MSM Software Feature Difference Between the MR Controller and the IR Controller

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1 MSM Software Feature Difference Between the MR Controller and the IR Controller Systems Engineering Note S11252, Version 1.0 DB

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3 Table of Contents Table of Contents MSM Software Feature Difference Between the MR Controller and the IR Controller Overview MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu Windows Dashboard View Physical View Logical View Menu Options Creating a New Configuration Creating a Virtual Drive Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices Managing Controllers Managing Drive Groups Managing Virtual Drives Managing Physical Drives Managing Battery Backup Units Finding Additional Information Revision History Version 1.0,

4 Overview Dashboard View MSM Software Feature Difference Between the MR Controller and the IR Controller 1 Overview This document provides an overview of MegaRAID Storage Manager software feature differences between the MegaRAID (MR) controller and the Integrated RAID (IR) controller. 2 MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu Windows 2.1 Dashboard View The following table and the figures describe the dashboard view differences in the MR and IR controller. Table 1 Dashboard View MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller Displays the Bus ID, Device ID, and Domain ID of the controller. If the controller supports High Availability DAS, the HA Peer Controller Status field appears. The MegaRAID Advanced Software Options are enabled. Allows you to perform operations, such as Create Virtual Drive, Create CacheCade - SSD Caching, Load Configuration, Update Firmware, and Silence alarm. Link to the MR online help. IR Controller Displays the Bus ID and the Device ID of the controller. NOTE The Domain ID of the controller is not displayed. NOTE High Availability DAS is not supported in IR controllers. NOTE The MegaRAID Advanced Software Options are disabled. You can perform operations, such as Create Virtual Drive, Load Configuration, and Update Firmware. NOTE The Silence Alarm and Create CacheCade - SSD Caching features are not supported. Link to the IR online help

5 MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu Windows Dashboard View Figure 1 Dashboard View - MR Controller Figure 2 Dashboard View - IR Controller - 5 -

6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu Windows Physical View 2.2 Physical View The following table and figures describe the physical view differences in the MR and IR controller. Table 2 Physical View MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller IR Controller Displays the Bus ID, Device ID, and Domain ID of the controller. If the controller supports High Availability DAS, an additional parent mode, Server Domain, appears on the device tree in the Physical tab. The Properties tab displays the following properties for a controller: General properties, such as NVRAM information, BIOS version, Flash size, memory size, Shield state, and chip temperature, and so on. Shield State is supported Power State Properties Data Protection Properties Firmware Properties Drive Security Properties Background Operation Properties Emergency Spare Properties Displays the Bus ID and the Device ID of the controller. NOTE The Domain ID of the controller is not displayed. NOTE High Availability DAS is not supported. The Properties tab displays the limited properties for a controller: General properties, such as NVRAM information, BIOS version, Flash size, memory size, Shield state, and chip temperature, and so on. Firmware Properties Drive Security Properties The Properties tab displays the following properties for an enclosure: Vendor ID Enclosure ID Serial Number Enclosure Model Enclosure Location Connector Information Number of Slots Production Revision Level Number of Fans Number of Power Supplies Number of Voltage Sensors. The Properties tab displays the following properties for an enclosure: Vendor ID Serial Number Number of Slots Production Revision Level Number of Fans Number of Power Supplies Number of Voltage Sensors NOTE Enclosure Model, Enclosure ID, Enclosure Location, and Connector information are not displayed

7 MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu Windows Physical View Figure 3 Physical View Controller Properties MR Controller Figure 4 Physical View Controller Properties IR Controller - 7 -

8 MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu Windows Physical View Figure 5 Physical View Enclosure Properties MR Controller Figure 6 Physical View Enclosure Properties IR Controller - 8 -

9 MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu Windows Logical View 2.3 Logical View The following table and figures describe the logical view differences in the MR and IR controller. Table 3 Logical View MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller IR Controller Displays the Bus ID, Device ID, and Domain ID of the controller. If the controller supports High Availability DAS, an additional parent mode, Server Domain, appears on the device tree in the Logical tab. The Properties tab displays the following properties for a controller: General properties, such as NVRAM information, BIOS version, Flash size, memory size, shield state, and chip temperature, and so on. Power State Properties Data Protection Properties Firmware Properties Drive Security Properties Background Operation Properties Emergency Spare Properties Displays the Bus ID and the Device ID of the controller. NOTE The Domain ID of the controller is not displayed. NOTE High Availability DAS is not supported. The Properties tab for a controller displays limited properties for a controller: General properties, such as NVRAM information, BIOS version, Flash size, memory size, shield state, and chip temperature, and so on. Firmware Properties Drive Security Properties Figure 7 Logical View MR Controller - 9 -

10 MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu Windows Menu Options Figure 8 Logical View IR Controller 2.4 Menu Options The following table describes the main menu differences in the MR and IR controller. Table 4 Menu Options MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller The Manage menu displays the following options: Refresh Server Check Consistency Initialize Show Progress Exit IR Controller The Manage menu displays the following options: Refresh Server Check Consistency NOTE Check Consistency is supported. However, it is enabled when the background initialization (BGI) is completed. Show Progress Exit NOTE The Initialize feature is not supported. The Go To menu displays the following options: Controller Drive Group Physical Drive Virtual Drive BBU The Go To menu displays the following options: Controller Drive Group Physical Drive Virtual Drive NOTE The BBU feature is not supported

11 Creating a New Configuration Creating a Virtual Drive 3 Creating a New Configuration 3.1 Creating a Virtual Drive The following table and figures describe the virtual drive configuration differences in the MR and IR controller. Table 5 Create Virtual Drive MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller IR Controller Simple Configuration You can use the free capacity of an existing drive group or unconfigured drives for creating a configuration. MR controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6. Drive type mixing is allowed. You can assign an unconfigured drive as a hot spare during volume creation. Drive security (Avago SafeStore Data Security Service) is supported. If High Availability DAS is supported on the controller and you are creating a virtual drive using simple configuration, by default, the virtual drive is shared with the other servers in that cluster. See Figure 9. Advance Configuration You can create Spanned drive groups. MR controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. Drive security (Avago SafeStore Data Security Service) is supported. You can set the following virtual drive settings: Virtual drive name Initialization state Strip Size Read policy Write policy I/O policy Access policy Disk Cache policy NOTE After you create the virtual drive, you cannot change Initialization state and Stripe size settings. If the controller supports High Availability DAS, the Provide Shared Access option enables you to share the virtual drive to between the two servers in a cluster. You can enable or disable SSD Caching on the new virtual drive. See Figure 11 and Figure 13. Simple Configuration NOTE The system creates the best configuration possible using the available drives. NOTE IR controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 10, and 1E. NOTE Drive type mixing is not allowed. NOTE Drive security ((Avago SafeStore Data Security Service)) is not supported. NOTE High Availability DAS is not supported. See Figure 10. Advance Configuration NOTE You cannot create Spanned drive groups. NOTE IR controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 10, and 1E. NOTE Drive security ((Avago SafeStore Data Security Service)) is not supported. NOTE All of the parameters except the virtual drive name in the virtual drive settings window are disabled. After you create the virtual drive, you can only change the Disk cache policy. NOTE High Availability DAS is not supported. NOTE SSD Caching feature is not available. See Figure 12 and Figure

12 Creating a New Configuration Creating a Virtual Drive Figure 9 Create Virtual Drive (Simple) - MR Drive Group Window Figure 10 Create Virtual Drive (Simple) - IR Drive Group Window

13 Creating a New Configuration Creating a Virtual Drive Figure 11 Create Virtual Drive (Advance) - MR Drive Group Window Figure 12 Create Virtual Drive (Advance) - IR Drive Group Window

14 Creating a New Configuration Creating a Virtual Drive Figure 13 Create Virtual Drive (Advance) - MR Virtual Drive Settings Window Figure 14 Create Virtual Drive (Advance) - IR Virtual Drive Settings Window

15 Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices Managing Controllers 4 Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices 4.1 Managing Controllers The following table and figures describe the controller operations differences in the MR and IR controller. Table 6 Managing Controller MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller You can perform the following controller operations: Create Virtual Drive Diable Alarm Silence Alarm Start Patrol Read Set Patrol Read Properties Disable SSD Guard Scan Foreign Configuration Save Configuration Clear Configuration Set Consistency Check Properties Schedule Consistency Check Set Adjustable Task Rates Manage Power Save Settings Update Controller Firmware Manage MegaRAID Advanced Software Options Manage Link Speed Save TTY Log IR Controller You can perform the following controller operations: Create Virtual Drive Scan Foreign Configuration Load Configuration Save Configuration Clear Configuration Update Controller Firmware

16 Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices Managing Controllers Figure 15 Managing Controller - MR Controller Figure 16 Managing Controller - IR Controller

17 Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices Managing Drive Groups 4.2 Managing Drive Groups The following table and figures describe the drive group configuration differences in the MR and IR controller. Table 7 Managing Drive Group MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller You can perform the following drive group operations: Modify Drive Group. RAID Level Migration. IR Controller NOTE RAID Level Migration is not supported. Figure 17 RAID Level Migration - MR Controller 4.3 Managing Virtual Drives The following table and figures describe the virtual drive operations differences in the MR and IR controller. Table 8 Managing Virtual Drives MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller You can perform the following virtual drive operations: Rename Virtual Drive Delete Virtual drive Set Virtual Drive Properties Start and Stop Locating Virtual Drive Start Initialization Virtual Drive Erase Hide Virtual Drive IR Controller You can perform the following virtual drive operations: Delete Virtual drive Set Virtual Drive Properties Start and Stop Locating Virtual Drive

18 Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices Managing Virtual Drives Figure 18 Managing Virtual Drives - MR Controller Figure 19 Managing Virtual Drives - IR Controller

19 Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices Managing Physical Drives 4.4 Managing Physical Drives The following table and figures describe the physical drive operations differences in the MR and IR controller. Table 9 Managing Physical Drives MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller You can perform the following physical drive operations: Assign Global Hot Spare Assign Dedicated Hot Spare Start and Stop Locating Drive Prepare for Removal Drive Erase Make JBOD IR Controller You can perform the following physical drive operations: Assign Global Hot Spare Start and Stop Locating Drive NOTE JBOD feature is not supported NOTE If the JBOD feature is enabled, you can make an unconfigured drive as a JBOD. Figure 20 Managing Physical Drives - MR Controller

20 Finding Additional Information Managing Battery Backup Units Figure 21 Managing Physical Drives - IR Controller 4.5 Managing Battery Backup Units Table 10 Managing Battery Backup Units MR Controller Versus IR Controller MR Controller You can perform the following battery backup unit operations: Set Learn Cycle Properties. Start a Learn Cycle Manually. IR Controller You cannot connect a battery backup unit to an IR controller. 5 Finding Additional Information In addition to this guide, refer the 12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide for more information on the MegaRAID Storage Manager software features. 6 Revision History 6.1 Version 1.0, Initial document release

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