NEC SigmaBlade B140a-T Important Notice
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3. 2008 11 26 EM SIGMABLADE H EM 1 gt N8405 027 EM 2008 8 1 N8405 024 034 024A 034A SIGMABLADE H 1 gt EM Firmware Revision 03 41 2 gt N8405 043 EM 2008 11 26 2 gt EM Firmware Revision 04 04 EM
4. NEC TEL 03 3455 5800 9 00 12 00 13 00 17 00 Important Notice NEC Express5800 B140a T This document contains important instructions for using the NEC Express5800 B140a T Read carefully before you use the system Keep this document for future reference November 2008 or before SIGMABLADE H N8405 024F N8405 027 If you use the NEC Express5800 B140a T correctly you need to update EM firmware to Rev 03 45 or later Contact NEC sales company of your region for firmware update N8405 043 N8405 040F If you use the NEC Express5800 B140a T correctly you need to update EM firmware to Rev 04 10 or later Contact NEC sales company of your region for firmware update Errata for User s Guide SYSTEM BIOS 4 11 Processor Settings Added IMPORTANT W8400 O79F does not support Intel SpeedStep R Technology RAID SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4 40 Notes on Creating Virtual Disk m The physical drive numbers shown in WebBIOS and those shown in Universal RAID Utility are identified as follows WebBIOS Enclosure number and Slot number shown in
5. 41 ESMPRO ServerAgent Universal RAID Utility Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 x64 Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 x86 CPU x86 60
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9. 2 8 OK Server Core Microsoft Windows 2008 Microsoft httbp support microsoft com KB555964 ESMPRO ServerAgent Linux ESMPRO ServerAgent Linux ESMPRO ServerAgent Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 2 ESMPRO ServerAgent 0S5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 2 EXPRESSBUILDER DVD noexec
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11. Disable DG 0 VD 0 Preview VD Accep Save this Configuration2 Yes Want to Initialize the New Virtual Disks VD Yes VD Definition P 216 aR iE WBack WBack WIThru WIhru BadBBU WBack BGI Back Ground Initialize BGI Back Ground Initialize Write Policy BadBBU ok
12. Accept DG P 208 DG D Next P 209 P 210 O VD Back VD Next Configure SPAN P 212 AddtoArray Disk Groups DG Accept DG EREZTE MHA TO Accept DG P 213 2 DG RAID10 All data on the new Virtual Disks will be lost Want to Initialize VD I Yes
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14. DG RAID1 DG VD Configuration DG DG VD RAID Me gq RAID BOS Configuration Unity Gonfigvvizard WDO Definition Virtual Disk 0 Configuration wa i bi weae J Foli Gy ine NN Configuration DG Ctrl Virtual Disk D Select Size YYYYY x 2 DG x DG wO Select Size DG RAID DG Eig Disk Cache Policy RAID MegaRAID HOMB Disable Accept l Disk Cache Policy RAID MegaRAID ROMB
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16. media dvd mkdir D media dvd 4 1 EXPRESSBUILDER mount dev scd0 media dvd ESMPRO ServerAgent Linux ESMPRO ServerAgent ESMPRO ServerAgent EXPRESSBUILDER B140a T 002 Inx pp svmdrv B140a T FRESMPRO ServerAgent 002 Inx pp esmpro_sa aaa eee Eee Processor Settings P 160 RAID FW P 192 5 WebBI0S Physical Drive Universal RAID Utility
17. Universal RAID Utility pi Y suis ar US SEAGATE 5T33675455 et EU a A 0002 3KD0525P ge 33GB AFAR 5 M A R T Main Menu P 195 Adapter Properties P 196 Next reel DD HIIFE Cent Fm ion Uitte ft Proper tie ae of x gt Biintain PO Fail History P 197 Stop CC On Error No ERL THAL tT Yeg pL Disabled ce CO Schdule CC Supported Boer ry Anas a y Maintain PH Fail History Configuration Wizard FP 207 iR AddtoArray Accept DG Disk Groups DG DG
18. Prohibited History Enabled Schdule CC Set the scheduled consistency check 2 Upon completion of selection click Add to 2 Upon completion of selection click Accept DG Array at the lower left of the screen at the lower left of the screen 14 3 Anew DG is defined in the Disk Groups frame To define the new DG click Accept DG at the lower right of the screen Physical Dr ares Enclosure WAN 121707 ONLINE kawan WEZ 0717 07 OKLIWE sawak WEZ 171717 ONLINE kaawa WEZ 071717 OKLIWE eeee WEZ 12122 URL AED KAASA bE L12112 URLI HE KAASK WE E AddtoArr ay fecept hi H Rec lain 9 Then the Span Definition screen appears BeraRAlD FIGS Configuration Utility Config Bizard 5pm Difin itina LSI Span Difinit ion Tn add array hole to a Span select an array hole from the dopadowe Click on Add To Span Array hole will be added to the H span Arr ay Hole addition can be undone by se lecting tre Mez la im button Hanalei RD AS EE a Adc tn SFAH X Cancel nu Back m Hert 6 Select a DG to define VD from Array With Free Space frame then click Add to SPAN The DG is defined in the Span field to the right Array With Free Space Span 00 0 R0 AS Ab Mave gt Add to SPAN Reclaim T After the Span has been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen IMPORTANT To configure RAIDO 1 or 5 perform Span Definition to a single DG only If
19. you need to perform Span Definition to several DGs define VD for the first DG then select the next DG to define VD E Span Definition cannot be performed to DGs contaimng the different number of HDDs 15 4 60 Configuring Virtual Disk Added IMPORTANT The server does not support BGI Back Ground Initialize feature 4 Ifyou want to define another VD click Back and repeat steps starting from Span Definition screen 5 Upon completion of VD definition click Next lea BIGGS Configuration Utility Conf igfizad YO Definit ton RAID Lewe RAIDO Strip Size Ed KE Access Policy head Policy Aarna Ip ite Policy Wa ck pFhru For BAD EBI l Policy Direct Y a licy Disable BEI Na Select Size W gt Recl ain yi tance nn Back me Hest IMPORTANT The value shown in Select Size indicates the maximum size allowed for RAID1 or RAIDS You need to specify the maximum size for RAIDO or RAIDS according to Next LD Possible RAID Levels 16 4 65 Configure SPAN Incorrect 3 Upon completion of selection click Add to Array at the lower right od the screen After making sure that the new DG has defined in Disk Groups frame to the right click Accept DG 5 Configure RAID 10 spanning of RAID1 using the two DGs that have been created in previous step When DGs were defined VD Definition screen is displayed LSE lt To add array hole to a Span select an array hol
20. Physical Drives box XA shown in Physical Drives box represents Connector number Enclosure gumber Slot number With this server the Connector number is not supported thus it 1s always indicated as The Enclosure Number 1s always 1 The Slot number represents a slot number of disk bay Universal RAID Utility Enclosure number and Slot number shown in Physical Device Properties Note that the slot numbers shown in Physical Drives box of WebBIOS are represented by numbers beginning with 0 but those in Universal RAID Utility are numbers beginning with 1 Meg WES Conf igered ton W HH Firal Gord igure bom We be LE rlmr_Irmparilaa Property of Physical Device in Universal RAID Utilit 13 4 43 Main Menu IMPORTANT X X X shown in Physical Drives box represents Connector sumber Enclosure number Slot number With this server the Connector number is not supported thus it is always indicated as 0 The Enclosure is always 1 The Slot number represents a slot number of disk bay 4 45 Adapter Properties The detailed settings is continued to the next page Click Next to view more information Beal D BIOS Configuration Utility hrtg Proper ties LS a aml of t Baintain PD Fail Disabled F History yt 4 46 Default Settings and their explanation stop CC On Emor Specify the operation at emor detection in Permitted Consistency Check No Recover and resume Yes Abort Maintain PD Fail Disabled
21. UPS is required The controller operates in write back mode regardless of the battery status In this mode the data in cache memory of the disk array controller may not be protected from being damaged if the power failure occurs due to charge discharge or defect of the battery Be sure to use UPS when specifying BadBBU for write policy Write through mode The controller operates in write through mode regardless of the battery status IMPORTANT m While the Write Policy is set to BadBBU constant write back the data m cache memory of the disk array controller may not be protected from being damaged if the power failure occurs due to Normal write back mode recommended This mode is available only when N8103 120 RAID Battery Backup Unit is installed The controller uses cache memory for writing However if the battery is being charged or failed the controller Operates in WThru write through mode automatically Thus this mode can provide higher data security memory for writing data charge discharge or defect of the battery It is recommended to change the policy back to normal write back mode If using the controller with BadBBU constant write back mode be sure to use UPS to protect the data being damaged due to power You can change for VD definition except for RAID level and Stripe Size On the WebBIOS Top Menu click Virtual Disks and specify parameters in Policies frame then click Change WRAIDD FICS Co
22. e from the drop down Click on Add To Span Array hole will be added to the span Array Hole addition can be undone by selecting the Reclaim button bexaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Config Fizard Span Difin ition Span hifinit ion DG10 Ho le 0 RO R 1 wmanht Array With Free Space Dasa to X Cancel m Back m Next The confirmation message Save this Configuration appears Click Yes to save the configuration The confirmation message All data on the new Virtual Disks will be lost Want to Initialize appears Normally select Yes 17 3 Upon completion of selection click Accept DG at the lower right on the screen Configure the spanning of RAID1 using the DG that has been created im previous step When DG was defined VD Definihon screen is displayed The defined DG 1s displayed in Configuration colimm Available RAID levels and maximum size for VD are also Wega RAID OS Configuration Utility Corfigiizard VD Definition Virtual Oak Configuration Lowa rao E a hGn i r SOS MB Rd oe lE DG 1 Fie ANR MB Br ee UB Disk Grop m RAID Level Size Available Hold Ctrl and click the two DGs in the Configuration columm to select Specify the necessary parameters in Virtual Disk column Enter YYYYY 2 multiply the maximum size of each DG by the mmber of DGs in Select Size field IMPORTANT To enter the value in Select Size field multiply the maximum
23. nfiguration Utility Virtwal Dick x of de Proeertios FAID Leuel K State Opt imal Size XOX NB Dick com Cache cE Use wtiru tor foilure or missing batters Disable 1270 xi io EW Strip Size WK KE psi Locate Fast init TF Stow init cc CETE LSE Rewe physical d ive Migr amp ion only mos F Mizra ion with add it ion x 19 failure Be sure to specify BadBBU mode after making sure that the OS has been installed While in BadBBU mode BBU disabled changing WB logical drives to WT is recorded in the system log when charging of discharging of battery has started However the controller operates with write back mode actually
24. size of each DG allowed for the RAID level by the number of DGs Click Accept at the lower center of the screen DSO 0 ODOL AB R1 EY AB TTY AB Dsk Grop me RAID Level Size Available NOTE Disk Cache Policy field may be displayed as Disable depending on firmware version of on board ROMB It is not a p ating the 9 VD 0 is created in DG 0 as shown in the Preview screen below Meg RAID BIOS Genliquratian ity Comtigevizard DG Oe findicn ORE anap Dan La n T add dbn la 3 DRL Gaup sakiCantral ake take Usar Goad rl ged allet aa Ases a DG Dee HL aca ba Jadam by selecting Whe Herblm balan After making sure that the VD is created correctly click Accept at the lower nght of the screen The confirmation message Save this Configuration appears Click Yes to save the configuration The confirmation message Want to Initialize the New Virtual Disks appears Normally select Yes 4 69 Parameters for VD Definition couse WBack WThru Wack WThru BadBBMU VWBack Normal WnteBack W Back WriteBack WThru Write Thru WIhu Write Thru BadBBU Constant WriteBack Recommended value WBack IMPORTANT The server does not support BGI Back Ground IMPORTANT Initialize feature BGI Back Ground Initialize is not supported im this system While the Write Policy is set to BadBBU constant write back the data m cache memory of the disk array controller may not be protected from being damaged if
25. the power failure occurs due to charge discharge or defect of the battery Be sure to use UPS when specifying BadBBU for write policy 4 69 Parameters for VD Definition Deletion Checked Unchecked Select a mode when WriteBack is specified for Write Policy Checked Nonmal WriteBack Unchecked Constant WrteBack Recommended value Checked 18 4 70 Parameters for VD Definition Incorrect The Write Policy has the following modes depending on combination with WrtThru for BAD BBU Select a mode suitable for your environment Correct WrtThru for BAD BBU Checked Unchecked Write through mode This mode is recommended when N8103 120 RAID Battery Backup Unit is not installed The controller does not use cache Constant write back mode This mode is available even if N8103 120 RAID Battery Backup Unit is not installed The controller always uses cache memory for writing In this mode the data in cache memory may not be protected from being damaged if the power failure occurs due to charge discharge or defect of the battery Be sure to use UPS when specifying this mode for write policy This mode is unavailable If you do not check WrThru for BAD BBU at creation of VD this item is automatically checked after the VD has been created Normal write back mode recommended While the battery is being charged discharged or failed the controller operates in WThru write through mode Constant write back mode
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