Table Of Contents - HP Configuring Arrays Reference Manual

Contents
Overview of array configuration tools ............................................................................................. 5
Utilities available for configuring an array ...................................................................................................... 5
Comparison of the utilities ............................................................................................................................. 5
Support for standard configuration tasks ............................................................................................... 6
Support for advanced configuration tasks ............................................................................................. 6
HP Smart Array Advanced Pack ..................................................................................................... 8
About SAAP ................................................................................................................................................ 8
Required hardware ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays .......................................................................................... 10
About ORCA ............................................................................................................................................. 10
HP Online Array Configuration Utility for NetWare ........................................................................ 11
About CPQONLIN ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Summary of configuration procedure using CPQONLIN ................................................................................. 11
Operating CPQONLIN in manual configuration mode ................................................................................... 11
Menu options in CPQONLIN ............................................................................................................. 12
Typical manual configuration procedures ...................................................................................................... 13
Creating a new array and logical drive .............................................................................................. 14
Adding spare drives ......................................................................................................................... 14
Setting the rebuild priority or expand priority ...................................................................................... 15
Setting the accelerator ratio ............................................................................................................... 15
Expanding an array ......................................................................................................................... 16
Migrating RAID level or stripe size ..................................................................................................... 16
HP Array Configuration Utility ...................................................................................................... 18
About ACU................................................................................................................................................ 18
Native support for 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems .................................................................................. 18
Accessing ACU in the offline environment ..................................................................................................... 18
Launching ACU with HP Intelligent Provisioning (Gen8 or later) ............................................................ 19
Launching ACU during POST (Gen8 or later) ...................................................................................... 19
Launching ACU from the SmartStart CD (G7 or earlier) ........................................................................ 19
Launching ACU from an ISO image (all generations) ........................................................................... 19
Accessing ACU in the online environment ..................................................................................................... 23
Launching ACU on a local server ....................................................................................................... 24
Launching ACU on a local server to configure a remote server .............................................................. 25
Launching ACU on a remote server to configure a local server .............................................................. 26
Using the ACU GUI .................................................................................................................................... 27
Navigating the GUI .......................................................................................................................... 27
Configuration tasks........................................................................................................................... 36
Diagnostics tasks .............................................................................................................................. 47
Wizards .......................................................................................................................................... 49
Using the ACU CLI ..................................................................................................................................... 53
Opening the CLI in Console mode ..................................................................................................... 54
Opening the CLI in Command mode .................................................................................................. 54
CLI syntax ........................................................................................................................................ 54
Typical procedures ........................................................................................................................... 59
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