HP (Hewlett-Packard) A3661B Server User Manual


 
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Storage
Local
Physical drive location SPU internal drive bays or HP external drive cabinet (e.g., HP Rack
Storage/8 or /12)
Disk drives Must be HP
Controller SPU embedded controller or any controller, any number, manufacturer or
driver in I/O slot P1 for NetRAID local storage (except NetRAID 1 or 3).
See SPU I/O slots above.
SCSI bus Any HP cables that meet SCSI specifications and any SCSI bus speed
Shared Storage
Host Bus Adapter:
Model A5246A HP Fibre Channel Adapter Kit for NT
No. of HBA 1 – 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.)
Driver 2.xx
SPU I/O slot P3 (1
st
HBA) and P4 (2
nd
HBA)
Disk Array Controller:
Model SP630/FC Storage Processor (ordered with A3661B or A3662B)
No. of controllers 1 – 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.)
Microcode 9.45.03 or greater
Disk Array Storage:
Model A3661B HP High Availability Disk Array Model 30/FC.
No. of cabinets See Shared Storage Configurations.
Controller 1 – 2. (See Shared Storage Configurations.)
Disk capacities: 4 GB, 8.8 GB, 17.8 GB
ArrayGUIde Version 1.7.0 or greater
RAID levels 1, 1/0, 3 and 5
Logical units Logical units within each array must be numbered from 0 – 7.
Hot spares Recommend assigning logical unit numbers 8 or greater
Power Supply 3
RAID arrays Different size or speed disks are allowed in the same RAID array but
are not recommended in the same logical unit.
Shared Storage Cables (Fiber Optics)
Cables for the Short Wave
Port of either a Short or
Long Wave Hub
A3583A 2 meter FC cable,
A3531A 16 meter FC cable,
A3735A 50 meter FC cable,
A3736A 100 meter FC cable,
Any cable 500 meters per segment that conforms to ANSI X3.230-
1994 Fibre Channel Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3.
Cables for the Long Wave
Port of a Long Wave Hub
Any cable 2 kilometers that meets ANSI X3.230-1994 Fibre Channel
Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3.