Setting up the RAID configuration on the nodes
You must initialize and set up the RAID configuration on each node before you install the NetBackup Flex Scale software on the node. Set up a RAID 1 configuration and configure the two 1.92 TB SATA storage devices as the RAID volumes.
The following procedure provides a high level overview of the process. For detailed information, refer to the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Server documentation.
To initialize RAID on the node
- Power ON the node and press the F10 key on the boot screen to launch the Intelligent Provisioning module.
- Click Smart Storage Administrator to begin the RAID configuration.
- On the welcome page, from under the Available Devices displayed on the left, click HPE Smart Array P816i-a SR Gen10.
- On the Actions dialog, click Create Array.
- On the Create Array page, select the SSD storage devices to configure in the array.
Perform the following steps:
From the Drive Type drop down menu, select SATA SSD.
Then click Select All to select the two SSD storage devices that are displayed.
Click Create Array and then click Yes to proceed to the RAID settings page.
- On the Create Logical Drive page, modify the RAID settings for the array.
Perform the following steps:
Under Strip Size / Full Stripe Size, select 64 KiB / 64 KiB.
Under SSD Over Provisioning Optimization, select Do not perform SSD over Provisioning Optimization on the Array.
Leave the other settings to their default values.
Click Create Logical Drive to start the configuration.
- On the confirmation page, make a note of the name listed under Logical Drives, and then click Finish.
For example, here the name of the logical drive created appears as Logical Drive 1. You will use the name to identify the drive in the subsequent steps.
- On the Actions dialog, click Set Bootable Logical Drive/Volume.
- Under Boot Logical Drive/Volume Precedence, identify the logical drive based on the name that you noted in the earlier step and then select it as the Primary Boot Logical Drive/Volume.
- Click OK and then click Finish to complete the process and exit.
