HP P4000 HP Smart Array SAS controllers for Integrity servers support guide - Page 4

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The saconfig configuration CLI...46 Displaying the Smart Array controller configuration 51 Configuring a logical drive...52 Deleting a logical drive...54 Clearing the logical drive configuration 56 Adding a spare disk drive...56 Deleting a spare disk drive...56 Changing the rebuild priority of a logical drive 57 Specifying the percentage of cache used for read caching 57 Auto-fail missing disks at boot...57 Creating multiple logical drives in an array 57 Performing RAID level migration 57 Performing stripe size migration...58 Extending the capacity of a logical drive 58 Expanding the capacity of an array 58 Changing the expand priority...58 Using ORCA...59 Creating a logical drive...59 Deleting a logical drive...60 Moving disks and arrays to different positions or controllers 61 Prerequisites...62 Moving disks to a different location or controller on the same server 62 Moving disks to a controller on a different server 63 4 Troubleshooting...65 HP Support Tools Manager...65 Event Monitoring Service...65 Offline Diagnostics Environment...65 PCI Error Recovery...66 The sautil command...66 The sautil command 68 Logical drive state definitions...81 Physical disk state definitions...82 The sautil scan command 83 The sautil accept_media_xchg command 83 The sautil set_transfer_rate command 84 The sautil run_startup_script command 84 Using sautil to check and update the controller firmware 84 Determining the Smart Array series controller device file 84 Determining the Smart Array series controller firmware version 84 Updating the Smart Array controller firmware online 85 Updating physical disk firmware online 86 Checking and updating SAS storage enclosure firmware online 88 Determining the Smart Array controller device file 88 Determining the physical drive ID and firmware version for SAS storage enclosures 88 Updating SAS storage enclosure firmware 104 5 Support and other resources 107 About this document...107 Intended audience...107 Typographic conventions...107 Related information...107 HP encourages your comments...107 4 Table of Contents

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The saconfig configuration CLI
............................................................................................................
46
Displaying the Smart Array controller configuration
.....................................................................
51
Configuring a logical drive
..............................................................................................................
52
Deleting a logical drive
....................................................................................................................
54
Clearing the logical drive configuration
..........................................................................................
56
Adding a spare disk drive
...............................................................................................................
56
Deleting a spare disk drive
..............................................................................................................
56
Changing the rebuild priority of a logical drive
.............................................................................
57
Specifying the percentage of cache used for read caching
..............................................................
57
Auto-fail missing disks at boot
........................................................................................................
57
Creating multiple logical drives in an array
....................................................................................
57
Performing RAID level migration
...................................................................................................
57
Performing stripe size migration
.....................................................................................................
58
Extending the capacity of a logical drive
........................................................................................
58
Expanding the capacity of an array
.................................................................................................
58
Changing the expand priority
.........................................................................................................
58
Using ORCA
.........................................................................................................................................
59
Creating a logical drive
....................................................................................................................
59
Deleting a logical drive
....................................................................................................................
60
Moving disks and arrays to different positions or controllers
.............................................................
61
Prerequisites
....................................................................................................................................
62
Moving disks to a different location or controller on the same server
...........................................
62
Moving disks to a controller on a different server
..........................................................................
63
4 Troubleshooting
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65
HP Support Tools Manager
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65
Event Monitoring Service
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65
Offline Diagnostics Environment
.........................................................................................................
65
PCI Error Recovery
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66
The sautil command
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66
The sautil <device_file> command
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68
Logical drive state definitions
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81
Physical disk state definitions
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82
The sautil <device_file> scan command
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83
The sautil <device_file> accept_media_xchg <logical_drive_number> command
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83
The sautil <device_file> set_transfer_rate <rate> command
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84
The sautil <device_file> run_startup_script command
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84
Using sautil to check and update the controller firmware
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84
Determining the Smart Array series controller device file
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84
Determining the Smart Array series controller firmware version
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84
Updating the Smart Array controller firmware online
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85
Updating physical disk firmware online
..............................................................................................
86
Checking and updating SAS storage enclosure firmware online
.........................................................
88
Determining the Smart Array controller device file
........................................................................
88
Determining the physical drive ID and firmware version for SAS storage enclosures
..................
88
Updating SAS storage enclosure firmware
...................................................................................
104
5 Support and other resources
....................................................................................
107
About this document
..........................................................................................................................
107
Intended audience
...............................................................................................................................
107
Typographic conventions
....................................................................................................................
107
Related information
............................................................................................................................
107
HP encourages your comments
..........................................................................................................
107
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