HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual page 4

Locating the storage system in a rack .................................................................................... 41
Backing up and restoring the storage system configuration ....................................................... 41
Backing up storage system does not save all settings ........................................................ 41
Backing up the storage system configuration file ............................................................... 42
Restoring the storage system configuration from a file ........................................................ 42
Powering off or rebooting the storage system ................................................................................ 43
Powering on or off, or rebooting storage systems with modular components ............................... 43
Rebooting the storage system ............................................................................................... 44
Powering off the storage system ............................................................................................ 45
Upgrading the SAN/iQ software on the storage system ................................................................. 46
Upgrading the CMC and storage systems .............................................................................. 46
Setting upgrade preferences ................................................................................................ 46
Checking for available upgrades .......................................................................................... 46
Upgrading the CMC ........................................................................................................... 47
Upgrading storage systems in a management group or available storage systems ....................... 47
Monitoring upgrade progress ........................................................................................ 49
Reviewing the upgrade summary ................................................................................... 49
Registering advanced features for a storage system ....................................................................... 49
Determining volume and snapshot availability .............................................................................. 49
Checking status of dedicated boot devices ................................................................................... 50
Checking boot device status ................................................................................................ 50
Getting there ............................................................................................................... 50
Replacing a dedicated boot device ....................................................................................... 51
3 Storage Configuration: Disk RAID and Disk Management ...................... 53
Configuring RAID and managing disks ........................................................................................ 53
Getting there ..................................................................................................................... 53
Status indicators ................................................................................................................. 53
Configuring and managing RAID ................................................................................................ 54
RAID Levels .............................................................................................................................. 54
Explaining RAID devices in the RAID setup report ......................................................................... 55
RAID devices by RAID type .................................................................................................. 56
Virtual RAID devices ..................................................................................................... 56
Planning the RAID configuration ................................................................................................. 56
Data protection .................................................................................................................. 56
Using RAID for data redundancy ................................................................................... 57
Using Network RAID in a cluster .................................................................................... 57
Using disk RAID with Network RAID in a cluster ..................................................................... 57
Mixing RAID configurations ................................................................................................. 58
Setting RAID rebuild rate ........................................................................................................... 59
General guidelines for setting the RAID rebuild rate ................................................................ 59
Setting the RAID rebuild rate ................................................................................................ 59
Reconfiguring RAID ................................................................................................................... 59
To reconfigure RAID ............................................................................................................ 60
Monitoring RAID status .............................................................................................................. 60
Data reads and writes and RAID status ................................................................................. 60
Data redundancy and RAID status ........................................................................................ 60
Managing disks ....................................................................................................................... 61
Getting there ..................................................................................................................... 62
Reading the disk report on the Disk Setup tab ........................................................................ 62
Verifying disk status ............................................................................................................ 63
Viewing disk status for the DL320s (NSM 2120) .............................................................. 63
Viewing disk status for the IBM x3650 ............................................................................ 64
Viewing disk status for the VSA ...................................................................................... 65
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