HP INTEGRITY RX3600 manual Orca Utility, Orca Main Menu Creating a Logical Drive Using Orca

Table 3-17 ACU and ORCA Supported Features and Procedures (continued)

	ACU	ORCA
Supported Procedures
Creation and deletion of arrays and logical drives	Yes	Yes
Assignment of RAID level	Yes	Yes
Sharing of spare drives among several arrays	Yes	No
Assignment of multiple spare drives per array	Yes	No
Setting of stripe size	Yes	No
Migration of RAID level or stripe size	Yes	No
Configuration of controller settings	Yes	No
Expansion of an array	Yes	No
Creation of multiple logical drives per array	Yes	No

ORCA Utility

To use ORCA, follow these steps:

1.Power on the server. POST runs, and any array controllers that are in the server are initialized one at a time. During each controller initialization process, POST halts for several seconds while an ORCA prompt message displays.

2.At the ORCA prompt:

•If you are connected using a headless console, press the Esc+8 combination.

•Otherwise, press F8. The ORCA Main Menu displays, enabling you to create, view, or delete a logical drive.

Figure 3-29 ORCA Main Menu

Creating a Logical Drive Using ORCA

To create a logical drive using ORCA, follow these steps:

1.Select Create Logical Drive. The screen displays a list of all available (unconfigured) physical drives and the valid RAID options for the system.

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