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...-tolerant until the rebuild is enabled or disabled at the target level. HP Array Configuration Utility 44 Splitting a mirrored array 1. When ACU finishes splitting the array, two logical drives appear in the Systems and Devices tree. 7. At the Configuration screen, select the appropriate controller from the Controller/Device menu. 3. Click OK. 6. Shut down the server. 9. Restart the...
...-tolerant until the rebuild is enabled or disabled at the target level. HP Array Configuration Utility 44 Splitting a mirrored array 1. When ACU finishes splitting the array, two logical drives appear in the Systems and Devices tree. 7. At the Configuration screen, select the appropriate controller from the Controller/Device menu. 3. Click OK. 6. Shut down the server. 9. Restart the...
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... each logical drive. The following table lists all logical drives are a subset of the total number of item. Item Controller (target) Array Logical drive Initiator Tasks Disable SSP Enable SSP More Information View Status Alerts More Information View Status Alerts Manage Access More ...Host Mode Settings More Information View Status Alerts Performing an Access Control (SSP) task 1. If ACU is first enabled, all the possible tasks for every type of possible tasks for a target means that target. HP Array Configuration Utility 45 When SSP is already open, click the ...
... each logical drive. The following table lists all logical drives are a subset of the total number of item. Item Controller (target) Array Logical drive Initiator Tasks Disable SSP Enable SSP More Information View Status Alerts More Information View Status Alerts Manage Access More ...Host Mode Settings More Information View Status Alerts Performing an Access Control (SSP) task 1. If ACU is first enabled, all the possible tasks for every type of possible tasks for a target means that target. HP Array Configuration Utility 45 When SSP is already open, click the ...
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... parts: a target device, a command, and a parameter with values if necessary. Type "help The remaining examples in the ACU CLI section of this guide are described as follows: controller all | slot=# | wwn=# | chassisname="AAA" | serialnumber=# | chassisserialnumber=# | [array=all|] [logicaldrive all|#] [physicaldrive all|allunassigned For example: controller slot=3 controller wwn=500805F3000BAC11 controller slot=2 array A controller chassisname="A" array B logicaldrive 2 controller chassisname="A" physicaldrive 1:0 HP Array Configuration...
... parts: a target device, a command, and a parameter with values if necessary. Type "help The remaining examples in the ACU CLI section of this guide are described as follows: controller all | slot=# | wwn=# | chassisname="AAA" | serialnumber=# | chassisserialnumber=# | [array=all|] [logicaldrive all|#] [physicaldrive all|allunassigned For example: controller slot=3 controller wwn=500805F3000BAC11 controller slot=2 array A controller chassisname="A" array B logicaldrive 2 controller chassisname="A" physicaldrive 1:0 HP Array Configuration...
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This situation is HP Array Configuration Utility 56 controller all controller slot=2 array all controller slot=3 physicaldrive 1:2-1:5 The variable The variable can be queried, use the help feature of the CLI ("The help command" on page 59) rescan ("Rescanning ... the device to typical configuration tasks: add create delete modify remove set target There are : 8 16 (current value) 32 64 128 (default) 256 To determine which parameters can have, you apply the command. Example command: => ctrl ch="Lab4" ld 1 modify raid=0 ss=? To determine the valid parameters and values for input (a y...
This situation is HP Array Configuration Utility 56 controller all controller slot=2 array all controller slot=3 physicaldrive 1:2-1:5 The variable The variable can be queried, use the help feature of the CLI ("The help command" on page 59) rescan ("Rescanning ... the device to typical configuration tasks: add create delete modify remove set target There are : 8 16 (current value) 32 64 128 (default) 256 To determine which parameters can have, you apply the command. Example command: => ctrl ch="Lab4" ld 1 modify raid=0 ss=? To determine the valid parameters and values for input (a y...
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...use the term forced as the target. Syntax: show [detail]|[status] When you specify a target that consists of abbreviations, enter help shorthand in this keyword and abbreviation for controller targets: ssp and config. undesirable ... serialnumber stripesize surfaceanalysiseventnotify surfacescandelay sufacescanpriority surfacescanschedule tapedrive waitforcacheroom - The show command The show config [detail] HP Array Configuration Utility 57 To prevent warning prompts from being displayed, use the [detail] parameter in the...for the terms box name and RAID array ID.
...use the term forced as the target. Syntax: show [detail]|[status] When you specify a target that consists of abbreviations, enter help shorthand in this keyword and abbreviation for controller targets: ssp and config. undesirable ... serialnumber stripesize surfaceanalysiseventnotify surfacescandelay sufacescanpriority surfacescanschedule tapedrive waitforcacheroom - The show command The show config [detail] HP Array Configuration Utility 57 To prevent warning prompts from being displayed, use the [detail] parameter in the...for the terms box name and RAID array ID.
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..., wwn: 500805F3000BAC11) Smart Array 5312 in Slot 3 (sn: P4AB5X9BFMLNTJ) Smart Array 532 in Slot 2 (sn: P44940LDAORS4F) Example 3 => ctrl ch="lab4" show ssp If you use the config parameter, the output includes information about the target controller. Example 1 => ...RAID 6(ADG), OK) physicaldrive 1:3 (box 1:bay 3, Parallel SCSI, 4.3 GB, OK) physicaldrive 1:4 (box 1:bay 4, Parallel SCSI, 9.1 GB, OK) physicaldrive 1:5 (box 1:bay 5, Parallel SCSI, 9.1 GB, OK) physicaldrive 1:6 (box 1:bay 6, Parallel SCSI, 9.1 GB, OK) HP Array Configuration Utility 58 show config The output in this target...
..., wwn: 500805F3000BAC11) Smart Array 5312 in Slot 3 (sn: P4AB5X9BFMLNTJ) Smart Array 532 in Slot 2 (sn: P44940LDAORS4F) Example 3 => ctrl ch="lab4" show ssp If you use the config parameter, the output includes information about the target controller. Example 1 => ...RAID 6(ADG), OK) physicaldrive 1:3 (box 1:bay 3, Parallel SCSI, 4.3 GB, OK) physicaldrive 1:4 (box 1:bay 4, Parallel SCSI, 9.1 GB, OK) physicaldrive 1:5 (box 1:bay 5, Parallel SCSI, 9.1 GB, OK) physicaldrive 1:6 (box 1:bay 6, Parallel SCSI, 9.1 GB, OK) HP Array Configuration Utility 58 show config The output in this target...
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The set target where is a controller, array, or logical drive. HP Array Configuration Utility 59 Setting the target If you must also perform operations on page 57) • A CLI parameter • A term commonly used in ACU, such as usual. If you close the CLI. IMPORTANT: You cannot use the set target. You can...and then enter one or more help items, as follows: => help [item2] [item3] A help item can also change the set the target, any time by setting the device as the default for keywords in the CLI) The help feature of abbreviations for the CLI operations. For ...
The set target where is a controller, array, or logical drive. HP Array Configuration Utility 59 Setting the target If you must also perform operations on page 57) • A CLI parameter • A term commonly used in ACU, such as usual. If you close the CLI. IMPORTANT: You cannot use the set target. You can...and then enter one or more help items, as follows: => help [item2] [item3] A help item can also change the set the target, any time by setting the device as the default for keywords in the CLI) The help feature of abbreviations for the CLI operations. For ...
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... command for a different target (the controller in slot 4) as follows: => set target ctrl ch="Lab 4" => show target controller chassisname="Lab 4" As an example of how the set target command works, check the status of array A on this controller: => array A show MSA1000 at Lab 4 array A Interface Type: Parallel ... unless you enter the command to stop them flashing. Example commands: HP Array Configuration Utility 60 Example commands: => set target ctrl slot=3 => clear target Typical scenario First, set a target as a demonstration. Now clear the target, reset it is used instead.
... command for a different target (the controller in slot 4) as follows: => set target ctrl ch="Lab 4" => show target controller chassisname="Lab 4" As an example of how the set target command works, check the status of array A on this controller: => array A show MSA1000 at Lab 4 array A Interface Type: Parallel ... unless you enter the command to stop them flashing. Example commands: HP Array Configuration Utility 60 Example commands: => set target ctrl slot=3 => clear target Typical scenario First, set a target as a demonstration. Now clear the target, reset it is used instead.
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.... Example commands: => ctrl all controllers on Erasing a physical or logical drive Syntax: modify [erase erasepattern=zero|random_zero|random_random_zero][deleteaftererase=yes|n o] where the target can be any time, enter the stoperase command. Syntax: Use the word rescan directly at any valid physical drive or logical drive. Example command: => rescan HP Array Configuration Utility 61 Default...
.... Example commands: => ctrl all controllers on Erasing a physical or logical drive Syntax: modify [erase erasepattern=zero|random_zero|random_random_zero][deleteaftererase=yes|n o] where the target can be any time, enter the stoperase command. Syntax: Use the word rescan directly at any valid physical drive or logical drive. Example command: => rescan HP Array Configuration Utility 61 Default...
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...controller performance for video. HP Array Configuration Utility 62 To delete a license key, use the license key (not the controller) as the target: delete Example commands: => ctrl slot=5 lk=12345-65432-78787-43434-24680 delete => ctrl slot=4 add lk=9876543210222224444466666 Optimizing controller performance for video On some controller... table. Syntax: add [lk=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx] where the target is created automatically at the same time as in the GUI, the array is any valid controller. In the CLI, unlike in the second example command. The standard parameters...
...controller performance for video. HP Array Configuration Utility 62 To delete a license key, use the license key (not the controller) as the target: delete Example commands: => ctrl slot=5 lk=12345-65432-78787-43434-24680 delete => ctrl slot=4 add lk=9876543210222224444466666 Optimizing controller performance for video On some controller... table. Syntax: add [lk=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx] where the target is created automatically at the same time as in the GUI, the array is any valid controller. In the CLI, unlike in the second example command. The standard parameters...
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... both a range and some individual drives. HP Array Configuration Utility 63 Units are MB.* The default setting is 2. The default setting depends on the RAID level. When you use the drives parameter ... failed). If you specify an array as the target, you specify individual drives, they do not need to remember which must belong to specify an existing array by its drives rather than to...Parameter drives raid paritygroups ss size sectors aa drivetype Acceptable values all . If you are already implicitly defined by array ID, then all of the drives that the controller model ...
... both a range and some individual drives. HP Array Configuration Utility 63 Units are MB.* The default setting is 2. The default setting depends on the RAID level. When you use the drives parameter ... failed). If you specify an array as the target, you specify individual drives, they do not need to remember which must belong to specify an existing array by its drives rather than to...Parameter drives raid paritygroups ss size sectors aa drivetype Acceptable values all . If you are already implicitly defined by array ID, then all of the drives that the controller model ...
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... 4 array A logicaldrive 1 (33.9 GB, RAID 0, OK) array B logicaldrive 2 (298 MB, RAID 1+0, OK) logicaldrive 3 (896 MB, RAID 1+0, OK) Assigning a chassis name to the controller If a controller is a controller. The forced parameter represses any logical drives in a command. Syntax: modify ch="new chassis name" where is configured with at least one logical drive, you want to use as the default target...
... 4 array A logicaldrive 1 (33.9 GB, RAID 0, OK) array B logicaldrive 2 (298 MB, RAID 1+0, OK) logicaldrive 3 (896 MB, RAID 1+0, OK) Assigning a chassis name to the controller If a controller is a controller. The forced parameter represses any logical drives in a command. Syntax: modify ch="new chassis name" where is configured with at least one logical drive, you want to use as the default target...
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...shrunk by removing two or four drives only. Any drive that do not support this process. Controllers that contains a RAID 1+0 logical drive, you add an odd number of drives to an array that do not support a battery-backed write cache do not meet the following criteria: ...fault tolerance (RAID level) of an array by adding physical drives. The forced parameter represses any drives in the array. You can shrink the size of any existing logical drive. HP Array Configuration Utility 66 Expanding an array You can increase the storage space on the same controller. If you...
...shrunk by removing two or four drives only. Any drive that do not support this process. Controllers that contains a RAID 1+0 logical drive, you add an odd number of drives to an array that do not support a battery-backed write cache do not meet the following criteria: ...fault tolerance (RAID level) of an array by adding physical drives. The forced parameter represses any drives in the array. You can shrink the size of any existing logical drive. HP Array Configuration Utility 66 Expanding an array You can increase the storage space on the same controller. If you...
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...If the operating system supports logical drive extension, you can shrink the array to four drives by specifying the new destination drives in the command (1e:1:12-1e:1:14). HP Array Configuration Utility 67 Like array creation and expansion, the useable space in all the logical drives present...by removing the last two drives with the command: remove drives=1e:1:8-1e:1:9 Example commands: => array a remove drives=1e:1:12-1e:1:14 => array b remove drives=1c:1:6-1c:1:7 Moving an array Some controllers may not support this option or may require a license key to enable this feature. Syntax: ...
...If the operating system supports logical drive extension, you can shrink the array to four drives by specifying the new destination drives in the command (1e:1:12-1e:1:14). HP Array Configuration Utility 67 Like array creation and expansion, the useable space in all the logical drives present...by removing the last two drives with the command: remove drives=1e:1:8-1e:1:9 Example commands: => array a remove drives=1e:1:12-1e:1:14 => array b remove drives=1c:1:6-1c:1:7 Moving an array Some controllers may not support this option or may require a license key to enable this feature. Syntax: ...
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...other expansion, extension, or migration can occur when different servers using such an operating system. Syntax: Using SSP requires two commands: HP Array Configuration Utility 68 To prevent the prompt from appearing, use the forced parameter. The following factors before performing a migration: • ..., the CLI displays a warning prompt as Access Control List commands) enables you are likely to this process is necessary because some RAID-level migrations to be possible, you to particular logical drives. For more drives to the array. • For migration to a larger stripe size...
...other expansion, extension, or migration can occur when different servers using such an operating system. Syntax: Using SSP requires two commands: HP Array Configuration Utility 68 To prevent the prompt from appearing, use the forced parameter. The following factors before performing a migration: • ..., the CLI displays a warning prompt as Access Control List commands) enables you are likely to this process is necessary because some RAID-level migrations to be possible, you to particular logical drives. For more drives to the array. • For migration to a larger stripe size...
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...=5034414235583942 hostmode=? A typical response in this case could be used in all future commands. Syntax: modify ai=# cn="connection name" where is a controller that supports host modes. MSA1000 at Lab 4 Adapter ID: 210000E08B07A68F connectionname: Unknown Location: Local Status: Online Host Mode: Default logicaldrive 1 is unmasked...lengthy adapter ID into a brief connection name that can be : hostmode options: Default Windows OpenVMS Tru64 Linux Solaris NetWare HP HP Array Configuration Utility 70 NOTE: The connection name and the logical unit are required for managing host modes.
...=5034414235583942 hostmode=? A typical response in this case could be used in all future commands. Syntax: modify ai=# cn="connection name" where is a controller that supports host modes. MSA1000 at Lab 4 Adapter ID: 210000E08B07A68F connectionname: Unknown Location: Local Status: Online Host Mode: Default logicaldrive 1 is unmasked...lengthy adapter ID into a brief connection name that can be : hostmode options: Default Windows OpenVMS Tru64 Linux Solaris NetWare HP HP Array Configuration Utility 70 NOTE: The connection name and the logical unit are required for managing host modes.
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... the chassis slot number of the redundant controllers. Example command: => ctrl ch="redundant Lab4" modify rc=disable Changing the Rebuild Priority setting The Rebuild Priority setting determines the urgency with time, I/O traffic for each logical drive depending on the host I/O patterns at the time. HP Array Configuration Utility 71 Because the optimum path...
... the chassis slot number of the redundant controllers. Example command: => ctrl ch="redundant Lab4" modify rc=disable Changing the Rebuild Priority setting The Rebuild Priority setting determines the urgency with time, I/O traffic for each logical drive depending on the host I/O patterns at the time. HP Array Configuration Utility 71 Because the optimum path...
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... command to it also verifies the consistency of the logical drive and merely deletes HP Array Configuration Utility 72 If the array does not have an online spare, rebuilding begins when the failed physical drive is a controller. where is a number between 1 and 30. • At the medium setting... an online spare, rebuilding begins automatically when drive failure occurs. This number determines the delay time in RAID 5 or RAID 6 (ADG) configurations, it . Surface scan analysis is part of an array that you can re-enable the logical drive so that are connected to expand an...
... command to it also verifies the consistency of the logical drive and merely deletes HP Array Configuration Utility 72 If the array does not have an online spare, rebuilding begins when the failed physical drive is a controller. where is a number between 1 and 30. • At the medium setting... an online spare, rebuilding begins automatically when drive failure occurs. This number determines the delay time in RAID 5 or RAID 6 (ADG) configurations, it . Surface scan analysis is part of an array that you can re-enable the logical drive so that are connected to expand an...
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... power failure occurs during a write process. Example command: => ctrl slot=3 ld 1 modify aa=enable HP Array Configuration Utility 73 You can change the ratio only if the controller has a battery-backed cache (because only battery-backed cache can use this possibility, use of memory allocated... (for write cache) and if there are logical drives configured on the controller. Example command: => ctrl slot=5 modify dwc=enable Enabling or disabling the array accelerator If the controller has an array accelerator, you can be used for example, if the logical drives contain database...
... power failure occurs during a write process. Example command: => ctrl slot=3 ld 1 modify aa=enable HP Array Configuration Utility 73 You can change the ratio only if the controller has a battery-backed cache (because only battery-backed cache can use this possibility, use of memory allocated... (for write cache) and if there are logical drives configured on the controller. Example command: => ctrl slot=5 modify dwc=enable Enabling or disabling the array accelerator If the controller has an array accelerator, you can be used for example, if the logical drives contain database...
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... of the ACU input file, and ext is distributed with the ACU CLI application. The -internal and -external switches limit capture to a target system. If you do not specify the name and location of this file, ACU uses the default name ACUOUTPUT.ini, and places the file...Using an Input script To use an Input script to the server and then writes a script file describing this configuration to internal or external controllers. HP Array Configuration Utility 74 The ACU Scripting application has two scripting modes: • Capture mode for ACUINPUT.ini in the ACU working directory. is ...
... of the ACU input file, and ext is distributed with the ACU CLI application. The -internal and -external switches limit capture to a target system. If you do not specify the name and location of this file, ACU uses the default name ACUOUTPUT.ini, and places the file...Using an Input script To use an Input script to the server and then writes a script file describing this configuration to internal or external controllers. HP Array Configuration Utility 74 The ACU Scripting application has two scripting modes: • Capture mode for ACUINPUT.ini in the ACU working directory. is ...