Restoring Raid Configuration After Replacing A Raid Controller - Cisco UCS C210 Installation And Service Manual
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Cisco has also developed the Cisco Server Configuration Utility for C-Series servers, which can assist
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you in setting up some RAID configurations for your drives. This utility is shipped with new servers on
CD. You can also download the ISO from Cisco.com. See the user documentation for this utility at the
following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/ucsscu/user/guide/20/SCUUG20.html
Restoring RAID Configuration After Replacing a RAID Controller
When you replace a RAID controller, the RAID configuration that is stored in the controller is lost. Use
the following procedure to restore your RAID configuration to your new RAID controller.
Step 1
Replace your RAID controller. See
Step 2
If this was a full chassis swap, replace all drives into the drive bays, in the same order that they were
installed in the old chassis.
Step 3
If Quiet Boot is enabled, disable it in the system BIOS. See
Firmware Earlier Than Release 1.2(1), page
Step 4
Reboot the server and watch for the prompt to press F.
Step 5
Press F when you see the following on-screen prompt:
Foreign configuration(s) found on adapter.
Press any key to continue or 'C' load the configuration utility,
or 'F' to import foreign configuration(s) and continue.
Step 6
Press any key (other than C) to continue when you see the following on-screen prompt:
All of the disks from your previous configuration are gone. If this is
an unexpected message, then please power of your system and check your cables
to ensure all disks are present.
Press any key to continue, or 'C' to load the configuration utility.
Step 7
Watch the subsequent screens for confirmation that your RAID configuration was imported correctly.
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The prompt for the mezzanine-style controller cards is Ctrl-C.
The prompt for the onboard Intel ICH10R controller utility is Ctrl-M.
If you see the following message, your configuration was successfully imported. The LSI virtual
drive is also listed among the storage devices.
N Virtual Drive(s) found on host adapter.
If you see the following message, your configuration was not imported. This can happen if you do
not press F quickly enough when prompted. In this case, reboot the server and try the import
operation again wen you are prompted to press F.
0 Virtual Drive(s) found on host adapter.
Replacing a PCIe Card, page
How to Disable Quiet Boot for CIMC
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Appendix
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