Hp ProLiant DL580 G4 Server User Manual

HP Smart Array P400 Controller User Guide October 2005 (First Edition) Part Number 399716-001

Installing the controller hardware 10 Installing the controller hardware In this section Before beginning the installation ...

Installing the controller hardware 11 4. Slide the controller board along the slot alignment guide if applicable, and press the board firmly into th

Updating the firmware 12 Updating the firmware In this section Methods for updating the firmware...

Configuring an array 13 Configuring an array In this section Introduction ...

Configuring an array 14 Supported features ACU CPQONLIN ORCA Uses a wizard to suggest the optimum configuration for an unconfigured controller +

Configuring an array 15 NOTE: You cannot use ORCA to configure one spare drive to be shared among several arrays. Only ACU enables you to configu

Configuring an array 16 3. Select the Controller Settings option below Controller Options. The Controller Settings screen appears. Drive rebuild Dr

Configuring an array 17 Migrating RAID level and stripe size online Using CPQONLIN, you can modify both the RAID level and stripe size of an existin

Setting the boot controller and controller order 18 Setting the boot controller and controller order In this section Setting a controller as the boo

Installing device drivers and Management Agents 19 Installing device drivers and Management Agents In this section Installing device drivers...

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Upgrading or replacing controller options 20 Upgrading or replacing controller options In this section Installing or replacing a battery...

Upgrading or replacing controller options 21 4. Plug the other end of the battery cable into the connector on the cache module. NOTE: Your model

Upgrading or replacing controller options 22 5. Remove the battery pack from the server. 6. Plug the cable into the new battery pack. 7. Instal

Upgrading or replacing controller options 23 • If the LED is not lit, disconnect the battery cable from the cache. NOTE: Your model might look

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 24 Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives In this section Identifying the status of a hard drive...

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 25 Online/Activity LED (green) Fault/UID LED (amber/blue) Interpretation On Off The drive is online, but

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 26 Effects of a hard drive failure When a hard drive fails, all logical drives that are in the same array a

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 27 Replacing hard drives The most common reason for replacing a hard drive is that it has failed. However,

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 28 drive) and write it to the replacement drive. This process is called automatic data recovery, or rebuild

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 29 1. Back up as much data as possible from the logical drive. CAUTION: Do not remove the drive that ha

Contents 3 Contents Hardware features...

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 30 3. Repeat the previous step for the other drives in the array, one at a time. When you have replaced al

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 31 physical drives in the array. During this procedure, the logical drives each keep the same fault-toleran

Diagnosing array problems 32 Diagnosing array problems In this section Controller board runtime LEDs...

Diagnosing array problems 33 Controller CPU activity level Item 7 status Item 8 status 0–25% Off Blinking 25–50% Blinking Off 50–75% On steadi

Diagnosing array problems 34 LED3 pattern LED4 pattern Interpretation -- One blink every two seconds The system is powered down, and the cach

Diagnosing array problems 35 c. Click Server Diagnostics, and follow the on-screen prompts and instructions.

Electrostatic discharge 36 Electrostatic discharge In this section Preventing electrostatic discharge...

Regulatory compliance notices 37 Regulatory compliance notices In this section European Union regulatory notice ...

Regulatory compliance notices 38 Korean class B notice Battery replacement notice This component uses a nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery pack.

Acronyms and abbreviations 39 Acronyms and abbreviations ACR Array Configuration Replicator ACU Array Configuration Utility ADG Advanced Data Guar

Contents 4 Upgrading hard drive capacity ... 29 M

Index 40 A ACU (Array Configuration Utility) 15 adding drives 16, 30 ADU (Array Diagnostic Utility) 34 array capacity expansion 30 array cont

Index 41 O ORCA (Option ROM Configuration for Arrays) 14 overview of installation process 8 P POST error messages 25, 34 power requirements 6

Hardware features 5 Hardware features In this section Board components ...

Hardware features 6 SAS/SATA connectors on the back of the board Item ID Description 1 Connectors for the cache module (also known as BBWC

Hardware features 7 Time required to recharge battery From 15 minutes to two hours, depending on the initial battery charge level Duration of batter

Overview of the installation procedure 8 Overview of the installation procedure In this section Installing the controller in an unconfigured server.

Overview of the installation procedure 9 9. Update the Management Agents ("Installing Management Agents" on page 19) if new versions are a