Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of LSIFusionMPT


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Timestamp:
02/02/09 11:27:40 (16 years ago)
Author:
Adam Cécile
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  • LSIFusionMPT

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    1010[[BR]]It only supports RAID0 and RAID1 an can usually be found in many 1U rackmount servers which have only two disks drives.
    1111[[BR]]Even it's not full of features theses card appear to work fine and are supported by an '''opensource Linux driver'''.
    12 [[BR]] An '''opensource monitoring software''' exists, however there is '''no known management tool''', even proprietary.
     12[[BR]] An '''opensource monitoring software''' exists, as well as a proprietary management tool called ''lsiutil''.
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    1414[[BR]]
     
    8282In fact, I must admit all my ''"something-status"'' packages for others kind of cards are based on this work.
    8383
     84== 3.2. == lsiutil
     85
     86This tool comes from LSI. Its sources (for Linux systems) are available but the license is not specified.
     87[[BR]]I haven't use it much, so here is a quick example of what it can do:
     88
     89{{{
     90server:~# lsiutil
     91
     92LSI Logic MPT Configuration Utility, Version 1.56, March 19, 2008
     93
     941 MPT Port found
     95
     96     Port Name         Chip Vendor/Type/Rev    MPT Rev  Firmware Rev  IOC
     97 1.  /proc/mpt/ioc0    LSI Logic SAS1068E B3     105      00143000     0
     98
     99Select a device:  [1-1 or 0 to quit] 1
     100
     101 1.  Identify firmware, BIOS, and/or FCode
     102 2.  Download firmware (update the FLASH)
     103 4.  Download/erase BIOS and/or FCode (update the FLASH)
     104 8.  Scan for devices
     10510.  Change IOC settings (interrupt coalescing)
     10613.  Change SAS IO Unit settings
     10716.  Display attached devices
     10820.  Diagnostics
     10921.  RAID actions
     11022.  Reset bus
     11123.  Reset target
     11242.  Display operating system names for devices
     11345.  Concatenate SAS firmware and NVDATA files
     11460.  Show non-default settings
     11561.  Restore default settings
     11669.  Show board manufacturing information
     11797.  Reset SAS link, HARD RESET
     11898.  Reset SAS link
     11999.  Reset port
     120 e   Enable expert mode in menus
     121 p   Enable paged mode
     122 w   Enable logging
     123
     124Main menu, select an option:  [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit] 1
     125
     126Current active firmware version is 00143000 (0.20.48)
     127Firmware image's version is MPTFW-00.20.48.00-IE
     128  LSI Logic
     129x86 BIOS image's version is MPTBIOS-6.14.10.00 (2007.09.29)
     130
     131Main menu, select an option:  [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit] 21
     132
     133 1.  Show volumes
     134 2.  Show physical disks
     135 3.  Get volume state
     136 4.  Wait for volume resync to complete
     13723.  Replace physical disk
     13826.  Disable drive firmware update mode
     13927.  Enable drive firmware update mode
     14030.  Create volume
     14131.  Delete volume
     14232.  Change volume settings
     14333.  Change volume name
     14450.  Create hot spare
     14599.  Reset port
     146 e   Enable expert mode in menus
     147 p   Enable paged mode
     148 w   Enable logging
     149
     150RAID actions menu, select an option:  [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit] 2
     151
     1521 volume is active, 2 physical disks are active
     153
     154PhysDisk 0 is Bus 0 Target 1
     155  PhysDisk State:  online
     156  PhysDisk Size 238418 MB, Inquiry Data:  ATA      ST3250620NS      3BKS
     157
     158PhysDisk 1 is Bus 0 Target 8
     159  PhysDisk State:  online
     160  PhysDisk Size 238418 MB, Inquiry Data:  ATA      ST3250620NS      3BKS
     161
     162RAID actions menu, select an option:  [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit] 1
     163
     1641 volume is active, 2 physical disks are active
     165
     166Volume 0 is Bus 0 Target 0, Type IM (Integrated Mirroring)
     167  Volume Name:
     168  Volume WWID:  01e2adb8d959aedc
     169  Volume State:  optimal, enabled
     170  Volume Settings:  write caching enabled, auto configure, priority resync
     171  Volume draws from Hot Spare Pools:  0
     172  Volume Size 237464 MB, 2 Members
     173  Primary is PhysDisk 1 (Bus 0 Target 8)
     174  Secondary is PhysDisk 0 (Bus 0 Target 1)
     175
     176RAID actions menu, select an option:  [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit] 3
     177
     178Volume 0 State:  optimal, enabled
     179
     180RAID actions menu, select an option:  [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit]
     181}}}
     182
    84183[[BR]]
    85184= 4. BIOS upgrade from a Linux system =