SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP12977
PART NUMBER:  275881-404, 275882-404
TITLE:  Compaq Array Configuration Utility
VERSION:  2.50 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  EFIGSJ

CATEGORY:  Diagnostics-Setup

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Systempro/XL, ProSignia and ProLiant Servers 
with EISA or PCI SMART-2, SMART-2SL, SMART-2DH, Smart Array 3100ES, 
Smart Array 3200, Smart Array 221, Integrated Smart Array 
Controller,  Smart Array 4200, Smart Array 4250ES, Smart Array 431,  
Smart Array 5300 Controller, RAID Array 4000 Controllers, Fibre 
Channel Host Controllers or 64-Bit/66-Mhz Fibre Host Bus Adapters

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Microsoft Windows NT4.0 and Windows 2000

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  Using EISA or PCI Smart-2, SMART-2SL, 
SMART-2DH, Smart Array 3100ES, Smart Array 3200, Smart Array 221,
Integrated Smart Array Controller, Smart Array 4200, Smart 
Array 4250ES, Smart Array 431, Smart Array 5300, RAID Array 4000
Controllers, Fibre Channel Host Controllers or 64-Bit/66-Mhz 
Fibre Host Bus Adapters

EFFECTIVE DATE:  28 April 2000

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.x

SUPERSEDES:  SP10798

DESCRIPTION:  Creates the 2-diskette set for the Compaq Array 
Configuration Utility, which is for Compaq SMART-2, SMART-2SL,
SMART-2DH, Smart Array 3100ES, Smart Array 3200, Smart Array 221,
Smart Array 431, Integrated Smart Array Controller,Smart Array 4200,
Smart Array 4250ES, Smart Array 5300, RAID Array 4000 Controllers, 
Fibre Channel Host Controllers and 64-bit/66-Mhz Fibre Host Bus
Adapters. The Array Configuration Utility Version 2.40 B cannot be
installed on the System Partition, and the diskettes for this version
are not bootable. They are provided to update the ACU on Windows NT 
or Windows 2000. It is shipped as diskette(s) on all other products.
				
Enhancements/Fixes:
* Selective Storage Presentation is now supported for RA4000 Controllers:
  - The Connection Names screen allows the user to name host controller
    connections to the array controller. 
  - The Logical Drive Host Access screen allows the user to assign
    access control levels for a logical drive. The user can grant access
    to all connections, deny access to all connections, or grant access to
    selected connections. The user can also rename connections on this screen.

* Supports the Compaq Smart Array 5300 Controller.

* Supports the new fault tolerance Advanced Data Guarding (RAID ADG)
  on Smart Array 5300 Controllers with the RAID ADG Enabler Module.

* The behavior of the Create Logical Drive screen has changed:
  - RAID levels that are not possible are not displayed in the new RAID 
    control.
  - The Stripe Size control is now grayed out if user-selectable stripe size 
    is not supported for the controller.
  - Stripe Sizes that are not possible because of insufficient space are no
    longer displayed in the stripe size control.

* The Modify Last Logical Drive screen no longer exists. Modifying any 
  logical drive now brings up the Modify Logical Drive screen. 

* The controller Operating System setting has been removed from
  the ACU.  The ACU now uses a common geometry setting for all OSs.

* The "Create Logical Drive - Advanced Features" screen allows the user
  to Enable or Disable the maximum boot size geometry for a logical drive.

* The ACU no longer reports an error when it finds drives with differing
  operating systems on the same controller.

* Reworded the Background Parity Initialization message (15645) to make
  it clearer that this is a normal operation for logical drives that have
  a fault tolerance with parity.

* The "Drive Type" field of Physical Drive More Information has been 
  replaced with "Actual Width" and "Negotiated Width" fields. The Actual
  Width displays the capable width of the physical drive, while the
  Negotiated Width displays the current acting width of the physical drive.

* "Normal" Transfer Speed of physical drives in Physical Drive More 
  Information is now displayed as "Asynchronous".

* ACU detects logical drives that are part of an SWVR pool. A warning message
  will be displayed if a logical drive belonging to a SWVR pool is deleted.
  Once the logical drive is deleted, data will be lost forever even if the
  logical drive is recreated.

HOW TO USE:

1. Obtain two (2) formatted 1.44-MB diskettes.

2. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change 
to that directory.  The file that is downloaded is an executable with 
a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above.

3. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file, 
and follow the on-screen instructions.  You will be prompted to 
insert the formatted diskettes in a drive to create the diskettes.

4. After the diskettes have been created, you may delete the  
SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2.


HOW TO UPGRADE THE WINDOWS NT VERSION:

  If the Array Configuration Utility is installed online on a Windows 
NT server, follow the directions in the Windows NT Support Software 
Diskette's README.TXT file to perform the upgrade. Search for the 
latest version of the Windows NT Support Software Diskette as a 
downloadable Softpaq from Compaq.


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