Smart Array P400, P600 And P800 Controllers; Quick Installation Procedure - HP Integrity rx3600 Installation Manual

SCSI ID values for disks to use in the volume. The cfggen utility automatically uses the first disks
it finds that are usable in the IM volume. Firmware and hardware limitations for the family of
controllers limit the number of configurations that are possible.
Syntax
cfggen <controller #> auto <volume type> <size> [qsync] [noprompt]
Parameters
<volume type>
<size>
[qsync]
[noprompt]
Operation
When AUTO creates an IM volume, the first disk found is assigned as the primary disk drive. If the
controller is allowed to resync the disk drives, the data on the primary disk drive is available by
accessing the newly created volume. Reply Yes if you want to complete the creation.
HOTSPARE
The HOTSPARE command creates a hot spare disk drive. The hot spare drive is added to hot spare
pool 0.
Syntax
cfggen <controller #> HOTSPARE [DELETE] <Encl:Bay>
Parameters
<controller #>
[DELETE]
<Encl>:<Bay>
Operation
The number of disk drives in an IM array plus the hot spare disk cannot exceed three. You can
create only one hot spare disk. You must make sure the capacity of the hot spare disk is greater
than or equal to the capacity of the smallest disk in the logical drive. An easy way to verify this is
to use the DISPLAY command.
CAUTION:

Smart Array P400, P600 and P800 Controllers

The following information is provided to assist you in configuring the Smart Array P400, P600
and P800 controllers during installation.

Quick Installation Procedure

To install the controller, follow these steps:
1. Power off the server.
2. Install additional physical drives if necessary (see
The number of drives in the server determines the RAID level that is auto configured when the
server is powered on.
3. Power on the server.
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Volume type for the volume to be created. Valid value is IM.
Size of the RAID volume in Mbytes or "MAX" for the maximum size available.
Quick synchronization of the volume created.
Eliminates warnings and prompts.
A SAS controller number between 0 and 255.
Specifies that the hot-spare is to be deleted (Omit the DELETE keyword to
specify hot-spare creation).
Enclosure number and Bay number that identifying the disk drive that will
become the hot spare.
See "Rules for creating IM volumes and hot spare disks" (page 61).
"Connecting External Storage" (page 63)).