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NEC Express5800/R110d-1E User's Guide

1. Dedicated Disk Array 2 Norma The procedure of removing a Hot Spare is described below Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being Hot Spare on the Tree View ee Make Online i JSO AGI eg roy Capacity 7GB Status Ready S M A R T Normal gt raidcmd hotspare c 1 p 6 mr remove Remove Hot Spare Do you continue yes y or no n _yes gt gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 6 hak Controller 1 yS LERN DE ee 6 Enclosure 1 Slot 6 Device Type HDD Interface gt SAS Vendor Mode Seagate ST12345678 Firmware Version gt BK09 Serial Number 1111 Qapac i ty z 146GR Status Ready S M A R T gt Normal 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 Utility performs the jobs which must be examined and manipulated to conf
2. Step 3 After the Make Online succeeds Status of the Physical Device is changed to Online 85 raidcmd Use stspd command Step 1 Execute stspd command with st option and the following parameters gt raidcmd stspd c 1 p 4 st onl ine Make the Physical Device onl ine c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device with its status set to Online forcibly Warning The consistency of Logical Drive will be lost p Number of the Physical Device with its status set to Online forcibly Do you continue yes y or no n yes Change the status of Physical Device 3 to Online st Specify online gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 3 Step 2 Displays the Warning message and the RAID Gontroller 1 Physical Device 3 confirmation message Type yes to reply to the ne ee i confirmation message Then Status of the Physical Slot 9 Device is changed to Online Type No to abort the Device Type HDD change status of the Physical Drive Interface SAS Vendor Model SEAGATE ST936751SS Step 3 If stspd command succeeds the Firmware Version 0001 nee Serial Number SPEO73VM Status of the Physical Device is set to Online Capacity 320R Status Online S M A R T Normal N 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 w O The redundancy of
3. is different by operating system If the installation fails rom command does not display this package name Installation Linux VMware ESX Use setup sh in the installation image to install latest Universal RAID Utility w O You must install the Universal RAID Utility in the ESX Server Do not install Universal RAID IMPORTANT Utility in the virtual machine Step 1 Execute setup sh in the installation image Change the current directory to the directory in which the installation image is stored and type as follows In case of Linux sh setup sh install In case of VMware ESX sh setup sh install reptblen Step 2 At the end of setup sh the installation is completed Check the result of the installation by using the rom command When the installation is completed properly the following packages are installed UniversalRAIDUtility x yy z x is major version yy is minor version z is revision number eciservice a bb x i386 a is major version bb is minor version Also the programs to manage the RAID Controllers will gt ed directory name involved installation image sh setup sh instal gt rpm q UniversalRaidUti lity Vera RA ts gt rpm q eciservice a bb x i386 s a bb x i386 Lib_Utils gt rpm q i Be Ce near gt rpm q storelib storel ib a bb 0 gt rom q WebPAMPRO_ Agent eee saa OPP be installed with any one of the following combinations depending on the type of
4. 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 on the pull down menu of menu item File Step 2 Click the Options tab in the RAID PERMI MIY mitt 5 Controller Properties dialog box Change the value of consistency Check Priority Middle Consistency Check Priority to High Middle or Patrol Read Low Click OK or Apply Patrol Read Priority ee ede 75 raidcmd Use optctrl command Step 1 Execute optctrl command with ccp option and the following parameters c Number of the RAID Controller for which Consistency Check Priority is set ccp 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 76 gt raidcmd optctr c 1 ccp middle gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 RAID Controller 1 ID 0 Vendor LSI Corporation Mode MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM ROMB Firmware Version 1 12 02 0342 Cache Size 128MB Battery
5. 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 opl ist oplist command RAID Controller 1 tanlap LD 1 Consistency Check Running 52 The following operations are displayed by oplist command EME ARTT ATER The target components and status appear in operations PD 1 Rebuild Running 99 E Initialize RAID Controller 2 LD 1 Consistency Check Running 2 E Rebuild PD 2 Rebuild Paused 22 gt E 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 Status Description Running N The operation is running N is progress Paused N The operation is paused N is progress Queued N The operation is queued N is progress 47 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 M Starting raidsrv service M 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 la
6. Operating in either Standard or Advanced Mode The Universal RAID Utility can operate in two RAID System Management 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 RAID System Management 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 and Locate fun
7. Physical Device click Next Type Number Capacity E pp 4 3 67GB E Po 5 4 33GB EJ pp 6 5 278GB E pp 7 6 278GB Cancel 66 Step 6 In step 3 3 select the setting items of xl the Logical Drive to be registered Capacity should STEP 3 3 Selection of the Select Items be a value within the 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 the Selected RAID Level JRAID 5 value Select Stripe Size Cache Mode and l Initialize Mode After selecting all the setting items R PERR click Next a Cache Mode Auto Switch Initialize Mode fu Step 7 If you click Next in step 3 3 then Register Logical Drive Eg 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 d ata click B ack 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 Logical xl j j j j j j j j Click Add button t ister th ting Logical Drive to the below list Drive wizard the Logical Drive is re
8. 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 ars nile Cpe tater iene techatesdio Consstency Check RAID Controlen PLD 2 Running 0 Stopped Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LO 1 Completed Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LO 3 Completed Trhitisliza BATA Coanteollar 1 1M 2 Comeplatead raidcmd Use cc command Step 1 Execute cc command with op option and the following parameters gt raidcemd cc c 1 l 2 op stop gt c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Logical gt raidemd opl ist Drive for which Consistency Check is stopped If specify RAID Controller 1 all as parameter the targets are all Logical Drives of all gt RAID Controllers Number of the Logical Drive for which Consistency Check is stopped If specify all as parameter the targets are all Logical Drives of RAID Controllers specified by c Op Specify stop to stop Consistency Check 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
9. 1 D 0 Physical Device Number 1 2 3 Disk Array Information 1 order 1 1 RAID Level RAID 5 Capacity Stripe Size Cache Mode Setting Cache Mode Current aus Auto Switch Write Back Online Description Indicates the management number logical address of the Logical Drive in the The Universal RAID Utility assigns a number beginning with 1 in correspondence Number RAID Controller X Logical Drive Y Universal RAID Utility 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 Physical Device Number Physical Device Number 43 Indicates the numbers of Physical Devices configuring the Disk Array in which the Logical Drive exists Item RAUDA Item Description raidcmd Disk Array Information RAID Level Capacity Stripe Size Cache Mode Setting Cache Mode Current Status viy TIPS Disk Array Indicates the number of the Disk Array in which the Logical Drive exists and the 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
10. 2 ID 1 Logical Drive was created G lnforma 2008 06 18 10 18 42 401 lt RUO401 gt CTRL 2 ID 1 LD 2 I0 1 Logical Drive is Online 2 Informa 2008 06 18 10 18 15 S01 lt RUOSO1 gt CTRLU 2ZUID 1 PO 32 D 77 ENC 3 SLT 10 SEAGATE ST3300 Informa 2008 06 18 10 18 15 401 lt RUO401 gt CTRL 2 10 1 LD 1 10 0 Logical Drive is Online EA Error 2008 06 18 10 18 01 304 lt RUD304 CTRL 2ZUID 1 PO 32 D 77 ENC 3 SLT 10 SEAGATE ST3300 A Warning 2008 06 18 10 18 01 402 lt RUO402 gt CTRL 20D 1 LD 1 ID 05 Logical Drive is Degraded WInforma 2008 06 18 09 56 03 209 lt RUO209 gt CTRL 2 ID 1 Patrol Read was started Informa 2008 06 18 09 56 03 405 lt RUO405 gt CTRL 200 1 LO 1 1D 0 Initialization completed Informa 2008 06 18 09 55 58 404 lt RUO404 gt CTRL 2 0 1 LO 100 0 Initialization was started f Informa 2008 06 18 09 55 58 415 lt RUO415 gt CTRL 200 1 LO 1 10 0 Logical Drive was created Informa 2008 06 18 09 55 58 401 lt RUO401 gt CTRL 2 ID 1 LD 1 10 0 Logical Drive is Online Informa 2008 06 18 09 53 18 210 lt RUO210 gt CTRL 2 ID 1 Patrol Read completed G Informa 2008 06 18 09 55 18 302 lt RUOS02 gt CTRL SIID 1 POr2tID 12 ENC 4 SLT 2 SEAGATE ST336754 2 Informa 2008 06 18 09 53 18 302 lt RUOS0e gt CTAL 2i D 1 PO 1ifIb 9 ENC 2 SLT 2 HITACHI HUS1514364 Informa 2008 06 18 09 53 18 416 lt RUO416 gt CTRL 20 1 LD 100 0 Logical Drive wa
11. Advanced Mode Use property command to see property of a RAID Controller by raidcmd Rebuild Priority High Consistency Check Priority Middle Patrol Read Disable Patrol Read Priority Low Buzzer Setting Disable gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 RAID Controller 1 ID 0 es Vendor LSI Corporation tg Specify rc to see property of a RAID Controller Mode MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM c Number of the RAID Controller Item RAID Viewer Item raidcmd ROMB Firmware Version 1 12 02 0342 Cache Size 128MB Battery Status Normal Rebuild Priority gt High Consistency Check Priority Low Patrol Read Enable Patrol Read Priority Low Ser Setting Enable Description Number ID Vendor Model Firmware Version Cache Size RAID Controller X ID Vendor Model Firmware Version Cache Size 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 Indicates the original identification value of the RAID Controller The BIOS utility of the RAID Controller uses the address of the identification value Indicates the vendor of the RAID Controller Indicates the model name of the RAID Controller Indicates the version of the RAID Controller Indicates the size of cache on RAID Controller in MB 41 Item Item Description RAID View
12. 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 Menu item Description Refresh Reads the contents in the RAID Log and updates the Log View to the latest Opens the Event Properties dialog box and displays the detailed information on the log Properties selected by the Log Viewer Exit Closes the Log Viewer Help menu Help menu includes 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 P Executing the raidcmd without any command and its parameters indicates the version of the Dar 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 format gt raidcmd command parameters of command raidcmd error message Commands of raidc
13. Initialize RAID Controller 1 LD 3 raidcmd Use rebuild command Step 1 Execute rebuild command with op option and the following parameters c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device for which Rebuild is stopped p Number of the Physical Device for which Rebuild is stopped Op Specify stop to stop Rebuild Step 2 of oplist command raidcmd rebuild c 1 p 3 op stop gt raidcmd oplist ai Controller 1 After the Rebuild is stopped the raidcmd terminates normally The stopped Rebuild disappears from the list 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 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 82 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 wO Setting Rebuild Priority are available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT RAID Viewer Change the property of RAID Controller Step 1 menu of menu item File Step 2 Click the Options tab in the RAID
14. Logical Drive will be lost if you forcibly change the status of the Physical Device used for the Logical Drive RAID Viewer Use Make Offline in Control menu WARS A N te Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being Make Offine Online on the Tree View Then click Make Offline on the pull down menu of menu item Control E Step 2 Displays the Warning message and the confirmation Confirma Ea message Click Yes then Status of the Physical Device is changed to Failed Then click No without changing the status of the Physical Device Warning The redundancy of Logical Drive will be lost Make the Physical Device 2 offline Do you continue Step 3 After the Make Offline succeeds Status of the Physical Device is changed to Failed 86 raidcmd Use stspd command Step 1 Execute stspd command with st option and the following parameters c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device with its status set to Failed forcibly p Number of the Physical Device with its status set to Failed forcibly st Specify offline Step 2 Displays the Warning message and the confirmation message Type yes to reply to the confirmation message Then Status of the Physical Device is changed to Failed Type No to abort the change status of the Physical Drive Step 3 If stspd command succeeds the Status of the Physical Device is set to Faile
15. 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 Status Bar The Status Bar indicates the current RAID System Management Mode of the RAID Viewer Standard Advanced Figure 5 Status Bar of RAID Viewer 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 If Universal RAID Utility Log Yiewer O x File Help Date Time ID Description E3 Error 2008 06 18 10 18 55 304 lt RUOSO04 gt CTRAL 2 1D 1 PO 35 D 80 ENC 3 SLT 11 SEAGATE ST3300 Waning 2008 06 18 10 18 55 402 lt RUO402 gt CTRL ZfID 1 LO 200 13 Logical Drive is Degraded G lnforma 2008 06 18 10 18 49 405 lt RUO405 gt CTRL 2 0 1 LO 2 ID 1 Initialization completed G lnforma 2008 06 18 10 18 42 404 lt RUO404s CTRL 20 1 LO 2 ID 1 Initialization was started Informa 2008 06 18 10 18 42 417 lt RUO417 CTRL 2M0 1 LO 2 ID 1 The Cache Mode of Logical Drive wa Informa 2008 06 18 10 18 42 415 lt RUO415 CTRL 20 1 LO
16. 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 oe Physical Devices in which S M A R T errors are detected cannot be used to create Logical Drives 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 Drive SS SBS iS D Physical Physical I Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical Device 1 Device 2 Device 3 j Device 4 Device 5 Device 6 Device 47 50GB 50GB 150GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 150GB l 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 capac
17. 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 El zi computer RAID Controller 10 fia Battery Normal Se Disk Array FLD oe E E Disk Auat E LD 10 Onine RAID Snort Abnormal Battery ee BRT online Sas Hrin 7 Warning Property of RAID Viewer The Status of Battery Properties becomes Warning when there are problem in Battery Battery Properties x Battery Properties essssssssssssssssesssse 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 gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 me Controller 1 ae Controller 1 0 0 Vendor LSI Logic Vendor LSI Logic Mode MegaRAID SAS PCI Mode Express TM ROMB Express TM ROMB Firmware Version 1 14 02 0342 Firmware Version Cache Size 128MB Cache Size Rebuild Priority Rebui Id Priocstyor Panoiactannavw hanl Driaritw i ah PRRE u Ch A esp m 1a ANNAN an Driaritu Figure 26 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd Abnormal Battery operation 96 Monitoring Enc
18. 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 installation images of Universal RAID Utility are different by operating system You need to use correct installation image corresponding to the operating system Operating system Installation image Windows Server 2008 R2 Universal RAID Utility Windows Edition Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 R2 SP1 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP SP2 or later Windows XP x64 SP1 or later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 8 or later Universal RAID Utility Linux Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 or later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 0 MIRACLE LINUX V4 0 SP2 or later Asianux Server 3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 or later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 or later VMware ESX 4 0 Update1 or later Universal RAID Utility VMware ESX Edition VMware ESX 4 1 u The installation images of Universal RAID Utility are attached to the computer or the RAID lan Controller The latest version of Universal RAID Utility is released on the NEC Global Site http www nec com 14 Installation and Uninstallation This section describes the procedure of installation and uninstallation of Universal RAID Utility kind Description Installation Install Unive
19. installed If the following packages do not exist pE install the package s 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 components 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 AAB15C5E04F5 amp displaylang en NEI Framework Version 2 Installation of the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library ow Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 include the runtime component of the Microsoft j Visual C 2005 SP1 library Therefore you do not need to install the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library in case of using them as operating system F Add or Remove Programs 0 x Step 1 Click Start Control Panel Then double click Add or Remove Progra m Currently installed programs I Show updates Sort by Name Change o i 5 Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 Size 121 00MB Step 2 Click Cha nge or Remove Progra ms to ia all jB Microsoft Visual C 2005 Redistributable Size 5 21MB list Currently installed programs If the following program exists in the list of Currently installed ee programs the runtime component of
20. set ip Value set after Initialize Priority is set Select a value out of high middle and low Step 2 Check the execution result by using property command 79 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 Vendor Name Model Name 1 00 128MB i aio ema Firmware Version Cache Size Bata era Sal atig Initialize Priority Middle Rebut Hapy for ety mihi ddh E Consistency Check Priority Patrol Read Patrol Read Priority Buzzer Setting marlon ns Changing Cache Mode of Logical Drive You can change the cache mode of Logical Drive wO The setting of the cache mode of Logical Drive influences the performance of computer Please change carefully Changing cache mode The procedure of changing cache mode of Logical Drive is described below The range of change differs depending on the type of the RAID Controller RAID Controller Changed cache Range of change Onboard RAID Controller LSI Hard Disk Drive All the Logical Drives in a single Embedded MegaRAID Disk Array Option and Internal RAID RAID Controller You can change each of Logical Only the Logical Drive selected Controller Drive w O Changing cache mode is available only in the Advanced Mode
21. srren r cided arenes 104 l stallation WAINStalAE ON cicsiiahrd chvnerntie ecewsk waa E E eee 105 DistributedCOM event is registered during installing Or uninstalling cccececseceeseceeeeceeeeseeeeseeeeseeenseteneetans 105 RAID WIGWET LOO VICWET aerae nn a einen ete Sekine ante eee tame at mete ata ce ee aaee 105 Verification of Authenticode signature at the startup of the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer cccceceeeeeeeeees 105 About the startup without Microsoft NET Framework Ver2 0 or later cccscecssceeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseaesesensesaneetass 105 About the start when Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library does not exist 106 INE SIMI RO INVA SMe esis tecch vets tense Saeco sce oe cet este ec mde 106 Simultaneous operation from two or more NEC ESMPRO Mand Gel cccsccecseceeeeeaeeeeeeeaeeeeseeaesaeeeesesaeeeeneeas 106 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 see the documentation on computers and RAID Systems
22. 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 and the Physical Device is Hot Spare 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 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 u Each RAID Controller supports specific items appearing on the Property tab of the Physical TIS 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 46 Referring to Property of Disk Array For the information on a Disk Array see the pro
23. the Logical Drive is disabled Each RAID Controller supports specific RAID Levels and Stripe Sizes Unsupported items 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 The status of a Logical Drive is defined depending on the RAID Level and the number of 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 failed Physical Devices 44 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 click x the Physical Device whose information is to be seen on the I Tree View and click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File Value The General tab indicates the property of the Physi
24. the Microsoft an Visual C 2005 SP1 library may not be installed If not install it 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 packages 16 CPU architecture Required component and its vendor x86 x64 Microsoft Visual C 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package ATL Security Update http www microsoft com downloads details aspx familyid 766a6af7 ec73 40ff b072 911 Use the vcredist_x86 exe whatever the CPU architecture may be wO When you use RAID Viewer of Universal RAID Utility Ver2 3 or later you need to install runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library that ATL Security Update has already been applied Install the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library to which ATL Security Update has been applied and then install Universal RAID Utility Installation Windows The Setup Program installs Universal RAID Utility when there is no 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 installation starts the InstallShield Wizard of the Universal RAID Utility Click Next Univer
25. the RAID Controller number to be configured 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 Controller 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 of initializing the Logical Drives can be checked by using oplist command The result of initializing the Logical Drive can be checked by RAID Log gt raidemd econf ig Step 1 3 Select RAID Controller RAID Controller 1 MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM ROMB RAID Controller 2 MegaRAID SAS 8480E RAID Cont
26. the top Sequence number of Logical Drive in Disk Array RAID Level Indicates the RAID Level of the Logical Drive The value can be RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID OO RAID 10 RAID 1E RAID 50 or RAID 60 Capacity Indicates the capacity of the Logical Drive in GB 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 Indicates the mode of writing data to the cache memory installed in the RAID 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 Cache Mode Indicates the current value of the mode of writing data to the cache memory 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 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
27. used in normal operation wO e The function of changing the status of a Physical Device forcibly is available only in the IMPORTANT Advanced Mode The system may not start if you forcibly change the status of the Physical Device used for the system drive Do not change the status of the Physical Device used for the system drive forcibly tiy The function of changing the status of a Physical Device forcibly may not be able to change a 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 w O The consistency of Logical Drive will be lost if you forcibly change the status of the Physical Device used for the Logical Drive RAID Viewer Use Make Online in Control menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being MUL opde d Failed on the Tree View Then click Make Online on the pull down menu of Make Online menu item Control EA Step 2 Displays the Warning message and the confirmation I message Click Yes then Status of the Physical Device is changed to Online ca Make the Physical D 2 online Then click No without changing the status of the Physical A iris Se malar cabana Device Warning The consistency of Logical Drive will be lost Do you continue
28. 2 Abort the RAID Viewer Log Viewer and raidcmd if they are used Step 3 Stop raidsrv service If manages the RAID System by NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver 5 3 or later stop raidsrv Agent service and eciService too Click Start Control Panel Then double click Management Tool Services Click raidsrv service and Stop of Control menu after displays service list And stop Universal RAID Utility raidsrv Agent service and eciService by the same way Step 4 There are two of more parts in configuration file of raidsrv service RAID Viewer raidcmd and raidsrv Agent service about data port event port and communication port with NEC ESMPRO Manager Change the two of more parts in each configuration file path and configuration data port event port communication port file name with NEC ESMPRO Manager raidsrv service installed folder socket section socket section none server raidsrv conf data port event port RAID Viewer installed folder network section network section none gui raidview conf port port_listen raidcmd installed folder network section none none cli raidcmd conf port raidsrv Agent service installed folder network section network section network section server data_port event_port agent_port raidsrv_agent conf os The default folder after installation is SystemDrive Program Files Universal RAID Utility lan when the architecture of CPU is x86 It is SystemDrive Program Files x86 Unive
29. 98 Management of RAID System using NEC ESMPRO Manager You can manage the RAID System managed Universal RAID Utility on NEC ESMPRO Manager by NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver 5 3 or later This chapter describes the point that should be noted when the RAID System is managed by using NEC ESMPRO Manager See the instruction of NEC ESMPRO Manager about system requirements and how to use System Requirement and Installation Version of NEC ESMPRO Manager The version of NEC ESMPRO Manager that can manage the system that installs Universal RAID Utility Ver2 4 is Ver 5 3 or later Using RAID System Management Mode The user account of NEC ESMPRO Manager has the attribute of RAID System Management Mode of Universal RAID Utility There is not the function of changing RAID System Management Mode Using Standard Mode The user accounts of NEC ESMPRO Manager not include Administrator has the authority of Standard Mode in default If you change the RAID System Management Mode authority of user account change the setting of User Information In User Information view change the RAID System Management Mode to Standard Mode See the instruction of NEC ESMPRO Manager to change the User Information Using Advanced Mode The Administrator account of NEC ESMPRO Manager has the authority of Advanced Mode in default If you change the RAID System Management Mode authority of user account change the setting of User Information
30. AID System in the IPv6 environment use the BIOS utility of the RAID Controller Support for Solid State Drive SSD The RAID Viewer and raidcmd of Universal RAID Utility Ver2 31 or later display the Solid State Drive connected to the onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID as Hard Disk Drive After updating Universal RAID Utility from Ver2 3 or the older versions where the Solid State Drive is displayed as it is to Ver2 31 in the onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID environment the Solid State Drive will be displayed as Hard Disk Drive To display the Solid State Drive correctly in the environment where the onboard RAID Controllers LSI Embedded MegaRAID is used you need the driver ver14 00 1026 or later which supports the Solid State Drive Please check if the version of driver is 14 00 1026 or later Please be careful not to configure Logical Drive mixing Solid State Drives and Hard Disk Drives in the onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID environment The Logical Drive of which Solid State Drives and Hard Disk Drives are the members may be created in the following cases The functions of possibility mixin D and HDD Easy Configuration Do not use Easy Configuration If you want to create the Logical Drives see Creating Logical Drive Easily or Creating Logical Drive Freely Create Logical Drives Simple Custom When you select Physical Devices please be careful not to
31. Controller 1 LD 3 Completed O x Fi LD 1 0 Online RAID 5 EA PD 1 0 Online SAS HDD EA PD 2 1 Online SAS HDD ok PD 3 2 Online SAS HDD E PD 4 3 Ready SAS HDD Operation View Tree View Advanced z Status Bar 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 E E computer computer as a RAID Controller node RAID Controller 1 0 MegaRAID S amp S 8708EM2 128MB Each RAID Controller node has the node of a Battery on A Battery Normal RAID Controller created all Logical Drives and Disk Array dE Disk Array 10 and connected all Physical Devices A single node includes E LDO 10 Online RAID 5 at least a single component of each type AS PD 10 Online S4S HDD Every component is accompanied by an icon The icons BS PD 2 1 Online S4S HDD indicate the type and the status of each component RS PD 3 2 Online 545 HDD computer RAID Controller Battery Logical Drive and E PD 463 Dedicated Hot Spare S4S HDD Physical Device graphically E Pp 514 Global Hot Spare SAS HDD E PD 615 Ready SAS HDD al PD 7 6 Ready S amp S HDD 30 Compute
32. 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 c Number of the RAID Controller for which Rebuild Priority is set rp 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 83 Start the RAID Viewer Click the RAID Controller on the Tree View Then click Properties on the pull down Rebuild Priority Consistency Check Priority Patrol Read Patel Daad Mriceits gt raidcmd optctr c 1 rp Middle gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 ee Controller 1 e LSI Corporation MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM 1 12 02 0342 128MB Vendor Mode ROMB Firmware Version Cache Size Battery Stabu i sNo mma Rebuild Priority Middle Cars tst ey Chetek PRIMDFALY L by Patrol Read Enable Patrol Read Priority nike saa Setting Enable 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 type
33. HDD amp pp 5 4 Online SAS HDD amp pp 6 5 Online SAS HDD PD 7 6 Dedicated Hot Spare SAS HDD The Logical Drive 2 will be configured with the different sized Physical Devices Therefore the capacity of the Logical Drive depends on the smallest sized Physical Device Step 6 If you click OK in step 3 3 then the Easy Configuration eee RAID System will be configu red After the Logical Completing the Easy Configuration Wizard Drives are created and the makings of Hot Spares Click Finish button close this wizard are completed Completing the Easy Configuration Wizard appears Now creating the Logical Drives and You have successfully configured the RAID system f j Sequentially Initializing the Logical Drivefs making Hot Spares is completed After the wizard is You can see the progress and the result of initialization by Operation View and Log Viewer 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 56 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
34. IMPORTANT RAID Viewer Change the property of Logical Drive Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click the Logical Drive on the Tree View Then click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File Step 2 Click the Options tab in the Logical Drive Properties dialog box Change the value of Cache Mode Setting to Auto Switch Write Back or Write Through Click OK or Apply ries ee Cache Mode Setting Auto Switch Write Through raidcmd Use optild command Step 1 Execute optld command with cm option and the following parameters gt raidemd optld c 1 l 1 cm auto gt raidcmd property tg Id c 1 I 1 c Number of the RAID Controller for which Cache Mode RAID Controller 1 Logical Drive 1 change ID 0 1 Number of the Logical Drive for which Cache Mode Physical Device Number 1 2 3 change Disk Array Information 1 order 1 1 RAID Level RAID 5 cm Value set after Cache Mode is set Select a value out of auto writeback or writethru capacity iza Cache Mode Setting Step 2 Check the execution result by using Cache Mede Cunr ent n n Status Online property command 5 80 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 ca
35. In User Information view change the RAID System Management Mode to Advanced Mode See the instruction of NEC ESMPRO Manager to change the User Information Function that can be used in NEC ESMPRO Manager You can use the following functions Usable is V on NEC ESMPRO Manager Category Function Standard Advanced Memo View Information Tree View Rescan Allow it by Rescan in RAID System Information tree Configuration Make Logical Drive Simple Hot Spare Make Delete Easy Configuration Consistency Check Initialize Maintenance Alert to NEC ESMPRO Manager Checking Location of Physical Device Changing of Settings Parameters of RAID Controller Other functions Change RAID System Each user account of NEC ESMPRO Management Mode Manager has the attribute of RAID System Management Mode about Universal RAID Utility 100 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
36. 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 Buzzer of the RAID Controller is used if a failure occurs in the RAID System Enable Uses the Buzzer Disable Does not use the Buzzer Controllers and or items whose settings can be changed Unsupported items indicate space p Some types of the RAID Controller do not support items appearing in the properties of RAID 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 x Battery whose information is to be seen on the Tree Viewand pamen i l Genera click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File En The General tab indicates the property of the Battery mg vae ALLS ormea 42 Item RAID Viewer Description Status Three possible status are as follows Indicates the status of the Battery installed in
37. NEC Universal RAID Utility User s Guide Ver 2 4 856 127900 605 B 2nd Edition Jun 2011 Copyright NEC Corporation 2007 2011 Trademarks Notes NEC ESMPRO and NEC EXPRESSBUILDER are trademarks of NEC Corporation Microsoft and its logo Windows Windows Server and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries Linux is a registered trademark or a trademark in United States or other countries of Linus Torvalds Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux the Shadowman logo and JBoss are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the U S and other countries The name and logo of Asianux is a trademark of Miracle Linux Corporation and Red Flag Software Co Ltd Asianux is a registered trademark in Japan of MIRACLE LINUX Corporation Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries VMware is a registered trademark of VMware Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions All other product brand or trade names used in this publication are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners 1 No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of NEC Corporation 2 The contents of this manual may be revised without prior notice 3 The contents of this manual shall not be copied or altered without the prior written permission of NEC Corporation 4 All effo
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39. PAMPRO_ Agent eciservice a bb x i386 a is major version bb is minor package WebPAMPRO_Agent is not instal led version Also one or several packages to control RAID Controller are uninstalled too If other application is using eciservice a bb x i386 a is major version bb is minor version eciservice a bb x i386 a is major version bb is minor version is not uninstalled Please note that the uninstallation is finished successfully even if the program exists in this case 23 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 Without operation of the raidsrv service the Universal RAID Utility cannot operate normally Neither makes the raidsrv service be not started nor stop the raidsrv service w O incase that the operating system is Linux or VMware ESX if the raidsrv service terminates Wii abnormally due to an error or the 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
40. 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 68 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 Mode 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 yy Supported RAID Levels vary in RAID Controllers Unsupported RAID Levels cannot be 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 1024KB 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 syn
41. RAID Level selected in Step 1 3 BB Po 4 a ae eee to be created After selecting Physical Devices properly B E po 6 5 278GB 0 amp ro 76 click Next Step5 Step 3 3 indicates the information on x the Logical Drive to be created 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 ob LD 2 RAIDS 66GB 64KB Auto Switch Full Step 6 In step 3 3 click OK to create the xi 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 check You have successfully created the Logical Drive Sequentially initializing the Logical Drive the information on the Logical Drive on the Tree View You can see the progress and the result of initialization by Operation View and Log Viewer 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 Driv
42. Spare is a Hot Spare for the specified Disk Arrays under a single RAID Controller The Dedicated Hot Spare has the following features E Dedicated Hot Spare is a Hot Spare for specified Disk Arrays E One Dedicated Hot Spare can be a Hot Spare for one or more Disk Arrays E One or more Dedicated Hot Spare can be a Hot Spare for one or more Disk Arrays Dedicated Hot Spares cannot be created in a Disk Array containing Logical Drives with the RAID Level being RAID O Dedicated Hot Spares cannot 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 Disk Arrays 1 and 2 If you specify only the Disk Array 1 as the target Disk Array the Dedicated Hot Spare is a Hot Spare of Disk Array 1 Disk Array Disk Array Dedicated 1 J 2 Hot Spare Figure 11 Dedicated Hot Spare 1 Ex 2 If you specify the Disk Arrays 1 and 2 as the target Disk Array the Dedicated Hot Spare is a Hot Spare of Disk Arrays 1 and 2 Disk Array Disk Array 1 2 Dedicated Hot Spare 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 Disk Array 1 the both Dedicated Hot Spare are the Hot Spare for th
43. Start menu to open the Log Viewer Click Start and point menu in order to Programs Universal RAID Utility Log Viewer 5 FJ Accessories Fr Administrative Tools Documents FA Startup Gi Universal RAID Utility EY Log viewer F Internet Explorer late RAID viewer Search Ei Outlook Express lis Remote Assistance Programs Settings Help and Support Rum 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 e PS a ee wO eTo usethe 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 of Authenticode signature at the startup of the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer for detail A Only a single Log Viewer can be started at a time Select File on the Menu Bar of the Log Viewer and click Exit to close the Log Viewer Reflesh FS Properties Exit Alt F4 26 raidcmd raidcmd is command on console as Command Prompt in Windows and console terminal in Linux and VMware ESX The raidcmd is executed on a console Use the raidcmd by the methods described in Functions of raidcmd wO Auser having the admi
44. Status Normal Rebi i lal aPar iar abiy i mH ah Consistency Check Priority Mi Pairs Read J Phab l Cc Patrol Read Priority an ike aerer 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 Initialize 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 into some blocks in a Logical Drive Only erases OS installation and partition management information Initialize 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 w O 6 Initialize are available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT You can initialize Logical Drive with partitions Before initializing Logical Drive check if the Logical Drive contains required data Initializing a Logical Drive causes all the data saved in the Logical Drive to be lost The Consistency Check of a Logical Drive initialized in the quick mode causes a data inconsistency error to occur due to no data consistency Executing Initialize Initialize should be executed in Logical Drives The procedure of executing Initialize is described below re Initialize cannot be executed for any Logica
45. Systems notifies the RAID Viewer of the events and or registers them to several logs E RAID Viewer Windows Edition only 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 E Log Viewer Windows Edition only The Log Viewer is 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 FEE Linux VMware ESX Server E 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 E NEC ESMPRO Manager Communication Module raidsrv Agent When the RAID System is managed in NEC ESMPRO Manager raidsrv Agent controls the communication between NEC ESMPRO Manager and Universal RAID Utility Operating System Windows Linux VMware ESX raidsrv service v v v RAID Viewer v Log Viewer s raidcmd v A y NEC ESMPRO Manager Communication Module raidsrv lt s y y Universal RAID Utility Universal RAID Utility Agent Windows Version Linux VMware ESX Version Fi
46. Utility InstallShield Wizard Setup Status The InstallShield Wizard is removing Universal RAID Utility Preparing to uninstall E InstallShield Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard Uninstall Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully uninstalled Universal RAID Utility Click Finish to exit the wizard Eancel Ur When you run Uninstallation while any files to be uninstalled deleted have been in use ripe the setup program may request to restart the computer at the end of the uninstallation TIPS l process To complete uninstallation restart the computer 20 Preparing installation Linux You must prepare the following packages for using the Universal RAID Utility If the following packages do not exist in the computer that installs Universal RAID Utility you need to install them Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 8 or later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 or later MIRACLE LINUX V4 0 SP 2 or later Asianux Server 3 packages x86 x64 standard C library libstdc libstdc i386 GCC library liogcc liogcc i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 0 standard C library libstdc i386 GCC library liogcc i386 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 or later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 or later packages x86 x64 standard C library libstdc libstdc x86_64 GCC library liogcc liogcc x86_64 You can recognize the existence and install these package
47. Utility uses network functions Accordingly the Universal RAID Utility cannot be used in the single user mode of Linux and VMware ESX 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 Step 2 Start the raidsrv service etc init d raidsrv start Step 3 Check that the raidsrv service is started normally BEMAZA DEKA EICAR dip raidsrv pid 3738 3718 is running If a process ID appears the raidsrv service is started 5 normally raidsrv Agent Service The raidsrv Agent service is started automatically when your computer is booted and stopped automatically when your computer is shut down Without operation of the raidsrv service Universal RAID Utility cannot be communicated with NEC ESMPRO Manager Neither make the raidsrv service be not started nor stop the raidsrv service w O e Incase that the operating system is Linux or VMware ESX if the raidsrv Agent Service IMPORTANT terminates abnormally due to an error or the process of the raidsrv Agent Service is terminated forcibly the lock file for avoiding double starts is left If the state remains the raidsrv Agent Service may not be started If this occurs delete the following file before restarting the raidsrv Agent Service var lock subsys raidsrv_agent raidsrv Agent service can not us
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51. al RAID Utility Click Finish to exit the wizard F Add or Remove Programs 10 x Step 5 If installation completes Universal RAID Utility is registered to the program list in the Change or Remove E currenti nstaled programs I show updates Sort by ie P ro gra m s epange a 7 i Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 x64 Size 121 00MB Programs Also either program or both programs to manage the RAID Controllers shown below will be registered depending on the a type of the RAID Controller the version of ESMPRO Manager EE or the presence or absence of ESMPRO Manager Ta E je WebPAMPRO Agent Size 7 80MB Windows 5 Microsoft visual C 2005 Redistributable Size 5 25MB Universal RAID Utility Click here for support information To remove this program from your computer click Remove Components WebPAMPRO Agent w O Do not uninstall LSI SAS Storage SNMP Agent X Xis version in the list of Add or IMPORTANT Remove Program If you uninstall it Universal RAID Utility cannot use normally Please check the setting of When maximum log size is reached in the Properties of System event log In case that When maximum log size is reached is not Overwrite events as needed when the log size reaches the maximum size Universal RAID Utility cannot 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 t
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53. asy 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 7 Device 8 of i Sz SES I I l Logical Logical Hot Spare Hot __ Drive 1 _ _ _ Drive 2 p l _ 1 _ 2 J Figure 20 Making Dedicated Hot Spares in Easy Configuration 2 61 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 pro
54. ated Hot Spare you find that the value of Status is changed to Hot Spare and new item Hot Spare Information appears with value Dedicated Removing Hot Spare RAID Viewer Use Remove Hot Spare in Control menu Step 1 Step 2 Select Hot Spare on the pull down menu of menu item Control and click Remove Hot Spare Step 3 If you see the property of the Physical Device after removing it from the Hot Spare you can find that the value of Status is set to Ready and item Hot Spare Information disappears raidcmd Use hotspare command Step 1 Execute hotspare command with mr option and the following parameters c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device from which the Hot Spare is removed p Number of the Physical Device from which the Hot Spare is removed mr Specify remove to remove Hot Spare Step 2 If you see the property of the Physical Device after removing the Hot Spare the value of Status is changed to Ready and item Hot Spare Information disappears 54 Fa Hot Spare gt raidcmd hotspare c 1 p 6 mr make a 2 Make Dedicated Hot Spare Do you continue yes y or no n yes gt gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 6 ae Controller 1 ve ate ee 6 Enclosure d Slot 6 Device Type gt HDD Interface gt SAS Vendor Mode Seagate S112345678 Firmware Version gt BKO9 Serial Number Cae CILA Status Hot Spare Information aa
55. ave 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 mM A Physical Device in which a S M A R T error is detected cannot be used as a Hot Spare wO The maximum number of Hot Spares that can be created is 8 for N8103 109 128 134 135 RAID Controllers About Global Hot Spare Global Hot Spare is a Hot Spare for all the Disk Arrays under a single RAID Controller Ex 1 If you make the Global Hot Spare on the RAID Controller which has Disk Arrays 1 and 2 the Global Hot Spare is a Hot Spare of Disk Arrays 1 and 2 I Disk Array Disk Array Global Hot 1 2 Spare Figure 9 Global Hot Spare 1 Ex 2 If you create the Disk Array 3 on the RAID System of Ex 1 the Global Hot Spare is a Hot Spare for the Disk Array 3 too l Disk Array Disk Array Disk Array Global Hot 1 2 3 Spare Figure 10 Global Hot Spare 2 a J 50 About Dedicated Hot Spare Dedicated Hot
56. be lost on Logical Drive if the partitions Number of the Logical Drive for which Initialize is exist on It started Please make sure there is no important data before op Specify start to start Initialize initializing Logical Drive Do you continue yes y or no n yes Step 2 After the Initialize is started the raidcmd gt terminates normally Check the execution status of gt raidemd opl ist ecu ee ahs RAID Controller 1 the Initialize by using oplist command LD 2 Initialize Running 50 gt Stopping Initialize 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 Operation i Status View is changed to Stopped itialize A Running 10 Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 1 Completed Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Completed Thiti aliom DATA Coeteciicar 1 1m wa Cernedletecd raidcmd Use init command Step 1 Execute init command with op option and the following parameters raidcmd init c 1 1 2 op stop c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Logical gt raidcmd opl ist Drive for which Initialize is stopped RAID Controlle
57. bols Follow these symbols and their meanings to use the Universal RAID Utility appropriately Indicates a matter or caution you should particularly obey on operations of the Universal RAID Utility IMPORTANT ww Indicates a notice you should check to operate the Universal RAID Utility Vty Indicates effective or convenient information which help you if you know them b TIPS Contents OVE VIS WY icaclaecareu acne tauwaul ccc vuaneaunsiaaueduewncnsaui aise onsutnnnsausuisiunubuarssininadswanewuassousuiuseonuntuenannauses 8 Whats Universal RAID WENO iis catocncaanvacnsnasseieateddtindeacv ounces E E a a 8 Strdeture OF Universal RAID UN iienaa aE A AAAA AT A a 9 Functional differences from previous version of Universal RAID Utility s esesssnenenssnsnnnrsnnnenrsnsrnne 10 Ver2 Land Ver2 A aa a a T N 10 System FEQUIFEINGIICS sesusciidvennsnicirensnsdsundvawidanneswauvadewstdunueneseeeduaucidausesusdsuwidcsdusantendants 11 AINA Ctx acd atc nesaiciqueicamianaane manminnetannievalaunenatteadece iene tiseinuaicamennneadeanuiaiaetsansvaiauantanieenaeantiaunt 11 COIMDUECS setae set iced aha ete cah e cette de eceaealune ede acer EE 11 RAID Systems to be managed by Universal RAID Utility ccccececceceeeeeseseeeeeseeaeeaeseeaesaeeaesesaeeaeaeeaeeaeeaeaes 11 SOME VV AS CVV GOWNS racer nir EEr eh aoa AOE EEOAE 11 Operating SyStemS sasina tu athe Get tse eee ected es ones neha ena poe vadns siete tatees 11 Microso NE E Palme WONK n
58. by the value of Status Status Description Running N The operation is running N is progress Completed The operation completed Failed The operation failed Stopped The operation stopped by Stop Paused N The operation is paused N is progress Queued N The operation is queued N is progress Stop Processing The operation is being stopped by 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 7 started click the operation to be deleted and Delete ets stop X Delete Status Rebuild RAID Controler 1 PD 4 Completed AE AEA A PASE Ca a O Consistency Check RAID Controler 1 LO 3 Completed d Rebuild RAID Controler 1 PO n Completed An operation being executed can be stopped on the way To F do this click the operation to be stopped and Stop cee X Delete Status ev Check RAID Controler 1 een Initialize RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Completed Operations allowed to be stopped vary depending on RAID System Management Modes See Standard and Advanced Modes for details The stop of the operation might not be supported according to the kind of RAID Controller In that case the Stop does not become effective 33 pie When progress is frequently updated such as initializing a Logical Drive with extrem
59. cal Device Enclosure 1 Slat 1 Device Type HOC Interface SAS Vendor Model MAXTOR ATLASIOKS_147545 Firmware Version BEOD Serial Number J496F ZEK Capacity 13608 Status Online SMART Mormal Use property command to see property of a Physical gt raidomd property tg pd c 1 p 1 Device by raidcmd ra Controller 1 Physical Device 1 Enclosure 1 tg Specify pd to see property of a Physical Device Slot c Number of the RAID Controller Device Type HDD p Number of the Physical Device Interface SAS Vendor Mode SEAGATE ST936751SS Firmware Version 0001 Serial Number gt 3PE073VM Capacity gt 33GB Status Online S M A R T gt Normal gt 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 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 Enclosure Enclosure Indicates the number of Enclosure inserted Physical Device This value is a number beginni
60. cate 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 c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device for which its location is checked p Number of the Physical Device for which its location is checked SW Specify on to turn on the DISK lamp Step 2 To turn off the lighting DISK lamp execute slotlamp command with the sw option set to off If the RAID Controller does not support the turning off the Disk lamp function the message indicating that it does not support the function is displayed and raidcmd is finished c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device for which its location is checked p Number of the Physical Device for which its location is checked SW Specify off to turn off the DISK lamp 84 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 or Failed forcibly for a maintenance job or another The function may not be
61. caucecuseuecueueareuseneeeeuearersuseneeueusareuseseseeueavarsutenevasaearense 89 Status DISHA V DY RAID VICWE D irna a AN 89 Status DISP Dy TAGGIN aeann a r a T a E N A 89 LOGGING Events to RAID OG siete ties treet a E een toe E eet vet EN N eter et 89 Buzzer IA RAID CONOC steedic vances iat a a a a S 89 LoggMg Events t009 LOG riia aaa a a cent elle 90 Sending Alert to NEC ESMPRO Managers A A 90 Monitoring Faults of Physical DeviceS s ssssssennsnssernsnnnurnrnnnurnnnnnurnrnnnurnennnunnnnnnurnennnurnennnnrnennnnne 91 Operation in no failures OF Physical DEVICES crierai E A 92 Operation when redundancy of Logical Drive degraded or lost due to failure of Physical Device 0c0eceees 93 Operation when failed Physical Device is replaced to recover RAID System cccecceeseeeeeeeeeeaeeeeaeeaeeaeeeaees 94 Operation when the Logical Drive is offline due to failure of Physical Device ccecseeeeseceeeeeereenetsesetenseeaees 95 Montornng Battery SlAbUS si2cic2s cies ihoa Nici E ool as E 96 MOnICORING EMElOSU FE SAWS vies neretetetecrenSvavendeendaieeovavelsueuiebdeavaveh uaa sal duewerel den vaeul Cee pte e ete duets 97 Monitoring Various Events Of RAID SYStCM ccccceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeseeaeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeessaesesesanaesenanes 97 Replacing Physical Device for PreVeNntiONn ccccccecseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeseeeeseeaeaeseeanaesenanes 97 Management of RAID System using NEC ESMPRO Manager
62. ce Properties becomes Detected when S M A R T error is detected xi xi Item Value Item value Number 3 Number 3 ID 2 ID 2 Enclosure 1 Enclosure 1 Slot 3 Slot 3 Device Type HDD Device Type Interface SAS Interface Physical Device which vendor Model SEAGATE 5T33675455 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 ormal SMART Detected tt tt S aa aa a cet I a a a a ak ge ee aga Se le rae ne Sane peed Wt cea ht oss Mpa Stale tvs A es tac gpa a 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 re Controller 1 Physical ce 1 se Controller 1 Physical oa HI Enclosure 1 Enclosure l 1 Slot Slot Device Type HDD Device Type s s s Interface SAS Interface Physical Device which r l aa ST12345678 Ur Aalst detected S M A R T error irmware Version irmware Version Serial Number ai Serial Number Detected Capacity 146GB Capacity gt EL ne em l eee L US aa a Le a sceuteccneenecean S M A RT Normal UE AIA OE REES E S M A R T CAET PE A IEEE aia E E PEES E LE A e A A a E E E EE alt ee ail Figure 27 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd Detection of S M A R T error
63. cedure 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 Physical 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 wizard is started STEP 1 3 Selection of RAID Level In step 1 3 select the RAID Level of the Logical Drive Select RAID Level of Logical Drive to be created After the selection click Next RAID Level RAID 5 oa 62 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 ee i 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 by the Physical Device Type Capacity number allowing the
64. chronously Initialize 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 Pi and cache modes cannot be selected 69 Deleting Logical Drive The Universal RAID Utility can delete a Logical Drive becoming unnecessary wO The function of deleting a Logical Drive is available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT You can delete Logical Drive with partitions Before deleting a Logical Drive check if the Logical Drive contains required data Deleting a Logical Drive causes all the data saved in the Logical Drive to be lost Ww You can delete only the Logical Drive that is located at 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 E N Te Pan Control _feate Logical Urive Silence Buzzer Consistency Check Initialize Delete Logical Drive Step 2 Click yes on the dialog box shown to the right x to run the delete Click No to abort the delete Logical Drive Delete Logical Drive 1 Warning The a
65. configure Logical Drive mixing Solid State Drives and Hard Disk Drives Rebuild Please check if the device type of the Physical Device is SSD or HDD then replace the Physical Device with the proper type of device before rebuilding if required How to distinguish SSD and HDD Please see Property of the Physical Device and check Capacity If the Physical Device is SSD Capacity of property displays 30GB 50GB or 1OOGB If you want to know how to see Property of Physical Device see Referring to Property of Physical Device 104 Installation Uninstallation DistributedCOM event is registered during installing or uninstalling The following events might be registered in the event log of OS during installation or uninstallation of Universal RAID Utility under Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 Even if the following events are registered there is no problem in the operation of the system and Universal RAID Utility Source Event ID Description DistributedCOM 10001 Unable to start a DCOM Server E9513610 F218 4DDA B954 2C7E6BA7CABB as RAID Viewer Log Viewer Verification of Authenticode signature at the startup of the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer RAID Viewer and Log Viewer have an Authenticode signature When you start the Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 managed application that has an Authenticode signature NET Framework Version 2 0 verify the validation of Authenticode signature Therefore if you use the co
66. ctions 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 RAID System Management by NEC ESMPRO Manager Universal RAID Utility Windows Linux Edition can manage the RAID System using NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver 5 3 or later The RAID System that exists in a remote environment can be managed by using NEC ESMPRO Manager like RAID Viewer and Log Viewer Structure of Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility consists of the following modules The module that can be used is different depending on operating system raidsrv service Windows Server 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
67. d 87 gt raidcmd stspd c 1 p 1 st off ine Make the Physical Device offline Warning The redundancy of Logical Drive will be lost Do you continue yes y or no n Change the status of Physical Device B to Offline gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 3 tae Controller 1 Physical Pevice 3 Enclosure 4 Slot E Device Type a HDD Interface gt SAS Vendor Mode SEAGATE ST936751SS Firmware Version 0001 Serial Number gt 3PE073VM Capacity 33GB Status Failed 9 M A R T Normal Troubleshooting RAID System This chapter describes the troubleshooting of a RAID System done by using the Universal RAID Utility 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 Universal RAID Utility RAID Viewer NEC ESMPRO Manager D Viewer Operation Rebuild Rebuild Rebuild Initialize SAS HDD raidcmd Measure 5 For events logged in Measure 1 Failures in RAID System detected OS Log alerts are sent by RAID to NEC ESMPRO controllers appear Measure 4 Manager on RAID Viewer Among events and raidcmd NEC recorded in ESMPRO Manager Log Viewer RAID Log Ver 5 3 and later important RAID Log events are also A recorded to OS Log Meas
68. d Physical Devices are available for Create Logical Drive Simple Mode Unused Physical Devices are those with their Status being Ready oe Physical Devices in which S M A R T errors are detected cannot be used to create Logical Drives Creating Logical Drives by 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 Initialize Mode Full 64 Creating Logical Drive Freely The Universal RAID Utility supports Create Logical Drive Custom Mode in which a Logical Drive can be created as required b
69. ded 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 1 Degraded RAID Level 5 1 2 3 4 Online Online Ready Rebuilding Failed Become Warning by existence of Degraded node Property of RAID Viewer Property of raidcmd Logical Drive Properties x prreesessessessesesssseo eseeseeseesosesesesoses ID It l 1 Logical Drive i o Ae Number Degraded ses st rray Number ot g Deg RAID Tirek Physical Device Number Peai Stripe Size i Capacity w Cache Mode Current s e Disk Array Information 1 forder 1 1 o E TETT Enclosure Slot Device Type je eeesGGa ada rf ace gt r Ven or Model Firmware Versiofies prteeeeeeeeees HDD SAS Vendor Model Seon SEAGATE 5T37345555 Firmware Version 0004 SLOOFPSV Sld Status Ver Firmware Version Vendor Model Firmware Version idoerngeerr KOS e Failed Physical Device Ready Normal Figure 24 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd Rebuilding of Physical Device 94 4 RAID Level r RAID 5 Cache Mode Setting Y Capacity Foss Status SONEL AE Stripe Size 2 4KB gt ID Serial Number De SMART TT Int
70. e Disk Array 1 51 a IN Disk Disk Pa Dedicated Dedicated I l _ Hot Spare 1 Hot Spare 2_ J ESE 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 Disk Arrays 1 and 2 the both Dedicated Hot Spare are the Hot Spare for the Disk Arrays 1 and 2 I I l I Disk Array Disk Array Dedicated Dedicated Hot Spare 1 Hot Spare 2_ J 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 Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being Ready on the Tree View am kem eT ed Step 2 Select Hot Spare on the pull down menu of menu item Control and click Make Global Make Global Hot Spare Hot Spare Make Online Make Dedicated Hot Spare Make Offline Remove Hot Spare mee be SL eee SSI A I a m Step 3 If you see the property of the Physical Device after making a Global Hot Spare you can find capacity 67GB that the value of Status is set to Hot Spare and Status Hot Spare item Hot Spare Information appears newly with Hot Spare Information Global value Global SMART Normal 52 raidcmd Use hotspare command Step 1 Execute hotspare command with mr option and the following parameters c Numbe
71. e in Single User Mode 24 RAID Viewer Use Start menu to open the RAID Viewer Click Start and point menu in order to Programs Universal RAID Utility and RAID Viewer P Accessories Administrative Tools Documents FJ Startup fy Universal RAID Utility late Log Viewer F Internet Explorer w RAID viewer Search Ei Outlook Express r Remote Assistance Programs Settings Help and Support Rum Shut Down B 8 q 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 d When you start the RAID Viewer on the computer not connected to internet may wait a few minutes until startup the RAID Viewer See Verification of Authenticode signature at the startup of the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer for detail Only a single RAID Viewer can be started at a time ww 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 Select File on the Menu Bar of the RAID Viewer and click Exit to close the RAID Viewer Control Tool Help Rescan Ctrl F5 Properties Exit Alt F4 25 Log Viewer Use
72. e to the RAID Controller at this timing if required Step 2 Execute mkIds command with the following parameters gt raidemd mklds c 1 p 3 4 5 rl 5 raidcmd creates Logical Drive 2 c Number of the RAID Controller in which a Logical Drive is created Do you continue yes y or no n y p Numbers of the Physical Devices with which a Logical Drive is created The required number of Physical Devices raidcmd created Logical Drive 2 and started to initialize varies depending on the RAID Level of the Logical Drive to It oes be created You can see the progress and the result of initialize by rl RAID Level at which a Logical Drive is made Create oplist and property commands Logical Drive Simple Mode allows a Logical Drive with gt 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 63 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 of initializing the Logical Drive can be checked by using oplist command The result of initializing the Logical Drive can be checked by RAID Log Physical Devices Available for Create Logical Drive Simple Mode Unuse
73. eates Logical Drive 2 is created p Numbers of the Physical Devices used to create a Do you continue yes y or no n y Anata Logical Drive if used The required number of Physical raidcmd created Logical Drive 2 and started to initialize Devices varies depending on the RAID Level of the Logical It Drive to be created You can see the progress and the result of initialize by a Number of the Disk Array used to create a Logical oplist and property commands Drive if used rl 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 cp 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 SS 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 cm 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 im 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 Log
74. elect RAID Controller using Easy Configuration In the RAID Controller area RAID Controllers which do not meet the conditions on Easy Configuration do RAID Controller RAID Controller 1 0 MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 128MB not appear oa 55 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 u sed for d ata stora ge 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 interface Type types or device type exist specify the number of pestle Teese Physical Devices in each type After the specification PAPDA DEVER cot 4 click Next Physical Device count using Logical Drive s 3 Hot Spare count te Setting of Logical Drive Maximum Logical Drive count Ee Creating Logical Drive count 1 Step5 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 Cick OK button run the following configuration displayed information click OK To change the configuration click Back RAID Controller 1 0 MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 128MB Disk Array 2 IF LD 2 Online RAID 5 EA PD 4 3 Online SAS
75. elected 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 53 Fa Hot Spare Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device with Status being Ready on the Tree View ATLAN Make Global Hot Spare Make Online Make Dedicated Hot Spare Make Offline Remove Hot Spare Make Dedicated Hot Spare X Select Disk Array s to make Dedicated Hot Spare Disk Array 10 33GB 1 Capacity of selected Physical Device 67 GB OK Cancel JL mU E A A Iw Capacity 6 6 Status Hot Spare Hot Spare Information Dedicated Disk Array 1 S M A R T Normal raidcmd Use hotspare command Step 1 Execute hotspare command with mr option and the following parameters c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device with which a Hot Spare is made p Number of the Physical Device with which a Dedicated Hot Spare is made The capacity of the Physical Device should be equal to or larger than any Physical Device used by the target Disk Array mr Specify make to make Dedicated Hot Spare a Number of the target Disk Array using the Dedicated Hot Spare Step 2 If you see the property of the Physical Device after making the Dedic
76. ely small TPs Capacity the progress of Status might not be able to be displayed correctly Correct progress is displayed when Rescan in File menu is run at such time Menu Bar The RAID Viewer has four menu items on the Menu Bar or File Control Tool and Help ff Universal RAID Utility RAID iewer File Control Tool Help Figure 4 Menu of RAID Viewer The following describes the menu items w O With the RAID System Management Mode of the RAID Viewer being Standard the IMPORTANT functions unavailable in the Standard Mode do not appear on the pull down menus of the menu items Depending 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 Battery Disk Array Logical Drive or Physical Device Exit Closes the RAID Viewer Control menu Control menu includes items for operating RAID Co
77. er 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 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
78. evices are connected completely start the RAID Viewer Step 2 Change the RAID System Management Tool Help Mode to the Advanced Mode if it is set to the Standard ET Mode To do this click Advanced Mode on the simple pull down menu of menu item Tool 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 x dialog box is started In the Custom Mode register a Click Add button to register the creating Logical Drive to the below list i Click OK button to create the Logical Drives on the below list 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 Logical Cache Mode Initialization Mode _ Drive to be deleted and click Delete 65 Step 4 Ifyou click Add in the Create Logical Register Logical Drive 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 x depending on the RAID Level selected in step 1 3 STEP 2 3 Selection of Disk Array Select D
79. f 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 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 Consistency Check Priority miade fad Controller Properties dialog box Change the value of Patrol Read Patrol Read to Enable or Disable Click OK or Patrol Read Priority Apply Buzzer Setting NO RAID Controllers of some types may not support Patrol Read If the Patrol Read is not Pi 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 option and the following parameters gt raidcmd optctr c 1 pr enable gt raidcmd property tg rc c 1 c Number of the RAID Controller for which whether Patrol RAID Controller 1 Read is executed or not is set vendor re Corporation eee Oe HegeRAID SAS PCI Express TID i ROMB Firmware Version 1 12 02 0342 Cache Size 128MB Step 2 Check the execution result by using Battery ae 3 proper
80. f Logical Drive Number of Logical Drives allowed to be created used by Logical Drive 2 or more RAID 1 Number of Physical Devices used by Logical Drive 2 w O The Easy Configuration can only create Logical Drives of RAID 1 or RAID 5 IMPORTANT Physical Devices used for Logical Drives Physical 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 Numbers and Physical Devices 5 6 and 7 respectively 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 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 58 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
81. gistered in the list gek ok button to creste the Losied Dinale on the below kt of the Create Logical Drive Custom dialog box RAID Level Capacity Stripe Size Cache Mode Initialization Mode RAID 5 46GB 64KB Auto Switch Full Step 9 To create other Logical Drives click Add xl and repeat steps 4 to 8 by the number of Logical 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 Drives to be created After registering all Logical Drives to create click OK Then the dialog box is closed and the registered T A T e T Logical Drives are created Check the contents of the RAID 1 33GB 64KB Auto Switch Full RAID 1 278GB 64KB Auto Switch Full Logical Drives on the Tree View and or their uto Switc u 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 67 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 mkldc command with the following parameters gt raidemd mkIdc c 1 p 3 4 5 rl 5 cp 100 ss 64 cm auto im ful c Number of the RAID Controller in which a Logical Drive raidcmd cr
82. gt E arsegg eagran parsen anaanaaaaaaaan aana gt raidemd property tg ld c 1 I 1 RAID Controller 1 Logical oe 1 h23 2A 5 64KB 146GB Write Back Auto Switch gt raidemd property tg pd c 1 p 4 co Controller 1 eel ee 4 nd 4 HDD SAS Seagate ST12345678 After Rebuild starts various results such as Status changes Ready cannot recognize existence and Status keep Failed are thought by RAID Controller s kind and the kind of the occurring issue 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 Property of RAID Viewer 1 Offline x gt raidcmd property tg Ild c 1 l 1 RAID Level 5 General option RAID Controller 1 Logical Drive 1 Property of raidcmd ID 0 Logical Drive Physical Device Number 1 2 3 Offli isk Array Number a k daalks i o AKB tripe Size S
83. gure 1 Configuration of Universal RAID Utility Functional differences from previous version of Universal RAID Utility Ver2 31 and Ver2 4 The following features have been enhanced and changed from Universal RAID Utility Ver2 31 1 Support of RAID System management on the Linux or VMware ESX server by NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver 5 3 or later Universal RAID Utility Linux Edition and VMware ESX Edition can manage RAID system using NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver 5 3 or later of the remote environment Change of the version of NEC ESMPRO Manager which supports the function of RAID System management Universal RAID Utility Ver2 31 supports NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver 4 0 or later Universal RAID Utility Ver2 4 supports NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver 5 3 or later E End of Support EOS of NEC NEMPRO Agent ESMDiskArray End of Support EOS of NEC ESM Agent ESMDiskArray because changing of version of NEC ESMPRO Manager which supports Addition of the following OS to support E Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 0 E Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 6 E Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 9 E SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 Addition of the hardware to support E Hard Disk Drive of capacity larger than 2TB Operation E Support of fault monitoring of Hot Spare When Hot Spare is Failed Universal RAID Utility notifies several logs of the event Physical Device is Failed Display of information E Change of term of running mode The term running mode in Universa
84. he Overwrite events as needed 18 If you need the addition of Universal RAID Utility you must uninstall the previous version at first In the following cases it is necessary to perform Add Install MPORTANT Installing new RAID Controller in the computer Removing RAID Controller from the computer Installing or uninstalling NEC ESMPRO Manager which manages the computer When you reinstall Universal RAID Utility the following settings are changed to the default settings If you have changed these settings before reinstallation you have to confirm the settings and change them again if required TCP port using Universal RAID Utility The RAID System Management Mode of RAID Viewer and raidcmd The scheduled task of Consistency Check in task of operating system Update Installation Windows Universal RAID Utility Ver2 3 or later does not support Update Installation If you need Universal RAID Utility update you must uninstall previous version at first When you use RAID Viewer of Universal RAID Utility Ver2 3 or later you need to install runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library that ATL Security Update has already been applied For the installation of runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 205 SP1 library with ATL Security Update applied see Preparing installation Windows For the uninstallation of Universal RAID Utility see Uninstallation Windows When the following setti
85. he following point when changes the setting of the task on operating system excluding Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Specify V1 option with Create option when uses schtasks command for changing the setting of the task Do not change the Configure for of the task of Consistency Check If does not specify V1 option or changes Configure for of the task this task is going to remain in your computer after uninstalling Universal RAID Utility When this task remains after uninstalling Universal RAID Utility delete it Task provided by Universal RAID Utility Linux VMware ESX 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 74 Stopping Consistency Check You can stop Consistency Check being executed on the way The procedure of stopping Consistency Check is described below RAID Viewer
86. ialog to show the occurrence of the problem is displayed because the DLL of Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library cannot be loaded And the following events are registered in the event log of OS Source Event ID Description SideBySide 32 Dependent Assembly Microsoft VC80 CRT could not be found and Last Error was The referenced assembly is not installed on your system SideBySide 59 Resolve Partial Assembly failed for Microsoft VC 80 CRT Reference error message The referenced assembly is not installed on your system SideBySide 59 Generate Activation Context for installation folder of Universal RAID Utility gui bridge dll Reference error message The operation completed successfully You must install Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library to use the RAID Viewer NEC ESMPRO Manager Simultaneous operation from two or more NEC ESMPRO Manager The following error might occur from NEC ESMPRO Manager to RAID System when runs the operation When the following error occurs there is a possibility of running the operation at the same time from other NEC ESMPRO Manager to same RAID System Please changes timing if whether it operates it like this is confirmed and it goes and operate it again The system error occurred Please ask it which component has broken 106
87. ical 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 of initializing the Logical Drive can be checked by using oplist command The result of initializing the Logical Drive can be checked by RAID Log Disk Arrays and Physical 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 amp 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 cannot 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
88. igure a RAID System instead 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 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 wO The maximum number of Hot Spares that can be created is 8 for N8103 109 128 134 135 RAID Controllers Easy Configuration will fail if you specify more than 8 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 Help Tool Easy Configuration lma Oe ld tel il Step 3 The Easy Configuration wizard is xl started In step 1 3 select the RAID Controller to be STEP 1 3 Selection of RAID Controller configured by clicking it Then click Next S
89. ing Universal RAID Utility Wu The RAID log is not deleted at the uninstallation of Universal RAID Utility You can refer the log P files even after uninstalling Universal RAID Utility Preparing installation Windows RAID Viewer and Log Viewer use Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher and the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library Install these components if it does not exist in the computer where the Universal RAID Utility is to be installed Installation of Microsoft NET Framework ow Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Vista Windows 7 Pi include NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher Therefore you do not need to install NET Framework in case of using them as operating system wO Please be sure to install Microsoft NET Framework Version between 2 0 and 3 5 for proper Wii operation of Universal RAID Utility Universal RAID Utility does not work properly only with Microsoft NET Framework Version 4 0 F Add or Remove Programs i 10 x Step 1 Click Start Control Panel Then double click Add or Remove Program Currently installed programs I show updates Sart by Name EJ Change o jB Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 Size 121 00MB Step 2 Click Change or Remove Program to list Proorems_ pem a eee Currently installed programs If the following programs exist in the list of Currently installed sl programs Microsoft NET Framework may not be Tn
90. ing system Update Installation Linux VMware ESX Universal RAID Utility Ver2 3 or later does not support Update Installation If you need Universal RAID Utility update you must uninstall previous version at first For the uninstallation of Universal RAID Utility see Uninstallation Linux VMware ESX When the following setting is changed you have to change the setting again TCP port using Universal RAID Utility The RAID System Management Mode of RAID Viewer and raidcmd The scheduled task of Consistency Check in task of operating system Uninstallation Linux VMware ESX Use setup sh in the installation image to uninstall Universal RAID Utility Step 1 Execute setup sh in the installation image Change the current directory to the directory in which the gt ed directory name involved installation image installation image is stored and type as follows i sh setup sh uninstal eee ap SAURA gt rpm q UniversalRaidUti lity package UniversalRaidUtility is not istala ed Step 2 At the end of setup sh the uninstallation is gt completed Check the result of the uninstallation by using the rom command When the uninstallation is completed gt rpm q eciservicef package eciservice is not installed gt properly the following package is uninstalled gt rpm q storelib UniversalRaidUtility x yy z x is major version yy is minor package storelib is not instal lee version z is revision number gt rpm q Web
91. 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 Physical Device Fatal The Physical Device which is detected a failure by RAID Controller Tape Drive The Physical Device which device type is Tape Drive CD Drive DVD Drive The Physical Device which device type is CD DVD The nodes of Dedicated Hot Spare created to two or more Disk Arrays existed in each node of Disk Array E joo aaa aM 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 32 Operation View The Operation View indicates the status and results of operations executed in the computer after the RAID Viewer is started Stop Delete a remem aya 1 i a i TEE a Initialize RAID Controller 1 LO 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 M Initialize mM 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
92. isk Array for creating of Logical Drive 1 When RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 or RAID 6 is selected as the RAID Level select a Disk Array to be Type used for the Logical Drive Disk Array bak anay 1 EA PD 1 0 Online SAS HDD If the RAID Controller contains Physical Devices of E PD 2 1 Online SAS HDD different types click the type to be used on Type fi PD 3 2 Onine SAS HDD Next click the Disk Array node to be used on Disk Array After the selection click Next Add Disk Array Cancel To create a Disk Array to be used newly click Add xj 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 Number Capacity to be used for the added Disk Array by the number M amp pp 4 3 67GB required for the RAID Level to be created Then click ae i pra nei OK The newly created Disk Array is added to Disk OE ro 706 278GB Array in step 2 3 of the Register Logical Drive wizard i 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 Select Physical Devices for creating of Logical Drive For RAID 10 check the check boxes of four Physical Devices For RAID 50 check the check boxes of six or larger Physical Devices Further the number of Physical Devices should be even After the selection
93. ity is Logical 50GB remaining Logical is 100GB in the poia capacities 100GB and ee 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 59 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 Initialize 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 la
94. l Drive with Status being Online Pin 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 R create Logical Drive Silence Buzzer Consistency Check Delete Logical Drive Step 2 Click yes on the dialog box shown to the right COI E to run the initialize Click No to abort the initialize Logical Drive A Initialize Logical Drive 1 Warning The all data will be lost on Logical Drive if the partitions exist on it Please make sure there is no important data before initializing Logical Drive Do you continue 77 Step 3 After Initialize is started the progress of the Initialize appears on the Operation View At the completion of the Initialize Status on the Obi Status Operation View is changed to Completed Initialize RAID Controller 1 LO 2 Running 10 Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 1 Completed Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Completed I TrRitinlize Cath Coetecliear 1 1m ea Cernedletocd raidcmd Use init command Step 1 Execute init command with op option and the following parameters gt raidemd init c 1 l 2 op start Initialize Logical Drive 2 c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Logical Warning Drive for which Initialize is started The all data will
95. l RAID Utility If you want to change the RAID System Management Mode you must to use runmode command The RAID System Management Mode does not change the mode when restart the computer Changing RAID System Management Mode The procedure of changing the RAID System Management Mode is below RAID Viewer Use Advanced Mode or Standard Mode 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 with md a parameter Step 2 If you want to change from Advanced Mode to Standard Mode run runmode command with md s parameter 29 gt raidcemd runmode md a angee RAID System Management Mode to Advanced Mode gt gt raidcmd runmode md s Changed RAID System Management Mode to Standard Mode gt 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 ff Universal RAID Utility RAID Yiewer File Control Tool Help Menu Bar fel computer Stop 3 lt Delete ee RAID Controller 1 0 MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 128MB J Battery Normal oe Disk Array 1 0 Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 1 Running 0 a Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Completed Initialize RAID
96. l RAID Utility has been changed to RAID System Management Mode E Enhancement of Make Online Make Offline When you execute Make Online Make Offline Universal RAID Utility displays a warning message in order not to corrupt the system by mistake 10 System requirements This chapter describes system requirements of the Universal RAID Utility Hardware Computers The computers can contain RAID Systems to be managed by the Universal RAID Utility RAID Systems to be managed by Universal RAID Utility For RAID Systems which can be managed by the Universal RAID Utility see 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 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 R2 SP1 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Professional SP2 or later Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP1 or later wO Ifyou use Server Core Install Option of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 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 RAID Viewer and Log Viewer Micro
97. lacing 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 M A R T errors by the following means RAID Viewer raidcmd RAID Log 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 Warning The status of the Physical Device is retained as its status until the S M A R T error is solved 97 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 computer Computer eneen j EMM RAID Controler 100 EA RAD Controler 160 7 Da Battery Normal a o a Disk Array 160 E LD 100 Online RAID 5 EA PD 10 Online 545 HDD RS PD 2 1 Online SAS HDD EA PD 2 1 Online SASHDD i PD 3 2 Online SAS HDD Ga PD 3 2 Online S M 4 R 7 SAS HDD Ea PD 4 3 DedicafesUnt Spare S4S HDD E PD 4 3 Physical Device which detected S M A R T error Warning Property of RAID Viewer The S M A R T of Physical Devi
98. lers specified by c Op Specify start to start Consistency Check Step 2 After the Consistency Check is started the raidcmd terminates normally Check the execution status of the Consistency Check by using oplist command 73 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 medium error 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 Universal RAID Utility make the task for a RAID Controller which does not support Patrol Read that execute consistency check for arbitrary Logical Drive Wu When you set the Patrol Read to Disable Universal RAID Utility execute Consistency Check Dos with the function of scheduler as Task 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 Windows help 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 wO Note t
99. ll data will be lost on Logical Drive if the partitions existonit Please make sure there is no important data before deleting Logical Drive Do you continue raidcmd Use delld command Step 1 Execute delld command with the following parameters gt raidemd delld c 1 I 2 Delete Logical Drive 2 c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Logical VETA Drive to be deleted The all data will be lost on Logical Drive if the partitions 1 Number of the Logical Drive to be deleted exist on It Please make sure there is no important data before deleting Logical Drive Do you continue yes y or no n yes Step 2 Displays the Warning message and the confirmation message Type yes to reply to the confirmation message Then a Logical Drive is deleted Type No to abort the delete Logical Drive 70 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 regularly in the background The Patrol Read is effective to find failures including Physical Device medium error early Be sure to execute Patrol Read for a RAID Controller if it Supports the Patrol Read The Universal RAID Utility provides the function of indicating whether Patrol Read is executed or not and the function o
100. lled standby rebuild or hot swap rebuild Accordingly manual Rebuild is not required so often If required use the Universal RAID Utility wO 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 u Rebuild can be executed if Status of a Physical Device is set to Failed and Status of the Pi Logical Drive using the Physical Device is set to Degraded RAID Viewer Use Rebuild in Control menu Step 1 Connect the Physical 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 b Delete Logical Drive 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 Operation View is changed to Completed nL PD at punning 00 Consistency Check RAID Controler 1 LD 3 Completed Initialize RAID Controler 1 LD 3 Completed raidcmd Use rebuild command Step 1 Connect the Physical Device used for Rebuild to a RAID Controller at this timing if required Step 2 Execute
101. losure Status The Universal RAID Utility can monitor enclosure status which the RAID Controller detects by the following means RAID Viewer ee RAID Log Buzzer OS Log Alert 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 event to the OS 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 C Logs Events for detail about the event 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 RAID Viewer raidcmd RAID Log 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 OS 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 C Logs Events for detail about the various event of RAID System Rep
102. mber of RAID Controller B C The number of Physical Device D ID of RAID Controller 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 1 Allowing Dedicated Hot Spares to be made and 2 Connecting with more than one unused Physical Device 57 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 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 Devices RAID Level of Logical Drive Number of Logical Drives allowed to be created 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 Devices RAID Level o
103. md See Appendix B 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 Utility Therefore if you terminate 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 2 click the RAID Controller whose information is to be seen on the Tree View and click Properties on the pull down menu value of menu item File Number 1 The RAID Controller Properties dialog box has the ID 0 General and Option tabs vendor LSI Corporation The General tab indicates the property of the RAID Model MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 128MB Controller Firmware Version 1 12 32 0501 Cache Size 128MB RAID Controller Properties CE xX The Option tab allows you to see the settings of the RAID punuma Controller You can change the settings in the
104. mputer 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 936 70 en About the startup without Microsoft NET Framework Ver2 0 or later RAID Viewer and Log Viewer will fail to start if you do not install Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 or later in advance 1 When the version that is older than Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 exists The message dialog to show the occurrence of the initialization error of NET Framework is displayed 2 When NET Framework does not exist The message dialog to show the occurrence of the application error which generated by the link error of NET Framework is displayed And the following events are registered in the event log of OS Source Event ID Description Application Popup 26 Application popup raidview exe or rlogview exe Application Error The application failed to initialize properly OxcO000135 Click on OK to terminate the application You must install Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher to use the RAID Viewer and Log Viewer 105 About the start when Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library does not exist RAID Viewer fails in the start if it doesn t install Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library 1 When Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library does not exist The message d
105. ne none raidcmd conf port raidsrv Agent service etc opt nec raidsrv network section network section network section raidsrv_agent conf data_port event_port agent_port Step 5 After the modification is finished start the raidsrv service raidsrv Agent service and eciService gt etc init d raidsrv start star tine raidsrv services gt etc init d raidsrv_agent start Starting raidsrv_agent services gt gt etc init d eciServiceProgram start atari ioe eciServiceProgram 102 Changing RAID System Management 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 x check box in the General tab of the Option dialog box General RAID System Management Mode Il Always start with an Advanced Mode WW The setting of Always start RAID Viewer in Advanced Mode is enabled at the next start of the Pir RAID Viewer 103 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 R
106. ng is changed you have to change the setting again TCP port using Universal RAID Utility The RAID System Management Mode of RAID Viewer and raidcmd The scheduled task of Consistency Check in task of operating system Uninstallation Windows The Setup Program uninstalls Universal RAID Utility when there is the same version of Universal RAID Utility in the computer u You can start the uninstallation by using the clicking Delete on Universal RAID Utility Pi program in the list of Add or Remove Program Step 1 See Installation Windows about the procedure of starting the setup program Step 2 The uninstallation starts the InstallShield Wizard of the Universal RAID Utility The InstallShield Wizard of the Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard i x Universal RAID Utility is started Click Yes on the dialog box shown to the right to start the uninstallation Click No to abort the setup program Do you want to completely remove the selected application and all of its Features 19 Step 3 Uninstallation begins A right screen is displayed while uninstalling it Step 4 At the completion of the uninstallation the wizard appears as shown in the figure to the right Click Finish If the uninstallation completes Universal RAID Utility is deleted from the list of Add or Remove Program Also one or several programs to control RAID Controller in your system are deleted too Universal RAID
107. ng parameter i raidemd sbuzzer c 1 C 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 or the syslog in Linux For events to be logged in the OS log see Appendix C 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 C Logs Events For alert transmission provided by the NEC ESMPRO Agent see the relevant documentation of the NEC ESMPRO Agent Using report coordination of NEC ESMPRO AlertManager 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 If the registry has existed already you do not need to correct the
108. ng with 1 45 Item RAID Viewer Item raidcmd Description Slot Device Type Interface Vendor Model Firmware Version Serial Number Slot Device Type Interface Vendor Model Firmware Version Serial Number Indicates the number of Slot inserted Physical Device This value is a number beginning with 1 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 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 Indicates the vendor and model name of the Physical Device 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 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 Rebuilding Indicates that the Physical Device is rebuilding Hot Spare Indicates that the Physical Device is set as a Hot Spare Ready Indicates
109. nistrator authority should run the raidcmd Only users having the IMPORTANT administrator authority can execute the raidcmd In case of the operating system is Linux or VMware ESX 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 do not execute at same time In case of the operating system is Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Vista Windows 7 you must use Administrator Command Prompt for running raidcmd If you use normal Command Prompt you cannot 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 Calculator Programs Accessories Command Prompt click Run a Documents as administrator on shortcut menu Command Prompt Connect to a Wetwo Open qj Notepad Cy Run as administrator a ni 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 O Windows meeds your permission to continue If yo
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111. ntrollers 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 If the RAID System Management Mode of the RAID Viewer is set to the Standard Mode the functions restricted in the Standard Mode are disabled See Standard and Advanced Modes for the functions available depending on RAID System Management Modes 34 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 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 Dri
112. ol Read RAID Controller 1 l e a isl Corporation prp Value set after Patrol Read Priority is changed Select i a value out of high middle and low MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM Firmware Version gt 1 12 02 0342 Step 2 Check the execution result by using arl A Nie n n attery Status Norma property command Rebuild Prior ity High Consistency Check Priority Low Pat al a Read i aabt o Patrol Read Priority gt High Baz er Set Bing ERM Ab g 72 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 Physical Device medium error 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 Consistenc
113. on H Logical Drive Normal The Logical Drive operates normally 6 Logical Drive Warning Because the Logical Drive contains one or more Physical Devices with Status being Failed the redundancy of the Logical Drive is lost or degraded Fi 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 Meaning Description Physical Device Ready The Physical Device is not used to create a Logical Drive yet O 5 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
114. owing VMware ESX VMware ESX 4 0 Updatel or later VMware ESX 4 1 You must install the Universal RAID Utility in the service console Do not install in the virtual machine 12 Others Resources Resource Windows Linux VMware ESX Available Hard Disk Space 250MB or more not include Microsoft NET Framework not include the required packages as Ver2 0 the runtime of Microsoft Visual C standard C library etc 2005 SP1 library TCP ports used by Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility uses the following three TCP ports TCP port Description 52805 Data port 52807 Communication port with NEC ESMPRO Manager For the change of TCP port number using Universal RAID Utility see Changing TCP port number 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 modes in which the network function cannot operate Safe Mode Safe Mode with Command Prompt Safe Mode with Networking Also it cannot be used in the single user mode of Linux and VMware ESX See Starting Universal RAID Utility in Single User Mode about how to use the Universal RAID Utility in the single user mode 13 Setup of Universal RAID Utility This chapter describes installation and uninstallation of the Universal RAID Utility Installation image Use the setup program of Universal RAID Utility for the installation
115. perty of the Disk Array 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 eee and click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File T f Numb 1 The General tab indicates the property of the Disk Array ao Physical Device Number 1 2 3 Capacity LOOGE Unused Capacity 70GB Use property command to see property of a Disk Array by gt raidomd property tg da c 1 a 1 raidcmd ae Controller 1 Disk Arraya I Physical Device Number od 2a tg Specify da to see property of a Disk Array Capacity 67GB C Number of the RAID Controller Unused Capacity 47GB a Number of the Disk Array 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 Array 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
116. r 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 Description H 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 ma 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 mI 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 H RAID Controller Fatal One or more components of the following status exist in the RAID Controller Containing one o
117. r 1 l Number of the Logical Drive for which Initialize is gt stopped Op Specify stop to stop Initialize 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 Initialize 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 78 Setting Initialize Priority You can set the priority at which Initialize is executed in the computer The procedure of setting the Initialize Priority is described below wO Setting Initialize Priority are available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT y Mt RAID Controllers of some types may not support the setting Initialize Priority If does not TIS 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 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 Initialize Priority to High Middle or Low Click OK or Apply raidcmd Use optctrl command Step 1 Execute optctrl command with ip option and the following parameters c Number of the RAID Controller for which Initialize Priority is
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119. r 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 Icon Meaning Description HE Battery Normal The Battery operates normally HE 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 Disk Array Fatal These are some components which the status is Fatal or Warning 31 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 Icon Meaning Descripti
120. r of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device with which a Hot Spare is made p Number of the Physical Device with which a Global Hot Spare is made mr Specify make to make Global Hot Spare 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 Do you continue yes y or no n yes gt gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 6 ly Controller 1 Physical cia 6 Enclosure 1 Slot 6 Device Type gt HDD Interface gt SAS Vendor Mode Seagate ST12345678 Firmware Version BK09 Serial Number 1111 Capacity wl 46GB Status Hot Spare Hot Spare Information Global S M A R T gt N6rina 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 the 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 s
121. racter code when you see the RAID Log Operating System Path and File Name Character Code Windows installed folder server raid log UTF 8 Linux var log raidsrv raid log When the character code of the operating system is EUC EUC When the character code of the operating system is not EUC UTF 8 VMware ESX var log raidsrv raid log UTF 8 For details of events to be registered to the RAID Log see Appendix C Logs Events wO The registration of the event to RAID Log starts when raidsrv service is begun and stops when raidsrv service is stopped The event happened when raidsrv service has stopped is not registered to RAID Log 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 89 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 5 l Control Create Logical Drive Silence Buzzer p You can click menu item Silence Buzzer whether a Buzzer sounds or not Nothing is done if Control Tool Help no Buzzer sounds raidcmd Use sbuzzer command Step 1 Execute sbuzzer command with the l followi
122. rebuild command with op option and the defined parameters gt raidcemd rebuild c 1 p 3 op start c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Physical Device for which Rebuild is executed gt raidemd oplist p Number of the Physical Device for which Rebuild RAID Controller 1 s executed a 3 Rebuild Running 70 Op Specify start to start Rebuild 81 Step 3 After the Rebuild is started the raidcmd terminates normally Check the execution 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 wO The function of stopping Rebuild is available only in the Advanced Mode IMPORTANT Mt Some types of RAID Controller do not support stopping rebuild If it does not support this P function the stop button of operation view of RAID Viewer does not become enable When the op option of raidcmd rebuild is stop the message saying it is not supported is displayed and the command is terminated 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 Operation After the Rebuild is stopped Status on the Rebuild Operation View is changed to Stopped Status r 1 PO 4 Running 0 Completed Completed
123. registry additionally 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 90 Values Name WavDefault REG_SZ Default wav AniDefault REG_SZ Default bmp Image REG_SZ Default omp Smalllmage REG_SZ Default bomp Permission In case of the operation system is Windows XP exclude Home Edition Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows NT add the following permissions Administrators Full Control Everyone Read SYSTEM Full Control ESMPRO User Group Full Control ie ESMPRO User Group is the name group for the management of NEC ESMPRO Manager y TPS 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 RAID Viewer raidcmd RAID Log Buzzer v 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 red
124. rger 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 larger 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 aoe Hot Spare Hot Spare Figure 18 Assigning Hot Spares in Easy Configuration oe 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 60 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 o Em E ee ee ee M M M M I l Logical Dedicated __Drive 1 Hot Spare Figure 19 Making Dedicated Hot Spare in Easy Configuration 1 Ex If Physical Devices 1 8 are used in E
125. roller 1 2 1 Step 2 3 Set the contents of configuration lt Physical Device Type SAS HDD gt Unused Physical Device count Physical Device count using Logical Drive s 2 7 Hot Spare count Do you continue yes y or no n 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 MegaRAID SAS PCI Express TM ROMB 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 Caution 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 Initialize by oplist and property commands you continue yes y or no n ye tir RAID Controller and Physical Device have two numbers in Step 3 3 RAID Controller A B Physical Device C D A The nu
126. rsal RAID Utility when the architecture of CPU is x64 101 Step 5 If complete to modify all of configuration files start raidsrv service raidsrv Agent service and eciService Click Start Control Panel Then double click Management Tool Services Click Universal RAID Utility service and Start of Control menu after displays service list And start Universal RAID Utility raidsrv Agent service and eciService by the same way Using Linux or VMware ESX 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 If the RAID System is managed by NEC ESMPRO Manager gt etc init d raidsrv stop Ver 5 3 or later raidsrv Agent service and eciService will Stopping raidsrv services also be stopped gt gt etc init d raidsrv_agent stop Stopping raidsrv_agent services gt gt etc init d eciServiceProgram stop Stopping eciServiceProgram gt Step 4 You must change TCP port number in the configuration file of raidsrv service RAID Viewer raidcmd or raidsrv Agent service for date port event port and communication port of NEC ESMPRO Manager module path and configuration data port event port communication port file name with NEC ESMPRO Manager raidsrv service etc opt nec raidsrv socket section socket section none raidsrv conf data port event port raidcmd etc opt nec raidcmd network section no
127. rsal RAID Utility newly when there is not Universal RAID Utility in the computer Procedure Windows 1 Preparing installation Windows 2 Installation Windows Procedure Linux 1 Preparing installation Linux 2 Installation Linux VMware ESX Procedure VMware ESX 1 Installation Linux VMware ESX Update Installation Install the new version of Universal RAID Utility when there is the previous version of Universal RAID Utility in the computer Procedure Windows 1 Update Installation Windows Procedure Linux VMware ESX 1 Update Installation Linux VMware ESX Uninstallation Uninstall Universal RAID Utility from the computer Procedure Windows 1 Uninstallation Windows Procedure Linux VMware ESX 1 Uninstallation Linux VMware ESX a A user having the administrator authority should install or uninstall the Universal RAID MPORTANT 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 or Windows Server 2008 R2 there is not Start menu You must run setup exe on the Administrator Command Prompt If you use VMware ESX press Alt key and F1 key at boot screen of VMware ESX to switch to service console Log in to VMware ESX with administrator authority to install or uninstall Universal RAID Utility Be sure to exit RAID Viewer Log Viewer raidcmd and Event Viewer before uninstall
128. rts have been made to ensure the accuracy of all information in this manual If you notice any part unclear incorrect or omitted in this 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 the version 2 4 This User s Guide consists of the following four files User s Guide This file uru24eug pdf Appendix A Glossary uru24euga pdf Appendix B raidcmd Command Reference uru24eugb pdf Appendix C Logs Events uru24eugc pdf See Appendix A Glossary for the terms on the Universal RAID Utility and those used in this User s Guide Universal RAID Utility indicates Universal RAID Utility the version 2 4 Before using Universal RAID Utility 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 See the Windows 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 sym
129. s ee ee OEE Tree View of RAID Viewer gt raidcmd property tg pd c 1 p 1 eo Controller 1 Rene Plas H1 Enclosure 1 Slot El Hi Computer Enclosure FA 1 Coe SAS b W RAID Controller 160 Slot Pa e Vendor Mode Seagate 112345678 D Battery Normal Device whe en i Firmware tersa BKO9 i I ace S i n o et E ool Vendor Modeg BAXTOR ATLAS10K5_147SAS W Halal Oe neers Firmware yetsion koo E PD 1 0 Online SAS HDD gona Number 496PZEK EA PD 2 1 Online S45 HDD eee capacity 13668 fe PD 3 2 Online SASHDD Status Orne E PD 43 Dedicated Hot Spare 545 HDO R SS eer S M A R T Normal Figure 22 Display of RAID Viewer raidcmd No failures of Physical Devices 92 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 Property of raidcmd ogical Drive Properties gt raidcmd property tg lId c 1 K Degraded Logical Drive Properties i Level 5 ramm isan RAID Controller 1 Logical Drive 1 Pam
130. s 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 ibstdc 33 computer or not If it has existed in your computer rom compat ibstdc 33 3 2 3 command displays the right way the part of is gt different by operating system In this case see Installation Linux VMware ESX If it has not existed in your computer rom command displays the right way In this case install it to your computer 21 Step 2 Log in to the computer with administrator authority to install Universal RAID Utility Insert the install disk of operating system included the GCC 3 3 4 Comparability standard C library to CD ROM DVD ROM drive of your computer Step 3 Move current directory to the directory existed GCC 3 3 4 Compatibility standard C library install it by rom command the part is different by operating system gt rpm q compat ibstdc 33 package compat ibstdc 33 is noL 386 vom gt rpm ivh compat ibstdco 33 Preparing 100 SLEEP AAE oe eer LS StLSLSLGERCSLGESESISUGESIGUGESISLGEIGLGESIGLBESISLBL gt rpm q compat ibstdc 33 a ee Step 4 You can see the result of installation by rom command If the installation finishes rom command displays the below compat libstdc 33 3 2 3 the part of
131. s deleted 2 Informa 2008 06 18 09 53 17 302 lt RUOS02 gt CTRL SID 1 PO 4 I0 15 ENC 2 SLT 5 MAXTOR ATLASIOK Status Bar Figure 6 Structure of Log Viewer The Status Bar is used only for changing the size of the Log Viewer window 37 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 ts Fatal A log of the type is registered when a fatal error occurs fh Warning A log of the type is registered when a problem occurs which is not fatal but requires your attention Fa 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 ID Indicates the event ID of the log Description Indicates the contents of the log Double clicking an arbitrary log allows the detailed information on the log to be displayed Event Properties H x Date 2007 08 29 Time 14 08 11 Error ID a04 Description lt RUOSO4 gt CTRL PD A ID 3 SEAGATE STS7345555 0001 Physical Device is Failed cancel arov 38 Menu Bar The Log Viewer has two menu items or File and Help on the Menu Bar ff Universal RAID Utility Log iewer File
132. s 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 wO RAID Viewer and raidcmd do not 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 locate procedure is described below RAID Viewer Use Locate Lamp in Control menu Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer Click a Physical Device to MIARE LIN IE be located on the tree view select Locate Lamp on the LocatefLamp 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 Lo
133. sal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard x Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Universal RAID Utility The InstallShield Wizard will install Universal RAID Utility on your computer To continue click Next lt Back i Cancel Step 3 The Universal RAID Utility is installed in Program Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard Files Universal RAID Utility or Program Files x86 for x64 Choose Destination Location in the drive where the OS is started by default To change Select folder where setup will install files the installation folder click Change and enter another installation folder Click Next i Install Universal RAID Utility to C Program Files Universal RAID Utility Change InstallShield 17 Next the wizard appears as shown in the figure to the right Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard Click Install to start the installation Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation If you want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard InstallShield i Install Cancel Step 4 At the completion of the installation the wizard Universal RAID Utility InstallShield Wizard appears as shown in the figure to the right Click Finish E Pokaan nsta le izar ompiete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Univers
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136. soft NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher is required Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Vista Windows 7 include NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher Therefore you do not need to install NET Framework in case of using them For the installation of Microsoft _NET Framework Version 2 0 or higher see Preparing installation Windows 11 Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library To use the RAID Viewer the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library is required Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 include the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library Therefore you do not need to install the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 library in case of using them as operating system For the installation of the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 8 or later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 or later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 0 MIRACLE LINUX V4 0 SP 2 or later Asianux Server 3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 3 or later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP 1 or later Software VMware ESX VMware ESX The Universal RAID Utility can operate in the foll
137. tem by using the Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility provides a variety of functions depending on purposes eet ttt ttt itt tT tt titi ttt ttt i tt ttt ttt tet tt it tt ttt ttt tt ttt tit ttt ttt Titi ttt ttt tt tt ttt ti Tt ttt ttt tii ttt ttt ttt titre itn itt i itt ttt ttt ttt ttn titi tr iti itt rntnend Would like to make Hot Spare as measures against failure of Physical Device e eas os Allows Global or Dedicated Hot Spare to be made without errors ould like to Ae configure RAID N System easily due to no expert knowledge Provides Easy Configuration f RAID System allowing RAID System to be configured without expert knowledge of RAID System am GaP D D am aw a D Would like to add a Logical Drive easily Allows Logical Drive to be made only by setting two selection items ee aa D a aa 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 specify configuration of Logical Drive closely or create more than one Logical Drive ata asp ap oy Would like to delete unnecessary Logical Drive m P You can delete the Logical Drive without stopping the System 49 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 h
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139. test 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 rh FS 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 of the RAID System gt raidcemd rescan again and updates the management information to gt 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 see RAID Log File Help Refresh F5 Properties Exit Alt F4 The information 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 see Logging Events to RAID Log 48 Configuration of RAID System This chapter describes the configuration of a RAID Sys
140. the RAID Controller 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 click the Logical Drive whose information is to be seen on the Tree View and click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File The Logical Drive Properties dialog box contains the General and Option tabs The General tab indicates the property of the Logical Drive The Option tab allows you to see the settings of the Logical Drive You can change the settings in the Advanced Mode Use property command to see property of a Logical Drive by raidcmd tg Specify Id to see property of a Logical Drive C Number of the RAID Controller Number of the Logical Drive Item raidcmd Item RAID Viewer Logical Drive Properties p xj Number 1 ID 0 Physical Device Number 1 2 3 Disk Array Information 1 forder 1 1 RAID Level RAID 5 Capacity 6656 Stripe Size 64KB Cache Mode Current Status Write Through online Logical Drive Properties I i X Item Value Cache Mode Setting Auto Switch gt raidcmd property tg Ild c 1 I 1 RAID Controller 1 Logical Drive
141. the RAID Controller used in your system Storelib a bb O a bb is version and Lib_Utils a bb cc noarch a bb cc is version WebPAMPRO_ Agent 3 aa bbbb cc aa bbbb cc is version Storelib a bb O a bb is version Lib_Utils a bb cc noarch a bb cc is version and WebPAMPRO_Agent 3 aa bbbb cc aa bbbb cc is version If the installation fails these packages do not exist in the computer Universal RAID Utility does not install the following packages in the VMware ESX environment CHECK Please note that the installation is finished successfully in VMware ESX even after the program does not exist storelib a bb O a bb is version Lib_Utils a bb cc noarch a bb cc is version 22 a If you need the addition of Universal RAID Utility you must uninstall the previous version at first In the following cases it is necessary to perform Add Install IMPORTANT Installing new RAID Controller in the computer Removing RAID Controller from the computer Installing or uninstalling NEC ESMPRO Manager which manages the computer When you reinstall Universal RAID Utility the following settings are changed to the default settings If you have changed these settings before reinstallation you have to confirm the settings and change them again if required TCP port using Universal RAID Utility The RAID System Management Mode of RAID Viewer and raidcmd The scheduled task of Consistency Check in task of operat
142. ty command The following parameter of RAID Cens istency Chek Priowity Controller is changed Patrol Read Patrol Read enable to allow Patrol Read Patra ljm Road Priority disable not to allow Patrol Read eiar Sett ing Enable 71 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 w O 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 RAID Viewer Click the RAID Controller on the Tree View Then click Properties on the pull down menu of menu item File J Pd lu Red ET Idle a Step 2 Click the Options tab in the RAID Controller Properties dialog box Change the value of Patrol Read Priority to High Middle or Low Click OK or Apply Patrol Read Priority Low ki Buzzer Setting raidcmd Use optctrl 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 c Number of the RAID Controller for which Patr
143. u started this action continue Windows Command Processor C aa Microsoft Windows come Tea Step 3 Administrator Command Prompt will start soon Administrator ComMAnA PEAN You should check the window title is Administrator a e n i Microsoft Windows Version 6 850060 Command Prompt You can use raidcmd on Copyright c 2666 Microsoft Corporation Al ri Administrator Command Prompt i GiiSUindousssystemi d gt 27 Standard and Advanced Modes The RAID Viewer and raidcmd can operate in two RAID System Management 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 RAID System Management 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 raidcmd Standard Advanced function command mode mode Update display information Rescan rescan s s See property Property property s v Create Logical Drive simple Create Logical Drive mklids s v Simple Create Logical Drive custom Create Logical Drive mkldc v Custom Silence Buzzer Silence Buzzer sbuzzer s v Consistenc
144. ueuearseceearsesenarsessearseseearss 71 Setting Whether Patrol Read Is Executed Or Not ccscsecsecsecneseceeonececseenececaesnecneanseeousnsnecnsneatseseneansensnes 71 Checking Result of Executing Patrol Read s cccscsssssssecssssssesesursuecuevsseccuesssuseuecessscecessursseueessuscuuvsrransaees 72 setting Patrol Read Priority croira anv ibinawlienind ica ineie a a R 72 Checking Logical Drive Consistency sessssssesssnsnurnrnsesrnrnnnurnensnurnennnurnensnururusnuruensnurnensnnenennnnennne 73 Executing Consistency Check Manually ssssssnsnssssssssssessrssnesserererorsnnsnsnsnnnnnnnnnnsrererennnsnsnnnenenenenenenenenennnnne 73 Executing Consistency Check for arbitrary Logical Drive s sssssssssssnrsrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnrnnnnnnnnenenerenenenenennnn 74 SLODDING CONSISTENCY CREEK teinne N a bhanieewndeassasaine tubanmurineeainies 75 Checking Result of Executing Consistency Check csccecsecseceesecsecnececeecnscncaesescneaeeesousonsesensnsatseesnsansaesnes 75 Setting Consistency Check PHOMLY sscesevcegescs navucevessuasesenganarevtcarsaecevnaialcersnienenet a dinaveauianeea EEE 75 TEANIZ AG OG Cal VW Cis sce a aan Gece AAAA 77 Executing EVM AN ZS asa esc Recs aes a teh ti eu a arte wana a scan a dae cae eats sien 77 SEO PMC MM ANZ sorsara ee cadawat race neue Cate vunsed sete a ieecutiet vase ecusawanedsaaGuie E 78 Checking ReESuUItOF Executing INITIANIZe acj secdacniceusaessmnianassonsanmnamndanwieeuaaeansencdna
145. undancy The status of the Physical Device and Logical Drive 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 status 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 Logical drive S Physical device Z Physical device Hot Spare 91 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 i 1 Online eia lis xl gt raidcmd property tg Id c 1 I 1 RAIDLevel 5 j option i Controller 1 Logical Drive 1 G 2 3 4 1 Online Online Online Hot Spare Physical Device Number 1 2 3 Disk Array Number 1 Logical Drive a BaKB Online Capacity 0 146GB Cache Mode Current gt s Write Back a Switch Number ID Physical Device Number Disk Array Information RAID Level Capacity Stripe Size Cache Mode Current Statu
146. ure 2 All events occurred in RAID gt 05 Log Systems are recorded to RAID Log In case of Windows Log Viewer allows referring RAID Log In case of Linux text Falas editor or otherwise allow Sece referring RAID Log detegting RAID Pfoblem Measure 3 Buzzer sounds gt at occurrence of D failure if installed in RAID Buzzer RAID System Controller 88 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 See Referring to Information on RAID System about details of Status in the Property tab 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 The data in the RAID Log can be seen by using a text editor or Log Viewer when the operating system is Windows For details of the Log Viewer see Functions of Log Viewer Note the cha
147. ve 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 Dedicated Hot Spares available as Hot Spares of specific Logical Drives Remove Hot Spare removes Physical Devices from Hot Spares Make Online Sets the selected Physical Device to online Make Offline Sets the selected Physical Device to offline Locate Lamp Goes on or blinks the lamp on the slot where the selected Physical Device is installed ON goes on or blinks 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 RAID System Management Mode The item varies depending on the RAID System Standard Mode Management Mode Advanced Mode sets the RAID System Management Mode to the Advanced Mode Standard Mode sets the RAID System Management Mode to the Standard
148. y Check start Consistency Check cc v v Consistency Check stop Stop on Operation cc v v View Consistency Check start NA ccs ov s for schedule running Initialize start Initialize init s Initialize stop Stop on Operation init v View Delete Logical Drive Delete Logical Drive delld v Rebuild start Rebuild rebuild Rebuild stop Stop on Operation rebuild v View Hot Spare make Make Hot Spare hotspare s s Hot Spare remove Remove Hot Spare hotspare ov s Change Status of Physical Device Online Make Online stspd v Change Status of Physical Device Failed Make Offline stspd s Location of Physical Device Locate Lamp slotlamp v s Easy Configuration Easy Configuration econfig vv s Start Log Viewer Log Viewer NA v s Change RAID System Management Mode Standard Mode runmode v s Advanced Mode See the version About in Help run raidcmd without ov s menu command See status of operation Operation View oplist s 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 28 RAID System Management Mode when startup RAID Viewer and raidcmd RAID Viewer RAID Viewer always starts with Standard Mode You can change the RAID System Management Mode when RAID Viewer starts See Changing RAID System Management Mode at Start of RAID Viewer raidcmd raidcmd starts with Standard Mode at first after installing Universa
149. y Check is described below W The Consistency Check can be executed only for Logical Drives with Status being Online Pi 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 i l control Tool Help click Consistency Check on the pull down menu of menu item Control Create Logical Drive b Silence Buzzer Consistency Check Taiti aliom k Step 2 After Consistency Check is started the progress of the Consistency Check appears on the Operation View At the completion of the Consistency Check Status on the Operation View is changed to Running Oi d Completed Ee ce eee ier a Consistency Check RAID Controller 1 LD 3 Completed Trhitisliza BATA Coanteoilar 1 1M 2 Completed raidcmd Use cc command Step 1 Execute cc command with op option and the following parameters gt raidcmd cc c 1 l 2 op start c Number of the RAID Controller containing the Logical gt raidcmd oplist Drive for which Consistency Check is executed If specify RAID Controller 1 all as parameter the targets are all Logical Drives of all LD 2 Consistency Check Running 30 RAID Controllers gt Number of the Logical Drive for which Consistency Check is executed If specify all as parameter the targets are all Logical Drives of RAID Control
150. y 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 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 M Allows Logical Drives of various RAID Levels RAID O RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10 and RAID 50 to be created Allows selection items including Capacity Stripe Size Cache Mode and Initialize Mode to be specified closely 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 O 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 D

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