D20 - 4284A13 Marvell RAID, Linux OS

I am trying to get RHEL5.4 to install and recogize my drives on a D20 (4284A13) ThinkStation. It seems that the RAID on the Marvell is causing an issue. I have 3 disk drives, 1 SATA and 2 SAS. I DO NOT have a RAID configured. I just want to install the OS on the SATA drive and mount the two SAS drives in the fstab file. When all of the drives are plugged into the "blue" SATA ports, the BIOS reports them with the Marvel controller but the OS only sees the SATA drive. I have tried moving the SAS drives over to the black SATA ports. Whne booting, it seems that the Marvell controller no longer sees them for it's "RAID" but the OS doesn't see them either. How do I "turn on" the black SATA ports in the BIOS so that it lets the OS see the drives?
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welcome to the forum!
to confirm that the marvell controller is enabled, you'll find it in the BIOS under the 'Devices' tab > Marvell SATA/SAS controller.   this should be set to [Enabled] along with the option ROM scan directly below it.
you won't see any SAS drives in your OS without the marvell drivers installed.   for this i would recommend installing your SATA drive on a black socket and the SAS drives on the blue sockets.   once your OS is installed then you should be able to install the array.
at any time you should be able to configure the array using the ROM controller option at POST.   the key combination to access it if ctrl+M if memory serves.   full instructions can be found in the D20 HMM: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-72117
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Lenovo d20 and marvell raid

I cannot log into MRU with admiministrator rights and i don't know how to rebuild a volume disk. in raid 5.
Please help?
Lenovo D20 +windows seven+ mru 1.2.0.12 + marvel 88SE63/64
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Hello,
you should use MRU Version 4.1.0.1610.
I had the same problem, this version ist the first working version
Works fine with user and admin account (ADS also).
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D20 - 4158 with Marvel Raid + windows 7 failed to restart (Blue screen) after installation

I installed Windows 7 64 bit by providing the Marvell RAID driver downloaded from http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-73716. The installation goes fine, when the computer restarts, the windows 7 logo flashes and then immediately the blue screen comes and then the computer restarts. This continues repeatedly.
I checked the Raid, we have one array with Raid 0 configuration. I could not find out why the OS installation goes fine but it fails to restart
Kindly provide some technical input.
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After double checking the link you provided....I'm confused on your setup. Can you reiterate which drives you have in the system and which ports they are connected to?
For a D20, you should have all HDDs attached to the blue ports. These ports route directly back to the Marvell controller. Then during the OS install, you need to supply the Marvell driver (not the Intel RAID driver that you specified in your link).
The only reason you would supply the drive you listed in your link is if you're attempting to run HDDs off the black ports on the system. This will work (but is not supported) for regualar HDDs in a non-RAID config. The D20 utilizes the ICH10, not the ICH10R, so there is no way to utilize RAID off these ports. The black ports are intended for ODD use only.
So I'm guessing you either have drives connected incorrectly, or you were attempting to provide the incorrect driver during the OS installation.

D20 with Win7(Finnish) + Marvell Raid Utility: Cannot log in as administrator

This is not really just "Lenovo problem", but more like Marvell-issue. But hoping that someone here would have encountered this similar problem.
using: 2x 500GT (Ide-)HD as RAID1, Win7 professional (Finnish version).
Marvell Raid Utility (MRU) uses win7's user database to check out which user has the right to adjust raid-stuff. The MRU is a web-browser -based. My problem is, that I cannot log into MRU with admiministrator rights.
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- My "user name" has all the rights it should
- Checked out that my name is listed in the administrator group
- Made a new user named: Administrator with admin rights
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- Tried to use different browsers as "run as administrator" (exploder, firefox, chrome)
- Tried to run diff.browsers as normally
- Tried to log into the mru with different usernames (with administrator rights)
- Tried to install MRU using "run as administrator" hoping that the rights would "transfer" to the installed program
MRU always logs me in as "Guest". It shows that there is two physical discs and a virtual disk has been created. But I can't to anything with the two disks, cannot format them, cannot make anything - windows doesn't even understand the disks - it finds them allright (with: Devices -> diskdrives(?) -> marvell raid VD 0 SCSI Disk Device : Drives (Refresh) // Type: Unknown, State/Status: Unformatted, Type: Not usable, size: 476860MB...)
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you can access the marvell BIOS at POST by pressing ctrl+M. this will allow you to set up RAID manually.
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Intel Raid Vs Marvel Raid on Big Bang B3 Marshall (Non OS Drives) via win7 setup

I apologise in advance if this seems lazy but has anybody tried setting up RAID 1 mirroring of two non-essential data hard drives within Windows 7 64-bit as opposed to a bios setup?
I only need to mirror a games hard drive so as not to have to do manually backup the hard drive with Acronis software backup every other day or so.
I have a Acronis backup of the game hard drive as I am aware that creating a raid array on both drives will delete all data on both drives but I can restore my games software later.
As it was a non-essential raid array (non-OS drives) on my previous hardware setup for these two identical games drives before upgrading to the MSI big-band Marshall B3 I totally forgot to set up the raid whilst doing a fresh install of Windows 7 on a dual boot with a previously restored/Acronis universal restore of windows 7 which also had this raid array.
If that all makes sense I'm hoping you guys can put me in the right direction as to Intel on Marvel (I seem to remember reading in the past that Marvel Raid drivers had issues) preferences for a setup within Windows 7 64-bit rather than the bios setup which would mean starting from scratch which I'm not prepared to do on a non-essential, non-OS Raid array.
If however I was doing an essential OS drives Raid array then it's a no-brainer to do a BIOS setup with a fresh install.
Any thoughts much appreciated, cheers

I don't think you are looking at the right areas.
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Sonnet Tempo cards are compatible with most external SATA storage. However, external hard drives with USB 2.0/eSATA dual interface based on the Oxford Semiconductor OXU931DS storage controller chip may not be compatible with Mac OS X when connected via SATA. Known issues are kernel panics occurring when the drive is connected, or the drive not being recognized by the operating system.
Western Digital manufactures Desktop edition (WD Caviar, Caviar SE, Caviar SE16, and Raptor X) hard drives and Enterprise (RAID) Edition (WD RE, RE2, and Raptor) hard drives. Each type of hard drive is designed to work specifically in either a desktop computer environment, or connected to a RAID controller (hardware or software-based). If you intend to configure Western Digital drives in a RAID set, Sonnet and WD recommend using only their Enterprise edition hard drives. For more information, see this Western Digital FAQ.
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Not everyone follows guidelines like they use to. Enterprise and RAID Edition drives - even Green RE4 series - not noise. You want a good drive enclosure with adequate cooling from air flow and fans. These are not silent and any drive noise is just background hum and noise that they are working.
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There are dozens of reviews on drive storage. If noise is over riding then you aren't a candidate for RAID, but you are for SSD and Green, and would find SilentPCReview up your alley.
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How to get rid of those Marvell raid drivers

By accident I installed the whole bunch of the dvd msi tools and also the Marvell raid drivers (Winky ?). Motherboard Z68A-GD65 B3. I don't use them, but even after uninstalling and cleaning the registry. I see this in the boot and it is back in the registry. Clearing the C-mos ? Idon't really know how to do this . Please your help.

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X-58 Marvell Raid 1 Issue

Hello all,
I'm new to the forum, and pretty new to the high performance computer world. This is my first build and my first new computer in 9 years so my ignorance level is high.
Up until today the new machine worked fine. After trying to load Office 2010 the computer took a very long time to shut down and then would not reboot. The Marvell setup shows a degraded array, with 1 HDD out. Under "Free Physical Disks" it shows simply PD 8 for the missing drive; When I highlight this I'm presented the option to "Erase RAID Config Data". Then the warning about damaging the array on this disk comes up.
My first question is should I go ahead and erase the RAID configuration on this drive?
I'm trying to avoid having to reload the whole thing, but if that's what it takes, better now than later.
I see there have been some issues with the Marvell RAID system. Would I be better off to move the HDD's to 1 and 2 and use the Intel drivers? If so, will I lose the array when I move them?
By the way, I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate.
Thanks in advance...
Ed

Are the HDD's the WD SATA 6Gb/s drives? if so, they would perform best on the Marvell controller I would think. Possibly a bios update may help, as well as an update to the Marvell if a more current version is available. I'm not 100% positive, but it seems some SATA 6Gb/s WD's of a certain revision group needed a firmware update.
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Would I be better off to move the HDD's to 1 and 2 and use the Intel drivers? If so, will I lose the array when I move them?
I believe the array would be lost. Also, if they are the 6Gb/s drives, they would need to be jumpered to work on the ICH10R.

Marvell RAID Utility Event Notification (Info)

Dear all,
I have setup the eMAIL notification mechanism for a long time, but I always got such message, how we can do .... any firmware for Marvell RAID Chiip ?
Regards,
Cody.
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Hello, MRU User.
This mail is automatically sent out by Marvell RAID Utility.Please don't reply to this mail.
The following event(s) have ocurred on the machine(DM149D20).
10/29/2009 20:30 : [Info] Adapter Event : Adapter 0 is detected, serial number not available
10/29/2009 19:58 : [Info] Adapter Event : Adapter 0 is detected, serial number not available
10/29/2009 18:56 : [Info] Adapter Event : Adapter 0 is detected, serial number not available
Uq
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Hi Eric,
I have go into MRU again and that did have one setting "Info" under event notification. I jsut un-check it ....
Thanks,
Cody.

P6-2304el + marvell raid controller

Hi,
I have problem accessing bios of marvell raid controller. Normally I should hit ctrl+m to access raid settings. On p6-2304el desktop computer I can't see post screen of raid and ctrl+m is not working.
I've upgraded bios, no luck. I've tried to disable secure boot, enabled legacy, still no luck. When I select boot menu, I can see option to boot from raid controller but simply can't get into settings to manage it.
Anyone can help me please?
Best regards
Piotr

You could test that you have the correct driver by doing the following steps:
Download the appropriate driver from the vendor's site, make sure to get the correct architecture (x86 or x64, depending which WinPE -image are you using)
Copy the driver (the .inf file) to USB-stick (or burn it to CD/DVD)
Enable command line support for your boot image from the ConfigMgr -console
Deploy task sequence using your boot image to the machine in case (make sure you have the SAS controller configured and disks behind it)
When the WinPE boots up, hit F8 to open up command line, you can stop the task sequence progress in the background at this time
Check with diskpart are there any disks connected (diskpart -> list disk)
If there are not any disks, try loading the driver (.inf -file) for your controller by running
drvload driverfilename.inf
Check with diskpart does the disk show up now (diskpart -> list disk)

Marvell RAID Utility Event Notification (Bad Sector)

Dear All,
I have got twice "Bad Sector ...." message as following recently..
Should I plan to replce those two hard disk (disk 19/20) now ?
Regards,
Cody.
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Hello, MRU User.
This mail is automatically sent out by Marvell RAID Utility.Please don't reply to this mail.
The following event(s) have ocurred on the machine(DM149D20).
04/19/2010 07:27 : [Info] PD Event : Bad Sector is fixed on disk 20 at LBA(0x000000000537c7fb), count=1, flag=0x00000012
04/19/2010 07:27 : [Info] PD Event : Bad Sector is fixed on disk 19 at LBA(0x000000000537c7fb), count=1, flag=0x00000029
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This mail is automatically sent out by Marvell RAID Utility.Please don't reply to this mail.
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04/16/2010 20:16 : [Info] PD Event : Bad Sector is fixed on disk 19 at LBA(0x000000000537c361), count=1, flag=0x00000029
04/16/2010 20:16 : [Info] PD Event : Bad Sector is fixed on disk 20 at LBA(0x000000000537c361), count=1, flag=0x00000012
04/15/2010 09:41 : [Info] Adapter Event : Adapter 0 is detected, serial number not available
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bad sectors happen all the time. i wouldn't worry about replacing a drive until you see a critical failure. if you have no other means of backup (since RAID shouldn't be used as a means of backup anyway) then you may want to look into either OLDB (online data backup) and/or keeping spare drives around in the event of a unrecoverable failure.
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[P67A-GD65 (B3)] Marvell RAID Boot menu + SSD

I've looked through the manual, but I haven't seen an option to turn off the very first thing I see at boot. I think it's the Marvell RAID controller; it says no hard disk found. I guess you can press space to access some options, but I haven't tried that. I would think the option to turn something off wouldn't be there but rather in the BIOS somewhere. It seems to me this is slowing down boot a little bit. I'm more interested in having it not do what it's doing than hiding it, if those are the options.
Are there any special BIOS settings for using an SSD drive? Mine seems to be working fine, but I was wondering if there were any other options.
Thanks.

There's no option to turn it off. It's a third party RAID controller by self so you can actually ignore the message and the system will still function normally.
No special settings is needed if your SSD is working fine currently.

D20 - M4158 Marvell Controller, SAS Drives Linux OS

I am trying to get RHEL5.4 to recogize my SAS drives on a D20 (M4158) ThinkStation. It seems that the RAID on the Marvell is causing an issue. I have 3 disk drives, 1 SATA and 2 SAS. I DO NOT have a RAID configured for the MArvell controller. I have the SATA drive connected to the black IDE controller ports. The OS is installed on this drive.The 2 SAS drives are connected to the blue ports on the Marvell controller. I have the Lenovo Linux drivers for RHEL5.4 installed.
On boot, the BIOS sees all of the drives, the Marvell sees both of the SAS drives, it boots to the OS on the SATA drive fine. BUT - when I log in the SAS drives do not show up when I do a lsscsi and there are no block device files for them in /dev. IF I disconnect both SAS drives from the blue ports on the Marvell controller and plug them back in, the OS creates the block devices. lsscsi show that they are available, I can mount them, read and write data to them. When I reboot, they are gone. I can unplu/plug them in again, remount, everything is fine. How do I get the BIOS and OS to "talk" and have them available on startup?

welcome to the forum!
to confirm that the marvell controller is enabled, you'll find it in the BIOS under the 'Devices' tab > Marvell SATA/SAS controller.   this should be set to [Enabled] along with the option ROM scan directly below it.
you won't see any SAS drives in your OS without the marvell drivers installed.   for this i would recommend installing your SATA drive on a black socket and the SAS drives on the blue sockets.   once your OS is installed then you should be able to install the array.
at any time you should be able to configure the array using the ROM controller option at POST.   the key combination to access it if ctrl+M if memory serves.   full instructions can be found in the D20 HMM: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-72117
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D20 Marvell raid bios update.

Ok i have a pair of Lenovo D20's here one is a 4158-W5K & the other is a 4158-B6U I just noticed that one unit has a different Marvell bios than the other one. Is there any way to update them to the newest raid bios? Any help would be appriciated.
Mike

Can you confirm the FW level for each individual system?
I don't think we normally push FW updates for the Marvell controllers in 20 series out to the field as there is some risk in customers messing things up and rendering their systems unusable. It's a small risk, but it still exists.
Do you have a reason to have the systems on the same FW levels (i.e. are you encountering a problem on one that you're not seeing on the other)? Most of the FW updates for the Marvell controllers were pretty benign in nature as I recall. Small bug fixes here and there really.

D20 (4158) Marvell no RAID - RAID 0 preserve partitions?

I added a second SAS HD to my setup and am intending to create a RAID 0 (the second drive is the same type, size, and speed).
Does the Marvell BIOS utility preserve partitions while creating a RAID 0? Or do they all get destroyed and I'll end up with a single, unpartitioned space?
If it destroys everything, what would be the simplest way to preserve them? Any utilities you can recommend that would allow me to (a) copy out my partitions into files on a server on the network, (b) create partitions after RAID 0 created, and (c) copy back from file on the server into the partitions?
Thanks in advance!
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i'm using a 160GB intel G2 SSD. any commercially-purchased 2.5" SSD would work in your system.   all you need is a 3.5" to 2.5" tray.   intel's retail boxed SSDs come with such an adapter.
i posted a few benchmarks last year comparing RAID 1 to a single intel SSD.   i'll hunt around for my RAID 1E bench.   it honestly wasn't much better.
here is my post: /t5/ThinkStation/D10-SAS-HDD/m-p/313106/message-uid/313106#U313106
two 15K SAS drives in RAID 1 (same as RAID 0 for read speeds) booted and launched apps in the same amount of time as the SSD.   the difference is that you're using less power, creating less heat, and dealing with less noise.   when copying files and performing normal tasks, the SSD feels a little quicker.   at a minimum, you aren't losing anything by going with an SSD -- it's a gain all-around.
after switching to an SSD and two 7200 RPM SAS drives, the loudest components in my D10 are the system fans.
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D20 (4158-48G) RAID driver -problem / Win 7

Hello,
I've created an array (RAID1) using two identical 500GB hd's. Marvell's raid bios (?) gives me the long awaited info that the RAID1 is online and ready to be used. The problem is with Win 7.
I've downloaded "drivers" that I need from here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-73716
When I boot my system, Win 7 tells me that RAID driver is not installed correctly. When I go to the device manager and try to update the driver from specific location W7 doesn't find the drivers at all.
No luck.
Getting pissed off
And as much as I have tried to use google and this forum to solve my problem - i'm starting to feel I'm all alone with this problem (
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Thanks!
the problem was that I followed too blindly Lenovos homepage and assumed that the right driver was located where I thought It should be.
I went to Support -> ThinkBrand -> Quick Path
Typed my model D20's model number (4158-48G)
Chose a link "Downloads & drivers"
From "Refine results" -box I chose "RAID" - and it only gave intel Matrix driver support..
The correct one was found from here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TSTN-MATRIX
->
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-72280

D20 - 4284A13 Marvell RAID, Linux OS

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