How to configure BIOS Intel(R) VROC SATA Controller function

Purpose:

Check or Set BIOS Intel(R) VROC SATA Controller function

Target Audience:

For Advantech TSE, RBU AE, outsourcing service engineer(s) and End customer with the following knowledges  :

• Hardware troubleshooting experience

• BIOS troubleshooting experience

Steps:

 BIOS Intel(R) VROC SATA Controller 

• Please login BIOS and choose "Hardware" -> " Southbridge" -> "SATA Configuration "-> "SATA Mode" as RAID mode

• Please choose “Save Changes" and " Save Changes and Exit" to save BIOS setting and reboot  system

• Please choose Hardware -> "Intel(R) VROC SATA Controller" after system reboot

• Please choose “Create RAID Volume”

• Please choose “RAID Level:” as “RAID1(Mirror)” or “RAID0(Stripe)”

• Please choose “Port 2” and “Port 3” of "Select Disks: "

• Please choose “Create Volume”

• Please “Yes” as agree RAID setting

• Please review "Intel(R) VROC 8.6.0.1118 SATA Driver ", the “RAID Volumes:” item will add new item of “Volume0”

• Please review “RAID VOLUME INFO” setting

• PS: if user needs to delete RAID, please choose "Volume Actions :  Delete , and choose Yes

• Please choose “Save Changes" and " Save Changes and Exit" to save BIOS setting and reboot  system

Verify Intel RST RAID setting via Linux command 

user may refer Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) in Linux* to review Intel RST RAID status

• Please key-in "cat /proc/mdstat" to review Intel RST RAID rebuilding status

# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md126 : active raid1 sda[1] sdb[0]
     29693952 blocks super external:/md127/0 [2/2] [UU]
     [==============>......]  resync = 73.2% (21751936/29693952) finish=0.6min speed=201120K/sec
md127 : inactive sda[1](S) sdb[0](S)
     10402 blocks super external:imsm

Please key-in "lseth " to review Intel RST RAID  ID

# lsblk
NAME    MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINTS
sda       8:0    0 29.8G  0 disk
├─md126   9:126  0 28.3G  0 raid1
└─md127   9:127  0    0B  0 md
sdb       8:16   0 59.6G  0 disk
├─md126   9:126  0 28.3G  0 raid1
└─md127   9:127  0    0B  0 md
sdc       8:32   1 58.3G  0 disk
├─sdc1    8:33   1  255M  0 part  /boot/efi
├─sdc2    8:34   1    1G  0 part  /bspconf
└─sdc3    8:35   1   57G  0 part  /

Please review " mdadm /dev/md127" to review RAID info

# mdadm /dev/md127
mdadm: maps.c:213: map_num_s: Assertion `ret' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)
root@FWA-6172-efi:~#
root@FWA-6172-efi:~# mdadm /dev/md127[  161.891591] md: md126: resync done.
^C
root@FWA-6172-efi:~# mdadm -D /dev/md127
/dev/md127:
          Version : imsm
       Raid Level : container
    Total Devices : 2
  Working Devices : 2

             UUID : b8cc6d4d:346d891d:29fac839:15252faa
    Member Arrays : /dev/md/Volume0_0
   Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice
      -       8        0        -        /dev/sda
      -       8       16        -        /dev/sdb
root@FWA-6172-efi:~#