Incorrect LSI RAID information reported by DSA preboot - IBM System x3200 M2, x3250 M2, x3350

Troubleshooting

Problem

The LSI RAID information may be incorrectly displayed in the initial release of Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) reboot on servers with multiple RAID configurations or all drives are not part of a RAID configuration. For each RAID, all drives will be a partof the Logical Drive. A RAID type will show the first type detected for all Logical Drives. If RAID0 was detected, all RAIDs will show RAID0.

Resolving The Problem

Source

RETAIN tip: H193526

Symptom

The LSI RAID information may be incorrectly displayed in the initial release of Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) reboot on servers with multiple RAID configurations are present or all drives are not part of a RAID configuration.

For each RAID, all drives will be a part of the Logical Drive.

A RAID type will show the first type detected for all Logical Drives. If RAID-0 was detected, all RAIDs will show RAID-0.

Affected configurations

The system may be any of the following IBM servers:

System x3200 M2, type 4367, any model
System x3200 M2, type 4368, any model
System x3250 M2, type 4190, any model
System x3250 M2, type 4191, any model
System x3250 M2, type 4194, any model
System x3350, type 4192, any model
System x3350, type 4193, any model

The system is configured with one or more of the following IBM Options:

IBM SAS HBA Controller, Option part number 25R8060
LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 SAS Controller, Option part number 39R8850
Ultra320 SCSI Controller 2, Option part number 13N2249
Ultra320 SCSI Controller 2, Option part number 39R8743
Ultra320 SCSI Controller, Option part number 71P8594
Ultra320 SCSI PCIe Controller, Option part number 43W4324

The system is configured with at least one of the following:

IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot 1.00, Embedded

Note: This does not imply that the network operating system will work under all combinations of hardware and software.

Please see the compatibility page for more information:

IBM ServerProven

Solution

This behavior will be corrected in a future release.

The target date for this release is scheduled for Second Quarter 2008.

The file will be available from the IBM System x Support web site at the following URL:

IBM Systems Support Site

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

System x:Operating system independent / None

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