Management Options Using the Sun Storage 6Gb SAS REM RAID HBA (SGX-SAS6-R-REM-Z)

The Sun Storage 6Gb SAS REM RAID HBA (SGX-SAS6-R-REM-Z) is a SAS-2 RAID Expansion Module based on LSI MegaRAID technology. Includes LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) software, a command line interface (using MegaCli or the pre-boot environment pcli), and a BIOS-based utility (WebBIOS Configuration Utility). Basic management options include (refer to the MegaRAID documentation for a complete list):

Option/Task	WebBIOS	MSM	CLI
Create/Delete RAID configuration (support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 00, 10, 50, and 60).	X	X	X
Set a boot device	X		X
Display and/or change status of a controller, its battery, an enclosure or a drive	X	X
Locate a drive	X	X	X
Migrate storage to different RAID level	X	X	X
Import foreign configurations (to reactivate existing virtual drives, see note below)	X	X	X
Upgrade REM firmware		X	X
Save configurations to a file		X	X
Check data consistency	X	X	X
Disk Encryption Security	X	X	X
View events (disks and storage module voltage/temperature events)	X	X	X
Command scripting			X
Remote management		X	X

Note - If your REM fails, but the drives are good, you can install an identical replacement REM and import the existing virtual drive configurations. For information about importing existing virtual drives, see Importing Existing Virtual Drives to a Replacement REM.

Complete information for using the MegaRAID Storage Management software to perform storage module tasks is included in the LSI MegaRAID SAS Software User's Guide. This manual is available on the LSI support site at:

http://www.lsi.com/support/sun/

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