Compaq ProLiant ML330 G2 Service Overview
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Compaq Integrated ATA RAID Management Utility
This is an application installed from SmartStart that provides array monitoring and reporting by:
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Monitoring the drives for failures
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Sending alerts to the operating system. (Compaq Insight Manager monitors the
system separately from the ATA RAID Management Utility.)
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Initiating automatic rebuilds (either to an online spare or to the new drive.)
With integrated ATA RAID, the operating system can be installed on a pre-configured mirror
(RAID 1 volume). Regardless of which drive fails, recovery of the mirror after replacing the
drive does not require user or operating system intervention.
ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU)
Like its predecessor, RBSU lets you view and establish server configuration settings during initial
system startup, as well as modify them after the server has been configured. Because the file
operates from the system ROM (unlike previous configuration utilities stored on a hard drive):
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The configuration parameters are always available, even if a drive fails.
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It only takes 3 to 5 seconds to run the utility (vs. 3 to 5 minutes).
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You can quickly install the latest version by flashing the system ROM with the latest
ROMPaq version.
In addition, RBSU checks each setting as it is made and immediately resolves possible conflicts
without bothering the administrator with an audible warning message. And, because it is
embedded in the ROM, you can use the Compaq Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition to remotely
access and configure the system.
Compaq Remote ROM Flash Utility
This utility allows administrators to upgrade the system ROMs as well as the supported Compaq
Smart Array controllers on multiple servers from a remote location. The ROM upgrades can
either be flashed individually or batched together to perform multiple ROM upgrades all at once.
Redundant ROM
If the server either loses power during a ROM flash or if the flash process is otherwise
interrupted, redundant ROM allows you to restart the system with the original ROM image.
Redundant ROM also allows you to use RBSU to switch between two ROM images for testing
and evaluation purposes. Through RBSU, you can restart the server using the previous ROM
image if a new ROM flash doesn’t meet your expectations — eliminating the need to use the
ROMPAQ Flash Utility to fall back to the previous ROM version.
Automatic Server Recovery-2 (ASR-2)
Like ASR, ASR-2 resets the system in the event of a catastrophic operating system error and it
restarts the server within a predetermined amount of time after the system stops responding. For
ASR-2, however, system administrators can set the interval in the RBSU.