ServeRAID MR 10 k SAS/SATA Controller – Linux Installation Client and Basic Commands


This post show installation of MegaCli (ServeRAID MR 10 k SAS/SATA Controller client) and two basic commands

1. Installation

Get ServeRAID CD and extract the file MegaCli-X.XX.XX-Y.i386.rpm.

Install using the rpm command


# rpm -ivh rpms/MegaCli-3.00.07-1.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
1:MegaCli                ########################################### [100%]

Listing the installed files with rpm command


# rpm -ql MegaCli
/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli
/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64

2. Basic commands
a. Listing All informations


# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli-AdpAllInfo -aALL
Adapter #0
==============================================================================
Versions
================
Product Name    : IBM ServeRAID-MR10k SAS/SATA Controller
Serial No       : KNNNNNNNNN
FW Package Build: 8.0.1-0036
Mfg. Data
================
Mfg. Date       : 07/06/04
Rework Date     : 00/00/00
Revision No     :
Battery FRU     : N/A
Image Versions In Flash:
================
FW Version         : 1.12.152-0440
BIOS Version       : NT16
WebBIOS Version    : 1.1-33e-e_11-Rel
Ctrl-R Version     : 1.01-010B
Preboot CLI Version: 01.00-011:#%00001
Boot Block Version : 1.00.00.01-0011
Pending Images In Flash
================
None
PCI Info
================
Vendor Id       : 1000
Device Id       : 0060
SubVendorId     : 1014
SubDeviceId     : 0363
Host Interface  : PCIE
Number of Frontend Port: 0
Device Interface  : PCIE
Number of Backend Port: 8
Port  :  Address
0        5000c5000c627be9
1        5000c5000ca68091
2        5000c5000c60f9a1
3        5000c5000123bce1
4        0000000000000000
5        0000000000000000
6        0000000000000000
7        0000000000000000
HW Configuration
================
SAS Address     : 5005076b08028540
BBU             : Present
Alarm           : Present
NVRAM           : Present
Serial Debugger : Present
Memory          : Present
Flash           : Present
Memory Size     : 256MB
TPM             : Absent
Settings
================
Current Time                     : 14:56:28 1/9, 2009
Predictive Fail Poll Interval    : 300sec
Interrupt Throttle Active Count  : 16
Interrupt Throttle Completion    : 50us
Rebuild Rate                     : 30%
PR Rate                          : 30%
Resynch Rate                     : 30%
Check Consistency Rate           : 30%
Reconstruction Rate              : 30%
Cache Flush Interval             : 4s
Max Drives to Spinup at One Time : 2
Delay Among Spinup Groups        : 12s
Physical Drive Coercion Mode     : 1GB
Cluster Mode                     : Disabled
Alarm                            : Enabled
Auto Rebuild                     : Enabled
Battery Warning                  : Enabled
Ecc Bucket Size                  : 15
Ecc Bucket Leak Rate             : 1440 Minutes
Restore HotSpare on Insertion    : Disabled
Expose Enclosure Devices         : Enabled
Maintain PD Fail History         : Enabled
Host Request Reordering          : Enabled
Auto Detect BackPlane Enabled    : SGPIO/i2c SEP
Load Balance Mode                : Auto
Use FDE Only                     : No
Security Key Assigned            : No
Security Key Failed              : No
Security Key Not Backedup        : No
Any Offline VD Cache Preserved   : No
Capabilities
================
RAID Level Supported             : RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID10, RAID50, RAID60
Supported Drives                 : SAS, SATA
Allowed Mixing:
Mix In Enclosure Allowed
Status
================
ECC Bucket Count                 : 0
Limitations
================
Max Arms Per VD         : 32
Max Spans Per VD        : 8
Max Arrays              : 128
Max Number of VDs       : 64
Max Parallel Commands   : 1008
Max SGE Count           : 80
Max Data Transfer Size  : 8192 sectors
Max Strips PerIO        : 42
Min Stripe Size         : 8kB
Max Stripe Size         : 1024kB
Device Present
================
Virtual Drives    : 1
Degraded        : 0
Offline         : 0
Physical Devices  : 5
Disks           : 4
Critical Disks  : 0
Failed Disks    : 0
Supported Adapter Operations
================
Rebuild Rate                    : Yes
CC Rate                         : Yes
BGI Rate                        : Yes
Reconstruct Rate                : Yes
Patrol Read Rate                : Yes
Alarm Control                   : Yes
Cluster Support                 : No
BBU                             : Yes
Spanning                        : Yes
Dedicated Hot Spare             : Yes
Revertible Hot Spares           : No
Foreign Config Import           : Yes
Self Diagnostic                 : Yes
Allow Mixed Redundancy on Array : No
Global Hot Spares               : Yes
Deny SCSI Passthrough           : No
Deny SMP Passthrough            : No
Deny STP Passthrough            : No
Support Security                : No
Supported VD Operations
================
Read Policy          : Yes
Write Policy         : Yes
IO Policy            : Yes
Access Policy        : Yes
Disk Cache Policy    : Yes
Reconstruction       : Yes
Deny Locate          : No
Deny CC              : No
Allow Ctrl Encryption: No
Supported PD Operations
================
Force Online                            : Yes
Force Offline                           : Yes
Force Rebuild                           : Yes
Deny Force Failed                       : No
Deny Force Good/Bad                     : No
Deny Missing Replace                    : No
Deny Clear                              : No
Deny Locate                             : No
Disable Copyback                        : No
Enable Copyback on SMART                : No
Enable Copyback to SSD on SMART error   : No
Error Counters
================
Memory Correctable Errors   : 0
Memory Uncorrectable Errors : 0
Cluster Information
================
Cluster Permitted     : No
Cluster Active        : No
Default Settings
================
Phy Polarity                     : 0
Phy PolaritySplit                : 0
Background Rate                  : 30
Stripe Size                      : 128kB
Flush Time                       : 4 seconds
Write Policy                     : WB
Read Policy                      : None
Cache When BBU Bad               : Disabled
Cached IO                        : No
SMART Mode                       : Mode 6
Alarm Disable                    : Yes
Coercion Mode                    : 1GB
ZCR Config                       : Unknown
Dirty LED Shows Drive Activity   : No
BIOS Continue on Error           : No
Spin Down Mode                   : None
Allowed Device Type              : SAS/SATA Mix
Allow Mix In Enclosure           : Yes
Allow HDD SAS/SATA Mix In VD     : No
Allow SSD SAS/SATA Mix In VD     : No
Allow HDD/SAS Mix In VD          : No
Allow SATA In Cluster            : No
Max Chained Enclosures           : 16
Disable Ctrl-R                   : Yes
Enable Web BIOS                  : Yes
Direct PD Mapping                : No
BIOS Enumerate VDs               : Yes
Restore Hot Spare on Insertion   : No
Expose Enclosure Devices         : Yes
Maintain PD Fail History         : Yes
Disable Puncturing               : Yes
Zero Based Enclosure Enumeration : No
PreBoot CLI Enabled              : Yes
LED Show Drive Activity          : No
Cluster Disable                  : Yes
SAS Disable                      : No
Auto Detect BackPlane Enable     : SGPIO/i2c SEP
Use FDE Only                     : No
Delay during POST                : 0
Exit Code: 0x00

b. Show rebuild details from disks


# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -PDRbld -ShowProg -PhysDrv [0:0] -aALL
Device(Encl-0 Slot-0) is not in rebuild process
Exit Code: 0x00


# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -PDRbld -ShowProg -PhysDrv [0:1] -aALL
Device(Encl-0 Slot-1) is not in rebuild process
Exit Code: 0x00


# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -PDRbld -ShowProg -PhysDrv [0:2] -aALL
Device(Encl-0 Slot-2) is not in rebuild process
Exit Code: 0x00


# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -PDRbld -ShowProg -PhysDrv [0:3] -aALL
Device(Encl-0 Slot-3) is not in rebuild process
Exit Code: 0x00


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