SBI-7125B-T1 Blade Module RAID Setup Procedure
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1. Assigning Array Properties Once you ve create a new array you are ready to assign its properties NOTE Once the array is created and its properties are assigned you cannot change the array properties using the ACU You will need to use the Adapfec Storage Manager Browser Edition 1 Inthe ARRAY PROPERTIES menu Figure 8 select an array type and press lt ENTER gt Note that only the available array types RAID 0 and RAID1 are displayed on the screen Figure 8 Array Assignment Array Type RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Hirror Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via 2 Under ARRAYS LABEL type in a label and press lt ENTER gt f NOTE The label cannot be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB default It is recommended that you do not change the default setting 4 The item CREATE RAID VIA allows you to select between the different methods of creating RAID 0 and RAID 1 arrays Table 1 gives examples of when each is appropriate 10 SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure Table 1 RAID Levels RAID Create evel Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and from one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build 1 For any RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive you wish to preser2. Intel Matrix Storage Manager for Intel Refer to the appropriate utility in Section 4 to create and build a RAID array 3 After building the RAID array save and exit the RAID utility and the OS installation will begin At some point you will see a prompt asking you to hit the lt F6 gt key if you have drives to install When you see the prompt hit the lt F6 gt key 4 When prompted insert the floppy containing the ESB2 driver into the USB floppy drive then hit lt ENTER gt 5 When the driver installation is complete the system will reboot 4 RAID Utility Programs Two RAID utilities are availble for use with the SuperBlade the ntel Matrix Storage Manager for Intel based RAID and the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ACU When you install the OS to a system you must decide which of the two you wish to use then refer to the relevant utility in this section for details on its use RAID Configurations With two or hard drives per blade the following RAID configurations are supported SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure e RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections on two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk e RAID Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive e Enhanced RAID1 Data Mirroring as RAID1 with data mirrored from on
3. Manual Revison 1 0 Release Date March 31 2008 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2008 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure 1 Installing the Operating System An operating system OS must be installed on each blade module Unlike most blade systems blades with Microsoft Windows OS and blades with Linux OS can both occupy and operate within the same blade enclosure Refer to the Supermicro web site for a complete list of supported operating systems NOTE If you want to have a RAID array on a blade module you must install YA the ESB2 driver when you install the OS not after installing the OS See Section 3 Installing RAID in the SBI 7125B T1 Blade Module on page 2 for further details There are several methods of installing an OS to the blade modules Installing with an External USB CD ROM Drive The most common method of installing the OS is with an external USB CD ROM drive Take the following steps to install the OS to a blade module WARNING Installing the OS from an external CD ROM drive may take several A hours to compl
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5. 4 When the CAPACITY item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt ENTER gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed 5 Press lt ENTER gt when the CREATE VOLUME item is highlighted A warning message displays 6 When asked ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CREATE THIS VOLUME Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or N to go back to the CREATE VOLUME menu SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD WARNING Use caution when resetting a RAID HDD to non RAID or when A resetting a RAID HDD This process will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive 1 From the MAIN menu select RESET Disks To NON RAID and press lt ENTER gt The RAID RESET screen appears Figure 5 RAID Reset imale Metais Siaga tamea peiin eni aata ICH R wRAIDS HAIN MENU 1 Create RAID Volune es all data on the disk to be lost 2 Select the disks for the new array and press lt INSERT gt To deselect any disk highlight the disk and press lt DELETE gt Figure 6 Select Drives for Array Creation SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure 3 Press lt ENTER gt when both disks for the new array are selected This displays the ARRAY PROPERTIES menu Figure 7 Figure 7 Array Creation 00 WDC WD360GD O0ELX1 34 463 00 WDC WD360GD O0ELX1 34 463 01 WDC WD360GD 0O0ELX1 34 463 SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure
6. EH1449527 9GB Non RAID Disk Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volune t1 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Conp lete ci R start J JJ SYA IB Dixovery proes EB MegaRAC G2 Mecrosot MegaRAC G2 Console lt cEZz20835223H sam 5 Use the lt UP ARROW gt and lt DOWN ARROW gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt SPACE gt to select it A triangle will appear to confirm the selection of the drive 6 Use the lt UP ARROw gt and lt DOWN ARROW keys to select the stripe size and hit lt ENTER gt 7 Press lt ENTER gt when the CREATE VOLUME item is highlighted This displays a warning message 8 When asked ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CREATE THIS VOLUME Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the CREATE VOLUME menu SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure Creating a RAID 1 Volume 1 Select CREATE RAID VOLUME from the main menu and press the lt ENTER gt key The RAID Volume 1 screen appears Figure 4 Figure 4 RAID Volume 1 W histan J J SY BGI HegaRAc cz Console _CE Dandia8_MyDocument EOL ss 2 Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt TAB gt key or the lt ENTER gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu 3 When RAID LEVEL item is highlighted press the lt UP ARROW gt lt DOWN ARROW gt keys to select RAID 1 MIRROR and hit lt ENTER gt
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8. e a KVM cable CBL 0218L connected to the KVM connector on the blade module with a keyboard mouse and monitor attached NOTE You may also instead use IPMI or the Web based Management utility to Z access the blade SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure 4 Connect a USB floppy drive to a USB port on the KVM cable which is attached to the blade module on the front of the blade 5 On another computer use the Supermicro CD ROM that came with the system to load the ESB2 driver it contains onto a floppy disk Changing BIOS Settings 1 Boot the SBI 7125B T1 blade and hit the lt DELETE gt key to enter the BIOS setup utility 2 Inthe MAIN Menu highlight the SATA CONTROLLER MODE setting and hit lt ENTER gt Highlight the ENHANCED MODE setting and hit lt ENTER gt to enable it 4 Two additional settings will appear SATA RAID ENABLE and ICH RAID CODE BASE Enable the SATA RAID setting then choose either ICH for Intel RAID or ESB2 for Adaptec RAID in the ICH RAID Cope BASE setting 5 Go to the Exit Menu highlight SAVE CHANGES AND EXIT and hit lt ENTER gt Installation 1 After exiting the BIOS utility the blade will begin to boot up At this time you will need to hit either the lt CTRL gt lt A gt keys if you chose to use Adaptec RAID or the lt CTRL gt lt I gt keys if you chose to use Intel RAID Both keys must be hit simultaneously 2 You will now enter the RAID setup utility ACU for Adaptec
9. e drive Adaptec does not recommend that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes as it will result in data loss WARNING Do not interrupt the creation of a RAID 0 using the MIGRATE option If you do you will not be able to restart or to recover the data that was on the source drive 12
10. e or more disks to one or more disks of a second larger size You can couple the disks from the source to create a virtual volume and use one or more disks of a second larger size to provide a single larger volume or multiple larger volumes that serve as the mirroring drive or drives for the array Intel Matrix Storage Manager The ntel Matrix Storage Manager is supported by the ESB2 Use the manager to create a RAID array when installing the OS see previous section and to manage your existing RAID arrays Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after the Power On Self Test Figure 1 RAID Volumes Console Redirection Keyboard View Macros Help RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial i Type Status Vol ID 8 G ress QAH to enter Configuration Utility Adaptec I BIOS v4 30 8 copyright 2883 Adaptec Inc ALL Rights Reserved 44 Press lt Ctr l lt for SCSISelect TM Utility gt gt gt slot Ch ID LUN Vendor Product Size Bus Status 84 A 16 8 j i start 2 SY SS Eaua adobe inves HBl Discovery pro Eleseracer l megaracc BIJ 2 QBH ss au When you see this screen press the lt CTRL gt and the lt I gt keys simultaneously to enter the main menu of the Intel RAID utility SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure Creati
11. ete 1 Connect an SUV cable Serial port USB port Video port cable to the KVM connector on the front of the blade module You will then need to attach a USB hub to the USB port on this cable to provide multiple USB ports 2 Connect the external CD ROM drive a USB keyboard and a mouse to the USB hub You will also need to connect a monitor to the video connector on the SUV cable Turn on the blade module Insert the CD containing the OS into the CD ROM drive 4 Follow the prompts to begin the installation Installing via PXE Boot PXE Preboot Execution Environment is used to boot a computer over a network To install the OS via PXE the following conditions must be met 1 The PXE Boot option in BIOS must be enabled 2 A PXE server has been configured this can be another blade in the system 3 The PXE server must be connected over a network to the blade to be booted SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure 4 The blade has only non partitioned unformatted hard drives installed and no bootable devices attached to it Once these conditions are met make sure the PXE server is running then turn on the blade you wish to boot and or install the OS to The BIOS in the blade will look at all bootable devices and finding none will connect to the PXE server to begin the boot install Installing via Virtual Media Drive Redirection You can install the OS via Virtual Media through either the IPMI or the Web based Management ut
12. ility With this method the OS is installed from an ISO image that resides on another system blade Refer to the appropriate Appendix in the SuperBlade User s Guide for the Virtual Media CD ROM or Drive Redirection sections in either of the two utility programs 2 Management Software System management may be performed with either of two software packages IPMI or a Web based Management utility Both are designed to provide an administrator with a comprehensive set of functions and monitored data to keep tabs on the system and perform management activites Refer to Chapter 8 SuperBlade User s Guide for details on the various functions provided by these management programs 3 Installing RAID in the SBI 7125B T1 Blade Module Each SBI 7125B T1 blade module supports two hard drives which may be used to create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array For the blade s B7DBE mainboard you may use either the Intel or Adaptec RAID controller and utility use the Intel driver for Windows and the Adaptec driver for Linux both are included on the CD that ships with the system In either case the ESB2 driver must be loaded when you install the operating system Preparing for Setup Before you begin the installation verify the following 1 The SBI 7125B T1 blade module has two or more hard drives installed 2 These drives must not have an OS installed and must be non partitioned formatted is ok 3 The installation procedure is done via KVM so hav
13. ng a RAID 0 Volume 1 Select CREATE RAID VOLUME from the MAIN menu and press the lt ENTER gt key The following screen will appear Figure 2 RAID 0 Volume i gt R start A JJ BY BS gt E MegaRar G2 console _CJE Dancia8_MyDocument TGl 9333BM asco 2 Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt TAB gt key or the lt ENTER gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu 3 When the RAID LEVEL field is highlighted press the lt UP ARROW gt and lt DOWN ARROW keys to select RAID 0 STRIPE and hit lt ENTER gt 4 When the Disks field is highlighted press lt ENTER gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The SELECT Disk screen appears Figure 3 1 1 All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference purposes only and do not imply Supermicro s endorsement or non endorsement of any third party product Your screens may or many not look the same as the screenshots shown in this manual SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure Figure 3 Select Disk Intel R Matrix Storage Manager o ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Hi Copyright C 2883 B5 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane Volune RAID Level RAIDA Stripe Port Drive Model Serial Size Status 8 HDC WD2588SD 81KC HD HMAL 34971 3B Non RAID D 1 HDC WD2588S 1KCB8 HD HMAL72834599 232 9GB Non RAID Disk FYB MD WMAEH1376189 9GB Non RAID Dis 988JD B8FYB8 WD WMA
14. ve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or to ensure that the array contains no data after creating it RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 RAID 1 Init When using new drives a If you select MIGRATE FOR RAID 0 or BUILD FOR RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved however the data on the new drive will be lost 5 When you are finished press DONE as shown in Figure 9 Notes Figure 9 Array Properties Array Type RAID O Stripe Array Label Stripe Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via No Init Done Before adding a new drive to an array back up any data contained on the new drive Otherwise all data will be lost If you stop the BUILD or CLEAR process on a RAID 1 from the ACU you can restart it by pressing lt CTRL gt lt R gt A RAID 1 created using the QUICK INIT option may return some data miscompares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern 11 SBI 7125B T1 RAID Setup Procedure 4 The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in an array However during a build operation only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the sourc
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