How to activate a RAID volume on T1000/T2000, V215/V245/V445, T5120/T5220, T5140/T5240/T5440, T6300/T6320/T6340 Servers

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Update Date:	2018-01-31
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Solution 1007005.1 : How to activate a RAID volume on T1000/T2000, V215/V245/V445, T5120/T5220, T5140/T5240/T5440, T6300/T6320/T6340 Servers

Applies to:

Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Server - Version Not Applicable to Not Applicable [Release N/A]
Sun Blade T6300 Server Module - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Blade T6320 Server Module - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Blade T6340 Server Module - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Fire T1000 Server - Version Not Applicable and later
All Platforms

Goal

This document provides a reference to the procedure for re-activating an existing RAID volume after raid controller replacement, on Sun Fire T1000/T2000, V215/V245/V445, SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220, T5140/T5240/T5440, T6300/T6320/T6340 Servers.

Solution

Description
This document provides a reference to the procedure for re-activating an existing RAID volume, on Sun Fire T1000/T2000, V215/V245/V445, SRARC Enterprise T5120/T5220, T5140/T5240 and T5440 Servers. If you have an existing RAID volume and have to replace the raid controller on one of these servers, you'll need to run some OBP commands in order to see the volume with the new board. The outlined procedure includes generic instructions, as well as platform specific instructions.

Steps to Follow

When the RAID controller for internal disks has been replaced, customers may need to re-activate the RAID volume by using OBP commands.

For T2000 systems, if using CPU/mem board part number 501-6843, the controller is a plug-in PCI-X card, part number 370-7696. For all other instances on the T2000, T1000, V215/V245/V445, T5120/T5220, T5140/T5240 and T5440, the controller is on the system board (motherboard).

Generic instructions for T1000, T2000, V215/V245/V445, T5x20 and T5x40:
  {0} ok setenv fcode-debug? true
  {0} ok setenv auto-boot? false
  {0} ok reset-all

Path select instructions for T1000/Erie (dual-disk configuration is required for RAID operations):
  {0} ok select /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2

Path select instructions for T2000/Ontario (pn 501-6843):
  {0} ok select /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0,2/LSILogic,sas@2

Path select instructions for T2000+/Ontario+ (pn 501-7501):
  {0} ok select /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0

Path select instructions for V215/V245/Seattle:
  {0} ok select /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1

Path select instructions for V445/Boston:
  {0} ok select /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/LSILogic,sas@1

Path select instructions for V445 with 501-7244 SAS controller
  {0} ok select /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0

Path select instructions for  T5120/T5220/Huron:
  {0} ok select /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0

Path select instructions for  T5140/T5240/Maramba:

  {0} ok select /pci@400/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@0/
  
Path select instructions for  T5440/Batoka:

  {0} ok select /pci@400/pci@0/pci@1/scsi@0/


Generic instructions for T1000, T2000, V215, V245, V445, T5x20, T5x40:
  {0} ok show-volumes ( Look for the inactive volume)
  {0} ok X activate-volume (X is the volume number)
  {0} ok unselect-dev
  {0} ok reset-all
  {0} ok probe-scsi-all (to check for disks)

When dealing with multiple volumes make sure they are activated in descending order:

Generic instructions for T1000, T2000, V215, V245, V445, T5x20, T5x40:
  {0} ok show-volumes
  {0} ok 1 activate-volume
  {0} ok 0 activate-volume
  {0} ok unselect-dev
  {0} ok reset-all
  {0} ok probe-scsi-all (to check for disks)

Failure to do so will result in the following error and will require a reset-all prior to 
activating the second volume:

  {0} ok 0 activate-volume
  Volume 0 is now activated
  {0} ok 1 activate-volume
  RAID volume request failed, ioc-status = 0007
  Volume 1 could not be activated

Following activation the first volume will remain 'Degraded' until both volumes have completed syncing.

Product
Sun Fire T2000 Server
Sun Fire T1000 Server
Sun Fire V245 Server
Sun Fire V215 Server
Sun Fire V445 Server
SPARC Enterprise T5120 Server
SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server
SPARC Enterprise T5140 Server
SPARC Enterprise T5140 Server
SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server

References

<NOTE:1009723.1> - Troubleshooting inability to see a pre-existing RAID volume on T1000/T2000 T5120/T5140/T5220/T5240/T5440 T6320/T6340
<NOTE:1006930.1> - How to use Hardware RAID on the Sun Fire V215/245 Servers

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