HP ProLiant ML310 G5p Server - Manual (Page 55)

Software and configuration utilities 55
Installing an operating system (Embedded SATA RAID)
Embedded SATA RAID is only supported with the following operating systems:
• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
For more information about supported operating systems, see the HP website
(
http://www.hp.com/go/supportos ).
To install an OS, download the HP embedded SATA RAID Controller driver and create a driver diskette with
the software and instructions from the HP website ( http://www.hp.com/support ).
SmartStart does not support assisted installation of an OS on servers configured with SATA RAID.
After inserting the SmartStart CD in the CD-ROM drive, a warning may indicate that the primary controller is
not supported by this version of the SmartStart software.
Installing HP Storage Manager
The HP Storage Manager utility enables administrators to create and manage arrays without rebooting the
server to access the BIOS utility.
For more information on embedded SATA RAID, see the HP Storage Manager HostRAID User Guide located
on the Documentation CD.
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays
Before installing an operating system, you can use the ORCA utility to create the first logical drive, assign
RAID levels, and establish online spare configurations.
The utility also provides support for the following functions:
• Reconfiguring one or more logical drives
• Viewing the current logical drive configuration
• Deleting a logical drive configuration
• Setting the controller to be the boot controller
• Selecting the boot volume
If you do not use the utility, ORCA will default to the standard configuration.
For more information regarding the default configurations that ORCA uses, see the HP ROM-Based Setup
Utility User Guide on the Documentation CD.
For more information about the controller and its features, see the HP Smart Array Controllers for HP ProLiant
Servers User Guide on the HP website (
http://www.hp.com/support/SAC_UG_ProLiantServers_en ). To
configure arrays, see the Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers Reference Guide on the HP
website ( http://www.hp.com/support/CASAC_RG_en ).