Navigating the GUI | HP Smart Storage Adstrator specs

Image	Description

	License Manager

Keyboard functions and shortcuts can be used for navigating or performing actions in the GUI.

Key	Description

Tab	Cycle through selectable items on a page
Shift + Tab	Cycle backwards through selectable items on a page
F5	Rescan system (equivalent to clicking the Rescan System
	button)
B	Browse main menu
H	Open HP SSA Help
X	Exit HP SSA
Enter	Perform the action of the currently selected link or button*
Escape	Close non-action popups*
R	Refresh selected controller*

* Local keyboard shortcuts are available only when the action that the key activates is accessible.

Navigating the GUI

When you open HP SSA, the Welcome screen appears.

The following elements are visible:

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HP Smart Storage Adstrator manual Navigating the GUI

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 \Program Files\hp\hpssacli\Bin\hpssacli.exe Using the HP SSA CLIOpening the CLI in Console mode Root@localhost root# hpssacli CLI syntax Opening the CLI in Command modeCommand variable Target variable Hiding warning prompts Available options are Current value DefaultQuerying a device = ctrl ch=Lab4 ld 1 modify raid=0 ss=? Keyword abbreviations Show commandTarget controller show config detail Target show detailstatus = ctrl all show Displaying the current versions of the application layers Help command= ctrl ch=lab4 show config Version Typical procedures Setting the boot controllerSetting the boot volume Set target target Setting the targetIdentifying devices = set target ctrl slot=3 = clear target Target modify led=onoff Generating a diagnostic reportDeleting target devices Target delete forced Entering or deleting a license key Erasing a physical driveRescanning the system 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 SSD information Viewing enclosure informationViewing SSD physical drives SmartCache in Hpssacli Assigning a chassis name to the controller Rapid Parity Initialization methodsSSD Over Provisioning Optimization = ctrl slot=1 array B create type=ldcache datald=2 Target modify spareactivationmode= failure predictive Setting the spare activation modeManaging spare drives 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 Migrating a logical drive Setting the preferred path modeTarget modify raid=01+0156adg? ss=8163264128256default? Target modify preferredpathmode=automaticmanual? Changing the Rebuild Priority setting Disabling a redundant controllerAssigning a redundant controller to a logical drive Changing the surface scan delay time Changing the Expand Priority settingSetting the surface scan mode Re-enabling a failed logical drive Changing the controller cache ratio Enabling or disabling the drive cacheEnabling or disabling the array accelerator Set exitonerror=enable set eoe=disable Show exitonerror Enabling a script to exit on errorUsing the Split Mirror command Enabling SmartCache Write-back Controller slot=5 modify latency=low HBA modeTarget modify latency=lowhighdisable? Target modify hbamode=onoff? Using HP SSA scripting Power modeRAID mode Creating an HP SSA script file Capturing a configurationUsing an Input script 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 Control category Action modeMethod mode Controller category ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss ControllerCacheState IRPEnable DPOEnableElevatorSortEnable DriveWriteCache Power modes MNPDelayNoBatteryWriteCache LicenseKey, DeleteLicenseKey QueueDepth SurfaceScanDelaySurfaceScanDelayExtended RapidParityInitialization Array DPOEnable = No ElevatorSortEnable = Yes IRPEnable = NoArray category ArrayR0 DriveType CachingArrayDrive OnlineSpareMode Logical Drive category OnlineSpareSplitMirror ArrayAccelerator LogicalDriveCachingLogicalDrive CachedLogicalDrive NumberOfParityGroupsPreferredPath Renumber SetBootVolumePrimarySetBootVolumeSecondary Repeat SmartCache Write-back SizeSizeBlocks 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 Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods512e Physical drive support 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