HP (Hewlett-Packard) E200 manual

HP Smar t Ar r a y E200 C ontr oller User G u id e December 2005 (First Edition) Part Number 408556-001[...]

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Contents 3 C ont en ts Hardware features .............................................................................................................. .......... 5 Board comp onents .................................................................................................................................... 5 Controller spec ifications .....[...]

Contents 4 Diagnosing a rray prob lems ...................................................................................................... .... 30 Controller board runtime LEDs .................................................................................................. ................. 30 Battery pa ck LEDs ...............................[...]

Hardware features 5 Har d w ar e f eatur es In this section Board comp onents ............................................................................................................... .................... 5 Controller spec ificat ions ...................................................................................................... ......[...]

Hardware features 6 Temperature range Operating, 10°C to 55°C (5 0°F to 131°F) Storage, -30°C to 60°C (-22°F to 140°F) Relative humidity (noncondensing) Operating, 10% to 90%; stor age, 5% to 90% RAID levels supported RAID 0 and 1+0; also RAID 5 if the ca che is upgraded (" Upgrading the cache " on page 20 ) Type of edge connector[...]

Overview of the installation procedure 7 Ov er v i e w of the installati on pr ocedur e In this section Installing the controller in an unconfig ured se rver ............................................................................ ............. 7 Installing the controller in a previously conf igured server ......................................[...]

Overview of the installation procedure 8 9. Update the Management Agents (" Installing Management Agents " on page 18 ) if new versions are available. The server is now ready to use. If you want to cr eate additional logical dr ives, you may now do so.[...]

Installing the controller hardware 9 Inst alling the contr oller har d w ar e In this section Before beginning the insta llation .............................................................................................. .................. 9 Preparing th e serv er ..................................................................................[...]

Installing the controller hardware 10 4. Slide the controller board along the slot alignment guide if applicable, and press the board firmly into the slot so that the contacts on the board edge are properly seated in the sy stem board connector. 5. Secure the controller board in place with the retainin g screw. If there is a guide latch on the rear[...]

Updating the firmware 11 Updating the f ir m w ar e In this section Methods for updati ng the fi rmware.............................................................................................. ............. 11 Methods f or u pdating the fir m w ar e To update the firmware on the server, controller, or hard drives, us e Smart Components. These [...]

Configuring an array 12 C onf i gur ing an ar r a y In this section Introduc tion ................................................................................................................... ........................ 12 Comparing the utilities ....................................................................................................[...]

Configuring an array 13 Supported features ACU CPQONLIN ORCA Uses a wizard to suggest the optimum configuration for an unconfigured controller + + -- Describes configuration errors + -- -- Supported procedures ACU CPQONLIN ORCA Creation and deletion of arrays and logical drives + + + Assignment of RAID level + + + Sharing of spare drives among seve[...]

Configuring an array 14 NOTE: You cannot use ORCA to configure one spare driv e to be shared among several arrays. Only ACU enables you to configure s hared spare drives. 3. Press the Enter key to accept the settings. 4. Press the F8 key to confirm the settings a n d save the new configuration. After several seconds, the Configuration Saved screen [...]

Configuring an array 15 3. Select the Controller Settings option below Controller Option s. The Controller Settings screen appears. Drive rebuild Drive rebuild occurs after a physical drive fails and is replaced. Only logical drives that are configured with RAID 1+0 or RAID 5 can be rebuilt. Priority settings To set the drive rebuild priority: 1. H[...]

Configuring an array 16 Migrating RAID level and stripe size online Using CPQONLIN, you can modify both the RAID level and stripe size of an exi sting logical drive while online. IMPORTANT: Be sure that the cache battery is connected and fully charged befo re beginning an array expansion, RAID level migration, or stripe size migration. To migrate a[...]

Setting the boot controller and controller order 17 Setting the boot contr oller and contr oller or der In this section Setting a controller as the boot co ntroller .................................................................................... .............. 17 Setting the cont roller or der ...................................................[...]

Installing device drivers and Management Agents 18 Inst alling de v ice dr i v ers and Managemen t Ag e nt s In this section Installing devi ce driv ers ...................................................................................................... ..................... 18 Installing Mana gement Agents .......................................[...]

Upgrading or replacing controller options 19 Upgr ading or r eplac ing contr oller opti ons In this section Replacing a battery ............................................................................................................ .................... 19 Upgrading th e cache ....................................................................[...]

Upgrading or replacing controller options 20 4. Lift the battery off the cache board (2). 5. Mount the new battery on the cache board by reve rsing the procedure used in steps 3 and 4. 6. Reinstall the cache board and its battery on the contro ller by reversing the procedure used in st ep 2. IMPORTANT: If the cache is not properly co nnected, the c[...]

Upgrading or replacing controller options 21 b. Pull the cache module out of the DIMM slot (2). 3. Insert the cache upgrade module and its attached battery into the DIMM slot on the controller. IMPORTANT: If the cache is not properly co nnected, the controller will not boot.[...]

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 22 R eplac ing , mo v ing , or adding har d dr i v es In this section Identifying the status of a hard drive ......................................................................................... ................ 22 Recognizing hard drive failure ...........................................................[...]

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 23 Online/Activity LED (green) Fault/UID LED (amber/blue) Interpretation On Off The drive is online, but it is not active cur rently. Flashing regularly (1 Hz) Amber, flashing regularly (1 Hz) Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the current operation and cause dat a loss. The drive is par[...]

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 24 Effects of a hard drive failure When a hard drive fails, all logical drives that are in the same array are affected. Each logical drive in an array can use a different fault-tolerance method, so each logical drive can be affected differently. • RAID 0 configurations cannot tolerate drive failure. If any[...]

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 25 If you insert a hot-pluggable drive into a drive bay wh ile the system power is on, all disk activity in the array pauses for a second or two while the new driv e is spinning up. When the drive has achie ved its normal spin rate, data recovery to the replacemen t drive begins automatically (as indicated b[...]

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 26 Time required for a rebuild The time required for a rebuild varies co nsiderably, depending on several factors: • The priority that the rebuild is given over normal I/O operations (you can change the priority setting by using ACU) • The amount of I/O activity during the rebuild operation • The rotat[...]

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 27 2. Restore data from backup. Case 2: The replacement drive has failed. Verify that the replacement drive is of the correct ca pacity and is a supported model. If these factors are not the cause of the problem, use a different drive as t he replacement. Case 3: Another drive in the array has failed. A driv[...]

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 28 Mo v ing dr i v es and arr a y s You can move drives to other ID positions on the sa me array controller. You can also move a complete array from one controller to another, even if the contro llers are on different servers . Before you move drives, the followin g conditions must be met: • The server mus[...]

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 29 The expansion process is illustrated in the follow ing fi gure, in which the original array (containing data) is shown with a dashed border and the newly added driv es (containing no data) are shown unshaded. The array controller adds the new drives to the array and redistributes the original logical driv[...]

Diagnosing array problems 30 Di agno sing arr a y pr oble ms In this section Controller board runtime LEDs.................................................................................................. ................ 30 Battery pa ck LEDs ..........................................................................................................[...]

Diagnosing array problems 31 Idle task LED status Gas pedal LED status Controller CPU activity level Blinking Off 0–25% Off Blinking 25–50% Off On steadily 50–75% On steadily On steadily 75–100% Batter y pac k LEDs Only the cache upgrade module has a battery pack. The LEDs for the battery pack are viewable on the cache board. Item 1 (amber [...]

Diagnosing array problems 32 Item 1 (amber LED) Item 2 (green LED) Interpretation Slow blink (once every 16 seconds) — This display pattern occurs after the system is powered down if the cache contains data that has not yet been written to the drives. Restore system power as soon as possible to prevent data loss. (A fully charged battery pack can[...]

Electrostatic discharge 33 Elec tr os tatic dis c har ge In this section Preventing electros tatic disc harge ............................................................................................. ................ 33 Grounding methods to preven t electrostati c discharge .......................................................................[...]

Regulatory compliance notices 34 R egulator y compli ance noti ces In this section European Union re gulatory notice ............................................................................................... ............. 34 BSMI no tice ...........................................................................................................[...]

Regulatory compliance notices 35 K o r e an c lass B n oti ce Battery r eplaceme nt n oti ce This component uses a nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery pack. WARNING: There is a risk of explosion, fi re, or personal injury if a battery pack is mishandled. To reduce this risk: • Do not attempt to recharge the batteries if they are disconnected from[...]

Acronyms and abbreviations 36 A c r on y ms and abbr e v i ations ACR Array Configuration Replicator ACU Array Configuration Utility ADG Advanced Data Guarding (also known as RAID 6) ADU Array Diagnostics Utility BBWC battery-backed write cache CPQONLIN NetWare Online Array Configuration Utility ORCA Option ROM Configuration for Arrays POST Power-O[...]

Index 37 A ACU (Array Configuration Utility) 14 adding drives 15, 28 ADU (Array Diagnostic Utility) 32 array capacity expansion 28 Array Configuration Utility (ACU) 14 array controller installation overview 7 Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU) 32 array, configuring 12, 15 array, moving 28 automatic data recovery (rebuild) 25 B batteries, replacing 19 b[...]

Index 38 M Management Agents, updating 18 moving an array 28 O Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (O RCA) 13 ORCA (Option ROM Configu ration for Arrays) 13 overview of installation process 7 P POST error messages 23, 32 power requirements 5 R rebuild, abnormal termination of 26 rebuild, description of 25 rebuild, time required for 26 regulatory co[...]