Admin a Smart Array 5300 on Tru64?

[john_ ouellette]

I know about the >>> and orca, and insight manager (great that the system is up but we still need to patch firmware to be able to use it), but how else can I admin a raid array on a Smart Array 5300 on Tru64 5.1b? Anything command line driven? Anything else?

-john

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi John,

it is described on page 1-14 in ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/alphaserver/storage/controllers/sa5300a/ek-sa530-in-d01.pdf

greetings,

Michael
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[john_ ouellette]

Well that is insight manager. And acu-xe merely stops the web server for insight manager, which is misleading. Is there anyting else?

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

John,

that is not from insight.
You have to call lfu from the system console prompt.

Michael

[john_ ouellette]

Ok I was hoping to find something that does not require downtime, other than insight.

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

John,

I assume you would have to do a reset on the controller after firmware update. This would mean a loss of connection to the disks. If you have mounted file systems on them you would certainly get a domain panic. If they are the boot disks you might crash the machine. I wouldn't do it without shutdown.

greetings,

Michael

[john_ ouellette]

Ok I dont mind downing the system for firmware updates...but to admin a raid card seems a bit much.

Thanks
-john