Striping methods .......................................................................................................... 27
RAID levels ................................................................................................................. 27
Disk drive sizes and types ............................................................................................. 28
Spare disks ................................................................................................................. 28
Array sizing ................................................................................................................ 28
Preparing the site ...................................................................................................................... 29
Providing adequate structural support for the floor .................................................................. 29
Providing adequate clearance space and ventilation ............................................................... 29
Providing adequate and redundant sources of power .............................................................. 29
Racking the disk enclosure ......................................................................................................... 30
Rack installation best practices ............................................................................................. 30
Racking procedures ............................................................................................................ 31
Installing disk drives .................................................................................................................. 33
Installing 6Gb SAS controllers and preparing the servers ............................................................... 35
Connecting cables and power cords ........................................................................................... 36
Overview .......................................................................................................................... 36
Cabling best practices ........................................................................................................ 36
Cabling the disk enclosure to the controller ............................................................................ 37
Cabling cascaded disk enclosures ........................................................................................ 38
Labeling cables using labeling kit ......................................................................................... 38
Connecting power cords ..................................................................................................... 39
Powering on the disk enclosure ................................................................................................... 40
Power on best practices ....................................................................................................... 40
Power on procedures .......................................................................................................... 40
Verifying the operating status of the devices ................................................................................. 41
Verify the operating status of the disk enclosures ..................................................................... 41
Verify the operating status of the servers and SAS controllers .................................................... 42
4 Configuration .................................................................................. 43
Configuration overview .............................................................................................................. 43
Configuration best practices ....................................................................................................... 43
Supported software tools ........................................................................................................... 43
HP Systems Insight Manager ................................................................................................ 44
HP Array Configuration Utility .............................................................................................. 45
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) ....................................................................... 46
Smart Components for firmware updates ............................................................................... 46
5 Operation and management ............................................................. 47
Powering on disk enclosures ....................................................................................................... 47
Powering off disk enclosures ....................................................................................................... 48
Updating disk enclosure firmware ............................................................................................... 48
6 Cabling examples ............................................................................ 49
Large Form Factor D2600 disk enclosures + Smart Array P411 controller; Single I/O path ................. 49
Large Form Factor D2600 disk enclosures + Smart Array P411 controller; Single I/O path—Maximum
configuration ............................................................................................................................ 50
Large Form Factor D2600 disk enclosures + Smart Array P212 controller; Single I/O path—Maximum
configuration ............................................................................................................................ 51
Small Form Factor D2700 disk enclosures + Smart Array P411 controller; Single I/O path ................. 52
Small Form Factor D2700 disk enclosures + Smart Array P411 controller; Single I/O path—Maximum
configuration ............................................................................................................................ 53
Small Form Factor D2700 disk enclosures + Smart Array P212 controller; Single I/O path—Maximum
configuration ............................................................................................................................ 54
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