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K keyword abbreviations 54 L languages 5 LEDs, activating 59 license key 12, 44, 60, 79 LicenseKey 79 local application, using ACU as 22, 23, 28 logical drive capacity extension 68, 85 logical drive category options, ACU scripting 83 logical drive, creating, ACU CLI 61 logical drive, creating, ACU GUI 42, 48, 50 logical drive, creating, CPQONLIN 18 logical drive, creating, ORCA 11 logical drive, description of 106 logical drive, failed, re-enabling 71 logical drive, migrating, ACU CLI 69 logical drive, migrating, ACU GUI 42 logical drive, migrating, ACU scripting 84, 86 logical drive, migrating, CPQONLIN 20 logical drive, moving, ACU CLI 63 logical drive, specifying, ACU scripting 83 LogicalDrive 83 M MaxBoot setting 85 menu options, ACU GUI 42, 48 menu options, CPQONLIN 16 menu-driven interface 10, 15 method mode, ACU scripting 77 methods for opening the ACU GUI 30 migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU CLI 69 migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU GUI 42 migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU scripting 84, 86 migrating stripe size or RAID level, CPQONLIN 20 mirrored arrays 45 mirrored drives 110, 111 MNPDelay 80 mounting virtual media 23, 24, 25 moving an array 67, 81 N navigating CPQONLIN 15 navigating the interface 31 nested RAID 114, 115 NoBatteryWriteCache 79 Novell NetWare, configuration tool for 5, 15 NumberOfParityGroups 83 O offline deployment 22 online deployment 27 online spare, ACU CLI 65 online spare, ACU GUI 42, 48 online spare, ACU scripting 82 online spare, CPQONLIN 18 OnlineSpare 82 opening the ACU GUI 30 Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) 10 options, scripting, list of 75 ORCA (Option ROM Configuration for Arrays) 10 overview of configuration procedure, CPQONLIN 15 overview of configuration utilities 5 P parameters, in CLI, obtaining values of 53 parity groups 83, 114, 115 physical drive write cache, enabling or disabling 72 physical drives, adding, ACU CLI 66 physical drives, adding, ACU GUI 42, 48 physical drives, adding, CPQONLIN 20 POST error messages 118 PreferredPath 84 PreferredPathMode 79 prompts, hiding, ACU CLI 54 PXE-based deployment 25 PXELinux setup 25 Q querying a device 53 QueueDepth 80 R RAID 84 RAID level selection criteria 116 RAID levels 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115 RAID levels, comparison of features 115 RAID, software-based 116 RaidArrayId 79 RAID-level migration, ACU CLI 69 RAID-level migration, ACU GUI 42, 48 RAID-level migration, ACU scripting 84 Index 126

Section	Page
Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers Reference Guide	1
Abstract	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	10
About ORCA	10
Using the ORCA menu-driven interface	10
Creating a logical drive with ORCA	11
Installing a license key with ORCA	12
Using the ORCA CLI	13
HP Online Array Configuration Utility for NetWare	15
About CPQONLIN	15
Summary of configuration procedure using CPQONLIN	15
Operating CPQONLIN in manual configuration mode	15
Menu options in CPQONLIN	16
Typical manual configuration procedures	17
Creating a new array and logical drive	18
Adding spare drives	18
Setting the rebuild priority or expand priority	19
Setting the accelerator ratio	19
Expanding an array	20
Migrating RAID level or stripe size	20
HP Array Configuration Utility	22
About ACU	22
Accessing ACU in the offline environment	22
Launching ACU with HP Intelligent Provisioning (Gen8 or later)	22
Launching ACU during POST (Gen8 or later)	23
Launching ACU from the SmartStart CD (G7 or earlier)	23
Launching ACU from an ISO image (all generations)	23
Mounting the image on a local drive	23
Mounting the image through iLO	24
Burning the image to a CD or DVD	24
Flashing the image to a USB memory key or SD card	24
Installing the image on a PXE server	25
Prerequisites	25
Set up PXELinux	25
Configure PXELinux	26
Specify the ISO image path	26
Supported network file systems	27
Accessing ACU in the online environment	27
Launching ACU on a local server	28
Launching ACU on a local server to configure a remote server	29
Launching ACU on a remote server to configure a local server	29
Using the ACU GUI	30
Navigating the GUI	31
Configuration screen	32
Diagnostics/SmartSSD screen	34
Wizards screen	37
ACU help	40
Configuration tasks	40
Configuring a controller	41
Performing a Configuration task	42
Installing a license key with ACU	44
Changing the Spare Activation Mode	44
Working with mirrored arrays	45
Splitting a mirrored array	45
Recombining a split mirrored array	45
Diagnostics tasks	46
Performing a Diagnostics task	47
Wizards	48
Using Wizards	48
Using Express Configuration	50
Using the ACU CLI	51
Opening the CLI in Console mode	52
Opening the CLI in Command mode	52
CLI syntax	52
The <target> variable	52
The <command> variable	53
Querying a device	53
Hiding warning prompts	54
Keyword abbreviations	54
The show command	54
Displaying the current versions of the application layers	56
The help command	57
Typical procedures	57
Setting the boot controller	57
Setting the boot volume	57
Setting the target	58
Identifying devices	59
Deleting target devices	59
Generating a diagnostic report	59
Erasing a physical or logical drive	60
Rescanning the system	60
Entering or deleting a license key	60
Optimizing controller performance for video	60
Creating a logical drive	61
Sample scenario	62
Moving a logical drive	63
Viewing enclosure information	64
Viewing physical drives for an HBA	64
Viewing SSD physical drives	64
Viewing SSD information	64
Assigning a chassis name to the controller	65
Managing spare drives	65
Setting the spare activation mode	66
Expanding an array	66
Shrinking an array	66
Moving an array	67
Replacing an array	68
Extending a logical drive	68
Migrating a logical drive	69
Setting the preferred path mode	69
Assigning a redundant controller to a logical drive	70
Disabling a redundant controller	70
Changing the Rebuild Priority setting	70
Changing the Expand Priority setting	70
Setting the surface scan mode	71
Changing the surface scan delay time	71
Re-enabling a failed logical drive	71
Changing the controller cache ratio	72
Enabling or disabling the drive cache	72
Enabling or disabling the array accelerator	72
Enabling a script to exit on error	72
Using ACU scripting	73
Capturing a configuration	73
Using an Input script	73
Creating an ACU script file	74
Sample custom input script	74
Script file options	75
Control category	77
Action mode	77
Method mode	77
Controller category	77
Controller	78
CacheState	78
ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss	78
DriveWriteCache	78
LicenseKey, DeleteLicenseKey	79
NoBatteryWriteCache	79
PreferredPathMode	79
RaidArrayId	79
ReadCache, WriteCache	79
RebuildPriority, ExpandPriority	80
SurfaceScanDelay	80
SurfaceScanDelayExtended	80
SurfaceScanMode	80
Video performance options	80
Array category	80
Array	81
Drive	81
DriveType	81
Join	82
OnlineSpare	82
Split	82
Logical Drive category	83
ArrayAccelerator	83
LogicalDrive	83
NumberOfParityGroups	83
PreferredPath	84
RAID	84
Renumber	84
Repeat	85
ResourceVolumeOwner	85
Sectors	85
ShrinkSize	85
Size	85
SizeBlocks	86
StripeSize	86
StripSize	86
HBA category	87
ConnectionName	87
HBA_WW_ID	87
HostMode	87
XML support	88
XML output	88
XML input	89
XML input file DTD	90
ACU scripting warning messages	91
ACU scripting error messages	91
HP Array Diagnostics and SmartSSD Wear Gauge Utility	96
About the utility	96
Reported information	96
Installing the utility	98
Setting up ADU Remote Service Mode	99
Launching the utility in CLI mode	99
Launching the utility in GUI mode	99
Diagnostic report procedures	100
Viewing the diagnostic report	100
Generating the diagnostic report	102
Identifying and viewing diagnostic report files	103
SmartSSD Wear Gauge report procedures	103
Viewing the SmartSSD Wear Gauge report	103
Generating the SmartSSD Wear Gauge report	104
Identifying and viewing SmartSSD Wear Gauge report files	105
Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods	106
Drive arrays	106
Effects of a drive failure	108
Fault-tolerance methods	109
RAID 0—No fault tolerance	109
RAID 1 and RAID 1+0 (RAID 10)	110
RAID 1 (ADM) and RAID 10 (ADM)	111
RAID 5—distributed data guarding	113
RAID 6 (ADG)—Advanced Data Guarding	113
RAID 50	115
RAID 60	116
Comparing the hardware-based RAID methods	116
Selecting a RAID method	117
Alternative fault-tolerance methods	117
Diagnosing array problems	119
Diagnostic tools	119
Troubleshooting resources	119
Acronyms and abbreviations	121
Documentation feedback	123

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Index 126

keyword abbreviations 54

languages 5

LEDs, activating 59

license key 12, 44, 60, 79

LicenseKey 79

local application, using ACU as 22, 23, 28

logical drive capacity extension 68, 85

logical drive category options, ACU scripting 83

logical drive, creating, ACU CLI 61

logical drive, creating, ACU GUI 42, 48, 50

logical drive, creating, CPQONLIN 18

logical drive, creating, ORCA 11

logical drive, description of 106

logical drive, failed, re-enabling 71

logical drive, migrating, ACU CLI 69

logical drive, migrating, ACU GUI 42

logical drive, migrating, ACU scripting 84, 86

logical drive, migrating, CPQONLIN 20

logical drive, moving, ACU CLI 63

logical drive, specifying, ACU scripting 83

LogicalDrive 83

MaxBoot setting 85

menu options, ACU GUI 42, 48

menu options, CPQONLIN 16

menu-driven interface 10, 15

method mode, ACU scripting 77

methods for opening the ACU GUI 30

migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU CLI 69

migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU GUI 42

migrating stripe size or RAID level, ACU

scripting 84, 86

migrating stripe size or RAID level, CPQONLIN 20

mirrored arrays 45

mirrored drives 110, 111

MNPDelay 80

mounting virtual media 23, 24, 25

moving an array 67, 81

navigating CPQONLIN 15

navigating the interface 31

nested RAID 114, 115

NoBatteryWriteCache 79

Novell NetWare, configuration tool for 5, 15

NumberOfParityGroups 83

offline deployment 22

online deployment 27

online spare, ACU CLI 65

online spare, ACU GUI 42, 48

online spare, ACU scripting 82

online spare, CPQONLIN 18

OnlineSpare 82

opening the ACU GUI 30

Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) 10

options, scripting, list of 75

ORCA (Option ROM Configuration for Arrays) 10

overview of configuration procedure,

CPQONLIN 15

overview of configuration utilities 5

parameters, in CLI, obtaining values of 53

parity groups 83, 114, 115

physical drive write cache, enabling or

disabling 72

physical drives, adding, ACU CLI 66

physical drives, adding, ACU GUI 42, 48

physical drives, adding, CPQONLIN 20

POST error messages 118

PreferredPath 84

PreferredPathMode 79

prompts, hiding, ACU CLI 54

PXE-based deployment 25

PXELinux setup 25

querying a device 53

QueueDepth 80

RAID 84

RAID level selection criteria 116

RAID levels 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115

RAID levels, comparison of features 115

RAID, software-based 116

RaidArrayId 79

RAID-level migration, ACU CLI 69

RAID-level migration, ACU GUI 42, 48

RAID-level migration, ACU scripting 84