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NEC Express5800/R120a-1 User's Manual

1. D gp as E E EJ bal Physical Device Fatal The Physical Device which is detected a failure by RAID Controller a Tape Drive The Physical Device which device type is Tape Drive E CD Drive DVD Drive The Physical Device which device type is CD DVD amp The nodes of Dedicated Hot Spare created to two or more Disk Arrays existed in each node of Disk Array Shortcut Menu Right clicking the node of RAID Controller Disk Array Logical Drive Physical Device and Battery allows the shortcut menu to appear On the shortcut menu you can display the property and execute the something operation See Menu Bar for detail of each function 31 Operation View The Operation View indicates the status and results of operations executed in the computer after the RAID Viewer is started Stop gt Delete eae ene T Eons 1 i3 cy Gampeted ee Initialize RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Completed Figure 3 Operation View The following operations may appear on the Operation View For each operation the target component and the status of the operation appear E Initialize E Rebuild mM Consistency Check Operations being executed while the RAID Viewer is started and those started after the RAID Viewer is started are listed You can see the status and result of operations by the value of Status Status Description Running N The operation is be running N is progress Completed The operation completed Faile
2. Number of the RAID Controller in which a Logical Drive is Do you continue yes y or no n y created N inbers of the Physical Devices with which a Logical oa dcmd created Logical Drive 2 and started to initialize Drive is created The required number of Physical Devices varies depending on the RAID Level of the Logical Drive to be created oP ist and property commands You can see the progress and the result of initialize by RAID Level at which a Logical Drive is made Create Logical Drive Simple Mode allows a Logical Drive with RAID Level being RAID 1 or RAID 5 to be created Step 3 Type yes to reply to the confirmation message Then a Logical Drive is created 62 Step 4 After the Logical Drive is created completely the raidcmd terminates normally The Logical Drive has been created completely You can check the information on the Logical Drive by using property command However the Initialize of the Logical Drive having been created may not be completed The progress and result of initializing the Logical Drive can be checked by using oplist command Physical Devices Available for Create Logical Drive Simple Mode Unused Physical Devices are available for Create Logical Drive Simple Mode Unused Physical Devices are those with their Status being Ready Physical Devices in which S M A R T errors are detected cannot be used to create Logical Drives Creating Logical Drives by
3. 1 Number of RAID Controller 2 ID of RAID Controller 3 Number of Enclosure 4 Number of Power Supply Unit Fan Unit in Enclosure 6 CTRL 1 ID 2 ENC 3 FAN 4 1 Number of RAID Controller 2 ID of RAID Controller 3 Number of Enclosure 4 Number of Fan Unit 111 Event ID hex digit Severity Description Deal Method 0201 40000009 0202 400000CA 0203 400000CB 0204 400000CC 0205 400000CD 0206 400000CE 0207 400000CF 0208 400000D0 0209 400000D1 0210 400000D2 0211 800000D3 0212 C00000D4 0213 400000D5 0214 400000D6 0215 400000D7 0216 400000D8 0217 COOOOODY Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Warning Fatal Information Information Information Information Fatal Address Type 1 The buzzer of RAID Controller is enable Address Type 1 The buzzer of RAID Controller is disable Address Type 1 The Rebuild Priority of RAID Controller was changed Value 1 Address Type 1 The Consistency Check Priority of RAID Controller was changed Value 1 Address Type 1 The Initialize Priority of RAID Controller was changed Value 1 Address Type 1 Auto Patrol Read function is enable Address Type 1 Auto Patrol Read function is disable Address Type 1 A Patrol Read Priority of RAID
4. Stop on Operation cc s s View Consistency Check start NA ccs Y y for schedule running Initialization start Initialize init s Initialization stop Stop on Operation init y View Delete Logical Drive Delete Logical Drive delld Rebuild start Rebuild rebuild v Rebuild stop Stop on Operation rebuild s View Hot Spare make Make Hot Spare hotspare s s Hot Spare remove Remove Hot Spare hotspare Y s Change Status of Physical Device Online Make Online stspd s Change Status of Physical Device Failed Make Offline stspd s Location of Physical Device Locate Lamp slotlamp v s Easy Configuration Easy Configuration econfig Y s Start Log Viewer Log Viewer NA v s Change running mode Standard Mode runmode s s Advanced Mode See the version About in Help run raidcmd without Y s menu command See status of operation Operation View oplist Y s Set option parameters of RAID Controller Property of RAID optctrl s Controller Set option parameters of Logical Drive Property of Logical optid s Drive Functions other than above v v 27 Running Mode when startup RAID Viewer and raidcmd RAID Viewer RAID Viewer always starts with Standard Mode You can change the running mode when RAID Viewer starts See Changing Running Mode at Start of RAID Viewer raidcmd raidcmd starts with Standard Mode at first after installing Universal RAID Utility If you want to change the running mode you must to use rescan command The
5. The Universal RAID Utility arranges Physical Devices in the ascending order of IDs and assigns a number beginning with 1 sequentially to the Physical Devices Physical Device Y ID ID Indicates the original identification value of the Physical Device Use this value to make Physical Devices managed by the BIOS utility of the RAID Controller correspond with those managed by the Universal RAID Utility The format of the ID varies depending on the types of RAID Controllers 44 Item Item Description RUVIDA raidcmd Enclosure Enclosure Indicates the number of Enclosure inserted Physical Device This value is a number beginning with 1 Slot Slot Indicates the number of Slot inserted Physical Device This value is a number beginning with 1 Device Type Device Type Indicates the type of Physical Device Four possible types are as follows HDD Hard Disk Drive HDD SSD Solid State Drive Tape Drive Tape Drive CD DVD CD drive or DVD drive Interface Interface Indicates the type of the interface to which the Physical Device is connected Two possible types are as follows SAS Serial Attached SCSI SATA Serial ATA Vendor Model Vendor Model Indicates the vendor and model name of the Physical Device Firmware Version Serial Number Firmware Version Serial Number Indicates the version of the Physical Device Indicates the serial number of the Physical Device This item is indicated when Device Type item is HDD
6. peo a Serial Number SKQLOMGE Fir gt APD 3 2 Faled SAS HDD geet pies capacity O te JB h O e mer E pp 4 3 Dedicated Hot Spare SAS HDD Status led d E e A oncronsenmnnsisordnaes Po pusana S M A R T jj A POR a a ciel a 3KOLOMGF 7 M A R T Normal E a yB O 2 a PE aa RA Normal Figure 25 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd Under lost redundancy of Logical Drive 92 Monitoring Battery Status The Universal RAID Utility can monitor battery status which the RAID Controller detects by the following means RAID Viewer Be ceed SWAN ADI eye Buzzer OS Log Alert The Universal RAID Utility monitors events of the battery installed in the RAID Controller The Universal RAID Utility logs detected battery events in the RAID Log Any event indicating occurrence of a problem in the battery reflects to the Status of Battery on RAID Viewer and the Battery Status of RAID Controller on raidcmd changes the status to Warning The battery status is retailed until the problem is solved Tree View of RAID Viewer The status of the node of Battery becomes Warning when there are problem in Battery ee Disk Array PLOJ en 3 Disk Auay t Fi i LE 10 Online RAID Wiel aaa a os B on 104 online Sas ynn Property of RAID Viewer The Status of Battery Properties becomes Warning when there are problem in Battery Battery Properties x Battery Properties Abnorma
7. 1 Add Installation Linux VMware ESX Server Uninstallation Uninstall Universal RAID Utility from the computer Procedure Windows 1 Uninstallation Windows Procedure Linux VMware ESX Server 1 _Uninstallation Linux VMware ESX Server Use the setup program of Universal RAID Utility for the installation and the uninstallation The setup program is contained in the installation image of the Universal RAID Utility Before the Universal RAID Utility can be installed or uninstalled you must prepare the installation image The setup program of Windows is setup exe The setup program of Linux and VMware ESX Server is setup sh p The installation image of the Universal RAID Utility for Windows and Linux is contained in an accessory of the computer or RAID Controller About Universal RAID Utility for VMware ESX Server please contact our support 15 wO e Auser having the administrator authority should install or uninstall the Universal RAID IMPORTANT Utility in the computer Only users having the administrator authority can execute the setup program If you use Server Core Install Option of Windows Server 2008 there is not Start menu You must run setup exe on the Administrator Command Prompt If you use VMware ESX Server press Alt key and F1 key at boot screen of VMware ESX Server to switch to service console Log in to VMware ESX Server with administrator authority to install or uninstall Universal RAID Uti
8. Figure 12 Dedicated Hot Spare 2 Ex 3 In case of the RAID System in Ex1 you can add more Dedicated Hot Spare If you add the Dedicated Hot Spare 2 to the Logical Drive 1 the both Dedicated Hot Spare are the Hot Spare for the Logical Drive 1 50 Logical Drive Logical Drive 1 J 2 Dedicated Dedicated l J n Hot Spare 1 Hot Spare 2 Figure 13 Dedicated Hot Spare 3 Ex 4 In case of the RAID System in Ex2 you can add more Dedicated Hot Spare likely Ex2 If you add the Dedicated Hot Spare to the Logical Drive 1 and 2 the both Dedicated Hot Spare are the Hot Spare for the Logical Drive 1 and 2 I Logical Drive Logical Drive l we oe TZ Dedicated Figure 14 Dedicated Hot Spare 4 Making Global Hot Spare The procedure of making a Global Hot Spare is described below RAID Viewer Use Make Global Hot Spare in Control menu Dedicated Hot Spare 1 _Hot Spare 2 _ Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being Ready on the Tree View Step 2 Select Hot Spare on the pull down menu of menu item Control and click Make Global Hot Spare Step 3 If you see the property of the Physical Device after making a Global Hot Spare you can find that the value of Status is set to Hot Spare and item Hot Spare Information appears newly with value Global 51 B Ma a hee T T T T Ea Hot Spare Make Online Make Offine ee Capacity Stat
9. Icon Meaning Description Battery Normal The battery operates normally 5 Battery Warning The RAID controller detects any problem of the battery Disk Array If there are some Logical Drive in the RAID Controller the RAID Controller node has the Disk Array nodes included the Logical Drives The Disk Array node equals a Disk Array and shows the number and ID of the Disk Array Also the created some Logical Drives consisted of all Physical Devices and created some Dedicated Hot Spares exist in the Disk Array node A Disk Array icon indicates the status of these totally Icon Meaning Description Disk Array Normal The created all Logical Drives consisted of all Physical Devices and created all Dedicated Hot Spares operates normally Problems which the RAID Controller detects as failures do not occur Disk Array Warning These are some components which the status is Warning iij 30 Disk Array Fatal These are some components which the status is Fatal or Warning Logical Drive The Logical Drive node exists in the Disk Array node A Logical Drive node equals a Logical Drive and shows the number ID status and RAID Level of the Logical Drive A Logical Drive icon indicates the status of the Logical Drive Meaning Description T Logical Drive Normal The Logical Drive operates normally ob Logical Drive Warning Because the Logical Drive contains one or more Physical Devices with Status being Failed
10. Initialize Priority Initialize Priority Indicates the priority level of Initialize executed in the computer system Three possible Initialize Priorities are as follows High Executes Initialize at high priority Middle Executes Initialize at balanced priority Low Executes Initialize at low priority Rebuild Priority Rebuild Priority Indicates the priority level of Rebuild executed in the computer system Three possible Rebuild Priorities are as follows High Executes Rebuild at high priority Middle Executes Rebuild at balanced priority Low Executes Rebuild at low priority Consistency Check Consistency Check Indicates the priority level of Consistency Check executed in the computer Priority Priority system Three possible Consistency Check Priorities are as follows High Executes Consistency Check at high priority Middle Executes Consistency Check at balanced priority Low Executes Consistency Check at low priority Patrol Read Patrol Read Indicates whether Patrol Read is executed or not Enable Executes Patrol Read Disable Does not execute Patrol Read Patrol Read Priority Patrol Read Priority Indicates the priority level of Patrol Read executed in the computer system Three possible Patrol Read Priorities are as follows High Executes Patrol Read at high priority Middle Executes Patrol Read at balanced priority Low Executes Patrol Read at low priority Buzzer Setting Buzzer Setting Indicates whether the Buzze
11. Silence Buzzer Click a RAID Controller on the Tree View select Create Logical Drive on the pull down menu of menu item Control and click Custom Step 3 The Create Logical Drive Custom Create Logical Drive Custom E x dialog box is started In the Custom Mode register a ick Ait btn to toa De a a a E r t Logical Drive to be created to the list of the dialog box If the Logical Drive may be registered click Add To delete a registered Logical Drive click the Number RAID Level Capacity __ Stripe size_ Cache Mode Initialization Mode Logical Drive to be deleted and click Delete 64 Step 4 If you click Add in the Create Logical Register Logical Drive sy x Drive Custom dialog box the Register Logical STEP i 3 Selection of RAID Level Drive wizard is started In step 1 3 select the RAID Select RAID Level of Logical Drive Level of the Logical Drive to be registered After the RAID 5 selection click Next RAID Level ona Step 5 In step 2 3 the operation varies depending on the RAID Level selected in step 1 3 1 When RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 is F selected as the RAID Level select a Disk Array to be STEP 2 3 Selection of Disk Array used for the Logical Drive Select Disk Array for creating of Logical Drive If the RAID Controller contains Physical Devices of Type different types click the type to be used on Type Ber array ear Next c
12. The Universal RAID Utility can delete a Logical Drive becoming unnecessary aN EN Ge Offline The function of deleting a Logical Drive is available only in the Advanced Mode Before a Logical Drive is deleted check if the Logical Drive contains required data Deleting a Logical Drive causes all the data saved in the Logical Drive to be lost Any Logical Drive meeting the following conditions cannot be deleted Containing the some partitions But you can delete a Logical Drive which State is In case of the operating system is Windows use the Logical Drive Disk as the Dynamic Disk Change to the Basic Disk to delete the Logical Drive In case of the operating system is Linux the LVM partition exists in the Logical Drive when use the LVM Delete the LVM partition to delete the Logical Drive Located at other than the end of Disk Array Deleting Logical Drive The procedure of deleting a Logical Drive is described below RAID Viewer Use Delete Logical Drive in Control menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click the Logical Drive to be deleted on the Control Tool Help Tree View Click Delete Logical Drive on the pull down menu of menu item Control raidcmd Use delld command Step 1 Execute delld command with the following parameters Number of the RAID Controller containing the Logical Drive to be deleted Number of the Logical Drive to be deleted 69 Create Logi
13. ans Bisables Logical Drive containing partition to be deleted by mistake Figure 8 RAID System configuration functions 48 Making Hot Spare The Universal RAID Utility can make a Hot Spare to be replaced with a Physical Device in which a failure occurs Hot spares can have the following two modes Mode Description Global Hot Spare Available as a Hot Spare of every Disk Array for a single RAID Controller Dedicated Hot Spare Available as a Hot Spare of a specific Disk Array for a single RAID Controller In either mode note the following to have a Hot Spare operate normally E A Hot Spare can operate properly only for a Disk Array configured with Physical Devices of the same interface type and the same device type E A Hot Spare can operate properly only if the Hot Spare has the capacity equal to or larger than that of the Physical Device in which a failure occurs m A Physical Device in which a S M A R T error is detected cannot be used as a Hot Spare About Global Hot Spare Global Hot Spare is a Hot Spare of every Logical Drives for a single RAID Controller Ex 1 If you make the Global Hot Spare on the RAID Controller which has Logical Drive 1 and 2 the Global Hot Spare is a Hot Spare of Logical Drive 1 and 2 Logical Drive Logical Drive i Global Hot l 1 2 Spare Figure 9 Global Hot Spare 1 Ex 2 If you create the Logical Drive 3 on the RAID System of Ex 1 the Global Hot Spare is a Hot Spare fo
14. the Status in the Property tab of the Physical Device is set to Online When detects something problem Universal RAID Utility records the log in the RAID Log Setting Rebuild Priority You can set the priority at which Rebuild is executed in the computer The procedure of setting the Rebuild Priority is described below w Setting Rebuild Priority are available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT RAID Viewer Change the property of RAID Controller 80 Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click the RAID Controller on the Tree View Then click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File Step 2 Click the Options tab in the RAID Controller Properties dialog box Change the value of Rebuild Priority to High Middle or Low Click OK or Apply raidcmd Use optctrl command Step 1 Execute optctrl command with rp option and the defined parameters Number of the RAID Controller for which Rebuild Priority is set Value set after Rebuild Priority is set Select a value out of High Middle and Low Step 2 Check the execution result by using property command 81 Rebuild Priority Consistency Check Priority Patrol Read Patrol Read Prinritw gt raidcmd optctr c 1 rp Middle gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 RAID Controller 1 0 LSI Corporation MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM Firmware Version 1 12 02 0342 Cache Size 128MB att ery S
15. the Disk Array itself will also be deleted Condition This command can be executed only in the Advanced Mode econfig Overview Configures a RAID System with a RAID Controller easily Format raidcmd econfig Description Executes easy configuration which can automatically configure a RAID System with the specified RAID Controller For details of the easy configuration see Configuring RAID System Easily help Overview Displays the help of raidcmd Format raidcmd help lt command name gt Command Parameter Description lt command name gt Specify the command name to see the help If command name is omitted displays the list of command Description Displays the description of each command of raidcmd If don t specify the command name as command parameter displays the list of all of command hotspare Overview Makes or removes a Hot Spare Format raidcmd hotspare c lt controller gt p lt physicaldevice gt mr make a lt diskarray1 gt lt diskarrayX gt remove y c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number Specify the Physical Device to be processed lt physicaldevice gt Physical Device Number p lt physicaldevice gt 99 Command Parameter Description mr make Specify that a Hot Spare is made or removed make Makes a Hot Spare Depending on whether the a option exists or not
16. the redundancy of the Logical Drive is lost or degraded H Logical Drive Fatal Because the Logical Drive contains one or more Physical Devices with Status being Failed the Logical Drive is offline and accessing to the Logical Drive is disabled A Logical Drive is created by two or more Disk Arrays according to the kind of the RAID Controller In this case there are the nodes of a Logical Drive exist in two of more the nodes of Disk Arrays Physical Device The Physical Device node exists in either the Disk Array node or the RAID Controller node The Physical Device which has created the Logical Drive and created Dedicated Hot Spare exists in the Disk Array node The other Physical Device exists in RAID Controller node The Physical Device node equals a Physical Device and shows the number ID status and device type of the Physical Device A Physical Device icon indicates the device type and the status of the Physical Device Icon Meaning Description Physical Device Ready The Physical Device is not used to create a Logical Drive yet Physical Device Online The Physical Device is already used to create a Logical Drive Problems which the RAID Controller detects as failures do not occur Physical Device Hot Spare The Physical Device is registered as a Hot Spare Physical Device Rebuilding The Physical Device which is rebuilding now Physical Device Warning The Physical Device which detects one or more S M A R T errors
17. 0 Enclosure Slot l Device Type HDD El E1 Computer Interface SAS RAID Controller 160 i Vendor Model _ Seagate 112345678 J Battery Normal Me ed 7 a H E Disk Array 10 pee _s p metete Sy a AA Vendor Modg MAXTOR ATLAS10K5_1475AS l L ie E lt Firmware yersion BKOD bal PD 1 0 Online SA5 HDD j seviat Number 496PZEK EA PD 2 1 Online 545 HDD t capacity OO A FD 3 2 Onine SAS HOD E ce E PO 4035 Dedicated Hot Spare 545 HDO i i Capacity Cd 136GB aam status Mie SMART Normal i Figure 22 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd No failures of Physical Devices Operation when redundancy of Logical Drive degraded or lost due to failure of Physical Device If one or more Physical Devices used by a Logical Drive are failed with their Status being Failed to degraded one Physical Device of RAID Level 6 is failed or lost one Physical Device of RAID Level 1 or 5 is failed two Physical Devices of RAID Level 6 is failed the redundancy of the Logical Drive the Logical Drive is degraded with its Status being Degraded Structure and Status of RAID System Property of RAID Viewer Ge Dearaded x B i Level 5 General Option Value Number 1 ID 0 z Logical Drive Physical Device Number L2 a agt ue g Degraded Online ronline Failed Hot om D elk Stii D RAID Level RAS 7 Capacity t 20GB Stripe Size KA amp 4KB Cache Mode Cure
18. 7 Device 8 of n EG ee ee ee ee ee I Logical Logical Hot Spare Hot Ta Drive 1 _ _ Drive 2 p l _ 1 _ 2 S Figure 20 Making Dedicated Hot Spares in Easy Configuration 2 60 Creating Logical Drive Easily The Universal RAID Utility supports Create Logical Drive Simple Mode in which a Logical Drive can be created only by selecting two selection items according to the guide Create Logical Drive Simple Mode allows you to create a Logical Drive only by specifying two selection items or the RAID Level of the Logical Drive and Physical Devices to be used The benefits of creating a Logical Drive with Create Logical Drive Simple Mode are as follows The Universal RAID Utility defines selection items which you should examine to create a Logical Drive instead of you E Allowing a Logical Drive to be created only by specifying two selection items RAID Level and Physical Devices to be used E Allowing the Universal RAID Utility to set all setting items including Capacity and Stripe Size other than the RAID Level and Physical Devices to be used automatically Operation Procedure of Create Logical Drive Simple Mode This section describes the procedure of creating a Logical Drive by Create Logical Drive Simple Mode RAID Viewer Use Create Logical Drive Simple in Control menu Step 1 Connect Physical Devices used for a Logical Drive to the RAID Controller at this timing if required If the Phys
19. Controller was changed Value 2 Address Type 1 Patrol Read was started Address Type 1 Patrol Read completed Address Type 1 A Warning Error happened to RAID Controller Detail 1 Address Type 1 A Fatal Error happened to RAID Controller Detail 1 Address Type 1 Patrol Read was paused Address Type 1 Patrol Read was resumed Address Type 1 Patrol Read was queued Address Type 1 Patrol Read was stopped Address Type 1 Patrol Read failed RO RO RO M MA MA 112 RAID Controller Warning RAID Controller Fatal Patrol Read Failed Please check the RAID Controller If some kind of problem happens to the RAID Controller repeatedly please replace it Please replace the RAID Controller Please disable the setting of Patrol Read and then enable it to retry Patrol Read If Patrol Read fails again the RAID System may have some problems Please deal with the problem of the RAID System and retry Patrol Read 1 Changed value 1 1 Changed value 1 1 Changed value 1 2 Changed value 1 1 Detail information 1 Detail information Event ID Severity Description Deal Method hex digit 0301 4000012D 0302 4000012E 0303 4000012F 0304 C0000130 0305 80000131 0306 4000132 0307 40000133 0308 C0000134 0309 40000135 0311 40000137 0312 40000138 0313 40000139 0314 40000134A 0315 4000013B 0316 400001
20. Create Logical Drive Simple Mode This section describes the information on Logical Drives to be created by Create Logical Drive Simple Mode RAID Level The RAID Level of a Logical Drive which can be created by Create Logical Drive Simple Mode should be RAID 1 or RAID 5 Capacity of Logical Drive The capacity of a Logical Drive to be created is defined by the RAID Level and the capacities of Physical Devices used for the Logical Drive In Create Logical Drive Simple Mode a Logical Drive is created by using the entire areas of the Physical Devices Items set for Logical Drive The values of other selection items set for a Logical Drive to be created are defined as shown in the table below Selection item Value Stripe Size Uses the default value set for the RAID Controller The value varies depending on the type of the RAID Controller Cache Mode Uses the default value set for the RAID Controller The value varies depending on the type of the RAID Controller Initialization Mode Full 63 Creating Logical Drive Freely The Universal RAID Utility supports Create Logical Drive Custom Mode in which a Logical Drive can be created as required by specifying the setting items of the Logical Drive closely Create Logical Drive Custom Mode allows you to create a Logical Drive by specifying the setting items of the Logical Drive closely It can also be used to create Logical Drives of several RAID Levels or
21. Drive The values of other selection items set for a Logical Drive to be created are defined as shown in the table below Selection item Value Stripe Size Uses the default value set for the RAID Controller The value varies depending on the type of the RAID Controller Cache Mode Uses the default value set for the RAID Controller The value varies depending on the type of the RAID Controller Initialization Mode Full Making Hot Spares by Easy Configuration This section describes the information on Hot Spares to be made by the Easy Configuration Number of Hot Spares The number of Hot Spares is defined by the number of unused Physical Devices connected to the RAID Controller and the number of Physical Devices used for Logical Drives The number of Hot Spares results from subtracting Number of Physical Devices specified for Logical Drives from Unused Physical Device count in step 2 3 of the Easy Configuration wizard of RAID Viewer or econfig command of raidcmd Physical Devices used as Hot Spares Physical Devices of larger capacities are preferentially used as Hot Spares Among Physical Devices of the same capacity Physical Devices of larger Physical Device Numbers are preferentially used as Hot Spares Ex For the example shown below Physical Devices 1 7 can be used in Easy Configuration to make two Hot Spares Three Physical Devices have the largest capacity of 150GB Accordingly use Physical Devices 5 and 6 of larg
22. RAID Viewer Click the RAID Controller on the Tree View Then click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File Step 2 Click the Options tab in the RAID aala eae Cy Controller Properties dialog box Change the value Patral Read Priority Ed of Patrol Read Priority to High Middle or Low Buzzer Setting Click OK or Apply raidcmd Use optctri command Step 1 Execute optctrl command with prp option and the following parameters gt raidemd optctr c 1 prp high gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 RAID Controller 1 Number of the RAID Controller for which Patrol Read i 0 Priority is set LSI Corporation MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM Value set after Patrol Read Priority is changed Select a value out of high middle and low Firmware Version 1 12 02 0342 Cache Size 128MB Battery Status Normal Step 2 Check the execution result by using Rebui 4 Priority High property command Consistency Check Priority Low P ati al a Read i Enab a Patrol Read Priority gt High Bazzar Set ihe Ehab g 71 Checking Logical Drive Consistency The Consistency Check function checks the consistency between the data in the data area of a Logical Drive and the parity The Universal RAID Utility can start or stop Consistency Check and change the priority in which Consistency Check is executed The Consistency Check is effective next to Patrol Read to find failures including Ph
23. Remove Windows wO Don t uninstall LSI SAS Storage SNMP Agent X X is version in the list of Add or IMPORTANT Remove Program If you uninstall it Universal RAID Utility can t use normally Please check the setting of When maximum log size is reached in the Properties of System event log In case of When maximum log size is reached is not Overwrite events as needed when log size reaches maximum size Universal RAID Utility can not register the detected RAID event to the Windows event log and alert it to the NEC ESMPRO Manager Please set When maximum log size is reached to the Overwrite events as needed Update Installation Windows The Setup Program install the new version of Universal RAID Utility when there is the old version of Universal RAID Utility in the computer The Setup Program use the following setting continuously Installation folder The contents of RAID log The running mode of RAID Viewer and raidcmd TCP port using Universal RAID Utility The scheduled task of consistency check in task of operating system Step 1 See New Installation Windows about the procedure of start the setup program 18 Step 2 The update installation starts the InstallShield Wizard of the Universal RAID Utility Click Next Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard x Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Universal RAID Utility The InstallShield Wizard will update
24. Type 2 Rebuild was resumed Address Type 2 Rebuild was queued Address Type 2 Medium Error was detected in Physical Device 1 Address Type 3 Logical Drive is Online Address Type 3 Logical Drive is Degraded Address Type 3 Logical Drive is Offline Address Type 3 Initialization was started Address Type 3 Initialization completed Address Type 3 Initialization failed Address Type 3 Initialization was stopped Address Type 3 Consistency Check was started Address Type 3 Consistency Check completed Address Type 3 Consistency Check failed Address Type 3 Consistency Check was stopped RO MA Physical Device Medium Error Uncorrectable R R R RO MA Physical Device Medium Error Detected RO M Logical Drive Online RO MA Logical Drive Degraded RO MA Logical Drive Offline R R RO MA Initialization Failed R R R RO MA Consistency Check Failed R 114 Please replace the Physical Device if too many 1 Logical Block errors are detected on a Physical Device Address Please replace the Physical Device if too many 1 Logical Block errors are detected on a Physical Device Address None If there is Hot Spare RAID System will rebuild automatically If there is not it please replace the Physical Device and rebuild it Please replace the Physical Device and recreate the Logical Drive Next restore the backup data to the Logical Drive Please r
25. Utility For RAID Systems which can be managed by the Universal RAID Utility refer to the documentation attached to the computer in which RAID Systems are installed and that attached to the RAID Controller including the Universal RAID Utility Software Windows Operating systems The Universal RAID Utility can operate in the following operating systems It can operate in either 32 bit or 64 bit environment for any operating system other than Windows 2000 E Windows Server 2008 E Windows Server 2003 R2 SP1 or later E Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later E Windows 2000 SP4 E Windows Vista E Windows XP Professional SP2 or later wO if you use Server Core Install Option of Windows Server 2008 you can use raidcmd for the management of the RAID system only You can not use RAID Viewer and Log Viewer Microsoft NET Framework To use the Universal RAID Utility Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher is required If the operating system installed in your computer is any of those listed below install Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 E Windows Server 2003 R2 SP1 or later E Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later E Windows 2000 SP4 E Windows XP Professional SP2 or later For the installation of Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher see Preparing installation Windows 12 Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C library To use the Universal RAID Utility the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C library is r
26. Vendor Model SEAGATE ST936751SS a Firmware Version 0001 Status of the physical device is set to Online Serial Number 2PE073VM Gapa ty waGB Status Online in A Ruj Norma gt 83 To Failed Forcibly To set the Status of a Physical Device to Failed forcibly use Make Offline The procedure of executing Make Offline is described below RAID Viewer Use Make Offline in Control menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being eee alae Online on the Tree View Then click Make Offline on the pull down menu of menu item Control 7 l After the Make Offline succeeds Status of the Physical Device is changed to Failed PS SSS o raidcmd Use stspd command Step 1 Execute stspd command with st option and the following parameters 4 raidcmd stspd c 1 p 1 st off ine gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 3 Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical RAID Controller 1 Physical Device 3 Device with its status set to Failed forcibly ID 2 i l Da Enclosure 1 Number of the Physical Device with its status set to Slot 3 Failed forcibly Device Type gt HDD Interface SAS Step 2 If stspd command succeeds the Vendor Mode _ SEAGATE 1936 91SS i ae Firmware Version 0001 Status of the physical device is set to Failed Serial Number 3PE073VM Gapa by a Daan Status Failed Gia Rae Neral gt 84 Troubleshooting RA
27. Without operation of the raidsrv service the Universal RAID Utility cannot operate normally Neither make the raidsrv service be not started nor stop the raidsrv service w Incase of the operating system is Linux or VMware ESX Server if the raidsrv service terminates abnormally due to occurrence of an error or a process of the raidsrv service is terminated forcibly the lock file for avoiding double starts is left If the state remains the raidsrv service may not be started If this occurs delete the following file before restarting the raidsrv service var lock subsys raidsrv Starting Universal RAID Utility in Single User Mode The Universal RAID Utility uses network functions Accordingly the Universal RAID Utility cannot be used in the single user mode of Linux and VMware ESX Server without network functions To use the Universal RAID Utility in the single user mode first enable the network functions in the following procedure and start the raidsrv service Step 1 Start the network service gt etc init d network start gt Step 2 Start the raidsrv service S Jete init d raidsry start gt Step 3 Check that the raidsrv service is started normally RAMAZA MEAE ICA is raidsrv pid 3738 3718 is running If a process ID appears the raidsrv service is started normally 23 RAID Viewer Use Start menu to open the RAID Viewer Click Start and point menu in order to Programs Universal RAID Utility a
28. and Locate functions Troubleshooting RAID Systems The Universal RAID Utility can detect failures occurred in RAID Systems by using various functions The RAID Viewer the GUI of the Universal RAID Utility indicates the configurations and status of RAID Systems comprehensibly with trees and icons The raidcmd the CLI of the Universal RAID Utility indicates the same information too In addition the Universal RAID Utility registers failures occurred in RAID Systems not only to the dedicated log but also the OS log Further the Universal RAID Utility can send alerts to the NEC ESMPRO Manager normally attached to NEC Express series systems Structure of Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility consists of the following modules raidsrv service The raidsrv service always operates in the computer to manage RAID Systems Receiving a processing request from the RAID Viewer or raidcmd the raidsrv service provides proper information on a RAID System or performs an appropriate operation for the RAID System In addition the raidsrv service manages events occurred in RAID Systems notifies the RAID Viewer of the events and or registers them to several logs RAID Viewer The RAID Viewer is the Windows application managing and monitoring the RAID system by GUI The RAID Viewer displays the configuration and status of a RAID System graphically or provides configuration and operation for a RAID System Log Viewer The Log Viewer is
29. configured with the different sized Physical Devices Therefore the capacity of the Logical Drive depends on the smallest sized Physical Device Cancel Stan 6 Easy Configuration x ep l you click OK in step 3 3 then the Completing the Easy Configuration Wizard Drives are created and the makings of Hot Spares are com pleted Com pleti ng the Easy You have Epa nid rll pe Hh ie system H Sequentially Initializing the Logical Drive s Configu ration Wiza rd appears Now creati ng the You can see the progress and the result of initialization by Operation View and Log Viewer Logical Drives and making Hot Spares is completed After the wizard is closed see the Tree View to check the configuration However the Initialize of the Logical Drives having been created may not be completed The progress and result of initializing the Logical Drives can be checked on the Operation View raidcmd Use econfig command Step 1 Connect Physical Devices used for Easy Configuration to the RAID Controller at this timing if required Step 2 Execute econfig command Step 3 Specify the conditions on Easy Configuration In step 1 3 select the RAID Controller to be configured Enter the RAID Controller number to be configured 55 Step 4 In step 2 3 specify the number of Physical Devices used for Logical Drive s Physical Device count using Logical Drive s and the number of Logical Drives to be created in the RAID Cont
30. containing the Logical Drive for which Initialize is stopped Number of the Logical Drive for which Initialize is stopped Step 2 After the Initialize is stopped the raidcmd terminates normally The stopped Initialize disappears from the list of oplist command Checking Result of Executing Initialization You can find the result of executing Initialize by checking the RAID Log of the Universal RAID Utility Detecting a problem the Initialize records the log in the RAID Log Setting Initialization Priority You can set the priority at which Initialization is executed in the computer The procedure of setting the Initialization Priority is described below wO Setting Initialization Priority are available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT y y RAID Controllers of some types may not support the setting Initialization Priority If does not ATS support this function RAID Viewer and raidcmd do not display this item in the property of RAID Controller and the execution of optctrl command of raidcmd fails 7 RAID Viewer Change the property of RAID Controller Step 1 menu of menu item File Step 2 Click the Options tab in the RAID Controller Properties dialog box Change the value of Initialization Priority to High Middle or Low Click OK or Apply raidcmd Use optctri command Step 1 Execute optctrl command with ip option and the following parameters Number of the RAID Controller for
31. documentation on computers and RAID Systems Operating in either Standard or Advanced Mode The Universal RAID Utility can operate in two running modes which are Standard Mode and Advanced Modes The Standard Mode provides the Universal RAID Utility with standard management functions of RAID Systems The Advanced Mode provides the Universal RAID Utility with advanced management and maintenance functions of RAID Systems Using the two running modes appropriately depending on users and jobs allows the usability of the Universal RAID Utility to be improved and malfunctions to be avoided Configuring RAID Systems easily Using the Universal RAID Utility you can configure a RAID System easily without expert knowledge of the RAID System The Universal RAID Utility provides the simple Logical Drive create function allowing a Logical Drive to be created by selecting only two selection items according to the guide of the Universal RAID Utility and the Easy Configuration allowing a RAID System to be configured only by defining uses of unused Physical Devices Supporting general functions required for configurations operations and maintenances of RAID Systems The Universal RAID Utility supports general functions for configuring a RAID System including creating Logical Drive and making Hot Spare general operation functions including log recording Patrol Read and Consistency Check and general functions required for maintenance including Rebuild
32. failed Physical Devices 43 Number of failed Physical 3 or more Devices RAID O Online Offline Offline Offline RAID 1 Online Degraded Offline RAID 5 Online Degraded Offline Offline RAID 6 Online Degraded Degraded Offline RAID 10 Online Degraded Degraded Offline Offline RAID 50 Online Degraded Degraded Offline Offline Referring to Property of Physical Device For the information on a Physical Device see the property of the Physical Device To display the property of Physical Device by RAID Viewer x click the Physical Device whose information is to be seen on the Tree View and click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File alue The General tab indicates the property of the Physical Device Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Device Type HOC Interface Sas vendori Model MAXTOR ATLASIORS 147545 Firmware Version BEOD Serial Number J496P2EK Capacity 136GB Status Online SMART Mormal Use property command to see the property of a physical gt raidcemd property tg pd c 1 p 1 drive by raidcmd ao Controller 1 Physical Denice 1 Enclosure oI Slot gt Device Type HDD Interface SAS Vendor Mode SEAGATE ST936751SS Firmware Version 0001 Serial Number gt 3PEO73VM Capacity 33GB Status Online Cuma Normal Item Item Description RAID Viewer raidcmd Number RAID Controller X Indicates the management number logical address of the Physical Device in the Universal RAID Utility
33. on the pull down menu of menu item File Step 2 Click the Options tab in the RAID AE migri paa Controller Properties dialog box Change the value Consistency Check Priority Middle of Consistency Check Priority to High Middle or Patrol Read bal Low Click OK or Apply Patrol Read Priority raidcmd Use optctrl command 74 Step 1 Execute optctrl command with ccp option and the following parameters Number of the RAID Controller for which Consistency Check Priority is set Value set after Consistency Check Priority is set Select a value out of high middle and low Step 2 Check the execution result by using property command 75 gt raidcmd optctr c 1 ccp middle gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 RAID Controller 1 0 LSI Corporation MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM Firmware Version 1 12 02 0342 Cache Size 128MB Battery Status gt Normal Rebu m u Par por whey i mH g Consistency Check Priority Patro Read Ph b E Patrol Read Priority Low pueeer Setting Enable Initializing Logical Drive The Initialize writes Os into the entire area of a Logical Drive to erase the data saved in the Logical Drive Use the function when you want to erase the data saved in a Logical Drive fully Initialization has two modes listed in the table below Mode Description Full Writes Os into the entire area of a Logical Drive to erase the data fully Quick Writes Os i
34. or Failed forcibly for a maintenance job or another The function may not be used in normal operation w The function of changing the status of a Physical Device forcibly is available only in the UA Advanced Mode ue The function of changing the status of a Physical Device forcibly may not be able to change TPS the status to the desired one depending on the status of the Physical Device such as a severe failure To Online Forcibly To set the Status of a Physical Device to Online forcibly use Make Online The procedure of executing Make Online is described below RAID Viewer Use Make Online in Control menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being Eh R RELS Failed on the Tree View Then click Make Online on the pull down menu of Make Online menu item Control E I Ord After the Make Online succeeds Status of the Physical Device is changed to Online raidcmd Use stspd command Step 1 Execute stspd command with st option and the following parameters raidcmd stspd c 1 p 4 st onl ine gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 3 Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical RAID Controller 1 Physical Device 3 Device with its status set to Online forcibly ID 2 l ae Enclosure 1 Number of the Physical Device with its status set to Slot 2 Online forcibly Device Type HDD Interface gt SAS Step 2 If stspd command succeeds the
35. or HDD SSD Capacity Capacity Indicates the capacity of the Physical Device in GB This item is indicated when Device Type item is HDD or HDD SSD Status Status Indicates the status of the Physical Device Five possible status are as follows Online Indicates that the Physical Device is incorporated into a Logical Drive to operate normally Failed Indicates that the Physical Device is incorporated into a Logical Drive but is failed Rebuilding Indicates that the Physical Device is rebuilding Hot Spare Indicates that the Physical Device is set as a Hot Spare Ready Indicates that the Physical Device is not incorporated into a Logical Drive This item is indicated when Device Type item is HDD or HDD SSD Hot Spare Hot Spare Indicates the Hot Spare mode of the Physical Device if it is specified as a Hot Information Information Spare Two possible modes are as follows Global The Physical Device can be used as a Hot Spare of any Disk Array in the RAID Controller Dedicated The Physical Device can be used as a Hot Spare of the specified Disk Array Also indicates the number of the specified Disk Array This item is indicated when Device Type item is HDD or HDD SSD S M A R T S M A R T Indicates the diagnosis result of S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology function Two possible statuses are as follows Normal Does not detect any error caused by the S M A R T function Detected Detects one
36. or more errors caused by the S M A R T function This item is indicated when Device Type item is HDD or HDD SSD E Each RAID Controller supports specific items appearing on the Property tab of the TIS Physical Device and specific items whose settings can be changed Unsupported items indicate space or do not appear in the list Even if Physical Device does not break down when you execute Make Offline Status item is changed to Failed Referring to Property of Disk Array For the information on a Disk Array see the property of the Disk Array 45 To display the property of Disk Array by RAID Viewer click the x Disk Array whose information is to be seen on the Tree View and click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File value i i i Numb 1 The General tab indicates the property of the Disk Array a Sr Physical Device Number L33 Capacity LOOSE Unused Capacity 70GB Use property command to see the property of a Disk gt raidomd property tg da c 1 a 1 Array by raidcmd RAID Controller 1 Disk Array 1 ID 0 Physical Device Number 1 2 3 Capacity 6 GB Unused Capacity 47GB gt Item Item Description RAID Viewer raidcmd Number RAID Controller X Indicates the management number logical address of the Disk Array in the Disk Array Y Universal RAID Utility ID ID Indicates the original identification value of the Disk Array Use this value to create Disk Arr
37. running mode doesn t change the mode when restart the computer Changing Running Mode The procedure of changing the running mode is below RAID Viewer Use Advanced or Standard in Tool menu See Tool menu for detail raidcmd Use runmode command Step 1 If you want to change from Standard Mode to Advanced Mode run runmode command gt raidcmd runmode md a with md a parameter nanges running mode to Advanced Mode gt Step 2 Ifyou want to change from Advanced gt raidemd runmode md s Changed running mode to Standard Mode gt Mode to Standard Mode run runmode command with md s parameter 28 Functions of RAID Viewer This chapter describes the functions of the RAID Viewer Structure of RAID Viewer As shown in the figure below the RAID Viewer is composed of four parts or Tree View Operation View Menu Bar and Status Bar tf Universal RAID Utility RAID iewer File Control Tool Help fel computer RAID Controller 1 0 MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 128MB fi Battery Normal Disk Array 1 0 E LD 1 0 Online RAID 5 EA PD 1 0 Online SAS HDD E PD 2 1 Online SAS HDD lB PD 3 2 Online SAS HDD E PD 4 3 Ready S amp S HDD S Tree View Status Bar Menu Bar Stop 3 lt Delete Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 1 Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Initialize Running
38. sh install 2 gt rpm q UniversalRaidUti ity UniversalRaidUti ity 1 xx y gt Step 2 At the end of setup sh the installation is gt Hono storelio completed Check the result of the installation by using storel ib 2 aal the rpm command When the installation is completed gt properly the following packages is installed gt rpm q WebPAMPRO_Agent UniversalRAIDUtility 1 xx y xx is minor version y is AE ERa aa bbbb cc revision number Also 1 or several packages to control RAID controller are installed storelib 2 aa 0 aa is minor version WebPAMPRO_Agent 3 aa bbbb cc aa bbbb cc is version If the installation fails these packages do not exist in the computer Update Installation Linux VMware ESX Server The Setup Program execute the Update Installation when there is the old version of Universal RAID Utility in the computer The Setup Program use the following setting continuously The contents of RAID log TCP port using Universal RAID Utility The running mode of raidcmd The scheduled task of consistency check in crontab of operating system See New Installation Linux VMware ESX Server about the procedure of Update Installation Add Installation Linux VMware ESX Server The Setup Program execute the Add Installation when there is the same version of Universal RAID Utility in the computer In add installation install or uninstall the program to control the RAID Controller after adde
39. shown in the figure to the right Click Finish Update Complete You can check the result of installation by the same way i The InstallShield Wizard has updated Universal RAID Utility to with New Installation Windows s i version 2 00 0 Uninstallation Windows The Setup Program uninstall Universal RAID Utility when there is the same version of Universal RAID Utility in the computer W You can start the uninstallation by using the clicking Delete on Universal RAID Utility TS program in the list of Add or Remove Program Step 1 See New Installation Windows about the procedure of start the setup program Step 2 The uninstallation starts the InstallShield Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard Wizard of the Universal RAID Utility Select Remove Welcome and click Next Modify or remove the program Welcome to the Universal RAID Utility Setup Maintenance program This program lets you modify the current installation Click one of the options below C Modify Pi Add or remove necessary libraries for current environment automatically E Remove all installed features InstallShield lt Back Cancel Step 3 The InstallShield Wizard of the Universal RAID Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard Utility is started Click Yes on the dialog box shown to the right to start the uninstallation Click No to abort the setup program 20 Step 4 At the compl
40. status manually Means that a Physical Device is entered into the Failed status manually Indicates a Buzzer installed in a RAID Controller The Buzzer notifies you of occurrence of a failure with sound Basic Terms on Universal RAID Utility Term Standard Mode Advanced Mode Easy Configuration RAID Log OS Log Alert rescan Description Default running mode of Universal RAID Utility In the mode you can use the standard functions for managing the RAID System Maintenance high performance mode of Universal RAID Utility To use this mode expert knowledge on RAID is required You can mainly use the functions required for maintenance jobs functions of setting data about a RAID System closely to configure the system and functions of changing parameters The function is provided by the Universal RAID Utility to configure a RAID System easily Allows an optimum RAID System to be configured only by deciding the number of Physical Devices used by a Logical Drive and the number of Logical Drives for each RAID Controller Means the log for the Universal RAID Utility Means the log provided by OS Means the operation of sending events such as failures occurred in a RAID System to external systems Means the operation of acquiring all the information on managed RAID Systems to update the information managed by the Universal RAID Utility to the latest 110 The list of log and event alert messages that Universal RAID U
41. the Windows application viewing the event of RAID system The Log Viewer allows you to see the RAID Log in which events occurred in RAID Systems are registered raidcmd The raidcmd is the application managing and monitoring the RAID system by CLI The raidcmd is the command that indicates the configuration and status of a RAID System or operates on a console providing configurations and operations gt Figure 1 Configuration of Universal RAID Utility The usable modules are different by the version of Universal RAID Utility or the kind of operating system See the following table for detail Operating System Windows raidsrv service s v v RAID Viewer y Log Viewer s raidcmd v y v Functional difference from Universal RAID Utility Ver1 4 Universal RAID Utility Ver2 0 executed the functional enhancement and the function change in the following from Ver1 4 1 Addition of hardware for management Promise RAID Controller is added to the RAID Controller for management SSD Solid State Drive is supported HDD and SSD can be distinguished by the item of the device type in the property of a Physical Device See Referring to Property of Physical Device HDD and SSD cannot exist together in the same Logical Drive Be careful when creates a Logical Drive or create the Hot Spare Physical Devices other than HDD SSD is included are managed The tape device the CD drive and the DVD drive c
42. 0 Completed RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Completed Operation View Advanced Pe Figure 2 Structure of RAID Viewer Tree View The Tree View indicates the configuration of RAID Systems managed by the Universal RAID Utility existing in your computer hierarchically The Tree View also indicates the types and status of components with relevant icons The Tree View displays each RAID System existing in your computer as a RAID Controller node Each RAID Controller node has the node of a battery on RAID Controller created all Logical Drives and Disk Array and connected all Physical Devices A single node includes at least a single component of each type Every component is accompanied by an icon The icons indicate the type and the status of each component computer RAID Controller Battery Logical Drive and Physical Device graphically 29 El m computer ag RAID Controler 10 MegaRAID 545 8708EM2 128MB IA Battery Normal H E Disk Array 1 0 AP LD 10 Online RAID 5 ER PD 10 Online S4S HDD ER PD 2 1 Online S4S HDD ER PD 3 2 Online 545 HDD fal PD 4 3 Dedicated Hot Spare S4S HDD i PO 54 Global Hot Spare 545 HDO AS PD 65 Ready S4S HDD A PD 7 6 Ready S4S HDD Computer The first level node shows the computer in which the Universal RAID Utility operates The computer icon indicates the status of the RAID Systems existing in the computer totally Icon Meaning Desc
43. 2000 you must to restart the Command Prompt after New Update installation In case of the operating system is Linux or VMware ESX Server the raidcmd can t start by existing the lock file after aborted it If you start the raidcmd when the lock file exists the raidcmd displays the following message raidcmd lt RU4009 gt The raidcmd command is already running Delete the lock file var lock subsys raidcmd if the raidcmd displays this message when some processes of the raidcmd don t execute at same time In case of the operating system is Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista you must use Administrator Command Prompt for running raidcmd If you use normal Command Prompt you can not see the message of raidcmd because of raidcmd runs in the another Administrator Command Prompt You can use Administrator Command Prompt by the following procedure Step 1 Click Start menu and point menu in order to za Calculator Programs Accessories Command Prompt click E TEN Documents Run as administrator on shortcut menu Command Prompt a5 Connect to a Wetwo em Open a Notepad A Run as administrator a n Open file location Step 2 The operating system may display User Account Control dialog box after clicked Run as Administrator If you want to run the raidcmd click Continue P Windows needs your permission to continue If you started this action continue Windows Command Processor Microsoft Windo
44. 3C 0317 8000013D 0318 CO00013E 0319 4000013F Information Information Information Fatal Warning Information Information Fatal Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Warning Fatal Information Address Type 2 Physical Device is Online Address Type 2 Physical Device is Ready Address Type 2 Physical Device is Hot Spare Address Type 2 Physical Device is Failed Address Type 2 Detected S M A R T Error Address Type 2 Rebuild was started Address Type 2 Rebuild completed Address Type 2 Rebuild failed Address Type 2 Rebuild was stopped Address Type 2 Physical Device was inserted Address Type 2 removed Address Type 2 Global Hot Spare created Physical Device was Address Type 2 created Dedicated Hot Spare Address Type 2 Global Hot Spare removed Address Type 2 Dedicated Hot Spare removed Address Type 2 A Warning Error happened to Physical Device Detail 1 Address Type 2 A Fatal Error happened to Physical Device Detail 1 Address Type 2 Medium Error was detected in Physical Device and corrected 1 RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO M M M MA MA MA MA MA MA MA MA 113 Physical Device Online Physical Device Ready Physical Device Hot Spare Physical Device Faile
45. 8 Term RAID System RAID Controller Physical Device Disk Array Logical Drive Hot Spare Global Hot Spare Dedicated Hot Spare Battery Cache Memory Enclosure Fan Unit Power Supply Unit Power Sensor Temperature Sensor Enclosure Management Module The terms used on the Universal RAID Utility are listed in the tables below Basic Terms on RAID System The RAID System has the ability of using hard disk drives in a computer as Disk Arrays The RAID System handles a single RAID Controller as a single system The RAID Controller can use hard disk drives as Disk Arrays Physical Devices are used by a RAID System For most RAID Systems Physical Devices mean hard disk drives Physical Devices can be other than hard disk drives if the RAID Controller can connect with devices other than hard disk drives The virtual hard disk space is created by some Physical Devices So you cannot see Disk Array on operating system You can create Logical Drive on Disk Array The virtual hard disk drive is created on a Disk Array to be recognized by OS A specific Description RAID Level should be set for each Logical Drive Hard disk drives of the type are prepared previously to be replaced with a Physical Device in which a failure occurs Available as a Hot Spare of any Disk Array in a single RAID Controller Available as a Hot Spare of a specific Disk Array in a single RAID Controller The battery is intended to hold th
46. AID Controller 1 Physical Device HI ID 0 ID 0 Enclosure 1 Enclosure l 1 ia T HOD ei T evice Type evice Type 7 7 Interface SAS Interface Physical Device which ad Aa ae ST12345678 Laas detected S M A R T error irmware Version irmware Version Serial Number 1111 Serial Number Detected Capacity 146GB Capacity 146GB Status Ondine BN DST ne ema a DALANG ee SMART eg Normal pen E ag Detected i ousanisnn C oe al ae Figure 27 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd Detection of S M A R T error 95 Changing of Settings of Universal RAID Utility This chapter describes how to change the settings of the Universal RAID Utility Changing TCP port number If the TCP port number using Universal RAID Utility is same one of other application you can change the TCP port number using Universal RAID Utility wO Auser having the administrator authority should change the TCP port number Only users having the administrator authority can change the TCP port number Using Windows as Operating System Step 1 Log on to the computer as a user having the administrator authority Step 2 Abort the RAID Viewer Log Viewer and raidcmd if they are used Step 3 Stop raidsrv service Click Start Control Panel Then double click Management Tool Services Click raidsrv service and Stop of Control menu after displays service list Step 4 First modify the configuration file of rai
47. AID Viewer 35 Functions of Log Viewer This chapter describes the functions of the Log Viewer Structure of Log Viewer As shown in the figure below the Log Viewer is composed of three parts or Log View Menu Bar and Status Bar ff Universal RAID Utility Log iewer File Help Type Date Time ID Description EA Error 2008 06 18 10 16 55 304 lt RUOS04 gt CTRLiZHID 1 PO S5f10 80 ENC 3 SLT 11 SEAGATE ST3300 Warning 2008 06 18 10 18 55 402 lt RUO402 gt CTRL 2fID 1 LD 2D 1 Logical Drive is Degraded Informa 2008 06 18 10 18 49 405 lt RUO405 CTRL 20D 1 LO 200 1 Initialization completed FInforma 2008 06 18 10 18 42 404 lt RUO404 CTRL 2 ID 1 LO 2010 1 Initialization was started Informa 2008 06 18 10 18 42 417 lt RUO417 CTRL 20D 1 LO 2 010 1 The Cache Mode of Logical Drive wa G lnforma 2008 06 18 10 18 42 415 lt RUO415 CTRL 20D 1 LO 200 1 Logical Drive was created G lnforma 2008 06 18 10 18 42 401 lt RUD401 gt CTRL 20D 1 LD 2fID 13 Logical Drive is Online 2 Informa 2008 06 18 10 18 15 301 lt RUOSO1 gt CTRLU 2ZUID 1 PO S2tIb 7 ENC 3 SLT 10 SEAGATE ST3300 Informa 2008 06 18 10 18 15 401 lt RUO401s CTRL 2 I0 1 LO 1f1ID 03 Logical Drive is Online EA Error 2008 06 18 10 18 01 304 lt RUD304 CTRL 2UID 1 PO 3S2tID ENC 3 SLT 10 SEAGATE ST3300 A Warning 2008 06 18 10 18 01 402 lt RUO402 CTRL 2 D 1 LO 1f1D 0 Logical Drive is De
48. Capacity of the Logical Drive to Select all Select Items for creating of Logical Drive be created If the RAID Level of the Logical Drive to be created is RAID 10 or RAID 50 you may not enter Selected RAID Level Rans the value Select Stripe Size Cache Mode and 7 Initialization Mode After selecting all the setting a z aa items click Next n 64e y Cache Mode auto Switch gt Initialization Mode ful i asi Step 7 If you click Next in step 3 3 then x Completing the Register Logical Drive Wizard will Completing the Register Logical Drive wizard appear Click Finish to register the Logical Drive Click Finish button close this wizard with the data selected on the wizard To change some dat a click Back You have successfully set the contents of creating Logical Drive This wizard registers the Logical Drive to the Logical Drive list in Create Logical Drive Custom dialog box Step 8 At the completion of the Register xi Logical Drive wizard the Logical Drive is registered Click Add button to register the creating Logical Drive to the below list Click OK button to create the Logical Drive s on the below list i Delete Number RAID Level Capacity Stripe Size Cache Mode Initialization Mode g LD 2 RAIDS 46GB 64KB Auto Switch Full in the list of the Create Logical Drive Custom dialog box OK Cancel Step 9 To create other Logical Drives click x Add and repeat s
49. D Log can be seen by using a text editor or otherwise Note the character code when you see the RAID Log Operating System Path and File Name Character Code Windows installed folder server raid log UTF 8 Linux VMware ESX Server var log raidsrv raid log UTF 8 For details of events to be registered to the RAID Log see Appendix B Logs Events Buzzer in RAID Controller If a RAID Controller is equipped with a Buzzer the RAID Controller sounds the Buzzer for some types of failures occurred The Buzzer sounds until the stopping it by RAID Viewer or raidcmd RAID Viewer Use Silence Buzzer in Control menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Check the component in which a failure occurs on the Tree View Step 2 Click the RAID Controller containing the component in which the failure occurs The click Silence Buzzer on the pull down menu of menu item l Control fo Create Logical Drive s Silence Buzzer Control Tool Help 86 y u You can click menu item Silence Buzzer whether a Buzzer sounds or not Nothing is done if P no Buzzer sounds raidcmd Use sbuzzer command Step 1 Execute sbuzzer command with the following parameter raidcmd sbuzzer c 1 Number of the RAID Controller for which Buzzer is stopped Logging Events to OS Log Among RAID System events logged in the RAID Log the Universal RAID Utility also logs important events to the OS Log OS Log is the event log system in Windows o
50. Detail 1 RO RO RO RO RO MA MA MA MA 115 Data Inconsistency Error Corrected Cache Mode Changed Background Initialization Failed Logical Drive Uncorrectable Error Logical Drive Corrected Error Logical Drive Warning Please execute Consistency Check again when the load of the system is low If the error does not occur on the second time of Consistency Check the Physical Device does not have any problems If the same error occurs please replace the Physical Device for the preventive maintenance please be sure to ask NEC customer service before the replacement to identify which Physical Device has a failure After replacing the Physical Device restore the backup data to the Logical Drive None 1 Changed value 1 The RAID System may have some kind of problem Please deal with the problem of the RAID System Please replace the Physical Device You need to ask it which Physical Device do you replace After replacement of Physical Device recreate the Logical Drive and restore the backup data to it Please replace the Physical Device for the prevention of failure You need to ask it which Physical Device do you replace Next restore the backup data to the Logical Drive after replacement of Physical Device The RAID Controller and or the Physical 1 Detail Device may have some kind of problem You Information need to ask it which component has broken Event ID he
51. Device used for Rebuild to a RAID Controller at this timing if required If the Physical Device is connected completely start the RAID Viewer Step 2 Click the Physical Device used for the Rebuild on the Tree View Then click Rebuild on the pull down menu of menu item Control Control Tool Help Create Logical Drive Silence Buzzer Consistency Check Initialize Delet E Logical riye wu Rebuild Step 3 After the Rebuild is started the progress of the Rebuild appears on the Operation View At the completion of the Rebuild Status on the Status Operation View is changed to Completed z papain eE K oan uae eae Cee Initialize RAID Controller 1 LO 3 Completed raidcmd Use rebuild command tuir Rebuild can be executed if Status of a Physical Device is set to Failed and Status of the Pos Logical Drive using the physical drive is set to Degraded Step 1 Connect the Physical Device used for Rebuild to a RAID Controller at this timing if required Step 2 Execute rebuild command with op option and the defined parameters gt raidcmd rebuild c 1 p 3 op start gt gt raidemd oplist Number of the RAID Controller containing the RAID Controller 1 Physical Device for which Rebuild is executed Phys ical Device 3 2 Rebuild 70 Number of the Physical Device for which Rebuild is executed 79 Step 3 After the Rebuild is started the raidcmd terminates normally Check the exec
52. ID System The Universal RAID Utility provides various measures to monitor occurrences of failures in the RAID System The figure below shows the image of the troubleshooting function provided by the Universal RAID Utility Fle Control Tool Heb Bi computer ES E RAD Controler 1 0 MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 128MB 2 mee J Battery Normal Operation Informa 2008 01 23 17 04 18 301 lt RUOGO1 gt CTRL 1 PD 6 1D 5 HITACHI HUS153073VLS300 4140 Physica eB osk anay 100 Rebuild RAID Controler 1 PD 5 Stopped Logecai Drive i Onine E Lo 1 0 Online RAID 5 Rebel RAID conbobr wi a Stopped 2008 01 23 LD 2 Logical Drive is Onine Rebuild RAID Controler 1 PD 5 Stopped Ee PD 1 0 Onine SAS H00 Titaize RAID Controler 1 LD 2 Stopped 2008 01 23 PD 6 1D 5 HITACHI HUS153073VLS300 A140 Physical 2008 01 23 Logical Drive is Degraded EA PD 2 1 Online 5AS H00 E PD 3 2 Online 5AS H00 2008 01 23 Logical Drive is Degraded E PD 4 3 Dedicated Hot Spare SAS HOD 3 erates eer bigs started PD 5 4 Global Hot Spare SAS HDD initialization was started Be oe eee el Initiaization was started 2008 01 23 HI A EE 2008 01 23 The Cache Mode of Logical Drive was changed Val 2008 01 23 The Cache Made of Logical Drive was changed Val 2008 01 23 Logical Drive was created 2008 01 23 Logical Drive is Onine ve 2008 01 23 Logical Drive was created 2008 01 23 Logical Drive is Onine 2008 01 23 Consistency Check
53. Level of the ee ore me nai and the result of Initialize by Logical Drive to be created Gi ist and property commands Number of the Disk Array used to create a Logical Drive if used RAID Level of a Logical Drive to be created Create Logical Drive Custom Mode allows a Logical Drive with RAID Level being RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 RAID 50 to be created Capacity of a Logical Drive to be created This value may be omitted if a Logical Drive is created by using unused Physical Devices entirely Stripe Size of a Logical Drive to be created This value may not be specified if the default value for the RAID Controller is used Cache Mode of a Logical Drive to be created This value may not be specified if the default value for the RAID Controller is used Operation mode for Initialize executed after a Logical Drive is created The Full mode is recommended In the Full mode the Initialize Mode may not be specified Step 3 Type yes to reply to the confirmation message Then a Logical Drive is created Step 4 After the Logical Drive is created completely the raidcmd terminates normally The Logical Drive has been created completely You can check the information on the Logical Drive by using property command However the Initialize of the Logical Drive having been created may not be completed The progress and result of initializing the Logical Drive can be checked by using oplist command Disk Arrays and Physica
54. Logical Drive with Status being Online or Degraded CCS Overview Starts Consistency Check of Logical Drives in the RAID Controllers in which Patrol Read is not supported Format raidcmd ccs Description Starts Consistency Check of Logical Drives in the RAID Controllers in which Patrol Read is not supported Condition Consistency check is executed for Logical Drives with Status being Online delld Overview Deletes a Logical Drive Format raidcmd delld c lt controller gt l lt logicaldrive gt y Command Parameter Description c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number l lt ogicaldrive gt Specify the Logical Drive to be processed lt logicaldrive gt Logical Drive Number 98 Command Parameter Description y Deletes the Logical Drive immediately without displaying the message of confirming that the Logical Drive may be deleted Description Deletes the specified Logical Drive Logical drive allowed to be deleted If more than one Logical Drive exist in a single Disk Array only the Logical Drive located at the end of the Disk Array can be deleted Logical drives at the top and middle of the Disk Array cannot be deleted The Logical Drive containing the partition cannot be deleted Deletion of Disk Array If deleting the specified Logical Drive causes no Logical Drives to exist in the Disk Array at all
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56. RL 1 ID 2 Vendor Product Firmware Version LD 3 ID 4 RAID RA Dlevel PD X Y Z count of LD STS Status PD 5 ID 6 ENC 7 SLT 8 Vendor Model Firmware Version STS Status 1 2 Number of RAID Controller ID of RAID Controller 3 4 5 6 T 8 Number of Logical Drive ID of Logical Device Number of Physical Device ID of Physical Device Enclosure Number of Physical Device Slot Number of Physical Device 1 This item may not include in log message by the type of RAID Controller 118 X Y Z Number of Physical Device used in Logical Drive There is not the STS of PD when the device type is not HDD or HDD SSD
57. RO RO MA MA MA 116 Logical Drive Fatal Battery Disconnect Battery Temperature High Battery Voltage Low Battery Fatal Deal Method 1 Detail information The RAID Controller and or the Physical Device may have some kind of problem You need to ask it which component has broken Please check the Battery If some kind of problem happen to the Battery repeatedly please replace it Please check the Battery If some kind of problem happens to the Battery repeatedly please replace it Please check the Battery If some kind of problem happens to the Battery repeatedly please replace it Please replace the Battery Event ID hex digit 0508 SOOO01FC 0509 400001FD 0601 80000259 0602 COO0025A 0603 8000025B 0604 C0000250 0605 8000025D 0606 8000025E 0607 4000025F 0701 400002BD Severity Warning Information Warning Fatal Warning Fatal Warning Warning Information Information Description Address Type 1 The Battery state is unstable Address Type 1 The voltage of Battery is normal Address Type 4 A Warning Error happened to Enclosure Address Type 4 A Fatal Error happened to Enclosure Address Type 4 The temperature of Enclosure is Warning level Address Type 4 The temperature of Enclosure is Fatal level Address Type 5 An error happened to the Power Supply Unit of Enclosure Address Ty
58. ache memory installed in the RAID Setting Setting Controller Three possible modes are as follows Auto Switch Switches the mode automatically between Write Back and Write Through depending on the existence and or status of battery Write Back Writes data to the cache memory asynchronously Write Through Writes data to the cache memory synchronously Status Status Indicates the status of the Logical Drive Three possible status are as follows Online Indicates that the redundancy of the Logical Drive is retained Degraded Indicates that the redundancy of the Logical Drive is lost or degraded Accessing to the Logical Drive is enabled Offline Indicates that the Logical Drive is offline and accessing to the Logical Drive is disabled Wy Each RAID Controller supports specific RAID Levels and Stripe Sizes Unsupported items TPS indicate space or do not appear in the list Each RAID Controller supports specific Cache Modes Unsupported Cache Modes do not appear Each RAID Controller supports specific items appearing on the Property tab of the Logical Drive and specific items whose settings can be changed Unsupported items indicate space or do not appear in the list Aly The status of a Logical Drive is defined depending on the RAID Level and the number of 7s Physical Devices failed If the RAID Level is RAID 10 or RAID 50 and two Physical Devices are failed the status will be Degraded or Offline depending on the
59. al Device Physical Device Indicates the numbers of Physical Devices configuring the Disk Array in which Number Number the Logical Drive exists 42 Item Item Description RAID Viewer raidcmd Disk Array Disk Array Indicates the number of the Disk Array in which the Logical Drive exists and the Information Information information on the location in the Disk Array The information is displayed in the following format lt RAID Viewer gt Disk Array number sequence number starting from the top sequence number of Logical Drive in Disk Array lt raidcmd gt Disk Array number order sequence number starting from the top sequence number of Logical Drive in Disk Array RAID Level RAID Level Indicates the RAID Level of the Logical Drive The value can be RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 00 RAID 10 RAID 1E RAID 50 or RAID 60 Capacity Capacity Indicates the capacity of the Logical Drive in GB Stripe Size Stripe Size Indicates the Stripe Size of the Logical Drive The value can be 1KB 2KB 4KB 8KB 16KB 32KB 64KB 128KB 256KB 512KB or 1024KB Cache Mode Cache Mode Indicates the current value of the mode of writing data to the cache memory Current Current installed in the RAID Controller Three possible modes are as follows Write Back Writes data to the cache memory asynchronously Write Through Writes data to the cache memory synchronously Cache Mode Cache Mode Indicates the mode of writing data to the c
60. al Drive to be processed lt logicaldrive gt Logical Drive Number op start stop Specify that Initialize is started or stopped start Starts Initialize stop Stops Initialize im full quick Specify the Initialize Mode full Full Initialize quick Quick Initialize The full mode is selected if im is omitted im is valid only when op start is specified Description Starts Initialize of the specified Logical Drive or stops Initialize being executed for the specified Logical Drive Condition Starting Initialize can be provided for a Logical Drive with its Status being Online The Logical Drive containing the partition cannot Start Initialize Stopping Initialize can be provided for a Logical Drive with its Status being Online or Degraded mkidc Overview Creates a Logical Drive with advanced parameter settings Format Making a Logical Drive having RAID Level of RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 100 raidcmd mkldc c lt controller gt p lt physicaldevice1 gt lt physicaldevice2 gt lt physicaldeviceX gt lt physicaldeviceZ gt a lt diskarray gt rl O 1 5 6 cp lt capacity gt ss 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 cm auto writeback writethru im full quick y Making a Logical Drive having RAID Level of RAID 10 raidcmd mkldc c lt controller gt p lt physicaldevice1 gt lt physicaldevice2 gt lt physicaldevice3 gt lt p
61. ate procedure is described below RAID Viewer Use Locate Lamp in Control menu Por SLN S Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device to be located on the tree view select Locate Lamp on the Locate Lamp pull down menu of menu item Control and click ON Then the DISK lamp on the Physical Device goes on or blinks depending on the type of the computer The DISK lamp automatically is turned off in 3 minutes Step 2 In case of the RAID Controller with Turn off function OFF of Locate Lamp in the Control menu becomes enable To turn off the DISK lamp click a Physical Device to be located on the Tree View select Locate Lamp on the pull down menu of menu item Control and click OFF raidcmd Use slotlamp command Step 1 To turn on the DISK lamp for locate execute slotlamp command with the sw option set gt raidcmd slotlamp c 1 p 3 sw on to on using the following parameters gt raidcmd slotlamp c 1 p 3 sw off gt Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device for which its location is checked Number of the Physical Device for which its location is checked Step 2 To turn off the lighting DISK lamp execute slotlamp command with the sw option set to off 82 Changing Status of Physical Device Forcibly The function of changing status of a Physical Device forcibly can be used when you want to change the Status of a Physical Device to Online
62. ated Click OK to create STEP 3 3 Check the contents the Logical Drive with the functions Click Back to Click OK button create a Logical Drive by the following contents and start to initialize it change one or more functions Number RAID Level Capacity Stripe Size Cache Mode Initialization Mode g LD 2 RAIDS 66GB 64KB Auto Switch Full Cancel Create Logical Drive Simple Step 6 In step 3 3 click OK to create the Logical Drive After the Logical Drive is created Completing the Create Logical Drive Simple wizard completely Completing the Create Logical Drive Click Finish button close this wizard Simple Wizard appears Now the Logical Drive has been created completely Close the wizard and You have successfully created the Logical Drive i i i Sequentially initializing the Logical Drive check the inform ation on the Logical Drive on the You can see the progress and the result of initialization by Operation View and Log Viewer Tree View However the Logical Drive having been created may not be initialized yet Check the progress or result of the Initialize of the Logical Drive on the Operation View raidcmd Use mklds command Step 1 Connect Physical Devices used for a Logical Drive to the RAID Controller at this timing if required Step 2 Execute mkIds command with the following parameters gt raldemd mklds c 1 p 3 4 5 r 5 raidcmd creates Logical Drive 2
63. ay managed by the BIOS utility of the RAID Controller correspond with those managed by the Universal RAID Utility Physical Device Physical Device Indicates the numbers of Physical Devices configuring the Disk Array Number Number Capacity Capacity Indicates the total capacity of Physical Device in Disk Array in GB Unused Capacity Unused Capacity Indicates the total capacity of unused area in the Disk Array in GB Checking Execution Status of Operation RAID Viewer and raidcmd allows the checking execution status of operation in the RAID System To check the execution status of operation by RAID Viewer use Operation View on RAID Viewer See Operation View for detail To check the execution status of operation by raidcmd use gt raidemd oplist oplist command The following operations are displayed RAID contr ler id A heck 60 s ell ogica rive ons I stency ec 0 by oplist command The target components and status Logical Drive 2 Initialize 33 appear in operations Physical Device 1 0 Rebuild 99 E Initialize RAID Controller 2 Logical Drive 1 Consistency Check 2 E Rebuild Physical Device 2 1 Rebuild 22 gt mM Consistency Check The operation performed at execution of the raidcmd appears Terminated operations do not appear For the results of terminated operations see the RAID Log and or properties p Physical Device has two numbers on oplist 77 Physical Device M N M The number of Physica
64. cal Drive Silence Buzzer Consistency Check Initialize Delete Logical Drive gt raidcmd delld c 1 1 2 Delete Logical Drive 2 Do you continue yes y or no n yes Maintenance of RAID System This chapter describes the maintenance of a RAID System using the Universal RAID Utility Providing Patrol Read for Physical Devices The Patrol Read function reads data saved in all Physical Devices in a RAID System entirely to check whether a read error occurs or not repeatedly in the background The Patrol Read is effective to find failures including Physical Device media errors early Be sure to execute Patrol Read for a RAID Controller if it supports the Patrol Read The interval time of Patrol Read decides by the kind of RAID Controller See the document of the RAID Controller about the interval time of Patrol Read The Universal RAID Utility can not change it The Universal RAID Utility provides the function of indicating whether Patrol Read is executed or not and the function of changing the Patrol Read Priority Setting Whether Patrol Read Is Executed or Not Whether Patrol Read is executed or not should be set in RAID Controllers The procedure of setting whether Patrol Read is executed or not is described below wO Changing the setting whether Patrol Read is executed or not is available only in the Advanced Mode RAID Viewer Change the property of RAID Controller Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a RAID Co
65. cated Hot Spares available as Hot Spares of specific Logical Drives Remove Hot Spare removes Physical Devices from Hot Spares Make Online Sets the status of the selected Physical Device to online Make Offline Sets the status of the selected Physical Device to offline Locate Lamp Goes on or blinks the lamp on the slot where the selected Logical Drive is installed ON goes on the lamp OFF goes off the lamp Tool menu Tool menu includes tools used to manage RAID Systems and items for changing the operation of the RAID Viewer Menu item Description Easy Configuration Executes Easy Configuration allowing a RAID System to be configured easily Log Viewer Starts the Log Viewer Advanced Mode or Alters the running mode The item varies depending on the running mode Standard Mode Advanced Mode sets the running mode to the Advanced Mode Standard Mode sets the running mode to the Standard Mode Option Allows you to provide settings for the Universal RAID Utility Help menu Help menu includes the item of indicating the version and revision of the Universal RAID Utility and the version of the RAID Viewer Menu item Description About Indicates the version and revision of the Universal RAID Utility and the version of the RAID Viewer 34 Status Bar The Status Bar indicates the current running mode of the RAID Viewer Standard Advanced oe Figure 5 Status Bar of R
66. cmd Use init command gt y Initialization cannot be executed for any Logical Drive with Status being Online TIPS 76 Step 1 Execute init command with op option and the following parameters gt raldemd init c 1 l 2 op start gt raidcmd oplist Number of the RAID Controller containing the Logical RAID Controller 1 Drive to be initialized Logical Drive 2 Initialize 50 Number of the Logical Drive to be initialized Step 2 After the Initialize is started the raidcmd terminates normally Check the execution status of the Initialize by using oplist command Stopping Initialization You can stop Initialize being executed on the way The procedure of stopping Initialize is described below RAID Viewer Use Stop on Operation View Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer See Operation View while Initialize is executed Step 2 Click operation Initialize which you want to stop Then click Stop on the Operation View After the Initialize is stopped Status on the Status Operation View is changed to Stopped Running 10 Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 1 Completed Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Completed l Tritislizc BATA Contralor 1 1 22 Comemeloatad raidcmd Use init command Step 1 Execute init command with op option and the following parameters gt raidemd init c 1 l 2 op stop gt gt raidcemd oplist gt Number of the RAID Controller
67. create a Logical Drive by using unused area of Disk Array In addition Create Logical Drive Custom Mode enables more than one Logical Drive to be created at a time The benefits of creating Logical Drives by Create Logical Drive Custom Mode are as follows E Allows Logical Drives of various RAID Levels RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 and RAID 50 to be created E Allows selection items including Capacity Stripe Size Cache Mode and Initialization Mode to be specified closely E Allows not only unused Physical Devices but also unused area of Disk Array to be used to create a Logical Drive of RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 E Allows more than one Logical Drive to be created by a set of operations only RAID Viewer Operation Procedure of Create Logical Drive Custom Mode This section describes the procedure of creating a Logical Drive by Create Logical Drive Custom Mode w Create Logical Drive Custom Mode is available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT RAID Viewer Use Create Logical Drive Custom in Control menu Step 1 Connect Physical Devices used for a Logical Drive to the RAID Controller at this timing if required If the Physical Devices are connected completely start the RAID Viewer Step 2 Change the running mode to the Control Tool Help Advanced Mode if it is set to the Standard Mode To do oe this click Advanced Mode on the pull down menu of simple menu item Tool
68. d S M A R T Error Rebuild Started Rebuild Completed Rebuild Failed Rebuild Stopped Physical Device Inserted Physical Device Removed Physical Device Warning Physical Device Fatal Physical Device Medium Error Correctable None None None Please replace the Physical Device Please replace the Physical Device None None Please replace the Physical Device None None None Please check the Physical Device If some kind of problem happens to the Physical Device repeatedly please replace it Please replace the Physical Device Please replace the Physical Device if too many errors are detected on a Physical Device 1 Detail information 1 Detail information 1 Logical Block Address Event ID Severity Description Deal Method hex digit 0320 C0000140 0321 40000141 0322 40000142 0323 40000143 0324 80000144 0401 40000191 0402 80000192 0403 C0000193 0404 40000194 0405 40000195 0406 C0000196 0407 400000197 0409 40000199 0410 4000019A 0411 C000019B 0412 40000190C Fatal Information Information Information Warning Information Warning Fatal Information Information Fatal Information Information Information Fatal Information Address Type 2 Medium Error was detected in Physical Device but could not correct 1 Address Type 2 Rebuild was paused Address
69. d The operation failed Stopped The operation stopped by Stop Paused N The operation is paused N is progress Queued The operation is queued Stop Processing The operation is processing Stop Terminated operations continue to appear until the RAID Viewer is closed However the terminated operations will not appear at the next start of the RAID Viewer To delete an operation terminated while the RAID Viewer is started click the operation to be deleted and Delete Stop X Delete Rebuild RAID Controller 1 Completed oe ale controller 1 LD 3 Completed y FL_OMISISTEMICY Check i LU Fa K paliz FNE RAID Controler 1 PO 5 Completed An operation being executed can be stopped on the way To do this click the operation to be stopped and Stop Running 0 Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 Lo 3 Completed Initialize RAID Controller 1 LO 3 Completed Operations allowed to be stopped vary depending on running modes See Standard and Advanced Modes for details 32 Menu Bar The RAID Viewer has four menu items on the Menu Bar or File Control Tool and Help ff Universal RAID Utility RAID Viewer File Control Tool Help Figure 4 Menu of RAID Viewer The following describes the menu items w With the running mode of the RAID Viewer being Standard the functions unavailable in IMPORTANT the Standard Mode do not appear on the pull down menus of the menu items D
70. d or deleted the RAID Controller See New Installation Linux VMware ESX Server about the procedure of Update Installation Uninstallation Linux VMware ESX Server Use setup sh in the install image for the uninstallation of Universal RAID Utility Step 1 Execute setup sh in the installation image Change the current directory to the directory in which gt cd directory name involved insta image the installation image is stored and type as follows gt sh setup sh uninstal sh setup sh uninstall 2 gt rpm q UniversalRaidUti lity error package UniversalRaidUtility is fet installed Step 2 At the end of setup sh the uninstallation is leted Check the result of the uninstallation b 2 tema EaD COMP ELE ae COS Me eS On ear Peron eit By error package storelib is not installed using the rpm command When the uninstallation is completed properly the following package is gt rpm q WebPAMPRO_Agent l uninstalled a ror package WebPAMPRO_Agent is not installed UniversalRaidUtility 1 xx y xx is minor version y is revision number Also 1 or several packages to control RAID controller are uninstalled too 22 Starting or Stopping Universal RAID Utility This chapter describes the procedure of starting or stopping each module in the Universal RAID Utility raidsrv service The raidsrv service is started automatically when your computer is booted and stopped automatically when your computer is shut down
71. dows help Item Description Task name Consistency Check Execution day of the week Wednesday Starting time AM 0 00 Execution command Universal RAID Utility installation folder cli raidcmd exe ccs Execution account NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM Task provided by Universal RAID Utility Linux VMware ESX Server The Universal RAID Utility registers a task such as that shown in the table below in a Linux cron if it is installed The functions of cron can be used to change the schedule of executing Consistency Check or delete tasks For how to use cron see the cron 8 crontab 1 crontab 5 by man command Item Description Execution day of the week Wednesday Starting time AM 0 00 Execution command opt nec raidcmd raidcmd ccs Execution account root Executing Consistency Check for all Logical Drives for RAID Controller not supporting Patrol Read To execute Consistency Check for all Logical Drives of a RAID Controller not supporting Patrol Read use ccs command of the raidcmd Stopping Consistency Check You can stop Consistency Check being executed on the way The procedure of stopping Consistency Check is described below RAID Viewer Use Stop on Operation View Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer See Operation View while Consistency Check is executed Step 2 Click operation Consistency Check which you want to stop Click Stop on the Operation View After the Consistency Check is stopped Status on the Operation View
72. dsrv service The ae i mane ae gt raidsry conf Notepad configuration file of raidsrv service is installed folder server raidsrv conf the default install File Edit Format view Help folder SystemDrive Program Files Universal RAID Utility eRe 330 x86 SystemDrive Program Files Universal RAID Utility Fileversion 00 x64 Open this file by text editor change data port and event port in socket section to new TCP port numbers global max clients 16 socket data port 52505 event port 52806 Step 5 Next modify the configuration file of RAID Viewer The z configuration file of RAID Viewer is installed pp raidview con TE aaa folder gui raidview conf Open this file by text editor change File Edit Format view Help port and port_listen in network section to new TCP port network numbers The value of port is same value with data port of a n we in 1e 0 0 1 raidsrv service The value of port_listen is same with event ort 52205 port of raidsrv service port _listen 52806 socket_interval 1000 special amrant oie eaid Tri in 96 Step 6 Last modify the configuration file of raidcmd The configuration file of raidcmd is installed folder cli raidcmd conf Open this file by text editor change port in network section to new TCP port number The value of port is same value with data port of raidsrv service Step 7 If comple
73. e RAID Levels The RAID Level of a Logical Drive which can be created by Create Logical Drive Custom Mode should be RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 or RAID 50 Ww Supported RAID Levels vary in RAID Controllers Unsupported RAID Levels cannot be Dor selected Capacity of Logical Drive A Logical Drive to be created in the Custom Mode can have any capacity However a Logical Drive with the RAID Level being RAID 10 or RAID 50 must be created by using the entire areas of Physical Devices Items set for Logical Drive The values of other selection items set for a Logical Drive to be created are defined as shown in the table below Selection Item Value Stripe Size Select a value out of 1KB 2KB 4KB 8KB 16KB 32KB 64KB 128KB 256KB 512KB and 1024kKB Cache Mode Three possible values are as follows Auto Switch Switches the mode automatically between Write Back and Write Through depending on the existence and or status of battery Write Back Writes data to the cache memory asynchronously Write Through Writes data to the cache memory synchronously Initialization Mode Two possible values are as follows Full Initializes both the management and data areas in the Logical Drive Quick Initializes only the management information in the Logical Drive Wu Supported Stripe Sizes and cache mode vary in RAID Controllers Unsupported Stripe Sizes Dor and cache modes cannot be selected 68 Deleting Logical Drive
74. e information on the cache memory in a RAID Controller if the power supplied to the RAID Controller is interrupted The cache is intended to improve the I O performance of a RAID Controller Means a module equipped with slots to which Physical Devices are inserted Means a cooling fan unit installed in an enclosure Means a power unit supplying power to an enclosure Means a sensor monitoring the power supply unit in an enclosure Means a sensor monitoring the temperature of an enclosure Means a module managing an enclosure 109 Basic Terms on Functions of RAID System Term Description Operation Configuration Initialize Rebuild Consistency Check Patrol Read Cache Mode Make Online Make Offline Buzzer Generic term of maintenance functions requiring certain periods for executions such as Rebuild and Consistency Check Means the configuration of a RAID System Writes Os into the entire area of a Logical Drive to erase the data in the Logical Drive Writes the data in a failed hard disk drive into a new hard disk drive replaced to Rebuild the Logical Drive Reads all sectors on hard disk drives configuring a Logical Drive to verify the data or provide parity check Reads all sectors on hard disk drives in a RAID System to check whether errors occur or not Indicates the mode in which data is written into the cache memory in a RAID Controller Means that a Physical Device is entered into the Online
75. ecuted or Not Checking Result of Executing Patrol Read 35 36 36 37 37 38 39 39 39 39 39 Setting Patrol Read Priority Checking Logical Drive Consistency Executing Consistency Check Manually Executing Consistency Check for arbitrary Logical Drive Stopping Consistency Check Checking Result of Executing Consistency Check Setting Consistency Check Priority Initializing Logical Drive Executing Initialization Stopping Initialization Checking Result of Executing Initialization Setting Initialization Priority Rebuilding Physical Device Executing Rebuild Stopping Rebuild Checking Result of Executing Rebuild Setting Rebuild Priority Checking Location of Physical Device Procedure of Checking Location of Physical Device Changing Status of Physical Device Forcibly To Online Forcibly To Failed Forcibly Troubleshooting RAID System Failure Detection Measures Status Display by RAID Viewer Status Display by raidcmd Logging Events to RAID Log Buzzer in RAID Controller Logging Events to OS Log Sending Alert to NEC ESMPRO Manager Monitoring Faults of Physical Devices Operation in no failures of Physical Devices Operation when redundancy of Logical Drive degraded or lost due to failure of Physical Device Operation when failed Physical Device is replaced to recover RAID System Operation when the Logical Drive is offline due to failure of Physical Device Monitoring Battery Status Monitoring Enclosure Status Monitoring Various Eve
76. ents and their vendors x86 Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 Redistributable Package x86 http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID 0856EACB 4362 4B0D 8EDD A AB15C5E04F5 amp displaylang en LV ATT Af he Te yi 16 A E l I e ivi IY i aiINbe fF Fic Also The Universal RAID Utility uses the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library If the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library does not exist in the computer where the Universal RAID Utility is to be installed install the runtime component Step 1 Click Start Control Panel Then double click F Add or Remove Programs iol x Add or Remove Program amp Currently installed programs I Show updates Sort by Name Ss Change or sal fey Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 Size 121 00MB Programs iB Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable Size 5 21MB L e U O s ol Step 2 Click Change or Remove Programs to list Currently installed programs If the following program Add New exists in the list of Currently installed programs the idee runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 T SP1 library may not be installed D If not install the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable Step 3 For the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library see the table below to download and install required
77. epending on the type or status of the target component selected on the Tree View some menu items cannot be executed If so clicking such a menu item is disabled File menu File menu includes items for updating the display information on the RAID Viewer displaying the property of each component and terminating the RAID Viewer Menu item Description Rescan The Universal RAID Utility acquires the configuration and state information from all of RAID system again and updates the management information by them The RAID Viewer displays the newest information Properties Indicates the property of the component selected on the Tree View RAID Controller Logical Drive or Physical Device Exit Closes the RAID Viewer Control menu Control menu includes items for operating RAID Controllers Logical Drives and Physical Devices To use a function subordinate to Control menu first click the target component on the Tree View and select the menu item to be executed from the pull down menu Some functions of Control menu may be disabled depending on the type or status of the selected component The figure shown to the right shows a sample pull down menu of Control menu displayed by clicking a RAID Controller on the Tree View and selecting Control while the RAID Viewer is executed in the Advanced Mode If the running mode of the RAID Viewer is set to the Standard Mode the functions restricted in the Standard Mode are disab
78. equired For the installation of the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C library see Preparing installation Windows Software Linux Operating systems The Universal RAID Utility can operate in the following operating systems It can operate in either 32 bit or 64 bit environment for any operating system E Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 5 or later E Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 1 or later E MIRACLE LINUX V4 0 SP 2 or later E Asianux Server 3 Software VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server The Universal RAID Utility can operate in the following VMware ESX Server E VMware ESX 3 5 Update 1 or later You must install the Universal RAID Utility in the ESX Server Don t install in the virtual machine Others System Requirements Resource Windows Linux VMware ESX Server Available Hard Disk Space 50MB or more not include Microsoft NET Framework not include the required packages as Ver2 0 the runtime of Microsoft Visual standard C library etc C 2005 SP1 library TCP ports used by Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility uses the following two TCP ports TCP ports used by Universal RAID Utility 52805 and 52806 For the change of TCP ports number using Universal RAID Utility see Changing TCP port number 13 Safe Mode and Single User Mode The Universal RAID Utility uses the network function Accordingly the Universal RAID Utility is unavailable in any of the following safe
79. er Physical Device Numbers among the three Physical Devices as Hot Spares Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Device 1 Device 2 Device 3 Device 4 Device 5 Device 6 Device 7 100GB 100GB 150GB 100GB 150GB 150GB 100GB Hot Spare Hot Spare Figure 18 Assigning Hot Spares in Easy Configuration Physical Devices in which S M A R T errors are detected cannot be used to make Hot Spares Modes of Hot Spares The Easy Configuration can only make Dedicated Hot Spares but cannot make Global Hot Spares If more than one Logical Drive is created the Dedicated Hot Spare can be used for all Logical Drives to be created 59 Ex If Physical Devices 1 7 are used in Easy Configuration to create two Logical Drives and a single Hot Spare the Hot Spare will be the Dedicated Hot Spare for each Logical Drive Physical Devices Physical Devices Physical 1 2 and 3 4 5 and 6 Device 7 on Le Ee E f ff f f f A Ee i i I Logical Logical l Dedicated Drive ES _ _ nL Drive 2 S Hot Spare Figure 19 Making Dedicated Hot Spare in Easy Configuration 1 Ex If Physical Devices 1 8 are used in Easy Configuration to create two Logical Drives and two Hot Spares Hot Spares 1 and 2 will be the Dedicated Hot Spares for Logical Drives 1 and 2 respectively Physical Devices Physical Devices Physical Physical 1 2 and 3 4 5 and 6 Device
80. etion of the uninstallation the Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard wizard appears as shown in the figure to the right Click Finish Uninstall Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully uninstalled Universal RAID Utility Click Finish to exit the wizard If the uninstallation completes Universal RAID Utility is deleted from the list of Add or Remove Program Also 1 or several programs to control RAID controller in your system are deleted too Preparing installation Linux You must prepare the following package for using the Universal RAID Utility If it does not exist in the computer where the Universal RAID Utility is to be installed standard C library libstdc GCC 3 3 4 Compatibility standard C library compat libstdc 33 GCC library libgcc cron vixie cron You can recognize the existence and install these packages by the following procedure This procedure is example using GCC 3 3 4 Compatibility standard C library Step 1 You can check by rpm command which does GCC 3 3 4 Compatibility standard C library exist in the gt rpm q compat ibstdct 33 computer or not If it has existed in your computer rpm compat ibstdce 33 3 2 3 command displays the right way the part of is gt different by operating system In this case refer to New Installation Linux VMware ESX Server If it has not existed in your computer rom command displays the right wa
81. etry Initialization If Initialization failed repeatedly the RAID System may have some kind of problem Please deal with the problem of the RAID System Please retry Consistency Check If Consistency Check failed repeatedly the RAID System may have some kind of problem Please deal with the problem of the RAID System Event ID Severity Description Deal Method hex digit 0413 COO00019D 0415 4000019F 0416 400001A0 0417 400001A1 0418 400001A2 0419 400001A3 0420 800001A4 0421 400001A5 0422 COO0001A6 0423 400001A7 0424 800001A8 Fatal Information Information Information Information Information Warning Information Fatal Information Warning Address Type 3 Data Inconsistency was detected in Logical Drive by Consistency Check and corrected Address Type 3 Logical Drive was created Address Type 3 Logical Drive was deleted Address Type 3 The Cache Mode of Logical Drive was changed Value 1 Address Type 3 Background Initialization was started Address Type 3 Background Initialization completed Address Type 3 Background Initialization failed Address Type 3 Background Initialization was stopped Address Type 3 An error was detected in Logical Drive but could not correct Address Type 3 An error was detected in Logical Drive and corrected Address Type 3 A Warning Error happened to Logical Drive
82. ewly displayed as a node and the entire tree composition was changed For detail see Tree View The design of the icon used by the RAID viewer is changed 10 Use the omission mark in the RAID Viewer and raidcmd The Logical Drive is displayed as LD and Physical Device is displayed as PD Queued and Paused is added to the status of operation The update function about information of RAID system is added Supports Rescan of RAID Viewer and rescan command of raidcmd as the function which updates the managed information in the Universal RAID Utility in Ver 2 0 Deleted the old Rescan function of RAID Viewer of Ver1 4 5 Log Event For detail see Appendix B Logs Events Change address description in the event of Physical Device It became one parameter though the vendor and model of a Physical Device were separate parameters Add Log Event ID 0213 0217 0321 0324 0426 0434 0509 0607 Change content of Log Event ID 0319 0320 0413 0422 0423 702 6 Usability Add help function of raidcmd For detail see help 11 Setup of Universal RAID Utility This chapter describes installation or uninstallation of the Universal RAID Utility Operation Environments The Universal RAID Utility can operate in the following environments Hardware Computers The computers can contain RAID Systems to be managed by the Universal RAID Utility RAID Systems to be managed by Universal RAID
83. fied Physical Device to Online or Failed Condition This command can be executed only in the Advanced Mode 107 Notes on Use of Universal RAID Utility This chapter describes the notes on use of the Universal RAID Utility Operation Environment Use of IPv6 The Universal RAID Utility cannot operate in the IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6 environment Use the Universal RAID Utility in the IPv4 environment To manage a RAID System in the IPv6 environment use the BIOS utility of the RAID Controller Use of Universal RAID Utility from Remote System The Universal RAID Utility can see or manipulate the information on a RAID System only in the computer where the RAID System is installed To use the Universal RAID Utility from a remote system use the Windows remote desktop function or a commercial application having the remote console function RAID Viewer Log Viewer Verification authenticode signature when startup the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer RAID Viewer and Log Viewer have the Authenticode signature When you start the Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 managed application that has a authenticode signature NET Framework Version 2 0 verify the validation of authenticode signature Therefore if you use the computer not connected network and the computer connected bad quality network may wait a few minutes until startup the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer Information http support microsoft com kb 936707 en 10
84. formed in a RAID Controller and their progresses Format raidcmd oplist Description Displays the list of operations performed in a RAID Controller and their progresses Displayed operations Initialization Rebuild and Consistency Check Display of terminated operation oplist indicates operations being executed but does not indicate terminated operations optctrl Overview Allows you to set optional parameters of a RAID Controller Format raidcmd optctrl c lt controller gt ip high middle low rp high middle low ccp high middle low pr enable disable prp high middle low be enable disable Command Parameter Description c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number ip high middle low Specify the Initialize Priority high High priority middle Middle priority low Low priority rp high middle low Specify the Rebuild Priority high High priority middle Middle priority low Low priority ccp high middle low Specify the Consistency Check Priority high High priority middle Middle priority low Low priority pr enable disable Specify whether Patrol Read is executed or not enable Executed disable Not executed prp high middle low Specify the Patrol Read Priority high High priority middle Middle priority low Low priority be enable disable Specify whether the Buz
85. g The status of the Physical Device is retained as its status until the S M A R T error is solved 94 Tree View of RAID Viewer The status of the node of Physical Device becomes Warning when Become Warning by S M A R T error is detected existence of Warning node e El ai Computer i e Tiid lt S E RAID Controler 1 0 RAID Controller 100 lt en og MA Battery Normal J Battery Normal a Eb E Disk Array 1 0 Disk Array 200 a E LO 1 0 Online RAID 5 LD oe B PD 1 0 Online SAS HOD 3 2 E F Wn Physical Device which detected S M A R T error Warning Property of RAID Viewer The S M A R T of Physical Device Properties becomes Detected when S M A R T error is detected xi x Item Value Item Value Number 3 Number 3 ID 2 ID 2 Enclosure 1 Enclosure 1 Slot a Slot 3 Device Type HDD Device Type Interface SAS Interface Physical Device which Vendor Model SEAGATE ST336754SS Vendor Model detected S M A R T error Firmware Version 0003 Firmware Version Detected Serial Number 3KQ10MGF Serial Number Capacity 33GB Capacity 33GB Status Online Status Online SMART e SMART Detected ta Property of raidcmd The S M A R T of Physical Device Properties becomes Detected when S M A R T error is detected gt raidemd property tg pd c 1 p 1 gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 1 RAID Controller 1 Physical Device 1 R
86. graded Informa 2008 06 18 09 56 03 209 lt RUO209 gt CTRL 2fID 1 Patrol Read was started Informa 2008 06 18 09 56 03 405 lt RUO405 CTRL 2MID 1 LO 1 1D 03 Initialization completed jInforma 2008 06 18 09 55 58 404 lt RUO404 CTRL 2 ID 1 LD 1 1ID 03 Initialization was started Informa 2008 06 18 O9 55 58 415 lt RUO415 gt CTRL 2UID 1 LO 100 0 Logical Drive was created Informa 2008 06 18 09 55 58 401 lt RUO401 gt CTRL 2 ID 1 LD 1f1D 03 Logical Drive is Online Informa 2008 06 18 09 53 18 210 lt RUO210 CTRL 2 ID 1 Patrol Read completed Gj Informa 2008 06 18 09 55 16 302 lt RUD302 CTRLiZWID 1 PO 2tID 12 ENC 4 SLT 2 SEAGATE ST336754 2 Informa 2008 06 18 09 55 16 302 lt RUD302 CTRL 2ZWD 1 PO 1ID 9 ENC 2 SLT 2 HITACHI HUSIS1436 Informa 2008 06 18 09 53 18 416 lt RUO416s CTRL 20D 1 LO 100 0 Logical Drive was deleted 2 Informa 2008 06 18 09 53 17 302 lt RUOS0e gt CTRLi2HID 1 PO SsID 15 ENC 2 SLT 5 MAXTOR ATLASIOK lo x Status Bar Figure 6 Structure of Log Viewer The Status Bar is used only for changing the size of the Log Viewer window 36 Log View The Log View indicates RAID System operation logs logged by the raidsrv service You can view the following information on the Log View Item Description Type Logs are classified into three types as follows A Fatal A log of the type is registe
87. he check box of the Disk Array for which a Dedicated Hot Spare is to be made The Dedicated Hot Spare may be made for more than one Disk Array However it cannot be made for a Disk Array requiring a capacity larger than Capacity of selected Physical Device Click OK to make the Dedicated Hot Spare Step 4 If you see the property of the Physical Device after making a Dedicated Hot Spare you can find that the value of Status is set to Hot Spare and item Hot Spare Information appears newly with value Dedicated Disk Array X raidcmd Use hotspare command 52 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being Ready on the Tree View ed A Ca Hot Spare Make Global Hot Spare Make Online Make Dedicated Hot Spare Make Offline Remove Hot Spare lanes fl sara Make Dedicated Hot Spare Select Disk Array s to make Dedicated Hot Spare Capacity of selected Physical Device 67 GB OK Cancel eed d A keel Lae gee et T I w Y Capacity 57GB Status Hot Spare Hot Spare Information Dedicated Disk Array 1 S M A R T Normal Step 1 Execute hotspare command with mr option and the following parameters gt raldcmd hotspare c 1 p 6 mr make a 2 Make Dedicated Hot Spare Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Do you continue yes y or no n yes Device with which a Hot Spare is made gt Number of the Physical Device with which a Ded
88. hysicaldevice 4 gt rl 10 ss 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 cm auto writeback writethru im full quick y Making a Logical Drive having RAID Level of RAID 50 raidcmd mkldc c lt controller gt p lt physicaldevice1 gt lt physicaldevice2 gt lt physicaldevice3 gt lt physicaldevice4 gt lt physicaldevice5 gt lt physicalde vice6 gt lt physicaldeviceX gt rl 50 ss 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 cm auto writeback writethru im full quick y Command Parameter Description c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller connecting with Physical Devices used for the Logical Drive lt controller gt RAID Controller Number Making a Logical Drive having RAID Level of Specify Physical Devices used to create the Logical Drive or a Disk Array RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 The format is different from the RAID Level of the Logical Drive to be p lt physicaldevice1 gt created lt physicaldeviceX gt lt physicaldeviceZ gt Use p option to specify Physical Devices a lt diskarray gt lt physicaldevice1 2 X Z gt Physical Device Numbers Delimit Physical Devices with Making a Logical Drive having RAID Level of Specify a option to specify a Disk Array RAID 10 lt diskarray gt Disk Array Number p lt physicaldevice1 gt lt physicaldevice2 gt lt physicaldevice3 gt lt physicaldevice4 gt Making a Logical D
89. i abua i a o ma Rebuild Priority Middle Cernststency Cheek Pp ibp jy Patrol Read Patrol Read Priority Buzzer Setting Enable gt Checking Location of Physical Device The locate function can be used when you want to know the slot to which a specific Physical Device appearing in the RAID Viewer is inserted in the computer or enclosure In actual locate turns on the DISK lamp on the computer or enclosure in which the specified Physical Device is installed The DISK lamp blinks depending on the types of the computer or enclosures Searching for the Physical Device with the DISK lamp being ON allows the Physical Device for which check location is executed on the RAID Viewer and raidcmd to be identified The DISK lamp automatically is turned off in 3 minutes Also the RAID Controller may have the Turn off function according to the kind of RAID Controller RAID Viewer and raidcmd don t support the indication of the status ON or OFF of DISK Wii lamp Therefore you can t recognize the location of the Physical Device when you turn ON the lamp of two or more Physical Devices at same time You should turn ON the lamp of Physical Device one by one It is convenient when you put down the number of the Physical Device which turned on a DISK lamp because you can confirm the number of the Physical Device when turn off the DISK lamp Procedure of Checking Location of Physical Device Locate is executed for a Physical Device The loc
90. ialize RAID Controller 1 1 4 Coammnleted raidcmd Use cc command Step 1 Execute cc command with op option and the following parameters raidcmd cc c 1 2 op start gt raidcmd oplist Number of the RAID Controller containing the Logical RAID Controller 1 Drive for which Consistency Check is executed poe ical Drive 2 Consistency Check 30 Number of the Logical Drive for which Consistency Check is executed Step 2 After the Consistency Check is started the raidcmd terminates normally Check the execution status of the Consistency Check by using oplist command 72 Executing Consistency Check for arbitrary Logical Drive The Universal RAID Utility makes a task for scheduled execution of Consistency Check so that a RAID Controller not supporting Patrol Read can find failures including media errors early To execute Consistency Check for arbitrary Logical Drive by raidcmd use the function of scheduler as Task of Windows or cron of Linux and VMware ESX Server Universal RAID Utility make the task for a RAID Controller which does not support Patrol Read that execute consistency check for arbitrary Logical Drive Tasks provided by Universal RAID Utility Windows The Universal RAID Utility registers a task such as that shown in the table below in a Windows task if it is installed The Windows task can be used to change the schedule of executing Consistency Check or delete tasks For how to use tasks see the Win
91. ical Device is failed further Recover a Logical Drive of degraded redundancy by Hot Spare or replacement of the failed Physical Device If Hot Spare or replacement of a failed Physical Device operates Rebuild the status of the Physical Device changes during the rebuilding with its Status changed to Rebuilding Structure and Status of RAID System Property of RAID Viewer Property of raidcmd cs gt raidcmd property tg ld c 1 I 1 1 Degraded General RAID Controller 1 Logical Drive 1 RAID Level 5 ID 0 Han Value Physical Device Number 1 2 3 Number py e 2af Disk Array Number d ID od RAID Tevel b Physical Device Number ae 1 273 ipe Size e i ee 1 2 3 4 Disk Array Information Pa 1 forder 1 1 apac ty ey k i C Online Online Ready Rebuilding RAID Level K RAID 5 aaa Mode ees VW ae Ran Failed Capacity K 20GB Status eae Degraded its Stripe Size i B4B o E ee De Cache Mode Gerrent Aite Back x gt raidemd property tg pd c 1 p 4 Tree View of RAID Viewer EE RAID Controller 1 Physical Device 4 General ID 0 p Enclosure 1 Become Warning by Slot 7 4 existence of te oS Type ie cite ee L Gh ace LUSgranen node gt r Vendor Made L Seagate ST12345678 a Firmware Versiofirs BKOY E Computer bs Geni Defice Type A HDD a Ser ial Number 7 1111 SMA RAID Controller 1 0 l riterface i SAS e Teas E a TITT MA Ia Battery N
92. ical Devices are connected completely start the RAID Viewer Step 2 Click the RAID Controller on the Tree View select Create Logical Drive on the pull down menu of menu item Control and click Simple Control Tool Help fF Create Logical Drive Silence Buzzer Custom If only a single unused Physical Device exists in the RAID Controller Create Logical Drive Simple Mode is disabled Step 3 The Create Logical Drive Simple Create Logical Drive Simple E x wizard is started STEP i 3 Selection of RAID Level In step 1 3 select the RAID Level of the Logical Select RAID Level of Logical Drive Drive to be created After the selection click Next RAID Level Rains v oa 61 Step 4 In step 2 3 select Physical Devices to be xi used to create the Logical Drive If Physical Devices of STEP 2 3 Selection of Physical Devices different types exist in the RAID Controller click the oa eee eee re type to be used on Type Next check the check boxes of Physical Devices to be used on Physical Device You must select Physical Devices to be used Physical Device by the number allowing the RAID Level selected in Step 1 3 to be created After selecting Physical Devices properly click Next Type a Capacity BEP 43 O OOO 67GB PD 5 4 33GB E pp 6 5 278GB 0 amp pp 76 Step 5 Step 3 3 indicates the information on xl the Logical Drive to be cre
93. ical Devices of lower Physical Device Numbers are used preferentially for Logical Drives to be created excluding those for making Hot Spares Ex If Physical Devices 1 7 can be used for Easy Configuration and Physical Device 3 is used as a Hot Spare Logical Drives 1 and 2 are created with Physical Devices 1 and 2 having lower Physical Device Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Device 1 Device 2 Device 3 Device 4 Device 5 Device 6 Device 7 Hot Spare Logical Logical Drive 1 Drive 2 Numbers and Physical Devices 5 6 and 7 respectively Figure 15 Assigning Physical Devices in Easy Configuration 1 If more than one Logical Drive are created and the number of Physical Devices configuring a Logical Drive is not equal to others a larger number of Physical Devices should be assigned to a Logical Drive having a smaller logical number 57 Ex If Physical Devices 1 7 can be used for Easy Configuration and two Logical Drives are created Logical Drives 1 and 2 are created with four Physical Devices 1 4 and three Physical Devices 5 7 respectively Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Device 1 Device 2 Device 3 Device 4 Device 5 Device 6 Device 7 Logical Logical Drive 1 Drive 2 Figure 16 Assigning Physical Devices in Easy Configuration 2 o Physical Devices in which S M A R T errors are detected cannot be used to create Logical Drive
94. icated RAD Comte oc Hy Phos teal Device 6 Hot Spare is made The capacity of the Physical Device should be equal to or larger than any Physical Device Enclosure a used by the target Disk Array Slot 6 Number of the target Disk Array using the Dedicated Hot rele pe ae Spare Vendor Mode Seagate ST12345678 Firmware Version BKO9 Step 2 If you see the property of the Physical serial Number lt 11 Device after making the Dedicated Hot Spare you ie jl OG8 i atus Hot Spare find that the value of Status is changed to Hot Hot Spare Information Dedicated Disk Array 2 Spare and new item Hot Spare Information S M A R T Norma appears with value Dedicated gt Removing Hot Spare The procedure of removing a Hot Spare is described below RAID Viewer Use Remove Hot Spare in Control menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being Hot Spare on the Tree View LEs n Step 2 Select Hot Spare on the pull down menu of menu item Control and click Remove Hot Make Global Hot Spare Ma Spare Make Online lake Dedicated Hot Spare Make Offine Remove Hot Spare ee as a me Ne d Me Re a Nae ge et l w Step 3 If you see the property of the Physical Device after removing it from the Hot Spare you can ea 67GB find that the value of Status is set to Ready and a Ready item Hot Spare Information disappears S M AR T Normal raidcmd Use hotspare comma
95. ice1 gt lt physicaldevice2 gt Specify Physical Devices used to create the Logical Drive lt physicaldeviceX gt lt physicaldeviceZ gt lt physicaldevice1 2 X Z gt Physical Device Number Delimit the physical drives with rl 4 5 Specify the RAID Level of the Logical Drive to be created 1 RAID 1 5 RAID 5 Creates the Logical Drive immediately without displaying the message of y confirming that the Logical Drive may be created Description Creates a Logical Drive simply by specifying only two parameters or Physical Devices used for the Logical Drive and RAID Level The raidcmd creates a Logical Drive and terminates after Initialize is started You can check the progress and result of the Initialize by using oplist and property commands RAID Levels allowed to be created RAID 1 RAID 5 Available Physical Devices Physical Devices with Status of Ready Physical Devices not used at all Configuration of Disk Array and Logical Drive to be created Creates a single Disk Array and a single Logical Drive with the specified Physical Devices Other parameters Creates a Logical Drive with parameters set as follows Capacity Creates a Logical Drive by using the entire areas of Physical Devices The actual capacity varies depending on the RAID Level Stripe Size 64KB Cache Mode Default mode of RAID Controller Initialization Mode Full 102 oplist Overview Displays the list of operations per
96. ing raidsrv services Changing Running Mode at Start of RAID Viewer The RAID Viewer is started in the Standard Mode by default The setting can be changed so that the RAID Viewer is always started in the Advanced Mode as described below Step 1 Click Option on the pull down menu of menu item Tool Step 2 Check the Always start with an Advanced Mode check box in the General tab of the Option dialog box Ix General The setting of Always start RAID Viewer in Advanced Mode is enabled at the next start of al I Dos the RAID Viewer 97 raidcmd Command Reference This chapter describes commands of the raidcmd CC Overview Starts or stops Consistency Check Format raidcmd cc c lt controller gt l lt logicaldrive gt op start stop c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number l lt ogicaldrive gt Specify the Logical Drive to be processed lt logicaldrive gt Logical Drive Number op start stop Specify whether Consistency Check is started or stopped start Starts Consistency Check stop Stops Consistency Check Description Starts Consistency Check of the specified Logical Drive or stops Consistency Check executed for the specified Logical Drive Condition Starting Consistency Check can be provided for a Logical Drive with Status being Online Stopping Consistency Check can be provided for a
97. is changed to Stopped Stop gt oma Ob ject _ aa Status Consistency Check Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 1 Completed Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LO 3 Completed Tritialize RATT Controller 1 1 3 Camnleted raidcmd Use cc command Step 1 Execute cc command with op option and the following parameters gt raidcmd cc c 1 2 op stop gt raidcmd oplist RAID Controller 1 gt Number of the RAID Controller containing the Logical Drive for which Consistency Check is stopped Number of the Logical Drive for which Consistency Check is stopped Step 2 After the Consistency Check is stopped the raidcmd terminates normally The stopped Consistency Check disappears from the list of oplist command Checking Result of Executing Consistency Check You can find the result of executing Consistency Check by checking the RAID Log of the Universal RAID Utility Detecting a problem the Consistency Check records the log in the RAID Log Setting Consistency Check Priority You can set the priority at which Consistency Check is executed in the computer The procedure of setting the Consistency Check Priority is described below wO Setting Consistency Check Priority are available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT RAID Viewer Change the property of RAID Controller Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click the RAID Controller on the Tree View Then click Properties
98. l Battery General Warning ax San aout haa aut a ua Ti SRSC0 ctwebbeveewsecavesessneneenes ss Property of raidcmd The Battery Status of RAID Controller Properties becomes Warning when there are problem in Battery gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 o Controller 1 gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 RAID Controller 1 0 ID 0 Interface gt SAS Interface gt SAS Vendor LSI Logic Vendor LSI Logic Mode MegaRAID SAS PCI Mode Express TM ROMB Express TM ROMB Abnormal Battery Firmware Version 1 14 02 0342 Firmware Version Warning Cache Size Cache Size u Battery Status Warning Initialize Priority i Dahiit lA Drinaritvu ich Figure 26 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd Abnormal battery operation Monitoring Enclosure Status The Universal RAID Utility can monitor enclosure status which the RAID Controller detects by the following means OANA DIAVAT S N 8 raidcmd Buzzer The Universal RAID Utility monitors events of the enclosure detected by the RAID Controller The Universal RAID Utility logs detected enclosure events to the RAID Log In addition the Universal RAID Utility records important events to the Windows event log and sends alerts to the NEC ESMPRO Manager The RAID Viewer and raidcmd do not indicate the severity of events in this category to Tree View and the property of RAID system See Appendix B Logs Events for detail about the event
99. l Device N ID of Physical Device 46 Updating Information of RAID System The management information of RAID System managed by the Universal RAID Utility is corrected by the raidsrv service at the following timings E Starting raidsrv service mM Receiving an event such as change of RAID System status or change of execution status of an operation having occurred To update the management information of the RAID system to the latest collect the newest information of all RAID System by the RAID Viewer and raidcmd RAID Viewer Use Rescan in File menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click Rescan in File menu The raidsrv service Control Tool Help acquires the information on the RAID System from the RAID System again and z rh GFE updates the management information to the latest Properties Exit Alt F4 raidcmd Use rescan command Step 1 Execute rescan command The raidsrv service acquires the information on the RAID System gt raidemd rescan from the RAID System again and updates the gt management information to the latest Referring to RAID System Operation Log Operations done for RAID Systems and events occurred in the RAID Systems are registered to the RAID Log of the Universal RAID Utility See Logging Events to RAID Log for detail In case of the operating system is Windows use Log Viewer to refer to RAID Log File Help Refresh F5 Prope roles TE Exit alte The infor
100. l Devices Available for Create Logical Drive Custom Mode For Create Logical Drive Custom Mode Disk Arrays or unused Physical Devices are available depending on the RAID Level of the Logical Drive to be created o Physical Devices in which S M A R T errors are detected cannot be used to create Logical Drives Disk Array which does not have any Logical Drive can not be used to create Logical Drives Logical Drive with RAID Level being RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 Disk Arrays containing empty areas or unused Physical Devices are available for creating a Logical Drive with the RAID Level being RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 Among empty areas in a Disk Array the empty area existing at the end of the Disk Array can be used The RAID Level of a Logical Drive to be created must be the same as that of the Logical Drives existing in the area used on the Disk Array If unused Physical Devices are used create a Disk Array and create a Logical Drive on it Unused Physical Devices are those with their Status being Ready Logical Drive with RAID Level being RAID 10 or RAID 50 Only unused Physical Devices are available for Logical Drives with RAID Level being RAID 10 or RAID 50 Unused Physical Devices are those with their Status being Ready 67 Creating Logical Drives by Create Logical Drive Custom Mode This section describes the information on Logical Drives to be created by Create Logical Drive Custom Mod
101. led See Standard and Advanced Modes for the functions available depending on running modes Functions executable by RAID Controller Menu item Description Create Logical Drive Creates a Logical Drive in the selected RAID Controller Create Logical Drive has two modes Simple and Custom In the Simple mode a Logical Drive can be simply created only by selecting a RAID Level and Physical Devices In the Custom mode a Logical Drive can be created by specifying detailed settings Silence Buzzer Stops the Buzzer in the RAID Controller 33 Functions executable for Logical Drive Menu item Description Consistency Check Executes Consistency Check for the selected Logical Drive Initialize Initializes the selected Logical Drive Initialize has two modes Full and Quick In the Full mode initializes the entire area of a Logical Drive In the Quick mode initializes only several leading blocks including the information on managing a Logical Drive Delete Logical Drive Deletes the selected Logical Drive Functions executable for Physical Device Menu item Description Rebuild Rebuilds the selected Physical Device Hot Spare Makes a Hot Spare with the selected Physical Device or removes a Hot Spare Make Global Hot Spare makes Physical Devices be Global Hot Spares available as Hot Spares of all Logical Drives in the relevant RAID System Make Dedicated Hot Spare makes Physical Devices be Dedi
102. lick the Disk Array node to be used on Disk EA PD 1 0 Online SAS HDD Array After the selection click Next amp PD 2 1 Online SAS HDD fa PD 3 2 Online SAS HDD Add Disk Array To create a Disk Array to be used newly click Add x Disk Array Then the Add Disk Array dialog box Select Physical Device s for adding of Disk Array appears Check the check boxes of Physical Devices Physical Device ygaper aie to be used for the added Disk Array by the number MG po 413 67GB required for the RAID Level to be created Then click ME Po 5 4 33GB OK The newly created Disk Array is added to Disk pen ante Array in step 2 3 of the Register Logical Drive wizard Cancel 2 RAID 10 or RAID 50 is select as the RAID Level xi select Physical Devices used for the Logical Drive STEP 2 3 Selection of Physical Device For RAID 10 check the check boxes of four Physical Select Physical Devices for creating of Logical Drive Devices For RAID 50 check the check boxes of six or larger Physical Devices Further the number of Type Physical Devices should be even After the selection l Physical Device Number Capacity click Next ME pp 43 67GB E pp 5 4 33GB E pp 6 5 278GB E pp 7 6 278GB Cancel 65 Step6 In step 3 3 select the setting items of x the Logical Drive to be registered Capacity should STEP 3 3 Selection of the Select Items be a value within the
103. lity You must close RAID Viewer and Log Viewer raidcmd Event Viewer when will uninstall Universal RAID Utility Preparing installation Windows The Universal RAID Utility uses Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher Install Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher if it does not exist in the computer where the Universal RAID Utility is to be installed YW Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher Therefore you don t need to install NET Framework in case of using them as operating system Step 1 Click Start Control Panel Then double click F Add or Remove Programs lolx Add or Remove Program amp Currently installed programs IT Show updates Sort bime Change or Remove fe Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 Size 121 00MB Programs 2 jB Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable Size 5 21MB Step 2 Click Change or Remove Program to list Currently installed programs If the following programs aR exist in the list of Currently installed programs Program Microsoft NET Framework may not be installed If the Ta following packages do not exist install the package s H Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 for x64 Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 x64 Step 3 Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 uses different packages depending on the CPU architecture See the table below to download and install the required packages CPU architecture Required compon
104. lity performs the jobs which must be examined and manipulated to configure a RAID System instead E Allowing a RAID System to be configured only by specifying three items or a RAID Controller the number of Physical Devices used for Logical Drives and the number of Logical Drives to be created E Allowing the Universal RAID Utility to set all the items associated with Logical Drives including RAID Level Capacity and Stripe Size automatically Allowing more than one Logical Drive to be created at a time Making Dedicated Hot Spares for Logical Drives automatically created by Universal RAID Utility if Physical Devices are left for Hot Spares Procedure of Easy Configuration of RAID System The following describes the procedure of configuring a RAID System easily RAID Viewer Use Easy Configuration in Tool menu Step 1 Connect Physical Devices used for Easy Configuration to the RAID Controller at this timing if required If the Physical Devices are connected completely start the RAID Viewer Step 2 Click Easy Configuration on the pull down menu of menu item Tool Tool Help ool Tool Easy Configuration Pn Wicwwor i trlol Step 3 The Easy Configuration wizard is x started In step 1 3 select the RAID Controller to be STEP i 3 Selection of RAID Controller configured by clicking it Then click Next Select RAID Controller using Easy Configuration In the RAID Controller area RAID Controllers which do no
105. m management information of the Universal RAID Utility Format raidcmd rescan Description This command collects the configuration information and state information of all of RAID systems managed by the Universal RAID Utility The management information of RAID System in the Universal RAID Utility is the newest state by this command runmode Overview Changes the running mode of the raidcmd Format raidcmd runmode md a s Command Parameter Description md a s Specify the altered running mode If md option is not specified shows the current running mode a Advanced mode s Standard mode Description Changes the running mode of the raidcmd or indicates the current running mode 105 Valid period of mode after change The running mode is valid unless it is changed by runmode command The running mode remains unchanged if the computer is rebooted sbuzzer Overview Stops the Buzzer on a RAID Controller Format raidcmd sbuzzer c lt controller gt Command Parameter gt Description c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number Description Stops the Buzzer sounding in the specified RAID Controller The command terminates normally if it is executed without Buzzer sounding slotlamp Overview Turns on or off the DISK lamp of the computer or enclosure in which Physical Devices are installed Format raidcmd sl
106. mation saved in the RAID Log at the start of the Log Viewer appears on it To update the information click Refresh on the pull down menu of menu item File The Log Viewer acquires the RAID Log again and updates the displayed information to the latest In case of the operating system is Linux use text editor or otherwise to refer to RAID Log 47 Configuration of RAID System This chapter describes the configuration of a RAID System by using the Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility provides a variety of functions depending on purposes Would like to make Hot Spare as measures against failure of Physical Device a a Allows Global or Dedicated Hot Spare to be made without errors ould like to configure RAID System easily due to no expert knowledge f RAID System Provides Easy Configuration allowing RAID System to be configured without expert knowledge of RAID System Would like to add a Logical Drive easily Allows Logical Drive to be made only by setting two selection items Would like to specify configuration of Logical Drive closely or create more than one Logical Drive ata p a E me e Allows information on Logical Drive to be set closely or more than one Logical Drive to be created at a time at will Would like to delete unnecessary Logical Drive However it is anxious about destruction of system mistake m
107. minates after Initialize is started You can check the progress and result of the Initialize by using oplist and property commands 101 RAID Levels allowed to be created RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 RAID 50 Available Physical Devices Physical Devices with Status of Ready Physical Devices not used at all Available Disk Array Disk Array has empty area at the end The RAID Level of the Logical Drive to be created must be the same as that of the Logical Drive existing on the same Disk Array Configuration of Disk Array and Logical Drive to be created Creates a single Disk Array and a single Logical Drive with the specified Physical Devices if the Disk Array is created newly Capacity of Logical Drive with RAID Level of RAID 10 or RAID 50 For the RAID Level of RAID 10 or RAID 50 use the entire areas of Physical Devices to create a Logical Drive You cannot specify the capacities of the Physical Devices Condition This command can be executed only in the Advanced Mode mkids Overview Creates a Logical Drive with simple parameter settings Format raidcmd mklds c lt controller gt p lt physicaldevice1 gt lt physicaldevice2 gt lt physicaldeviceX gt lt physicaldeviceZ gt rl 1 5 y Command Parameter Description c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller connecting with Physical Devices used for the Logical Drive lt controller gt RAID Controller Number p lt physicaldev
108. modes in which the network function cannot operate E Safe Mode E Safe Mode with Command Prompt E Safe Mode with Networking Also cannot be used in the single user mode of Linux and VMware ESX Server For how to use the Universal RAID Utility in the single user mode see Starting Universal RAID Utility in Single User Mode 14 Installation and Uninstallation This section describes the procedure of installation and uninstallation of Universal RAID Utility The working procedure is different by the kind of installation or uninstallation kind Description New Installation Install Universal RAID Utility newly when there is not Universal RAID Utility in the computer Procedure Windows 1 Preparing installation Windows 2 New Installation Windows Procedure Linux 1 Preparing installation Linux 2 New Installation Linux VMware ESX Server Procedure VMware ESX Server 1 New Installation Linux VMware ESX Server Update Installation Install the new version of Universal RAID Utility when there is the old version of Universal RAID Utility in the computer Procedure Windows 1 Update Installation Windows Procedure Linux VMware ESX Server 1 Update Installation Linux VMware ESX Server Add Installation Install or uninstall the program to control the RAID Controller after added or deleted the RAID Controller Procedure Windows 1 Add Installation Windows Procedure Linux VMware ESX Server
109. nd Step 1 Execute hotspare command with mr option and the following parameters gt raldcmd hotspare c 1 p 6 mr remove Remove Hot Spare Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Do you continue yes y or no n yes Device from which the Hot Spare is removed a i Number of the Physical Device from which the Hot Spare PA Gonteet ioe a Phos tea ae mane is removed ID Enclosure d Step 2 If you see the property of the Physical Slot 6 i Device Type HDD Device after removing the Hot Spare the value of Interface SAS Status is changed to Ready and item Hot Spare Vendor Mode Seagate ST12345678 Information disappears Firmware Version BKO9 Sec kad Number Capacity Status SEM A R TE ENO Fria gt 53 Configuring RAID System Easily The Universal RAID Utility supports the Easy Configuration function allowing configurations such as creating Logical Drive and making a Hot Spare to be provided in the state where unused Physical Devices are connected to RAID Controllers If you decide the number of Physical Devices used for data storage or the number of Physical Devices configuring Logical Drives and the number of Physical Devices used as Hot Spares among unused Physical Devices connected to RAID Controllers the Universal RAID Utility automatically configure the RAID System The benefits of configuring a RAID System by using the Easy Configuration are as follows The Universal RAID Uti
110. nd RAID Viewer Fa Accessories ify Administrative Tools Documents FA Startup Pee een em ly Log viewer amp Internet Explorer w RAID viewer Search b a Outlook Express r Remote Assistance Programs Settings Help and Support Run Shut Down SH g 5 a pg To use the RAID Viewer you should log on to the computer as a user having the MPORTANT administrator authority Only users having the administrator authority can execute the RAID Viewer When start the RAID Viewer on the computer not connected to internet may wait a few minutes until startup the RAID Viewer See Verification authenticode signature when startup the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer for detail 4 Only a single RAID Viewer can be started at a time o The RAID Viewer cannot be started if the raidsrv service does not operate An error may occur if the RAID Viewer is started just after the start of the OS It is because the raidsrv service has not been started completely In this case wait for a while before restarting the RAID Viewer To close the RAID Viewer select File on the Menu Bar of the RAID Viewer and click Exit Control Tool Help Rescan CtrHF5 Properties Exit Alt F4 24 Log Viewer Use Start menu to open the Log Viewer Click Start and point menu in order to Programs Universal RAID Utility Log Viewer Fe Accessories iF Administrative Tools Document
111. nnn Drive Properties 1 Offline RAID Level 5 peeeseeecescessesseseeses Necccesccsccssccesescceed Item Property of RAID Viewer Property of raidcmd gt raidemd property tg ld c 1 I 1 RAID Controller 1 Logical a 1 ID Number ID Physical Device Number F ican F is d F ia d Disk Array Information nline Failed Failed a ad K Capacity Ka Stripe Size a Cache Modes Current Value Physical Device Number gt iy Zed Leased neeceena DISK Array Number 1 ar RAID L n 5 a ec Stripe Size 64KB Ti Capacity es 146GB 1dorder 1 1 Cache Mode Gurrent Write Back RAID 5 Cache Mode Setting Y Auto Switch Dua 0GB Status OO Offline ake gt xl Become Fatal by ee gt raidemd property tg pd c 1 p 3 existence of B en RAID Controller 1 Physical Device 3 Offline node value ID 2 3 Enclosure d ID gt 4 Slot 3 eG RR nnn encore Two failed Physical 2 Device Type WDD s pae C CCFFTFTTCOCO Slot gaantt tS Devices ESNE S TID f Vendor Mode Seagate ST12345678 plemien atear terennmez tret tmmrermm trnem n te pehe Type oY Failed Enc Firmware Versian BKO9 E anoasssendecanesnactrndcsonsssocsseosstossssoctssosssscsssestsossed Interface t 1 y Serial Number Ty i ta ee ee circa vendor Model Y s SEAGATE T3367545S eG LN O latch tO telat Se Pie ad ie oe co lan A Firmware Versions enue 0003 i ES a Vi aa
112. nt yririte Back Status Pg Degraded ict ae eee 1o E ELETA bacbo shins EO m a Tree View of RAID Viewer F aE x Physical Device Prope ties x Become Fatal by existence of F Seal i Failed node e value Enclosure slot Failed Physical Device TYRE pesnueeene Device InterFace Failed Vendor Model E Firmware Version 0003 Serial Number me 3KO10MGF ici iii ieee niin i Ai i i ili ii ini iil init clei iia S M A R T Normal Ix Property of raidcmd gt raidemd property tg ld c 1 I 1 RAID Controller 1 Logical Drive H1 ID 0 Physical Device Number 1 2 3 Disk Array Number RAID Level a Stripe Size 64KB Caiac isty 146GB Cache Mode irren Write Back Auto Switch gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 1 i Controller 1 Physical ye 1 Enclosure d Slot d Device Type HDD Interface gt SAS o Seagate ST12345678 i nO gt raidemd property tg pd c 1 p 3 oe Controller 1 nee i 3 J Enclosure 1 Slot ng Device Type HDD nterface gt SAS Vendor Motel Seagate ST12345678 Firmware Versiot BKO9 Serial Number 1111 Figure 23 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd Lost the redundancy of Logical Drive 90 Operation when failed Physical Device is replaced to recover RAID System Using the RAID System continuously with the redundancy of a Logical Drive remaining degraded may cause the data in the Logical Drive to be lost when another Phys
113. nto some blocks in a Logical Drive Only erases OS installation and partition management information Initialization of the mode is completed earlier than that of the full mode However because Os are not written into the remaining area data consistency is not held in the Logical Drive Initialize are available only in the Advanced Mode MPORTA The Consistency Check of a Logical Drive initialized in the quick mode causes a data inconsistency error to occur due to no data consistency EN Hb The Logical Drive containing the partition cannot be initialized A S TIPS Executing Initialization Initialization should be executed in Logical Drives The procedure of executing Initialize is described below RAID Viewer Use Initialize in Control menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Logical Drive on the Tree View Select Initialize on the pull down menu of menu item Control and click Full or Quick Control Tool Help Create Logical Drive Silence Buzzer Consistency Check Delete Logical Drive Step 2 After Initialize is started the progress of 5 ae appears on the Operation View Oso XDeete At the completion of the Initialize Status on the i Status Operation View is changed to Completed RAID Controller 1 LD 2 Running 10 Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 1 Completed Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Completed Tritisliza RATO Comteoilar 1 1 22 Compmloatad raid
114. ntroller on the Tree View Then click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File Step 2 Click the Options tab in the RAID Consistency Check Priority Middle E Controller Properties dialog box Change the value Patrol Read of Patrol Read to Enable or Disable Click OK or Patrol Read Priority Apply Buzzer Setting Uy RAID Controllers of some types may not support Patrol Read If the Patrol Read is not Par supported items Patrol Read and Patrol Read Priority on the Options tab do not appear raidcmd Use optctrl command Step 1 Execute optctrl command with pr l option and the following parameters raidcmd optctr c 1 pr enable Number of the RAID Controller for which whether Patrol Read is executed or not is set Enable Disable Patrol Read Step 2 Check the execution result by using property command 70 Checking Result of Executing Patrol Read You can find the result of executing Patrol Read by checking the RAID Log of the Universal RAID Utility When detects something problem Universal RAID Utility records the log in the RAID Log Setting Patrol Read Priority You can set the priority in which Patrol Read is executed in your computer The procedure of setting the Patrol Read Priority is described below wO Changing the priority of Patrol Read is available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT RAID Viewer Change the property of RAID Controller on RAID Viewer Step 1 Start the
115. nts of RAID System Replacing Physical Device for Prevention Changing of Settings of Universal RAID Utility Changing TCP port number Using Windows as Operating System Using Linux or VMware ESX Server as Operating System Changing Running Mode at Start of RAID Viewer raidcmd Command Reference CC CCS delld econfig help hotspare init mkldc mklds 102 oplist 103 optctrl 103 optid 104 property 104 rebuild 105 rescan 105 runmode 105 sbuzzer 106 slotlamp 106 stspd 106 Notes on Use of Universal RAID Utility 108 Operation Environment 108 Use of IPv6 108 Use of Universal RAID Utility from Remote System 108 RAID Viewer Log Viewer 108 Verification authenticode signature when startup the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer 108 Appendix A Glossary 109 Basic Terms on RAID System 109 Basic Terms on Functions of RAID System 110 Basic Terms on Universal RAID Utility 110 Appendix B Logs Events 111 This chapter describes the overview of the Universal RAID Utility What is Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility enables RAID Systems in a computer to be managed The Universal RAID Utility is characterized as follows 1 Allowing a variety of RAID Systems to be managed Conventionally a specific management utility must be used for each RAID System On the other hand only the Universal RAID Utility can manage more than one RAID System For the RAID Systems which the Universal RAID Utility can manage refer to the
116. of enclosure Monitoring Various Events of RAID System The Universal RAID Utility can monitor other events which the RAID Controller detects by the following means OAV DIMA S N 8 raidcmd Buzzer The Universal RAID Utility monitors various events of the RAID System as well as failures of Physical Devices battery events and enclosure events described above The Universal RAID Utility logs events detected in the RAID System to the RAID Log In addition the Universal RAID Utility records important events to the Windows event log and send alerts to the NEC ESMPRO Manager The RAID Viewer and raidcmd do not indicate the severity of events in this category to Tree View and the property of RAID system See Appendix B Logs Events for detail about the various event of RAID system Replacing Physical Device for Prevention If Physical Devices support S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology and the RAID Controller can detects S M A R T errors the Universal RAID Utility can monitor the S M A R T errors by the following means RTD raidcmd Buzzer The Universal RAID Utility monitors S M A R T errors occurred in Physical Devices Detecting a S M A R T error the Universal RAID Utility logs the event to the RAID Log In addition the Universal RAID Utility reflects the status of S M A R T in a Physical Device as the status of the Physical Device by changing the status of the Physical Device to Warnin
117. onnected with the RAID controller can be referred to in the tree view and property However the state monitoring functions of a physical device other than HDD SSD is included are not supported 2 Configuration The condition that a logical drive can be deleted is changed You are not able to delete a Logical Drive with boot partition until Ver 1 4 The condition of the Logical Drive that was able to be deleted was changed in Ver 2 0 For detail see Deleting Logical Drive 3 Operation The initialization execution condition of a logical drive is changed You are not able to initialize a Logical Drive with boot partition until Ver1 4 The condition of the Logical Drive that was able to be initialized was changed in Ver2 0 For detail see Initializing Logical Drive Timing in which the Patrol Read is executed is changed The Patrol Read was executed always continuously until Ver1 4 The timing in which the Patrol Read is executed is changed in Ver2 0 For detail see Providing Patrol Read for Physical Devices The way of turn off the lamp for checking location of Physical Device is changed To turn off the lamp for checking location of Physical Device always use the RAID Viewer or raidcmd until Ver1 40 When the fixed time had passed since the lamp was turned on the function to turn off the lamp was added in Ver2 0 4 Display of information The tree view of the RAID viewer is changed The Disk Array and the Battery were n
118. operty of the specific Physical Device Omit p to indicate the properties of all Physical Devices for the RAID Controller specified with c lt controller gt RAID Controller Number lt physicaldevice gt Physical device number p lt physicaldevice gt 104 Description Displays the properties of RAID Controllers Disk Arrays Logical Drives and or Physical Devices The properties of all managed RAID Systems connected to the computer or those of specific RAID Controllers Disk Arrays Logical Drives and Physical Devices can be displayed rebuild Overview Starts or stops Rebuild Format raidcmd rebuild c lt controller gt p lt physicaldevice gt op start stop Command Parameter Description c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number p lt physicaldevice gt Specify the Physical Device to be processed lt physicaldevice gt Physical Device Number op start stop Specify that Rebuild is started or stopped start Starts Rebuild stop Stops Rebuild Description Starts Rebuild of the specified Physical Device or stops Rebuild being executed for the specified Logical Drive Condition This command can be executed only in the Advanced Mode Starting Rebuild can be executed for a Physical Device with Status being Failed used by a Logical Drive with Status being Degraded Fescan Overview Update the RAID Syste
119. ormal 2 Vendor Model i E Devs MARTO UT Normal a 1 gt lip Firrnware Version 0004 Int gt H E Disk Array 10 Enca Serial Number SLOOFPSV Ver e canactt Toa Firmware Version BKO9 ease ee OSS Serial Number 1111 S OES E inet nila BUNEA Capacity 0000 1466B SMART stint wom Status Ready o vendor Model SEAGATE Failed Physical k M A R T Norma Firmware hda RETARA nee ier Device s L Sprid siksa KAM Ready After Rebuild starts various results such as Status nnn sare changes Ready cannot recognize existence and Status a i keep Failed are thought by RAID Controller s kind and the kind of the occurring issue as for a Physical Device that Figure 24 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd Rebuilding of Physical Device 91 Operation when the Logical Drive is offline due to failure of Physical Device If you continue to use the RAID System with lost redundancy of a Logical Drive and another Physical Device is failed further the redundancy of the Logical Drive is lost completely two or more Physical Devices of RAID Level 1 or 5 is failed three or more Physical Devices of RAID Level 6 is failed The status of a Logical Drive without redundancy is offline with its Status being Offline The data in a Logical Drive in the offline status is lost Replace all failed Physical Devices and Rebuild the RAID System Structure and Status of RAID System Logical Drive Properties 22222222S n
120. otlamp c lt controller gt p lt physicaldevice gt sw on off c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number p lt physicaldevice gt Specify the Physical Device to be processed lt physicaldevice gt Physical Device Number sw on off Specify that the lamp is turned on or off on Turns on the lamp off Turns off the lamp Description Turns on or off the DISK lamp on the computer or enclosure in which the specified Physical Device is installed Executing the raidcmd with sw on while the DISK lamp is already ON causes the command to terminate normally Executing the raidcmd with sw off while the DISK lamp is already OFF causes the command to terminate normally stspd Overview Changes the status of a Physical Device to online or failed forcibly Format raidcmd stspd c lt controller gt p lt physicaldevice gt st online offline y c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number p lt physicaldevice gt Specify the Physical Device to be processed lt physicaldevice gt Physical Device Number st online offline Specify the altered status online Online status offline Failed status 106 Command Parameter Description y Changes the status without the message of confirming that the status may be changed Description Changes the Status of the speci
121. packages 16 CPU architecture Required component and its vendor x86 x64 Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package x86 http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID 200b2fd9 ae1a 4a14 984d 389 c36f85647 amp displaylang en Use the x86 package whatever the CPU architecture may be There is not the description about Windows Server 2008 in System Requirements Supported Operating Systems But if you use Windows Server 2008 as the operating system you need to install this package New Installation Windows The Setup Program install Universal RAID Utility newly when there is not Universal RAID Utility in the computer Step 1 Click Start Run Browse Click setup exe in the folder contained the installation image of Universal RAID Utility and click Open in the Browse dialog box Recognize that displays setup exe in Name box on Run dialog box and click OK Step 2 The new installation starts the InstallShield Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard Wizard of the Universal RAID Utility Click Next Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Universal RAID Utility The InstallShield Wizard will install Universal RAID Utility on your computer To continue click Next Step 3 The Universal RAID Utility is installed in Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard x Program Files Universal RAID Utility or Program Files Chonsas Darina Lii x86 for x64 in the dri
122. pe 6 An error happened to the Fan Unit of Enclosure Address Type 4 The temperature of Enclosure is Normal level Address Type 1 The Configuration was cleared RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO RO MA MA MA MA MA 117 Battery Voltage Normal Enclosure Warning Enclosure Fatal Enclosure Temperature Warning Enclosure Temperature Fatal Enclosure Power Supply Unit Error Enclosure Fan Unit Error Enclosure Temperature Normal Configuration Cleared Deal Method None Please check the Enclosure If some kind of problem happens to the Enclosure repeatedly please deal with the problem of the Enclosure Please check the Enclosure If some kind of problem happens to the Enclosure repeatedly please deal with the problem of the Enclosure Please check the Fan Unit of the Enclosure If some kind of problem happens to the Fan Unit please deal with the problem Please check the Fan Unit of the Enclosure If some kind of problem happens to the Fan Unit please deal with the problem Please check the Power Supply Unit of the Enclosure If some kind of problem happens to the Power Supply Unit please deal with the problem Please check the Fan Unit of the Enclosure If some kind of problem happens to the Fan Unit please deal with the problem None None Deal Method Event ID Severity Description hex digit 0702 Information raidsrv Configuration 400002BE CT
123. r of the RAID Controller is used if a failure occurs in the RAID System Enable Uses the Buzzer Disable Does not use the Buzzer du Some types of the RAID Controller do not support items appearing in the properties of RAID Controllers and or items whose settings can be changed Unsupported items indicate space or do not appear in the list Referring to Property of Battery For the information on a Battery on RAID Controller see the property of the Battery by RAID Viewer and see the property of the RAID Controller by raidcmd To display the property of Battery by RAID Viewer click the a Battery whose information is to be seen on the Tree View and co click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File o i The General tab indicates the property of the Battery E vate 41 Item Description OANA DIAVAT S N 8 Status Indicates the status of the battery installed in the RAID Controller Three possible status are as follows Normal Indicates that the battery can be used normally Warning Indicates that the battery cannot be used normally due to some reason Not Present Indicates that no battery is installed in the RAID Controller Referring to Property of Logical Drive For the information on a Logical Drive see the property of the Logical Drive To display the property of Logical Drive by RAID Viewer Logical Drive Pron click the Logical Drive whose information is to be seen on the Tree View and click P
124. r the Logical Drive 3 too Global Hot l Spare Figure 10 Global Hot Spare 2 49 About Dedicated Hot Spare Dedicated Hot Spare is a Hot Spare of specified Logical Drives for a single RAID Controller The Dedicated Hot Spare features the following E Dedicated Hot Spare is a Hot Spare of specified Logical Drives E One Dedicated Hot Spare can be a Hot Spare of one or more Logical Drives E One or more Dedicated Hot Spare can be a Hot Spare of one or more Logical Drives Dedicated Hot Spares cannot be created in a Disk Array containing Logical Drives with the RAID Level being RAID O Dedicated Hot Spares can not be created in a Disk Array which does not have any Logical Drive Dedicated Hot Spare can be created by a Physical Device as which a Physical Device of the same Interface Type and Device Type to create the Disk Array Ex 1 You make the Dedicated Hot Spare on the RAID Controller which has Logical Drive 1 and 2 If you specify only the Logical Drive 1 as the target Logical Drive the Dedicated Hot Spare is a Hot Spare of Logical Drive 1 Logical Drive ILogical Drive Dedicated 1 J 2 Hot Spare Figure 11 Dedicated Hot Spare 1 Ex 2 In case of the RAID System in Ext If you specify the Logical Drive 1 and 2 as the target Logical Drive the Dedicated Hot Spare is a Hot Spare of Logical Drive 1 and 2 l Logical Drive Logical Drive Dedicated 1 2 Hot Spare we e ed
125. r the syslog in Linux For events to be logged in the Windows event log see Appendix B Logs Events Sending Alert to NEC ESMPRO Manager Among RAID System events logged in the OS Log the Universal RAID Utility sends important events which may affect the operations and managements of the computer to the NEC ESMPRO Manager as alerts To send alerts the event monitoring function provided by the NEC ESMPRO Agent can be used If the NEC ESMPRO Agent is installed in the computer in which the Universal RAID Utility is installed and alert transmission is set RAID System events detected by the Universal RAID Utility will be automatically subject to alert transmission to the NEC ESMPRO Manager For alerts sent to the NEC ESMPRO Manager see Appendix B Logs Events Wu For alert transmission provided by the NEC ESMPRO Agent see the relevant documentation Pi of the NEC ESMPRO Agent Using report coordination of NEC ESMPRO AlertManager To transfer alerts sent to the NEC ESMPRO Manager by using the inter manager communication function or to use alerts on report coordination of the NEC ESMPRO AlertManager add the following registry to the computer in which the NEC ESMPRO Manager is installed Registry key CPU architecture x86 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE NEC NVBASE AlertViewer AlertType URAIDUTL CPU architecture x64 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Wow6432Node NEC NVBASE AlertViewer AlertType URAIDUTL Values Name Type Data WavDefa
126. red when a fatal error occurs A Warning A log of the type is registered when a problem occurs which is not fatal but requires your attention li Information A log of the type is registered at occurrence of an event such as execution of an operation without any problem Date Indicates the date on which the event occurred Time Indicates the time at which the event occurred in the 24 hour format Event ID Indicates the event ID of the log Description Indicates the contents of the log Double clicking an arbitrary log allows the detailed Event Prone a xj information on the log to be displayed n 7 Event Date 2007 08 29 Time 14 08 11 Type Error ID 304 Description lt RUOSO4 gt CTRL 1 PO ID 3 SEAGATE ST37345555 0001 Physical Device is Failed Menu Bar The Log Viewer has two menu items or File and Help on the Menu Bar ff Universal RAID Utility Log Yiewer File Help Figure 7 Menu of Log Viewer The following describes each menu item File menu File menu includes items for updating the display information on the Log Viewer and terminating the Log Viewer 37 Menu item Description Refresh Reads the contents in the RAID Log and updates the Log View to the latest Properties Opens the Event Properties dialog box and displays the detailed information on the log selected by the Log Viewer Exit Closes the Log Viewer Help menu Help menu includes
127. ription Al Computer Normal All RAID Systems in the computer operate normally Problems which RAID Controllers define as failures do not occur a Computer Warning One or more RAID Systems of the following status exist in the computer Containing one or more failed components but being operable El Computer Fatal One or more RAID Systems of the following status exist in the computer Containing one or more failed components and being inoperable RAID Controller Each RAID System on the computer is the RAID Controller node A RAID Controller node equals a RAID Controller and shows the number ID and model of the RAID Controller A RAID Controller icon indicates the status of the RAID system on the RAID Controller totally Icon Meaning Description mI RAID Controller Normal The all of components battery Logical Drive Physical Device operates normally on the RAID Controller Problems which the RAID Controller detects as failures do not occur RAID Controller Warning One or more components of the following status exist on the RAID Controller Containing one or more failed components but being operable mA RAID Controller Fatal One or more components of the following status exist in the RAID Controller Containing one or more failed components and being inoperable Battery If the RAID Controller has the battery the RAID Controller node has a Battery node A Battery node and icon shows the status of battery
128. rive having RAID Level of RAID 50 p lt physicaldevice1 gt lt physicaldevice2 gt lt physicaldevice3 gt lt physicaldevice4 gt lt physicaldevice5 gt lt physicaldevice6 gt lt physicaldevicexX gt rl O 1 5 6 10 50 Specify the RAID Level of the Logical Drive to be created as follows 0 RAID O 1 RAID1 5 RAID 5 6 RAID 6 10 RAID 10 50 RAID 50 cp lt capacity gt Specify the capacity of the Logical Drive to be created lt capacity gt capacity in GB Creates the Logical Drive of the maximum capacity available if cp is omitted l ss 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 Specify the Stripe Size of the Logical Drive to be created 512 1024 1KB 2KB 4KB 8KB 16KB 32KB 64KB 128KB 256KB 512KB 1024KB The default value for the RAID Controller is used if ss is omitted cm auto writeback writethru Specify the Cache Mode of the Logical Drive to be created auto Auto Switch writeback Write Back writethru Write Through The default value for the RAID Controller is used if cm is omitted im full quick Specify the Initialize Mode of the Logical Drive to be created full Full mode quick Quick mode The full mode is used if im is omitted y Creates the Logical Drive immediately without displaying the message of confirming that the Logical Drive may be created Description Creates a Logical Drive with advanced parameter settings The raidcmd create a Logical Drive and ter
129. roller Making Logical Drive count If Physical Devices of different Interface Types or Device Type exist specify the number of Physical Devices in each type in the example shown to the right proper settings are provided for Physical Devices of the SAS interface If other Physical Devices of different types exist perform the operation in each type Step 5 Step 3 3 shows the configuration of the RAID System to be configured by the Easy Configuration To configure the RAID System according to the displayed information type yes To change the configuration type no If you type yes the raidcmd executes the configuration of the RAID System and terminates normally Making Logical Drives and Hot Spares is now completed See the property of each component to check the configuration However the Initialize of the Logical Drives having been created may not be completed The progress and result of initializing the Logical Drives can be checked by using oplist command RAID Controller A B Physical Device C D gt raidcmd econfig Step 1 3 Select RAID Control ler RAID Controller 1 MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM ROMB RAID Controller 2 LSI Corporation MegaRAID SAS 8408E RAID Controller 1 2 1 Step 2 3 lt Physical Device Type SAS gt Unused Physical Device count Physical Device count using Logical Drive s 2 7 Hot Spare count Set the contents of configuration Do you continue Lyes y or no n
130. roperties on the pull down menu of menu item File Number 1 f ID 0 Ne yee rie pire dialog box contains the gan Ceee ee EE enera and ption tabs Disk Array Information 1 order 1 1 i RAID Level RAIDS The General tab indicates the property of the Logical Drive Canadi BEE Stripe Size Bb4k6 Cache Mode Current Write Through Status Online The Option tab allows you to see the settings of the Logical Drive Praner x Logical Drive You can change the settings in the Advanced Mode Cache Mode Setting Auto Switch Use property command to see the property of a Logical gt raidomd property tg ld c 1 1 1 Drive by raidcmd RAID Controller 1 Logical Drive 1 ID 0 Physical Device Number oie 238 Disk Array Information 1 order 1 1 RAID Level RAID 5 Capacity 20GB Stripe Size 64KB Cache Mode Current Write Back Cache Mode Setting Auto Switch orale Online Item Item Description RAID Viewer raidcmd Number RAID Controller X Indicates the management number logical address of the Logical Drive in the Logical Drive Y Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility assigns a number beginning with 1 in correspondence with the value of ID ID ID Indicates the original identification value of the Logical Drive Use this value to create Logical Drives managed by the BIOS utility of the RAID Controller correspond with those managed by the Universal RAID Utility Physic
131. s Capacity of Logical Drive The capacity of a Logical Drive to be created is defined by the RAID Level and the capacities of Physical Devices used for the Logical Drive The Easy Configuration uses the entire areas of the Physical Devices to create a Logical Drive When a single Logical Drive is created by using Physical Devices of different capacities the smallest capacity is applied among those of the Physical Devices Ex If Physical Devices 1 7 of different capacities can be used in Easy Configuration to create two Logical Drives use Physical Devices 1 4 and 5 7 to create Logical Drives 1 and 2 respectively The capacity of each Logical Drive is defined by the smallest capacity among those of the Physical Devices for the Logical Device e 8S HS hn hm Ue Ss Physical Physical I Physical l Physical y Physical Physical Physical Device 1 Device 2 4 Device 3 Device 4 Device 5 Device 6 Device 7 50GB 50GB 150GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 150GB Only 100GB can be used in Physical Device 7 because the smallest capacity Only 50GB is used in each Physical Device 3 and 4 because the smallest capacity is Logical 50GB remaining Eeen is 100GB in the a capacities 100GB and pace Physical Devices RAID 5 50GB are not used in 3 RAID 5 Remaining 50GB is and 4 respectively not used Figure 17 Capacities of Logical Drives in Easy Configuration 58 Items set for Logical
132. s FA Startup Gi Universal RAID Utility FEY Log viewer F Internet Explorer lage RAID Viewer Search b ea Outlook Express Remote Assistance Help and Support Programs Settings Run Shut Down Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Or select Tool menu of the RAID Viewer and click Log Viewer Tool Help Easy Configuration Log viewer Ctrl L g Coe ae ees a Sa el ee wO Touse the Log Viewer you should log on to the computer as a user having the IMPORTANT administrator authority Only users having the administrator authority can execute the Log Viewer When start the Log Viewer on the computer not connected to internet may wait a few minutes until startup the Log Viewer See Verification authenticode signature when startup the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer for detail o Only a single Log Viewer can be started at a time To close the Log Viewer select File on the Menu Bar of the Log Viewer and click Exit Reflesh FS Properties Exit Alt F4 25 raidcmd raidcmd is command on console as Command Prompt in Windows and console terminal in Linux and VMware ESX Server The raidcmd is executed on a console Use the raidcmd by the methods described in Functions of raidcmd wO e Auser having the administrator authority should run the raidcmd Only users having the IMPORTANT administrator authority can execute the raidcmd In case of the operating system is Windows
133. s TM Firmware Version 1 12 02 0342 Cache Size 128MB Battery Status gt Normal Rebui Id Priority gt High Consistency Check Priority Low Patrol Read Enable Patrol Read Priority Low enr Setting Enable Item Item Description RAID Viewer raidcmd Number RAID Controller X Indicates the management number logical address of the RAID Controller in the Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility assigns a number beginning with 1 for each RAID Controller ID ID Indicates the original identification value of the RAID Controller The BIOS utility of the RAID Controller uses the address of the identification value Vendor Vendor Indicates the vendor of the RAID Controller Model Model Indicates the model name of the RAID Controller Firmware Version Firmware Version Indicates the version of the RAID Controller Cache Size Cache Size Indicates the size of cache on RAID Controller in MB 40 Item Item Description RAID Viewer raidcmd Battery Status Indicates the status of the battery installed in the RAID Controller Three possible status are as follows Normal Indicates that the battery can be used normally Warning Indicates that the battery cannot be used normally due to some reason Not Present Indicates that no battery is installed in the RAID Controller This item is indicated by raidcmd only You need to see the property of Battery for seeing the information of battery by RAID Viewer
134. s manual contact the sales agent where you purchased this product 5 NEC assumes no liability arising from the use of this product nor any liability for incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of this manual regardless of Item 4 Introduction This User s Guide describes RAID System management utility Universal RAID Utility Ver 2 0 See Appendix A Glossary for the terms on the Universal RAID Utility and those used in this User s Guide Universal RAID Utility means Universal RAID Utility Ver 2 0 Before the Universal RAID Utility can be used you should carefully read the User s Guide of the RAID System managed by the Universal RAID Utility and that of the computer in which the RAID System is installed The User s Guide is intended to be read by engineers who are fully familiar with the functions and operations of Windows and Linux Refer to the Window and Linux online help and related documentation for the operations and concerns of Windows and Linux Symbols used in the text The User s Guide uses the following three symbols Follow these symbols and their meanings to use the Universal RAID Utility appropriately a Indicates a matter or caution you should particularly obey on operations of the Universal RAID Utility Indicates a notice you should check to operate the Universal RAID Utility Vey Indicates effective or convenient information which help you if you know them Contents Over
135. sages of raidcmd Commands of raidcmd Termination of raidcmd Referring to Information on RAID System Referring to Property of RAID Controller Referring to Property of Battery Referring to Property of Logical Drive Referring to Property of Physical Device Referring to Property of Disk Array Checking Execution Status of Operation Updating Information of RAID System Referring to RAID System Operation Log Configuration of RAID System Making Hot Spare About Global Hot Spare About Dedicated Hot Spare Making Global Hot Spare Making Dedicated Hot Spare Removing Hot Spare Configuring RAID System Easily Procedure of Easy Configuration of RAID System RAID Controller Enabling Easy Configuration to Be Executed Physical Devices Available for Easy Configuration Creating Logical Drives by Easy Configuration Making Hot Spares by Easy Configuration Creating Logical Drive Easily Operation Procedure of Create Logical Drive Simple Mode Physical Devices Available for Create Logical Drive Simple Mode Creating Logical Drives by Create Logical Drive Simple Mode Creating Logical Drive Freely Operation Procedure of Create Logical Drive Custom Mode Disk Arrays and Physical Devices Available for Create Logical Drive Custom Mode Creating Logical Drives by Create Logical Drive Custom Mode Deleting Logical Drive Deleting Logical Drive Maintenance of RAID System Providing Patrol Read for Physical Devices Setting Whether Patrol Read Is Ex
136. t Spares to be made and Connecting with more than one unused Physical Device Physical Devices Available for Easy Configuration Only unused Physical Devices are available for Easy Configuration Unused Physical Devices are those with their Status being Ready 56 Creating Logical Drives by Easy Configuration Logical Drives created by Easy Configuration are described below RAID Levels and the number of Logical Drives allowed to be created The RAID Level of a Logical Drive created by Easy Configuration should be RAID 1 or RAID 5 Whether RAID 1 or RAID 5 is used is defined by RAID Levels supported by the RAID Controller and the number of Physical Devices used by the Logical Drive The number of Logical Drives allowed to be created is also defined by the similar conditions RAID Controller supporting RAID Levels RAID 1 and RAID 5 Number of Physical RAID Level of Logical Drive Number of Logical Drives allowed to be created Devices used by Logical Drive 2 RAID 1 1 3 5 RAID 5 1 6 or more RAID 5 Number of Physical Devices used by Logical Drive 3 RAID Controller supporting RAID 1 only Number of Physical RAID Level of Logical Drive Number of Logical Drives allowed to be created Devices used by Logical DINS 2 or more RAID 1 Number of Physical Devices used by Logical Drive 2 w The Easy Configuration can only create Logical Drives of RAID 1 or RAID 5 IMPORTANT Physical Devices used for Logical Drives Phys
137. t meet the conditions on Easy Configuration do RAID Controler RAID Controller 1 0 MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 128MB not appear cnc 54 Step 4 In step 2 3 specify the number of xl Physical Devices used by Logical Drives or the STEP 2 3 Setting the contents of configuration num ber of Physical Devices used for data sto rage Set the contents of configuration such as a use of Physical Devices a count of Logical Drives etc and the number of Logical Drives created in the RAID Controller If Physical Devices of different Type interface types or device type exist specify the mae Sie eB hee number of Physical Devices in each type After the PSS eat E specification click Next Physical Device count using Logical Drive s 3 Hot Spare count Setting of Logical Drive Maximum Logical Drive count E Creating Logical Drive count 1 Step 5 Step 3 3 shows the configuration of the x RAID System to be configured by the Easy STEP 3 3 Check the contents of configuration Configuration To the RAID System according to the SE LOR OUTS TON iiS TONG Corn RS displayed information click OK To change the configuration click Back m RAID Controller 1 0 MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 128MB E Disk Array 2 fF Lo 2 Online RAID 5 EA PD 4 3 Online 545 HDD EA pp 5 4 Online 545 HDD EA Pp 6 5 Online SAS HDD PD 7 6 Dedicated Hot Spare S4S HDD The Logical Drive 2 will be
138. tatus from the viewpoint of the RAID System and from the viewpoint of the computer on the Tree View The raidcmd indicates the status of Physical Devices and Logical Drives on their properties The display of the RAID Viewer depending on the change of Physical Symbols Device status is described below r_ Logical drive E Physical device Physical device Hot Spare 88 Operation in no failures of Physical Devices If all Physical Devices used by a Logical Drive operates normally with their Status being Online the Logical Drive is in the online status with its Status being Online Structure and Status of RAID System Property of RAID Viewer Property of raidcmd 1 Online Logic Dre xl gt raidcmd property tg ld c 1 1 1 RAIDLevel 5 l RAID Controller 1 Logical Drive 1 ID 0 Physical Device Number 1 2 3 Disk Array Number 1 Z RAID Level 5 Physical Device Number Athi S IZ e 64KB i 2 3 4 Disk Array Information dee Capacity 146GB Cache Mode Current Write Back Auto Switch Online Online Online Hot Spare RAID Level Capacity Stripe Size Fa 4KB Cache Mode Current Pi yite Back See ee ee a E E fe eee ee A e eee aS r Jaleteiaiaialaiaieieiaiaie aa a a eee eee eee ee ia Status P Oooo e Online i Status 3 Tree View of RAID Viewer ee ee ene ee gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 1 Genera RAID Controller 1 Physical Device 1 ID
139. te to modify three configuration files start raidsrv service Click Start Control Panel Then double click ai raidcmd conf Notepad File Edit network ip i27 0 0 1 Mmotes205 log_systern Format wiew Help Management Tool Services Click Universal RAID Utility service and Start of Control menu after displays service list Using Linux or VMware ESX Server as Operating System Step 1 Log in to the computer as a user having the administrator authority Step 2 Abort the raidcmd if it is used Step 3 Stop raidsrv service Step 4 First modify the configuration file of raidsrv service The configuration file of raidsrv service is etc opt nec raidsrv raidsrv conf Open this file by text editor change data port and event port in socket section to new TCP port numbers Step 5 Next modify the configuration file of raidcmd The configuration file of raidcmd is etc opt nec raidcmd raidcmd conf Open this file by text editor change port in network section to new TCP port number The value of port is same value with data port of raidsrv service Step 6 If complete to modify three configuration files start raidsrv service gt etc init d raidsrv stop Stopping raidsrv services socket oF ners Ian 010 all eto 401 01 event port 52800 log file network ip 127 0 0 1 bor t 52805 log_system max_s i ze 10000 gt etc init d raidsrv start Start
140. teps 4to8 by the number of Click Add button to register the creating Logical Drive to the below list Click OK button to create the Logical Drive s on the below list Logical Drives to be created 3 P 2 i i i Delete After registering all Logical Drives to create click me OK Then the dialog box is closed and the ee ana ty Mode registered Logical Drives are created Check the RAID 1 33GB 64KB Auto Switch Full RAID 1 278GB 64KB Auto Switch Full contents of the Logical Drives on the Tree View Lat wetea u and or their properties However the Initialize of the Logical Drives having been created may not be completed The progress and result of initializing the Logical Drives can be checked on the Operation View OK Cancel 66 raidcmd Use mklidc command A count of Logical Drive created by raidcmd is 1 at same time Step 1 Connect Physical Devices used for a Logical Drive to the RAID Controller at this timing if required Step 2 Execute mklIdc command with the following parameters gt raidemd mkIdc c 1 p 3 4 5 rl 5 cp 100 ss 64 cm auto im Tul raidcomd creates Logical Drive 2 Number of the RAID Controller in which a Logical Drive is created Do you continue Lyes y or no n y ere s Numberson ine Physical Devcesucedtocrestes a demd created Logical Drive 2 and started to initialize Logical Drive if used The required number of Physical ee Devices varies depending on the RAID
141. the installed version 1 40 000 of Universal RAID Utility to version 2 00 0 To continue click Next i Cancel Step 3 At the completion of the installation the wizard appears as shown in the figure to the right Click Finish You can check the result of installation by the same way P The InstallShield Wizard has updated Universal RAID Utility to with New Installation Windows P version 2 00 0 Add Installation Windows The Setup Program install or uninstall the program to control the RAID Controller after added or deleted the RAID Controller Y You can start the add installation by using the clicking Modify on Universal RAID Utility Pi program in the list of Add or Remove Program Step 1 See New Installation Windows about the procedure of start the setup program Step 2 The add installation starts the InstallShield Universal RAID Utility Installshicii N Wizard of the Universal RAID Utility Select Modify and Waltona click Next Modify or remove the program Welcome to the Universal RAID Utility Setup Maintenance program This program lets you modify the current installation Click one of the options below Add or remove necessary libraries for current environment automatically C Remove E Remove all installed features InstallShield lt Back Cancel 19 Step 3 At the completion of the installation the wizard Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard appears as
142. the item of indicating the version of the Log Viewer Menu item Description About Indicates the version of the Log Viewer Functions of raidcmd This chapter describes the functions of the raidcmd Command Line To use the raidcmd specify a command and one or more parameters for the command if necessary gt raidcmd command lt parameters of command gt w To use the raidcmd you should log in to the computer as a user having the administrator Wii authority Only users having the administrator authority can execute the raidcmd sty Executing the raidcmd without any command and its parameters indicates the version of Dar the raidcmd Returned Value from raidcmd The returned value of the raidcmd is the result of executing the command Returned value Execution result O Normal termination of command 1 Abnormal termination of command Error Messages of raidcmd When a command of the raidcmd terminates abnormally the relevant error message appears in the following gt raidcmd command parameters of command format raidcmd error message l gt Commands of raidcmd See raidcmd Command Reference for commands of the raidcmd Use help command displays the help of raidcmd Termination of raidcmd In case of the operating system is Windows raidcmd is the batch file in system folder the batch file in system folder call raidcmd binary in the installed folder of Universal RAID Utilit
143. the type of the Hot Spare to be made varies Global or Dedicated Specify Disk Arrays to be subject to hot swap if a Dedicated Hot Spare is made If the a option does not exist for making a Hot Spare a Global Hot Spare will be made with the specified Physical Device If the a option exists and Disk Arrays are specified correctly for making a Hot Spare a Dedicated Hot Spare will be made with the specified Physical Device lt diskarray1 gt lt diskarrayX gt Disk Array Numbers a lt diskarray1 gt lt diskarrayX gt remove remove Removes a Hot Spare y Changes the status without displaying the message of confirming that the Hot Spare is made or removed Description Makes a Global or Dedicated Hot Spare with the specified Physical Device or removes the Hot Spare of the specified Physical Device Condition The capacity of the Physical Device to be a Dedicated Hot Spare should be equal to or larger than that of any Physical Device used in the Disk Array Dedicated Hot Spares cannot be made in a Disk Array containing one or more Logical Drives with RAID Level being RAID O init Overview Starts or stops Initialization Format raidcmd init c lt controller gt l lt logicaldrive gt op start stop im full quick Command Parameter Description c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number l lt logicaldrive gt Specify the Logic
144. tility logs to RAID Log and OS Log Event Source Alert Type Source Name of Event Log only Windows raidsrv Alert Type URAIDUTL Log R Universal RAID Utility logs this event to RAID Log O Universal RAID Utility logs this event to OS log Alert M and MA Universal RAID Utility send this event to NEC ESMPRO Manager as alert M and MA In case there is NEC ESMPRO Agent ESMDiskArray Ver 1 50 or later version on the computer does not send this event to NEC ESMPRO Manager as alert Address description in Description The Address description is different from the category of event Category of Event Type Description RAID Controller 1 CTRL 1 ID 2 Battery 1 Number of RAID Controller 2 ID of RAID Controller Physical Device 2 CTRL 1 ID 2 PD 3 ID 4 ENC 5 SLT 6 7 8 1 Number of RAID Controller 2 ID of RAID Controller 3 Number of Physical Device 4 ID of Physical Device 5 Enclosure Number of Physical Device 6 Slot Number of Physical Device 7 Vendor and Model of Physical Device 8 Firmware Version of Physical Device Logical Drive 3 CTRL 1 ID 2 LD 3 ID 4 1 Number of RAID Controller 2 ID of RAID Controller 3 Number of Logical Drive 4 ID of Logical Drive Enclosure 4 CTRL 1 ID 2 ENC 3 1 Number of RAID Controller 2 ID of RAID Controller 3 Number of Enclosure Power Supply Unit in Enclosure 5 CTRL 1 ID 2 ENC 3 POW 4
145. troller gt l lt ogicaldrive gt pd c lt controller gt p lt physicaldevice gt Command Parameter Description tg all Indicates the properties of all RAID Systems tg rc c lt controller gt Indicates the property of the specified RAID Controller Specify a RAID Controller Number with c to indicate the property of the specific RAID Controller Omit c to indicate the properties of all RAID Controllers lt controller gt RAID Controller Number tg da c lt controller gt a lt diskarray gt Indicates the property of the Disk Array Specify a RAID Controller Number with c Specify a Disk Array Number with a to indicate the property of the specific Disk Array Omit a to indicate the properties of all Disk Arrays for the RAID Controller specified with c lt controller gt RAID Controller Number lt diskarray gt Disk Array Number tg Id c lt controller gt l lt Jogicaldrive gt Indicates the property of the Disk Array Specify a RAID Controller Number with c Specify a Logical Drive Number with a to indicate the property of the specific Logical Drive Omit I to indicate the properties of all Logical Drives for the RAID Controller specified with c lt controller gt RAID Controller Number lt logicaldrive gt Logical drive number tg pd c lt controller gt Indicates the property of the Disk Array Specify a RAID Controller Number with c Specify a Physical Device Number with a to indicate the pr
146. ult REG_SZ Default wav AniDefault REG_SZ Default omp Image REG_SZ Default omp Smalllmage REG_SZ Default omp Permission In case of the operation system is Windows XP exclude Home Edition Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows NT add the following permissions 87 Name Type Administrators Full Control Everyone Read SYSTEM Full Control ESMPRO User Group Full Control PP ESMPRO User Group is the name group for the management of NEC ESMPRO Manager specified it when installed NEC ESMPRO Manager If you forget the name of group see the following registry key CPU architecture x86 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE NEC NVBASE CPU architecture x64 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Wow6432Node NEC NVBASE Value LocalGroup Monitoring Faults of Physical Devices The Universal RAID Utility can take the following measures to monitor failures of Physical Devices detected by RAID Controllers RUVIDA raidcmd Buzzer If a Physical Device used for a Logical Drive is failed the status of the Physical Device changes to Failed In addition the status of the Logical Drive using the Physical Device changes to Degraded or Offline depending on the redundancy The status of the Physical Device and Logical Device remains unchanged until the problem is solved The RAID Viewer indicates the status of Physical Devices and Logical Drives with their icons on the Tree View and their properties In addition the RAID Viewer shows the s
147. us Hot Spare Information SMART Make Global Hot Spare Make Dedicated Hot Spare Remove Hot Spare ener 67GB Hot Spare Global Normal raidcmd Use hotspare command Step 1 Execute hotspare command with mr option and the following parameters Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device with which a Hot Spare is made Number of the Physical Device with which a Global Hot Spare is made Step 2 If you see the property of the Physical Device after making the Global Hot Spare you find that the value of Status is changed to Hot Spare and new item Hot Spare Information appears with value Global Making Dedicated Hot Spare gt raidcmd hotspare c 1 p 6 mr make Make Global Hot Spare yes Do you continue yes y or no n gt gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 6 RAID Controller 1 Physical Device 6 ID 1 45 Enclosure 1 Slot a Device Type HDD Interface gt SAS Vendor Mode Seagate ST12345678 Firmware Version BKO9 Serial Number 1111 Capacity wl 4 GB Status Hot Spare Hot Spare Information Global Ss MEM R T gt NOring The procedure of making a Dedicated Hot Spare is described below RAID Viewer Use Make Dedicated Hot Spare in Control menu Step 1 Step 2 Select Hot Spare on the pull down menu of menu item Control and click Make Dedicated Hot Spare Step 3 The Make Dedicated Hot Spare dialog box appears Check t
148. ution status of the Rebuild by using oplist command Stopping Rebuild You can stop Rebuild being executed on the way The procedure of stopping Rebuild is described below w The function of stopping Rebuild is available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT RAID Viewer Use Stop on Operation View Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer See Operation View while Rebuild is executed Step 2 Click operation Rebuild which you want to stop Then click Stop on the Operation View After the Rebuild is stopped Status on the Operation View is changed to Stopped Sebel RAID wer 1 LD 3 EE Initialize RAID Controler 1 LD 3 Completed raidcmd Use rebuild command Step 1 Execute rebuild command with op option and the following parameters gt raidcmd rebuild c 1 p 3 op stop gt gt raidcemd oplist gt Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device for which Rebuild is stopped Number of the Physical Device for which Rebuild is stopped Step 2 After the Rebuild is stopped the raidcmd terminates normally The stopped Rebuild disappears from the list of oplist command Checking Result of Executing Rebuild You can find the result of executing Rebuild by checking the Tree View the property of the Physical Device and the RAID Log of the Universal RAID Utility If Rebuild succeeds the icon of the Physical Device subject to the Rebuild changes to Online on the Tree View In addition
149. ve where the OS is started by Select folder where setup will install files default To change the installation folder click Change a and enter another installation folder Click Next to start ne E E the installation C Program Files Universal RAID Utility Change InstallShield Cancel 17 Step 4 At the completion of the installation the wizard appears as shown in the figure to the right Click Finish Step 5 If installation completes Universal RAID Utility is registered to the program list in the Change or Remove Programs Also 1 or several programs to control RAID controller in your system are registered to the program list LSI SAS Storage SNMP AgentX X is version WebPAMPRO Agent Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Universal RAID Utility Click Finish to exit the wizard Add or Remove Programs 0 x amp Currently installed programs Show updates Sort by size 7 Change or eee is Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 Size 88 37MB ALEGI NEC ESMPRO Agent coy ie cen 5 Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable Size 5 21MB Add New Programs Ta Universal RAID Utility Click here for support information To change this program or remove it from your computer click Change or Remove Change Remove Components fe LSI 545 Storage SNMP Agent v3 16 0104 Size 1 06MB Add
150. view 8 What is Universal RAID Utility 8 Structure of Universal RAID Utility 9 Functional difference from Universal RAID Utility Ver1 4 10 Setup of Universal RAID Utility 12 Operation Environments 12 Hardware 12 Software Windows 12 Software Linux 13 Software VMware ESX Server 13 Others 13 Installation and Uninstallation 15 Preparing installation Windows 16 New Installation Windows 17 Update Installation Windows 18 Add Installation Windows 19 Uninstallation Windows 20 Preparing installation Linux 21 New Installation Linux VMware ESX Server 21 Update Installation Linux VMware ESX Server 22 Add Installation Linux VMware ESX Server 22 Uninstallation Linux VMware ESX Server 22 Starting or Stopping Universal RAID Utility 23 raidsrv service 23 Starting Universal RAID Utility in Single User Mode 23 RAID Viewer 24 Log Viewer 25 raidcmd 26 Standard and Advanced Modes 27 Running Mode when startup RAID Viewer and raidcmd 28 Changing Running Mode 28 Functions of RAID Viewer 29 Structure of RAID Viewer 29 Tree View 29 Computer 30 RAID Controller 30 Battery 30 Disk Array 30 Logical Drive 3i Physical Device 31 Shortcut Menu 31 Operation View 32 Menu Bar 33 File menu 33 Control menu 33 Tool menu 34 Help menu 34 Status Bar Functions of Log Viewer Structure of Log Viewer Log View Menu Bar File menu Help menu Functions of raidcmd Command Line Returned Value from raidcmd Error Mes
151. was stopped 2008 01 23 lt RU0409 gt CTRL 1 LD 1 Consistency Check was started 555565566566 Buzzer 7 RAID System eococcoooooooo Figure 21 Troubleshooting image of RAID System This chapter describes the troubleshooting of a RAID System done by using the Universal RAID Utility 85 Failure Detection Measures The Universal RAID Utility provides several fault detection measures as shown in Figure 21 Troubleshooting image of RAID System The measures are described below Status Display by RAID Viewer The RAID Viewer indicates the status of the RAID System with the icons of components on the Tree View and the Status in the Property tab of each component For details of the icons of components on the Tree View see Tree View For details of Status in the Property tab see Referring to Information on RAID System Status Display by raidcmd You can see the status of each component in a RAID System by using property command For the information in the property see Referring to Information on RAID System Logging Events to RAID Log The Universal RAID Utility logs all events occurred in the RAID System to the RAID Log in the Universal RAID Utility In case of Windows you can see the data in the RAID Log on the Log Viewer For details of the Log Viewer see Functions of Log Viewer Also the data in the RAI
152. which Initialization Priority is set Value set after Initialization Priority is set Select a value out of high middle and low Step 2 Check the execution result by using property command 78 Start the RAID Viewer Click the RAID Controller on the Tree View Then click Properties on the pull down Initialize Priority Rebuild Priority Consistency Check Priority gt raidcmd optctr c 1 ip middle gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 RAID Controller 1 ID Vendor Name Model Name 1 00 128MB i aNto ema Vendor Mode Firmware Version Cache Size attery sStatus Initialization Priority Middle Rebut H P For FRY MMA Gale Consistency Check Priority Patrol Read Patrol Read Priority Peer Setting MEIK Rebuilding Physical Device Rebuild means incorporation of a new Physical Device to a Logical Drive after a Physical Device is replaced with the new one due to occurrence of an event such as a failure In general the Rebuild is automatically started by a function of the RAID Controller called standby rebuild or hot swap rebuild Accordingly manual Rebuild is not required so often If required use the Universal RAID Utility w Manual Rebuild is available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT Executing Rebuild Rebuild is executed for a Physical Device The procedure of executing Rebuild is described below RAID Viewer Use Rebuild in Control menu Step 1 Connect the Physical
153. ws ota contre User Account Control helps stop unauthorized changes to your computer Step siete coal eae a as pt will start ka Administrator Command Prompt Leh or AERE alain E aki i Microsoft Windows Version 6 0 0081 Administrator Command Prompt You can use Copyright c gt 2006 Microsoft Corporation All ri raidcmd on Administrator Command Prompt GiSUindousssystemi z gt 26 Standard and Advanced Modes The RAID Viewer and raidcmd can operate in two running modes which are Standard Mode and Advanced Modes The Standard Mode provides the RAID Viewer and raidcmd with standard management functions for RAID Systems The Advanced Mode provides the RAID Viewer and raidcmd with advanced management and maintenance functions for RAID Systems Using the two running modes appropriately depending on users and jobs allows the usability of the RAID Viewer to be improved and malfunctions to be avoided The table below lists the functions of the RAID Viewer and raidcmd available in each mode Function RAID Viewer function raidcmd command Standard mode Advanced mode Update display information Rescan NA s s See property Property property v s Create Logical Drive simple Create Logical Drive mklds v y Simple Create Logical Drive custom Create Logical Drive mkldc s Custom Silence Buzzer Silence Buzzer sbuzzer v v Consistency Check start Consistency Check cc s v Consistency Check stop
154. x digit 0425 COO001A9 0426 400001AA 0427 400001AB 0428 400001AC 0429 400001AD 0430 400001AE 0431 400001 AF 0432 400001B0 0433 400001B1 0434 400001B2 0501 400001F5 0502 800001F6 0503 400001F7 0504 400001F8 0505 800001F9 0506 800001FA 0507 800001FB Severity Fatal Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Warning Information Information Warning Warning Warning Description Address Type 3 A Fatal Error happened to Logical Drive Detail 1 Address Type 3 Initialization was paused Address Type 3 Initialization was resumed Address Type 3 Initialization was queued Address Type 3 Consistency Check was paused Address Type 3 Consistency Check was resumed Address Type 3 Consistency Check was queued Address Type 3 Background Initialization was paused Address Type 3 Background Initialization was resumed Address Type 3 Background Initialization was queued Address Type 1 Battery was detected Address Type 1 Battery was disconnected Address Type 1 Battery was replaced Address Type 1 The temperature of battery is normal Address Type 1 The temperature of battery is high Address Type 1 The voltage of battery is low Address Type 1 A Fatal Error happened to battery RO RO RO
155. y Maximum Logical Drive count Creating Logical Drive count 1 2 Do you continue yes y or no n y Step 3 3 RAID Controller 1 0 LSI MegaRAID SAS 8202E Disk Array 1 LD 1 Online RAID 5 PD 1 0 Online SAS HDD PD 2 1 Online SAS HDD PD 3 2 Online SAS HDD PD 7 6 Dedicated Hot Spare SAS HDD Disk Array 2 LD 2 Online RAID 5 PD 4 3 Online SAS HDD PD 5 4 Online SAS HDD PD 6 5 Online SAS HDD PD 7 6 Dedicated Hot Spare SAS HDD Disk Array 3 LD 3 Online RAID 1 PD 8 7 Online SATA HDD PD 9 8 Online SATA HDD PD 10 9 Dedicated Hot Spare SATA HDD lt Caut i on gt Create Logical Drive 2 with different Physical Devices of a capacity Therefore Logical Drive capacity is decided by the smallest Physical Device of capacity Confirm the contents of configuration Run the above configuration Initialize all of Logical Drive after creating them You can see the progress and the result of initialization by oplist and property commands Do you continue yes y or no n yes gt i RAID Controller and Physical Device has two numbers in Step 3 3 A The number of RAID Controller B ID of RAID Controller C The number of Physical Device D ID of Physical Device RAID Controller Enabling Easy Configuration to Be Executed Any RAID Controller enabling Easy Configuration to be executed must meet the following conditions Allowing Dedicated Ho
156. y Therefore if you terminates raidcmd by CTRL C key the operating system displays the message as Terminate batch job Y N When displays this message raidcmd binary is terminated already Referring to Information on RAID System This chapter describes how to see the configurations and status of RAID Systems and the RAID System operation log Referring to Property of RAID Controller For the information on a RAID Controller see the property of the RAID Controller To display the property of RAID Controller by RAID Viewer RAID Controller Properties OO aaa x click the RAID Controller whose information is to be seen r on the Tree View and click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File value The RAID Controller Properties dialog box has the a 1 ID 0 General and Option tabs wend LSI t The General tab indicates the property of the RAID A ES S70BEM2 128MB Controller Firmware Version 1 12 32 0501 Cache Size 128MB The Option tab allows you to see the settings of the RAID RAID Controller Properties a x Controller You can change the settings in the Advanced Mode Rebuild Priority High Consistency Check Priority Middle Patrol Read Disable Patrol Read Priority Low Buzzer Setting Disable Use property command to see the property of a RAID gt raidomd property tg rc c 1 Controller by raidcmd RAID Controller 1 9 LSI Corporation MegaRAID SAS PCI Expres
157. y In this case install it to your computer Step 2 Log in to the computer with administrator authority to install Universal RAID Utility gt rpm q compat l ibstdc 33 Insert the install disk of operating system included the pa kann para had aida He not ee led GCC 3 3 4 Comparability standard C library to aed LBL sled T dae ie Tpm CD ROM DVD ROM drive of your computer rr ena ing FEA HHH HAHH HHHHH o at ete as FE ae gt rpm q compat ibstdc 33 GCC 3 3 4 Compatibility standard C library install it compat ibstdc 33 3 2 3 gt by rpm command the part of is different by operating system Step 3 Move current directory to the directory existed Step 4 You can see the result of installation by rpm command If the installation finishes rpm command displays the below compat libstdc 33 3 2 3 the part of is different by operating system If the installation fails rom command does not display this package name New Installation Linux VMware ESX Server Use setup sh in the install image for the installation of Universal RAID Utility newly 21 w You must install the Universal RAID Utility in the ESX Server Don t install in the virtual machine Step 1 Execute setup sh in the installation image Change the current directory to the directory in which gt cd directory name involved install image the installation image is stored and type as follows gt sh setup sh instal sh setup
158. ysical Device media errors early Execute Consistency Check periodically if the RAID Controller does not support Patrol Read If the Universal RAID Utility is installed routine execution of the Consistency Check is set for RAID Controllers not supporting Patrol Read wO Starting or stopping the Consistency Check is enabled both in the Standard Mode and Advanced Mode The function of changing the priority at which the Consistency Check is executed is available only in the Advanced Mode Executing Consistency Check Manually Consistency Check is executed in Logical Drives The procedure of starting Consistency Check is described below Wd The Consistency Check can be executed only for Logical Drives with Status being Online TTS The Consistency Check cannot be executed for Logical Drives with RAID Level being RAID O RAID Viewer Use Consistency Check in Control menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Logical Drive on the Tree View Then Ts Tool Help click Consistency Check on the pull down menu of menu item Control Create Logical Drive Silence Buzzer Consistency Check Tritisliza k Step 2 After Consistency Check is started the progress of the Consistency Check appears on the Operation View At the completion of the AE Consistency Check Status on the Operation View is cje A Ti changed to Completed eae ed RAID Controller 1 LD 1 noe Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LO 3 Completed Tnit
159. zer is enabled or disabled enable Enabled disable Disabled Description Allows you to set optional parameters of the specified RAID Controller including Initialize Priority Rebuild Priority Consistency Check Priority Patrol Read execution and Priority and Buzzer enable disable Only a single parameter can be set at a time Concurrent set of more than one parameter is disabled Condition This command can be executed only in the Advanced Mode 103 optid Overview Allows you to set optional parameters of a Logical Drive Format raidcmd optld c lt controller gt l lt logicaldrive gt cm auto writeback writethru Command Parameter Description c lt controller gt Specify the RAID Controller to be processed lt controller gt RAID Controller Number l lt logicaldrive gt Specify the Logical Drive to be processed lt logicaldrive gt Logical Drive Number cm auto writeback writethru Specify the Cache Mode auto Auto Switch writeback Write Back writethru Write Through Description Allows you to set optional parameters Cache Mode of the specified Logical Drive Condition This command can be executed only in the Advanced Mode property Overview Displays the properties of RAID Controllers Disk Arrays Logical Drives and or Physical Devices Format raidcmd property tg all rc c lt controller gt da c lt controller gt a lt diskarray gt Id c lt con

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