HP Proliant G7 hardware RAID configuration automation with ribcl
- by karthik
I have been trying to automate hardware RAID configuration of HP proliant machines before OS installation (So I can not use hpacucli)
ssh into iLO3 doesn't have option for RAID configuration
I use ribcl but there is no command for RAID config, however I see this
under the command GET_EMBEDDED_HEALTH.
<STORAGE>
<CONTROLLER>
<LABEL VALUE="Controller on System Board"/>
<STATUS VALUE="OK"/>
<CONTROLLER_STATUS VALUE="OK"/>
<SERIAL_NUMBER VALUE="50014380215F0070"/>
<MODEL VALUE="HP Smart Array P420i Controller"/>
<FW_VERSION VALUE="3.41"/>
<DRIVE_ENCLOSURE>
<LABEL VALUE="Port 1I Box 1"/>
<STATUS VALUE="OK"/>
<DRIVE_BAY VALUE="04"/>
</DRIVE_ENCLOSURE>
<DRIVE_ENCLOSURE>
<LABEL VALUE="Port 2I Box 0"/>
<STATUS VALUE="OK"/>
<DRIVE_BAY VALUE="01"/>
</DRIVE_ENCLOSURE>
<LOGICAL_DRIVE>
<LABEL VALUE="01"/>
<STATUS VALUE="OK"/>
<CAPACITY VALUE="68 GB"/>
<FAULT_TOLERANCE VALUE="RAID 0"/>
<PHYSICAL_DRIVE>
<LABEL VALUE="Port 1I Box 1 Bay 3"/>
<STATUS VALUE="OK"/>
<SERIAL_NUMBER VALUE="6TA0N3SZ0000B231CYDT"/>
<MODEL VALUE="EH0072FAWJA"/>
<CAPACITY VALUE="68 GB"/>
<LOCATION VALUE="Port 1I Box 1 Bay 3"/>
<FW_VERSION VALUE="HPDH"/>
<DRIVE_CONFIGURATION VALUE="Configured"/>
</PHYSICAL_DRIVE>
</LOGICAL_DRIVE>
</CONTROLLER>
</STORAGE>
My question is, is there a way I modify/create this xml piece (say I have 2 Logical drive with one spare) and reboot the server it takes effect ?
If this approach is not correct are there any other ways to automate hardware raid config ?
