User guide

7-4 Compaq Smart Array 431 Controller User Guide
4. Refer to your NetWare installation documentation for information
about installing and mounting volumes associated with your new disk
subsystem.
Driver installation is complete.
Compaq Online Array Configuration Utility for
NetWare
(CPQONLIN)
The Compaq Online Array Configuration Utility for NetWare,
CPQONLIN.NLM v2.33 or later, is an NLM that allows you to configure your
drive arrays without shutting down your NetWare server. The
CPQONLIN.NLM is located on disk 4 in the \ONLINE directory of the Novell
SSD diskettes. Load the NLM and follow the instructions on the screen to use
this online utility to configure your drive arrays.
The Compaq Online Array Configuration for NetWare utility cannot be used
until after the driver, CPQARRAY.HAM, is installed, either with the latest
version of SmartStart or manually, as described in this chapter.
Optimizing Array Controller Performance
To increase the performance of your disk subsystem(s) under NetWare 4.x,
follow each of these steps before installing NetWare volumes or partitions
■ If you selected a fault tolerance option, such as mirroring or distributed
data guarding when using the Compaq System Configuration Utility,
do not select mirroring while using NetWare INSTALL.NLM. The fault
tolerance capabilities of the Smart Array 431 Controller provide
performance improvements and automatic data recovery features.
■ Novell recommends that you create volumes with a 64-KB block size
and that you use the Block Sub-Allocation feature of NetWare 4.x.
Using a large block size decreases the amount of RAM required to
mount the volume, while Block Sub-Allocation allows NetWare to
allocate disk space more efficiently.
■ Use of linear memory provides the best performance in the NetWare
environment. When you use the Compaq System Configuration Utility
to configure your server with NetWare, the memory options default so
that linear memory is used. To verify the setting, run the Compaq
System Configuration Utility and view the Compaq Memory settings.
Make sure that a linear option has been selected under the Base
Memory option.