HP ProLiant ML110 G1 User manual

HP ProLiant Storage Server
user guide
Part number: 378128–005
Fifth edition: September 2005

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HP ProLiant Storage Server user guide

Contents
AboutthisGuide.......... 9
Intendedaudience.................. 9
Prerequisites .................... 9
Relateddocumentation................ 9
Conventions .................... 9
Documentconventions ............ 10
Textsymbols................. 10
Equipmentsymbols ................ 11
Gettinghelp ................... 12
HPtechnicalsupport............. 12
HPhardwaresupportservices ......... 13
HPauthorizedreseller ............ 14
Helpfulwebsites............... 14
1Overview ........... 15
2Storageserverstartup...... 21
Deployingthestorageserveronthenetwork...... 21
Collecting configurationinformation ......... 21
Windows Multilingual User Interface on Storage Server
servicereleaseDVD................ 22
WebUI configuration................ 23
Method 1: Remote browser (using host name) . . 24
Method2:Directattach............ 25
Rapid Startup Wizard configuration....... 26
Completing the system configuration......... 27
Clustersetup ................... 29
3 Storage management overview . . 31
......................... 31
Storagemanagementelements ........... 31
StorageManagementexample......... 31
Physicalstorageelements........... 32
Arrays ................ 33
Faulttolerance............. 34
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OnlineSpares ............. 35
Logicalstorageelements ........... 36
Logicaldrives(LUNs) .......... 36
Partitions ............... 37
Volumes................ 37
Filesystemelements ............. 38
Filesharingelements............. 38
VolumeShadowCopyServiceoverview..... 39
Usingstorageelements............ 39
ClusteredServerElements........... 40
4 Default storage configurations . . 41
Storage for the 100 series HP ProLiant Storage Servers . 41
Physical configuration............. 41
Two-HDD configurations......... 41
Four-HDD configurations......... 43
Storage for 300 series and 500 series ProLiant storage
servers...................... 45
Physical drive configuration .......... 45
Defaultbootsequence............... 47
A Regulatory compliance and safety . 49
FederalCommunicationsCommissionnotice...... 49
ClassAequipment.............. 49
ClassBequipment.............. 49
Declaration of conformity for products marked with
theFCClogo,UnitedStatesonly........ 50
Modifications................ 51
Cables................... 51
Lasercompliance ................. 51
Internationalnoticesandstatements ......... 52
Canadiannotice(AvisCanadien) ....... 52
ClassAequipment ........... 52
ClassBequipment ........... 52
EuropeanUnionnotice ............ 52
BSMInotice................. 53
Japanesenotice............... 53
KoreannoticeA&B.............. 53
ClassAequipment ........... 53
ClassBequipment ........... 54
Safety...................... 54
Batteryreplacementnotice .......... 54
Taiwanbatteryrecyclingnotice ........ 54
Powercords................. 55
Japanesepowercordnotice.......... 55
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Electrostaticdischarge ............ 55
Preventingelectrostaticdischarge..... 55
Groundingmethods........... 56
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
directive..................... 56
Czechoslovakiannotice............ 56
Danishnotice................ 57
Dutchnotice................. 57
Englishnotice................ 58
Estoniannotice ............... 58
Finnishnotice ................ 58
Frenchnotice ................ 59
Germannotice ............... 59
Greeknotice ................ 60
Hungariannotice .............. 60
Italiannotice ................ 61
Latviannotice................ 61
Lithuaniannotice............... 61
Polishnotice................. 62
Portuguesenotice .............. 62
Slovakiannotice............... 63
Sloveniannotice............... 63
Spanishnotice................ 63
Swedishnotice ............... 64
Index.............. 65
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Figures
1RapidStartupWizardwindow ............. 25
2RapidStartupconfigurationreviewwindow........ 27
3StorageManagementprocessexample ......... 32
4Configuringarraysfromphysicaldrives ......... 33
5 RAID 0 (data striping) (S1-S4) of data blocks (B1-B12) . . . 34
6 Two arrays (A1, A2) and five logical drives (L1 through L5)
spread over fivephysicaldrives.............. 36
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Tables
1Documentconventions................. 10
2Modelquickreference(ML110)............. 17
3Modelquickreference(DL100)............. 18
4Modelquickreference(ML350throughML370)...... 19
5Modelquickreference(DL380throughDL585) ...... 20
6Configurationinformation ............... 22
7SummaryofRAIDmethods............... 35
8 100 series two-HDD configurations ........... 42
9 100 series four-HDD configurations ........... 44
10 ProLiant 300 and 500 series servers HDD configuration . . 46
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About this Guide
Intended audience
This book is intended for use by technical professionals who are
experienced with the following:
•Microsoft®administrative procedures
•System and storage configurations
Prerequisites
Before you set up the HP ProLiant Storage Server, HP recommends that you
obtain supplemental documentation relative to the items listed above in
the section titled Intended audience.
Related documentation
In addition to this guide, HP provides additional documentation related to
these products:
•HP ProLiant Storage Server administration guide
•HP ProLiant Storage Server release notes
These documents can be obtained at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/
storage/nas.html.Selectyourproduct,thenclickTechnical documentation
under the Support section.
Conventions
Conventions consist of the following:
• Document conventions
•Textsymbols
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Document conventions
This document follows the conventions in the following table.
Table 1 Document conventions
Convention Element
Blue text Cross-reference links
Bold Menuitems,buttons,andkey,tab,and
box names
Italics Text emphasis and document titles in
body text
Monospace font User input, commands, code, file and
directory names, and system responses
(output and messages)
Monospace, italic
font Command-line and code variables
Blue underlined text
(http://www.hp.com)Web site addresses
Text symbols
The following symbols may be found in the text of this guide. They have
the following meanings:
WARNING!
Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions in the
warning could result in bodily harm or death.
CAUTION:
Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could
result in damage to equipment or data.
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