HP Array Configuration Utility Version 7.20.19.0 Thu Jan 13 18:11:28 CST 2005 Description ----------- The HP Array Configuration Utility (ACU) is the web-based disk configuration utility for array controllers. * All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Support ------- Supported Operating Systems 32bit Platforms: Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3 Red Hat Linux 8.0, 8.1 with compat-libstdc++ package (on Red Hat OS distribution CD) installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 with compat-libstdc++ package (on Red Hat OS distribution CD) installed SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 United Linux 1.0 / SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 64bit Platforms: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (x86_64) SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (x86_64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86_64) with compat-libstdc++ package (on Red Hat OS distribution CD) installed * All these platforms need to have the following drivers upgrades: CPQARRAY driver version 2.4.25 or later CISS driver version 2.4.50 or later These drivers and Fibre Channel HBA drivers are available from http://www.hp.com. Supported Client Side Browsers Netscape 6.2 and Mozilla 1.0.2 or later with Personal Security Manager (mozilla-psm) on Linux. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or above on Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows Server 2003. * Please make sure the following browser options are enabled: 1. Automatically load images and other data types. 2. JAVA script. 3. Style sheet. Supported Controllers Smart Array 5312 Controller Smart Array 5302 Controller Smart Array 5304 Controller Smart Array 532 Controller Smart Array 5i Controller Integrated Smart Array Controller Smart Array 4200 Controller Smart Array 4250ES Controller Smart Array 431 Controller Smart Array 3200 Controller Smart Array Cluster Controller MSA1000 Controller Smart Array 641 Controller Smart Array 642 Controller Smart Array 6400 Controller Smart Array 6400 EM Controller Smart Array 6i Controller MSA500 G2 Controller MSA1500 CS Controller MSA20 Controller Installing & Running the Array Configuration Utility -------------------------------------------------------------- Installation: ACU requires "HP's System Management Homepage" installed. If you have not installed "HP's System Management Homepage", please download and install it from hp.com first. ACU is distributed using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages. If there is an older version of ACU (or ACU-XE) installed on the system, please use "rpm -e cpqacuxe" to remove it first. Use "rpm -i " to install the service. Please type "man rpm" for other details regarding RPM. The software resides in /opt/compaq/cpqacuxe and the executable name is cpqacuxe which is located in /usr/sbin. Run the ACU server: Make sure that you have gone through the following checklist: . Only run ACU on servers that are on a local intranet or a secure network. . Secure the management port (port 2301) on your network. . You run cpqacuxe as root. To start the server: If /usr/sbin is already added in your path, just type: "cpqacuxe" for local access only or "cpqacuxe -R" for remote access. More options can be found by "cpqacuxe --help". Run the ACU client: 1. Open your browser (Netscape Navigator 6.2 or Mozilla 1.0.2 on Linux or Internet Explorer 5.5 or above on Microsoft Windows 2000. If remote access is enabled: 2a. Type "http://SERVERNAME:2301" into the url field. The servername should be the IP address or server name of the host on which the ACU server is running. If remote access is disabled: 2b. Type "http://127.0.0.1:2301" into the url field on the machine on which the ACU server is running. 3. You are required to log in as an Administrator in "HP's System Management Homepage". Please refer to the online help of the System Management Homepage for the account management details. 4. Click the ACU button near the bottom of the screen. Exiting ACU: 1. To exit the ACU client, close the browser by clicking on the Exit link. 2. To exit the ACU server, type "cpqacuxe -stop". Running ACU in Scripting Mode: ACU can run from the command-line using script files. Script files can be captured to get the current configuration and used as input to modify the configuration. Additional Notes ---------------- 1. Users will automatically be logged out after a predetermined period of inactivity when using ACU and will have to re-login. 2. System Management Homepage login timeouts will not work properly while running ACU unless the "Anonymous Access" option is checked on the System Management Homepage under "Settings->Options". If you decide not to check "Anonymous Access" and a login timeout occurs, the System Management Homepage login screen will appear in an ACU frame and will not work correctly. If this happens, close the ACU browser and go back to the System Management Homepage and re-login as administrator. Click on the Array Configuration Utility link to restart the ACU session. 3. When clicking on a controller that is currently being configured in a different ACU session, a message will appear which allows you to override the other ACU session or cancel. If you choose to override the other ACU session, any unsaved changes in the other session will be discarded. 4. To properly exit out of ACU session, click on the Exit link in the ACU window. 5. ACU is best viewed in Netscape with Verdana and Arial fonts. It is recommended that you install these fonts. 6. CCISS and CPQARRAY drivers support up to 16 logical drives per controller. After creating or deleting logical drives with ACU, under some special circumstances, the device name mapping might change after you first reboot the system. Also, Linux might see previously not visible logical drives after rebooting. This name mapping problem is common to all SCSI devices on linux. Please refer to drive_reordering.htm in the installation directory for detailed explaination. 7. Do not insert or remove a controller driver module when cpqacuxe is running. 8. Please stop the HP Storage Agents when deleting logical drives since HP Storage Agents keeps all logical drives open. 9. If all physical drives on a controller fail or are removed, software keys will not be saved to the controller. 10. When using Mozilla or Netscape, dragging and dropping pages in ACU frames is not supported. 11. If you have logged into the Device Homepage through http://localhost:2301, on NetScape 6.2, attempts to access the ACU will fail. You must first log out, then access the device homepage using http://127.0.0.1:2301, log in, and then access the ACU. 12. ACU may appear unresponsive during heavy array controller I/O conditions, such as during a partition format or a logical drive rebuild. 13. Some browsers allow pop-ups to be turned off or blocked. For ACU to run, pop-ups must be enabled in the browser. 14. When running ACU with Mozilla, drop-down list controls may not appear until the field has been clicked multiple times. For example, the drop-down list of stripe sizes will not appear until the Stripe Size selection field has been clicked multiple times. The input fields normally turn yellow when clicked under Mozilla, but instead of turning yellow on the first click, the first click gives the field focus, the second click turns the field yellow, and the third click displays the drop-down list of stripe sizes. 15. Clicking on "Rescan Controllers" rapidly several times in a row may cause ACU to show no controllers detected. If this occurs, wait for the outstanding rescans to complete. Click on "Rescan Controllers" only once and wait until it is complete. 16. On SLES9 systems, after deleting logical drives, please reboot the system or reload the driver to sync up the OS's volume devices with the controller. Feedback -------- For support for ACU or Smart Array controllers, please visit the web at http://www.hp.com/support. For feedback or suggestions on ACU, please send comments to acu@hp.com; however, we regret support cannot be provided through this address.