On 2013-12-06, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
and yes, as has been said before, megacli is a rather messy complex command line.
The newer storcli command line tool is slightly less horrifying. There are also GUI tools, but I don't have a lot of experience with them.
If you have a system drive/array that's not on these controllers, you can install the OS first, then download megacli/storcli and configure your big array.
And just as the 3ware CLI is easier to use than MegaCLI/storcli, the 3ware BIOS is easier to use than the megaraid BIOS, and it's fairly straightforward to build arrays. This is why I often suggest 3ware over Megaraid for admins who are new to hardware RAID--I found that solid experience with 3ware's CLI was a big help in deciphering the incomprehensible MegaCLI/storcli docs.
--keith