Creating RAID arrays in the EFI shell - White Paper

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Volume Name: "MyRAID1"
RAID Level: 1
Size: 226548 MB
Strip Size: 64KB
Ports Selected: Disk(ID:0x0) Disk(ID:0x1)
WARNING: All data on the selected disks will be lost.
Are you sure you want to create this volume?(y/n)
(User presses y then sees)
Creating Volume....Successfully created volume
You MUST restart your system for your changes to take effect.
Any drives you have created or changed must be formatted
AFTER you restart.
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Creating RAID arrays on the embedded LSI 2308 controller
Use the following procedure to create data RAID arrays or boot RAID arrays prior to OS install.
1. Using a USB key, boot to the EFI shell.
2. Execute sas2ircu.efi.
3. Creating RAID arrays is in EFI mode is a manual command line operation. Following are examples of using the command
line configuration utilities to create basic arrays.
Example 1 – To display a list of available commands for sas2ircu.efi:
Shell> sas2ircu
Results in:
LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.
Version 14.00.00.00 (2012.07.04)
Copyright (c) 2009-2012 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.
SAS2IRCU: Disconnecting the EFI Driver.
SAS2IRCU: No command specified.
sas2ircu <controller #> <command> <parameters> ...
where <controller #> is:
Number between 0 and 255
where <command> is:
DISPLAY - display controller, volume and physical device info
LIST - Lists all available LSI adapters
(does not need ctlr #>
CREATE - create an IR volume
DELETE - Delete entire RAID configuration on the selected
controller
DELETEVOLUME - Delete a specific RAID Volume on the selected
controller
HOTSPARE - make drive a hot spare
STATUS - display current volume status info