使用Lsiutil管理Dell SAS 6i/R
Dell的好多型号(如R410,R610)服务器默认的RAID控制器都是SAS 6i/R ，对于这款控制器MegaCli是不能使用的。在命令行模式下想管理SAS 6i/R，需要使用Lsiutil这个工具。
Lsiutil下载地址：ftp://ftp.lsil.com/HostAdapterDrivers/linux/lsiutil/lsiutil.tar.gz
Lsiutil有两种使用方法： 菜单驱动的交互使用 和 命令行
不带任何参数执行lsiutil，就会进入lsiutil的交互模式。在这个模式下，所有的操作都是通过文本菜单来进行的，举例如下：
[root@Dell1950 ~]# lsiutil
LSI Logic MPT Configuration Utility, Version 1.56, March 19, 2008
1 MPT Port found
Port Name Chip Vendor/Type/Rev MPT Rev Firmware Rev IOC
1. /proc/mpt/ioc0 LSI Logic SAS1068E B3 105 00192f00 0
Select a device: [1-1 or 0 to quit] 1
1. Identify firmware, BIOS, and/or FCode
2. Download firmware (update the FLASH)
4. Download/erase BIOS and/or FCode (update the FLASH)
8. Scan for devices
10. Change IOC settings (interrupt coalescing)
13. Change SAS IO Unit settings
16. Display attached devices
20. Diagnostics
21. RAID actions
22. Reset bus
23. Reset target
42. Display operating system names for devices
45. Concatenate SAS firmware and NVDATA files
60. Show non-default settings
61. Restore default settings
69. Show board manufacturing information
97. Reset SAS link, HARD RESET
98. Reset SAS link
99. Reset port
e Enable expert mode in menus
p Enable paged mode
w Enable logging
Main menu, select an option: [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit] 21
1. Show volumes
2. Show physical disks
3. Get volume state
4. Wait for volume resync to complete
23. Replace physical disk
26. Disable drive firmware update mode
27. Enable drive firmware update mode
30. Create volume
31. Delete volume
32. Change volume settings
33. Change volume name
50. Create hot spare
99. Reset port
e Enable expert mode in menus
p Enable paged mode
w Enable logging
RAID actions menu, select an option: [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit] 1
1 volume is active, 2 physical disks are active
Volume 0 is Bus 0 Target 0, Type IM (Integrated Mirroring)
Volume Name:
Volume WWID: 0a09acf0a136af86
Volume State: optimal, enabled
Volume Settings: write caching disabled, auto configure, priority resync
Volume draws from Hot Spare Pools: 0
Volume Size 139392 MB, 2 Members
Primary is PhysDisk 1 (Bus 0 Target 9)
Secondary is PhysDisk 0 (Bus 0 Target 1)
RAID actions menu, select an option: [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit] 0
Main menu, select an option: [1-99 or e/p/w or 0 to quit] 0
Port Name Chip Vendor/Type/Rev MPT Rev Firmware Rev IOC
1. /proc/mpt/ioc0 LSI Logic SAS1068E B3 105 00192f00 0
Select a device: [1-1 or 0 to quit] 0
命令行模式举例如下:
lsiutil –p1 –a 21,1,0,0,0 和上边菜单操作一样，只不过不用手动去选择菜单项了
lsiutil -p 1 -i –s 显示端口1的设置和连接的设备
lsiutil –s 显示所有端口上连接的设备
lsiutil -p 2 -l 1 强制HBA卡端口2连接速度为1Gb