NEC N8103-89 2. Starting and Menus of FastBuild Utility

2. Starting and Menus of FastBuild Utility

2-1. Starting FastBuild Utility

When the POST screen shown below appears, press the [Ctrl] + [F] keys to start FastBuild

Utility.

[POST screen image (no setting of logical drive)]

FT SX4100 (tm) BIOS Version x.x.xxxx.xx

Installed ECC DIMM: 64M

No Array is defined...

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility...

Notice

During POST, do not press any keys having no relation to the operation

such as [Pause].

Contents

Main Page Preface NOTES ON USE SAFETY INDICATIONS CAUTION WARNING Page iv Symbols Used in This Manual and Warning Labels Attentions Prohibited Actions Mandatory Action Safety Indications General vi vii Power Supply and Power Cord Use viii Installation, Relocation, Storage, and Connection ix x Cleaning and Working wit xi During Operation This Manual Text Conventions In the Package Transfer to Third Party Page xvi Abbreviations xvii 1 1. 1-1. WebPAM 1-2./ 2. 3. 4. Page 5. 5-1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5-2. 5-3. 1. 2. 3. 5-4. LED SATA LED 5-5. HDD 5-6. I2C 5-7. 1. 2. 2 RAID 1. RAID 1-1. RAID(Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) 1-2. RAID 1-3.(Logical Drive) 1-4.(Parity) 1-5. 1-6.(Hot Spare) Free 2. RAID 2-1. RAID 2-2.RAID0 2-3.RAID1 2-4.RAID5 2-5.RAID10 3 1. 1-1.() 1-2.() Page 2. 3. 25 4. (Expansion) HDD ) RAID5 4 1. ! 2. 5 1.FastBuild Utility 1-1. 1-2. (1) 31 (2) (2-1) RAID ( 1) (2-2) RAID ( 2) L 32 (2-4) HDD (2-5) HDD 2. FastBuild Utility 2-1. FastBuild Utility POST () 2-2. Main Menu 2-3. View Drive Assignments Page 2-4. Define LD 2-5. Delete LD )HDD3 RAID5 Delete LD() 1. 2. 3. 2-6. Controller Configuration Halt On Error 1. 2. 3. 2-7. FastBuild Utility 41 3. FastBuild Utility 3-1. 3-2. FastBuild Utility 3-3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 44 5. 6. [Define LD Menu] LD NoLD 1 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 6 1. 2. 2-1. 2-2./ 3. 3-1. Configuration on Disk(COD) 3-2. 3-3. 4. 5. Page Contents Chapter 1 Overview 1. Notes on Use - Always Follow These Notes - 1-1. Installation of WebPAM 1-2. Preventive Maintenance by Media Patrol/Synchronization 2. Specification 3. Features of Disk Array Controller Features of disk array controller 4. Names and Functions of Sections Page 60 5. Hardware Setup Install the disk array controller in a server in the following procedure. (*) These steps are not required if the additional HDD cage is not installed. 5-1. Prepare for setup 1. 2. 3. 4. 5-2. Selecting and Installing Bracket 5-3. Installing the Disk Array Controller 1. 2. 3. 5-4. Connecting LED and SATA Cables LED cable connection table 5-5. Installing Additional HDD Cage 5-6. Connecting I2C Cable 5-7. Forming Cables 1. 2. Chapter 2 RAID 1. Overview of RAID 1-1. What is RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)? 1-2. RAID Levels 1-3. Logical Drive 1-4. Parity 1-5. Hot-Swap 1-6. Hot-Spare Disk 2. RAID Levels 2-1. Characteristics of RAID Levels 2-2. RAID0 2-3. RAID1 2-4. RAID5 2-5. RAID10 Chapter 3 Features of Disk Array Controller 1. Rebuild 1-1. Manual Rebuild 1-2. Auto Rebuild Page 2. Media Patrol 3. Synchronization 79 4. Expansion Page Chapter 4 Lamp Indications 1. Indications of Lamps on Server ! 2. Indications of Disk Lamps on Trays Chapter 5 Creating Logical Drive 1. Before Using FastBuild Utility 1-1. Support Functions 1-2. Notes on Creation of Logical Drive (1) Recommended split configuration 85 (2) Unsupported split configurations (2-1) Configuration of logical drives in different RAID levels (1) (2-2) Configuration of logical drives in different RAID levels (2) L 86 (2-4) Configuration of logical drives created by HDDs of different capacities (2-5) Configuration of logical drives created by different HDDs 2. Starting and Menus of FastBuild Utility 2-1. Starting FastBuild Utility [POST screen image (no setting of logical drive)] 2-2. Main Menu 2-3. View Drive Assignments Page 2-4. Define LD 2-5. Delete LD 1. 2. 3. 2-6. Controller Configuration 1. 2. 3. 2-7. Terminating FastBuild Utility 95 3. Creating Logical Drive This section describes the creation of a logical drive on FastBuild Utility. 3-1. Job Flow of Creation of Logical Drives 3-2. Setting Items of FastBuild Utility 3-3. Logical Drive Creation Procedure 1. 2. 3. 4. 98 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 15. 16. Chapter 6 Operation and Maintenance 1. Maintenance Service 2. Preventive Maintenance 2-1. Data Backup 2-2. Preventive Maintenance by Media Patrol/Synchronization 3. Maintenance 3-1. Configuration on Disk (COD) Feature 3-2. Rebuild Feature 3-3. Critical Boot Feature 4. Replacement of Disk Array Controller 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 5. Troubleshooting