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    HP Sma rt Ar r a y B1 1 0i S A T A R AID C on tr o ller Us er Guide Part Num ber 531480 - 003 March 2010 (Third E dition)[...]

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    © Copyright 2009, 2010 Hewlett - Packard D evelopm ent C ompany, L .P. The i nformation co ntained here in is sub j ect to chang e with out not ice. The on ly warr antie s for HP produc ts and servic es ar e set fort h in the expr ess warran ty statem ents accom panying such pr oduct s and services . N othin g herein sh ould be construe d as const[...]

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    C ontents Enabling and configuring the controller ........................................................................................... 5 Enabling th e controller and setting th e boot order ............................................................................................ 5 HP ProLiant 100 Se ries serve rs .........................[...]

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    Ind ex ......................................................................................................................................... 26[...]

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    Enab ling and c onfigu ring the controller 5 E nabling and confi gur ing the contr o ller E nabling the con troller and settin g the boo t order The HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller is not enabled by default and must be enabled in RBSU. For more information on RBSU, se e the HP R OM - Based Setup Utility User Guide on the Doc umentation CD[...]

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    Enab ling and c onfigu ring the controller 6 C onfigur ing an array The HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller supports SATA drives only. For the most efficient use of drive space, all drives within an array should have approximately the same capacity. Each configuration utility treats every physical drive in an array as if it has the same capac[...]

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    Enab ling and c onfigu ring the controller 7 6. Press the F8 key to confirm the settings and save the new configuration. After several secon ds, the C onfigu rati on Save d scr een appears. 7. Press the En ter key to c ontinue. Repeat this procedure to create additional logical drives. A rray C onfiguration U tility ACU is a bro wser - based utilit[...]

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    Enab ling and c onfigu ring the controller 8 IMPO RTANT: Th e license key is stored on the hard drive. If no hard driv es are installed, the license key can not be installed. Before installing the license ke y, be sure that hard drives are installed. For more inf o rmation on installing hard drives, see th e server user gui de . To obtain the licen[...]

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    Enab ling and c onfigu ring the c ontroller 9 The ORCA mai n menu appears. 4. Select Manage License Key s . IMPO RTANT: If no hard driv es are installed, then this option does not appear. 5. Under the Li cense Key menu, select Add License Key . 6. Enter the li cense key in the sp ace provided. ORCA issu es a notifica tion after the license key acti[...]

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    Enab ling and c onfigu ring the controller 10 3. Open ACU. 4. Select a controller from the Controller/D evice menu. The System Status, Sy stems And Devices, and Available Tasks panels appear. 5. In the Available Tasks panel, click Manage Licen se Keys . IMPO RTANT: If no hard drives are installed, then this option does not appear. Specific l icense[...]

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    Installing device drivers and Manageme nt Agents 11 I nstalling de v ice dr i v er s an d Management A gents I nstalling d evice drivers IMPO RTANT: Enabl e the HP Smart Array B11 0i SATA RAID Controller before installing device drivers. F or more inform ation see " Enabling the controller and setting the boot orde r (on page 5 )." A devi[...]

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    Installing device drivers and Manageme nt Agents 12 You can update the Management Agents by using the latest versions of the agents provided on the SmartStart CD or the Eas y Set - up CD. The proc edure is provided with th e agents. To do wnload the latest versions of the C Ds, see the HP website: • SmartStart CD ( http://h18013.www1.hp.c om/prod[...]

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    Replac ing, moving, or adding hard drives 13 R eplac ing , mo v in g , or adding har d dr i v es R ecogn izing hard drive failure CAUTION: Sometimes, a drive that has previously been failed by the contr oller may seem to be operation al after the system is po wer - cycled or (for a hot - pluggable drive) after the drive has been removed and reinser[...]

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    Replac ing, moving, or adding hard drives 14 • RAID 0 configurations cannot tolerate drive failur e. If any physical drive in the array fails, all RAID 0 logical drives in the same array also fail. • RAID 1 configurations can tolerate one driv e failure. If one physical drive in a RAID 1 c onfiguration fails, the RAID volume is still intact as [...]

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    Replac ing, moving, or a dding h ard driv es 15 R eplacing hard dr ives If you are replacing a drive in a fau lt - tolerant configurati on while th e system is power ed down, a POST message appear s when the system is p owered up. When this message ap pears, press th e F1 ke y to enable automatic data recovery. If you do not enable automatic data r[...]

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    Replac ing, moving, or adding hard drives 16 • The brand, model, and ag e of the dri ves • The amount of unused capacity on the drives Allow approximately 15 minutes per gigabyte for the rebuild process to com plete. System performance is affected during the rebuild, and the system is unprotected against further dri ve failure until the rebuild[...]

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    Replac ing, moving, or adding hard drives 17 You migh t be able to enable a re cently failed drive temporarily by cycling the server power. To cycle the server power: 1. Power do wn the server. 2. Remove the replacement physical drive (the one underg oing a rebuild), and then rei nstall the drive that it is replacing. 3. Powe r u p the server. If t[...]

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    Replac ing, moving, or adding hard drives 18 2. Power do wn the system. 3. Move the driv es. 4. Power u p the system. 5. Observe the PO ST messages: o If a 1785 POST message appears, the drive array did not configure properly. Continue with step 6. o If a 1724 or 1727 POST m essage appears, drive positi ons were changed su ccessfully an d the confi[...]

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    Migrati ng har d drive s to an option al Smart Array controller 19 M igr ating har d dr i v es to an opti onal S mar t Arr a y c ont r oller I nstalling an opti onal Smart Array controller To install the component: 1. Power do wn the server. 2. Remove the ac cess panel. 3. Remove co mponents and c ables as needed. 4. Install the Smart Array control[...]

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    Migrati ng har d drive s to an option al Smart Array c ontroller 20 To install the driver from the Easy Set - up CD: 1. From the System Support So ftware menu, sel ect the current op erating system. 2. Select D rive r – sto rage c ontr olle r . 3. Download the HP ProLiant Smart Array S AS/SATA Controller Driver package. 4. To install the driver, [...]

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    Migrati ng har d drive s to an option al Smart Array controller 21 For more information about installing SLES by label, se e the OS document ation for SLES . I nstall ing the S mart Array driver — Linu x To install the Smart Array d river: 1. Using the software RAID controller, boot the ope rating system. 2. Download the latest Smart Array hpahci[...]

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    Diagn osing array probl ems 22 D iagno sing ar r a y pr oblems D iagnostic tool s To troubleshoot array problems and generate feedback about arrays, use the following diagnostic tools: • ACU For more recent products, array diag no stic s is available with ACU v8.28.13.0 and later. This utili ty is available on the Smart Start CD in the controller[...]

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    Electrostatic discharge 23 E lectr o stati c disc har ge P reventing electrostatic discharge To prevent damaging the system, be aware of the precaution s you need to follo w when setting up the system or handling parts. A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor may damage system boards or other static - sensitive de vices. [...]

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    Regul atory compli ance noti ces 24 R egulator y compliance noti c es B attery replacement n otice This component uses a nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery pack. WARNING: There is a risk of explosion, fire, or personal injury if a battery pack is mishand led. To redu ce this risk: • Do not attempt to recharge the batteries if they are disconnect[...]

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    Acronyms and abbreviat ions 25 A cr on y m s and abbr e v iati ons ACU Array Configuration Utility ADU Array Diagnostics Utility IML Integrated Management Log ORCA Option ROM Configuration for Arrays POST Power - On Self Test RBSU ROM- Based Setu p Utility SIM Systems Insight Man ager SMHP HP System Mana gement Homepa ge[...]

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    Index 26 A activating an array 5 activation 5 ACU (Array Configuration Utility) 6, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18 adding drives 18 ADU (Array Diagno stic Utility) 13, 22 Array Configuration Utility (ACU) 6, 7, 13, 15, 16, 17 Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU) 13, 22 array expansion 18 array, moving 17 automatic data recovery (rebuild) 15 B boot order 5 C compromis[...]

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    Index 27 S Smart Array controller, installing 19 Smart Array drive r, installing 19, 21 static electricity 23 T Taiwan battery recycling notice 24 troubleshooting 22 U updatin g Management Agents 11[...]