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... and Monitoring Utility 31
Drive Hierarchy within the RAID Firmware 32 Intel® Intelligent RAID Controller Features 32
Enterprise Features ...32 Fault Tolerant Features 33 Cache Options and Settings 34 Background Tasks ...34 Error Handling ...35 Audible Alarm ...35
Chapter 4: Intel® RAID Drivers 37
RAID Driver Installation for Microsoft Windows 37 Installation in a New Microsoft...
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... (detailed 73 Creating RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 using Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 77
Setting Drive Parameters ...82
Creating a Hot Spare ...83
Viewing Event Details ...86
Chapter 8: Intel® RAID Web Console 2 89
Configuration Functions ...89
Monitoring Functions ...89
Maintenance Functions ...90
Hardware and Software Requirements 90 Installing the Intel® RAID Web Console 2 on...
Software User's Guide - Page 15
... provide SATA (Serial ATA) and SAS support. 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® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 is limited to a maximum of eight drives including hot spare(s). Expander devices are not yet supported by ESRT2...
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... User's Guide (HWUG).
This manual does not include information about native SATA or SAS-only modes of the RAID controllers. Two versions of the Intel® RAID Controller RS2BL080 are available - RS2BL080, RS2BL080DE.
All features on RS2BL080 are supported on RS2BL080DE. In addition, RS2BL080DE provides one more feature of FDE (Full Disk Encryption) that RS2BL080 doesn't support. Two versions of...
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... 11(with service packs; X86 and X86-64) - VMWare* ESX 4i
Note: Only the combinations of controller, driver, and Intel® Server Board or System listed in the Tested Hardware and Operating System List (THOL) were tested. Check the supported operating system list for both your RAID controller and your server board to verify operating system support and compatibility.
• Intel® RAID Web...
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... drive to the OS for each IM/IME volume. • Supports both SAS and SATA disks. The two types of disks cannot be combined in the
same volume. However, a Intel® IT/IR RAID Controller can support one volume with SATA disks and a second volume with SAS disks.
• Fusion-MPT* architecture. • Easy-to-use BIOS-based configuration utility. • Error notification: The drivers update...
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... Hierarchy within the RAID Firmware
The Intel® Integrated RAID firmware is based on three fundamental levels. Virtual drives are created from drive arrays that are created from physical drives.
• Level 1 consists of the physical drives (hard drives and removable hard disks). The
firmware identifies each drive by its physical ID and maps it to a virtual address. A virtual drive can be...
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... system must contain an Intel® RAID controller. Microsoft Windows 2003* automatically adds the driver to the registry and copies the driver to the appropriate directory.
1. Start the Microsoft Windows* installation by booting from the Microsoft Windows* CD-ROM disk. The system BIOS must support booting from a CD-ROM drive. You may need to change BIOS settings to allow CD-ROM booting. See your...
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... prompt on the Welcome screen. 3. Copy the Linux driver image from the Resource CD to a disk or USB key. 4. Insert the disk with driver image. 5. Select Yes. 6. Scroll down to select Intel® RAID adapter driver. The utility locates and loads the
driver for your device. 7. Follow the Red Hat* Linux installation procedure to complete the installation.
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... Netware* System
Follow the instructions in the Novell Netware* Installation Guide to install Novell Netware in the server. Perform the following steps to install Novell NetWare using your Intel® RAID controller as a primary adapter.
Note: Drivers for Novell Netware* are not available on the CD-ROM. The latest drivers are available at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ or from...
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...the CD-ROM. The latest drivers are available at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ or from your CDI account. 1. Type nwconfig at the root prompt and press . The Configuration Options screen loads. 2. Select Drive Options and press . 3. Select Configure Disk and Storage Device Options, and press . 4. Select one of the following options displayed in the window: a. Discover and Load an...
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...; Hot-swap capability. • Presents a single virtual drive to the OS for each IM/IME volume. • Supports both SAS and SATA disks. The two types of disks cannot be combined in
the same volume. However, a Intel® IT/IR RAID Controller can support one volume with SATA disks and a second volume with SAS disks.
• Fusion-MPT* architecture.
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• Easy-to-use BIOS-based configuration utility. • Error notification: The drivers update an OS-specific event log. • LED status support. • Write journaling, which allows automatic synchronization of potentially
inconsistent data after unexpected power-down situations.
• Metadata used to store volume configuration on mirrored disks. • Automatic background ...
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... screen, the Intel® RAID BIOS Console 2 utility displays a list of the Intel RAID controllers in the system. The Controller Properties screen allows you to view and configure the software and hardware of the selected controller.
Figure 17. Controller Properties
• Firmware Version: The firmware version. • Host Interface: The host interface for the installed RAID controller. •...
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...CD in the CD-ROM drive. OR Download the Intel® RAID Web Console 2 installation package from http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/.
2. When the Welcome screen is displayed, click Next. 3. When the next screen is displayed, read and accept the user license and click Next.
The Customer Information screen is displayed, as shown in Figure 40.
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..., in order to make the installation successful.
3. Run install.sh and follow the instructions that display on the screen.
The three setup options are the same as those shown in step 7 of the Microsoft Windows* installation instructions.
Intel® RAID Web Console 2 Support and Installation on VMWare
This section documents the installation of Intel® RAID Web Console 2 on VMWare Classic...
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...IP address. The address must be accessible by the VM that will be installed next.
2. VM Installation: -
Install the operating system as usual, including the VMWare guest tools. The virtual network card should be linked to a Vswitch that has a VMKernel port attached. For a quick installation, no change is recommended. 3. Intel® RAID Web Console 2 Installation: -
Intel® RAID Software User...
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... Intel® RAID Web Console 2 screens affected: - Initial Intel® RAID Web Console 2 framework (hosts) discovery screen: No health
information or operating system type display. - Server property page: Only the IP address and the Host name display; the operating
system type and operating system architecture do not display. 2. Authentication support:
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... installed.
6. The VMWare ESX3i does not support the heartbeat mechanism to let Intel® RAID Web Console 2 know whether VMWare ESX3i is still connected. When the connection to the remote VMWare ESX3i is lost, Intel® RAID Web Console 2 does not indicate this. The only option is to rediscover by restarting the Intel® RAID Web Console 2 framework.
Intel® RAID Software...
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... if you want to upgrade the firmware, click Yes. The controller is updated with the new firmware code contained in the .ROM file.
Enabling RAID Premium Features
Enabling Full Disk Encryption feature
This feature is supported by Intel® RAID controller with Intel® RAID Premium Feature Key AXXRPFKDE or AXXRPFKDE2 installed. This feature also requires that Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) are...