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Contents
Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Features ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Enabling and configuring the controller ........................................................................................... 6
Enabling the controller ............................................................................................................................... 6
Setting the boot order ................................................................................................................................ 6
Installing the HP Smart Array SAS License Key .............................................................................................. 7
Configuring an array ................................................................................................................................. 7
Setting the controller read cache ................................................................................................................. 7
Upgrading to 512 MB FBWC ..................................................................................................................... 7
FBWC module LEDs (B120i, B320i) ................................................................................................... 8
Installing the FBWC module and capacitor pack ................................................................................. 8
Installing device drivers and Management Agents .......................................................................... 11
Installing device drivers ............................................................................................................................ 11
Windows operating systems ........................................................................................................... 11
Linux operating systems .................................................................................................................. 14
VMware ESX operating systems ....................................................................................................... 16
Installing Management Agents .................................................................................................................. 18
Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives ..................................................................................... 19
Drive LEDs .............................................................................................................................................. 19
Recognizing hard drive failure .................................................................................................................. 19
Effects of a hard drive failure .......................................................................................................... 20
Compromised fault tolerance .......................................................................................................... 21
Recovering from compromised fault tolerance .................................................................................... 21
Replacing hard drives .............................................................................................................................. 21
Guidelines .................................................................................................................................... 22
Data recovery (rebuild) ............................................................................................................................ 22
Time required for a rebuild ............................................................................................................. 22
Abnormal termination of a rebuild ................................................................................................... 23
Moving hard drives and arrays ................................................................................................................. 24
Adding drives ......................................................................................................................................... 25
Migrating hard drives to an optional Smart Array controller .......................................................................... 25
Migrating hard drives to an optional Smart Array controller—Microsoft Windows ................................. 26
Migrating hard drives to an optional Smart Array controller—Linux ...................................................... 27
Migrating drives to an optional host bus adapter ............................................................................... 29
Upgrading or migrating from a host bus adapter to a B320i controller ................................................. 29
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 30
Array Configuration Utility ........................................................................................................................ 30
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ..................................................................................................................... 30
Intelligent Provisioning ............................................................................................................................. 31
Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 31
Flashing firmware .................................................................................................................................... 32
Smart Components for ROM Flash ................................................................................................... 32
Support and other resources ........................................................................................................ 33
