[原创]DELL PowerEdge2800 RAID及OS安装配置实战

时间：2006-03-29 来源：alinker

DELL PowerEdge 2800 Installation Guide - create by 仲龙@Nov.2004


1. RAID configuation
Use PERC RAID S/W to Create RAID1(36Gx2) & RAID5(73Gx4), also call it channel 0 & channel 1.

2. Use Dell OpenManange Server Assistant to Install RedHat Linux ES(version3.0)
      And something wrong with X Windows, can not load Graphic window, I have to modify /etc/inittab,change id:3:initdefault:  to id:5:initdefault:

3. After OS Installation,
      Use 'fdisk -l' to list all Internal HardDisk (or System Tools>HardWare Browser)
      And you can find /dev/sda1(...7) and /dev/sdb
      Now you should mount the /dev/sdb ... It's big array ...

      Fdisk /dev/sdb
            1) software that runs at boot time
            2) booting and partitioning software from other os
      Command(m for help): p //display disk information
      Command(m for help): n       //create a partition
                     E       extended
                     P       primary partition (1-4)

            P
            Partition number (1-4): 1
            First cylinder (1-26725), default 1): 1
            Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-26725,default 26725):  26725

Command(m for help): w                      //after partition creation & save it
可以用m命令来看fdisk命令的内部命令；n命令创建一个新分区；d命令删除一个存在的分区；p命令显示分区列表；t命令修改分区的类型ID号；l命令显示分区ID号的列表；a命令指定启动分区；w命令是将对分区表的修改存盘让它发生作用。

4. mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1
5. Mount /dev/sdb1 mannualy or automatically

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下面一招是介绍
如何不用Dell OpenManange Server Assistant 光盘,而直截手动配置硬RAID及安装OS
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RAID Config Mannualy & OS instatllation - create by 仲龙@Nov.2004

Step 1:
上DELL站点下载一些RAID卡驱动
http://support.ap.dell.com/apjsite/Downloads/index.aspx

请输入7位机器编号(Service Tag:FVNNK1X)
SCSI RAID(阵列卡)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 3

In Device Selection, Choose LSI Logic PERC 4/Di,then 2 download type displayed in next page, one is Driver(ver2.10.7) and another is Application,
This driver in this page is what you want to get, click it:
http://support.ap.dell.com/apjsi ... mp;releaseid=R81652

In this page, you can find one file name with "perc-2.10.7-A10.tar.gz", download it right now else the network will be terminiate~. Untar this package, this files include in it and I list it at below:
                     dell-megaraid2-v2.10.7-32bit-1dkms.noarch.rpm
                     disk-info
                     dkms-1.10-1.noarch.rpm
                        GPL
                     install.sh
                     modinfo
                     modules.cgz
                     modules.dep
                     pcitable
                     perc-2.10.7-A10.txt
                     README.dkms
            rhdd-6.1

Step 2.
      Create a ext2 format floppy.
            Mke2fs /dev/fd0 1440
            Mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
            Cp /tmp/perc-4Di/. /mnt/floppy
Umount /mnt/floppy

Step 3.
      Boot the Server,
<ctrl>+<m>,进入PERC/CERC(4e di)Bios Configuration Utility U821,
      Configuration > New Configuration >
      Highlight READY 1 Disk then press "Enter",
      Hightlght READY 2 Disk then press "Enter",
      ...
      Then Initialize this RAID.
      Reboot the server

Step 4.

      Insert the OS Disc 1 into Optical Drive , boot the server
      At the Booting time , press F2 choose Option .
      In next interface, type "linux dd" (add driver mode)
      OS will ask you " Do you have a drive disk?"                      - "yes"
                                    "Driver Disk Source"                                        - "fd0"
      Then ask you to insert ur driver disk into /dev/fd0 and press "OK" button to continue
      System will reading floppy and install Megaraid2 driver, after this instation, ask u
      Load more driver disks, choose "No",
      This OS installation give u a CD Found tips, skip it .
      ...
      And the next is same like before.

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把Ctrl+m进来的PERC/CERC BIOS配置工具的菜单整理一下
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Menu of PERC/CERC(4e di)Bios Configuration Utility

Configuration >
Easy Configuration
New Configuration * will destroy all Data, take care!
View/Add Configuration
Clear Configuration
Specify Boot Drive
Initialize >
Logical Drive 0
Logical Drive 1

LD RAID Size #Stripes StrpSz Drive-State
0 1 34680MB    2 64KB OPTIMAL
1 5 209640MB  4 64KB OPTIMAL

Object >
Adapter
Logical Drive
Physical Drive >
Rebuild
     Clear
     Force Online
Force Offline/Remove HSP
     Make HotSpare
     View Drive Information
View Rebuild Progress
SCSI Command Qtagging
Transfer Speed Option
Channel
Battery Information
Reset Battery Charge Counter

Clear >
Rebuild >
Check Consistency > # 定期进行一致性检查是一种很好的习惯,它能确保磁盘驱动器的
# 正常运转和数据完整
Reconstruct > # Change RAID Level , StripeSize