HP Smart Array Advanced Pack 8
HP Smart Array Advanced Pack
About SAAP
SAAP is a collection of additional and advanced controller features embedded in the firmware of select
Smart Array controllers.
To access SAAP features, activate the software with a registered license key.
SAAP 1.0 provides the following features for HP Smart Array G6 and G7 controllers:
•
RAID 6 (ADG)
•
RAID 60
•
Advanced Capacity Expansion
•
Mirror splitting and recombining in offline mode
•
Physical Drive Erase
•
Performance optimization for video on demand
•
Dual domain
To access SAAP features for HP Smart Array G6 and G7 controllers, you must purchase a license key from
HP. To obtain a license key, see the SAAP product page on the HP website (
http://www.hp.com/go/SAAP
).
To install the license key and activate SAAP, use one of the following methods:
•
Installing a license key with ACU (on page
33
)
•
Installing a license key with ACU CLI ("
Entering or deleting a license key
" on page
54
)
•
Installing a license key with ACU Scripting ("
LicenseKey, DeleteLicenseKey
" on page
74
)
Some SAAP features are required for advanced configuration tasks in ACU. For a list of these tasks, see
"Support for advanced configuration tasks (on page
6
)."
Required hardware
For a list of Smart Array controllers that support SAAP, see the SAAP product page on the HP website
(
http://www.hp.com/go/SAAP
).
To support some controller features, the controller may also require a hardware configuration that includes
the following cache (array accelerator) options:
•
A cache module that is 256 MiB or larger
•
A compatible battery pack or capacitor pack
To obtain these options, contact an HP authorized reseller or see the HP website
(
http://www.hp.com/products/smartarray
).
