Table Of Contents - HP AJ878A - StorageWorks 320 GB Hard Drive User Manual

Contents
About this guide ................................................................................... 6
Intended audience ...................................................................................................................... 6
Document conventions and symbols ............................................................................................... 6
HP technical support ................................................................................................................... 7
Customer self repair .................................................................................................................... 7
Subscription service .................................................................................................................... 8
HP websites ............................................................................................................................... 8
Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................. 8
1 Introduction ....................................................................................... 9
Overview ................................................................................................................................... 9
Required operating environment ................................................................................................... 9
Operating systems ................................................................................................................ 9
Supported firmware revisions ................................................................................................. 9
Hardware ......................................................................................................................... 10
2 Hardware installation ....................................................................... 11
Installing the HP StorageWorks IO Accelerator ............................................................................. 11
Verifying Hardware Installation ................................................................................................... 12
3 Linux environments ........................................................................... 15
Installation Requirements ............................................................................................................ 15
Downloading and installing the driver and utilities ........................................................................ 15
Installing using the HP installer script ..................................................................................... 16
Deploying the built packages ............................................................................................... 16
Loading the driver .............................................................................................................. 17
Adding a file system, formatting, and performing multi-disk configuration ......................................... 17
Using the Logical Volume Manager ............................................................................................. 17
Configuring RAID ..................................................................................................................... 18
RAID0/Striped ................................................................................................................... 18
RAID1/Mirrored ................................................................................................................ 18
Upgrading firmware .................................................................................................................. 18
Upgrading the driver ................................................................................................................. 19
Uninstalling the software ..................................................................................................... 19
Unmanaged Shutdown Issues ..................................................................................................... 20
Exploring IO Accelerator Linux Driver Loading .............................................................................. 20
Controlling driver loading .................................................................................................... 20
Using the init scripts ..................................................................................................... 20
Using the udev script .................................................................................................... 21
Disabling Auto Attach (udev) ......................................................................................... 21
Disabling Driver Completely .......................................................................................... 21
Using the IO Accelerator Init Script ....................................................................................... 21
Mounting Filesystems .................................................................................................... 22
Driver Unloads ............................................................................................................ 22
IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class user guide 3