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5 Enter a default password and re-enter it at the prompt.
Note : Store this password in a safe place for future use.
6 Press F10 to save changes.
7 Press Esc to exit. The EFI shell prompt may appear.
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RAID Configuration
Important : This procedure only needs to be performed once — when you initially install the UCS C220 server.
Go to the appropriate section to configure RAID on your UCS hardware.
Configuring RAID for UCS C220 M3 Servers (on page 40)
Configuring RAID for UCS C220 M4 Servers (on page 42)
Configuring RAID for UCS C220 M3 Servers
The UCS hardware RAID configuration for this system release consists of a RAID 1 for the OS disk and one global hot spare (3x300GB).
Complete the following steps to create these volumes and hot spares.
1 Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot the server.
2 Monitor the reboot process closely. After the disks are displayed, observe the boot messages and press Ctrl-H when prompted to access the WebBIOS (RAID
Configuration Utility). After a few minutes, a Start button appears.
3 Click Start to configure RAID. The MegaRAID BIOS Config Utility main menu appears.
4 Click the Configuration Wizard link in the left area of the utility menu.
5 Click New Configuration and then click Next . The utility prompts you to clear the existing configuration.
6 Click Yes .
7 Click Manual Configuration and then click Next . The Drive Group Definition screen appears.
Note : In the drives panel, there is a list of all three hard drives. Create two drive groups, the first consisting of two disks (1 and 2) and the second consisting of one global hot spare drive.
8 Select the Slot 0 disk and while pressing the Ctrl key, click the Slot 1 disk to highlight both disks.
9 Click Add to Array to form Drive Group (0).
10 Click Accept DG .
11 Click Next and select Drive Group 0 .
12 Click Add to SPAN to Drive Group 0 to the span list.
13 Click Next . The Virtual Drive Definition window appears.
14 Select RAID 1 from the RAID Level dropdown menu.
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15 Click Update Size . The maximum allowed size for the selected RAID level populates the Select Size field and records the size.
16 Click Accept . The Write Policy window appears.
17 Click Yes to confirm the default write policy.
18 Click Back and then select Drive Group 0 .
19 Click Add to SPAN to Drive Group 1 to the span list.
20 Click Next . The Virtual Drive Definition window appears.
21 Select RAID 1 from the RAID Level drop-down menu.
22 Click Update Size . The maximum allowed size for the selected RAID level populates the Select Size field and records the size.
23 Click Accept . The Write Policy window appears.
24 Click Yes to confirm the default write policy. The total list of Vdisks created from
Drive Groups 0 to 1 appears.
25 Click Next .
26 Examine the configuration preview to verify that the virtual drives match the previous list and select Accept . The system prompts to confirm that you want to save the configuration.
27 Click Yes . A warning message appears and indicates that you may lose data.
Note : If you cancel the previous screen, you will be prompted to initialize the new virtual drives.
28 Click Yes to initialize. The Virtual Drive VD0 is displayed.
29 Click Home . The Raid Configuration utility main menu appears.
30 Click the Physical View from the left pane if it is not currently displayed.
31 Click Back and then repeat Steps 21 through 22 for the drive in Slot 16.
32 Click Home and select the Physical View (if it is not displayed by default).
33 From the Main Menu, click Exit to exit the RAID Configuration Utility.
34 Click Yes to confirm that you want to exit the utility.
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Configuring RAID for UCS C220 M4 Servers
Complete the following steps to configure RAID for a C220 M4 UCS server.
1 Power on the Cisco UCS C220 M4 server.
Note : If the server is already powered on, reboot the server.
2 On boot up, press CTRL+R to enter the Cisco 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller
BIOS Configuration Utility.
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3 Press CTRL+N and then click the PD Mgmt tab.
4 Use the UP or DOWN arrow keys to move between the disks.
5 Complete the following steps to change the disks from Just a Bunch Of Disks
(JBOD) to Unconfigured Good (UG) . a Select the first disk and press F2 . b Select Make unconfigured good . c When prompted to confirm the change, click Yes and press Enter . The state of the drive will change from JBOD to UG.
RAID Configuration d Repeat Steps 4a through 4c for remaining drives.
6 Go back to the VD Mgmt tab and press CTRL+P .
7 Select No Configuration Present and press Enter .
8 Configure the following: a From the RAID Level area, select RAID-1 . b From the Secure VD area, select No . c From PD per Span area, enter 2 . d From the Drives area, use the UP or DOWN arrow to highlight the appropriate drive and press Enter . An X displays next to the drive to indicate that it is selected. e Repeat Step 8d to select the next drive that will make up this drive pair.
9 Go to the Advanced option and highlight the Initialize option.
10 Press Enter . An X is inserted next to Initialize to indicate that it is selected.
11 Click Ok .
12 Click Ok to close the Advanced option window. The Configuration window is displayed.
13 Click Ok and system will now initialize the RAID-1 array. Wait for the initialization to complete.
14 Click Ok after the Confirmation window indicates that the initialization is complete.
15 Click CTRL+N to return to the PD Mgmt window.
16 From the PD Mgmt window, use the UP or DOWN arrows to highlight the UG drive .
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17 Press F2 and then select Make Global HS .
Note: The state of the drive changes from UG to Hotspare .
18 Press ESC and click Ok to exit the utility.
19 Click the Macros tab and select Static Macros > CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot the server.
Note : The server must be rebooted for the changes to go into effect.
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