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2. Un assign Hot Spare Un assign Un assign this device as an hot spare amp Hext Cancel 4 Select the logical drive s that you want protected by the dedicated spare then click Next T Spare Management wy Slot 2 Select logical devicels a Select Spare Type Hame Logical Devices Summary Logical On Logical Ory amp State Optimal Optimal Back Size GB RAID Lee 49 99 a Hext Cancel 5 Review the summary of protected logical drives then click Finish Deleting a Global Hot Spare You may want to delete a global hot spare to Make disk drive space available for another logical drive Make a global hot spare into a dedicated hot spare Remove the hot spare designation from a disk drive that is no longer being used as a hot spare When a hot spare is built into a logical drive after a disk drive failure it retains its hot spare designation even though it can no longer protect the logical drives it s assigned to See Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure on page 137 To delete a global hot spare Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue 53 adapfec by PMc In the Enterprise View select a controller then in the Physical Devices tree select a hot spare drive 2 Onthe ribbon in the Physical Device group click Spare Management a s 4 so Spare Management Physical Device The Spare Management wizard opens
3. Eman ann_thomasi lantec com Event Type Error Warning Information moshication Type Add Cancel Repeat this step to add more email recipients Each recipient appears in the Email Notifications Manager as shown below adapfec by PMc 2 System settings x j WIN ODBVSI2TDJF Email added Agent SMTP Email Email ID Event Type Notification Type ann_thomas lantec com Error Warming Information Coalesced richard_stanton lantec com Error Instant Add Email Modify Email Delete Email Send Test Email OK Cancel 9 When you re done adding email recipients click OK The email recipients and your SMTP server settings are saved 10 Repeat the steps in this section for each system you want to monitor with email notifications then continue by sending test messages to all recipients see Sending a Test Message on page 120 Sending a Test Message To ensure that an email recipient is receiving event notifications you can send them a test message To send a test message 1 Inthe Enterprise View select the system you want 2 On the ribbon in the System group click System Settings 3 When the System settings window opens click the Email tab The Email Notifications Manager opens 4 Select one or more email addresses to send a test message to To select all addresses click the check box at the top of the list as shown in the figure below adapfec by PMc a z System settings x j WIN ODBVSI
4. Enterprise View Status Icons Icon Description or Enterprise OK ie Enterprise error Enterprise no access He Enterprise warning adapfec by PMC Enterprise View System Icons Icon Description y L System OK System error System no access 3 E E E7 System missing S A System warning Enterprise View Connector Icons Icon Description ae Connector OK 7E Connector failed 75 Connector missing a Connector warning Enterprise View Controller Icons Icon Description Controller OK Controller failed Controller missing yada A Controller warning Enterprise View Enclosure Icons Icon Description te Enclosure Management OK ty Enclosure Management failed Enclosure missing Enclosure Management warning adapfec by PMC Enterprise View Physical Disk Icons Icon Description Se Physical disk OK rs Physical disks OK r Physical disks failure y amp Physical disks missing l A Physical disks warning Enterprise View MaxCache Device Icons Icon Description Ps maxCache Device error Fo maxCache Device missing f maxCache Device OK FA maxCache Device warning Tab Icons Icon Description Summary E l Properties mi Resources a Events Task Dialog Box Icons Icon Description Aill E mail notification Chart adapfec by PMC Index A activity in storage space 35 event log 35 task log 35 activity on storage space See monitoring adapters Se
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6. 3 When the wizard opens ensure that Tiered is selected the default then click Next FF Create Virtual Wolurme w Fe drtual volumes C ti l ing ti lz Requires 2 Is of different Tene Cus Tiered Gum a tier volume using tier pouls Requires 2 pools a ere Select LO Cached Create a cache volume using tier pools Requires 2 pools of different Caching Attributes tiers Summary oe Create a cached LO using a tier pools Requires at least 1 pool Hext Cancel adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide 4 Inthe Tiering Attributes panel select the up tier pool and down tier pool from the drop down lists FF Create Virtual volurne 3 Fey drtual volumes we volume Types Hame volumen Tiering Attributes C Select LD Volume Size 120 0 DA Caching Attributes Up Tier Pool Size Pool zj 96 0 S 20 Summary Down Tier Pool J Size Pooli a 24 0 2 Ge 20 FetchsFlush htode agressive ka Description Default volume Back Meat Cancel 5 Customize the volume settings You can e Enter a name for the volume up to 31 characters and the volume description up to 63 characters Names can include any combination of letters and numbers but cannot include spaces e Adjust the volume size By default the volume size equals the total size of the up tier pool and down tier pool e Adjust the size of each tier level by clicking on either the size or percent spinners The total size r
7. Enclosure g GA Slot 1 and a physical device in Slot 2 in Enclosure O Click Slot 2 to check the device status on the Storage Dashboard and continue tracing the fault to its source Summary Properties Resources i Events Device status CC SF TTT a disk drive failure Type Disk drive State Failed Vendor Unknown Negotiated transfer speed Failed Windel STa250620N5 Wirite cache mode Write back serial Mo SOF4MAS 1 SMART warnings T Firmware level 3 AEK ss0inon spinning false Reported channel T MaxCache capable Mot supported Reported SCSI device id 17 Maxtache assigned Mot supported Wu On000000441 FE1BS4 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 136 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure This section describes how to recover when a disk drive or SSD fails e If the logical drive is protected by a hot spare see Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare on page 137 e If the logical drive is not protected by a hot spare see Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare on page 137 e If there is a disk drive failure in more than one logical drive simultaneously see Failure in Multiple Logical Drives Simultaneously on page 137 e If itis a RAID O logical drive see Disk Drive Failure in a RAID O Logical Drive on page 138 e If multiple disk drives fail within the same logical drive see Multiple Disk
8. ID Name Norm OxBB Temperature 100 OxC2 Reported VO Error Detection Code Errors 30 OxC3 Unknown Attribute 120 OxC4 Unknown Attribute 100 OxCcg Unknown Attribute 120 eeemtirip ute SSD wear level and Life Curve Status longevity indicators SSD Life Left Jute OxEA Unknown Attribute 0 2 of 3 14 ce 1 3 Viewing Storage Space Usage in Chart View Chart View provides a visual representation of the free and used space for a system controller or your entire storage space all systems and controllers Located on the right side of the Storage Dashboard in the maxView main window Chart View displays a pie chart of storage space usage To view storage space usage in Chart View simply select a component in the Enterprise View a system for instance the chart view is updated immediately To view more details about the use of storage space on that component move your mouse over any colored section of the pie chart Hover text reveals the amount of space represented by that section as shown in the figure below adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC pi Storage Bi Storage Used Space 1085 019 ii Hover text reveals storage space usage en details Free Space 1409 For maxCache Plus devices chart view shows the free and used space for the virtual pools and virtual volumes in your system To reveal the chart view for maxCache Plus devices simp
9. adapfec by PMc To create a logical drive with any other RAID level you must use the custom method as described on Custom Configuration on page 47 See Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 151 for more information about RAID levels With Express configuration maxView Storage Manager uses all available disk drive space to maximize the capacity of the logical drives To build your storage space with the Express method 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a system then select a controller on that system 2 Onthe ribbon in the Logical Device group click Create Logical Drive Create LD Logical Device 3 When the wizard opens ensure that Express Mode is selected then click Next Create Logical Device Controller 1 Select creation mode and click Next oan moe Express Mode Configure logical device s automatically RAID Level Custom Mode Configure logical device manually RAID Members RAID Attributes Summary Hext Cancel 4 Review the logical drive configuration summary adapfec by PMC FF create LD Controller 1 v Creation Mode Logical Disk RAID Level LogicalDrv 1 RAID Members i LogicalDry2 RAID Attributes Summary LogicalDrv3 LogicalDrv4 LogicalDrvs amp 5 Click Finish RAID Level RAID 5 RAID 1 Simple volume Simple volume Simple volume Size 465 43 172 715 111 621 82 716 50 Back maxView Storage Manager User s Guide Initialization Hot Spare bu
10. address belongs to a system that is actively monitored 2 System settings x j WIN ODBVSI2TDJF Set SMTP parameters Agent SMTP Email Enable Email Notification FF SMTP Server Settings SMTP Server Address 40 25 4 82 SMTP Server Port 25 ra Default Sender Information From Email address administrator lantec com Use Secure Mail Server User Name Password OK Cancel adapfec by PMc 6 If authentication is enabled on your SMTP server that is the server requires authentication details before it will send messages to users select Use Secure Mail Server then enter the SMTP server s login credentials username password in the space provided 7 On the System settings window click the Email tab The Email Notifications Manager opens o System settings x j WIN ODBVSI2T DJF Set Email parameters Please enable email notification in SMTP tab Agent SMTP Email Email ID Event Type Hotification Type No email recipient added Add Email Modify Email Delete Email Send Test Email OK Cancel 8 Click Add Email When the Add Email window opens enter the recipient s email address select the level of events that will trigger an email notification for that recipient Error Error Warning Error Warning Informational select the notification type Instant or Coalesced then click Add For more information about event levels see What Do the Event Status Icons Mean on page 112 gt H Add Email x
11. by PMC maxView Storage Manager User s Guide adapfec by PMc Copyright 2014 PMC Sierra Inc All rights reserved The information in this document is proprietary and confidential to PMC Sierra Inc In any event no part of this document may be reproduced or redistributed in any form without the express written consent of PMC Sierra Inc CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue None of the information contained in this document constitutes an express or implied warranty by PMC Sierra Inc as to the sufficiency fitness or suitability for a particular purpose of any such information or the fitness or suitability for a particular purpose merchantability performance compatibility with other parts or systems of any of the products of PMC Sierra Inc or any portion thereof referred to in this document PMC Sierra Inc expressly disclaims all representations and warranties of any kind regarding the contents or use of the information including but not limited to express and implied warranties of accuracy completeness merchantability fitness for a particular use or non infringement In no event will PMC Sierra Inc be liable for any direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages including but not limited to lost profits lost business or lost data resulting from any use of or reliance upon the information whether or not PMC Sierra Inc has been advised of the possibility of such damage For a complete list of
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13. fan status 36 114 115 identifying 93 locating 93 monitoring 36 114 115 power status 36 114 115 status 36 temperature status 36 114 115 Enterprise View 32732 icons 33 Error task status 91 event alerts 111 122 event log 35 111 event log operating system 126 events 35 See also monitoring expander 105 109 updating firmware 105 109 expanding logical drives 60 63 66 68 express configuration 44 RAID levels 44 F failed disk drives 63 137 138 multiple disk drives 63 137 138 multiple logical drives 137 RAID O logical drives 137 138 without hot spare 137 failed logical drive 139 force online 139 failover 56 firmware 105 108 109 Firmware Update wizard 105 force online 139 formatting logical drives 46 50 G global hot spares 51 53 deleting 53 adapfec by PMC Green Backup status 114 H hard disk 15 hard disk drive 15 hard drive See disk drive help 38 hot spares 51 51 52 54 58 137 creating 51 creating dedicated 51 52 creating pool spare 51 52 dedicated 51 defined 51 deleting 54 137 global 51 defined 51 limitations 51 52 removing 54 137 hybrid RAID 48 58 60 icons 33 112 119 Enterprise View 33 event status icons 112 119 identifying components 93 initialize method 63 65 initializing disk drives 97 138 skipping 138 L Linux 42 starting the Agent 42 local systems 40 locating drives 93 logging in 31 40 41 logging into remote systems
14. virtual pools and virtual volumes Occupying the largest portion of the main window in maxView Storage Manager the Storage Dashboard organizes component information by category with a tabs providing one click access to summary information and status properties resources and usage Statistics The information on the Storage Dashboard varies depending on which component is selected in the Enterprise View The figure below shows the Storage Dashboard for a controller Tabs provide access to summary information controller properties and resources The Events tab shows filtered events about the selected device see Viewing Activity Status in the Event Log on page 112 Note For information about Chart View on the right side of the Storage Dashboard see Viewing Storage Space Usage in Chart View on page 116 adapfec by PMC z g Enterprise View Summary Properties Resources fam Events v ol N SCFOATSPRBY adaptec com v tS maxC ache Plus f Controller info Resources Model Adaptec ASR81605Z7Q EVYAL Logical Devices 6 gt ee Virtual Volumes voi E Serial Number 3131133B8DC By State gt ws Virtual Pools Manufacturer Adaptec Inc Optimal 6 al L Firmware 7 4 0 30830 Impacted 0 gt Fe mexCache Devi Installed Memory 1024 MB Failed 0 laxlacne Vevice Mode RAID Expose RAW Degraded 0 k g Logical Devices Status Optimal Rebuilding 0 gt Physical Devices Temperature Normal 42C 107F Clearing 0 Key Features Physical Devices 34
15. 0 Summary Slot 8 SAS 512 Bytes Optimal 63 261 X M HeEnclosure 1 Slot 9 SAS 512 Bytes Ready 279 000 v B Slot 10 SAS 512 Bytes Ready 279 000 v Biot 11 SAS 512 Bytes Ready 279 000 v Bot 12 SAS 512 Bytes Ready 279 000 Y f amp Enclosure 2 iat 1 SATA 512 Bytes Optimal 0 500 j Back Next Cancel Note maxView Storage Manager allows you to create hybrid RAID drives that maximize performance in logical drives that include SSDs For more information about hybrid RAID see Creating a Hybrid RAID Logical Drive on page 60 6 Click Next 7 Optional In the RAID Attributes panel customize the logical drive settings You can e Entera name for the logical drive Names can include any combination of letters and numbers but cannot include spaces e Seta smaller logical drive size by default a new logical drive uses all available disk space Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 48 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc e Change the stripe size the amount of data written per disk in the logical drive The default stripe size usually provides the best performance e Change the Read Cache Write Cache and maxCache settings Note By default maxCache read and write caching is enabled for a logical drive Be sure to disable maxCache if you have not created a maxCache Device You can enable maxCache later after you create the maxCache Device For more information see Addin
16. 2 Onthe ribbon in the Physical Device group click Initialize adapfec by PMc ni Physical Den Zoos The Init Uninit Physical Device window opens 3 Click the Uninitialize Physical Device button then click OK S Init Uninit Physical Device x Initialize Physical Device C Uninitialize Physical Device Attention This device will erase ts metadata the section where all logical device s definition data is stored Are you sure you want to continue OK Cancel maxView Storage Manager uninitializes the device 4 When prompted click OK to close the Init Uninit Physical Device window Verifying and Fixing a Disk Drive When you verify a physical drive HDD or SSD maxView Storage Manager checks it for inconsistent or bad data and then fixes any problems it finds You can also choose to verify a physical drive without fixing it While maxView Storage Manager verifies and fixes a physical drive you can t complete any other tasks on that drive You can verify any drive in the Ready state To verify and fix a physical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then select a physical drive on that controller 2 On the ribbon in the Physical Device group click Verify gt ca lt lt 5 k verify Physical Device The Verify Physical Device window opens 3 To repair inconsistent or bad data during verification click Verify with fix To verify the physical drive without fixing bad data lea
17. 3 Click Un assign then click Next Review the summary of affected logical drives then click Finish The hot spare is deleted and the drive becomes available for other uses in your storage space Removing or Deleting a Dedicated Hot Spare You can delete a dedicated hot spare or remove it from a logical drive You may want to do this to e Make disk drive space available for another logical drive e Make a dedicated hot spare into a global hot spare e Remove the hot spare designation from a disk drive that is no longer being used as a hot spare Note When a hot spare is built into a logical drive after a disk drive failure it retains its hot spare designation even though it can no longer protect the logical drives it s assigned to See Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure on page 137 for more information To remove or delete a dedicated hot spare 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then in the Physical Devices tree select a dedicated hot spare 2 Onthe ribbon in the Physical Device group click Spare Management yy 4 so Spare Management Physical Device The Spare Management wizard opens 3 Click Un assign then click Next 4 Select the logical drive s from which to remove the dedicated spare then click Next adaptec P SE by PMC ve Spare Management wy Slot 2 Select logical device a Select Spare Type Hame State Size GB RAID Lewel Logical Dewiees Summary Logical Ory O
18. Configuring SNMP Notifications on Windows and LinUX sss sssssesssssreressreressrereresserresseereesserresseeee 144 Setting Up SNMP Notifications on WiINndOWS sssssessessrereessreresssrressssrrrsssrrresssereesssrersssrneressreressrereessseee 144 Setting Up SNMP Notifications on LINUX ccccccccccsssscccceeseeeccccueeecccceeeseccesaeeceesesaasecessuaeeeeesauaesessagagsees 145 Appendix C Using the maxView Plugin for VMware vSphere Web CLIie nt cccccsssseccecsessecececeseceesaeeeeeeeesaasees 146 Installing the maxView Plugin for vSphere Web CIi nt cccccccssssecececesecceeeesecceeseeecesseeeaeceeseeeeeeseees 146 Starting the maxView Plugin for vSphere Web CLie Nt cccccssssececcceeeeceeceeseccecseeecesesauseceeseaaeceseesaasess 147 Monitoring maxView Resources in vSphere Web CIie nt ccccccccssseccccesseeceeeeeecceeseaeeeceeseeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 148 Appendix D Selecting the Best RAID LeVell ccccccssssccccesessececeeeeecececaeeceeseeuseceesseaeecesseaeseceeseeseceseeseneceesagaeeeeeees 151 adaptec by PMC Companne RAID Leye Becsunursii Ee EA E E E G 151 Understanding Drive Segment S sssriiisisenseini eenen AA E a AS AITE arra a asa Aaaa 151 Non redundant Logical Drives RAID O ccccccccccccesssseccceceeecaeeseeececeeeeeeesseceeeseesauensseeeeeseesaeneseeeeeesesegnees 152 RAIO T Logical DTIVE S nenian AiE E aE ESTEER EEE ETRE EI SA 152 RAID 1 Enhanced Logical
19. Controller group click Silence Alarm Silence Alarm Disabling a Controller Alarm Warning or Error level events trigger an audible alarm on a controller which sounds until the event is resolved The alarm is enabled by default but can be disabled if required Caution If you disable the alarm no audible signal will sound when an error occurs on the controller To disable a controller s alarm 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens 3 Inthe Alarm drop down list select Disabled Note To enable a disabled alarm select Enabled from the drop down list 4 Click Apply The alarm is disabled for that system Rescanning a Controller After you connect a disk drive or remove a Ready non failed disk drive from a controller maxView Storage Manager may not recognize the change until it rescans the controller To rescan a controller 1 Inthe Enterprise View select the controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Rescan S 2 Controller The Rescan window opens adapfec by PMc 3 Click the Rescan button on the Rescan window maxView Storage Manager scans all the channels or ports on the controller you selected 4 When the rescan is finished click Cancel to close the Rescan window Setting a Controller s Default Task Priority Note This setting ap
20. Drive Failures in the Same Logical Drive on page 138 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare If a disk drive in a logical drive fails and that logical drive is protected by a hot spare the hot spare is automatically incorporated into the logical drive and takes over for the failed drive For example if a disk drive fails in a RAID 5 logical drive the logical drive is automatically rebuilt with its data reconstructed using the hot spare in place of the failed drive You can access the logical drive while it s rebuilding To recover from the failure 1 Remove and replace the failed disk drive following the manufacturer s instructions 2 If copyback is not enabled Remove the hot spare designation from the original hot spare the disk drive that was built into the logical drive See Removing or Deleting a Dedicated Hot Spare on page 54 for instructions Then designate a new hot spare to protect the logical drives on that controller If copyback is enabled Data is automatically moved back to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced No action is required See Enabling Copyback on page 55 for more information Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare If a disk drive in a logical drive fails when the logical drive is not protected by a hot spare remove and replace the failed disk drive The controller detects the new disk drive and begins to rebuild it You can access
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22. Enterprise View select a controller then select the logical drive that you want to migrate On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Expand Migrate BER a DE Logical A wizard opens to help you modify the logical drive Select a new RAID level then click Next Only valid RAID level options are offered 4 Inthe RAID Members panel select the disk drive s drive segments or SSDs that you want to add to the logical drive If you want to remove a specific disk drive or segment and replace it with another one for instance to replace a smaller disk drive with a larger one deselect the disk drive you want to remove then select another disk drive of greater or equal size to replace it Note We recommend that you do not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same logical drive maxView Storage Manager displays a warning message if you try to create a logical drive using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives Enter the size of the logical drive in the space provided in gigabytes It must be greater than or equal to the current size adapfec by PMC Note Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives Before you save the configuration verify that the logical drive size is supported by your operating system 6 Select a new stripe size from the drop down list if required Note The default stripe size usually provides the best performance 7 Click Next 8 Review the logical
23. Event Log Setting In addition to the maxView Storage Manager event log all Warning and Error level events on a system are recorded in its operating system event log You can select the type of events that are recorded or you can disable operating system event logging To change or disable operating system event logging on a system 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 On the ribbon in the System group click System Settings The Agent Settings window opens for that system 3 Inthe Save Events to OS Log drop down list select the type of events that you want to log then click OK adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC _ System Settings x q WIN SCFOATSPRBY adaptec com Agent Setting SMTP Email _ Agent System Base Port Save Events to OS Log Broadcast Even Sound Alarm Alarm Interval Seconds 300 Enable Auto Discovery LJ Auto Discovery Base Port Auto Discovery IntervalfSeconds K OK Cancel 4 Restart maxView Storage Manager to apply the new setting Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 127 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue 12 adapfec by PMc Managing Your Storage Space This section describes the advanced features in maxView Storage Manager that help you manage your storage space You can e Deploy servers with a server template file e Manage remote systems and auto discovery tasks with the Remote System wiz
24. In maxView Storage Manager the CIM Server manages the SMI S hardware provider and notification provider which monitor the RAID controllers in your system and notify the maxView Storage Manager Agent The standards based SMI S provider enables your Adaptec RAID controller to be managed with any standard CIM client For more information contact your Adaptec support representative The maxView Storage Manager CIM Server is installed automatically with maxView Storage Manager and the maxView Storage Manager Agent adapfec by PMc System Requirements To install maxView Storage Manager each system in your storage space must meet these requirements PC compatible computer with Intel Pentium processor or equivalent At least 4 GB of RAM 350 MB of free disk drive space 256 color video mode One of these operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2012 64 bit Windows Server 2012 R2 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit Windows SBS 2011 Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows 8 1 32 bit and 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 5 6 4 5 10 32 bit and 64 bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 10 32 bit and 64 bit Debian Linux 7 32 bit and 64 bit Ubuntu Linux 12 11 10 32 bit and 64 bit Fedora Linux 19 18 32 bit and 64 bit CentOS 6 4 5 10 32 bit and 64 bit Solaris 10 Solaris 11 Express 32 bit and 64 bit VMware ESXi 5 5 VMware ESX 4 1 Classic Citrix XenServer 6 2 For the latest on operating system version sup
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27. O logical drives and simple volumes are non redundant and are not protected by hot spares You can designate a global hot spare before or after you build logical drives on a controller To designate a global hot spare see Designating a Global Hot Spare on page 51 A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives and will only protect those logical drives A dedicated hot spare that is assigned to protect more than one logical drive is called a pool spare You must create the logical drive before you can assign a dedicated hot spare to protect it To assign a dedicated hot spare or pool hot spare see Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare or Pool Hot Spare on page 52 Designating a Global Hot Spare To designate a global hot spare before or after you build a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then in the Physical Devices tree select the disk drive or SSD that you want to designate as a hot spare See Hot Spare Limitations on page 51 for help selecting a disk drive 2 Onthe ribbon in the Physical Device group click Spare Management y sg Spare Management Physical Device The Spare Management wizard opens 3 Select Global then click Next adapfec by PMc a Spare Management x 2p Slot 2 Select Spare Type fesign Hot Spare Logical Dewices Summany wo Global Create a global hot spare for all logical devices Dedicated Create a hot spare for a dedicated logical devic
28. PMC Sierra s trademarks and registered trademarks visit http www pmc sierra com legal Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Revision History Issue Issue Date Details of Change 1 07 December 12 Adaptec maxView Storage Manager Version 1 07 2014 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 3 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec by PMC Contents Adaptec by PMC Product SUPDOMTiscccccsscccsssascecectesccsnensesdvescnesedeaneedoasaiieacssansaedaseseadiaahsdeunsdhessvenseddbesanenossanaenensaicaneass 10 Software License AQFERMENL ccccccsssscccccesseeccccassececcuuaeecesaueceeeesuesecessuuseceesuaueceesaesesecessuaeecesesseaceessugeeecessuaeeeenes 11 1 About this GGG Sons sncstendsnctwieoacansncuodswnddaadvindensdtaccansundsduvaivanedadantenyenvidwanssantanedvanddabwerdampadunsansens Gdesesiaxeiendsyalvencenives 14 What You Need to Know Before You BeBin ccccssssecccecssseccecsesseececcueeceeseaeesceeeseaceeeesueseceesaugaecessaageeeeeees 14 Terminology Used in this Guide ccccccccsssseccccesesecccseeccecseeeseceeeaeseceeeeseeeecesseaseceesaaeceesaeansecessugeeceseseees 14 HOW to Find More IATORMMAU ON csccsssaviconssersacducseassnossanssnsduassnecodcssacsansdvassanddaseanasnaseantbaseesasvaveusTaanOneadeacateeueses 15 2 Introduction to maxView Storage MANAELS scccc
29. Power Management Enabled By Type Cache Backup Unit Ready Hard Disk Drives 30 maxCache Enabled Solid State Disks 4 Others 0 By State Optimal 12 Ready 22 Advanced Statistics Spare 0 Failed 0 Raw 0 The following table lists the categories and types of information provided on the Storage Dashboard for each component in your storage space All top level nodes in the Enterprise View System Controller Logical Devices Physical Devices and so on include a Summary tab Component System Controller Logical drives and maxCache Device Enclosure Hard drives and SSDs maxCache Plus top level tree node Categories Summary Summary Properties Resources Summary Resources Summary Summary Resources SMART Statistics Summary Examples System name and IP address Operating system Number and type of controllers Alarm status see Working with System Alarms on page 104 Model key features controller mode and status Number of physical drives logical drives and status Performance mode settings and power management features maxCache status Health and activity of flash backup module if present Green backup status Physical drive assignments by logical device see Revealing More Device In formation on page 36 Raid level size and status Member drives and locations Cache settings Hot spare protection Power management status Drive segment allocation Enclosure type vend
30. Starting maxView Storage Manager and Logging In on page 31 Starting maxView Storage Manager on Remote Systems You can run the maxView Storage Manager application on the remote systems in your storage space making those systems usable as management systems Alternatively if your storage space includes systems that aren t connected to monitors or that you don t anticipate using as management systems and therefore won t require the GUI or graphical user interface you can run the Agent only on those systems For more information see About the maxView Storage Manager Agent on page 17 e To start the full maxView Storage Manager application on a remote system follow the instructions in Starting maxView Storage Manager and Logging In on page 31 e To start the Agent only on a remote system follow the instructions in Starting the Agent Only on page 41 Starting the Agent Only To start the maxView Storage Manager Agent only on a remote system follow the instructions for your operating system as described in the sections below In an Agent Only configuration you must ensure that the maxView Storage Manager CIM server and Web server are running on the remote system and that you start the services in the proper order 1 CIM server 2 Agent 3 Web server In general maxView Storage Manager services start automatically when the system is powered on Use the procedures in this section to manually start and stop the services as nee
31. Storage Dashboard 35 93 111 113 150 task details 113 task log 35 tasks 90 monitoring tasks 90 N Native Command Queuing 103 NCQ 103 non redundant logical drives 152 notification types 111 117 122 123 email notifications 111 117 122 SNMP traps 123 notifications 111 122 event alerts 111 122 O online help 38 operating system event log 126 operating systems 18 p partitioning logical drives 46 50 PHY link rate 103 physical drives 99 verifying and fixing 99 pool hot spares 51 52 power management 69 71 disabling 71 stay awake period 70 timers 69 Properties tab 93 adapfec by PMc RAID 63 152 158 non redundant logical drives 152 RAID 0 152 RAID 1 152 RAID 10 154 RAID 1E 153 RAID 5 155 157 RAID 50 157 158 RAID 5EE 156 RAID 6 63 158 stripe size 63 RAID 60 63 158 stripe size 63 RAID levels 44 47 63 67 changing 63 67 custom configuration 47 express configuration 44 selecting 47 RAID segments 151 RAW drive 98 RAW state 98 read cache 62 rebuilding defined 137 rebuilding logical drives 56 96 137 139 recurring tasks 89 remote systems 40 44 130 131 adding manually 44 130 removing 131 renaming logical drives 61 rescanning controllers 101 102 Resources View 35 36 114 115 ribbon 34 43 61 62 66 67 100 102 139 Add system 43 Change logical device name 61 Configure disk drive cache 101 Configure global disk drive cache 100 Configure read cache 62 Expand or change l
32. a monitor Event alerts signal everyone working on the storage space that a system requires technical assistance When you set maxView Storage Manager to broadcast event alerts a logged in users receive messages about all types of events In Windows these alerts appear as pop up messages in all other operating systems these alerts appear as console messages Note Event alerts are independent of email notifications see Notifying Users by Email About Status and Activity on page 117 To enable event alerts 1 In the Enterprise View select a system adapfec by PMc 2 On the ribbon in the System group click System Settings The Agent Settings window for that system opens 3 Click Broadcast Events to Logged Iin Users then click OK 4 Restart maxView Storage Manager to apply the change Monitoring Status and Activity with SNMP Traps On Windows and Linux systems you can monitor status and activity in your storage space with Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP traps Using the maxView Storage Manager GUI or an OS monitoring tool a system can receive SNMP trap notifications for instance when a disk drive fails or a logical drive verification begins For information about about setting up SNMP traps on your system see Configuring SNMP Notifications on Windows and Linux on page 144 Monitoring Advanced Statistics about Activity in Your Storage Space You can set maxView Storage Manager to log advanced I O and us
33. and disk drives connected to it and the logical drives created with those disk drives appear in the i Slot 5 Optimal Physical and Logical Devices trees Sq Slot 4 Optimal SA Slot 6 Optimal qj Slot 7 Optimal S j Slot 8 Optimal Slot 9 Ready 5 Slot 10 Optimal You can perform most tasks in maxView Storage Manager by selecting a component in the Enterprise View such as a controller or disk drive then using the related commands on the ribbon described next What do the Enterprise View Icons Mean Icon Description J b System with controller and directly attached disk drives or enclosures i i Controller T Enclosure B Logical device F 4 maxCache device healthy a Hard disk drive 1A green checkmark in the Enterprise View means that the component is healthy with no problems or issues For more information see Identifying a Failed or Failing Component on page 136 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc J O C J m n CNI O C P U O76 UD A RR e V A adapfec by PMC Icon Description Solid State Drive SSD a Connector or other physical device The Ribbon Most tasks in maxView Storage Manager are available from the ribbon at the top of the main window The ribbon replaces toolbars and menus in maxView Storage Manager to help you quickly find the commands you need to complete a task F TS LA Fa Eo be be rS Fe maxCache ae A a ea eae A ZO
34. cache Controller b iw 2742 1000GB RAID 5 1000G B RAID 5 400656 SSD as HOD cache Total Capacity 2TB e Cached LD Volume Volume comprised of an existing logical drive and a pool with better performance characteristics than the logical drive Pool devices are used as the caching media Supported cache types includes Write Through only A Cached LD Volume s maximum capacity equals the logical drive capacity Cached LD Volume SSDs used as HDD cache Controller eS es ee I Le 1500GB RAID 5 40066 SSU as HOD cache Total Capacity 1500 GB e Pass Through Volume Volume comprised of discovered storage logical drives raw devices and exposed to the OS Created by default for all underlying storage resources maxCache vs maxCache Plus maxCache and maxCache Plus both support SSD read and write caching Tiering however is supported by maxCache Plus only Whereas maxCache is limited to the resources connected to a single Adaptec Series Q controller maxCache Plus utilizes the resources on all of your Adaptec controllers Series 6 7 8 Q non Q select 3rd party controllers or HBAs motherboard chipset storage and PCle devices such as PCle flash Note As a prerequisite for using maxCache Plus you must have at least one qualifying Adaptec Series Q controller in your configuration see the Readme for a complete list For supported third party controllers and storage devices contact Adaptec Support For local s
35. can change its RAID level or increase its capacity to meet changing requirements You can also protect your logical drives by assigning one or more hot spares to them See Creating and Managing Hot Spares on page 51 for more information Creating and Modifying Logical Drives For basic instructions for creating logical drives see Building Your Storage Space on page 40 This section describes three additional scenarios for creating logical drives e To create a logical drive from different sized disk drives see Including Different sized Disk Drives in a Logical Drive on page 59 e To create a logical drive using available segments of disk drives see Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Segments on page 60 e To create a hybrid RAID logical drive using a combination of hard disk drives and SSDs see Creating a Hybrid RAID Logical Drive on page 60 maxView Storage Manager User s Guide adapfec by PMC Including Different sized Disk Drives in a Logical Drive You can combine disk drives of different sizes in the same logical drive If the logical drive includes redundancy however the size of each segment can be no larger than the size of the smallest disk drive See Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 151 for more information about redundancy Note We recommend that you do not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same logical drive maxView Storage Manager displays a warning if you try to create a logical drive using
36. fails to find the system on your network To manually add a remote system 1 On the ribbon in the Home group click Add System Home adapfec by PMc 2 When the Add System window opens click System Not Present The Add System Manually window opens 3 Enter the system name and login credentials in the space provided then click Add P Add System Manually x System jlab2 test User Id administrator Password seveeess Add Cancel The window closes and the system appears in the discovered systems list in the Add System window 4 Select the system then click Add maxView Storage Manager connects to the remote system and adds it to the Enterprise View Removing a Remote System If you no longer want to manage a remote system you can remove it from the Enterprise View Note Removing a remote system from the Enterprise View does not take it off line To remove a remote system 1 On the ribbon in the Home group click Delete System Delete System Home The Delete System window opens 2 Select the system s you want to remove To select all systems in the list click the checkbox at the top of the window adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC _ Delete System x List of the managed systems Please select systems s to be removed from the mawiew management System Name IPAddress maxview Jason 172 1 8 4721 rf Delete Cancel 3 Click Delete maxView Storage Manager
37. for power management support on the Storage Dashboard for controllers logical drives and physical drives Setting Power Management Options for a Logical Drive This section describes how to set the power management options for an existing logical drive You can also set the power management options when you create a logical drive in the wizard see Custom Configuration on page 47 For each logical drive in your storage space you can a set a timer to reduce the disk drive spin rate RPM turn disk drives off and verify the health of inactive drives Note We do not recommend enabling power management for logical drives with shared physical drives that is logical drives that include segments of the same physical drives Placing logical drives with these characteristics under power management may limit the power savings benefit in your storage space To set the power management options for a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then select a logical drive 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Set Properties ace Set Properties Logical Device The Set Properties window opens 3 Click the Power tab In the Power Settings drop down list select Enabled 5 Select a value for each timer from the drop down lists adapfec by PMC F Set Properties x B LogicalDrv0 General Power MaxCache Power Settings Enabled i Slow Down Drives After Mins 30 Minutes Verify Drives Aft
38. iew Storage Manager InstallShield Wizard Direct Attached Storage Setup Choose the features that best suit your needs Please select the features you want to install M GUI and Agent Installs the management GUI and agent I CLI Tools Installs the command line tools For creation and management of RAID arrays IY maxCache Plus Installs maxCache Plus driver packages C Custom Setup Launches a Custom Setup InstallShield lt Back Cancel 7 Click Install to begin the installation Repeat these steps to install maxView Storage Manager on every Windows system that will be part of your storage space When the installation is complete you receive a confirmation message and the maxView Storage Manager icon is placed on your desktop Installing on Red Hat Cent OS SuSE or Fedora Linux This section describes how to install maxView Storage Manager on systems running Red Hat Linux Cent OS SuSE Linux or Fedora Linux For information about installing maxView Storage Manager on Debian and Ubuntu Linux see the next section For a list of supported Linux operating systems see System Requirements on page 18 1 Open a shell window then change to the directory where the Linux installer package is located see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details 2 Toinstall maxView Storage Manager with maxCache Plus support run the maxCache Plus installation script install sh otherwise skip to Step 3 chmod
39. maxView Storage Manager Overview of the Main Window The main window of maxView Storage Manager has three main panels left right and bottom plus the ribbon at the top of the window The left panel shows always the Enterprise View The bottom panel shows the Event Log and Task Log The right panel shows the Storage Dashboard and Chart View Different information appears in the right panel depending on which component is selected in the Enterprise View In example below a controller is selected in the Enterprise View and the right panel displays the Storage Dashboard for the controller with a chart view of its storage space adapfec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide Aar MAXVICW srorsce manacer _ z A n a aga 2 Ee on m CB Kibb b 6 of amp 446 BEER Cece BEKBE BEE Le ei CO ibbon ri eti 2 Fa B 3 BEBE Rsg BB Home System Controll Logical Device Physical Device maxCache Virtual Pool Virtual Volume b S erprise View 3 GErterprise View Summary Properties 4 Resources Events gt OWIN SCFOATEPRBY adaptec com X Fe maxC ache Plus m Controller Info Resources Total Storage gt 2 Virtual Volumes Model Adaptec ASR81605Z0 EVAL Logical Devices 6 5 n Serial Number 313113358DC By State gt te Virtual Pools Manufacturer Adaptec Inc Optimal 6 vv ie Firmware 7 4 0 30830 Impacted 0 gt Fe maxCache Device Installed Memory 1024 MB Failed 0 Enterprise nd E Log
40. monitor all the controllers enclosures and disk drives in the storage space from any system running the maxView Storage Manager GUI oie iad RAID 50 Server running maxView Storage enclosures with Storage Manager Agent disk drives installed Cc System running maxView Server with RAID controller 2 Storage Manager and disk drives installed Oo O x o eo pis RAID 60 a Server running maxView Storage Manager Agent System running maxView Server running maxView Storage enclosures with Storage Manager Storage Manager Agent disk drives installed Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 20 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Installing maxView Storage Manager This section describes how to install and uninstall maxView Storage Manager on different operating systems It also describes how to run maxView Storage Manager from a bootable USB image before the application is installed on an operating system Note To perform a silent installation without messages or user interaction follow the instructions in Silent Installation on Windows and Linux on page 141 Note VMware users running vSphere Web Client for Windows can install the maxView plugin for vSphere and monitor storage resources without using the maxView Storage Manager GUI For more information see Using the maxView Plugin for VMware vSphere Web Client on page 146 Before You Begin the Installation Comple
41. of parity data are striped separately across all disk drives in the logical drive RAID 6 logical drives provide extra protection for your data because they can recover from two simultaneous disk drive failures However the extra parity calculation slows performance compared to RAID 5 logical drives RAID 6 logical drives must be built from at least four disk drives Maximum stripe size depends on the number of disk drives in the logical drive Drive Segment Size Disk D 1 D aa H Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 2 ETS o Disk Drive 1 i i 2 P2 44 Disk Drive 3 400 GB PA j Disk Drive 3 ae aia eam Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P2 4 500 Disk Drive 4 400 GB ae Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive Based on the drive segment sizes used RAID 6 Logical Drive 500 GB plus parity P1 amp P2 RAID 60 Logical Drives Similar to a RAID 50 logical drive see RAID 50 Logical Drive on page 157 a RAID 60 logical drive also known as dual drive failure protection is built from eight disk drives configured as two or more RAID 6 logical drives and stripes stored data and two sets of parity data across all disk drives in both RAID 6 logical drives Two sets of parity data provide enhanced data protection and striping improves performance RAID 60 logical drives also provide high data transfer speeds adapfec by PMc Virtual Volume Advanced Statistics This appendix describes the advanced sta
42. or more of the following options e NAME adalias for a virtual pool or virtual volume Maximum length is 31 characters Default is pool or volume e DESCRIPTION device description for a virtual pool or virtual volume Maximum length is 31 characters e CHUNK virtual pool only chunk size in kilobytes for the virtual pool Valid values are e 64 256 1024 4096 e Default chunk size is 256KB e FFMODE virtual volume only fetch and flush rate for the virtual volume Valid values are e 1 Aggressive e 2 Normal default e 3 Passive LEVEL lt level gt Indicates the tier level of a virtual pool Valid values are e 0 Upper tier fastest media e 1 Lower tier slower media LD Logical drive number s for a virtual pool or cached logical drive Virtual pools support a maximum of eight logical drives Cached logical drives support exactly one logical drive Cache Mode Indicates the cache mode for a cached virtual volume Valid values are e WTCACHE Enables write through cache Uses the cache for fast retrieval and updates primary storage at the same time e WBCACHE Enables write back cache Uses cache for the freshest data and updates primary storage at a later time Note For a cached LD volume the cache mode defaults to Write Through Cache Size In a cached logical drive indicates the size of the cache in gigabytes in the Tier O virtual pool lt TierO Pool gt lt Size from Tier0 Pool gt Tier O
43. page 21 Starting the Command Line Utility 1 To start maxConf enter one of the following commands Options Description Windows lt install dir gt maxconf exe Linux Jausr lt install dir gt maxcont where install dir is the directory where the utility is installed 2 To see a list of available commands type MAXCONF at the prompt maxConf Commands The following commands are available in maxConf The commands are described on the following pages in alphabetical order Table 1 maxConf Commands create getstats delete modify getconfig Note In the command syntax descriptions lt gt indicates a required parameter and indicates an optional parameter maxconf create Description Creates a new virtual pool tiered virtual volume cached virtual volume or cached logical drive Syntax MAXCONF CREATE VIRTUALPOOL Options LEVEL lt level gt lt LD gt lt LD gt lt LD gt noprompt MAXCONF CREATE VIRTUALVOLUME TIER Options lt Tier0O Pool gt lt Size from Tier0O Pool gt lt Tierl Pool gt lt Size from Tierl Pool gt noprompt MAXCONF CREATE VIRTUALVOLUME CACHE Options lt Cache Mode gt lt Tier0O Pool gt lt Size from Tier Pool gt lt Tierl Pool gt lt Sizge from Tier Pool gt noprompt MAXCONF CREATE VIRTUALVOLUME CACHEDLD Options lt Cache Mode gt lt LD gt lt Tier0O Pool gt lt Cache Size gt noprompt adapfec by PMc Parameters Options Keyword identifying one
44. striped and mirrored Mirroring provides data protection and striping improves performance Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For instance an array with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can create two mirrored drive segments of 250 GB for a total of 500 GB for the logical drive as shown in this figure l l Drive Segment Size Disk Drive 1 me Co H Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 2 a CoO Disk Drive 3 400 GB ASE NE 2a so Disk Drive 3 rye ie ea Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 4 24 600 Disk Drive 4 400 GB u Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 10 Logical Drive 500 GB adapfec by PMc RAID 5 Logical Drives A RAID 5 logical drive is built from a minimum of three disk drives and uses data striping and parity data to provide redundancy Parity data provides data protection and striping improves performance Parity data is an error correcting redundancy that s used to re create data if a disk drive fails In RAID 5 logical drives parity data represented by Ps in the next figure is striped evenly across the disk drives with the stored data Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For instance an array with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can contain 750 GB of stored data and 250 GB of parity data as shown in this figure Drive Segment Size Disk D 1 ne re H S
45. update the controller firmware 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 On the ribbon in the System group click Firmware Update 3 When the wizard opens select Controller then click Next maxView Storage Manager User s Guide adapfec by PMC a Firmware Update J 7DB3 ViPKBR2 Select device type and click Next b Select Device Type Flash firmware in controller s in the system Select Files Controller Attributes Select Device Enclosure Expander Flash enclosure s expander s images in the system Summary Disk Drive Flash firmware in disk drive s connected to the system Hext Cancel amp 4 Click Choose browse the file system for the firmware update file typically a ufi file click Open to select the file the button label may be different on your browser then click Upload q WIN SCFOATSPRBY adaptec com v Select Device Type Choose pload Cancel Select Files eee as716001 uf 8 39MB GQ je Summary Uploaded FAF File s No records found Back Next Cancel 5 When the file name appears in the Uploaded F W File s list click Next 6 Select the controllers you want to update then click Next 106 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC a WIN 5SCFOATSPRBY adaptec com WIN SCFOATSPRBV adaptec com i Pa A controler 1 5 7 0 20027 Upgrade a WIN SCFOATS
46. virtual pool number and pool size in gigabytes Use MAX to use all available pool space lt Tier1 Pool gt lt Size from Tier1 Pool gt Tier 1 virtual pool number and pool size in gigabytes Use MAX to use all available pool space noprompt Suppresses the confirmation prompt Examples MAXCONF CREATE VIRTUALPOOL NAME UpPool DESCRIPTION This is Tier 0 Pool LEVEL 0 4 5 6 MAXCONF CREATE VIRTUALPOOL NAME DownPool DESCRIPTION This is Tier 1 Pool CHUNK 1024 LEVEL 1 7 8 MAXCONF CREATE VIRTUALVOLUME TIER NAME TieredVol FFMode 1 0 2 1 10 MAXCONF CREATE VIRTUALVOLUME CACHE NAME CachedVol WBCACHE 0 MAX 1 10 MAXCONF CREATE VIRTUALVOLUME CACHEDLD WTCACHE 2 0 2 maxconf delete Description Deletes one or all virtual pools or virtual volumes including cached logical devices All data stored on the devices will be lost adapfec by PMc Syntax MAXCONF DELETE VIRTUALPOOL lt pool gt ALL noprompt MAXCONF DELETE VIRTUALVOLUME lt volume gt ALL noprompt Parameters pool The number of the virtual pool to be deleted volume The number of the virtual volume to be deleted ALL Deletes all virtual pools or virtual volumes noprompt Suppresses the confirmation prompt Examples MAXCONF DELETE VIRTUALPOOL 2 MAXCONF DELETE VIRTUALPOOL ALL MAXCONF DELETE VIRTUALVOLUME 0 MAXCONF DELETE VIRTUALVOLUME ALL maxconf getconfig Description Lists information about virtual pools virtual volumes logical devic
47. 0 Logical Drive A RAID 50 logical drive is built from six to forty eight disk drives configured as two or more RAID 5 arrays and stripes stored data and parity data across all disk drives in both RAID 5 logical drives For more information see RAID 5 Logical Drives on page 155 The parity data provides data protection and striping improves performance RAID 50 logical drives also provide high data transfer speeds Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For example three 250 GB disk drives and three 400 GB disk drives comprise two equal sized RAID 5 logical drives with 500 GB of stored data and 250 GB of parity data The RAID 50 logical drive can therefore contain 1000 GB 2 x 500 GB of stored data and 500 GB of parity data In this figure P represents the distributed parity data RAID 50 Logical Drive 1000 GB plus Parity 5 Each RAID 5 Logical Drive has RAID 5 500 GB Data Storage 250 GB Parity Data EON co GL EON T gt p Total Unused w SP r 150 GB Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 250 GB 250 GB 250 GB Drive 4 Drive 5 Drive 6 400 GB 400 GB 400 GB adapfec by PMc RAID 6 Logical Drives A RAID 6 logical drive also known as dual drive failure protection is similar to a RAID 5 logical drive because it uses data striping and parity data to provide redundancy However RAID 6 logical drives include two independent sets of parity data instead of one Both sets
48. 1 102 updating firmware 105 108 copyback 55 137 custom configuration 44 45 47 59 60 69 D dedicated hot spares 51 52 54 137 creating 51 52 adapfec by PMc dedicated hot spares continued deleting 54 137 removing 54 137 deleting logical drives 68 deleting tasks 92 direct attached storage 14 defined 14 disk drive 105 108 updating firmware 105 108 disk drive segments 151 disk drives 48 55 58 60 63 68 93 96 98 105 137 132 conceptual graphic 58 different sizes in same logical drive 58 59 failed state 96 failure recovery 55 63 137 139 multiple disk drives 63 137 139 multiple logical drives 137 RAID 0 logical drives 137 138 with hot spare 55 137 without hot spare 137 identifying 93 initializing 97 locating 93 properties 93 replacing in logical drives 96 segments in logical drives 58 60 68 uninitializing 98 updating firmware 105 within logical drives 48 drives 93 identifying 93 locating 93 E email notifications 111 117 118 120 122 from address 118 changing from address 118 121 122 changing SMTP server 118 121 122 disabling 118 122 failed test emails 121 modifying recipient information 118 121 recipient addresses 118 removing recipients 118 121 setup 118 SMTP server settings 118 test emails 118 120 Email Notifications Manager 111 117 118 120 122 opening 118 test emails 118 120 enclosure 105 109 updating firmware 105 109 enclosures 36 93 114 115
49. 232 885 232 714 Ssiotg SATA Ready 46 585 46 484 Siot10 SATA Ready 46 585 46 484 Slot 11 SATA Ready 46 585 46 484 3 Other devices Q Back Next Cancel For a RAID 10 be sure to select an even number of SSDs and HDDs 6 Click Next then customize the RAID Attributes as needed See Fine tuning Logical Drives on page 61 for more information 7 Click Next review the logical drive settings then click Finish maxView Storage Manager begins to build the hybrid RAID drive Use the Event Log and Task Log to track build progress Fine tuning Logical Drives You can fine tune a new or existing logical drive to meet your needs by changing its name or adjusting the property settings described in this section Renaming a Logical Drive To change the name of a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then select the logical drive you want to rename 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Set Properties Set Properties Logical Device The Set Properties window opens 3 Inthe Logical Device Name field type the new name then click OK maxView Storage Manager updates the logical drive name and displays the new name in the Enterprise View adapfec by PMc Changing the Read Cache Setting When read caching is enabled the controller monitors read access to a logical drive and if it sees a pattern pre loads the cache with data that seems most likely to be read next thereby im
50. 2ZTDJF Set Email parameters Please enable email notification in SMTP tab Agent SMTP Email a Email ID Event Type Notification Type Add Email Modify Email Delete Email EN J OK Cancel 5 Click Send Test Email If the test is successful the email recipient s receive the test message If the test fails e Ensure that the recipient s email address is correct See Modifying or Removing an Email Recipient on page 121 e Ensure that your SMTP server address is correct See Modifying Email Server Settings on page 122 e Try sending the test message again Modifying or Removing an Email Recipient This section describes how to modify a recipient s email address change the types of event notifications the recipient receives or stop sending email notifications to a recipient from a selected system To modify recipient information or to stop sending email notifications to a recipient 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 On the ribbon in the System group click System Settings 3 When the System settings window opens click the Email tab The Email Notifications Manager opens 4 Select the email recipient you want to modify or remove then e Click Modify Email change the recipient information as needed then click Modify to save your changes Or e Click Delete Email to remove the recipient from the notification list The changes become effective immediately 5 Click OK to close the Email Notificati
51. 32885 232714 7 Slot 6 Optimal 232 885 PARE 3 Slot 7 Ready 232 885 232 714 7 slot 8 Hot spare 232 8685 6 103 Slot 9 Optimal 46 585 6 103 Slot 10 Optimal 46 585 6 103 Slot 11 Optimal 46 585 6 103 y Slot 12 Optimal 111 790 0 001 X Other devices Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue RAID5 with different size disks No segment is larger than smallest disk drive 111GB in this example 59 adapfec by PMc You can include a disk drive s available space in a new logical drive see Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Segments on page 60 or add it to an existing logical drive see Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive on page 66 Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Segments Free segments on a disk drive can be used to create a new logical drive Each segment can be used in only one logical drive at a time To create a logical drive using free segments on disk drives follow the instructions in Custom Configuration on page 47 When the wizard displays the RAID Members panel select the disk drives and or free disk drive segments you want to use in the logical drive then complete the wizard Creating a Hybrid RAID Logical Drive You can combine hard drives and Solid State Drives SSDs in a RAID 1 or RAID 10 logical drive to create a hybrid RAID drive Hybrid RAID leverages the performance benefits of the SSDs in your system by sending read oper
52. 43 logging out 39 logical drives 40 44 50 56 58 58 69 84 96 137 139 151 156 advanced settings 49 84 automatic verification 64 background consistency check 64 background verification 64 logical drives continued M build method 49 63 building 44 basic 44 changing RAID levels 63 67 custom configuration 44 45 47 59 60 69 defined 58 deleting 68 different sized disk drives 58 59 disabling background consistency check 65 66 disk drive segments 58 60 68 151 enabling background consistency check 65 66 expanding 60 63 66 68 fine tuning 49 61 84 formatting 46 50 hybrid RAID 48 58 60 increasing capacity 60 63 66 68 initialize methods 63 65 manual verification 64 maximum size 66 non redundant 152 options for creating 44 partitioning 46 50 RAID 1 152 RAID 10 154 RAID 1E 153 RAID 5 155 157 RAID 50 157 158 RAID 5EE 156 RAID 6 158 RAID 60 158 RAID segments 151 read cache 62 rebuilding 56 96 137 139 remove disk drive or segment 66 67 renaming 61 replace disk drive or segment 66 67 replacing disk drives 96 selecting disk drives 48 selecting RAID levels 47 stripe size 63 verifying 64 verifying and fixing 63 65 139 write cache setting 62 main window 31 35 39 93 111 113 119 150 165 event details 112 event log 111 Logout button 39 monitoring activity and status 111 adapfec by PMC main window continued notification types 111 112 119 event log 111 even
53. 440GB Logical Disks gt Logicalbrvi BB Logicalbrv2 iz slot SATA F12 pimal 465 7 GE 440 36 soa ee e O a u om eee a S AE Oe n f se oe an re A ee ele slate SATA Fie Holspare TB1E Wry eS ee TS Sel es S ie Se ee Ss ee eles eet Se ee es ee e 2 Other devices d d Two disk drives plus a hot spare comprise the selected logical drive maxCache Device Fe MaxCache 0 Optir Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 36 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Summary Properties Q Resources HE Events Physical Disks YH Toto wget ey Slot 7 SATA TIA Uipinral 4637 6 440 66 Device B LogicalDrvd LogicalDrv2 T Sota SATA 512 Uptnial 4657 GE 440 38 g m esros mon a g usro woe gs om se oma um irea eo Ja eae eee Sw Se am p sjom toe mja g ae sara 512 Hotsmare tem j rmja Slot SATA a2 Wpuntal 465 7 56 aij eja EE 45700 aoon A slot 17 SATA a2 Wpontal 465 7 G6 0 0 ejs maxCache Device Device fo MaxCache 0 k Sota DATA TIe pontal 463 7 G6 ie other devices d The maxCache Device is comprised of three SSDs To reveal logical device usage for maxCache Plus virtual pools and virtual volumes select the maxCache Plus node in the Enterprise view then open the Resources tab on the Storage Dashboard You can click a virtual pool
54. Adaptec Web site 1 Open a browser window then type start adaptec com in the address bar 2 Select your RAID controller family Series 7 Series 8 and so on and controller model 3 Select Storage Manager Downloads then select the appropriate installer package from the list for instance maxView Storage Manager for Windows x64 or maxView Storage Manager for Linux 4 Click Download Now and accept the license agreement 5 When the download completes extract the contents of the installer archive file to a temporary location If the archive includes installers for multiple operating system versions VMware for instance each installer is stored in a separate folder including one each for 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems Note If you are installing maxView Storage Manager on a different machine for instance you downloaded the Linux installer onto a Windows machine copy the installer from the download location to a temporary location on the target machine Use whatever method you prefer to copy the file USB flash drive network transfer Telnet SSH whatever is most convenient 6 Continue with the installation instructions for your operating system adapfec by PMc Installing on Windows This section describes how to install maxView Storage Manager on Windows systems Note You need administrator privileges to install maxView Storage Manager For details on verifying privileges refer to your operating system document
55. CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC 13 Solving Problems This section describes how to troubleshoot the components in your storage space General Troubleshooting Tips If you experience problems installing or using maxView Storage Manager try these troubleshooting tips first e Ensure that all managed systems are powered on and that you are logged in to any remote systems that you want to manage See Logging into Remote Systems from the Local System on page 43 for more information e Check all cable connections e Try uninstalling and reinstalling maxView Storage Manager e Check the Readme for compatibility issues and known problems Identifying a Failed or Failing Component When you receive notice of a Warning or Error level event use maxView Storage Manager s rapid fault isolation feature to quickly identify the source of the problem For instance in this example a disk drive has failed To find the failed disk drive expand the tree in the Enterprise View look for the orange and red warning and error icons and continue tracing the problem to its source dm Enterprise View 7DB3 W2KSR2 adaptec com Error is on local system Controler _ on Controller 1 a femaxCache Device fe MaxCache 0 Ft Logical Devices FA Logicaibrva FA Logicaibry1 FR Logicaibrys Physical Devices affecting two Logical Drives
56. Disk Drive Firmware Note This task is recommended for advanced users only maxView Storage Manager includes a wizard to help you update the firmware on the controllers enclosures and disk drives in your storage space The wizard updates the firmware for devices of the same type on the local or a remote system For example if your storage space includes disk drives from two different manufactures you must update the firmware for each manufacturer s drives separately by running the wizard twice Additionally if you have more than one system in your storage space you must run the wizard for each system separately To update the firmware on the controllers enclosures or disk drives in your storage space review the prerequisites in Before You Begin on page 105 then follow one of these sets of instructions e Updating the Controller Firmware on page 105 e Updating the Disk Drive Firmware on page 108 e Updating the Enclosure Firmware on page 109 Before You Begin Before you begin download the latest firmware images from the Adaptec Web site at www adaptec com or from your vendor s support site on the World Wide Web Controller images come in sets of one or more files and have a uf ii file extension Disk drive and enclosure image file names vary by manufacturer Updating the Controller Firmware Use the Firmware Update wizard to update the firmware for one or more controllers of the same type on the local or a remote system To
57. Disk Drives You can use maxView Storage Manager to initialize any disk drive or SSD in the Ready state You may want to do this to erase all existing data and meta data before using the disk drive in a new logical device or as a hot spare Caution Do not initialize a disk drive that is part of a logical drive Initializing a disk drive that s part of a logical drive may make the logical drive unusable Be sure to back up all data from your disk drive before you initialize it To initialize a disk drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then in Physical Devices tree select the disk drive you want to initialize 2 On the ribbon in the Physical Device group click Initialize x 5 a Initialize Physical Den The Init Uninit Physical Device window opens 3 Click the Initialize Physical Device button then click OK adapfec by PMC ay InitfUninit Physical Device x Initialize Physical Device Uninitialize Physical Dewice A Attention This device will erase its metadata the section where all logical devices definition data is stored Are you sure you want to continue OK Cancel maxView Storage Manager begins the initialization 4 When prompted click OK to close the Init Uninit Physical Device window Erasing Disk Drives You can use maxView Storage Manager to securely erase existing data on any disk drives or SSDs that are in the Ready state Secure erase completely destroys the data on the
58. Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details 2 Install the rom package for your operating system version xxxxx build number Options Description XenServer 32 bit rpm i StorMan 1 02 XXXXX_i386 rpm 3 Continue with Installing on a Guest Operating System on page 26 Installing on a Guest Operating System This section describes how to install maxView Storage Manager on a VMware or Citrix XenServer guest operating system You can install maxView Storage Manager on a Windows guest OS or Linux guest OS Installing on a Windows Guest OS Use the following procedure to install maxView Storage Manager on a Windows guest OS running on VMware or Citrix XenServer 1 Onthe VMware or XenServer guest OS change to the directory where the guest OS installer package is located see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details 2 Double click the setup program for your operating system Options Description Windows GOS 64 setup maxview_gos_ x64 exe VMware only bit Windows GOS 32 setup _maxview_gos_ x86 exe bit The Installation wizard opens 3 Choose the hypervisor type ESXi Server or XenServer then click Next adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC ie max iew Storage Manager max iew Storage Manager GOS Please select the hypervisor f ESXi Server xen Server InstallShield Cancel 4 Enter the following configuration details a Host IP Address ESXi or XenServer
59. K Cancel Enabling Automatic Failover lanager Use a i m s Guide This function controls the rebuilding of a logical drive when a failed drive is replaced When failover is enabled the controller automatically rebuilds a logical drive when a failed disk drive is replaced When failover is disabled the logical drive must be rebuilt manually for more information see Rebuilding Logical Drives on page 139 Failover applies to redundant logical drives only see Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 151 To enable or disable failover 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties fi Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens 3 Click the Data Protection tab 4 In the Failover drop down list select Enabled or Disabled then click Apply Proprietary and Confidenti PMC Sierra Inc 5 t Pn Daciimant Na COP 00995 05 A Ray A SCIE Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMC Set Properties x Setup controller data protection parameters Controller 1 F General Data Protection Power Management Automatic Failover Enabled CopyBack Enabled Preserve Cache Disabled RAID Consistency Check Enabled Consistency Check Period days ar a ed Y OK Cancel Enabling Controller Cache Preservation This option enables and disables controller cache preservation With cache preservation en
60. PERTY gt lt value gt noprompt Parameters pool The virtual pool number volume The virtual volume number adapfec by PMc lt PROPERTY gt Keyword identifying the property to modify Options e NAME modify the device name for a virtual pool or virtual volume Value is free text Maximum length is 31 characters e DESCRIPTION modify the device description for a virtual pool or virtual volume Value is free text Maximum length is 31 characters LEVEL virtual pool only modify the tier level of a virtual pool FFMODE virtual volume only modify the fetch and flush rate of a virtual volume Valid values are e 1 Aggressive e 2 Normal e 3 Passive noprompt Suppresses the confirmation prompt Examples MAXCONF MODIFY VIRTUALPOOL 0 DESCRIPTION ssdpool MAXCONF MODIFY VIRTUALPOOL 0 LEVEL 0 MAXCONF MODIFY VIRTUALVOLUME 1 DESCRIPTION cachingvolume MAXCONF MODIFY VIRTUALVOLUME 1 FFMODE 3 adapfec by PMc Icons At a Glance The following is a complete list of icons used in maxView Storage Manager It contains the icons on the ribbon in the Enterprise View and on tabs and dialog boxes See Overview of the Main Window on page 31 for more information Ribbon Home Icons Icon Description fs Remote system add k Remote system delete Ribbon System Icons Icon Description r E System settings gF Firmware update K Save archive file Ribbon Controller Icons Icon Description Controller set
61. PRBY adaptec com f i Pe VEL wes ar ee e Lurrent Firmware New Firmware Controller 1 ASR 71605 Q E 5 7 0 20027 7 1 0 20093 Caution Do not power down the controller s while the update is in progress 8 When the update is complete click OK Restart the server to activate the new firmware image Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 107 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Updating the Disk Drive Firmware Use the Firmware Update wizard to update the firmware for one or more disk drives of the same type on the local or a remote system The procedure is similar to updating the controller firmware see Updating the Controller Firmware on page 105 To update the disk drive firmware 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 Onthe ribbon in the System group click Firmware Update System 3 When the wizard opens select Disk Drive then click Next g Firmware Update x j 7DB3 VWW2KSR2 Select device type and click Next Select Device Type Select Files Controller Flash firmware in controllers in the system Attributes Select Device Enclosure Expander Flash enclosure s expander s images in the system Summary Disk Drive Flash firmware in disk drive s connected to the system Hext Cancel 4 Inthe Select Files panel click Choose browse the file system for the firmware update file click Open to select the file the button label may be different on you
62. RAID drives optimize logical drive performance and use maxView Storage Manager s power management features to create an energy efficient storage space Understanding Logical Drives A logical drive is a group of physical disk drives that appears to your operating system as a single drive that can be used for storing data A logical drive can comprise one or more disk drives or SSDs and can use part or all of each disk drive s capacity You can include the same disk drive in two different logical drives by using just a portion of the space on the disk drive in each as shown in the following figure Three Disk Drives 500 MB Each 250 MB 250 MB One RAID 5 Logical Drive One RAID 1 Logical Drive Available Space 250 MB 250 MB 250 MB Appears to Operating System as one 250 MB disk drive Appears to Operating System as one 500 MB disk drive Disk drive space that has been assigned to a logical drive is called a segment A segment can include all or just a portion of a disk drive s space A disk drive with one segment is part of one logical drive a disk drive with two segments is part of two logical drives and so on When a logical drive is deleted the segments that comprised it revert to available space or free segments A logical drive can include redundancy depending on its RAID level See Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 151 for more information Once a logical drive has been created you
63. RO Sequential writes all request sizes that facilitates and manages 20 40 Write RO File server and Web server transaction oriented applica 8Kb Blocks R5 Sequential writes all request sizes tions such as data entry or R5 Web server retrieval applications R6 Web server R10 Sequential writes R10 Web server adapfec by PMc Performance Mode Performance Criteria Best Performance SATA RO Sequential reads all request sizes RO Sequential writes all request sizes RO File print server R5 Sequential writes 256Kb request size R5 Random writes R6 Sequential writes all request sizes R10 Sequential writes all request sizes R10 Workstation Big Block Bypass Bypasses DRAM write Optimizes performance for Web servers file cache based on I O write servers and databases size Adjusts stripe size flush for simple volumes to 128K minimum To select a performance mode for the logical drives on a controller 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then select a logical drive on that controller 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Set Properties Lee ie E Set Properties Logical Device The Set Properties window opens 3 Inthe Performance Mode drop down list select the application type Dynamic OLTP or Big Block Bypass 4 Click OK 5 Shutdown maxView Storage Manager and reboot the system Note You must reboot the system for the performance mode setting to take effect Verify
64. S SUBJECT TO THE SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS OF PMC SIERRA INC AND OTHER LICENSORS WHOSE SOFTWARE MAY BE BUNDLED WITH THIS PRODUCT BY YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE INCLUDED WITH THIS PRODUCT YOU AGREE TO THE LICENSE TERMS REQUIRED BY THE LICENSOR OF THAT SOFTWARE AS SET FORTH DURING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE LICENSE TERMS APPLICABLE TO THE SOFTWARE YOU MAY RETURN THE ENTIRE UNUSED PRODUCT FOR A FULL REFUND In return for acquiring a license to use the PMC Sierra software which may include software from third party licensors and patches made available by PMC Sierra Software and the related documentation you agree to the following terms and conditions 1 License This Agreement grants you the Licensee a license to a Use the Software on a single computer system which is not intended for use by more than five 5 users and b Make one copy of the Software in machine readable form solely for back up purposes provided you reproduce PMC Sierra s copyright proprietary legends Notwithstanding the foregoing the Software may be used on the home laptop or other secondary computer of the principal user of the Software and an additional copy of the Software may be made to support such use As used in this license the Software is in use when it is either loaded into RAM or installed ona hard disk or other permanent memory device The Software may be in use on only one computer at any given time Differen
65. Tie il 1 N3232 PNT vWIN SCFOATSPRBYV it Event Log x VIN SCFDATSPRBY System SCFOATSPRBY adaptec com Date and Time Tue Jul 10 03 23 58 PST 2014 Source Controller 1 Component Controller 1 Severity Warning Description ingle click to view Prototype controller firmware will expire controller 1 Adaptec amp 4SR81605Z0 EYAL 3131133B8DC Physical Slot 5 Single click to vie event details Time remaining 0 minutes Recommended Action Not Supported amp es mmer To make it easier to find a specific event click on the column heads to sort the events For example sorting the events by Severity can help you find specific Error or Warning level events quickly What Do the Event Status Icons Mean maxView Storage Manager indicates event status with icons This table lists the three categories or types of events based on severity Icon Status Information A Warning Dronnri Pre O Document ietary an d Confidential DNNIJOQL NE A r l F UUZOSD UD A At N pr OND IIn gt NO LU Examples The local system successfully connected to a remote system A logical drive was created A hot spare was deleted A logical drive is in a degraded state A disk drive is being rebuilt A controller is not responding to an enclosure c Sierra Inc 112 V A Issue adaptec P SE by PMC Icon Status Examples Error A controller has failed A logical drive has failed A disk dr
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67. ZG Z E i 52 Home Physical Device Virtual Pool Virtual Volume of amp lt lt 3 BES f BEE The ribbon is organized into groups of related tasks for Systems Controllers Logical Devices Physical Devices and maxCache Devices including Virtual Pools and Virtual Volumes the Home group on the left provides commands for working with remote systems see Managing Remote Systems on page 130 Active options on the ribbon vary depending on which type of component is selected in the Enterprise View For instance if you select a controller in the Enterprise View these options are activated e Create Logical Drive and Delete Logical Drive in the Logical Device group e Initialize Physical Device in the Physical Device group e Create maxCache Device in maxCache group e All options in the Controller group If you select a disk drive or SSD in the Enterprise View options in the Physical Device group are highlighted and so on Note For clarity the figure above shows all options in the activated highlighted state Normally options are activated or dimmed depending on which type of component you select in the Enterprise View For a description of the icons on the ribbon see Icons At a Glance on page 165 The Storage Dashboard When you select a component in the Enterprise View maxView Storage Manager displays detailed information about that component on the Storage Dashboard Occupying the
68. a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives To create a logical drive with disk drives of different sizes follow the instructions in Custom Configuration on page 47 When the wizard displays the RAID Members panel select different size drives as shown in the figure below then complete the wizard R create LD x Controller 1 v Creation Mode RAID Level RAID 5 v RAID Level RAID Members Device Protocol State Total GB Free GB 2 RAID Attributes Controller 1 Summary v xB Physical Devices m f Enclosure 0 g Slot 1 sata Optimal 232 885 172 714 A Sslot 2 SATA Optimal 232 885 172 714 slots SATA Ready 232 885 232 714 A sote SATA Ready 232 885 232 714 L sot SATA Ready 232 885 232714 A slot12 sata Ready 111 790 111 621 sf Back 1 Next Cancel Finish When the logical drive is created check its resources on the Storage Dashboard it should appear similar to the next figure where a RAID 5 logical drive includes two disk drives of one size and one of another Summary Properties Q Resources Events Physical Disks Device State Total GB Free GB f amp Enclosure 0 z Slot 1 Optimal 232 885 172 714 a Slot 2 Optimal 232 885 61 094 Slot 3 Dedicated hot spare 232 885 6 103 3 Slot 4 Ready 232 885 232 714 Slot 5 Ready 2
69. abled the system preserves the controller s DDR cache to prevent data loss in the event of 1 a power failure or unsafe shutdown of external enclosures while the host system with the controller still has power and 2 connectivity problems with drives Dirty pages data that have not been committed to disk are restored to the cache when power is restored and the logical drives on the controller are back online Once the preserved cache is restored the controller flushes the data to disk using its normal scheduling mechanism Note You cannot enable maxCache SSD caching on a controller with cached preservation enabled In addition the following operations are not permitted while the controller is in the Cache Preserved state Creating a logical drive Changing the Performance mode Running a consistency check Changing the RAID Level of a logical drive Forcing a logical drive online or offline Changing the cache page size To enable or disable cache preservation 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens 3 Click the Data Protection tab 4 Inthe Preserve Cache drop down list select Enabled or Disabled then click Apply adapfec by PMC Modifying Your Storage Space This section provides additional scenarios for creating and modifying logical drives It explains how to create hybrid
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71. age statistics about the RAID controllers hard drives SSDs and logical drives in your storage space including maxCache caching statistics Follow the instructions in this section to e Enable statistics logging on a controller see Setting up Statistics Logging on page 124 Note Statistics logging for maxCache Plus virtual volumes is enabled by default and does not require user activation or setup e View the advanced statistics for a controller hard drive SSD logical drive or virtual volume see Viewing Advanced Statistics on page 125 e Reset the statistics counters see Resetting the Statistics Counters on page 126 adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Setting up Statistics Logging To set up statistics logging for the controllers in your storage space 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a system then select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens 3 Inthe Advanced Statistics drop down list select Enabled eS Set Properties x e Controller 1 Setup controller general settings General Data Protection Power management Task Prio rity High y Performance Mode Big Block Bypass y NCQ Global Physical Devices Write Cache Policy Disable All y Global Max SAS Phy Link Rate 12 Gb s y Advance Statistics Advance Statistics Counters Reset now Q OK Cancel 4 Click OK Proprietary and Conf
72. agent start Stop service service stor_agent stop 3 Start the Web server Options Description Start service service stor_tomcat start Stop service service stor_tomcat stop adapfec by PMc Solaris To start or stop the Agent on Solaris enter these commands 1 Start the CIM server Options Description Start service svcadm enable stor_cimserver Stop service svcadm disable stor_cimserver Check status svcs l stor_cimserver 2 Start the Agent Options Description Start service svcadm enable ADPTstor_agent Stop service svcadm disable ADPTstor_agent 3 Start the Web server Options Description Start service svcadm enable stor tomcat Stop service svcadm disable stor tomcat Logging into Remote Systems from the Local System Once maxView Storage Manager or the maxView Storage Manager Agent see About the maxView Storage Manager Agent on page 17 is running on all systems in your storage space you can log into the remote systems from the local system Once you have logged in to a remote system it automatically appears in the Enterprise View each time you start maxView Storage Manager on the local system You can work with a remote system s controllers disk drives and logical drives as if they were part of your local system To log in to a remote system 1 Onthe ribbon in the Home group click Add System Add System Home The Add System window opens showing a list of discovered systems that is sys
73. ager Agent SMI S Adaptec Controller About the maxView Storage Manager Agent When maxView Storage Manager is installed on a system the maxView Storage Manager Agent is also installed automatically The Agent is designed to run in the background without user intervention Its job is to monitor system health manage event notifications task schedules and other on going processes on a system It sends notices when tasks are completed successfully and notifies you when errors or failures occur on that system If your storage space includes systems that won t be connected to monitors and therefore won t require the graphical user interface you can choose to run the Agent only on those systems instead of the full application You can manage and monitor systems running the Agent only by logging into them as remote systems see Starting maxView Storage Manager on Remote Systems on page 41 About the maxView Storage Manager Web Server The maxView Storage Manager Web Server is an instance of the open source Apache Tomcat servlet container It runs the maxView Storage Manager Web application and serves static and dynamic content to the maxView Storage Manager GUI The maxView Web Server is installed automatically with maxView Storage Manager and the maxView Storage Manager Agent About the maxView Storage Manager CIM Server The maxView Storage Manager CIM Server is an instance of the open source Pegasus CIM Object Manager or CIMOM
74. and wait for the file name to appear in the Uploaded F W File s list 5 Select the Chunk Size from 1 n in kilobytes KB 6 Select the firmware Upgrade Type e Firmware update the firmware image on the expander or enclosure e Manufacturer update the manufacturing image BOOT SEEPROM on the expander or enclosure e CPLD update the CPLD image on the expander or enclosure Select the firmware upgrade Mode e Download Microcode Data Only transfer microcode to the device using one or more write buffer commands requires system reset or power cycle to activate e Download Microcode with Offsets and Activate transfer microcode to the device using one or more write buffer commands and activate immediately e Download Microcode with Offsets Save and Activate transfer microcode to the device using one or more write buffer commands save to non volatile storage then activate adapfec by PMC 8 When you are ready to continue click Next 9 Inthe Select Devices panel select the enclosures you want to update then click Next 10 Review the update summary then click Finish Caution Do not power down the controller or enclosure s while the update is in progress 11 When the update is complete click OK Restart the server to activate the new firmware image as needed 11 adapfec by PMc Monitoring Status and Activity This section describes how maxView Storage Manager helps you monitor status and activity in your st
75. ard e Clear a controller configuration e Use acustom base port for the maxView Storage Manager Agent Deploying Servers maxView Storage Manager helps you deploy servers in your storage space without configuring each server manually You can select an optimally configured server in your storage space save the controller configuration to a sever template file then duplicate the configuration on servers throughout your network The basic procedure works like this 1 Choose the system you want to use as the model for other servers in your storage space 2 Save the configuration to a server template file for each controller on that system 3 Log into each remote system in your storage space and restore the controller s from the server template file s The following sections provide details on each of these steps Creating a Server Template File This procedure saves the configuration of a controller that you want to use as a model for other servers in your storage space It creates a server template file in XML format which defines the controller type operational settings physical drive size logical drive size RAID level and more The default name of the server template file is ControllerConf xml To create a server template file 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a system then select a controller on that system 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Save Configuration Save Configuration Controller The Sa
76. ary ae Create a cached LO using a tier pools Requires at least 1 pool Hext Cancel 4 Cached LD Volume only For a Cached LD Volume select the logical drive you want to use as the primary storage device then click Next You can select only one logical drive adaptec e anenepiisers Guiee by PMC FFs Create Virtual olurne x Fe Artual volumes we volume Types Device State Usage Status Capacity Tiering Attributes g Max Cache Plus Select LO Caching Attributes Bose Online Awailable 49 988 Summary DISK nline Awailable 999GB E Back Hext Cancel 5 Inthe Caching Attributes panel select the lower level pool from the Volume Device drop down list then select the cache upper level pool Note For a Cached LD Volume the Volume Device Size field is read only The volume device is fixed based on your selection in Step 4 FF Create Virtual volume se Fey drtual volumes Volume Types A Hame volumen Tiening Atnbutes i Salas LT lume Device Size Poon z mad a Gls Caching Attributes Cache Pool Size Pool e Pool 14435 Gls 20 Summary ga Cache hitode write back FetchsFlush hlode Aggressive ka Description Default olurme E Back Meat Cancel 6 Customize the volume settings You can e Enter a name for the volume up to 31 characters Names can include any combination of letters and numbers but cannot include spaces The default is VDn VDO VD1 and so on e Ca
77. ask change you can use maxView Storage Manager to modify the task You can reschedule a task for a different date or time change it from recurring to non recurring and modify the task description that appears in the Task Log Creating a custom task description makes it easier to find the task in the task list To modify a scheduled task 1 In the Task Log single click the task you want to modify 2 When the Task Log Detail window opens click Modify adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Task Log x Task Id 1 State Scheduled System 10 25 64 122 Recurring Monthly Priority Low Start Time Wed Dec 10 05 25 22 PST 2014 Progress 8 Description est all spare disks for errors Delete Modify Close 3 When the Modify Task window opens make the required changes then click OK The task changes are saved and its entry in the Task Log is updated Deleting a Task If a scheduled task is no longer needed you can delete it from the system To delete a task 1 Inthe Task Log single click the task you want to delete 2 When the Task Log Detail window opens click Delete 3 Click Yes to confirm the deletion The task is deleted and its entry is removed from the Task Log A Pan Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 92 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue 10 maxView Storage Manager User s Guide adapfec by PMC Maintaining Physical Devices This section describes how to manage the
78. at which time you can continue working with the controller Deleting the maxCache Device When you delete the maxCache Device the component SSDs become available and can be used to create a new logical drive hot spare or new maxCache Device Caution Ensure that no activity is taking place on the controller for the maxCache Device otherwise you may lose data adapfec by PMc To delete the maxCache Device 1 In the Enterprise View select a controller then select the maxCache Device 2 On the ribbon in the maxCache group click Delete aves fa Fe 3 When prompted click Delete to delete the maxCache Device click Cancel to cancel the action Using maxCache with Adaptec Series 6Q Controllers Adaptec Series 6Q controllers support maxCache read caching only On a Series 6Q controller with maxCache read caching enabled the system copies frequently read hot data to an SSD cache pool called the maxCache Device Unlike the maxCache Device for newer Adaptec Series Q controllers for Series 6Q controllers the maxCache Device is simply a collection of SSDs used as fast read memory it is not a logical device and is not displayed in the Enterprise view Use the following procedure to configure the maxCache Device and to set its cache Flush and Fetch Rate By default maxCache read caching is enabled for a logical drive To disable maxCache read caching see Changing maxCache Settings for a Logical Drive on page 84 To confi
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80. ation 1 Open Windows Explorer or My Computer then change to the directory where the Windows setup program is located see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details 2 Double click the setup program for your operating system version Options Description Windows 64 bit setup _asm_x64 exe Windows 32 bit setup _asm_x86 exe The Installation wizard opens 3 Click Next to begin the installation click accept then click Next In the Configuration Settings screen accept or modify the default settings as needed a CIM Server Port default 5988 b Web Server Port default 8443 c User Name default Administrator ie ma Yiew Storage Manager InstallShield Wizard max iew Storage Manager Configuration Provide CIM Server and Web Server configuration details CIM Server Port Web Server Pork e443 User Name Administrator Password Confirm Password Installshield Cancel 5 Enter and confirm your operating system password then click Next Click OK on the password verification window and on the CIM Server and Web Server port number verification window 6 Inthe Features screen ensure that GUI and Agent is selected Optionally select CLI Tools and maxCache Plus Then click Next Note maxCache Plus is supported on qualifying Adaptec Series Q controllers only see the Readme for a complete list For non qualifying controllers the maxCache Plus option is grayed out adapfec by PMC ie max
81. ations to the SSD first typically the fastest I O path For a hybrid RAID 1 you must select exactly one HDD and one SSD For a hybrid RAID 10 you must select an equal number of SSDs and HDDs You can use any SSD or available segment when creating or modifying a hybrid RAID drive To create a hybrid RAID drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a system then select a controller on that system Note the number and location of SSDs in your system for instance SSD 1 in Slot 1 on Enclosure 1 SSD 2 in Slot 3 on Enclosure 1 and so on This information will be helpful as you create the hybrid RAID drive in the wizard 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Create Logical Drive Fe Create LD Logical Device 3 When the wizard opens select Custom Configuration then click Next 4 Inthe RAID Level panel select RAID 1 or RAID 10 then click Next 5 Select the hard drives and SSDs that you want to use in the hybrid RAID drive mav fionvs Ctnroadqgan NAanoaaar Ilear e KRitido qd daptfec maxview storage iVianaget User s Guide by PMC F create LD x Controller 1 v Creation Mode RAID Level RAID 1 v RAID Level a Slot 1 SATA Optimal 232 885 172 714 a RAID Members 6 Slot 2 SATA Optimal 232 895 61 094 RAID Attributes COM nnt i CATA loady 939 008 9349 F412 Summary o slot 4 SATA Rea g y 232 009 232 1 4 Slot 4 SATA Ready 232 885 232 714 Slot 6 SATA Optimal 232 885 121 094 B siot SATA Ready
82. ave at least 4GB of memory To run maxView Storage Manager from a bootable USB image 1 Download the bootable USB image from the Adatepec Web site a Open a browser window then type start adaptec com in the address bar b Locate the bootable USB image on the Adaptec Start page c Download the bootable USB image d Extract the contents of the bootable image archive file to a temporary location The archive contains one file the maxView Storage Manager bootable iso image 2 Create a live image on the USB drive a Run the LiveUSB Creator utility setup program at https fedorahosted org releases I i liveusb creator liveusb creator 3 11 8 setup exe b Start LiveUSB Creator from the Windows All Programs menu c Inthe Use Existing Live CD field click Browse then locate and select the maxView Storage Manager bootable iso image d Inthe Target Device field select the USB flash drive e for instance e Click Create Live USB 3 Insert the USB drive on the machine you want to configure adapfec by PMc The Boot menu opens in a shell window 4 Select Launch maxView from the menu After a minute or so the maxView Storage Manager login screen opens in a browser window Note If you prefer to configure the controller from the command line select Launch arcconf from the Boot menu then enter root with no password for the login credentials Enter root root for the login credentials 6 Continue with Creating Lo
83. c by PMc Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens 3 From the Global Max SAS Phy Link Rate drop down list select 12Gb s or 6Gb s 4 Click OK Working with System Alarms Warning or Error level events on a system trigger an audible alarm a series of beeps which sound every five minutes or 300 seconds until the event is resolved The alarm is enabled by default but can be disabled on any system if required You can also change the frequency and duration of the alarm Note Asystem alarm is not the same as a controller alarm For controller alarm information see Working with Controllers on page 101 To change alarm settings on a system 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 Onthe ribbon in the System group click System Settings The maxView Storage Manager Agent Settings window opens The alarm settings are circled in the next figure _ System Settings j WIN SCFOATSPRBY adaptec com Agent Setting SMTP Email Agent System Base Port 34571 Save Events to OS Log Errorarning Broadcast Events to Loggeciint Sere Sound Alarm Alarm Interval Seconds Enable AUT Basoxueny Auto Discovery Base Port Auto Discovery Interval Seconds OK Cancel 3 Edit the alarm settings as needed You can disable the system alarm by deselecting Sound Alarm adapfec by PMc 4 Click OK The changes take effect immediately Updating Controller Enclosure and
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86. ched Volume only Adjust the volume size By default the volume size equals the size of the lower level pool Note For a Cached LD Volume the volume size is fixed based on your selection in Step 4 adapfec by PMc e Adjust the size of the cache pool by clicking on either the size or percent spinners By default the capacity of the cache pool is set to 20 of the capacity of the lower level pool e Select the cache mode e Write Back Cached Volume only uses the cache for fast retrieval and updates lower level storage at the same time e Write Through uses cache for the freshest data and updates lower level storage at a later time e Adjust the volume s fetch and flush rate Valid values are Aggressive Normal Passive Click Next review the volume settings then click Finish FF Create Virtual Wolume Fe Sirtual volumes a volume Types Hame Size Type Fetch Flush Mode Tiering Attribut a ee volume 74 7468 Cached agressive Select LO Cachin renee Summary Back Cancel Finish Modifying a Virtual Volume Use this option to modify the properties of an existing virtual volume including the volume description and its fetch and flush rate To modify virtual volume properties 1 In the Enterprise View open the maxCache Plus tree then in the Virtual Volumes tree select a virtual volume On the ribbon in the Virtual Volume group click Set Properties if wes Eeg Set Properties The Set P
87. ck Next Note Not all RAID levels are supported by all controllers For example RAID 5EE and JBODs are supported on Adaptec Series 6 controllers only adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC F create LD x Controller 1 v Creation Mode RAID 0 Striping 2 or more drives required not redundant RAID Level RAID Members RAID 1 Mirroring 2 drives required redundant RAID Attributes RAID 5 Striping with parity 3 or more drives required redundant RAID Mirroring 3 or more drives required redundar Summary RAID1E Mirroring 3 tr ired redundant RAID 6 Striping with dual parity 4 or more drives required redundant RAID 10 Stripped mirors even number of drives required redundent RAID 50 RAID 5 groups stripped together 6 or more drives required redundant RAID 60 RAID 6 groups stripped together 8 or more drives required redundant Simple Vol A single drive segment not redundent Back Next Cancel See Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 151 for more information about RAID levels 5 Select the disk drives and SSDs Solid State Drives that you want to include in the logical drive Be sure to select the right number of drives for the RAID level you selected Create Logical Device x Controller 1 Select RAID member s and click Next to continue Creation Mode Device Protocol Block State Free GB RAID Level P Y Controller 1 RAID Members X z Physical Devices RAID Attributes X fE Enclosure
88. closures and RAID controllers you should be familiar with network administration have knowledge of Local Area Networks knowledge of storage area networks SANs is not required and be familiar with the input output I O technology of the storage devices on your network such as Serial ATA SATA or Serial Attached SCSI SAS Note Because this guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products some of the features and functions described may not be available for your controller or enclosure Terminology Used in this Guide Because this guide provides information that can be used to manage multiple Adaptec RAID products in a variety of configurations the generic term storage space is used to refer to the controller s disk drives and systems being managed with maxView Storage Manager For efficiency the term component or components is used when referring generically to the physical and virtual parts of your storage space such as systems disk drives controllers and logical drives Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 14 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Many of the terms and concepts referred to in this guide are known to computer users by multiple names In this guide this terminology is used Controller also known as adapter board or I O card Disk drive also known as hard disk hard drive or hard disk drive Solid State Drive also known as SSD or non rotating storag
89. controllers disk drives solid state drives and enclosures in your storage space Viewing Device Properties Click on any physical device in the Enterprise View then on the Storage Dashboard click the Properties tab to view version numbers status model numbers features and other information about the device The properties listed vary depending on which type of device you select The figure below shows the properties for a controller For more information about using the Storage Dashboard to monitor the components in your storage space see Viewing Component Status in the Storage Dashboard on page 113 Summary EE Properties Q Resources ne Events Controller Info Connector Info M Key Features Physical Slot 5 Connector 0 Intelligent Power Management BIOS Yersion 7 4 0 30830 Phy 8 Lane 3 Unknown Drive Spinup Limit Driver version 7 4 0 30815 Phy 9 Lane 1 Internal 0 ane Unknown Host Bus Type PCle External 0 Host Bus Speed 2500 MHz Phy 10 Lane 2 Unknown Stay Awake Status Host Bus Link idth 8 bitsdinks Phy 11 Lane 0 tinue Status Disabled Cache Backup Unit sottinga e Backup Unit Type AFM 700 700LP Automatic Failover Disabled Phy 12 Lane 0 Unknown Overall Backup Unit Status Ready Consistency Check Enabled ens ala Alia l disi Phy 13 Lane 2 Unknown Temperature Max Recorded 30 C 34 C Consistency Check Period 365 Charge Level 100 i Phy 14 Lane 1 ony ace rn meter Estimated Life time 5 Years 0 Mo
90. d InterfaceType Any Action Allow Protocol TCP Service snmp Program S Senv systemdrive WINDOWS system32 snmp exe Enabled TRUE RemotePort 34572 PolicyStore ConfigurableServiceStore New NetFirewallRule InBound 3 To remove the NetFirewall rules as needed a Outbound Rule for Port 34572 Remove NetFirewallRule DisplayName Maxview Outbound Rule on TCP port 34572 for SNMP Service PolicyStore ConfigurableServiceStore b Inbound Rule for Port 34572 Remove NetFirewallRule DisplayName Maxview Inbound Rule on TCP port 34572 for SNMP Service PolicyStore ConfigurableServiceStore adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMc Setting Up SNMP Notifications on Linux 1 Install the Net SNMP RPM packages e net snmp e libsnmp15 e snmp mibs 2 In etc snmp snmpd conf configuration file a Comment out the com2sec entry com2sec notConfigUser default public b Add the following lines at the end of the file rocommunity public trapsink localhost master agentx c SLES 10 only Register the agentx socket agentxsocket var agentx master 3 Copy aus mib from usr StorMan to usr share snmp mibs cp usr StorMan aus mib usr share snmp mibs 4 Restart the SNMP agent service snmpd restart 5 Start aus snmpd from usr StorMan aus snmpd Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 145 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue a
91. d d ad Pp re Cc maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMc Using the maxView Plugin for VMware vSphere Web Client The maxView plugin for VMware vSphere Web Client is a monitoring tool that lets you examine your storage resources directly from the vSphere Web client without using maxView Storage Manager as a separate Web GUI It replicates most of the information on the maxView Storage Manager Dashboard see The Storage Dashboard on page 34 for the controllers logical devices physical devices enclosures and systems hosts in your storage space with a vSphere look and feel and native navigation Note The maxView plugin operates as a monitoring tool only To modify your storage space such as creating or deleting a logical drive or designating a hot spare you must use the maxView Storage Manager GUI or CLI ARCCONF Installing the maxView Plugin for vSphere Web Client Follow the instructions in this section to install the maxView plugin for vSphere Web Client on a Windows x64 system Note Before you begin ensure that VMware vSphere Web Client is already installed on the Windows host You need administrator privileges to install the maxView plugin 1 Download the setup program for the maxView vSphere plugin from the Adaptec Web Site at start adaptec com see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 2 Double click the setup program Options Description Windows 64 bit setup _maxView_VWC_Plugin_x64 exe The Installati
92. d statistics for a maxCache virtual volume For a description of these statistics refer to Virtual Volume Advanced Statistics on page 159 fe Virtual Volume Advanced Statistics x fe Volume_in User Statistics Statistics Parameter Value SSD Virtual Volume Tota Chunks 722496 SSD Virtual Volume Extra Chunk 160 HDD Virtual Volume Total Chunks 22854655 Read IO Count 1092 Vrite I0 Count Sequential IO Count 1 Random IO Count SSD Read lO Count 190 SSD Write IO Count 45 Virtual Volume Chunk Size tual Volume Total Chunks tual Volume Feature adapfec by PMC Working with Scheduled Tasks maxView Storage Manager allows you to schedule some tasks to start at convenient times Additionally you can schedule some tasks to recur at preset times This section describes how to schedule monitor and manage tasks Scheduling a Task If a task is lengthy and limits access to components in your storage space you may want to set a date and time for the task to start instead of running the task while there is activity in your storage space If a task must be performed regularly you can schedule it to recur at preset times You can schedule these tasks in maxView Storage Manager Expanding a logical drive Changing the RAID level of a logical drive Modifying the stripe size of a logical drive as part of an expansion or migration Verifying or verifying and fixing a logical drive Erasing or clearing a logical drive To schedule on
93. date completed successfully but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective Install the arc cim provider package esxupdate b tmp vmware esx provider arc cim provider vib nosigcheck update When the package is installed you receive the message The update completed successfully but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective Reboot the system 10 Continue with Installing on a Guest Operating System on page 26 Installing on VMware ESXi 5 x Use the following procedure to install the vib files for a VMware ESXi 5 x system Perform the installation from a remote system running a Telnet SSH client Use a terminal emulator to access the ESXi 5 x server remotely 1 Copy the following files from the installer download location to your local ESXi 5 x tmp directory see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details e vmware esx provider arcconf vib e vmware esx provider arc cim provider vib The arcconf vib is for command line communication The arc cim provider vib is for remote management communication Check for existing installation of arcconf esxcli software vib list grep arcconf Remove the existing arcconf package esxcli software vib remove n arcconf When the package is removed you receive the message Reboot Required false Check for an existing installation of arc cim provider esxcli software vib list grep arc cim provider Remove the existi
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95. ded For more information about the maxView Storage Manager Agent CIM server and Web server see About maxView Storage Manager on page 16 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 41 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Windows On Windows systems the Agent and other maxView Storage Manager services start automatically when the system is powered on To verify that the Agent is running 1 Open the Windows Control Panel 2 Double click Administrative Tools then double click Services 3 Inthe list of services check that the maxView Storage Manager Agent is installed and running Then verify that the maxView CIM server and maxView Web server are running If not you can choose to restart the services Be sure to observe the proper startup order CIM server Agent Web server Linux or VMware On Linux systems and VMware Guest OSs the Agent and other maxView Storage Manager services start automatically when the system is started To manually start or stop the Agent on Linux enter these commands 1 Start the CIM server Options Description Start service service stor_cimserver start Stop service service stor_cimserver stop Check status service stor _cimserver status To start operations from the VMware console use these commands Options Description Start service Sfcbd watchdog start Stop service Sfcbd watchdog stop 2 Start the Agent Options Description Start service service stor_
96. dow A Pan Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue WO U1 adapfec by PMC 4Locate maxCache x LA MaxCache 0 Device State Total GB Free GB Controller 1 tad z Physical Devices f Enclosure 0 Siot9 Optimal 46 585 0 001 v Slot 11 Optimal 46 585 0 001 Locate Cancel The LEDs on the SSDs begin to flash 4 Click Stop to stop blinking the SSDs 5 Click Cancel to close the Locate maxCache window Working with Failed or Failing Disk Drives This section describes how to use maxView Storage Manager to manage failed or failing disk drives in your storage space Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive You can replace one or more disk drives in a logical drive You may want to replace a drive to upgrade to larger disk drives or to make disk drive size uniform across the logical drive Caution If another disk drive in the logical drive fails during rebuild see Rebuilding Logical Drives on page 139 you may lose data For help solving disk drive problems see Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure on page 137 To replace a disk drive in a logical drive 1 Inthe Physical Devices tree in the Enterprise View find the disk drive you want to replace note its size and location for instance Slot 1 in Enclosure 0 Set the drive state to failed See Setting a Disk Drive to Failed on page 96 Remove and replace the disk drive with one of equal or gr
97. drive the data is completely and irretrievably eradicated Secure erase performs three distinct writing passes to the disk drive being erased it does not just write zeros To securely erase a disk drive or SSD 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then in the Physical Devices tree select the drive you want to erase 2 On the ribbon in the Physical Device group click Secure Erase Secure erase The Secure Erase Physical Device window opens 3 Click Erase to erase the disk drive click Cancel to cancel the action Uninitializing Disk Drives You can use maxView Storage Manager to uninitialize any disk drive or SSD in the Ready or Raw state In other words the drive is not part of any logical device Uninitializing a disk drive clears Adaptec meta data and reserved space from the drive and removes any OS partitions existing data on the drive is destroyed Note Uninitialized drives change from their current state to the Raw state Raw drives are compatible with any Host Bus Adapter HBA including Adaptec RAID controllers operating in Auto Volume or HBA mode and can be exchanged with drives on the motherboard s SATA interface For more information about Raw devices and controller modes see the Adaptec RAID Controllers Installation and User s Guide To uninitialize a disk drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then in Physical Devices tree select the disk drive you want to uninitialize
98. drive settings To make changes click Back 9 Click Finish The logical drive is reconfigured with the selected disks and migrates to the new RAID level Erasing a Logical Drive You can use maxView Storage Manager to erase the data on any logical drives that are in the Optimal state The logical drive remains in the Enterprise View and ready to store new data Caution When you erase a logical drive you lose all data on that drive To erase a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then select the logical drive you want to erase 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Erase a AE hh Logical The Erase Logical Device window opens 3 Click Erase to erase the logical drive click Cancel to cancel the action Deleting a Logical Drive When you delete a logical drive it is removed from the Enterprise View and the disk drives or segments in the logical drive become available to use in a new logical drive see Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Segments on page 60 or to expand an existing logical drive see Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive on page 66 Caution When you delete a logical drive you lose all data stored on that logical drive Be sure that you no longer need the data on the logical drive before you delete it To delete a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then select the logical drive you want to delete 2 On the ribbon in the Lo
99. e Pooled Create a hot spare for a set of logical devices Un assign Hot Spare Un assign Un assign this device as an hot spare Q Hext Cancel 4 Review the summary of protected logical drives then click Finish Any other logical drives created on the controller will automatically be protected by that global hot spare Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare or Pool Hot Spare A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one specific logical drive A dedicated hot spare assigned to protect more than one logical drive is called a pool hot spare Note You must create the logical drive before you can assign a dedicated hot spare to protect it To assign a dedicated spare or pool hot spare 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then in the Physical Devices tree select the disk drive or SSD you want to designate as a hot spare See Hot Spare Limitations on page 51 for help selecting a disk drive 2 On the ribbon in the Physical Device group click Spare Management Ty E sg Spare Management Physical Device The Spare Management wizard opens 3 Select Dedicated or Pooled as needed then click Next adapfec by PMc maxView Storage Manager User s Guide ea Spare Management x x wy Slot 2 j y an Assign Hot Spare Logical Dewi Ste OP Tah Global Create a global hot spare tor all logical dewices Summary e Dedicated Create a hot spare for a dedicated logical device Pooled Create a hot spare for a set of logical devices
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101. e controllers Add System wizard 130 adding maxCache SSD caching 83 87 Series 6Q controllers 83 87 advanced settings 49 84 Agent 17 41 43 introduction 17 41 43 starting 42 43 Linux 42 Solaris 43 Windows 42 startup order 41 alarm 101 102 controllers 101 102 disabling 101 102 disabling 101 102 controller level 101 102 systems 101 102 silencing 101 102 ARCCONF command line utility 15 96 SETSTATE command 96 archive file 139 auto discovery 130 automatic verification 64 B background consistency check 64 66 background verification 64 boards See controllers bootable USB image 18 28 broadcasting event alerts 111 122 build method 49 63 137 138 Build 49 63 build method continued Clear 49 63 Quick 49 63 Skip Initialization 63 137 138 building storage space 16 40 44 45 47 58 59 60 69 83 87 adding maxCache SSD caching 83 87 custom configuration 44 45 47 59 60 69 express configuration 44 C cache preservation 57 cached LD volume 80 creating 80 cached volume 80 creating 80 cards See controllers CIM server 17 21 command line utility 15 96 ARCCONF 15 96 components 14 93 defined 14 viewing properties 93 Configuration Event Detail window 112 configuring 44 See also building storage space controller 35 36 114 115 133 clearing configuration 133 controller cache preservation 57 controllers 93 101 102 105 108 disabling alarm 101 102 properties 93 rescanning 10
102. e in a RAID O Logical Drive Because RAID 0 volumes do not include redundancy if a disk drive fails in a RAID O logical drive the data cannot be recovered Correct the cause of the failure or replace the failed disk drives Then restore your data from backup if available Multiple Disk Drive Failures in the Same Logical Drive If multiple disk drives fail in the same logical drive you may be able to recover the data by recreating the logical drive in the wizard without the initialization step Omitting the initialization step reconstructs the logical drive meta data without modifying or destroying any other data on the disks Note RAID 6 and RAID 60 logical drives support two simultaneous disk drive failures In some instances RAID 10 and RAID 50 logical drives may survive multiple disk drive failures depending on which disk drives fail See Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 151 for more information Caution This procedure is not guaranteed to successfully recover your logical drive The surest way to recover your data is to restore the failed logical drive from backup To recreate the logical drive after multiple drive failures 1 Start the logical drive creation wizard select Custom Configuration then click Next Choose the same RAID level as the original logical drive then click Next Select the same set of disk drives as the original logical drive then click Next a Ensure that all RAID Attributes are the same as
103. e media Logical drive also known as logical device or array System also known as a server workstation or computer Enclosure also known as a storage enclosure disk enclosure or expander How to Find More Information You can find more information about your Adaptec RAID controller management software and utilities by referring to these documents available in the Documentation section of the Adaptec Web site at start adaptec com Readme txt Includes product information and known issues Adaptec RAID Controllers Installation and User s Guide Provides complete information on how to install and configure your Adaptec RAID controller and attach devices Adaptec RAID Controllers Command Line Utility User s Guide Describes how to use ARCCONF the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration command line utility to perform basic storage management tasks adapfec by PMc Introduction to maxView Storage Manager This section introduces the maxView Storage Manager software explains the concept of a storage space and provides a checklist of getting started tasks Getting Started The first part of this guide provides the information you need to install start and begin to use maxView Storage Manager Follow these general steps Step 1 Familiarize yourself with the software components of maxView Storage Manager review the system requirements and study the configuration examples that illustrate how to build and grow your s
104. e of these tasks 1 Complete each step of the task until you are prompted to finish the task or schedule the task The actual label on the finish button varies depending on the task type Do not click finish fa Verify logical device w ia le verify Werity with tix fh Attention Verify of a logical device is a lengthy process The progress of the task can be monitored in Tas main window Are you sure you want to verify this logical device Schedule Wwerity Cancel 2 Click Schedule The schedule window opens Note The schedule window is the same for all tasks except for the title text on the title bar adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC fq Verify VD x B LogicalDrv0 You can shedule the verify by selecting the future Date and Time Recurring Monthly Start Time 112 30 PM v Start Date 20 4 7 2012 E Ga July 2012 D Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A 12 13 14 15 16 47 48 19 E 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Cancel OK 3 Setthe time and date for the task to start You can pick the date from the calendar or use the controls in the Start Date field to enter it directly By default the task starts today Note If you are scheduling a task on a remote system located in another geographical area remember that the time you set for the task is that system s time which may be different from the local time You will be prompted to select a new
105. eate additional logical drives repeat Steps 2 to 9 for each logical drive that you want to create on the controller 11 Repeat Steps 1 to 10 for each controller in your storage space as needed 12 Partition and format your logical drives See Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives on page 50 for more information Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives The logical drives you create appear as physical disk drives on your operating system You must partition and format these logical drives before you can use them to store data Note Logical drives that have not been partitioned and formatted cannot be used to store data Refer to your operating system documentation for more information Creating Logical Drives on Other Systems in Your Storage Space If you installed maxView Storage Manager and Adaptec RAID controllers on more than one system continue building your storage space as follows e From each individual system log in to maxView Storage Manager and repeat the steps to perform an Express Configuration or Custom Configuration or e From your local system the system you re working on log in to all other systems in your storage space as remote systems see Logging into Remote Systems from the Local System on page 43 then repeat the steps to perform an Express Configuration or Custom Configuration or e From your local system create a server template file and deploy the configuration to the remote s
106. eater size Wait for the logical drive to rebuild See Rebuilding Logical Drives on page 139 eS YY Repeat these steps for each disk drive you want to replace Setting a Disk Drive to Failed Before you can remove a disk drive you should set it to the Failed state to protect your data To fail a disk drive or SSD use the Force Offline option for physical devices You can set a disk drive to the Failed state if e The disk drive is not part of a logical drive or e The disk drive is part of a redundant healthy logical drive Caution You may lose data or damage your disk drive if you remove a disk drive without first setting it to a failed state To set a disk drive to Failed adapfec by PMC 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then in the Physical Devices tree select the drive you want to set to Failed 2 On the ribbon in the Physical Devices group click Force Offline EEE a gt al Physical Cy Force Offline The Force Offline window opens 3 Click Force The drive is taken offline and set to the Failed state Note If the drive is part of a healthy logical drive the drive is degraded and a warning message is displayed in the Event Log Initializing Uninitializing and Erasing Disk Drives This section describes how to use maxView Storage Manager to erase data and meta data including logical drive and partition information from the disk drives in your storage space Initializing
107. ect and view its related resources such as the physical devices in a logical drive the logical drives on a controller or the controllers on a host For example the figure below shows the summary information screen for a logical drive with expandable information fields containing general information about the logical drive its settings and resources Each expandable field has an arrow next to it con2 log 1 Actions v Getting Started Summary Related Objects con2 log 1 ID 0 RAID level 1 Status Optimal Date created 04 07 2014 Interface type Serial Attached SCSI Data space 50 Logical Device Information O Settings Data space 930 99 GB Power management Parity space 931 GB gt Controller cache Stripe size Not Applicable gt maxCache Partitioned No Bootable Yes Block size 512 Protected by hot spare No Failed stripes No Resources o Name Status Slot 1 Optimal Slot 0 Optimal Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue Parity space 50 m Disabled on Not Supported 148 adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Click on the Related Objects tab next to the Summary tab to show the physical devices comprising the logical drive the logical drive s controller or a filtered list of events for that logical drive Button bar provides quick access to related object information Getting Started Summary Rela
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109. emains the same e Adjust the volume s fetch and flush rate Valid values are Aggressive Normal Passive 6 Click Next review the volume settings then click Finish FF Create Virtual wolurme ia Fe Sirtual volumes a Wolume Types Hame Size Tupe Fetch Flush Mode ee 120 08 Tiered Aggressive Select LO Caching Attributes Summary E Back Cancel Finish adapfec by PMc Creating a Cached Volume or Cached LD Volume When you create a Cached Volume you choose two pools with different tier levels The upper level fast pool is used for caching When you create a Cached LD Volume you choose an existing logical drive as the primary storage device then you select the cache pool Optionally you can specify the size of the cache pool You can also tune the volume by specifying its fetch and flush rate To create a Cached Volume or Cached LD Volume 1 In the Enterprise View open the maxCache Plus tree then select the Virtual Volumes tree node 2 On the ribbon in the Virtual Volume group click Create Virtual Volume 3 When the wizard opens click Cached or Cached LD then click Next FF Create Virtual volume fe Artual volumes a Create a ti ing ti ls Requires 2 pools of different Teva Gagner Tiered reate a tier volume using tier pools Requires 2 pools of differe tiers Select LO Cached Creme a cache volume using tier pools Requires 2 pools of different Caching Attributes hers Summ
110. ements of your application change On the first server segments from each disk drive have been used to build two RAID 5 logical drives A second server connected to two 12 disk enclosures has been added The additional storage space has been used to create two RAID 50 logical drives The Administrator of this storage space can create and modify logical drives and monitor both controllers disk drives and enclosures from a single system running the maxView Storage Manager GUI Business Data ee RAID 5 RAID 5 z Server with Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives Local system running maxView Storage Manager Network connection Customer Data Pa www ww e eee f F Server with Adaptec RAID controller running Storage enclosure with maxView Storage Manager Agent disk drives installed Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 19 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space For more advanced applications such as high volume transaction processing in cloud or data center environments maxView Storage Manager helps you grow your storage space to include multiple controllers storage enclosures and disk drives in multiple locations In this example multiple systems servers disk drives and enclosures have been added to the storage space The Administrator can create and modify logical drives and
111. equently used hot data while lower level tiers comprised typically of rotating media such as SAS or SATA hard disk drives store static or less frequently accessed data About maxCache Plus Tiering in maxCache Plus is implemented as an operating system level fi ter driver The filter driver consists of two main parts Volume Manager and Policy Engine e Volume Manager manages I O to and from the tiered volume and routes the I O to the correct tier group It maintains a tier value mapping table in persistent storage for all the tiered sources It also gathers I O statistics and routes it to the Policy Engine e Policy Engine decides where to place the managed data It analyzes statistical information about data access frequency and divides the data into cold and hot queues Cold data is stored on the slowest media typically SAS or SATA hard disk drives Hot data is stored on the fastest media such as an SSD for rapid retrieval The Policy Engine continuously analyzes entries in the hot and cold queues and updates the data location based on use patterns adapfec by PMc maxCache Plus Filter Driver Policy Engine Volume Manager Statistics Data Mover Map Mgr Device Driver Device Driver Pag Motherboard polg chipset devices Controller amp PCle Flash Controller A e E a Ea S 2 I Tier 1 Spinning media storage HDD 3 3 3 Tiers Virtual Pools and Virtual Volumes In maxCache Plus a tier is a col
112. er The Set Properties window opens Click the Data Protection tab In Consistency Check drop down list select Enabled or Disabled Enter the Consistency Check Period period in days oy 2S Click Apply Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive You can add more disk drive space or expand a logical drive to increase its capacity Note Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives Refer to your operating system documentation to see if size limits apply The expanded logical drive must have a capacity that is greater than or equal to the original logical drive To increase the capacity of a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then select the logical drive you want to expand 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Expand Migrate BEGR age Logical Device A wizard opens to help you modify the logical drive 3 Click Next 4 Select the disk drive s drive segments or SSDs you want to add to the logical drive If you want to remove a specific disk drive or segment and replace it with another one for instance to replace a smaller disk drive with a larger one deselect the disk drive you want to remove then select another disk drive of greater or equal capacity to replace it Note We recommend that you do not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same logical drive maxView Storage Manager displays a warning message if you try to create a logical d
113. eriHours 12 Hours Power Off Drives AfteriMins 20 Minutes OK Cancel e Slow Down Drives After Period of inactivity from 3 minutes to 3 hours after which the drives spin rate is lowered The default is Never Note For disk drives that do not support slow operation set this timer to Never e Verify Drives After Period of inactivity from 1 hour to 24 hours after which an inactive drive a drive that s already powered down is restarted and checked to verify its health Once the check is complete the drive is powered down and returns to an inactive state The default is Never e Power Off Drives After Period of inactivity from 3 minutes to 3 hours after which the disk drives are turned off The default is Never 6 Click OK Setting Power Management Options for a Controller The power management options for a controller affect all logical drives on that controller You can choose a stay awake period during which disk drives on the controller always operate at their peak spin rate You can also set the spin up limits for the controller the maximum number of drives that the controller may spin up at the same time Note The stay awake period is relative to your local system time and time zone To set the time zone for power management you must use the controller BIOS utility The time zone does not adjust automatically for daylight savings time To compensate you must adjust the stay awake period manuall
114. ers logical drives and physical drives or specific information fields on the Storage Dashboard mouse over any option name or field for a brief description of that field Set Properties x Summary Q Resources SMART fam Events t Controller 1 Setup controller general settings B Physical Device Info R Settings vendor SEAGATE State General Data Protection Power Management Model 5137345555 MNegotiz Serial Number SLQQOFSD0O00097254K41 Vrite C Alarm nisshled Alarm Firmware Level 0003 Power Task A gt 41 Warning or Error level events trigger an audible 4m Md Reported Channel 0 SMAI Perfor alarm on a controller which sounds until the event Reported SCSI Device ID 49 SMA is resolved The alarm is enabled by default but mic bd VAIN 5000050001 B505DC Hardy nco can be disabled if required perawled Interface Type Serial Attached SCSI Mediutt Advanced Statistics Enabled Device Type HDD Parity E ia aari Supported Power States Full RPM Powered off Link Fa CSS eee SOUMIS Reset How Block Size Supported Power States rte Total Size The power management options for a controller affect all physical devices on that controller If power state enabled disk drives on the controller always operate at their peak spin rate Q Cancel Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 38 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Logging Out
115. es and the maxCache Plus driver The information includes but is not limited to the following Resources number of devices status Device number size health Used space free space Tier level virtual volume members virtual pool members LBA start range end range Syntax MAXCONF GETCONFIG DRIVER LOGICALDEVICE VIRTUALPOOL VIRTUALVOLUME ALL Parameters DRIVER List driver information only LOGICALDEVICE List logical device information only VIRTUALPOOL List virtual pool information only VIRTUALVOLUME List virtual volume information only ALL List information about all devices adapfec by PMc Examples MAXCONF GETCONFIG DRIVER MAXCONF GETCONFIG VIRTUALVOLUME MAXCONF GETCONFIG ALL maxconf getstats Description Displays statistics about a virtual volume The information includes but is not limited to the following e SSD HDD used and free chunks e Read Write IO count e Sequential vs Random IO count e SSD read write IO count e Policy Engine statistics Syntax MAXCONF GETSTATS VIRTUALVOLUME lt volume gt noprompt Parameters volume The virtual volume number noprompt Suppresses the confirmation prompt Examples MAXCONF GETSTATS VIRTUALVOLUME 1 maxconf modify Description Modifies properties of a virtual volume or virtual pool Syntax MAXCONF MODIFY VIRTUALPOOL lt pool gt lt PROPERTY gt lt value gt noprompt MAXCONF MODIFY VIRTUALVOLUME lt volume gt lt PRO
116. es for all systems in your storage space see Creating Logical Drives on page 44 As your storage requirements change you can add systems controllers and disk drives then modify the logical drives in your storage space by following the instructions in Modifying Your Storage Space on page 58 Choosing a Management System You must designate at least one system as a management system a system from which you will manage the storage on all systems in your storage space The management system can be any system on your network that has a video monitor and can run the full maxView Storage Manager application Local or Remote Whenever you re working in maxView Storage Manager the system that you re working on is the ocal system All other systems in your storage space are remote systems Local and remote are relative terms as shown in the following figure when you are working on system A local system system B is a remote system when you are working on system B local system system A is a remote system For the purposes of this guide the local system is the management system adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMc Local logged a ca in to remote a maxView Storage Manager maxView Storage or Agent Manager Local logged q in to remote maxView Storage Manager or Agent maxView Storage Manager Logging in on the Local System To log in on the local system see
117. escribes how to start and log into maxView Storage Manager and familiarizes you with the main features of the graphical user interface It also explains how to get help and log out of maxView Storage Manager when you are finished working with the application Starting maxView Storage Manager and Logging In The procedure for starting and logging in to maxView Storage Manager is the same for all operating systems with a graphical desktop Note You need Administrator or root privileges to run the maxView Storage Manager application 1 On the desktop double click the maxView Storage Manager desktop icon The login window opens in the default browser MAXVIEW srorace manacen User Name Note If you do not have an icon for maxView Storage Manager on your desktop open a browser window type this URL in the address bar https 127 0 0 1 8443 maxview manager login xhtml then press Return 2 Enter Administrator account username and password from your operating system then click Login The maxView Storage Manager main window opens Working in maxView Storage Manager Most options in maxView Storage Manager are available by e Selecting components in the Enterprise View e Clicking icons on the ribbon at the top of the main window e Working with information in the Storage Dashboard and Chart View e Checking status in the Event Log and Task Log The following sections describe how to work with these features in the main window of
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119. ete you receive a confirmation message and the maxView icon is removed from your desktop Uninstalling from VMware ESX 4 1 Use the following procedure to remove maxView Storage Manager from a VMware ESX 4 1 system 1 Log in with the user name root 2 List the installed packages esxupdate vib view query grep arcconf esxupdate vib view query grep arc cim provider adapfec 5 by PMC Remove the arcconf package esxupdate b lt arcconf module gt maintenancemode remove Remove the arc cim provider package esxupdate b lt arc cim provider module gt maintenancemode remove Reboot the system To verify that maxView Storage Manager is uninstalled repeat Step 2 If no results are shown the software was uninstalled successfully Uninstalling from VMware ESXi 5 x Use the following procedure to remove maxView Storage Manager from a VMware ESXi 5 x system 1 2 5 Log in with the user name root List the installed packages esxcli software vib list grep arcconf esxcli software vib list grep arc cim provider Remove the arcconf package esxcli software vib remove n arcconf Remove the arc cim provider package esxcli software vib remove n arc cim provider Reboot the system To verify that maxView Storage Manager is uninstalled repeat Step 2 If no results are shown the software was uninstalled successfully adapfec by PMC Exploring maxView Storage Manager This section d
120. evice until it is full or some other hotter data replaces it Use the procedures in the following sections to create modify and maintain the maxCache Device and to enable and disable maxCache for the logical drives in your storage space Note Adaptec Series 6Q controllers support maxCache read caching only For Series 6Q controllers the maxCache Device is a simple collection of SSDs it is not a logical device For more information see Using maxCache with Adaptec Series 6Q Controllers on page 87 Creating a maxCache Device To create a maxCache Device 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a system then select a controller on that system 2 On the ribbon in the maxCache group click Create maxCache Create maxCache maxC ache 3 When the wizard opens select a RAID level for the maxCache Device then click Next See Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 151 for more information about RAID levels 4 Select the SSDs that you want to include in the maxCache Device Be sure to select the right number of SSDs for the RAID level you selected adapfec by PMC F Create MaxCache Controller 1 v RAID Level RAID Members RAID Attributes Summary amp 5 Click Next Device State Controller 1 z Physical Devices f amp Enclosure 0 SSlotg Ready A SSlot10 Ready PF Ssiot11 Ready 3 Other devices Back Total GB Next Cancel Free GB 46 484 46 484 46 464 Optional In the RAID A
121. for a VMware ESX 4 1 system Perform the installation from an ESX 4 1 console or from a remote system running a Telnet SSH client 1 Copy the following files from the installer download location to your local ESX 4 1 tmp directory see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details e vmvware esx provider arcconf vib adapfec 9 by PMC e vmware esx provider arc cim provider vib The arcconf vib is for command line communication The arc cim provider vib is for remote management communication Check for an existing installation of arcconf esxupdate vib view query grep arcconf Remove the existing installation of arcconf esxupdate b lt arcconf module name gt maintenancemode remove When the package is removed you receive the message The update completed successfully but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective Check for an existing installation of arc cim provider esxupdate vib view query grep arc cim provider Remove the existing installation of arc cim provider esxupdate b lt arc cim provider module name gt maintenancemode remove When the package is removed you receive the message The update completed successfully but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective Reboot the system Install the arcconf package esxupdate b tmp vmware esx provider arcconf vib nosigcheck update When the package is installed you receive the message The up
122. g Write IO count for volume including Random Sequential routed to SSD pool faster tier Chunk size or page size is represented in sectors 512 means 51 2 sectors 256KB the default chunk size Total number of chunks in volume In a tiered volume it s the addition of HDD data chunks and SSD data chunks For cached volume Cached LD volume it s the maximum of HDD data chunk count Defines the feature type of the virtual volume 0x100 256 de notes tiered volume 0x200 512 denotes cached volume 0x20 32 denotes write back cache mode 0x40 64 denotes write through cache mode By default Cached Volume is in write back mode and Cached LD is in write through mode Write back and write through mode is not applicable for tiered volume adapfec by PMc Using the maxConf Command Line Utility This appendix explains how to use of the maxConf command line utility This utility allows you to e Create and delete virtual pools virtual volumes and cached logical drives e Display and modify configuration settings Note maxConf is supported on qualifying Adaptec Series Q controllers only See the Readme for a list of controllers that support maxConf Installing maxConf maxConf is installed with the maxView Storage Manager application It is supported on Windows Red Hat Linux and SuSe Linux systems only For details about installing maxView Storage Manager on different operating systems see Installing maxView Storage Manager on
123. g maxCache to Local Storage on page 83 Read Cache Disable maxCache if you have not created a maxCache Device Disabled Skip Initialization e Set the build method to Build Clear or Quick The build method determines how a logical drive is initialized prepared for reading and writing and how long initialization will take e Set the build priority to High Medium or Low e Disable power management on the logical drive For more information see Setting Power Management Options for a Logical Drive on page 69 e Create the logical drive without OS verification By default maxView Storage Manager waits until the logical drive is visible to the OS and receives a creation confirmation event from the OS in the event log See Fine tuning Logical Drives on page 61 for details about customizing the settings in the RAID Attributes panel 8 Click Next then review the logical drive settings This example shows a RAID 5 logical drive ready to be created FF create LD controller 1 Creation Mode Logical Disk RAID Level Size Initialization Hot Spare v RAID Level LogicalDrv1 RAID 5 223 242 build YES v RAID Members v RAID Attributes Summary Back Cancel Finish To make changes click Back 9 Click Finish maxView Storage Manager builds the logical drive Use the Event Log and Task Log to track build progress adapfec by PMc 10 If you have other disk drives or available disk space and want to cr
124. gical Device group click Delete BEER RDE feee 3 When prompted click Delete to delete the logical drive click Cancel to cancel the action adapfec by PMc Maintaining an Energy Efficient Storage Space You can use power management in maxView Storage Manager to maintain an energy efficient storage space Power management of your storage space reduces cooling and electricity costs It increases system stability due to lower heat dissipation And it improves the quality of your work environment by reducing noise levels in your computer rooms and data centers This section describes how to configure power management for the logical drives and RAID controllers in your storage space You can configure power management for an individual logical drive or for all logical drives on a controller e To configure power management for a logical drive see Setting Power Management Options for a Logical Drive on page 69 e To configure power management for a controller see Setting Power Management Options for a Controller on page 70 e To disable power management on a logical drive see Disabling Power Management for a Logical Drive on page 71 Note To see if your controller supports power management select the controller in the Enterprise View then on the Storage Dashboard click the Properties tab If the Key Features section includes Intelligent Power Management the controller supports the power management features You can check
125. gical Drives on page 44 Uninstalling maxView Storage Manager To uninstall maxView Storage Manager follow the instructions for your operating system Uninstalling from Windows To uninstall maxView Storage Manager from a Windows system use the Add or Remove Programs tool in the Control Panel All maxView Storage Manager components are uninstalled When the uninstall process is complete you receive a confirmation message and the maxView icon is removed from your desktop Uninstalling from Red Hat Cent OS SuSE or Fedora Linux This section describes how to uninstall maxView Storage Manager from systems running Red Hat Cent OS SuSE or Fedora Linux Type the command rpm e StorMan When the uninstall process is complete you receive a confirmation message and the maxView icon is removed from your desktop Uninstalling from Debian or Ubuntu Linux This section describes how to uninstall maxView Storage Manager from systems running Debian or Ubuntu Linux Type the command dpkg r StorMan When the uninstall process is complete you receive a confirmation message and the maxView icon is removed from your desktop Uninstalling from Solaris This section describes how to uninstall maxView Storage Manager from systems running Solaris 1 Type the command pkgrm StorMan 2 At the prompt to remove the package select y then press Enter 3 At the confirmation prompt select y then press Enter When the uninstall process is compl
126. gure the maxCache Device on a Series 6Q controller 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a system then select an Adaptec Series 6Q controller on that system 2 On the ribbon in the maxCache group click Create maxCache Create maxCache maxC ache The maxCache Device Configuration window opens 3 Select one or more SSDs in the Available SSD Drives list then click right arrow Fe MaxCache Device Configuration x Controller 1 Pool Size 59 375 GB Number of Drives in Cache Pool 2 Cache Flush and Fetch Rate Low se Available SSD Drives maxCache Device Slot 2 Ready 29 802 GB Slot 1 Rea dy 29 802 GB Slot 4 Ready 29 802 GB i Slot 3 Ready 29 802 GB lt OK Cancel adapfec by PMc To remove a SSD from the cache select one or more SSDs in the maxCache Device list then click left arrow 4 Select the maxCache flush and fetch rate from the drop down list Low Medium High The default is Medium 5 Click OK maxView Storage Manager builds the maxCache Device Use the Event Log and Task Log to track build progress Analyzing maxCache Performance maxView Storage Manager provides advanced usage statistics for maxCache Devices and virtual volumes You can use these statistics to gain a better understanding of how maxCache is performing in your storage space Use the Statistics Viewer to view the maxCache statistics see Viewing Advanced Statistics on page 125 For example the figure below shows the advance
127. haracters or tier level as needed Note If the pool is part of a virtual volume the tier level is read only 4 Click OK Deleting a Virtual Pool When you delete a virtual pool all data in the pool is destroyed and the underlying media becomes available for use in other storage applications Caution Ensure that volumes with the deleted pool as a member are inactive otherwise you may lose data To delete a virtual pool adapfec by PMc 1 In the Enterprise View open the maxCache Plus tree then in the Virtual Pools tree select a virtual pool 2 On the ribbon in the Virtual Pool group click Delete irua OEE 3 When prompted click Delete to delete the virtual pool Click Cancel to cancel the action Creating and Managing Virtual Volumes This section describes how to create a tiered or cached virtual volume modify volume properties and delete a virtual volume Creating a Tiered Volume When you create a Tiered Volume you choose two pools with different tier levels a fast up tier pool and a slower down tier pool Optionally you can specify the volume size and the relative size of each tier level You can also tune the volume by specifying its fetch and flush rate To create a Tiered Volume 1 In the Enterprise View open the maxCache Plus tree then select the Virtual Volumes tree node 2 On the ribbon in the Virtual Volume group click Create Virtual Volume ow ow Create Virtual Volume
128. host b Web Server Port 8443 c Host user name default root d Operating system password password confirmation ie max iew Storage Manager max iew Storage Manager Configuration Provide CIM Server and Web Server configuration details ESxi Host IF Address WebServer Port Z Event Listener Port 40161 User Mame root Password Confirm Password InstallShield cok e comet Note The configuration details screen differs slightly for VMware and Xenserver However the information you need to enter is the same for both operating systems 5 Click Next then click Install When the installation is complete you receive a confirmation message Installing on a Linux Guest OS Use the following procedure to install maxView Storage Manager on a Linux guest OS running on VMware or Citrix XenServer 1 On the VMware or XenServer guest OS change to the directory where the Linux installer package is located see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details 2 Run the installer for your operating system version Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 27 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMC Options Description Linux GOS 64 bit Storman 1 06 GOS86_64 bin VMware only Linux GOS 32 bit Storman 1 06 GOS32 bin 3 Atthe prompt choose the GOS type Enter 1 for ESXi 2 for XenServer Select the GOS Type 1 ESX1i Server 2 XenServer 4 Enter the foll
129. ical Devices Mode RAID Expose RAW Degraded 0 p B st a Status Optimal Rebuilding 0 View M Temperature Normal 42C 7107F Clearing o i Key Features Physical Devices 34 g Physical Devices y Power Management Enabled By Type f Enciosure 0 Cache Backup Unit Ready Hard Disk Drives sc Storage Ds ot 1 Optimal maxCache Enabled Solid State Disks 4 Dash boa rd Ss ot 2 Optimal Others 0 By State F oit 2 Ortima S Slot 3 Optimal Optimal 12 E rr E ot 4 Optimal Ready 22 Eu isti Spare 0 B Slot 5 Optimal Advanced Statistics pare Failed a s Slot 6 Optimal Raw o Slot 7 Optimal G Slot 8 Optimal Slot 9 Ready Task Log R LH Siot 10 Optima Event Log GR Events E Bs Severity gt Date and Time System gt Source gt Component gt Description gt O Information Sun Nov 16 08 44 21 PST 2014 X7DB3 VV2K8R2 adapt X7DB3 VW2K8R2 adapt X 7DB3 VWV2K8R2 adapte Established a connection to X7DB3 VV2K8R2 on port number 34 571 7 Information Sun Nov 16 09 33 42 PST 2014 X7DB3 VV2K8R2 adapt X7DB3 VY2K8R2 adapt X 7DB3 VWW2K8R2 adapte Established a connection to X7DB3 VV2K8R2 on port number 34 571 You can resize the panels and scroll horizontally or vertically as needed to view more or less information The Enterprise View The Enterprise View is an expandable tree that shows the physical and logical components of your storage space The Enterprise View lists the local system the system you re working on and any remote s
130. ics Version 3 0 SSD Cache Size 380721 Pages on Fetch List Q Fetch List Candidates Biidonced Statistics Candidate Replacements LogicalDrv4 Optimal 99 989 GB Pages on dirty List General DRAM 10 Statistics MaxCache Statistics Pages on failed List SSD Cache Adapter Outstanding Commands Statistics Parameter Value 0 1 2 4 8 Read hits 19461 138 0 0 0 0 Write hits 62523 Valid Pages 1 Updates on Writes 0 Invalidations by RAN Balance 0 Invalidations by Updations 0 a Invalidations by Others 0 maxCache Statistics Page Fetches 0 for a Logical Drive binn SSD Cache Page Hit Distribution 0 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 40514 8355 4314 330 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 125 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Resetting the Statistics Counters In maxView Storage Manager advanced statistics are cumulative That is the statistics continue to accumulate until you reset the counters for a controller to zero To reset the statistics counters for a controller 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a system then select the controller you want to reset 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties a Fa Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens 3 Click the Reset Now button then click Apply Advance Statistics Enabled Advance Statistics Counters The statistics counters are reset Changing an Operating System s
131. icy for all physical drives on a controller You can enable or disable write caching on all drives on the controller or choose Drive Specific to configure the write cache policy for individual drives To configure the Global Physical Drive Write Cache policy 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens 3 Inthe Global Physical Devices Write Cache Policy drop down list select Enable All Disable All OrDrive Specific adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Set Properties x t Controller 1 Setup controller general settings General Data Protection Power management Alarm Disabled y Task Priority High yV Performance Mode Big Block Bypass y NCQ Enabled v Global Physical Devices Write Cache Policy Disable All Global Max SAS Phy Link Rate 12 Gbis Advance Statistics Disabled Advance Statistics Counters Reset now OK Cancel 4 Click OK 5 If you selected Drive Specific continue with Configuring the Write Cache Policy for an Individual Drive on page 101 Configuring the Write Cache Policy for an Individual Drive Note You can change the write cache setting for an individual drive only if the Global Write Cache Policy is set to Drive Specific By default disk drive write caching is disabled in maxView Storage Manage
132. idential to PMC Sierra Inc 124 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Viewing Advanced Statistics Use the Statistics Viewer to view the advanced statistics for the controllers hard drives SSDs logical drives maxCache devices and virtual volumes in your storage space To view the statistics for a component select it in the Enterprise View then on the Storage Dashboard click the Advanced Statistics link on the Summary tab v dg Enterprise view Summary Properties Q R v X7DBS W2K8R2 adaptec com p maxC ache Plus NPE ae Model ASR ene Serial Number FFFFF i iua Poal Manufacturer Adapt getters O Firmware 5 7 0 1 m a eee DENICE Installed Memory 1024 b Fe Logical Devices Mode RAID t BB Logicalbrva status Optime FB Logicaibrv Temperature Morma k E Physical Devices eee Power Management Enable Select a component in Cache Backup Unit Ready the Enterprise View maxCache Enable then click this link on the Storage Dashboard Advanced Statistics The statistics listed vary depending on which type of component you select The following example shows the advanced statistics for a controller on the left and the maxCache statistics for a logical drive including cache hits and misses and a histogram of cache hit distribution Advanced Statistics FG Controller 1 Controller Statistics General Adapter General Statistics Parameter Value Statist
133. ild NO quick NO quick NO quick NO quick NO Cancel Finish maxView Storage Manager builds the logical drive s Use the Event Log and Task Log to track build progress 6 Repeat Steps 2 5 for each controller in your storage space 7 Partition and format your logical drives See Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives on page 50 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue 46 adapfec by PMC Custom Configuration Custom configuration helps you build your storage space manually by stepping you through the process of creating logical drives setting RAID levels and configuring other settings To build your storage space with the Custom configuration method 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a system then select a controller on that system Note how many available disk drives are connected to the controller this information will be helpful as you create the logical drives in the wizard 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Create Logical Drive Logical Device 3 When the wizard opens select Custom Mode then click Next B Create Logical Device x Controller 1 Select creation mode and click Next Creation Mode Creation Mode Express Mode Configure logical device s automatically RAID Level Custom Mode Configure logical device manually RAID Members RAID Attributes Summary Hext Cancel 4 Select a RAID level then cli
134. in a Logical Drive cccsscccccssecececceseceeeeeseceeeaeeeeeseeaeeees 59 Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Seg Ments cccccesssscccceeseeceeeseeseceeceeseeeesaeeeeesseaeeeeees 60 Creating a Hybrid RAID Logical Drive cccccccccsssecccceseeecceceeecececeeeseceseaeeeceeseeeeceessuaaeseesaaaeeeeeeas 60 FIN tUNING Logical DiVES cccccccsssseccccsesecccecceesececsuesesccesueaeceesauueeceesuaecesessusceessuaseecessuaeeceesueggeceesaagsees 61 Renaming a Logical Drive sarsesveascsonretsnavnseannaonceicnanyeesintevacaaedsiuenreaisisiedeumeenesenstaniateerassdeensusaaxeasvuabmboeades 61 Changing the Read Cache Setting cccccccssssccccssssecceceeeecceeeeeeceesaeseseceeseesecesseaeeeceeseeeeseseesaaeeeeees 62 Changing the Write Cache Setting ccccccsssccceccsssececseseecceceeseccesaeaseecesseeseceseseeaeceeseeaeeesessaaeeeeees 62 Changing the Stripe SIZ ceecccccccssscccccessseccceeesecceseaeeseceeeeeeeeecesauaeceeseeaeeceesuasecesseauaecessaugeeesenes 63 Changing the Mitialze Method ives cecsvccareasicaccsnnerncetevetneabenPavnavitsevadensesyvensaiwecsiseaneconesiearmeustedtuesveasios 63 Optimizing Logical Drive PerfOrMance ccccssssseccccessecccseaeseccesseeecececsuaeeceeseaeseceesueseceesauansceessaaeeeeeesaeeeeeees 63 Verityine Logical DIV CS scscccitcsessrcacacannvanaasavanvensabanvanowndalyisnnauessutlsbuaelt at IE EEE EEE EPE ESERE SETER 64 Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive
135. ing Logical Drives To ensure that there are no data problems on your logical drives it is important to verify them When you verify a logical drive maxView Storage Manager checks it for inconsistent or bad data and then fixes any problems You can also choose to verify a logical drive without fixing it Logical drives without redundancy for instance RAID 0 logical drives do not need to be verified In maxView Storage Manager logical drive verification can occur in different ways depending on your controller e Automatic verification If your controller supports Build initialization maxView Storage Manager automatically verifies all new redundant logical drives No manual verification is required To see if your controller supports Build initialization select the controller in the Enterprise View then on the Storage Dashboard click Properties e Manual verification If your controller doesn t support Build initialization a Warning level event notice appears in the event log prompting you to verify a logical drive before you begin to use it To verify a logical drive manually see Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive on page 65 e Background verification If your controller supports background consistency check maxView Storage Manager continually and automatically checks your logical drives once they re in use adapfec by PMc To see if your controller supports background consistency check select the controller in the Enterpri
136. ive or hot spare has failed An enclosure is overheating Multiple fans or power supplies within an enclosure have failed An enclosure is not responding Note All Warning and Error level events also cause the audible alarm to sound See Working with Controllers on page 101 for more information Viewing Task Status in the Task Log The Task Log shows the status and progress of tasks in your storage space with the most recent task listed at the top Single click any task to open the Task Log Detail window to see more information in an easier to read format For more information about monitoring scheduling and modifying tasks in maxView Storage Manager see Working with Scheduled Tasks on page 89 Task Id System Description State Start Time Recurring Priority Progress Build verify logical device Tue Jul 10 111 10 2564122 aaeh M sit so i Running 13 42 25 Never High 8 CA AS de dno PDT 2014 Task Log TOO Task Id 111 State Running System 10 25 64 122 Recurring Never Single click to view Priority High Start Time Tue Jul10 13 42 25 PDT 2014 task details Progress 8 Description BuildYerity logical device controller 0 logical device 0 Delete Modify Close Viewing Component Status in the Storage Dashboard The Storage Dashboard provides detailed information about the components of your storage space including local and remote systems controllers logical drives enclosures disk drives and SSDs maxCache Devices
137. k Cancel to close the Locate PD window Locating Physical Disks in a Logical Drive To locate all physical disks in a logical drive i In the Enterprise View select a controller then in the Logical Devices tree select a logical drive 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Locate BEAR 1DE Device The Locate LD window opens and displays a list of the physical disks associated with the logical drive 3 Click the Locate button on the Locate LD window DaAriimant Nin CND_NNIRE_NE_A Ray A Jocument No CDP Q0285 05 A Rev A 1d Confidential to adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC A Locate LD x B LogicalDrv0 Device State Total GB Free GB Controller 1 l z Physical Devices f amp Enclosure 0 Slot 1 Optimal 232 885 172 714 Slot 2 Optimal 232 685 61 094 Locate Cancel The LEDs on the disk drives begin to flash 4 Click Stop to stop blinking the drives 5 Click Cancel to close the Locate LD window Locating SSDs in the maxCache Device To locate all Solid State Drives SSDs in the maxCache Device 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then in the maxCache Devices tree select the maxCache Device on that controller 2 On the ribbon in the maxCache group click Locate maxC ache The Locate maxCache window opens displaying a list of the SSDs comprising the maxCache Device 3 Click the Locate button on the Locate maxCache win
138. largest portion of the main window in maxView Storage Manager the Storage Dashboard provides status information physical and logical device properties resources usage statistics and reliability indicators for hard drives and SSDs It also provides a chart view of free and used space in your system maxView Storage Manager User s Guide adapfec by PMc Tabs provide quick access to component information Summary Properties Resources fe Events m Controller Info Resources f Total Storage Model Adaptec ASR81605Z7Q EVAL Logical Devices 6 Serial Number 3131133B8DC By State Manufacturer Adaptec Inc Optimal 6 Firmware 7 4 0 30830 Impacted 0 Installed Memory 1024 MB Failed 0 Mode RAID Expose RAW Degraded 0 Status Optimal Rebuilding 0 Temperature Normal 42C 107F Clearing 0 Chart view of free Key Features Physical Devices 34 and used space in Power Management Enabled es a B your system Cache Backup Unit Ready Hard Disk Drives 30 maxCache Enabled Solid State Disks 4 Others 0 By State Optimal 12 Ready 22 Advanced Statistics Spare 0 Failed 0 Raw 0 For more information about the types of information provided on the Storage Dashboard for each component in your storage space see Viewing Component Status in the Storage Dashboard on page 113 also see Revealing More Device Information on page 36 Checking System Status from the Main Window maxView Storage Manager includes an Event L
139. lection of storage media with distinct performance characteristics RAID 5 RAID 10 SSD SAS hard disk drive etc A virtual pool is a grouping of storage devices with similar performance characteristics Each pool has a tier level based on the performance characteristics of the underlying media Tier O is reserved for the highest performing media such as an SSD pool a RAID 5 pool comprised of SAS hard drives might be assigned to Tier level 1 You can provision virtual volumes comprised of pools with different tier levels and create cached volumes as described below A virtual volume is exposed to the operating system by the maxCache Filter Driver By default the Filter Driver detects all underlying storage logical drives raw devices and exposes the discovered resources to the OS as pass through volumes e Tiered Volume Volume comprised of two pools with different tier levels The uppermost tier is used to store the hot data Its maximum capacity equals the combined capacity of each pool Tiered Volume S SDs used as Storage Controller 3a aaa QG 1500GB RAID 5 40036 SSD as ler 1 as Tier 0 Total Capacity 1900GB adapfec by PMc e Cached Volume Volume comprised of two pools with different tier levels The uppermost tier is used as the caching media Supported cache types include Write Through and Write Back A Cached Volume s maximum capacity equals the capacity of the lower level tier Cached Volume SSDs used as HDD
140. logical drives by grouping together same sized physical drives and assigns RAID levels based on the number of physical disk drives in the logical drive Use the express method when you want to use all available disk drives in the most efficient manner For instructions see Express Configuration on page 44 e Custom configuration Helps you group disk drives set RAID levels determine logical drive size and configure advanced settings manually Use the custom method when you want to create specific logical drives with any or all available disk drives and SSDs Solid State Drives For instructions see Custom Configuration on page 47 Note We recommend that you do not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same logical drive maxView Storage Manager displays a warning if you try to create a logical drive using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives Express Configuration When you use Express configuration maxView Storage Manager automatically creates logical drives by grouping together same sized physical drives and assigns RAID levels based on the number of physical drives in a logical drive e A logical drive with three or more physical drives is assigned RAID 5 e A logical drive with two physical drives is assigned RAID 1 e A logical drive with only a single physical drive becomes a simple volume which does not offer redundancy Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 44 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue
141. ly select the maxCache Plus node in the Enterprise view Like chart view for other components hover text reveals the amount of space represented by each colored section of the pie chart as shown in the figure below maxCache Plus Total Storage Pass Through GB 262 87 282 87 B Forcit Used Free in G8 0 0 44 0 B Foci Used Free in GEj 0 0 74 74 QO Pool Used Free in GB 0 0 232 45 BM Pass Through GB 282_87 Notifying Users by Email About Status and Activity You can set up maxView Storage Manager to send email messages or notifications to one or more email addresses when an event occurs on a system such as the creation of a logical drive or the failure of a disk drive Email notifications can help you monitor activity on your entire storage space from any location and are especially useful in storage spaces that include multiple systems running the maxView Storage Manager Agent only Only the users you specify receive email notifications You can specify which types of events generate email messages Error Informational Warning You can also specify if you want to be notified instantly when an event occurs to ensure that urgent issues receive immediate attention from the right people Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 117 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Alternatively you can specify that you want events coalesced and receive only one email message f
142. mallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 2 se Disk Drive 3 400 GB ARE DANE Foe Disk Drive 3 ia ee Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 4 Pe 750 Disk Drive 4 400 GB iia Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 5 Logical Drive 750 GB plus Parity adapfec by PMC RAID 5EE Logical Drives A RAID 5EE logical drive also known as a hot space is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes a distributed spare drive and must be built from a minimum of four disk drives Unlike a hot spare a distributed spare is striped evenly across the disk drives with the stored data and parity data and can t be shared with other logical disk drives A distributed spare improves the speed at which the array is rebuilt following a disk drive failure A RAID 5EE logical drive protects your data and increases read and write speeds However capacity is reduced by two disk drives worth of space which is for parity data and spare data In this figure S represents the distributed spare P represents the distributed parity data Drive Segment Size Disk Drive 1 i Iv Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive2 2 P 449 Disk Drive 3 ews as Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 4 Disk Drive 4 400 GB Unused Space 150 GB P4 500 Disk Drives in Logical Drive Based on the drive segment sizes used RAID 5EE Logical Drive 500 GB plus parity and hot spare adapfec by PMC RAID 5
143. ment is a disk drive or portion of a disk drive that is used to create a logical drive A disk drive can include both RAID segments segments that are part of a logical drive and available segments Each segment can be part of only one logical drive at a time If a disk drive is not part of any logical drive the entire disk is an available segment adapfec by PMc Non redundant Logical Drives RAID 0 A logical drive with RAID O includes two or more disk drives and provides data striping where data is distributed evenly across the disk drives in equal sized sections However RAID 0 logical drives do not maintain redundant data so they offer no data protection Compared to an equal sized group of independent disks a RAID O logical drives provides improved O performance Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For instance an array with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can create a RAID O drive segment of 250 GB for a total of 1000 GB for the volume as shown in this figure l Drive Segment Size Disk Drive 1 PERE se Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 2 rcs C o Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 3 400 GB PSE RNE E Disk Drive 3 Coo Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 4 Disk Drive 4 400 GB Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID O Logical Drive 1000 GB RAID 1 Logical Drives A RAID 1 logical drive is built from two disk drives where one disk drive is a
144. mirror of the other the same data is stored on each disk drive Compared to independent disk drives RAID 1 logical drives provide improved performance with up to twice the read rate and an equal write rate of single disks However capacity is only 50 percent of independent disk drives If the RAID 1 logical drive is built from different sized disk drives the free space drive segment size is the size of the smaller disk drive as shown in this figure adapfec by PMc Drive Segment Size Smallest Disk Drive a Disk Drive 1 C Tooo Disk Drive 1 Ery Disk Drive 2 400 GB Disk Drive 2 rs oe ieee Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 1 Logical Drive 250 GB RAID 1 Enhanced Logical Drives A RAID 1 Enhanced RAID 1E logical drive also known as a striped mirror is similar to a RAID 1 array except that data is both mirrored and striped and more disk drives can be included A RAID 1E logical drive can be built from three or more disk drives In this example the large bold numbers represent the striped data and the smaller non bold numbers represent the mirrored data stripes Disk Drive 1 400 GB Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 400 GB Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 3 Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 1E Logical Drive 600 GB adapfec by PMc RAID 10 Logical Drives A RAID 10 logical drive is built from two or more equal sized RAID 1 logical drives Data in a RAID 10 logical drive is both
145. n installation without messages or user interaction Note Silent installation on Linux is supported on Red Hat CentOS and SLES only Completing a Silent Installation This section describes the silent installation process for Windows and Linux Windows Silent Installation To complete a silent installation on Windows 1 Open a command prompt window then change to the directory where you downloaded the Windows setup program see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details 2 Run the silent installation from the command line using one of these commands Options Description Windows 64 bit setup asm_x64 exe s v qn lt properties gt Windows 32 bit setup _asm_x86 exe s v qn lt properties gt where lt properties gt is one or more of the options listed in Switches Properties and Values on page 142 Separate properties with spaces and enclose all properties after v in quotes with NO leading space Separate feature names for the ADDLOCAL property with commas adapfec by PMC Switches Properties and Values This section describes the command line options for Windows silent installation These options are not supported on Linux Switch or Property s required v required qn qb v lt path gt optional INSTALLDIR optional ADDLOCAL optional USERNAME PASSWORD CONFIRMPASSWORD Description Suppress dialog boxes Pass command line parameters to the setup program Suppres
146. n page 113 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 150 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMC Selecting the Best RAID Level When you create logical drives in maxView Storage Manager you can assign a RAID level to protect your data Each RAID level offers a unique combination of performance and redundancy RAID levels also vary by the number of disk drives they support This section provides a comparison of all the RAID levels supported by maxView Storage Manager and provides a basic overview of each to help you select the best level of protection for your storage system Comparing RAID Levels Use this table to select the RAID levels that are most appropriate for the logical drives on your storage space based on the number of available disk drives and your requirements for performance and reliability RAID Level Redundancy Disk Drive Read Perfor Write Perfor Built in Hot Minimum Usage mance mance Spare Disk Drives RAID O No 100 en ER No 2 RAID 1 Yes 50 a a No 2 RAID 1E Yes 50 si ae No 3 RAID 10 Yes 50 mnt ad No 4 RAID 5 Yes 67 94 aiid No 3 RAID 5EE Yes 50 88 oe Yes 4 RAID 50 Yes 67 94 sails si No 6 RAID 6 Yes 50 88 li 3 No 4 RAID 60 Yes 50 88 e z No 8 Disk drive usage read performance and write performance depend on the number of drives in the logical drive In general the more drives the better the performance Understanding Drive Segments A drive seg
147. n the ribbon in the Virtual Pool group click Create Virtual Pool The Create Virtual Pool wizard opens 3 Enter the pool name up to 31 characters tier level chunk size 64KB 256KB 1MB or 4MB and pool description up to 63 characters then click Next Pes Create Virtual Pool x Virt 4A irtual Pools Name Po Pool Members Summary Tier Level E vV Chunk Size 256KB 7 Description HDD Pool Next Cancel 4 Select the logical drive s you want to add to the pool then click Next adapfec by PMc Pes Create Virtual Pool x ED maxCache Plus v Start Device State RAID Level Capacity v Pool Members Controller 1 Summary e v Logical Drv Online Simple volume 223 43 GB FF EB Hoian Online Simple volume 223 43 GB Capacity 282 68GB Back Hext Cancel Note The Capacity field is read only By default the pool capacity equals the total capacity of the pool members 5 Review the pool settings then click Finish Modifying a Virtual Pool You can modify the properties of an existing virtual pool to change its description or tier level You can change a pool s tier level only if it is not part of a virtual volume To modify virtual pool properties 1 In the Enterprise View open the maxCache Plus tree then in the Virtual Pools tree select a virtual pool 2 On the ribbon in the Virtual Pool group click Set Properties The Set Properties window opens 3 Change the pool description up to 63 c
148. nd Linux After installing and configuring the SNMP service you can monitor activity in your storage space with the maxView Storage Manager GUI or any OS monitoring tool such as a Mib Browser Setting Up SNMP Notifications on Windows 1 Install and enable the SNMP service on your Windows system Define the SNMP community to which to send trap messages public for instance Then designate that name as an Accepted Community in the SNMP Service Properties For details on installing and configuring SNMP on Windows refer to your operating system documentation On Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 x systems the SNMP sub agent does not have permission to open a socket over TCP IP or UDP preventing it from communicating with the maxView Storage Manager Agent Use the following PowerShell scripts to allow the SNMP sub agent to communicate with the maxView Agent and send trap notifications a Outbound Rule for Port 34572 SOutBound Q DisplayName Maxview Outbound Rule on TCP port 34572 for SNMP Service Direction Outbound InterfaceType Any Action Allow Protocol TCP Service snmp Program S Senv systemdrive WINDOWS system32 snmp exe Enabled TRUE RemotePort 34572 PolicyStore ConfigurableServiceStore New NetFirewallRule OutBound b Inbound Rule for Port 34572 STInBound DisplayName Maxview Inbound Rule on TCP port 34572 for SNMP Service Direction Inboun
149. ng arc cim provider package esxcli software vib remove n arc cim provider adapfec by PMc When the package is removed you receive the message Reboot Required true 6 Set the installation acceptance level to either PartnerSupported or CommunitySupported esxcli software acceptance set level PartnerSupported 7 Install the arcconf package esxcli software vib install no sig check v tmp vmware esx provider arcconf vib When the package is installed you receive the message Reboot Required false 8 Install the arc cim provider package esxcli software vib install v tmp vmware esx provider arc cim provider vib When the package is installed you receive the message Reboot Required true 9 Reboot the system 10 Continue with Installing on a Guest Operating System on page 26 Installing on Citrix XenServer Use the following procedure to install the maxView Storage Manager support package on a Citrix XenServer host This package installs and configures all the components necessary to run maxView Storage Manager from a XenServer guest operating system Note Before installing the maxView Storage Manager support package on the XenServer host you must install the XenServer Integration Suite Supplemental Pack Do not continue until you complete this task See your XenServer installation guide for details 1 Copy the XenServer module rpm from the installer download location to your XenServer tmp directory see
150. ng to the next disk drive in the logical device Stripe size options vary depending on your controller and RAID level For example ina RAID 6 or RAID 60 logical drive the more disk drives included in the logical drive the fewer stripe size options are available Normally the default stripe size provides the best performance You can change the stripe size of an existing logical drive when you expand or migrate the logical drive For more information see Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive on page 66 and Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive on page 67 Changing the Initialize Method The initialize or build method determines how a logical drive is prepared for reading and writing and how long initialization will take You can choose one of the initialization methods below when you create a new logical drive with the Custom Configuration wizard The methods are presented in order of slowest to fastest You can change the initialization method of an existing logical drive only when you expand the logical drive see Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive on page 66 e Build slowest For RAID 1 logical drives data is copied from the primary drive to the mirror drive for RAID 5 and RAID 6 logical drives parity is computed and written maxView Storage Manager performs Build initializations in the background you can use the logical drive immediately though performance will be impacted until the build is complete Build is
151. nt Task Priority Medium Phy 15 Lane 3 Unina matCache TE ante pital be Connector 2 maxCache Status Optimal Global Physical Devices VV Not Supported Pool Size 0 99 GB Global Max SAS Phy Link Not Supported yaa Unknown Pool Type i Phy 5 Lane 1 Unknown Preserve Cache Phy 6 Lane 3 Unknown Preserve Cache Not Supported State Normal Phy 7 Lane 2 Unknown Locating Drives in Your Storage Space You can blink the LEDs on disk drives and SSDs to identify where they are physically located in your storage space This table describes how to locate specific devices To Locate Select Disk Drive icon A disk drive All disk drives included in a log Logical Drive icon ical drive All SSDs in the maxCache De maxCache Device icon vice fe Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 93 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC To Locate Select Locating a Disk Drive To locate a single disk drive 1 In the Enterprise View select a controller then in the Physical Devices tree select a disk drive 2 On the ribbon in the Physical Device group click Locate The Locate PD window opens Click the Locate button on the Locate PD window The LED on the disk drive begins to blink Click Stop to stop blinking the drive Locate PD x a Slot Cire diskis locating Click the Stop button to stop locate Stop Cancel 5 Clic
152. nt No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue 35 adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC S X7DB3 W2K6R2 adaptec com Y lt Controller 1 pegmaxCache Device Fe MaxCache 0 El Logical Devices P Logicalbryvo FA LogicalDrv1 R LogicalDrv4 gA Physical Devices Gag Enclosure E JA Slot 1 If your storage space includes a drive enclosure with a temperature sensor temperature fan and power module status is displayed on the Storage Dashboard see Monitoring Enclosure Status on page 115 For more information about checking status from the main window see Monitoring Status and Activity on page 111 Revealing More Device Information You can reveal more information about disk drive logical drive and maxCache Device usage in your storage space with the Resources view on the Storage Dashboard To reveal disk drive usage by logical drive and vice versa select a controller in the Enterprise View then open the Resources tab on the Storage Dashboard As shown in the figures below you can click a logical drive to see its member disk drives or SSDs including the maxCache Device similarly you can click a physical disk to see which if any logical drive it belongs to Note Click the Arrow icons on the right side of the Resources table to jump to that resource in the Enterprise View tree Summary Properties O Resources fae Events Physical Disks a qy Slott SATA 512 Optimal 4657GE
153. o device attached B Actions Name Mode Status Total Space GB Adaptec ASR8885E EVAL 2 RAID Hide RAW Optimal 8607 21 When you re ready to monitor a different resource click the resource category in the Navigation pane on the left Or click on the History window one or more times in the upper left corner of the vSphere client to return to the vCenter top level screen then select a resource in the maxView tree Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 149 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Adaptec ASR88850 EVAL 1 Actions v Ol Click to go back j Summary Related Objects B Logical Right click or hold to see history E T Enclosure Logical Device Enclosure Physical Device Event Hosts 4 Controller p P Physical Device 4 Actions jam Event Name Type Status Hosts E Device 0 HDD Optir Logical Device Device 1 HDD Optir B con log 1 Device 2 HDD Optir i B con log 2 Device 3 HDD Optir Once you return to the top level screen or choose a resource in the Navigation pane the procedure for viewing the resource summary and drilling down for more detail is identical for all maxView resources in your storage space For more information about the types of information provided on the summary screen and related objects screens for each maxView resource see Viewing Component Status in the Storage Dashboard o
154. of maxView Storage Manager To log out of maxView Storage Manager 1 In the Enterprise View click on the local system 2 Click the Logout button at the upper right corner of the main window E MANAGER l About Help Logout Ey S60 BRAR aa a lla AA Ta Click here to log out You are logged out of maxView Storage Manager and the main window is closed Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 39 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Building Your Storage Space Follow the instructions in this section to choose a management system log in to each system in your storage space and create logical drives For more information see Understanding Logical Drives on page 58 Note Before beginning the tasks in this chapter ensure that maxView Storage Manager is installed on every system that will be part of your storage space Overview To build your storage space complete these steps 1 2 5 Choose at least one management system see Choosing a Management System on page 40 Start and log in to maxView Storage Manager on the management system see Starting maxView Storage Manager and Logging In on page 31 Start maxView Storage Manager or the Agent on all other systems see Starting maxView Storage Manager on Remote Systems on page 41 Log in to all other systems from the management system see Logging into Remote Systems from the Local System on page 43 Create logical driv
155. og and Task Log for at a glance status and activity information for all managed systems The Event Log provides status information and messages about activity or events occurring in your storage space The Task Log provides information about current or recurring processes in your storage space such as verifying or rebuilding a logical device Single click any event or task to see more information in an easier to read format For more information about the Event Log and Task Log see Viewing Activity Status in the Event Log on page 112 and Working with Scheduled Tasks on page 89 Click this tab to open the Task Log Click this tab to GA Events E Tasks hed roe Desoriptio Date Time open the Event Log A Ouro oription terim 0 Information WIN SCFOATSPRBVadapteo com Established a connection to WIN SCFOAT8PRBV on port number 34 671 Wed May 16 07 64 22 POT 2013 amp Information 127 0 0 1 Established a connection to WIN SCFOAT8PRBV on port number Tue Nay 14 08 24 24 POT 2013 0 Information WIN SCFOATSPRBVadapteo com max dew Storage Manager started on TCP IP port number 34 57 Tue May 14 08 22 30 POT 2013 Warning and Error level icons appear next to components in the Enterprise View affected by a failure or error creating a trail or rapid fault isolation that helps you identify the source of a problem when it occurs See Identifying a Failed or Failing Component on page 136 for more information Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Docume
156. ogical Drive cccccesecccccsssssececcesecccseeeeceeeseeeceeeeseeeeessaaseeseesaees 138 Multiple Disk Drive Failures in the Same Logical Drive cccccsescccccssseceeceeececeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeesaees 138 Forcing a Logical Drive with Multiple Drive Failures Back Online ccccscsseecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 139 Rebuilding Logical DRIVES siuccsvericssnnssiocnascanssnascaaddassinadsdnepiacbasseassdessaisianoucssimsowecdessensainnnenctassnassbadetachassussaiacous 139 Creating a Support Archive File cccccssssseccccsssececceeeeccceseeseccecseeseceseueseceeseeeeceesauanseeeeseaseceeesaaaeeeesagaesees 139 Appendix A Silent Installation ON Windows and LINUX cccccccsssecceeceesecceceeesecceseeueceecsueuecessuaeeeeseesaaeceesuaneeees 141 Completing a Silent Installato sescavsccnasssesanassacisaasedsnseandasindicnewedentsadpunmesansangadesaswacssedubaasenbvenuseinensedenteammensas 141 Windows Silent INStallAT OM wisciscssssaissctwasscedevassaiecdseeaventsnussavcxnandanssdveasarsdiasddantadessisvansedsiatassasevanse 141 Switches Properties and Values ccceeecccsssececeececeescceceeececeuecseseueceseuecessueecetsecetseeeeets 142 Linux Silent Installation ccccccsssccecccssseccecessecceceeseccesseaeeceesausececessuaeeessuasecesseesecessauanecessagasees 142 Example Command Line nstallation S a sisssivsessscnvesncencccawestihtaveonedocedeusdenksdedevagonsenperxiessaeaxnendavdsentecossaavtannes 143 Appendix B
157. ogical device 66 67 overview 34 Rescan 102 Save support archive 139 Ribbon 32 S Scheduled task status 90 scheduling tasks 65 89 91 rescheduling 91 supported tasks 65 verifying with fix 65 tasks you can schedule 89 91 Secure erase 98 segments 58 151 Selectable performance modes 63 Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART 116 Server Template File 50 128 silencing alarm 101 102 system level 101 102 silent installation 141 142 switches properties and values 141 142 Skip Initialization method 138 SMART statistics 116 SMI S provider 17 21 SMTP server 118 121 122 SNMP traps 123 Solaris 43 starting the Agent 43 spares See hot spares Statistics counters 126 resetting 126 Statistics logging 88 123 126 159 counters 126 enabling 124 viewing 88 123 125 159 Statistics Viewer 88 123 125 159 status 35 36 See also monitoring enclosures 36 event log 35 task log 35 See also monitoring status icons 112 119 main window 112 119 Storage Dashboard 35 93 111 113 150 storage space 14 19 examples 19 stripe size 63 changing 63 support archive file 139 system requirements 18 23 24 adapfec by PMc systems 40 93 local systems 40 properties 93 remote systems 40 T task log 35 tasks 89 92 deleting 92 missed start times 91 modifying 91 monitoring 90 recurring 89 scheduling 89 91 temperature status 36 114 115 terminology 14 U uninitializing disk drives 98 u
158. omprised of pools with different tier levels Note maxCache is supported on all Adaptec Series Q controllers maxCache Plus is supported on qualifying Adaptec Series Q controllers only see the Readme for a complete list Once a qualifying Series Q controller is detected in your system you can use maxCache Plus to organize storage on any other Adaptec controller For more information about Adaptec maxCache technology visit the Adaptec Web site at www adpatec com For information about deploying virtual pools and tiered volumes from the command line rather than the GUI see Using the maxConf Command Line Utility on page 160 Adding Caching and Tiering to Your Storage Space maxCache and maxCache Plus use advanced caching and tiering technology to accelerate application performance For caching applications maxCache uses the Solid State Drives SSDs in your system as fast cache memory maxCache supports both read and redundant write caching and provides performance benefits for both read and write operations in O intensive applications with mixed workloads For tiering applications maxCache provides virtualized pools of storage using all of the storage resources in your system It allows you to organize media into virtual pools with similar performance characteristics and provision volumes comprised of pools with different tier levels Higher level tiers comprised typically of SSDs or other fast media PCle flash for instance store fr
159. on archive file to help diagnose a problem with your system Saved information includes device logs drive logs event logs error logs controller logs history logs and SSD SMART statistics To create the support archive file 1 Inthe Enterprise View select the system on which the problem is occurring Look for the orange or red error icons in the Enterprise View 2 Onthe ribbon in the System group click Archive Management Syste m The Archive Management window opens adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC T gt m Z Archive Management x Cp x70B3 w2ker2 Select log files to save m Log File Description w GUI maxiew Storage Manager Web Server Logs w Agent maxiew Storage Manager Agent Logs CIM maxView CIM Server and Provider Logs CLI Command Line Interface Logs w Storlib max iew Storage Manager Library Logs Firmware Firmware Logs Clear All Logs Save Cancel Select the logs you want to save Click Save When the File Download window opens click OK a U A U Inthe Archive Management window click Clear All Logs or Cancel to exit Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 140 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Silent Installation on Windows and Linux This appendix describes how to complete a silent installation of maxView Storage Manager on Windows and Linux systems A silent installation uses command line parameters to complete a
160. on wizard opens 3 Click Next to begin the installation accept the terms in the license agreement then click Next 4 Enter the following configuration settings for your VMware ESXi server then click Next a Hypervisor IP address b Hypervisor user name c Hypervisor password maview Storage Manager ESX Server Configuration Provide ESX Server configuration details for logging into the ESX Server Hypervisor IP Address Event Listener Port Hypervisor User Name Hypervisor Passveard Confirm Password 5 Inthe Features screen ensure that maxView VWC Plugin is selected Optionally select CLI Tools Then click Next Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 146 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Direct Attached Storage Setup Choose the features that best suk your needs Please select the Features you want to install imaxView VWE Plugin Installs the maxView vSphere Web Client Plugin Installs the command kine tools for creation and management of RAID arrays Custom Setup Launches a Custom Setup InstallShield 6 Click Install to begin the installation When the installation is complete you receive a confirmation message that the plugin is installed Starting the maxView Plugin for vSphere Web Client 1 Launch the VMware vSphere Web Client double click the vSphere desktop icon then enter your login credentials 2 In the Monit
161. ons Manager adapfec by PMc Modifying Email Server Settings You can modify these email server settings if required e Address and port of your SMTP server e From address that will appear in email notifications e Secure server login credentials To modify email server settings 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 On the ribbon in the System group click System Settings Lo o ce System Settings EIT 3 When the System settings window opens click the SMTP tab 4 Edit the SMTP server settings as required then click OK to save your changes Disabling Email Notifications This section describes how to disable email notifications on a selected system Note If you disable email notifications events continue to be generated but email messages won t be sent To disable email notifications 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 On the ribbon in the System group click System Settings ts ges System Settings em 3 When the System settings window opens click the SMTP tab 4 Clear the Enable Email Notifications check box 5 Click OK to save your changes Broadcasting Alerts About Status and Activity You can set maxView Storage Manager to send status alerts about a specified system to all users who are logged into your storage space You might want to do this if your storage space isn t managed by a dedicated person or if that particular system is off site or not connected to
162. or model and status Fan power supply and temperature status see Monitoring Enclosure Status on page 115 Slot allocation and usage Drive type hard drive SSD vendor and model Drive state Ready Optimal Hot Spare Channel number and device ID Cache settings power management status and transfer speed Drive segment allocation SMART statistics see Viewing SMART Statistics on page 116 maxCache Plus version info and features Number of virtual pools virtual volumes and logical devices Virtual device state online offline suboptimal adapfec by PMc Component Virtual pool Virtual volume Monitoring Enclosure Status Categories Resources Summary Resources Summary Resources maxView Storage Manager User s Guide Examples Logical device assignments by virtual pool and virtual volume see Revealing More Device Information on page 36 Volume membership member logical drives Pool state online offline Pool ID name and description Tier level chunk size and pool size Pool members pool state pool usage and tier levels Volume state online offline suboptimal Volume ID name and description Volume type Tiered Cached Cached LD Pass Through volume size Fetch Flush mode If your storage space includes an enclosure with an enclosure management device such as a SCSI Accessed Fault Tolerant Enclosure SAF TE processor maxView Storage Manager displays temperature fan and power mod
163. or each event type Follow the instructions in this section to e Set up email notifications see Setting Up Email Notifications on page 118 e Senda test email see Sending a Test Message on page 120 e Modify or remove an email recipient see Modifying or Removing an Email Recipient on page 121 e Modify email server settings see Modifying Email Server Settings on page 122 e Disable email notifications see Disabling Email Notifications on page 122 Setting Up Email Notifications This section describes how to set up email notifications for one system If you want to monitor multiple systems by email you must complete the tasks in this section for each one separately Before you begin note this information e The address of your Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP server host name and domain or TCP IP address e The email address of each person who will receive email notifications To set up email notifications 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 On the ribbon in the System group click System Settings rts gee System Settings em 3 When the System settings window opens click the SMTP tab 4 Select Enable Email Notifications 5 Enter the IP address of your SMTP server and the server s port number or use the default port Then enter the From address that you want to appear in your email notifications If an email recipient will be replying to email notifications be sure that the From
164. orage space Monitoring Options maxView Storage Manager provides many ways to monitor the status of your storage space e Event Log The main window of maxView Storage Manager features an event log that provides at a glance status information about activity or events occurring in your storage space All Warning and Error level events are also recorded in your operating system s event log See Viewing Activity Status in the Event Log on page 112 and Changing an Operating System s Event Log Setting on page 126 e Task Log The main window also features a task log that provides status information about the progress of current or recurring tasks in your storage space such as the creation or verification of a logical drive See Viewing Task Status in the Task Log on page 113 e Storage Dashboard Occupying the largest portion of the main window in maxView Storage Manager the Storage Dashboard provides complete at a glance information about the components of your storage space including status information physical and logical device properties resources and reliability indicators for hard drives and SSDs See Viewing Component Status in the Storage Dashboard on page 113 e Chart View Provides a visual representation of free and used space for a system controller or your entire storage space See Viewing Storage Space Usage in Chart View on page 116 e Notifications You can set maxView Storage Manager to email or broadcast status n
165. oring section on the vSphere Home screen on the right click the maxView icon the Controller information screen opens 4 WIN 6T9Q1462K4H gt EH Gj Home A Home Getting Started Home E vCenter gt Inventories kS Rules and Profiles gt 7 Center Orchestrator gt EP iy E E Administration gt vCenter Hosts and VMs and Clusters Templates Z Tasks B Log Browser Monitoring A Events OTa 3 ib Q New Search gt Task Console Event Console Host Profiles f Saved Searches gt max iew 3 Alternatively in the Navigation pane on the left click vCenter scroll down to the maxView tree then select a resource category such as Controller Logical Device Physical Device or Enclosure to open the information screen for that item Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 147 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc 4 Home ARo g C enter EA vCenter Home Inventory Trees Hosts and Clusters gt Vis and Templates gt Storage 2 Networking gt Inventory Lists haxView Controller 1 ime gt A Logical Device C gt P Physical Device gt AP Enclosure gt maxView Storage Manager User s Guide Monitoring maxView Resources in vSphere Web Client For each maxView resource in your storage space controller logical device physical device and so on you can view summary information about the resource or obj
166. otifications in your choice of format to help you monitor activities in your storage space such as e Changes in the status of physical devices such as disk drive failures e Changes on local or remote systems such as the expansion of a logical drive or the creation of a hot spare e Changes in temperature in storage enclosures or that fans or power supplies within an enclosure have failed See pages Notifying Users by Email About Status and Activity on page 117 and Broadcasting Alerts About Status and Activity on page 122 e Advanced Statistics You can set maxView Storage Manager to log advanced I O and usage statistics for the RAID controllers in your system See Monitoring Advanced Statistics about Activity in Your Storage Space on page 123 e Audible Alarm A series of beeps sounds whenever a serious event occurs on your storage space See Working with System Alarms on page 104 Checking Status from the Main Window You can view status information and messages about the activity occurring in your storage space by looking at the event og status icons and task log in the main window of maxView Storage Manager You can also view all events for a system in its operating system event log see Changing an Operating System s Event Log Setting on page 126 Using the Storage Dashboard and Chart View you can also monitor the physical and logical components of your storage space from the main window including summary information and statu
167. ou change the port you must restart the maxView Storage Manager Agent for the change to take effect e Inthe Auto Discovery Interval field enter the number of seconds between each auto discovery check This number determines how often maxView Storage Manager checks for changes in remote system resources The default is 360 seconds 5 Click OK to save the changes Clearing the Controller Configuration You can clear the configuration of a controller if needed to accommodate changes in your storage space For example you may want to clear a controller if you upgraded your hardware or if you plan to move the controller to another machine Clearing the configuration destroys the controller meta data including logical device information partition information maxCache information and so on Once you clear the controller configuration your online data is no longer accessible Caution When you clear a controller configuration you lose all data stored on that controller Be sure you no longer need the data on the controller before proceeding To clear the controller configuration 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a system then select a controller on that system 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Clear Configuration F al tr ES Cd Clear Configuration A message window opens warning that this operation destroys your data maxView Storage Manager User s Guide adapfec by PMC gt This Operation will destr
168. owing configuration details Hypervisor IP address Hypervisor username default root Hypervisor password Event Listener Port default 65500 When the installation is complete you receive a confirmation message Running maxView Storage Manager from a Bootable USB Image Running maxView Storage Manager from a bootable USB image allows you to configure your controller before you install the operating system The procedure consists of three basic steps 1 Download the bootable USB image from the Adaptec Web Site 2 Create a live image on a USB flash drive Note We recommend using LiveUSB Creator available at fedorahosted org see Step 2 below 3 Boot from the USB flash drive login to maxView Storage Manager and configure your controller The bootable USB image is not a substitute for running maxView Storage Manager as an installed application Many of the features and functions described in this guide are not available when you run maxView Storage Manager from a bootable USB image Use the bootable USB image only to configure your controller before you install an operating system Note Before you begin ensure that your system is set up to boot from a USB drive Check the system BIOS to see if the USB drive is included in the boot sequence For more information see your system s documentation You will need a USB drive with at least 1GB of storage to complete this task To run the bootable USB image the target machine must h
169. oy the Data Controller 1 ell data and partitions on all configured logical devices will be lost Do you wish ta continue OK Cancel 3 Click OK to clear the configuration click Cancel to close the window without clearing the configuration Changing the Agent Base Port Setting You can change the base port setting for the maxView Storage Manager Agent if needed to accommodate changes in your network or IT requirements The Agent can use any open port for communication The default port is 34571 If you change the port you must restart the maxView Storage Manager Agent for the change to take effect To change the Agent base port setting 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 On the ribbon in the System group click System Settings The Agent Settings window opens In the figure below the base port setting is circled in blue _ System Settings x q x DB3 VWVW2K8R2 adaptec com Agent Setting SMTP Email Agent System Base Port rronvVvarning Y Broadcast Events to Logged in USers Sound Alarm Alarm IntervalfSeconds 300 Enable Auto Discovery v Auto Discovery Base Port 34570 Auto Discovery Interval Seconds 360 OK Cancel 3 Enter the new base port then click OK Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC 4 Restart the Agent Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 135 Document No
170. pdating firmware 105 108 109 V verifying and fixing logical drives 63 65 139 verifying and fixing physical drives 99 verifying logical drives 64 automatic verification 64 background verification 64 manual verification 64 virtual pool 76 77 creating 6 deleting 77 modifying 77 virtual volume 78 82 83 88 123 125 159 advanced statistics 88 123 125 159 creating 8 deleting 83 modifying 82 virtual volume advanced statistics 88 159 W Windows 42 starting the Agent 42 write cache 62 write back 62 write through 62 adaprec by PMC PMC Sierra Inc 1380 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA Copyright PMC Sierra Inc 2014 Allrights reserved Adaptec and the Adaptec by PMC logo are trademarks of PMC Sierra Inc Part Number CDP 00285 05 A Rev A
171. plies to new tasks It does not affect currently running tasks To set the default priority for all tasks running on the controller 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties 1 3 Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens 3 On the General Settings tab in the Task Priority drop down list select High Medium or Low 4 Click Apply Enabling Native Command Queuing on a Controller Native Command Queuing or NCQ lets SATA disk drives arrange commands into the most efficient order for optimum performance To enable or disable NCQ for the drives on a controller 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens 3 On the General Settings tab in the NCQ drop down list select Enabled or Disabled 4 Click Apply Setting the Connection Speed for a Controller You can set the maximum connection speed or PHY link rate for SAS devices on a controller to 6Gb s or 12Gb s as needed This option is useful if you have cables or backplanes that are not 12G SAS capable and want to avoid connection problems by attaching 12G devices at 6G speed To set the maximum PHY link rate on a controller 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties adapfe
172. port check the Readme available in the Documentation section of the Adaptec Web Site at http start adaptec com Note maxView Storage Manager can also be used before an operating system is installed See Running maxView Storage Manager from a Bootable USB Image on page 28 for more information Browser Support To run the maxView Storage Manager GUI each system in your storage space must be running one of these Web browsers e Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 10 11 or newer e Google Chrome 32 or newer e Mozilla Firefox 24 or newer adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Typical Storage Space Configurations The following examples show typical storage spaces that you can build with maxView Storage Manager You can grow your storage space as your requirements change by adding more systems controllers disk drives and enclosures and by adding redundant logical drives for protection against data loss A Simple Storage Space This example shows a simple storage space that might be appropriate for a small business This storage space includes one RAID controller and three disk drives installed in a server For data protection the disk drives have been used to build a RAID 5 logical drive ie Business and Customer Data a Server with Adaptec RAID System running controller and 3 disk drives maxView Storage Manager An Advanced Storage Space This example shows how you can grow your storage space as the requir
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174. progress e Error The task did not complete successfully For more information about an error double click the task in the Task Log to open the Task Log Detail window see Viewing Task Status in the Task Log on page 113 The Event Log displays additional information about tasks such as when a scheduled task is modified or deleted or when a task did not complete successfully The Event Log uses icons to show the status of tasks Icon Status Explanation and Solution Information The task completed successfully No action required A Warning The task missed its start time Reschedule the task to clear the error as described in Modifying a Task on page 91 Error The task failed Delete the task to clear the error Schedule the task again as described in Scheduling a Task on page 89 What if a Task Misses its Start Time Tasks scheduled in maxView Storage Manager include an automatic 30 minute grace period following their start time to accommodate temporary interruptions For instance if there s a brief power outage a task will run once normal conditions resume if the interruption lasts no longer than 30 minutes past the scheduled start time If a task misses its start time it must be rescheduled For instructions see Modifying a Task on page 91 If a recurring task misses its start time it is automatically rescheduled to run at the next scheduled interval Modifying a Task If the requirements for a scheduled t
175. proving performance You can set the Read Cache to Enabled The controller transfers data from the logical drive to its local cache in portions equal to the stripe size Use this setting for the best performance when workloads are steady and sequential Enabled is the default setting Disabled The controller transfers data from the logical drive to its local cache in portions equal to the system I O request size Use this setting for the best performance when workloads are random or the system I O requests are smaller than the stripe size Note For additional performance gains in read intensive applications you can also use maxCache read caching For more information see Changing maxCache Settings for a Logical Drive on page 84 To quickly change the read cache setting 1 2 3 4 In the Enterprise View select a controller then select a logical drive on that controller On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Set Properties Rhee e E Set Properties Logical Device The Set Properties window opens In the Read Cache drop down list select Enabled or Disabled as needed Click OK Changing the Write Cache Setting The write cache setting determines when data is stored on a disk drive and when the controller communicates with the operating system You can set the Write Cache to Disabled write through The controller sends or writes the data to a disk drive then sends confirmation to the opera
176. ptimal 44 99 5 Q Back Hext Cancel Review the summary of affected logical drive s then click Finish If the spare protects only one logical drive it is deleted and the drive becomes available for other uses in your storage space If the spare protects more than one logical drive a pool spare it is removed from the selected logical drive s but continues to protect the other logical drives to which it is assigned Enabling Copyback When a logical drive is rebuilt using a hot spare see Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare on page 137 data from the failed drive is transferred to the hot spare When copyback is enabled data is moved back to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced Once the data is copied back the hot spare becomes available again To enable or disable copyback 1 2 3 4 In the Enterprise View select a controller On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties Set Properties Controller The Set Properties window opens Click the Data Protection tab In the Copyback drop down list select Enabled or Disabled then click Apply by PMC Set Properties x P oe Setup controller data protection parameters Controller General Data Protection Power Management Automatic Failover Enabled CopyBack Enabled Preserve Cache Disabled RAID Consistency Check envied Consistency Check Period days 30 v O
177. r To enable or disable write caching on an individual drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then in the Physical Devices tree select a disk drive 2 On the ribbon in the Physical Device group click Set Properties os ot ot we O e k Set Properties The Set Properties window opens 3 In the Write back Cache drop down list select Enabled or Disabled Click OK Working with Controllers This section describes how to use maxView Storage Manager to manage the controllers in your storage space e To silence a controller alarm see Silencing a Controller Alarm on page 102 e To disable a controller alarm see Disabling a Controller Alarm on page 102 e To re scan a controller see Rescanning a Controller on page 102 e To set the controller s default task priority see Setting a Controller s Default Task Priority on page 103 e To enable Native Command Queuing NCQ on a controller see Enabling Native Command Queuing on a Controller on page 103 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 101 N a imaa wk Alea IND AnS OC Ar Per A ee 5 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Silencing a Controller Alarm When a Warning or Error level event occurs an audible alarm is triggered on the controller You can silence the alarm on your local system while you fix the problem To silence the alarm 1 Inthe Enterprise View select the controller 2 Onthe ribbon in the
178. r Disabled as needed 5 Click OK Changing maxCache Settings for a Controller You can disable maxCache write caching for all logical drives on a controller Because write caching sends in coming data to the maxCache Device first before moving it to the logical devices on your controller you may want to disable write caching to reduce the possibility of data loss in the event of a power outage system failure or dirty shutdown Note To re enable maxCache write caching in your storage space you must change the maxCache settings for each logical drive individually see Changing maxCache Settings for a Logical Drive on page 84 To disable maxCache write caching for a controller 1 In the Enterprise View select a controller then select the maxCache Device on that controller 2 On the ribbon in the maxCache group click Disable Write Cache ma Disable Write Cache 3 Click OK Setting the maxCache Flush and Fetch Rate Once the maxCache Device is built you can set its Flush and Fetch rate to optimize the read cache performance To set the maxCache Device Flush and Fetch rate 1 In the Enterprise View select a controller then select the maxCache Device for that controller 2 On the ribbon in the maxCache group click Set Properties adapfec by PMc Set Properties max ache The Set Properties window opens 3 Inthe drop down list set the Flush and Fetch rate to Slow Medium or High The defaul
179. r browser then click Upload pa When the file name appears in the Uploaded F W File s list click Next m In the Select Devices panel select the disk drives you want to update then click Next Review the update summary then click Finish Caution Do not power down the controller s while the update is in progress 8 When the update is complete click OK Restart the server to activate the new firmware image adapfec by PMc Updating the Enclosure Firmware Use the Firmware Update wizard to update the firmware for one or more enclosures or expanders of the same type on the local or a remote system To update the enclosure expander firmware 1 2 In the Enterprise View select a system On the ribbon in the System group click Firmware Update E ft X Fi Update Syste m When the wizard opens select Enclosure Expander then click Next gf Firmware Update b X7DB3 W2K8R2 Select device type and click Next Select Device Type Select Files Controller Flash firmware in controllers in the system Attributes Select Device e Enclosure Expander Flash enclosure s expander s images in the system Summary Disk Drive Flash firmware in disk drive s connected to the system Hext Cancel In the Select Files panel click Choose then browse the file system for the firmware update file Click Open to select the file the button label may be different on your browser then click Upload
180. r the maximum number of internal disk drives that the controller may spin up at the same time Then enter the maximum number of external drives drives in an enclosure that the controller may spin up at the same time 8 Click OK Disabling Power Management for a Logical Drive You can disable power management for a logical drive You may choose to disable power management for the drives on a high volume server or a logical drive that needs to be highly available To disable power management for a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then select a logical drive on that controller 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Set Properties Set Properties Logical Device The Set Properties window opens 3 Click the Power tab adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC 4 Inthe Power Settings drop down list select Disabled 5 Click OK Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 72 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMC Optimizing the Structure of Your Storage Space This section explains how to use Adaptec maxCache and maxCache Plus to optimize the structure of your server storage It describes how to organize storage resources to leverage the performance capabilities of the Solid State Drives and other fast storage media in your system create virtual pools of media with similar performance characteristics and provision tiered volumes c
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182. removes the remote system s from the Enterprise View Changing the Auto Discovery Settings Auto discovery in maxView Storage Manager is enabled by default The auto discovery task runs in the background each time maxView Storage Manager is started You can disable auto discovery if desired and configure the auto discovery settings described below To change the auto discovery settings on a system 1 In the Enterprise View select a system 2 On the ribbon in the System group click System Settings System Settings The maxView Storage Manager Agent Settings window opens for that system The auto discovery settings appear at the bottom Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 132 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMC _ System Settings x j x DB3 W2K8R2 adaptec com Agent Setting SMTP Email Agent System Base Port 34571 Save Events to OS Log ErrorWarning gt Broadcast Events to Logged in USers sound Alarm Alarm Interval Seconds 300 Enable Auto Discovery v Auto Discovery Base Part 34570 Auto Discovery Interval Seconds 360 OK Cancel 3 To enable disable auto discovery select Enable Auto Discovery This option toggles between enabled and disabled 4 Update the auto discovery settings as needed e Inthe Auto Discovery Base Port field enter the port number for the auto discovery task You can use any available port for auto discovery The default port is 34570 If y
183. rive using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives 5 Click Next adapfec by PMc Enter the size of the logical drive in the space provided in gigabytes It must be greater than or equal to the current size Select a new stripe size from the drop down list if required Note The default stripe size usually provides the best performance Click Next 9 Review the logical drive settings To make changes click Back 10 Click Finish The logical drive is expanded and its capacity increased to the new size Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive If your storage needs or application requirements change you can change or migrate the RAID level of your logical drives to another more suitable RAID level You may want to change the RAID level to add redundancy further protect your data or to improve data availability for speedier access See Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 151 for more information Changing the RAID level normally requires one or more disk drives to be added to or removed from the logical drive maxView Storage Manager will not let you change the RAID level unless the right number of drives are available The following RAID level migrations are supported RAID O to RAID 5 RAID 0 to RAID 10 RAID 5 to RAID 6 RAID 6 to RAID 5 RAID 10 to RAID 5 RAID 5 to RAID 10 RAID 1 to RAID 5 SIMPLE VOLUME to RAID 1 RAID 1 to SIMPLE VOLUME To change the RAID level of a logical drive Inthe
184. roperties window opens Change the volume description up to 63 characters as needed From the Fetch Flush Mode drop down adjust the volume s fetch and flush rate Valid values are Aggressive Normal Passive Click OK adapfec by PMc Deleting a Virtual Volume When you delete a virtual volume all data in the volume is destroyed To delete a virtual volume 1 Inthe Enterprise View open the maxCache Plus tree then in the Virtual Volumes tree select a virtual volume 2 On the ribbon in the Virtual Volume group click Delete me Ci k Virtual Delete 3 When prompted click Delete to delete the virtual volume Click Cancel to cancel the action Adding maxCache to Local Storage For storage connected directly to your Adaptec Series Q controller the maxCache software uses a reserved logical drive comprised of SSDs only called the maxCache Device for fast read and write caching maxCache can be applied independently on a per controller or per logical drive basis By default maxCache is enabled for new logical drives see Creating Logical Drives on page 44 With maxCache read caching enabled the system copies frequently read hot data to the maxCache Device for faster retrieval With maxCache write caching enabled the maxCache Device is populated with certain hot blocks from the logical drives on the controller All writes to these hot blocks go directly to the maxCache Device The data remains on the maxCache D
185. running the maxView Storage Manager Agent The wizard presents a list of discovered systems see figure below You can select systems to add to the Enterprise View when you start maxView Storage Manager add systems manually if they are not discovered automatically and remove systems that you no longer want to manage H Add System x Enterprise List of the discovered systems Please select and fill in system login information to be managed by maxView System Name User Name Password adprndbo1 pO castleinthesky pO pO hal7886c adaptec com pO Intel2600SS2K8R adaptec com pO pO John PC adaptec com Lee UART3 ee maxView Jasan pO pO maxView Jason pO a NKSDSK JD01 adaptec com NKSLAB PERFO1 adaptec com xf System Not Present Add Cancel Adding Remote Systems with the Wizard For basic instructions for adding remote systems with the wizard see Logging into Remote Systems from the Local System on page 43 Once you add a system in the wizard it automatically appears in the Enterprise View each time you start maxView Storage Manager You can work with a remote system s controllers disk drives and logical drives as if they were part of your local system Note The wizard adds all selected systems to the Enterprise view even if login fails on some systems For those systems try running the wizard again with different login credentials Manually Adding a Remote System You can add a remote system manually if auto discovery
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187. s physical and logical device properties and resources and usage and I O statistics adapfec by PMc mavi iaiar Charana AAARnRaAnAr lenrle Mina maxview storage iVianaget User s Guide Viewing Activity Status in the Event Log The Event Log lists activity occurring in your storage space with the most recent event listed at the top Status is indicated by icons see What Do the Event Status Icons Mean on page 112 in the left hand column as shown in the figure below You can view events as they occur in the bottom panel of the maxView Storage Manager main window The main window displays the last 100 events in your storage space To view more events filtered by device a controller for example open the Event tab on the Storage Dashboard see Viewing Component Status in the Storage Dashboard on page 113 Single click any event to open the Event Log Detail window to see more information in an easier to read format Use the up and down arrows to view previous or following events Severity Information Information o rmation Warning Aa Warning E Information A R 1 of 3 Pa 2 3 Le L s x Source s Description s Date s WIN SCFOATSPRBY adaptec cam Bus rescan complete controller 1 Ls ul 10 09 12 00 POT WIN SCFOATSPRBY adaptec com Started the bus rescan controller 1 Leds eee ENAS ee WIN SCFOATSPRBV adaptec com Initialized drive controller 1 enclosure 0 slot 4 SIN 4ND4JRH1 pos asinine Eee WIN SCFOATBPRBY
188. s progress bar during installation Show progress bar during installation Generate verbose installation log at lt path gt Example lv c pmc log Specifies the installation path If specified the installation path must be enclosed in escaped quotation marks Example INSTALLDIR C Program Files Adaptec maxView Storage Manager Note The default installation path is C Program Files Adaptec maxView Storage Manager e ALL default Installs the maxView Storage Manager Console GUI and Agent ARCCONF CLI MAXCONF CLI and maxCachePlus If you specify ALL do not specify any of the following values e ARCCONF Installs the Command Line Interface tool ARCCONF e MAXCONF Installs the maxCachePlus Command Line Interface tool MAXCONF e Console lInstalls the maxView Storage Manager GUI and Agent Note Use commas to separate multiple values Credentials for Windows Administrator account Note All three credential properties are required Linux Silent Installation To complete a silent installation on Red Hat Linux CentOS or SLES 1 Opena shell window then change to the directory where you downloaded the Linux installer package see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details 2 Run the silent installation from the command line using one of these commands Options Linux 64 bit Linux 32 bit Description StorMan lt version gt x86_64 bin silent lt username gt lt password gt S
189. se View then on the Storage Dashboard click Properties To enable or disable background consistency check or to set the checking period see Enabling Disabling Background Consistency Check on page 66 If your controller doesn t support background consistency check we highly recommend that you verify your logical drives weekly following the instructions in Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive on page 65 Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive While maxView Storage Manager verifies and fixes a logical drive you can t complete any other tasks on the controller Because the verification can take a long time to complete you may want to schedule the task to be completed overnight or on a weekend Note For performance reasons verifying a logical drive with fix is required for all redundant logical drives created using the Quick Initialization method see Changing the Initialize Method on page 63 For other logical drive types you can choose to verify the logical drive without fixing inconsistent or bad data To verify and fix a logical drive 1 Ensure that no activity is taking place on the controller for the logical drive 2 Inthe Enterprise View select the logical drive 3 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Verify Logical Device The Verify Logical Device window opens 4 To verify the logical drive without fixing bad data click Verify default To repair inconsistent or bad data during verification click Verif
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192. t is Medium Note The lower the rate the longer data is kept on the maxCache Device before it is flushed from the cache 4 Click OK Verifying and Fixing the maxCache Device If maxCache is enabled for a controller you cannot complete any other tasks on that controller while maxView Storage Manager verifies and fixes the maxCache Device Optionally you can choose to verify the maxCache Device without fixing inconsistent or bad data or run a coherency check to compare valid pages of the maxCache Device with their corresponding logical drive storage To verify and fix the maxCache Device 1 2 3 Ensure that no activity is taking place on the controller for the maxCache Device In the Enterprise View select the maxCache Device you want to verify and fix On the ribbon in the maxCache group click Verify Fe IA Th A maxC ache The Verify maxCache window opens Choose a verification option Options Description To repair inconsistent or bad data during click Verify with fix verification To verify the maxCache Device without fix click Verify ing bad data To perform a coherency check on the max click Coherency Check then select Once or Always Cache meta data from the drop down list Click OK Caution Do not power off the system while the verification is in progress If you do the verification will stop When the verification is complete an event notice is generated in the system s event log
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194. t status icons 112 119 overview 31 165 status icons 112 119 Storage Dashboard 35 93 111 113 150 task details 113 manual verification 64 maxCache 49 75 83 87 125 cache hits and misses 125 local storage 49 75 83 read caching 83 with Series 6Q controllers 83 87 write caching 83 maxCache Device 49 75 83 85 87 coherency check 86 creating 83 87 deleting 86 Flush and Fetch rate 85 selecting a RAID level 83 selecting SSDs 83 verifying and fixing 86 maxCache Plus 73 maxCache statistics 88 123 125 159 virtual volume 88 123 125 159 maxView Storage Manager 16 18 23 24 31 34 41 43 111 165 Agent 17 41 43 beginning steps 16 Enterprise View 32 event log 111 icons 33 introduction 16 41 logging into remote systems 43 main window overview 31 165 maxCache devices 32 ribbon 34 Ribbon 32 system requirements 18 23 24 modifying tasks 91 monitoring 39 36 90 93 111 111 113 11 7 123 122 150 device properties 93 email notifications 111 117 118 120 122 from address 118 changing from address 118 121 122 changing SMTP server 118 121 122 monitoring continued email notifications continued failed test emails 121 modifying recipient information 118 121 recipient addresses 118 removing recipients 118 121 setup 118 SMTP server settings 118 test emails 118 120 Email Notifications Manager 111 117 122 event details 112 event log 35 111 options 111 SNMP traps 123 status icons 112 119
195. te the following steps before you begin the installation Gather Installation Information Prepare the following information e Administrator account user name and password for your operating system e CIM Server port number The default port is recommended 5988 If you want to use a different port select any one between 65500 and 65535 and it will be assigned as the CIM Server http port for maxView Storage Manager installation The selected port must be free at installation time The installation will verify the availability of this port There is no guarantee that any port number besides the default will work in the future as any other application can claim this port For more information on the CIM Server seeAbout the maxView Storage Manager CIM Server on page 17 e maxView Web Server port number The default port is recommended 8443 If the default port is not available another port number will be automatically assigned For more information on the Web Server see About the maxView Storage Manager Web Server on page 17 Note You can install over an existing maxView Storage Manager installation if it is no more than two versions older than the current release Otherwise you must remove the old version before beginning a new installation See Uninstalling maxView Storage Manager on page 29 for details Download the Installation Packages Complete these steps to download the installation package for your operating system s from the
196. ted Objects Controller evice Event 6 Actions v Q Filte Name Type Status Total Space GB Used Space GB Slot 0 HDD Optimal 931 51 931 0 Slot 1 HDD Optimal 931 51 931 0 To drill down further click on any item in the related objects table below the button bar For example click on a physical device in the table shown below to view summary information for that device its related objects and so on Getting Started Summary Related Objects Controller Physical Device Event Actions Q Filter Name Type Status Total Space GB Used Space GB Slot 0 HDD Optimal 931 51 931 0 Slot 1 HDD 4 Antina ouea aasa Slot 1 Actions v Getting Started Summary Related Objects Slot 1 4 Type HDD gt ii 7 Status Optimal Used Space Channel 0 29 95 SCSI devife ID 37 Free Space 0 65 AWN 000C50041DDDOFO Physical Device Informatio Settings m vendor SEAGATE Write cache mode Write Back Model 873100042488 Power state Full RPM Serial number SWWKSYMGS5S0000C2466XDA 5 M A R T warnings 0 Firmware level O06 5 M A R T errors No Interface type S rial Attached SCSI Hardware Errors 0 Block size 542 Medium Errors 0 Negotiated transfer speed 6 00 Gb s Parity Errors 0 Supported power states FullRPM Reduced RPM Po Link Failures 0 Slot 1 Actions Resources Getting Started Summary Related Objects Controller Enclosure Logical Device Event Phy ID Phy 0 Phy 1 N
197. tems on your network that are running the maxView Storage Manager Agent 2 Select the systems you want to add to the Enterprise View then enter the systems login credentials username password in the space provided adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Hadd System x Enterprise List ofthe discovered systems Please select and fill in system login information to be managed by maxView System Name User Name Password Intel2600SS2K8R adaptec com ss PO Al John PC adaptec com oO maxView Jason sis o masview Jason 3 NKSDSK JDOladapteccom administrator TJ feeeeesss NKSLAB PERFO1 adaptec com o ee NKSLAB T001 adaptec com OO NKSLAB T003 adaptec com administrator FJ eeeeesoe ee ee o NTIERSOO VVIN I System Not Present Add Cancel Note You can add a system manually if you don t see the system in the list For more information see Manually Adding a Remote System on page 130 3 Click Add maxView Storage Manager connects to the remote system s and adds them to the list of managed systems in the Enterprise View For more information about working with remote systems see Managing Remote Systems on page 130 Creating Logical Drives maxView Storage Manager has a wizard to help you create or configure the logical drives in your storage space You can choose from two configuration methods depending on your needs e Express configuration Automatically creates
198. the default setting for most logical drives e Clear Every block in the logical drive is overwritten with zeros removing all existing data You cannot use the logical drive until the initialization is complete e Quick fastest The logical drive is made available immediately Quick is the default setting for RAID 1 RAID 1EE and RAID 10 logical drives It is recommended for use only with new drives Note For a redundant logical drive write performance will be impacted while it is in Quick Init mode until a Verify with Fix is performed see Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive on page 65 e Skip Initialization Reconstructs the logical drive meta data without modifying or destroying other data on the disks Useful for recovering data when multiple drives fail in the same logical drive For more information see Multiple Disk Drive Failures in the Same Logical Drive on page 138 Optimizing Logical Drive Performance To ensure optimal performance of the logical drives in your storage space you can select an application specific performance mode to improve I O throughput based on the needs of your application The following performance modes are supported by maxView Storage Manager Performance Mode Performance Criteria Best Performance Dynamic default Automatically adjusts crite ria based on controller us age RAID level and disk drive type Online Transaction Process 100 Random SAS OLTP Database a system 60 80 Read
199. the logical drive while it s rebuilding For example when one of the disk drives fails in a RAID 1 logical drive the logical drive is not automatically rebuilt The failed disk drive must be removed and replaced before the logical drive can be rebuilt If the controller fails to rebuild the logical drive check that the cables disk drives and controllers are properly installed and connected Then if necessary follow the instructions in Rebuilding Logical Drives on page 139 Failure in Multiple Logical Drives Simultaneously If a disk drive fails in more than one logical drive at the same time one failure per logical drive and the logical drives have hot spares protecting them the controller rebuilds the logical drives with these limitations e A hot spare must be of equal or greater size than the failed disk drive it s replacing e Failed disk drives are replaced with hot spares in the order in which they failed The logical drive that includes the disk drive that failed first is rebuilt first assuming an appropriate hot spare is available see the previous bullet Note If the number of disk drive failures exceeds the number of hot spares see Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare on page 137 If copyback is enabled data is moved back to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced See Enabling Copyback on page 55 for more information adapfec by PMc Disk Drive Failur
200. the original logical drive click Skip Initialization then click Next Create Logical Device x controller 1 Set RAID attributes and click Next to continue v Creation Mode Name Logical o RAID Level Size e gt RA MAX pii en P GB si ahdi AR RAID Members Stren Sine KE Stripe Size KD RAID Attributes z Summary iiion Enabled Arite Back Read Cache Enabled maxCache Enabled Skip Initialization a Initialization Method Build Initialization Priority Medium Power Management Verify with OS m Back Hext Cancel 5 Click Finish maxView Storage Manager builds the logical drive 6 Check the logical drive for data and file system integrity If you still cannot access the data initialize the physical drives to erase the meta data then rebuild the logical drive again without initialization selecting the disk drives in a different order in Step 3 You may need to try several different disk drive orders called the stripe order before you can recover the data Note On the Summary panel uninitialized logical drives have an Impacted status adapfec by PMC Forcing a Logical Drive with Multiple Drive Failures Back Online If multiple disk drives fail in the same logical drive you may be able to recover the data by forcing the logical drive back online For instance if two drives fail in a RAID 5 forcing it online may allow you to access the data depending on which disk dri
201. time if the one you ve set occurs in the past on the remote system 4 Set the recurrence frequency from the drop down menu if the option is available for this task and you want it to occur regularly You can set a task to recur daily weekly or monthly 5 Click OK The task is saved and the scheduled task is added to the Task Log Monitoring Tasks You can use the Task Log and Event Log at the bottom of the maxView Storage Manager main window to monitor your tasks The information in each log is complementary and helps you manage the scheduled and non scheduled tasks in your system Use the Event Log for information about running or non recurring tasks Use the Task Log for general task information status and progress fem Events A Tasks Task Id System Description State Start Time Recurring Priority Progress Build Yerity logical device Fri Jul 20 2 10 25 64 50 controller 1 logical device 0 Scheduled 23 29 00 Monthly Losy CLogicalbry0 PBT 2072 Se ee ee Wed Jul 11 The Task Log displays all scheduled tasks in order of creation and includes basic information about each task and progress of running tasks The Status column shows the current condition of each task e Scheduled The task is scheduled to be completed at a future date and time Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 90 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMC e Running The task is running and currently in
202. ting system that the data was received Use this setting when performance is less important than data protection Enabled write back The controller sends confirmation to the operating system that the data was received then writes the data to a disk drive Use this setting when performance is more important than data protection and you aren t using a battery backup cache or zero maintenance cache protection module Enabled is the default setting Enabled write back when protected by battery ZMM Similar to Enabled write back but used when the controller is protected by a zero maintenance cache protection module For more information about zero maintenance cache protection see the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation and User s Guide Note RAID 10 50 and 60 only All logical drives comprising a RAID 10 50 60 logical device must have the same write cache setting either all write through or all write back To quickly change the write cache setting 1 2 In the Enterprise View select a controller then select a logical drive on that controller On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Set Properties Logical Device adapfec by PMC The Set Properties window opens 3 Inthe Write Cache drop down list select Enabled Enabled when protected by battery ZMM Or Disabled as needed 4 Click OK Changing the Stripe Size The stripe size is the amount of data in KB written to one disk drive before movi
203. tings Save configuration Restore configuration Controller rescan Silence alarm dada i rs Clear configuration Ribbon Logical Device Icons Icon Description F Logical drive settings F Logical drive create Logical drive expand fe Logical drive verify adapfec by PMc Description Logical drive locate Logical drive delete Logical drive erase Logical drive force online Ribbon Physical Device Icons Description Physical disk properties Assign unassign physical disk as spare Force physical disk offline Physical disk initialization Physical disk verify Physical disk secure erase Physical disk locate Ribbon maxCache Icons Icon f A f S fe Description maxCache Device create maxCache Device set properties maxCache Device locate maxCache Device verify maxCache Device delete maxCache Device disable Ribbon Virtual Pool Icons maxCache Plus Icon Fe Fo fo Description Virtual pool create Virtual pool set properties Virtual pool delete adapfec by PMC Ribbon Virtual Volume Icons maxCache Plus Icon Description Ho Virtual volume create fo Virtual volume set properties o Virtual volume delete Enterprise View Icons Icon Description a Enterprise View b Local or remote system Controller Enclosure Logical disk Logical disks Physical disk Hard disk drive Solid State drive Physical disks Enclosure Connector or other physical device
204. tistics for maxCache Plus virtual volumes Use the Statistics Viewer described in Viewing Advanced Statistics on page 125 to view the advanced statistics Statistic SSD Virtual Volume Total Chunks SSD Virtual Volume Extra Chunks SSD Virtual Volume Total Chunks Read IO Count Write IO Count Sequential IO Count Random IO Count SSD Read IO Count SSD Write IO Count Virtual Volume Chunk Size Virtual Volume Total Chunks Virtual Volume Feature Description Total number of data chunks from SSD pool or faster tier for the specific volume Total number of additional chunks from SSD pool for the specific volume Currently it is reserved as 5 of total SSD pool chunks This amount is typically required when the user creates a tiered volume when both HDD chunks and SSD chunks are fully used and hot spot based ramp up is triggered Total number of data chunks from HDD pool or slower tier for the specific volume Total incoming Read IO count for volume including Random Se quential routed to either HDD SSD Total incoming Write IO count for volume including Random Sequential routed to either HDD SSD Total incoming Sequential IO for the volume including Reads Writes routed to either HDD SSD Total incoming random IO for the volume including Reads Writes routed to either HDD SSD Total incoming Read IO count for volume including Random Se quential routed to SSD pool faster tier Total incomin
205. to see its member logical drives or a virtual volume to see its virtual pool members See Optimizing the Structure of Your Storage Space on page 73 for more about maxCache Plus LBL emman terore ee n mersa ae a E eo Ba Onine Simple volume 223 43 GB packs pe isk2 Online Simple volume 223 43 GB DISKS Online Simple volume 930 99 GB pBosk4 online Simple volume 930 99 GB Virtual Volumes Pass through Virtual Pools The virtual pool is comprised of one logical device Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 37 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Getting Help maxView Storage Manager provides online help that includes conceptual information and descriptions of on screen items and dialog boxes in addition to step by step instructions for completing tasks To open the online help click the Help button at the upper right corner of the main window E MANAGER About Help Logout o Ber leees IBBSRBISSsealBBnuta Click here to open the Help window For help with a dialog box or wizard click the question mark icon in the lower corner of the dialog box for help with that specific procedure gt Add Email x Email Event Type Error Notification Type instant Click here for help E Add with this procedure For help with individual options in the Set Properties dialog box for controll
206. torMan lt version gt i386 bin silent lt username gt lt password gt Linux systems also support silent upgrade and silent removal See Example Command Line Installations on page 143 adaptec maxView Storage Manager User s Guide by PMC Example Command Line Installations This section shows typical command line installations for Windows and Linux e Normal Windows Installation setup_asm_x64 exe s v qb USERNAME lt username gt PASSWORD lt password gt CONF IRMPASSWORD lt password gt lv c pmc log e Install to Specific Location on Windows setup_asm_x64 exe s v qb USERNAME lt username gt PASSWORD lt password gt CONF IRMPASSWORD lt password gt INSTALLDIR C Program Files Adaptec maxView Storage Manager e Install Specific Feature on Windows setup_asm_x64 exe s v qb ADDLOCAL ARCCONF USERNAME lt username gt PASSWORD lt password gt CONF IRMPASSWORD lt password gt lv c pmc log e Normal Linux Installation StorMan lt version gt i386 bin silent lt username gt lt password gt e Linux Software Upgrade StorMan lt version gt i386 bin upgrade e Linux uninstallation removal StorMan lt version gt i386 bin removal Alternative rom e StorMan Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 143 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Configuring SNMP Notifications on Windows and Linux This appendix describes how to enable SNMP trap notifications on Windows a
207. torage connected directly to your Adaptec controller the maxCache software uses a reserved logical drive comprised of SSDs only to support read and write caching for all logical drives on that controller This logical drive is called the maxCache Device see Adding maxCache to Local Storage on page 83 for more By contrast maxCache Plus uses a virtual pool of SSDs or other fast media to adapfec by PMc support read and write caching on a designated logical drive or virtual volume anywhere in your storage space Finally due to its implementation as a filter driver and ability to use storage resources across your system maxCache Plus typically offers improved throughput lower latency and greater scalability than maxCache Note You cannot use an SSD concurrently in a maxCache Device and a maxCache Plus virtual volume When you create a maxCache Device the member SSDs are hidden from the maxCache Plus filter driver Creating and Managing Virtual Pools This section describes how to create a virtual pool from available storage modify pool properties and delete a virtual pool Creating a Virtual Pool When you create a virtual pool you choose the pool members from the logical devices in your storage space then assign the pool to a tier level Tier O is reserved for your fast media such as an SSD pool To create a virtual pool 1 In the Enterprise View open the maxCache Plus tree then select the Virtual Pools tree node 2 O
208. torage space described in the remainder of this chapter Step 2 Install maxView Storage Manager on every system that will be part of your storage space see Installing maxView Storage Manager on page 21 Step 3 Start maxView Storage Manager and explore its graphical user interface see Exploring maxView Storage Manager on page 31 Step 4 Build your storage space see Building Your Storage Space on page 40 About maxView Storage Manager maxView Storage Manager is a browser based software application that helps you build a storage space for your data using Adaptec RAID controllers disk drives Solid State Drives SSDs and enclosures With maxView Storage Manager you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in redundancy to protect your data and improve system performance You can also use maxView Storage Manager to monitor and maintain all the controllers enclosures and disk drives in your storage space from a single location The maxView Storage Manager GUI or graphical user interface runs on most contemporary Web browsers for a list of supported browsers see Browser Support on page 18 A software stack comprising a Web server Agent and CIMOM server allows maxView Storage Manager to communicate with your RAID controller and coordinate activity in your storage space adapfec by PMc maxView Storage Manager Client HTTPS Web Server Apache Tomcat maxView Servlet RMI maxView Storage Man
209. ttributes panel customize the settings for the maxCache Device You can e Enter a name for the maxCache Device Names can include any combination of letters and numbers but cannot include spaces e Seta smaller logical drive size By default the maxCache Device uses all available drive space e Set the build method to Build Clear or Quick e Set the build priority to High Medium or Low See Fine tuning Logical Drives on page 61 for details about customizing the settings in the RAID Attributes panel 7 Click Next then review the logical drive settings To make changes click Back 8 Click Finish maxView Storage Manager builds the maxCache Device Use the Event Log and Task Log to track build progress Changing maxCache Settings for a Logical Drive You can enable or disable maxCache read and write caching for each logical drive in your storage space 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller then select a logical drive on that controller 2 On the ribbon in the Logical Device group click Set Properties Set Properties Logical Device 3 When the Set Properties window opens click the maxCache tab adapfec by PMC EB Set Properties m B LogicalDre0 General Power MaxCache 1 MaxCache ReadCache Enabled MaxCache VvriteCache Disabled OK Cancel 4 In the drop down lists e For maxCache Read Cache select Enabled or Disabled as needed e For maxCache Write Cache select Enabled o
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211. ule status on the Storage Dashboard as shown in the figure below Resources Fan Status Fan 1 Fan 2 Fan 3 Fan 4 Fan 3 Fan 6 Power Supplies Status Power Supply 1 Power Supply 2 Temperature Sensor Status Optimal 5 100 RPM Optimal 5 100 RPM Optimal 5 100 RPM Optimal 5 100 RPM Optimal 5 100 RPM Optimal 5 100 RPM Optimal Optimal Sensor 1 Normal C300 s S6F Sensor 2 Normal 340 s S35F Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc 115 Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue adapfec by PMc Viewing SMART Statistics You can use the Storage Dashboard to view various indicators of reliability for the SATA hard drives and SSDs in your storage space maxView Storage Manager displays SMART statistics for the drives using Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology available on most contemporary hard drives and non spinning storage devices You can use this information to verify the health of your hard drives and SSDs and to predict drive failures To view the SMART statistics for a hard drive or SSD select the drive in the Enterprise View then click the SMART tab on the Storage Dashboard For SSDs the statistics include wear level and longevity indicators as shown in next figure Refer to your drive vendor s data sheet for a description of individual report items Summary Resources SMART fam Events Please refer to drive vendors data sheet for description 20f3 1 lt a 4 E 3
212. uration window opens E Restore Configuration x lt Controller 1 Choose File Choose the Configuration file to Restore by clicking Restore Button Choose The Force Option Force None Force All Force LogicalDrives Use Slot ID Q Restore Close Click Browse navigate the file system to your server template file then click Open 4 Choose a Force option if the new controller does not support all of the features of the template controller or if the drive capacity on the new system does not match the configuration in the server template file The default is Force None You can choose to Options Description Force All To force deployment of all features Force Logical To force deployment of just the logical drives Drives To retain the slot information for enclosures click Use Slot ID 6 Click Restore maxView Storage Manager duplicates the controller configuration on the new controller by PMc 7 Repeat these steps for each controller on the server Choose a different server template file in Step 3 as needed Managing Remote Systems maxView Storage Manager has a wizard to help you manage the remote systems in your storage space The wizard simplifies the process of connecting to remote systems from the local system and adding them to the Enterprise View When you start maxView Storage Manager an auto discovery task runs in the background continuously searching your network for systems
213. ve Configuration window opens 3 Click Save to continue 4 When the File Download window opens click Save enter a name for the server template file or accept the default name then click Save again 5 When the download is complete click Close 6 Continue with Duplicating the Server Template on page 128 to deploy the same controller configuration on multiple systems in your storage space Duplicating the Server Template When you are ready to duplicate the server template on other systems in your storage space you can restore the controller s on those systems from the server template file Keep in mind that adapfec by PMc The server template file default ControllerConf xm1 is editable For example you may need to change the disk drive capacity or logical drive size to accommodate the differences on each machine Drives from the same vendor with slightly different capacities 147GB vs 150GB for instance are considered interchangeable If the logical drive capacity changes as a result of the size difference it is scaled accordingly For example if the new drives have 4 more capacity due to vendor or model changes then all logical drives are increased in size by 4 To duplicate the server template on another system 1 2 In the Enterprise View select a system then select a controller on that system On the ribbon in the Controller group click Restore Configuration Controller The Restore Config
214. ve the checkbox blank adapfec by PMc verity PD x D lot amp rin Attention Verify of a physical device is a lengthy process The progress ofthe task can be monitored in Task main window verify with fix Are You sure you want to verity this physical device Verity Cancel 4 Click Verify Caution Do not power off the system while the verification is in progress If you do the verification will stop When the verification is complete an event notice is generated in the event log at which time you can continue working with the drive Configuring the Physical Drive Write Cache Policy This section describes how to enable or disable write caching on the physical drives in your storage space You can configure the write cache setting for an individual drive or for all drives on a controller Caution Enabling write caching can improve drive performance However if the system experiences a power device or system failure or cannot be shut down properly there is a possibility of data loss or file system corruption e To configure the write cache policy for all drives on a controller see Configuring the Global Physical Drive Write Cache Policy on page 100 e To configure the write cache policy for an individual drive see Configuring the Write Cache Policy for an Individual Drive on page 101 Configuring the Global Physical Drive Write Cache Policy This option allows you to configure the write cache pol
215. ves failed Caution This procedure is not guaranteed to successfully recover your logical drive The surest way to recover your data is to restore the failed logical drive from backup To force a logical drive online 1 In the Enterprise view select the failed logical drive see Identifying a Failed or Failing Component on page 136 2 Onthe ribbon in the Logical Device group click Force Online BRZG ARE Logical Device Force Online 3 Click Force then click OK 4 If prompted to run Verify with Fix follow the instructions in Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive on page 65 to check the logical drive for data and file system integrity Rebuilding Logical Drives A hot swap rebuild occurs when a controller detects that a failed disk drive in a logical drive has been removed and then reinserted To start a hot swap rebuild 1 Following manufacturer s instructions gently pull the failed disk drive from the server without fully removing it then wait for it to spin down fully before continuing 2 If there is nothing wrong with the disk drive reinstall it following manufacturer s instructions If necessary replace the failed disk drive with a new disk drive of equal or larger size 3 The controller detects the reinserted or new disk drive and begins to rebuild the logical drive Creating a Support Archive File Your Adaptec support representative might ask you to create a configuration and status informati
216. x install sh install sh If the installer detects a qualifying Adaptec Series Q controller and one of the supported Linux operating systems it installs the maxCache Plus driver software then it continues with the maxView Storage Manager installation See the Readme for a complete list of controllers and operating systems that support maxCache Plus 3 To install maxView Storage Manager without maxCache Plus support run the bin file for your operating system version Options Description Linux 64 bit StorMan 1 02 x86_64 bin Linux 32 bit StorMan 1 02 i1386 bin 4 When prompted for configuration details enter the following Enter your username default root Enter your operating system password Enter the CIM Server HTTP Port default 5988 adapfec by PMc When the installation completes a confirmation message is displayed and the maxView Storage Manager icon is placed on your desktop 5 Repeat these steps to install maxView Storage Manager on every Linux system that will be part of your storage space Installing on Debian or Ubuntu Linux This section describes how to install maxView Storage Manager on systems running Debian or Ubuntu Linux For a list of supported Linux operating systems see System Requirements on page 18 1 Open a shell window then change to the directory where the Linux installer package is located see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details 2 Install the deb package for
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218. y either in the BIOS or with maxView Storage Manager For more information see the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation and User s Guide To set the stay awake period for the disk drives on a controller 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties Set Properties Controller adapfec by PMc The Set Properties window opens 3 Click the Power Management tab In the Stay Awake Period drop down list select Enabled Note If you enabled power management when you created the logical drive this field is set to Enabled by default 5 Enter the stay awake period start time and end time in 24 hour hhmm format for example 0900 for 9AM 1400 for 2PM and so on Set Properties x t Controller 1 Setup controller power management parameters General Data Protection Power management Internal drive spinup limit 4 Yv External drive spinup limit 4 E Yv Stay Awake Period Enabled Stay Awake Period Start 0900 hhmm e g 223535 Stay Awake Period Stop 1400 hhmm e g 2233 Stay Awake Day s z i i i i v Mon iv Tie kal ied a Thar v Fri Sat su OK Cancel 6 Select the days of the week to enforce the stay awake period On days that you do not select the stay awake period is disabled and the spin rate is controlled by the logical drive s power timer settings see Setting Power Management Options for a Logical Drive on page 69 7 Ente
219. y PMC About this Guide Adaptec maxView Storage Manager is a browser based software application that helps you build a storage space using Adaptec RAID controllers disk drives and enclosures and then manage your stored data whether you have a single RAID controller installed in a server or multiple RAID controllers servers and enclosures This guide describes how to install and use Adaptec maxView Storage Manager called simply maxView Storage Manager in the remainder of this guide to build and manage direct attached storage a RAID controller and disk drives which reside inside or are directly attached to the computer accessing them similar to the basic configurations shown in the figures below Server with Adaptec RAID System running maxView controller and disk drives Storage Manager Network Connection s ro totooonol Server with Adaptec RAID System running maxView Server with Adaptec RAID controller Storage enclosures with controller and disk drives Storage Manager running maxView Storage Manager disk drives installed What You Need to Know Before You Begin This guide is written for data storage and IT professionals who want to create a storage space for their online data You should be familiar with computer hardware operating system administration and Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology If you are using maxView Storage Manager as part of a complex storage system with multiple servers en
220. y with fix fa Verify logical device we Wee rity Weerity with tix fh Attention Verify of a logical device is a lengthy process The progress of the task can be monitored in Task main window Are you sure you want to verify this logical device Schedule werity Cancel 5 To verify the logical drive now immediately click Verify To verify the logical drive later click Schedule then set the time and date to perform the verification You can also set up the verification as a recurring task For more information see Working with Scheduled Tasks on page 89 Caution Do not power off the system while the verification is in progress If you do the verification will stop When the verification is complete an event notice is generated in the event log at which time you can continue working with the controller adapfec by PMc Enabling Disabling Background Consistency Check If your controller supports background consistency check maxView Storage Manager continually and automatically checks your logical drives for bad or inconsistent data once they re in use To see if your controller supports background consistency check select the controller in the Enterprise View then on the Storage Dashboard click Properties To enable or disable background consistency check 1 Inthe Enterprise View select a controller 2 On the ribbon in the Controller group click Set Properties Set Properties Controll
221. your operating system version xxxxx build number Options Description Linux 64 bit dpkg i StorMan 1 06 XXXXX_amd64 deb Linux 32 bit dpkg i StorMan 1 06 XXXXX_i386 deb Enter your username default root Enter your password Enter the CIM Server HTTP Port default 5988 3 Repeat these steps to install maxView Storage Manager on every Debian and Ubuntu Linux system that will be part of your storage space When the installation is complete you receive a confirmation message and the maxView Storage Manager icon is placed on your desktop Installing on Solaris This section describes how to install maxView Storage Manager on systems running Solaris 1 On the Solaris machine change to the directory where the Solaris installer package is located see Download the Installation Packages on page 21 for details 2 Install maxView Storage Manager pkgadd d StorMan pkg 3 Atthe prompt to continue select y then press Enter 4 Enter the following configuration details Enter your username default root Enter your operating system password Enter the CIM Server HTTP Port default 5988 5 Repeat these steps to install maxView Storage Manager on every Solaris system that will be part of your storage space When the installation is complete you receive a confirmation message and the maxView Storage Manager icon is placed on your desktop Installing on VMware ESX 4 1 Use the following procedure to install the vib files
222. ystems in your storage space see Deploying Servers on page 128 adapfec by PMc Protecting Your Data In addition to the standard RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50 and enhanced RAID 1E RAID 6 RAID 60 RAID levels controllers with the Adaptec Advanced Data Protection Suite include additional methods of protecting the data on your storage space This section describes how to use hot spares failover copyback and controller cache preservation to protect your data Creating and Managing Hot Spares A hot spare is a disk drive or SSD Solid State Drive that automatically replaces any failed drive ina logical drive and can subsequently be used to rebuild that logical drive For more information see Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure on page 137 Hot Spare Limitations e You cannot protect a RAID O logical drive or simple volume with a hot spare hot spares protect only redundant logical drives e You cannot create a hot spare from a disk drive that is already part of a logical drive e You should select a disk drive that is at least as big as the largest disk drive it might replace e We recommend that you do not designate a SAS hot spare for a logical drive comprising SATA disk drives or a SATA hot spare for a logical drive comprising SAS disk drives Global Spare or Dedicated Spare A global hot spare is not assigned to a specific logical drive it will protect any redundant logical drive on the controller RAID
223. ystems that you have logged in to from the local system See Local or Remote on page 40 for more information It also lists the maxCache Devices in your system including virtual volumes and virtual pools Note maxCache is supported on Adaptec Series Q controllers only See Optimizing the Structure of Your Storage Space on page 73 for more information about maxCache ki dg Enterprise View Local system amp maxCache v Be maxC ache Plus devices ge Virtual Volumes Ee riual Pools hai Controller 1 FA maxCache Device F Be Logical Devices ge Physical Devices Remote system maxView Jason Controller 1 i Fe Logical Devices t gy Physical Devices Gj controller 2 Expand a system in the Enterprise View to the see its controllers logical drives devices physical drives enclosures and maxCache Devices Proprietary and Confidential to PMC Sierra Inc Document No CDP 00285 05 A Rev A Issue 32 by PMc In the figure below a controller is expanded in the Enterprise View revealing the physical and logical devices associated with that controller Gy Enterprise View evIN SCFOATBPREY adcaptec com rs pa maxC ache Plus By selecting a controller h in the Enterprise View m j fe maxCache Device EA Logical Devices fe Physical Devices fe Enc rue l Sq Slot 1 Optimal Sq Slot 2 Optimal the disk drives or enclosures E Slot 3 Optimal

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