HP Compaq Integrated Smart Array Controller manuals

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Table of contents

User Guide

1

Part Number 153236-001

1

Compaq Computer Corporation

1

Contents

3

Chapter 2

4

Chapter 3

4

Chapter 4

4

Chapter 5

4

Chapter 6

5

Appendix A

6

Appendix B

6

Appendix C

7

About This Guide

9

Symbols in Text

10

Symbols on Equipment

10

Rack Stability

11

Getting Help

12

Compaq Website

13

Compaq Authorized Reseller

13

Controller Features

15

Controller Interface

16

Drive Array Technology

17

Fault Tolerance

18

Drive Movement

18

Read-Cache Memory

18

Wide Ultra2 SCSI Technology

19

Configuration Utilities

20

Controller

23

External Cabling

25

External Cables

26

Configuring the Controller

28

Updating Firmware

29

ROMPaq Diskettes

30

Running System ROMPaq

31

Running Options ROMPaq

33

Option ROM Configuration

35

Initial Start Screen

36

Create Logical Drive Screen

37

Confirmation Screen

38

Before Installing Drivers

42

Materials Needed

42

Operating Systems

43

(PAS) Diskettes

44

C:\DIR\SPXXXX.exe

45

A:\README

45

Novell NetWare

46

Installation Procedure

47

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

49

README.BAT

50

A:\README.BAT

50

A:\SETUP

51

Microsoft Windows 2000

54

SmartStart

55

The Internet

55

Installing the Driver

56

SCO OpenServer 5

57

Compaq SCO OpenServer 5

58

SCO OpenServer 5 (Non-Compaq)

58

SCO UnixWare 2.1 or Later

59

IBM OS/2

60

Controller Ordering

62

Partitioning

63

Controller Drive

63

Command Line Switches

64

BASEDEV=CPQARRAY.ADD /A:2 /I

65

Banyan VINES 7.0 or Later

66

Before You Begin

70

Running the Compaq

70

Array Configuration Utility

70

ACU Online

71

Microsoft Windows NT

71

Configuration Wizards

72

Online Help

72

Main Configuration Screen

73

Menu Bar

74

Controller Selection Frame

75

More Information Bar

76

Drive View Buttons

76

Controller Buttons

76

Array Buttons

77

Logical Drive Button

77

Controller Settings Screen

78

Create Drive Array Screen

79

Array Accelerator Frame

81

Stripe Size

81

Table 6-1

82

Stripe Size Fault Tolerance

82

Autoconfiguration

82

Custom Configuration

83

Drive Rebuild

85

Priority Settings

86

Accelerator Ratio

86

Expand an Array

86

Add or Configure Spare Drives

86

■ Interim Recovery

87

■ Ready for Recovery

87

Handling Disk Drive Failures

88

Configuration Procedures

90

Grouping Physical Drives

92

Figure 6-20. Example Array B

93

Expanding Capacity

97

Capacity Extension

100

Extending Logical Drives

101

Online Migration

102

Online Stripe Size Migration

103

Errors and Warnings

104

Electrostatic Discharge

105

Grounding Methods

106

Understanding Drive Arrays

107

Drive Arrays

110

Logical Drives

110

Drive Array Benefits

111

Table B-1

112

RAID Level Characteristics

112

P = Parity

113

Drive Mirroring and Striping

114

(RAID 1 and RAID 0+1)

114

No Fault Tolerance (RAID 0)

115

Online Spares

115

Performance Enhancement

116

Optimized Request Management

117

Bus Master Data Transfers

118

Adding Storage Capacity

119

■ Hot-plug hard drives

121

Data Reliability

122

Dynamic Sector Repairing

123

Drive Parameter Tracking

123

Drive Failure Alert Features

123

Interim Data Recovery

123

Automatic Data Recovery

124

Hot-Plug Drives

124

Recovering from Drive Failure

126

Recognizing a Drive Failure

127

Replacing a Failed Drive

129

Compromised Fault Tolerance

131

Questions and Answers

133





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