Hp Acu-Cli Overview; Supported Configurations; Installation And Usage Instructions; Installing Hp Acu-Cli - HP BL860c Cli Manual

HP ACU-CLI Overview

The HP Array Configuration Utility Command Line Interface (HP ACU-CLI) is a
command-line-based disk configuration tool that can be used to configure and manage Smart
Array Controllers and RAID Array Controllers in Integrity Linux environments.
HP ACU-CLI is available as a part of the HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux
and can be obtained from the Linux on HP Integrity Servers web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/integritylinux
This document provides information about the of HP Array Configuration Utility Command
Line Interface (HP ACU-CLI) version 8.40 release.

Supported Configurations

HP ACU-CLI provides support for a number of configurations. See the Linux section of the HP
9000 and HP Integrity Server-Storage Support Matrices web site for the latest information about
supported configurations:
http://www.hp.com/products1/serverconnectivity/support_matrices.html#linux

Installation and Usage Instructions

Installing HP ACU-CLI:

HP ACU-CLI is distributed using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages.
1. If there is an older version of HP ACU-CLI installed on the system, you must use rpm -e
hpacucli to remove it first.
2. To install the HP ACU-CLI application, enter:
rpm -i <filename>
TIP: For additional details regarding RPM, use the man rpm command.
The software resides in /opt/compaq/hpacucli and the executable name is hpacucli which
is located in /usr/sbin.

Using HP ACU-CLI:

You must run hpacucli as root.
1. Ensure that /usr/sbin is root's path.
2. To start the HP ACU-CLI application, enter:
hpacucli
TIP: For more options, use the hpacucli help command.

Exiting the HP ACU-CLI:

To exit the HP ACU-CLI, at the CLI command console, enter:
exit

Important Usage Notes

• The CCISS and CPQARRAY drivers support up to 16 logical drives per controller. After
creating or deleting logical drives with HP ACU-CLI, under some special circumstances,
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