LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320-2 RAID Controller Series 518 - Manual (Page 96)

7-2 Installing and Configuring Clusters
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7.2 Benefits of Clusters
Clusters provide three basic benefits:
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Improved application and data availability
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Scalability of hardware resources
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Simplified management of large or rapidly growing systems
7.3 Installation and Configuration
Use the following procedure to install and configure your system as part
of a cluster.
1. Unpack the controller, following the instructions in Chapter 6.
2. Set the hardware termination for the controller as “always on”. See
Section 6.2.4.3, “J4/J5 Termination Enable,” page 6-6 , for more
information.
3. Configure the IDs for the drives in the enclosure.
4. Install one controller at a time. Press at BIOS
initialization to configure the options in
step 5 – step 11 . Do not
attach the disks yet.
5. Set the controller to Cluster Mode in the Objects > Adapter > Cluster
Mode menu.
6. Disable the BIOS in the Objects > Adapter > Enable/Disable BIOS
menu.
7. Change the initiator ID in the Objects > Adapter > Initiator ID menu.
8. Power down the first server.
9. Attach the controller to the shared array.
10. Configure the first controller to the desired arrays using the Configure
> New Configuration menu.
Note: Use the whole array size of any created array. Do not
create partitions of different sizes on the RAID arrays from
the BIOS Configuration Utility (), because they