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F.3 Adding a Hardware RAID Volume


F.3 Adding a Hardware RAID Volume
Use the sas2ircu create command to add a hardware RAID volume to the system.
In the following example, a RAID1E (Mirroring Extended) volume named "RAID1E-VOL" is created for disk drives which are equipped with disk slots 2, 3, and 4 (entire areas of disks) of the SPARC M10-1.
root# ./sas2ircu 0 create RAID1E MAX 2:2 2:3 2:4 RAID1E-VOL
LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.
Version 17.00.00.00 (2013.07.19)
Copyright (c) 2009-2013 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.
You are about to create an IR volume.
WARNING: Proceeding with this operation may cause data loss or data
corruption. Are you sure you want to proceed (YES/NO)? YES
WARNING: This is your last chance to abort this operation. Do you wish
to abort (YES/NO)? NO
Please wait, may take up to a minute...
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 scsi: /pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0 (mpt_sas0):
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 Volume 0 is now , enabled, inactive
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 scsi: /pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0 (mpt_sas0):
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 Volume 0 is now , enabled, active
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 scsi: /pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0 (mpt_sas0):
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 Volume 0 is now , enabled, active, data scrub in progress
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 scsi: /pci@8000/pci@4/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0 (mpt_sas0):
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 Volume 0 is now , enabled, active, background initialization in progress, data scrub in progress
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 scsi: WARNING: /scsi_vhci/disk@g50000394281b5dc0 (sd0):
Jan 20 16:20:15 1S-341-D0 Command failed to complete...Device is gone
SAS2IRCU: Volume created successfully.
SAS2IRCU: Command CREATE Completed Successfully.
SAS2IRCU: Utility Completed Successfully.
After adding a hardware RAID volume, check the hardware RAID volume and the disk drive information by executing the sas2ircu display command.
Check the following information.
(1): IR Volume information

(1-1): Confirm that the new RAID volume (volume ID:285) is created as defined in the sas2ircu create command, and the status of the RAID volume is "Okay (OKY)."

(2): Physical device information

(2-1) (2-2) (2-3): Confirm that the status of the disk drives of disk slots 2, 3, and 4, which are newly incorporated into the RAID volume, is "Optimal (OPT)."
  1. Execution results of the sas2ircu display command (partial extract)
root# ./sas2ircu 0 display
------------------------------------------------------------------------

IR Volume information <-- (1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

IR volume 1 <-- (1-1)
Volume ID : 285
Volume Name : RAID1E-VOL
Status of volume : Okay (OKY)
Volume wwid : 00c354402fc35418
RAID level : RAID1E
Size (in MB) : 856875
Physical hard disks :
PHY[0] Enclosure#/Slot# : 2:2
PHY[1] Enclosure#/Slot# : 2:3
PHY[2] Enclosure#/Slot# : 2:4
IR volume 2
Volume ID : 286
Volume Name : RAID1-SYS
Status of volume : Okay (OKY)
Volume wwid : 0aa6d102f1bf517a
RAID level : RAID1
Size (in MB) : 571250
Physical hard disks :
PHY[0] Enclosure#/Slot# : 2:0
PHY[1] Enclosure#/Slot# : 2:1
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Physical device information <-- (2)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Device is a Hard disk <-- (2-1)
Enclosure # : 2
Slot # : 2
SAS Address : 5000039-4-281a-8ad2
State : Optimal (OPT)
Size (in MB)/(in sectors) : 572325/1172123567
Manufacturer : TOSHIBA
Model Number : MBF2600RC
Firmware Revision : 3706
Serial No : EA25PC7007G7
GUID : 50000394281a8ad0
Protocol : SAS
Drive Type : SAS_HDD
Device is a Hard disk <-- (2-2)
Enclosure # : 2
Slot # : 3
SAS Address : 5000039-4-281b-5dc2
State : Optimal (OPT)
Size (in MB)/(in sectors) : 572325/1172123567
Manufacturer : TOSHIBA
Model Number : MBF2600RC
Firmware Revision : 3706
Serial No : EA25PC7007T3
GUID : 50000394281b5dc0
Protocol : SAS
Drive Type : SAS_HDD
Device is a Hard disk <-- (2-3)
Enclosure # : 2
Slot # : 4
SAS Address : 5000039-4-281b-58b2
State : Optimal (OPT)
Size (in MB)/(in sectors) : 572325/1172123567
Manufacturer : TOSHIBA
Model Number : MBF2600RC
Firmware Revision : 3706
Serial No : EA25PC7007RA
GUID : 50000394281b58b0
Protocol : SAS
Drive Type : SAS_HDD