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HP P3410A - NetRAID 1M RAID Controller User Manual

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HP NetRAID Series

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HP Part Number 5969-5983
February 2000

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    HP NetRAID Series User Guide HP Part Number 5969-5983 February 2000...
  • Page 2 Hewlett-Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by Hewlett-Packard.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ..................... 1 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities..............3 HP NetRAID Assistant ................... 4 HP NetRAID Assistant Menus..............5 HP NetRAID Config ..................6 HP NetRAID Config Menus................ 7 HP NetRAID Express Tools ................8 HP NetRAID Express Tools Menus............9 HP NetRAID Utility Comparison Chart............
  • Page 4 Contents Adding a Hot Spare ................. 39 Adding a New Logical Drive..............39 Changing Logical Drives Currently in Use ..........40 Reclaiming a Hot Spare................43 Changing Logical Drive Parameters............43 Taking a Drive Offline/Online ..............43 E Managing Servers Over the Network ............44 Before Starting HP NetRAID Assistant .............
  • Page 5 Contents G Formatting Physical Drives..............72 Media Errors.................... 72 Formatting Options .................. 73 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools ............... 75 Overview ..................... 75 A Starting and Exiting HP NetRAID Express Tools........76 To start HP NetRAID Express Tools ............76 To exit HP NetRAID Express Tools............
  • Page 6 Contents Planning for Online Capacity Expansion under NetWare 4.2 ....110 Preparation Steps for NetWare 4.2 ............110 Expanding Capacity Online under NetWare 4.2 ........114 Expanding Capacity under NetWare 4.2 with Virtual Sizing Disabled..116 Capacity Expansion under NetWare 5 ............116 About Online Capacity Expansion under NetWare 5 .......117 Planning for Online Capacity Expansion under NetWare 5......117 Preparation Steps for NetWare 5 ............118 Expanding Capacity Online under NetWare 5 .........120...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction The HP NetRAID-1Si and HP NetRAID-3Si adapters and the integrated HP NetRAID controllers built into certain HP NetServers let you link multiple hard disk drives together to write data across them as if they were one large drive You configure your linked drives in a RAID (redundant array of independent disks) subsystem.

  • Page 9: Overview Of Hp Netraid Utilities

    IBM OS/2 SCO OpenServer SCO UnixWare NOTE Consult the Hewlett-Packard World Wide Web site (http://www.hp.com/go/netserver) or your local HP dealer for compatibility of your adapter with the most current versions of the network operating systems listed in the preceding table.

  • Page 10: Hp Netraid Assistant

    Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities HP NetRAID Assistant HP NetRAID Assistant is an object-oriented GUI management utility. It runs under Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000, and it allows you to reconfigure and manage your HP NetRAID subsystem and to monitor its status. For complete instructions on using this utility, see Chapter 2, "HP NetRAID Assistant,"...

  • Page 11: Hp Netraid Assistant Menus

    Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities HP NetRAID Assistant Menus Main Menu Configuration Menu Configuration Adapter Wizard Physical Drive Display Logical Drive Print Progress Save Help Load Clear Configuration Exit Adapter Menu Update Firmware Flush Cache Performance Monitor On/Off Properties Rebuild Rate Alarm Control Menu...

  • Page 12: Hp Netraid Config

    Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities HP NetRAID Config HP NetRAID Config is a character-based, non-GUI utility that runs under all supported operating systems other than Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000. HP NetRAID Config allows you to reconfigure and manage your HP NetRAID subsystem and to monitor its status.

  • Page 13: Hp Netraid Config Menus

    Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities HP NetRAID Config Menus Management Menu Configure Menu Configure Initialize Automatic Configuration Objects Easy Configuration Format Adapter Menu New Configuration Rebuild View/Add/Delete Configuration Check Consistency Clear Configuration Clear Configuration Advanced Menu View Adapter Performance Select Adapter Power Fail Safeguard Disk Spin-up Timings...

  • Page 14: Hp Netraid Express Tools

    Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities HP NetRAID Express Tools HP NetRAID Express Tools is available to all network operating systems because this utility is contained in the firmware. HP NetRAID Express Tools contains some advanced management and diagnostic utilities that are not available with HP NetRAID Assistant or HP NetRAID Config.

  • Page 15: Hp Netraid Express Tools Menus

    Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities HP NetRAID Express Tools Menus Tools Management Menu Adapter Menu Configure Menu Configure Reset to Default Settings Initialize Power Fail Safeguard Easy Configuration Objects Memory Type New Configuration Format Read Modify Write Mode View/Add/Delete Configuration Rebuild Change Disk Geometry...

  • Page 16: Hp Netraid Utility Comparison Chart

    Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities HP NetRAID Utility Comparison Chart The three HP NetRAID utilities (HP NetRAID Assistant, HP NetRAID Config, and HP NetRAID Express Tools) perform many of the same functions, but they are not identical. Parameters with default values and functions that are not shared by each of these utilities are listed in the Table 1-2.
  • Page 17 Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities Memory Type HP NetRAID-1Si EDO* HP NetRAID-3Si & integrated Not Available HP NetRAID Power Fail Safeguard Enabled* Print Config RAID Level Read Modify Write Mode OFF* Read Policy Adaptive* Rebuild Rate 50%* Reset to Default Settings Save/Load Config from File Enhanced SCSI-2 Command Tagging...
  • Page 18 Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities NOTE Write-Back means that data is written to disk only when it is forced out of the cache. Write-Back is efficient because an entry may be written many times in the cache without a disk access.

  • Page 19: Hp Netraid Drivers And Utilities

    Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities HP NetRAID Drivers and Utilities Table 1-3 lists the filenames of drivers and utilities specific to your network operating system (NOS). For information on installing drivers and configuration utilities for HP NetRAID, see the HP NetRAID Installation and Configuration Guide or the HP NetServer Integrated NetRAID Controller Configuration Guide.

  • Page 21: Hp Netraid Assistant

    2 HP NetRAID Assistant Overview HP NetRAID Assistant is an object-oriented, graphical user interface (GUI) management utility that runs under Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 2000. HP NetRAID Assistant allows you to control and monitor the status of hard disk drives on the local HP NetServer or over a network with several servers.
  • Page 22 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Adapter Physical Logical Configuration Progress Help Menu Menu Drive Drive Menu Menu Menu Menu Server Selector Toggle Between Views Adapter Selector Physical Drives Figure 2-1. HP NetRAID Assistant Main Window The HP NetRAID Assistant window contains the following elements: Menu bar: The menu bar activates pull-down menus for Configuration, Adapter, Physical Drives, Logical Drives, Progress, and Help.
  • Page 23 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Server Selector box: The Server Selector box shows the name of the current server. If HP NetRAID Assistant is started on a client or server over the network, you must select the server you want to access from the pull-down list.

  • Page 24: B Hp Netraid Assistant Menu

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Logical Devices box: The Logical Devices box shows the current adapter and its global hot spare pool. When arrays, logical drives, and hot spares have been defined, they are displayed here. Clicking on Logical View or Physical View switches between showing logical drives and physical drives.

  • Page 25: Configuration Menu

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Configuration Menu The following Configuration menu options assist you in configuring your HP NetRAID system. Wizard: Lets you configure the arrays, logical drives, and parameters of your system. For complete information on the Wizard, see Part C of this chapter, "Using the Wizard to Configure Arrays and Logical Drives."...

  • Page 26: Adapter Menu

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Exit: Select this option to quit HP NetRAID Assistant. You cannot exit if disk operations are ongoing. NOTE New configurations are not saved when exiting unless you saved them by using the Wizard. Adapter Menu The options on the HP NetRAID Assistant Adapter menu are described below.

  • Page 27: Physical Drive Menu

    You do not need to use the Format option if you simply want to erase existing information on your hard drives, such as a DOS partition. That information is erased when you choose Initialize from the Logical Drive menu to initialize the logical drive(s). Hewlett-Packard drives are factory-formatted.
  • Page 28 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Update Drv Firmware: This selection is not available. Change Status: Changes the status of the physical drive: Make Online: Puts the drive online and available to the adapter. Make Offline: Puts the drive offline and unavailable to the adapter. Spin Up: Sets the method and timing for spinning up the hard disk drives.

  • Page 29: Logical Drive Menu

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Logical Drive Menu The Logical Drive menu options are described below. Initialize: Initializes one or more logical drives. To initialize one or more drives, first select the logical drive(s) to be initialized, then choose Initialize. After configuration, a logical drive must be initialized before it can be used.
  • Page 30 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Change Config: Changes the parameters of a logical drive. To use this option, first select the logical drive or drives to change, then click Change Config. Cache: There are two Cache policies: Direct I/O specifies that only repeated reads to same locations are cached.

  • Page 31: Progress Menu

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Initialize Check Consistency Change Policy (changes Write, Read, and Cache Policies) Advanced Menu Change Config (changes RAID level only) Add Drive Properties Progress Menu Using the Progress option, you can access and view the following utility monitors: Rebuild Progress Diagnostics Progress Initialize Progress...
  • Page 32 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Adapter Physical Logical Configuration Progress Help Menu Menu Drive Drive Menu Menu Menu Menu Server Selector Toggle Between Views Adapter Selector Physical Drives Figure 2-3. HP NetRAID Assistant Main Window NOTE Since HP NetRAID-1Si is a single-channel adapter, the HP NetRAID Assistant Main window for HP NetRAID-1Si contains only Channel 0 information.

  • Page 33: Select The Adapter To Configure

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Define your physical arrays. Assign dedicated hot spares, if desired. Define logical drives. Preview configuration and save it to NVRAM (non-volatile memory). Save the configuration to a binary file. Print the configuration. Configure any other adapters. Initialize logical drives.

  • Page 34: Assign Global Hot Spares

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant 3. Reset the rate as necessary by dragging the slider with the mouse. 4. Click OK. 5. If you have more than one adapter, select the next adapter, and repeat this procedure. NOTE Clearing the configuration does not affect the rebuild rate. Assign Global Hot Spares To assign any physical drives to the global hot spare pool for the adapter: 1.
  • Page 35 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Figure 2-4. HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard Starting Window 3. Click one of the following configuration modes: Select Custom if you want to define the arrays and logical drives and set their parameters. Select Automatic if you want the HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard to define the arrays and logical drives and set their parameters for you automatically.

  • Page 36: Define Physical Arrays And Dedicated Hot Spares

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant If an array contains two drives, and you checked Redundancy, the logical drive is assigned RAID level 1. If an array contains three to five drives, and you checked Redundancy, the logical drive is assigned RAID level 5. If an array contains only one drive, the logical drive is assigned RAID level 0.

  • Page 37: Assign Dedicated Hot Spares

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant To assign physical drives to the new array: 1. Select all the Ready physical drives that you want to put into the new array. Clicking on a drive either selects or deselects it. 2. Click the Add to Array button. Physical drives show "A:new"...

  • Page 38: Define Logical Drives

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant 3. Click the Dedicated to button, and then click the down arrow to pull down a list of valid arrays. 4. Click the array to which you want to dedicate the hot spare. 5. Click OK. 6.
  • Page 39 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant The Logical Drive Parameters box shows the number of the logical drive being defined and has boxes to set its RAID level and size. The Advanced button leads to more parameters, which are preset but can be changed.
  • Page 40 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant To create a logical drive that spans two or more arrays: NOTE The arrays to be spanned must have sequential array numbers and must contain the same number of physical drives. HP NetRAID Assistant will attempt to span up to four arrays. Array spanning stops when: It has created a logical drive of the size you specify in Step 2 below.

  • Page 41: Preview Configuration

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Preview Configuration The HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard Configuration Preview window, shown in Figure 2-7, displays the configuration proposed for the physical and logical drives. Figure 2-7. HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard Configuration Preview Window NOTE The RAID level of a logical drive that spans arrays lacks the terminal zero.
  • Page 42 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant To display the properties of a physical drive: Double-click the physical drive in the Physical Devices box. To change a logical drive: 1. Click the Back button to back up to the previous window. 2. Delete the last logical drive defined (accepted) by clicking the Undo button.

  • Page 43: Save Your Configuration And Initialize

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Save Your Configuration and Initialize In this step you will do the following: Save the configuration to a binary file. Print a copy of the configuration. Initialize the logical drives. Save the Configuration to a File To save the configuration to a binary file: 1.
  • Page 44 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant 5. Launch the HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard by selecting Wizard from the Configuration menu. 6. Use the Wizard to configure the adapter’s arrays and logical drives. 7. Save the configuration and print it. Initialize Logical Drives All logical drives must be initialized.

  • Page 45: D Managing Raid With Hp Netraid Assistant

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant D Managing RAID with HP NetRAID Assistant Procedures for performing some of the most common RAID management functions are described in this section. Many of the adapter’s management functions can be performed by using the drag-and-drop feature of the HP NetRAID Assistant window.

  • Page 46: Changing Logical Drives Currently In Use

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Changing Logical Drives Currently in Use You can make several kinds of changes to logical drives that are currently in use. You can: Change the RAID level. Remove a physical drive. Add a physical drive. See Chapter 6, "Capacity Expansion," in this guide for complete instructions.
  • Page 47 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Table 2-1. Valid HP NetRAID Configuration Changes Existing RAID Valid RAID Configuration Configuration Change Configuration Event RAID 3 or RAID 5 Optimal RAID 3 or RAID 5 Optimal Expanding capacity RAID 3 or RAID 5 Optimal RAID 0 Stopping parity RAID 3 or RAID 5 Optimal...
  • Page 48 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Removing a Physical Drive from a Logical Drive The procedures for removing a physical drive from a logical drive vary depending on the RAID level of the logical drive. RAID Level 0 There is no data redundancy in a RAID 0 system, so you cannot remove a physical drive while the HP NetServer is available.

  • Page 49: Reclaiming A Hot Spare

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant d. Return to the main menu of HP NetRAID Assistant. 5. Configure this Ready disk by using the Configuration Wizard. Reclaiming a Hot Spare If a physical drive has been configured as a Hot Spare, you can reclaim it and convert it to the Ready state at any time.

  • Page 50: E Managing Servers Over The Network

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant From the main menu, you can choose Physical Drv, then Change Status. You can change the drive status by using the Make Offline or Make Online selection. When you select Make Offline, the physical drive is changed to the Fail state.

  • Page 51: Start Hp Netraid Assistant

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant 2. HP NetRAID Registration Server: Start it before the others by double-clicking on its Windows icon or by loading NetWare module reg_serv.nlm. 3. HP NetRAID Access Service: Start it by double-clicking on its Windows icon or by loading NetWare module raidserv.nlm. NOTE To change the password for a server using Windows NT or Windows 2000, run setpass.exe under...

  • Page 52: Select Another Server-Adapter Pair

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant password. Full Access mode activates features that let you change the HP NetRAID configuration and the states of physical and logical drives. For example, in Full Access mode, you can initiate recovery from a disk failure, or make a new hot spare.

  • Page 53: Exit Hp Netraid Assistant

    Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant Exit HP NetRAID Assistant Exit HP NetRAID Assistant by choosing Exit from the Configuration menu, or by clicking the Exit button in the toolbar, or by double-clicking the upper-left corner of the main window. F Windows NT Monitor Service for HP NetRAID NOTE HP NetRAID NT monitor service for HP NetRAID supports Windows NT and Windows 2000.
  • Page 54 Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant The options are defined as follows: Perform consistency check. -cons Scheduled intervals. Valid options are: -w0 = daily -w1 = every week -w2 = biweekly -w4 = every month -w12 = every three months -w24 = every six months Day of the week.

  • Page 55: Hp Netraid Config

    3 HP NetRAID Config Overview HP NetRAID Config is a character-based, non-GUI utility that configures and monitors RAID systems. HP NetRAID Config runs under the following operating systems: Novell NetWare IBM OS/2 SCO OpenServer SCO UnixWare NOTE The instructions in this section on using HP NetRAID Config refer specifically to the Novell NetWare network operating system.

  • Page 56: A Starting And Exiting Hp Netraid Config

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config A Starting and Exiting HP NetRAID Config You do not need to restart your HP NetServer to use HP NetRAID Config. To start HP NetRAID Config, make sure the program file is in your file path and type the command appropriate for your network operating system, as follows: For Novell NetWare, type load megamgr For SCO UnixWare, type megamgr...

  • Page 57: Configure Menu

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config The Format option lets your format physical drives. The Rebuild option lets you rebuild a logical drive in which one physical drive has failed. The Check Consistency option lets you verify the data in your logical drives.
  • Page 58 Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config Adapter Choose Adapter from the Objects menu to select an integrated HP NetRAID controller or HP NetRAID Series adapter (if your HP NetServer has more than one) and to modify parameters. Clear Configuration: Erases the current configuration from the adapter’s nonvolatile memory.
  • Page 59 Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config Logical Drive Choose this option to perform the listed actions. You must first select the logical drive on which you want to perform these options. Initialize: After configuration, a logical drive must be initialized before it can be used.
  • Page 60 Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config Physical Drive Choose this option to select a physical device and to perform the operations listed below. When you choose this option, a selection menu is displayed showing the physical drives in the HP NetServer. Move the cursor to the desired disk drive and press Enter.
  • Page 61 Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config eight bits. This setting is required if the selected SCSI channel is terminated with 8-bit devices at both ends. Terminate Wide Channel: Enables Wide termination for the selected channel. This is required if the HP NetRAID Series adapter is at one end of the SCSI bus for the selected channel.

  • Page 62: Format Option

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config Format Option Choose the Format option to low-level format one or more physical drives. Since most SCSI disk drives, including all HP drives, are low-level formatted at the factory, this step is usually not necessary. You typically must format a disk only if: The disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory.

  • Page 63: Advanced Menu

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config 4. When the consistency check is finished, press any key to clear the progress display and press Esc to return to the Management menu. NOTE Check Consistency might fail if the firmware could not complete parity and data writes due to a power failure or a system hang, or if the logical drive degraded or failed when a physical drives went offline.

  • Page 64: Using Auto Configuration

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config configuration information is not disturbed. For instructions on using this selection, see "Using Easy Configuration" in this chapter. New Configuration also lets you create arrays and hot spares, but this selection lets you configure spanned arrays. If you select New Configuration, the existing configuration information on the selected adapter is destroyed when the new configuration is saved.
  • Page 65 Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config Logical Drive Settings Auto Configuration uses the following defaults to configure your drives: Table 3-1. HP NetRAID Config Automatic Settings for Logical Drives Parameter Setting Stripe size 64 KB Write Policy Write-Back in HP NetRAID-3Si and integrated HP NetRAID in HP NetServer LH 3000/3000r, LH 6000/6000r, and LT 6000r (See note below table.)

  • Page 66: Using Easy Configuration

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config You can change the write policy, read policy, and cache policy after the configuration is complete. Choose Objects, then Logical Drive, then Properties to change this information. User Actions Perform the following steps when using Auto Configuration. 1.
  • Page 67 Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config 5. Press the Spacebar to add the highlighted physical drive to the current array. The indicator for the selected drive changes from Ready to Onlin A [array number]-[drive number]. For example, Onlin A2-3 refers to array 2 drive 3.

  • Page 68: Using New Configuration

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config Cache policy: This parameter identifies the read cache mode during data transfers involving the current logical drive. (For definitions of the Write policy, Read policy, Cache policy, and their options, see the "Glossary" in this guide.) Press Esc to exit the Advanced menu.
  • Page 69 Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config 3. Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical drives. 4. Press F4 to configure the highlighted drive as a hot spare. 5. Press the Spacebar to add the highlighted physical drive to the current array.
  • Page 70 Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config NOTE The arrays to be spanned must have sequential array numbers and must contain the same number of physical drives. If you select CanSpan, HP NetRAID Assistant will attempt to span up to four arrays. Array spanning stops when: It has created a logical drive of the size you specify in Step 10 below.

  • Page 71: Using View/Add Configuration

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config 12. When you are finished defining the current logical drive, highlight Accept and press Enter. If there is space remaining in the arrays, the next logical drive to be configured appears. Repeat Steps 8 to 11 to configure another logical drive.
  • Page 72 Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config in an array, all the drives in the array are treated as though they have the capacity of the smallest drive. The number of physical drives in an array determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the array. 6.

  • Page 73: D Designating Drives As Hot Spares

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config If you want to create more than one logical drive in an array, set a size of less than the actual capacity. If you want to span only two or three arrays, rather than the four-array maximum, set a size that reflects the number of arrays you want to span.

  • Page 74: E Initializing Logical Drives

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config Configuration Menu. You can create a hot spare by using the Easy, New, or View/Add Configuration mode. When you choose any of these configuration options in the Configure menu, a window listing all physical devices connected to the current adapter is displayed. Press the arrow keys to highlight a disk drive that has a Ready indicator and press F4 to designate it as a hot spare.

  • Page 75: Individual Initialization

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config 3. When you have selected the logical drives you want to initialize, press F10 and choose Yes at the confirmation prompt. The progress of the initialization for each drive is shown in bar graph format. 4.

  • Page 76: Changing The Raid Level Of A Logical Drive

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive To make RAID level changes, refer to the valid RAID level changes listed in Table 3-1 before altering a logical drive. NOTE You cannot change the RAID level of any logical drive that spans arrays (RAID levels 10, 30, or 50).

  • Page 77: Removing A Physical Drive From A Logical Drive

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config Removing a Physical Drive from a Logical Drive The procedures for removing a physical drive from a logical drive vary depending on the RAID level of the logical drive. RAID Level 0 There is no data redundancy in a RAID 0 system, so you cannot reconstruct this data while the HP NetServer is available.

  • Page 78: Reclaiming A Hot Spare

    G Formatting Physical Drives Since most SCSI disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory, this step is usually not necessary. Hewlett-Packard drives do not require formatting. You typically must format a disk if: The disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory.

  • Page 79: Formatting Options

    Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config You do not have to use the Format option to erase existing information on your SCSI disks, such as a DOS partition. That information is erased when you choose the Initialize menu selection to initialize logical drives. Formatting Options Since most SCSI disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory, this step is usually not necessary.

  • Page 81: Hp Netraid Express Tools

    4 HP NetRAID Express Tools Overview HP NetRAID Express Tools resides in the HP NetRAID BIOS, and is therefore available to all supported operating systems. This utility duplicates many of the management functions found in HP NetRAID Assistant and HP NetRAID Config. Because you must restart the HP NetServer to start HP NetRAID Express Tools, it is recommended that you use HP NetRAID Assistant or HP NetRAID Config whenever possible.

  • Page 82: A Starting And Exiting Hp Netraid Express Tools

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools Memory Type (for HP NetRAID-1Si) Power Fail Safeguard Parameter (also available with HP NetRAID Config) Read Modify Write Mode Reset to Default Settings SCSI-2 Command Tagging SCSI Termination (for HP NetRAID-3Si and integrated HP NetRAID in HP NetServer LH 3000/3000r, LH 6000/6000r, and LT 6000r;...

  • Page 83: To Exit Hp Netraid Express Tools

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools Option: Experienced users may press <Ctrl> <M> for HP NetRAID Express Tools now. Firmware Initializing When the system stops scanning, HP NetRAID Express Tools starts immediately. To exit HP NetRAID Express Tools 1. Press Esc at the Tools Management menu. 2.

  • Page 84: Configure Menu

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools NOTE For internal mass storage in HP NetServer LH 3000/3000r, LH 6000/6000r, and LT 6000r, SCSI ID 5 is reserved for the SAF-TE processor that manages the hot-swap mass storage cage. For an external mass storage enclosure with a SAF-TE processor, a SCSI ID is reserved for that processor.

  • Page 85: Objects Menu

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools Objects Menu Choose the Objects option from the HP Express Tools Management Menu to access the adapters, logical drives, physical drives, and SCSI channels individually. You can also change settings for each object. The Objects submenu options are described below.
  • Page 86 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools For optimal performance of RAID 5 logical drives, use separate adapters to control arrays with three physical drives and arrays with four or more physical drives. Change Disk Geometry: Changes the layout of logical drives presented to the NOS.
  • Page 87 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools Initiator ID: Changes the Initiator ID assumed by the HP NetRAID controller (adapter) at system boot-up. The default setting is SCSI ID 7. Logical Drive To perform a logical drive procedure, choose Logical Drive from the Objects menu.
  • Page 88 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools NOTE You do not need to use the Format option if you simply want to erase existing information on your hard drives, such as a DOS partition. Choosing the Intialize menu selection, and initializing the logical drive(s) erases that information. Make Online: Changes the state of the selected disk drive to Online.

  • Page 89: Format Option

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools adapter is at one end of the SCSI bus for the selected channel, you must use this option. This is the default setting. Disable Termination: Available for HP NetRAID-3Si and integrated HP NetRAID in HP NetServer LH 3000/3000r, LH 6000/6000r, and LT 6000r.

  • Page 90: Rebuild Option

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools To format a physical drive, it must be in the Fail state. (You can change it to the Fail state by choosing Objects, then Physical Drive, then Fail Drive.) To format a hard drive, select Format, then select the drive you want to format from the drives listed.

  • Page 91: Disable/Enable Bios Option

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools Disable/Enable BIOS Option This option disables or enables the BIOS firmware. The default setting is Enabled. If the BIOS is disabled, DOS cannot read logical drives, and you cannot boot from RAID. You might disable the BIOS in order to boot off the embedded SCSI instead of the adapter.

  • Page 92: Creating Arrays Using Available Physical Drives

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools create a hot spare that is dedicated to one specific logical drive. Users with other operating systems do not have the ability to create hot spares that are dedicated to one logical drive. Use one of the two methods described below to designate physical drives as global hot spares.
  • Page 93 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools Creating Arrays by Using Easy Configuration In Easy Configuration, each array is associated with exactly one logical drive. (It does not permit array spanning.) Follow the steps described below to create arrays by using Easy Configuration. 1.
  • Page 94 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools #Stripes The number of stripes (physical drives) in the associated physical array StrpSz The stripe size DriveState The state of the logical drive 5. To set the RAID level for the logical drive, highlight RAID and press Enter.
  • Page 95 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools NOTE The New Configuration option erases the existing configuration information on the selected adapter. To create arrays by using New Configuration: 1. Choose Configure from the HP NetRAID Express Tools Management menu. 2. Choose New Configuration from the Configure menu. An array selection window is displayed showing the devices connected to the current adapter.
  • Page 96 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools 5. Press F10 to configure logical drives. The logical drive configuration window appears, as shown below: The window shows the logical drive that is currently being configured as well as any existing logical drives. The column headings are, from left to right: The logical drive number RAID...
  • Page 97 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools (For definitions of the Write policy, Read policy, Cache policy, and their options, see the "Glossary.") Press Esc to exit the Advanced Menu. 9. Highlight Span and press Enter to set the spanning mode for the current logical drive.
  • Page 98 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools current adapter. Hot key information appears at the bottom of the window. The hot key functions are: Space Add the highlighted drive to the current array. Enter Stop adding drives to the current array, and configure the logical drive.
  • Page 99 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools The logical drive number RAID The RAID level Size The logical drive size #Stripes The number of stripes (physical drives) in the associated physical array StrpSz The stripe size Drive-State The state of the logical drive 6.

  • Page 100: Initializing Logical Drives

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools 9. Open the Advanced menu to set the remaining options. Stripe Size: This parameter specifies the size of the segment written to each disk in a RAID logical drive. Write Policy: This parameter specifies the cache write policy. You can set the write policy to Write-Back or Write-Through.

  • Page 101: D Formatting Physical Drives

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools 1. Choose Initialize from the HP NetRAID Express Tools Management menu. A list of the current logical drives appears. 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the drives you want to initialize. Press the Spacebar to select the highlighted logical drive for initialization.

  • Page 102: Formatting Drives

    Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools 2. Select Physical Drives, and choose a device. 3. Press F2 to display the Physical Drive Information window. The error count is displayed at the bottom of the Properties window. If you feel that the number of errors is excessive, you should probably format the disk drive. NOTE You do not need to use the Format option if you simply want to erase existing information on your SCSI disks, such as a DOS...
  • Page 103 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools Power Fail Safeguard, Alarm Control, and Cache Flush Timings. (You do not need to record the configuration of your physical and logical drives.) 4. Remove the old HP NetRAID Series adapter and insert the new one following these steps: a.
  • Page 104 Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools a. Choose Select Adapter from the Tools Management menu. b. Choose the adapter with the mismatched configuration. 8. Choose Configure from the Tools Management menu. 9. Choose View/Add/Delete from the Configure menu. 10. Choose View Disk Configuration from the View/Add/Delete menu. 11.

  • Page 105: Reconstructing And Rebuilding Drives

    5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives Reconstructing and rebuilding are two important features of HP NetRAID systems. It is important to know the difference between these two terms. Reconstructing is the process of reorganizing data when you make a fundamental change to your system such as changing RAID levels. See "Reconstructing Data"...
  • Page 106 Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives there is no risk of losing any data. The Power Fail Safeguard feature is an option that you can enable or disable by using HP NetRAID Express Tools (if you are using Windows NT or Windows 2000) or HP NetRAID Config utilities (if you are the Novell NetWare, IBM OS/2, SCO OpenServer, or SCO UnixWare).
  • Page 107 Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives 2. Restart the HP NetServer. Look for the following prompt during startup: Option: Experienced users may press <Ctrl> <M> for HP NetRAID Express Tools now. Firmware Initializing 3. Press <Ctrl> <M>. When the system stops scanning, HP NetRAID Express Tools starts.

  • Page 108: Rebuilding Data

    Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives Rebuilding Data If a disk drive fails in an array that is configured as a RAID 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, or 50 logical drive, you can recover the lost data by rebuilding the drive. If you have configured one or more hot spares, the drive can be rebuilt automatically.

  • Page 109: Changing The Rebuild Rate

    Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives Changing the Autorebuild Setting The default setting for Autorebuild is enabled, so you normally do not need to change it. However, if you want to change this parameter, follow these instructions: 1. Log off all users, close all applications, and power down the HP NetServer. 2.

  • Page 110: Rebuilding Drives Manually

    Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives You can view or change the Rebuild Rate from any of the three HP NetRAID utilities. To view or change the Rebuild Rate from HP NetRAID Express Tools: 1. If you have more than one adapter, choose Select Adapter from the Tools Management menu, and then select the adapter for which you want to change or view the Rebuild Rate.
  • Page 111 Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives You installed a replacement drive in a different physical slot from the failed drive. A logical drive of RAID level 0 shared space on the drive that needs to be rebuilt. To rebuild drives manually, you must have a Ready drive of equivalent size. The HP NetRAID system will not rebuild data onto a hot spare when you initiate the rebuild manually.
  • Page 112 Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives 2. Choose Rebuild from the Management menu. A device selection window is displayed showing the devices connected to the current adapter. The failed drives have FAIL indicators. 3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the first physical drive to be rebuilt then press the Spacebar to select it.

  • Page 113: Capacity Expansion

    6 Capacity Expansion With HP NetRAID, you can expand capacity at any time by adding one or more new hard disks to your system. If you prepared for Online Capacity Expansion as described in the HP NetRAID Series Installation and Configuration Guide or the HP NetServer Integrated NetRAID Controller Configuration Guide, you can add disks to an existing logical drive without restarting the HP NetServer.

  • Page 114: About Online Capacity Expansion Under Netware 4.2

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Preparation Steps for NetWare 4.2 explains how to enable Virtual Sizing and how to partition your physical drives to use Online Capacity Expansion. Expanding Capacity Online under NetWare 4.2 describes how to use the Online Capacity Expansion feature to add physical drives to your system without restarting the HP NetServer.
  • Page 115 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Precautions When using the Online Capacity Expansion feature, it is very important that you do not create volumes that exceed the actual physical capacity. You must add up the capacities of all volumes that may be using the physical storage space, such as a DOS volume, SYS volume, Hot Fix Area, and any user volumes.

  • Page 116: Planning For Online Capacity Expansion Under Netware 4.2

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Planning for Online Capacity Expansion under NetWare 4.2 To permit easy capacity expansion of a NetWare 4.2 installation, plan ahead and consider your storage use. Since NetWare 4.2 permits only one NetWare partition per logical drive, make the NetWare partition the size of the virtual logical drive in advance so that you can expand that volume.
  • Page 117 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion I. Connect Disk Drives to HP NetRAID Connect physical drives to the HP NetRAID Series adapter or integrated HP NetRAID controller. For example, you might have four drives of 4 GB each connected to the HP NetRAID Series adapter. II.
  • Page 118 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion 4. Choose Objects from the Tools Management menu. 5. Choose Logical Drive from the Objects menu. 6. From the Logical Drives menu, choose the logical drive you want to prepare for expansion. 7. From the Logical Drive menu for the drive you want to prepare, choose Properties.
  • Page 119 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion V. Create the NetWare Volume How you create the NetWare volume depends on where you installed NetWare. For drives that do not contain the NetWare 4.2 operating system, see "Create Volumes on Drives that do not Contain NetWare 4.2." If NetWare 4.2 was installed on a disk array, see "Create Volumes on Drives That Contain NetWare 4.2."...

  • Page 120: Expanding Capacity Online Under Netware 4.2

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion NOTE A NetWare 4.2 SYS volume should be limited to 2 GB or to a smaller size appropriate for your system. Use the balance for a user volume. Virtual Sizing can be used with a disk array that is used as the boot device and also contains user data.
  • Page 121 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion First, Install Additional Capacity Install the additional physical capacity (hot-swap disk drive modules) into the internal hot-swap mass storage cage or into the external enclosure. The cage or enclosure must already be connected to the integrated HP NetRAID controller or HP NetRAID Series adapter controlling the logical drive that you want to expand.

  • Page 122: Expanding Capacity Under Netware 4.2 With Virtual Sizing Disabled

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Expanding Capacity under NetWare 4.2 with Virtual Sizing Disabled If you already are using a logical drive without Virtual Sizing enabled, but now wish to add capacity to an existing volume, your options are limited. Here are the likely scenarios when Virtual Sizing has not been enabled.

  • Page 123: About Online Capacity Expansion Under Netware 5

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Expanding Capacity under NetWare 5 with Virtual Sizing Enabled describes how you can add disk capacity to an existing logical drive if you did not prepare your logical drive initially to use the Online Capacity Expansion feature. About Online Capacity Expansion under NetWare 5 Normally, to add capacity you must shut down the server to reconfigure and then restore data, or you must add the new storage space as a new volume.

  • Page 124: Preparation Steps For Netware 5

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion In most installations, the operating system is installed on a SCSI drive connected outside of the HP NetRAID system. However, NetWare 5 can reside on a disk array in the HP NetRAID system to achieve redundancy. Preparation Steps for NetWare 5 This section tells you how to enable Virtual Sizing and set up your partitions to permit easy capacity expansion.
  • Page 125 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion III. Disable Virtual Sizing The only other requirement for online capacity expansion of your logical drive is that Virtual Sizing is disabled. This is the factory default setting. If Virtual Sizing is Disabled (the factory default setting), no other preparation is necessary.

  • Page 126: Expanding Capacity Online Under Netware 5

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion 7. From the Logical Drive menu for the drive you want to prepare, choose Properties. 8. Choose Virtual Sizing. 9. On the Virtual Size Feature menu, choose Disable, and confirm your choice. 10. Press Esc twice to return to the Logical Drive menu. If you need to disable Virtual Sizing on another logical drive, choose the logical drive and repeat Steps 6 through 10.
  • Page 127 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Second, Reconstruct to Add Capacity After you have installed the additional physical capacity, run HP NetRAID Config to reconstruct the HP NetRAID logical drive to include the added capacity, as follows: 1. Load the HP NetRAID Config utility (megamgr.nlm module) under NetWare.
  • Page 128 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion 4. Choose Modify disk partitions and Hot Fix, and press Enter. 5. The available devices are shown. Choose the logical drive that you reconstructed in HP NetRAID Config, and press Enter. 6. The Disk Partition Type display shows the free space in the logical drive. On the Disk Options Selections menu, choose Create NetWare disk partition, and press Enter.

  • Page 129: Expanding Capacity Under Netware 5 With Virtual Sizing Enabled

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion 15. The segment is added to the existing volume, and the Volume Disk Segment List shows the new segment. Press the F10 function key to save changes and return to the Volume Name List. 16. Press Esc to save changes and return to the previous screen. 17.

  • Page 130: About Online Capacity Expansion Under Windows Nt

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion About Online Capacity Expansion under Windows NT describes the Online Capacity Expansion feature. This feature allows new storage capacity to be added to an existing logical drive and put online for use without restarting the server. Preparation Steps for Windows NT explains how you enable Virtual Sizing and how to partition your drives to use this feature of HP NetRAID.

  • Page 131: Preparation Steps For Windows Nt

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Precautions When using the Online Capacity Expansion feature, it is important that you do not create volumes that exceed the actual physical capacity. If you attempt to do this under Windows NT, the format operation will fail. If you extend an existing partition into virtual space, this is detected upon rebooting.
  • Page 132 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion NOTE The Online Capacity Expansion feature is supported only on arrays that contain just one logical drive each. For example, your array of four drives (of 4 GB each) might be configured as a single RAID 5 logical drive. This produces a logical drive of 12 GB of real storage capacity.
  • Page 133 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion NOTE Clearing a previous configuration does not reset the Virtual Sizing setting for a logical drive. Use the Reset to Factory Defaults option in HP NetRAID Express Tools to disable Virtual Sizing for all logical drives or manually change the setting.

  • Page 134: Expanding Capacity Online Under Windows Nt

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Partition and Format a Drive that Contains Windows NT Sometimes it is desirable to have the network operating system reside on a disk array. The advantage is that the NOS resides on a redundant drive. Virtual Sizing can be used with a disk array that is used as the boot device and also contains user data.

  • Page 135: Expanding Capacity Under Windows Nt With Virtual Sizing Disabled

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion 2. Partition and Format New Capacity. 1. When the reconstruction is complete, enter the Disk Administrator. In our example, the original drive is still shown as E: and is 12 GB. 2. Select the unpartitioned area, and create a primary partition of 4 GB. 3.

  • Page 136: Capacity Expansion Under Windows 2000

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Capacity Expansion under Windows 2000 This section describes how to expand disk capacity after the system has been in operation for a time. This section is divided into these parts: About Online Capacity Expansion under Windows 2000 describes the Online Capacity Expansion feature.

  • Page 137: Preparation Steps For Windows 2000

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion Preparation Steps for Windows 2000 This section tells you how to disable Virtual Sizing to permit online capacity expansion. Online capacity expansion under Windows 2000 requires the following: Windows 2000 is already installed. HP NetRAID Assistant is already installed. The version of HP NetRAID Assistant must be the same or newer than version A.02.02.
  • Page 138 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion NOTE It is important to initialize your logical drives. If the drives have been previously configured under an operating system, there can sometimes be residual partition/format information which subsequently causes misrepresentation of logical drives under the Windows 2000 Disk Management. For example, your array of four drives (of 4 GB each) might be configured as a single RAID 5 logical drive.

  • Page 139: Expanding Capacity Online Under Windows 2000

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion a. Choose Adapter from the Tools Management menu. b. Choose the adapter controlling the logical drive. 4. Choose Objects from the Tools Management menu. 5. Choose Logical Drive from the Objects menu. 6. From the Logical Drive menu, choose the logical drive you want to prepare for expansion.
  • Page 140 Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion First, Install Additional Capacity Install the additional physical capacity (hot-swap disk drive modules) into the internal hot-swap mass storage cage or into the external enclosure. The cage or enclosure must already be connected to the integrated HP NetRAID controller or HP NetRAID Series adapter controlling the logical drive that you want to expand.

  • Page 141: Expanding Capacity Under Windows 2000 With Virtual Sizing Enabled

    Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion NOTE Verify that "Basic" is displayed below the disk number to the left of the existing volume to the left of the unallocated space. This confirms that the logical drive is in Basic Disk Mode. If "Dynamic" is displayed, the logical drive is in Dynamic Disk Mode, and you cannot expand capacity online as described in this section.

  • Page 143: Monitor Alert List

    7 Monitor Alert List This chapter lists monitor messages for the supported network operating systems that provide information about the monitor utility, adapters (HP NetRAID adapters and integrated HP NetRAID controllers), physical drives, and logical drives. For BIOS error messages and other troubleshooting, refer to the "Troubleshooting"...

  • Page 144: Ibm Os/2 Monitor Messages

    Chapter 7 Monitor Alert List IBM OS/2 Monitor Messages Table 7-2. OS/2 Monitor Messages Condition Messages Logical drive state change Adp = # LogDrv # state changed from (previous state) to (new state). Physical drive state change Adp = # PhysDrv at Ch # Tid # state changed from (previous state) to (new state).

  • Page 145: Sco Openserver And Unixware Monitor Messages

    Chapter 7 Monitor Alert List SCO OpenServer and UnixWare Monitor Messages Table 7-3. SCO OpenServer and UnixWare Monitor Messages Condition Messages Monitor starts HP NetRAID Monitor activated Monitor deactivated HP NetRAID Monitor deactivated No adapter found No HP NetRAID adapter found Adapter inquiry failed HP NetRAID inquiry failed for adapter x Physical drive state...

  • Page 147: Alarm Control And Audible Warnings

    8 Alarm Control and Audible Warnings HP NetRAID Series adapters have onboard tone generators that indicate events and errors. NOTE The integrated HP NetRAID controller does not have alarm control or audible warnings. Table 8-1. Audible Warnings Tone Pattern Meaning Examples Three seconds on A logical drive is offline.

  • Page 149: Glossary

    Glossary HP NetRAID Terms and Technology Array: An array of disk modules combines the storage space on the disk modules into a single segment of contiguous storage space. HP NetRAID can group disk modules on one or more of its SCSI channels into an array. A hot spare disk module does not participate in an array.
  • Page 150 Glossary Reconstruction is only permitted on a logical drive that occupies a single array and is the only logical drive in the array. You cannot use online capacity expansion on logical drives that span arrays (RAID levels 10, 30, or 50). Channel: An electrical path for the transfer of data and control information between a disk and a disk adapter or controller.
  • Page 151 Glossary and the hot-spare disk must have sufficient capacity. The system administrator can replace the failed disk module and designate the replacement disk module as a new hot spare. Hot-Swap Disk Module: Hot-swap modules allow a system administrator to replace a failed disk drive in a server without powering down the server and suspending network services.
  • Page 152 Glossary Reconstructing: Participating disk modules are being reconstructed. Rebuilding: Participating disk modules are being rebuilt. I/O operations can only be performed with logical drives that are online or degraded (critical). Logical Volume: An array virtual disk made up of logical disks rather than physical ones.
  • Page 153 Glossary RAID Levels: A style of redundancy applied to a particular logical drive. It may increase the performance of the logical drive, and it may decrease its usable capacity. Each logical drive must have a RAID level assigned to it. RAID levels 0, 1, 3, and 5 are for logical drives that occupy a single array (do not span arrays).
  • Page 154 Glossary Rebuild Rate: The speed at which a rebuild operation occurs. Each HP NetRAID Series adapter or integrated HP NetRAID controller is assigned a rebuild rate, which specifies the percentage of processor resources to be devoted to rebuild operations. Reconstruct: The act of remaking a logical drive after changing RAID levels. Redundancy: The provision of multiple interchangeable components to perform a single function to cope with failures and errors.
  • Page 155 Glossary SCSI ID: Each SCSI device on an HP NetRAID SCSI bus must have a different SCSI address number (Target ID, or TID) from 0 to 15, but not 7, which is reserved for the SCSI controller. Drives IDs are determined by the slot positions or are set by switches.
  • Page 156 Glossary Write Policy: When the processor writes to disk, the data is first written to the cache on the assumption that the processor will probably read it again soon. The two Write policies for HP NetRAID are: Write-Through: In a write-through cache, data is written to disk at the same time as it is cached.

  • Page 157: Index

    Index HP NetRAID Express Tools, 83 BIOS disable/enable, 85 Abort Rebuild, 22 Activate Channel, 54 Adapter icon, 17 Cache Flush Timings, 10, 80 Adapter menu Cache Policy, 10 HP NetRAID Assistant, 20 Capacity expansion, 107 HP NetRAID Config, 52 NetWare 4.2, 107 HP NetRAID Express Tools, 79 NetWare 5, 116 Adapter Type, 10, 80...
  • Page 158 Index Configuring Another Adapter HP NetRAID Assistant, 37 Global hot spares, 28 Configuring arrays and logical drives HP NetRAID Config, 57 Help menu, 25 HP NetRAID Express Tools, 85 Hot spare Configuring arrays and logical drives, HP NetRAID Assistant, 28, 31 HP NetRAID Assistant, 25 HP NetRAID Config, 67 Creating arrays...
  • Page 159 Index HP NetRAID ConfigAdapter menu, 52 Logical drive, adding HP NetRAID drivers, 13 HP NetRAID Assistant, 39 HP NetRAID Express Tools, 8, 75 HP NetRAID Config, 66 Adapter menu, 79 HP NetRAID Express Tools, 92, 93 Alarm Control menu, 52, 85 Logical drive, changing parameters Battery Backup, 83 HP NetRAID Config, 69...
  • Page 160 Index OpenServer and UnixWare monitor Reclaiming hot spare messages, 139 HP NetRAID Assistant, 43 OS/2, 13 HP NetRAID Config, 72 OS/2 monitor messages, 138 Reconstruct Logical Drive, 57 Reconstructing, 40, 69, 99 Remove, 22 PCI class code, 10, 80 Removing physical drive Performance Monitor On/Off, 20 HP NetRAID Assistant, 42 Physical drive...
  • Page 161 Index View Rebuild Progress, 54 Terminate High 8 Bits, 54, 82 View/Add Configuration, 65 Terminate Wide Channel, 55, 82 View/Add/Delete Config, 11 Tools, HP NetRAID Assistant, 22 View/Add/Delete Configuration, 91 View/Update Parameters, 52 View/Update Rebuild Rate, 80 UnixWare, 13 Virtual Size, 24 UnixWare and OpenServer monitor Virtual Sizing, 11, 108, 117, 124, 130 messages, 139...

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