Editing RAID Cards (section)

== CLI (8xxx) ==

Reference guide: ftp://ftp.rackable.com/public/Technical%20Support/Pdf%20files/3Ware/7000_8000/CLI-UserGuide.pdf

=== Replacing a failed drive ===

If you don't remove the drive from a RAID-1 array before you replace it, the new drive comes up
as a separate JBOD device.  To fix this do

<pre>
tw_cli maint deleteunit c0 u1
tw_cli maint remove c0 u0 p1          (may not be needed)
tw_cli maint rescan c0
tw_cli /c0 show all
tw_cli maint rebuild c0 u0 p1
tw_cli /c0 show all
</pre>

After replacing the 2 dead drives, we see:

<pre>
tw_cli info c0
Controller: c0
-------------
Driver:   1.50.01.002
Model:    7500-8
FW:       FE7X 1.05.00.068
BIOS:     BE7X 1.08.00.048
Monitor:  ME7X 1.01.00.040
Serial #: F11605A3180172
PCB:      Rev3
PCHIP:    1.30-33
ACHIP:    3.20


# of units: 3
        Unit 0: JBOD 186.31 GB ( 390721968 blocks): OK
        Unit 1: RAID 5 465.77 GB ( 976790016 blocks): DEGRADED
        Unit 5: RAID 5 698.65 GB ( 1465185024 blocks): DEGRADED

# of ports: 8
        Port 0: WDC WD2000JB-00KFA0 WD-WCAMT1451690 186.31 GB (390721968 blocks): OK(unit 0)
        Port 1: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WCAL78219488 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 1)
        Port 2: WDC WD2000  0.00 MB (0 blocks): OK(NO UNIT)
        Port 3: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WMAL73882417 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 1)
        Port 4: WDC WD2000  0.00 MB (0 blocks): OK(NO UNIT)
        Port 5: WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0 WD-WMAL71338097 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
        Port 6: WDC WD2500JB-32EVA0 WD-WMAEH1301595 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
        Port 7: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WCAL78165566 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
</pre>

which is to say there are 2 drives which don't belong to any units and don't have any size. They need to be removed from the controller:
 tw_cli maint remove c0 p2
 tw_cli maint remove c0 p4

although it seems like we should be able to add them back in with
 tw_cli maint add c0 p2 jbod
 tw_cli maint add c0 p2 spare
it doesn't work, and there's no rescan command, so we resort to rebooting.

We won't be able to boot all the way up however, cause the 2 drives will turn into JBOD's and throw off the device ordering:
<pre>twed0: <Unit 0, JBOD, Normal> on twe0
twed0: 190782MB (390721968 sectors)
twed1: <Unit 1, RAID5, Degraded> on twe0
twed1: 476948MB (976790016 sectors)
twed2: <Unit 2, JBOD, Normal> on twe0
twed2: 239372MB (490234752 sectors)
twed3: <Unit 4, JBOD, Normal> on twe0
twed3: 239372MB (490234752 sectors)
twed4: <Unit 5, RAID5, Degraded> on twe0
twed4: 715422MB (1465185024 sectors)
twed5: <Unit 0, RAID5, Normal> on twe1
twed5: 715422MB (1465185024 sectors)
twed6: <Unit 4, RAID5, Normal> on twe1
twed6: 715422MB (1465185024 sectors)
</pre>

So whereas twed2 used to be a RAID5 device, it got pushed down (to twed4?) by the JBOD standalone drive. So we could edit the fstab and stop the OS from trying to mount the other devices. After the rebuild (or during) we could reboot and the next time it comes up the devices will fall back to their regular ordering. 
We usually opt to, over serial console, enter into single user mode (which is automatic with the failed mounts), and do the remirroring:

<pre>
mount /dev/twed0s1g           /usr
(tw_cli is in /usr we we need to mount it manually)

tw_cli info c0
Controller: c0
-------------
Driver:   1.50.01.002
Model:    7500-8
FW:       FE7X 1.05.00.068
BIOS:     BE7X 1.08.00.048
Monitor:  ME7X 1.01.00.040
Serial #: F11605A3180172
PCB:      Rev3
PCHIP:    1.30-33
ACHIP:    3.20


# of units: 5
        Unit 0: JBOD 186.31 GB ( 390721968 blocks): OK
        Unit 1: RAID 5 465.77 GB ( 976790016 blocks): DEGRADED
        Unit 2: JBOD 233.76 GB ( 490234752 blocks): OK
        Unit 4: JBOD 233.76 GB ( 490234752 blocks): OK
        Unit 5: RAID 5 698.65 GB ( 1465185024 blocks): DEGRADED

# of ports: 8
        Port 0: WDC WD2000JB-00KFA0 WD-WCAMT1451690 186.31 GB (390721968 blocks): OK(unit 0)
        Port 1: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WCAL78219488 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 1)
        Port 2: WDC WD2500SB-01RFA0 WD-WMANK3040813 233.76 GB (490234752 blocks): OK(unit 2)
        Port 3: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WMAL73882417 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 1)
        Port 4: WDC WD2500SB-01RFA0 WD-WMANK3356318 233.76 GB (490234752 blocks): OK(unit 4)
        Port 5: WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0 WD-WMAL71338097 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
        Port 6: WDC WD2500JB-32EVA0 WD-WMAEH1301595 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
        Port 7: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WCAL78165566 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
</pre>

2 new drives show up as JBOD's, which is fine, we can allocate into a mirror, but first we must delete the JBOD unit:
BE VERY CAREFUL about this, double check that the unit you are deleting has 1 member and it's member is on the port which contains the new drive.
<pre>
tw_cli maint deleteunit c0 u2
Deleting unit /ct0/u2 ...wed2: detached
Done.

tw_cli maint deleteunit c0 u4
Deleting unit /ct0/u4 ...wed3: detached
Done.

tw_cli info c0
Controller: c0
-------------
Driver:   1.50.01.002
Model:    7500-8
FW:       FE7X 1.05.00.068
BIOS:     BE7X 1.08.00.048
Monitor:  ME7X 1.01.00.040
Serial #: F11605A3180172
PCB:      Rev3
PCHIP:    1.30-33
ACHIP:    3.20


# of units: 3
        Unit 0: JBOD 186.31 GB ( 390721968 blocks): OK
        Unit 1: RAID 5 465.77 GB ( 976790016 blocks): DEGRADED
        Unit 5: RAID 5 698.65 GB ( 1465185024 blocks): DEGRADED

# of ports: 8
        Port 0: WDC WD2000JB-00KFA0 WD-WCAMT1451690 186.31 GB (390721968 blocks): OK(unit 0)
        Port 1: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WCAL78219488 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 1)
        Port 2: WDC WD2500SB-01RFA0 WD-WMANK3040813 233.76 GB (490234752 blocks): OK(NO UNIT)
        Port 3: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WMAL73882417 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 1)
        Port 4: WDC WD2500SB-01RFA0 WD-WMANK3356318 233.76 GB (490234752 blocks): OK(NO UNIT)
        Port 5: WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0 WD-WMAL71338097 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
        Port 6: WDC WD2500JB-32EVA0 WD-WMAEH1301595 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
        Port 7: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WCAL78165566 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
</pre>

Now the 2 drives show up as full size and available. We can rebuild:

<pre>
tw_cli maint rebuild c0 u1 p2
Rebuild started twon unit /c0/u1
AEN: <twed1: rebuild started>

tw_cli maint rebuild c0 u5 p4
Rebuild started ton unit /c0/u5
AEN: <twed1: rebuild started>

tw_cli info c0
Controller: c0
-------------
Driver:   1.50.01.002
Model:    7500-8
FW:       FE7X 1.05.00.068
BIOS:     BE7X 1.08.00.048
Monitor:  ME7X 1.01.00.040
Serial #: F11605A3180172
PCB:      Rev3
PCHIP:    1.30-33
ACHIP:    3.20


# of units: 3
        Unit 0: JBOD 186.31 GB ( 390721968 blocks): OK
        Unit 1: RAID 5 465.77 GB ( 976790016 blocks): REBUILDING (0%)
        Unit 5: RAID 5 698.65 GB ( 1465185024 blocks): REBUILDING (0%)

# of ports: 8
        Port 0: WDC WD2000JB-00KFA0 WD-WCAMT1451690 186.31 GB (390721968 blocks): OK(unit 0)
        Port 1: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WCAL78219488 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 1)
        Port 2: WDC WD2500SB-01RFA0 WD-WMANK3040813 233.76 GB (490234752 blocks): OK(unit 1)
        Port 3: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WMAL73882417 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 1)
        Port 4: WDC WD2500SB-01RFA0 WD-WMANK3356318 233.76 GB (490234752 blocks): OK(unit 5)
        Port 5: WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0 WD-WMAL71338097 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
        Port 6: WDC WD2500JB-32EVA0 WD-WMAEH1301595 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
        Port 7: WDC WD2500JB-00GVC0 WD-WCAL78165566 232.88 GB (488397168 blocks): OK(unit 5)
</pre>

And now we can reboot, the rebuild will continue backgrounded, and the devices will come up in correct order:

<pre>twed0: <Unit 0, JBOD, Normal> on twe0
twed0: 190782MB (390721968 sectors)
twed1: <Unit 1, RAID5, Rebuilding> on twe0
twed1: 476948MB (976790016 sectors)
twed2: <Unit 4, RAID5, Rebuilding> on twe0
twed2: 715422MB (1465185024 sectors)
twed3: <Unit 0, RAID5, Normal> on twe1
twed3: 715422MB (1465185024 sectors)
twed4: <Unit 4, RAID5, Normal> on twe1
twed4: 715422MB (1465185024 sectors)</pre>