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Configuring RAID array during boot
Launching RAID BIOS controller 3BM
Boot the system, wait till list of installed SATA drives appears and then press simultaneously the keys "Alt" and "3".
Delivered/installed configuration
All six drives build a 1.45 TB RAID 5 array. No change is done.
INFO output
No Battery Backup Unit present!
BIOS Version: BE9X 3.01.00.024 Bus.Dev.Fun> 02.01.0 Slot# 4 BaseIO: AC00 FW Version: FE9X 3.01.01.028 Monitor Version: BL9X 3.01.00.006 Model: 9550SX-8LP Serial Number: L20805B5500644 Onboard Memory size: 112 MB PCB Assembly Version: Rev 032 A-Chip Version: 1.70 P-Chip Version: 1.60 PCI Bus Speed: 66 MHz
Installing 3ware RAID utilities
Insert 3ware CDROM and run autorun script. If it doesn't start automatically type
/media/3wareCD/autorun
Select Install 3DM2.
Web port address is 888.
To install the command line tool type
cp /media/3wareCD/packages/cli/linux/x86_64/tw_cli /usr/sbin cp /media/3wareCD/packages/cli/tw_sched /usr/sbin mkdir /usr/local/doc/tw_cli cp /media/3wareCD/packages/cli/tw_cli.8.html /usr/local/doc/tw_cli cp /media/3wareCD/packages/cli/tw_cli.8.nroff /usr/local/doc/tw_cli cp /media/3wareCD/packages/cli/tw_sched.8.html /usr/local/doc/tw_cli cp /media/3wareCD/packages/cli/tw_sched.8.nroff /usr/local/doc/tw_cli
Using 3ware RAID utilities
To use the 3DM2 package web interface type
firefox http://localhost:888/
The current setup only allows local access so you must login at pacs5 first. The password for both the user and the administrator account are the same as for the pacsraid RAID array.
To use the 3ware RAID command line tool type
tw_cli # or /sbin/tw_cli
To get help about the command line tool type
firefox /usr/local/doc/tw_cli/tw_cli.8.html
Alarms
All info, warning and error messages are send as email to
- Harald
- Ekki
- Erich
The sender header line is set to pacs5-raid.