Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers Reference Guide

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Contents
Overview of array configuration tools ............................................................................................. 5
Utilities available for configuring an array ...................................................................................................... 5
Comparison of the utilities ............................................................................................................................. 5
Support for standard configuration tasks ............................................................................................... 6
Support for advanced configuration tasks ............................................................................................. 6
HP Smart Array Advanced Pack ..................................................................................................... 8
About SAAP ................................................................................................................................................ 8
Required hardware ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays ............................................................................................ 9
About ORCA ............................................................................................................................................... 9
HP Array Configuration Utility ...................................................................................................... 10
About ACU................................................................................................................................................ 10
Native support for 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems .................................................................................. 10
Accessing ACU in the offline environment ..................................................................................................... 10
Launching ACU with HP Intelligent Provisioning (Gen8 or later) ............................................................ 11
Launching ACU during POST (Gen8 or later) ...................................................................................... 11
Launching ACU from the SmartStart CD (G7 or earlier) ........................................................................ 11
Launching ACU from an ISO image (all generations) ........................................................................... 11
Accessing ACU in the online environment ..................................................................................................... 15
Launching ACU on a local server ....................................................................................................... 16
Launching ACU on a local server to configure a remote server .............................................................. 17
Launching ACU on a remote server to configure a local server .............................................................. 18
Using the ACU GUI .................................................................................................................................... 19
Navigating the GUI .......................................................................................................................... 19
Configuration tasks........................................................................................................................... 28
Diagnostics tasks .............................................................................................................................. 39
Wizards .......................................................................................................................................... 41
Using the ACU CLI ..................................................................................................................................... 45
Opening the CLI in Console mode ..................................................................................................... 46
Opening the CLI in Command mode .................................................................................................. 46
CLI syntax ........................................................................................................................................ 46
Typical procedures ........................................................................................................................... 51
Using ACU scripting ................................................................................................................................... 68
Capturing a configuration ................................................................................................................. 68
Using an Input script ......................................................................................................................... 68
Creating an ACU script file ............................................................................................................... 69
Script file options ............................................................................................................................. 70
XML support .................................................................................................................................... 84
ACU scripting warning messages ...................................................................................................... 87
ACU scripting error messages ........................................................................................................... 87
HP Array Diagnostics and SmartSSD Wear Gauge Utility ................................................................ 92
About the utility .......................................................................................................................................... 92
Reported information .................................................................................................................................. 92
Installing the utility ...................................................................................................................................... 94