We got a new SYS-421GE-TNRT GPU server with Broadcom9580 raid controller and we really struggling to configure raid.
We have 8 disks that we want to use as our data raid6.
Download storcli.efi tool from this link and copy the storcli.efi to a USB drive formatted as FAT32.
https://www.supermicro.com/wdl/driver/SAS/Broadcom/3908-3916/Management/007.3103.0000.0000_MR%207.31_storcli.zip
Boot into UEFI shell, cd to storcli and run this command
Storcli.efi /c0 show ## scroll up/down to see the output
To create raid6
Example:
Storcli.efi /c0 add vd r6 name=RAID6 drives=249:0-7 wb ra direct strip=64
Help:
storcli /cx add vd r[0|1|5|6|00|10|50|60]
[Size=<VD1_Sz>,<VD2_Sz>,..|remaining] [name=<VDNAME1>,..]
drives=[e:]s|[e:]s-x|[e:]s-x,y [PDperArray=x][SED]
[pdcache=on|off|default][pi][WT|WB|AWB][nora|ra]
[direct|cached] [cachevd] [unmap][Strip=<8|16|32|64|128|256|512|1024>]
[AfterVd=X] [EmulationType=0|1|2] [Spares = [e:]s|[e:]s-x|[e:]s-x,y]
[force][ExclusiveAccess] [Cbsize=0|1|2 Cbmode=0|1|2|3|4|7]
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