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Restoring RAID Configuration After Replacing a RAID Controller
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.
To restore your RAID configuration to your new RAID controller, follow these steps.
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
Reboot the server and watch for the prompt to press F.
For newer RAID controllers, you are not prompted to press F. Instead, the RAID configuration is
Note
imported automatically. In this case, skip to
Step 4
Press F when you see the following onscreen 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 5
Press any key (other than C) to continue when you see the following onscreen 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 6
Watch the subsequent screens for confirmation that your RAID configuration was imported correctly:
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For More Information
The LSI utilities have help documentation for more information about using the utilities.
For basic information about RAID and for using the utilities for the RAID controller cards, see the
Cisco UCS Servers RAID
Full LSI documentation is also available:
LSI MegaRAID SAS Software User's Guide (for LSI MegaRAID)
Cisco UCS C420 Server Installation and Service Guide
C-6
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 problem can occur if
you do not press F quickly enough when prompted. In this case, reboot the server and try the import
operation again when you are prompted to press F.
0 Virtual Drive(s) found on host adapter.
Guide.
http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/AssetDocument/80-00156-01_RevH_SAS_SW_UG.pdf
Replacing a PCIe Card in a Motherboard Slot, page
Step
6.
Appendix C
RAID Controller Considerations
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