Option Rom Configuration For Arrays; Rompaq Utility; Automatic Server Recovery - HP Proliant ML350p Gen8 User Manual

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Provides diagnostic and SmartSSD Wear Gauge functionality on the Diagnostics tab
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For supported controllers, provides access to additional features.
For more information about HPE SSA, see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website
(http://www.hpe.com/servers/ssa).

Option ROM Configuration for Arrays

Before installing an operating system, you can use the ORCA utility to create the first logical drive, assign
RAID levels, and establish online spare configurations.
The utility also provides support for the following functions:
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Reconfiguring one or more logical drives
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Viewing the current logical drive configuration
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Deleting a logical drive configuration
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Setting the controller to be the boot controller
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Selecting the boot volume
If you do not use the utility, ORCA will default to the standard configuration.
For more information regarding the default configurations that ORCA uses, see the HPE ROM-Based
Setup Utility User Guide on the Documentation CD or the HPE RBSU Information Library
(http://www.hpe.com/info/rbsu/docs).
For more information about the storage controller and its features, select the relevant controller user
documentation on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website
(http://www.hpe.com/support/SAC_UG_ProLiantServers_en).
To configure arrays, see the user guide for Smart Array Controllers on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise
website (http://www.hpe.com/support/CASAC_RG_en).

ROMPaq utility

The ROMPaq utility enables you to upgrade the system firmware (BIOS). To upgrade the firmware, insert
a ROMPaq USB Key into an available USB port and boot the system. In addition to ROMPaq, Online
Flash Components for Windows and Linux operating systems are available for updating the system
firmware.
The ROMPaq utility checks the system and provides a choice (if more than one exists) of available
firmware revisions.
To locate the drivers for a particular server, go to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website
(http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc). Under Select your HPE product, enter the product name or
number and click Go.

Automatic Server Recovery

ASR is a feature that causes the system to restart when a catastrophic operating system error occurs,
such as a blue screen, ABEND (does not apply to HPE ProLiant DL980 Servers), or panic. A system
fail-safe timer, the ASR timer, starts when the System Management driver, also known as the Health
Driver, is loaded. When the operating system is functioning properly, the system periodically resets the
timer. However, when the operating system fails, the timer expires and restarts the server.
ASR increases server availability by restarting the server within a specified time after a system hang. At
the same time, the SIM console notifies you by sending a message to a designated pager number that
ASR has restarted the system. You can disable ASR from the System Management Homepage or
through RBSU.
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