Cisco UCS C220 M3 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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Contents
Purpose of This Document ..................................................................................................................................... 3
RAID Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
RAID Levels Supported by Cisco UCS C220/C240 M3 Rack Servers .................................................................. 3
Verifying the Supported RAID Levels in Cisco IMC .............................................................................................. 3
RAID 0 .................................................................................................................................................................. 4
RAID 1 .................................................................................................................................................................. 4
RAID 1E ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
RAID 5 .................................................................................................................................................................. 6
RAID 6 .................................................................................................................................................................. 6
RAID 10 ................................................................................................................................................................ 7
RAID 50 ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
RAID 60 ................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Cisco Integrated Management Controller Overview ........................................................................................... 10
Management Interfaces ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Tasks You Can Perform in Cisco IMC ................................................................................................................ 11
Creating Virtual Drives from Unused Physical Disks ......................................................................................... 11
Creating a RAID Volume Based on a Single Drive Group: RAID 0, 1, 5, and 6 .................................................. 11
Creating a Hot Spare ............................................................................................................................................. 16
Creating a Global Hot Spare ............................................................................................................................... 16
Creating a Dedicated Hot Spare ......................................................................................................................... 17
Creating a RAID Volume Based on Multiple Drive Groups: RAID 00, 10, 50, and 60 ....................................... 19
Replacing a Drive and Rebuilding the Data ......................................................................................................... 23
Changing the RAID Level with the WebBIOS Utility ........................................................................................... 26
Using the LSI MegaCLI Utility ............................................................................................................................... 30
General Parameters ............................................................................................................................................ 31
Command Syntax ............................................................................................................................................... 31
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................. 32
For More Information ............................................................................................................................................. 32