Problem with Compaq Proliant 1850R Array Setup

**Kusagra** · 19-02-2009

hello

I have recently bought an old Compaq Proliant 1850R which I plan to use it for Free BSD web server. It came with a Compaq Smart Array 3200 Controller which normally is connected to the 4-disk backplane which has 4x 18.2 GB SCSI drives.

My problem starts here as I cannot configure the disk array. I tried doing some search online basis and found that I need to run HP/Compaq's "SmartSetup" software. People have said that they generally prefer to use 4.x and in one article I also read that it was able to accomplish the task with 5.5.0.

Please help me regarding this query

**Bon-Z** · 19-02-2009

Follow these steps carefully:

Close the Array Configuration Utility.
Open the System applet in Windows Control Panel.
Select "Hardware" -> "Device Manager."
Expand the System Devices list.
Right-click "StorageWorks Fibre Channel Array Controller" and select "Disable" (see the image below.)
Start the Array Configuration Utility.
Configure the RAID Array 4X00.
Enable the Fibre Channel Array Notification Driver:
Open the System applet in Windows Control Panel.
Select "Hardware" -> "Device Manager."
Expand the System Devices list.
Right-click "StorageWorks Fibre Channel Array Controller" and select "Enable."

**Gonzo** · 19-02-2009

The Smart Array Controller firmware has been enhanced so that when the controller detects that an attached hot-pluggable hard drive has entered a degraded status, the amber LED on the hot-pluggable hard drive will flash. This enhancement will allow easier detection and replacement of the affected physical hard drive, especially when reported by a system management utility such as Insight Manager. The affected hot-pluggable hard drive will remain online and display the following LED combination: Online = On
Drive Access = On, Off, or Blinking
Drive Failure = Blinking Amber

This feature is NOT supported in a RAID 0 no fault-tolerance configuration. The controller must be configured in a RAID 1 or RAID 5 fault-tolerance configuration.

In the unlikely event that multiple hot-pluggable hard drives in an array are in a degraded (predictive-failure) state, the amber LED may blink on each of the degraded drives in the array. When any one of the degraded drives is hot-removed, the amber LEDs on the other degraded drives will temporarily stop blinking until the removed drive has been replaced and rebuilt.