Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series User manual

Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series

EFI User's Guide

MK-91CB500024-13

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Contents

Preface

............................................................................................... ix

Intended Audience .................................................................................................. x

Product Version ...................................................................................................... x

Release Notes ........................................................................................................ x

Document Organization ........................................................................................... x

Referenced Documents .......................................................................................... xi

Document Conventions ........................................................................................... xi

Convention for storage capacity values ................................................................... xii

Getting Help ......................................................................................................... xiii

Comments ........................................................................................................... xiii

1 UEFI and BIOS Configuration Overview ............................................... 1-1

Overview ............................................................................................................ 1-2

Types and roles ............................................................................................. 1-2

Starting remote console ................................................................................. 1-2

UEFI ................................................................................................................... 1-4

Disk array utilities ................................................................................................ 1-4

PXE boot ............................................................................................................. 1-5

iSCSI .................................................................................................................. 1-5

iSCSI initiator ................................................................................................ 1-6

iSCSI target .................................................................................................. 1-6

Fibre channel mezzanine card BIOS ...................................................................... 1-6

2 UEFI setup menu .............................................................................. 2-1

Configuration of UEFI setup menu ........................................................................ 2-2

Key functions for UEFI setup menu ....................................................................... 2-3

Starting UEFI setup menu .................................................................................... 2-3

UEFI setup menu window .................................................................................... 2-3

UEFI setup menu items (CB 520H A1/B1) .............................................................. 2-5

System Configuration and Boot Management .................................................. 2-5

Storage expansion blade settings .................................................................. 2-19

UEFI setup menu items (CB 520H B2) ................................................................. 2-21

System Configuration and Boot Management ................................................. 2-21

Storage expansion blade settings .................................................................. 2-37

UEFI setup menu items (CB 520H B3) ................................................................. 2-39

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System Configuration and Boot Management ................................................. 2-39

UEFI setup menu items (CB 520A A1)

................................................................. 2-57

System Configuration and Boot Management ................................................. 2-57

Storage expansion blade settings .................................................................. 2-71

Disable Software RAID ................................................................................. 2-73

UEFI setup menu items (CB 540A A1/B1) ............................................................ 2-74

System Configuration and Boot Management ................................................. 2-74

UEFI setup menu items (CB 520X B1) ................................................................. 2-89

System Configuration and Boot Management ................................................. 2-89

UEFI setup menu items (CB 520X B2) ................................................................ 2-109

System Configuration and Boot Management ............................................... 2-109

Software license information ............................................................................. 2-130

3 MegaRAID WebBIOS for LSI SAS 2008 ................................................ 3-1

Configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS ................................................................... 3-2

Operation for MegaRAID WebBIOS ....................................................................... 3-2

Starting MegaRAID WebBIOS ............................................................................... 3-4

Window configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS ....................................................... 3-7

Menu configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS ........................................................... 3-8

Main menu ................................................................................................... 3-9

Switching display modes .................................................................................... 3-23

Building disk arrays ............................................................................................ 3-24

Building disk arrays ...................................................................................... 3-25

BIOS settings: enabled or disabled ...................................................................... 3-50

Exiting MegaRAID WebBIOS ............................................................................... 3-54

Disk with foreign configuration ........................................................................... 3-56

Status ............................................................................................................... 3-58

Status of the disk array ................................................................................ 3-58

Status of the disk ........................................................................................ 3-58

BIOS messages ................................................................................................. 3-58

4 MegaRAID WebBIOS for storage expansion blades .............................. 4-1

Configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS ................................................................... 4-2

Operation for MegaRAID WebBIOS ....................................................................... 4-2

Starting MegaRAID WebBIOS ............................................................................... 4-4

Window configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS ....................................................... 4-9

Menu configuration of MegaRAID WebBIOS ......................................................... 4-10

Main menu .................................................................................................. 4-10

Switching display modes .................................................................................... 4-26

Building disk arrays ............................................................................................ 4-27

Building disk arrays ...................................................................................... 4-28

Changing the Write Policy for Disk Arrays ............................................................ 4-77

BIOS settings: enabled or disabled ...................................................................... 4-83

Exiting MegaRAID WebBIOS ............................................................................... 4-87

Disk with foreign configuration ........................................................................... 4-89

Status ............................................................................................................... 4-91

Status of the disk array ................................................................................ 4-91

Status of the disk ........................................................................................ 4-91

BIOS messages ................................................................................................. 4-91

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5 SAS 3004 iMR ROMB Configuration Utility ............................................ 5-1

Flowchart of the utility

......................................................................................... 5-3

Key operation for the utility .................................................................................. 5-4

Handling error messages at the system boot ......................................................... 5-4

Procedure for handling error messages ........................................................... 5-4

Starting the utility ................................................................................................ 5-7

Viewing and setting information about the utility ................................................... 5-9

Window configuration of the utility ........................................................................ 5-9

Main Menu .................................................................................................... 5-9

Disk array controller settings .............................................................................. 5-21

Creating virtual drives ........................................................................................ 5-25

Creating RAID 0 or RAID 1 virtual drives ....................................................... 5-25

Initializing virtual drives ..................................................................................... 5-34

Slow initialization ......................................................................................... 5-34

Deleting virtual drives ........................................................................................ 5-37

To delete all virtual drives ............................................................................ 5-37

To delete virtual drives respectively .............................................................. 5-39

Consistency check on virtual drives ..................................................................... 5-41

Assigning Hotspare ............................................................................................ 5-41

Unassigning Hotspare ........................................................................................ 5-43

Rebuilding virtual drives ..................................................................................... 5-45

Displaying error messages at the system boot ..................................................... 5-46

Ending the utility ............................................................................................... 5-46

Drive with foreign configuration .......................................................................... 5-47

Importing the configuration information ........................................................ 5-49

Clearing the configuration information ................................................................. 5-51

Status ............................................................................................................... 5-52

Status of the virtual drive ............................................................................. 5-52

Status of the physical drive .......................................................................... 5-52

Error messages at the system boot ..................................................................... 5-53

6 LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility for disk arrays ......................... 6-1

Flowchart of the utility ......................................................................................... 6-3

Key operation for the utility .................................................................................. 6-3

Starting the utility ................................................................................................ 6-4

Window configuration of the utility ........................................................................ 6-5

Configuration Options: configuration options menu .......................................... 6-5

Controller Management: disk array controller management menu ..................... 6-6

Virtual Drive Management: virtual drive management menu ............................. 6-6

Drive Management: physical drive management menu ..................................... 6-7

Viewing and setting information about the utility ................................................... 6-8

View Controller Information: disk array controller information view ................... 6-8

Change Controller Properties: disk array controller settings .............................. 6-9

Manage Virtual Drive Properties: virtual drive information view ......................... 6-9

View Drive Properties: physical drive information view ................................... 6-12

Ending the utility ............................................................................................... 6-15

Virtual drive configuration .................................................................................. 6-16

To create RAID 1 ......................................................................................... 6-16

RAID 0: To create single physical drive configuration ..................................... 6-20

Initializing virtual drives ..................................................................................... 6-25

Fast initialization procedure .......................................................................... 6-26

Full initialization procedure ........................................................................... 6-31

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Deleting virtual drives ........................................................................................ 6-38

To delete all virtual drives

............................................................................ 6-38

To delete virtual drives respectively .............................................................. 6-38

Changing boot priority in virtual drives ................................................................ 6-40

Consistency check on virtual drives ..................................................................... 6-42

Rebuilding virtual drives ..................................................................................... 6-43

Setting virtual drives .......................................................................................... 6-53

Virtual drive setting with Windows OS ........................................................... 6-53

Virtual drive setting with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ...................................... 6-54

Virtual drive setting with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ...................................... 6-55

Status ............................................................................................................... 6-56

Virtual drive status ...................................................................................... 6-56

Physical drive status .................................................................................... 6-56

7 SAS configuration utility ..................................................................... 7-1

Configuration of SAS configuration utility ............................................................... 7-2

Key operation for SAS configuration utility ............................................................. 7-2

Starting SAS configuration utility ........................................................................... 7-2

Window configuration of SAS configuration utility .................................................. 7-4

Main menu .......................................................................................................... 7-5

Basic information .......................................................................................... 7-6

SAS topology ................................................................................................ 7-9

RAID properties ........................................................................................... 7-15

Exiting SAS configuration utility .......................................................................... 7-31

8 BIOS settings for PXE boot ................................................................. 8-1

Requirements for PXE boot ................................................................................... 8-2

PXE boot settings ................................................................................................ 8-2

Emulex PXE BIOS settings .............................................................................. 8-3

Boot Order settings using UEFI menu ............................................................. 8-4

9 iSCSI settings .................................................................................... 9-1

iSCSI settings flow chart ...................................................................................... 9-2

Personality settings .............................................................................................. 9-2

Starting PXESelect Utility ................................................................................ 9-2

Personality setting ......................................................................................... 9-3

iSCSI Initiator settings ......................................................................................... 9-5

Starting iSCSISelect Utility ............................................................................. 9-5

iSCSI Initiator name setting ........................................................................... 9-6

iSCSI Controller setting .................................................................................. 9-7

Network address setting ................................................................................ 9-8

iSCSI Target settings ........................................................................................... 9-9

Boot device setting ........................................................................................ 9-9

Data device setting ...................................................................................... 9-12

Disconnecting iSCSI Target ................................................................................. 9-14

Disconnecting boot device ............................................................................ 9-14

Disconnecting data device ............................................................................ 9-16

10 Fibre channel over Ethernet (FCoE) ................................................. 10-1

Setting Personality ............................................................................................. 10-2

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Setting procedure of Personality ................................................................... 10-2

Connecting to FCoE device for booting

................................................................ 10-3

Setting for FCoE boot (FCoE BIOS) ............................................................... 10-3

Canceling procedure of FCoE boot setting (FCoE BIOS) .................................. 10-9

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Preface

This document describes how to use the Compute Blade 500 series.

Notice: The use of Compute Blade 500 series and all other Hitachi Data

Systems products is governed by the terms of your agreement(s) with Hitachi

Data Systems.

This preface includes the following information:

□

Intended Audience

□

Product Version

□

Release Notes

□

Document Organization

□

Referenced Documents

□

Document Conventions

□

Convention for storage capacity values

□

Getting Help

□

Comments

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Intended Audience

This document is intended for the personnel who are involved in planning,

managing, and performing the tasks to prepare your site for Compute Blade

installation and to install the same.

This document assumes the following:

• The reader has a background in hardware installation of computer

systems.

•

The reader is familiar with the location where the Compute Blade will be

installed, including knowledge of physical characteristics, power systems

and specifications, and environmental specifications.

Product Version

This document revision applies to new HDD/SSD for CB 520X B2/520H B3.

Release Notes

Read the release notes before installing and using this product. They may

contain requirements or restrictions that are not fully described in this

document or updates or corrections to this document.

Document Organization

The table below provides an overview of the contents and organization of this

document. Click the chapter title in the left column to go to that chapter. The

first page of each chapter provides links to the sections in that chapter.

Chapter Description

Chapter 1, UEFI and BIOS

Configuration Overview

Describes the UEFI, disk array utilities, and Fibre

Channel mezzanine card BIOS configuration

overview.

Chapter 2, UEFI setup menu Describes UEFI setup menu items.

Chapter 3, MegaRAID WebBIOS for

LSI SAS 2008

Describes the functionality of MegaRAID WebBIOS

for LSI SAS 2008.

Chapter 4, MegaRAID WebBIOS for

storage expansion blades

Describes the functionality of MegaRAID WebBIOS

for storage expansion blades.

Chapter 5, SAS 3004 iMR ROMB

Configuration Utility

Describes logical drive configuration of internal

drives using SAS 3004 iMR ROMB Configuration

Utility.

Chapter 6, LSI Software RAID

Configuration Utility for disk arrays

Describes logical drive configuration of internal

drives using LSI Software RAID Configuration

Utility.

Chapter 7, SAS configuration utility Describes disk array configuration of disks in

server blade with SAS configuration utility. "LSI

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Chapter Description

Corp Config Utility" is described as "SAS

Configuration Utility" in this manual.

Chapter 8, BIOS settings for PXE

boot

Describes BIOS settings for PXE boot.

Chapter 9, iSCSI settings Describes iSCSI settings.

Chapter 10, Fibre channel over

Ethernet (FCoE)

Describes fibre channel over Ethernet, hereinafter

referred to as FCoE.

Referenced Documents

• MegaRAID Storage Manager Version 8.31-01 Instruction Manual,

MK-99COM085

•

MegaRAID Storage Manager Version 11.08.03-02 Instruction Manual,

MK-99COM030

These two documents above are described as MegaRAID Storage Manager

Version xxx Instruction Manual in the body of this document.

• Hitachi Compute Blade Series Hitachi Compute Rack Series OS

Installation Guide for Windows Server, MK-99COM076

• Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series OS Installation Guide for Red Hat

Enterprise Linux, MK-99COM141

• Hitachi Compute Blade 500 OneCommandManager Guide,

MK-91CB500031

• Server installation and monitoring tool User's Guide - internal storage

monitoring functions

• Hitachi Gigabit Fibre Channel Adapter USER'S GUIDE (BIOS/EFI Edition),

MK-99COM009

• Hitachi Compute Blade Emulex Adapter User's Guide for Hardware,

MK-99COM104

Document Conventions

This term "Compute Blade" refers to all the models of the Compute Blade,

unless otherwise noted.

The Hitachi Virtualization Manager (HVM) name has been changed to Hitachi

logical partitioning manager (LPAR manager, or LP). If you are using HVM

based logical partitioning feature, substitute references to Hitachi logical

partitioning manager (LPAR manager, or LP) with HVM.

This document uses the following typographic conventions:

Convention Description

Regular text bold In text: keyboard key, parameter name, property name,

hardware labels, hardware button, hardware switch.

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Convention Description

In a procedure: user interface item

Italic Variable, emphasis, reference to document title, called-out term

Screen text Command name and option, drive name, file name, folder name,

directory name, code, file content, system and application

output, user input

< > (angled brackets) Variable (used when italic is not enough to identify variable).

[ ] (square bracket) Optional values

{ } braces Required or expected value

| vertical bar Choice between two or more options or arguments

This document uses the following icons to draw attention to information:

Icon Meaning Description

WARNING This indicates the presence of a potential risk that

might cause death or severe injury.

CAUTION This indicates the presence of a potential risk that

might cause relatively mild or moderate injury.

NOTICE This indicates the presence of a potential risk that

might cause severe damage to the equipment and/or

damage to surrounding properties.

Note This indicates notes not directly related to injury or

severe damage to equipment.

Tip This indicates advice on how to make the best use of

the equipment.

Convention for storage capacity values

Physical storage capacity values (for example, disk drive capacity) are

calculated based on the following values:

Physical capacity unit Value

1 kilobyte (KB)

1,000 (10

3

) bytes

1 megabyte (MB)

1,000 KB or 1,000

2

bytes

1 gigabyte (GB)

1,000 MB or 1,000

3

bytes

1 terabyte (TB)

1,000 GB or 1,000

4

bytes

1 petabyte (PB)

1,000 TB or 1,000

5

bytes

1 exabyte (EB)

1,000 PB or 1,000

6

bytes

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Logical storage capacity values (for example, logical device capacity) are

calculated based on the following values:

Logical capacity unit Value

1 block 512 bytes

1 KB

1,024 (2

10

) bytes

1 MB

1,024 KB or 1,024

2

bytes

1 GB

1,024 MB or 1,024

3

bytes

1 TB

1,024 GB or 1,024

4

bytes

1 PB

1,024 TB or 1,024

5

bytes

1 EB

1,024 PB or 1,024

6

bytes

Getting Help

The Hitachi Data Systems customer support staff is available 24 hours a day,

seven days a week. If you need technical support, log on to the Hitachi Data

Systems Portal for contact information: https://portal.hds.com.

Comments

Please send us your comments on this document: [email protected]

.

Include the document title and number including the revision level (for

example, -07), and refer to specific sections and paragraphs whenever

possible. All comments become the property of Hitachi Data Systems

Corporation.

Thank you!

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UEFI and BIOS Configuration Overview

This chapter describes the UEFI, disk array utilities, and Fibre Channel

mezzanine card BIOS configuration overview.

□

Overview

□

UEFI

□

Disk array utilities

□

PXE boot

□

iSCSI

□

Fibre channel mezzanine card BIOS

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Overview

This section describes UEFI and BIOS related to server blades.

Types and roles

The following table shows three types of UEFI and BIOS for server blades.

Table 1-1 Types

Types Roles

UEFI

(Unified Extensible

Firmware Interface)

Performs settings of processors, DIMMs, OS boot path, and

onboard devices [enable/disable] in the server blade using UEFI

setup menus of UEFI. For the details, see

UEFI on page 1-4.

Disk array utilities Performs settings of HDDs/SSDs and RAID in the server blade

using setup menus of utilities. For the details, see Disk array

utilities on page 1-4.

Emulex PXE BIOS Performs settings of controller in the server blade for using OS

from PXE boot or iSCSI boot. Using setup menus of BIOS for

settings. For the details, see PXE boot on page 1-5.

iSCSISELECT

utilities

Performs settings of controller in the server blade for using OS

from iSCSI boot. Using setup menus of utility for settings. For the

details, see iSCSI on page 1-5.

Fibre Channel

mezzanine card

BIOS

Performs settings of mezzanine cards in the server blade using a

setup menu of mezzanine card BIOS. For the details, see Fibre

channel mezzanine card BIOS on page 1-6.

Starting remote console

To start a remote console. Perform following procedure for starting the

remote console.

1. Start a new web browser from the system console.

2. Enter the URL of management module web console (enter "https://

192.168.0.1/" when factory default setting) into the address field box of

the browser.

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Table 1-2 Factory default account settings for the system

administrator

Item Factory default

IP address of management module 192.168.0.1

URL of Web console https://192.168.0.1

Tip:

• The above URL indicates the default IP address of management

module, and port number is not entered since using default number.

If you changed the IP address of management module, and the port

number of web console, enter the corresponding URL for your

environment.

•

The URL is configured in the following form:

http://< IP address>:< port number> or

https://< IP address>:< port number>

• The default port number:

– http: 80

– https: 443

3. Login the Web console of the management module.

4. The following table describes the factory default account settings for the

system administrator.

Table 1-3 Factory default account settings for the system

administrator

Item Factory default

User ID administrator

Password password

5. Click the Resources tab > the target server blade from the menu tree.

Click the

Condition tab > Start Remote Console from the Server blade

Action pull down menu.

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6. The remote console window is displayed.

Tip:

• When starting the remote console, a warning message may be

displayed. For details, see the Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series

Remote Console User's Guide.

•

When the type of server blade is CB 520H A1/B1 with BMC of before

01-27, the login screen of Web console is displayed. For details, see

the Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Remote Console User's Guide.

7. The system console can be connected the server blade for starting the

remote console.

And then start setup menus of UEFI, disk array utilities, Emulex PXE

BIOS, iSCSISELECT utilities, and mezzanine card BIOS utilities after

starting the remote console.

UEFI

UEFI (Unified EFI) is the Firmware for a server blade. You can use a server

blade as default setting. To change the boot order or other settings, see

Chapter 2, UEFI setup menu.

Disk array utilities

One of the three utilities is used depending on the model or RAID controller.

Utilities include Software RAID BIOS (SWR BIOS), Integrated RAID, and

MegaRAID WebBIOS. Find a utility for your model and disk array controller in

the following table, and set the disk array referring to the specified chapter.

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Table 1-4 Disk array utilities

Model

Disk array utilities

SWR

BIOS

Integrated RAID MegaRAID WebBIOS

LSI

SAS2004

(Daughter

card)

LSI

SAS2004

(onboard)

LSI

SAS3004

LSI

SAS2008

(expansion

card)

LSI

SAS2208

(PCI

card)

CB 520H

A1/B1/B2

N/A

1

N/A

1

Chapter 7

N/A

1

Chapter 3

N/A

1

CB 520H

B3

N/A

1

N/A

1

N/A

1

Chapter 5

N/A

1

N/A

1

CB 520A

A1

Chapter

6

Chapter 7

N/A

1

N/A

1

Chapter 3

N/A

1

CB 520X

B1/B2

N/A

1

N/A

1

N/A

1

Chapter 5

N/A

1

N/A

1

CB 540A

A1/B1

N/A

1

N/A

1

Chapter 7

N/A

1

Chapter 3

N/A

1

Storage

expansion

blade

N/A

1

N/A

1

N/A

1

N/A

1

N/A

1

Chapter 4

Note:

1. Not applicable

PXE boot

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot is the function that loads the

image of OS or installer through network.

Performs the setting of Boot Order in Emulex PXE BIOS or UEFI menus for

using PXE boot. For the details, see Chapter 8, BIOS settings for PXE boot.

iSCSI

The iSCSI protocol defines the rules and processes for the iSCSI command

send and receive through TCP/IP network while storages communicate with

server blades.

The iSCSI protocol needs to have both initiator and target as a pair. Server

blades need to have the iSCSI initiator to access directly to the iSCSI target

which storages have.

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iSCSI initiator

The iSCSI initiator requires read/write transaction with iSCSI commands to

storage devices connected by the iSCSI protocol. This transaction is generally

done through network interface cards (NICs) on servers. There are two types

of iSCSI initiator; one is software initiator which uses the initiator function of

operating system and the other is hardware initiator which uses the initiator

function of Host Bus Adaptor (HBA).

iSCSI target

The iSCSI target sends the data to the iSCSI initiator by controlling the

physical or logical volume of disks or RAID.

Server blades recognize the external storage devices, which is connected

through LAN physically, as local SCSI data/boot devices by connecting

through iSCSI protocol.

• iSCSI Data devices

Dedicated data area for server blades is available on the external storage

devices.

See Data device setting on page 9-12

for details.

•

iSCSI Boot devices

OS boot from the device on the external storage devices is available.

See

Boot device setting on page 9-9 for details.

Emulex PXE BIOS and iSCSISELECT Utility is used for iSCSI settings. For

details, see Chapter 9, iSCSI settings.

Fibre channel mezzanine card BIOS

Fibre channel mezzanine card BIOS is for a fibre channel mezzanine card

connecting to an external storage device through a fibre channel switch

module. The fibre channel mezzanine card is installed in a server blade. For

more details about the specifications and restrictions, see the manual

attached to the fibre channel mezzanine card.

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