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migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU GUI 42 migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU scripting 84, 85 migrating stripe size or RAID level, CPQONLIN 20 mirrored arrays 43 mirrored drives 98 moving an array 67, 82 N navigating 28 navigating CPQONLIN 15 nested RAID 101, 102 Novell NetWare, configuration tool for 5, 14 number of drives, affect of, on failure rate 93 O online spare, ACU CLI 65 online spare, ACU GUI 42, 51 online spare, ACU scripting 82 online spare, CPQONLIN 17 opening the ACU GUI 21 Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) 9 options, scripting, list of 76 ORCA (Option ROM Configuration for Arrays) 9 overview of configuration procedure, CPQONLIN 14 overview of configuration utilities 5 P parameters, in CLI, obtaining values of 56 parity groups 84, 101, 102 physical drive write cache, enabling or disabling 73 physical drives, adding, ACU CLI 66 physical drives, adding, ACU GUI 42, 51 physical drives, adding, CPQONLIN 19 POST error messages 105 probability of logical drive failure 92 prompts, hiding, ACU CLI 56 Q querying a device 56 R RAID level selection criteria 103 RAID levels 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 RAID levels, comparison of failure rates 93 RAID levels, comparison of features 102 RAID, software-based 103 RAID-level migration, ACU CLI 68 RAID-level migration, ACU GUI 42, 51 RAID-level migration, ACU scripting 84 RAID-level migration, CPQONLIN 20 read-write ratio, ACU CLI 73 read-write ratio, ACU GUI 42 read-write ratio, ACU scripting 80, 83 read-write ratio, CPQONLIN 19 rebuild priority, ACU CLI 71 rebuild priority, ACU GUI 42 rebuild priority, ACU scripting 81 rebuild priority, CPQONLIN 18 recombining a split mirrored array 44 redundant controller, disabling 71 redundant controller, modifying I/O path of 71, 80, 84 redundant controller, preferred path settings for 71, 80, 84 re-enabling a failed logical drive 72 registering a license key 11, 41 relative failure rate of different RAID levels 93 remote server, configuring 23 remote service, using ACU as 24 renaming a controller 65 renaming an adapter 70 required hardware 8 rescan 28, 61 running the ACU GUI 21 S sample script 75 screen description 9, 15, 28, 29, 31, 34, 37, 40 script files 75 scripting modes 74 scripting options 76 scripting syntax 75 selecting a RAID level 103 Selective Storage Presentation (SSP) in the ACU GUI 44, 45 Selective Storage Presentation (SSP), ACU CLI 68 Selective Storage Presentation (SSP), ACU scripting 84, 85 Selective Storage Presentation (SSP), CPQONLIN 15 shorthand in CLI 57 show (CLI command) 57 shrinking an array 42, 66, 82 Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) 8 SmartStart CD as source of ACU 26 software-based RAID 103 Index 111

Section	Page
Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers Reference Guide	1
Notice	2
Contents	3
Overview of array configuration tools	5
Utilities available for configuring an array	5
Comparison of the utilities	5
Support for standard configuration tasks	6
Support for advanced configuration tasks	6
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 Configuration Utility for NetWare	14
About CPQONLIN	14
Summary of configuration procedure using CPQONLIN	14
Operating CPQONLIN in manual configuration mode	15
Menu options in CPQONLIN	15
Typical manual configuration procedures	16
Creating a new array and logical drive	17
Adding spare drives	17
Setting the rebuild priority or expand priority	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 the ACU GUI	21
Configuring a server that has ACU installed	22
Configuring a remote server using ACU located on a local server	23
Configuring a local server using ACU located on a remote server	24
Configuring a server using ACU located on the SmartStart CD	26
Navigating the GUI	28
Configuration screen	29
Access Control (SSP) screen	31
Diagnostics screen	34
Wizards screen	37
ACU help	40
Configuration tasks	40
Installing a license key with ACU	41
Performing a Configuration task	42
Working with mirrored arrays	43
Splitting a mirrored array	44
Recombining a split mirrored array	44
Access Control (SSP) tasks	44
Performing an Access Control (SSP) task	45
Diagnostics tasks	47
Performing a Diagnostics task	47
Wizards	50
Using Wizards	51
Using Express Configuration	52
Using the ACU CLI	54
Opening the CLI in Console mode	54
Opening the CLI in Command mode	55
CLI syntax	55
The <target> variable	55
The <command> variable	56
Querying a device	56
Hiding warning prompts	56
Keyword abbreviations	57
The show command	57
The help command	59
Typical procedures	59
Setting the target	59
Identifying devices	60
Deleting target devices	60
Generating a diagnostic report	61
Erasing a physical or logical drive	61
Rescanning the system	61
Entering or deleting a license key	62
Optimizing controller performance for video	62
Creating a logical drive	62
Sample scenario	63
Assigning a chassis name to the controller	65
Managing spare drives	65
Expanding an array	66
Shrinking an array	66
Moving an array	67
Extending a logical drive	67
Migrating a logical drive	68
Using Selective Storage Presentation	68
Sample scenario	69
Modifying connection names	70
Managing host modes (connection profiles)	70
Setting the preferred path mode	71
Assigning a redundant controller to a logical drive	71
Disabling a redundant controller	71
Changing the Rebuild Priority setting	71
Changing the Expand Priority setting	72
Changing the surface scan delay time	72
Re-enabling a failed logical drive	72
Changing the controller cache ratio	73
Enabling or disabling the drive cache	73
Enabling or disabling the array accelerator	73
Using ACU scripting	74
Capturing a configuration	74
Using an Input script	74
Creating an ACU script file	75
Sample custom input script	75
Script file options	76
Control category	78
Action mode	78
Method mode	78
Controller category	78
Controller	79
ChassisName	79
ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss	79
LicenseKey, DeleteLicenseKey	80
PreferredPathMode	80
ReadCache, WriteCache	80
RebuildPriority, ExpandPriority	81
SSPState	81
SurfaceScanDelay	81
Video performance options	81
Array category	81
Array	81
Drive	82
DriveType	82
OnlineSpare	82
Logical Drive category	83
ArrayAccelerator	83
LogicalDrive	83
LogicalDriveSSPState	84
ParityGroups	84
PreferredPath	84
RAID	84
Sectors	84
Size	85
SSPAdaptersWithAccess	85
StripeSize	85
HBA category	86
ConnectionName	86
HBA_WW_ID	86
HostMode	86
ACU scripting warning messages	86
ACU scripting error messages	87
Probability of logical drive failure	92
Factors involved in logical drive failure	92
Relative probability of 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	103
Diagnosing array problems	105
Diagnostic tools	105
Troubleshooting resources	105
Acronyms and abbreviations	107

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migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU GUI

migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU

scripting

84, 85

migrating stripe size or RAID level, CPQONLIN

mirrored arrays

mirrored drives

moving an array

67, 82

navigating

navigating CPQONLIN

nested RAID

101, 102

Novell NetWare, configuration tool for

5, 14

number of drives, affect of, on failure rate

online spare, ACU CLI

online spare, ACU GUI

42, 51

online spare, ACU scripting

online spare, CPQONLIN

opening the ACU GUI

Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA)

options, scripting, list of

ORCA (Option ROM Configuration for Arrays)

overview of configuration procedure,

CPQONLIN

overview of configuration utilities

parameters, in CLI, obtaining values of

parity groups

84, 101, 102

physical drive write cache, enabling or disabling

physical drives, adding, ACU CLI

physical drives, adding, ACU GUI

42, 51

physical drives, adding, CPQONLIN

POST error messages

105

probability of logical drive failure

prompts, hiding, ACU CLI

querying a device

RAID level selection criteria

103

RAID levels

96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102

RAID levels, comparison of failure rates

RAID levels, comparison of features

102

RAID, software-based

103

RAID-level migration, ACU CLI

RAID-level migration, ACU GUI

42, 51

RAID-level migration, ACU scripting

RAID-level migration, CPQONLIN

read-write ratio, ACU CLI

read-write ratio, ACU GUI

read-write ratio, ACU scripting

80, 83

read-write ratio, CPQONLIN

rebuild priority, ACU CLI

rebuild priority, ACU GUI

rebuild priority, ACU scripting

rebuild priority, CPQONLIN

recombining a split mirrored array

redundant controller, disabling

redundant controller, modifying I/O path of

71, 80,

redundant controller, preferred path settings for

71,

80, 84

re-enabling a failed logical drive

registering a license key

11, 41

relative failure rate of different RAID levels

remote server, configuring

remote service, using ACU as

renaming a controller

renaming an adapter

required hardware

rescan

28, 61

running the ACU GUI

sample script

screen description

9, 15, 28, 29, 31, 34, 37, 40

script files

scripting modes

scripting options

scripting syntax

selecting a RAID level

103

Selective Storage Presentation (SSP) in the ACU

GUI

44, 45

Selective Storage Presentation (SSP), ACU CLI

Selective Storage Presentation (SSP), ACU

scripting

84, 85

Selective Storage Presentation (SSP),

CPQONLIN

shorthand in CLI

show (CLI command)

shrinking an array

42, 66, 82

Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP)

SmartStart CD as source of ACU

software-based RAID

103