HP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems manual Diagnosing array problems

Controller category	34
Array category	36
Logical Drive category	37
Error reporting	39
ACU scripting error messages	40
Using the Command Line Interface	43
Overview of the ACU CLI	43
Running the CLI	43
CLI syntax	44
Keyword abbreviations	44
Hiding warning prompts	45
Querying a device	45
Help	45
Typical procedures	45
Creating a logical drive	46
Sample scenario	46
Modifying the controller chassis name	47
Using Selective Storage Presentation	48
Deleting target devices	50
Identifying devices	50
Expanding an array	50
Extending a logical drive	50
Managing spare drives	51
Migrating a logical drive	51
Changing the Rebuild Priority setting	52
Changing the Expand Priority setting	52
Changing the controller cache ratio	52
Changing the surface scan delay time	53
Re-enabling a failed logical drive	53
Enabling or disabling the drive cache	53
Enabling or disabling the array accelerator	54
Disabling a redundant controller	54
Setting the target	54
Rescanning the system	55
Probability of logical drive failure	56
Factors involved in logical drive failure	56
Probability of logical drive failure vs. number of drives in array	57
Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods	58
Drive arrays	58
Fault-tolerance methods	60
Hardware-basedfault-tolerance methods	60
Alternative fault-tolerance methods	65
Diagnosing array problems	66
Diagnostic tools	66
Acronyms and abbreviations	67
Index	69

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