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HP Smart Array P731m Controller User Manual

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Contents

Component identification ............................................................................................................... 5

Controller components ............................................................................................................................... 5

Controller LEDs ......................................................................................................................................... 5

FBWC module LEDs ................................................................................................................................... 6

Specifications ............................................................................................................................... 8

Memory and storage capacity conventions ................................................................................................... 8

RAID conventions ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Controller features ..................................................................................................................................... 9

Basic features.................................................................................................................................. 9

HP SmartCache ............................................................................................................................... 9

HP Secure Encryption ....................................................................................................................... 9

HP SSD Smart Path ........................................................................................................................ 10

Supported server blades ........................................................................................................................... 10

Controller specifications ........................................................................................................................... 10

Installation and configuration ....................................................................................................... 12

Procedures for controllers in a server blade ................................................................................................. 12

Installing a mezzanine controller in an unconfigured server blade ........................................................ 12

Installing a mezzanine controller in a previously configured server blade .............................................. 13

Installing the mezzanine controller board .......................................................................................... 14

Configuration tools .................................................................................................................................. 14

HP Smart Storage Administrator ...................................................................................................... 14

ROM-Based Setup Utility ................................................................................................................. 15

Configuration procedures ......................................................................................................................... 15

Setting a controller as the boot controller .......................................................................................... 15

Setting the controller order .............................................................................................................. 16

Configuring an array ..................................................................................................................... 16

System maintenance tools ......................................................................................................................... 16

Updating firmware ........................................................................................................................ 16

Installing device drivers .................................................................................................................. 17

Managing servers with Insight Agents .............................................................................................. 17

Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 17

Drive procedures ........................................................................................................................ 19

Identifying the status of a drive .................................................................................................................. 19

Identifying the status of a legacy drive .............................................................................................. 19

Identifying the status of an HP SmartDrive ......................................................................................... 20

Recognizing drive failure .......................................................................................................................... 21

Recognizing drive failure (legacy drives) .......................................................................................... 21

Recognizing drive failure (HP SmartDrive) ......................................................................................... 22

Effects of a hard drive failure on logical drives .................................................................................. 22

Compromised fault tolerance .......................................................................................................... 23

Recovering from compromised fault tolerance .................................................................................... 23

Replacing drives ..................................................................................................................................... 23

Before replacing drives .................................................................................................................. 24

Automatic data recovery (rebuild) .................................................................................................... 24