HP 5300 - Manual (Page 39)

Updating the Controller Firmware
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Updating the System Partition
If you are installing the controller on a server that was previously configured with
SCU, you must now use this utility to update the system partition.
NOTE: If your server uses the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU), you do not need to run SCU.
SCU is provided on both the SmartStart CD and the Smart Array Controller Support
Software CD. Compare the SCU version numbers from these two sources and use the
most recent version.
NOTE: Before updating Novell NetWare volumes or partitions, remember these tips to
optimize system performance:
• If you want to use hardware-based RAID, do not select mirroring while using
INSTALL.NLM or NWCONFIG.NLM.
• Novell recommends that you create volumes with a 64-kbyte block size to decrease the
amount of RAM required to mount the volume, and use the Block Sub-Allocation feature
to allow disk space to be allocated more efficiently.
• Linear memory provides the best system performance in the NetWare environment. If you
previously used SCU to configure your server, this option would have been the default. To
check that the system is using linear memory, run SCU and view the Memory settings.
Confirm that a linear option is selected under the Base Memory option.
1. Restart the server from the CD.
2. If the CD-ROM drive is bootable, go to step 5. Otherwise, locate the CD-ROM
drive:\SYSCFDSK\US directory, run the file QRST5.EXE, and follow the on-
screen instructions to create four SCU diskettes.
3. Insert SCU diskette #1 into the server diskette drive.
4. Restart the system.
5. Select System Configuration Utility from the menu or list of icons that is
displayed.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to update or create and populate a system
partition.
7. Exit from SCU. If the server does not reboot or a CD error message is displayed,
press the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys to continue and reboot the server.