Index

Numerics

1024 LUNs in loop mode with added host IDs (FC and SATA) 93

128 LUNs in point-to-point mode (FC and SATA) 93

128 LUNs with added host IDs (SCSI) 58

64 LUNs default (SCSI) 58

A

agent.ini file

creating for SNMP 226

SNMP parameters 229

auto-assigning global spare drives (FC and SATA) 245

B

BAD drive status 295

battery

charging status 12

operation 289

C

cache

battery support 291

default parameters 341

enabling write-back or write-through 231

status 12

cache optimization (FC and SATA) 84

cache optimization (SCSI) 52

caching parameters 231

channel event messages 360

channel status table 296

channels

default parameters 22, 1

default settings (SCSI) 56

defining 311

deleting host IDs 201

drive IDs 202

ID ranges (FC and SATA) 94

setting host and drive (FC and SATA) 88

setting host and drive (SCSI) 56

setting termination (SCSI) 202

status table 200

transfer clock speed (SCSI) 203

transfer width (SCSI) 204

viewing and editing 199

chip information 205

clock speed (SCSI) 203

cloning a failing drive 184

COM port baud rate 212

communication parameters 212

concurrent rebuild 308

configuration

saving NVRAM to disk (FC and SATA) 125

saving NVRAM to disk (SCSI) 80

configuration parameters 211

configurations

adding physical drives to logical drives 137

creating 1024 LUNs in loop mode 163

DAS loop example (FC/SATA) 41

default parameters 339

default parameters that should not change 349

drive-side parameters 240

expanding the capacity of logical drives 133

identifying a failed drive 180

loop 97, 1

maximum number of drives 24

maximum number of logical drives and LUNs 24

other default parameters 345

point-to-point 238

point-to-point (FC and SATA) 97

redundant point-to-point configurations 164

restoring from disk 284

SAN example (FC/SATA) 35

saving to disk 281

single-bus configuration (SCSI) 173

split-bus configuration (SCSI) 173

summary of key steps 45

viewing logical drive (FC and SATA) 82

viewing logical drive (SCSI) 50

connections

loop 97

point-to-point 97

controller

assignment of logical drive to (FC and SATA) 108

assignment of logical drive to (SCSI) 70

date and time 251

event messages 352

failover 303

IDs 202

muting beeper 275

name 12

naming 248

over-temp shutdown 268

parameters 248

password validation timeout 249

rebuild priority 246

redundant controller parameters 247

resetting 278

restoring a configuration 284

saving configuration to disk 281

shutting down 279

unique identifier 250

upgrading firmware 300

voltage status 270

conventions and terminology 17

cylinder/head/sector mapping 236

D

DAS loop configuration 41

date and time

setting controller 251

DHCP 213

default IP address 8

enabling and disabling 215

setting array IP address using 214

disk access delay time 241

disk array parameters 246

disk drive firmware 299

downloading firmware 299

drive channel defaults 22

drive channel IDs 202

drive event messages 356

drive firmware 299

drive IDs (FC and SATA) 175

drive IDs (SCSI) 173

drives

adding and deleting entries (SCSI) 179

adding to a logical drive 137

cloning a failing 184

cloning status 189

combining FC and SATA 87

default parameters 338, 1

flashing to identify good or bad 181

global or local spare identified 295

I/O timeout 241

identifying failed 180

local and global spare 5

maximum number per array 24

media scan for bad blocks 145

motor spin-up 240

number supported by RAID level 315

periodic check time 243

perpetual clone 186

read/write testing 196

reformatting 195

replacing after cloning 184

reserved space 197

scanning SCSI 179

status table 172

USED DRV drive status 295

vendor ID 295

viewing available (FC and SATA) 86

viewing available (SCSI) 54

drive-side parameters 240

DRV FAILED status 292

DRV MISS status 292

See

E

email

using SNMP to send event messages 226

event logs

viewing 287

event messages 351

channel 360

controller 352

drive 356

logical drive 364

sending using SNMP 226

types of 351

event trigger operations 267

expansion of logical drives 133

F

fault protection measures

cloning a failing drive 183

perpetual clone 186

SMART 183

verifying written data 247

Fibre Channel error statistics 272

Fibre Connection options

loop 238

point-to-point 238

Fibre protocol 97

filter mode (FC and SATA) 121

filter type (FC and SATA) 120

firmware

advanced features 324

basic components 11

enabling and disabling external interface of 238

initial window 12

main menu 15

navigation keys 15

upgrading 299

firmware downloads 299

firmware specifications 323

firmware window components 12

first-time configuration

for FC and SATA arrays 81

for SCSI arrays 49

first-time configuration summary 45

G

global spare drives 5

adding 178

auto-assigning (FC/SATA) 245

deleting 178

H

host applications

planning 4

host channel defaults 22

host channel IDs

deleting 201

host configuration

setting communication parameters 9

host filter mode (FC and SATA) 121

host filter type (FC and SATA) 120

host filters

viewing and modifying information 168

host filters (FC and SATA) 118

host IDs

number supported (FC and SATA) 92

host LUNs

adding WWN entries 168

deleting a mapping 165

mapping to partitions 160

maximum concurrent connections 234

number of tags reserved for 235

number supported per host ID 234

host-side parameters 233

defaults 343

host-side parameters (FC and SATA) 97

I

ID ranges

changing channel (FC and SATA) 94

in-band EI management

enabling and disabling 238

INCOMPLETE status 292

INITING status 292

INVALID status 292

IP address

setting 8, 1

using RARP or DHCP to set 9

K

keyboard shortcuts 15

L

local spare assignment 177

local spare assignment (FC and SATA) 102

local spare assignment (SCSI) 64

local spare drives 5

deleting 178

logical drives

adding physical drives to 137

assigning a local spare (FC and SATA) 102

assigning a local spare (SCSI) 64

assigning RAID level (FC and SATA) 100

assigning RAID level (SCSI) 61

changing controller assignment (FC and SATA) 108

changing controller assignment (SCSI) 70

checking parity 139

copying 143

creating (FC and SATA) 97, 1

creating (SCSI) 59, 1

default parameters 338

defining 310

deleting 51

deleting (FC and SATA) 83

deleting a partition 130

enabling and disabling parity reporting 141

expanding the capacity of existing 133

ID 292

larger than 253 Gbyte (FC and SATA) 98

larger than 253 Gbyte (SCSI) 60

LG number 292

mapping a partition to a LUN (SCSI) 116

mapping partitions (FC and SATA) 112

mapping partitions (SCSI) 74

mapping partitions to LUNs 160

mapping partitions to LUNs (SCSI) 75

maximum number of disks per 25

maximum number per configuration 24

maximum physical capacity (FC and SATA) 102

maximum physical capacity (SCSI) 64

maximum usable capacity 25

media scan for bad blocks 145

naming (FC and SATA) 109

naming (SCSI) 71

partitioning (FC and SATA) 109

partitioning (SCSI) 72

preparing for larger than 253 Gbyte 237

RAID level 292

rebuild priority 246

rebuilding 132, 1

regenerating the parity of 140

replacing larger-capacity drives in 143

saving NVRAM configuration 281

size 292

status table 291

viewing configuration (FC and SATA) 82

viewing configuration (SCSI) 50

logical volumes

avoiding failure 153

creating 155

default parameters 338

defining 311

deleting 158

deleting partitions of 153

expanding 153, 1

limitations 152

partitions 153

RAID levels 154

spare drives 154

status table 155

understanding 152

loop connection 97

loop DAS configuration 41

loop options 238

loopback error statistics 272

low-level formatting of a physical drive 195

LUNs

adding WWN entries 168

creating 1024 in loop mode 163

creating host filters for (FC and SATA) 118

default parameters 338

deleting a mapping 165

labelling (FC and SATA) 123

labelling (SCSI) 78

mapping (FC and SATA) 112

mapping (SCSI) 74

mapping logical drive partitions to (SCSI) 75

mapping partitions to 160

maximum concurrent host connections 234

maximum number 24

number of tags reserved for 235

number supported per host ID 234

overview (FC and SATA) 113

overview (SCSI) 74

Solaris device files for (FC and SATA) 124

Solaris device files for (SCSI) 79

M

manual rebuild 306

mapping

mapping partitions (FC and SATA) 112

mapping partitions (SCSI) 74

maximum drive capacity (FC and SATA) 102

maximum drive capacity (SCSI) 64

maximum number of drives 24

maximum queued I/O count 233

maximum tag count 242

maximum usable capacities 25

maximum usable capacity per logical drive 25

media scan

aborting 146

continuous 146

for bad blocks in drives 145

one-time 146

priority 146

terminating 146

using on individual drives 193

messages

controller events 352

drive 356

event 351

logical drive events 364

See also

MISSING drive status 295

N

naming a controller 248

naming a logical drive (FC and SATA) 109

naming a logical drive (SCSI) 71

navigation keys 15

network protocol support 215

NEW DRV drive status 295

node name 176

NVRAM

restoring configuration from disk 284

saving configuration to disk 281

saving configuration to disk (FC and SATA 125

saving configuration to disk (SCSI) 80

O

offline initialization (FC and SATA) 104

offline initialization (SCSI) 66

online initialization (FC and SATA) 104

online initialization (SCSI) 66

optimization modes

(FC and SATA) 84

(SCSI) 52

random and sequential (FC and SATA) 85

random and sequential (SCSI) 53

verifying and changing (FC and SATA) 85

verifying and changing (SCSI) 53

over-temp controller shutdown 268

P

parameters

communication 212

configuration 211

controller 248

disk array 246

drive-side 240

host-side 233

host-side (FC and SATA) 97

peripheral device type 236

redundant controller 247

summary of default 337

parity

checking 139

enabling and disabling reporting inconsistent 141

enabling SCSI bus byte 204

overwriting inconsistent 140

regenerating 140

partition

mapping of logical drive to a LUN (SCSI) 75

partitioning logical volumes 153

partitions

deleting logical drives 130

deleting logical volume 153

logical drive (FC and SATA) 109

logical drive (SCSI) 72

mapping of logical drives to LUN (SCSI) 116

mapping to LUNs 160

maximum number per logical drive 24

password

changing 277

disabling 278

setting new 276

password validation timeout 249

patch downloads 300

periodic drive check time 243

periodic drive swap check time 244

periodic SAF-TE and SES check time 243

peripheral device type parameters 236

peripheral devices 253

default parameters 346

event trigger operations 267

redundant controller mode 265

SAF-TE status 261

viewing status 253

perpetual clone of a failing drive 186

physical drives

cloning a failing 184

cloning status 189

flashing to identify good or bad 181

periodic check time 243

reformatting 195

replacing after cloning 184

reserved space 197

scanning SCSI 179

size and speed 294

status table 172, 1

viewing information 176

planning

host applications 4

RAID configurations 4

point-to-point connection 97

point-to-point options 238

primary controller SCSI IDs 202

progress indicators 18

R

RAID

advantages over non-RAID 314

multilevel (logical volumes) 152

planning considerations 4

terminology 310

RAID 0 317

RAID 1 317

RAID 1+0 318

concurrent rebuild in 308

RAID 3 319

RAID 3+0 321

RAID 5 320

RAID 5+0 321

RAID levels

10, 30, 1

assigning (FC and SATA) 100

assigning (SCSI) 61

defining 314

descriptions 316

mirroring and striping 315

number of drives per 315

redundancy in 315

RARP 213

setting array IP address using 214

setting automatic IP address for array 9

RCCOM (FC and SATA) 247

read/write testing 196

rebuild priority 246

rebuilding logical drives 304

rebuilding logical drives automatically 304

rebuilding logical drives manually 306

redundant controller parameters 247

reserved space on drives 197

resetting controller 278

restoring NVRAM configuration from disk 284

See

RS-232 port configuration 212

S

SAF-TE

check time 243

temperature sensor locations 264

viewing status 261

SAN configuration example (FC/SATA) 35

saving configuration to disk 281

SB-MISS drive status 295

scanning

drive media 145

for bad blocks with media scan 193

scanning drives (SCSI) 179

SCSI arrays

configuration and reconfiguration of 49

SCSI bus byte

enabling parity 204

SCSI drive utilities

low-level format 195

See

SCSI transfer width 204

secondary controller SCSI IDs 202

See

sensor locations

SAF-TE temperature 264

SES temperature 259

SES

enclosure information 176

firmware upgrading 302

temperature sensor locations 259

SES check time 243

shelf life 290

shutting down the controller 279

single-bus configuration (SCSI) 173

size of drive 294

SMART 183

disabling detection 193

how cloning options work 191

testing a drive 192

SMART detection

enabling 191

SMART technology defined 190

SNMP

configuring 226

enabling and disabling 215

SNMP agent.ini file example 228

Solaris device files for LUNs (FC and SATA) 124

Solaris device files for LUNs (SCSI) 79

spare drives

assigning a global 178

assigning a local 177

deleting 178

global 5

local 5

logical volumes 154

speed of drive 294

split-bus configuration (SCSI) 173

STAND-BY drive status 295

status table

channel 296

host and drive channels 200

status windows

checking 291

logical drive table 291

physical drive status table 294

stripe size

configuring (FC and SATA) 105

configuring (SCSI) 67

sync transfer clock speed (SCSI) 203

system functions 275

default parameters 348

T

tag command queuing 242

telnet

enabling and disabling 215

inactivity timeout 216

temperature

exceeds threshold trigger 268

temperature limit 268

temperature sensor locations

SAF-TE 264

SES 259

threshold trigger

temperature exceeds 268

timeout

password validation 249

telnet inactivity 216

transfer rate indicator 12

transfer width (SCSI) 204

troubleshooting 303

U

units of device capacity 19

upgrading firmware 299

V

verification on writes 247

W

See also

write policy 231

guidelines 32

selecting (FC and SATA) 104

selecting (SCSI) 66

write-back cache 291

See also

WWNs 176

manually adding entries 168

selecting while creating a host filter 118