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186 lines
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Smart Storage Administrator CLI (HPESSACLI)
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Version 2.60-18.0
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8/31/2016
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Description
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Smart Storage Administrator CLI is the command line-based disk configuration
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program for Smart RAID/HBA controllers.
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* All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their
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respective companies.
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Supported Operating Systems and Platforms
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Linux 32-bit components:
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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Linux 64-bit components:
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)
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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86_64)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86_64)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x86_64)
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Debian Sarge 64 bit
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Debian Etch (amd64)
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NOTE: For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 the sg driver must be manually
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added so that it is loaded at boot time. Without the sg driver being
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loaded, devices or controllers may not be discovered.
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Here is a recommended way to do this:
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sudo echo sg > /etc/modules-load.d/sg.conf
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sudo rebo
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* Any platform that requires the CCISS driver should use version 3.6.28 or newer.
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These drivers are available from http://support.hpe.com.
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Supported Controllers
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Dynamic Smart Array B110i SATA RAID
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Smart Array P212 Controller
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Smart Array P410 Controller
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Smart Array P410i Controller
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Smart Array P411 Controller
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Smart Array P711m Controller
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Smart Array P712m Controller
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Smart Array P812 Controller
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Dynamic Smart Array B120i
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Dynamic Smart Array B320i
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Smart Array P220i Controller
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Smart Array P222 Controller
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Smart Array P420 Controller
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Smart Array P420i Controller
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Smart Array P421 Controller
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Smart Array P721m Controller
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Smart Array P822 Controller
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Smart Array P230i Controller
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Smart Array P430 Controller
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Smart Array P431 Controller
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Smart Array P530 Controller
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Smart Array P531 Controller
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Smart Array P731m Controller
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Smart Array P830 Controller
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Smart Array P830i Controller
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Dynamic Smart Array B140i
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Smart HBA H240 Controller
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Smart HBA H240ar Controller
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Smart HBA H240nr Controller
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Smart HBA H241 Controller
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Smart HBA H244br Controller
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Smart Array P240nr Controller
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Smart Array P244br Controller
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Smart Array P246br Controller
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Smart Array P440 Controller
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Smart Array P440ar Controller
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Smart Array P441 Controller
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Smart Array P542D Controller
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Smart Array P741m Controller
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Smart Array P840 Controller
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Smart Array P840ar Controller
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Smart Array P841 Controller
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Installing and running Smart Storage Administrator
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Installation:
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SSACLI is distributed using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages and
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.deb packages for Debian.
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If there is an older version of SSACLI installed on the system, please
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use "rpm -e ssacli" to remove it first. Use "rpm -i <file name>" to
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install the application.
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Please type "man rpm" for other details regarding RPM.
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NOTE: On Debian systems, a ".deb" package file can be installed using the
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"dpkg -i ssacli.xxx.deb" command. The dpkg -r ssacli command is used to
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remove the package.
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The software resides in /opt/smartstorageadmin/ssacli and the executable
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name is ssacli which is located in /usr/sbin.
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When attempting to run SSACLI on any HPE-supported version of Linux, it is
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highly recommended that you install the latest version of the HPE ProLiant
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Smart RAID/HBA controller driver for your intended Linux operating system.
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Drivers may be obtained by clicking on "HPE Servers, Storage and Networking"
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from HPE's support website at: http://support.hpe.com
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For Debian 64 bit:
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dpkg -i --force-architecture <file name>. ssacli requires the libunwind
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bit package to be installed.
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Running SSACLI:
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Make sure that you have gone through the following checklist:
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. You run ssacli as root.
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To start the application:
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If /usr/sbin is already added in your path, just type:
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"ssacli".
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More options can be found by typing "ssacli help".
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Exiting SSACLI:
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1. To exit the SSACLI, type "exit" while at the CLI command console.
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Additional Notes
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1. After creating or deleting logical drives with SSACLI, under some special
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circumstances, the device name mapping might change after you first reboot
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the system. Also, Linux might see previously not visible logical drives
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after rebooting. This name mapping problem is common to all SCSI devices
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on Linux.
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2. Do not insert or remove a controller driver module when ssascli is
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running.
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3. Please stop the HPE Storage Agents when deleting logical drives
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since HPE Storage Agents keeps all logical drives open.
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4. If all physical drives on a controller fail or are removed, software keys
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will not be saved to the controller.
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5. SSACLI may appear unresponsive during heavy array controller I/O
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conditions, such as during a partition format or a logical drive rebuild.
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6. When using Linux as the host operating system, if a Smart Array controller
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has 16 or more volumes configured, deleting any volume in SSACLI will not
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update the /proc/partitions to reflect the deletion of the device node
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associated with that volume. Rebooting the server will cause the update to
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happen. Note that there is also a limitation that only the first 16
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volumes configured will be available to the operating system.
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7. On RHEL5 systems, for this version of the SSACLI version 3.6.18-10 or
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newer of the HPE ProLiant Smart RAID/HBA controller driver for Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux 5 (x86, x86-64) is required. Drivers may be obtained by
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clicking on "HPE Servers, Storage and Networking" from HPE's support
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website at: http://support.hpe.com
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Notes for SSA Scripting
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* SSA scripting (SSASCRIPTING) now uses a new engine to auto configure volumes.
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When using the AUTO mode, it will attempt to configure two volumes; an OS
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volume and a Data volume. The OS volume will be RAID1, while the Data volume
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will be the highest possible RAID up to 6, depending on the number of disks
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and RAID modes supported by the controller. Spares may be automatically
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allocated. All user input in the input config file is ignored in AUTO mode.
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The actual volumes created will depend on the controller, the number and size
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of disks and the status of license keys in the controller.
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* In scripting input/output, 2 disk mirrors are considered RAID1, 4 disk and
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higher mirrors are RAID10. For compatibility, input scripts still accept
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RAID1 for 4+ disk mirrors, however we recommend moving to the new argument
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terminology as soon as possible.
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* ARRAY and VOLUME arguments in configure mode can be specified as "Next",
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which will use the next available ID.
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* DRIVE arguments can be a number or wildcard, e.g. "*" or "2". In the first
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example, all available drives will be used, in the second two drives will be
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used.
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* The CONTROLLER argument can be FIRST. Controllers are sorted after discovery,
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the order being: internal before external, in ascending slot order. This
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ensures that the input CONTROLLER=FIRST will target an internal controller
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(SLOT=0) or the controller in the lowest PCI slot.
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* To improve performance, use the REPEAT keyword when creating multiple
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identical logical drives.
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Support
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For support for SSACLI and Smart RAID/HBA controllers, please visit
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http://support.hpe.com.
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