HP ProLiant ML110 G1 User manual

HP ProLiant
Storage Server user guide
Part number: 378128-003
Third edition: March 2005

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Contents
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Related documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rack stability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HP hardware support services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
HP-authorized reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Helpful web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 System Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Deploying the storage server on the network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
IP networking and setup requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Collecting configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Windows Multilingual User Interface (MUI) on Storage Server Service
Release DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
WebUI configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Method 1: Remote browser (using hostname) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Procedure 18
Method 2: Direct attach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Procedure 19
Rapid Startup Wizard configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Procedure 20
Completing basic setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Completing the system configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cluster Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3 Storage Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Storage management elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Storage Management example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Physical storage elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Arrays 25
Fault tolerance 26
Online Spares 27

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Logical storage elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Logical drives (LUNs) 28
Partitions 29
Volumes 29
File System Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
File-Sharing Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Volume Shadow Copy Service Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Utilizing Storage Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Clustered Server Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4 Server Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Storage for ML110 G1 and DL100 HP ProLiant Storage Servers . . 33
Physical drive configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Disk Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Disk partitioning and RAID configuration (ML110 G1 and DL100). .
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Storage for ML110 G2 HP ProLiant Storage Servers . . . . . . . . . . 37
Physical drive configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ML110 G2 (Express) 38
ML110 G2 (Workgroup) 39
Disk Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Disk partitioning and RAID configuration (ML110 G2 Express) . 40
Disk partitioning and RAID configuration (ML110 G2 Workgroup) .
42
Storage for 300 series and 500 series ProLiant storage servers. . . 44
Physical drive configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
A Regulatory Compliance Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Federal Communications Commission Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Class A equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Class B equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo -
United States only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Class A equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Class B equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
European Union Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
BSMI Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Japanese Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Japanese Power Cord Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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Battery replacement notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
B Electrostatic Discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Grounding methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figures
Tables
1 Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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About this guide
Intended audience
This guide is intended for use by technical professionals who are
experienced with the following:
•Microsoft®administrative procedures
•File-sharing protocols
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 corresponding information:
•HP ProLiant Storage Server Administration Guide
•HP ProLiant Storage Server Release Notes

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Document conventions and symbols
WARNING! Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in
bodily harm or death.
CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in
damage to equipment or data.
IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.
NOTE: Provides additional information.
Table 1 Document conventions
Convention Element
Medium blue text: Figure
1
Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses
Medium blue, underlined
text (http://www.hp.com)
Web site addresses
Bold font •Key names
•Text typed into a GUI element, such as into a
box
•GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such
as menu and list items, buttons, and check boxes
Italics font Text emphasis
Monospace font •File and directory names
•System output
•Code
•Text typed at the command-line
Monospace, italic
font
•Code variables
•Command-line variables
Monospace, bold
font
Emphasis of file and directory names, system output,
code, and text typed at the command line

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TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.
Rack stability
WARNING! To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to
equipment:
•Extend leveling jacks to the floor.
•Ensure that the full weight of the rack rests on the leveling jacks.
•Install stabilizing feet on the rack.
•In multiple-rack installations, secure racks together.
•Extend only one rack component at a time. Racks may become
unstable if more than one component is extended.
HP technical support
Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP
support web site: http://www.hp.com/support/.
Collect the following information before calling:
•Technical support registration number (if applicable)
•Product serial numbers
•Product model names and numbers
•Applicable error messages
•Operating system type and revision level
•Detailed, specific questions
For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.
HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the
Subscriber's choice web site at http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates.
•Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the
latest product enhancements, newest versions of drivers, and firmware
documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous other
product resources.
•After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting
Business support and then Storage under Product Category.

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HP hardware support services
HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE) provides proactive remote
monitoring, diagnostics, and troubleshooting to help you enhance the
availability of your servers, as well as storage and network devices. The
ISEE software is located on the storage server in the
c:\hpnas\components\ISEE folder. For more information, go to the
HP web site:
http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/10707-0-0-225-121.aspx
HP Services provides service tools that notify you when a significant
system event has or will occur. These tools, WEBES System Event Analyzer
(SEA) and OSEM, are used both as part of the ISEE remote service
offering and as standalone tools to HP service customers. They are
designed to send a notification only when an event or series of events has
occurred that require service action. They are not intended to be real time
system state monitors that trigger with every event. Most system
components have the capability of sending hundreds of state events
during normal operation. SEA and OSEM are designed to filter these
component events and only notify customers and/or HP Services when
action needs to be taken to resolve or prevent an outage. As designed
they will not report all events. Other utilities are available to monitor real
time system state. The software is located on the storage server in the
c:\hpnas\components\OSEM and
c:\hpnas\components\WEBES folders.
NOTE: These features are only available on the 300 or 500 series
ProLiant Storage Servers.
HP-authorized reseller
For the name of your nearest HP-authorized reseller:
•In the United States, call 1-800-282-6672.
•Elsewhere, visit the HP web site: http://www.hp.com. Then click
Contact HP to find locations and telephone numbers.
Helpful web sites
For third-party product information, see the following HP web sites:
•http://www.hp.com
•http://www.hp.com/go/storage
•http://www.hp.com/support/
•http://www.docs.hp.com