Hp proliant support packs, Initialization of storage systems, Mount points or drive letters – HP P6000 SmartStart Storage Software User Manual
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HP ProLiant Support Packs
HP recommends using HP ProLiant Support Packs with HP servers.
HP ProLiant Support Packs
HP ProLiant Support Packs for Windows and Linux environments contain drivers, utilities, and
management agents that are optimized for HP ProLiant servers. The support packs are included in
releases of HP ProLiant SmartStart, but also come with their own deployment utilities.
More information is available at:
HP Proliant SmartStart
HP ProLiant SmartStart provides server configuration tools for HP ProLiant servers and contains the
latest HP ProLiant Support Packs for Windows and Linux environments.
The server configuration tools include Assisted OS Installation for Windows, and Autorun updates
for Windows and Linux environments.
More information is available at:
Initialization of storage systems
When you install a new HP P6000 storage system, it is not initialized. Initialization makes a storage
system ready to use with your servers and can include one or more of the following actions:
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Establishing the storage system name.
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Creating one or two default
.
When HP P6000 SmartStart initializes a storage system, it automatically includes all physical
disks in one or two disk groups, by
. For some applications, like databases
with archive log files, HP recommends creating more than one disk group within each type.
IMPORTANT:
If you need to control how disk groups are created, do not use HP P6000
SmartStart for initialization. Instead, use HP P6000 Command View.
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Setting a disk-failure protection level (disk spares).
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Setting the storage system date and time.
More information is in the HP P6000 Command View Software Suite User Guide. See
Mount points or drive letters
A mount point is the location in a server's file system at which a storage volume (virtual disk) is
attached.
In Windows this point is often called a drive letter. For example, a storage volume might be mounted
as drive letter G.
Physical disk drive capacity
HP P6000 Command View uses the following capacity-related terms for physical disk drives.
Capacity measures of MB, GB and TB are binary values. See
.
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Formatted capacity. The capacity of the physical disk drive after being formatted for use in
the HP P6000 storage system.
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Occupancy. The amount of space on the physical disk drive that contains user data and storage
system metadata.
HP ProLiant Support Packs
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