Add Raid licensekey to a HP Smart Array P421

Smart Array Advanced Pack SAAP is a collection of additional and advanced controller features embedded in the firmware of select Smart Array controllers. When activated with a registered license key, SAAP 1.0 provides the following features. Advanced Capacity Expansion. Any configuration command (e.g. Logical drive creation, array expansion, etc.) or modification to the controller will result in the loss of all existing data on the disabled logical drive(s).' The current configuration of the controller is a P410i embedded slot, running 2 RAID 1 with spare arrays (1 logical drive on each), on a ML350 G6.

HP Smart Array Advanced Pack Evaluation License Key - hpsaaplicense.txt. HP Smart Array Advanced Pack Evaluation License Key - hpsaaplicense.txt. Skip to content. All gists Back to GitHub Sign in Sign up. May only work with the P410 raid controller (thats what mine has) — You are receiving this because you commented.

For a mass storage application we had to use HP smart array Raid 6 functionality. Usually we bought P812 card which come directly with the Raid 6 features. But those new server I didn’t check the quotation and our supplier shipped us a Smart Array P421 which required the Extend Pack to work with Raid 6.
So after ordering it and going through the various HP web site in order to get my license key, here’s how to add it using the CLI.

Add License Key - Smart Array P410i In Embedded Slot Machine

And it’s all done now you can create you RAID 6 array