HP 5300 User Manual

HP Smart Array 5300 Controller

User Guide

October 2002 (Fifth Edition)

Part Number 135606-005

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About This Guide

Audience Assumptions...................................................................................................... ix

Important Safety Information ............................................................................................ix

Symbols on Equipment...................................................................................................... ix

Rack Stability..................................................................................................................... xi

Symbols in Text.................................................................................................................xi

Related Documents........................................................................................................... xii

Getting Help......................................................................................................................xii

Technical Support ...................................................................................................... xii

HP Website................................................................................................................xiii

Authorized Reseller...................................................................................................xiii

Reader’s Comments......................................................................................................... xiii

Chapter 1

Board Components and Features

Overview of Controller Features .....................................................................................1-4

Overview of Array Accelerator Features.........................................................................1-5

Batteries.....................................................................................................................1-6

PCI System Interface ....................................................................................................... 1-8

SCSI Support ...................................................................................................................1-8

Fault Management Features.............................................................................................1-8

Chapter 2

Installation Overview

Procedure for a New System ........................................................................................... 2-1

Procedure for a Pre-configured System........................................................................... 2-2

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Chapter 3

Installing the Hardware

Preparing the Server........................................................................................................ 3-1

Installing the Smart Array Controller.............................................................................. 3-2

Connecting the Cables..................................................................................................... 3-3

Internal Cabling for HP Servers ............................................................................... 3-4

External Cabling for HP Servers .............................................................................. 3-5

Chapter 4

Updating the System Firmware

Running System ROMPaq from the CD ......................................................................... 4-1

Running System ROMPaq from Diskette ....................................................................... 4-2

Creating a System ROMPaq Diskette from the CD ................................................. 4-2

Creating a System ROMPaq Diskette from the SoftPaq File ................................... 4-2

Using the Diskette..................................................................................................... 4-3

Chapter 5

Updating the Controller Firmware

Running Options ROMPaq from the CD ........................................................................ 5-2

Running Options ROMPaq from Diskettes..................................................................... 5-3

Creating Diskettes Using the Smart Array Controller Support Software CD........... 5-3

Creating Diskettes Using the SmartStart CD............................................................ 5-3

Creating Diskettes Using the SoftPaq File ............................................................... 5-4

Using the Diskettes................................................................................................... 5-4

Updating the System Partition......................................................................................... 5-6

Chapter 6

Setting the Controller Order

Using RBSU.................................................................................................................... 6-1

Using ORCA ................................................................................................................... 6-2

Chapter 7

Configuring an Array

Using ORCA ................................................................................................................... 7-3

Using ACU...................................................................................................................... 7-4

Running ACU from CD............................................................................................ 7-5

Running ACU while Online ..................................................................................... 7-5

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ACU Screen Descriptions ......................................................................................... 7-5

Typical Manual Configuration Procedures in ACU................................................ 7-16

Using CPQONLIN......................................................................................................... 7-26

Running CPQONLIN..............................................................................................7-27

Typical Manual Configuration Procedures in CPQONLIN.................................... 7-31

Chapter 8

Installing the Device Drivers

Using the Smart Array Controller Support Software CD ................................................8-1

Using the SmartStart CD .................................................................................................8-1

Updating the Insight Manager Agents............................................................................. 8-2

Chapter 9

Upgrading and Replacing Options

Array Accelerator ............................................................................................................ 9-1

Battery Pack..................................................................................................................... 9-4

2- to 4-Channel Adapter Board........................................................................................9-8

Enabling RAID ADG.....................................................................................................9-12

Using the Software Key ..........................................................................................9-12

Using the Enabler Module.......................................................................................9-13

Contents

Appendix A

Regulatory Compliance Notices

Regulatory Compliance Identification Numbers ............................................................ A-1

Federal Communications Commission Notice ............................................................... A-1

Class A Equipment................................................................................................... A-2

Class B Equipment................................................................................................... A-2

Declaration of Conformity for Products Marked with the FCC Logo,

United States Only ................................................................................................... A-3

Modifications ........................................................................................................... A-3

Cables....................................................................................................................... A-4

Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) .................................................................................. A-4

Class A Equipment................................................................................................... A-4

Class B Equipment................................................................................................... A-4

Mouse Compliance Statement........................................................................................ A-4

European Union Notice .................................................................................................. A-5

Japanese Notice ..............................................................................................................A-6

Taiwanese Notice............................................................................................................ A-6

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Battery Replacement Notice............................................................................................A-7

Appendix B

Electrostatic Discharge

Appendix C

Controller Specifications

Appendix D

Drive Arrays and Fault Tolerance

What Is a Drive Array? ...................................................................................................D-1

Fault-Tolerance Methods ................................................................................................D-5

RAID 0—No Fault Tolerance ..................................................................................D-5

RAID 1+0—Drive Mirroring ...................................................................................D-6

RAID 5—Distributed Data Guarding.......................................................................D-7

RAID ADG—Advanced Data Guarding ..................................................................D-9

Other Fault-Tolerance Options ...............................................................................D-11

Appendix E

Hard Drive Installation and Replacement

General Information About Hard Drive Failure.............................................................. E-1

Recognizing Drive Failure........................................................................................E-2

Compromised Fault Tolerance .................................................................................E-4

Automatic Data Recovery.........................................................................................E-5

General Aspects of Drive Replacement .......................................................................... E-6

Drive Failure During Rebuild................................................................................... E-7

Moving Drives and Arrays.............................................................................................. E-9

Upgrading Hard Drive Capacity............................................................................. E-10

Expanding and Extending Capacity........................................................................E-11

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Appendix F

Probability of Logical Drive Failure

Appendix G

POST Error Messages

Appendix H

Questions and Answers

Glossary

Index

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This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installation, and reference

information for operation, troubleshooting, and future upgrades for the HP Smart

Array 5300 Controller.

Audience Assumptions

This guide is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers. HP

assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in

recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels.

Important Safety Information

Before installing this product, read the Important Safety Information document

included with the server.

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Symbols on Equipment

The following symbols may be placed on equipment to indicate the presence of

potentially hazardous conditions:

WARNING: This symbol, in conjunction with any of the following symbols, indicates the presence of a potential hazard. The potential for injury exists if warnings are not observed. Consult your documentation for specific details.

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Weight in kg Weight in lb

This symbol indicates the presence of hazardous energy circuits or electric shock hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified personnel.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from electric shock hazards, do not open this enclosure. Refer all maintenance, upgrades, and servicing to qualified personnel.

This symbol indicates the presence of electric shock hazards. The area contains no user or field serviceable parts. Do not open for any reason.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from electric shock hazards, do not open this enclosure

This symbol on an RJ-45 receptacle indicates a network interface connection.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of electric shock, fire, or damage to the equipment, do not plug telephone or telecommunications connectors into this receptacle.

This symbol indicates the presence of a hot surface or hot component. If this surface is contacted, the potential for injury exists.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from a hot component, allow the surface to cool before touching.

These symbols, on power supplies or systems, indicate that the equipment is supplied by multiple sources of power.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from electric shock, remove all power cords to completely disconnect power from the system.

This symbol indicates that the component exceeds the recommended weight for one individual to handle safely.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, observe local occupational health and safety requirements and guidelines for manual material handling.

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Rack Stability

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, be sure that:

• The leveling jacks are extended to the floor.

• The full weight of the rack rests on the leveling jacks.

• The stabilizing feet are attached to the rack if it is a single-rack installation.

• The racks are coupled together in multiple-rack installations.

• Only one component is extended at a time. A rack may become unstable if

more than one component is extended for any reason.

Symbols in Text

These symbols may be found in the text of this guide. They have the following

meanings.

WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions in the warning could result in bodily harm or loss of life.

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CAUTION: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of information.

IMPORTANT: Text set off in this manner presents essential information to explain a concept

or complete a task.

NOTE: Text set off in this manner presents additional information to emphasize or supplement

important points of the main text.

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Getting Help

If you have a problem and have exhausted the information in this guide, you can get further information and other help in the following locations.

Technical Support

In North America, call the HP Technical Support Phone Center at 1-800-652-6672. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored. Outside North America, call the nearest HP Technical Support Phone Center. Telephone numbers for worldwide Technical Support Centers are listed on the HP website,

Be sure to have the following information available before you call HP:

• Technical support registration number (if applicable)

• Product serial number

• Product model name and number

• Applicable error messages

• Add-on boards or hardware

• Third-party hardware or software

• Operating system type and revision level

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HP Website

The HP website has information on this product as well as the latest drivers and flash

ROM images. You can access the HP website at

Authorized Reseller

For the name of your nearest authorized reseller:

• In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518.

• In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868.

• Elsewhere, see the HP website for locations and telephone numbers.

Reader’s Comments

HP welcomes your comments on this guide. Please send your comments and

suggestions by e-mail to

ServerDocumentation@hp.com.

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Board Components and Features

The HP Smart Array 5300 Series of controllers comprises two models, the 5302 and

the 5304. Model 5302 has two Wide Ultra3 SCSI channels and 128 MB of cache;

model 5304 has four Wide Ultra3 SCSI channels and 256 MB of cache. You can

upgrade the 5302 model to have four channels, 256 MB of cache, or both, by means

of the appropriate option kits.

Figure 1-1: Smart Array 5304 Controller

Item Description

1 Two internal 68-pin Wide SCSI connectors (port 1

nearer the bracket, port 2 nearer the board center)

2 Four external (VHDCI) connectors (ports 1 and 3

nearer the main board)

3 Array accelerator cache

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NOTE: On both controller models, ports 1 and 2 each have two connectors (one internal and one external). However, only one connector can be used per port at any given time. Ports 3 and 4 (available on the 5304) can be used only for external drives.

Figure 1-2: Smart Array 5302 Controller

Item Description

1 Two internal 68-pin Wide SCSI connectors (port 1

nearer the bracket, port 2 nearer the board center)

2 Two external (VHDCI) connectors (port 1 nearer the

board)

3 Array accelerator cache

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Figure 1-3: Two- to four-channel adapter upgrade

option

Board Components and Features

Figure 1-4: Array accelerator cache with batteries

For details of the controller board specifications, refer to Appendix C.

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Overview of Controller Features

• Two or four Wide Ultra3 SCSI channels, supporting up to 56 drives (4 channels,

14 drives per channel)

• Support for Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Linux, Novell NetWare

5.x, and NetWare 6 operating systems

• Support for the Universal Hot Plug Tape Drive, with storage capacity up to 100

GB and LVD transfer rates up to 12 MB per second

• Support for the StorageWorks SAN Access Module

• Backward compatibility with Wide Ultra2 devices

• Removable array accelerator

• 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI system interface

• Other features supported:

— RAID fault-tolerance (0, 1+0, 5, ADG) (refer to Chapter 9 for instructions on

enabling RAID ADG)

— Online RAID migration between any two levels

— Online array capacity expansion

— Online logical drive capacity extension

— Hot-pluggable hard drives and tape drives

— Drive movement

— Adjustable stripe size

— Performance monitoring through Insight Manager

— S.M.A.R.T. hard drives

— Drive pre-failure notification

— Multiple online spares per array

— Tagged command queuing

— Background initialization

— Multiple logical drives per array

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Board Components and Features

Overview of Array Accelerator Features

The array accelerator is a high performance, battery-backed, 100-MHz SDRAM

DIMM cache module.

Array controllers use cache to store read data from the hard drives. The system can

later access this read data. The controller firmware uses the read-ahead and most

recently used caching algorithms.

Array controllers also use cache to complete drive write operations more quickly.

This use of the cache has further performance benefits:

• If the system requires data that still resides in write cache, the controller delivers this data from the cache. This process is quicker than delivering the data from a drive.

• If the system writes new data to the same location, the controller overwrites the cache contents. This eliminates a drive write operation.

• If the system performs a RAID 1 procedure, the controller gets mirrored data from the cache instead of from host memory.

• If the system performs a RAID 5 procedure, the write cache collects enough data blocks from several write accesses to carry out a full stripe write to the hard drives. This operation eliminates the need to calculate and update parity information each time that a data block is written to the drive.

With a battery-backed cache available, the array controller can complete the following operations more rapidly:

• Array capacity expansion—the expansion of a logical drive volume to include more hard drives

• Stripe size migration—the adjustment of the size of data blocks within a stripe, done to improve performance

• RAID level migration—the adjustment of RAID level to improve the fault tolerance of the array

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For each of these operations, data has to be reorganized among hard drives, and must be saved to non-volatile storage during the operation. (For further details of these operations, refer to Chapter 7, Appendix D, and Appendix E.) Without batterybacked cache, the data can only be stored at empty locations within the drive array, so these operations cannot occur at all if the array is full.

If the array controller or server fails before cached data can be stored on the array, the array accelerator and its integrated batteries may be removed from one array controller and installed on another controller of the same type. Any data in the array accelerator that has not been written to the hard drive will be transferred to the other array controller.

Other features of the array accelerator include:

• Cache capacity of 96-MB or 224-MB (32 MB of the cache is used for transfer buffer)

• Adjustable read/write ratio (usually set during array configuration as described in Chapter 7, but can be changed at any time)

• Error checking and correcting (ECC) memory, providing single-bit data correction

Sometimes, the Automatic Performance Tuning feature disables the array accelerator. You can also disable the array accelerator manually through the Array Configuration Utility (refer to Chapter 7 for details).

Batteries

The array accelerator cache has two rechargeable and replaceable NiMH battery packs. If the array accelerator is removed from the array controller, the battery packs maintain any cached data on the array accelerator for up to four continuous days.

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Figure 1-5: Battery packs

This data protection (and the time limit) also applies if an equipment failure or power outage occurs. When power is restored to the system, an initialization process writes the preserved data to the hard drives.

The batteries are continuously recharged using a trickle-charging process whenever the system power is on. Under normal operating conditions, a battery pack lasts for three years before replacement is necessary.

IMPORTANT: The batteries on a new array controller may have a low charge when the controller board is first installed. In this case, a Power-On Self-Test (POST) message 1794 is displayed when the server is powered up (refer to Appendix G), indicating that the array accelerator is temporarily disabled. No action is required on your part, since the internal circuitry automatically recharges the batteries and enables the cache. The recharge process takes less than four hours. The array controller will function properly during this time, although without the performance advantage of the array accelerator. When the batteries are charged to an acceptable capacity, the array accelerator is automatically enabled.

For battery replacement instructions, refer to Chapter 9.

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PCI System Interface

Smart Array 5300 controllers interface to the server through a high-performance 64-bit PCI bus that:

• Runs at 66 MHz

• Provides a high-speed path (up to 528 MB/s) between the system board and the

controller

• Includes two parity protection signals

The Smart Array 5300 Controller is a PCI Bus Master device conforming to Rev. 2.2 of the PCI Local Bus Specification. As a bus master device, it takes control of the PCI bus during high-speed transfers, freeing the system processor to handle application processing or other types of tasks.

For maximum performance, HP recommends that you use only 66-MHz devices on any given 66-MHz PCI bus. Combining 66-MHz and 33-MHz devices on a PCI bus will decrease the overall bandwidth to 33-MHz speeds.

SCSI Support

The Smart Array 5300 Controller supports drives that conform to Wide Ultra3 and Wide Ultra2 standards. Although Wide Ultra2 devices operate at a different maximum speed from Wide Ultra3 devices, operating speeds are unaffected if they are connected to the same SCSI bus because they both use low voltage differential (LVD) signaling.

Fault Management Features

The array controller and the network operating system support several fault management and data reliability features that minimize the impact of hard drive defects on your system.

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Board Components and Features

• Auto-Reliability Monitoring (ARM) is a background process that scans hard

drives for bad sectors in fault-tolerant logical drives. ARM also verifies the consistency of parity data in logical drives that are using RAID 5 or RAID ADG. This process assures that you can recover all data successfully if a drive failure occurs in the future. ARM operates only when you select a fault-tolerant configuration (RAID 1 or higher).

• Dynamic sector repair by the controller automatically remaps any sectors that

have media faults (detected either during normal operation or by auto reliability monitoring).

• S.M.A.R.T. is an industry-standard diagnostic and failure-prediction feature of

hard drives, developed in collaboration with the hard drive industry. It monitors several factors that can be used to predict imminent hard drive failure due to mechanical causes. Such factors include the condition of the read/write head, the seek error rate, and the spin-up time. When a threshold value is exceeded for one of these factors, the drive sends an alert that failure is imminent. Thus, the user can back up data and replace the drive before drive failure occurs.

NOTE: An online spare does not become active and start rebuilding when the imminent failure alert is sent, because the degraded drive has not actually failed yet and is still online. The online spare is activated only after a drive in the array has failed.

• Drive failure alert features cause an alert message to be displayed on the

system monitor when drive failure occurs. Different server models use different messages for different situations. These messages are described in your server documentation.

• Interim data recovery occurs if a drive fails in fault-tolerant configurations

(RAID 1 or higher). In this situation, the system will still process I/O requests, but at a reduced performance level. Replace the failed drive as soon as possible to restore performance and full fault tolerance for that logical drive. Otherwise, if another hard drive fails before data has been rebuilt, the logical volume will fail and data will be lost. Refer to Appendix E for more information about recovering from drive failure.

• POST or the Array Diagnostics Utility will also reveal imminent drive failure.

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• Recovery ROM is a redundancy feature that ensures continuous system availability by providing a backup ROM. This feature protects against corruption of a ROM image (caused, for example, by power fluctuation during ROM upgrade). If corruption occurs, the server automatically restarts using the remaining good copy of the ROM image.

When you upgrade the ROM, the inactive image (the one not being used by the system) is upgraded. There is not normally any noticeable difference in operation. When you use Recovery ROM for the first time, however, both ROM images are upgraded, causing a boot delay of about 60 seconds.

Other options, such as Insight Manager, provide additional drive failure features. Refer to your authorized reseller for more information about these products.

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The details of the steps required to install the controller depend on whether the server has an operating system installed and contains data. The flowcharts in Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2 summarize the installation procedures for the most common scenarios.

Procedure for a New System

Install the controller

hardware (Chapter 3), if it is not pre-installed.

Set the boot controller

(Chapter 6).

Create at least one

logical drive and format it (Chapter 7).

Install the operating

system and device drivers (Chapter 8).

. . . . . . .

Installation Overview

Update the system

firmware (Chapter 4).

Update the controller

firmware (Chapter 5).

Configure the system

(Chapter 6).

Create and format

additional logical drives if desired (Chapter 7).

Figure 2-1: Controller installation in a new system

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Installation Overview

Procedure for a Pre-configured System

Back up data (required if migrating

from a non-array controller).

Set the controller order (Chapter 6).

Update the controller firmware

(Chapter 5).

If using the System Configuration

Utility, update the system partition (Chapter 5), and then check the controller order (Chapter 6).

If migrating from a non-array

controller, restore data from backup.

- - - - -

Update the system firmware

(Chapter 4).

If the controller is to be the boot

device, install the device driver for your operating system (Chapter 8). Otherwise, continue with step 4.

Install the controller hardware

(Chapter 3).

If the controller is not to be the boot

device, install the device driver for your operating system (Chapter 8).

Update Insight Manager Agents if

new versions are available (Chapter

8).

Create and format logical drives as

desired (Chapter 7).

Figure 2-2: Controller installation in an already configured system

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Preparing the Server

Before installing the controller in the server, back up all data. This step is mandatory if you are moving non-arrayed SCSI drives to a Smart Array controller, because data is not preserved during a move between array controllers and non-array controllers.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, consult the safety information and user documentation provided with your computer before attempting the installation.

Many computers are capable of producing energy levels that are considered hazardous. These computers are intended to be serviced by qualified personnel trained to deal with those hazards. Do not remove enclosures or attempt to bypass any interlocks that may be provided for the purpose of removing these hazardous conditions.

Installing the Hardware

If your server supports hot-pluggable devices, go directly to the section, “Installing the Smart Array Controller.”

To prepare a server that does not support hot-pluggable devices:

1. Close all applications.

2. Power down the server.

CAUTION: In systems using external data storage, be sure that the server is the first unit powered down and the last unit to be powered back up. Doing this ensures that the system will not erroneously mark the drives as “failed.”

3. Power down any peripheral devices that are attached to the server.

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4. Unplug the AC power cord from the outlet, and then from the server.

IMPORTANT: If you will be replacing a Smart controller with a Smart Array controller, see the “External Cabling for HP Servers” section to determine the external cabling requirements.

5. Disconnect any peripheral devices from the server.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the internal system components and hot-plug hard drives to cool before touching them.

CAUTION: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components.

Be sure that you are properly grounded before continuing the installation procedure. See Appendix B for ESD information.

Installing the Smart Array Controller

1. Remove or open the access panel.

2. Select an available 66-MHz PCI slot. Slots that use a 64-bit interface may

provide higher performance.

3. Remove the slot cover or open the hot-plug latch. Save the retaining screw, if one is present.

4. Slide the controller board along the slot alignment guide.

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Figure 3-1: Installing a Smart Array 5300 Controller

NOTE: Your server may look slightly different from the one illustrated.

5. Press the controller board firmly into the slot so that the contacts on the board

edge are properly seated in the system board connector.

6. Secure the board in place with the hot-plug latch or retaining screw.

7. Continue by following the instructions given in “Connecting the Cables.”

Connecting the Cables

Each port on the controller supports up to 14 drives. Ports 1 and 2 each have two SCSI connectors, one for external storage units and one for internal hard drives in the server. The two connectors for a given port cannot be used simultaneously. Ports 3 and 4 (present on the 5304 model, and also on the 5302 model with an attached 2- to 4-channel adapter) are only for external storage units.

Peripherals attached to any of the connectors must have a unique SCSI ID value in the range of 0 to 15 (except ID 7, which is reserved for controller use). The SCSI ID value determines the priority given to the device when it attempts to use the SCSI bus.

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On HP and Compaq-branded products that support hot-pluggable drives, the SCSI IDs for peripherals are automatically set. For non-hot-pluggable devices, the IDs must be set manually by using switches or jumpers on the device itself.

IMPORTANT: When replacing an existing Smart controller with a Smart Array controller without reconfiguring the arrays, all of the drives should be connected exactly as they were on the old controller (port 1 to port 1, controller 1 to controller 1, and so on).

SCSI buses require termination on both ends to prevent signal degradation. In HP and Compaq-branded servers and storage systems, however, the controller, SCSI cable, and backplane already provide this termination.

Internal Cabling for HP Servers

1. If the device is not hot pluggable, power down the system.

2. Install drives into the removable media bays on the server. Drives that are to be

grouped in the same array should have the same capacity.

For detailed drive installation instructions, consult the documentation that accompanied your drives.

The exact procedure from this point depends upon whether the device is hot pluggable.

— If the drives are hot pluggable, go to step 3.

— If the drives are not hot pluggable, go to step 4.

3. Attach the internal point-to-point SCSI cable (provided with your server) from an internal port of the controller to the hot-plug drive cage.

For duplex drive cage options, use both internal ports.

The hot-pluggable drives are now ready to use.

4. For each SCSI bus, manually set the SCSI ID on each drive to a unique value in the range of 0 to 15, except 7 (which is reserved for controller use). For detailed instructions, consult the documentation that is provided with the drive.

5. Attach the multi-device SCSI cable from the internal port 1 or port 2 of the Smart Array controller to the non-hot-pluggable hard drives.

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The multi-device cable may have been provided with your server. If you need additional cables, order the cable option kit, Part Number 166389-B21. This cable is equipped to terminate either Wide Ultra3 or Wide Ultra2 drives.

CAUTION: Cable assembly 148785-001 is included in option kit 166389-B21 and is required with Wide Ultra3 drives. Failure to use this cable may result in reduced performance and/or data loss.

For additional information about drive installation, see Appendix E.

External Cabling for HP Servers

All HP and Compaq-branded Storage Enclosure models include external SCSI cables. Check the connector type on your storage device to identify the cable type needed. See Figure 3-2 and Table 3-1 for details.

Installing the Hardware

Figure 3-2: Identifying SCSI cable connectors

Item Description

1 External 68-pin Wide

2 External offset VHDCI

3 Internal 50-pin narrow

4 Internal 68-pin Wide

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Table 3-1: External SCSI Cables for Enclosures

Cable Type Length Option Kit Number Cable Assembly Number

VHDCI to VHDCI 1.8 m / 6 ft 341174-B21 313374-001

VHDCI to VHDCI

VHDCI to VHDCI 7.2 m / 24 ft 164604-B21 313374-004

VHDCI to VHDCI 11.7 m / 39 ft 150214-B21 313374-005

VHDCI to Wide 1.8 m / 6 ft

VHDCI to Wide 3.6 m / 12 ft 341177-B21 313375-002

Note: If additional cables are required, order by the option kit number.

3.6 m / 12 ft

341175-B21 313374-002

341176-B21 313375-001

Up to four SCSI ports may be available for connection to external storage devices depending on whether the 2- to 4-channel adapter is attached and whether internal drives are connected to the array controller.

1. On the rear of the server, connect the cable to the VHDCI connector on the Smart Array controller, and then tighten the lock screws on the cable connector.

IMPORTANT: Offset VHDCI cables must be used with the Smart Array 5300 controller. Early versions of the VHDCI cables do not accommodate side-by-side connection of the cables to the Smart Array 5300 controller. If your storage enclosure did not include the Offset VHDCI cables, you may need to order these. See Table 4-1 for part numbers.

NOTE: Do not use a port externally if it is already being used internally.

2. Attach the other end of the cable to the storage enclosure, and then tighten the lock screws on the cable connector.

3. Replace the access panel and secure it with the thumbscrews, as required.

CAUTION: Do not operate the server with the access panel removed for extended periods of time. This precaution is to protect thermally sensitive components by ensuring the proper airflow through the server, and also to minimize personal contact with hazardous energy levels.

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