Intel® RAID Web Console2 – Use and Configuration · Intel® RAID Web Console2 – Use and Configuration Based on RAID Web Console 2 version 8 05 05Based on RAID Web Console 2 version

Intel® RAID Web Console2 – Use and Configuration

Based on RAID Web Console 2 version 8 05 05

and Configuration

Based on RAID Web Console 2 version 8.05.05

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RAID Web Console 2

• RAID Web Console 2 (RWC2) is a Java Based RAID Configuration & Management A li tiApplication.• Available for Windows, Linux, and Solaris.

• Allows Creation and Management of Intel RAID Products.

d l• Create and Manage RAID Volumes.• Supports SW, Firmware, and HW Stacks• Supports Remote Management• Supports Email Notification, SNMP, SMI-S

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Launching RWC21. RWC2 is included on the

CD that comes with the product or can be downloaded from http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ort/motherboards/server/.

2. Installation instructions are included with the product.

3. Once installed, the utility can be launched from the RWC2 Icon.

4. A RWC2 server selection screen allows the user to choose the RAID system to log into Click on the Login log into. Click on the Login Button.

5. The user is then presented with the login window. To manage the RAID the use gmust have administrative rights.

6. Enter the login name and password, then click the login button

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login button.

The Dashboard View1 The dashboard view is a 1. The dashboard view is a

summary page of RAID configuration & health and includes configuration wizards.

2. The user can see if the system is optimal or degraded, the number of enclosures connected to the RAID controller, the the RAID controller, the number of drives, and the number of disk groups that have been created.

3. The user can click on the bl e te t to sta t a i a d blue text to start a wizard that will create virtual drives, load a previously saved configuration, update controller firmware,

d l land silence an alarm. 4. Also available are shortcuts

to help options.5. The bottom of the view

shows the RAID log

Note the three tabs at the top of the view: Dashboard, Physical, and Logical. These tabs provide quick access to the three views.

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shows the RAID log.

Creating a Volume1. A RAID volume can be

created from the Dashboard View, by highlighting the RAID controller in the physical or p ylogical view, or by selecting “Goto=>Controller=>Create Virtual Drive from the pull down menu as depicted in this slide.depicted in this slide.

2. Click on Create Virtual Drive.

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Configuration Options

1. The user is presented with options to create a “Simple” or “Advanced” “Simple” or “Advanced” Configuration.

2. The simple configuration provides an easy way to configure a basic raid gvolume, but most options are predefined.

3. The Advanced option allows virtual drive configuration where the configuration where the user can select configuration options.

4. We will first show the Simple configuration.p g

5. Click on Simple and then Next.

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Simple Configuration

1. The user can choose to mix SAS and SATA drives in an array by clicking on the check box.

2. A RAID level can be chosen by selecting from the pull down options.

3. The number of RAID l b h volumes can be chosen

from the virtual drive pull down.

4. The size of the volume can be chosen from the be chosen from the capacity pull down. This value defaults to the maximum value for the number of drives and raid level chosenlevel chosen.

5. We will configure maximum value for a RAID 6 with an array of three drives.

Choose the options desired and Click next to continue.

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Simple Configuration Cont.p g

1. The configuration summary window will pop up and describes the configuration describes the configuration that has been chosen.

2. If it is correct click next to continue, or click back to modify the configuration.y g

3. Click Finish and you will be notified that the virtual drives were created.

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Advanced Configuration

We will now describe the “Advanced” Configuration stepssteps.1. In the configuration

window choose “Advanced” and click “Next”.

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Advanced Configuration Cont.1. The “Advanced”

Configuration Window is presented.

2. Choose the RAID level in th RAID l l ll d the RAID level pull down. We will describe the steps to do a RAID 50 configuration. A RAID 50 configuration is a set of 2 or more RAID 5 arrays with a RAID 0 spanned across them.

3. Choose 3 or more drives by clicking on the drives in the clicking on the drives in the “Unconfigured Drives” pull down, and choose “Add”.

4. Click on “Create Span”. This will create an array of three drives.

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Advanced Configuration Cont.1. Choose three additional

drives for the second array span.

2. Click “Add” to add the drives to the span.

3 Click “Create Drive Group” 3. Click Create Drive Group to create the virtual drive.

4. Then click “Next”.

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Advanced Configuration Cont.

1. You are then prompted to chose the Virtual Drive Properties.

2. Use the pull down options p pto make your choices.

1. You can modify the virtual drive name.

2. You can modify the capacity of the Virtual capacity of the Virtual drive leaving unused space on the drives if desired.

3. You can choose the initialization option. If no pinitialization is chosen, the virtual drive will initialize in the background allowing you to move ahead with configurationconfiguration.

4. Cache policies are described in the software User Guide available at http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server

When the desired options have been chosen, Click “Create Virtual Drive” and “Next” to continue.

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If you have chosen to enable “Write Back Cache”, A warning message will pop up that explains that Write Back Cache setting has performance benefits but requires that an operational RAID controller battery be installed to protect data in cache memory in case of a power interruptiondata in cache memory in case of a power interruption.

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1. A Summary window will now pop up that details the configuration options that have been chosen.

2. Click the “Finish” button to complete the configuration.

3. You will be notified that the virtual drive was successfully create.

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1. Under the “Logical View”, you will note that a RAID 50 virtual drive has been created.created.

2 It contains a span of two 2. It contains a span of two drive arrays.

3. One unconfigured drive remainsremains.

4. And the RAID log tells the story.

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Create a Hot Spare Drive.1. To create a hot spare drive,

right click on the drive.2. The pull down will provide

two hot spare options.1. A “Global Hot Spare” will

be available as a spare drive for all virtual drives available for this RAID Controller.

2 A “D di t d H t S ” 2. A “Dedicated Hot Spare” can be assigned as a spare drive for a specific virtual drive.

3. Choose a hot spare option.4. The drive will be marked as

a hot spare.

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