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HP Surestore Disk Array 12h and FC60 User Manual

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parity information, depending on the RAID level of the LUN. Until a rebuild is complete,
the disk array is operating in degraded mode and is vulnerable to a second disk failure.

reconstruction

See rebuild.

resident controller

The last controller to complete the Start-Of-Day process in a given slot. At the
completion of the SOD process, the identification of the controller is stored. This
controller remains the resident controller until another controller completes the SOD
process in the same slot. See foreign controller.

SAM (System Administration Manager)

A host-based system configuration and management utility.

SCSI

An acronym for “Small Computer System Interface”, SCSI is an industry-standard
protocol for connecting peripherals and hosts over a bus topology.

SCSI-2 bus

A bus that complies with the SCSI standard. The six channel that connect the disk array
controller system to the disk systems are SCSI 2 busses. Each disk system has two
internal SCSI-2 busses that can be configured as independent busses that connect five
disk slots to each BCC controller. or as a single internal bus.

SCSI ID

A unique number assigned to each device connected to a SCSI bus. This number is used
by the HBA to address each device on the bus. Each disk in a disk system is assigned a
SCSI ID of 0 - 9.

secondary disk array path or secondary path

See primary disk array path or primary path.