LSI的硬RAID卡,可以通过MegaCli以命令行方式管理,具体的可以google下,megacli的安装、命令格式等。还有一种方式就是使用MegaRaid Storage Manager图形界面管理,这方面的文章不多,自己安装试用了下,具体记录如下:

1、Server的操作系统为CentOS5.4,这里所指的Server即安装RAID卡的那台机器。

[root@chunk1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release

CentOS release 5.4 (Final)

2、可以简单地查看RAID卡的型号,详细信息利用MegaCli可以更清楚的看到

[root@chunk1 ~]# dmesg |grep -i raid

scsi0 : LSI SAS based MegaRAID driver

Vendor: LSI Model: MegaRAID 8888ELP Rev: 1.20

Vendor: LSI Model: MegaRAID 8888ELP Rev: 1.20

device-mapper: dm-raid45: initialized v0.2594l

md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.

3、下载“MSM_linux_installer-8.00-05.tar.gz”软件,解压,执行./install.sh安装,同意license,为了方便,选择“1”完全安装。

Press Y to accept the License Agreement :y

Press 0 to exit from installation

Choose[1-3]:

(1) - Complete

This option will install all program features.

(2) - Client

This option will only install components required to remotely view and

configure servers.

(3) - StandAlone

This option will only install components required for local server management

Note : Installer can also be run in a command line mode

Usage : install.sh [-option]

The options are :

a

The Complete Installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM)

c

The Client components only program of MSM

s

The StandAlone component of MSM

Setup Type :1

Starting client installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager 8.00-05....

Checking for any Old Version

No Old Version Found

Continuing with installation

File /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 not found

Install the libstdc++ rpm from the OS CD and retry

Refer to MSM readme for more details

4、提示要安装libstdc++.so.5,直接yum install libstdc++.so.5就好,继续

Press Y to accept the License Agreement :y

Press 0 to exit from installation

Choose[1-3]:

(1) - Complete

This option will install all program features.

(2) - Client

This option will only install components required to remotely view and

configure servers.

(3) - StandAlone

This option will only install components required for local server management

Note : Installer can also be run in a command line mode

Usage : install.sh [-option]

The options are :

a

The Complete Installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM)

c

The Client components only program of MSM

s

The StandAlone component of MSM

Setup Type :1

Starting complete installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager 8.00-05....

Checking for any Old Version

No Old Version Found

Continuing with installation

Preparing... ########################################### [100%]

Installing....

1:Lib_Utils ########################################### [100%]

Lib_Utils2 RPM is already installed

Installing MegaRAID_Storage_Manager-8.00-05

Preparing... ########################################### [100%]

Installing....

1:MegaRAID_Storage_Manage########################################### [100%]

/

/

/

Starting Framework:

/

/

Starting Monitor:

set: KEY=INSTALLER_VERSION VAL=v8.00-05

/

Installing sas_snmp-3.17-1102

Preparing... ########################################### [100%]

1:sas_snmp ########################################### [100%]

Starting snmpd

Stopping snmpd:

[ OK ]

Starting snmpd: [ OK ]

Starting LSI SNMP Agent

Starting LSI SNMP Agent:LSI MegaRAID SNMP Agent Ver 3.17.0.1 (Sep 04th, 2008) Started

[ OK ]

Installing sas_ir_snmp-3.17-1100

Preparing... ########################################### [100%]

Stopping LSI SNMP Agent:[ OK ]

1:sas_ir_snmp ########################################### [100%]

Starting snmpd

Stopping snmpd: [ OK ]

Starting snmpd: [ OK ]

Starting LSI SNMP Agent

Starting LSI SNMP Agent:LSI MegaRAID SNMP Agent Ver 3.17.0.1 (Sep 04th, 2008) Started

[ OK ]

5、到这里Server端就安装结束了。

6、接下来安装管理软件,即“MegaRaid Storage Manager.exe”,安装很简单,同样的,在选择安装模式时,选择“complete”就好。

7、之后就可以输入Server端的IP地址,输入用户名/密码,login

8、看到统计信息,包括磁盘数量,磁盘组数量,使用容量等等

9、看到各个磁盘的状态

10、可以看到详细的逻辑磁盘、磁盘组的状态

11、另外还可以针对磁盘做设置,如设置全局热备盘,单独RAID组中的热备盘,当然这个要看你的存储设备支不支持全局热备了。

12、在这里可以创建磁盘组等等。


这比用megacli一打长串命令人性化多咯!对那些经常配置RAID组,监控RAID状态的人来说,MegaRaid是个比较好的工具!