Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) Version 2.65-7.0 2/14/2017 Description ----------- Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) is the storage configuration, diagnostics, and management utility for ProLiant servers. * All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Supported Operating Systems and Platforms ----------------------------------------- Linux 32-bit components: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Linux 64-bit components: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86_64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86_64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x86_64) Debian Sarge 64 bit Debian Etch (amd64) NOTE: For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 the sg driver must be manually added so that it is loaded at boot time. Without the sg driver being loaded, devices or controllers may not be discovered. Here is a recommended way to do this: sudo echo sg > /etc/modules-load.d/sg.conf sudo rebo * Any platform that requires the CCISS driver should use version 3.6.28 or newer. These drivers are available from http://support.hpe.com. Supported Client Side Browsers ------------------------------ Mozilla Firefox 9.0 or later Google Chrome Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 or above * Please make sure the following browser options are enabled: 1. Automatically load images and other data types. 2. JavaScript. 3. Style sheets. Supported Controllers --------------------- Dynamic Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Smart Array P212 Controller Smart Array P410 Controller Smart Array P410i Controller Smart Array P411 Controller Smart Array P711m Controller Smart Array P712m Controller Smart Array P812 Controller Dynamic Smart Array B120i Dynamic Smart Array B320i Smart Array P220i Controller Smart Array P222 Controller Smart Array P420 Controller Smart Array P420i Controller Smart Array P421 Controller Smart Array P721m Controller Smart Array P822 Controller Smart Array P230i Controller Smart Array P430 Controller Smart Array P431 Controller Smart Array P530 Controller Smart Array P531 Controller Smart Array P731m Controller Smart Array P830 Controller Smart Array P830i Controller Dynamic Smart Array B140i Smart HBA H240 Controller Smart HBA H240ar Controller Smart HBA H240nr Controller Smart HBA H241 Controller Smart HBA H244br Controller Smart Array P240nr Controller Smart Array P244br Controller Smart Array P246br Controller Smart Array P440 Controller Smart Array P440ar Controller Smart Array P441 Controller Smart Array P542D Controller Smart Array P741m Controller Smart Array P840 Controller Smart Array P840ar Controller Smart Array P841 Controller Installing and running Smart Storage Administrator -------------------------------------------------------------- Installation: SSA is distributed using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages. If there is an older version of SSA installed on the system, please use "rpm -e ssa" 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/smartstorageadmin/ssa and the executable name is ssa which is located in /usr/sbin. SSA can be accessed through the HPE System Management Homepage. If you have not installed "HPE System Management Homepage", please download and install it from http://support.hpe.com. Run the SSA client on the local server as an application: Requirements: . You must run ssa as root . You must be running on a . The background process will create a port on the loopback interface which is not visible to external network connections. 1. Run the ssa command (/usr/sbin/ssa) with the "-local" parameter. The background program will start and launch the Firefox browser. 2. To change the default browser that is started, or to specify the command to use to launch the browser, modify the browserstart.sh script (under /opt/smartstorageadmin/ssa/bin) with the correct path. 3. To exit the application, close the main application window. Run SSA remotely through the HPE System Management Homepage: Requirements: . Only run SSA on servers that are on a local intranet or a secure network. . Secure the management port (port 2301) on your network, or run using the secure port (port 2381). . Run ssa as root. To start the server daemon: 1. Run the ssa command with the "-start" parameter /usr/sbin/ssa -start 2. If this is the first time that SSA is started in this mode, you must restart the SMH server for SSA to appear in the SMH page. To restart SMH type (as root): /etc/init.d/hpsmhd restart 3. Access the HPE System Management Homepage from the client browser. URL: http://:2301/ Secure URL: https://:2381/ 4. SSA can be launched from the Storage section by clicking on the Smart Storage Administrator link. To stop the server daemon: 1. Run the ssa command with the "-stop" parameter /usr/sbin/ssa -stop Additional Notes ---------------- 1. When running under the HPE System Management Homepage, users will automatically be logged out after a predetermined period of inactivity when using SSA and will have to re-login. 2. HPE System Management Homepage login timeouts will not work properly while running SSA unless the "Anonymous Access" option is checked on the HPE System Management Homepage under "Settings->Options". If you decide not to check "Anonymous Access" and a login timeout occurs, the HPE System Management Homepage login screen will appear in an SSA frame and will not work correctly. If this happens, close the SSA browser and go back to the HPE System Management Homepage and re-login as administrator. Click on the Smart Storage Administrator link to restart the HPESSA session. 3. To properly exit out of the SSA session, click on the Exit (X) link in the SSA window. 4. Please stop the HPE Storage Agents when deleting logical drives since HPE Storage Agents keeps all logical drives open. 5. If all physical drives on a controller fail or are removed, software keys will not be saved to the controller. 6. SSA may appear unresponsive during heavy array controller I/O conditions, such as during a partition format or a logical drive rebuild. 7. Some browsers allow pop-ups to be turned off or blocked. For SSA to run, pop-ups must be enabled in the browser. 8. When using Linux as the host operating system, if a Smart Array controller has 16 or more volumes configured, deleting any volume in the HPESSA will not update the /proc/partitions to reflect the deletion of the device node associated with that volume. Rebooting the server will cause the update to happen. Note that there is also a limitation that only the first 16 volumes configured will be available to the operating system. 9. When using Internet Explorer 9.0 to run SSA from a server using HPSMH it may not be possible to save the diagnostic report. To allow the report to be downloaded do the following: Under Internet Options, go to the Advanced tab and clear the "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" checkbox. 10. When using Internet Explorer 9.0 or later to run SSA remotely, choosing the "Save Report" link to download a copy of the diagnostic report may cause the information bar to appear with the following message: "To help protect your security, Windows Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for more options..." Even if the "download file" action is clicked in the information bar, the file download is blocked and the report is not downloaded. In order to successfully download the file: * Choose to view the report first and then save the file, or * Disable automatic download blocking by enabling automatic prompting for file downloads. To access the setting that controls automatic download blocking: a) Click Tools, and then click Internet Options. The Internet Options dialog box appears. b) Click the Security tab. The Internet Options dialog box shows the security levels and zones. Select the current security zone for the server that is running SSA. c) Click Custom Level. The Security Settings dialog box appears. d) Scroll down to Downloads, and then select the Enable option for Automatic prompting for file downloads. Support ------- For support for SSA and Smart RAID/HBA controllers, please visit http://support.hpe.com. 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