HP NetRAID-4M Installation Guide HP Part Number 5969-8463 Printed in January 2001
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radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
Safety Standards This product meets the following national and international regulations: • UL 1950 Standard for Safety of Information Processing and Business Equipment • IEC 950 Safety or Information Technology Equipment in electrical Business Equipment • CAN/CSA-C22.2 #950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment To ensure safe operating conditions, it is recommended that these products be installed in UL Listed computer.
Contents 1 Introduction Installation Overview 1-1 Controller Management Utilities 1-2 HP NetRAID-4M Tools and Capabilities 1-3 System Requirements 1-4 Conventions 1-5 2 Installing the Hardware Component Layout 2-2 Installing the Controller Card 2-3 Connecting the LED Activity Indicator to the HP NetRAID4M 2-5 Connecting SCSI Devices 2-6 Connecting Internal SCSI Devices 2-7 Connecting External SCSI Devices 2-8 Connecting SCSI Array Enclosures (Storage Subsystems) 2-11 Installation Hints for Connecting SCS
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Installing the Drivers When Windows NT is Already Installed 4-5 Installing the Drivers When Upgrading to Windows 2000 4-6 Installing the Drivers During a Fresh Install of Windows 2000 4-8 Installing the Drivers When Windows 2000 is Already Installed 4-9 NetWare 4.20 Environment 4-10 Installing the Drivers During a Fresh Install of NetWare 4.20 4-10 Installing the Driver When NetWare 4.20 is Already Installed 4-12 NetWare 5.
Contents 6 Installing and Configuring the SNMP Subagent 7 Installing Clusters Preliminary Hardware and Software Requirements for Windows Clusters 7-1 Enabling Clustering in the BIOS and Setting the SCSI IDs 7-2 Overview of the Cluster Software Installation Procedure 7-3 Installing MSCS and the HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Software 7-4 Moving Quorum to a Shared Container 7-6 Removing the HP NetRAID-4M Cluster Software 7-6 8 Understanding The Battery Subsystem Initial Battery Charge 8-2 Battery Low Conditions
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Managing Containers B-5 Viewing Container Information B-6 Initializing a Disk Drive B-6 Making a Container Bootable B-7 Deleting Containers B-8 Repairing a RAID 5 Set B-9 C Troubleshooting Using the Controller Service Features C-2 Controller Log Information C-3 Controller Configuration Options C-3 Aborting Controller Startup C-4 Configuring the HP NetRAID-4M Remote Agent for NetWare C-4 Access C-5 Communications C-6 D Flashing the Firmware Flashi
1 Introduction For information about... Turn to... Installation Overview page 1-1 Controller Management Utilities page 1-2 System Requirements page 1-4 Conventions page 1-5 The Hewlett-Packard®NetRAID-4M™ provides powerful disk array support in servers that have a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus. The HP NetRAID-4M has four SCSI Ultra 3 channels, and each channel has the equivalent functionality of a separate SCSI Ultra 3 channel.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide For more information, see Chapter 2, Installing the Hardware. 2 Optionally create and configure containers using the HP NetRAID-4M BIOS. For more information, see Appendix B, Using the BIOS Container Configuration Utility. 3 Install the HP NetRAID-4M device drivers. For more information, see Chapter 4, Installing the Device Drivers. 4 Install the RAID Controller Management Software.
Introduction locally manage an HP NetRAID-4M on systems running the Microsoft® Windows NT®/Windows 2000® operating system. It can also be used to remotely manage — from Windows NT/Windows 2000 — Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M family of products that are installed on another system running Windows NT/Windows 2000 or NetWare. For more information on FAST, see the Flexible Array Storage Tool User’s Guide.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Tools and Capabilities CLI GUI Display file system type No Yes Yes Detect when the file system can be extended No Yes No Create, remove, or extend the file system No Yes No Yes (boot only) Yes Yes No No No Detect when a container is a system or boot partition Synchronizes display between GUI and DM 1 BIOS The disk always gets a signature to avoid NT disk administrator pop-ups.
Introduction Note: All Windows NT systems require Service Pack 6A or higher. – Windows 2000. – NetWare 4.20 with Support Pack 7 or higher. – NetWare 5.0 with Support Pack 1 or higher. – NetWare 5.1 with Support Pack 1 or higher. – SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 – SCO UnixWare 7.1.1 – Red Hat Linux 7.0 ■ A 3.5-inch, 1.44-MByte floppy disk drive. ■ CD-ROM drive. ■ SCSI cables to connect the internal or external HP NetRAID4M 68-pin connectors to the SCSI devices.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Note: Notes are reminders, tips, or suggestions that might simplify the procedures included in this document. ! Caution: Cautions alert you to actions that might cause damage to your system or your data. WARNING: Warnings alert you to actions that might cause injury to you or someone else. To avoid injury to people or damage to equipment and data, be sure to follow the cautions and warnings in this document.
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Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Component Layout Figure 2-1 identifies the major HP NetRAID-4M components. You may find it helpful to refer to this information while installing the HP NetRAID-4M and attaching SCSI devices. Channel 1 Channel 0 Channel 0 Channel 1 LED Connector Channel 2 Daughter Card Channel 3 Figure 2-1. HP NetRAID-4M Major Components Figure 2-2 identifies the major Daughter Card components.
Installing the Hardware DIMM. The DIMM and batteries are "sandwiched" between the PCI card and Daughter Card. In the event of a power loss the battery can continue powering the nonvolatile DIMM for several days. Note: After installation of the HP NetRAID-4M is complete, the batteries automatically begin a charge cycle which lasts until it reaches full charge (up to three hours).
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Note: If the battery enable jumper is not connected or if the battery is disconnected from the two jumper pins, the controller will not pass the Power-On SelfTest (POST), and data is not accessible. 4 Insert the HP NetRAID-4M in the expansion slot as shown in Figure 2-3. Press down firmly so that the bus contacts are securely seated in the slot. Secure the bracket with the screw you removed in the previous step.
Installing the Hardware Expansion Slot Cover Screw Bracket Card Support Guide Bus Contacts 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots 64-bit Expansion Slots Figure 2-3. Inserting the HP NetRAID-4M in a PCI Expansion Slot Note: When removing the HP NetRAID-4M, always replace the expansion slot bracket in the empty slot to ensure proper airflow. Connecting the LED Activity Indicator to the HP NetRAID-4M An LED on the front panel of most computers lights to indicate nonSCSI hard disk activity.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Channels 0 and 1, connect the cable to pins 3 and 4 of the LED connector on the HP NetRAID-4M. To show activity on Channels 2 and 3, connect the cable to pins 1 and 2. Pins 1 and 4 are ground pins. Note: If you are using non-SCSI disk drives (for example, IDE), the LED will no longer indicate activity on these drives when you connect the LED cable to the HP NetRAID4M.
Installing the Hardware channels are 160 MBytes/sec. Connecting a non-Ultra 3 peripheral to an Ultra 3 SCSI channel may limit the entire channel to lower performance levels. If you are installing your SCSI devices inside an array enclosure, see Connecting SCSI Array Enclosures (Storage Subsystems) on page 2-11. Connecting Internal SCSI Devices To connect internal SCSI devices to each SCSI channel, you must use an internal 68-pin SCSI cable that has enough connectors to accommodate all your devices.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 3 Attach one end of the 68-pin internal ribbon cable to the internal connector (Channel 0 or 1) on the HP NetRAID-4M, as shown in Figure 2-5. Figure 2-5. Attaching a 68-pin Internal Ribbon Cable 4 Attach the remaining connectors on the ribbon cable to your remaining internal devices. Note: To connect an 8-bit internal SCSI device, you must obtain a 68-pin-to-50-pin converter for the device.
Installing the Hardware Note: Some older very high-density connectors may be too wide to fit between the external connectors on the HP NetRAID-4M. If this is the case, upgrade to a newer cable. Follow these steps to connect external SCSI devices: 1 Make sure each device is assigned a unique SCSI ID number from 0 to 6, or 8 to 15 (the HP NetRAID-4M is set to 7 by default). No duplicate IDs are permitted on a channel. (See SCSI ID Numbers on page 2-14 for additional information.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 3 Terminating Plug Figure 2-7. Attaching a Single External SCSI Device 4 2-10 Connect additional external SCSI devices by connecting each device to the previous device until all external SCSI devices have been connected, as shown in Figure 2-8.
Installing the Hardware the end of the chain must have a terminating plug installed. See SCSI Termination on page 2-14 for additional information.) 4 2 3 Terminating Plug Figure 2-8. Attaching Multiple External SCSI Devices Note: If you are connecting a combination of both 8-bit and 16-bit devices to the external connector of a channel, you must connect the 8-bit devices after the 16-bit devices; once you step the cable down to 8 bits, you cannot step back up to 16 bits.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide enclosures, refer to the documentation included with each enclosure. The following information is provided to help you properly connect your enclosure to the HP NetRAID-4M: ■ All rules for SCSI ID and termination (discussed on page 2-14) must be followed when installing SCSI devices in an array enclosure. The ID settings for the drives in the enclosure are determined by the slot, so drive ID jumpers should be removed.
Installing the Hardware Cluster Node 1 Array Enclosures Cluster Node 2 Shared SCSI Channel Figure 2-10. Cluster Configuration on a Shared SCSI Channel Installation Hints for Connecting SCSI Devices All SCSI Devices ■ The total length of cabling (internal and external) on each channel should not exceed the following: – Twelve meters (39.4 feet) if you are using Ultra2 transfer speeds (80 MBytes/second) – Twelve meters (39.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide – Three meters (9.8 feet) if you are using Fast SCSI data transfer speeds (up to 20 MBytes/second). ■ When calculating the total length of cabling on each channel, be sure to include the cabling inside any array enclosure and the host system. ■ Use good-quality SCSI cabling, and minimize the stub lengths.
Installing the Hardware Note: If you are attaching internal SCSI devices to a 68-pin internal ribbon cable that has a built-in terminator, you must remove the terminators from all devices attached to the cable. On most internal SCSI devices, the termination setting is controlled by a jumper or a switch, or by physically removing or installing one or more resistor modules.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Channel 0 terminator (J2) Channel 3 terminator (J7) Channel 1 terminator (J1) Channel 4 terminator (J8) Figure 2-11. Channel Terminator Jumpers Configuring the Controller After connecting all devices, reinstall your computer cover, and connect all power cables. Turn on the external SCSI devices first, and then turn on the computer. During BIOS initialization, the HP NetRAID-4M BIOS banner should appear on the screen.
Installing the Hardware the operating system on the boot container to take advantage of the redundancy and performance features of that container. For more information see Appendix B, Using the BIOS Container Configuration Utility. Note: If you wish to install the operating system on a stand-alone disk instead of a boot container, you do not need to use this utility.
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3 Performing an Upgrade Installation If you are migrating from an earlier release of firmware, drivers, and Controller Management Software, you need to perform an upgrade installation. An upgrade installation requires that you do the following in the proper sequence: ! Caution: Failure to follow these steps exactly may make it impossible for your system to see the controller.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 6 ❒ 3-2 Install the new Controller Management Software. For information on how to install the Controller Management Software, see Chapter 5, Installing the Controller Management Software.
4 Installing the Device Drivers For information about... Turn to... Creating Driver Diskettes page 4-2 Windows Environment Installing the Drivers During a Fresh Install of Windows NT page 4-3 Installing the Drivers When Windows NT is Already Installed page 4-5 Installing the Drivers When Upgrading to Windows 2000 page 4-6 Installing the Drivers During a Fresh Install of Windows 2000 page 4-8 Installing the Drivers When Windows 2000 is Already Installed page 4-8 NetWare 4.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Installing the Drivers when NetWare 5.1 is Already Installed page 4-15 Loading the NetWare Drivers at Server Bootup page 4-17 Unix Environment page 4-18 Installing the UNIX Drivers on a Boot Container page 4-18 Installing the UNIX Drivers on a Data Container page 4-21 Additional Operating Systems page 4-27 Note: You must install the Windows NT or NetWare drivers for your controller before you install the Controller Management Software.
Installing the Device Drivers Windows Environment To install the drivers while installing Windows NT see Installing the Drivers During a Fresh Install of Windows NT below. To update or install the drivers when Windows NT is already installed see Installing the Drivers When Windows NT is Already Installed on page 4-5. If you are installing drivers while upgrading from Windows NT to Windows 2000, see Installing the Drivers When Upgrading to Windows 2000 on page 4-6.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Note: To install Windows NT from a bootable CD, the CD-ROM drive must be connected to another SCSI controller or an IDE controller (not the HP NetRAID4M). 2 When the Windows NT CD starts to boot it will display the following message: Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware configuration.... Press F6 immediately. 3 A few seconds later a screen will be displayed asking you to specify additional adapters.
Installing the Device Drivers 4 Press Enter to select the following Hewlett-Packard driver: HP NetRAID-4M RAID CONTROLLER. 5 Press Enter at the message Setup has recognized the following mass storage devices to continue with the Windows NT operating system setup. Follow the instructions onscreen and in the Windows NT documentation to complete the installation. Note: During the final phase of the Windows NT installation you will be prompted to reinsert the drivers diskette.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Installing the Drivers When Upgrading to Windows 2000 To install the HP NetRAID-4M drivers during an upgrade to Windows 2000, follow these steps. 1 Uninstall the Controller Management Software (FAST and the CLI). For instructions on how to perform the deinstallation, see Uninstalling the Controller Management Software on page 5-3.
Installing the Device Drivers ! Caution: During the upgrade to Windows 2000, the Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M device drivers for Windows NT that are currently installed on your system are replaced with HP NetRAID-4M drivers for Windows 2000. If, for whatever reason, you execute the script w2ksetup.bat but do not complete the upgrade to Windows 2000, you must re-install the HewlettPackard NetRAID-4M device drivers, because-among other things -- w2ksetup.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide The upgrade then continues to completion. 6 After the upgrade completes, reinstall the controller management software. For instructions on how to preform the installation, see Installing the Controller Management Software on page 5-2. Installing the Drivers During a Fresh Install of Windows 2000 Follow these instructions to install the Windows 2000 drivers while you are installing Windows 2000.
Installing the Device Drivers 8 You will be shown a list with one item on it; press Enter to select the drivers — HP NetRAID-4M RAID CONTROLLER. 9 If you have no other drivers that you need to install, press Enter to continue with the installation. Follow the instructions onscreen and in the Windows 2000 documentation to complete the installation. 10 When the installation completes, the Found New Hardware wizard automatically runs.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide NetWare 4.20 Environment This section explains how to install the driver, netr4m.ham, for Novell NetWare 4.20. If you are performing a first time NetWare installation, see Installing the Drivers During a Fresh Install of NetWare 4.20 on page 4-10. If NetWare is already installed in your system, see Installing the Driver When NetWare 4.20 is Already Installed on page 4-12. You need to load the netr4m.
Installing the Device Drivers 5 When a screen appears that asks you to select a disk driver, check that the proper driver for any embedded SCSI controllers is installed. Note: If the embedded driver has not been installed, install it before installing the HP NetRAID-4M drivers. Refer to your Hewlett-Packard server documentation for further information. 6 7 Press Insert to install an unlisted driver. 8 An explanatory screen appears.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 21 Install the Novell NetWare Support Pack 7 or higher for Version 4.20. ! Caution: Novell recommends installing the Support Pack on your server from a client. If installing the Support Pack from a CD, mount the CD as a NetWare volume and then install the software. Installing the Driver When NetWare 4.20 is Already Installed To update or install the netr4m.ham driver when NetWare 4.20 is already installed, follow the instructions in this section.
Installing the Device Drivers 10 Answer Yes to the prompt Do you want to copy driver netr4m.ham? 11 Specify the path where you want the netr4m.ham driver installed or press Enter to accept the default. 12 You will be prompted to save the existing driver and its attendant files. Answer Yes to these prompts. 13 Select Select/Modify driver parameters and press Enter. 14 Press Ctrl-Esc, and from the next menu select to return to the System Console. 15 At the console prompt, type load a:\netr4m.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide ! Caution: Novell recommends installing the Support Pack on your server from a client. If installing the Support Pack from a CD, mount the CD as a NetWare volume and then install the software. NetWare 5.1 Environment This section explains how to install the driver, netr4m.ham, for Novell NetWare 5.1. If you are performing a first time NetWare installation, see Installing the Drivers During a Fresh Install of NetWare 5.1 on page 4-14.
Installing the Device Drivers Note: If the embedded driver has not been installed, install it before installing the HP NetRAID-4M drivers. Refer to your Hewlett-Packard server documentation for further information. 5 Insert the HP NetRAID-4M driver diskette for NetWare V5.1 (NOS Driver - NetWare 5/5.1 ) into your disk drive and press the Insert key. 6 An explanatory screen appears. Press Enter to have the system scan the diskette for the HP NetRAID-4M driver. 7 Select netr4m.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 3 Select Configure disk and storage device drivers and press Enter. 4 5 Select Select an additional driver and press Enter. Check that the proper driver for any embedded SCSI controllers is installed. Note: If the embedded driver has not been installed, install it before installing the HP NetRAID-4M drivers. Refer to your Hewlett-Packard server documentation for further information. 6 Insert the HP NetRAID-4M driver diskette for NetWare V5.
Installing the Device Drivers 18 Select Save parameters and load driver. 19 Respond No to the prompt Do you want to select an additional Disk driver? 20 Press Esc until you return to the Installation Options menu. If necessary, modify the load command line in the startup.ncf file so that the proper path to the driver and all appropriate command line options are specified. See Loading the NetWare Drivers at Server Bootup on page 4-17. Otherwise, exit the nwconfig program.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 2 Select the appropriate menu choice that allows you to edit the startup.ncf file. 3 Make the necessary changes. When you are done, press Esc. Unix Environment The following sections explain how to install the UNIX drivers on a boot container during an operating system installation and, after an installation, on a data container for all supported UNIX operating systems.
Installing the Device Drivers ■ ! Openserver Caution: Before installing the Openserver device drivers for your HP NetRAID-4M container, ensure that you have placed the HP NetRAID-4M controller in the correct PCI slot; otherwise the driver will not install. For information on supported PCI slots, see the HP NetRAID-4M Installation Supplement. a At the initial boot prompt, enter the word link. b When prompted for the name of additional drivers, enter the word hpnraid.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide ./drive_config Note: Owing to a software limitation, OpenServer’s method of statically configuring each disk into the kernel can cause user confusion. The difficulty arises from OpenServer’s convention for naming drives. The drive_config utility overcomes this limitation by automatically creating the appropriate kernel entries and then rebuilding/relinking the kernel.
Installing the Device Drivers ■ ! UnixWare Caution: Owing to limitations in UnixWare that prevent UnixWare from seeing the sub-vendor and sub-system IDs of PCI boards, in some cases the hpnraid driver may be mapped to the wrong device, mapped to a non-existent device, or a driver other than the hpnraid driver may be mapped to the board. The correct subsystem device ID for the HP NetRAID-4M is 10C2, and the correct subsystem vendor ID is 103C.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide the HP NetRAID-4M controller, which on the open source distribution is called the aacraid driver. ■ Openserver Openserver does not require that you remove already existing drivers.
Installing the Device Drivers viii Remove the configuration line from the kernel by entering the following command: /etc/conf/bin/idinstall -d hpnraid ix Remove the following line from /etc/loadmods: 6:1:hpnraid:hpnraid 3 Install the hpnraid driver on the data container. ■ Linux The Linux driver is now part of the standard open source distribution. Obtain the Linux operating system from an open source provider. For example, download it from an open source web site such as www.redhat.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide b Copy the hpnraid driver file to /tmp by entering the following command: cp /mnt/cdrom/periph/nraidadp/openserv/driver/hpnraid.tar /tmp c Change your working directory to /tmp by entering the following command: cd /tmp d Untar the file hpnraid.tar by entering the following command: tar -xvf hpnraid.
Installing the Device Drivers Note: Owing to a software limitation, OpenServer’s method of statically configuring each disk into the kernel can cause user confusion. The difficulty arises from OpenServer’s convention for naming drives. The drive_config utility overcomes this limitation by automatically creating the appropriate kernel entries and then rebuilding/relinking the kernel. The drive_config utility automatically creates device special files in the /dev/rdsk and /dev/dsk directories.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide ■ UnixWare ! Caution: Owing to limitations in UnixWare that prevent UnixWare from seeing the sub-vendor and sub-system IDs of PCI boards, in some cases the hpnraid driver may be mapped to the wrong device, mapped to a non-existent device, or a driver other than the hpnraid driver may be mapped to the board. The correct subsystem device ID for the HP NetRAID4M is 10C2, and the correct subsystem vendor ID is 103C.
Installing the Device Drivers cp hpnraid.tar /tmp d Change your working directory to /tmp by entering the following command: cd /tmp e Untar the file hpnraid.tar by entering the following command: tar -xvf hpnraid.tar f Install the hpnraid driver by entering the following command: pkgadd -d /tmp hpnraid g When the installation completes, unmount the Navigator cdrom by entering the following command: umount /mnt/cdrom h Remove the Navigator cdrom from the cdrom drive.
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Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Note: If you want to install the Controller Management Software on a boot container you must first create a boot container (see Appendix B, Using the BIOS Container Configuration Utility), then install the Windows NT, Windows 2000, NetWare, or UNIX drivers as you install the operating system on a boot container (see Chapter 4, Installing the Device Drivers ).
Installing the Controller Management Software Uninstalling the Controller Management Software Follow these steps to uninstall the Controller Management Software (you must be signed on as an administrator or have administrative privileges): 1 Click the Start button on the Windows task bar, and then point to Settings. Click Control Panel on the Settings menu. 2 3 Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide can manage a NetWare controller remotely with FAST, if you have FAST installed on an NT system, and establish a network connection between the two systems. Installing the Controller Management Software on NetWare Follow these steps to install the Controller Management Software for Novell NetWare 4.20 or 5.1: Note: Ensure that the NetWare server is down and that you are at the DOS prompt before beginning this installation.
Installing the Controller Management Software Note: On a NetWare 5.1 system, when the server comes up, go to the Novell icon, select Exit GUI, and confirm your choice. This will take you to the NetWare console. 6 From the HPNSETUP Installation menu, select Start Installation. 7 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to complete the installation (Press F1 for help). 8 After the installation of the Controller Management Software is complete, you are prompted to update the AUTOEXEC.NCF file.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Unix Environment The Controller Management Software contains the command line interface (CLI) which allows you to manage the controller from a terminal emulator. On a UNIX system, without the CLI, you can only manage the controller through the BIOS. The UNIX Controller Management Software may be delivered on a CDROM or may be down-loaded from the Hewlett-Packard web site.
Installing the Controller Management Software system hpnapps Hewlett-Packard Raid Applications c If the application software already exists on your system, remove it by entering the following command: pkgrm hpnapps d You will be prompted to confirm the deletion; answer yes to the prompt.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide b Change your working directory by entering the following command: cd /mnt/cdrom/periph/nraidadp/linux/us c Copy the hpnapps.tar file to /tmp by entering the following command: cp hpnapps.tar /tmp d Change your working directory by entering the following command: cd /tmp e Untar the file hpnapps.tar archive by entering the following command: tar -xvf hpnapps.
Installing the Controller Management Software mount -f ISO9660 -o lower /dev/CDROM_LUN /mnt/cdrom b Change to the directory where the hpnapps.tar file is located, by entering the following command: cd /mnt/cdrom/periph/nraidadp/openserv/us c Copy the file hpnapps.tar to /tmp, by entering the following command: cp hpnapps.tar /tmp d Change your working directory to /tmp, by entering the following command: cd /tmp e Untar the archive by entering the following command: tar -xvf hpnapps.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide c Change your working directory to /tmp, by entering the following command: cd /tmp d Untar the archive by entering the following command: tar -xvf hpnapps.tar e Install the UNIX Controller Management Software on your UnixWare system by entering the following command: pkgadd -d /tmp -p hpnapps f Unmount the Navigator cdrom by entering the following command: umount /mnt/cdrom 4 Remove the Navigator cdrom from the cdrom drive.
6 Installing and Configuring the SNMP Subagent The HP NetRAID-4M SNMP Subagent allows client programs to query the controller’s configuration and view SNMP traps generated as a result of changes to that configuration. The HP NetRAID-4M SNMP Subagent on a Windows NT, Windows 2000 or NetWare system will be loaded automatically if you use the NetServer Navigator’s Installation Assistant. It is also possible to install the agents by executing the setup.
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Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 3 Cable the controllers across a shared SCSI channel to the shared clustered storage devices. For instructions, see Installing the Controller Card on page 2-3 and on page 2-6. Make sure that the controllers are SCSI terminated for the shared channel. 4 Install one of the following operating systems on each cluster node (all nodes must run the same operating system): – Windows NT Enterprise Server V4.
Installing Clusters 2 When prompted during the boot sequence, press to enter the CCU. If your system has multiple controllers, be sure to select the correct controller number. 3 The CCU displays an initial menu, from which you select the SCSISelect Utility. 4 The SCSISelect Utility displays a menu, from which you select SCSI Configuration. 5 The SCSISelect Utility displays another menu from which you can select a SCSI channel (either #0, #1, #2, or #3).
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Note: Whenever you remove and reinstall the MSCS software, you must also remove and reinstall the HP NetRAID-4M Cluster software. Because the custom DLLs provided by the HP NetRAID-4M Cluster software are not part of the standard MSCS software, these components must be registered each time the MSCS software is reinstalled.
Installing Clusters 1 If no other shared disks are available, install the MSCS software and set up the service to use a temporary local quorum device, as follows. (Later, after the HP NetRAID-4M Cluster software is installed, you can transfer the quorum to a shared device, preferably on a diskset resource, as explained in Moving Quorum to a Shared Container on page 7-6.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 2 When prompted, choose Join an existing cluster, then specify the cluster name you created when installing MSCS on the first node. 3 Install the HP NetRAID-4M Cluster software following the same procedure as described for the first node. 4 If the cluster nodes are running Windows NT, reinstall the service pack on each node. If you originally installed Service Pack 3 (which is integrated with Windows NT Enterprise Server V4.
Installing Clusters Follow these steps to remove the HP NetRAID-4M Cluster software: 1 Use the MSCS Cluster Administrator to perform the following: a Move quorum to a local or other shared device. b Put offline all HP NetRAID-4M Diskset resources. c Delete all HP NetRAID-4M Diskset resources and their respective groups. 2 From the Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 3 4 Select HP HP NetRAID-4M Cluster and click Add/Remove.
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8 Understanding The Battery Subsystem For information about... Turn to... Initial Battery Charge page 8-2 Battery Low Conditions page 8-2 Battery Reconditioning page 8-3 Recovering Data from the Controller’s Cache page 8-4 The HP NetRAID-4M controller contains a pair of replaceable nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries and associated charging/monitoring circuitry designed to preserve the contents of its non-volatile cache memory in the event of a power loss or extended power-off conditions.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide full charge. A full charging cycle — from fully discharged to fully charged — typically requires 2-3 hours to complete. Initial Battery Charge When you first power up your controller, its batteries will be partially or fully discharged and will require charging. This initial charge time depends on the current charge level of the batteries, and could take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours.
Understanding The Battery Subsystem though the batteries are not being used to maintain the contents of cache memory. Note: The controller will not generate a low battery condition when you first power up your HP NetRAID-4M, even if your batteries’ holdover time is less than 24 hours. It reports battery low once the batteries are initially charged (and the batteries’ holdover time drops below 24 hours).
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Note: The controller must first be opened for writing before you can initiate a battery reconditioning. To schedule a reconditioning cycle for a future time (on Windows NT only), create an AT batch file with the appropriate CLI command. You should try to complete the reconditioning sometime during the week that follows the first notification you receive.
Understanding The Battery Subsystem Note: If you suspect a hardware failure, contact your technical support representative to determine the cause of failure and to see if a replacement controller is required. The following sections explain how to determine if data is in the cache, and if data is present, how to retrieve it.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide ! Caution: Do not remove your Daughter Card from the controller until your Hewlett-Packard technical support representative is ready to replace your HP NetRAID-4M controller. 1 Determine if there is data in the cache, as described in Determining if Data is in the Cache on page 8-5. 2 Power OFF the system, uncable and remove the defective controller and Daughter Card assembly. 3 4 Disconnect the Daughter Card from the faulty controller.
A Using the BIOS SCSISelect and Disk Utilities The SCSISelect Utility allows you to change SCSI device and controller settings without opening the server chassis or handling the card. The Disk Utilities allow you to low-level format or verify the disk media of your SCSI hard disk drives. The SCSISelect settings are listed in Table A-1. Table A-1.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Initiate Sync Negotiation Yes Maximum Transfer Rate 160 MBytes/sec Enable Disconnection Yes 2 Initiate Wide Negotiation Yes 1 This option is used to control the cache on the drive, not the HP NetRAID-4M. We recommend that the drive write cache remain disabled for maximum data protection. 2 This option is available only if Wide SCSI is supported on the attached drives.
Using the BIOS SCSISelect and Disk Utilities Exiting SCSISelect To exit SCSISelect, press Esc until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed any host adapter settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit). Select Yes to exit and reboot the system. Any changes you made in SCSISelect take effect after the server boots.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide ■ Runtime BIOS — This option enables or disables the HP NetRAID-4M runtime BIOS. The BIOS must be enabled if you want to boot from a SCSI hard disk drive connected to the HP NetRAID-4M. The default is Enabled. ■ Automatic Rebuild — If Enabled, this option allows the user to replace a failed drive in the same enclosure slot in a RAID-5, RAID 0/1, or Mirror set.
Using the BIOS SCSISelect and Disk Utilities support SCSI parity. If you are not sure whether a device supports SCSI parity, consult the documentation for the device. ■ Controller SCSI Channel Termination —This option sets termination on the controller card. We recommend that you leave the HP NetRAID-4M set to its default setting of Auto Mode. ■ Clustering — This option enables clustering for the channel.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide ■ Enable Disconnection —This option determines whether the SCSI channel allows the SCSI device to disconnect from the SCSI channel (sometimes called Disconnect/Reconnect or Reselection). This option should be enabled for maximum performance. ■ Initiate Wide Negotiation —This option determines whether the SCSI channel attempts 16-bit data transfer instead of 8-bit data transfer.
Using the BIOS SCSISelect and Disk Utilities ■ Verify Disk Media —This utility allows you to scan the media of a hard disk drive for defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on the media, it prompts you to reassign them; if you select yes, the recoverable defects are remapped and those blocks are no longer used. You can press Esc at any time to abort the utility.
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B Using the BIOS Container Configuration Utility The Container Configuration Utility (CCU) allows you to create, delete, and manage containers from the HP NetRAID-4M BIOS. A container is a logical disk created from freespace and made up of partitions on one or more physical disks. Refer to the Flexible Array Storage Tool User’s Guide for more information on containers. You can use CCU to create a bootable container for the server.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Creating a Container Before creating containers, make sure the disks for the container are connected and installed in your server (or enclosure). To create a container you select the disks to be used in the container and then assign the container properties. Note: You cannot use the CCU to create a container on a shared channel. To select one or more disks to be used in the container: 1 2 Shut down and reboot the server.
Using the BIOS Container Configuration Utility If you install an adapter into a system that has been powered down, on startup the BIOS will announce the detected configuration changes. If the system considers these changes to be non-risk, the system will present a confirmation prompt (and will auto-confirm if there has been no operator input in 30 seconds. If the system considers the changes to be risky, the user will be prompted for further action.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide fails before the container has been reconstructed, all data is lost and the container is marked Dead. The actual usable data capacity of the container is equal to one less than the total number of partitions. (One partition’s worth of capacity is needed to hold the parity information.) – RAID 0/1: Data is striped and mirrored on two or more pairs of partitions. If one disk in a pair fails, data is available.
Using the BIOS Container Configuration Utility This option should always be enabled to optimize performance, unless your application — which is unlikely — is doing completely random reads. 6 Specify if you want to enable write caching for the container. Note: For containers on a shared channel, write caching is automatically disabled.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Note: You cannot use the CCU to manage containers on a shared channel. Viewing Container Information Follow these instructions to view information on an existing container: 1 2 3 4 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A. Select Container Configuration Utility from the menu. Select Manage Container from the CCU menu. Select the container you wish to view information on from the List of Containers dialog box and press Enter.
Using the BIOS Container Configuration Utility ! Caution: Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk, and essentially makes all the previous data on the disk inaccessible. Since the partition table is overwritten, if the drive is used in a container, you may not be able to use the container again. Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot container! The boot container is labelled as 00 in the List of Containers dialog box.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 4 Select the container you wish to make bootable and press Ctrl B. Note: You cannot make a non-00 container bootable if any container is in the process of consistency checking, clearing, or reconfiguring. Refer to the Flexible Array Storage Tool User’s Guide for information about consistency checking containers. 5 ! Reboot the system. Caution: The controller always uses the lowest numbered container as its bootable container.
Using the BIOS Container Configuration Utility 5 At the Container Properties screen select Delete again and press Enter. 6 Press Esc to return to the previous menu. Repairing a RAID 5 Set Follow these instructions to repair a RAID 5 set: 1 2 3 4 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A. Select Container Configuration Utility from the menu. Select Manage Container from the CCU menu.
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C Troubleshooting Check the following list of troubleshooting suggestions if you have problems installing or using the HP NetRAID-4M controller and the SCSI devices attached to it: ■ Does the HP NetRAID-4M BIOS banner (similar to the following) appear during bootup? HP NetRAID-4M> Adaptec HP NetRAID-4M BIOS HP NetRAID-4M> (c) Copyright 2000 Adaptec, Inc. If the banner appears, it indicates that the system recognizes the HP NetRAID-4M as part of the hardware configuration.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide – Is the RAID controller or SCSI adapter with the boot device the first to be scanned by the system? You can usually set this in the System BIOS. ■ If you receive a Plug & Play configuration error message during BIOS scan, you may need to redistribute adapters to eliminate the problem.
Troubleshooting ! Caution: The Controller Service utility is intended to assist technical support representatives in troubleshooting controller problems; it should not be used under normal operating conditions. Follow these steps to access the Controller Service utility: 1 Press Ctrl-A when the following prompt appears when you turn on or reboot your server: Press for Configuration Utility! 2 If multiple controllers are installed, select the controller you wish to configure and press Enter.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide The default is Normal. Maintenance mode allows the system to be started in cases where you are experiencing HP NetRAID4M problems and cannot otherwise boot your system. ■ Clear NVRAM— When Enabled, this option clears the HP NetRAID-4M NVRAM (nonvolatile DIMM) of its contents. The default is Disabled.
Troubleshooting Note: In Windows NT, the HP NetRAID-4M remote agent can be configured through a control panel application or through the Windows NT Registry. Refer to the Flexible Array Storage Tool User’s Guide for more information. Access The access section determines how or if a remote user is allowed to open a HP NetRAID-4M controller. The access section contains the following flags: ■ Read-write — if this field is set to TRUE then remote readwrite access will be allowed.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Communications The communications section provides switches that control how communication will be configured. The communication section will contain the following switches: ❒ C-6 ■ Use_IP — if this switch is set to TRUE then the HP NetRAID4M Remote Agent will attempt to use IP as a communications protocol. ■ IP_PORT — this switch will specify, in decimal, the IP port that will be used for communications.
D Flashing the Firmware When upgrading to a new version of the BIOS (for example, as part of an upgrade installation), you need to flash the firmware on your controller using either the Navigator CD or the AFU utility. Flashing with the Navigator CD To flash the firmware from the Navigator CD, follow these steps: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shut down your system. 7 At the Configuration Tools and NOS Install menu, select BIOS and Firmware Update and double-click on the selection to launch the installation.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Flashing with the AFU Utility To flash the firmware using the AFU utility, follow these steps: 1 2 3 Shut down your system. Insert the bootable diskette that contains the AFU utility. Power on the system. If the system has not been set up to boot from the diskette, please read your manufacturer’s instructions on how to set this up. Note: The following steps explain how to use the AFU utility from the command line.
Flashing the Firmware a Flashing the Firmware on a Single Controller To flash the firmware on a single controller, type the following at the DOS prompt, replacing CONTROLLER_NUMBER with the number of the controller whose firmware you are flashing.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide 8 After the AFU reads the new BIOS from both installation disks, it shuts down the controller and updates the firmware. A verification of the operation follows. The results of each operation are displayed on the screen as it happens. 9 After the firmware installation completes, the AFU exits. After the AFU exits, remove the firmware diskette and insert the bootable diskette that contains the AFU utility.
E Specifications HP NetRAID-4M Controller Technical Specification Component Description Computer bus 64-bit PCI local bus On-board processor 233 MHz StrongARM RISC microprocessor Interface protocol Bus master DMA Cache memory 64 or 128 MB ECC-protected battery-backed DRAM Battery backup holdover times Minimum of 72 hours for DIMMs up to 128 MB.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Component Description PCI bus ■ ■ 64-bit, 33 MHz (32-bit, 33 MHz-compatible) Hot-plug PCI-ready1 Ultra2SCSI (LVD) channels 4 channels (4 external and 2 internal connectors). Device support ■ ■ ■ ■ Operating system support ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Remote management Up to 60 SCSI devices per controller (15 per channel) Up to 8 RAID controllers per server2 Supports RAID array as boot device Supports board hot swapping Windows NT 4.
Specifications Minimum and Maximum Subsystem Values RAID Element Minimum Maximum Default Total containers per controller — 64 — On-disk partition slots available — — 30 In-memory partition slots available per controller — — 256 Containers Mirror set (RAID 1) limits Partitions 2 2 2 3 16 — RAID-5 set limits Partitions Stripe size limits 8 KB 64 KB 32 KB Stripe set (RAID 0) limits Partitions Stripe size limits 1 8 KB 48 64 KB — 32 KB Stripe set of mirror sets (RAID 0/1) limits
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide RAID Element Minimum Maximum Default SCSI Number of channels per controller Number of devices per channel Number of logical units per device 1 Up to 4 (2 shared internal/ external) 151 8 UltraSCSI data transfer speeds can currently support a maximum of 8 devices per channel.
Index A Aborting controller startup C-4 Array enclosure 2-7, 2-11 B Battery backup time 2-3 holdover time 8-1 initial charge 8-2 initial recondition 2-2 low condition 8-2 reconditioning 8-3 recovering data 8-4 BIOS banner 2-16, C-1 enabling clusters 7-2 Boot Mode C-3 Bootable CD 4-4, 4-8 Bootable containers creating B-7 Booting from a container B-7 Bus master C-1 Bus parameters C-1 C Cables See SCSI Cables supported lengths 2-13 Cache data, recovering 8-4 Caching read B-4 write B-5 Capabilities 1-3 Card
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide configuring 2-16 installation 2-3 SCSI channel termination A-5 values E-1 to E-4 Controller Configuration Utility A-3 Controller management software CLI 1-3 FAST 1-2 installation 5-1 upgrading 5-3 Controller requirements 1-4 Controller SCSI channel ID A-1 Controller SCSI channel termination A-1 Controller Service Utility C-2 boot mode C-3 clear NVRAM C-3 controller configuration options C-3 controller log C-3 force single container C-3 Converter, 68-p
Index drivers 4-1 to 4-18 FAST software 5-1 hints for connecting SCSI devices 2-13 software in Windows 5-2 IRQ C-1 L LED connecting 2-5 M Mirror B-3 Motherboard chipset C-1 N NetWare 4.20 driver installation 4-10 fresh installation 4-10 NetWare 5.
Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide Self-test, failure 8-4 specifications, technical E-1 to E-4 startup.
