Hi,
1. You use recovery DVD to reinstall VSM 6.3.x software on CIVS-MSP-4RU server.
Note: Before running a Factory restore the RAID configuration must be manually configured.
***MSP Server RAID Configuration
**Default configuration
The VSM MSP 2RU and 4RU servers use RAID with their storage. All of the drives are grouped into a RAID-
5 array, with the array divided into one volume for the operating system and 1-2 volumes for video storage:
servers with up to 12 hard drives contain one volume for video ( /media1), servers with more than 12 drives
have a second volume for video ( /media2).
*Configuring the RAID
Should it become necessary to setup the server's RAID configuration again, the process is as follows:
1. After the motherboad BIOS loads the 'MegaRAID SAS-MFG BIOS' will load and display a long list of
the controller configuration - controller, list of disks, list of volumes; at the bottom of this display the
message to press CTRL-H to enter the MegaRAID? configuration.
2. When the configration program starts you will first be presented with a brief menu to select the
MegaRAID? controller - only one controller is possible so press SPACEBAR to continue or click the
'Start' button.
3. To configure the RAID for VSMS server select ‘Configuration Wizard’ -> ‘New Configuration’ -> ‘Custom
Configuration’
4. Create a Disk Group (DG) by selecting each of the Phsyical Disks and clicking the 'AddtoArray' button.
You can select each disk one at a time, or select multiple disks with the SHIFT key depressed. Each of
the disks will appear in the righthand DiskGroups? window. Once all of the disks are in the DiskGroup?
, click Accept DG to create DG0. Click Next to continue.
5. Configure a Span by selecting DG0 from the Array With Free Space window and clicking the Add to
SPAN button. Click Next to continue.
6. Create two Virtual Disks, starting with VD0. In the VD Definition form, set the following values:
RAID Level RAID 5
Strip Size 64 KB
Access Policy RW
Read Policy Normal
Write Policy WThru
Wrthru for BAD BBU Checked
IO Policy Direct
Disk Cache NoChange?
Disable BGI No
Select Size 12288 MB
7. Click Accept to create VD0.
8. Click Back
9. If the unit has (12) or fewer hard drives:
1. Select DG0 from the Array With Free Space window again and click the Add to SPAN button.
2. Click Next to continue.
3. Create VD1. In the VD Definition form, set the following values:
RAID Level RAID 5
Strip Size 64 KB
Access Policy RW
Read Policy Normal
Write Policy Wthru
Wrthru for BAD BBU Checked
IO Policy Direct
Disk Cache NoChange?
Disable BGI No
4. The Select Size box will fill in the correct size for VD1.
5. Click Accept to create VD1
6. Click Next to continue.
7. The Disk Group and Virtual Disk configuration will be displayed as follows:
-+ DG 0
|- VD 0
|- VD 1
10. If the unit has more than (12) hard drives:
1. Select DG0 from the Array With Free Space window again and click the Add to SPAN button.
2. Click Next to continue.
3. Create VD1. In the VD Definition form, set the following values:
RAID Level RAID 5
Strip Size 64 KB
Access Policy RW
Read Policy Normal
Write Policy Wthru
Wrthru for BAD BBU Checked
IO Policy Direct
Disk Cache NoChange?
Disable BGI No
4. In the Select Size box enter "9999999".
5. Click Accept to create VD1
6. Click Back
7. Select DG0 from the Array With Free Space window again and click the Add to SPAN button.
8. Click Next to continue.
9. Create VD2. In the VD Definition form, set the following values:
RAID Level RAID 5
Strip Size 64 KB
Access Policy RW
Read Policy Normal
Write Policy Wthru
Wrthru for BAD BBU Checked
IO Policy Direct
Disk Cache NoChange?
Disable BGI No
1. The Select Size box will auto-fill with the correct value.
2. Click Accept to create VD2
3. Click Next to continue.
4. The Disk Group and Virtual Disk configuration will be displayed as follows:
-+ DG 0
|- VD 0
|- VD 1
|- VD 2
11. Click Accept to accept the configuraiton.
12. Click Yes to save the configuration.
13. Click Yes to initialize the created Virtual Disks.
14. The Virtual Disk details page will appear and display the new Virtual Disks with progress as they are
initialized. It should only take a minute or less to initialize a 10TB VD.
15. Once the process is complete, press Home.
16. To exit the WebBIOS? click the Exit option from the main menu. When prompted, reboot the server by
pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL.
Hard drive positions
The hard drives in the MSP servers are in numbered slots 0-11 in the 2RU, and 0-23 in the 4RU. Starting with
the first drive, slot 0, is in the lower left corner of the front of the chassis the slot numbers go UP in the first
column, then start again at the bottom of the next column to the right, with the last slot in the upper right
corner.
*VSM Intallation Procedure.
The Factory option will clear the RAID configuration and reconfigure it; to do this the DVD will need to be run twice - part way through the first run the server will automatically reboot and the DVD will need to be booted again and the Factory option selected.
1. Insert the DVD into a USB DVD-ROM, connect the drive to the MSP server and reboot or turn on the server.
2. Press F11. When the BIOS appears to boot from the DVD-ROM. At the end of the initial boot a boot menu will appear, select the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive from the menu options.
3. The computer boots from the DVD you will get a menu prompting you to select the recovery option:
1. Factory - Restore the server to the factory default, clearing all data in the process.
2. Repair - Reinstall the operating system and VSM software. Do not touch the VSM video repositories.
4. Wait for approximately 20 minutes.
5. DVD will be ejected at the end of the process and computer will reboot. It is now at factory default.
Please refer to user maual from cisco.com for how to Configure and use VSOM, VSMC, VSVM and cameras.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps9152/products_user_guide_list.html
Regards,
Raghav.
