Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations
Restoring RAID Configuration After Replacing a RAID Controller
Restoring RAID Configuration After Replacing a RAID Controller
When you replace a RAID controller, the RAID configuration that is stored in the controller is lost. Use the following procedure to restore your RAID configuration to your new RAID controller.
Step 1 Replace your RAID controller. See Replacing a PCIe Card, page
Step 2 If this was a full chassis swap, replace all drives into the drive bays, in the same order that they were installed in the old chassis.
Step 3 Reboot the server and watch for the prompt to press F.
Note For newer RAID controllers, you are not prompted to press F. Instead, the RAID configuration is imported automatically. In this case, skip to Step 6.
Step 4 Press F when you see the following
Foreign configuration(s) found on adapter.
Press any key to continue or ‘C’ load the configuration utility, or ‘F’ to import foreign configuration(s) and continue.
Step 5 Press any key (other than C) to continue when you see the following
All of the disks | from your | previous configuration are gone. | If this is | ||
an | unexpected | message, then please power of your system and | check your cables | ||
to | ensure all | disks are present. |
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Press any key | to | continue, | or ‘C’ to load the configuration | utility. | |
Step 6 Watch the subsequent screens for confirmation that your RAID configuration was imported correctly.
•If you see the following message, your configuration was successfully imported. The LSI virtual drive is also listed among the storage devices.
N Virtual Drive(s) found on host adapter.
•If you see the following message, your configuration was not imported. This can happen if you do not press F quickly enough when prompted. In this case, reboot the server and try the import operation again wen you are prompted to press F.
0 Virtual Drive(s) found on host adapter.
For More Information
The LSI configuration utilities have help documentation for more information about using the utilities.
For basic information about RAID and for using the utilities for the RAID controller cards that are supported by Cisco servers, see the Cisco UCS Servers RAID Guide.
For more information about using the Embedded MegaRAID software to configure your disk arrays, see the LSI Embedded MegaRAID Software User Guide.
Full LSI documentation is also available:
For basic information on RAID and how to use the LSI utilities, see the documentation at LSI.com:
•LSI MegaRAID SAS Software User’s Guide (for LSI MegaRAID)
| Cisco UCS C22 Server Installation and Service Guide |
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