linux lsiutil raid创建,使用Lsiutil管理Dell SAS 6i/R

Dell的好多型号服务器默认的RAID控制器都是SAS 6i/R

，对于这款控制器MegaCli是不能使用的。在命令行模式下想管理SAS 6i/R，需要使用Lsiutil这个工具。

Lsiutil有两种使用方法： 菜单驱动的交互使用 和 命令行

不带任何参数执行lsiutil，就会进入lsiutil的交互模式。在这个模式下，所有的操作都是通过文本菜单来进行的，举例如下：

[root@Dell1950 ~]# lsiutil

LSI Logic MPT Configuration Utility, Version 1.56, March 19,

2008

1 MPT Port found

Port

Name Chip

Vendor/Type/Rev MPT Rev Firmware Rev IOC

1. /proc/mpt/ioc0 LSI Logic SAS1068E

B3 105 00192f00 0

Select a

device: [1-1 or 0 to

quit]1

1. Identify firmware, BIOS, and/or FCode 2. Download firmware (update the FLASH)

4. Download/erase BIOS and/or FCode (update the FLASH)

8. Scan for devices

10. Change IOC settings (interrupt coalescing)

13. Change SAS IO Unit settings

16. Display attached devices

20. Diagnostics

21. RAID actions

22. Reset bus

23. Reset target

42. Display operating system names for devices

45. Concatenate SAS firmware and NVDATA files

60. Show non-default settings

61. Restore default settings

69. Show board manufacturing information

97. Reset SAS link, HARD RESET

98. Reset SAS link

99. Reset port

e Enable expert mode in menus

p Enable paged mode

w Enable logging

Main menu, select an option: [1-99

or e/p/w or 0 to quit]21

1. Show

volumes

2. Show physical disks

3. Get volume state

4. Wait for volume resync to complete

23. Replace physical disk

26. Disable drive firmware update mode

27. Enable drive firmware update mode

30. Create volume

31. Delete volume

32. Change volume settings

33. Change volume name

50. Create hot spare

99. Reset port

e Enable expert mode in menus

p Enable paged mode

w Enable logging

RAID actions menu, select an

option: [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to

quit]1

1 volume is active, 2 physical disks are active

Volume 0 is Bus 0 Target 0, Type IM (Integrated Mirroring)

Volume

Name: Volume WWID: 0a09acf0a136af86

Volume State: optimal, enabled

Volume Settings: write caching

disabled, auto configure, priority resync

Volume draws from Hot Spare Pools: 0

Volume Size 139392 MB, 2 Members

Primary is PhysDisk 1 (Bus 0 Target 9)

Secondary is PhysDisk 0 (Bus 0 Target 1)

RAID actions menu, select an

option: [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit]0

Main menu, select an option: [1-99

or e/p/w or 0 to

quit]0

Port

Name Chip

Vendor/Type/Rev MPT Rev Firmware Rev IOC

1. /proc/mpt/ioc0 LSI Logic SAS1068E

B3 105 00192f00 0

Select a device: [1-1 or

0 to quit]0

命令行模式举例如下:

lsiutil –p1 –a 21,1,0,0,0 和上边菜单操作一样，只不过不用手动去选择菜单项了

lsiutil -p 1 -i –s 显示端口1的设置和连接的设备

lsiutil –s 显示所有端口上连接的设备

lsiutil -p 2 -l 1 强制HBA卡端口2连接速度为1Gb