Intel SBX82 manual Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration, Configuring a Scsi RAID array

Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration

The enumeration of the Ethernet controllers in a blade server is operating-system dependent. You can verify the Ethernet controller designations a blade server uses through your operating-system settings.

The routing of an Ethernet controller to a particular I/O-module bay depends on the type of blade server. You can verify which Ethernet controller is routed to which I/O-module bay by using the following test:

1.Install only one Ethernet switch module or pass-thru module in I/O-module bay 1.

2.Make sure that the ports on the switch module or pass-thru module are enabled (Switch Tasks > Management > Advanced Switch Management in the management module Web-based user interface).

3.Enable only one of the Ethernet controllers on the blade server. Note the designation that the blade server operating system has for the controller.

4.Ping an external computer on the network connected to the switch module. If you can ping the external computer, the Ethernet controller that you enabled is associated with the switch module in I/O-module bay 1. The other Ethernet controller in the blade server is associated with the switch module in I/O-module bay 2.

If you have installed an expansion card on a blade server, communications from the option are routed to I/O-module bays 3 and 4. You can verify which controller on the card is routed to which I/O-module bay by performing this test, using a controller on the expansion card and a compatible switch module or pass-thru module in I/O-module bay 3 or 4.

Configuring a SCSI RAID array

Configuring an SCSI RAID array applies to a blade server in which two SCSI hard disk drives are installed. You can also configure a SCSI RAID array when you have a SCSI expansion unit in which SCSI drives are installed. If you installed an expansion unit with SCSI drives installed into it, those drives can become a part of the blade server RAID array. The expansion unit supports RAID level 1 (embedded mirroring) and RAID level 1E.

Two SCSI hard disk drives in the blade server can be used to implement and manage RAID level-1 (mirror) arrays. For your blade server, you must configure the SCSI RAID using the LSI Configuration Utility program.

✏Important

Depending on your RAID configuration, you must create the RAID array before you install the operating system on your blade server.

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