Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel® RSTe) for Microsoft Windows* Operating System Software User’s Guide Revision 1.
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Overview ..........................................................................................................1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Supported Hardware .................................................................................................... 1 Supported Operating Systems ...................................................................................... 1 Software and Utilities ............................................................................
Table of Contents 2.6 2.7 2.5.12 RAID Level Migrations.................................................................................... 9 2.5.13 RAID Reconfiguration (Stripe Size) ................................................................ 9 2.5.14 Expanded Stripe Size ..................................................................................... 9 2.5.15 Online Array/Volume Capacity Expansion ...................................................... 9 2.5.16 Read Patrol .....................
Table of Contents 4.3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2003* R2 SP2 ............................................................... 37 5 Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems ................................ 55 5.1 5.2 5.3 Example of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5* Enabling in Microsoft Windows 2008* R2 ................................................................................................................................... 55 Intel® RSTe GUI Utility Installation ......................
List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1. Enable RSTe in BIOS Setup ...................................................................................... 16 Figure 2. Post Screen ............................................................................................................... 17 Figure 3. Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility ................................................................................. 17 Figure 4. Create RAID Volume 0 ........................................................
List of Figures Figure 48. Existing Partitions and Unpartitioned Space ............................................................. 42 Figure 49. Format Partition Using NTFS File System ................................................................ 42 Figure 50. Copying Files for Microsoft Windows* Installation .................................................... 43 Figure 51. Microsoft Windows* Installation ................................................................................ 43 Figure 52.
List of Figures Figure 98. New Volume Properties............................................................................................ 68 Figure 99. Review Controller Properties .................................................................................... 69 Figure 100. Review Drive Properties ......................................................................................... 70 Figure 101. Review Enclosure Properties ......................................................................
List of Tables List of Tables Table 1. Verify and Repair ........................................................................................................ 10 Table 2. Auto Rebuild................................................................................................................ 11 Table 3. Intel® RSTe Command Line Interface Utility Options ................................................... 73 Table 4. Create Options ......................................................................
Overview 1 Overview The software described in this document is designed for use with Intel ® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel® RSTe). Intel® RSTe provides added performance and reliability for supported systems equipped with Serial ATA (SATA) devices, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) devices, and/or solid state drives (SSDs) to enable an optimal enterprise storage solution.
Overview attached to the AHCI controller configured in either AHCI mode (pass-through) or RAID mode. Note: The server system’s BIOS SETUP utility is used to select either AHCI or RAID modes for the AHCI controller. Intel® RSTe operating system SCU/RAID driver. This driver provides a simple non-RAID (passthrough) as well as a full RAID solution. This manages/controls the SAS/SATA devices attached to the SCU ports. Note: The SCU controller only has a RAID mode.
Overview ® Configuration and Management Utilities Intel RSTe for Microsoft Windows* OS Software User’s Guide 3
RAID Features 2 RAID Features This section provides more detailed description of Intel® RSTe features. 2.1 Intel® RSTe Pre-boot Package 2.1.1 Intel® RSTe SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM The Intel® RSTe supports an SATA RAID Legacy Option ROM. The BIOS configuration utility may provide an option to select the AHCI controller as the boot controller.
RAID Features 2.2.1 Intel® RSTe UEFI Command Line Interface (CLI) Utility Intel® RSTe provides support for a UEFI command line interface utility. An Intel® RSTe UEFI Command Line Interface (CLI) utility is available to manage RAID volumes when booted into the UEFI environment. The Intel® RSTe UEFI CLI utility needs to be launched from USB drive.
RAID Features Indication profile ® Intel RSTe supports an industry standard management API based on CIM model and Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMIS) specification (Linux*). This feature is supported on platforms that have installed Linux*, Microsoft Windows 7*, and Microsoft Windows 2008* GA and R2. 2.3.2 Common Storage Management Interface (CSMI) Intel® RSTe supports the Common Storage Management Interface (CSMI) for reporting RAID configurations and SMP, SSP, STP pass through. 2.
RAID Features 2.4.7 Volume Roaming between Linux* and Microsoft Windows* Intel® RSTe supports the ability to move RAID data volumes (configured appropriately) between Linux* and Microsoft Windows* environments and the RAID data volumes are recognized and available for use. 2.4.8 SGPIO on AHCI Controller Intel® RSTe supports enclosure management, compliant to SFF-8485, to identify drive location or unit failures on the AHCI controller. 2.4.
RAID Features 2.5.5 Hot Spare Disk Intel® RSTe supports the ability to set a drive as a hot spare that can automatically be used to rebuild a failed or degraded RAID volume without any user interaction. This applies to both the AHCI and SCU controllers. 2.5.6 Auto Rebuild on Hot Insert Intel® RSTe supports the ability to initiate an automatic RAID rebuild when a physical disk of the appropriate size is hot inserted into the same directly attached port that the failed drive was removed from.
RAID Features For a RAID 5 configuration that consists of 3 or 4 drives, the RAID volume will be shown as normal as soon as the volume is created. Parity will be computed and written with every RAID 5 write activity. For a RAID 5 configuration that consists of 5 or more drives, the parity initialization will begin as soon as the volume is created. This is done to improve the operational performance of RAID 5 volumes. 2.5.
RAID Features 2.5.17 Verify and Repair Intel® RSTe provides support for Verify and Repair. The RAID volume data verification process identifies any inconsistencies or bad data on a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 volume. The RAID volume data verification and repair process identifies and repairs any inconsistencies or bad data on a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 volume. The following table describes what occurs for each RAID level. Table 1.
RAID Features 2.5.20 Dirty Stripe Journaling Intel® RSTe provides support for Dirty Stripe Journaling (DSJ). DSJ is used to help speed up RAID 5 write power loss recovery by storing the write stripes that were in progress at the time of the failure. The DSJ allows rapid recovery without having to rebuild the entire volume. The DSJ is only utilized when disk write cache is DISABLED. 2.5.21 Partial Parity Logging (PPL) Intel® RSTe provides support for Partial Parity Logging (PPL).
RAID Features Controller SCU Auto Rebuild Support One or more of the above conditions was not met. Action No auto rebuild: Manual steps required to rebuild array using new disk. Automatic rebuild support is default to OFF for Intel® RSTe and can be enabled through the Intel® RSTe GUI. 2.5.
RAID Features 2.5.33 Disk Monitor Service Intel® RSTe supports the ability to provide a disk monitoring service. The service is active by default and executed as a system service. The service monitors the system for SMART and RAID volume state changes events. The changes are logged in the system log. 2.5.34 Failed Drive Reinsertion Intel® RSTe supports the ability to recognize a failed drive re-inserted into the array. If able, Intel® RSTe will attempt to rebuild the volume to that drive.
RAID Features 2.5.43 Solid State Drives (SSD) Intel® RSTe supports SSDs as if they are Hard Disk Drives. 2.5.44 AHCI Controller Intel® RSTe supports TRIM on the AHCI controller in a non-RAID configuration. 2.5.45 SCU Controller Intel® RSTe supports TRIM on the SCU controller in a non-RAID configuration. 2.6 Email Alerting and Notification Note: This feature has a platform specific limitation. It is supported only on Intel® C600 series chipset based platforms; not supported on legacy platforms/chipsets.
RAID Features 2.6.3 Protocol Support Email alert supports SMTP host and SMTP port. 2.6.4 Error Conditions See Appendix A for list of supported storage events and their notification mechanism: In the event of an SMTP server failure, the system will immediately attempt three retries. If the retries are unsuccessful, the system will discard the message without further attempts. The unsuccessful attempt will be written to the NT Event log.
RAID OpROM Utility 3 RAID OpROM Utility This section provides an introduction to the Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility. 3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 1. To use Intel® RSTe, firstly ensure that the Intel® Server Board has RSTe enabled in its BIOS SETUP. To enable it, press during server board POST, so as to enter BIOS SETUP. Go to Advanced > Mass Storage Controller Configuration > SATA/SAS Capable Controller, and choose INTEL® RSTe. Figure 1.
RAID OpROM Utility 3. Figure 2. Post Screen Inside the Intel® RSTe Configuration Utility, use Up and Down arrow keys to select the option among 1. Create RAID Volume, 2. Delete RAID Volume, 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID, and 4. Exit. Press key to exit. Press key to enter the selected menu. Note: The functional keys on the keyboard are also indicated at the bottom of the screen. Always follow the hints from bottom of the screen whenever you don’t know which keys to press to make progress.
RAID OpROM Utility 3.1.1 Create RAID Volume 1. 2. Choose 1. Create RAID Volume and press key, to enter the Create Volume Menu. To create a RAID volume, you can use default name (Volume0) or input a customized name of the volume. Follow the HELP text on the screen to get more detailed introduction of this function. Figure 4. Create RAID Volume 0 After inputting a volume name, press key (or key) to go to the next setting – RAID Level.
RAID OpROM Utility Figure 6. RAID Level 1 (Mirror) Figure 7.
RAID OpROM Utility 3. 4. 20 Figure 8. RAID Level 5 (Parity) After the choice, press key (or key) to go to the next setting – Disks. Figure 9. Enter Select Disks Menu Press key to enter the Select Disks Menu. Follow the hints at bottom of the pop-up menu to select disks. In this example, RAID Level is set as RAID5 (Parity), so that three or more disks need to be selected. The selected disks will have a green mark on the left side of their port numbers.
RAID OpROM Utility ® 5. Figure 10. Select RAID Disks In the Strip Size option, use and arrow keys to select the wanted stripe size. If you don’t know which value to choose, follow the suggestion in the HELP text to set the value. 6. Figure 11. Select Stripe Size In the Capacity option, either accept the default value, which is the largest possible volume, or input a number as the volume size.
RAID OpROM Utility 22 7. Figure 12. Enter Capacity In the Create Volume Option, when confirmed, press key to create the RAID volume. A warning message will pop up on screen. Confirm if previous data is no longer needed, and press to go on creating the new RAID volume, or press to cancel the creation. 8. Figure 13.
RAID OpROM Utility Figure 14. Disk/Volume Properties 3.1.2 Delete RAID Volume 1. For any RAID volume that is no longer needed, choose 2. Delete RAID Volume and press key to enter the Delete Volume Menu, in order to remove the volume from the Intel ® RSTe. Figure 15.
RAID OpROM Utility 2. 3. Use and arrow keys to select the RAID volume that is no longer needed. Press key to delete the volume. A warning message will pop up on screen. Figure 16. Confirm to Delete RAID Volume Double confirm if data on the volume can be deleted. Press to go on deleting the RAID volume, or press to cancel the deletion. 3.1.3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID This feature is used when specific disk needs to be set back to non-RAID mode.
RAID OpROM Utility ® 2. Figure 17. Reset Disks to Non-RAID Use and arrow keys to select the target disk, and press key to mark the disk with a green mark on left side of its port number. Press key to reset this disk. A question will pop up at lower side of the screen. 3. Figure 18. Select Target Disk to Reset When confirmed, press to go on resetting this disk to Non-RAID mode.
RAID OpROM Utility 4. Figure 19. Degraded Volume Detected Choose an available disk and press key to initiate the rebuild, or press key to cancel a rebuild and leave the RAID volume in degrade status. The following screenshots show the RAID volume in rebuild or degrade status. Figure 20.
RAID OpROM Utility Figure 21.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 4 Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update This section focuses on the operating system installation on the Intel® C600 series chipset based server boards, and driver update after the operating system is installed. 4.1 Installing Microsoft Windows* The following instructions show how to install a Microsoft Windows 2008* R2 onto a disk in Intel® RSTe non-RAID or RAID mode.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 3. Figure 23. Microsoft Windows Server 2008* Installation Select the desired OS version to install (if prompted) and click Next. Figure 24.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 4. After reading the license terms select I accept the license terms and click Next. 5. Figure 25. Accept License Terms Select the Microsoft Windows* installation type as Custom (advanced). Figure 26.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 6. At this point if Intel® RSTe RAID volume is created, the Intel® RSTe driver must be loaded to continue loading the operating system installation information. Insert the USB drive that contains the RSTe driver and select Load Driver, then click Browse. Figure 27. Load Driver 7. ® Navigate where the Intel RSTe driver is located. The correct driver should be highlighted. If not, highlight the appropriate driver and click Next. Figure 28.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 8. Follow the remaining standard steps to complete the OS installation process. Figure 29. Follow Standard Microsoft Windows* Installation Process 4.2 Manual Installation of the Intel® RSTe Driver in OS To install the Intel® RSTe driver manually, select Device Manager in the OS. One of the ways to access Device Manager is shown below: 1. In Microsoft Windows*, click Start and then select Control Panel.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Figure 30. Open Control Panel 2. Select System and Security. Figure 31. Select System and Security 3. ® Select Device Manager.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 34 4. Figure 32. Click Device Manager in System In Other devices, find the SAS Controller with a yellow warning symbol. 5. Figure 33. Find SAS Controller under Other Devices Right click the SAS Controller and select Update Driver Software.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update ® 6. Figure 34. Update SAS Controller Driver Software Insert your USB disk with the driver software and select Browse my computer for driver software. 7. Figure 35. Brower Computer for Driver Software Click Browse to navigate where the driver resides.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 8. 9. 36 Figure 36. Navigate to the Driver Software Location Navigate where the driver is located and select the INF file from the driver folder that has the same OS version as the system. Click Install when the system prompts a Microsoft Windows Security warning. Figure 37. Confirm to Install the Device Software After the driver software is installed successfully, click Close.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Figure 38. Successfully Update the Driver Software 10. After the installation of the new driver, the system will prompt a warning to restart the computer. Click Yes to reboot the system. Figure 39. Restart Computer for Changes to Take Effect 4.3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2003* R2 SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 SP2 can only be installed to a pass-through disk. The implementation does NOT support installation to a RAID volume.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 2. 3. 38 Figure 40. Enable RSTe SAS/SATE Capable Controller Press to save the configuration and restart. Press after POST to select boot from the CD/DVD ROM. You can set the CD/DVD ROM as the first boot option in BIOS. Figure 41. Boot from Microsoft Windows 2003* R2 SP2 Installation CD/DVD-ROM If the screen displays Press any key to boot to CD…, press a key.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 4. 5. Watch for the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver and press quickly. If you forget to press or press it too late, the following installation steps will fail. Figure 42. Press F6 to Install SCSI/RAID Driver Then the Microsoft Widows Setup* will automatically load the files. Watch for the installer to prompt you for the specific drivers.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 6. 7. 8. 40 Choose the appropriate driver for the HDD/SDD controller being used by scrolling the and keys. Here we choose Intel® C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA Mode) Controller. Figure 44. Choose appropriate Driver for HDD/SSD Controller Press to load support for the Intel® C600 Series Chipset SAS RAID (SATA Mode) Controller. Figure 45. Load Support for Mass Storage Device Press to set up Microsoft Windows* installation.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 9. Figure 46. Begin Setting Up Microsoft Windows Press to accept the Microsoft* license terms and begin the Microsoft Windows* installation. Figure 47. Accept Microsoft* License Terms 10. Here you will find the hard disk. Press to install the Microsoft Windows* on the unpartitioned space.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Figure 48. Existing Partitions and Unpartitioned Space 11. Choose to quick format the partition using NTFS file system by scrolling the and keys and press to accept. Figure 49. Format Partition Using NTFS File System 12. Microsoft Windows* installation begins automatically.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Figure 50. Copying Files for Microsoft Windows* Installation 13. Follow prompts on the screen to customize your own installation. Figure 51.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 14. Enter your Microsoft Windows* Name, Organization, and Product key as shown in the following figures. Figure 52. Enter System Name and Organization Figure 53.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Figure 54. Microsoft Windows* Installing 15. After finishing the Microsoft Windows* installation, restart the system. Download the KB932755 HotFix* setup program from Microsoft* website and install it by double clicking the icon. Figure 55. Install Hotfix* KB932755 16. Follow the software installation prompts as shown in the following figures. After finishing the installation, restart the system.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Figure 56. Begin the Hotfix* Installation Figure 57.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Figure 58. Updating System Figure 59.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 17. Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5* from http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/cc160716.aspx. Figure 60. Downloading Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5* 18. Install the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5* with the prompts on the screen. Figure 61. Microsoft .Net Framework* Installation Completed 19.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Windows* from http://www.intel.com and install the utility iata_cd.exe from a folder named GUI with the screen prompts as shown in the figures below. Figure 62. Setup Program Figure 63.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Figure 64. Installation in progress 20. Shut down your system and insert other hard disks which you want to use for RAID configuration (you can also insert them to the system before all these steps, and choose one of them to install the Microsoft Windows* operating system). Restart the Microsoft Windows* system, then you will find an icon on the bottom right of the taskbar. Double click it to start the GUI.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 21. Click Rescan and the GUI will scan the system to detect hard disks. Figure 66. Rescan All Available Disks 22. After the scanning process, you will find the newly inserted hard disks on your system. Here the second disk in the figure below is the one with the Microsoft Windows*, while the first and third disks are the newly inserted hard disks. From the right column you can see that the current disk type is SATA disk.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 23. Select your RAID controller and RAID Type. Here we choose to create a RAID 5. Then click Next to configure RAID 5. Figure 68. Select Controller and Volume Type 24. Select hard disks for RAID Configuration. Figure 69. Configure New Volume 25. Click Create Volume to confirm the RAID configuration.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update Figure 70. Confirm Volume Creation 26. Virtual creation completes. The system will migrate the date after that and this process will take a long time. Figure 71.
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 27. You will find the current volume properties from the right column of the GUI window. After the new volume creation, the system will automatically start migrating data and it may take a long time due to the stored data. Figure 72. New Volume Properties and Data Migration 28. After the RAID migration, restart the system to let the RAID migration take effect.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 5 Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems This section focuses on Intel® RSTe Graphic User Interface (GUI) Utility installation. To install the Intel® RSTe GUI Utility, the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5* or above must be installed and enabled. 5.1 Example of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5* Enabling in Microsoft Windows 2008* R2 Microsoft Window 2008* R2 default installation already includes the installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5*.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 3. 4. 56 Figure 74. Add Features In the following screenshot, expand Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 Features, select .NET Framework 3.5.1 and then click Install. Figure 75. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1* Feature Installation Click Install to confirm the installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1*.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems ® 5. Figure 76. Confirm the Installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1* Wait for the installation to complete. 6. Figure 77. Installation in Progress Click Close to finish the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 installation.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems Figure 78. Confirm Installation Selections 5.2 Intel® RSTe GUI Utility Installation After Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5* or above is installed and enabled under Microsoft Windows*, go to the GUI folder of the Intel® RSTe software package downloaded from http://www.intel.com. Run the iata_cd.exe file and follow the steps on screen to finish the installation.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems Figure 79. Launch Intel® RSTe GUI 3. Click Yes to continue. Figure 80. Accept the Program 5.2.2 Volume Creation The following are some examples of some RAID Volume Creations. In the examples the system has been configured to support Intel® RSTe. There are two SATA drives attached to the AHCI controller.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems also two SATA drives directly attached to the first two ports of the Intel® C600 chipset based controller, and an expander connected to the last four ports of the Intel® C600 chipset based controller. 1. Create 2 Drive RAID 1 Boot Volume The following example steps through the process of turning a single Boot disk into a 2 drive RAID 1 boot volume: 1. Click Create Volume to begin the process. 2. Figure 81.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 3. 4. To configure the volume, you can first specify the Name of the volume. In this example it has been named RAID1_BootVolume. Then select the two drives to be included in the volume. Notice that for Do you want to keep data from one of the selected disks question, Yes has already been selected. Under the Advanced tab you can choose to Enable volume write-back cache. Once all of the desired options have been selected, click Next to continue.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 5. 6. Click OK to continue. Figure 85. New Volume Creation Completes Under the Volumes section the new Array and RAID Volume are displayed. By selecting the RAID volume (RAID1_BootVolume), the Volume Properties (to the right) will appear with the current status and properties of the newly created RAID volume. The Boot Disk has successfully been migrated to a 2 drive RAID1 Boot Volume. The system will now be able to boot from this volume. Figure 86.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 2. Create a 2 Drive RAID 0 Volume In this example the two SATA drives that are directly connected to the Intel® C600 chipset are made into a two drive RAID 0. 1. Click Create Volume to begin. 2. Figure 87. Create New Volume Select Intel C600 series chipset SAS RAID Controller, then select the Optimized disk performance (RAID 0) option and then click Next to continue. ® Figure 88.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 3. 4. To configure the volume, you can first specify the Name of the volume. In this example it has been named RAID0_DataVolume. Then select the two drives to be included in the volume. Notice that for Do you want to keep data from one of the selected disks question, No has already been selected. The Yes option may be selected if desired. Under the Volume Size, the option to specify the size of the RAID volume is available.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 5. Click OK to finish. 6. Figure 91. New Volume Creation Completes Under the Volumes section, the new Array and RAID Volume (RAID0_DataVolume) will appear. By selecting the RAID Volume, the Volume Properties section (to the right) will show the information of the newly created RAID volume. Figure 92.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 3. Create a 5-Drive RAID 5 Volume In this example some of the disk drives that are in the attached enclosure are used to create a 5-drive RAID 5 volume. 1. Click Create Volume to start. 66 2. Figure 93. Create New Volume Select the Intel C600 series chipset SAS RAID Controller and then select Efficient data hosting and protection (RAID 5). Click Next to continue. 3. Figure 94.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems want to keep data from one of the selected disks question, Yes has already been selected. Under the Advanced tab you can select the Data stripe size, Enable volume write-back cache, or Initialize volume. For a 5 drive RAID 5, the initialization will begin automatically. This is done to improve the operational performance of the RAID 5 volume. For RAID 5 volumes under 5 disks, the initialization process will not begin automatically.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems Figure 96. Confirm New Volume Creation 5. Click OK to finish. 6. Figure 97. New Volume Creation Completes Under the Volumes section, the new Array and RAID Volume (RAID0_DataVolume) will appear. By selecting the RAID Volume, the Volume Properties section (to the right) will show the information of the newly created RAID volume. Figure 98.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 5.3 GUI Utility Overview This section focuses on the different parts of the UI along with the information that can be obtained and actions that can be taken. 5.3.1 Devices Under the Devices portion of the UI (to the left) there are the two controllers; the Intel ® C600 series chipset SATA RAID Controller (when the AHCI Controller is set to RAID Mode) and the Intel ® C600 series chipset SAS RAID Controller. 1.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 3. Figure 100. Review Drive Properties If the system has an enclosure and that happens to be selected, the Enclosure Properties will appear to the right. Figure 101.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 5.3.2 Viewing the RAID Volumes in Device Manager Attached are some screen captures that show what the Window* device manager may display after the RAID volume has been created. 1. 2. Bring up Computer Management and select Microsoft Windows* Device Manager. The newly created RAID volume is shown under Disk drives. Figure 102. Review RAID Volume in Device Manager Under Storage > Disk Management, the newly created RAID volume is now available to format.
Graphic User Interface Utility in Operating Systems 5.3.3 Volume Deletion The following steps through the RAID Volume deletion process. 1. Select (left mouse click) the RAID Volume to be deleted in the middle under Volumes. Then on the right side under Volume Properties select Delete Volume. 2. Click Yes at the warning to complete the process. Figure 104. Select Volumes to be Deleted Figure 105.
® Intel RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview 6 Intel® RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview RSTCLI is an end user command line utility used to do basic RAID operations on Intel® RSTe enabled systems. Intel® RSTe supports RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, and RAID10 volumes. RSTCLI supports creating RAID volumes through the Create mode and managing RAID volumes through the Manage mode. In addition there are miscellaneous options such as Help, Status, and Version.
® Intel RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview rstcli --create --level x [--size y] [--strip-size z] --name string [--create-from-existing diskId] diskId {[diskId]} Table 4. Create Options Flag -C Name --create Creates a volume and array if one does not already exist. Creates a new volume on an existing array; used to denote Create Mode.
® Intel RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview volume to act on in Modify or Manage. Information Examples: -I -v Volume -I -d 0-5-0-0 --information --array Array_0000 --information –help 6.1.3 Manage The Manage option is used to manage specific components of arrays, volumes, and disks.
® Intel RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview Flag -I Name --initialize Initializes the redundant data on a volume. -L <--> --locate <---> -T <--> --delete-metadata <---> -N <--> --not-spare <---> -P --volume-cache-policy Locates device and blinks the LED.
® Intel RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview Flag Name -n --name -s --strip-size Strip size in kilobytes (2^10 bytes). Valid for RAID 0, RAID 5, and RAID 10. Options are 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128. -v --volume Modify Examples: -m -v Volume_0000 -A 0-3-0-0 0-4-0-0 -m --volume ModifyVolume --level 5 --modify -v Volume -n RenameVolume --modify --help 6.1.5 Rescan The Rescan option is used to force the system to rescan for hardware changes.
® Intel RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview Code Return Description 0 SUCCESS Successful completion of request. 1 FAILURE At least some part of request failed. 2 INVALID_REQUEST Unrecognized command; request formatted incorrectly. 3 INVALID_DEVICE Request not formatted correctly, device passed in does not exist. Detail return message will include device identifier and operation. Detail message will be returned unless --quiet switch is used.
UEFI based RCFGSCU and RCFGSATA Utility 7 UEFI based RCFGSCU and RCFGSATA Utility The UEFI based RCFGSCU and RCFGSATA are end user command line utilities used to do basic RAID operations on Intel® RSTe enabled systems. Intel® RSTe supports RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, and RAID10 volumes. RSTCLI supports creating RAID volumes through the Create mode and managing RAID volumes through the Manage mode. In addition there are miscellaneous options such as Help, Status, and Version.
UEFI based RCFGSCU and RCFGSATA Utility COMMANDS - Only one at a time unless otherwise specified. /C Create a volume with the specified name. /S, /DS, /SS, and /L can be specified along with /C. /SS Specify strip size in KB. Only valid with /C. /L Specify RAID Level (0, 1, 10, or 5). Only valid with /C. /S Specify volume size in GB or percentage if a '%' is appended. Percentage must be between 1 and 100. Only valid with /C. 7.2 /DS Select the disks to be used in the creation of volume.
UEFI based RCFGSCU and RCFGSATA Utility /U Do not delete the partition table. Only valid with /C on RAID 1 volumes. /SP Mark the selected drive(s) as spare(s). Used with /DS. /ST Display Volume/RAID/Disk Status. /V Display version information. /ACCEL Specify the volume to accelerate and acceleration mode vol_name1: Volume to accelerate cache_vol: Volume to use as cache mode: "enh" for enhanced, "max" for maximized ® /RA Remove the Disk/Volume Acceleration.
Appendix A Appendix A The table below is Storage System Events Detected by Monitor Service (IAStorDataMgrSvc). Note: NAI = Notification Area Icon. NAI true only if the user selected to receive notification under Preferences in the UI. Note: For Email Notify detail, refer to Email Alerting and Notification in Software RAID Functional Support in RAID Features. Table 9.
