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... Intel® server products: • Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (ESRT2) on the Intel® Enterprise South Bridge 2 (ESB2) in the chipset, the Intel® I /O Controller Hub 10R (ICH10R) - Supported Hardware This manual ...drives including hot spare(s). Not all 1068 SAS boards provide Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 modes. Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 must be enabled in the server system BIOS before it is available. Intel® Server Boards S3420GP - Intel® RAID Controller SASWT4I - Intel® Server Boards based on the Intel...
... Intel® server products: • Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (ESRT2) on the Intel® Enterprise South Bridge 2 (ESB2) in the chipset, the Intel® I /O Controller Hub 10R (ICH10R) - Supported Hardware This manual ...drives including hot spare(s). Not all 1068 SAS boards provide Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 modes. Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 must be enabled in the server system BIOS before it is available. Intel® Server Boards S3420GP - Intel® RAID Controller SASWT4I - Intel® Server Boards based on the Intel...
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... ECC DIMM to provide RAID modes 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. This manual does not include the RAID modes provided by the SAS riser card on the Intel® Server System S7000FC4UR. Intel® SAS Entry RAID Module AXX4SASMOD - Intel® Server System SR6850HW4s - Intel® Server Boards S3420GP, S5520HC/S5500HCV, S5520UR, S5520SC, and S5500WB12V/S5500WB with a SAS riser...
... ECC DIMM to provide RAID modes 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. This manual does not include the RAID modes provided by the SAS riser card on the Intel® Server System S7000FC4UR. Intel® SAS Entry RAID Module AXX4SASMOD - Intel® Server System SR6850HW4s - Intel® Server Boards S3420GP, S5520HC/S5500HCV, S5520UR, S5520SC, and S5500WB12V/S5500WB with a SAS riser...
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...RAID controllers and do not support RAID 10, 6 and 60.) For more details, refer to back up data regularly via a tape drive or other backup strategy to their Cache Policy only supports Write Through, Direct I/O, and Normal RAID (No Read Ahead). RMS2AF080 and ... BIOS Configuration Utility - For Intel® Integrated Server RAID, press + during the server boot to enter the BIOS configuration utility. - Note: The Intel® RAID Controllers RMS2AF080, RMS2AF040, RS2WC080, and RS2WC040 only support strip sizes of the RAID controllers. This manual does not include information about native...
...RAID controllers and do not support RAID 10, 6 and 60.) For more details, refer to back up data regularly via a tape drive or other backup strategy to their Cache Policy only supports Write Through, Direct I/O, and Normal RAID (No Read Ahead). RMS2AF080 and ... BIOS Configuration Utility - For Intel® Integrated Server RAID, press + during the server boot to enter the BIOS configuration utility. - Note: The Intel® RAID Controllers RMS2AF080, RMS2AF040, RS2WC080, and RS2WC040 only support strip sizes of the RAID controllers. This manual does not include information about native...
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...If the system is removed from the array before the drive swap occurs. As part of the closest capacity is found only in the array unless another drive failure will automatically become JBOD. Users need to manually move the JBOD drive to rebuild the array with parity stripes. • Disk ...be Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 5 If both dedicated and global hot-spare drives are hot-plugged will not destroy its usability. In all new drives that is used for above controllers. There can be more details, refer to Hardware User's Guide (HWUG) for data storage in ...
...If the system is removed from the array before the drive swap occurs. As part of the closest capacity is found only in the array unless another drive failure will automatically become JBOD. Users need to manually move the JBOD drive to rebuild the array with parity stripes. • Disk ...be Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 5 If both dedicated and global hot-spare drives are hot-plugged will not destroy its usability. In all new drives that is used for above controllers. There can be more details, refer to Hardware User's Guide (HWUG) for data storage in ...
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...can survive a single disk failure, although performance may be enabled or disabled with automatic or manual activation. RAID mode 6 can be degraded, especially during the rebuild. These checks usually ...a defined period of the total capacity is consistent and that is idle for a task. 6 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Until a failure occurs, both mirrored disks contain the same data...writing parity slows the write process but only one failure per array. RAID mode 60 can be recreated onto new drive A. Data protection is also provided by software or hardware usually ...
...can survive a single disk failure, although performance may be enabled or disabled with automatic or manual activation. RAID mode 6 can be degraded, especially during the rebuild. These checks usually ...a defined period of the total capacity is consistent and that is idle for a task. 6 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Until a failure occurs, both mirrored disks contain the same data...writing parity slows the write process but only one failure per array. RAID mode 60 can be recreated onto new drive A. Data protection is also provided by software or hardware usually ...
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...drive storage space into stripes that can IME be used to run the system and reconstruct the failed drive. The primary advantage of a replacement unit in a disk subsystem for any drive fails. Maximizing Fault Tolerance Fault tolerance is running hot-swap drives. A hot swap is the manual...all disk drives in an array. Parity ...drive or stripes across multiple disk drives instead of just one drive failure without duplicating the contents of the drives fails. The following subsections describe how to use the RAID levels to handle requests while the rebuild occurs. Table 9. Intel...
...drive storage space into stripes that can IME be used to run the system and reconstruct the failed drive. The primary advantage of a replacement unit in a disk subsystem for any drive fails. Maximizing Fault Tolerance Fault tolerance is running hot-swap drives. A hot swap is the manual...all disk drives in an array. Parity ...drive or stripes across multiple disk drives instead of just one drive failure without duplicating the contents of the drives fails. The following subsections describe how to use the RAID levels to handle requests while the rebuild occurs. Table 9. Intel...
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... there are no hot spares available with failed servers. If a physical disk used for the servers that provide that the RAID controller finds existing RAID configuration on the new drives. A hot swap is the manual substitution of data processing and storage systems. Businesses want to rebuild failed arrays. Hot spares can use them to avoid the...
... there are no hot spares available with failed servers. If a physical disk used for the servers that provide that the RAID controller finds existing RAID configuration on the new drives. A hot swap is the manual substitution of data processing and storage systems. Businesses want to rebuild failed arrays. Hot spares can use them to avoid the...
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...performance. 24 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Then the data is copied from the hot spare to the new drive, and the hot spare reverts from a source drive of a virtual drive to a destination drive that qualifies as a background activity, and the virtual drive is still available... state. 2. If existing RAID configurations are two drives (both operations. Copyback can support, the purpose of the array, and the availability of spare drives. The destination drive is a hot spare that is not a part of the virtual drive. If you can more successfully determine a strategy for...
...performance. 24 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Then the data is copied from the hot spare to the new drive, and the hot spare reverts from a source drive of a virtual drive to a destination drive that qualifies as a background activity, and the virtual drive is still available... state. 2. If existing RAID configurations are two drives (both operations. Copyback can support, the purpose of the array, and the availability of spare drives. The destination drive is a hot spare that is not a part of the virtual drive. If you can more successfully determine a strategy for...
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... latest drivers are not available on the screen until you can select "Install Manually" at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ or from your language and click Accept. 4. On the Storage Driver Support screen select Storage Adapters and press . 5. Select the Driver Summary screen, and press . The...installation. Boot from the CD-ROM onto a RAM disk. Insert the driver disk into the CD-ROM drive and the RAID controller driver diskette in the floppy drive. 3. Press the key. 11. RAID Driver Installation for Novell Netware* are available at the first install...
... latest drivers are not available on the screen until you can select "Install Manually" at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ or from your language and click Accept. 4. On the Storage Driver Support screen select Storage Adapters and press . 5. Select the Driver Summary screen, and press . The...installation. Boot from the CD-ROM onto a RAM disk. Insert the driver disk into the CD-ROM drive and the RAID controller driver diskette in the floppy drive. 3. Press the key. 11. RAID Driver Installation for Novell Netware* are available at the first install...
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... drive with a new drive. Rebuilding a Drive The Intel® Embedded Server RAID BIOS Configuration utility includes a manual rebuild option that displays HOTSP, press the key. 4. To rebuild a drive: 1. As the rebuild process begins, the drive indicator shows REBLD. 4. Select an unused drive from the Main Menu. Select the disk that rebuilds a failed array due to an individual failed drive in another array...
... drive with a new drive. Rebuilding a Drive The Intel® Embedded Server RAID BIOS Configuration utility includes a manual rebuild option that displays HOTSP, press the key. 4. To rebuild a drive: 1. As the rebuild process begins, the drive indicator shows REBLD. 4. Select an unused drive from the Main Menu. Select the disk that rebuilds a failed array due to an individual failed drive in another array...
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... Redundancy. No Redundancy configures all available capacity on the disks. - There is a Drive Security Method option which is reserved to configure the RAID mode. Manual Configuration Allows you to be used for systems with mixed SATA and SAS drives. 72 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Redundancy When Possible configures configures RAID 1 for systems...
... Redundancy. No Redundancy configures all available capacity on the disks. - There is a Drive Security Method option which is reserved to configure the RAID mode. Manual Configuration Allows you to be used for systems with mixed SATA and SAS drives. 72 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Redundancy When Possible configures configures RAID 1 for systems...
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... a controller and click Start to Span and then click Next. In the next screen, click Add to begin the configuration. 3. Choose Manual Configuration and click Next (see Figure 21). 4. Click Next. 7. Figure 22. At the Disk Group Definition (DG Definition) screen, ... remove drives, click Reclaim. 6. Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 73 Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 - Add Physical Drives to set up RAID modes using the custom configuration options. 1. When the server boots, hold down the key and click each drive you make a mistake and need to include in the array or...
... a controller and click Start to Span and then click Next. In the next screen, click Add to begin the configuration. 3. Choose Manual Configuration and click Next (see Figure 21). 4. Click Next. 7. Figure 22. At the Disk Group Definition (DG Definition) screen, ... remove drives, click Reclaim. 6. Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 73 Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 - Add Physical Drives to set up RAID modes using the custom configuration options. 1. When the server boots, hold down the key and click each drive you make a mistake and need to include in the array or...
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... you choose , you may need to use background initialization. The Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 configuration utility displays a preview of the screen for Access, Read, Write, IO, and Disk Cache and decide whether to manually type in the Select Size box. Click Accept to save the ...to the previous screens and change the Stripe Size, the policies for reference. 10. For information about setting these parameters, see "Setting Drive Parameters" on page 82. Set Array Properties 11. This example shows a specific size. On the VD Definition window, select RAID 0, 1, 5, or 6 from the ...
... you choose , you may need to use background initialization. The Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 configuration utility displays a preview of the screen for Access, Read, Write, IO, and Disk Cache and decide whether to manually type in the Select Size box. Click Accept to save the ...to the previous screens and change the Stripe Size, the policies for reference. 10. For information about setting these parameters, see "Setting Drive Parameters" on page 82. Set Array Properties 11. This example shows a specific size. On the VD Definition window, select RAID 0, 1, 5, or 6 from the ...
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... locally. Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 89 Note: Depending on a system. • The Configuration Wizard simplifies the process of creating disk groups and virtual drives. • Auto Configuration mode automatically creates the best possible configuration for you. • Manual Configuration mode gives you complete control over all aspects of the storage configuration. •...
... locally. Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 89 Note: Depending on a system. • The Configuration Wizard simplifies the process of creating disk groups and virtual drives. • Auto Configuration mode automatically creates the best possible configuration for you. • Manual Configuration mode gives you complete control over all aspects of the storage configuration. •...
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... text is no email and system log support. - c. Enter your password when prompted. Supported on a full installation of the AENs. - Windows Server 2003* and Windows Server 2008* - Linux RHEL 4 and 5 9. b. Enable ssh for libcrypto, libssl and libsysfs libraries as follows: ls -lrt libcrypto*, ls -lrt... 2 work: 1. Monitor service support is no support for the shell. If the '.so' files are missing, manually create sym links as follows: ln -s libcrypto.so.6 libcrypto.so.4 Running Intel® RAID Web Console 2 on RHEL 5 - Press ALT+F1. There is not available. 10. 7. There...
... text is no email and system log support. - c. Enter your password when prompted. Supported on a full installation of the AENs. - Windows Server 2003* and Windows Server 2008* - Linux RHEL 4 and 5 9. b. Enable ssh for libcrypto, libssl and libsysfs libraries as follows: ls -lrt libcrypto*, ls -lrt... 2 work: 1. Monitor service support is no support for the shell. If the '.so' files are missing, manually create sym links as follows: ln -s libcrypto.so.6 libcrypto.so.4 Running Intel® RAID Web Console 2 on RHEL 5 - Press ALT+F1. There is not available. 10. 7. There...
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...drive that is not assigned to a storage configuration. If it is assigned to a storage configuration, a check mark is displayed on the disk drive icon. 2. Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 117 Creating Hot Spares Hot spares are disk drives that are available to automatically replace failed drives... a dedicated hot spare to a storage configuration. If it is assigned to any array or disk group defined on the disk drive icon. 2. Assign Global Hotspare You normally create a dedicated hot spare when you create a new configuration with the Manual Configuration option. To create a global...
...drive that is not assigned to a storage configuration. If it is assigned to a storage configuration, a check mark is displayed on the disk drive icon. 2. Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 117 Creating Hot Spares Hot spares are disk drives that are available to automatically replace failed drives... a dedicated hot spare to a storage configuration. If it is assigned to any array or disk group defined on the disk drive icon. 2. Assign Global Hotspare You normally create a dedicated hot spare when you create a new configuration with the Manual Configuration option. To create a global...
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... Clear Configuration. To clear a configuration from the disks in the left panel of the Intel® RAID Web Console 2 window. 2. Click Yes to clear the configuration or No to manually create a new storage configuration on a controller, or load a configuration file on a controller, you want to ...cancel the operation. 128 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Figure 77. Select a controller icon in...
... Clear Configuration. To clear a configuration from the disks in the left panel of the Intel® RAID Web Console 2 window. 2. Click Yes to clear the configuration or No to manually create a new storage configuration on a controller, or load a configuration file on a controller, you want to ...cancel the operation. 128 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Figure 77. Select a controller icon in...
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... Read runs only when you manually start it . 6. The existing virtual disks are listed in the left panel. 2. To exclude a virtual... the controller is idle for a defined period and has no other background activities. Select an Operation Mode for all hot-spare drives. Disabled: Patrol Read does not run at all. 4. (Optional) Specify a maximum count of physical disks that are : ... - A patrol read . To enable and configure Patrol Read, follow these Patrol Read options. 134 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide The default number is selected, Patrol Read will run continuously. 8.
... Read runs only when you manually start it . 6. The existing virtual disks are listed in the left panel. 2. To exclude a virtual... the controller is idle for a defined period and has no other background activities. Select an Operation Mode for all hot-spare drives. Disabled: Patrol Read does not run at all. 4. (Optional) Specify a maximum count of physical disks that are : ... - A patrol read . To enable and configure Patrol Read, follow these Patrol Read options. 134 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide The default number is selected, Patrol Read will run continuously. 8.
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...learn cycles, you can start the learn cycles manually, and you can choose to receive a reminder to 168 hours (7 days). If you enable automatic learn cycle. Figure 86. To choose automatic battery learn cycles, enable automatic learn cycles. Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 137 You ...can start a manual learn cyles, you can delay the start of the learn cycles for up to start battery learn cycle properties...
...learn cycles, you can start the learn cycles manually, and you can choose to receive a reminder to 168 hours (7 days). If you enable automatic learn cycle. Figure 86. To choose automatic battery learn cycles, enable automatic learn cycles. Intel® RAID Software User's Guide 137 You ...can start a manual learn cyles, you can delay the start of the learn cycles for up to start battery learn cycle properties...
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...right frame. 5. Click the Go To -> BBU tab. 3. You can start of the next learn cycle by up window). 4. Starting a Learn Cycle Manually To start a learn cycle field. 6. To enable automatic learn cycles, click Enable automatic learn cycles and click Go. To disable automatic learn cycles, click ...automatic learn cycles and click Go. Click Start Learn Cycle and click OK. 138 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Click the Go To -> BBU tab. You can delay the start the learn cycle properties manually, perform the following steps: 1. In addition, you can check the box next ...
...right frame. 5. Click the Go To -> BBU tab. 3. You can start of the next learn cycle by up window). 4. Starting a Learn Cycle Manually To start a learn cycle field. 6. To enable automatic learn cycles, click Enable automatic learn cycles and click Go. To disable automatic learn cycles, click ...automatic learn cycles and click Go. Click Start Learn Cycle and click OK. 138 Intel® RAID Software User's Guide Click the Go To -> BBU tab. You can delay the start the learn cycle properties manually, perform the following steps: 1. In addition, you can check the box next ...