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5-4 Compaq Smart Array 431 Controller User Guide
Configuring the Controller
Edit these parameters for the Smart Array 431 Controller:
Controller Order
Press Enter to select the parameter to edit.
To help you make the correct selections, a brief explanation of the parameters
follows.
Controller Order
Select the order in which you want this Smart Array 431 Controller to be
recognized. All hard disk controllers, including the integrated controller on the
system board, must be assigned a unique order number.
First
The primary disk controller that contains the boot disk.
The first disk drive on this controller is the one that the
server will boot from.
Second
The second disk controller
...
Eighth
The eighth disk controller.
When installing a Smart Array 431 Controller, you must determine if the boot
disk is to be handled by a Smart Array 431 Controller or the integrated SCSI
controller. If this Smart Array 431 Controller will be the primary controller,
choose First; a Configuration Changes screen is presented, indicating that if
you accept this change, the integrated SCSI controller will be changed
automatically to Second. Press Enter to accept these changes.
If you want the order of the integrated SCSI controller to be something other
than Second, scroll (usually down) to the Embedded Compaq Integrated
Controller and set the Controller Order manually, as described above.
When installing a Smart Array 431 Controller in a system with an existing
array controller, you can either place the new controller at the end of the
controller order or reorder the controllers. Reordering changes the current
drive letter assignments for all drives on the system. To avoid changing the
drive letter assignments, place the new controller at the end of the controller
order and do not create a primary partition on any of the added disks.
System hardware configuration is complete. Go to Chapter 6, “Array
Configuration Utilities,” to configure drive arrays.