CPQACUXE -reset utility (within WinPE)

[Neal Bowman]

Blockhead- further review of the 1.6 SSTK docs reveals when using Custom Method, the correct syntax for selected lines is:

OnlineSpare = NONE

[blockhead]

I'm going to try it on a 6i to see what happens.

error.ini results:
ACU Configuration Replication Error
ERROR: (2832) Invalid Physical Drive. Possible reasons for this include: a typing error, the drive already exists in an Array, the drive type does not match, or it is a failed drive.

Controller: Slot 9

Array: A

[Neal Bowman]

Notice the difference in the Drive= lines for SCSI and SAS.

SCSI
Drive= 2:0,2:1

SAS
Drive= 1I:1:1,1I:1:2

The SAS drives use the format of Port:Box:Bay while SCSI uses Port:Bay format. That may explain the issues you are having.

[blockhead]

Here's the one I've been using. I believe the formatting to be correct. In fact, this is what was captured back by doing a cpqacuxe -c after manually cnfiguring via smartstart, so I don't believe it to be a syntax thing, but could be a SAS/P400 incompatibility thing with the utility....do you have a P400 controller to test with?
All I did was modify the drive size to prepare for image capture routines...thanks for sticking with me.

; Date captured: Fri Jan 26 21:46:45 2007
; Version: 7.70.12.0

Action= Reconfigure
Method= Custom

; Controller Specifications
; Controller HP Smart Array P400
Controller= Slot 9
ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss= Yes
ReadCache= 50
WriteCache= 50
RebuildPriority= Medium
ExpandPriority= Medium
SurfaceScanDelay= 15

; Array Specifications
Array= A
; Array Drive Type is SAS
; 2I:1:2 (36 GB),2I:1:1 (36 GB)
Drive= 2I:1:2,2I:1:1
OnlineSpare= No

; Logical Drive Specifications
LogicalDrive= 1
RAID= 1
Size= 3000
Sectors= 32
StripeSize= 128
ArrayAccelerator= Enabled

[Neal Bowman]

Here is a copy of a config file I had late last year, for a DL360G5 with SAS drives. There is very little difference between my copy and yours.

; Date captured: Wed Dec 27 15:44:28 2006
; Version: 7.60.18.0

Action= Reconfigure
Method= Custom

; Controller Specifications
; Controller HP UNKNOWN_CHOICE
Controller= Slot 0
ReadCache= 100
WriteCache= 0
RebuildPriority= High
ExpandPriority= Low
SurfaceScanDelay= 15

; Array Specifications
Array= A
; Array Drive Type is SAS
; 1I:1:1 (72 GB),1I:1:2 (72 GB)
Drive= 1I:1:1,1I:1:2
OnlineSpare= No

; Logical Drive Specifications
LogicalDrive= 1
RAID= 1
Size= 12000
Sectors= 32
StripeSize= 128
ArrayAccelerator= Enabled

; Logical Drive Specifications
LogicalDrive= 2
RAID= 1
Size= MAX
Sectors= 32
StripeSize= 128
ArrayAccelerator= Enabled



You may want to try removing the line ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss or change the value to No.

Create a new file (clearcfg.ini) with only these lines:

Action= Reconfigure
Method= Custom
Controller= Slot 0
ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss= Yes

Run this command first to clear the config.
cpqacuxe -i clearcfg.ini

Then run your other modified file (ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss=No) to try setting the array config.

I should have a DL380G5 here next week to do some follow-up testing on.

[blockhead]

I've tried it both ways in an effort to get it to work. What I sent you was the latest iteration of my config file.

Dig this, I can get it to work with a 5x/6x controller. I also have a 360 G2 I'm using. Here's the reset.ini file and then the subsequent config.ini:

clearconfig360g2.ini file contents:
Action= configure
Method= Custom
Controller= Slot 0
ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss= Yes

+++++++++++
5x6xtest.ini file contents

Action= ReConfigure
Method= Custom

; Controller Specifications
; Controller HP Smart Array 5i
Controller= Slot 0
ReadCache= 100
WriteCache= 0
RebuildPriority= Low
ExpandPriority= Low
SurfaceScanDelay= 15

; Array Specifications
Array= A
; Array Drive Type is Parallel SCSI
; 2:0 (18.2 GB),2:1 (18.2 GB)
Drive= 2:0,2:1
OnlineSpare= No

; Logical Drive Specifications
LogicalDrive= 1
RAID= 1
Size= 3000
Sectors= 32
StripeSize= 128
ArrayAccelerator= Enabled

[Neal Bowman]

Hey Blockhead-
I finally got my DL380G5 server this week and was able to do some testing with the cpqacexe utility. Here is a copy of the ini file that I was ablw to use to push down an array config:

; Date captured: Tue Feb 13 21:39:46 2007
; Version: 7.60.18.0

Action= Reconfigure
Method= Custom

; Controller Specifications
; Controller HP Smart Array P400
Controller= All
ReadCache= 50
WriteCache= 50
RebuildPriority= High
ExpandPriority= Low
SurfaceScanDelay= 15

; Array Specifications
Array= A
; Array Drive Type is SAS
; 2I:1:2 (72 GB),2I:1:1 (72 GB)
Drive= 2I:1:2,2I:1:1
OnlineSpare= 2I:1:3

; Logical Drive Specifications
LogicalDrive= 1
RAID= 1
Size= 17997
Sectors= 32
StripeSize= 128
ArrayAccelerator= Enabled

; Logical Drive Specifications
LogicalDrive= 2
RAID= 1
Size= MAX
Sectors= 32
StripeSize= 128
ArrayAccelerator= Enabled

I do have 3 SAS drives, and have an online spare configured. Change the line OnlineSpare= 2I:1:3 to OnlineSpare= None to see if it works for you.

Neal

[blockhead]

Hi Neal, it's blockhead again. I'm working well with the P400s now. But now I'm struglling with the 5i. I erase the config the same way we discussed before, and then apply the new config file to creat mirror set and logical drive, but WinPE doesn't see any disks. So I restart dmserver, still nothing. After that I try a diskpart rescan...still no disk. Only if I reboot again does WinPe see the disk. I don't want to have to reboot. Any ideas?

[Neal Bowman]

Hey blockhead,

Without doing a reboot, the only thing that really comes to mind is to go into F8 at post to delete the logical drives/arrays that are already defined. The array controller should show an updated drive count of 0 (zero), then you should be able to go into WinPE and configure the drives as normal.

Thoughts??

Neal