HP ProLiant DL280 Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers Reference G - Page 3

Contents 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 HP Array Configuration Utility ...10 About ACU...10 Native support for 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems 10 Accessing ACU in the offline environment...10 Launching ACU with HP Intelligent Provisioning (Gen8 or later 11 Launching ACU during POST (Gen8 or later 11 Launching ACU from the SmartStart CD (G7 or earlier 11 Launching ACU from an ISO image (all generations 11 Accessing ACU in the online environment ...15 Launching ACU on a local server ...16 Launching ACU on a local server to configure a remote server 17 Launching ACU on a remote server to configure a local server 18 Using the ACU GUI ...19 Navigating the GUI ...19 Configuration tasks...28 Diagnostics tasks...39 Wizards...41 Using the ACU CLI ...45 Opening the CLI in Console mode ...46 Opening the CLI in Command mode 46 CLI syntax...46 Typical procedures ...51 Using ACU scripting ...68 Capturing a configuration ...68 Using an Input script...68 Creating an ACU script file ...69 Script file options ...70 XML support ...84 ACU scripting warning messages ...87 ACU scripting error messages ...87 HP Array Diagnostics and SmartSSD Wear Gauge Utility 92 About the utility ...92 Reported information ...92 Installing the utility ...94 Contents 3