Contents |
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Hardware features | 5 |
Board components | 5 |
Controller specifications | 5 |
Overview of the installation procedure | 7 |
Installing the controller in an unconfigured server | 7 |
Installing the controller in a previously configured server | 7 |
Installing the controller hardware | 9 |
Before beginning the installation | 9 |
Preparing the server | 9 |
Installing the controller board | 9 |
Connecting storage devices | 10 |
Updating the firmware | 11 |
Methods for updating the firmware | 11 |
Configuring an array | 12 |
Introduction | 12 |
Comparing the utilities | 12 |
Using ORCA | 13 |
Using ACU | 14 |
Using CPQONLIN | 14 |
Setting drive rebuild, expand priority, and accelerator ratio | 14 |
Expanding an array | 15 |
Adding or configuring spare drives | 15 |
Migrating RAID level and stripe size online | 16 |
Setting the boot controller and controller order | 17 |
Setting a controller as the boot controller | 17 |
Setting the controller order | 17 |
Installing device drivers and Management Agents | 18 |
Installing device drivers | 18 |
Installing Management Agents | 18 |
Upgrading or replacing controller options | 19 |
Replacing a battery | 19 |
Upgrading the cache | 20 |
Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives | 22 |
Identifying the status of a hard drive | 22 |
Recognizing hard drive failure | 23 |
Effects of a hard drive failure | 24 |
Compromised fault tolerance | 24 |
Recovering from compromised fault tolerance | 24 |
Replacing hard drives | 24 |
Hard drive replacement guidelines | 25 |
Automatic data recovery (rebuild) | 25 |
Upgrading hard drive capacity | 27 |
Moving drives and arrays | 28 |
Adding drives | 28 |
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