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Syncro CS 9361-8i and Syncro CS 9380-8e Controllers User Guide
November 2014

Chapter 2: Hardware and Software Setup

Syncro CS Cluster-in-a-Box Software Setup

Refer to the 12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide at

http://www.lsi.com/downloads/

for information about

running the configuration utilities and installing the software drivers.

Refer to the Syncro CS 9361-8i and Syncro CS 9380-8e Solution User Guide at

http://www.lsi.com/downloads/

for the

procedures used to create the HA-DAS cluster configuration after the hardware is fully configured and the
operating system is installed.

2.5

Syncro CS Cluster-in-a-Box Software Setup

Perform the following steps to set up the software for a Syncro CS CiB configuration.

Configure the drive groups and the virtual drives on the two controllers.

For specific instructions, refer to the Syncro CS 9361-8i and Syncro CS 9380-8e Solution User Guide at

http://www.lsi.com/downloads/

. You can use the WebBIOS, StorCLI, or MegaRAID Storage Manager configuration

utilities to create the groups and virtual drives.

Install the operating system driver on both server nodes.

You must install the software driver first, before you install the operating system.

You can view the supported operating systems and download the latest drivers for the Syncro CS controllers from

the LSI website at

http://www.lsi.com/support/Pages/download-search.aspx

. Access the download center, and

follow the steps to download the appropriate driver.

Refer to the MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide at

http://www.lsi.com/downloads/

for more

information about installing the driver. Be sure to review the readme file that accompanies the driver.

Install the operating system on both server nodes, following the instructions from the operating system vendor.

Make sure you apply all of the latest operating system updates and service packs to ensure proper functionality.

You have two options for installing the operating system for each controller node:

—

Install it on a private volume connected to the system-native storage controller. The recommended best
practice is to install the operating system on this private volume because the disks in the clustering
configuration cannot see this volume. Therefore, no danger exists of accidentally overwriting the operating
system disk when you set up clustering.

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Install it on an exclusive virtual drive connected to the Syncro CS controller. Exclusive host access is required
for a boot volume so the volume is not overwritten accidentally when you create virtual drives for data
storage. For instructions on how to create exclusive virtual drives using the WebBIOS utility, refer to the
Syncro CS 9361-8i and Syncro CS 9380-8e Solution User Guide at

http://www.lsi.com/downloads/

NOTE

The Syncro CS solution does not support booting from a shared

operating system volume.

Install StorCLI and MegaRAID Storage Manager for the Windows® and Linux® operating systems following the
installation steps outlined in the StorCLI Reference Manual and 12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide at

http://www.lsi.com/downloads/

This manual is related to the following products:

Syncro 9380-8e