LSI Controllers can be configured using an interface called STORcli which can be dowwnloaded from the LSI website.

 

Sometimes when you reboot a server with an LSI controller installed it will stop at the BIOS screen displaying a message that requires user input before the machine will continue to boot.

So stop this behavior you can use the following commands.

C:\StorCli>storcli64 /c0 show bios

Controller = 0

Status = Success

Description = None

 

 

Controller Properties :

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Ctrl_Prop                        Value

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Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) ON

Auto Boot Select(ABS)            OFF

BIOS Boot Mode                   Pause on errors

Device Exposure                  Expose All

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Now issue the command "storcli64 /c0 set BIOS mode = IE"

and the following will be displayed

Controller = 0

Status = Success

Description = None

 

 

Controller Properties :

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Ctrl_Prop Value

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BIOS Mode IE

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if you now check the status on the controller again using "storcli64 /c0 show bios"

Controller = 0

Status = Success

Description = None

 

 

Controller Properties :

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Ctrl_Prop                        Value

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Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) ON

Auto Boot Select(ABS)            OFF

BIOS Boot Mode                   Ignore errors

Device Exposure                  Expose All

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You will notice that "BIOS Boot Mode" is now set to "Ignore Errors"