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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