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Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations
Restoring RAID Configuration After Replacing a RAID Controller
When you boot the server and you have quiet boot disabled (see How to Disable Quiet Boot For CIMC
Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1), page C-5), information about your controller is displayed along
with the prompts for the key combination to launch the option ROM-based utilities for your controller.
Watch for the prompt for your controller during verbose boot:
•The prompt for LSI controller card utility is Ctrl-H.
•The prompt for the mezzanine-style controller cards is Ctrl-C.
•The prompt for the onboard Intel ICH10R controller utility is Ctrl-M.
Note Cisco has also developed the Cisco Server Configuration Utility for C-Series servers, which can assist
you in setting up some RAID configurations for your drives. This utility is shipped with new servers on
CD. You can also download the ISO from Cisco.com. See the user documentation for this utility at the
following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/ucsscu/user/guide/20/SCUUG20.html
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 an LSI MegaRAID Battery Backup Unit, page 3-40.
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 If Quiet Boo t is enable d, disable it in the system BIOS. See How to Disable Quiet Boot For CIMC
Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1), page C-5.
Step 4 Reboot the serve r and watch fo r the promp t to press F.
Step 5 Press F when you see the following on-screen prompt:
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 6 Press any key (other than C) to continue when you see the following on-screen prompt:
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.
Press any key to continue, or ‘C’ to load the configuration utility.
Step 7 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 quic kly enough when prom pted. In this case , reboo t the server and tr y the impo rt
operation again wen you are prompted to press F.
0 Virtual Drive(s) found on host adapter.