RAID Array 450 HSZ50 HSOF Software Version 5.7 for Compaq Tru64 UNIX Release Notes

RAID Array 450 HSZ50 HSOF Software Version 5.7 for Compaq Tru64 UNIX
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5.8 Saving Your Configuration
The subsystem configuration should be saved to another location other than
NVMEM. If the configuration is saved to another location, then the
configuration will not have to be re-entered when the controller module is
replaced. The method of ensuring the current subsystem configuration is saved
differs depending upon whether your subsystem is a single controller (Section
5.8.1) or a dual-redundant controller configuration (Section 5.8.2).
5.8.1 Single Controller Configurations
If the controller in a single controller subsystem requires replacement, the
configuration and all pertinent code patches stored in nonvolatile memory
(NVMEM) would be lost upon installing a replacement controller module. The
CLI command:
INITIALIZE container-name SAVE_CONFIGURATION
provides the means to save the NVRAM contents to another location so that it
may be retrieved when needed.
The CLI command does this by saving a copy of the configuration file to all
members of the container specified in the command. Refer to the HSZ50 Array
Controller HSOF V5.1 CLI Reference Manual for details concerning the
INITIALIZE command; see also the description in the HSZ50 Array Controller
HSOF V5.1 Configuration Manual, Chapter 2, “Planning Storagesets”.
The use of the CLI command: INITIALIZE container-name
SAVE_CONFIGURATION saves you from having to enter the subsystem
configuration from scratch if the controller in a single-controller configuration
requires replacement.
The SAVE_CONFIGURATION switch should not be used when upgrading the
HSOF software on a single-controller configuration. The configuration data
that is stored in NVMEM is not overwritten when the new software is loaded
(see the HSZ50 Array Controller HSOF V5.1 Configuration Manual, Chapter
2, “Planning Storagesets”, for additional information).