Document Outline

• Compaq Integrated Smart Array Controller User Guide
• Notice
• Contents
• About This Guide
  • Text Conventions
  • Symbols in Text
  • Symbols on Equipment
  • Rack Stability
  • Server Warnings and Precautions
  • Getting Help
    • Compaq Technical Support
    • Compaq Website
    • Compaq Authorized Reseller
• Chapter 1 Controller Features
  • Standard Features
    • Controller Interface
    • Drive Array Technology
    • Fault Tolerance
    • Drive Movement
    • Read-Cache Memory
    • Expanding and Extending Capacity
    • Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration
    • Wide Ultra2 SCSI Technology
    • Wide Ultra2 SCSI Compatibility
    • Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 Compatibility
  • Configuration Utilities
    • Option ROM Configuration for Arrays Features
    • Array Configuration Utility Features
  • Installing the Integrated Smart Array Controller
• Chapter 2 External Cabling
  • External SCSI Connectors
  • External Cables
  • Cabling External Storage Systems
    • Preparing the Server
    • Connecting SCSI Cables
    • StorageWorks Enclosure Model 4214
    • Configuring the Controller
• Chapter 3 Updating Firmware
  • ROMPaq Diskettes
    • Materials Needed
    • Creating Diskettes
  • Running System ROMPaq
  • Running Options ROMPaq
• Chapter 4 Option ROM Configuration for Arrays Utility
  • Requirements
  • Initial Start Screen
  • Create Logical Drive Screen
    • Confirmation Screen
  • View/Delete Logical Drive Screen
    • Confirmation Screen
• Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System Drivers
  • Before Installing Drivers
  • Materials Needed
  • Creating Installation Diskettes
    • Creating Installation Diskettes for Common Operating Systems
    • Creating Banyan VINES Peripheral Adapter Support (PAS) Diskettes
  • Novell NetWare
    • Latest Information
    • Installation Procedure
    • Compaq Online Array Configuration Utility for NetWare (CPQONLIN)
    • Optimizing Array Controller Performance
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
    • Materials Needed
    • Additional Information
    • General Installation Procedures
    • Installing the Integrated Smart Array Controller Driver During Windows Installation
    • Installing the Integrated Smart Array Controller Driver After Windows Installation
    • Removing the Integrated Smart Array Controller Driver
  • Microsoft Windows 2000
    • Locating the Driver and Installation Information
    • Installing the Driver
  • Linux
    • Locating the Driver and Installation Information
    • Installing the Driver
    • Locating Additional Information
  • SCO OpenServer 5
    • Locating the Driver and Installation Information
    • Installing the Driver
  • SCO UnixWare 2.1 or Later
    • Locating the Driver and Installation Information
    • Installing the Driver
  • IBM OS/2
    • Locating the Driver and Installation Information
    • Installing the Driver
    • Controller Ordering
    • Partitioning
    • Booting OS/2 from a Integrated Smart Array Controller Drive
    • Command Line Switches
  • Banyan VINES 7.0 or Later
    • Installing the Driver
    • Additional Information
    • Installation Procedures
  • Updating the Compaq Insight Manager Agents
• Chapter 6 Compaq Array Configuration Utility
  • Before You Begin
  • Running the Compaq Array Configuration Utility
  • SmartStart and Support Software CD
    • ACU Online
    • Microsoft Windows NT
    • Novell NetWare
  • Configuration Wizards
  • Online Help
  • Array Configuration Utility Screens
    • Main Configuration Screen
    • Novell NetWare Online Array Configuration Utility
    • Drive Rebuild, Expand Priority and Accelerator Ratio
  • Configuration Procedures
    • Creating a New Array
    • Choosing a Controller for the Array
    • Grouping Physical Drives of the Same Size into an Array
    • Creating Logical Drives Across Physical Drives
    • Expanding Capacity
    • Capacity Extension
    • Online Migration
  • Errors and Warnings
• Appendix A Electrostatic Discharge
  • Preventing Electrostatic Damage
  • Grounding Methods
• Appendix B Understanding Drive Arrays
  • What is a Drive Array?
    • Drive Arrays
    • Logical Drives
  • Drive Array Benefits
    • Data Protection
    • Performance Enhancement
    • Adding Storage Capacity
    • Online Capacity Expansion or Extension
    • Data Reliability
  • Software-Based Drive Mirroring
  • Recovering from Drive Failure
  • Recognizing a Drive Failure
  • Fault Tolerance and Drive Failure
    • A RAID 0 (Non-Fault-Tolerant) Logical Drive
    • A RAID 1 (Mirroring) Logical Drive
    • RAID 5 (Distributed Data Guarding) Logical Drive
    • Spare Drives
  • Replacing a Failed Drive
    • Automatic Data Recovery
    • Automatic Data Recovery Failure
  • Compromised Fault Tolerance
• Appendix C Questions and Answers
  • Questions and Answers
• Index