topic Re: Anyone use the Smart Array 6400 card for HPUX 11.23? in Operating System - HP-UX

Anyone use the Smart Array 6400 card for HPUX 11.23?

Gene Laoyan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:59:52 GMT

Is anyone using an hp smart array 6400 RAID card on UNix? We have one in each nPar of our complex and it is not being used as a RAID card, instead it is being used an a very expensive SCIS controller. I want to use it as a RAID controller for the two hard disks and mirror them.
My question isis it difficult and where can I get documentation on how to set it up for a Unix environment.

Thanks

Re: Anyone use the Smart Array 6400 card for HPUX 11.23?

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:09:47 GMT

Shalom,

Yes, I've used such a card in the HP performance center. Though it has a standard looking SCSI connector on it, you can't hang a tape drive off it, you'll be needing a separate scsi card for that.

You really don't need documentation for it. It works just like a proliant server. You boot the box, you see a setup prompt for it, probably F8 you hit the function key and up comes the interface. I figured it out the first time I saw it.

Here is an attempt at getting you documentation.

http://docs.hp.com/en/J6369-90038/J6369-90038.pdf

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1153708

SEP

Re: Anyone use the Smart Array 6400 card for HPUX 11.23?

Gene Laoyan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:19:07 GMT

OK, Thanks!
Now, If I make an Ignite image of one nPar, configure the RAID card for 0+1 and re-ignite the image back to that nPar everything will be OK?

Thanks

Re: Anyone use the Smart Array 6400 card for HPUX 11.23?

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:24:30 GMT

I've never run an Ignite image against an npar. My understanding is this includes hardware configuration.

So it should work. I'd test it in a DR test prior to relying on it.

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Re: Anyone use the Smart Array 6400 card for HPUX 11.23?

Gene Laoyan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:40:01 GMT

That's what we're going to do is test in on the nPar we use for RnD purposes.

Thanks

Re: Anyone use the Smart Array 6400 card for HPUX 11.23?

Gene Laoyan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:40:26 GMT

Thanks again!