HP MR Gen10 Plus User manual

HPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller User GuideHPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller User Guide
Part Number: 30-9E6EB4E3-002
Published: April 2022
Edition: 2

HPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller User GuideHPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller User Guide
AbstractAbstract
This document includes feature, installation, and configuration information about Hewlett Packard Enterprise MR Gen10 Plus controller and
is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. Hewlett Packard Enterprise assumes you are
qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels.
Part Number: 30-9E6EB4E3-002
Published: April 2022
Edition: 2
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Table of contentsTable of contents
1 HPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller
1.1 200 series
1.2 400 series
2 Features
2.1 Controller supported features
2.1.1 Operating environments
2.1.2 RAID technologies
2.1.3 Transformation
2.1.4 Drive technology
2.1.5 Security
2.1.6 Reliability
2.1.7 IO performance mode
2.2 RAID technologies
2.2.1 Selecting the right RAID type for your IT infrastructure
2.2.1.1 Selecting RAID for fault tolerance
2.2.1.2 Selecting RAID for write performance
2.2.1.3 Selecting RAID for usable capacity
2.2.1.4 Selecting RAID for the storage solution
2.2.2 Mixed mode (RAID and JBOD)
2.2.3 Striping
2.2.3.1 RAID 0
2.2.4 Mirroring
2.2.4.1 RAID 1 and RAID 1+0 (RAID 10)
2.2.4.2 Read load balancing
2.2.5 Parity
2.2.5.1 RAID 5
2.2.5.2 RAID 50
2.2.5.3 RAID 6
2.2.5.4 RAID 60
2.2.5.5 Parity groups
2.2.5.6 Initialize
2.2.5.6.1 Fast initialization
2.2.5.6.2 Full initialization
2.2.5.6.3 No initialization
2.2.5.7 Regenerative writes
2.2.5.8 Backed-out writes
2.2.5.9 Full-stripe writes
2.2.6 Spare drives
2.2.6.1 Dedicated spare
2.2.6.2 Global spare
2.2.7 Drive rebuild
2.2.8 Foreign configuration import

2.3 Transformation
2.3.1 Array transformations
2.3.1.1 Expand array
2.3.1.2 Replace Drive
2.3.2 Logical drive transformations
2.3.2.1 Transportable controller
2.3.2.2 Expand Logical Drive
2.3.2.3 Migrate RAID level
2.4 Drive technology
2.4.1 Hot-plug drive LED
2.4.2 Consistency check
2.4.3 Dynamic sector repair
2.4.4 Online drive firmware update
2.4.5 Predictive drive failure
2.4.6 Patrol read
2.5 Security
2.5.1 Drive erase
2.5.1.1 Simple
2.5.1.2 Normal
2.5.1.3 Thorough
2.5.2 Sanitize
2.5.3 Self-Encrypting Drive
2.6 Reliability
2.6.1 Cache Error Checking and Correction (ECC)
2.6.2 Thermal monitoring
2.7 Performance
2.7.1 Manage SAS storage link speed
2.7.2 Manage PCIe Storage Interface
2.7.3 FastPath
2.7.4 Cache
2.7.4.1 Read policy
2.7.4.2 Write policy
2.7.4.3 I/O policy
2.7.4.4 Drive caching
2.7.4.5 Strip size selection
3 Installation
3.1 Installing in a configured server
3.2 Installing in an unconfigured server
3.2.1 Installing the operating system with the controller driver
3.3 Configuring boot controller options
3.3.1 Selecting a boot mode
3.3.2 Changing the Legacy BIOS boot order
3.4 Connecting storage devices
3.4.1 Connecting internal storage

3.5 Cable part numbers
4 Configuration
4.1 Array and controller configuration
4.1.1 MR Storage Administrator
4.1.2 StorCLI
4.1.3 UEFI System Utilities
4.1.3.1 Using UEFI System Utilities
4.2 Configuration in UEFI System Utilities
4.2.1 Viewing controller information and performing common actions
4.2.2 Configuration management
4.2.2.1 Creating a logical drive
4.2.2.1.1 Selecting drives to include in a logical drive
4.2.2.2 Creating a profile-based logical drive
4.2.2.3 Importing secured foreign drive
4.2.2.4 Viewing array properties
4.2.2.5 Viewing global spare drives
4.2.2.6 Making a JBOD
4.2.2.7 Making an Unconfigured Good drive
4.2.2.8 Clearing a configuration
4.2.3 Controller management
4.2.3.1 Managing the controller
4.2.3.2 Advanced controller management
4.2.3.2.1 Clearing controller events
4.2.3.2.2 Saving controller events
4.2.3.2.3 Saving a serial log
4.2.3.2.4 Enabling Drive Security
4.2.3.2.5 Disabling Drive Security
4.2.3.2.6 Changing Drive Security settings
4.2.3.2.7 Changing Drive Security Key Management Mode
4.2.3.2.8 Managing link speed
4.2.3.2.9 Managing advanced SW options
4.2.3.2.10 Scheduling a consistency check
4.2.3.2.11 Setting factory defaults
4.2.4 Configuring advanced controller properties
4.2.4.1 Configuring cache and memory settings
4.2.4.2 Configuring Patrol Read settings
4.2.4.3 Configuring Spare settings
4.2.4.4 Configuring Task Rates
4.2.5 Logical drive management
4.2.5.1 Viewing and configuring properties of a logical drive
4.2.5.2 Deleting a logical drive
4.2.5.3 Initializing a logical drive
4.2.5.4 Locating a physical drive associated with a logical drive
4.2.5.5 Erasing a logical drive

4.2.6 Drive management
4.2.6.1 Viewing drive properties
4.2.6.2 Locating a drive
4.2.6.3 Initializing a drive
4.2.6.3.1 Placing a drive offline
4.2.6.4 Erasing a drive
4.2.6.5 Making a JBOD
4.2.6.6 Making an Unconfigured Good drive
4.2.6.7 Making a bootable drive
4.2.6.8 Assigning a global spare drive
4.2.6.9 Unassigning a global spare drive
4.2.6.10 Sanitizing an Unconfigured Good drive
5 Maintenance
5.1 System maintenance tools
5.1.1 Updating software and firmware
5.1.2 Diagnostic tools
5.1.2.1 Troubleshooting resources
6 Models
6.1 HPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller
7 Energy pack options
7.1 HPE Smart Storage Battery
7.2 HPE Smart Storage Hybrid Capacitor
7.3 Energy pack specifications
8 Specifications
8.1 Memory and storage capacity conventions
8.2 RAID conventions
8.3 Controller specifications
9 Websites
10 Support and other resources
10.1 Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support
10.2 Accessing updates
10.3 Remote support
10.4 Customer self repair
10.5 Warranty information
10.6 Regulatory information
10.7 Documentation feedback

HPE MR Gen10 Plus ControllerHPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller
The HPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller is a family of tri-mode controllers ideal for maximizing performance while supporting advanced
RAID levels. This controller operates in Mixed Mode, which combines RAID and JBOD operations simultaneously.
This controller provides:
16 lanes across 2 x8 internal SlimSAS (SFF-8654) ports
16 Gbs NVMe, 12 Gbs SAS, 6 Gbs SATA
Mixed mode RAID and JBOD functionality simultaneously
UEFI and Legacy Boot modes
Support for Self-Encrypting Drive (SED)
Eight lane PCIe Gen4 host interface
Management tools:
MR Storage Administrator
IMPORTANT:IMPORTANT:
This controller is managed through the MR Storage Administrator. It cannot be managed using Smart Storage
Administrator or Intelligent Provisioning, or HPE OneView. MR controllers can be monitored by HPE OneView.
HPE StorCLI
UEFI Storage Configuration Utility
Redfish RESTful API
Figure 1: Figure 1: HPE MR Gen10 Plus ControllerHPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller naming framework naming framework
HPE MR Gen10 Plus Controller 7

200 series200 series
HPE MR216i-a Gen10 Plus Controller and HPE MR216i-p Gen10 Plus Controller are ideal for all virtualized environments where HBA /
Pass-through mode is applicable offering high-bandwidth and up to 3M IOPs (IO per Second) of 4KiB random read performance.
RAID levels — 0, 1, 10
Supported Supported HPE Gen10 PlusHPE Gen10 Plus servers servers HPE MR216i-a Gen10 PlusHPE MR216i-a Gen10 Plus HPE MR216i-p Gen10 PlusHPE MR216i-p Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus v2
ProLiant DL345 Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL365 Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2
ProLiant DL20 Gen10 Plus
200 series 8

400 series400 series
HPE MR416i-a Gen10 Plus Controller and HPE MR416i-p Gen10 Plus Controller are ideal for all data center environments where RAID is
applicable offering reduced rebuild times, high-bandwidth, and up to 4.86GBs of RAID 5 sequential write performance.
RAID levels — 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, 60
4 GB x72 flash-backed write cache.
Supported Supported HPE Gen10 PlusHPE Gen10 Plus servers servers HPE MR416i-a Gen10 PlusHPE MR416i-a Gen10 Plus HPE MR416i-p Gen10 PlusHPE MR416i-p Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus v2
ProLiant DL345 Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL365 Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus
ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2
ProLiant DL20 Gen10 Plus
400 series 9

FeaturesFeatures
Features 10

Controller supported featuresController supported features
This section lists the features supported by this controller. For additional information about the features, see MR Storage AdministratorMR Storage Administrator
User GuideUser Guide.
Controller supported features 11

Operating environmentsOperating environments
The following operating environments are supported:
Operating systemOperating system 200 series200 series 400 series400 series
Windows
Linux
VMware
Legacy Boot mode
UEFI Boot mode
Operating environments 12

RAID technologiesRAID technologies
The following RAID technologies are supported:
FeatureFeature 200 series200 series 400 series400 series
RAID levels 0, 1, 10 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Max logical drives 240 240
Max logical drives per array 64 64
Max physical drives 240 240
Mixed mode (RAID and JBOD)
Read load balancing
Parity groups
Initialize
Regenerative writes
Backed out writes
Full-stripe writes
Dedicated spare
Global spare
Drive rebuild
Foreign configuration import
RAID technologies 13

TransformationTransformation
The following transformation features are supported:
FeatureFeature 200 series200 series 400 series400 series
Expand Array
Replace Drive
Transportable controller
Expand logical drive
Migrate RAID level
Migrate Stripe — —
Transformation 14

Drive technologyDrive technology
The following drive technology features are supported:
FeatureFeature 200 series200 series 400 series400 series
Consistency check
Dynamic sector repair
Online drive firmware update
Predictive drive failure
Patrol read
Drive technology 15

SecuritySecurity
The following security feature is supported:
FeatureFeature 200 series200 series 400 series400 series
Drive erase
Sanitize
Self-Encrypting Drive
Security 16

ReliabilityReliability
The following reliability features are supported:
FeatureFeature 200 series200 series 400 series400 series
Recovery ROM - -
Cache Error Checking and Correction
Thermal monitoring
Reliability 17

IO performance modeIO performance mode
The following performance features are supported:
FeatureFeature 200 series200 series 400 series400 series
Manage SAS storage link speed
Manage PCIe Storage Interface
FastPath
Read policy
Write policy
I/O policy
Drive caching
Strip size selection
IO performance mode 18

RAID technologiesRAID technologies
RAID technologies 19

Selecting the right RAID type for your IT infrastructureSelecting the right RAID type for your IT infrastructure
The RAID setting that you select is based upon the following:
The fault tolerance required
The write performance required
The amount of usable capacity that you need
Selecting the right RAID type for your IT infrastructure 20