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14.2.4 Preparation Before Hardware RAID Operation


14.2.4 Preparation Before Hardware RAID Operation
Use the FCode utility to prepare for hardware RAID operation. Perform this work from xterm or an equivalent terminal that supports scrolling.
Operation Procedure
  1. Power on the system.
    If powered on already, reboot the system and disable auto boot in OpenBoot PROM.
  2. Confirm that the ok prompt is displayed.
  3. Execute the show-devs command to display a list of the server device paths.
  1. The following shows an example of the SPARC M10.
{0} ok show-devs
.
.
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0/disk
/pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0/tape
.
.
{0} ok
  1. Execute the select command to select the controller for creating a hardware RAID volume.
    For details on the relationship between device paths and internal HDD slot locations, see "Appendix A Lists of SPARC M12/M10 System Device Paths."
Note - After executing the select command, you need to execute the unselect-dev command. After the procedure is finished, execute the unselect-dev command according to the directions in 14.2.5 or 14.2.6.
{0} ok select /pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0
{0} ok
  1. Execute the .properties command to check the SAS address of the internal SAS controller.
{0} ok .properties
assigned-addresses 81030010 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000100
83030014 00000001 00000000 00000000 00010000
8303001c 00000001 00040000 00000000 00040000
82030030 00000000 00200000 00000000 00100000
firmware-version 17.00.00.00
mpt-version 2.00
local-wwid 50 00 00 e0 e0 45 00 00 <- SAS address
  :
 Omitted
  :
{0} ok
Note - The output result of the .properties command is information that is needed for maintenance of the RAID volume. Be sure to make a note of this information.
  1. Execute the show-children command to display the SAS addresses of the connected drives.
{0} ok show-children

FCode Version 1.00.56, MPT Version 2.00, Firmware Version 13.00.66.00

Target a
Unit 0 Disk TOSHIBA MBF2600RC 3706 1172123568 Blocks, 600 GB
SASDeviceName 50000393c813ae74 SASAddress 50000393c813ae76 PhyNum 0
Target b
Unit 0 Disk TOSHIBA MBF2600RC 3706 1172123568 Blocks, 600 GB
SASDeviceName 50000393b81b24ec SASAddress 50000393b81b24ee PhyNum 1
   :

  Omitted

   :

Target 12
Unit 0 Encl Serv device FUJITSU NBBEXP 0d32
SASAddress 500000e0e04d003d PhyNum 14
Note - The output result of the show-children command is information that is needed for maintenance of the RAID volume. Be sure to make a note of this information.
Execute the show-children command to display the SAS addresses of the connected drives.