Table Of Contents - HP Smart Array -UX 11i v2 Support Manual

Contents
1 Controller overview.....................................................................................6
Smart Array P400 controller features...........................................................................................6
Board components and features.............................................................................................6
Smart Array P400 controller board runtime LEDs.................................................................7
Smart Array P41 1 controller features............................................................................................9
Smart Array P700m controller features......................................................................................11
Smart Array P71 1m controller features.......................................................................................13
Smart Array P800 controller features.........................................................................................14
Board components and features...........................................................................................14
Smart Array P800 controller board runtime LEDs...............................................................14
Smart Array P812 controller features..........................................................................................16
Board components and features...........................................................................................16
Smart Array P812 controller board runtime LEDs................................................................16
Battery pack LEDs...................................................................................................................17
Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) LEDs....................................................................................19
Fault management features......................................................................................................19
Fault management in supported RAID configurations...................................................................20
Choosing a RAID method........................................................................................................21
2 Installing the controller..............................................................................23
Installation overview................................................................................................................23
Installation prerequisites..........................................................................................................23
Downloading software............................................................................................................24
Installing software...................................................................................................................24
Installing the controller offline...................................................................................................25
Adding or replacing a Smart Array controller online...................................................................25
Connecting external devices.....................................................................................................26
Verifying and updating controller firmware offline.......................................................................26
Verifying the controller firmware...........................................................................................26
Downloading the firmware update.......................................................................................27
Updating the controller firmware..........................................................................................28
Verifying the firmware update.........................................................................................29
HELP or ?..........................................................................................................................29
Error messages..................................................................................................................30
Verifying and updating enclosure firmware offline.......................................................................30
Verifying the enclosure firmware...........................................................................................30
Downloading the enclosure firmware....................................................................................31
Updating the enclosure firmware..........................................................................................31
Verifying the firmware update.........................................................................................32
HELP or ?..........................................................................................................................33
Verifying the installation..........................................................................................................33
Confirming and updating physical disk firmware.........................................................................33
Determining the Smart Array controller device file..................................................................34
Determining the Connector/Enclosure/Bay and firmware version for physical disks.....................34
Configuring a Smart Array controller as a boot device ................................................................37
Planning to install HP-UX on a logical drive...........................................................................37
Configuring a logical drive offline using ORCA .....................................................................38
3 Configuration...........................................................................................40
Planning the RAID configuration...............................................................................................40
The saconfig configuration CLI..................................................................................................40
Displaying the Smart Array controller configuration................................................................45
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