Solaris

Hah, I found it:


http://sunteam.imwork.net/sun/Hardwa...20-1186-18.pdf

LEDs on SATA Hard Disk Drives Connected to
Onboard Controller Stay ON (6680708)
If you connect a SATA hard disk drive to the onboard SATA controller, the blue and
amber LEDs stay On.
There is no workaround at this time.
The Operating System Cannot Detect the SAS
Hard Disk Drives
The operating system (OS) does not report the newly inserted SAS hard disk drive.
In this case, you will not be able to use the new SAS hard disk drive.
Workaround
All SAS hard disk drives that are attached to the Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion
Module (REM) must be initialized by the firmware (Ctrl-A option in BIOS), and a
volume or array must be created before they are listed by BIOS or the OS.
10 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Product Notes • September 2008
Note – Some operating systems might require a reconfiguration reboot before they
list the new hard drives.
Use the following procedure:
1. Power-cycle your server.
2. During power up, type Control -A to bring up the Adaptec RAID Controller
Utility (ARCU).
A message appears, then the ARCU opens.
3. Select Array Configuration Utility.
The Array Configuration Utility appears.
4. Select Initialize Drives.
A list of drives appears.
5. Select drives to initialize.
Use the arrow keys to scroll through the list.
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Use the space bar to select a drive.
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Note – You must initialize any drive that does not contain data or an operating
system. Normally, these will be new drives that you have installed.
6. When you have selected a drive, press Enter.
A message warns you that initializing a drive erases array information from it.
7. Type yes.
The utility initializes the selected drives, and the main screen appears.
8. Select Create Array from the main menu.
A list of drives appears.
9. Select the drives to be included in the array.
Use the arrow keys to scroll through the list.
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Use the space bar to select a drive.
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10. When you have made your selections, press Enter.
The Array Properties view appears.
11. Make the following selections:
Array Type – Select an array type from the drop-down list.
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Array Label – Type in a label.
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Stripe Size – Type in a stripe size.
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Read Caching – Type Y or N.
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Write Caching – Select an option from the list.
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12. Press Enter or click Done to proceed.
Depending on the Write Caching selection, a number of warnings might appear:
If the Write Caching setting is Enable Always, and if you do not have a battery,
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or if the battery is not charged sufficiently, a couple of warnings might appear.
Type Yes to proceed, or type No to return to the Array Properties screen.
If the write cache is enabled, a write cache warning appears.
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13. Click Enter to proceed.
The utility initializes the array.
12 Sun Blade X6250 Server Module Product Notes • September 2008

Thanks for your steps!!