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HPE Smart Storage Administrator Diagnostic Utility (HPE SSADU) CLI for Linux 64-bit

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Type: Software - System Management
Version: 4.21.7.0(5 Oct 2020)
Operating System(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86-64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (AMD64/EM64T)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Multi-part download
File name: ssaducli-4.21-7.0.x86_64.compsig (2.0 KB)
File name: ssaducli-4.21-7.0.x86_64.rpm (3.9 MB)
File name: ssaducli-4.21-7.0.x86_64.txt (5.7 KB)
The HPE Smart Storage Administrator Diagnostic Utility CLI is a commandline-based disk configuration program for Smart Array Controllers and any supported devices, including providing HPE SmartSSD Wear Gauge information for supported drives.

Added support for HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 Plus SW RAID

To ensure the integrity of your download, HPE recommends verifying your results with the following SHA-256 Checksum values:

fa19a4b3ce93ce9a05966ea06994704fd14293c9cefbaa0e1799450847522179 ssaducli-4.21-7.0.x86_64.txt
5bd7e9c045b7f0a8a12e3146af900a70f10d662b541c259bcd57cfde81aa1562 ssaducli-4.21-7.0.x86_64.compsig
c96b50f14fe5be01fa39837947b65a9c20a19cab712ca195edd1f4b849ba3c94 ssaducli-4.21-7.0.x86_64.rpm

Reboot Requirement:
Reboot is optional after installation. Updates will be effective after reboot. Hardware stability will be maintained without reboot.

Installation:

  • HPE SSADUCLI is distributed using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages.
  • If there is an older version of HPE SSADUCLI installed on the system (Before version 2.60.18.0), please use "rpm -e hpssaducli" to remove it first.
  • If there is an older version of HPE SSADUCLI installed on the system (2.60.18.0 and later), please use "rpm -e ssaducli" to remove it first.
  • Use "rpm -i " to install the application.

End User License Agreements:
HPE Software License Agreement v1

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Important:

This stand alone version of the HPE Smart Storage Administrator's Diagnostic feature is available only in CLI form.  For the GUI version of Diagnostic reports, please use HPE Smart Storage Administrator (HPE SSA).

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

ADU report does not capture Slotx log greater than 4GiB size if configured.

This stand alone version of the HPE Smart Storage Administrator's Diagnostic feature is available only in CLI form.  For the GUI version of Diagnostic reports, please use HPE Smart Storage Administrator (HPE SSA).

Version:4.21.7.0 (5 Oct 2020)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

ADU report does not capture Slotx log greater than 4GiB size if configured.
Enhancements

Added support for HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 Plus SW RAID

Version:4.17.6.0 (9 Mar 2020)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Split Mirror Primary Array's Acceleration Mode displays an invalid message that indicates caching can be enabled or disabled for each individual logical drive even if the array does not contain a logical drive that can have caching enabled.

Version:4.15.6.0 (20 Dec 2019)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Added support to enable SmartCache on volumes greater than 256TB

Version:3.47.6.0 (9 Sep 2019)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Supports RHEL 8.0

Version:3.40.3.0 (2 Apr 2019)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Supports Online Firmware Activation reporting

Version:3.30.14.0 (26 Jun 2018)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

It is recommended to update to this 3.30.13.0 version of HPE Smart Storage Administrator if you update your system BIOS using the 2018.06 version of SPP. Any array created with the BIOS configuration utility from the 2018.06 version of SPP will not be accessible with an older version of HPE Smart Storage Administrator.

  • Added the ability to enable or disable Drive Write Cache for configured and unconfigured drives

Version:3.25.4.0 (5 Feb 2018)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Added support for Freeze/Anti-freeze of the Sanitize command.

Version:3.10-3.0 (12 Jul 2017)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Initial firmware release for HPE P/E-Class SR Gen10 controllers.

Version:2.65-7.0 (21 Apr 2017)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

SSA incorrectly displays 64 characters for the encryption master key length in local mode. The length was changed to 32 characters.

Version:2.60-18.0 (24 Oct 2016)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for:

        Smart Array H240nr

        Smart Array P240nr

        Smart Array P542D

Added Sanitize Erase for supporting controllers

Added ability to enable erase and stop erase on multiple drives

Version:2.40-13.0 (1 Apr 2016)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

New features:

  • Support for Drive Sanitize on Smart Array Px2x and Smart Array Px3x controllers

  • Allows users to forcefully re-enable failed encrypted volumes when their encryption keys are permanently lost and all the failed drives have been replaced

  • Added logical drive numbers/physical drive locations to primary and secondary boot volume information

Version:2.30-6.0 (1 Oct 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updated HP EULA for encryption licensing

Version:2.20-11.0 (15 Jun 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for:

  • Smart Array P840ar


New Features:

  • NVMe drive support for discovery and Wear Gauge information

Version:2.10-14.0 (30 Mar 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for:

  • HP Smart Array P246br
  • HP Smart Array P741
  • HP Smart Array P841
New Features:
  • Parallel Surface Scan
  • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
  • Express Local Encryption
  • Volatile Encryption Keys
  • Re-enable Cache Module
    • Available only for specific cases where cache is disabled due to battery interruption

Version:2.0-23.0 (9 Sep 2014)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for the following devices:

  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
Support for the following new features:
  • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
  • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
  • Power Mode Management
  • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
  • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers

Version:1.60-17.0 (18 Feb 2014)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for

Smart Array P230i
Smart Array P530
Smart Array P531
Smart Array P830
Smart Array P830i

HP Secure Encryption
Rapid Rebuild Priority
SSD OPO (Over Provisioning Optimization)
512e Physical Drive support
Auto RAID 0
Enhanced Drive Error logs

Version:1.50.4.0 (10 Sep 2013)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for:
Smart Array P430
Smart Array P431
Smart Array P731m 

Type: Software - System Management
Version: 4.21.7.0(5 Oct 2020)
Operating System(s):
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (x86-64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (AMD64/EM64T)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Description

The HPE Smart Storage Administrator Diagnostic Utility CLI is a commandline-based disk configuration program for Smart Array Controllers and any supported devices, including providing HPE SmartSSD Wear Gauge information for supported drives.

Enhancements

Added support for HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 Plus SW RAID

Installation Instructions

To ensure the integrity of your download, HPE recommends verifying your results with the following SHA-256 Checksum values:

fa19a4b3ce93ce9a05966ea06994704fd14293c9cefbaa0e1799450847522179 ssaducli-4.21-7.0.x86_64.txt
5bd7e9c045b7f0a8a12e3146af900a70f10d662b541c259bcd57cfde81aa1562 ssaducli-4.21-7.0.x86_64.compsig
c96b50f14fe5be01fa39837947b65a9c20a19cab712ca195edd1f4b849ba3c94 ssaducli-4.21-7.0.x86_64.rpm

Reboot Requirement:
Reboot is optional after installation. Updates will be effective after reboot. Hardware stability will be maintained without reboot.

Installation:

  • HPE SSADUCLI is distributed using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages.
  • If there is an older version of HPE SSADUCLI installed on the system (Before version 2.60.18.0), please use "rpm -e hpssaducli" to remove it first.
  • If there is an older version of HPE SSADUCLI installed on the system (2.60.18.0 and later), please use "rpm -e ssaducli" to remove it first.
  • Use "rpm -i " to install the application.

Release Notes

End User License Agreements:
HPE Software License Agreement v1

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Important:

This stand alone version of the HPE Smart Storage Administrator's Diagnostic feature is available only in CLI form.  For the GUI version of Diagnostic reports, please use HPE Smart Storage Administrator (HPE SSA).

Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

ADU report does not capture Slotx log greater than 4GiB size if configured.

Important

This stand alone version of the HPE Smart Storage Administrator's Diagnostic feature is available only in CLI form.  For the GUI version of Diagnostic reports, please use HPE Smart Storage Administrator (HPE SSA).

Revision History

Version:4.21.7.0 (5 Oct 2020)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

ADU report does not capture Slotx log greater than 4GiB size if configured.
Enhancements

Added support for HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 Plus SW RAID

Version:4.17.6.0 (9 Mar 2020)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Split Mirror Primary Array's Acceleration Mode displays an invalid message that indicates caching can be enabled or disabled for each individual logical drive even if the array does not contain a logical drive that can have caching enabled.

Version:4.15.6.0 (20 Dec 2019)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Added support to enable SmartCache on volumes greater than 256TB

Version:3.47.6.0 (9 Sep 2019)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Supports RHEL 8.0

Version:3.40.3.0 (2 Apr 2019)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Supports Online Firmware Activation reporting

Version:3.30.14.0 (26 Jun 2018)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Recommended - HPE recommends users update to this version at their earliest convenience.

It is recommended to update to this 3.30.13.0 version of HPE Smart Storage Administrator if you update your system BIOS using the 2018.06 version of SPP. Any array created with the BIOS configuration utility from the 2018.06 version of SPP will not be accessible with an older version of HPE Smart Storage Administrator.

  • Added the ability to enable or disable Drive Write Cache for configured and unconfigured drives

Version:3.25.4.0 (5 Feb 2018)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Added support for Freeze/Anti-freeze of the Sanitize command.

Version:3.10-3.0 (12 Jul 2017)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

  • Initial firmware release for HPE P/E-Class SR Gen10 controllers.

Version:2.65-7.0 (21 Apr 2017)
Fixes

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

SSA incorrectly displays 64 characters for the encryption master key length in local mode. The length was changed to 32 characters.

Version:2.60-18.0 (24 Oct 2016)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for:

        Smart Array H240nr

        Smart Array P240nr

        Smart Array P542D

Added Sanitize Erase for supporting controllers

Added ability to enable erase and stop erase on multiple drives

Version:2.40-13.0 (1 Apr 2016)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

New features:

  • Support for Drive Sanitize on Smart Array Px2x and Smart Array Px3x controllers

  • Allows users to forcefully re-enable failed encrypted volumes when their encryption keys are permanently lost and all the failed drives have been replaced

  • Added logical drive numbers/physical drive locations to primary and secondary boot volume information

Version:2.30-6.0 (1 Oct 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Updated HP EULA for encryption licensing

Version:2.20-11.0 (15 Jun 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for:

  • Smart Array P840ar


New Features:

  • NVMe drive support for discovery and Wear Gauge information

Version:2.10-14.0 (30 Mar 2015)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for:

  • HP Smart Array P246br
  • HP Smart Array P741
  • HP Smart Array P841
New Features:
  • Parallel Surface Scan
  • Encryption Key Manager Authentication
  • Express Local Encryption
  • Volatile Encryption Keys
  • Re-enable Cache Module
    • Available only for specific cases where cache is disabled due to battery interruption

Version:2.0-23.0 (9 Sep 2014)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for the following devices:

  • Smart Array P244br
  • Smart Array P440
  • Smart Array P440ar
  • Smart Array P441
  • Smart Array P840
  • Dynamic Smart Array B140i
  • Smart HBA H240
  • Smart HBA H240ar
  • Smart HBA H241
  • Smart HBA H244br
  • 12G SAS Expander
Support for the following new features:
  • Write-back cache write policy for HP SmartCache
  • HDD Flexible Latency Optimization (FLS)
  • Power Mode Management
  • HBA mode for latest generation Smart Array P-series controllers
  • RAID/Array mode for Smart HBA H-series controllers

Version:1.60-17.0 (18 Feb 2014)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for

Smart Array P230i
Smart Array P530
Smart Array P531
Smart Array P830
Smart Array P830i

HP Secure Encryption
Rapid Rebuild Priority
SSD OPO (Over Provisioning Optimization)
512e Physical Drive support
Auto RAID 0
Enhanced Drive Error logs

Version:1.50.4.0 (10 Sep 2013)
Enhancements

Upgrade Requirement:
Optional - Users should update to this version if their system is affected by one of the documented fixes or if there is a desire to utilize any of the enhanced functionality provided by this version.

Support for:
Smart Array P430
Smart Array P431
Smart Array P731m 

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