HP A7143A RAID160 SA Controller Support Guide, February 2007

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Preface: About This Document
This document describes how to install, configure, and troubleshoot the HP A7143A PCI 4-Channel RAID160
SA SCSI controller on HP-UX 11iv3 64-bit platforms.
The latest version of this document can be found on line at docs.hp.com.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installing, configuring, and
managing fault tolerant data storage. Administrators are expected to have knowledge of HP-UX operating
system concepts, commands, and configuration.
This document is not a tutorial.
New and Changed Documentation in This Edition
This Support Guide was published in conjunction with the initial release of HP-UX 11i v3, February 2007.
This is the first edition of this document.
Publishing History
What’s in This Document
The HP A7173A RAID160 SA Controller Support Guide is divided into several chapters containing
information about RAID in general, the RAID levels supported by the RAID160 SA controller specifically, and
installation, configuration, and troubleshooting details for the RAID160 SA controller. There are also several
appendixes containing supplemental information.
Chapter 1 RAID Technology Overview Use this chapter to learn about RAID in general, followed by
specific details on the RAID levels supported by the RAID160 SA controller.
Chapter 2 RAID160 SA Controller Overview This chapter provides an overview of RAID160 SA
features and functionality.
Chapter 3 Installation Overview This chapter lists RAID160 SA installation steps and installation
prerequisites.
Chapter 4 Installing the RAID160 SA Controller This chapter covers all aspects of RAID160 SA
installation, including online installation, hardware requirements, software requirements,
firmware requirements, and setting up RAID160 SA logical drives as a boot devices.
Chapter 5 Configuring the RAID160 SA Controller This chapter includes information on planning
RAID configurations and details on the use of the saconfig command to configure logical
drives on the RAID160 SA controller.
Table 1 Publishing History Details
Document
Manufacturing
Part Number
Operating
Systems
Supported
Supported
Product
Versions
Publication
Date
J6369-90040 11i v3 (64-bit) B.11.31 February, 2007