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...may permanently delete data or cause damage to use them. You can also press F1 or click Help in a dialog box to display Online Help specific to select information, using your mouse to where you are . 1-2 Words in a sans serif font indicate commands or text you have some knowledge... of Redundant Array of your operating system such as shown. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide About This Guide This User's Guide describes the features available in Storage Manager Pro and how to your operating system...
...may permanently delete data or cause damage to use them. You can also press F1 or click Help in a dialog box to display Online Help specific to select information, using your mouse to where you are . 1-2 Words in a sans serif font indicate commands or text you have some knowledge... of Redundant Array of your operating system such as shown. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide About This Guide This User's Guide describes the features available in Storage Manager Pro and how to your operating system...
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... These commands apply to Storage Manager Pro, rather than to a specific system: I Event Notification-Allows you to set Getting Started Command Buttons pane The Dashboard allows you to create and reconfigure arrays, and manage disks, spares, controllers, and enclosures. I Open System (System Browser)-Allows you to ... showing member of the Storage Manager Pro functions from the Command Buttons pane. See Viewing Events on your Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers. System Commands These commands are applicable only to view events in two sections, System Commands and General Commands.
... These commands apply to Storage Manager Pro, rather than to a specific system: I Event Notification-Allows you to set Getting Started Command Buttons pane The Dashboard allows you to create and reconfigure arrays, and manage disks, spares, controllers, and enclosures. I Open System (System Browser)-Allows you to ... showing member of the Storage Manager Pro functions from the Command Buttons pane. See Viewing Events on your Adaptec SCSI RAID controllers. System Commands These commands are applicable only to view events in two sections, System Commands and General Commands.
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... system used by your network. I Status View-This option shows a tab for all the systems using a specific OS by Local System, Directory Manager, System Name, IP Address, or System Status. I Large Icon-This...Sort By-View systems sorted by selecting the appropriate tab. This is the Directory Manager. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide I Remote Configuration-Allows you to set up login names and... only or with a toolbar, giving you to sort system by default. The toolbar can control how the Dashboard looks by selecting the appropriate tab. To view the smaller icons, clear ...
... system used by your network. I Status View-This option shows a tab for all the systems using a specific OS by Local System, Directory Manager, System Name, IP Address, or System Status. I Large Icon-This...Sort By-View systems sorted by selecting the appropriate tab. This is the Directory Manager. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide I Remote Configuration-Allows you to set up login names and... only or with a toolbar, giving you to sort system by default. The toolbar can control how the Dashboard looks by selecting the appropriate tab. To view the smaller icons, clear ...
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...icon and array name. Selected item shown by highlight and label. Operating system-specific reference Partitions that make up the handle for how you access the array. information. array showing space allocated In Windows NT/2000, it is the SCSI to see a tooltip with the complete ID). Getting Started Arrows associate selected... is truncated, hold your (HBA:channel:target:LUN) or the ATA mouse over the label to expand or collapse the devices hierarchy. For some controllers, raw drives are made available to the operating system as shown in opposite pane.
...icon and array name. Selected item shown by highlight and label. Operating system-specific reference Partitions that make up the handle for how you access the array. information. array showing space allocated In Windows NT/2000, it is the SCSI to see a tooltip with the complete ID). Getting Started Arrows associate selected... is truncated, hold your (HBA:channel:target:LUN) or the ATA mouse over the label to expand or collapse the devices hierarchy. For some controllers, raw drives are made available to the operating system as shown in opposite pane.
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...: Array Cache Settings 2-2 For information about creating a bootable array, refer to your selections, and uses all the available disk drives on your controller's Installation Guide. If you want to create the array. 2 Click Create Array Wizard. To create an array using either method, you must ...each array type, see Appendix B, Choosing Your Array Type. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide To create an array using the Create Array Wizard: 1 In the System Browser window, select the controller where you want to select specific drives or customize the array, click Advanced to open the...
...: Array Cache Settings 2-2 For information about creating a bootable array, refer to your selections, and uses all the available disk drives on your controller's Installation Guide. If you want to create the array. 2 Click Create Array Wizard. To create an array using either method, you must ...each array type, see Appendix B, Choosing Your Array Type. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide To create an array using the Create Array Wizard: 1 In the System Browser window, select the controller where you want to select specific drives or customize the array, click Advanced to open the...
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Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Understanding Remote Access You set up multiple management sets. The directory manager is the system that other systems register with ... by entering the directory manager's system name or IP address in Figure 4-1, you must start Storage Manager Pro on systems A, B, and C, and register them with a specific directory manager plus the directory manager itself are collectively called a management set .
Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Understanding Remote Access You set up multiple management sets. The directory manager is the system that other systems register with ... by entering the directory manager's system name or IP address in Figure 4-1, you must start Storage Manager Pro on systems A, B, and C, and register them with a specific directory manager plus the directory manager itself are collectively called a management set .
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Other-Allows you selected. The window changes to select a specific date and time from the Storage Manager Pro log file. Only administrator user accounts can flush the log. From the drop-down list box, select ... data from the lower part of the window. Yesterday-Displays all events that occurred since yesterday. - You cannot use a future date or time. 3 Click OK. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide The Time and Date Filter dialog box appears. 2 From the Start From drop-down list boxes, select a Month, Day, and...
Other-Allows you selected. The window changes to select a specific date and time from the Storage Manager Pro log file. Only administrator user accounts can flush the log. From the drop-down list box, select ... data from the lower part of the window. Yesterday-Displays all events that occurred since yesterday. - You cannot use a future date or time. 3 Click OK. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide The Time and Date Filter dialog box appears. 2 From the Start From drop-down list boxes, select a Month, Day, and...
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I The disk drive was previously used on a different (legacy drives) controller. To format a disk drive: 1 In the System Browser window, Devices pane, select the disk drive you want to format the current disk drive. 3 Click Yes. 8-3 ... drive and makes a drive available for use in that this command completely removes all information and does not include any OS-specific information. The Format command is only available for SCSI drives. The Format command performs a low-level format on the disk drive. Storage Manager Pro confirms that are some conditions when...
I The disk drive was previously used on a different (legacy drives) controller. To format a disk drive: 1 In the System Browser window, Devices pane, select the disk drive you want to format the current disk drive. 3 Click Yes. 8-3 ... drive and makes a drive available for use in that this command completely removes all information and does not include any OS-specific information. The Format command is only available for SCSI drives. The Format command performs a low-level format on the disk drive. Storage Manager Pro confirms that are some conditions when...
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... the drive you want to blink the activity light of the selected disk drive. What you visually identify a specific drive. The following is in progress. I Product-Displays manufacturer-specific information about the drive. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Caution: Do not interrupt a Format task in progress. You can result in ... from the tabs on the manufacturer and size of possible tabs. This includes terminating a Format task, restarting your system, or shutting down your controller. I SCSI-(SCSI drives only) Displays the SCSI address and connection information. 8-4
... the drive you want to blink the activity light of the selected disk drive. What you visually identify a specific drive. The following is in progress. I Product-Displays manufacturer-specific information about the drive. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Caution: Do not interrupt a Format task in progress. You can result in ... from the tabs on the manufacturer and size of possible tabs. This includes terminating a Format task, restarting your system, or shutting down your controller. I SCSI-(SCSI drives only) Displays the SCSI address and connection information. 8-4
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For more information about the properties, refer to view. 2 Click Properties. I ATA-(ATA drives only) Displays the ATA bus information and whether specific capabilities are created and managed by 8-5 Understanding Partitions A partition is a contiguous area of a physical drive that makes up some or all of the drive... In the System Browser window, select the drive you to enable options related to the SMART functions. The Disk Properties dialog box appears. supported controllers only) Displays the status of an array. I Cache-(read and write cache-supported drives and cache-
For more information about the properties, refer to view. 2 Click Properties. I ATA-(ATA drives only) Displays the ATA bus information and whether specific capabilities are created and managed by 8-5 Understanding Partitions A partition is a contiguous area of a physical drive that makes up some or all of the drive... In the System Browser window, select the drive you to enable options related to the SMART functions. The Disk Properties dialog box appears. supported controllers only) Displays the status of an array. I Cache-(read and write cache-supported drives and cache-
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... view. 2 Click Properties. I Battery/Alarm-Allows you want to recondition the battery (see Reconditioning the Battery on controllers that support plug-in arrays and how much of the properties tabs, refer to the Online Help. 9-6 I Utilization... the modules present. For more information about the controller. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Viewing Controller Properties You can view the controller properties, which contain four tabs of information about the controller: I Product-Displays manufacturer-specific information about each of the attached disk drive space...
... view. 2 Click Properties. I Battery/Alarm-Allows you want to recondition the battery (see Reconditioning the Battery on controllers that support plug-in arrays and how much of the properties tabs, refer to the Online Help. 9-6 I Utilization... the modules present. For more information about the controller. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Viewing Controller Properties You can view the controller properties, which contain four tabs of information about the controller: I Product-Displays manufacturer-specific information about each of the attached disk drive space...
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Only enclosures with SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) or SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure (SAF-TE) processors can be internal or external to monitor and report information on the condition of and manage these components. ... can report the status of disk drives, power supplies, and cooling systems used in high-availability LAN servers and storage subsystems. 10-1 The SAF-TE specification is the physical housing for disk drives. 10 Managing Enclosures In This Chapter ➤ Understanding Enclosures 10-1 ➤ Viewing Enclosure Status 10-2 ➤ Turning Off...
Only enclosures with SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) or SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure (SAF-TE) processors can be internal or external to monitor and report information on the condition of and manage these components. ... can report the status of disk drives, power supplies, and cooling systems used in high-availability LAN servers and storage subsystems. 10-1 The SAF-TE specification is the physical housing for disk drives. 10 Managing Enclosures In This Chapter ➤ Understanding Enclosures 10-1 ➤ Viewing Enclosure Status 10-2 ➤ Turning Off...
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Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Because enclosures vary widely, some of a SCSI device, which is usually zero for information specific to your enclosure. Storage Manager Pro displays the unique ID in the System Browser window and in the System Browser window. 10-2 You can view ...a disk ID displayed in this icon and a unique ID displayed in the following format: 0:0 Channel Number Device ID I Device ID-Identifies the drive on the SCSI channel. Refer to which channel (bus) on the controller the drive is attached. I Channel Number-Indicates to your enclosure.
Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Because enclosures vary widely, some of a SCSI device, which is usually zero for information specific to your enclosure. Storage Manager Pro displays the unique ID in the System Browser window and in the System Browser window. 10-2 You can view ...a disk ID displayed in this icon and a unique ID displayed in the following format: 0:0 Channel Number Device ID I Device ID-Identifies the drive on the SCSI channel. Refer to which channel (bus) on the controller the drive is attached. I Channel Number-Indicates to your enclosure.
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... part of a device. If the drive in the specified slot available on the SCSI channel. The Activate Slots function performs the enclosure-specific operations necessary to make the device in the slot is only available after using Prepare Slots. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Preparing and Activating Slots Some enclosures let you...
... part of a device. If the drive in the specified slot available on the SCSI channel. The Activate Slots function performs the enclosure-specific operations necessary to make the device in the slot is only available after using Prepare Slots. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Preparing and Activating Slots Some enclosures let you...
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... the array. Information, Caution, and Critical icons similar to those above are creating a RAID 5 set, you about the Diagnose button. Clicking the Diagnose button would explain that the... that the system has nothing to a device or array. Additional information is then activated. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Resolving Problems Shown by clicking Details in the Command Buttons pane...function, you can see a Diagnose button in the Diagnose dialog box, which displays a specific help topic for each device in the System Browser Details pane displays an indicator that changes...
... the array. Information, Caution, and Critical icons similar to those above are creating a RAID 5 set, you about the Diagnose button. Clicking the Diagnose button would explain that the... that the system has nothing to a device or array. Additional information is then activated. Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide Resolving Problems Shown by clicking Details in the Command Buttons pane...function, you can see a Diagnose button in the Diagnose dialog box, which displays a specific help topic for each device in the System Browser Details pane displays an indicator that changes...
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... the problem. 2 Click Details to see additional information about the types of problems that problem appears. Troubleshooting To use the Diagnose button: 1 Click Diagnose. The specific help topic for that can be displayed in the Diagnose dialog box: I Enclosure device slot problems I Enclosure fan problems I Enclosure power supply problems I Array redundancy...
... the problem. 2 Click Details to see additional information about the types of problems that problem appears. Troubleshooting To use the Diagnose button: 1 Click Diagnose. The specific help topic for that can be displayed in the Diagnose dialog box: I Enclosure device slot problems I Enclosure fan problems I Enclosure power supply problems I Array redundancy...
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... configurations. Devices A device is any type of Independent Disks (RAID) technology and terminology. A Storage Concepts In This Chapter ➤ Devices A-1 ➤ Controllers A-2 ➤ Channels A-2 ➤ Disk Drives A-2 ➤ Free Space A-3 ➤ Partitions A-3 ➤ Redundancy A-4 ➤ Arrays A-4 ➤ Array Types A-6 Storage Manager Pro uses specific terms to storage technology and array configurations, this section...
... configurations. Devices A device is any type of Independent Disks (RAID) technology and terminology. A Storage Concepts In This Chapter ➤ Devices A-1 ➤ Controllers A-2 ➤ Channels A-2 ➤ Disk Drives A-2 ➤ Free Space A-3 ➤ Partitions A-3 ➤ Redundancy A-4 ➤ Arrays A-4 ➤ Array Types A-6 Storage Manager Pro uses specific terms to storage technology and array configurations, this section...
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... (RAID 1) •Stripe set of RAID 5 sets (RAID 0/5) •RAID 5 set •Stripe set of RAID 5 sets (RAID 0/5) •Mirror set (RAID 1) •RAID 5 set •Stripe set of the reduced cost overhead. See Understanding the Array Selection Criteria on their local disk drives, modify the data, and return it to determine the optimum array type for specific networking...
... (RAID 1) •Stripe set of RAID 5 sets (RAID 0/5) •RAID 5 set •Stripe set of RAID 5 sets (RAID 0/5) •Mirror set (RAID 1) •RAID 5 set •Stripe set of the reduced cost overhead. See Understanding the Array Selection Criteria on their local disk drives, modify the data, and return it to determine the optimum array type for specific networking...