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Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Ratzie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:06:04 GMT

I have finally figured out how to set up virtual media to boot from DVD, now I am trying to set up hardware raid before installing the OS.
I will be installing HPUX 11.23

The Docs that came with the A7173A does not say how to set up RAID 1 for the OS on these controllers.
I have the following:
# ioscan -fnkd mpt
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
================================================================
ext_bus 0 0/2/1/0 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320 A6961-60111
/dev/mpt0
ext_bus 1 0/2/1/1 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320 A6961-60111
/dev/mpt1
ext_bus 2 0/4/1/0 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320 A6961-60111
/dev/mpt2
ext_bus 3 0/4/1/1 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320 A6961-60111

I am assuming I need to load files, since it can not find the mtputil command...
I got as far as:

RUN an EXPERT RECOVERY SHELL...
But have no idea what I need to do next...

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Torsten. — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:11:22 GMT

The A7173A is a dumb scsi hba, it CANNOT do a hardware RAID.

http://www.hp.com/products1/serverconnectivity/storagesnf2/ultra320/

You can only do a LVM mirroring on these external disks.

or

you need another smartarray controller (e.g. SA6402).

The rx2660 has internal SAS disks, connected to the default LSI chip or an optional P400 smartarray controller.

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Ratzie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:34:20 GMT

Thank you! Just figured it out.
Yeah, asked for internal Hardware RAID and they installed two external SCSI controllers instead!

I have gone back to the vendor.

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Zinky — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:35:07 GMT

Are you trying to set up your OS on external SCSI disks atatched to your A7173A SCSI adapters?

Don't you have SAS Drives in your rx2660?

If you have SAS drives in your RX2660 -- then it has its own embedded RAID chip that allows you to carve a mirrored volume with an optional hot spare. You configuer it from the iLO/GSP

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Torsten. — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:38:40 GMT

iS THE IOSCAN FROM A RECOVERY SHELL OR DID YOU INSTALL AN os?

What do you want to do now?

Creating a hardware RAID on the internal disks?

What controller is in use (default or optional P400)?

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Ratzie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:41:01 GMT

I do not have any external drives (storage arrays)
I have 8 internal drives that I want to do HW raid.
RAID 1 (OS)
RAID 10 rest of drives.

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Ratzie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:43:39 GMT

ioscan is from the recovery shell.

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Torsten. — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:45:00 GMT

So please post a complete

# ioscan -fn

so I can see what controller do you have.

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Zinky — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:45:50 GMT

Ratzie..

Reset your server...
Go to the BIOS and find the option to interact with your RAID controller.

There you should be able to carve a mirrored (RAID1) volume with a hot spare if you wish.

The rest you can just configure however you want.

I just can;t recall the URL but that is what I followed with my rx2660s. rx6600s.

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Ratzie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:46:43 GMT

# ioscan -fn
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=================================================================================
root 0 root CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS
ioa 0 0 sba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS System Bus Adapter (4030)
ba 0 0/0 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (122e)
tty 0 0/0/1/0 rmp3f01 CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI class(255,0) (103c1303)
tty 1 0/0/1/1 rmp3f01 CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI SimpleComm (103c1302)
tty 2 0/0/1/2 asio0 CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI Serial (103c1048)
/dev/diag/mux2 /dev/mux2 /dev/tty2p0
usb 0 0/0/2/0 hcd CLAIMED INTERFACE NEC OHCI Controller
usbcomp 0 0/0/2/0.1 usbcomposite CLAIMED DEVICE USB Composite Device
usbhid 0 0/0/2/0.1.0 hid CLAIMED DEVICE USB HID Kbd(0)
/dev/hid/hid_000
usbhid 1 0/0/2/0.1.1 hid CLAIMED DEVICE USB HID Pointer(1)
/dev/hid/hid_001
usbms 0 0/0/2/0.1.2 ms CLAIMED DEVICE USB Mass Storage [0]
usb 1 0/0/2/1 hcd CLAIMED INTERFACE NEC OHCI Controller
usb 2 0/0/2/2 ehci CLAIMED INTERFACE NEC EHCI Controller
graphics 0 0/0/3/0 gvid_core CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI Display (1002515e)
ba 1 0/1 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (122e)
escsi_ctlr 1 0/1/1/0 sasd CLAIMED INTERFACE HP PCI/PCI-X SAS MPT Adapter
/dev/sasd1
ext_bus 4 0/1/1/0.0.0 sasd_vbus CLAIMED INTERFACE SAS Device Interface
target 2 0/1/1/0.0.0.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 4 0/1/1/0.0.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EG0300FAWHV
/dev/dsk/c4t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0
target 0 0/1/1/0.0.0.1 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 7 0/1/1/0.0.0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EG0300FAWHV
/dev/dsk/c4t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t1d0
target 4 0/1/1/0.0.0.2 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 2 0/1/1/0.0.0.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EG0300FAWHV
/dev/dsk/c4t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t2d0
target 1 0/1/1/0.0.0.3 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 1 0/1/1/0.0.0.3.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EG0300FAWHV
/dev/dsk/c4t3d0 /dev/dsk/c4t3d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c4t3d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t3d0s2
/dev/dsk/c4t3d0s1 /dev/dsk/c4t3d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c4t3d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c4t3d0s3
target 6 0/1/1/0.0.0.4 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 6 0/1/1/0.0.0.4.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EG0300FAWHV
/dev/dsk/c4t4d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t4d0
target 7 0/1/1/0.0.0.5 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 0 0/1/1/0.0.0.5.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EG0300FAWHV
/dev/dsk/c4t5d0 /dev/dsk/c4t5d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c4t5d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t5d0s2
/dev/dsk/c4t5d0s1 /dev/dsk/c4t5d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c4t5d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c4t5d0s3
target 3 0/1/1/0.0.0.6 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 3 0/1/1/0.0.0.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EG0300FAWHV
/dev/dsk/c4t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t6d0
target 5 0/1/1/0.0.0.7 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 5 0/1/1/0.0.0.7.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EG0300FAWHV
/dev/dsk/c4t7d0 /dev/dsk/c4t7d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c4t7d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t7d0s2
/dev/dsk/c4t7d0s1 /dev/dsk/c4t7d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c4t7d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c4t7d0s3
lan 0 0/1/2/0 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP PCI-X 1000Base-T Dual-port Built-in
lan 1 0/1/2/1 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP PCI-X 1000Base-T Dual-port Built-in
ba 2 0/2 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (12ee)
slot 0 0/2/1 pci_slot CLAIMED SLOT PCI Slot
ext_bus 0 0/2/1/0 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320 A6961-60111
/dev/mpt0
ext_bus 1 0/2/1/1 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320 A6961-60111
/dev/mpt1
ba 3 0/3 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (12ee)
slot 1 0/3/1 pci_slot CLAIMED SLOT PCI Slot
ba 4 0/4 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (12ee)
slot 2 0/4/1 pci_slot CLAIMED SLOT PCI Slot
ext_bus 2 0/4/1/0 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320 A6961-60111
/dev/mpt2
ext_bus 3 0/4/1/1 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320 A6961-60111
/dev/mpt3
processor 0 120 processor CLAIMED PROCESSOR Processor
processor 1 121 processor CLAIMED PROCESSOR Processor
ba 5 250 pdh CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Core I/O Adapter
ipmi 0 250/0 ipmi CLAIMED INTERFACE IPMI Controller
/dev/ipmi
tty 3 250/1 asio0 CLAIMED INTERFACE Built-in RS232C
/dev/diag/mux3 /dev/mux3 /dev/tty3p0
acpi_node 0 250/2 acpi_node CLAIMED INTERFACE Acpi Hardware
usbmsvbus 1 255/1 mass_storage CLAIMED VIRTBUS USB Mass Storage
ext_bus 5 255/1/0 usb_ms_scsi CLAIMED INTERFACE USB Mass Storage SCSI
target 8 255/1/0.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 16 255/1/0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP Virtual CD-ROM
/dev/dsk/c5t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c5t0d0

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Torsten. — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:52:10 GMT

This is the default 8 port SAS controller (/dev/sasd1).

This controller can do 2 pairs of mirrored disks, not more.

I would recommend to create 1 such pair for the OS.

On the remaining disks you can use LVM to mirror or just stripe.

From EFI do

Shell> drivers
...
1F 02010400 B X X 1 2 LSI Logic Fusion MPT SAS Driver PciROM:01:01:00:001
...

note the "1F" at the beginning of the line in this example.

Now do

Shell> drvcfg -s 1f

to configure (and use your value instead of "1F").

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Zinky — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:55:14 GMT

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00752371/c00752371.pdf

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Zinky — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:00:29 GMT

Here is how I set up mine:

3 disks are configured for RAID1 (Mirror + Hot spare) -- this serves as my Boot disk.

The other 5 I configure as a VxVM RAID5 volume (Software RAID)

# sasmgr get_info -D /dev/sasd0 -q raid

Mon Jan 24 12:20:18 2011

---------- PHYSICAL DRIVES ----------
LUN dsf SAS Address Enclosure Bay Size(MB)

/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0 0x5000c50006a13ddd 1 4 140014
/dev/rdsk/c2t1d0 0x5000c50006a0f9e5 1 5 140014
/dev/rdsk/c2t2d0 0x5000c50006a0b2d9 1 6 140014
/dev/rdsk/c2t3d0 0x5000c50006a10aa5 1 7 140014
/dev/rdsk/c2t4d0 0x5000c50006a0de79 1 8 140014

---------- LOGICAL DRIVE 7 ----------

Raid Level : RAID 1
Volume sas address : 0x30981eec1de1d0e
Device Special File : /dev/rdsk/c2t5d0
Raid State : OPTIMAL
Raid Status Flag : ENABLED
Raid Size : 139236
Rebuild Rate : 0.00 %
Rebuild Progress : 100.00 %

Participating Physical Drive(s) :

SAS Address Enc Bay Size(MB) Type State

0x5000c50006a1487d 1 2 140014 SECONDARY ONLINE
0x5000c50006a15ac5 1 1 140014 PRIMARY ONLINE

---------- GLOBAL SPARE DRIVES ----------
SAS Address Enc Bay Size(MB) Pool State

0x5000c50006a14351 1 3 140014 0 ACTIVE

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Ratzie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:05:17 GMT

As you can see, I do not have any internal RAID controllers...
Shell> drivers
T D
D Y C I
R P F A
V VERSION E G G #D #C DRIVER NAME IMAGE NAME
== ======== = = = == == =================================== ===================
15 00000020 B - - 5 14 PCI Bus Driver PciBus
20 03050100 B X X 1 8 LSI Logic Fusion MPT SAS Driver PciROM:01:01:00:001
24 01050400 D X X 1 - LSI Logic U320 SCSI Driver HP BUILD PciROM:02:01:01:000
25 01050400 D X X 1 - LSI Logic U320 SCSI Driver HP BUILD PciROM:02:01:00:000
28 01050400 D X X 1 - LSI Logic U320 SCSI Driver HP BUILD PciROM:04:01:01:000
29 01050400 D X X 1 - LSI Logic U320 SCSI Driver HP BUILD PciROM:04:01:00:000
2E 00000020 D X - 1 - Usb Keyboard Driver UsbKb
2F 00000020 ? - - - - Usb Mouse Driver UsbMouse
30 00000020 ? - - - - Usb Cbi0 Mass Storage Driver UsbCbi0
31 00000020 ? - - - - Usb Cbi1 Mass Storage Driver UsbCbi1
32 00000010 ? - - - - UGA Console Driver GraphicsConsole
33 00000000 D - - 1 - PCI VGA Mini Port Driver PciVgaMiniPort
34 00000010 D - - 1 - VGA Class Driver VgaClassDriver
35 00000013 B - - 1 1 Serial 16550 UART Driver Serial16550
36 00000010 B - - 1 1 Serial Terminal Driver Terminal
37 00000010 D - - 2 - Platform Console Management Driver ConPlatform
38 00000010 D - - 2 - Platform Console Management Driver ConPlatform
39 00000010 B - - 2 2 Console Splitter Driver ConSplitter
3A 00000010 ? - - - - Console Splitter Driver ConSplitter
3B 00000011 B - - 2 2 Console Splitter Driver ConSplitter
3C 00000011 B - - 2 2 Console Splitter Driver ConSplitter
40 00000040 D - - 2 - Usb Ohci Driver SysROM:Usb Ohci Dri
41 00000020 B - - 2 3 USB Bus Driver SysROM:USB Bus Driv
42 00000020 D - - 1 - Usb Bot Mass Storage Driver SysROM:USB Bot Mass
43 00000020 D - - 1 - Generic USB Mass Storage Driver SysROM:Generic USB
4C 00090404 B X X 2 2 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Driver SysROM:Broadcom Gig
4D 00000010 D - - 14 - Generic Disk I/O Driver DiskIo
4E 00000011 B - - 2 5 Partition Driver(MBR/GPT/El Torito) Partition
4F 00000010 D - - 3 - FAT File System Driver Fat
50 00000011 ? X X - - PCI IDE/ATAPI Bus Driver Ide
51 00000010 ? - - - - Intel(R) PRO 100 UNDI Driver Undi
53 00000021 D - - 2 - Simple Network Protocol Driver Snp3264
55 00000020 D - - 2 - PXE Base Code Driver PxeBc
57 00000020 D - - 2 - PXE DHCPv4 Driver PxeDhcp4
58 00000010 ? - - - - ARP Network Service Driver Arp
59 00000010 ? - - - - DHCP Protocol Driver Dhcp4
5A 00000010 ? - - - - IP4 Network Service Driver Ip4
5B 00000010 ? - - - - IP4 CONFIG Network Service Driver Ip4Config
5C 00000010 ? - - - - MNP Network Service Driver Mnp
5D 00000010 ? - - - - MTFTP4 Network Service Mtftp4
5E 00000010 ? - - - - Tcp Network Service Driver Tcp4
5F 00000010 ? - - - - UDP Network Service Driver Udp4
61 00000031 B - - 5 8 SCSI Bus Driver SysROM:SCSI Bus Dri
62 00000020 ? - - - - Scsi Disk Driver SysROM:SCSI Disk Dr
63 00000030 ? - - - - SCSI Tape Driver SysROM:SCSI Tape Dr

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Torsten. — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:24:07 GMT

You already have a RAID of drive 1 and drive 2.

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Zinky — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:26:01 GMT

It is special RAID. built in.

It can only do Mirror + HP (2 sets though)

Please try... go to BIOS and find the interface for you to carve your SAS Mirrored volume

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Ratzie — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:33:16 GMT

Sorry I am use to sparcs and risc machines, how do I get into the bios?

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Zinky — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:37:36 GMT

Well on the same console you are performing the install sir... If you aer able to navigate a Solaris RSC/COnsole then it should be intjuitive for ya...

Let us know

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Torsten. — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:52:52 GMT

>> how do I get into the bios?

Scroll 5 posts up - I wrote it!

Shell> drvcfg ...

Re: Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

Zinky — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:00:51 GMT

Restart your OS.
Interrupt Boot Process (EFI Boot Manager)
Go to EFI Shell

Shell> drvcfg -s 20

20 is where your SAS embedded adapter is based on what you fursnihed.

After that.. it should be real EZ and intuitive to carve your RAID Volume for your bootdisk.