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Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers Reference Guide


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...HP Smart Array Advanced Pack ...8 About SAAP ...8 Required hardware ...8 Option ROM Configuration for Arrays 9 About ORCA ...9 Using the ORCA menu-driven interface...9 Creating a logical drive with ORCA 10 Installing a license key with ORCA...11 Using the ORCA CLI ...12 HP Online Array...18 Setting the accelerator ratio...19 Expanding an array ...19 Migrating RAID level or stripe size ...20 HP Array Configuration Utility ...21 About ACU...21 Using... SmartStart CD 26 Navigating the GUI ...28 Configuration tasks...40 Access Control (SSP) tasks...44 Diagnostics tasks...47 Wizards...50 Using the ACU...
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... failure for different logical drives 93 Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods 94 Drive arrays...94 Fault-tolerance methods...96 RAID 0-No fault tolerance...97 RAID 1+0 (RAID 10)...98 RAID 5-distributed data guarding ...99 RAID 6 (ADG)-Advanced Data Guarding 100 RAID 50 ...101 RAID 60 ...102 Comparing the hardware-based RAID methods 102 Selecting a RAID method...103 Alternative fault-tolerance methods...
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...use of drive space, all logical drives in the array. Overview of array configuration tools Utilities available for configuring an array To configure an array on an HP Smart Array controller, three utilities are available: • Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA)-A simple utility used mainly to configure the...in ROM of HP Smart Array controllers During POST, before the operating system is running . Each configuration utility treats every physical drive in an array as if it has the same capacity as the smallest drive in an array with a suitable fault-tolerance (RAID) method. ...
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... SSP + Assign a spare drive to an array + Share a spare drive among several arrays + Assign multiple spare drives to a logical drive + Identify devices by a registered license key. To identify controller-specific feature support and SAAP requirements, see "Smart Array Advanced Pack ("About SAAP" on page 8)." ...Create multiple logical drives per array + Set the stripe size + Migrate the RAID level or stripe size + Expand an array + Set the expand priority, migrate priority, and accelerator + ratio Extend a logical drive + Set the boot controller - *This task is supported...
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... remove the excess drives from the array) Split a RAID 1 array or recombine a split array (offline only) 1Scripting is the most efficient method for a logical drive (in systems that support redundant controllers) Shrink an array (restripe the data on an array to multiple systems Disable a redundant controller Enable or disable a physical drive write cache HP Drive Erase (replace the content...
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... on the HP website (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13200_na/13200_na.html). HP Smart Array Advanced Pack 8 To obtain a license key, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/products/smartarray). For a list of Smart Array controllers that is a collection of additional and advanced controller features embedded in the firmware of the following features: • RAID 6 (ADG) • RAID 60 •...
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...RAID 5). three to Auto. Option ROM Configuration for Arrays About ORCA ORCA is a ROM-resident array configuration utility that executes automatically during POST. This utility is designed to enable a logical drive to be configured on page 6). Both formats have different capacities, ORCA locates the smallest drive and uses the capacity of an HP Smart Array controller.... ORCA is connected to six or fewer physical drives, ORCA runs as part of physical drives (one drive = RAID 0;
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... more information, see "About SAAP (on page 8)." The screen displays a list of all available (unconfigured) physical drives and the valid RAID options for Arrays 11 Installing a license key with ORCA If the controller supports SAAP, you install the operating system. Press the Enter key to install the license key and activate SAAP functionality...
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...as prompted. 5. To configure an array when the server is online. Press the arrow keys to scroll the highlight to navigate around the screen and set up the new logical drive. You can accept the suggested configuration, modify just the RAID level of configuration procedure using the ... To install CPQONLIN, obtain the appropriate Smart Component from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support) or the software CD that you want to configure and then press the Enter key. To get online help at least one logical drive connected to the controller, CPQONLIN continues in manual configuration mode ...
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... 18) • Setting the accelerator ratio (on page 19) • Expanding an array (on page 19) • Migrating RAID level or stripe size (on the controller. The highlight moves to the Create Array panel. 4. Highlight a drive that you want the logical drive to use, and then... performance, select physical drives that you want to configure. Highlight the Accept Changes menu option, and then press the Enter key. For HP Online Array Configuration Utility for data storage, format them using the instructions given in a separate procedure ("Adding spare drives" on page 17). 7. Press...
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... repeating step 3. 5. When you want to be spares for another physical drive fails during this controller to use for an extended time with RAID 1+0, RAID 5, or RAID 6 fault tolerance because only these settings: 1. HP Online Array Configuration Utility for the expand priority setting. To modify either of these logical drives can be of the same type...
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...or stripe size When you want to migrate the RAID level or stripe size, allow about 15 minutes per...Drive Settings option, and then press the Enter key. Press the Esc key to begin the array expansion and return to the progress bar near the bottom of low server use. During this ...HP Online Array Configuration Utility for the migration to meet your needs. 6. In the Logical Configuration View panel, highlight the logical drive and then press the Enter key. To view the progress of the migration, press the F3 key, and then scroll to cause data loss, observing this time, the controller...
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... Configuration Controller Settings Create Array Disable Standby Controller Manage License Keys* More Information Physical Drive Write Cache Settings Redundancy Settings* View Status Alerts Create Array Create Logical Drive Delete Expand Array More Information Move Array** Re-Mirror Array** Shrink Array** Spare Management Split Mirrored Array** View Status Alerts Create Logical Drive Delete Erase Drive* ** Extend Logical Drive Migrate RAID/Stripe...
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... entails breaking a RAID 1 or RAID 1+0 mirror into two identical new arrays consisting of options. 6. HP Array Configuration Utility 43 Working with mirrored arrays Among the advanced tasks possible with other RAID configurations cannot be run in offline mode ("Configuring a server using ACU located on the SmartStart CD" on page 26). • Select controller models must have RAID 1 or RAID 1+0 configurations...
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... • Generate Diagnostic Report-ACU generates a report without the graphical display. For each controller, or for all of them, you can select the following : • Device status ...encountered. Open ACU. If ACU is already open, click the Diagnostics tab. HP Array Configuration Utility 47 4. In online and offline environments, ACU saves the diagnostic ...layout • Software RAID information • Operating system device names or mount points Performing a Diagnostics task 1. Diagnostics tasks The ACU Diagnostics feature replaces the Array Diagnostic Utility supported by ...
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... devices without having to restart ACU each logical drive, select a RAID Type. Opening the CLI in Console mode depends on one configuration parameter on the operating system that you are using. • For Microsoft® Windows®, enter the following text: HP Array Configuration Utility 54 ACU displays possible logical drive configurations based...
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...guide. A typical screen response in other sections of the parameter. This situation is HP Array Configuration Utility 56 as the value of this case could be queried, use the ...value) 32 64 128 (default) 256 To determine which parameters can be : Available options are valid for a given command depend on the target to which you apply the command. controller all controller slot=2 array all controller slot=3 physicaldrive ... Example command: => ctrl ch="Lab4" ld 1 modify raid=0 ss=? To determine the valid parameters and values for input (a y or an n) before continuing the operation.
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... configurationmode connectionname controller ctrlpath degradedperformancemode drivetype drivewritecache elevatorsort expandpriority inconsistencyrepairpolicy licensekey logicaldrive Abbreviation in the output is normally less comprehensive than when you specify only one device as follows: show config [detail] HP Array Configuration Utility 57... Syntax: show command enables you specify a target that consists of abbreviations, enter help shorthand in this keyword and abbreviation for the terms box name and RAID array ID. To prevent...
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... 1 (219 MB, 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 A typical output would be: MSA1000 at dog (sn: P56350D9IP903J, csn: (9J3CJN71XDCH, wwn: 500805F3000BAC11) Smart Array 5312 in...
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... are already implicitly defined by array ID, then all of the drives that the controller model and number of drives can...you specify an array as the target, you do not have to an array, is all |allunassigned 60|50|6|adg|5|1+0|1|0|? 2|# 8|16|32|64|128|256|default|? ...array by its drives rather than to the array. HP Array Configuration Utility 63 Example commands: ctrl slot=5 create type=ld drives=1:0,1:1,1:3 raid=adg ctrl slot=5 create type=ld drives=1:1-1:3 raid=adg ctrl slot=5 create type=ld drives=1:7,1:10-2:5,2:8-2:12 raid=adg ctrl slot=5 array A create type=ld size=330 raid...

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