Oracle 7116970, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model 7116970 Part No E87592 01 September 2017 ...

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Page 3: ... for general use in a variety of information management applications It is not developed or intended for use in any inherently dangerous applications including applications that may create a risk of personal injury If you use this software or hardware in dangerous applications then you shall be responsible to take all appropriate fail safe backup redundancy and other measures to ensure its safe us...

Page 4: ...des informations Ce logiciel ou matériel n est pas conçu ni n est destiné à être utilisé dans des applications à risque notamment dans des applications pouvant causer un risque de dommages corporels Si vous utilisez ce logiciel ou ce matériel dans le cadre d applications dangereuses il est de votre responsabilité de prendre toutes les mesures de secours de sauvegarde de redondance et autres mesure...

Page 5: ...dling Precautions 13 Best Practices for HBA Installation 14 Installing the HBA 14 To Prepare for Hardware Installation 14 To Install the HBA 15 To Connect the HBA to Internal Storage Devices 16 To Complete the Installation 17 Next Steps 17 Removing the HBA 17 To Remove the HBA 18 3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment 19 About Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment 19 Uti...

Page 6: ...or BIOS and Firmware Updates and RAID Configuration 47 Installing Diagnostic Software 48 Diagnostic Support for the Oracle Solaris OS 48 Diagnostic Support for All Other Supported Operating Systems 48 Installing Drivers 49 Installing Drivers For the Oracle Solaris OS 49 Installing Drivers For All Other Supported Operating Systems 50 5 Important Information and Known Issues 51 Mixing Drive Types on...

Page 7: ...s and authorized service providers Required knowledge Advanced experience troubleshooting and replacing hardware Product Documentation Library Documentation and resources for this product and related products are available at http docs oracle com cd E87591_01 index html Feedback Provide feedback about this documentation at http www oracle com goto docfeedback Using This Documentation 7 ...

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Page 9: ... page 10 System Interoperability on page 11 Ship Kit Contents Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory with a standard low profile bracket installed Accessing Documentation document HBA Features The Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory part number 7116970 is a low profile PCI Express 3 0 RAID controller that supports 16 internal 12 ...

Page 10: ...ngine with a capacity of 2 GB DDR 3 cache memory and power fail backup support Integrated SAS SMP STP SSP protocol support 12 Gb s SAS interface supporting 6 and 3 Gb s SAS Data striping across multiple drives Data mirroring or parity block for backing up data Support for RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 and 60 with 2 GB data cache and with accelerated XOR on RAID 5 and 6 Built in flash controller for di...

Page 11: ...012 R2 VMware Technology VMware ESXi 6 5 U1 System Interoperability This section provides host platform storage and software support information This section contains the following topics Host Platform Support on page 11 Storage System Support on page 11 Software Support on page 12 Host Platform Support The HBA is supported by the platforms listed in Table 3 Platform Support on page 11 For the lat...

Page 12: ...or thinner drivers for better performance To obtain a device driver that supports your operating system go to https www broadcom com support oem oracle Use the StorCLI utility to manage the HBA upon installation For more information go to https www broadcom com support oem oracle 12 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model 7116970 Sep...

Page 13: ...e the HBA with care to avoid damage to electrostatic sensitive components To minimize the possibility of ESD related damage use both a workstation antistatic mat and an ESD wrist strap You can get an ESD wrist strap from any reputable electronics store or from Oracle as part number 250 1007 Observe the following precautions to avoid ESD related problems Leave the HBA in its antistatic bag until yo...

Page 14: ... Devices on page 16 To Complete the Installation on page 17 To Prepare for Hardware Installation 1 Read and observe the safety information for this product See the Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Safety and Compliance Guide at http docs oracle com cd E87591_01 index html 2 Familiarize yourself with the physical features of the HBA and the RAID levels that it...

Page 15: ...installation guide or service manual for instructions on how to remove the system cover disconnect the AC power cords and turn off power from the system if required To Install the HBA 1 Attach an antistatic wrist strap and remove the HBA from its protective bag See Observing ESD and Handling Precautions on page 13 2 Refer to the installation guide or service manual for your particular system for i...

Page 16: ... illustration To Connect the HBA to Internal Storage Devices 1 Install and configure the SAS devices in the system For more information see the documentation for the devices 2 Connect the SFF 8643 x4 Mini SAS HD connector on one end of the SAS cable to an internal port Use only Oracle provided SAS cables provided with your Oracle system at time of purchase 16 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA...

Page 17: ...he next step 4 If you already have an OS installed on an x86 system do the following a Go to the Oracle support area of the Broadcom web site https www broadcom com support oem oracle and download the StorCLI utility along with supporting documentation b Install the StorCLI utility on the system that will manage your storage c From the StorCLI utility create logical drives for the HBA Next Steps I...

Page 18: ...ervice manual for your specific system to locate the HBA in the chassis of the system 5 Disengage the retention clip that secures the HBA to the chassis of the system and pull up carefully to unseat the HBA from the PCIe slot 6 Detach all cables from the HBA 7 Refer to the service manual for your specific system to reattach the system cover reinstall AC power cords to the system and power on the s...

Page 19: ... of the HBA Logical Drive on page 41 Installing the Oracle Solaris OS on page 44 Next Steps on page 45 About Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment As an installation option you can choose to install the HBA into a system that does not yet have an OS installed With this installation option if you plan to use the HBA as your boot device you can create a logical drive for the HBA to enab...

Page 20: ... x86 system You can access this utility by pressing F2 when prompted during bootup and then using the right arrow key to navigate to the Advanced tab and then to the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu option near the bottom of the screen The MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu provides a standard environment for booting an operating system managing physical disks and RAID volumes and running ...

Page 21: ...troller as described in Importing an Existing Logical Drive Configuration SPARC on page 25 Using the pcli Utility to Create a Bootable Drive SPARC This section describes how to use the pcli utility to create a logical drive on a SPARC system prior to installing the Oracle Solaris operating system OS This section contains the following topics To Prepare to Use the pcli Utility on page 21 To Create ...

Page 22: ...li commands that you issue will operate 0 ok pci 1e 600000 pci 0 pci 3 LSI mrsas 0 select dev You have now selected the HBA upon which all pcli commands will operate This means you do not need to specify the HBA in any pcli command that you issue unlike with the storcli utility For example if you issue the pcli command show the command automatically applies to the selected HBA However the equivale...

Page 23: ...252 0 ok cli c0 eall sall show Drive Information EID Slt DID State DG Size Intf Med SED PI SeSz Model Sp 252 0 41 UGood 0 557 861 GB SAS HDD N N 512B ST360057SSUN600G U 252 1 25 UGood 0 557 861 GB SAS HDD N N 512B ST360057SSUN600G U 2 Use the add command to create a logical drive MegaRAID virtual disk from the physical disks 0 ok cli add vd r0 drives 252 0 for RAID 0 with Enclosure 252 and Slot 0 ...

Page 24: ...0 disk b pci 1e 600000 pci 0 pci 3 LSI mrsas 1 disk c pci 1e 600000 pci 0 pci 3 LSI mrsas 2 disk q NO SELECTION Enter Selection q to quit 2 Select the bootable drive for which you want to create an alias a pci 1e 600000 pci 0 pci 3 LSI mrsas 0 disk b pci 1e 600000 pci 0 pci 3 LSI mrsas 1 disk c pci 1e 600000 pci 0 pci 3 LSI mrsas 2 disk q NO SELECTION Enter Selection q to quit c pci 1e 600000 pci ...

Page 25: ...e bootable drive that you created see Validating the Label of the HBA Logical Drive on page 41 Importing an Existing Logical Drive Configuration SPARC Instead of creating a logical drive as described in Using the pcli Utility to Create a Bootable Drive SPARC on page 21 you might need to import an existing logical drive MegaRAID virtual disk configuration from a different MegaRAID controller To imp...

Page 26: ...ve x86 Create a new logical drive by performing the steps in Using the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility Menu to Create a Bootable Logical Drive x86 on page 26 Using the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility Menu to Create a Bootable Logical Drive x86 This section describes how to use the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu in the BIOS Setup Utility to create a logical drive on an x86 system You...

Page 27: ...e system console from the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM software or Video Graphics Array VGA video port 2 Initiate a system boot During the boot process the BIOS initialization banner lists information about the discovered SAS adapters and devices that are attached to the discovered HBAs in the system 3 Press F2 during the boot process when prompted to launch the BIOS Setup Utility and...

Page 28: ... x86 4 Use the arrow keys to navigate to the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu option and press Enter 28 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model 7116970 September 2017 ...

Page 29: ...re displayed use the arrow keys to navigate to the Drive Management menu option and press Enter 6 From the page that is displayed review the attached drives and note their respective slots for future reference Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment 29 ...

Page 30: ...To Create a Logical Drive x86 After you have verified which drives are available for logical drive configuration as described in To Verify the Drives and Their Slots x86 on page 27 you can use those drives to create a logical drive In the following procedure drives 2 and 3 3 00 02 3 00 03 are being used to create a RAID 1 volume 30 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB M...

Page 31: ...ment screen that is displaying the attached drives press the Esc key to return to the previous menu use the arrow keys to navigate to the Configuration Management menu option and press Enter Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment 31 ...

Page 32: ...Enter 3 From the page that is displayed navigate to the Select RAID Level field press Enter to display the Select RAID Level popup window choose the RAID level that you want based on your requirements and press Enter 32 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model 7116970 September 2017 ...

Page 33: ...To Create a Logical Drive x86 In the following example the RAID 1 level is selected Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment 33 ...

Page 34: ...se the arrow keys to navigate to the drive b Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Enabled or Disabled field associated with the drive and press Enter c From the popup window that is displayed use the arrow keys to navigate to the Enabled field and press Enter 34 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model 7116970 September 2017 ...

Page 35: ...ave enabled all the drives that you want to be part of the logical drive use the arrow keys to navigate to the Apply Changes field on the same page and press Enter The logical drive is now created with the drives that you enabled and the Confirmation page is displayed Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment 35 ...

Page 36: ...ure verify the drives and their slots see To Verify the Drives and Their Slots x86 on page 27 and create a logical drive see To Create a Logical Drive x86 on page 30 1 On the Create Virtual Drive page optionally make any changes that you would like such as defining a drive name and press Enter at the Save the Configuration field to save the new configuration 36 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID H...

Page 37: ...6 The Save Configuration confirmation page is displayed 2 Confirm the drive creation by doing the following a Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Confirm field and press Enter Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment 37 ...

Page 38: ...reation x86 b From the popup window change the value of the Confirm field to Enabled and press Enter 38 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model 7116970 September 2017 ...

Page 39: ...and press Enter 3 At the page that is displayed press Enter to complete the virtual drive creation A message is displayed stating that the virtual drive creation was successful and that all free unconfigurable space has been used Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment 39 ...

Page 40: ...rn to the Configuration Utility menu use the arrow keys to navigate to the View Drive Group Properties menu option and press Enter 5 Review the logical drive information on the page that is displayed 40 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model 7116970 September 2017 ...

Page 41: ... created logical drive see To Verify That the Label of a Logical Drive Is Valid on page 42 For information about installing the Oracle OS see Installing the Oracle Solaris OS on page 44 Validating the Label of the HBA Logical Drive With this HBA no drives will be visible to the OS until you have created at least one logical drive This section describes how to verify that the logical drive you crea...

Page 42: ...pci17c2 10 4 sd 0 0 1 c1t1d0 DEFAULT cyl 24810 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107 pci 0 0 pci1022 7450 a pci17c2 10 4 sd 1 0 2 c3t8d0 DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107 pci 0 0 pci1022 7450 b pci1000 10c0 1 1 sd 8 0 3 c3t9d0 DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107 pci 0 0 pci1022 7450 b pci1000 10c0 1 1 sd 9 0 4 c3t10d0 DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107 pci 0 0 pci1022 7450 b pci1000 10c0 1 1 sd a 0 5 c3t11...

Page 43: ...3d0 DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107 pci 0 0 pci1022 7450 b pci1000 10c0 1 1 sd d 0 Specify disk enter its number 2 selecting c3t8d0 disk formatted 3 Type q at the two prompts to quit the test and the Format menu analyze q FORMAT MENU disk select a disk type select define a disk type partition select define a partition table current describe the current disk format format and analyze the disk...

Page 44: ...Prepare to Install the Oracle Solaris OS on page 44 To Install the Oracle Solaris OS on page 44 To Prepare to Install the Oracle Solaris OS Create a bootable drive upon which to install the Oracle Solaris OS as described in this chapter To Install the Oracle Solaris OS 1 Obtain the Oracle Solaris 11 3 OS at minimum from the Oracle download site http www oracle com technetwork server storage solari...

Page 45: ... The system can now see and boot from the RAID volume on which you installed the Oracle Solaris OS Next Steps Continue with the HBA installation as described in To Complete the Installation on page 17 Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment 45 ...

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Page 47: ...guration on page 47 Installing Diagnostic Software on page 48 Installing Drivers on page 49 Installing the Utility for BIOS and Firmware Updates and RAID Configuration The HBA can be configured for RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 and 60 Use the StorCLI RAID configuration utility a command line interface CLI utility to create RAID volumes for the HBA You can also use the StorCLI utility to update the BIO...

Page 48: ...s available for download at https support oracle com For information about the Oracle VTS software see the Oracle VTS documentation at http docs oracle com cd E19719 01 index html The Oracle VTS software supports the following functions Connectivity verification Firmware version and checksum test Self test Loopback tests External Internal single bit Mailbox Diagnostic Support for All Other Support...

Page 49: ...OS that you want and download the diagnostic utility to a local file system 4 Install the diagnostic utility as described in the Emulex documentation located on the Emulex web site https www broadcom com support oem oracle Installing Drivers This section contains the following topics Installing Drivers For the Oracle Solaris OS on page 49 Installing Drivers For All Other Supported Operating System...

Page 50: ... firmware see Installing the Utility for BIOS and Firmware Updates and RAID Configuration on page 47 1 After installing the utilities and the latest firmware for the HBA go to the Emulex now Broadcom support site for Oracle at https www broadcom com support oem oracle 2 Click the type of HBA and then click the model number of the HBA for which you want to install a driver 3 In the Driver section c...

Page 51: ...ID 26220425 Issue When mixing both solid state drives SSDs and hard disk drives HDDs on the HBA global hot spares are used to repair degraded logical drives regardless of the drive type SSD or HDD This behavior occurs due to the importance of fixing a degraded logical drive over preserving performance related rules on drive mixing Therefore if the only global hot spare available is a different dri...

Page 52: ...so use the built in Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM to obtain information about the system Oracle ILOM provides a browser based interface BUI and a command line interface CLI that support assistive technologies for real time viewing of system status indicator interpretation and system configuration For details see Oracle ILOM Accessibility on page 52 Oracle ILOM Accessibility You can use...

Page 53: ...ity to configure BIOS settings Oracle ILOM provides a set of configurable properties that can help you manage the BIOS configuration parameters on an Oracle x86 server Using Oracle ILOM you can do the following Back up a copy of the BIOS configuration parameters to an XML file using the Oracle ILOM BUI Edit the XML file using a standard XML editor The BIOS XML tags correlate directly to the BIOS s...

Page 54: ...n The callouts are mapped within a table to provide text descriptions of the referenced parts of the figures In addition alternative text is provided for all tables and images that provides the context of the information and images Note that screen readers might not always correctly read the code examples in the documentation The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appe...

Page 55: ...Environmental Requirements Table 4 HBA Environmental Requirements on page 55 lists the HBA environmental requirements TABLE 4 HBA Environmental Requirements Specification Operating Non Operating Temperature 0 to 55 C non condensing 40 C to 70 C non condensing Humidity 10 to 90 RH non condensing 27 C max wet bulb 93 RH non condensing 38 C max wet bulb Altitude 3000 m 12 000 m Vibration 0 20 G in al...

Page 56: ...e rebuild using hot spares Automatic Parity generation and checking Yes Note The Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART detects up to 70 percent of all predictable drive failures In addition SMART monitors the internal performance of all motors heads and drive electronics 56 Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA Internal 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model 71...