Understanding ORCA, ADU, and RAID 6 ADG for HP Smart Storage Administrator

Acronyms and abbreviations

ACU

Array Configuration Utility

ADG

Advanced Data Guarding (also known as RAID 6)

ADM

Advanced Data Mirroring

ADU

Array Diagnostics Utility

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

FLS

Flexible Latency Scheduler

HP SSA

HP Smart Storage Administrator

iLO

Integrated Lights-Out

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

LUN

logical unit number

ORCA

Option ROM Configuration for Arrays

POST

Power-On Self Test

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Contents

HP Smart Storage Administrator User Guide Page Contents Optional components 130 Benefits of using HP SSA About HP SSA Support for configuration tasks Procedure HP Smart Array Array configuration Array configuration guidelines Native support for 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems Minimum requirements Accessing HP SSA in the offline environment Launching HP SSA during Post Gen8 or later Launching HP SSA from an ISO image all generations Mounting the image through iLOBurning the image to a CD or DVD Installing the image on a PXE server Set up PXELinuxPrerequisites Configure PXELinux Specify the ISO image path Accessing HP SSA in the online environment Supported network file systems Launching HP SSA on a local server Hpssa- hHttp//servername2301 Operations Using the HP SSA GUI Icon and key stroke legend Navigating the GUI Configure screen When a controller is selected, the following elements appear Diagnostics screen HP SSA help Configuration tasks Configuring a controller Performing a Configuration task HP SSD Smart Path Operations Rapid Parity Initialization SSD Over Provisioning Optimization Operations Changing the Spare Activation Mode Changing the Spare Management mode Operations Cache Manager Operations Enable HP SmartCache About HP SmartCache Operations Operations Installing a license key with HP SmartCache Enabling SmartCache Write-back Operations Working with mirrored arrays Splitting a mirrored array Creating a split mirror backup Recombining a split mirrored array Healing an array Setting Auto RAID Replacing an array Click Create Arrays with RAID Operations Managing FLS Setting RAID mode or HBA mode Managing modes Operations Power modes Viewing controller status Diagnostic tasks Performing a Diagnostics task Operations Using the HP SSA CLI Opening the CLI in Console mode\Program Files\hp\hpssacli\Bin\hpssacli.exe Root@localhost root# hpssacli Opening the CLI in Command mode Command variableCLI syntax Target variable Available options are Current value Default Querying a deviceHiding warning prompts = ctrl ch=Lab4 ld 1 modify raid=0 ss=? Show command Target controller show config detailKeyword abbreviations Target show detailstatus = ctrl all show Help command = ctrl ch=lab4 show configDisplaying the current versions of the application layers Version Typical procedures Setting the boot controllerSetting the boot volume Setting the target Identifying devicesSet target target = set target ctrl slot=3 = clear target Generating a diagnostic report Deleting target devicesTarget modify led=onoff Target delete forced Erasing a physical drive Rescanning the systemEntering or deleting a license key Optimizing controller performance for video Creating a logical drive Target create type=ld parameter=value Available options are +0 default value Sample scenario Moving a logical drive Target modify newarray=Target modify drives=# ##,# ##,# ##-# ## Viewing enclosure information Viewing SSD physical drivesViewing SSD information SmartCache in Hpssacli Rapid Parity Initialization methods SSD Over Provisioning OptimizationAssigning a chassis name to the controller = ctrl slot=1 array B create type=ldcache datald=2 Setting the spare activation mode Managing spare drivesTarget modify spareactivationmode= failure predictive Controller slot=1 modify spareactivationmode=predictive Spare Management Mode in Hpssacli Expanding an arrayShrinking an array Moving an array Target remove drives=###-###Target modify drives=###-### spares=###-### Extending a logical drive = ctrl slot=1 create type=arrayr0 drives=allunassignedTarget modify size=#max? forced Setting the preferred path mode Target modify raid=01+0156adg? ss=8163264128256default?Migrating a logical drive Target modify preferredpathmode=automaticmanual? Changing the Rebuild Priority setting Disabling a redundant controllerAssigning a redundant controller to a logical drive Changing the Expand Priority setting Setting the surface scan modeChanging the surface scan delay time Re-enabling a failed logical drive Changing the controller cache ratio Enabling or disabling the drive cacheEnabling or disabling the array accelerator Enabling a script to exit on error Using the Split Mirror commandSet exitonerror=enable set eoe=disable Show exitonerror Enabling SmartCache Write-back HBA mode Target modify latency=lowhighdisable?Controller slot=5 modify latency=low Target modify hbamode=onoff? Using HP SSA scripting Power modeRAID mode Capturing a configuration Using an Input scriptCreating an HP SSA script file Hpssascripting -c Filename -internal -external -e Filename Script file requirements Sample custom input script Sample custom capture script Date captured Wed Jan 15 153314 Version Initial encryption configuration Sample encryption script Encryption configuration PlainText= Enable Script file options Action mode Method modeControl category Controller category ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss ControllerCacheState DPOEnable ElevatorSortEnableIRPEnable DriveWriteCache MNPDelay NoBatteryWriteCachePower modes LicenseKey, DeleteLicenseKey SurfaceScanDelay SurfaceScanDelayExtendedQueueDepth RapidParityInitialization DPOEnable = No ElevatorSortEnable = Yes IRPEnable = No Array categoryArray ArrayR0 CachingArray DriveDriveType OnlineSpareMode Logical Drive category OnlineSpareSplitMirror ArrayAccelerator LogicalDriveCachingLogicalDrive CachedLogicalDrive NumberOfParityGroupsPreferredPath SetBootVolumePrimary SetBootVolumeSecondaryRenumber Repeat Size SizeBlocksSmartCache Write-back StripSize Encryption support commands Encryption controller category ControllerPasswordMode Remove Suspend Resume Encryption logical volume category EncryptionRecoveryQuestion XML support XML output\hpssascripting -c out.xml XML input XML input file DTD HP SSA scripting warning messages Comment or clarification Code HP SSA scripting error messages Error code Error message Comment or clarification This error can occur when you attempt to add or Or logical drive Free space for the requested size 3011 Expand array and changed the size or RAID level ACCEPTEULA=YES HP Smart Storage Administrator Diagnostics Utility CLI About the utilityReported information Troubleshooting Installing the utility Field Description Launching the utility in CLI mode Diagnostic report proceduresSmartSSD Wear Gauge report procedures Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods 512e Physical drive supportDrive arrays Identifying and viewing SmartSSD Wear Gauge report files Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Fault-tolerance methods Effects of a hard drive failure on logical drives RAID 0-No fault tolerance RAID 1 and RAID 1+0 RAID Troubleshooting RAID 1 ADM and RAID 10 ADM RAID 5-distributed data guarding RAID 6 ADG-Advanced Data Guarding RAID Comparing the hardware-based RAID methods Alternative fault-tolerance methods Selecting a RAID method Diagnosing array problems Diagnostic toolsTroubleshooting resources Troubleshooting Optional components HP Secure Encryption HP Smart Array Advanced Pack About Saap Acronyms and abbreviations ILO PXE Documentation feedback Index HP Smart Storage Administrator Diagnostics Utility XML DTD