Hardware RAID rx2660 with SCSI Ultra320 A7173A

[Ratzie]

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...

[Torsten.]

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.

[Ratzie]

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.

[Zinky]

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

[Torsten.]

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)?

[Ratzie]

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.

[Ratzie]

ioscan is from the recovery shell.

[Torsten.]

So please post a complete

# ioscan -fn

so I can see what controller do you have.

[Zinky]

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.

[Ratzie]

# 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