User manual TYAN BROADCOM HT1000

[. . . ] User Manual BC4000 RAIDCoreTM BC4000 Series RAID Controllers BC4000-UM100-R 16215 Alton Parkway · P. O. Box 57013 · Irvine, CA 92619-7013 · Phone: 949-450-8700 · Fax: 949-450-8710 02/13/06 REVISION HISTORY Revision BC4000-UM100-R Date 02/13/06 Change Description Initial release; describes version 2. 1 of XelCoreTM software and the BC4000 Series of hardware controllers (which includes HT-1000 controllers). Broadcom Corporation P. O. Box 57013 16215 Alton Parkway Irvine, CA 92619-7013 © 2006 by Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved Printed in the U. S. A. Broadcom ®, the pulse logo, Connecting everything®, and the Connecting everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] From RAIDConsole, see "Adding or Removing Global Spares" on page 98 to add or remove a global spare. From bcadm, see "Managing Controllers, Arrays, and Disks: bcadm --manage" on page 118. B ro ad c om C o rp or at ion Document BC4000-UM100-R Working with Spares Page 49 BC4000 Series RAID Controllers User Manual 02/13/06 S ecti on 7: U sin g the B IO S C onf igu ra tio n Ut ili ty WHEN TO USE THE BIOS CONFIGURATION UTILITY The firmware component of the installation kit includes the BIOS Configuration Utility. This utility must be used to: · Create the boot array: If the system is not booting off of the array, this utility does not need to be used to create an array, although it can. A non-bootable array can be created in the RAIDConsole management application (see "Creating and Formatting Arrays" on page 72) or the bcadm program (see "Creating New Arrays: bcadm --create" on page 130). Swap in a copy of the boot array: In RAIDConsole, a copy of your boot array can be made by mirroring the array and then splitting it; by default, it is hidden from the operating system. If the system were to lose the boot array, the BIOS Configuration utility can be used to unhide the copy and swap it into the first position in the Arrays list. Initialize a new disk: When a new disk is being added, it can be initialized from the BIOS. Notes: · The first device in the Arrays list is the bootable array. The system can only boot from the first device in the list. · Until the BIOS loads, the LEDs are not indicative of disk connectivity. · · To enter the BIOS Configuration Utility: When booting the system, press the Ctrl + R keys when the BIOS banner is displayed. A minimum of three seconds is available to enter the BIOS using this key combination. UNDERSTANDING THE COLOR CODE IN THE BIOS The following color codes are used to indicate the type or status of information displayed in the window. White text Yellow highlighting Green text Light blue text Yellow text Magenta text Red text An available option or informational text. The current option on which you may choose to take action The item has been selected. The item is not available for selection. Informational text, describing an option Spare options and boot options A failed drive or other warning to the user. For example, informational text may be red if the option is not available. B ro ad c om C o rp or at ion Page 50 Using the BIOS Configuration Utility Document BC4000-UM100-R User Manual 02/13/06 BC4000 Series RAID Controllers INITIALIZING DISKS FROM THE BIOS Before using new disks, they must be initialized, and at least the boot array must be created using RAIDCore BIOS Array Configuration utility. Initialization writes the RAIDCore configuration information to disk. This process is the same whether you have one controller or multiple controllers. The BIOS utility can be used to create and manage arrays so that an operating system can be installed on an array. The system is then booted from this array. Notes: · No changes are necessary in the motherboard CMOS setup for the resources or drive types. Because RAIDCore BC4000 Series RAID controllers are PCI Plug and Play (PnP) devices, the interrupt and port address resources are automatically assigned by the PCI PnP BIOS of the motherboard. [. . . ] RW No New Split Command 17: Unhide array 3. bcadm -M --unhide -a 3 Command 18 output: Array 3 is unhidden. array 3 un-hidden Command 18: Query the status of array 3. bcadm -M -q -a 3 B ro a dc om Co rp o ra tio n Example bcadm Usage with Output Page 155 Document BC4000-UM100-R BC4000 Series RAID Controllers 02/13/06 User Manual Command 18 output: Array 3 is now visible to the operating system, and the OS name has changed from "none" to "3. " . . . <ARRAY LIST> A Type OS Name Sys State Size Hide Id Task Task State % CA Scan Name -- ------- ---------- --- --------- ------- ---- ------------------ ------------ ------------- ----- -- ---- ------------------------------3 VOLUME 3 No NORMAL 1. 0GB NO 0x0b9b59b372c3a93a NOT_ACTIVE . . . RW No New Split Command 19: Print the maximum possible size if array 3 is transformed from a volume to a RAID5 set using all disks. bcadm -T --raid5 -d 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 -a 3 --max-size Command 19 output: The maximum possible size displays. Max Possible Size: 1085021 Command 20: Transform array 3 to a RAID5 set using all disks, with a size of 2 GB. bcadm -T --raid5 -d "*" -a 3 --size 2000 Command 20 output: The transform begins. transform started successfully Command 21: Query the status of all arrays. bcadm -M -q -a "*" B ro a dc om Co rp o ra tio n Document BC4000-UM100-R Page 156 Example bcadm Usage with Output User Manual BC4000 Series RAID Controllers 02/13/06 Command 21 output: The transformation is taking place and is 38% complete. The array type is still "VOLUME" and the task type is "TRANSFORM" until the transformation is finished. . . . <ARRAY LIST> A Type OS Name Sys State Size Hide Id Task Task State % CA Scan Name -- ------- ---------- --- --------- ------- ---- ------------------ ------------ ------------- ----- -- ---- ------------------------------1 VOLUME 1 No NORMAL 1. 0GB NO 0x58746de30b9154bb NOT_ACTIVE . . . [. . . ]