HP Array Configuration Utility User Guide (416146-001, January 2006)

Scripting in ACU 37
Array category
These options are available under the Array category:
• Array (on page 37)
• OnlineSpare (on page 37)
• Drive (on page 37)
Array
Enter a letter in the range A–Z or a–f to identify the array that is to be created or reconfigured, bearing in
mind these additional limitations:
• In Configure mode, ACU creates a new array. The letter value that you specify must be the next
available letter in the sequence, considering the number of existing arrays on the controller.
• In Reconfigure mode, ACU can either create a new array or reconfigure an existing array. In this
case, the letter value that you specify can identify an existing array, or it can correspond to the next
available array letter in the existing configuration.
OnlineSpare
• In Automatic mode, the choices are Yes and No.
• In Configure mode, the default setting is Yes.
• In Reconfigure mode, ACU ignores this option and keeps any spares that the existing
configuration already has.
• In Custom mode, you can specify exactly which drives are to be used as spares. If you specify
None, any existing spares are removed from the array.
• In Configure mode, the default value is None.
• In Reconfigure mode, the default setting keeps any existing spares in the array.
Drive
List each physical drive that you want to use in the array. Use whichever convention (Port and ID, Box and
Bay, or Port, Box, and Bay) is applicable, and follow the formatting suggested in the sample script.
In Automatic mode, all available drives are used.
NOTE: You can use this option to add drives to an existing array (that is, to expand the array), as long as
the capacity of the added drives is no less than that of the smallest existing drive in the array. You can also
use this option to remove drives from an array if you first set the value of the
ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss option to Yes.
Logical Drive category
The following options are available in the Logical Drive category:
• LogicalDrive (on page 38)
• RAID (on page 38)
• Size (on page 38)
• Sectors (on page 38)
• StripeSize (on page 38)
• ArrayAccelerator (on page 39)
• LogicalDriveSSPState (on page 39)