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Appendix F, Probability of Logical Drive Failure, Appendix G, Troubleshooting, Index
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Appendix F
Probability of Logical Drive Failure
Appendix G
Troubleshooting
Index
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HP Smart Array 641/642 Controller User Guide
Contents
Page
Page
Contents
About This Guide
Chapter
Installation Overview
Installing the Hardware
Updating the Firmware
Setting the Controller Order
Configuring an Array
Installing the Device Drivers and Management Agents
Upgrading or Replacing the Cache
Appendix B
Electrostatic Discharge
Appendix C
Controller Specifications
Appendix D
Appendix F
Probability of Logical Drive Failure
Appendix G
Troubleshooting
Index
About This Guide
Symbols in Text
Related Documents
Getting Help
Technical Support
HP Website
Authorized Reseller
Reader’s Comments
Installation Overview
Procedure for a Preconfigured System
Figure 1-2:Controller installation in an already configured system
Installing the Hardware
Installing the Smart Array Controller
Connecting the Cables
Internal Cabling
External Cabling (Model 642 only)
Table 2-1:External SCSI Cables for Storage Enclosures
Updating the Firmware
Express
Custom
System Configuration Utility
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Setting the Controller Order
Boot Controller Order
Esc
F10
Configuring an Array
Table 5-1:Comparison of Utilities for Configuring an Array
Using ACU
Using CPQONLIN
Running CPQONLIN
Array Configuration Utility
Automatic Configuration
Custom Configuration
Manual Configuration
Figure 5-3:Main manual configuration screen
Logical Configuration View
Table 5-2:Menu Options in CPQONLIN
Typical Manual Configuration Procedures in CPQONLIN
Creating a Custom Configuration for a New Array
Create Array, Physical Drives
New
Array
Adding Spare Drives
Assign Spare
Tab
Assign Spare
Array Options
Configuring the New Logical Drive
Stripe Size
Configuring the Controller Settings
Controller Settings
low
Figure 5-4:Controller Settings screen
Expanding an Array
Expand Priority
Array Accelerator
OK
Disable Cache
Enable Cache
Expand
Accept Changes
Migrating RAID Level or Stripe Size
Drive Settings
Installing the Device Drivers
and Management Agents
Page
Upgrading or Replacing the Cache
Regulatory Compliance Notices
Page
Modifications
Cables
Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien)
Mouse Compliance Statement
European Union Notice
Japanese Notice
Taiwanese Notice
Battery Replacement Notice
Electrostatic Discharge
Page
Controller Specifications
Drive Arrays and Fault Tolerance
logical drives
block
stripes
drive array
array
any
all
fault tolerance
online spare
hot spare
Fault-ToleranceMethods
RAID 0—NoFault Tolerance
Advantages
Disadvantages
RAID 1+0—DriveMirroring
load balancing
RAID 5—DistributedData Guarding
parity data
rebuild
Page
RAID ADG—AdvancedData Guarding
Disadvantage
Comparison of RAID Methods
Table D-1:Summary of RAID Methods
Other Fault-ToleranceOptions
Software-based
RAID
Controller Duplexing
Hard Drive Installation and Replacement
Recognizing Drive Failure
Table E-1:Hard Drive Status from LED Illumination Pattern
Compromised Fault Tolerance
Procedure to Attempt Recovery
Automatic Data Recovery
Failure of Automatic Data Recovery
General Aspects of Drive Replacement
Page
Drive Failure During Rebuild
Minimizing Fatal System Errors During Rebuild
and
Moving Drives and Arrays
required
Upgrading Hard Drive Capacity
Expanding and Extending Capacity
Array capacity expansion
logical drive capacity extension
Probability of Logical Drive Failure
Figure F-1:Relative probability of logical drive failure
Troubleshooting
Index