Step 4 |
The Cisco UCS Rack-Mount Server enclosure ID is not predictable, so you need to substitute the Device ID acquired above for
<encl> in the commands below. When all drives are in a single enclosure, the slot numbering starts at zero. This may not be
true in all cases, so verify the slot numbering with the following command:
-pdinfo -physdrv [<encl>:0] -a0
If this command generates meaningful output, the drives start at zero. If it generates an error, the drives start at one.
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Step 5 |
Use the following command to set up RAID on the existing drives on each RAID controller:
TRC
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Command
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End of Sale UCS C260 M2 TRC1 (Extra-Large TRC)
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-cfgldadd -r5 [<encl>:1 <encl>:2, <encl>:3, <encl>:4, <encl>:5, <encl>:6, <encl>:7, <encl>:8 -a0
-cfgldadd -r5 [<encl>:9 <encl>:10, <encl>:11, <encl>:12, <encl>:13, <encl>:14, <encl>:15, <encl>:16 -a0
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End of Sale UCS C240 M3S TRC1 (Large TRC)
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-cfgldadd -r5 [<encl>:0, <encl>:1, <encl>:2, <encl>:3, <encl>:4, <encl>:5, <encl>:6, <encl>:7] -a0
–cfgldadd –r5 [<encl>:9, <encl>:10, <encl>:11, <encl>:12, <encl>:13, <encl>:14, <encl>:15, <encl>:16] –a0
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End of Sale UCS C240 M3S TRC2 (Medium TRC / BE7000M M3)
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End of Sale UCS C220 M3S TRC1 (Medium TRC)
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-cfgldadd -r5 [<encl>:0, <encl>:1, <encl>:2, <encl>:3, <encl>:4, <encl>:5, <encl>:6, <encl>:7] -a0
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End of Sale UCS C220 M3S TRC3 (Small Plus TRC / BE6000H M3)
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End of Sale UCS C220 M3S TRC2 (Small TRC / BE6000M M3)
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End of Sale UCS C210 M2/M1 TRCs (Medium TRC)
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If your drives start at slot zero, run this command:
-cfgldadd -r1 [deviceID:0, deviceID:1] -a0
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If your drives start at slot one, run this command:
-cfgldadd -r1 [deviceID:1, deviceID:2] -a0
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If your server contains 6 total disk drives, enter the following command to configure the second RAID array:
-cfgldadd -r5 [deviceID:2, deviceID:3, deviceID:4, deviceID:5] -a0
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If your server contains 10 total disk drives, configure the second RAID array by entering one of the following commands, depending
on the starting slot number:
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If your drives start at slot zero, run this command:
-cfgldadd -r5 [deviceID:2, deviceID:3, deviceID:4, deviceID:5, deviceID:6, deviceID:7, deviceID:8, deviceID:9] -a0
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If your drives start at slot one, run this command:
-cfgldadd -r5 [ deviceID:3, deviceID:4, deviceID:5, deviceID:6, deviceID:7, deviceID:8, deviceID:9, deviceID:10] -a0
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End of Sale UCS C200 M2 TRC1 (Small TRC / BE6000M M2)
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-CfgSpanAdd -r10 -Array0[enclosureID:0,enclosureID:1] -Array1[enclosureID:2,enclosureID:3] -a0
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Note
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To clear data on previously used drives and initialize a new array, use the -ldinit -start -full -l0 command. Allow command to finish before exiting the Preboot CLI.
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Step 6 |
Set the Strip Size to 128 KB with the following command-line option on -cfgldadd command lines in step 5 above : -strpsz 128. Also set required Read Policy and Write Policy described above via appropriate command line options. E.g. -cfgldadd -r5 [26:1, 26:2, 26:3, 26:4, 26:5, 26:6, 26:7, 26:8] WB RA Cached NoCachedBadBBU -strpsz 128 -a0.
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