Procedures and considerations for adding local storage for VMware ESXi hosts-4

4 problems encountered in adding local storage and Solutions 4.1 PCI failure alarm after adding a RAID card

If the raid card is added after the server panel alarm, showing "PCI" fault, 2-2-10, you need to enter the CMOS settings, the main steps are as follows.

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Figure 2-2-10 PCI Fault Light

(1) Press F1 to enter the system settings, select "Load Default Settings" load defaults, 2-2-11 is shown.

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Figure 2-2-11 Restore default settings

(2) then go to the "System Settings" dialog, select "Network" to enter the network card settings, 2-2-12 is shown.

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Figure 2-2-12 Network Settings

(3) In the Network Settings dialog box, select "Network boot Configuration" as shown in 2-2-13.

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Figure 2-2-13 NIC Boot configuration

(4) On the Network Boot Configuration page, disable the PXE boot feature for the 1, 2, 3 network cards (the PXE boot feature of the network card with the number 0 is reserved for installing the system). This example is an example of a NIC configured with a label of 2. Move the cursor to "mac:40:f2:e9:xx:xx:xx Onboard PFA 6:0:2" Press ENTER, 2-2-14.

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Figure 2-2-14 Choosing a network card

(5) Enter the NIC configuration page, press ENTER at "PXE Mode" and select "Disabled" in the popup dialog box, 2-2-15.

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Figure 2-2-15 Disable PXE functionality

(6) 2-2-16 after setting. After that, move the cursor to save changes settings.

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Figure 2-2-16 Save Settings

After referring to (4) ~ (6) 6 settings, the network card labeled 1, 3 also disables the PXE function and saves the settings. These are not introduced.

(7) then return to "System Settings", select "Devices and I/O Ports", 2-2-17 as shown.

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Figure 2-2-17 Device and IO port configuration

(8) on the device and Port configuration page, select "enable/disable Adapter option ROM support", as shown in 2-2-18.

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Figure 2-2-18 Setting the adapter ROM support

(9) By default, ROM support is a state that allows "enable", as shown in 2-2-19.

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Figure 2-2-19 is allowed by default

(10) In this item, the options for legacy and UEFI are set separately, and Ethernet cards 2, 3 are generally set to disabled, and 2-2-20 are shown. If you set this key, the PCI error message still appears after the save setting exits, and you will also need to set slots 1, 2, 3 to Disabled in this interface.

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Figure 2-2-20 Disabling the NIC

(11) After setting back to the System configuration page, select "Save Settings", save the settings and exit, as shown in 2-2-21.

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Figure 2-2-21 Save Settings

After starting again, the fault prompt still appears at the beginning, after the RAID card configuration detection (2-2-22 page), the fault warning prompt clears, this PCI troubleshooting.

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Figure 2-2-22 RAID Card Configuration

At this point the server front panel led has changed to "Green", as shown in 2-2-23.

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Figure 2-2-23 led turns green

The panel can now be opened to see that the PCI LEDs are not lit, as shown in 2-2-24.

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Figure 2-2-24 Panel details no fault indication

In practice, if you are using shared storage, it is recommended that you configure two SAS or FC cards for the server to connect to the storage. In this case, you can provide "redundancy" functionality. If two SAS or FC cards are configured for the server, in system detection, the storage allocated for the server is displayed two times, as shown in 2-2-25.

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Figure 2-2-25 SLOT1 and SLOT2 each have an FC card and are connected to the storage

4.2 Other issues

If you do not have a hard drive bay, you can use the server's own "bezel" (3-1-1), the front-end machining is removed a section, 3-1-2 is shown.

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Figure 3-1-1 Server File board

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Figure 3-1-2 Machining Remove

Then place the hard drive on this temporary bracket, as shown in 3-1-3.

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Figure 3-1-3 stuck hard drive

You can temporarily use this bracket to place the hard drive. But it's best not to use it for long. Figure 3-1-4 is the use of a hard drive rack and the use of self-made brackets in contrast, the self-made bracket to grow a section of the server.

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Figure 3-1-42 Bracket comparison

The IBM 3650 M4 can be configured with 16 2.5-inch hard drives, but only the first 8 hard disk bits have a base, and the second 8 hard disk bits are "empty", and if needed, add modules, 3-1-5, as shown.

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Figure 3-1-5 the 8th to 15th hard disk bit is empty.

Figure 3-1-4 is the IBM Server box, after the server disassembly, do not worry about throwing away, and so on after the server for a period of time, if there is no problem to throw.

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Figure 3-1-4 IBM Server Wrapper

Figure 3-1-5 is the cabinet, the UPS, and the debugging notebooks that place the server.

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Figure 3-1-5 Server Enclosure, UPS

Figure 3-1-6 is a switch, telecom fiber.

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Figure 3-1-6 fiber optic transceiver and core switch

This article from "Wang Chunhai blog" blog, declined reprint!

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