HP Server RAID configuration

The company server hard disk space is not enough (HP's server), purchased 10 hard drives, because did not have done raid, feel very tall on the look, asked the HP technical personnel, technical personnel sent two documents, respectively is Dl380g7 (DL580G7) and Dl388g9 to create a raid method, put on the blog, easy to query. Don't say much nonsense, look at the following documents:

Dl380g7 (DL580G7):

The configuration process is as follows:

1. Post detects HP Smart Array P410

(If you don't see this message,

you will be prompted to press any key when self-test ( when you see Press any key to view ROM ROM messages) ,

Press SPACEBAR multiple times to display the message)

Press F8 to enter the array configuration screen, select Create Lgical Drive and enter to continue.

2. Using the SPACEBAR to select the hard disk to configure raid on the left, press the TAB key to move the cursor to the right press the SPACEBAR to select the RAID level you want to configure.

Only 1 RAID levels can be selected at a time

3. Press the F8 key to save, press ENTER to continue.

4. Select View Logical drive to see the configured array status.

5. Press ENTER to view the status of each drive.

DL388G9:

This article focuses on the HP ProLiant ML350 Gen8 server Smart Storage Administrator Configuration array method.

2. Select HP Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) such as:

3. Enter the SSA after the first interface such as:

4. Enter the array configuration interface as a sequential selection:

5. Select "Create Array":

6. Select the required hard drive to configure the array:

7. If the green tick represents the selection:

8. Move the mouse to the bottom right corner of the interface and select "Create array" to create an array:

The following set up Logical Dirver, return to the upper menu, choose Create Logical Driver

9.RAID level: Sets the type of RAID. Size: Set this array to a general default.

10. Move the mouse to the lower-right corner of the interface and select "Create Logical Drive" to create the array:

11. At this point you can see a preview of the entire array, move your mouse to the bottom right corner of the interface, select "Finish" to start creating:

12. Select "Finish" to see the current array status, you can view the current array health through the Red Box section:

13. View the current array:

14. Type and size of the current array:

15. Click on the current logical drive to see the details of this array:

HP Server RAID configuration