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vii Contents 1 Storage Management Software Overview 2 Storage Mana ger on ROM Overview 2-2 Keyboard Reference 2-3 Menu Control 2-3 Left Pane – Tree View Control 2-4 Right Pane – Information View Con trol 2-4 Menu Reference 2-4 File 2-5 RAID 2-5 Action 2-5 Help 2-5 Icon Reference 2-6 Screen Layout 2-6 The Menu Bar 2-7 The Left Pane – Tree View[...]

viii Adaptec Storage Management Softwa re User’ s Guide Formatting a Drive 2-29 Upgrading Fi rmware – Flas h HBA Option 2-30 Creating a SMOR Boot Disk 2-32 3 Storage Manager Introducti on 3-2 System Requirements 3-3 Installing Storage Manager 3-4 Running Storage Manager 3-5 Using Stora ge Manager Loca lly 3-5 Using Storage Manage r Remotely 3-5[...]

ix Command Statistics 3-47 Device I/O Statistics 3-47 Remote Communication 3-50 Connecting Across a Network 3-51 Installation and Configuration 3-51 4 RAIDUTIL Command Line Utility Introduction 4-1 Exit Status 4-2 Device Address Sy ntax 4-2 Command Line Switches 4-3 Miscellaneous 4-3 Logical Drive Creation and Deletion 4-4 Array Modification 4-6 RA[...]

x Adaptec Storage Management Softwa re User’ s Guide BD M I Introducti on B-1 System Requirements B-2 Adaptec CI B-3 Installing DMI Support B-4 Adaptec DMI Mo dules B-4 DMI-Specific Fi les B-4 Combined RAID SW-UG.boo k Page x Monday, Septem ber 9, 2002 1:25 PM[...]

1-1 1 Storage Management Softwar e Overview Y our Adaptec RAID controller incl udes the following softwar e tools to manage your storage subsystem: ■ Storage Manager —The graphical user inter face (GUI) through which you interact with the storage subsys tem. It pr ovides an intuitive graphical interface that enables you to do s uch things as cr[...]

1-2 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide ■ Storage Manager On ROM (SMOR) —A built-in utility that is part of the cont r oller ’s BIOS code. Y ou can start SMOR by pressing Ctrl+A d u r i n g B I O S s t a r t u p . S M O R e n a b l e s t h e u s e r t o create arrays prior to loading an ope rating system. For de tails, ref e [...]

2-1 2 Storage Manager on ROM In this Chapter Ov erview 2-2 K eyboard Ref erence 2-3 Menu Ref erence 2-4 Icon Ref erence 2-6 Screen La yout 2-6 Running SMOR 2-9 Inf ormation and Configu ration View s 2-10 Setting th e Configur ation 2-20 Arra y Oper ations 2-20 F ormatting a Drive 2-25 Upgr ading Firmware – Flash HBA Option 2-26 Creating a SMOR Bo[...]

2-2 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Overview Storage Manager on ROM ( SMOR) is a BIOS-bas ed setup utility that enables you to conf igur e your Adaptec RA ID contr oller without loading an operating system and using Storage Manager . Y ou can also use SMOR to perf orm basic array configuration. SMOR makes the initial set up of [...]

2-3 Storage Manager on ROM The array groups ar e accessible duri ng the build pr ocess, with data protected; however RAID pe rformance is at a r educed le vel until the build is complete. If you have exited SMOR and you want to monitor the pr ogr ess of the build operation, you can vi ew the Array Group Information window for the array in Storage M[...]

2-4 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Left P ane – T ree View Control Right P ane – Inf ormation View Control Menu Ref erence The SMOR Main Menu changes dy namically depending on what is selected in the T ree V i ew . The following is a complete list of possible selec tions. Some ite ms may not be available depending on the d[...]

2-5 Storage Manager on ROM File RAID Action Help Read System Config Rescan the system. Unsaved co nfiguration changes are lost. Set System Config Save and enable configuration changes. Exit Quit SMOR. Cr eate… Cre ate a new array . Delete Delete the curr ently selected array . Rebuild Rebuild a RAID 1, 5, 10 or 50 array . Stop Build Stop buildi n[...]

2-6 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Icon Reference SMOR uses the following icons in the T ree V iew: Screen La y out The SMOR interface works like the W indows Explor er tree- structur ed interface. The scree n, shown in Figure 2-1 , is divided into three major components: a menu bar across the top of the scre en and two displa[...]

2-7 Storage Manager on ROM The Menu Bar T o open a specific menu, press Alt+hig hlighted le tter of the menu name. After a me nu is open, yo u can select a specific menu i tem by pre ssing the key for the letter high lighted on the menu ite m. For example, to select the Read System Config item on the File menu, pre ss Alt+F to open the File menu, t[...]

2-8 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide The Right Pane – Inf ormation Vie w T o the right of the component tree is the Information V iew pane. This area displays information re lated to the currently selected item in the tree on the left side. The specific information displayed in the Information V iew varies d epending on the it[...]

2-9 Storage Manager on ROM Running SMOR Start SMO R by pressing Ctrl+A when the RAID contr oller BIOS message appears on the scre en during the boot sequence. SMOR starts by displa ying its opening screen, as shown in Figur e 2-2 . Figure 2-2 SMOR W elcome Window The letters that appear during the initial device s can pr ocess ar e The position of [...]

2-10 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Inf ormation and Configuration Views When you highlight an item within the T r ee V iew , the corresponding Information V iew is displayed. Controller BIOS Settings The controller displays the default Information V iew when SMOR starts, as shown i n Figur e 2-3 . Figure 2-3 Con figuration Wi[...]

2-11 Storage Manager on ROM Enable SCSI CD-ROM Boot When enabled, the BIOS attempts to detect a bootable CD-ROM that uses the El-T orito format. This s etting is dis abled by default, because some bootable CD-ROMs contain device-specific boot code that is not supported by Adaptec contr ollers. INT13 Cache Setting This setting determines how the con[...]

2-12 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Inf ormation T ab T o vi ew or change the configuration of the contr oller, highli ght the controller in the T ree V iew . A vailable tabs are Information and Configuration, as shown in Figur e 2-4 . Figure 2- 4 Inf or mation T ab The Information tab for a controller displays general informa[...]

2-13 Storage Manager on ROM Note: Adaptec RAID controllers r epo rt a cache size 16 M B less than the total installed memory value because the controller uses 16 MB as pr ocessor RAM. Contr ollers will r eport the amount of cache RAM available. Configuration T ab The Configuration tab for a contr oller displays internal settings for that contro lle[...]

2-14 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Boot Enable This option enables you to mod ify the boot pr ocess for systems with multiple peripheral contr ollers in cases wher e the controller BIOS does not pr ovide ef fective or appr opriate default operation. This setting is enabled by defaul t. Disable this setting and the contr oller[...]

2-15 Storage Manager on ROM Note: As reported means that the field displ ays the valu e re turned by the contr oller firmwar e. Bus Each peripheral bus on a cont r oller is assigned a number . Numbering starts with 0 for the firs t bus, 1 for the second bus, and so on. ID (SCSI only) SCSI RAID contr ollers ar e configur ed by d e fa ul t at ID 7. T[...]

2-16 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Device Inf ormation T ab Individual d evices ar e listed in the T ree V iew under the contr oller to which they ar e connected, as shown in Figur es 2-7 . Highlight a device to view its information tab page. Figure 2-7 De vice Inf ormation T ab The Device Information tab di splays gener al i[...]

2-17 Storage Manager on ROM The status condition is one of th e following f or attached devices: The SCSI Capabilities section is a list of contr oller capabilities. A check mark next to a featur e indicates that the drive supports the feature. Negotiated Bus speed negotiated b etween the dev ice and the contr oller . T ransfer Rate Maximum transfe[...]

2-18 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Array and Arra y Group Inf ormation The Information tab for any array may be viewed by highl ighting that array , as shown in Figure 2-8 . Figure 2-8 Arra y Group Information T ab RAID 0 arrays are comprised of any number of drives gr eater than 1. RAID 1 arrays ar e comprised of a pair of d[...]

2-19 Storage Manager on ROM The Description section displays a general descrip tion of the highlighted array , as follows: The Status section displays the curr ent status of the array . A progr ess indicator (a numeric per c e ntage of completion) can also appear if the array is building or r ebuilding. The status definitions are listed be low: Des[...]

2-20 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Setting the Configuration There are two co nfiguration options on the File menu: ■ Read System Config —Causes SMOR to r escan to detect any changes in hardwar e configuratio n or status. Any changes that have been made and not saved ar e lost. This operation is run automatically w hen SM[...]

2-21 Storage Manager on ROM 2 When the RAID T ype window appears, select the RAID level you want t o use. The default stripe size is selecte d automatically; however you can s elect a dif fer ent stripe size value by highlighting the fi eld and using the up and down arrow keys to change the stripe size. Note: Although you can change the stripe size[...]

2-22 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide 3 Select the devices you want to include i n the array: a T o add devices to the array , highlight the device and pr ess the Spacebar . A check mark appears next to the device to indicate that it has been selected. Y ou mi ght need to scroll the display down to view all eligible devices. b T[...]

2-23 Storage Manager on ROM Creating a Multilevel RAID Cre ating a multilevel RAID (RAID 10 or 50) is simi lar to cr eating a normal RAID 1 or RAID 5 ar ray gr oup. T o create a RAID10 or RAID 50 multilevel RAID, follow these steps : 1 Cre ate and build your array gr oups as described in Cr eating an Array on page 2-20 . Do not ini tiate the build [...]

2-24 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide 2 A warning mess age appears, as shown in Fig ur e 2-12 . Select Ye s or No . The array configuration for the devi ces is not deleted until you select File > Set System Config or exit SMOR and choose to save your changes. Figure 2- 12 Delete Arr a y Windo w Hot Spares Hot spares automatic[...]

2-25 Storage Manager on ROM Re bu il d in g a Fa i l ed A rr ay T o r eplace a failed drive in an ar ray that is not protected by an automatic hot spare, follow th ese steps: 1 Remove and r eplace the failed drive accor ding the pr ocedur es in your hardwar e documentation. 2 When the failed drive has been r eplaced, select RAID > Rebuild Ar ray[...]

2-26 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Upgrading Firmware – Flash HB A Option The firmwar e on your contr oller is upgradable using the Flash HBA option, which appears on the Action menu when a contr oller is selected in the T ree V iew . The Flash HBA option enables you to upgrade to the latest firmware, contr oller BIOS and S[...]

2-27 Storage Manager on ROM 4 Select Action > Fla sh HBA . The Source File Br owser window appears, as shown in Figur e 2-13 . Figure 2-13 Source File Browser Window 5 In the Sour ce File Br owser window , select the drive that contains the image files. Pr ess Enter to e xpand the drive li sting. 6 Highlight the image fi le you want to use and s[...]

2-28 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Creating a SMOR Boot Disk T o create a SMOR boot disk, click A ction > Make Boot Floppy or use the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. Y ou may need a SMOR boot disk in certai n situations when i t is not possible to access SMOR by typing Ctrl+A during startup. T o create a SMOR boot disk 1 Ins[...]

3-1 3 Storage Manager In this Chapter Introduc tion 3-2 Installing St orage Manager 3-4 Running Stor age Ma nager 3-5 Vie w s 3-6 Status Repor t ing 3-22 Inf ormation Windows 3-22 Ev e nts 3-32 F ormatting Drives 3-40 Dr iv e F ailures 3-41 Runni ng a V er ify Proc ess 3-43 Controller I/O Statistics 3-45 Remote Communication 3-50 Combined RAID SW-U[...]

3-2 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Intr oduction Adaptec’s Storage Manager gives you complete control over your storage subsystem, enabling y ou to manage your st orage locally or rem o te ly a cro ss a n e tw or k . Storage Manager enables y ou to check your d evice configuration, configur e your contr oller , create and ma[...]

3-3 Storage Manager System Requirements Adaptec Storage Manager software and device driv ers r equir e approxi mately 4 MB of disk space. The host system should have at least 64 MB of memory a nd a Pentium processor (200 MHz or faster). A mouse and SVGA color monitor ar e re quir ed. The host system should comply with the PCI Lo cal Bus Specificati[...]

3-4 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Installing Storage Manager The original ins tallation of the soft war e starts with the installation instructions cover ed in chapter 4 of the Adaptec SCSI RAID Installation Guide . Use the instr uctions appr opriate for the operating system being used. On a W indows system, after the drivers[...]

3-5 Storage Manager . Figure 3-1 Storage Manager Setup Window Running Storage Mana ger Y ou can run Storage Manager in one of the following ways: ■ Locally —On the s ame computer that contains the RAID controller and drives. ■ Remotely —Across a TCP/IP network, you can view and configur e servers fr om remote locations. Using Storage Manage[...]

3-6 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Vie ws This section des cribes the two primary configuration view s, which are: ■ Physical Configurati on V iew ■ Logical Configuration V iew (i ncludes Logical Device Addr esses) Physical Configuration View The first window displayed by Storage Manager is the Physical Configuration V iew[...]

3-7 Storage Manager Figur es 3-2 shows a sample view of a Physi cal Configurat ion. Figure 3-2 Ph ysical Configuration Window Combined RAID SW-UG.boo k Page 7 Monday, Septem ber 9, 2002 1:25 PM[...]

3-8 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Logical Configuration View On the right side of the Logical Configuration V iew W indow , shown in Figur e 3-3 , are all the physical devices that are attached to the RAID contr ollers. Figure 3-3 Lo gical Configuration Window On th e left s ide of t he windo w ar e the associated logical dev[...]

3-9 Storage Manager The tool bar at the top of the Lo gical Configuration V iew window contains the following buttons: Switch V iew Swi tches to the Logical I nformation V iew . For more information, see page 3-2 0 . Create Array Group Starts the process of collec ting available in dividual drives to assemble into a RAID array . For more informatio[...]

3-10 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Logical Device Ad dresses Every device and array is as signed a logical device addr ess by Storage Manager . This is the addr ess used by the host operating system to access the devic e or array . Logical device addr esses appear in par entheses under the logical devi ce and LSU icons on the[...]

3-11 Storage Manager The complete logical device addr ess is composed of the following fields: Array groups ar e automaticall y assigned an addr ess that corr esponds to the lowest logical device addr ess used by a device in that array group. When an array gr oup has been create d, its logical device addr ess does not change if the drive with th e [...]

3-12 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Array Gr oups The tool bar at the top of the Lo gical Conf iguration V iew win dow , shown in Figur e 3-4 , contains the following buttons: Y ou can use the Logical Configuration V iew window to create any combination of RAID level 0, 1, or 5 disk arrays. RAID 0 arrays can be any combination[...]

3-13 Storage Manager T o view the Array Group Information window , shown in Figur e 3-5 , double-click the appr opriate array icon in the Logical Configuration V iew window. Figure 3-5 Array Group Inf orm ation Window The Array Group Informatio n window displa ys the followin g informati on: Name The descriptive name assigned to th e array . An ico[...]

3-14 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Note: The availability of the vari ous buttons depends on the current configuration and state of the array . The toolbar at the bottom of the Array Group Information window contains the following buttons: Creating an Array Gr oup T o create an array group, f ollow these steps: Event Log Disp[...]

3-15 Storage Manager 1 Select the Create Array Group button. The Select Array T ype window appears, as shown in Figur e 3-6 . Figure 3-6 Select Array T ype Window 2 Select th e desir ed Fault T olerance: Drive fault tole rance (RAID 1 or 5) or No fault tolerance (RAID 0). 3 Select the de sir ed Optimizati on: Optimize for Capacity (RAID 5) or Optim[...]

3-16 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide ■ Click the drive icons you want to remove and then click Remove Drive . During the drive selection process some drives might be displayed in a blue color . This indicates that these drives cannot be included in the array unless you change the configurat ion. Y ou must either select more d[...]

3-17 Storage Manager you are pr ompted to select the dir ection of the copy as shown in Figur e 3-7 . Figure 3-7 Mirror ing Dr iv es in an Arra y If you want to monitor the p r ogr ess of the build operation, display the Array Group Information wind ow for the new array group. The build progre ss is displa yed as a percentage of completion in the S[...]

3-18 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Expanding and Extend ing Arrays – Windo ws XP , Window s 2000 and Windows NT only The following definiti ons are used in this section: ■ Array expansion —A dding additional space to an existing array gro up using the array expansion featur e. ■ V olume extension —Adding the new spa[...]

3-19 Storage Manager Requirements and Re strictions Array expansion has the follow ing system requirements and res tr i ct io n s. ■ W indows XP , W indows 2000, W indows NT 4.0, Server or W orksta tion, with the most r ecent service pack. ■ Adaptec supplied driver only . (The Microsoft OSM does not support array expansion.) ■ RAID 0 or RAID [...]

3-20 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Note: If the drives ar e not in hot-pluggable carriers, power down the system befor e adding dr ives to the peripheral bus. 2 Start Storage Manager and click Switch V iew to change to the Logical Configurat ion V iew. 3 Select the array g roup to which you want to add drives by clicking on t[...]

3-21 Storage Manager Note: If a drive fails during expansion, the expansion may complete successfully . However , the new , larger array re mains in a degraded state until the pr oblem is fixed. If there is a hot spar e associated with the array , the degraded array is re built using the hot spare. If there is no hot spare, r eplace the defective d[...]

3-22 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide An array is n ot physically d eleted until you exit Storage Manager and choose to save changes or select File > Set System Configura tion . Status Repor ting S ta tu s is re p or te d by RA ID c on tro llers for arra ys and drives. Some status conditions are indicated by Storage Ma nager [...]

3-23 Storage Manager Double-click a controller or device icon to display an Information window for that controller or device. Host Bus Adapter Information Windo w This window (see Figure 3-8 ) displays HBA configurati on information reported by the selected controller . The Contr oller section displays the Model, S erial #, Fi rmware re vision, and[...]

3-24 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide The following buttons ar e available: Configure Host Bus Adapter Window Click Configure in the Host Bus Adapter Info window to modify hardwar e parameters for the RAID contr oller , The Configure Host Bus Adapter window appears, as shown in Figure 3-9 . Figure 3-9 Configure Host Bus Adapter [...]

3-25 Storage Manager The following buttons are available: Contr oller Caching – Windows NT only T o ensure optimum performance, follow these steps: 1 Click Caching in the Configur e Host Bus Adapte r window to display the HBA Cachi ng Configuration window . 2 When the HBA Caching Config uration window appears, change both of the settings to Advis[...]

3-26 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide The Advisory setting allows the contr oller to use its own algorithms for cache management. This is more ef ficient than allowing the operating system to direct the cache operation. 3 Click OK to exit the window and save the changes. 4 Reboot W indows to enable the new settings. Note: If you[...]

3-27 Storage Manager The current contr oller model, firmware version, and firmwar e type are dis played. T o specify an image file for the flash operation, you can type a path and filenam e in the Filename field or click Browse to use a file selection window . Firmware images ar e contained in a xxxxxxxx .ima file, whe re the 8-character file name [...]

3-28 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Device Inf ormation Window The Device Information W indow is shown in Figur e 3-1 1 . Figure 3-11 SC SI De v ice Inf or mation W indo w Combined RAID SW-UG.boo k Page 28 Monday, September 9, 2002 1:25 PM[...]

3-29 Storage Manager The Device Informati on window displays the foll owing information: RAID drives disp lay the name and level of the array to whi ch they belong and the stripe size for the array . V arious buttons ar e available de pending on device type. Har d drives have Event Log and I/O Stats buttons. Har d drive s that ar e not members of a[...]

3-30 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Device Configuration Windo w Click Configure in either Device Information or Array Gr oup Information window to displ ay the Device Configuration wind ow , shown in Figur e 3-12 . Figure 3-12 Device Configuration Window The Device Configuration window enables you to change the caching parame[...]

3-31 Storage Manager Saving the Subsystem Configuration The Storage Manager Fi le menu has the followi ng options: Note: If you reset the NVRAM on the contr oller , any changes to your controller parameters return to the factory defaults. W rite-thr ough W rites all data to disk for each W rite command before Command Complete status is returned to [...]

3-32 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Events Events are generated for detected fault conditions as well as RAID status changes, and are descri bed as follows : Event Log When events occur , they are auto matically logg ed in the cache on the RAID contr oller wher e the y occurre d. In addition, you can specify that Storage Manag[...]

3-33 Storage Manager When the Event Log button is selected, the Event Logs window appears, as shown in Figur e 3-13 . Figure 3-13 Event Logs Window The Event Logs window enables you to limit the display to a specific level or higher (the default is level 4). Note: Some importa nt events may not be displayed by the default level. Y ou should select [...]

3-34 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Note: Only the event m essages that appear on the scr een when you click Print ar e pr inted. Ther efor e, if you want to print specific messages, scrol l the list until the messages ar e visible and then click Print . Event Broadcaster If your operating system supports a br oadcaster, Stora[...]

3-35 Storage Manager Y ou can select or modify the following parameters: Br oadcas ters ar e a vailable on the following operating systems: ■ W indows XP , W indows 2000 and W indows NT ■ Red Hat 7.3 The broadcaster collects events logge d by the controller in the host system on which that broadcaster is running. The br oadcaster re cor ds thes[...]

3-36 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Windows XP , Windo ws 2000 & Windows NT The broadcaster collects events from the controller and r ecor ds them to files in the c:progr am filesadaptecstorage manager folder for use by Storage Manager . Addition ally , events are sent to the W indows Event V iewer or e-mailed as spe ci[...]

3-37 Storage Manager This window displays a list of the events submitted to the application log by the broadcaster , as well as other applications. Adaptec events ar e single-line en tries that contain the following informati on: T o view additional information about an event, click Vi e w > Detai l. The Description a nd Data fields d isplay add[...]

3-38 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Installing the Broadcaster When you install the contr oller driver , you aut omatically install the the br oadcaster in /usr/dp t . During broadcaster installation, you ar e prompted to s pecify if the br oadcaster is loaded auto matically when the system is started in multiuser mode. If you[...]

3-39 Storage Manager 2 Establish a permanent connection to an Internet Service Provide r (ISP) or cr eate a dial-up networking connection to your ISP . 3 Configur e your e mail client so ft war e to access your Internet mail server . 4 Determine the email addr esses for the people you want to re ceive event messages. 5 In Storage Manager a Set the [...]

3-40 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Formatting Drives Y our controller can perform a low-leve l format on attached har d drives in standard 512-byte format. This function is availa ble fr om the SCSI Device Information window . A low-leve l format is not norm ally r equir ed befor e us ing a har d drive. However , if a drive h[...]

3-41 Storage Manager Drive F ailures Drive failur es are indicated by f lags, which dif f er depend ing on whether they r efer to an array or a drive in an array . Failur e conditions ar e indicate d as follows: Device T yp e Array Ty p e Flag in Ph ysical Configuration Flag in Logical Configuration Probab le cause Individual Drive None Red Red Fai[...]

3-42 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Rebuilding a Degraded Arra y When a drive in an array f ails, and that drive is n ot pr otected by an automatic hot spare, the array can be r estor ed to Optimal status. Note: Y ou can select Reb uild even if the failed dri ve has not been r eplaced and try using the drive again. If the r eb[...]

3-43 Storage Manager Y ou should reboot your operating system to ensu r e that the hot spare drive is r ecognized correctly . Hot spares ar e r eserved to automatically replace failed drives in RAID 1 or 10 and RAID 5 or 50 arrays and cannot be accessed by the operating system for data storage. Hot spares can only pr otect drives of equal or les s [...]

3-44 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Note: Data inconsistencies should not occur under normal conditions. However , a power failure that interrupts an array write operation can cause incons istencies. Making t he data consistent again through the V erify function does not ensur e that the new consistent data is the corr ect da [...]

3-45 Storage Manager Select Options > Background T ask Priority to contr ol the r ela tive priority of I/O from the operatin g system and backg roun d tasks. Figure 3-15 shows the Background T ask Settings window . Figure 3-15 Background T ask Settings Win do w The Priority secti on assigns the contr oller backgr ound task priority . Set the tas[...]

3-46 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide T o see the HBA statistics window , shown in Figur e 3-16 , click I/O Stats in the Host Bus Adapter Info W indow . Figure 3-16 H BA Statisti cs Windo w Cache Statistics T otal Pages The total number of pages contained in the contr oller cac he. Used Pages The number of pages that currently c[...]

3-47 Storage Manager Command Statistics Device I/O Statistics The total number of sectors writte n to disk by the contr oller is described by the formula: W rit e – Backs + W rite – Throughs = T ot al Sectors However , in RAID 1 array s W rit e – Backs + W rite – Throughs = 2 ∗ To t a l S e c t o r s This is because each sector written fr[...]

3-48 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide I/O statistics are displayed in the Hard Drive I/O Statistics window , as shown in Figure 3-17 . Figure 3-17 H ard Driv e I/O St atistics W indo w The Hard Dr ive I/O Statisti cs window displays the following information: I/O Commands The number of Read and W rite commands issued by the comp[...]

3-49 Storage Manager Environments with a lar ge number of sequential reads should generate a high number of Read -Ahead Hits r elative to T otal Sectors. These hits r educe the number of s eek operations and increase performance. The Read-Ahe ad Hits count can be incr eased by adding more cache memory to the contr oller . A high percentage of 4-KB [...]

3-50 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Remote Comm unication The Storage Manager Remote Commu nication featur e enables you to use Storage Manager ru nning on your local workstat ion to manage re mote server system with a RAID contr oller . The A vailable Connections window (shown in Figur e 3-18 ) sh ows the types of connections[...]

3-51 Storage Manager Connecting Across a Netw ork Storage Manager can ru n as a clie nt/server application across a network using a TCP/IP connection. The Storage Manager client runs on a supported workstation operating system and connects to one of the supported networked servers running the Adaptec communication engine. Figure 3- 19 shows the sup[...]

3-52 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Y ou must configure r emote communication befor e it can be used. For both workstati ons and servers, this is done by editing the Storage Manager configuration file ( dptmgr .ini ) . There may be additional server configuration steps, depending on your operating system. Y ou must have physic[...]

3-53 Storage Manager The following list shows all suppor ted options. The value listed is the default; optional values are in par entheses. Setting up th e Server If you are using an operating system that supports the Adaptec communication server and select ed the Communication Server option during Storage Manager setup, the server was automaticall[...]

3-54 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Linux The Linux communication server is installed during the Storage Manager softwar e install pr ocess. The server module is copied to /usr/dpt and loads automatically . A valid user name and passwor d are r equir ed to access a Linux system fr om a r emote Storage Ma nager client. The user[...]

3-55 Storage Manager Connecting to Remote Systems Select Communication > Make Connection to use Storage Manager to manage the contr oller in a r emote server system usin g the Remote Communication feature. This menu item displays the A vailable Connections window as shown in Figure 3-20 . Y ou may alternatively use the IP= address command line p[...]

3-56 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Making a Manual Connection In the Manual Connections sectio n of the A vailable Connections window, ther e is one icon for e ach pr otocol that you configur ed in the dptmgr .ini file, and an icon for the s ystem you ar e using (Local). T o make a connection to a remote system, double-click [...]

3-57 Storage Manager Using the Phonebook Y ou can save the server name, addr ess, user name, and pr otocol of systems you fr equently access in the Phonebook, shown in Figure 3-22 . After you have enter ed data for a system, you can place an icon under Custom Connections to make futur e connections to that system wi thout having to re-enter the con[...]

3-58 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Using a Custom Connection Under the Custom Connections section of the A vailable Connections window , there is one icon for each s ystem that you marked for display in the Phonebook. T o make a connect ion to a r emote system, double-click the icon. The Connection Information window appears,[...]

4-1 4 RAIDUTIL Command Line Utility In this Chapter Intr oduction The command line utility (RAIDUTIL) performs operations as soon as it has enough information fr om the command line to do so. The utility do es not parse the entire command line befor e starting an operation. Operations ar e performed in serie s up to the first failur e encounter ed.[...]

4-2 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Exit Status RAIDUTIL exits with either of the following error status indications: Device Address Syntax When you use RA IDUTIL to specify a device or gr oup of devices, use an addr ess of the form d D b B t T d D, wher e: T o list all devices on a particul ar bus, specif y only d D b B. T o l[...]

4-3 RAIDUTIL Command Line Utility Command Line Switc hes Following is a li st of the switches available in RA IDUTIL for testing and contr olling various aspects of the control ler , arrays, and drives attached to the controller . Miscellaneous -g Specify drive gr oup This switch identifies the phys ical drive to be used for array creation, deletio[...]

4-4 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide followed by a dr ive addr ess as discus sed in Device Addr ess Syntax on page 4-2. Multiple d rive addresses on a command line m ust always b e separated by commas. This switch can also be used to intr oduce a list of comma-separated drive addr esses in any command that us es such addr esses [...]

4-5 RAIDUTIL Command Line Utility -D Delete logical drives This command delet es the specified driv es and returns their capacity to unassigned space. If all is specified, then all logical drives on the contr oller ar e delete d. Logic al drives ar e specified by the device addr ess. Use commas to separate drive addr esses. If Quiet (-q) mode is no[...]

4-6 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide -z Specify logical drive stripe size Specifies t he stripe si ze (in KB) for new RA ID 0 and RAID 5 logical drives. V alid stripe sizes ar e: 8, 16 , 32, 64, and 128 (KB). This switch is ignor ed fo r RAID 1. If omitted, a default st ripe size is used. The default is selected by the controlle[...]

4-7 RAIDUTIL Command Line Utility RAID Operation -C Load/save configuration This switch has two options: A file name must follow the load or save parameter . This is a . dsm file, which can also be loaded or s aved using Storag e Manager . -r Specify task rate This switch sets a task priority for the device or logical drive. The parameter can be 0 [...]

4-8 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Controller -Specific -a Action (task) control This switch has the following options which allow you to contr ol tasks on the controller: Specify drives by the device add r ess. -F Update controller firmware, BIOS, or NVRAM This option updates the contr oller flash memor y (EEPROM). Specify an[...]

4-9 RAIDUTIL Command Line Utility Hot Spare Control -h Create hot spare drive This switch cr eates one or mor e stand-alone hot spar e drives. The drives must physicall y exist and may not contain any logical drive segments. Reboot your syste m afte r creating hot spar e drives to ensur e they ar e r ecognized corr ectly . raidutil –h d0b0t15d0 M[...]

4-10 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide General Inf ormation and Feedback -? Display utility usa ge information This option displays a summary of the command us age information. This includes al l command line switches and brief definitions. -A Alarm status and contr ol When n o paramete rs follow the sw itch, the alarm status and[...]

4-11 RAIDUTIL Command Line Utility -I Display inquiry inf ormation This switch disp lays contr oller specific inform ation, including firmw ar e revision, BIOS ve rsion, and serial number . Specify drives by the device addr ess. -L List devices Specify drives by the device address. The parameters for this switch are li sted below: Note: If a contro[...]

4-12 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide -P P agination output Limits output to 22 lines, then prompts to pr ess Enter to continue. Pr essing Ent er prints another 22 lines. Use this switch to pr event lengthy output f rom -L from sc r olling of f the scr een. raidutil -P -L All -q Quiet mode This switch suppresses display of messa[...]

A-1 A SNMP Intr oduction SNMP (Simp le Network Manageme nt Pr otocol) is a gr oup of network management specif ications that includes the pr otocol itself, the definition of the database, and associat ed concepts. SNMP provides basic har dware configurat ion an d status information fr om an SNMP-based management console. SN MP a ls o u se s tr ap s[...]

A-2 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide SNMP SNMP is widely used and supporte d on a variety of servers, workstations, bridges, routers, and hubs. SNMP support als o includes other computer system r e sources, such as Fibr e Channel and RAID contr ollers. SNMP implementations vary from simple device information display and collecti[...]

A-3 SNMP Management Console The SNMP management console is usually a client workstation running SNMP-based management softwar e. The console software can be from any vendor who pr ovides SNMP management console software. Adaptec MIB Inf ormation The specific har dwar e and config uration information in the Adaptec MIB includ es gr oups for the foll[...]

A-4 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide ■ Adaptec Controller group is a list of all Adaptec controllers in the system. This gr oup contains the following inf ormation for each Controller : ■ Controller number ■ Controller ve ndor ■ Firmware ve rsion ■ Addr ess ■ IRQ ■ IRQ type ■ Host bu s type ■ Max transfer rate [...]

A-5 SNMP ■ Device Inquiry data ■ Device capacity and block size ■ Device RAID le vel and status (Optimal, Failed, e tc.) ■ Adaptec Array gr oup contai ns all the RAID-specific information within the Adaptec subsystem. Each array includes: ■ Configuration parameters ■ SCSI address information ■ Backgr ound task information ■ Adaptec [...]

A-6 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide What’ s Inc luded The Adaptec SNMP software components ar e included on the Adaptec RAID Installation CD . Specific components vary by operating system. The W indows components can be installed dir ectly fr om the CD-ROM or a from a disk you cr eate from the CD-ROM. The components ar e as f[...]

A-7 SNMP Installing Ad aptec SNMP Suppor t The following top ics describe how to install Adaptec SNMP software and SNMP support for W indows. Note: En sur e that your operating system has SNMP su pport enabled before installing the Adaptec SNMP software. The Adaptec SNMP software can be installed during the Adaptec Storage Mana ger installation pro[...]

A-8 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide SNMP Ar chitecture Figur e shows the r elationship of the SNMP to the other elements in a system that includes a RAID controller . Figure A-1. SNMP Relationship The components used in the SNMP implementation ar e the Adaptec engine, br oadcas ter , and device dri ver . The Adaptec engine is u[...]

A-9 SNMP Adaptec SNMP Subagent The Adaptec SNMP subagent atta ches to the operating system- specific maste r agent to handle SNMP requests for objects defined that are defined in the Adaptec MIB. I t a l s o b ro a d c a st s th e A d a pt e c SNMP traps to the de signated management consoles. The design and implementation of the Adaptec SNMP subag[...]

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B-1 B DMI In this Chapter Intr oduction The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is a standard develo ped by the Desktop Management T ask Force (DMTF) to manage computer systems and their components locally or r emotely . The DMTF has defined a mapping standard that allows SNMP and DMI components t o work togethe r . The Adaptec DMI compone nt instru[...]

B-2 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide DMI consists of three components: ■ SP (Service Provider) —Manages the communication between the MA and the CI. Maintains a database of components that are defined by Management In formation Fo rmat (MIF) files . ■ Management Application (MI) —The Management Application (MI) is the in[...]

B-3 DMI Adaptec CI At startup time the CI gathers information about Adaptec RAID controllers and stor es this information in a DMI format table. When an inquiry i s made for a parti cular attribute it is obtained from this table for static information or through the engine f or dynamic informati on. The Adaptec CI sends event notification up to the[...]

B-4 Adaptec Storage Management Softwar e User’ s Guide Installing DMI Suppor t Adaptec supplies the CI only . The SP and MI must be pr ovided by the operating system or other thir d-party . The CI consists of the Adaptec en gine, broadcaster , controller driver , firmware, and CI module. The CI module is a separate add-on that is installed only i[...]

B-5 DMI The following is a list of groups contained in the Adaptec Mas s Storage MIF file. For the attributes of each group, refer to the admpdmi.mif file. DMTF ComponentID DMTF FRU DMTF Storage Devices EventGeneration DMTF Storage Devices DMTF Storage Contro ller EventGeneration DMTF Storage Contr oller DMTF Bus Port DMTF Fibre Channel Bus Port Ex[...]

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