• In the UEFI System Utilities, select System Configuration > ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) >
Server Security > Intelligent Provisioning (F10 Prompt) > Enabled.
• In the RBSU, select Server Security > Intelligent Provisioning (F10 Prompt) > Enabled.
Using HPE Smart Storage Administrator (HPE SSA)
These utilities provide high-availability configuration, management, and diagnostic capabilities for all HPE
Smart Array products.
To use HPE SSA:
Procedure
1. On the Intelligent Provisioning home screen, click Perform Maintenance.
2. Select HPE Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) from the maintenance options. The Smart Storage
Administrator window is displayed.
HPE SSA is a browser-based utility that runs in either offline or online mode. HPE SSA:
• Supports online array capacity expansion, logical drive extension, assignment of online spares, and
RAID or stripe size migration
• Suggests the optimum configuration for an unconfigured system
• Provides different operating modes, enabling faster configuration or greater control over the
configuration options
• Displays on-screen tips for individual steps of a configuration procedure
In HPE SSA, you can select a controller from the menu at the top left-hand side of the screen, or you can
choose to configure or diagnose an available controller from the same menu.
Available tasks include:
• Controller settings—Configures the supported controller settings. Depending on the controller, these
can include setting the array accelerator cache ratio, transform and rebuild priorities, and surface scan
delay.
• Caching settings—Configures the supported caching settings which can help increase performance
by taking advantage of cache memory. Caching also helps protect data integrity when used with a
battery or capacitor.
• Clear configuration—Resets the controller's configuration to its default state. Existing arrays or
logical drives are deleted, and data on the logical drives is lost. Confirm this is the preferred action
before proceeding.
• Physical drive write cache settings—Enables or disables the write cache on physical drives
attached to a controller. This feature can improve performance but precautions must be taken to
ensure data integrity.
• Modify spare activation mode—Switches the spare activation mode from the default
behavior(activate on failure only) to predictive spare activation and back.
• Set Bootable Logical Drive/Volume—Sets the primary and secondary boot logical drives and
volumes. Local logical drives as well as remote logical drives and volumes are listed for selection.
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