RAID
Most FortiGate devices with multiple disk drives (SSD or HHD) can be configured to use RAID.
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Enabling or disabling RAID, and changing the RAID level, erases all data on the log disk and reboots the device. |
To verify that the FortiGate has multiple disks:
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List disk devices and partitions:
# execute disk list Disk SSD1 ref: 255 223.6GiB type: SSD [ATA INTEL SSDSC2KB24] dev: /dev/sda partition ref: 1 220.1GiB, 219.0GiB free mounted: Y label: LOGUSEDXA707476A dev: /dev/sda1 start: 2048 Disk SSD2 ref: 16 223.6GiB type: SSD [ATA INTEL SSDSC2KB24] dev: /dev/sdb partition ref: 17 62.7GiB, 62.4GiB free mounted: Y label: WANOPTXX1FEBBFA1 dev: /dev/sdb1 start: 2048 partition ref: 18 63.7GiB, 63.7GiB free mounted: N label: dev: /dev/sdb2 start: 133625856 partition ref: 19 85.0GiB, 85.0GiB free mounted: N label: dev: /dev/sdb3 start: 267249664
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Display information about all of the disks:
# diagnose hardware deviceinfo disk Disk SSD1 ref: 255 223.6GiB type: SSD [ATA INTEL SSDSC2KB24] dev: /dev/sda partition ref: 1 220.1GiB, 219.0GiB free mounted: Y label: LOGUSEDXA707476A dev: /dev/sda1 start: 2048 Disk SSD2 ref: 16 223.6GiB type: SSD [ATA INTEL SSDSC2KB24] dev: /dev/sdb partition ref: 17 62.7GiB, 62.4GiB free mounted: Y label: WANOPTXX1FEBBFA1 dev: /dev/sdb1 start: 2048 partition ref: 18 63.7GiB, 63.7GiB free mounted: N label: dev: /dev/sdb2 start: 133625856 partition ref: 19 85.0GiB, 85.0GiB free mounted: N label: dev: /dev/sdb3 start: 267249664 Disk SYSTEM(boot) 14.9GiB type: SSD [ATA 16GB SATA Flash] dev: /dev/sdc partition 247.0MiB, 155.0MiB free mounted: N label: dev: /dev/sdc1(boot) start: 1 partition 247.0MiB, 154.0MiB free mounted: Y label: dev: /dev/sdc2(boot) start: 524289 partition ref: 35 14.2GiB, 14.0GiB free mounted: Y label: dev: /dev/sdc3 start: 1048577 Disk USB-6(user-usb) ref: 48 28.6GiB type: USB [SanDisk Ultra] dev: /dev/sdd <<<<<<===this info for usb disk because i have usb disk on FGT301E partition ref: 49 28.6GiB, 28.6GiB free mounted: Y label: dev: /dev/sdd1 start: 0 Total available disks: 4 Max SSD disks: 2 Available storage disks: 2
To check the RAID status:
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RAID enabled:
# execute disk raid status RAID Level: Raid-1 RAID Status: OK (Background-Synchronizing) (9%) RAID Size: 239GB Disk 1: OK Used 228GB Disk 2: OK Used 228GB
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RAID disabled:
# execute disk raid status RAID Level: Unavailable RAID Status: Unavailable RAID Size: 0GB Disk 1: OK Not-Used 228GB Disk 2: OK Not-Used 228GB
To enable RAID:
# execute disk raid enable This will erase all data on the log disk, and system will reboot! Do you want to continue? (y/n)y Dependent storage SSD2 removed. Dependent storage SSD1 removed. Raid-0 created with 2 disks. Performing raid on the requested disk(s) and rebooting, please wait.. . Configuring raid... - unmounting /data2 : ok - unmounting /var/log : ok - unmounting /usb : ok - unmounting /var/storage/SSD2-WANOPTXX0EA0EF17 : ok Formatting the disk... - unmounting /usb : ok Formatting /dev/md0 ... done The system is going down NOW !! Please stand by while rebooting the system. Restarting system.
To rebuild the RAID:
# execute disk raid rebuild
To rebuild the RAID to another level:
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Check the supported RAID levels:
# execute disk raid rebuild-level <RAID level> supported: Raid-0, Raid-1
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Rebuild the RAID to the required level:
# execute disk raid rebuild-level Raid-1 This will erase all data on the log disk, and system will reboot! Do you want to continue? (y/n)y Dependent storage RAID removed. Raid-1 created with 2 disks. Performing raid on the requested disk(s) and rebooting, please wait... Configuring raid... - unmounting /data2 : ok - unmounting /var/log : ok - unmounting /usb : ok Formatting the disk... - unmounting /usb : ok Formatting /dev/md0 ... done The system is going down NOW !! Please stand by while rebooting the system. Restarting system.
To disable RAID:
# execute disk raid disable This will erase all data on the log disk, and system will reboot! Do you want to continue? (y/n)y Dependent storage RAID removed. Performing format on the requested disk(s) and rebooting, please wait... Configuring raid... - unmounting /data2 : ok - unmounting /var/log : ok - unmounting /usb : ok Formatting the disk... Partitioning and formatting /dev/sda label LOGUSEDX3D36836D ... done Partitioning and formatting /dev/sdb label WANOPTXX1FEBBFA1 ... Sending request for partno=0 start=2048 stop=133624230 Sending request for partno=1 start=133625856 stop=267248460 Sending request for partno=2 start=267249664 stop=445414150 done The system is going down NOW !! Please stand by while rebooting the system. Restarting system. FortiGate-301E (11:11-04.30.2018) . Reading boot image 3017355 bytes. Initializing firewall... System is starting...