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Configuring RAID array for a remote server

The UpdateXpress application can do some RAID configuration for a remote server, such as collecting RAID information, creating RAID array, configuring disk status and clearing the configuration of a controller.

Prerequisite:

The UpdateXpress application is running on a server installed with a supported operating system. For details of supported operating systems, see Supported operating systems.

To configure RAID array, do the following:

  1. Launch the UpdateXpress application. See Launching the UpdateXpress application.

  2. In the Welcome window, click Next.

  3. In the Target Server window, select Manage the remote server, input the following information, and click Next. When a window displaying the related information pops up, click OK.

    • (Setting) IP address or Host name: BMC IP address or host name of the target system.

    • (Setting) User Name: BMC user name of the target system.

    • (Setting) Password: BMC password of the target system.

    • (Setting) Port: BMC CIM or RSET port number. If users do not input, the default port is used.

    Note
    If users are not intended to check the BMC server certificate and SFTP/HTTPS server key fingerprint, select Accept BMC server's certificate and SFTP/HTTPS server's key fingerprint by default, and click Next.

  4. In the Task window, select Remote RAID Configuration or Perform updating on target server, or both items, and click Next.

  5. In the RAID Configuration window, UpdateXpress will first collect RAID information of the remote server. After it finishes collecting, RAID information will be displayed in the window.

    • To clear the configuration of a controller, click Clear Controller.

    • To change drive status to JBOD, click Make JBOD.

    • To change drive status to Unconfigured GOOD, click Make Good.

  6. In the RAID Configuration window, to create array for controller, click Create Array.

    1. In the wizard window, select RAID level, add spans, members and hot spares for the array, and create volumes and set disk parameters.

    2. When the summary information is displayed, click Create to start creating storage array.

    3. After the process is completed, click Collect or Refresh to collect RAID information again.

    4. Click Next if there is no other action needed.

  7. In the Finish window, click View Log to check the upgrade log, copy and save the commands generated, and click Close to exit.