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Sun StorageTek RAID Manager Software User’s Guide

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Contents

Figures

Tables

Preface

1. Introduction

Getting Started Tasks

About the GUI Versus the BIOS Utility

About the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager GUI Software

About the Agent

Growing Your Storage Space With the Software

A Simple Storage Space

An Advanced Storage Space

Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space

System Requirements

2. Installing and Starting the Software

Installing the Software

Installing on the Windows OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the Software on the Windows OS

Performing a Silent Windows Installation (Advanced)

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Perform a Silent Windows Installation of the Software

Example Command-Line Installations

Installing on the Linux OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the Software on the Linux OS

Installing on the Solaris OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the Software on the Solaris OS

Installing On VMware Technology

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install On VMware Technology

Starting the Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Start the Software on the Windows OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Start the Software on the Linux OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Start the Software on the Solaris OS

Starting the Agent Only

Starting the Agent on the Windows OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Verify That the Agent is Running On the System

Starting the Agent on the Linux OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Verify That the Agent is Running On the System

Starting the Agent on the Solaris OS

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Start the Agent On the System

Using the Software With a Firewall

Understanding Permission Levels

About the Administrator Permission Level

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Log In as an Administrator

About the User Permission Level

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Log In as a User

About the Guest Permission Level

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Log In as a Guest

Logging Out of and Into the Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Log Out of the Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Log Into the Software

3. Exploring the Software

Navigating the Main Window

Using the Enterprise View

Using the Physical Devices View

Using the Logical Devices View

Revealing More Disk Drive Information

Checking System Status

Working in The Software

About the Actions Menu

Getting Help

4. Building a Storage Space

Selecting a Configuration Method

Express Configuration: Building the Easy Way

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Build a Storage Space With the Express Method

Partitioning and Formatting Logical Drives

Including More Systems In the Storage Space

Custom Configuration (Advanced)

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Build the Storage Space With Custom Configuration

Including More Systems In the Storage Space

Building a RAID Volume

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Build a RAID Volume

Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Support

Managing Your Storage Space

5. Customizing the Software

Logging Into Remote Systems

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Log Into a Remote System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Remove a Remote System

Creating Display Groups

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a Display Group

Setting Preferences and Changing Views

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Sort Systems in the Enterprise View

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change the Standard Unit of Measure

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change the Main Window Appearance

Customizing the Agent

Broadcasting Event Alerts From a System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change or Disable OS Event Logging On a System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change Alarm Settings On a System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change the Agent Base Port Number On a System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change the Agent Base Port Number

6. Managing Logical Drives and Hot-Spares

Understanding Logical Drives

Creating Logical Drives

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Set the Size of a Logical Drive

Including Different-Sized Disk Drives in a Logical Drive

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a Logical Drive Using Free Segments on Disk Drives

Fine-Tuning Logical Drives

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change The Name of a Logical Drive

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change the Advanced Settings of a Logical Drive

Changing the Stripe Size

Changing the Write Cache Setting

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change the Write Cache Setting

Changing the Read Cache Setting

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change the Read Cache Setting

Changing the Initialize Priority

Changing the Initialize Method

Verifying Logical Drives

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Confirm That the HBA Supports Build Initialization

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Confirm That the HBA Supports Background Consistency Checking

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Verify and Fix a Logical Drive

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Verify a Logical Drive Without Fixing It

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Enable or Disable Background Consistency Checking

Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Increase the Capacity of a Logical Drive

Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive

Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change the RAID Level of a Logical Drive

Deleting a Logical Drive

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Delete a Logical Drive

Working With Hot-Spares

Hot-Spare Limitations

Global Hot-Spare Versus Dedicated Hot-Spare

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Designate a Global Hot-Spare

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Assign a Dedicated or Pool Hot-Spare

About the Hot-Spare Icons

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Remove or Delete a Dedicated Hot-Spare

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Delete a Global Hot-Spare

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Enable Copyback

7. Monitoring Storage Space

Monitoring Options

Checking Activity in Your Storage Space

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View the Full List of Events

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Event Details

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View the Full List of Events

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Clear All the Event Logs Belonging to All HBAs in a System

About the Status Icons

Using Notifications to Monitor Status

Setting Up Event Notifications

Opening the Notification Manager and Adding Systems

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Set Up Event Notifications for a System

Sending a Test Event

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Send a Test Event

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Troubleshoot a Failed Test

Managing the Event Notification List

Modifying the Address, Host Name, or Notification Level of a System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Modify System Information

Removing a System From the Notification List

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Remove a System From the Notification List

Monitoring and Managing the Notification Log

Using the Notification Log

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Clear the Notification Log

Disabling and Re-Enabling Event Notifications

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable Event Notifications

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Re-Enable Event Notifications

Setting Up Email Notifications

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Set Up Email Notifications

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Enter the SMTP Server Settings

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Add an Email Recipient

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Send a Test Message

Managing the Email List

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Modify Information About a Recipient

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Remove a Recipient From the Email List

Monitoring and Managing the Email Log

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Use the Email Log

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Clear the Email Log

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Change the Email Notification Manager Settings

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable Email Notifications

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Re-Enable Email Notifications

Broadcasting Event Alerts to Users

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Enable Event Alerts

Managing Enclosure Status

Silencing and Testing the Audible Alarm

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Enable an Alarm for a System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable an Alarm

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Test the Alarm

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Silence the Alarm

8. Managing Tasks

Scheduling a Task

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Schedule a Task

Opening the Task Manager

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Open the Task Manager

Monitoring Tasks

Monitoring Upcoming Tasks in the Task List

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Check Past Tasks and Events in the Event Log

Modifying a Task

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Modify a Scheduled Task

Rescheduling a Task Following a Missed Start Time

Deleting a Task

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Delete a Task

Disabling the Task Manager

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable the Task Manager

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Re-Enable the Task Manager

9. Working with Display Groups

Adding a System to a Display Group

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Add a System to a Display Group

Viewing Display Group Status

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View the Display Group Properties

Moving a System From One Display Group to Another

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Move a System From One Display Group to Another

Renaming a Display Group

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Rename a Display Group

Removing a System From a Display Group

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Remove a System From a Display Group

Deleting a Display Group

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Delete a Display Group

10. Managing HBAs, Disk Drives, and Enclosures

Viewing Component Properties

Blinking a Component

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Blink a Component

Managing Disk Drives

Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Replace a Disk Drive in a Logical Drive

Setting a Disk Drive to ‘Failed’

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Set a Disk Drive to a Failed State

Initializing Disk Drives

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Initialize a Single Disk Drive

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Initialize All Ready Disk Drives on a HBA

Managing HBAs

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Register a New HBA

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Test an HBA Alarm

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Silence an HBA Alarm

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable an HBA Alarm

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Rescan an HBA

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Save The HBA Configuration

Managing Enclosures

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Test an Enclosure Alarm

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Silence an Enclosure Alarm

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Disable an Enclosure Alarm

Updating HBA BIOS and Firmware

Before You Begin

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Update the HBA BIOS and Firmware

11. Configuring SNMP Support

Configuring SNMP Support on Windows

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install and Configure SNMP Support

Configuring SNMP Support on Linux

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure SNMP Support

12. Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Potential Software Issues

Identifying a Failed or Failing Component

Recovering From a Disk Drive Failure

Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot-Spare

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Recover From the Failure

Failed Disk Drive Not Protected By a Hot-Spare

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Recover From the Failure

Failure in Multiple Logical Drives Simultaneously

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Troubleshoot the Failures

Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Logical Drive

Multiple Failures in the Same Logical Drive

Removing the Icon of a Failed Disk Drive

Understanding Hot-Plug Limitations and Conditions

Hot-Unplug Removal Conditions

Hot-Plug Addition Conditions

Hot-Unplug and Plug Replacement/Reinsertion Conditions

Rebuilding Logical Drives

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Start a Hot-Swap Rebuild

Solving Notification Problems

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Troubleshoot a Failed Test Event

Creating a Support Archive File

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create the Archive File

Understanding Error and Warning Messages

Warning Messages

Error Messages

A. Selecting the Best RAID Level

Comparing RAID Levels

Understanding Drive Segments

Nonredundant Logical Drives (RAID 0)

RAID 1 Logical Drives

RAID 1 Enhanced Logical Drives

RAID 10 Logical Drives

RAID 5 Logical Drives

RAID 5EE Logical Drives

RAID 50 Logical Drives

RAID 6 Logical Drives

RAID 60 Logical Drives

B. Frequently Asked Questions

How to Perform Common Tasks

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Set Up Your Storage Space

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create or Add a New Logical Drive

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Open the Configuration Wizard

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Turn Off an Alarm

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Add a New User to the Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Add a Remote System

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Prevent a User From Changing Your Storage Space

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Check Disk Drive or Logical Drive Status

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Log Out of the Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Schedule a Task

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Find the Task Manager

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Find the Notification Manager

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Find the Email Notification Manager

About Terminology Clarifications

Software Versus Agent

Internal Versus External RAID Branches of the Enterprise View

Event Notifications Versus Email Notifications Versus Event Alerts

About Viewing Actions Menu Options

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Local and Remote System Actions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View HBA Actions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Disk Drive Actions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Enclosure Actions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Logical Drives Actions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Internal RAID Storage Actions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Notification Manager Actions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Email Notification Manager Actions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo View Task Manager Actions

About Tasks That You Can Schedule

C. Buttons and Icons At-a-Glance

Enterprise View Icons

Icons in the Physical Devices View

Enclosure Status Icons

Icons in the Logical Devices View

Buttons in the Main Window

Buttons in the Notification Manager

Buttons in the Email Notification Manager

Buttons in the Task Manager

Glossary

Index