HP ProLiant AMD-based 100-series G7 servers

NOTE:

Smart Array Advanced Pack is not available on Zero Memory

configurations.

Software RAID

HP has developed a software RAID solution based on the Smart Array firmware. The Smart Array

B110i SATA Software RAID supports the Array Configuration Utility (ACU), ACU-CLI (command line

interface), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agents, and Web-Based Enterprise

Management (WBEM) providers.

The B110i features an OS-specific driver from HP that uses the embedded ICH10R controller. It can

use RAID 0, 1, and 1+0 and supports a maximum of two logical drives. The B110i supports up to

four 1.5Gb or 3Gb SATA drives. Because it is based on the Smart Array firmware, you can migrate

drives to a hardware-based Smart Array controller in a seamless procedure that maintains the user

data and RAID configuration.

The Smart Array B110i also includes the following-

 Support for solid state disks

 LED support

 SATA drive firmware flashing (offline)

Hot Plug technology

The HP Smart Array B110i SATA Raid Hot Plug Advance Pack provides hot-plug RAID support for the

embedded SATA controller. The Hot Plug Advance Pack is available on the DL165 G7 server as a

license key on cold plug and hot plug models. The existing B110i Raid 0, 1, and 1+0 will continue to

support selected G6 and G7 non-hot plug and cold plug models with no fee.

For more information about the B110i SATA Software RAID, download the B110i user guide at

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/S

upportManual/c01706551/c01706551.pdf

Smart Array Advanced Pack

HP Smart Array Advanced Pack (SAAP) firmware provides advanc

ed functionality within Smart Array

controllers. This firmware further enhances performance, reliability, and data availability. The Smart

Array controller firmware stack supports SAAP. It can be enabled on the P212, P410, P410i, and

P411 controllers.

SAAP requires a license key for activation. After activation, administrators can employ several

capabilities:

 RAID 6 with Advanced Data Guarding (ADG) protects against failure of any two drives. It requires

a minimum of four drives, but only two will be available for data. ADG can tolerate multiple

simultaneous drive failures without downtime or data loss and is ideal for applications requiring

large logical volumes because it can safely protect a single volume of up to 56 disk drives. RAID

ADG also offers lower implementation costs and greater usable capacity per U than RAID 1.

 RAID 60 allows administrators to split the RAID storage across multiple external boxes. It requires a

minimum of eight drives, but only four will be available for data.

Non-hot plug models cable hard drives directly from the motherboard. Cold plug models utilize a hard drive backplane but

do not contain a hot plug HDD controller. These models can be upgraded to hot plug with the B110i software RAID advanced

pack license, or with the introduction of a Smart Array hardware-based controller.