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Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 5
Controller components ............................................................................................................................... 5
Controller LEDs ......................................................................................................................................... 6
Cache module LEDs ................................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ............................................................................................................................... 9
Memory and storage capacity conventions ................................................................................................... 9
RAID conventions ...................................................................................................................................... 9
Controller features ................................................................................................................................... 10
Basic features................................................................................................................................ 10
HP SmartCache ............................................................................................................................. 10
HP SSD Smart Path ........................................................................................................................ 10
HP Secure Encryption ..................................................................................................................... 11
Supported servers .................................................................................................................................... 11
Controller specifications ........................................................................................................................... 11
Installation and configuration ....................................................................................................... 13
Procedures for controllers in a server .......................................................................................................... 13
Installing a stand-up controller in an unconfigured server .................................................................... 13
Installing a stand-up controller in a previously configured server .......................................................... 13
Installing the controller board .......................................................................................................... 14
Cable part numbers ....................................................................................................................... 15
Configuration tools .................................................................................................................................. 16
HP Smart Storage Administrator ...................................................................................................... 16
Configuration utilities ..................................................................................................................... 16
Configuration procedures ......................................................................................................................... 17
Legacy mode boot options .............................................................................................................. 17
UEFI mode boot options ................................................................................................................. 18
Configuring an array ..................................................................................................................... 18
System maintenance tools ......................................................................................................................... 19
Updating firmware ........................................................................................................................ 19
Installing device drivers .................................................................................................................. 19
Managing servers with Insight Agents .............................................................................................. 19
Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 19
Drive procedures ........................................................................................................................ 21
Identifying the status of a drive .................................................................................................................. 21
Identifying the status of a legacy drive .............................................................................................. 21
Identifying the status of an HP SmartDrive ......................................................................................... 22
Recognizing drive failure .......................................................................................................................... 23
Recognizing drive failure (legacy drives) .......................................................................................... 23
Recognizing drive failure (HP SmartDrive) ......................................................................................... 24
Effects of a hard drive failure on logical drives .................................................................................. 24
Compromised fault tolerance .......................................................................................................... 25
Recovering from compromised fault tolerance .................................................................................... 25
Replacing drives ..................................................................................................................................... 25
Before replacing drives .................................................................................................................. 26
