MegaRAID Storage Manager-IR for SAS1068
February, 2007

This utility requires the following level of software to be installed on the Intel Server System SR9000MK4U:
Onboard SAS1068 Firmware - 1.18
System SAL/BMC Firmware  - 3-21 3-22
Linux MPTSAS 		 - 3.02.83.05			


MegaRAID Storage Manager-IR(MSMIR) Installation

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The kit contains both mode of installation. 
To, install the product, the user should execute the command "./install.sh" from the installation disk.

 

MSMIR Uninstallation

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The product can be uninstalled using "Uninstall" short-cut created in Program menu. The user may also directly run the script "/usr/local/MegaRAID Storage Manager/uninstaller.sh" to uninstall MSMIR.



Notes:
 
1. To shutdown MSMIR Framework service, run "/etc/init.d/vivaldiframeworkd stop". It is advisable to stop Monitor service before stopping MSMIR Framework service. To stop Monitor service run "/etc/init.d/mrmonitor stop".

  
2. The installation can upgrade its previous release and is also upgradable, that means, the next release will be able to upgrade this release.



Functionality

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1. The login and password combination used for MegaRAID Storage Manager-IR is the same as the administrator/root login for the operating system on the machine. Note that this is not the network login (if the machine is connected to a network), but it is the administrative login and password for the local machine.

 
2. MegaRAID Storage Manager-IR checks for bootable partitions when trying to create or delete virtual drives. Creating a virtual device on a default Linux install may have an issue, since unused disks may be configured with partitions and these partions may be marked as bootable. This would cause MegaRAID Storage Manager-IR not to report the disks as being available for use. To resolve this, the unused disks need to have the bootable flag switched off (done using fdisk) so that MegaRAID Storage Manager-IR can see and use the disks to create a virtual device.



Known Issues

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1. When logging into MegaRAID Storage Manager-IR, if an invalid, excessively long user name is used there is a possibility that this will cause the application to hang. To resolve this the java session needs to be terminated and the application needs to be restarted.

  
2. When upgrading MegaRAID Storage Manager-IR on Linux, it is preferred to use the provided install script, or uninstall and re-install the application via the rpm commands. Do not use the rpm upgrade command since this does not perform the same level of functionality needed to completely upgrade MegaRAID Storage Manager-IR.



Error Codes

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These are late additions to the error codes listed in the users guide:
  
1. 0x821a - This error code indicates that an operation has failed due to a SMART type error on the disk drive.

