NOTE: This article is for slcli v6.2.7 and ibmcloud sl v1.5.7
+Ordering a server with a mirrored NVMe M.2 boot drive is a little tricky. There are 2 main difference between this setup and a normal order.
+storageGroups need to be defined with the NVMe array firsthardDriveCategoryCodes and diskControllerIndex: 1++The
+0thindex storageGroup will be what the server boots from. It will not match the order the raid cards are ordered in.
diskControllerIndex: 0) in your order, before DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 (diskControllerIndex: 1). DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID uses the disk_controller category price, and DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 uses disk_controller1 category price when both are present in an order.This ordering is important because otherwise the SLCLI will pick the incorrect price id, and you will get one of the errors listed below.
+./slcli -v order place --verify 2U_DUAL_INTEL_XEON_SAPPHIRE_RAPIDS_FAMILY_16_DRIVES DALLAS13 \
+--complex-type SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Hardware_Server --billing monthly \
+--extras '{"hardware":[{"hostname":"test1nvme","domain":"ibm.com"}],"storageGroups":[{"arraySize":480,"arrayTypeId":2, "diskControllerIndex":1,"hardDriveCategoryCodes":["secondary_pcie_slot0","secondary_pcie_slot1"]}, {"arraySize":1920,"arrayTypeId":2,"diskControllerIndex": 0,"hardDrives":[0,1]}]}' \
+AUTOMATED_NOTIFICATION MONITORING_HOST_PING NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_AND_TICKET REBOOT_KVM_OVER_IP \
+UNLIMITED_SSL_VPN_USERS_1_PPTP_VPN_USER_PER_ACCOUNT BANDWIDTH_0_GB 1_IP_ADDRESS \
+1_GBPS_REDUNDANT_PRIVATE_NETWORK_UPLINKS DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID \
+DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 \
+MIRRORED_NVME_M_2_OS_BOOT_480GB 256_GB_RAM_DDR5 OS_CENTOS_STREAM_9_X_64_BIT \
+INTEL_INTEL_XEON_6416_UEFI_BOOT_MODE_2_70 REDUNDANT_POWER_SUPPLY HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD \
+HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD
+Calling: SoftLayer_Product_Order::verifyOrder(id=None, mask='', filter='None', args=({'orderContainers': [{
+'hardware': [{'hostname': 'test1nvme', 'domain': 'ibm.com'}],
+'storageGroups': [
+ {
+ 'arraySize': 480,'arrayTypeId': 2, 'diskControllerIndex': 1,
+ 'hardDriveCategoryCodes': ['secondary_pcie_slot0', 'secondary_pcie_slot1']
+ },{
+ 'arraySize': 1920, 'arrayTypeId': 2, 'diskControllerIndex': 0, 'hardDrives': [0, 1]
+}],
+'packageId': 3137,
+'quantity': 1,
+'location': 1854895,
+'useHourlyPricing': False,
+'complexType': 'SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Hardware_Server',
+'prices': [
+ {'id': 58, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'response'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'AUTOMATED_NOTIFICATION'}},
+ {'id': 55, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'monitoring'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'MONITORING_HOST_PING'}},
+ {'id': 57, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'notification'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_AND_TICKET'}},
+ {'id': 906, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'remote_management'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'REBOOT_KVM_OVER_IP'}},
+ {'id': 420, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'vpn_management'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'UNLIMITED_SSL_VPN_USERS_1_PPTP_VPN_USER_PER_ACCOUNT'}},
+ {'id': 22505, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'bandwidth'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'BANDWIDTH_0_GB'}},
+ {'id': 21, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'pri_ip_addresses'}], 'item': {'keyName': '1_IP_ADDRESS'}},
+ {'id': 14023, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'port_speed'}], 'item': {'keyName': '1_GBPS_REDUNDANT_PRIVATE_NETWORK_UPLINKS'}},
+ {'id': 22484, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'disk_controller'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID'}},
+ {'id': 306531, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'disk_controller1'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2'}},
+ {'id': 311834, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'pcie_slot0'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'MIRRORED_NVME_M_2_OS_BOOT_480GB'}},
+ {'id': 301502, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'ram'}], 'item': {'keyName': '256_GB_RAM_DDR5'}},
+ {'id': 307539, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'os'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'OS_CENTOS_STREAM_9_X_64_BIT'}},
+ {'id': 313326, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'server'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'INTEL_INTEL_XEON_6416_UEFI_BOOT_MODE_2_70'}},
+ {'id': 50221, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'power_supply'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'REDUNDANT_POWER_SUPPLY'}},
+ {'id': 300316, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'disk0'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD'}},
+ {'id': 300316, 'categories': [{'categoryCode': 'disk0'}], 'item': {'keyName': 'HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD'}}
+]
+}]}) limit=None, offset=None)
+
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────┐
+│ keyName │ description │ cost │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────┤
+│ AUTOMATED_NOTIFICATION │ Automated Notification │ 0 │
+│ MONITORING_HOST_PING │ Host Ping │ 0 │
+│ NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_AND_TICKET │ Email and Ticket │ 0 │
+│ REBOOT_KVM_OVER_IP │ Reboot / KVM over IP │ 0 │
+│ UNLIMITED_SSL_VPN_USERS_1_PPTP_VPN_USER_PER_ACCOUNT │ Unlimited SSL VPN Users │ 0 │
+│ BANDWIDTH_0_GB │ 0 GB Bandwidth Allotment │ 0 │
+│ 1_IP_ADDRESS │ 1 IP Address │ 0 │
+│ 1_GBPS_REDUNDANT_PRIVATE_NETWORK_UPLINKS │ 1 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks │ 0 │
+│ DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID │ RAID │ 0 │
+│ DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 │ RAID 1 (Mirrored NVMe M.2) │ 0 │
+│ MIRRORED_NVME_M_2_OS_BOOT_480GB │ Mirrored NVMe M.2 for OS Boot (480GB) │ 0 │
+│ 256_GB_RAM_DDR5 │ 256 GB RAM │ 0 │
+│ OS_CENTOS_STREAM_9_X_64_BIT │ CentOS Stream 9.x (64 bit) │ 0 │
+│ INTEL_INTEL_XEON_6416_UEFI_BOOT_MODE_2_70 │ Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6416H (24 Cores, 2.7 GHz) │ 0 │
+│ REDUNDANT_POWER_SUPPLY │ Redundant Power Supply │ 0 │
+│ HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD │ 1.9TB SSD │ 0 │
+│ HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD │ 1.9TB SSD │ 0 │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────┘
+From there you can customize your server how you like.
+Here I have 2 raid arrays.
+secondary_pcie_slot0 / secondary_pcie_slot1 to let the API know what drives to attach to this card. diskControllerIndex is 1, because I want it to use the second raid card on my order, DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 in this case.diskControllerIndex is 0, because I want it to use the first raid card on my order, DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID in this case.{
+ "hardware": [
+ {
+ "hostname": "test1nvme",
+ "domain": "ibm.com"
+ }
+ ],
+ "storageGroups": [
+ {
+ "arraySize": 480,
+ "arrayTypeId": 2,
+ "diskControllerIndex": 1,
+ "hardDriveCategoryCodes": [
+ "secondary_pcie_slot0",
+ "secondary_pcie_slot1"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "arraySize": 1920,
+ "arrayTypeId": 2,
+ "diskControllerIndex": 0,
+ "hardDrives": [0,1]
+ }
+ ]
+}
+This order works, but since it only specifies 1 raid card, the other drives will not get attached properly, and will lilely require Datacenter manual intervention to fix this order. Or the drives will be in a JBOD array.
+slcli -v order place --verify 2U_DUAL_INTEL_XEON_SAPPHIRE_RAPIDS_FAMILY_16_DRIVES DALLAS13 \
+--complex-type SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Hardware_Server --billing monthly \
+--extras '{"hardware":[{"hostname":"test1nvme","domain":"ibm.com"}],"storageGroups":[{"arraySize":480,"arrayTypeId":2,"diskControllerIndex":0,"hardDriveCategoryCodes":["secondary_pcie_slot0","secondary_pcie_slot1"]},{"arraySize":1920,"arrayTypeId":2, "hardDrives":[0,1]}]}' \
+AUTOMATED_NOTIFICATION MONITORING_HOST_PING NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_AND_TICKET REBOOT_KVM_OVER_IP \
+UNLIMITED_SSL_VPN_USERS_1_PPTP_VPN_USER_PER_ACCOUNT BANDWIDTH_0_GB 1_IP_ADDRESS \
+1_GBPS_REDUNDANT_PRIVATE_NETWORK_UPLINKS DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 \
+MIRRORED_NVME_M_2_OS_BOOT_480GB 256_GB_RAM_DDR5 OS_CENTOS_STREAM_9_X_64_BIT \
+INTEL_INTEL_XEON_6416_UEFI_BOOT_MODE_2_70 REDUNDANT_POWER_SUPPLY HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD \
+HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────┐
+│ keyName │ description │ cost │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────┤
+│ AUTOMATED_NOTIFICATION │ Automated Notification │ 0 │
+│ MONITORING_HOST_PING │ Host Ping │ 0 │
+│ NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_AND_TICKET │ Email and Ticket │ 0 │
+│ REBOOT_KVM_OVER_IP │ Reboot / KVM over IP │ 0 │
+│ UNLIMITED_SSL_VPN_USERS_1_PPTP_VPN_USER_PER_ACCOUNT │ Unlimited SSL VPN Users │ 0 │
+│ BANDWIDTH_0_GB │ 0 GB Bandwidth Allotment │ 0 │
+│ 1_IP_ADDRESS │ 1 IP Address │ 0 │
+│ 1_GBPS_REDUNDANT_PRIVATE_NETWORK_UPLINKS │ 1 Gbps Redundant Private Network Uplinks │ 0 │
+│ DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 │ RAID 1 (Mirrored NVMe M.2) │ 0 │
+│ MIRRORED_NVME_M_2_OS_BOOT_480GB │ Mirrored NVMe M.2 for OS Boot (480GB) │ 0 │
+│ 256_GB_RAM_DDR5 │ 256 GB RAM │ 0 │
+│ OS_CENTOS_STREAM_9_X_64_BIT │ CentOS Stream 9.x (64 bit) │ 0 │
+│ INTEL_INTEL_XEON_6416_UEFI_BOOT_MODE_2_70 │ Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6416H (24 Cores, 2.7 GHz) │ 0 │
+│ REDUNDANT_POWER_SUPPLY │ Redundant Power Supply │ 0 │
+│ HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD │ 1.9TB SSD │ 0 │
+│ HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD │ 1.9TB SSD │ 0 │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────┘
+DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID is missing from the order
slcli -v order place --verify 2U_DUAL_INTEL_XEON_SAPPHIRE_RAPIDS_FAMILY_16_DRIVES DALLAS13 \
+--complex-type SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Hardware_Server --billing monthly \
+--extras '{"hardware":[{"hostname":"test1nvme","domain":"ibm.com"}],"storageGroups":[{"arraySize":1920,"arrayTypeId":2,"diskControllerIndex": 0,"hardDrives":[0,1]},{"arraySize":480,"arrayTypeId":2,"diskControllerIndex":1,"hardDriveCategoryCodes":["secondary_pcie_slot0","secondary_pcie_slot1"]}]}' \
+AUTOMATED_NOTIFICATION MONITORING_HOST_PING NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_AND_TICKET REBOOT_KVM_OVER_IP \
+UNLIMITED_SSL_VPN_USERS_1_PPTP_VPN_USER_PER_ACCOUNT BANDWIDTH_0_GB 1_IP_ADDRESS \
+1_GBPS_REDUNDANT_PRIVATE_NETWORK_UPLINKS DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 \
+MIRRORED_NVME_M_2_OS_BOOT_480GB 256_GB_RAM_DDR5 OS_CENTOS_STREAM_9_X_64_BIT \
+INTEL_INTEL_XEON_6416_UEFI_BOOT_MODE_2_70 REDUNDANT_POWER_SUPPLY HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD \
+HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD
+SoftLayerAPIError(500): Disk controller #1 is used by storage groups but it does not have a price.
+This is caused because older versions of the slcli/ibmcloud sl are not able to lookup the correct price if there are 2 raid cards in an order.
./slcli -v order place --verify 2U_DUAL_INTEL_XEON_SAPPHIRE_RAPIDS_FAMILY_16_DRIVES DALLAS13 \
+--complex-type SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Hardware_Server --billing monthly \
+--extras '{"hardware":[{"hostname":"test1nvme","domain":"ibm.com"}],"storageGroups":[{"arraySize":1920,"arrayTypeId":2,"diskControllerIndex": 0,"hardDrives":[0,1]},{"arraySize":480,"arrayTypeId":2,"diskControllerIndex":1,"hardDriveCategoryCodes":["secondary_pcie_slot0","secondary_pcie_slot1"]}]}' \
+AUTOMATED_NOTIFICATION MONITORING_HOST_PING NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_AND_TICKET REBOOT_KVM_OVER_IP \
+UNLIMITED_SSL_VPN_USERS_1_PPTP_VPN_USER_PER_ACCOUNT BANDWIDTH_0_GB 1_IP_ADDRESS \
+1_GBPS_REDUNDANT_PRIVATE_NETWORK_UPLINKS DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID \
+DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 \
+MIRRORED_NVME_M_2_OS_BOOT_480GB 256_GB_RAM_DDR5 OS_CENTOS_STREAM_9_X_64_BIT \
+INTEL_INTEL_XEON_6416_UEFI_BOOT_MODE_2_70 REDUNDANT_POWER_SUPPLY HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD \
+HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD
+SoftLayerAPIError(500): Unable to add RAID because a Disk Controller price has already been added.
+Storage groups are in the wrong order.
+slcli -v order place --verify 2U_DUAL_INTEL_XEON_SAPPHIRE_RAPIDS_FAMILY_16_DRIVES DALLAS13 \
+--complex-type SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Hardware_Server --billing monthly \
+--extras '{"hardware":[{"hostname":"test1nvme","domain":"ibm.com"}],"storageGroups":[{"arraySize":1920,"arrayTypeId":2,"diskControllerIndex": 0,"hardDrives":[0,1]},{"arraySize":480,"arrayTypeId":2,"diskControllerIndex":1,"hardDriveCategoryCodes":["secondary_pcie_slot0","secondary_pcie_slot1"]}]}' \
+AUTOMATED_NOTIFICATION MONITORING_HOST_PING NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_AND_TICKET REBOOT_KVM_OVER_IP \
+UNLIMITED_SSL_VPN_USERS_1_PPTP_VPN_USER_PER_ACCOUNT BANDWIDTH_0_GB 1_IP_ADDRESS \
+1_GBPS_REDUNDANT_PRIVATE_NETWORK_UPLINKS DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID \
+DISK_CONTROLLER_RAID_1_MIRRORED_NMVE_M_2 \
+MIRRORED_NVME_M_2_OS_BOOT_480GB 256_GB_RAM_DDR5 OS_CENTOS_STREAM_9_X_64_BIT \
+INTEL_INTEL_XEON_6416_UEFI_BOOT_MODE_2_70 REDUNDANT_POWER_SUPPLY HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD \
+HARD_DRIVE_1_9_TB_SSD
+SoftLayerAPIError(500): A storage group with M.2 drive(s) must be the primary storage group.
+ +