Configuration RAID Controller in C-240-M3

Hi All,
Any one please, guide me how to setup raid on it? I can't see any LSI set up utility during POST (no CTRL+M option available).
Note: CIMC firmware version 1.4(5g)
Thanks
Winai.

Hi, I have a different question. My exsi 4.1 software can't detect the 6.6TB of space of the server, which is configured via RAID5. How do I do the following? 1. Instead of a MBR partition table, I need to configure to GPT partition table is used to allow sizes larger than ~2TB. Instead of presenting the whole disk space as a single LUN, you'd either create smaller LUNs or split the RAID set into logical volumes. I used the Ctrl-H to configure the RAID last time, is there a way to partition the RAID 5 disk to 4GB/2TB/2TB/2TB/2TB?

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My current (old) board is an Abit KT7-R with the Highpoint raid controller. Using the Highpoint controller, I am able to put the WD drive as a slave device and the controller treats it as a normal IDE drive. I'm moving to the 845 Ultra ARU. From what I've read, if you put a single drive on the Promise controller, it tries to set it up as a Raid drive? I don't want to risk losing my backup data on the WD drive to some attempt by the Promise controller to "raid" my single drive. So, where is the best place to put my WD drive so that I can install my system from it? I'm thinking about putting it as Master on IDE2. I normally run my CD as Master on IDE1. Once the installation is complete, I will remove the installation files from the WD drive and use it exclusively for backups. I have the WD drive in a Vantec EZ-Swap rack, and I normally keep it powered off unless doing a backup.
So, the plan is to create the Raid-0 array, Fdisk and format the array, and then load Windows from the WD drive, followed by all my applications. Is Master on IDE-2 the best solution for the WD drive?

hi
not very clued up on raid but it sounds right
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but the 2 drives are working in UDMA5 according to the FastBuild Utility when the motherboard specifications talks about 150Mb (SATA1).
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The Promise support center don't provide support for built in raid controller but the responce was that it's related to a known bios issue of the controller, so i have to update.
For the last Bios version for the S150 TX4 controller look at:
http://promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productId=108&category=all&os=100&go=GO
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I read for example than on the motherboard K7N2 Delta-ILSR the bios version of the Promise 376 controller is 1.00.0.21:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=92756.msg665966#msg665966
I think the only solution is a modding bios, where i have to replace only the Promise controller bios but:
1) The tool amibcp.exe can't open the A6590VMS.140 AMI bios (renamed .rom), i don't know why!!!
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This is my results compared to my other UDMA6 HDD on IDE1, HDTach long bench stop with "Read Error" and only quick bench works.
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Hi,
We have purchase a MCS7816-I4 CCX1, and have notice that the server has only one hard disk (the last time we say yes to a Cisco engineer without check)
I was wondering if is it posiible to puerchase a sencond HDD a configure RAID 1 between the two HDDs.
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Hi,
As RAID is enabled on motherboard, the configuration should be finished in BIOS as well. So the RAID1 should be already configged before installing Windows system.
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If it will not work, contact motherboard manufacturer for more support on this function.
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PPC G5 compatibility of Areca PCIE RAID controller arc-1280?

Subject: Mac compatibility of Areca ARC-1280 24 ports PCI Express to SATA II RAID adapter.
At Areca's Internet site ( www.areca.com.tw) consumers can read at pages concerning arc-1280 card that: « The SATA RAID controllers support broad operating systems including ... MAC ... ».
At Specifications page, under: Operating system, it is written: « Mac OS X (no_bootable) ».
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Is there a raid controller build in

I'm running a powermac g4 Mdd and i wanted to know if there is a raid controller build into it. I've never done a raid but i'm told it could make my system run faster. I plan to do a raid 10 because i have 4 drives.

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RAID Hardware is always a disk controller to which you can cable up the disk drives. RAID Software is a set of kernel modules coupled together with management utilities that implement RAID in Software and require no additional hardware.
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Ignoring overhead, two drives in a RAID 0 (striped) array should perform about twice as fast. However, as the array fills up with files that performance will degrade.
RAID was a technology that in it's time was meant to solve a problem. Large capacity, fast drives were extremely expensive. Small drives were cheaper but slower. However, combining these cheaper drives into arrays gave faster performance and the larger capacity needed for data storage needs. Thus, the reason why it's called Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives. But today you can buy a 3 TB drive with performance that's better than the 1 TB drives of two or three years ago.
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Hi all,
I have an MSI Q45MDO with a Promise EX8350 SATA RAID controller plugged into the PCI-E x16 slot, as I am using the board's onboard graphics for display purposes. However, when the system is booted, the Promise BIOS (which would allow me to configure the attached hard drives) is not displayed.
Does anyone know why this is and how I can get the Promise BIOS to be shown on bootup again?

Your Promise Card is explicitly listed in the Support list for your mainboard:
http://eu.msi.com/uploads/test_report/TR2_1750.pdf
You might wanna contact MSI Technical Support about this. Maybe they can point you into the right direction:
http://support.msi.com/
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If you replace raid controller of hardware raid do you have to rebuild raid from beginning or not?

hi,
I like to know if the raid controller is damaged and you replace it with a raid card in a PCI slot .do you have to rebuild the raid from begin if it is hardware raid ?
the same question I ask for software raid ? this question is for raid 0,1,5,6,ect.
if you have to rebuild from begin then it means if you don't have good back-up then the data is gone!
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Hello,
Enterprise controllers will read the metadata of the array, as it's stored on the disks, and recognize the configuration. Then you and you can choose to 'mount' it or create
a new array.
But, I suggest you to go to the manufacturer of the controller and get detailed information for scenarios like that.
For software raid, the only experience I have is that Windows can recognize a set of drives when they are configured as Dynamic Disks.
best regards
jesper vindum, denmark

More than 4 IDE devices using the Raid controller on the MSI-6567 645E Max2-LRU ?

Here is the specs page of the board
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=79
I have a HD and a CD-ROM drive on the first IDE controller, and an HD and a CD-writer on he second IDE controller
Since the specs say the board only supports 4 IDE devices I was wondering-
1) Can I connect another HD to one of the onboard Raid controllers, and work with it in addition to all the other IDE devices currently plugged in, without RAID?
i.e. CD-writer, CD-ROM, and 3 HD's working together ?
2) Can I connect 2 more HD's, one to each onboard RAID controller and have them work in raid in addition to all existing IDE deviced?
i.e. CD-writer, CD-ROM, 2 HD's and 2 more HD's in RAID format working together ?
Thanks in advance..

But like I said, I do not intend to connect CD-ROMS to the RAID controllers, only HD's - the CD-ROM and CD-Writer are currently connected to the normal IDE controllers and I don't plan on changing that in any case
My question was whether or not i can add more HD's to my current system by adding them to the RAID IDE's
simply put, to be 100% clear my question is this -
will the current configuration work:
IDE 1 = CD-ROM + HD1
IDE2 = CD-WRITER + HD2
RAID IDE1 = HD3
and will this one work:
IDE 1 = CD-ROM + HD1
IDE2 = CD-WRITER + HD2
RAID IDE1 = HD3
RAID IDE2 = HD4
when HD3&4 work in RAID mode
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PE 2850 LSI / RAID controller problem

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I would like to ask You for a an advice - recently i bought, what it seemed to be a working PowerEdge 2850 server.
Since I've never got into working with Dell servers, I've learned trough YT videos that my server should give me at least Ctrl+M menu in order to access Configuration Utility of RAID controller - but I does not ... Only option I get is Ctrl+E which gives me nothing ... So I skipped the settings and went directly for OS installation.
I tried installing all sorts of OS to it (2003 / 2008 / 2012), but even though I've provided correct drivers on Floppy / USB thumb drive - OS reported there is no space on the destination HDD or it can not be initialized (please see attached image).
I even called the guy I bought it from, and he told me that he updated all the firmwares before he sold the server - and that he also finds strange that there is no regular Ctrl+M shortcut.
He told me that he remembers one firmware update utility with a blue GUI that asked him something about HDD controller and RAID before updating - but he does not recall which one is it :(
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The thing is ... when i get to BIOS there is no more RAID as an option to pick ... only Disabled or SCSI ... that is the problem unfortunately - even though there is a RAID key clearly marked on the chassis and beneath it a key plugged into the motherboard ....
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You can install an OS without it, but if you want to try to get RAID working, you can try: power off and unplug, remove RAID battery, remove RAID memory, remove RAID key, remove riser board, insert riser board, insert RAID key, insert RAID memory, insert RAID battery. power on and boot to BIOS to see if you have the option to enable RAID. If not, you will need to replace hardware, starting with the riser board and RAID key.
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2) Connecting the SCSI port labeled "CH1" with SCSI LVD Sun Server running Solaris 9 by SCSI cable
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regards
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Please bypass all questions above, i would like to brief what i need to get helps as the below.
Pls advice me how to get the external SCSI LVD tape device connected with SE 3320 raid Controller WHILE the Array 3320 was connected with Sun Server through the SCSI Port labeled "CH 1", the SCSI jumper cable connected between "CH 0" and the SNGL BUS CONF port in a single-bus configuration (By the way, Se 3320 raid is working well with Server).
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Hello,
Cisco people has told me C-220M3 has to mandatory bring a RAID controller in it if you configure one HDD...actually Dynamic Configuration Tool doesn't let me configure a C220M3 server with one HDD if I don't add a RAID controller. I'm trying to find a technical explanation for that...as I recall, the old C-200M2 can be configured with one HDD and without any RAID controller at all, and that doesn't pose any problems.
Any inputs on that?
Thanks,

Hi Dani,
the C200 server has a in-build RAID controller which you could use. However on a C220 there are no similar integrated modules available and you need to choose either a mezz or a PCI (LSI) RAID controller for RAID configuration.
here is the chapter from the configuration guide:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/hw/C220/install/raid.html
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