Smart Array E500 User Guide

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Contents

Hardware features........................................................................................................................ 5

Main components on the board .................................................................................................................. 5

Other features........................................................................................................................................... 5

Overview of the installation procedure ............................................................................................ 7

Quick installation procedure (Windows or Linux)........................................................................................... 7

Installing the controller hardware.................................................................................................... 9

Preparing the server................................................................................................................................... 9

Installing the controller board...................................................................................................................... 9

Connecting storage devices...................................................................................................................... 10

Updating the firmware ................................................................................................................ 11

Methods for updating the firmware (Windows® or Linux®) ..........................................................................11

Configuring an array .................................................................................................................. 12

Utilities available for configuring an array.................................................................................................. 12

Using ORCA........................................................................................................................................... 12

Using ACU or ACU-CLI ............................................................................................................................ 13

Installing device drivers and Management Agents .......................................................................... 14

Systems using Microsoft® Windows®........................................................................................................ 14

Installing device drivers .................................................................................................................. 14

Installing the Event Notification Service ............................................................................................ 14

Installing Management Agents ........................................................................................................ 14

Systems using Linux®............................................................................................................................... 14

Installing Management Agents ........................................................................................................ 15

Upgrading or replacing controller options ..................................................................................... 16

Replacing the cache ................................................................................................................................ 16

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives..................................................................................... 17

Identifying the status of a hard drive .......................................................................................................... 17

Recognizing hard drive failure .................................................................................................................. 18

Effects of a hard drive failure .......................................................................................................... 19

Compromised fault tolerance .......................................................................................................... 19

Recovering from compromised fault tolerance.................................................................................... 19

Replacing hard drives.............................................................................................................................. 20

Hard drive replacement guidelines .................................................................................................. 20

Automatic data recovery (rebuild).................................................................................................... 21

Upgrading hard drive capacity ....................................................................................................... 23

Moving drives and arrays ........................................................................................................................ 23

Diagnosing array problems.......................................................................................................... 25

Controller board runtime LEDs................................................................................................................... 25

Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 26

Electrostatic discharge................................................................................................................. 27

Preventing electrostatic discharge.............................................................................................................. 27

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