Table Of Contents - HP 6-Port SATA RAID User Manual

Hewlett-packard controller user guide

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Contents

Controller specifications and attributes........................................................................................................ 4

2 Installation and configuration procedures

Overview of the installation process ........................................................................................................... 5

Installing the controller and drives .............................................................................................................. 5

Preparing the server ............................................................................................................................ 5

Installing the controller board ............................................................................................................... 5

Assigning the boot controller ..................................................................................................................... 7

Creating a bootable array ........................................................................................................................ 7

Appendix A: Electrostatic discharge

Preventing electrostatic discharge............................................................................................................... 9

Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge .................................................................................. 9

Appendix B: Regulatory compliance notices

Federal Communications Commission notice ............................................................................................. 10

FCC rating label ............................................................................................................................... 10

Class A equipment ............................................................................................................................ 10

Class B equipment ............................................................................................................................ 10

Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only ................................ 10

Modifications ................................................................................................................................... 11

Cables............................................................................................................................................. 11

Canadian notice (Avis Canadien) ............................................................................................................ 11

European Union regulatory notice ............................................................................................................ 11

BSMI notice........................................................................................................................................... 11

Japanese notice ..................................................................................................................................... 12

Korean notices ...................................................................................................................................... 12

Appendix C: Using the RAID Configuration Utility

Creating arrays ..................................................................................................................................... 13

Managing arrays ................................................................................................................................... 14

Viewing array properties ................................................................................................................... 14

Making an array bootable ................................................................................................................. 14

Deleting an array.............................................................................................................................. 14

Managing failover drive assignments................................................................................................... 15

Initializing drives.................................................................................................................................... 15

Rescanning drives .................................................................................................................................. 16

Appendix D: About RAID

Types of volumes and arrays ................................................................................................................... 17

Simple volume .................................................................................................................................. 17

Spanned volume ............................................................................................................................... 17

RAID 0 ............................................................................................................................................ 17

RAID 1 ............................................................................................................................................ 18

RAID 5 ............................................................................................................................................ 18

RAID 10 .......................................................................................................................................... 19

RAID 50 .......................................................................................................................................... 20

Glossary

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