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HP Smart Storage Administrator User Manual

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Overview 7

To identify controller-specific feature support and SAAP requirements, see the controller user guide or the HP

website (

http://www.hp.com/go/smartarray

).

For more information, see "About SAAP (on page

121

)."

Procedure

HP Smart Array
G6 and G7

controllers

HP Smart Array
Gen8 controllers

Activate or delete license keys

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Assign a RAID level to a logical drive

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Assign spare drives to an array

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Configure multiple systems identically

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Configure a RAID 6 logical drive

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Configure a RAID 60 logical drive

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Configure RAID 1 (ADM) and RAID 10 (ADM)

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Copy the configuration of one system to multiple systems

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Create multiple logical drives per array

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Create or delete arrays and logical drives

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Enable or disable a physical drive write cache

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Enable solid state drives to be used as caching devices, using HP
SmartCache

n/a

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Enable optimized data path to solid state drives using HP SSA

Smart Path

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Expand an array

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Extend a logical drive

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Heal an array

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HP Drive Erase (replace the content of a physical drive with zeros

or random 0 and 1)

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Identify devices by causing their LEDs to flash

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Migrate the RAID level or stripe size

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Move an array (copy all array data to a new array and then delete
the old array)

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Move and delete individual LUNs

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Optimize the controller performance for video

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Re-enable a failed logical drive

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Set the boot controller

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Set the expand priority, migrate priority, and accelerator ratio

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Set the spare activation mode

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Set the stripe size

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Set the surface scan delay

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Set the preferred controller for a logical drive (in systems that
support redundant controllers)

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Share a spare drive among several arrays

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Removing a drive from an array (restripe the data on an array to

occupy fewer physical drives, then remove the excess drives from
the array)

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Specify the size of the logical drive

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Split a RAID 1 array or recombine a split array (offline only)

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