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HP Smart Array P700m Controller for HP ProLiant Servers User Guide Part Number 456549-001 October 2007 (First Edition)

Updating the firmware 10 Updating the firmware Methods for updating the firmware To update the firmware on the server, controller, or hard drives, u

Configuring an array 11 Configuring an array Utilities available for configuring an array Two utilities are available for configuring an array on th

Setting the boot controller and controller order 12 Setting the boot controller and controller order Setting a controller as the boot controller The

Setting the boot controller and controller order 13 For more information about using RBSU, refer to the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide or the

Installing device drivers and Management Agents 14 Installing device drivers and Management Agents Installing device drivers The drivers for the con

Upgrading or replacing controller options 15 Upgrading or replacing controller options Replacing the battery CAUTION: Electrostatic discharge ca

Upgrading or replacing controller options 16 8. Pull the right hand portion of the battery case away from the battery pack and simultaneously rotat

Upgrading or replacing controller options 17 10. Pull the right hand portion of the battery case away from the battery, and simultaneously rotate t

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 18 Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives Identifying the status of a hard drive When a drive is configur

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 19 Online/activity LED (green) Fault/UID LED (amber/blue) Interpretation Flashing regularly (1 Hz) Amber, f

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Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 20 CAUTION: Sometimes, a drive that has previously been failed by the controller may seem to be operation

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 21 b. Recreate the partitions. c. Restore all data from backup. To minimize the risk of data loss that i

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 22 • Do not remove a second drive from an array until the first failed or missing drive has been replaced

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 23 CAUTION: If the Online/Activity LED on the replacement drive does not light up while the corresponding

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 24 2. Remove the drive that was originally to be replaced, and reinsert the replacement physical drive. Th

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 25 • The controller is not running capacity expansion, capacity extension, or RAID or stripe size migratio

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 26 The expansion process is illustrated in the following figure, in which the original array (containing da

Diagnosing array problems 27 Diagnosing array problems Controller board runtime LEDs Immediately after you power up the server, the controller runt

Diagnosing array problems 28 LED ID Color LED name and interpretation 10 Green CR8: Idle Task LED. This LED, together with the Gas Pedal LED, in

Diagnosing array problems 29 LED3 pattern LED4 pattern Interpretation — One blink every two seconds The system is powered down, and the cach

Contents 3 Contents Hardware features...

Diagnosing array problems 30 Smart Array controllers produce diagnostic error messages (POST messages) at reboot. Many POST messages are self-explan

Electrostatic discharge 31 Electrostatic discharge Preventing electrostatic discharge To prevent damaging the system, be aware of the precautions yo

Regulatory compliance notices 32 Regulatory compliance notices European Union regulatory notice This product complies with the following EU Directiv

Regulatory compliance notices 33 Korean class A notice Battery replacement notice This component uses a nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery pack.

Acronyms and abbreviations 34 Acronyms and abbreviations ACU Array Configuration Utility ADG Advanced Data Guarding (also known as RAID 6) ADU Arr

Index 35 A ACU (Array Configuration Utility) 11 adding drives 25 ADU (Array Diagnostic Utility) 29 Array Configuration Utility (ACU) 11 array

Index 36 L LEDs, battery pack 28 LEDs, controller 27 LEDs, hard drive 18 logical drive capacity extension 25 logical drive, creating 11 log

Contents 4 Regulatory compliance notices ... 32 Eur

Hardware features 5 Hardware features Main components on the controller board Item ID Description 1 Status LEDs 2 Connector (not used on H

Hardware features 6 RAID levels supported 0, 1, 1+0, and 5; if the battery is used, RAID 6 is also supported Type of connector Grid array mezzanin

Overview of the installation procedure 7 Overview of the installation procedure Installing the controller in an unconfigured server blade New HP Pro

Overview of the installation procedure 8 4. Power down the server blade. 5. Remove the server blade from the enclosure. 6. Remove the access pane

Installing the controller hardware 9 Installing the controller hardware Preparing the server blade 1. Back up all data. 2. Close all applications.