HP ProLiant ML110 G1 User manual

HP ProLiant Storage Server
user guide
Part number: 378128–004
Fourth edition: June 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 ............ 13
Helpfulwebsites............... 14
1Overview ........... 15
2SystemConfiguration ...... 21
Deployingthestorageserveronthenetwork...... 21
IPnetworkingandsetuprequirements...... 21
Collecting configurationinformation ......... 22
Windows Multilingual User Interface (MUI) on Storage
ServerServiceReleaseDVD............. 23
WebUI configuration................ 23
Method 1: Remote browser (using hostname) . . . 24
Procedure............... 24
Method2:Directattach............ 25
Procedure............... 25
Rapid Startup Wizard configuration....... 26
Procedure............... 27
Completingbasicsetup .............. 29
Completing the system configuration ...... 29
Clustersetup ................... 30
3 Storage Management Overview . 31
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Storagemanagementelements ........... 31
StorageManagementexample......... 31
Physicalstorageelements........... 32
Arrays ................ 33
Faulttolerance............. 34
OnlineSpares ............. 35
Logicalstorageelements ........... 36
Logicaldrives(LUNs) .......... 36
Partitions ............... 37
Volumes................ 37
FileSystemElements ............. 38
File-SharingElements............. 38
VolumeShadowCopyServiceOverview .... 39
UtilizingStorageElements........... 39
ClusteredServerElements........... 40
4ServerStorage......... 41
Overview .................... 41
Storage for ML110 G1 and DL100 HP ProLiant Storage
Servers ..................... 41
Physical drive configuration .......... 41
DiskManager................ 43
Disk partitioning and RAID configuration (ML110
G1andDL100)............... 43
Storage for ML110 G2 HP ProLiant Storage Servers . . 46
Physical drive configuration .......... 46
ML110G2(Express) .......... 46
ML110G2(Workgroup)......... 47
DiskManager................ 48
Disk Partioning and RAID configuration (ML110
G2Express)................. 48
Disk partitioning and RAID configuration (ML110
G2Workgroup)............... 51
Storage for 300 series and 500 series ProLiant storage
servers...................... 53
Physical drive configuration .......... 53
A Regulatory Compliance Notices . . 55
FederalCommunicationsCommissionNotice ..... 55
ClassAequipment.............. 55
ClassBequipment.............. 55
Modifications................ 56
Cables................... 56
Declaration of conformity for products marked with
theFCClogo-UnitedStatesonly........ 56
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CanadianNotice(AvisCanadien).......... 57
ClassAequipment.............. 57
ClassBequipment.............. 57
EuropeanUnionNotice .............. 57
BSMINotice ................... 58
JapaneseNotice ................. 58
JapanesePowerCordNotice ......... 58
BatteryReplacementNotice............. 59
TaiwanBatteryRecyclingNotice........ 59
Englishnotice................... 59
Dutchnotice ................... 60
Czechoslovakiannotice .............. 60
Estoniannotice .................. 61
Finnishnotice................... 61
Frenchnotice................... 61
Germannotice .................. 62
Greeknotice................... 62
Hungariannotice ................. 63
Italiannotice................... 63
Latviannotice................... 64
Lithuaniannotice ................. 64
Polishnotice ................... 65
Portuguesenotice ................. 65
Slovakiannotice ................. 65
Sloveniannotice ................. 66
Spanishnotice .................. 66
Swedishnotice .................. 67
BElectrostaticDischarge...... 69
Groundingmethods................ 69
Index.............. 71
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Figures
1RapidStartupwizardscreen .............. 27
2RapidStartupconfigurationreviewscreen ........ 28
3StorageManagementprocessexample ......... 32
4Configuring the physical drives into an array dramatically
improves read/write efficiency .............. 33
5 RAID 0 (data striping) (S1-S4) of data blocks (B1-B12) . . . 34
62arrays(A1,A2)and5logicaldrives(L1throughL5)spread
over5physicaldrives.................. 36
7HardwareRAID ................... 42
8 Disk management, partitioning (ML110 G1 and DL100) . . 45
9ML110G2(Express)softwareRAID........... 47
10ML110G2(Workgroup)hardwareRAID ........ 48
11 Disk management, partitioning (ML110 G2 Express) . . . 50
12 Disk management, partitioning (ML110 G2 Workgroup) . 52
13HardwareRAID................... 54
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Tables
1Documentconventions................. 10
2Modelquickreference(ML110throughDL100)...... 17
3Modelquickreference(ML350throughML370)...... 18
4Modelquickreference(DL380throughDL585) ...... 19
5ConfigurationInformation ............... 22
6SummaryofRAIDMethods............... 35
7 Hard drive configuration................ 42
8RAIDconfigurationbyharddrives............ 43
9RAIDconfigurationbylogicaldrives........... 44
10 ML110 G2 (Express) Hard drive configuration...... 46
11 ML110 GS (Workgroup) Hard drive configuration .... 47
12 RAID configurationbyharddrives ........... 49
13 RAID configurationbylogicaldrives .......... 49
14 RAID configurationbyharddrives ........... 51
15 RAID configurationbylogicaldrives .......... 51
16 Hard drive configuration ............... 53
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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 corresponding information:
•HP ProLiant Storage Server Administration Guide
•HP ProLiant Storage Server Release Notes
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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