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Old 07-05-2009, 06:53 PM   #1
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PERC 6/i RAID Integrated - MegaCli


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Hi Guys,

I have a server that uses the PERC 6/i Integrated RAID controller which i believe to be OEM LSI.

I am trying to understand the current configuration it has, all i can figure out so far is it has 2 virtual disks, i have no idea how many drives in each virtual disk nor what raid type (eg. RAID0, RAID1, etc).

Can someone please tell me some information i need such as:

what raid type is each virtual disk, what drives and how many are in each virtual disk please.

I have the output of MegaCli -LDPDInfo -aall:

Adapter #0

Number of Virtual Disks: 2
Virtual Disk: 0 (Target Id: 0)
Names
RAID Level: Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0
Size:69376MB
State: Optimal
Stripe Size: 64kB
Number Of Drives:2
Span Depth:1
Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAheadNone, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBU
Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAheadNone, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBU
Access Policy: Read/Write
Disk Cache Policy: Disk's Default
Number of Spans: 1
Span: 0 - Number of PDs: 2
PD: 0 Information
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 0
Device Id: 0
Sequence Number: 2
Media Error Count: 0
Other Error Count: 0
Predictive Failure Count: 0
Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0
PD Type: SAS
Raw Size: 70007MB [0x88bb93a Sectors]
Non Coerced Size: 69495MB [0x87bb93a Sectors]
Coerced Size: 69376MB [0x8780000 Sectors]
Firmware state: Online
SAS Address(0): 0x500000e01f3db5f2
SAS Address(1): 0x0
Connected Port Number: 0(path0)
Inquiry Data: FUJITSU MBA3073RC D306BJL3P9208E60
Foreign State: None
Media Type: Hard Disk Device

PD: 1 Information
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 1
Device Id: 1
Sequence Number: 2
Media Error Count: 0
Other Error Count: 0
Predictive Failure Count: 0
Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0
PD Type: SAS
Raw Size: 70007MB [0x88bb93a Sectors]
Non Coerced Size: 69495MB [0x87bb93a Sectors]
Coerced Size: 69376MB [0x8780000 Sectors]
Firmware state: Online
SAS Address(0): 0x500000e01f383712
SAS Address(1): 0x0
Connected Port Number: 1(path0)
Inquiry Data: FUJITSU MBA3073RC D306BJL3P9208DD1
Foreign State: None
Media Type: Hard Disk Device

Virtual Disk: 1 (Target Id: 1)
Name:storage
RAID Level: Primary-1, Secondary-3, RAID Level Qualifier-0
Size:571136MB
State: Optimal
Stripe Size: 32kB
Number Of Drives:2
Span Depth:2
Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAheadNone, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBU
Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAheadNone, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBU
Access Policy: Read/Write
Disk Cache Policy: Disk's Default
Number of Spans: 2
Span: 0 - Number of PDs: 2
PD: 0 Information
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 2
Device Id: 2
Sequence Number: 2
Media Error Count: 0
Other Error Count: 0
Predictive Failure Count: 0
Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0
PD Type: SAS
Raw Size: 286102MB [0x22ecb25c Sectors]
Non Coerced Size: 285590MB [0x22dcb25c Sectors]
Coerced Size: 285568MB [0x22dc0000 Sectors]
Firmware state: Online
SAS Address(0): 0x5000c5001273035d
SAS Address(1): 0x0
Connected Port Number: 2(path0)
Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST3300656SS HS0A3QP1CNJZ
Foreign State: None
Media Type: Hard Disk Device

PD: 1 Information
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 3
Device Id: 3
Sequence Number: 2
Media Error Count: 0
Other Error Count: 0
Predictive Failure Count: 0
Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0
PD Type: SAS
Raw Size: 286102MB [0x22ecb25c Sectors]
Non Coerced Size: 285590MB [0x22dcb25c Sectors]
Coerced Size: 285568MB [0x22dc0000 Sectors]
Firmware state: Online
SAS Address(0): 0x5000c500126f753d
SAS Address(1): 0x0
Connected Port Number: 3(path0)
Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST3300656SS HS0A3QP1CCVX
Foreign State: None
Media Type: Hard Disk Device

Span: 1 - Number of PDs: 2
PD: 0 Information
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 4
Device Id: 4
Sequence Number: 2
Media Error Count: 0
Other Error Count: 0
Predictive Failure Count: 0
Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0
PD Type: SAS
Raw Size: 286102MB [0x22ecb25c Sectors]
Non Coerced Size: 285590MB [0x22dcb25c Sectors]
Coerced Size: 285568MB [0x22dc0000 Sectors]
Firmware state: Online
SAS Address(0): 0x5000c500127192e1
SAS Address(1): 0x0
Connected Port Number: 4(path0)
Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST3300656SS HS0A3QP1BW59
Foreign State: None
Media Type: Hard Disk Device

PD: 1 Information
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 5
Device Id: 5
Sequence Number: 2
Media Error Count: 0
Other Error Count: 0
Predictive Failure Count: 0
Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0
PD Type: SAS
Raw Size: 286102MB [0x22ecb25c Sectors]
Non Coerced Size: 285590MB [0x22dcb25c Sectors]
Coerced Size: 285568MB [0x22dc0000 Sectors]
Firmware state: Online
SAS Address(0): 0x5000c500126d66c1
SAS Address(1): 0x0
Connected Port Number: 5(path0)
Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST3300656SS HS0A3QP1BZS6
Foreign State: None
Media Type: Hard Disk Device

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Old 07-06-2009, 02:29 PM   #2
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http://linux.dell.com/storage.shtml
http://tools.rapidsoft.de/perc/perc-cheat-sheet.html

PD would indicate Physical Disks

PD
0:0
1:1
2:2
3:3
4:4
5:5

So 6 Physical Disks total

The first two Disks are Fujitsu

The next 4 Disks are Seagate


The first array contains 2 Physical Disks Number Of Drives:2

and appears to be RAID 1 RAID Level: Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0


the second array appears to be made up of two sets of spanned Disks most likely RAID 10 or 0+1 a mirrored stripe set. Probably being used for a Database or some similar high performance use.. RAID Level: Primary-1, Secondary-3, RAID Level Qualifier-0

I can't seem to find a list of the RAID levels the CLI output refers to..
Somewhere LSI has to have a list that goes something like..
0 = NO RAID
1 = RAID 1
3 = RAID ??

But I certainly can't find that information in anything I have looked at so far.. maybe it's in the docs you have located ?
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Old 07-07-2009, 12:41 AM   #3
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Yeah, i am also unable to find ANY documentation which states anything in regards to the "RAID Level" which is one of the most important things i need.

Hopeless from Dell/LSI.
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Old 07-07-2009, 08:26 AM   #4
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I would suggest emailing Dell or better yet LSI about the CLI tool. They have to have better documentation for it somewhere....
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