HP 36-Gigabyte User's Manual
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1. 36 Gigabyte Disk Drive Module Installation When installing a 36 Gigabyte disk drive module into an HP SureStore E Disk Array 12H the controller firmware of the disk array must be at revision HP54 or higher The use of 36 Gigabyte disk drives on controller firmware revision previous to HP54 is not supported If a 36 Gigabyte disk drive is manually included under older controller firmware it will be treated as if its physical capacity is about 24 Gigabytes You can find the controller firmware revision number either manually via the front panel or by using the ARMServer utilities To determine the version of firmware using the front panel You can get the controller firmware revision using the front panel keys on the disk array as follows KEY DISPLAY CANCEL CANCEL Ready MENU Language View Settings ENTER System State Ready Primary Cntrl _ SCSI ID x __ SCSIID y __ Firmware HP__ To determine the version of firmware using the ARMServer You can get the controller firmware revision using the ARMServer utilities The command syntax follows arraydsp c lt array id gt When using the ARMServer utilities the lt array id gt field is used to identify the disk array The lt array id gt field can contain the disk array serial number or the raw device file name of any LUN on the array To download firmware refer to the following e http SNServer mayfield hp c2. om e http SNServer mayfield hp com products A3700A CAUTION When upgrading to HP54 or higher for the purpose of using 36 Gigabyte disk drives it is important that the controller firmware be upgraded before adding the 36 Gigabyte disk drives as any data written on those disk drives under any controller firmware previous to HP54 will be lost 36 Gigabyte Disk Drive Module Installation Requirement Customer part number Part Number A3700 90905 Printed in U S A May 1999 A3700 96008 Edition 2 E0599
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