Processor Upgrades............................................................................................................................

279

Upgrading Verses Adding On.......................................................................................................

280

Firmware........................................................................................................................................

281

Operating systems.........................................................................................................................

281

C Core I/O Card Utilities.............................................................................................

283

Integrated RAID..................................................................................................................................

283

Integrated Mirror...........................................................................................................................

283

Global Hot Spare............................................................................................................................

283

HP 8 Internal Port SAS HBA (SAS Controller)...................................................................................

283

MPTUTIL Utility............................................................................................................................

283

Flashing Firmware on First Controller.....................................................................................

284

Flashing BIOS and EFI Driver on the First Controller.............................................................

285

Common Questions About Flashing Firmware.......................................................................

285

Viewing the VPD Information for EFI Driver and RISC Firmware.........................................

285

EFI Commands..............................................................................................................................

285

DRVCFG Utility........................................................................................................................

285

Starting the DRVCFG Utility...............................................................................................

285

Using the DRVCFG Utility..................................................................................................

286

Configuration Utility Screens.............................................................................................

286

DRVCFG Screens.................................................................................................................

286

CFGGEN Utility.......................................................................................................................

299

Starting CFGGEN................................................................................................................

299

CFGGEN Operation............................................................................................................

300

Rules for creating IM volumes and hot spare disks...........................................................

300

CFGGEN Commands..........................................................................................................

300

Smart Array P400, P600 and P800 Controllers....................................................................................

306

Quick Installation Procedure.........................................................................................................

306

Connecting External Storage.........................................................................................................

307

SAS Cable Part Numbers...............................................................................................................

307

SAUPDATE Utility........................................................................................................................

307

Syntax.......................................................................................................................................

308

Commands...............................................................................................................................

308

List............................................................................................................................................

308

UPDATE...................................................................................................................................

308

UPDATE all..............................................................................................................................

309

HELP or ?..................................................................................................................................

309

Error Messages.........................................................................................................................

310

EBSU Utility...................................................................................................................................

310

Configuring the Array...................................................................................................................

312

Comparing the Utilities.................................................................................................................

313

ORCA Utility.................................................................................................................................

314

Creating a Logical Drive Using ORCA....................................................................................

314

ACU Utility....................................................................................................................................

315

D Utilities........................................................................................................................

317

Extensible Firmware Interface Boot Manager.....................................................................................

317

EFI Commands..............................................................................................................................

318

EFI/POSSE Commands.......................................................................................................................

320

help................................................................................................................................................

320

Syntax.......................................................................................................................................

320

Parameters................................................................................................................................

320

Operation..................................................................................................................................

320

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