Hp NetRAID 1Si Controller Manuel d'utilisateur

HP NetRAID SeriesUser GuideHP Part Number 5969-5983February 2000

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities4HP NetRAID AssistantHP NetRAID Assistant is an object-oriented GUI management utility. It runsunder Microso

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools949. Open the Advanced menu to set the remaining options.• Stripe Size: This parameter specifies the size of the seg

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools951. Choose Initialize from the HP NetRAID Express Tools Managementmenu. A list of the current logical drives appear

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools962. Select Physical Drives, and choose a device.3. Press F2 to display the Physical Drive Information window.The er

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools97Power Fail Safeguard, Alarm Control, and Cache Flush Timings. (You donot need to record the configuration of your

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools98a. Choose Select Adapter from the Tools Management menu.b. Choose the adapter with the mismatched configuration.8.

995 Reconstructing and RebuildingDrivesReconstructing and rebuilding are two important features of HP NetRAIDsystems. It is important to know the diff

Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives100there is no risk of losing any data. The Power Fail Safeguard feature is an optionthat you can enable

Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives1012. Restart the HP NetServer. Look for the following prompt during startup:Option: Experienced users m

Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives102Rebuilding DataIf a disk drive fails in an array that is configured as a RAID 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, or 50l

Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives103Changing the Autorebuild SettingThe default setting for Autorebuild is enabled, so you normally do no

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities5HP NetRAID Assistant MenusMain MenuConfigurationAdapterPhysical DriveLogical DriveProgressHelpConfiguratio

Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives104You can view or change the Rebuild Rate from any of the three HP NetRAIDutilities.To view or change t

Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives105• You installed a replacement drive in a different physical slot from thefailed drive.• A logical dri

Chapter 5 Reconstructing and Rebuilding Drives1062. Choose Rebuild from the Management menu. A device selection windowis displayed showing the devices

1076 Capacity ExpansionWith HP NetRAID, you can expand capacity at any time by adding one or morenew hard disks to your system. If you prepared for On

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion108• Preparation Steps for NetWare 4.2 explains how to enable Virtual Sizingand how to partition your physical drives to u

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion109PrecautionsWhen using the Online Capacity Expansion feature, it is very important that youdo not create volumes that ex

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion110Planning for Online Capacity Expansion under NetWare 4.2To permit easy capacity expansion of a NetWare 4.2 installation

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion111I. Connect Disk Drives to HP NetRAIDConnect physical drives to the HP NetRAID Series adapter or integratedHP NetRAID co

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion1124. Choose Objects from the Tools Management menu.5. Choose Logical Drive from the Objects menu.6. From the Logical Driv

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion113V. Create the NetWare VolumeHow you create the NetWare volume depends on where you installed NetWare.• For drives that

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities6HP NetRAID ConfigHP NetRAID Config is a character-based, non-GUI utility that runs under allsupported opera

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion114NOTE A NetWare 4.2 SYS volume should be limited to 2 GB or to asmaller size appropriate for your system. Use the balanc

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion115First, Install Additional CapacityInstall the additional physical capacity (hot-swap disk drive modules) into theintern

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion116Expanding Capacity under NetWare 4.2 with Virtual Sizing DisabledIf you already are using a logical drive without Virtu

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion117• Expanding Capacity under NetWare 5 with Virtual Sizing Enableddescribes how you can add disk capacity to an existing

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion118In most installations, the operating system is installed on a SCSI drive connectedoutside of the HP NetRAID system. How

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion119III. Disable Virtual SizingThe only other requirement for online capacity expansion of your logical drive isthat Virtua

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion1207. From the Logical Drive menu for the drive you want to prepare, chooseProperties.8. Choose Virtual Sizing.9. On the V

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion121Second, Reconstruct to Add CapacityAfter you have installed the additional physical capacity, run HP NetRAID Configto r

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion1224. Choose Modify disk partitions and Hot Fix, and press Enter.5. The available devices are shown. Choose the logical dr

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion12315. The segment is added to the existing volume, and the Volume DiskSegment List shows the new segment. Press the F10 f

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities7HP NetRAID Config MenusManagement MenuConfigureInitializeObjectsFormatRebuildCheck ConsistencyAdvanced Menu

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion124• About Online Capacity Expansion under Windows NT describes theOnline Capacity Expansion feature. This feature allows

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion125PrecautionsWhen using the Online Capacity Expansion feature, it is important that you do notcreate volumes that exceed

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion126NOTE The Online Capacity Expansion feature is supported only onarrays that contain just one logical drive each.For exam

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion127NOTE Clearing a previous configuration does not reset the VirtualSizing setting for a logical drive. Use the Reset to

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion128Partition and Format a Drive that Contains Windows NTSometimes it is desirable to have the network operating system res

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion1292. Partition and Format New Capacity.1. When the reconstruction is complete, enter the Disk Administrator.In our exampl

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion130Capacity Expansion under Windows 2000This section describes how to expand disk capacity after the system has been inope

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion131Preparation Steps for Windows 2000This section tells you how to disable Virtual Sizing to permit online capacityexpansi

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion132NOTE It is important to initialize your logical drives. If the driveshave been previously configured under an operating

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion133a. Choose Adapter from the Tools Management menu.b. Choose the adapter controlling the logical drive.4. Choose Objects

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities8HP NetRAID Express ToolsHP NetRAID Express Tools is available to all network operating systems becausethis

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion134First, Install Additional CapacityInstall the additional physical capacity (hot-swap disk drive modules) into theintern

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion135NOTE Verify that "Basic" is displayed below the disk number to theleft of the existing volume to the left of

1377 Monitor Alert ListThis chapter lists monitor messages for the supported network operating systemsthat provide information about the monitor utili

Chapter 7 Monitor Alert List138IBM OS/2 Monitor MessagesTable 7-2. OS/2 Monitor MessagesCondition MessagesLogical drive state change Adp = # LogDrv #

Chapter 7 Monitor Alert List139SCO OpenServer and UnixWare MonitorMessagesTable 7-3. SCO OpenServer and UnixWare Monitor MessagesCondition MessagesMo

1418 Alarm Control and AudibleWarningsHP NetRAID Series adapters have onboard tone generators that indicate eventsand errors.NOTE The integrated HP Ne

143GlossaryHP NetRAID Terms and TechnologyArray: An array of disk modules combines the storage space on the disk modulesinto a single segment of conti

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities9HP NetRAID Express Tools MenusTools Management MenuConfigureInitializeObjectsFormatRebuildCheck Consistency

Glossary144Reconstruction is only permitted on a logical drive that occupies a single arrayand is the only logical drive in the array. You cannot use

Glossary145and the hot-spare disk must have sufficient capacity. The system administrator canreplace the failed disk module and designate the replacem

Glossary146• Reconstructing: Participating disk modules are being reconstructed.• Rebuilding: Participating disk modules are being rebuilt.I/O operati

Glossary147RAID Levels: A style of redundancy applied to a particular logical drive. It mayincrease the performance of the logical drive, and it may d

Glossary148Rebuild Rate: The speed at which a rebuild operation occurs. Each HP NetRAIDSeries adapter or integrated HP NetRAID controller is assigned

Glossary149SCSI ID: Each SCSI device on an HP NetRAID SCSI bus must have a differentSCSI address number (Target ID, or TID) from 0 to 15, but not 7, w

Glossary150Write Policy: When the processor writes to disk, the data is first written to thecache on the assumption that the processor will probably r

151IndexAAbort Rebuild, 22Activate Channel, 54Adapter icon, 17Adapter menuHP NetRAID Assistant, 20HP NetRAID Config, 52HP NetRAID Express Tools, 79Ada

Index152Configuring Another AdapterHP NetRAID Assistant, 37Configuring arrays and logical drivesHP NetRAID Config, 57HP NetRAID Express Tools, 85Confi

Index153HP NetRAID ConfigAdapter menu, 52HP NetRAID drivers, 13HP NetRAID Express Tools, 8, 75Adapter menu, 79Alarm Control menu, 52, 85Battery Backup

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities10HP NetRAID Utility Comparison ChartThe three HP NetRAID utilities (HP NetRAID Assistant, HP NetRAID Config

Index154OpenServer and UnixWare monitormessages, 139OS/2, 13OS/2 monitor messages, 138PPCI class code, 10, 80Performance Monitor On/Off, 20Physical dr

Index155TTerminate High 8 Bits, 54, 82Terminate Wide Channel, 55, 82Tools, HP NetRAID Assistant, 22UUnixWare, 13UnixWare and OpenServer monitormessage

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities11Memory Type HP NetRAID-1Si HP NetRAID-3Si & integrated HP NetRAIDEDO*Not AvailableXPower Fail

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities12NOTE Write-Back means that data is written to disk only when it isforced out of the cache. Write-Back is e

Chapter 1 Overview of HP NetRAID Utilities13HP NetRAID Drivers and UtilitiesTable 1-3 lists the filenames of drivers and utilities specific to your ne

iiNoticeThe information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to th

152 HP NetRAID AssistantOverviewHP NetRAID Assistant is an object-oriented, graphical user interface (GUI)management utility that runs under Microsoft

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant16PhysicalDrivesServerSelectorAdapter SelectorToggleBetweenViewsConfigurationMenuAdapterMenuPhysicalDriveMenuLogicalDriv

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant17• Server Selector box: The Server Selector box shows the name of thecurrent server. If HP NetRAID Assistant is started

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant18• Logical Devices box: The Logical Devices box shows the current adapterand its global hot spare pool. When arrays, lo

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant19Configuration MenuThe following Configuration menu options assist you in configuring yourHP NetRAID system.• Wizard: L

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant20• Exit: Select this option to quit HP NetRAID Assistant. You cannot exit ifdisk operations are ongoing.NOTE New config

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant21• View Log: Displays the contents of the View Log File, which recordsadapter activities and conditions such as battery

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant22• Update Drv Firmware: This selection is not available.• Change Status: Changes the status of the physical drive:◊ Mak

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant23Logical Drive MenuThe Logical Drive menu options are described below.• Initialize: Initializes one or more logical dri

iiiContentsIntroduction ... 11 Overview of HP NetRAI

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant24• Change Config: Changes the parameters of a logical drive. To use thisoption, first select the logical drive or drive

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant25• Initialize• Check Consistency• Change Policy (changes Write, Read, and Cache Policies)• Advanced Menu◊ Change Config

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant26PhysicalDrivesServerSelectorAdapter SelectorToggleBetweenViewsConfigurationMenuAdapterMenuPhysicalDriveMenuLogicalDriv

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant27• Define your physical arrays.• Assign dedicated hot spares, if desired.• Define logical drives.• Preview configuratio

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant283. Reset the rate as necessary by dragging the slider with the mouse.4. Click OK.5. If you have more than one adapter,

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant29Figure 2-4. HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard Starting Window3. Click one of the following configuration modes:◊ Select Cus

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant30∗ If an array contains two drives, and you checked Redundancy, thelogical drive is assigned RAID level 1.∗ If an array

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant31To assign physical drives to the new array:1. Select all the Ready physical drives that you want to put into the newar

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant323. Click the Dedicated to button, and then click the down arrow to pull downa list of valid arrays.4. Click the array

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant33• The Logical Drive Parameters box shows the number of the logical drivebeing defined and has boxes to set its RAID le

ContentsivAdding a Hot Spare ... 39Adding a New Logical Drive...

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant34To create a logical drive that spans two or more arrays:NOTE The arrays to be spanned must have sequential array numbe

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant35Preview ConfigurationThe HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard Configuration Preview window, shown inFigure 2-7, displays the co

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant36To display the properties of a physical drive:Double-click the physical drive in the Physical Devices box.To change a

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant37Save Your Configuration and InitializeIn this step you will do the following:• Save the configuration to a binary file

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant385. Launch the HP NetRAID Assistant Wizard by selecting Wizard from theConfiguration menu.6. Use the Wizard to configur

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant39D Managing RAID with HP NetRAID AssistantProcedures for performing some of the most common RAID managementfunctions a

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant40Changing Logical Drives Currently in UseYou can make several kinds of changes to logical drives that are currently in

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant41Table 2-1. Valid HP NetRAID Configuration ChangesExisting RAIDConfigurationValid RAIDConfiguration ChangeConfiguratio

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant42Removing a Physical Drive from a Logical DriveThe procedures for removing a physical drive from a logical drive vary d

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant43d. Return to the main menu of HP NetRAID Assistant.5. Configure this Ready disk by using the Configuration Wizard.Recl

ContentsvG Formatting Physical Drives... 72Media Errors...

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant44• From the main menu, you can choose Physical Drv, then Change Status.You can change the drive status by using the Mak

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant452. HP NetRAID Registration Server: Start it before the others bydouble-clicking on its Windows icon or by loading NetW

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant46password. Full Access mode activates features that let you change theHP NetRAID configuration and the states of physic

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant47Exit HP NetRAID AssistantExit HP NetRAID Assistant by choosing Exit from the Configuration menu, or byclicking the Exi

Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant48The options are defined as follows:-cons Perform consistency check.-w# Scheduled intervals. Valid options are:-w0 = da

493 HP NetRAID ConfigOverviewHP NetRAID Config is a character-based, non-GUI utility that configures andmonitors RAID systems. HP NetRAID Config runs

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config50A Starting and Exiting HP NetRAID ConfigYou do not need to restart your HP NetServer to use HP NetRAID Config.To start H

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config51• The Format option lets your format physical drives.• The Rebuild option lets you rebuild a logical drive in which one p

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config52AdapterChoose Adapter from the Objects menu to select an integrated HP NetRAIDcontroller or HP NetRAID Series adapter (if

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config53Logical DriveChoose this option to perform the listed actions. You must first select the logicaldrive on which you want t

ContentsviPlanning for Online Capacity Expansion under NetWare 4.2...110Preparation Steps for NetWare 4.2 ...

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config54Physical DriveChoose this option to select a physical device and to perform the operations listedbelow. When you choose t

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config55eight bits. This setting is required if the selected SCSI channel isterminated with 8-bit devices at both ends.• Terminat

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config56Format OptionChoose the Format option to low-level format one or more physical drives.Since most SCSI disk drives, includ

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config574. When the consistency check is finished, press any key to clear the progressdisplay and press Esc to return to the Mana

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config58configuration information is not disturbed. For instructions on using thisselection, see "Using Easy Configuration&q

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config59Logical Drive SettingsAuto Configuration uses the following defaults to configure your drives:Table 3-1. HP NetRAID Conf

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config60You can change the write policy, read policy, and cache policy after theconfiguration is complete. Choose Objects, then L

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config615. Press the Spacebar to add the highlighted physical drive to the currentarray. The indicator for the selected drive cha

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config62• Cache policy: This parameter identifies the read cache mode duringdata transfers involving the current logical drive.(F

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config633. Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical drives.4. Press F4 to configure the highlighted drive as a hot spa

1IntroductionThe HP NetRAID-1Si and HP NetRAID-3Si adapters and the integratedHP NetRAID controllers built into certain HP NetServers let you link mul

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config64NOTE The arrays to be spanned must have sequential array numbersand must contain the same number of physical drives.If yo

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config6512. When you are finished defining the current logical drive, highlight Acceptand press Enter. If there is space remainin

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config66in an array, all the drives in the array are treated as though they have thecapacity of the smallest drive. The number of

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config67• If you want to create more than one logical drive in an array, set a sizeof less than the actual capacity.• If you want

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config68• Configuration Menu. You can create a hot spare by using the Easy, New,or View/Add Configuration mode. When you choose a

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config693. When you have selected the logical drives you want to initialize, press F10and choose Yes at the confirmation prompt.

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config70Changing the RAID Level of a Logical DriveTo make RAID level changes, refer to the valid RAID level changes listed inTabl

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config71Removing a Physical Drive from a Logical DriveThe procedures for removing a physical drive from a logical drive vary depe

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config72c. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Failed drive that you want to makeavailable.d. Press Enter. An action menu appears

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config73You do not have to use the Format option to erase existing information on yourSCSI disks, such as a DOS partition. That i

754 HP NetRAID Express ToolsOverviewHP NetRAID Express Tools resides in the HP NetRAID BIOS, and is thereforeavailable to all supported operating syst

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools76• Memory Type (for HP NetRAID-1Si)• Power Fail Safeguard Parameter (also available with HP NetRAID Config)• Read M

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools77Option: Experienced users may press <Ctrl> <M> forHP NetRAID Express Tools now.Firmware InitializingWh

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools78NOTE For internal mass storage in HP NetServer LH 3000/3000r,LH 6000/6000r, and LT 6000r, SCSI ID 5 is reserved fo

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools79Objects MenuChoose the Objects option from the HP Express Tools Management Menu toaccess the adapters, logical dri

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools80◊ For optimal performance of RAID 5 logical drives, use separateadapters to control arrays with three physical dri

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools81• Initiator ID: Changes the Initiator ID assumed by the HP NetRAIDcontroller (adapter) at system boot-up. The defa

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools82NOTE You do not need to use the Format option if you simply want toerase existing information on your hard drives,

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools83adapter is at one end of the SCSI bus for the selected channel, you mustuse this option. This is the default setti

31 Overview of HP NetRAID UtilitiesThree HP NetRAID utilities can configure and manage HP NetRAID Seriessubsystems. Integrated HP NetRAID controllers

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools84To format a physical drive, it must be in the Fail state. (You can change it to theFail state by choosing Objects,

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools85Disable/Enable BIOS OptionThis option disables or enables the BIOS firmware. The default setting is Enabled.If the

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools86create a hot spare that is dedicated to one specific logical drive. Users with otheroperating systems do not have

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools87Creating Arrays by Using Easy ConfigurationIn Easy Configuration, each array is associated with exactly one logica

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools88#Stripes The number of stripes (physical drives) in the associatedphysical arrayStrpSz The stripe sizeDriveState T

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools89NOTE The New Configuration option erases the existingconfiguration information on the selected adapter.To create a

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools905. Press F10 to configure logical drives. The logical drive configurationwindow appears, as shown below:The window

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools91(For definitions of the Write policy, Read policy, Cache policy, and theiroptions, see the "Glossary.")P

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools92current adapter. Hot key information appears at the bottom of the window.The hot key functions are:Space Add the h

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools93LD The logical drive numberRAID The RAID levelSize The logical drive size#Stripes The number of stripes (physical