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EFI usage 

EFI configuration 

Get to the EFI Shell and setup Serial as primary console, 

conconfig

conconfig 1 primary

exit

Note. otherwise through the menus, 

#Boot Configuration > Console Configuration

#Select "Serial Acpi..." > Press "P" (for Primary)

#Select "VGA Acpi..." > Press "S" (for Secondary)

#Press ESC once and confirm

Configure autoboot, 

#System Configuration > Set System Defaults and confirm

Boot Configuration > AutoBoot configuration > Set AutoBoot Timeout : 2

Boot Configuration > AutoBoot configuration > AutoBoot Retry Configuration : 5

Show the device map, 

map

Boot e.g. "fs7", 

fs7:

Hardware RAID 

Enter drive setup utility (LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility), 

drvcfg

drivers

devices

drvcfg -s DriverHandle DeviceHandle

note. if you even need to define a child device, 

#devtree

#drvcfg -s DriverHandle DeviceHandle ChildHandle

locate the disks and their serial numbers (enable/disable leds), 

SAS1068 > SAS topology > Direct Attach Devices > select disks > d

configure RAID volumes, 

SAS1068 > RAID properties