HP Smart Array (RAID) Host Bus Adapters manual Determining and setting the controller mode

For querying/changing Controller mode:

saupdate GET_MODE [ <seg:bus:dev:func> all <model> ]

saupdate SET_MODE [ <seg:bus:dev:func> all <model> ] [ hba raid ] [-f]

Error messages

The following error messages might appear when using saupdate:

•When keyword LIST or UPDATE is misspelled or extra parameters are specified:

Error: Syntax Error

Usage: saupdate LIST or saupdate UPDATE [ all ]

•When the controller ID in the saupdate UPDATE command is not correct:

No matching controller found

•When a firmware file does not exist in the saupdate UPDATE directory:

SANDMAN.BIN does not exist.

File SANDMAN.BIN: Not Found

•When an invalid or corrupted firmware file is specified in the saupdate UPDATE command:

SANDMAN.BIN does not exist.

File SANDMAN.BIN: invalid or corrupted

Determining and setting the controller mode

The Smart Array P411/256 controller has two operating modes:

•Use RAID mode to take advantage of hardware-based fault-tolerant data storage methods such as RAID 1, RAID 1+0, or RAID 5. This reduces the amount of available storage space. RAID mode is supported on HP-UX and Windows; it is the required operating mode for servers running Windows.

•Use HBA mode to access raw disks for increased storage capacity, to allow fault-tolerant storage to be managed by the enclosure firmware, or to implement software-based RAID modes using a volume manager.

IMPORTANT: SATA disks are not supported when the Smart Array controller is in HBA mode.

Tape devices are supported in both operating modes.

Use the saupdate.efi command with the get_mode and set_mode options to query or change the mode of the Smart Array P410i and Smart Array P411 controllers to HBA or RAID. Querying or changing modes is not supported for other controllers.

GET_MODE

This option displays the current mode of the controllers.

Syntax

saupdate get_mode <controller>

<controller> can be any one of the strings listed in Table 1.

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