•“Integrated RAID” (page 96)

•“HP 8 Internal Port SAS HBA (SAS Controller)” (page 96)

•“MPTUTIL Utility” (page 96)

•“DRVCFG Utility” (page 98)

•“CFGGEN Utility” (page 106)

•“Smart Array P400, P600 and P800 Controllers” (page 109)

•“SAUPDATE Utility” (page 110)

•“EBSU Utility” (page 113)

•“ORCA Utility” (page 116)

•“ACU Utility” (page 117)

Integrated RAID

Use Integrated RAID (IR) where either storage capacity, redundancy, or both of a RAID configuration are required. Two components of IR are:

•Integrated Mirror (IM)

•Global Hot Spare

Integrated Mirror

The advantage of an IM is there is always a mirrored copy of the data. An IM provides data protection for the system boot volume to safeguard critical information such as the operating system on servers and high performance workstations. An IM supports two simultaneous mirrored volumes, making an array, providing fault-tolerant protection for critical data. Typically, one of these volumes is the boot volume. If a disk in an IM fails, the hot swap capability enables the volume to be easily restored by replacing the failed disk. The firmware then automatically re-mirrors to the replaced disk.

Global Hot Spare

Each SAS controller can have one global hot spare disk available to automatically replace a failed disk in the one or two IM volumes configured on the controller. The hot spare makes the IM array more fault tolerant. Up to two IM volumes are supported per SAS controller plus the hot spare.

HP 8 Internal Port SAS HBA (SAS Controller)

The following information is provided to assist you in configuring the 8 Internal Port SAS HBA controller during installation.

To flash firmware, use the MPTUTIL command. To configure and maintain the IR functionality of the SAS controller on the HP Integrity server, use the drvdfg and cfggen EFI commands. If you are scripting multiple devices, use thecfggencommand.

MPTUTIL Utility

The mptutil utility enables you to update the adapter flash memory with the EFI driver and HBA firmware. New versions of these images are released periodically.

IMPORTANT: Do not store the files in this package on a SAS device. If you store these files on a SAS device and the update fails, these files will not be accessible.

To update firmware, follow these steps:

96 Installing the System