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Configuring the onboard SCSI RAID solution, Integrated Mirroring configuration

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Chapter 6: Configuring your RAID solutions Configuring the onboard SCSI RAID solution To launch the SCSI RAID BIOS console: 1 Restart your server. 2 Press F2 when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The BIOS Setup utility opens. 3 From the Main BIOS menu, select the Advanced menu. 4 Select the PCI Configuration sub-menu. 5 For the Onboard SCSI option, click on Enabled. 6 Exit the BIOS Setup utility. 7 Restart your server. 8 During the boot process you will see the following message: Press - for BIOS Console 9 Press and hold the CTRL key, then press the C key. The RAID BIOS console opens. 10 Configure the RAID options, then exit the RAID BIOS console. 11 Reboot the server. Integrated Mirroring configuration The following must be considered when configuring the onboard SCSI RAID solution for Integrated Mirroring: ■ The BIOS-based configuration utility lets you create one mirrored volume per Fusion-MPT controller. ■ The mirrored volume can have two to six disks or two to five disks if an optional hot spare disk is used. ■ Disks in a mirrored volume must be connected to the same channel of the same Fusion-MPT controller, and the controller must be in the BIOS boot order. ■ Disks in an IM volume must be non-removable, single-LUN disks that support 512-byte sectors, wide synchronous transfers, Qtag'd I/Os, and a unit serial number. The disks must support SMART, and they must be minimally compliant with the SCSI-2 standard. 114 www.gateway.com

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Chapter 6: Configuring your RAID solutions
Configuring the onboard SCSI RAID solution
To launch the SCSI RAID BIOS console:
1
Restart your server.
2
Press
F2
when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The BIOS Setup utility
opens.
3
From the
Main
BIOS menu, select the
Advanced
menu.
4
Select the
PCI Configuration
sub-menu.
5
For the
Onboard SCSI
option, click on
Enabled
.
6
Exit the BIOS Setup utility.
7
Restart your server.
8
During the boot process you will see the following message:
Press <Ctrl>-<C> for BIOS Console
9
Press and hold the
C
TRL
key, then press the
C
key. The RAID BIOS console opens.
10
Configure the RAID options, then exit the RAID BIOS console.
11
Reboot the server.
Integrated Mirroring configuration
The following must be considered when configuring the onboard SCSI RAID solution for
Integrated Mirroring:
■
The BIOS-based configuration utility lets you create one mirrored volume per
Fusion-MPT controller.
■
The mirrored volume can have two to six disks or two to five disks if an optional
hot spare disk is used.
■
Disks in a mirrored volume must be connected to the same channel of the same
Fusion-MPT controller, and the controller must be in the BIOS boot order.
■
Disks in an IM volume must be non-removable, single-LUN disks that support
512-byte sectors, wide synchronous transfers, Qtag’d I/Os, and a unit serial number.
The disks must support SMART, and they must be minimally compliant with the
SCSI-2 standard.