
This controller no longer has a disk designated as boot.  
5. To change the boot disk, move the cursor to the new boot disk, and press Alt + B.  
The Boot designator moves to this disk.  
6. To select an alternate boot disk, move the cursor to the disk, and press Alt + A.  
NOTE: To change the alternate boot device from one disk to another, follow steps 4  
and 5, but use Alt + A instead of Alt + B.  
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Chapter 4: Overview of Integrated Striping | Introduction  
Chapter 4  
Overview of Integrated Striping  
This chapter provides an overview of the LSI Integrated RAID features that support the  
creation of striped arrays.  
4.1 Introduction  
The LSI Integrated RAID solution enables you to create Integrated Striping volumes for  
applications that require the faster performance and increased storage capacity of  
striping. The low-cost Integrated Striping feature has many of the advantages of a more  
expensive RAID striping solution. You can configure an Integrated Striping volume as  
the boot disk or as a data disk.  
The Integrated Striping solution provides better performance and more capacity than  
individual disks, without burdening the host CPU. The firmware distributes host I/O  
transactions over multiple disks and presents the disks as a single, logical drive. In  
general, striping is transparent to the BIOS, the drivers, and the operating system.  
You can use the LSI SAS2 BIOS CU to configure Integrated Striping volumes. These  
volumes can consist of two-to-ten disks.  
4.2 Integrated Striping Features  
Integrated Striping supports the following features:  
Support for volumes with two-to-ten disks  
Support for two Integrated Striping volumes with up to 14 drives total on a  
SAS2 controller.  
Support for combining one Integrated Striping volume and one Integrated  
Mirroring, Integrated Mirroring + Striping, or Integrated Mirroring Enhanced  
volume on a single controller.  
Support for both SAS and SATA drives, although you cannot combine the two types  
of drives in one volume  
Fusion-MPT architecture  
Easy-to-use SAS BIOS configuration utility  
Error notification  
Disk write caching, which is enabled by default on all Integrated Striping volumes  
Use of metadata to store volume configurations on disks  
OS-specific event log  
Error display inside the Fusion-MPT BIOS  
SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) status LED support for drives used in Integrated  
Striping volumes  
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4.3 Integrated Striping  
Description  
On Integrated Striping volumes, the firmware writes data across multiple disks instead  
of onto one disk. It does this by partitioning each disk’s storage space into 64-KB  
stripes. The firmware interleaves the stripes round-robin so that the combined storage  
space consists alternately of stripes from each disk.  
The following figure shows an example of integrated striping: the firmware writes  
segment 1 to disk 1, segment 2 to disk 2, segment 3 to disk 3, and so on. When the  
firmware reaches the end of the disk list, it continues writing data at the next available  
segment of disk 1.  
LSI SAS2  
Controller  
SAS  
Disk 1  
Disk 2  
Disk 3  
Disk 4  
Segment 1  
Segment 5  
Segment 9  
Segment 2  
Segment 6  
Segment 10  
Segment 3  
Segment 7  
Segment 11  
Segment 4  
Segment 8  
Segment 12  
3_00010-00  
Figure 8:  
Integrated Striping Example  
The following figure shows a logical view and a physical view of an Integrated Striping  
volume with three disks.  
Logical View  
Physical View  
Stripe 1  
Stripe 2  
Stripe 3  
Stripe 1  
Stripe 4  
Stripe 7  
Stripe 2  
Stripe 5  
Stripe 8  
Stripe 3  
Stripe 6  
Stripe 9  
+
+
Stripe N  
Stripe N-2  
Stripe N-1  
Stripe N  
3_00011-00  
Figure 9:  
Integrated Striping – Logical and Physical Views  
Speed is the primary advantage of the Integrated Striping solution because it transfers  
data to or from multiple disks simultaneously. However, there is no data redundancy.  
Back the data up on other media to avoid losing unsaved data if one disk fails.  
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Chapter 5  
Creating Integrated Striping Volumes  
This chapter explains how to create Integrated Striping volumes using the LSI SAS2  
BIOS Configuration Utility (SAS2 BIOS CU).  
5.1 Integrated Striping  
Configuration Overview  
The LSI SAS2 BIOS CU is a menu-driven utility program that enables you to easily  
configure and manage Integrated RAID volumes. You can use the SAS2 BIOS CU to  
create one or two Integrated Striping volumes on each LSI SAS2 controller. Each  
volume can have from two-to-ten drives. All disks in an Integrated Striping volume  
must be connected to the same LSI SAS2 controller.  
Although you can use disks of different size in Integrated Striping volumes, the smallest  
disk in the volume determines the logical size of all disks in the volume. In other words,  
the firmware does not use the excess space of the higher-capacity member disk(s). For  
example, if you create an Integrated Striping volume with two 100-GB disks and two  
120-GB disks, the firmware uses only 100 GB on each of the 120-MB disks for the  
volume. The supported stripe size is 64 kilobytes.  
Refer to Chapter 4 for more information about Integrated Striping volumes.  
5.2 Creating Integrated Striping  
Volumes  
The SAS2 BIOS CU is part of the Fusion-MPT BIOS. When the BIOS loads during boot and  
you see the message about the LSI Configuration Utility, press Ctrl-C to start the CU.  
After you do this, the message changes to:  
Please wait, invoking SAS Configuration Utility...  
After a brief pause, the main menu of the SAS2 BIOS CU appears. On some systems,  
however, the following message appears next:  
LSI Corp Configuration Utility will load following  
initialization!  
In this case, the SAS2 BIOS CU loads after the system completes its power-on self-test.  
You can configure one or two Integrated RAID volumes on each LSI SAS2 controller.  
For a two-volume configuration, you can have two Integrated Striping (RAID 0)  
volumes, two mirrored volumes, or one volume of each type. The two volumes can  
have a maximum of 14 disk drives. (This configuration includes one or two hot spare  
disks for mirrored volumes.)  
The following guidelines apply when creating an Integrated Striping volume:  
All physical disks in an Integrated Striping volume must be either SATA (with  
extended command set support) or SAS (with SMART support). You cannot  
combine SAS and SATA disks in the same volume. However, you can create one  
volume with SAS disks and a second volume with SATA disks on the same controller.  
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Disks must have 512-byte blocks and must not have removable media.  
Integrated Striping volumes must have at least two disks and no more than 10 disks.  
Integrated Striping volumes do not support hot spare disks.  
Follow these steps to configure an Integrated Striping volume with the SAS2 BIOS CU,  
after. The steps begin with the Adapter List window that appears when the SAS2 BIOS  
CU starts.  
1. On the Adapter List window, select an LSI SAS adapter, and press Enter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears, as the following figure shows.  
Figure 10:  
Adapter Properties Window  
2. Select RAID Properties, and press Enter.  
The Create Array window appears.  
3. Select Create RAID 0 Volume.  
The Create New Array window appears.  
4. Move the cursor to the RAID Disk column, and select a line that has a No entry in this  
column, which indicates that the disk is not already part of the volume you are  
creating. To add the disk to the new array, change the No to Yes by pressing the  
space bar.  
5. Move the cursor to another line and press the space bar to add another disk to  
the array.  
6. Continue adding disks in this way until you have added the desired number of disks.  
7. Press C to create the array.  
A menu appears.  
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8. From the menu options, select Save changes then exit this menu.  
A Processing message appears briefly, and then the SAS2 BIOS CU returns to  
the Adapter Properties window. Initialization of the new array continues in  
the background.  
NOTE: Repeat the previous instructions to create a second Integrated Striping volume,  
if desired, and if enough additional disks are available.  
5.3 Other Configuration Tasks  
This section explains how to perform other configuration and maintenance tasks for  
Integrated Striping volumes.  
5.3.1 Viewing Volume Properties  
Follow these steps to view the RAID properties of a volume:  
1. In the SAS2 BIOS CU, select an LSI SAS2 adapter from the Adapter List.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
2. Select RAID Properties.  
The Select New Array Type window appears.  
3. Select View Existing Array.  
The View Array window appears, showing information about the array and each  
disk in it.  
4. If the currently displayed array is not the one you want, press Alt + N to view  
another array on the adapter.  
5.3.2 Activating an Array  
A volume (array) can become inactive if, for example, you remove it from one controller  
or computer and install it on a different one. The Activate Array option allows you to  
reactivate an inactive volume. This option is available only when the selected volume is  
currently inactive.  
Follow these steps to activate a selected volume:  
1. In the Adapter List window, use the arrow keys to select an LSI SAS adapter and  
press Enter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
2. Select RAID Properties, and then press Enter.  
The Select New Array Type window appears.  
3. Select View Existing Array.  
The View Array window appears. If necessary, press Alt + N to switch to another  
array on this adapter.  
4. Select Manage Array.  
The Manage Array window appears.  
5. Select Activate Array on the Manage Array window.  
A menu window appears.  
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6. Press Y to activate the array.  
The array becomes active after a pause.  
5.3.3 Deleting an Array  
CAUTION: Before you delete an array, be sure to back up the data.  
Follow these steps to delete a selected volume (array):  
1. In the Adapter List window, use the arrow keys to select an LSI SAS adapter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
2. Use the arrow keys to select RAID Properties, and then press Enter.  
The Select New Array Type window appears.  
3. Select View Existing Array.  
The View Array window appears. If necessary, press Alt + N to switch to another  
array on this adapter.  
4. Select Manage Array.  
The Manage Array window appears.  
5. Select Delete Array.  
A menu window appears.  
6. Either press Y to delete the array, or press N to cancel the deletion process.  
After a pause, the utility deletes the array.  
5.3.4 Locating Disk Drives in a Volume  
You can use the SAS2 BIOS CU to locate and identify a specific physical disk drive in a  
disk enclosure by flashing the drive’s LED. You can also flash the LEDs of all the disk  
drives in a RAID volume, if they are in a disk enclosure.  
When you add a disk drive to a new mirrored volume, the LED on the disk drive starts  
flashing. The LED stops flashing when you finish creating the volume.  
You can locate individual disk drives from the SAS Topology window by flashing their  
LEDs. To do this, follow these steps:  
1. Select the desired SAS2 controller on the Adapter List window and press Enter.  
The Adapter Properties window appears.  
2. Highlight SAS Topology, and press Enter.  
The SAS Topology window appears.  
3. Select the disk in the Device Identifier column, and press Enter.  
The LED on the disk flashes until you press a key to stop it.  
4. To identify all the disk drives in a volume, select the volume in the left column of the  
SAS Topology window, and press Enter.  
The LEDs flash on all disk drives in the volume until you press a key to stop them.  
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NOTE: The LEDs on the disk drives flash, as previously described, if the firmware  
configuration is correct and the drives are in a disk enclosure.  
5.3.5 Selecting a Boot Disk  
You can select a boot disk in the SAS Topology window. The next time you boot the  
computer, the firmware moves this disk to scan ID 0, making it the new boot disk. This  
makes it easier to set BIOS boot device options and to keep the boot device constant  
during device additions and removals. You can also select an alternative boot device. If  
the BIOS cannot find the preferred boot device when it loads, it attempts to boot from  
the alternate device.  
Follow these steps to select a boot disk:  
1. In the SAS2 BIOS CU, select an adapter from the Adapter List.  
2. Select the SAS Topology option. If a device is currently designated as the boot  
device, the Device Info column on the SAS Topology window lists the word Boot, as  
the following figure shows.  
Figure 11:  
Boot Device on SAS Topology Window  
If a device is currently designated as the alternate boot device, the Device Info  
column shows the word Alt.  
3. To select the preferred boot disk, move the cursor to the disk, and press Alt + B.  
4. To remove the boot designator, move the cursor to the current boot disk, and  
press Alt + B.  
This controller no longer has a disk designated as boot.  
5. To change the boot disk, move the cursor to the new boot disk, and press Alt + B.  
The Boot designator moves to this disk.  
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6. To select an alternate boot disk, move the cursor to the disk and press Alt + A.  
NOTE: To change the alternate boot device from one disk to another, follow steps 4 and  
5 in this procedure, but use Alt + A instead of Alt + B.  
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Appendix A: | Hardware and Software Requirements  
Appendix A  
Using the SAS2 Integrated RAID Configuration Utility  
This appendix explains how to use the command-line-driven SAS2 Integrated RAID  
configuration utility (SAS2IRCU) to create Integrated RAID volumes on LSI SAS2  
controllers in the manufacturing environment.  
SAS2IRCU is a command-line utility that you can use to configure the Integrated RAID  
functions of LSI SAS2 controllers. SAS2IRCU is a minimally interactive program that you  
can execute from a command-line prompt or a shell script. When you use a SAS2IRCU  
command, the program returns a status value to the operating system when it exits.  
OEMs can use SAS2IRCU to configure Integrated RAID devices on the LSI family of  
MPT2.0-based SAS2 controllers. You typically use this utility for system configuration  
on the manufacturing floor.  
NOTE: End users should not use the SAS2IRCU utility. Instead, they should use the LSI  
SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility (SAS2 BIOS CU) to create and manage Integrated RAID  
volumes. For more information, see Chapter 3 and Chapter 5.  
A.1 Hardware and Software  
Requirements  
SAS2IRCU runs on the following platforms.  
X86 or X64-compatible  
United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) 2  
EM64T/AMD64  
Sun SPARC® (v9)  
SAS2IRCU works with storage devices that are compliant with existing SCSI standards.  
A.1.1 Controller Support  
SAS2IRCU supports the following LSI SAS2 controllers and the host bus adapters based  
on these controllers:  
LSISAS2004  
LSISAS2008  
LSISAS2108  
LSISAS2208  
LSISAS2304  
LSISAS2308  
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A.1.2 Operating System and Software  
Support  
SAS2IRCU requires PCI™ 2.x or PCI 3.0 firmware and MPI v2.0. SAS2IRCU supports the  
following operating systems:  
WinPE 1.x (Server 2003/XP), WinPE 2.0 (Vista), WinPE 2.1 (Server 2008)  
Requires Windows® driver v2.00.00.17 or greater.  
UEFI 2.1  
Linux® 2.6 Kernel - Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server  
(SLES) 10  
Requires Linux driver v00.255.04.00 or greater.  
MS-DOS® 6.22 and FreeDOS 1.0  
SAS2IRCU runs on DOS only if the system BIOS supports 32-bit BIOS services,  
including the PCI BIOS services. SAS2IRCU uses these services to locate the  
controller and its interface registers because it must directly access the controller  
chip’s interface registers.  
A.2 Interface Description  
Format commands as follows for the SAS2IRCU command-line interface:  
sas2ircu <controller_#> <command> <parameters>  
Use a space to separate the program name, the controller number, the command, and  
the parameters fields. The format of <parameters>is command specific.  
Information passes between the user environment and the SAS2IRCU through the  
command line, the standard output and standard error interfaces, and the program  
return value. You can redirect the output streams as permitted by the operating  
system. When the program exits, it returns a value of 0 if the command is successful.  
Otherwise, it returns a value of 1.  
If a RAID command fails, the SAS2IRCU prints the IOCStatus and IOCLogInfo on the  
console. You can use this information to analyze the cause of the failure.  
A.3 Commands  
The following table shows which commands the SAS2IRCU supports on each  
operating system.  
Table 1: SASIRCU Commands  
Operating System  
SAS2IRCU  
Command  
DOS  
Linux  
EFI  
WinPE  
CREATE  
DELETE  
DISPLAY  
HOTSPARE  
LIST  
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
STATUS  
MFGPAGE  
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Table 1: SASIRCU Commands (Continued)  
Operating System  
Linux  
SAS2IRCU  
Command  
DOS  
EFI  
WinPE  
CONSTCHK  
ACTIVATE  
LOCATE  
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
LOGIR  
The commands are not case sensitive. The command descriptions use the  
following conventions:  
Enter the text in italic exactly as shown on the command line.  
Replace text enclosed in < > with a required parameter.  
Replace text enclosed in [ ] with an optional parameter.  
Enter parameters enclosed in { } one or more times, as required for the command  
being executed.  
Do not enter the command-line definition characters < >, [ ], and { } on the  
command line.  
A.3.1 Common Command-Line  
Parameters  
This section describes command-line parameters that are common to more than one  
command.  
<controller_#>  
The unique controller number that the program assigns to each PCI function found  
on supported controller chips in the system, starting with controller # 0. For  
example, in a system containing two LSISAS2008 controllers, controller # 0  
references the first controller and controller # 1 references the other controller.  
Valid controller number values are 0 to 255 (decimal).  
<Enclosure:Bay>  
The enclosure and bay/slot of a peripheral device attached to the bus. The  
argument must use a colon (:) as a separator and must follow the enclosure:bay  
format. Enclosure is a 16-bit EnclosureHandle value set by the I/O controller (IOC). A  
value of 0 is invalid. Bay/Slot is a 16-bit slot value set by the IOC. Use the DISPLAY  
command to get the enclosure and slot numbers of a drive.  
A.3.2 CREATE Command  
The CREATE command creates Integrated RAID volumes on LSI SAS2 controllers.  
When you add a disk to an Integrated RAID volume, the volume might not use all of the  
disk’s storage capacity. For example, if you add a 300-GB disk drive to a volume that  
only uses 200 GB of capacity on each disk drive, the volume does not use the remaining  
100 GB of capacity on the disk drive.  
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The disk identified by the first Enclosure:Bay on the command line becomes the primary  
disk drive when you create an Integrated Mirroring (RAID 1) volume. If the controller  
resynchronizes the disk drives, the data on the primary disk drive becomes available  
when you access the newly created volume.  
When the IR firmware creates a RAID 1 volume, it starts a background initialization  
of the volume. You can use the STATUS command to monitor the status of  
the initialization.  
Observe the following rules when creating Integrated RAID volumes and hot  
spare disks:  
All disks that are part of a volume, including hot spares for that volume, must be on  
the same SAS2 controller.  
You can create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E, and RAID 10 Integrated RAID volumes.  
You can create a maximum of two Integrated RAID volumes per controller.  
The configuration of the Integrated RAID firmware determines the maximum and  
minimum number of drives that you can use in Integrated RAID volumes. The  
following fields of IOC Page 6 specify the configuration:  
MaxDrivesRAID0, MaxDrivesRAID1, MaxDrivesRAID10, MaxDrivesRAID1E  
MinDrivesRAID0, MinDrivesRAID1, MinDrivesRAID10, MinDrivesRAID1E,  
MaxVolumes, MaxPhysDisks, MaxGlobalHotSpares, MaxPhysDisks (maximum  
number of physical drives combined in all volumes on the controller)  
For more information, refer to the description of the IOC configuration pages in the  
Fusion MPT 2.0 MPI Specification Guide.  
SAS2IRCU does not allow you to create an Integrated RAID volume that combines  
SAS and SATA hard disk drives.  
SAS2IRCU does not allow you to create an Integrated RAID volume that combines  
SSDs (solid-state drives) and hard disk drives.  
SAS2IRCU does allow you to use both SATA and SAS solid-state drives in a single  
Integrated RAID volume, if the Integrated RAID firmware supports it. Support for  
such a mixing is specified by values in static fields in Manufacturing Page 4 in the  
MPI2 specification and is specific for SSD drives only.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> create <volume_type> <size>  
{<Enclosure:Bay>} [VolumeName] [noprompt]  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller for the newly created volume.  
<volume_type>– Volume type for the new volume. Valid values are RAID0,  
RAID1, RAID10, or RAID1E.  
<size>– Size of the RAID volume in Mbytes, or MAXfor the maximum size  
available.  
<Enclosure:Bay>– The Enclosure:Bay value of the disk drive for the new RAID  
volume. You can get these values from the output of the DISPLAY command. DOS  
does not support addressing by Enclosure:Bay.  
VolumeNameA user-specified string to identify the volume.  
noprompt– This optional parameter prevents warnings and prompts from  
appearing while the command is running.  
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Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
A.3.3 DELETE Command  
The DELETE command deletes all of the Integrated RAID volumes and hot spare drives  
from the specified LSI SAS2 controller. The command does not change any other  
controller configuration parameters.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> delete [noprompt]  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller with the volume(s) that you want  
to delete.  
noprompt– This optional parameter prevents warnings and prompts from  
appearing while the command is running.  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
A.3.4 DISPLAY Command  
The DISPLAY command displays information about LSI SAS2 controller configurations,  
including controller type, firmware version, BIOS version, volume information, physical  
drive information, and enclosure. See the following Sample Output example.  
The physical device information section displays the duplicate device of a dual-port  
SAS drive.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> display [filename]  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller for which you want to  
display information.  
[filename]– An optional valid filename to store the command output to a file.  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
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Sample Output  
Following is a sample of the information that the DISPLAY command returns.  
Read configuration has been initiated for controller 0  
------------------------------------------------------------  
Controller information  
------------------------------------------------------------  
Controller type  
BIOS version  
: SAS2008  
: 7.00.02.00  
Firmware version  
Channel description  
: 00.250.19.0  
: 1 Serial Attached  
SCSI  
Initiator ID  
Maximum physical devices  
Concurrent commands supported  
Slot  
: 112  
: 62  
: 266  
: 3  
Segment  
Bus  
Device  
: 0  
: 64  
: 1  
Function  
RAID Support  
: 0  
: Yes  
------------------------------------------------------------  
IR Volume information  
------------------------------------------------------------  
------------------------------------------------------------  
Physical device information  
------------------------------------------------------------  
Initiator at ID #112  
Device at ID #335524  
Device is a Hard disk  
Enclosure #  
Slot #  
: 2  
: 2  
Connector ID  
State  
: 4  
: Ready (RDY)  
: 70007/143374738  
: HP  
: DG072A9BB7  
: HPD0  
Size (in MB)/(in sectors)  
Manufacturer  
Model Number  
Firmware Revision  
Serial No  
: B365P720H7330709  
: SAS  
Protocol  
Drive Type  
: SAS  
------------------------------------------------------------  
Enclosure information  
------------------------------------------------------------  
Enclosure#  
Logical ID  
Numslots  
: 1  
: 51234567:89012345  
: 8  
: 0  
StartSlot  
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Logical drive status values are as follows:  
Okay (OKY)– The volume is active and drives are functioning properly. User data  
is protected if the current RAID level provides data protection.  
Degraded(DGD)– The volume is active. User data is not fully protected because  
the configuration has changed or a drive has failed.  
Failed (FLD)– The volume has failed.  
Missing (MIS)– The volume is missing.  
Initializing (INIT)– The volume is initializing.  
Online (ONL)– The volume is online.  
Physical device status values are as follows:  
Online (ONL)– The drive is operational and is part of a logical drive.  
Hot Spare (HSP)– The drive is a hot spare that is available to replace a failed  
drive in an array.  
Ready (RDY)– The drive is ready for use as a normal disk drive, or it is ready to be  
assigned to a disk array or a hot spare pool.  
Available (AVL)– The drive may or may not be ready, and it is not suitable for  
use in an array or a hot spare pool.  
Failed (FLD)– The drive failed and is now offline.  
Missing (MIS)– The drive has been removed or is not responding.  
Standby (SBY)– The device is not a hard-disk device.  
Out of Sync (OSY)– The drive, which is part of a logical drive, is not in sync  
with other drives that are part of the logical drive.  
Degraded (DGD)– The drive is part of a logical drive and is in degraded state.  
Rebuilding (RBLD)– The drive is part of a logical drive and is  
currently rebuilding.  
Optimal (OPT)– The drive is optimal and is part of a logical drive.  
Physical device Drive Type values are as follows:  
SAS_HDD – The drive is a SAS HDD.  
SATA_HDD– The drive is a SATA HDD.  
SAS_SSD– The drive is a SAS SSD.  
SATA_SSD– The drive is a SATA SSD.  
Physical device Protocol values are as follows:  
SAS– The drive supports SAS protocol.  
SATA– The drive supports SATA protocol.  
A.3.5 HOTSPARE Command  
The HOTSPARE command adds a hot spare drive to spare pool 0 or deletes a hot spare  
drive. The capacity of the hot spare drive must be greater than or equal to the capacity  
of the smallest drive in the RAID volume. You can verify this by using the DISPLAY  
command on the drive.  
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Observe the following rules when creating hot spare disks:  
You cannot create a hot spare disk unless at least one RAID1, RAID10, or RAID1E  
volume already exists.  
You cannot create a hot spare and add it to an inactive Integrated RAID volume.  
For hard-disk drives, you cannot add a SAS hot spare disk if the existing volumes on  
the controller use SATA disks. You cannot add a SATA hot spare disk if the existing  
volumes on the controller use SAS disks.  
For solid-state drives, you can add a SAS hot spare SSD to a volume with SATA SSDs  
and you can add a SATA hot spare SSD to a volume with SAS SSDs, if the Integrated  
RAID firmware allows it. This depends on the values in the static fields in  
Manufacturing Page 4. For more information, see the Fusion-MPT 2.0 MPI  
Specification Guide.  
The maximum allowable number of hot spare drives depends on the value of the  
MaxGlobalHotSpares field in IOC Page 6. (Normally, the maximum is two global hot  
spares per controller.)  
You cannot add an SSD hot spare to a volume that has HDDs, or vice versa.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> hotspare [delete] <Enclosure:Bay>  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller on which you want to create the  
hot spare disk.  
<Enclosure:Bay>– The Enclosure:Bay value for the hot spare disk drive. You can  
get these values from the output of the DISPLAY command. DOS does not support  
addressing by Enclosure:Bay.  
delete– This optional command deletes the hot spare disk at enclosure:bay.  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
A.3.6 STATUS Command  
The STATUS command displays the current status of any existing Integrated RAID  
volumes and the status of any operation that is currently in progress on the selected  
controller. If an operation is not in progress, the SAS2IRCU prints a message indicating  
this condition before it exits.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> status  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller with the volumes whose status  
you want to display.  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
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Sample Output  
Following is an example of the information that the STATUS command returns when a  
volume resynchronization is in progress:  
Background command progress status for controller 0...  
IR Volume 1  
Volume ID  
: 6  
Current operation  
Volume status  
Volume state  
Physical disk I/Os  
Volume size (in sectors)  
Number of remaining sectors  
Percentage complete  
: Synchronize  
: Enabled  
: Degraded  
: Not quiesced  
: 70311936  
: 68250624  
: 2.93%  
Following is an example of the status information that the STATUS command returns if  
a background volume operation is not in progress:  
Background command progress status for controller 0...  
IR Volume 1  
Current operation  
Volume ID  
: None  
: 6  
Volume status  
Volume state  
Physical disk I/Os  
: Enabled  
: Optimal  
: Not quiesced  
The possible values for the fields in the status data are as follows:  
Current operation: Synchronize, Consistency Check, OCE, Background Init, or None  
Volume status: Enabled or Disabled  
Volume state: [Inactive] Optimal, Degraded, Missing, or Failed  
Physical disk I/Os: Quiesced or Not quiesced  
A.3.7 LIST Command  
The LIST command displays a listing of all controllers present in system, along with  
each corresponding controller index. You use the controller index as an input  
parameter for other SAS2IRCU commands.  
Command Line sas2ircu list  
Parameters  
None  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Command failed.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
Sample Output  
Following is an example of the output of the LIST command. The format and fields in  
the output may vary depending on the types of installed controllers.  
Adapter Vendor Device  
Index Type ID ID  
SubSys SubSys  
Ven ID Dev ID  
Pci Address  
----- --------- ------ ------ ---------------- ------- ------  
0
1
SAS2008 1000h 72h  
SAS2008 1000h 72h  
00h:01h:00h:00h 1000h  
00h:05h:00h:00h 1000h  
00dah  
00dah  
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A.3.8 MFGPAGE Command  
The MFGPAGE command updates information on manufacturing pages. Only DOS and  
EFI support this command.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> mfgpage <passcode> <mfgpage_#>  
<offset> <value>  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller with the manufacturing pages  
you want to update.  
<passcode>– The passcode required for DOS access.  
<mfgpage_#> – The manufacturing page (4 or 10) that requires an update.  
<offset>– The DWord offset of the specified manufacturing page that requires  
an update, in hexadecimal format.  
<value>– The value for the offset to be modified, in hexadecimal format.  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
A.3.9 CONSTCHK Command  
The CONSTCHK command sends requests to the Integrated RAID firmware to start a  
consistency check operation on the specified volume.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> constchk <volumeId> [noprompt]  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller on which the consistency check  
operation will run.  
<volumeId>– The volume ID of an Integrated RAID volume, as listed in the  
DISPLAY command, on which the consistency check operation will run.  
noprompt– This optional parameter prevents warnings and prompts from  
appearing while the command is running.  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
A.3.10 ACTIVATE Command  
The ACTIVATE command activates an inactive Integrated RAID volume.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> activate <volumeId>  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller with the volume that requires  
activation.  
<volumeId>– The volume ID of an Integrated RAID volume currently in the  
Inactive state.  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
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A.3.11 LOCATE Command  
The LOCATE command locates a specific drive in a volume by turning on its location  
indicator and flashing its LED.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> locate <Enclosure:Bay> <action>  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller with the drives that you need  
to locate.  
<Enclosure:Bay>– The enclosure and bay number of the drive.  
<action> – The possible actions are as follows:  
ON– Turn on the location indicator of the drive.  
OFF– Turn off the location indicator of the drive.  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
A.3.12 LOGIR Command  
The LOGIR command uploads or clears the Integrated RAID log information.  
Command Line sas2ircu <controller_#> logir <action> [filename] [noprompt]  
Parameters  
<controller_#>– The index of the controller with the logs that you need to  
upload or clear.  
<action>– The possible actions are as follows:  
UPLOAD– Upload the controller logs to a file.  
CLEAR– Clear the controller logs.  
filename– This optional parameter specifies the filename where the logs must  
be uploaded. The default filename is LOGIR.LOG.  
noprompt– This optional parameter prevents warnings and prompts from  
appearing while the command is running.  
Program Return Value  
0x00  
0x01  
0x02  
SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.  
FAILURE: Bad command-line arguments or operational failure.  
ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find specified adapter.  
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