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Contents

Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Features ................................................................................................................................................... 5

Enabling and configuring the controller ........................................................................................... 6

Enabling the controller ............................................................................................................................... 6

Setting the boot order ................................................................................................................................ 6

Installing the HP Smart Array SAS License Key .............................................................................................. 7

Configuring an array ................................................................................................................................. 7

Setting the controller read cache ................................................................................................................. 7

Upgrading to 512 MB FBWC ..................................................................................................................... 7

FBWC module LEDs (B120i, B320i) ................................................................................................... 8

Installing the FBWC module and capacitor pack ................................................................................. 8

Installing device drivers and Management Agents .......................................................................... 11

Installing device drivers ............................................................................................................................ 11

Windows operating systems ........................................................................................................... 11

Linux operating systems .................................................................................................................. 14

VMware ESX operating systems ....................................................................................................... 16

Installing Management Agents .................................................................................................................. 18

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives ..................................................................................... 19

Drive LEDs .............................................................................................................................................. 19

Recognizing hard drive failure .................................................................................................................. 19

Effects of a hard drive failure .......................................................................................................... 20

Compromised fault tolerance .......................................................................................................... 21

Recovering from compromised fault tolerance .................................................................................... 21

Replacing hard drives .............................................................................................................................. 21

Guidelines .................................................................................................................................... 22

Data recovery (rebuild) ............................................................................................................................ 22

Time required for a rebuild ............................................................................................................. 22

Abnormal termination of a rebuild ................................................................................................... 23

Moving hard drives and arrays ................................................................................................................. 24

Adding drives ......................................................................................................................................... 25

Migrating hard drives to an optional Smart Array controller .......................................................................... 25

Migrating hard drives to an optional Smart Array controller—Microsoft Windows ................................. 26

Migrating hard drives to an optional Smart Array controller—Linux ...................................................... 27

Migrating drives to an optional host bus adapter ............................................................................... 29

Upgrading or migrating from a host bus adapter to a B320i controller ................................................. 29

Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 30

Array Configuration Utility ........................................................................................................................ 30

HP Service Pack for ProLiant ..................................................................................................................... 30

Intelligent Provisioning ............................................................................................................................. 31

Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 31

Flashing firmware .................................................................................................................................... 32

Smart Components for ROM Flash ................................................................................................... 32

Support and other resources ........................................................................................................ 33