Contents
HP Array Configuration Utility User Guide
Audience assumptions
Contents
Diagnosing array problems
Features and system requirements
Installing ACU
Getting started
This section
Setting the execution mode for Microsoft Windows
Overview for using ACU
Comparison of ACU execution modes
Opening ACU in Local Application mode
Choosing an operating mode
Opening ACU in Browser mode
Http//servername2301
Opening ACU through Systems Insight Manager
Select Device Queries
Typical Standard mode screen
GUI operating modes
Typical Configuration Wizards mode screen
Completing the configuration process
Typical Express Configuration mode screen
Using Standard Configuration mode
Configuring a new controller
Possible tasks in Standard Configuration mode
Using Express Configuration mode
Using the configuration wizards
Creating an array
Click Finish
Click Create an array, and then click Begin
Configuring a new controller
Creating a logical drive
Click Create a logical drive, and then click Begin
Configuring a new controller
Modifying a configuration using Standard Configuration mode
Modifying an existing configuration
Choices available after opening ACU
Modifying a configuration using Express mode
Modifying a configuration using the Configuration wizards
Clear Configuration
Click Express Configuration, and then click Begin
Click Controller Settings, and then click Begin
Controller settings
Create an array
Create a logical drive
Delete arrays
Expand Array
Delete logical drives
Click Delete logical drives, and then click Begin
Extend logical drive
Migrate a logical drive
Click Extend logical drive, and then click Begin
Click Migrate a logical drive, and then click Begin
Spare management
Selective Storage Presentation
RA4x00 controllers
Click Spare Management, and then click Begin
MSA and Smart Array Cluster storage controllers
Configuring switches
Click ACU Switch Configuration
Splitting a mirrored array
Recombining a split, mirrored array
Modifying an existing configuration
Command line syntax
Scripting in ACU
Introduction to scripting in ACU
Operating modes
Sample custom input script
Cpqacuxe -i Filename
Script file options
Description of option categories in ACU scripting
Control category
Controller category
Action
Method
ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss
Controller
LicenseKey, DeleteLicenseKey
RAIDArrayID
SurfaceScanDelay
Array category
RebuildPriority, ExpandPriority
SSPState
Logical Drive category
OnlineSpare
Drive
LogicalDrive
Size
Sectors
StripeSize
ArrayAccelerator
Error reporting
SSPAdaptersWithAccess
ConnectionName
HostMode
ACU scripting error messages
0-9, !, @, #, *, , , ,, -, , +, , ., /, and space. The ID
Current configuration
Overview of the ACU CLI
Using the Command Line Interface
Running the CLI
Command variable
CLI syntax
Keyword abbreviations
Target variable
Typical procedures
Example command
Hiding warning prompts
Querying a device
Sample scenario
Syntax
Modifying the controller chassis name
Example commands
Example
Using Selective Storage Presentation
Sample scenario
Modifying connection names
Managing host modes connection profiles
Deleting target devices
Identifying devices
Expanding an array
Extending a logical drive
Target modify raid=01+0156adg? ss=8163264128256default?
Managing spare drives
Migrating a logical drive
Target modify size=#max? forced
Changing the Expand Priority setting
Changing the Rebuild Priority setting
Changing the controller cache ratio
Re-enabling a failed logical drive
Changing the surface scan delay time
Enabling or disabling the drive cache
Setting the target
Enabling or disabling the array accelerator
Disabling a redundant controller
Typical scenario
Rescanning the system
= rescan
Probability of logical drive failure
Factors involved in logical drive failure
Probability of logical drive failure
Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods
Drive arrays
Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods
Fault-tolerance methods
Hardware-based fault-tolerance methods
Advantages
RAID 0-No fault tolerance
Disadvantages
RAID 1+0-drive mirroring
RAID 5-distributed data guarding
RAID 6 ADG-Advanced Data Guarding
Comparing the hardware-based RAID methods
RAID RAID 6 ADG
Alternative fault-tolerance methods
Selecting a RAID method
Diagnosing array problems
Diagnostic tools
Server Diagnostics
Post messages
Acronyms and abbreviations
SSP
Index
Index