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1. Managed systems 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA 56 Palla li hou2287c Local system Controller 1 ho ec 241054 Directattached devic Logical devices 1 D fs aes By selecting Controller1 the disk drives connected to Controller 1 and in the Enterprise View the logical drives created with those disk drives appear in the Physical and Logical Devices Views You can perform most tasks by selecting a controller in the Enterprise view and working with Its associated devices in the Physical and Logical Devices Views Using Physical Devices View When you select a controller in the Enterprise View information about the physical disk drives connected to that controller appear in the Physical Devices View Enterprise view Physical devices FH Managed systems 4 Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Gi bou2287c Local system 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Direct attached devices Controller 2 Adaptec 281054 Controller 2 is connected to eight disk drives Disk drives designated as hot spares have plus signs beside them e A blueplussign shown at right means that the spare is protecting at least one logical drive e A hot spare with a yellow plus sign shown at right may not FS be large enough to protect the logical drive It s assigned to or may not be assigned to a logical drive See Working with H ot Spares on page 90 for more information Step 3 Exploring Adaptec Storage Man
2. C4 Configure Help Enterprise view Create simple volume Logical devices Create dedicated hot spare drive for gt k Baag Create hot spare drive Product le Set drive state to failed Logical devices 2 Wa Controlle Clear D B Ap Verity Verity with fix Initialize Properties A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive indicating that it s designated as a dedicated hot spare A yellow plus sign indicates an error See What Do the H ot Spare Icons M ean on page 93 for help solving the problem Physical devices 4 Controller 2 Adaptec 2410SA Direct attached devices gt 2 e ea Hot spare 4 To usethesame dedicated hot spare to protect another logical drive repeat Step 2 and Step 3 Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 93 What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean Icon Explanation Action m Healthy global or dedicated No action required hot spare m Hot spare is not assigned to a Create at least one logical any logical drives drive on the same controller m Hot spareis too small to m Designate larger disk drive as protect the logical drive s it s hot spare assigned to a Global hot spare was a Create at least one logical designated before any logical drive on the same controller drives were built m Hot sparehas been builtintoa m Designate replacement or logical drive after disk drive other available disk drive as failure new hot spare remove hot spare design
3. Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 116 M odify the recipient s information as required then click OK Recipient name Email address Event type Removing a Recipient from the Email List You can remove any recipient from the Email List Once a recipient has been removed event notifications from the local system are no longer sent to that email address To remove a recipient from the Email List 1 2 3 4 Open the Email Notification M anager See page 111 Click on the recipient you want to remove In the tool bar click Delete email recipient Click Yes to confirm the deletion The recipient is removed from the Email List Monitoring and Managing the Email Log The Email Log displays status information and messages about the Email Notification M anager itself such as whether email notifications were sent successfully or not This section explains how to Use the Email Log see page 117 Find the Email Log files see page 117 Clear the Email Log see page 117 Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 117 Using the Email Log By default email events are listed in the order they occurred with the most recent event first To make it easier to find a specific event click on the column heads to sort events You can also reorganize the column by clicking and dragging the column heads see the Figure on page 105 Double click on an event to see basic information about the event including th
4. e Address of your SMTP server e From address that will appear in email notifications To modify the Email Notification M anager settings 1 Open the Email Notification M anager See page 111 2 Inthemenu bar select Actions then click SMTP server settings File View Actions Help Add Add email recipient 2 Delete email recipient mail Notifications amp Modify email recipient Recipi Event type Last message sent im Error Warning 07 18 2005 11 42 05 B Error Warning Informatio 07 18 2005 11 44 08 c Error Warning Informatio 07 18 2005 11 42 12 Lisa Boojoy Pauline Brat SMTP server settings N Disable Email Notifications The SM TP Server Settings window opens 7 G SMTP server settings SMTP server address srntpserver adaptec com From email address Lisa_Boojoy adaptec com 3 Enter the address of your SM TP server Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 119 4 Enter the From address to appear in email notifications If email recipients will be replying to email notifications besurethat the From address belongs to a computer that is actively monitored 5 Click OK to save the settings Disabling Email Notifications Email notifications are enabled by default but can be disabled if required Note If you disable email notifications events will be generated but email notices won t be broadcast To disable email notifications 4 Op
5. C F R 12 212 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and its successors and 49 C F R 227 7202 1 of the DoD FAR Supplement and its successors 12 General You acknowledge that you have read this Agreement understand it and that by using the Software you agree to be bound by its terms and conditions You further agree that it is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between Adaptec and you and supersedes any proposal or prior agreement oral or written and any other communication between Adaptec and you relating to the subject matter of this Agreement No additional or any different terms will be enforceable against Adaptec unless Adaptec gives its express consent including an express waiver of the terms of this Agreement in writing signed by an officer of Adaptec You assume full responsibility for the use of the Software and agree to use the Software legally and responsibly This Agreement shall be governed by California law except as to copyright matters which are covered by Federal law This Agreement is deemed entered into at M ilpitas California by both parties Should any provision of this Agreement be declared unenforceable in any Jurisdiction then such provision shall be deemed severable from this Agreement and shall not affect the remainder hereof All rights in the Software not specifically granted in this Agreement are reserved by Adaptec Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement you may contact Ad
6. Configure write cache Configure read cache Change logical device name amp Create sna pshot Properties 4 To begin the verification immediately click Yes To schedule the verification click Schedule then set the date and time You can also choose to set the verification as a recurring task For more information see page 124 Note Don t power off the system while the verification isin progress If you do the verification will stop While the verification isin progress the logical device is shown as an animated icon as shown at right to indicate ki that the task is in progress Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 83 When the verification is complete an event notice is generated in the local system s event log and broadcast to other systems if you have event notification set up see page 103 You can now continue working on the controller Verifying a Logical Drive Without Fix Note To verify and fix a logical drive see page 84 While Adaptec Storage M anager verifies a logical drive you can t complete any other tasks on the controller associated with that logical drive Because verification takes along timeto complete you may want to schedule it as a task to be completed overnight or on a weekend To verify a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller associated with the logical drive 2 IntheLogical Devices View click the logical drive 3 In the menu bar
7. e Monitoring Your Storage Space on page 99 e Managing Tasks on page 123 e Managing Remote Systems on page 132 e Working with Display Groups on page 134 e Managing Controllers and Disk Drives on page 139 e Solving Problems on page 146 To find the most commonly asked about information see Quick Answers to Common Questions on page 156 Getting Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager In this chapter Fooomnainto Remote SYES aeria anaE a i 61 CreanaG DDV Grou S ae annnnemenaiiansmteumnMusin an minns 63 Setting Preferences and Changing VICWS cccessssesssssersersereeen 65 Customizing the Adaptec Storage M anager AGe Nn ta 67 You can customize Adaptec Storage M anager to make managing your storage space easier and more effective Log in to other systems on your network to view and manage all your controllers disk drives and logical drives from your local system see page 61 Create display groups to organize related local and remote systems see page 63 Change display settings and add or remove features from the main window see page 65 Change alarm settings or set the agent to broadcast event notices from selected systems see page 67 Note The tasks described in this chapter are optional Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager e 61 Logging In to Remote Systems If multiple computers or systems on your network arein your storage space you can use Adaptec Storage M anager to m
8. in the main Adaptec Storage M anager window Disabling a Controllers Alarm You can disable the alarm for a selected controller if required A Caution If you disable the alarm no audible signal will sound when a Warning or Error level event occurs on the controller 14 In the Enterprise View click on the controller you want 2 Inthemenu bar click Actions select Alarm Actions then click Silence alarm File View Remote Actions Help ma add cr Hints and tips Ay Create logical device Delete all logical devices Enterprise view PAANAN Alarm actions E Silence alarm N Add feature key Test alarm E Rescan Disable Enable background consistency check amp Enable copy back mode Properties W Controller 2 The alarm is disabled for that controller Viewing Component Properties Click on any component in the main window of Adaptec m Storage M anager then click the Properties button shown at right to view version numbers status model numbers and other information about that component The properties listed vary depending on which type of component you selected Managing Tasks In this chapter PIU AC a TaK osiensa an aR EAEE 124 O pening the Task M NAST sie iicevvsanvenninasidasanaisensinnialacaeatineeiealanasaves 126 OE BE Oa siinnd 127 Modifying a TASK c cccsssscstscsessscsesssecsessrsceesseesersceesrssnssetsnseansansees 129 eS Ae n cece eraaideiererneidrneeenntioncnecn 130 Disabling
9. see M anaging Remote Systems on page 132 Creating Display Groups You can organize related local and remote systems into display groups to make managing your storage space easier and more effective Systems in a display group appear together in the Enterprise View under the group name To create a display group 1 Inthe Enterprise View right click on a system that you want to add to a display group Enterprise view E bou2 Managed systems G bou2287c NS oe wa Controll Hints and tips Wa Controll Log out 4 Controll Agent actions b Save printable configuration Save support archive Change display group b Properties 2 Select Change display group then click New group E bou2287c Local system Enterprise view Managed systems mi bou228 c 7 14 77 wa Controll Hints and tips W Controll Log out Wa Controll i Agent actions gt controller Save printable configuration Save support archive Change display group Properties New group Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager e 64 3 Enter anamefor the new display group then click OK Gl Group name Group name perver Room 1 Y The display group is created and the system you selected in Step 1 is added to it Enterprise view F Managed systems Aa Server Room 1 5 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 241054 4 Controller 2 Adaptec 281054 W C
10. unlocking 22 log files clearing 110 117 Email Notification M anager 117 Notification M anager 110 logged notifications See event notifications loggingin 38 Administrator 35 Guest 36 User 36 logging out 38 logging back in 38 Logical Devices View 40 42 buttons 162 icons 161 logical devices See logical drives logical drives 42 73 to 90 advanced settings 53 78 automatic verification 81 available space on disk drives 76 background consistency check 81 background verification 81 building advanced 51 building basic 48 changing RAID levels 87 custom configuration 51 definition 74 148 deleting 89 different sized disk drives 76 disabling background consistency check 84 disk drive segments 77 164 distributed spare drives 169 enabling background consistency check 84 expanding 84 extending partitions 87 finetuning 78 to 81 formatting 50 Index e185 increasing capacity 84 initialize method 80 initialize priority 81 manual verification 81 maximum size 84 mirrored data 165 non RAID 164 options for creating 48 parity 168 partitioning 50 RAID 1 165 RAID 10 167 RAID 1E 166 RAID 5 168 RAID 50 170 RAID 5EE 169 RAID 6 171 RAID 60 172 RAID level 42 RAID segments 164 RAID Volumes 56 read cache 80 rebuilding 151 remove disk driveor segment 85 replace disk drive or segment 85 replacing disk drives 145 selecting disk drives 53 selecting RAID levels 52 setting the size 75 size 53 size limitations 5
11. 0 logic software and processing to manage the transfer of information between the host and the devices it s connected to hot spare A spare disk drive which will automatically replace a failed disk drivein a logical drive hot swap Remove and replace a failed disk drivein alogical drive without shutting down the server or disrupting activity on the logical drive initialize Prepare a disk drive for reading and writing I O Input Output Data entering into or being extracted from a computer L LAN Local Area Network A network of interconnected workstations sharing the resources of a single server typically within the area of a small office building Glossary e 177 LED Light emitting Diode An electronic device that lights up when powered local system The computer that you re working on In Adaptec Storage M anager local and remote are relative terms See also remote system logged notifications Event messages about remote systems that appear in the Event Viewer of Adaptec Storage M anager See also Notification M anager logical drive Oneor moredisk drives grouped together to appear as a single device to a computer Also Known as a logical device or array M managed system A computer or server in a storage space that s being managed by Adaptec Storage M anager MB M egaByte Depending on context 1 000 000 or 1 048 576 bytes Also 1000 KB mirroring Data protection that duplicates a
12. Check status and other properties of a page 122 controller disk drive or other component View the full Event log page 101 configure the Adaptec Storage M anager page 67 agent settings configure notification settings page 103 configure email notification settings page 111 Check the status of scheduled tasks page 123 monitor and modify scheduled tasks open the online Help page 46 Understanding RAID In this appendix Understanding Drive Segments cccccsscssssssscsssessssrssrssessreees 164 RAID 0 Non RAID Logical Drives ccscsscsssssssnssssnssnsessens 164 RAID L Logical a closing tie nite sea erate oie seen ara tabu 165 RAID 1 Enhanced Logical DI iVes cccccssssssscsssssessssessseeee 166 RAID IU Loga DI ES aisun 167 RAID 5 Looc Dr E ikiia 168 RAID 5EE Logical Drives sessssssseseerssreriernnrerinrnnrernnrnrrnrrnrsrrerrrrerens 169 RAID 50 Logical DIiVes ccscscsscsssssscssssssctsrssresssstssrsetees 170 RAID 6 Logical DriveS ssssssesssrssrerererrnrnrrsrrnrnnrnrinrsrenrnrrsrrernersrrerens 171 RAID SU Bele te Big aren eee anei aane eE eee ne nes 172 Selecting the Best RAID Leva oo cc cccsesssscsssscsssessssessrssrsreees 173 When you create logical drives in Adaptec Storage M anager you can assign a RAID level to protect your data Each RAID level offers a unique combination of performance and redundancy RAID levels also vary by the number of disk
13. Controller 3 Adaptec 2810SA Once you have logged in to a remote system it is automatically included in the Enterprise View each time you start Adaptec Storage M anager from the local system To login to aremote system 4 From themenu bar click Remote then select Add Remote System The Add Remote System window opens Add remote system Mote The remote system must be running the Adaptec Storage Manager Hostname or TCPIP address h 40 10 10 76 System startup port number 34571 Lser name fadrnin Password fransen D Save user name password Required Held i secuti ls enabled on the Adaptec storage Manager agent connects Cancer Het 2 Enter thehost nameor TCP IP address of the remote system 3 Enter thestartup port number of the remote system The default port number is 34571 4 f prompted enter your user name and password User names and passwords are case sensitive To save this user name and password click inside the Save user name password box Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager e 63 5 Click Connect Adaptec Storage M anager connects to the remote system and adds it to the list of managed systems in the Enterprise View 6 To manage the remote system select it in the Enterprise View and enter your user name and password if prompted To create logical drives on your remote systems see Step 4 Building Your Storage Space on page 47 For more information about remote systems
14. Expand or change logical device Click Next then click Advanced settings M odify the available settings as required for your logical drive not all options are available for all controllers or all RAID levels Logical drive size see page 75 Write cache see page 79 Stripe size see page 79 Read cache see page 80 Initialize method see page 80 Initialize priority see page 81 2 Click Next 3 To apply the changes immediately click Apply To schedule the changes for later click Schedule then set the date and time For more information see page 124 Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 79 Changing the Write Cache Setting The write cache setting determines when data Is stored on a disk drive and when the controller communicates with the operating system e Disabled write through The controller sends or writes the data to a disk drive then sends confirmation to the operating system that the data was received Use this setting when performance Is less important than data protection e Enabled write back The controller sends confirmation to the operating system that the data was received then writes the data to a disk drive Use this setting when performance is more important than data protection and you aren t using a battery backup cache Enabled is the default setting e Enabled write back when protected by battery T he controller sends confirmation to the operating system that
15. Glossary e 175 channel Any path used for the transfer of data and the control of information between disk drives and a RAID controller controller A hardware device that interprets signals between a host and a disk drive Also known as an adapter or card S also I O copyback Adaptec RAID controller feature that allows data that has been moved to a hot spare to be returned to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced D DAS Direct attached Storage D ata storage that is physically connected to a server See also LAN SAN drive segment See segment E Email Notification Manager A utility within Adaptec Storage M anager that emails event messages to selected recipients See also email notifications Notification M anager email notifications Event messages about remote systems that are emailed to selected recipients event Activity on your storage space such as a disk drive failure or logical drive verification F fault tolerance The ability of a system to continue to perform its functions even when one or more disk drives have failed Glossary e 1 6 firmware A combination of hardware and software software written onto read only memory ROM format See initialize G GB GigaByte 1 024 M B Seealso MB H host A computer that s connected to a TCP IP network See also TCP IP host bus adapter HBA An adapter card that includes all of the 1
16. Sy Secondary Logon Enables st Started Automatic Local Sys 7 9 Removable Stor age Rs Security Accounts Stores sec Started Automatic Local Sys gt Disk Defr agmenter Sy Security Center Monitors s Automatic Local Sys Disk Management Rs Server Supports fil Started Automatic Local Sys be Services and Applications Sa Shell Hardware Det Started Automatic Local Sys Sy Smart Card Manages 4 Manual Local Ser WMI Control 4 SNMP Service Includes ag Manual Local Ser Ss Indexing Service Ra System Event Notifi Tracks syst Started Automatic Local Sys op ClearCase Ra System Restore Ser Performs s Started Automatic Local Sys Sa Task Scheduler Enables a Started Automatic Local Sys Sa TCP IP NetBIOS Hel Enables su Started Automatic Local Ser Sa Telephony Provides T Started Manual Local Sys i e Extended A Standard 5 Doubleclick SNMP Service The SN MP Service Properties window opens 6 Click the Traps tab then enter the IP address of each computer on which you want to enable traps Click OK 8 Start theSNMP service Appendix A Configuring SNMP Support e 155 Configuring SNMP Support on Linux For the Linux operating system the Adaptec Storage M anager SN M P agent is a sub agent that interfaces with the UCD SNM P agentx architecture UCD SN MP is athird party package for Linux for information documentation and downloads see www net snmp org To configure SN M P support
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18. Technical Support Identification TSID number 3 terminology 15 test events email notifications 114 event notifications 106 failed email messages 115 failed event notifications 107 logged notifications 106 Text Description View 43 tool bar buttons 162 TSID Number See Technical Support Identification Number U upgrade features 21 unlocking 22 user permissions Administrator level 35 Guest level 36 User level 36 V verifying and fixing logical drives 82 verifying logical drives 81 83 automatic verification 81 background verification 81 icon 84 Index e189 manual verification 81 View buttons 43 Views Full SizeCapacity 44 Relative Size Capacity 44 Text Description 43 W Windows controller support 59 installation 25 silent installation 26 SNMP support 154 starting Adaptec Storage M anager 31 starting agent 33 write cache battery backup cache 79 setting 79 write back 79 write through 79 adapfec Adaptec Inc 691 South M ilpitas Boulevard Milpitas CA 95035 USA 2005 Adaptec Inc All rights reserved Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec Inc which may be registered in some jurisdictions Part Number CDP 00030 01 A Rev A LB 09 05
19. WINCOWS cccsscsssseseseeereerees 154 Configuring SN M P Support on LINUX sasstassectinnsiectidecsectienctesntecinens 155 Configuring SNM P Support ON NetWare cesses 155 This appendix describes how to configure SN M P support for the Adaptec Storage M anager software Adaptec Storage M anager supports SN MP gets and traps through the use of an SNMP agent Appendix A Configuring SNMP Support e 154 Configuring SNMP Support on Windows Note Be sure your Windows installation includes SN M P support By default Windows 2000 and Windows XP do not install SN M P To install and configure SN M P support 4 Run the Adaptec Storage M anager installation program see page 25 2 When prompted select Yes install SNMP support 3 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation then restart your computer 4 Open the Windows Computer M anagement tool then select Services from the tree m Computer Management m File Action View Window Help 2 Computer Management Local amp system Tools aRemote Procedure Provides th Started Automatic Network g Event Viewer Sa Remote Procedure Manages t Manual Network Shared Folders 4 Remote Registry Enables re Started Automatic Local Ser Local Users and Groups Binet i Silii Sa Removable Storage Manual Local Sys erformance Logs and Alerts a 9 r 4 Routing and Remot Offers rout Disabled Local Sys a Device Manager i y Storage
20. alerts 67 customizing 67 event log 69 introduction 17 Linux 34 NetWare 34 port number 69 Windows 33 alarm changing settings 67 disabling 67 disabling controller level 122 duration 67 frequency 67 silencing 122 testing 121 archive file 152 audible alarm See alarm automatic verification 81 B background consistency check 81 84 background verification 81 base port number 69 boards See controllers bootable CD mode 70 to 72 broadcasting event alerts 120 Build initialize method 80 building storage space bootable CD mode 71 custom configuration 51 express configuration 48 express RAID levels 48 Index e 182 RAID Volumes 56 buttons Logical Devices View 162 Physical Devices View 162 tool bar 162 C cards See controllers CD mode See bootable CD mode Clear initialize method 80 components defined 15 viewing properties 122 Configuration event detail window 101 configuration See building storage space Configure button 104 configuring defined 48 controller support 59 controllers disabling alarm 122 properties 141 registering 140 rescanning 140 saving configurations 141 updating firmware 142 Copyback 98 custom configuration 51 customer support 3 D daemon 17 dedicated hot spares 90 creating 92 deleting logical drives 89 devices 41 disk drive segments 164 disk drives available space 42 conceptual graphic 74 different sizes in same logical drive 76 failed state 144 failure recovery mu
21. attached devices Logical devices 1 W Controller 2 Adaptec 281054 a ae joe 2 gt Connection status Connected Source Descriptio are sai s1 a _ TET A aie has been _ to the Cen oo r AM PD b Logical device is norrr introller 1 logical des Device 1 3 19 3 AM PDT p0u2287 Bus escan complete T lle ih AM PDT c f the k introlle 43 07 AM PDT bou228 c Rebuild complete c ares 1 aa al device 1 Device 1 aeg nn Dahnildina cantrallar d lacieal davien 1 AMMauian 11 IAN AM DONT hanIIO7e 4 ontroller 1 Status Bar Event Viewer Resize the panels and scroll horizontally or vertically as required to view more or less information Using Enterprise View The Enterprise View is an expandable tree that lists the local system the computer you re working on and any remote systems that you re logged in to All the controllers on those systems are also listed in the Enterprise View See Logging In to Remote Systems on page 61 for more information about local and remote systems Note See Creating Display Groups on page 63 to learn how to group related local and remote systems together in the Enterprise View Step 3 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager e 41 When you select a component in the Enterprise View the disk drives and logical drives devices associated with it appear in the Physical and Logical Devices Views as shown below Enterprise view Physical devices Logical devices
22. disk drive information Physical devices 4 Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Direct attached devices Port 0 Optimal 9 766 GB Port 1 Optimal 9 766 GB Port 2 Ready 9 766 GB Port 3 Optimal 9 766 GB Port 4 Optimal 9 766 GB Port 5 Optimal 9 766 GB Port 6 Ready 9 766 GB DOPORPOOD Port Hot spare 9 766 GB Logical devices ORO Logical devices 2 gt Text Description View button Step 3 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager e 44 Click the Full Size Capacity View button to see the size capacities of your disk drives as shown below Physical devices Logical devices W Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA N Direct attached devices Logical devices 1 Fu Il S IZe Ca pacity gt 8 eee DD View button Disk drives or segments of disk drives that are included in logical drives are shaded brown Click the Relative Size Capacity View button to see the size capacities of your disk drives relative to each other as shown below Physical devices Logical devices Fi a Controller 3 Adaptec 2410SA 8 EE ee ee Relative Size Capacity Direct attached devices Logical devices 1 e BE y G View button e C 7 GB available segment p ft A full length bar is displayed for the largest disk drive Proportionally shorter bars are displayed for other disk drives Step 3 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager e 45 Checking System Status Adaptec Storage M anager includes an Event Vie
23. drives they support This appendix describes the RAID levels supported by Adaptec Storage M anager and provides a basic overview of each to help you select the best level of protection for your storage system Appendix D Understanding RAID e 164 Understanding Drive Segments A drive segment is a disk drive or portion of a disk drive that is used to create a logical device A disk drive can include both RAID segments segments that are part of alogical drive and available segments Each segment can be part of only one logical device at atime If a disk driveis not part of any logical device the entire disk is an available segment RAID O Non RAID Logical Drives A logical drive with RAID 0 includes two or more disk drives maximum twelve and provides data striping where data is distributed evenly across the disk drives in equal sized sections RAID 0 logical drives do not maintain redundant data so they offer no data protection However compared to an equal sized group of independent disks a RAID 0 logical drive provides improved I O performance Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For instance a logical drive with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can create a RAID 0 drive segment of 250 GB for atotal of 1000 GB for the volume as shown below Disk Drive 1 Drive Segment Size Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 Disk Dri
24. ean sssr 93 kemong anot PaE isi eq Ji 10 Protecting Your Data CSE anenenaenmaicereuaenwasesumneueni 96 Snapshot enti ascites snes Creating a Snapshot with B Backup POA EEA EN T Creating a Snapshot W ithout B Backup seein e V Daeing a Sapsi ranncnnnnannnsn 11 Contents e 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space M onitoring Options nae PPPOA PEETER d i a ines In Your Storage SPACE scsessssssesnsntnre om 101 View eg oi E A n Cle m Eye Gln What D Di o the Status is cons ete aan mime Using Event N ae M onitor CS EEE i Setting up Event N otifications EEE EEN L S M anaging the Event N otification ce ae E EEE ee 107 M onitoring and M anaging the N otification mae imide Disabling Event Notifications nn J1 Setting U p Email N eN Sa APE a ere eres Manadna the Email Lainna M onitoring and M anaging re Emai Log iste aee L16 Changing the Email Notification M anager Settings 118 Disabling Email Notifications s es L19 Broadcasting Event Alerts to U sers sieved AAAI EAA F Silencing and Testingt ireAudible Alarinrin 121 Testing the Alarm ere ee er rrr ree Pa Si ilencing the Alarm PEE TE EEA A PEI T A ee Disabling a C ontroller e Aleit EEEE EE N ee Viewing Component Properties s s ssssseseserrrrrrersrsrsrsrsrserrsrsnse LOD Sedain the sit M ane ms M onitoring Tasks E E E E EPEE ETET
25. in bootable CD mode 1 w N Insert the RAID installation CD into your CD drive then restart your computer When prompted select the language you want then press Enter Review the license information then press Enter The main Adaptec Storage M anager CD menu opens Click Launch Configuration Utility Adaptec Storage M anager opens Click Create File View Remote Actions Help GP aaa The Configuration wizard opens The Configuration wizard guides you through the configuration of your controller There are 4 physical drives available for configuration Click Express or Custom then click Next Configuration paths S Select a path through the configuration wizard Express configuration for controller 1 Click this choice to configure your Adaptec 24105A controller automatically Custom configuration for controller 1 Click this choice to configure your Adaptec 24105A controller manually Ce a He 6 Continue with Step 4 Building Your Storage Space on page 47 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares In this chapter Understanding Logical DiiVes cccccssscssssssssessssesssserssrsssesrees Rd DIOS iiiki aaa i Fine tuning Logical DI iVOS ccccsscscssssssesssssrssssssrsssessrssrsersseesanees Verifying Logical DIIVOS cccccscsssrscscsssessssessrscsrsssessrssstssrserssteees Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive ccsesesesssssseerseeees Changing the RAID Level of a Logical D
26. logical devices with _ matching RAID levels in the panel at right Logical devices 3 gt RAID level RAID volume 2 R Name Device 3 gt Advanced settings 6 Modify the Advanced Settings if required See Fine tuning Logical Drives on page 78 for more information 7 Click Next Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 58 8 Review theRAID Volume settings The example below shows one RAID Volume ready to be created Configuration summary Below is the configuration summary for the controller To accept and save this configuration click Apply To make changes click Back Configuration summary Click Apply to save your configuration changes Logical device Initialization Hot spare RAID volume 38 73 None A No To make changes click Back 9 Click Apply then click Yes Adaptec Storage M anager builds the RAID Volume The configuration is saved on the Adaptec controller and on the physical drives Adaptec Storage M anager replaces the individual logical drives with a single RAID Volume in the Logical Devices View The Event Viewer shows that the logical drives have been deleted Enterprise view Physical devices Logical devices AA Managed systems jaa Controller 1 Adaptec 28105A bou2287e Loe Direct attached devices Logical devices 1 o G a amp amp 2 D OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO_ R O lL Connection status Connected Date Time Source Description D 04 29 2005 11 20 16 AMPDT
27. media cdrom linux manager 4 Extract theRPM package and install it rom install StorMan rpm 5 Unmount the Adaptec Storage M anager CD Red Hat umount mnt cdrom SuSE umount media cdrom 6 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage M anager on every Linux computer that will be part of your storage space 7 Continue with Starting Adaptec Storage M anager on Linux on page 32 Step 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager e 29 Installing on NetWare This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage M anager on computers running NetWare See System Requirements on page 18 for a list of Supported operating systems Before You Begin You need the latest Support Pack for your operating system so you can run the supported Java Virtual M achine JVM You need JVM version 1 3 or later To check your JVM version load JVM type AVA VERSION Note For the latest updates from Novell visit www novell com Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage M anager CD 2 From thecommand prompt type load cdrom and press Enter 3 From thecommand prompt type XX_yy_2z netware managen Install where xx is the product CD yy is the version number and zz isthe release number For example adptcd v2 01 The installation program starts 4 Follow theon screen instructions to complete the installation 5 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage M anager on every NetWare computer that will be part of your
28. multiple Adaptec RAID products some of the features and functions described here may not be available for your controller Chapter 1 About This Guide e 15 Terminology Used in this Guide Because this Guide provides information that can be used to manage multiple Adaptec RAID products in a variety of configurations from DAS to SAN the generic term storage space is used to refer to the controller s and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage M anager For efficiency the term components or component is used when referring generically to the physical and virtual parts of your storage space such as systems disk drives controllers and logical drives M any of the terms and concepts referred to in this Guide are known to computer users by multiple names In this Guide this terminology Is used e Controller also known as adapter HBA board or card e Disk drive also known as hard disk hard drive or hard disk drive e Logical drive also known as logical device Note For more information see Understanding RAID on page 163 and the Glossary on page 174 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager In this chapter About Adaptec Storage M anager csccsssssssssssrsssssrssrsersersersees About the Adaptec Storage M anager Agent ceescssssssesersereees System PROQU IN ENGIS sccaisiitaiecindenstenetoidinessenivinderadensterixvelasntesneniacanin Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage
29. must partition and format them using the disk management tools provided with your operating system Do you want to apply the new configuration Adaptec Storage M anager builds the logical drive s The configuration is saved on the Adaptec controller and on the physical drives 6 Repeat Steps 1 to 5 for each controller on your system 7 Continue with Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives below Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives The logical drives you create appear as physical disk drives on your operating system You must partition and format these logical drives before you can use them to store data Note Logical drives that have not been partitioned and formatted cannot be used to store data Refer to your operating system documentation for more information Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 51 Next Steps If you have installed Adaptec RAID controllers on more than one computer to continue building your storage space e From each computer login to Adaptec Storage M anager and repeat Steps 1 to 7 to create logical drives e From your local system the computer you re working on login to all other computers in your storage space as remote systems see page 61 then repeat Steps 1 to 7 to create logical drives The maximum number of supported RAID controllers varies depending on your operating system See RAID Controller Support on page 59 for more information To continue see M anag
30. ode Limitations enn 71 Getting Started in Bootable CD M Ode ccccsccsessesseseeeeeeeeseeeeeee 71 Running Adaptec Storage M anager from the CD 72 Contents e LO 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares Understanding Logical Drives cccccsssssssssssssssssesescssssessee A Creating Logical Drives AEEA A AE AA TAA te Setting the Size of a Logical Dri F VE A Including Different sized Disk Drivesin a aLogical Drive 7 Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Space 77 Fine tuning Logical D D Changing the Write Cache Setting Changing the Stripe Size 19 Changing the Read C seamen MC AAEE EAR gt Changing the Initialize M EET Changing the Initialize Priority PEER ETETEA EI TE nia 81 Verifying Logical Drives ERE E E il Verifying and Fixinga Logi cal Dri EE APEP E 82 Verifying a Logical Drive Without FIX wc cesses OS Et nabling Disabling Background Consistency Check 84 Increasing t g the Capacity of a Logical Drive OF Extending a Partition on a Logical Dive EEEE F Changing the RAID Level of a Oe E T Deaeting a Logical Drive s ssssssserereressesrrrsrsrsrerrrrrrrrrrsrersrsrsrnrnre OF Working with H ot Spares PT EEEE PEET H ot Spare inne jeans eines te Dedicated Spare or Global a srarssarsaean 90 Designating a Global H Ot Spare OL Assigning a Dedicated H ot SPATE ssssssstrsserrsserrsrerrsrerrseerseeresee OZ What Do the Hot Spare Icons M
31. sent A message appears indicating either that the test event was sent successfully or that the test failed Click OK to clear the message If the test is successful the receiving system beeps once and its Event Viewer shows that a test event was received as shown below Test event Source Description 11 55 02 AM PDT bhou228 c Verify complete controller 1 logic 11 54 05 AMPDT hou228 c Verifying controller 1 logical devic 11 54 05 AM PDT bhou228 c Added logical device controller 1 11 54 00 AMPDT bhou228 c Successfully applied the new conf f i 11 54 00 AM PDT hou228 c Created a hot spare drive controll B 05 04 2005 08 42 55 AM PDT bou228 c A controller has been added to th g APIA ANNA ANA 7 6F 66 ARAT PER Ca La T a ka Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 107 If the test fails a Ensurethat the receiving system is powered on and running Adaptec Storage M anager b Open the receiving system s System Properties window see Step 3 on page 107 and double check the TCP IP address and port number c Try sending the test event again Managing the Event Notification List This section describes how to manage systems in the Notification List e To add asystem to the Notification List see page 104 e To modify asystem s connection information see page 107 e Toremovea system from the Notification List see page 108 Modifying a System s Address or Host Name If the TCP IP informat
32. settings select RAID Volume then click Next Define logical devices Follow the instructions in the panel below to select a RAID level add physical drives and adjust other settings as desired Click Add logical device to define another or click Remove logical device to remove this one then click Next S Selectthe RAID level for this logical device RAID 0 Striping 2 or more drives required not redundant RAID 1 Mirroring 2 drives required redundant RAID 5 Striping with parity 3 or more drives required redundant Advanced settings RAID 10 Striped mirrors even number of drives required redundant RAID 50 fRAID 5 groups striped together 6 or more drives required redundant Simple volume fA single drive segment not redundant Spanned volume Two or more concatenated drive segments not redundant p ia volume Two or more concatenated logical drives may be redundant 5 IntheLogical Devices panel select the logical drives you want to use in theRAID Volume Adaptec Storage M anager prompts you to select the correct number of logical drives as shown below Number of disk drives required Define logical devices Follow je instructions in the panel below to select a RAID level add physical drives and adjust offer settings as desired Click Add logical device to define another or click Remove logical devig to remove this one then click Next Logical devices S Click on two or more
33. striped together 6 or more drives required redundant RAID 60 amp RAID 6 groups striped together 8 or more drives required redundant Simple volume A single drive segm Actigns Help Spanned volume Two or more concat RAID volume Two or more concate Hints and tips Ay Create logical device Delete all logical devices Alarm actions b Add feature key kF Rescan Enable background consistency check Enable copy back mode Properties To purchase a feature key contact your Adaptec Reseller or refer to the Adaptec Web site at www adaptec com To unlock the enhanced features with a feature key see page 22 Chapter 2 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager e 22 Unlocking the Enhanced Features To unlock enhanced features with a feature key 1 Inthe Enterprise View right click the controller you want then click Add feature key Enterprise view a E Physical devices Managed systems EO wa Controller 2 Adaptec Hints and tips Aq Create logical device Delete all logical devices Alarm actions gt amp Rescan Enable background consistency check amp Enable copy back mode Properties The Add Feature Key window opens 2 Enter the feature key then click OK G Add feature key Input a feature key in the text field below Feature key fooomocomoccco00 00000 3 Click OK to confirm The enhanced features are unlocked and are now re
34. system e For Windows see below e For Linux see page 34 e For NetWare see page 34 Starting the Agent on Windows On systems running Windows the Adaptec Storage M anager agent starts automatically when the system is powered on To verify that the agent is running 1 Open the Windows Control Panel 2 Doubleclick Administrative Tools then double click Services 3 Inthelist of services check that the Adaptec Storage M anager agent is installed and running If it s not you can choose to restart It 4 Manageand monitor the system by logging into it asa remote system see page 61 The Adaptec Storage M anager agent s default settings are suitable for most storage spaces To customize the settings for your specific requirements see page 67 Step 2 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager e 34 Starting the Agent on Linux On systems running Linux the Adaptec Storage M anager agent starts automatically when the system is powered on To verify that the agent is running 4 Open ashell window 2 Enter this command ps ef grep StorAgnt sh 3 Iftheagent isrunning it s listed assh StorAgnt sh A M anage and monitor the system by logging into it as a remote system see page 61 The Adaptec Storage M anager agent s default settings are suitable for most storage spaces To customize the settings for your specific requirements see page 67 Starting the Agent on NetWare To start the agent 1 From the NetWare conso
35. the Task M AMaQer cccsscssssscssssessnscsssnssessssesssnnssensessans 131 Adaptec Storage M anager allows you to schedule some types of jobs or tasks to complete at convenient times Additionally you can schedule some tasks to recur at preset times A Task M anager utility helps you manage the tasks you schedule This chapter describes how to schedule monitor and manage tasks Chapter 12 Managing Tasks e 124 Scheduling a Task If atask is lengthy and limits access to components on your storage space you may want to set a date and time for the task to complete instead of running the task while there is activity on your storage space If a task must be performed regularly you can schedule it to recur at preset times You can schedule these Adaptec Storage M anager tasks Expanding a logical drive Changing a logical drive s RAID level M odifying the stripe size of alogical drive Verifying a logical drive Verifying and fixing a logical drive To schedule one of these tasks 14 Complete each step of the task until you are prompted to click Apply Don t click Apply Below is the configuration change initiated by the logical drive reconfiguration function To save this configuration click Apply To schedule the reconfiguration for a later time and date click Schedule To cancel the changes click Cancel Configuration summary Click Apply to save your configuration changes RAID lev
36. the agent settings affect the selected system only and are not applied to all systems in your storage space Broadcasting Event Alerts from a System You can set the Adaptec Storage M anager agent to send event alerts about a specific system to all users who are logged into your storage Space network You might want to do this if your storage space isn t managed by a dedicated person or if that particular system is off site or isn t connected to a monitor Event alerts signal to everyone working on the storage space that technical assistance is required for that system For more information see Broadcasting Event Alerts to Users on page 120 Changing a System s Audible Alarm Settings Warning and Error level events on a system see page 101 trigger an audible alarm a series of beeps which sound every five minutes until the event is resolved You can change the frequency and duration of the alarm or choose to disable the alarm on any system For information about using the audible alarm see page 121 Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager e 68 To change alarm settings on a system 1 Click the Configure button select the system you want then click General Settings ents Configure amp Help ystem 0u2287c Local system gt sf General settings Notifications J Email Notifications B Tasks Controller 2 RAID controller Adaptec 28105A The Adaptec Storage M anager Age
37. the data was received then writes the data to a disk drive Use this setting if you are using a battery backup cache and performance is more important than data protection Note RAID 10 50 and 60 only All logical drives within aRAID 10 50 60 logical drive must have the same write cache setting either all write through or all write back To quickly change the write cache setting click the logical drive you want then in the menu bar select Actions click Configure write cache then select Enabled or Disabled as required Changing the Stripe Size The stripe size is the amount of data in KB written to one partition before the controller moves to the next partition in a logical drive Stripe size options vary depending on your controller Normally the default stripe size provides the best performance For RAID 6 and RAID 60 logical drives the more disk drives there are in the logical drive the fewer the stripe size options Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 80 Changing the Read Cache Setting When read caching is enabled the controller monitors the read access to a logical drive and if it sees a pattern pre loads the cache with data that seems most likely to be read next increasing performance e Enabled The controller transfers data from the logical drive to its local cache in portions equal to the stripe size Use this setting for the best performance when workloads are steady and sequentia
38. to configure a RAID controller before you Install your operating system see Running Adaptec Storage M anager from the CD on page 70 Step 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager e 25 Installing on Windows This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage M anager on computers running Windows See System Requirements on page 18 for a list of supported operating systems Note Advanced users To perform a silent installation follow the instructions on page 26 Before You Begin If a previous version of Adaptec Storage M anager is installed on your computer you must remove it before beginning this installation To uninstall Adaptec Storage M anager use the Add Remove Programs option in your Windows Control Panel Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage M anager CD The Installation wizard opens automatically If it doesn t open browse to the CD in Windows Explorer then click Autorun 2 Follow theon screen instructions to complete the installation Do not install SNM P Simple Network M anagement Protocol unless you have a specific requirement for Adaptec Storage M anager to work with SNM P gets and traps See page 153 for more information 3 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage M anager on every Windows computer that will be part of your storage space 4 Continue with Starting Adaptec Storage M anager on Windows on page 31 Step 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager e 26 Co
39. your storage space You must complete the tasks in this section for each individual system that you ll be monitoring with email notifications To set up email notifications 14 Notethisinformation e Theaddress of your Simple M ail Transfer Protocol SM TP server host name and domain or TCP IP address e Thenameand email address of each person who will receive email notifications 2 Inthetool bar click Configure select the system you want then click Email Notifications F Events Configure Help Properties Physical devices bou2287c Local system gt General settings 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA E 5 Notifications E Email Notifications Direct attached devices Logical QO Tasks bf G G amp The Email Notification M anager opens on the Email Notifications tab of a new window Email Notifications Tab File View Actions Help Addemailrecipient General settings m Notifications Email Notifications Recipient name Email address Event type Last message sent Lisa Boojoy Lisa_Boojoy adaptec c Error Never Date ine Source Email message description D 07719 2005 08 57 44 AM PDT Email Notification Mana Email Notification Manager started with Email List Email Log 3 Ifthisisthefirst time you are opening the Email Notification M anager continue with Entering the SM TP Server Settings on page 113 To set up email notifications continue with Ad
40. 14 Install Adaptec Storage M anager see page 28 2 Configure the UCD SNMP master agent to be used with agentx 3 Start the Adaptec Storage M anager SN M P sub agent From the Adaptec Storage M anager Installation directory run the aus snmpd executable Refer to your Linux documentation for information on configuring UCD SNMP agentx and setting up traps Configuring SNMP Support on NetWare To install Adaptec Storage M anager SNM P support at the command prompt type this command then press Enter load AUS SNMP NLM Refer to your NetWare documentation for information on configuring traps Quick Answers to Common Questions In this appendix Ow ele t Pee genre eee tte ee nrc eMC men eaten tae na aee Mr nee renee eer Le ee ea ee 157 What s the difference between usssssssssnnrrrrrrrrrnrnsneerrrrrrrrrennns 159 This chapter provides quick references to frequently requested information about basic tasks and concepts in Adaptec Storage M anager Note For troubleshooting tips see Solving Problems on page 146 Appendix B Quick Answers to Common Questions e 157 How do l Set up my storage space Follow the five steps in the Getting Started Checklist on page 23 Open the Configuration wizard In the Enterprise View right click the controller you 34 create or 3 want then click Create logical device Or click either aise of the buttons shown at right See page 47 Turn off the alarm Clic
41. 27 Example command strings e Install all default features and default to reboot setup exe s v qn INSTALLDIR C Program Files Adaptec Adaptec Storage Manager e Install Adaptec Storage M anager Readme and SN M P support and default to reboot setup exe s v qn INSTALLDIR C Program Files Adaptec Adaptec Storage Manager ADDLOCAL M anager SNM PSupport ASM Readme 4 After aminuteor two thesilent installation should be complete and the Adaptec Storage M anager icon should be accessible Step 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager e 28 Installing on Linux This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage M anager on computers running Linux See System Requirements on page 18 for a list of supported operating systems Adaptec Storage M anager includes the Java Runtime Environment JRE Before You Begin If a previous version of Adaptec Storage M anager is installed on your computer you must remove it before beginning this installation Any customization files you created with the previous version are saved and used in the upgrade To remove Adaptec Storage M anager type the rpm erase StorMan command Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage M anager CD 2 Mount the Adaptec Storage M anager CD Red Hat mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom SuSE mount dev cdrom media cdrom 3 Changeto the cdrom directory Red Hat cd mnt cdrom linux manager SuSE cd
42. 287c Local system 0U2287c Local system gt S General settings m Notifications wk wk T Email Notifications Controller 1 Controller 2 D Tasks RAID controller RAID controller Adaptec 24105A Adaptec 28105A Find the Notification Manager In the tool bar click Configure select the system you want then click Notifications See page 103 F_ Events Help Properties Physical devices bou2267c Local system gt General settings wa Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA E Notifications N EJ Email Notifications Direct attached devices Logical Q Tasks gt E amp D Ls Find the Email Notification Manager In the tool bar click Configure select the system you want then click Notifications See page 111 E Events Help Properties 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA E SB Notifications Email Notifications Direct attached devices Logical D Tasks N gt gt A Appendix B Quick Answers to Common Questions e 159 What s the difference between Adaptec Storage Manager and the agent Adaptec Storage M anager is the full software application including the user interface windows menus described in this Guide It helps you build and maintain the logical drives controllers and disk drives that make up your storage space The agent is like a service that keeps your storage space running Its job isto monit
43. 3 Using Event Notifications to Monitor Status You can set up Adaptec Storage M anager to broadcast messages or notifications to selected remote systems and users when an event such as the creation of alogical drive or the failure of a disk drive occurs on the local system For more information about event types see page 101 You can set up oneor both of these types of notifications for any system in your storage space e Event notifications M essages about a system are sent to the Event Viewer of other systems in your storage space See below e Email notifications M essages about a system are sent by email to specified users See page 111 Setting up Event Notifications Event notifications are messages about events on one system that are sent to the Event Viewer of another system in your storage space These messages called logged notifications can help you monitor activity on your entire storage space from a single local station and are especially useful in storage spaces that include multiple systems running the Adaptec Storage M anager agent only Logged notifications include status information and identify which system or source an event occurred on For instance in the example shown below the Event Viewer indicates that a logical drive was added to a system named bra2380a and then verified Date Time Source Description 05 04 2005 11 55 02 AM PDT bra2380a Verify complete controller 1 logic 0
44. 4 stripe size 79 striping data 164 verifying 81 83 verifying and fixing 82 verifying icon 84 viewing disk drives 43 viewing status 42 write cache setting 79 M main window 40 display options 66 Enterprise View 40 Event Viewer 40 Logical Devices View 40 menu bar 40 Physical Devices View 40 status bar 40 tool bar 40 manual verification 81 mirroring 165 monitoring clearing event log 102 component properties 122 Email Notification M anager 111 email notifications 111 event notifications 103 full event log 101 Introduction 100 Notification M anager 103 status icons 102 109 tasks 127 N NetWare controller support 59 installing Adaptec Storage M anager 29 SNMP support 155 starting Adaptec Storage M anager 32 starting agent 34 non RAID logical drives 164 Notification event detail window 109 Notification List 104 105 adding systems 104 modifying systems 107 Index e186 removing systems 108 sending test events 106 Notification Log 104 109 clearing 110 Notification Logfiles 110 status icons 109 Notification Manager 103 clearingthelog 110 disabling 111 event notifications 103 failed test events 107 logfiles 110 Opening 104 reeabling 111 test events 106 notifications email notifications 103 111 event alerts 120 event notifications 103 Introduction 103 Notifications tab 104 O onlinehelp 46 opening Adaptec Storage M anager Linux 32 NetWare 32 Windows 31 operating system event lo
45. 5 04 2005 11 54 05 AM PDT bra2380a Verifying controller 1 logical devic D 05 04 2005 11 54 05 AM PDT Added logical device controller 1 05 04 2005 11 54 00 AM PDT hou228 c Successfully applied the new cont 0504 2005 11 54 00 AM PDT hou228 c Created a hot spare drive controll D 05 04 2005 08 42 55 AM PDT hou228 c A controller has been added to th 05 04 2005 08 42 45 AM PDT bou228 c cm APINA LINO MO GAANA abe ARAT A controller has been added to th Logged notifications are not sent to all systems in your storage space In the Notification M anager you can specify which systems will send and receive logged notifications then you can add or delete systems as your storage space grows and changes Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 104 Opening the Notification Manager and Adding Systems This section describes how to set up event notifications for one system in your storage space You must complete the tasks in this section for each individual system that you ll be monitoring with logged notifications To set up event notifications for a system 14 Notethis information for each system that will receive event notifications about the selected system e Host nameor TCP IP address e TCP IP port number or the default 34571 2 In the Adaptec Storage M anager tool bar click Configure select the system you want then click Notifications Properties Events Configure Help Phys
46. 5 logical drive is built from a minimum of three and a maximum of sixteen disk drives and uses data striping and parity see below data to provide redundancy Parity data provides data protection and striping improves performance Parity data is an error correcting redundancy that s used to re create data if a disk drive fails In RAID 5 logical drives parity data represented by Ps in the example below is striped evenly across the disk drives with the stored data Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For instance a logical drive with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can contain 750 GB of stored data and 250 GB of parity data as shown below Drive Segment Size Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 3 Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 4 Disk Drive 4 400 GB Unused Space 150 GB EDEM mn Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 5 Logical Drive 750 GB plus Parity In the example above P represents the distributed parity data Appendix D Understanding RAID e 169 RAID SEE Logical Drives Note RAID 5EE is an upgrade feature if the RAID 5EE feature is locked see Adding Enhanced Features on page 21 for information on purchasing a feature key A RAID 5EE logical drive is similar to a RAID 5 logical drive except that it includes a distributed spare drive see below and must be built
47. Adaptec adaptec Storage M anager User s Guide e 2 Copyright 2005 Adaptec Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in aretrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of Adaptec Inc 691 South M ilpitas Blvd Milpitas CA 95035 Trademarks Adaptec Storage M anager and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec Inc which may be registered in some jurisdictions Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of M icrosoft Corporation in the US and other countries used under license Red Hat isa trademark of Red Hat Inc in the US and other countries used under license Novell and NetWare are trademarks of Novell Inc in the US and other countries used under license All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy Adaptec Inc assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of the information contained herein Adaptec reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users Disclaimer IF THISPRODUCT DIRECTS YOU TO COPY MATERIALS YOU MUST HAVE PER
48. Deletetask GA Modify task X Viewtask uelp General settings m Notifications Email Notifications Scheduled Start Time Status Recurring Description Tue 05 03 2005 01 30 47 PM PDT Executed Never Expand or change logical device Tue 05 03 2005 03 40 23 PM PDT Executed Never Expand or change logical device Tue 05 03 2005 04 22 41 PMPDT Executed Never Expand or change logical device Date Time Source Task event description 071 6 2005 01 13 36 PM PDT Task Manager Task 5 scheduled 071 6 2005 11 44 41 AMPDT Task Manager Task scheduling is enabled or 6 2005 11 44 39 AM PDT Task Manager Task scheduling is disabled 071 6 2005 11 44 31 AMPDT Task Manager Task scheduling is enabled 071 6 2005 08 38 04 AM PDT Task Manager started with tasks Disable 3 In theModify Task window make the required changes then click OK e Modify task 5 Task description Expand or change logical device Recurring July z 2005 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 g 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 EER 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 or so PM The task and Task List are updated with the new information Chapter 12 Managing Tasks e 130 What if a task misses its start time Tasks scheduled in Adaptec Storage M anager include an automatic 30 minute grace period following their start time to accommodate temporary interruptions For instance if there s a brief power outage a task w
49. EA eaaa 127 Monitoring Up pomirio Taksi in n the Task List ae 127 i hecki ng Past Tasks and Events in the Event ae ovo B yaTask EAEE acs Disabling the Task N V anager Re enabling the Task M anager ssssssessssssssssssesssesseseees 13 16 Viewing Display Group Status Contents e 12 a IERP aie Me edge Cand a EEE TE Cerda seen hee aa E chat 133 emoving a Ranot TN A a a EES OREN 133 with Display Groups a System to a Display Group rs Working A d ding a Removing a System from a D isplay Gi roup E M oving a System from O 0 ne Display Group to Another ete ne Gro eee inhibicii iriran Deleting a Display Group Managing Controllers and Disk Drives Rescanning a Controller cssssssssssssessssesssrssssssssssees L40 dics gisteri ng New Controllers PEE EE A ETATE ee iewing Controller Properties E ATETEA T Y ni ea Controller Configuration is Aine EER Y U pdating Controller BIOS and Firmware 2 Before You Begin PATINE EIT E E U pdating the C eee BIOS and Firmwe nouns Setting a Disk Drive to Failed eee L4G Replacing Disk Drivesina Logical De EEEE EARE T e Solving Problems Identifying a Failed or Failing COMponeant ssssseeseee 147 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure PPE TS i Failed Disk Drive Protected by a H ot Spare EEEE EE 148 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected b by a Hot Spare 149 Failure
50. GB box 3 Enter the new size for the logical drive The size you enter must be less than or equal to the maximum size 4 Click Next 5 Review the logical drive settings click Apply then click Yes Adaptec Storage M anager builds the logical drive The configuration is saved in the Adaptec controller and in the physical drives If the disk drives you used to create this logical drive have available space left over you can use them to create a new logical drive see page 77 or to expand an existing logical drive see page 84 Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 6 Including Different sized Disk Drives in a Logical Drive You can combine disk drives of different sizes in the same logical drive If the logical drive includes redundancy however the size of each segment can beno larger than the size of the smallest disk drive See page 163 for more information about redundancy To create a logical drive with disk drives of different sizes follow the instructionsin Step 4 Building Your Storage Space on page 47 When the logical drive is created it appears similar to the example shown below where aRAID 5 logical drive includes two 16 95 GB disk drives and two 9 766 GB disk drives Logical devices aa Direct attached devices Logical devices 1 V gt Port0 Hot spare 16 95 GB v ols G gt Port1 Ready 16 95 GB G gt Port 2 Ready 16 95 GB gt Port3 Ready 16 95 GB Physical devic
51. Hot Minimum RAUDE GVS Redundancy Usage Performance Performance Spare Disk Drives RAID O No oe No RAID 1 Yes 50 No 2 RAID 1E Yes 50 No 3 RAID 10 Yes 50 No 4 RAID 5 Yes 67 94 No 3 RAID 5EE Yes 50 88 o Yes 4 RAID 50 Yes 67 94 o No 6 RAID 6 Yes 50 88 No 4 RAID 60 Yes 50 88 No 8 Spanned Volume No 100 oo ooo No 2 RAID Volume No 50 100 a dd No 4 Disk drive usage read performance and write performance depend on thenumber of drivesin thelogical drive In general the more drives the better the performance Glossary A Adaptec Storage Manager agent Runsin the background on your computer monitoring and managing event notifications tasks schedules and other on going processes in your storage space It requires no user Intervention and includes no user interface available space Space on a disk drive that is not being used by a logical drive When a logical drive is deleted its soace becomes available See also logical drive B background consistency check A controller function that continually and automatically verifies your logical drives once they re in use bootable CD mode A way of running Adaptec Storage M anager where the application is not installed but is run directly from a CD C cache A temporary fast storage area that holds data from a slower storage device for quick access Cache storage is normally transparent to the accessing device
52. ID VONME meriiri seinnse oSA om NannaE 56 RAIDO ontroller SUDDO aenancnn mea a a 59 Manding vour Storage SPACE aaraa cman 59 Once you have logged in to Adaptec Storage M anager you can begin to build your storage space by creating logical drives For more information see U nderstanding Logical Drives on page 74 Note You must be logged in as an Administrator to complete the tasks described in this chapter Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 48 Selecting a Configuration Method Adaptec Storage M anager has a wizard to help you build or configure logical drives and offers two configuration methods to choose from depending on your needs e Express configuration basic Automatically creates logical drives by grouping together same sized physical drives and assigns RAID levels based on the number of physical disk drives in the logical drive Usethe express method when you want to useall available disk drives in the most efficient manner For instructions see page 48 e Custom configuration advanced Helps you group disk drives set RAID levels determine logical drive size and configure advanced settings manually Use the custom method when you want to create specific logical drives with any or all available disk drives For instructions see page 51 Express Configuration Building the Easy Way When you use express configuration Adaptec Storage M anager automatically creates logical drives by grouping togethe
53. M anager Adding Enhanced Features sccsssscssssssssssrssssssssrsssrssrsssrsesssrsess Gemina esses gc 2g lt a 4 Tiiainen enid This chapter describes Adaptec Storage M anager and the Adaptec Storage M anager agent explains the concept of a storage space and provides a checklist of getting started tasks Chapter 2 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager e 17 About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage M anager is a software application that helps you build a storage space for your online data using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives With Adaptec Storage M anager you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in redundancy to protect your data and improve system performance You can also use Adaptec Storage M anager to monitor and manage all the controllers and disk drives in your storage space from a single location About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage M anager is installed on a computer the Adaptec Storage M anager agent Is also installed automatically The agent is like a service that keeps your storage space running It s designed to run in the background without user intervention and its job isto monitor and manage system health event notifications tasks schedules and other on going processes on that system It sends notices when tasks are completed successfully and sounds an alarm when errors or failures occur on that system The agent uses less memor
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55. Select the controllers you want to update then click Next S Choose the controllers you want to update Controllers wa Managed systems aM ia studentsw7 Local system 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2120S Chapter 15 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives e 144 7 Review theupdate summary then click Apply 8 When prompted click Yes to begin the update Caution Do not power down the controller s during the update 9 When theupdate is complete click OK Then restart the server s to activate the new firmware images Setting a Disk Drive to Failed Before you can remove a disk drive from a server you must set it to a failed state to protect your data Caution You may lose data or damage your disk drive if you remove a disk drive without first setting it to a failed state You can set a disk drive to a failed state if e Thedisk driveis not part of a logical drive or e Thedisk driveis part of aredundant healthy logical drive You can t set a disk drive to a failed state if doing so will take a logical drive offline To set a disk drive to a failed state 1 Inthe Physical Devices View click the disk drive In the menu bar select Actions then click Set drive state to failed Click Yes to set the drive status to failed Remove and replace the disk drive ao FF WW N If the logical drive that the disk drive belongs to is failed see Recovering from a Disk Drive Failureon page 147 Chapter 15 Manag
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57. Tool Bar PE EEA Contents e 14 D Understanding RAID Understanding Drive Segmer PENNEN RAID 0 Non RAID Logical Drives sists PE EA A ae 164 RAD LLOG DIES aian A sale 1 babe Logical Drives PRATET PEETER m RAI D 5 P D rives er E A PEE P E 168 RAID 5EE Logical Drives RE RAIO SO LOGGA DIN OS eai RAD E OOA D EE n R et RAID 60 AEA Bgl lt E E E T E f actin est RAID LOVE sessnnnennennennmnntnmnnenene 173 About This Guide This User s Guide explains how to install and use Adaptec Storage M anager to build a storage space and manage your stored data whether you havea single RAID controller installed in a server or a complex Storage Area Network SAN with multiple RAID controllers and servers This Guideis written for advanced computer users who want to create a storage space for their data Advanced knowledge of storage networks is not required but you should be familiar with computer hardware data storage and Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology If you are using Adaptec Storage M anager as part of a complex storage system such asa SAN you should be familiar with network administration terminology and tasks have knowledge of Local Area Network LAN and SAN technology and be familiar with the input output 1 0 technology such as Fibre Channel FC or Serial Attached SCSI SAS that you are using on your network Note Because this Guide covers
58. adcast event alerts all logged in users receive messages about all types of events In Windows these alerts appear as pop up messages in all other operating systems these alerts appear as console messages When enabled event alerts occur independent of event notifications see page 103 and email notifications see page 111 To enable event alerts 4 On thetool bar click the Configure button select the system you want then click General Settings ents Configure Help ystem ou2287c Local system gt General settings i Notincations ek E Email Notifications B Tasks Controller 2 RAID controller Adaptec 28105A The Adaptec Storage M anager Agent General Settings window opens for that system File View Actions Help Help General settings Notifications Email Notifications Agent system port Agent system base port number Agent system notifications Save events in OS event log Broadcast events to logged in users Sound alarm Alarm interval Seconds 2 Select Broadcast events to logged in users then click Save changes 3 Restart Adaptec Storage M anager to apply the change Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 121 Silencing and Testing the Audible Alarm By default when a Warning or Error level event see page 101 occurs on any system in the Enterprise View an audible alarm is triggered on the local system The alarm is a series of beeps which sound every fiv
59. adding systems 104 Event Viewer 103 159 failed test events 107 introduction 103 logged notifications 103 modifying systems 107 Notification List 105 Notification Log 109 removing systems 108 sending test events 106 sources of events 103 Event Viewer 45 101 event notifications 103 159 logged notification status 109 logged notifications 103 main window 40 sources of events 103 status icons 102 events 45 sources 103 status icons 102 109 Events button 101 expanding logical drives 84 express configuration RAID levels 48 F failed disk drives multiple disk drives 150 multiple logical drives 149 RAID 0 logical drives 149 without hot spare 149 FAQS 156 feature keys 21 unlocking 22 firmware 142 formatting logical drives 50 Full Size Capacity View 44 G global hot spares 90 glossary 174 Guest permissions 36 H hard disk hard disk drive hard Index e 184 drive See disk drive H BAs See controllers help 46 hot spares 41 42 90 to 94 creating 53 91 creating dedicated 92 dedicated 90 distributed spare drives 169 global 90 limitations 90 removing 93 icons 161 initialize method 80 initialize priority 81 installation Linux 28 NetWare 29 Windows 25 Windows silent installation 26 INSTALLDIR 26 J jobs See tasks L Linux controller support 59 installing Adaptec Storage M anager 28 SNMP support 155 starting Adaptec Storage M anager 32 starting agent 34 local systems 61 locked features 21
60. ady for use Chapter 2 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager e 23 Getting Started Checklist This Guide provides five special Getting Started chapters to help you install start and begin to use Adaptec Storage M anager L E Step 1 Install Adaptec Storage M anager on every computer that will be part of your storage space see page 24 Step 2 Start Adaptec Storage M anager or the Adaptec Storage M anager agent only on every computer in your storage space see page 30 Step 3 Explore the features of Adaptec Storage M anager see page 39 Step 4 Build your storage space see page 47 Step 5 O ptional Customize Adaptec Storage M anager and the Adaptec Storage M anager agent see page 60 Getting Step 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager In this chapter MIAO NNA OWS aaa area en te eeeeeaenratrs seen teaver eect 25 Hates Tare heart Eig Up coeeenmereereencnr rete ree ner brrenert pce Petre ee eanny Bere 28 instalingon NIL ae scdechasascevscnseatst oteteeaudoehsredatnscncsitetinsaetennmuatnaeean 29 Adaptec Storage M anager must be Installed on every computer that will be part of your storage space To install Adaptec Storage M anager follow the instructions for your Operating system Note You need administrator or root privileges to install Adaptec Storage M anager For details on verifying privileges refer to your operating system documentation To use Adaptec Storage M anager
61. ager 1 Inthe Enterprise View click on the local system 2 Inthemenu bar select Actions then click Login 3 Enter your user name and password then click Connect See Understanding Permission Levels on page 35 for more information Getting Step 3 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager In this chapter Navigating the Maln VN MG GWisceccees serene vesears serene naeaaeees UY SHOE nterni se NNW a saen seca ctaragaatsasetnciae Mt chycatereineg ht gtayetataieen tas 40 Using Physical Devices View sisiriisriiiisiiisincii tennit rani tiniani 41 Using Logical Devices VieW sssissrsrisisririririresirriirisirinrsirnirsicariersrns 42 Revealing M ore Disk Drive Information sessssssrrerrerrrrerrererrerrrern 43 CHEKO SYA RUS a ait 45 Working in Adaptec Storage M AN aCe sesesesssssssssssssersersersersees 46 GO e e a E 46 Before you build your storage space familiarize yourself with the main features of Adaptec Storage M anager and learn to navigate to the information you need Step 3 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager e 40 Navigating the Main Window The main window of Adaptec Storage M anager has three main panels or views in addition to the other features shown below Enterprise Physical Devices Logical Devices View View View SEE Properties Events Configure amp Help Gladaptec Physical devices Logical devices 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA EE W8 x em Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Direct
62. ager e 42 Hold your cursor over any disk drive to see its status port number and maximum speed You can also click the arrow shown at right to see this same information for all the disk drives at the same time To reveal further information use the View buttons to change how the disk drives are displayed as described in Revealing M ore Disk Drive Information on page 43 A disk drive shaded in light blue is not part of any logical drive A disk drive shaded half light half dark blue as shown at right has some space allocated to alogical drive and some space available To view the logical drives associated with a particular disk drive see Using Logical Devices View on page 42 Using Logical Devices View When you select a controller in the Enterprise View information about the logical drives and arrays associated with that controller appear in the Logical Devices View A logical driveis a group of physical disk drives that your operating system recognizes as a single drive For more information see Understanding Logical Drives on page 74 Enterprise view Physical devices Logical devices Managed systems ICA ni pe aa 4 Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA SS A8 W Controller 1 Adaptec 241054 Direct attached devices Logical devices 2 gt peacaaabea gt a e amaa 2 Controller 2 is eight disk drives from which connected to two logical drives have been created TheRAID level of a lo
63. aptec by writing to Adaptec Inc Legal Department 691 South M ilpitas Boulevard Milpitas California 95035 Contents About This Guide Terminology Used in this GUuid ccs LD Introduction to Adaptec Storage M anager A eu yore to ini M Ge paale priro P E ET can are ements Growing Your Sto rage Space wit A PEPENE EIET EIET PERPER EN be Conti nuing te to Grow ma Storage Space PEE PEY nee 20 Adding Enhanced Features eer re a Unlocking the Enhanced Puts PT A RR e Getting Started en S 23 Step 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Installing on WIndows sses ss m n o gi ia Comping a Silent Installation n Advanced 2 Before You Begin i Installing Adaptec S SOFAS M ANAGEL sesser LO Starting A Starting Adaptec Storage M anager OT LIT OTEN t Starting Adaptec Storage M anager on N etW Starting the Adaptec Storage M Contents e8 Step 2 Starting Adaptec M anager daptec Storage M anager ON WINdOWS sseeeee SL Ol E oe anager Agent Onlines Starting the Agent ON WINdOWS c cece 33 Starting the Agent on LINUX seers deinen G O4 Starting the Agent On N amp W are 24 Understanding Permission Levels nes Administrator Level asese ess uao LON innsicrinennavinn PEE E EEE a Guest Level a IT EENE I IEIS ETETE ENSEST Configuring N etW are eUs ser TA athent mae on sien T Logging Out ahh Sto
64. ar in the Notification List Although you can t sort the list you can reorganize the columns by clicking and dragging the column heads as shown below sJ I J S General settings Notifications Email Notifications Host narr TCPIIP address lt Last event sent 07 18 2005 11 04 56 AM bou228 c ada pte 10 20 170 83 4 Closethe Notifications window when you re done Note You can access other utilities in this window such as the Task M anager see page 123 by clicking their tabs 5 Repeat Steps 1 to 4 for each system you want to monitor with event notifications Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 106 Sending a Test Event To ensure that a system is receiving logged notifications you can send a test event To send a test event 1 Open the Notification M anager See page 104 Note You can also access the Notification M anager by selecting the system you want in the Enterprise View then on the menu bar clicking Actions gt Agent actions gt Configure gt Notifications tab 2 Inthe Notification List click on the system you want to send a test event to Note You can only send atest event to one system at a time 3 Onthemenu bar select Actions then click Send test event File View Help Bada Saad system E Modify system amp Help Genera Delete system E Email Notifications Hos EB Modify system Jress Port Last event sent Disable notifications Thetest event is
65. at the database and all data derived therefrom must be maintained in confidence in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 This license does not grant you any rights to distribute or disclose such database or data 7 Limited Warranty Adaptec and its Licensor warrant only that the media upon which the Software is furnished will be free from defects in material or workmanship under normal use and service for a period of thirty 30 days from the date of delivery to you ADAPTEC AND ITSLICENSORS DO NOT AND CANNOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OR RESULTS YOU MAY OBTAIN BY USING THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION THE FOREGOING STATESTHE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REM EDIES ADAPTEC AND ITSLICENSORS WILL PROVIDE FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY EXCEPT FOR THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY ADAPTEC AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED ASTO NON INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations on how long an implied warranty may last so the above limitations may not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state 8 Theentireliability of Adaptec and its licensors and your exclusive remedy for a breach of this warranty shall be e Thereplacement of any media not meeting the above limited warranty which is returned to Adaptec or e
66. ation from disk drive see below Removing a Hot Spare You can removea global hot spare or dedicated hot spare You may want to do this to e Makedisk drive space available for a logical drive e Makea dedicated hot spare into a global hot spare or a global hot spare into a dedicated hot spare e Removethe hot spare designation from a disk drive that is no longer being used as a hot spare When a hot spare is built into a logical drive after a disk drive failure it retains its hot spare designation even though it can no longer protect the logical drives it s assigned to See Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure on page 147 for more information Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 94 To remove a hot spare 1 In the Enterprise View click the controller associated with the hot spare In the Physical Devices View click the hot spare In the menu bar select Actions then click D elete hot spare drive or D elete dedicated hot spare drive The hot spare is deleted and the disk drive becomes available for other usesin your storage space Protecting Your Data In this chapter Creating ret ics tasaaereactisanesnnsiepereaneinsenncnnarnienataeiniemie 96 Bd se Y enceeteeieiecasat i ee ane 98 This chapter describes two additional methods of protecting the data on your storage space Snapshot and Copyback Chapter 10 Protecting Your Data e 96 Creating a Snapshot Note Snapshot is a
67. ble To see an accurate representation of your storage space and make it easier to monitor your disk drives you can remove a failed disk drive from the Physical Devices View In the Physical Devices View right click the failed disk drive then click Remove failed drive Chapter 16 Solving Problems e 151 Rebuilding Logical Drives A hot swap rebuild occurs when a controller detects that a failed disk drivein alogical drive has been removed and then reinserted To start a hot swap rebuild 1 Following manufacturer s instructions gently pull the failed disk drive from the server without fully removing it then wait for it to spin down fully before continuing If there is nothing wrong with the disk drive reinstall it following manufacturer s instructions If necessary replace the failed disk drive with a new disk drive of equal or larger size The controller detects the reinserted or new disk drive and begins to rebuild the logical drive Solving Notification Problems To test notifications on your storage space you can send test events or emails to ensure that they re being received properly If your test event fails 1 3 Ensure that the remote system is powered on and running Adaptec Storage M anager Open the remote system s System Properties window see Step 3 on page 107 and double check the TCP IP address and port number Try sending the test event again If your test email fails 1 E
68. cal drives must be built from four or more disk drives to a maximum of sixteen Maximum stripe size depends on the number of disk drives in the logical drive Drive Segment Size Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 ee Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 2 P2 449 Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 3 Goes urma Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 4 P2 4 500 Disk Drive 4 400 GB Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 6 Logical Drive 500 GB plus Parity P1 amp P2 Appendix D Understanding RAID e 1 2 RAID 60 Logical Drives Note RAID 1E is an upgrade feature if the RAID 1E feature is locked see Adding Enhanced Features on page 21 for information on purchasing a feature key Similar to aRAID 50 logical drive see page 170 aRAID 60 logical drive is built from eight disk drives configured as two or more RAID 6 logical drives and stripes stored data and two sets of parity data across all disk drivesin both RAID 6 logical drives Two sets of parity data provide enhanced data protection and striping improves performance RAID 60 logical drives also provide high data transfer speeds Appendix D Understanding RAID e 173 Selecting the Best RAID Level Usethe Table below to sdect the RAID levas that are most appropriatefor the logical drives on your storage space based on the number of available disk drives and your requirements for performance and rdiability Disk Drive Read Write Built in
69. cans the controller To rescan a controller 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller 2 Inthemenu bar select Actions then click Rescan File View Remote Actions Help Gf add AY Cr Hints and tips Enterprise view Ay Create logical device ie Managed systems Delete all logical devices Gil bou2287c Loc Alarm actions Controller 1 Add feature key W Controller 2 Rescan Enable background consistency check amp Enable copy back mode Properties Adaptec Storage M anager scans all the channels or ports on the controller you selected When the scan is complete a report appears 3 Click Done after you have reviewed the scan report Registering New Controllers When you login to Adaptec Storage M anager it searches for new controllers in your storage space If it detects a new controller you are prompted to register It G New hardware detected Adaptec Storage Manager has detected 1 new controller s on system hou228 Fc Register Now Register Later To stay informed about Adaptec products and special offers register your controllers using our website To stay informed about Adaptec products and special offers register your controllers by clicking Register Now Follow the on screen instructions to complete the registration Chapter 15 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives e 141 Viewing Controller Properties You can open a Properties window for any controller in your storage S
70. closethe Add Email Recipient window The email recipients you added appear in the Email List File View Actions Help Addemailrecipient Fa General settings m Notifications C Email Notifications Recipient name Email address Event type Last message sent Bob Fraser IB ob Fraser adaptec com Error Warning Never Lisa Boojoy ILis a_Boojoy adaptec c Error Warning Informatio Never Pauline Brant P auline_Brant adaptec Error Never Although you can t sort the list you can reorganize the columns by clicking and dragging the column heads seethe Figure on page 105 8 Closethe Email Notifications window when you re done Note You can access other utilities in this window such as the Task M anager see page 123 by clicking their tabs 9 Repeat Steps 1 to 8 for each system you want to monitor with email notifications Sending a Test Message To ensure that an email recipient is receiving event notifications you can send them a test message To send a test message 1 Open the Email Notification M anager See page 111 Note You can also access the Notification M anager from the menu bar by clicking Actions gt Agent actions gt Configure gt Email Notifications tab 2 Click on the email address you want to send the test message to Note You can only send a test message to one email address at a time Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 115 3 On the menu bar select Acti
71. cting a disk drive 3 Click the Create global hot spare drive button shown at right Physical devices Logical devices Wa Controller 1 Adaptec 2810SA A Direct attached devices Logical devices 1 Create a global hotspare drive a aealSl a ee gt A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive indicating that it s designated as a hot spare A yellow plus sign indicates an error See What Do the H ot Sparel cons M ean on page 93 for help solving the problem Physical devices Logical devices 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2810SA G9 8 Direct attached devices Logical devices 1 Hot spare Any other logical drives created on the controller will automatically be protected by that global hot spare Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 92 Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives To assign a dedicated hot spare 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller on which you want a dedicated hot spare 2 InthePhysical Devices View click the disk drive you want to designate as a hot spare See H ot Spare Limitations on page 90 for help selecting a disk drive 3 In themenu bar select Actions then click Create dedicated hot spare drive for then click the name of the logical drive In the example below the logical drive name Is Clients File View Remote Actions Help e P bi Gada Acr Hints and tips
72. ding an Email Recipient on page 113 Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 113 Entering the SMTP Server Settings The first time you are opening the Email Notification M anager the SM TP Server Settings window opens automatically G SMTP server settings SMTP server address smntpserver adaptec com From email address Lisa_Boojoy adaptec com ok Cancel Hep In the SM TP Server Settings window 4 Enter the address of your SMTP server 2 Enter the From address to appear in email notifications If email recipients will be replying to email notifications besurethat the From address belongs to a computer that is actively monitored 3 Click OK to save the settings 4 To setup email notifications continue with Adding an Email Recipient on page 113 Adding an Email Recipient To add an email recipient to the Email List 1 Open the Email Notification M anager See page 111 2 Inthetool bar click Add email recipient 3 In theAdd Email Recipient window shown in the next Step enter the recipient s name and email address 4 IntheEvent Type drop down menu select an event level For more information on event levels see page 102 Add email recipient Recipient name Email address Event type Error Warning Error Warning Informational 5 Click Add Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 114 6 Repeat Steps 3 to 5 to add more email recipients 7 Click Cancel to
73. dvanced RAID levels are available by clicking Advanced settings Define logical devices Follow the instructions in the panel below to select a RAID level add physical drives and adjust other settings as desired Click Add logical device to define another or click Remoye logical device to remove this one then click Next Select the RAID level for this logical device RAID 0 Striping 2 or more drives required not redundant RAID 1 Mirroring 2 drives required redundant RAID 5 Striping with parity 3 or more drives required redundant Advanced settings RAID 10 Striped mirrors even number of drives required redundant RAID 50 fRAID 5 groups striped together 6 or more drives required redundant Simple volume A single drive segment not redundant Spanned volume Two or more concatenated drive segments not redundant RAID volume Two or more concatenated logical drives may be redundant Note To build aRAID Volume see page 56 See U nderstanding RAID on page 163 for more information about RAID levels 5 Click Next Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 53 6 InthePhysical Devices panel select the disk drives you want to use in the logical drive Adaptec Storage M anager prompts you to select the correct number of disk drives as shown below By default Adaptec Storage M anager automatically sets the size of the logical drive and maximizes the Capacity of the disk drives you select To se
74. e minutes until the event is resolved You can change the frequency and duration of the alarm or choose to disable the alarm on any system See Changing a System s Audible Alarm Settings on page 67 for more information This section describes how to e Ensurethealarm is working on your local system see below e Silence asounding alarm see page 122 e Disable the alarm for a selected controller see page 122 Testing the Alarm To test the audible alarm to ensure that It s working on your local system 1 Ensure that the speakers on your local system aren t muted 2 IntheEnterprise View click on any controller 3 Inthemenu bar click Actions select Alarm Actions then click Test alarm File View Remote Actions Help Ga add Acr Hints and tips Enterprise view Ay Create logical device Managed systems Delete all logical devices Sa Gi bou2287c Loc Alarm actions gt Silence alarm nts Configure Controller 1 Add feature key Test alarm W Controller 2 2 k Rescan Disable Enable background consistency check amp Enable copy back mode Properties The alarm sounds 4 To stop the test click OK Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 122 Silencing the Alarm When a Warning or Error level event occurs you can silence the alarm on your local system while you fix the problem To silence the alarm click the Silence button shown at Ta right
75. e 24 Bootable CD Mode Limitations Running Adaptec Storage M anager from the CD is not an alternative to running it as an installed software application M ost of the features and functions described in this User s Guide are not available when you are running Adaptec Storage M anager from the CD Bootable CD modeis only for configuring your controller before you Install an operating system Getting Started in Bootable CD Mode This is a checklist of tasks to complete when you re building your storage space with Adaptec Storage M anager in bootable CD mode 4 Install your Adaptec RAID controller 4 Run Adaptec Storage M anager see page 72 47 Build your storage space see page 47 For an introduction to the Adaptec Storage M anager window and its features see Step 3 Exploring Adaptec Storage M anager on page 39 4 Install your operating system and controller device drivers if appropriate 4 Install Adaptec Storage M anager as a software application see page 24 4 Continueto build customize and manage your storage space as described in the rest of this User s Guide Chapter 8 Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD e 2 Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD Note Before you begin ensure that your system is set up to boot from a CD Check the system BIOS to see if the CD drives listed first in the boot order For moreinformation refer to your computer s documentation To run Adaptec Storage M anager
76. e Manager e 36 User Level Logging In as a User partially restricts your access to the storage space as described in this Table Users can User s can t Rescan controllers Create logical drives Save activity logs M odify logical drives Verify disk drives with and without fix Delete logical drives Verify logical drives with and without fix Delete hot spares Identify disk drives and enclosures Perform data migrations Rebuild disk drives Create hot spares Access the same information as Guests see below To login as a User use your normal network user name and password Guest Level Logging in as a Guest restricts your access to the storage space to view only You can see all local and remote systems and view their properties windows view event logs save configuration files and support archives and browse the online Help You cannot make any changes to the storage space To login as Guest click Cancel on the Login window Step 2 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager e 3 Configuring NetWare User Authentication This section describes two ways to configure NetWare user authentication Out of box Authentication Administrative Access Granted exclusively to the Admin user account which must be defined within the NetWare Bindery context of the server running the Adaptec Storage M anager agent User Access Granted to all Bindery and NetWare Directory Services N DS user accounts For NDS users t
77. e all data stored on that logical drive To delete a logical drive Ensure that you no longer need the data stored on the logical drive 14 Inthe Enterprise View click on the controller associated with the logical drive 2 IntheLogical Devices View click the logical drive 3 In themenu bar select Actions then click Delete logical device File View Remote Actions Help G add AY Cr Hints and tips T Events Configure Help Enterprise view Clear Logical devices Gy Managed syster Verity Gi bou2287c L Verify with fix w Controlle Expand or change logical device Logical devices 1 Wa Controlle Delete logical device N D 8 Configure write cache Configure read cache Change logical device name Create snapshot Properties Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 90 4 When prompted click Yes to delete the device or No to cancel the deletion If you click Yes the logical device is deleted The disk drives or drive segments included in the logical device become available and can be used to create a new logical drive see page 77 or to expand an existing logical drive see page 84 Working with Hot Spares A hot spare is a disk drive that automatically replaces any failed drive in a logical drive and can subsequently be used to rebuild that logical drive For more information on recovering from a disk drive failure see page 147 Hot Spare Limitations e You can t create a hot spa
78. e event type See page 116 for a list of event types Click Next to see the next event in the list n Email event detail Description Email Notification Manager started with messages Enabled Previous Next Close Help Finding the Email Log Files In addition to appearing in the Email Log event notifications are saved in alog file named raids mtp log which can be found in the top level Adaptec Storage M anager folder The raids mtp log file has a maximum capacity of 200 kilobytes KBs When the capacity is exceeded old events are copied into a file named raidsmtp old and a new raidsmtp log file is created If a raidsmtp old already exists it is overwritten Clearing the Email Log To make it easier to monitor recent events you can clear the Email Log Note Clearing the Email Log doesn t erase the existing raidsmtp log file see above To clear the Email Log 1 Open the Email Notification M anager See page 111 Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 118 2 Inthemenu bar select Clear the event log then click Email Notifications File View Actions Help Clear the event log d m Notifications Close help I Email Notiteationsy Close Tasks 3 Click Yes to clear the log The log is cleared except for one event reporting that the log was cleared Changing the Email Notification Manager Settings You can modify these Email Notification M anager settings as your needs change
79. e for the report The default directory is the directory in which the Adaptec Storage M anager is installed The default file name Is RaidCfg log A text file report is saved Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware Note This task is recommended for advanced users only Adaptec Storage M anager provides a wizard to help you update the BIOS and firmware for the controllers in your storage space The ROM U pdate wizard updates the BIOS and firmware for all controllers of the same type on local and remote systems You can update one type of controller at atime Before You Begin Before you begin download the latest firmware images from the Adaptec Web site at www adaptec com Image files typically come in sets of two or moreand have a ufi file extension Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware To update the controller firmware 1 Inthe Enterprise View click Managed systems shown in the Figure below Chapter 15 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives e 143 2 Inthemenu bar select Actions then click Update controller images Managed systems File View Remote Gi add Mcr GB Add managed system Remove managed system gt Properties Enterprise view af l W Controller 2 Adaptec 281054 The ROM Update wizard opens 3 Click Next 4 Click Add to browse to the firmware image files you downloaded then click Open G Open 5 In the wizard click the image files you want then click Next 6
80. e space or e From your local system log in to all the other computers as remote systems see page 61 then repeat Steps 1 to 12 to continue building your storage space Note The maximum number of supported RAID controllers varies depending on your operating system See RAID Controller Support on page 59 for more information When your storage space is complete continue with M anaging Your Storage Space on page 59 Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 56 Building a RAID Volume A RAID Volume comprises two or more logical drives connected end to end The logical drives in a RAID Volume e Must be built using disk drives connected to the same controller e Must havethesame RAID level assigned e Must not be striped together e May have equal or different capacities To build aRAID Volume 4 Create two or more logical drives that meet the requirements listed above and wait for them to build and initialize For instructions see Express Configuration Building the Easy Way on page 48 or Custom Configuration Advanced on page 51 The example below shows two RAID 5 logical drives Physical devices Logical devices 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2810SA S Ae Direct attached devices Logical devices 2 gt a a a 2 2 gt 0 A 2 On thetoolbar click Create 3 When theconfiguration wizard opens select Custom configuration then click Next Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 57 4 Click Advanced
81. el New RAID level Size New size a RAID 0 0 RAID 0 19 367 GB 29 051 GB lt Back anpi Seheaute gt Schedule button Chapter 12 Managing Tasks e 125 2 Click Schedule The schedule window opens The window you see may be different from the one shown in this example depending on which type of task you are scheduling Verify Scheduler You can schedule the Verify to start at a future time by selecting the day month year and time below When you are finished click OK to schedule the Verify Click Cancel to cancel scheduling Recurring Never v Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 1 2 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 At 18 T9 2S ae 24 29 x26 29 aUt 31 o4 fes Pm 3 Sethe date and time for the task Note Keep geography in mind If you are scheduling tasks on remote systems located in other geographical areas renember that the time you set for a scheduled task is that system s time which may be different from local time You will be prompted to select a new time if the one you ve set occurs in the past on the remote system 4 Set the recurrence frequency if the option is available for this task and you want it to occur regularly 5 Click Apply The task is saved in the Task M anager and the scheduled task is added to the Task List For more information about the Task M anager see page 126 Chapter 12 Managing Tasks e 126 Opening the Task Manager You can use the Task M anager to monitor and modify the ta
82. emote system after it s been removed from the local system select Continue to receive events from the remote system from the drop down menu 3 Click OK The remote system is removed from the Enterprise View of Adaptec Storage M anager Working with Display Groups In this chapter Adding a System to a Display Group csesesessessrssrsesesesereersees 135 Viewing Display Group StatuS ccs viivciacesasncantengiasasneanecientianeann 136 Removing a System from a Display GrOUD ccescesssesseseersersees 136 M oving a System from One Display Group to Another seses 137 Renaming a Display Group siinnctiinnindisstimnniannminwamnen 137 ete a DHO GOUD anmainn 138 This chapter describes how to work with and manage display groups in Adaptec Storage M anager To create display groups see Creating Display Groups on page 63 Chapter 14 Working with Display Groups e 135 Adding a System to a Display Group As your storage space grows and changes you can add new systems to your display groups To add a system to a display group 14 Right click on the system in the Enterprise View 2 Select Change display group then click the display group name E GQ Server Room 1 EA Ei bou2287c Local system W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA eh W Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA W Controller 3 Adaptec 2810SA Controller 1 Hints and tips RAID controller Adaptec 24105A E Log out Agent actions Save printable con
83. en the Email Notification M anager See page 111 2 Inthemenu bar click Actions then click Disable Email Notifications File View Actions Help Add Add email recipient S Genera i Delete email recipient mail Notifications mm iw dodi email recinien Recipi Modify email recipient Event type Last message sent Bob Fraser Send test message m Error Warning 07718 2005 11 42 05 Error Warning Informatio 07118 2005 11 44 06 c Error Warning Informatio 07 18 2005 11 42 12 Lisa Boojoy SMTP server settings Disable Email Notifications Email notifications are disabled The Email Email Notifications Notifications tab shown at right shows the red disabled icon Re enabling Email Notifications To re enable email notifications repeat steps 1 and 2 in Disabling Email Notifications above selecting Enable Notifications during Step 2 Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 120 Broadcasting Event Alerts to Users You can set the Adaptec Storage M anager agent to send event alerts about a specific system to all users who are logged into your storage space You might want to do this if your storage space isn t managed by a dedicated person or if that particular system is off site or not connected to a monitor Event alerts signal everyone working on the storage space that a system requires technical assistance When you set Adaptec Storage M anager to bro
84. epending on the stripe size the maximum number of disk drives ranges from eight to sixteen In the example below the large bold numbers represent the striped data and the smaller non bold numbers represent the mirrored data stripes Disk Drive 1 400 GB Disk Drive1 14i 3 4 i6 Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 1E Logical Drive 600 GB Disk Drive 2 400 GB Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 3 Appendix D Understanding RAID e 167 RAID 10 Logical Drives A RAID 10 logical drive is built from two or more equal sized RAID 1 logical drives Adaptec RAID controllers support a maximum number of 48 disk drives in a RAID 10 logical drive Datain a RAID 10 logical drive is both striped and mirrored Mirroring provides data protection and striping Improves performance Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For instance a logical drive with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can create two mirrored drive segments of 250 GB for a total of 500 GB for the logical drive as shown below Disk Drive 1 Drive Segment Size Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 3 Disk Drive 2 400 GB Disk Drive 3 Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 4 400 GB Disk Drive 4 Unused Space 150 GB JENNE EEL Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 10 Logical Drive 500 GB Appendix D Understanding RAID e 168 RAID 5 Logical Drives A RAID
85. er you re working on is part of your storage space run Adaptec Storage M anager as a standalone application 1 Click Start gt Programs gt Adaptec Storage M anager The Log In dialog box appears ADAPTEC STORAGE MANAGER Connect Cancel Help 2 Enter the user name and password that you use to log on to your system then click Connect Note Each user name has a permission level associated with it See Understanding Permission Levels on page 35 for more information Step 2 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager e 32 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux 1 Typethe following command to change to the Adaptec Storage M anager installation directory cd usr StorMan 2 Typethe following command and press Enter sh StorMan sh 3 When the LogIn dialog box appears see page 31 enter the user name and password that you use to log on to your system then click Connect Note Each user name has a permission level associated with it See Understanding Permission Levels on page 35 for more information Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on NetWare To start Adaptec Storage M anager on the NetWare operating system type the LOAD RAIDMAN command Step 2 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager e 33 Starting the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent Only Note For more information see About the Adaptec Storage M anager Agent on page 17 To start the Adaptec Storage M anager agent only follow the instructions for your operating
86. es W Controller 1 Adaptec 2810SA Connection status Connected The Full Size Capacity View of the same RAID 5 logical drive shows that the two larger disk drives still have available space free segments indicated in light blue that is not part of a logical drive Light blue segments are not part of a logical drive Enterprise view Physical devices Logical devices h Managed systems a PE Direct attached devices Logical devices 1 v A Device 1 W Controller 2 Adapte W Controller 3 Adapte O Connection status Connected You can include a disk drive s available space in a new logical drive see page 77 or add it to an existing logical drive see page 84 Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 7 Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Space Free segments on a disk drive can be used to create a new logical drive A segment can only be used in one logical drive at atime To create a logical drive using free segments on disk drives 14 Complete Steps 1 through 5 in Custom Configuration Advanced on page 51 2 InthePhysical Devices panel select the disk drives and or free disk drive segments you want to usein the logical drive In the example below two free disk drive segments indicated in blue are used to createa RAID 1 logical drive Define logical devices Follow the instructions in the panel below to select a RAID level add physical drives and adjust ot
87. es skip to Step 9 If you have available disk drives and want to create additional logical drives click Add logical device to open a new tab in the wizard Tab for second logical drive Define logical J4vices Follow the instructions in the panel below to select a RAID level add physical drives and adjust other settings as desired Click Add logical device to define another or click Remove logical devfte to remove this one then click Next P Select the RAID level for this logical device RAID 0 Striping 2 or more drives required not redundant RAID 1 Mirroring 2 drives required redundant RAID 5 Striping with parity 3 or more drives required redundant gt Advanced settings 8 Repeat Steps 4 to 7 for each logical drive that you want to create on the controller 9 Click Next then review the logical drive settings The example below shows two logical drives with RAID 5 are ready to be created Configuration summary Below is the configuration summary for the controller To accept and save this configuration click Apply To make changes click Back Configuration summary gt Click Apply to save your configuration changes Logical device Size Initialization Hot spare B RAID 5 19 367 GB Build No 5 RAIDS 19 367 GB Build No To make changes click Back Note Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives Before continuing verify that the size of the
88. evices to suit your needs You may want to do this to add redundancy to protect your data or improve data availability for speedier access to your data See Understanding RAID on page 163 for more information Changing the RAID level normally requires one or more disk drives to be added to or removed from the logical drive Adaptec Storage M anager won t allow you to continue unless you have the right number of disk drives available To change the RAID level of a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller associated with the logical drive 2 IntheLogical Devices View click the logical drive 3 In themenu bar select Actions then click Expand or change logical device see page 85 A wizard opens to help you change the RAID level Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 88 4 Select anew RAID level then click Next Only valid options are offered In the example shown in this section a RAID 1 logical device is being changed to aRAID 5 logical device Modify a logical device Follow the instructions in the panel below to modify a logical device as desired Then click Next L Selectthe RAID level for this logical device RAID 0 Striping 2 or more drives required not redundant RAID 5 Striping with parity 3 or more drives required redundant gt Advanced settings Clen cancer ap 5 IntheLogical Devices panel select the disk drives you want to usein the modified lo
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90. figuration Save support archive Change displaygroup gt None Properties New group The system is added to the display group Enterprise view T Managed systems E E bou2287c Local system Wa Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA W Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Wa Controller 3 Adaptec 2810SA E ER fra8765b Remote system W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA 4 Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Wa Controller 3 Adaptec 2810SA Note A system can belong to only one display group at atime you can t include the same system in multiple display groups Chapter 14 Working with Display Groups e 136 Viewing Display Group Status To quickly view the status of systems within a display group you can open the display group Properties window To view display group status right click on the system in the Enterprise View then click Properties The Properties window opens for that display group summarizing the status of the systems that belong to that group G Properties FF Server Room 1 System group Group name Server Room 1 Number of managed systems 1 Systems with good status 1 Systems with unknown status 0 Systems with problems 0 Removing a System from a Display Group To remove a system from a display group 1 In the Enterprise View right click the system you want to remove 2 Select Change display group then click None Enterprise view il bou2287c Local system i Managed syste
91. from a minimum of four disk drives The maximum number of disk drives is sixteen Unlike a hot spare see page 90 a distributed spare is striped evenly across the disk drives with the stored data and parity data and can t be shared with other logical disk drives A distributed spare improves the speed at which the logical drive is rebuilt following a disk drive failure A RAID 5EE logical drive protects your data and increases read and write speeds H owever capacity is reduced by two disk drives worth of space which is for parity data and spare data In the example below S represents the distributed spare P represents the distributed parity data Drive Segment Size Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 ie Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive2 2 P 449 Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 3 Goes ire Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive4 P 4 500 Disk Drive 4 400 GB Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 5EE Logical Drive 500 GB plus Parity and Spare Appendix D Understanding RAID e 1 0 RAID 50 Logical Drives A RAID 50 logical drive is built from six to forty eight disk drives configured as two ore more RAID 5 logical drives and stripes stored data and parity data across all disk drivesin both RAID 5 logical drives For moreinformation see RAID 5 Logical Drives on page 168 The parity data provides data protection and striping improves performance RAID 50 logical drives also provide hi
92. g notifications are saved in alog file named raidnot log which can be found in the top level Adaptec Storage M anager folder The raidnot log file has a maximum capacity of 200 kilobytes KBs When the capacity is exceeded old events are copied into a file named raidnot old and a new raidnot log file is created If araidnot old already exists it is overwritten Clearing the Notification Log To make it easier to monitor recent events you can clear the Notification Log Note Clearing the Notification Log doesn t erase the existing raidnot log file see above To clear the Notification Log 1 Open the Notification M anager See page 104 2 Inthemenu bar click File select Clear the event log then click Notifications File View Actions Help Clear the eventlog gt w Security Close help Notifications N atons EJ Email Notific Last event sent Tasks 457 05 04 2005 03 54 50 PM bra4568a adaptec com 3 Click Yes to clear the log The log is cleared except for one event reporting that the log was cleared Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 111 Disabling Event Notifications Event notifications are enabled by default You can choose disable them if required Note If you disable event notifications events will be generated but not broadcast not even to the local system To disable event notifications 1 Open the Notification M anager See page 104 2 Inthemenu bar click Act
93. g 69 operating systems 18 P parity 168 partitioning logical drives 50 partitions 87 permission level Administrator 35 Guest 36 User 36 Physical Devices View 40 41 buttons 162 icons 161 port number 69 Properties button 122 Q Quick initialize method 80 R RAID distributed spare drives 169 mirrored data 165 parity 168 RAID 0 164 RAID 1 165 RAID 10 167 RAID 1E 166 RAID 5 168 RAID 50 170 RAID 5EE 169 RAID 6 171 stripe size 79 RAID 60 172 stripe size 79 striping data 164 RAID controller support 59 RAID levels changing 87 express configuration 48 selecting 52 RAID segments 164 RAID Volumes 56 RaidCfg logfile 142 raidnot logfile 110 raidnot old file 110 raidsmtp log file 117 raidsmtp old file 117 read cache 80 REBOOT 26 Index e 187 rebuilding defined 148 rebuilding logical drives 151 recurring tasks 124 registering new controllers 140 Relative Size Capacity View 44 remote systems 61 introduction 133 loggingin 61 removing 133 startup port number 62 rescanning controllers 140 ROM Update wizard 142 running Adaptec Storage M anager Linux 32 NetWare 32 Windows 31 S scheduling tasks rescheduling 130 supported tasks changing RAID level 89 expanding logical drives 87 modifying logical drives 78 verifying 83 verifying with fix 82 scheduling tasks See also tasks segment 74 segments 164 silencing alarm 122 size limitations for logical drives 54 size of logical drive
94. gh data transfer speeds Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For example three 250 GB disk drives and three 400 GB disk drives comprise two equal sized RAID 5 logical drives with 500 GB of stored data and 250 GB of parity data The RAID 50 logical drive can therefore contain 1000 GB 2 x 500 GB of stored data and 500 GB of parity data RAID 50 Logical Drive 1000 GB plus Parity Fe 500 GB Data Storage each 250 GB Parity Data each oe ipa Total ee Space Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 5 Drive 6 250 GB 250 GB 250 GB 400 GB 400GB 400 GB Eg 5 Eg 5 In the example above P represents the distributed parity data Appendix D Understanding RAID e 171 RAID 6 Logical Drives Note RAID 1E is an upgrade feature if the RAID 1E feature is locked see Adding Enhanced Features on page 21 for information on purchasing a feature key A RAID 6 logical drive is similar to a RAID 5 logical drive because it uses data striping and parity data to provide redundancy H owever RAID 6 logical drives include two independent sets of parity data instead of one Both sets of parity data are striped separately across all disk drives in the logical drive RAID 6 logical drives provide extra protection for your data because they can recover from two simultaneous disk drive failures H owever the extra parity calculation slows performance compared to RAID 5 logical drives RAID 6 logi
95. gical drive Adaptec Storage M anager prompts you to select the correct number of disk drives as shown below Number of disk drives required Hify a logical device Follow the instructions in the panel below to modify a logical device as desired an click Next 1 Physical devices View S Click on 3 or more physical devices in the p Direct attached devices RAID level gt x E aliaje Name Logical Drive 1 gt Advanced settings Revert logical device If you want to remove a specific disk drive and replace it with another one for instance replace a smaller disk drive with a larger one click on the disk drive you want to remove An X indicates that the selected disk drive will be removed from the logical drive 6 Modify the Advanced Settings if required See Fine tuning Logical Drives on page 78 Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 89 7 Click Next 8 Review thenew logical drive settings To make changes click Back Note Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives Before you save the configuration verify that the size of the logical drive is appropriate for your operating system 9 To update your logical drive immediately click Apply then click Yes To schedule the changes for later click Schedule set the date and time then click Apply For more information see page 124 Deleting a Logical Drive Caution When you delete a logical drive you los
96. gical drive is indicated by the number inside the logical drive s icon For instance the logical drive shown at right has RAID 1 Logical drives protected by hot spares have plus signs beside them as shown at right Hold your cursor over any logical drive to see its name status and g size You can also click the arrow shown at right to view this same information for all the logical drives at once Step 3 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager e 43 Click on a logical drive to highlight the disk drives that comprise it in the Physical Devices View Physical devices Logical devices TSI H Balls Logical devices 2 gt 2 Ot Three disk drives plus one hot spare comprise the selected RAID 5 logical drive Wa Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Direct attached devices gt e e e BBE e co You can also click on any disk drive to see which if any logical drive it belongs to A disk drive shaded in light blue is not part of any logical drive Revealing More Disk Drive Information You can reveal more information about your disk drives by using the View buttons to change how they are displayed By default disk drives are displayed in unexpanded Text Description View as shown below View buttons Physical devices 4 Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Direct attached devices a 2 Logical devic MSE amp we Logical devices 2 gt A Click the expand arrow to see basic
97. he user account must reside within the same tree as the server running the Adaptec Storage M anager agent When logging into Adaptec Storage M anager NDS users must provide the fully distinguished account name NDS Authentication N DS authentication is based on NDS group membership To set up NDS group membership 4 Create and populate an NDS group for storage administration Note Thegroup must reside within the same N DS tree as the server running the Adaptec Storage M anager agent Install Adaptec Storage M anager Restrict authentication to the new group by adding this entry to the SYS RAIDMAN RaidAgent pps file agent group NetWareStorageAdmin lt fully distinguished group name gt For example agent group NetWareStorageAdmin CN StorageAdmins O Acme Restart the server Limited user access is granted to all NDS user accounts Step 2 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager e 38 Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager To log out of Adaptec Storage M anager 14 Inthe Enterprise View click on the local system 2 Inthemenu bar select Actions then click Log out File View Remote Actions Help iat Add a Hints and tips rties f Events Tasks 2 Help Enterprise view Log out k 2287c Local system mel Managed systems Agent actions gt ia bou2287c Loci Save support archive Change display group gt Properties You are logged out of Adaptec Storage M anager Logging Back In To log in to Adaptec Storage M an
98. her settings as desired Click Add logical deyice to define another or click Remove logical device to remove this one then click Next Physical devices View S Click on 2 physical devices in the panel at righ Direct attached devices RAID level RAID 1 7 g Name Device 2 b Advanced settings Free segments and available disk drives are blue 3 Click Next 4 Review the logical drive settings 5 Click Apply then click Yes Adaptec Storage M anager builds the logical drive The configuration is saved in the Adaptec controller and in the physical drives Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 78 Fine tuning Logical Drives You can fine tune a new or existing logical drive to meet your needs by adjusting the Advanced settings described in this section Not all options are available for all controllers or all RAID levels Note The default settings in Adaptec Storage M anager are optimal for most users and storage spaces Only advanced users should change the settings described in this section To fine tune a logical drive 1 Open thelist of Advanced settings If you are creating anew logical drive follow the instructions in Step 6 on page 53 If you are modifying an existing logical drive a d In the Enterprise View click the controller associated with the logical drive In the Logical Devices View click the logical drive In the menu bar select Actions then click
99. hou2287c Deleted logical device controller 1 logical device 1 D 04 29 2005 11 20 16 AM PDT bou228 c Deleted logical device controller 1 logical device 2 D 04 29 2005 11 20 16 AM PDT bou228 c Added logical device controller 1 logical device 3 D A NANANNNA 11 977 146 AM PNT hon 2787e Ciuereacefiillhy annliad tho naw enanfinanration controllor 10 Partition and format your RAID Volume See page 50 for more information Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 59 RAID Controller Support The maximum number of RAID controllers supported by Adaptec Storage M anager varies depending on your computer s operating system e Windows up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers e Linux up to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers e NetWare up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers Note For the most recent operating system support information visit www adaptec com Managing Your Storage Space Once your storage space is built you can add systems controllers and disk drives to meet your changing needs then create logical drives by repeating the steps in this chapter To customize Adaptec Storage M anager and make managing your storage space easier and more effective continue with Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage M anager on page 60 To learn how to monitor manage and modify your storage space see these chapters in the rest of this Guide e Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares on page 73 e Protecting Your Data on page 95
100. ibes how to manage the Notification Log and useit to monitor the logged notifications being sent e Using the Notification Log see below e Find the Notification Log files see page 110 e Clear the Notification Log see page 110 Using the Notification Log By default notification events are listed in the order they occurred with the most recent event first To make it easier to find a specific event click on the column heads to sort the events You can also reorganize the columns by clicking and dragging the column heads see the Figure on page 105 The Notification Log uses icons to show the status of events These icons also appear in the Event Viewer of the remote systems Icon Status Explanation and Solution Information TheNotification M anager successfully connected and sent the event No action required Error The Notification M anager did not successfully connect to asystem or send an event Ensure that the correct host name and TCP IP address of the receiving system is correct see page 107 Double click on an event to see basic information about it Click Next to see the next event in the list 7 G Notification event detail Type inform ation Source Date Brans 8 01 41 AM PDT Description Notification Manager started with notifications Enabled close Helv Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 110 Finding the Notification Log Files In addition to appearing in the Notification Lo
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102. ical devices _ bou2287e Local system gt General settings Wa Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA T E Email Notifications Tasks Direct attached devices Logical gt o eo e ee at The Notification M anager opens on the Notifications tab of anew window The local system is automatically included on the Notification List by default all local events are listed in the local Event Viewer Notifications Tab File View Actions Help GS Add system amp Deletesystem f Modify system amp Help va General settings m Notifications C Email Notifications Host name TCP IP address Last event sent Date Source Notification event description 07 1 6 2005 08 38 00 AM P T Notification Manager started with notificat Notification List Notification Log Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 105 3 Add the names of the other system s in your storage space that will receive event notifications generated by this system to the Notification List a In thetool bar click Add system b IntheAdd System window enter the host name or TCP IP address of the first system If you are not using the default port number 34571 enter the TCP IP port Then click Add Hostname or TCP IP address TCPIIP port c If you want more than one system to receive the event notifications repeat Step b as required d When done click Cancel to close the Add System window The systems you added appe
103. ical drive see page 149 e If multipledisk drives fail within the same logical drive see page 150 Chapter 16 Solving Problems e 148 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare When a logical drive is protected by a hot spare if a disk drive in that logical drive fails the hot spare is automatically incorporated into the logical drive and takes over for the failed drive For instance when a disk drive fails in the RAID 5 logical drive shown in the example below the logical drive is automatically rebuilt its data is reconstructed using the hot spare in place of the failed drive You can t access the logical drive until the rebuilding is complete Physical devices Logical devices Wa Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Direct attached devices Logical devices 1 gt D G amp aa gt 9 Physical devices Logical devices YN Controller 1 Adaptec 24105A Direct attached devices Logical devices 1 gt a em gt A Disk drive shows hot Spare takes over and logical drive is Failed status rebuilt with hot spare Note In the example above the color of the hot spare changed from light blue to dark blue showing that it is now part of a logical drive To recover from the failure 4 Removeand replace the failed disk drive following manufacturer s instructions 2 If copyback isnot enabled Remove the hot spare designation from the original hot spare the disk drive that was buil
104. ick the controller in the Enterprise View and click Properties To enable or disable background consistency check 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller 2 Inthemenu bar select Actions then click Enable Disable background consistency check The controller is updated with the new setting Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive You can add more disk drive space to a logical drive to increase its Capacity or expand it Note The maximum size of a logical drive varies by controller Refer to your controller s documentation for more information The expanded logical drive must have a capacity that s greater than or equal to the original logical drive To increase the capacity of a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller associated with the logical drive 2 IntheLogical Devices View click the logical drive Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 85 3 In themenu bar select Actions then click Expand or change logical device File View Remote Gi ada AY cr Enterprise view Hints and tips Z Events Configure amp Help Clear Verity Verity with fix Logical devices mee Logical devices 1 Delete logical device Configure write cache Configure read cache Change logical device name Create snapshot Properties A wizard opens to help you modify the logical drive 4 Click Next 5 Click on the disk drive s or disk d
105. ill run oncenormal conditions resume If the interruption lasts no longer than 30 minutes past the scheduled start time If atask misses its start time it must be rescheduled For instructions see M odifying a Task on page 129 If a recurring task misses its start time it is automatically rescheduled to run at the next scheduled interval Deleting a Task If a scheduled task is no longer required you can delete it from the Task M anager To delete a task 14 Inthetool bar click Configure select the system associated with the task you want to delete then click Tasks as shown on page 126 2 IntheTask M anager select the task you want to delete then click D elete task File View Actions Help Y Delete task Gf Modifytask Y View task Help General settings J Notifications Email Notifications ID Scheduled Start Time Status Recurring Description 2 Tue 05 03 2005 01 30 47 PM PDT Executed Never _Expand or change logical device Tue 05 03 2005 03 40 23 PM PDT Executed Never Expand or change logical device 4 Tue 05 03 2005 04 22 41 PM PDT Executed Never Expand or change logical device 5 Mon 07 18 2005 01 30 56 PM PDT Scheduled Never Expand or change logical device 3 Click Yes to confirm the deletion The task is deleted Chapter 12 Managing Tasks e 131 Disabling the Task Manager The Task M anager is enabled by default If you do not wish to schedule tasks on a selected system you ca
106. in M ultiple Logical Drives Simultaneously 149 Disk Drive Failurein a RAID 0 Logical een 149 M AE RE E ae aaa Drive Rebuilding Logical are ne ene T Solving N otification Problems ENET EEPE T Creating an Archive File Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Me anager PERENE AE AEAN 152 Contents e13 Configuring SN M P Sup ort Configuring SNMP W Configuring SNMP Configuring SNM F Set up my storage space PE E ATT EREA E eT Open the Configuration azari d iene Turn off thealarm hen PENET Add a new user to Adaptec Storage Man a TOPET 157 Add a remote system sscssssctesssesssessssessesssaesesanseeeees AER eT Prevent a user from chang Gi ng my storage SPACE css aa miley Check disk drive or logical drive StatUS cece 157 Access a feature with a padlock icon beside it 00 157 Log out of Adaptec ne M ae ee A PEE Le T Schedule a task TT TE e Find the Task M anager E E E a Find the Notification M anager PEEN D Find the Email N otification M anager Pree Lo gt What s the difference between Adaptec S storage M anager a hee agent sides A 159 Event notifications email notifications and event alerts 159 Buttons and Icons At a Glance Icons in the Physical oe EEE SETAE SEET ETIE TO atl Icons in the Logical Devices View Buttons in the Physical kodal D evices Views Buttons on the M ain Window
107. ing Controllers and Disk Drives e 145 Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive You can replace one or more disk drivesin alogical drive You may want to do this to upgrade to larger disk drives or to make disk drive size uniform across the logical drive Caution If another disk drive in the logical drive fails during rebuild see page 151 you may lose data To replace a disk drive in a logical drive In the Physical Devices View click the disk drive you want to replace Set the drive state to failed See page 144 Remove and replace the disk drive with one of equal or larger size Wait for the logical drive to rebuild See page 151 ao A WB N P Repeat Steps 1 to 4 for all the disk drives you want to replace For information about solving disk drive problems see Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure on page 147 Solving Problems In this chapter Identifying a Failed or Failing Component seee vere L47 Recovering from a Disk Drive FailUre ccssssssessesssseseseeeeeees 147 Rebuilding Logical Drives sse EEEIEE OT A 151 Solving Notification Problems E A E PE E E AETS 151 erno an ACNE FG siiciscsssicintarncmortaciigapeampacniianaceds reer 152 Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage M anager s s s eee es Chapter 16 Solving Problems e 147 Identifying a Failed or Failing Component When your are notified of aWarning or Error level event use Adaptec Storage M anager s rapid fault isolation featu
108. ing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 81 Changing the Initialize Priority The Initialize Priority setting determines the priority for the initialization of the logical drive The default setting is High which means that the logical drive is initialized as quickly as possible Verifying Logical Drives To ensure that there areno data problems on your logical drives it is important to verify them When you verify a logical drive Adaptec Storage M anager checks it for inconsistent or bad data and then fixes any problems You can also choose to verify a logical drive without fixing It Logical drives with no redundancy for instance RAID 0 logical drives do not need to be verified In Adaptec Storage M anager logical drive verification can occur in different ways depending on your controller e Automatic verification If your controller supports build initialization Adaptec Storage M anager automatically verifies all new redundant logical drives No manual verification is required To see if your controller supports build initialization right click the controller in the Enterprise View and click Properties e Manual verification If your controller doesn t support build initialization a Warning level event notice appears in the Event Viewer prompting you to verify a logical drive before you begin to use it To verify a logical drive manually see Verifying Logical Drives on page 81 e Background verification If your con
109. ing Your Storage Space on page 59 Custom Configuration Advanced Custom configuration helps you build your storage space manually by stepping you through the process of creating logical drives setting RAID levels and configuring other settings To build your storage space with custom configuration 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller you want Note how many available disk drives are connected to the controller this information will be helpful as you create logical drives 2 On thetoolbar click Create fi add 74 Create N Enterprise view Create logical device GH Managed systems Gi bou2287c Local system W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA ie Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA W Controller 3 Adaptec 2410SA Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 52 3 When the wizard opens select Custom configuration then click Next The Configuration wizard guides you through the configuration of your controller There are 8 physical drives available for configuration Click Express or Custom then click Next Configuration paths S Select a path through the configuration wizard Express configuration for controller 2 Click this choice to configure your Adaptec 28105A controller automatically Custom configuration for controller 2 Click this choice to configure your Adaptec 28105A controller manually Ce a Chew 4 Selecta RAID level Themost common RAID levels are listed first a
110. ion or host name of a system changes update Its properties in the Notification M anager Note Does this system receive event notifications from more than one other system Ensure you enter the updated information in the Notification M anager of all affected systems To modify system information 1 Open the Notification M anager See page 104 2 IntheNotification List click on the system you want to modify 3 In the System Properties window enter the new information then click OK Host name TCPIIP address TCP IP port The Notification List shows the modified information Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 108 Removing a System from the Notification List You can remove any system including the local system from the Notification List Oncea system has been removed logged notifications from the local system are no longer sent to it To remove a system from the Notification List 1 2 3 4 Open the Notification M anager See page 104 In the Notification List click on the system you want to remove In the tool bar click Delete system Click Yes to confirm the deletion The system is removed from the Notification List Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 109 Monitoring and Managing the Notification Log The Notification Log displays status information and messages about the Notification M anager itself such as whether notifications were sent successfully or not This section descr
111. ions then click Disable notifications File View Actions Help Bada Saad system S Genera g Delete system E mod ify system ae Nl Last event sent Send test event 3457 07 18 2005 11 24 59 AM Disable notifications Event notifications are disabled The Notifications tab notincations shown at right shows the red disabled icon Re enabling Event Notifications To re enable event notifications repeat steps 1 and 2 in Disabling Event Notifications above selecting Enable Notifications during Step 2 Setting Up Email Notifications Email notifications are email messages about events on a system In your storage space that are sent to specified users Email notifications can help you monitor activity on your entire storage space from any location and are especially useful in storage spaces that include multiple systems running the Adaptec Storage M anager agent only Only the users you specify receive email notifications Seepage 115 You can specify which types of events generate email messages to which recipients to ensure that errors receive immediate attention from the right people In the Email Notification M anager you can add and delete email recipients and modify the types of email notices they receive as your requirements change Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 112 Opening the Email Notification Manager This section describes how to set up email notifications for one system in
112. ive can include redundancy depending on the RAID level assigned to it See Understanding RAID on page 163 for more information Once a logical drive has been created you can change its RAID level or increase its capacity to meet changing requirements You can also protect your logical drives by assigning one or more hot spares to them See page 90 for more information Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 5 Creating Logical Drives For basic instructions for creating logical drives see Step 4 Building Your Storage Space on page 47 This section describes three additional scenarios for creating logical drives e Setting the size of a new logical drive see below e Including different sized disk drives in a logical drive see page 76 e Creating a logical drive using available segments of disk drives see page 77 Setting the Size of a Logical Drive As described in Step 6 on page 53 Adaptec Storage M anager automatically sets the size of anew logical driveto maximize the capacity of the disk drives that it comprises H owever you can chooseto set the size for a new logical drive You may want to do this to maximize your available disk drive space or allocate available soace to more than one logical drive To set the size of a logical drive 14 Complete Steps 1 through 6 in Custom Configuration Advanced on page 51 2 Click Advanced Settings The maximum size of the logical drive appears in the Size
113. k the Silence button shown at right silence Or from the menu bar click Actions select Alarm actions then click Silence alarm See page 122 Add a new user to Adaptec Storage Manager Any user with a valid network user name and password can log into Adaptec Storage M anager See page 30 Add a remote system Click the Add button shown at right See page 61 i aaa Prevent a user from changing my storage space See page 35 for information on restricting access Check disk drive or logical drive status Hold your cursor over the disk drive or logical drive to reveal status information See also page 43 Access a feature with a padlock icon beside it Features such as copyback snapshot and some RAID levels are enhanced features that must be unlocked with a special feature key sold separately See page 21 Log out of Adaptec Storage Manager In the Enterprise View click on the local system In the menu bar select Actions then click Log out See page 38 Appendix B Quick Answers to Common Questions e 158 Schedule a task Complete each step of the task until you are prompted to click Apply Don t click Apply Click Schedule See page 124 Note The Schedule button won t appear on tasks that can t be scheduled Find the Task Manager In the tool bar click Configure select the system you want then click Tasks See page 126 ES Properties f Events Configure Help i hou2
114. l Enabled is the default setting e Disabled The controller transfers data from the logical drive to its local cache in portions equal to the system O request size Use this setting for the best performance when workloads are random or the system O requests are smaller than the stripe size For more information about system O requests refer to your operating system documentation To quickly change the read cache setting click the logical drive you want then in the menu bar select Actions click Configure read cache then select Enabled or Disabled as required Changing the Initialize Method The Initialize M ethod setting determines how a logical drive is initialized prepared for reading and writing and how long initialization will take The settings are presented in order of slowest to fastest method e Build slowest For RAID 1 logical drives data is copied from the primary driveto the mirror drive for RAID 5 logical drives parity is computed and written Build is the default setting Adaptec Storage M anager performs build initializations in the background you can use the logical drive immediately e Clear Every block in the logical drive is overwritten removing all existing data You can t use the logical drive until the initialization is complete e Quick fastest The logical drive is made available immediately Quick initialization should be used for new physical disks only Chapter 9 Manag
115. le type LOAD RaidAgnt 2 Press Enter 3 Manageand monitor the system by logging into it as a remote system see page 61 The Adaptec Storage M anager agent s default settings are suitable for most storage spaces To customize the settings for your specific requirements see page 67 Step 2 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager e 35 Understanding Permission Levels When you log in to Adaptec Storage M anager your permission level is identical to your operating system permission level For example if you have Administrator permissions on your operating system you also have Administrator permissions in Adaptec Storage M anager Note NetWare users only See Configuring NetWare User Authentication on page 37 This section describes the three different permission levels e Administrator see below e User see page 36 e Guest see page 36 Administrator Level Logging in as an Administrator allows you full access to manage and modify the controllers disk drives and logical drives that are part of your storage space To login as an Administrator e Windows Enter a valid user name and password for the Administrator or Administrative User on the system The Administrative User is any member of the local Administrators group which can in a Domain configuration include Domain Administrators e Linux Enter root for the user name and enter the root password e Netware See page 37 Step 2 Starting Adaptec Storag
116. led drive controller 1 port 0 Vendor Adapt 05 05 2005 04 20 31 PM PDT bou228 fc Setdrive to failed controller 1 port 0 D 05 05 2005 09 36 18 AM PDT bou228 c Deleted logical device controller 1 logical dev D 05 05 2005 09 16 13 AM PDT bou228 c Verify complete controller 1 logical device 1 D 05 05 2005 09 15 16 AM PDT bou228 c Verifying controller 1 logical device 1 Device D 05 05 2005 09 15 16 AM PDT bou228 c Added logical device controller 1 logical devic D 05 05 2005 09 15 10 AM PDT bou228 c Successfully applied the new configuration co Double click any event to see more details in an easier to read format Click Next to see the next event in the list z G Configuration event detail Type information Source bou2287c Date 5 5 05 Time 4 21 44 PM PDT Description Started the bus rescan controller l Previous Close Help You can monitor activity on and the status of remote systems from the local system by using Adaptec Storage M anager s two notification utilities to broadcast messages the Notification M anager see page 103 and the Email Notification M anager see page 111 Viewing the Full List of Events To open a full screen version of the event log click the E Events Events button shown at right To make It easier to find a specific event click on the column heads to sort the events Sort events by status icons see above to help you find specific Er
117. ll data from one drive onto a second drive Seealso RAID N Notification Manager A utility within Adaptec Storage M anager that broadcasts event messages to selected managed systems P parity A form of data protection used by some RAID levels to recreate the data of a failed disk drive in a logical drive See also RAID partition Divides the space of a disk drive into isolated sections Glossary e 1 8 port A connection point to acontroller disk drive expander enclosure or other device R RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks For more information on RAID and all supported RAID levels see Understanding RAID on page 163 rapid fault isolation The trail of yellow or red warning icons that leads from the high level system view to the failed or failing component rebuild Re create a logical drive after a disk drive failure recurring task A scheduled task such as logical drive verification that occurson a regular basis See also Task M anager scheduled task redundancy The capability of preventing data loss if a disk drive fails See also mirroring parity remote system In Adaptec Storage M anager all other computers in your storage space besides your local system are remote systems Local and remote are relative terms See also local system ROM Update wizard A program that updates the BIOS and firmware codes on the controller See also firmware S SAN Storage Area Network A s
118. ll run as scheduled Managing Remote Systems In this chapter MEO Slots eeepc ners teraeer een ee operon EE ream nten tt aan 133 Removing a Remote System iiss inesvininitsinaiidnsantisansiagdicaanninesaeiensinens 133 This chapter describes how to work with and manage remote systems using Adaptec Storage M anager Chapter 13 Managing Remote Systems e133 Introduction To manage remote systems you must log in to them from the local system See Logging In to Remote Systems on page 61 for a definition of local and remote systems and for login instructions Adaptec Storage M anager must be installed and running on a remote system before you can log In to it Once you have logged in to a remote system you can work with its controllers disk drives and logical drives as if they were part of your local system You must log in with the proper permission level to complete the tasks you wish to perform See Understanding Permission Levels on page 35 for more information Removing a Remote System If you no longer want to monitor a remote system you can remove it from the Enterprise View of Adaptec Storage M anager Removing aremote system does not cause It to fail To remove a remote system 4 In themenu bar of the main window select Remote select Remove managed system then click the system you want to remove The Remove M anaged System window opens 2 If you want to continue receiving events from the r
119. logical drive is appropriate for your operating system For more information refer to your operating system documentation Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e DD 10 Click Apply then click Yes Gl Confirm After you apply this configuration the logical devices you created will o display as physical drives under an operating system Before you can use these drives to store data you must partition and format them using the disk management tools provided with your operating system Do you want to apply the new configuration Adaptec Storage M anager builds the logical drive s The configuration is saved on the Adaptec controller and on the physical drives 11 Repeat Steps 1 to 10 for each controller on your system 12 Partition and format your logical drives See page 50 for more Information If your storage space comprises one or more Adaptec RAID controllers on asingle computer building is complete Continue with M anaging Your Storage Space on page 59 If you have installed Adaptec RAID controllers on morethan one computer and wish to add them to your storage space continue with Including M ore Systems in Your Storage Space below Including More Systems in Your Storage Space If you have installed Adaptec RAID controllers on more than one computer to continue building your storage space e From each individual computer log in to Adaptec Storage M anager and repeat Steps 1 to 12 to continue building your storag
120. ltiple disk drives 150 multiple logical drives 149 RAID 0 logical drives 149 with hot spare 148 without hot spare 149 in logical drives 53 relative capacity 44 replacing in logical drives 145 segments in logical drive 77 text descriptions 43 viewing logical drives 43 viewing status 42 display groups 63 adding systems 135 creating 63 deleting 138 moving systems 137 removing systems 136 renaming display groups 137 system status 136 distributed spare drives 169 E Email event detail window 117 Email List 112 115 adding users 113 modifying users 115 removing users 116 sending test emails 114 Email Log 112 116 clearing 117 Email Logfiles 117 Email Notification Manager 111 clearing the Email Log 117 disabling 119 Email List 115 Index e 183 Email Log 116 email notifications 111 failed test emails 115 logfiles 117 modifying settings 118 opening 112 reenabling 119 test emails 114 email notifications 111 from address 113 adding users 113 changing from address 118 changing SM TP server 118 Email List 115 Email Log 116 failed test emails 115 modifying users 115 removing users 116 sending test emails 114 SM TP server settings 113 Email N otificationstab 112 Enterprise View 40 display options 65 sorting systems 65 Error 127 event alerts 120 event log 101 clearing 102 event log operating system 69 Event N otification M anager Notification List 105 Notification Log 109 event notifications 103
121. mn heads to sort task events You can also reorganize the columns by clicking and dragging the column heads see the Figure on page 105 Chapter 12 Managing Tasks e128 The Event Log uses icons to show the status of past tasks eom swai Explanation and Solution Information The task or event completed successfully No action required A Warning The task missed its start time Reschedule the task to clear the error as described in M odifying a Task on page 129 E Error The task failed Delete the task to clear the error Schedule the task again as described in Scheduling a Task on page 124 Double click on an event to see basic information about the event Click Next to see the next event in the list Task event detail Type information Source Task Manager Date 5 3 05 Time fi 1 00 08 AM PDT Description Task 1 successfully modified Previous wext close Hei Chapter 12 Managing Tasks e 129 Modifying a Task If your requirements change you can reschedule a task to a different date or time You can also modify the task description that appears in the Task List Creating a custom task description makes it easier to find the task in the Task List To modify a scheduled task 14 In thetool bar click Configure select the system you want then click Tasks as shown on page 126 2 IntheTask M anager select the task you want to change then click Modify task File View Actions Help Q
122. mple below can create and modify logical drives and monitor all the controllers and disk drives in the storage space from a single workstation Department 1 Data Adaptec Storage Manager Department 2 Department 3 Data SOS ee Chapter 2 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager e 21 Adding Enhanced Features As you grow your storage space you can enhance data protection and improve performance by upgrading your Adaptec controller with extra features then manage these enhanced features with Adaptec Storage M anager Adaptec offers a package of upgrade features that can be activated with a feature key sold separately Purchase a feature key to unlock these features e Copyback see page 98 e Snapshots see page 96 e RAID 1E seepage 166 e RAID 5EE see page 169 e RAID 6 see page 171 e RAID 60 seepage 172 Locked features features which are unavailable without a key fal have a padlock icon shown at right beside them as shown in the examples below If you select a locked feature you are reminded that a key is required to unlock it Advanced settings RAID 1E amp Mirroring 3 or more drives required redundant RAID 5EE amp Striping with parity built in spare 4 or more drives required redundant RAID 6 amp Striping with dual parity 4 or more drives required redundant RAID 10 Striped mirrors even number of drives required redundant RAID 50 fRAID 5 groups
123. mpleting a Silent Installation Advanced A silent installation uses command line parameters to complete an installation without messages or user interaction To complete a silent installation 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage M anager CD into your CD drive 2 Open acommand prompt window and changeto the CD directory 3 Install Adaptec Storage M anager using this command line string setup exe s v qn lt OPTIONS gt This table describes the command line options M ultiple features can be separated with commas Option Required Values INSTALLDIR Yes path to installation directory The installation path must be enclosed in escaped quotation marks For example INSTALLDIR C Program Files Adaptec Adaptec Storage Managen ADDLOCAL No a All Default Installs all features Manager Installs Adaptec Storage M anager SNM PSupport Installs SN M P support requires Manager feature See page 153 for more information ASM Readme Installs the Readmefile and Start menu shortcut a CLITools Installs Command Line Interface tools Note Use commas to separate multiple features REBOOT No Force Default Forces a reboot at the end of the installation Suppress Suppresses a reboot unless files were in use and could not be overwritten during installation ReallySuppress Suppresses all reboots at the end of the installation Step 1 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager e
124. ms Aa Server Room 1 GE i O O O a wa Contr WD Hints and tips ntroller 1 controller Agent actions p fec 26105A Save printable configuration Save support archive Change display group gt None Properties Server Room 1 New group The system is removed from the display group Note Systems that are not part of display groups are listed at the top of the Enterprise View above any display groups Chapter 14 Working with Display Groups e 137 Moving a System from One Display Group to Another To movea system from one display group to another 1 Inthe Enterprise View right click the system you want to remove 2 Select Change display group then click the name of the display group you want The system moves to its new display group Renaming a Display Group You can make managing your storage space easier and more efficient by giving your display groups meaningful names To rename a display group 4 In the Enterprise View right click on the display group then click Rename display group Enterprise view Eil Managed systems 5j Sew z SES Delete display group x a display group r Properties 2 Enter anew name for the display group then click OK G Group name Group name est Team 1 Cancel Help The Enterprise View shows the new name of the display group Chapter 14 Working with Display Groups e 138 Deleting a Display Group If required you can delete a dis
125. n disable it Note If you disable the Task M anager no scheduled tasks will run on that system To disable the Task M anager 14 Inthetool bar click Configure select the system whose Task M anager you want to disable then click Tasks as shown on page 126 2 Inthemenu bar click Actions then click Disable Task Scheduler File View Actions Help Delete task J Genera GA Modify task Email Notifications BS View task Status Recurring Description 2 Tut Disable Task Scheduler pecuted Never Expand or change logical device 3 T ieee Pes mecuted Never Expand or change logical device 4 Tue 05 03 2005 04 22 41 PM PDT Executed Never Expand or change logical device r4 The Task M anager is disabled The Tasks tab shown at amp rass right shows the red disabled icon Note When the Task M anager is disabled a brief three tone alert sounds each time you open and log in to Adaptec Storage M anager Scheduled tasks in the Task List will not run while the Task M anager is disabled Re enabling the Task Manager To re enable the Task M anager repeat the steps in Disabling the Task M anager on page 131 selecting Enable Task Scheduler during Step 2 Scheduled tasks that have missed their start times must be rescheduled if you want them to run See M odifying a Task on page 129 for instructions Scheduled tasks that did not miss their start time while the Task M anager was disabled wi
126. n upgrade feature if the Snapshot feature is locked see Adding Enhanced Features on page 21 for information on purchasing a feature key A snapshot is a frozen image of a logical drive at a particular point in time You can copy the data on one logical device to another logical device by creating a snapshot You may want to do this if you want to back up your data to tape clone a drive or copy the data to multiple servers There are two snapshot options e Snapshot Backup Copiesall data on a logical drive so that it can be moved from one server to another See page 97 e Snapshot Nobackup Creates a temporary copy of a logical drive for tape backup and reference uses less system resources than Snapshot Backup Snapshot Limitations e You can create a snapshot of only one controller at atime you can t create a snapshot that includes multiple controllers e Thesourcelogical drive the logical drive that you re copying and the target logical drive the logical drive that you re copying to must be on the same controller e Thesourceand target logical drives may have the same or different RAID levels e You can create up to four snapshots on each controller e Thesizeof thetarget logical drive must be greater than or equal to the size of the source logical drive e You can t modify any information on a snapshot Chapter 10 Protecting Your Data e 97 Creating a Snapshot with Backup To create a snapshot with back
127. ng an appropriate hot spare is available see bullet above If there are more disk drive failures than hot spares see Failed Disk Drive N ot Protected by a Hot Spareon page 149 If copyback is enabled data is moved back to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced See Enabling Copyback on page 98 for more information Disk Drive Failure in a RAID O Logical Drive Because RAID 0 volumes do not includeredundancy if adisk drive fails in aRAID 0 logical drive the data can t be recovered Correct the cause of the failure or replace the failed disk drives Then restore your data if available Chapter 16 Solving Problems e 150 Multiple Failures in the Same Logical Drive Except in RAID 6 and RAID 60 logical drives see pages 171 and 172 if morethan onedisk drive fails at thesametimein the same logical drive the data can t be recovered Correct the cause of the failure or replace the failed disk drives Then restore your data if available Note In some instances RAID 10 and RAID 50 logical drives may survive multiple disk drive failures depending on which disk drives fail See Understanding RAID on page 163 for more information Removing a Failed Disk Drive s Icon Note You can only complete this task on disk drives that are not included in any logical drive When a disk drive fails it may still appear in Adaptec Storage M anager although it isno longer availa
128. nsure that the recipient s email address is correct See M odifying a Recipient s Information on page 115 to modify the address Ensure that your SMTP server address is correct See Changing the Email Notification M anager Settings on page 118 to modify the address Try sending the test message again Chapter 16 Solving Problems e 152 Creating an Archive File Your Adaptec Storage M anager service representative might ask you to create a configuration and status information archive file to help diagnose a problem with your system To create the archive file 1 In the Enterprise View click the local or remote system on which the problem is occurring In the menu bar select Actions then click Save support archive Enter a name for the archive file or accept the default name then click Save Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Manager If you experience problems installing or using Adaptec Storage M anager follow these suggestions Ensure that you are logged in to Adaptec Storage M anager at the permission level you need to perform the tasks you want See page 35 for more information Ensure that all managed systems are powered on and that you are logged in to any remote systems you want to manage See page 61 for more information Check all cable connections Try uninstalling and reinstalling Adaptec Storage M anager Configuring SNMP Support In this appendix Configuring SN M P Support ON
129. nt General Settings window opens for that system File View Actions Help Agent system port Agent system base port number bast Agent system notifications Save events in OS event log Broadcast events to logged in users Sound alarm Alarm interval Seconds 0 Edit the alarm settings as required Select or deselect Sound alarm change the alarm interval time Caution If you disablethe alarm no audible signal will sound on that system when a Warning or Error level event occurs Click Save changes Restart Adaptec Storage M anager to apply the new settings Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager e 69 Changing a System s Event Log Setting By default all Warning and Error level events on a system are recorded in the operating system event log To disable operating system event logging on a system 1 2 3 4 Click the Configure button select the system you want then click General Settings The Adaptec Storage M anager Agent General Settings window opens for that system See Step 1 on page 68 Deselect Save events in OS event log Click Save changes Restart Adaptec Storage M anager to apply the new setting Changing a System s Agent Base Port Number Adaptec Storage M anager uses four consecutive ports to access remote systems 34571 34572 34573 and 34574 The default port number for the agent is 34571 If your system has a conflict with these ports change the base port to a different p
130. ntroduction to Adaptec Storage Manager e 19 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager As your requirements change Adaptec Storage M anager grows with your storage space as you add more controllers more disk drives more logical drives and more data protection A Simple Storage Space The example below shows the sort of simple storage space that might be appropriate in a home office or for a small business This storage space includes one RAID controller and two disk drives installed in a server For data protection the disk drives have been used to build a RAID 1 logical drive Adaptec Storage Manager o g m oO oO i Server An Advanced Storage Space The example below shows how you can grow your storage space to meet the expanding requirements of your business For data protection segments of space from each disk drive have been used to build two RAID 5 logical drives One logical drive stores all the customer information and the other logical drive stores the business s accounting payroll and personnel information Oo Adaptec Storage Manager AG _ Gok Customer Internal Data Data Chapter 2 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager e 20 Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space As your needs change Adaptec Storage M anager will help you grow your storage space to Include multiple controllers and disk drives in multiple locations TheAdministrator of the storage space shown In the exa
131. onitor and manage all of them from one computer The computer that you re working on is called the local system All other computers in your storage space are remote systems Local and remote are relative terms as shown in the Figure below when you are working on workstation A local system server B is a remote system when you are working on server B local system workstation A is a remote system _ E ii oO O Workstation running Adaptec Storage Manager Server running Adaptec Storage paneer Pu X or Agent e m _ PN Local logged in to remote I I a myu 0 O K Server Server running Adaptec Storage Manager j Workstation running Adaptec Storage Manager K or Agent ae I OF ee ce ee To manage remote systems you login to them from the local system Adaptec Storage M anager or the Adaptec Storage M anager agent see page 33 must berunning on theremote system and before you can log in to it Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager e 62 When you login to aremote system you add that system to the Enterprise View of Adaptec Storage M anager as shown in the example below i bou2287c Local system 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Wa Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Wa Controller 3 Adaptec 2810SA E ER fra8765b Remote system W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Wa Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA W
132. ons then click Send test message File View Actions Help Add Add email recipient cipient Modify email recipient 2 Help s Genera Delete email recipient mail Notifications Recipi amp Modify email recipient Event type Last message sent Bob Fraser Send test message im Error Warning Never Lisa Boojoy N 2 Error Warning Informatio Never SMTP server settings Pauline Brat 9 c Error Never Disable Email Notifications The test message Is sent If the test is successful the email recipient receives the test message If the test fails a Ensurethat the recipient s email address is correct See Modifying a Recipient s Information on page 115 to modify the address b Ensurethat your SM TP server address is correct See Changing the Email Notification M anager Settings on page 118 to modify the address c Try sending the test message again Managing the Email List This section describes how to e Add an email recipient see page 113 e Modify an email recipient s information see below e Removean email recipient see page 116 Modifying a Recipient s Information If arecipient s email address changes or if you need to change the types of event notifications the recipient receives you can update the recipient s information in the Email List To modify a recipient s information 1 Open the Email Notification M anager See page 111 2 Click on therecipient s name
133. ontroller 3 Adaptec 2810SA 4 To add another system to the display group right click on that system in the Enterprise View select Change display group then click the display group name Aa Server Room 1 eh Ec bou2287c Local system 4 Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA ae W Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA W Controller 3 Adaptec 2810SA Cantao Hints and tips RAID controller Adaptec 24105A Log out Agent actions b Save printable configuration Save support archive Change display group gt None Properties Server er New group The system is added to the display group G Managed systems FF Server Room 1 B bou2287c Local system W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA W Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA W Controller 3 Adaptec 2810SA E i fra8765b Remote system W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA W Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Wa Controller 3 Adaptec 2810SA Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager e 65 Display groups are sorted alphabetically and appear in the Enterprise View below any systems that are not part of a display group A system can belong to only one display group at atime you can t include the same system in multiple display groups For more information see Working with Display Groups on page 134 Setting Preferences and Changing Views You can customize Adaptec Storage M anager by e Sorting the systems in the Enterprise View see below e Selecting the s
134. or system health and manage event notifications tasks schedules and other on going processes on each system in your storage space The agent can run independently of the full application See page 17 for more information Event notifications email notifications and event alerts Event notifications also called logged notifications are messages about events on one system that are sent to the Event Viewer of another system in your storage space See page 103 Email notifications are email messages about events on a system in your storage space that are sent to specified users See page 111 Event alerts are pop up messages or console messages about all types of events on a specific system which are broadcast to all the users who are logged into your storage space See page 120 Buttons and Icons At a Glance In this appendix Icons in the Physical Devices VICW ssescssssssscsssssssrsssessrssteereees iconsin the Logical Devices View irisi iiine E E Buttons in the Physical Logical Devices VICWS sssrinin Buttons on the M ain Window Tool Baf ssesssesssssserersrrerrererserersen This chapter provides quick references to the icons and buttons that appear in Adaptec Storage M anager Appendix C Buttons and Icons At a Glance e 161 Icons in the Physical Devices View Ready disk drive Disk drive with free space Disk drive with no free space E Failed disk drive Healthy global or dedicated hot spare Hot s
135. ort number To change the agent base port number 1 Click the Configure button select the system you want then click General Settings The Adaptec Storage M anager Agent General Settings window opens for that system See Step 1 on page 68 Enter a new agent system base port number Click Save changes Restart Adaptec Storage M anager and the Adaptec Storage M anager agent to apply the new setting Running Adaptec Storage M anager from the CD In this chapter When to Choose Bootable CD M Od6 cccsecscsstssrssesssssrsersrsrees 71 Getting Started in Bootable CD M 0 cccseccssssssssesseeessees 71 Running Adaptec Storage M anager from the CD csesesseesseeeees 72 This chapter describes how to run Adaptec Storage M anager from the Adaptec RAID installation CD included in the kit instead of as an installed application When you run Adaptec Storage M anager from the CD you areusing bootable CD mode Chapter 8 Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD e 71 When to Choose Bootable CD Mode Use Adaptec Storage M anager in bootable CD mode if you want to install your operating system on a disk drive or logical drive associated with your controller Bootable CD mode lets you configure the controller before you install your operating system After you have configured the controller and installed the operating system install and run Adaptec Storage M anager as an installed software application see pag
136. pace to view model and status information including the firmware version number To view controller properties 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller 2 In themenu bar select Actions then click Properties The Properties window for the controller opens A Gl Properties ak Controller 1 3 10 00 4117 3 10 00 4117 3 10 00 4117 3 10 00 4117 3 Click the tabs to view all available information 4 Click theX in the upper right corner to close the window Saving Your Controller Configuration If you require a record of your controller configurations you can use Adaptec Storage M anager to create a text file with this information about all controllers on a selected system e Controllers e Disk drives e Disk drives used in logical drives e Logical drives To save a system s controller configurations 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the local or remote system Chapter 15 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives e 142 2 Inthemenu bar select Actions then click Save printable configuration File View Remote Actions Help ii nga A Hints and tips Configure amp Help Enterprise view Log out fy Managed systems Agent actions A bou2287c Loc Save printable configuration W Controller 1 N 4 Controller 2 Save support archive Controller 2 RAID controller Properties Adaptec 281054 Change display group 3 In the Save window browse to the directory you want then enter a file nam
137. pare with error see page 93 for more information Hot spare being built into logical drive after disk drive failure Hot spare built into logical drive after disk drive failure Locked upgrade feature that can be activated with a feature key see page 21 for more information Icons in the Logical Devices View Kero Description Logical drive Logical drive with healthy hot spare i Logical drive with a snapshot Logical drive being initialized 1 o Logical drive being modified Logical drive being rebuilt after disk drive failure B Locked upgrade feature that can be activated with a feature key see page 21 for more information Appendix C Buttons and Icons At a Glance e 162 Buttons in the Physical Logical Devices Views Button EE a More on 5ee a text description of your disk drives page 43 5ee the size capacities of your disk drives page 44 to see the size capacities of your disk drives page 44 relative to each other to create a global hot spare page 91 to create a logical drive page 47 to delete a logical drive page 89 to expand and collapse additional information page 46 about disk drives and logical drives Buttons on the Main Window Tool Bar Button Click to More on add a remote system page 61 create a logical drive open the page 47 Configuration wizard Silence the audible alarm page 121 Properties
138. play group When you delete the display group the systems that belonged to it are listed at the top of the Enterprise View above any remaining display groups To delete a display group 1 Inthe Enterprise View right click on the display group 2 Click Delete display group Enterprise view A Managed systems GR Test Team 1 fale fi bou2287 Delete display group wa Conti Rename display ois 4 Conti Properties The display group is deleted and the systems that belonged to it are no longer grouped together in the Enterprise View Managing Controllers and Disk Drives In this chapter ReESCANNING A Controller occ eecsesecssssessscsrsssessrsseeserssrsssessrssetsaneees Registering Naw CCS sain ccnacinecinatsdacacaiqensdenuianiueeinavseivieninees Viewing Controller Properties ccccsscsssscsssscssssssssesseereeees Saving Your Controller Configuration essesscsssscsessrsesessresereees Updating Controller BIOS and FIrMWware ccecsssssssssssseeeeees Setting a Disk Driveto Fae ice tinmiiomtniiewelenitienmimn Replacing Disk Drivesin a Logical Drive ccsesssssssessseersees This chapter describes how to manage the RAID controllers in your storage space Chapter 15 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives e 140 Rescanning a Controller After you connect a disk drive to or remove a Ready non failed disk drivefrom acontroller Adaptec Storage M anager may not recognize the change until it res
139. r same sized physical disk drives and assigns RAID levels based on the number of physical disk drives in a logical drive e A logical drive with three or more physical disk drives is assigned RAID 5 e A logical drive with two physical disk drives is assigned RAID 1 e A logical drive with only a single physical disk drive becomes a simple volume which does not offer redundancy Note To create a logical drive with any other RAID level you must use the custom method as described on page 51 See Understanding RAID on page 163 for more information about RAID levels By default logical drive size is set by Adaptec Storage M anager and automatically maximizes the capacity of the disk drives However you can choose to specify a size for a logical drive if required Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 49 To build your storage space with the express method 1 Inthe Enterprise View select the controller you want 2 On the toolbar click Create File View Remote Actions Help W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Controller 3 Adaptec 24105A ji _ gt Att ONGI Be GPCL LFI EUSA 3 When the wizard opens select Express configuration then click Next The Configuration wizard guides you through the configuration of your controller There are 4 physical drives available for configuration Click Express or Custom then click Next Configuration paths L Select a path through
140. rage M anager ene Logging Back In chitin a Step 3 Exploring Ada Navigating the M ain WINDOW oisectescncssescecsteessucesencrtersuerantiarienes 40 Using Enterprise VICW cesses sess 40 Using Physical Devices VICW ccscsssssssssssssssssssssssenersersers AL Using Logical Devices View E E R E Revealing M ore Disk Drive information MET AEEA EPRE a CG SSe SE Sna Working in Adaptec Sto rage M an ager aiski N About the Actions M CNU escrire 4O Eeli ale E A E E N A Contents 9 Step 4 Building Your Storage Space Selecting a Configuration M ethod gg p Omii Has pa on Bu ui Ang the eEasy W n OO 18 M aaa presse Space E Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Logg ngin to Remote i LE EA e AEE E EEE E E EE ee Creating Display Groups ME IEAI PEE PLAATE Setting Preferences and C hang Gj ng VIEWS sicoracenceesnree nnn 65 SO rti ng Systems in the Enterpri se View i 65 Setting the Standard U nit of M CaSure assess OO C aie ging the M ain Window Appe iene Customizing the Adaptec Storage Ma an nas ers OETI PE T Broadcasting Event Alerts from a System OF Changing a System s Audible Alarm Setti ngs PEME EE 67 Changing a System s Event Log Seting EIRT Changing a System s Agent Base Port Nu tee esses 69 Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD When to Choose Bootable CD M OOE cecccccccccssssscssssssstesessteseseesesee 71 Bootable CD M
141. re for RAID 0 logical drives simple volumes or spanned volumes e You can t create a hot spare from a disk drive that is already part of a logical drive e You should select a disk drive that is at least as big as the largest disk drive it might replace Dedicated Spare or Global Spare A global hot spare is not assigned to a specific logical drive and will protect any logical drive on the controller except RAID 0 logical drives You can designate a global hot spare before or after you build logical drives on a controller you can also designate a global hot spare while you re creating a logical drive To designate a global hot spare see page 91 A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives and will only protect those logical drives You must create the logical drive before you can assign a dedicated hot spare To assign a dedicated hot spare see page 92 Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 91 Designating a Global Hot Spare This section describes how to designate a global hot spare before or after you build a logical drive Note To designate a global hot spare while you re creating a logical drive see Step 6 on page 53 To designate a global hot spare 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller on which you want a global hot spare 2 InthePhysical Devices View click the disk drive you want to designate as a hot spare See H ot Spare Limitations on page 90 for help sele
142. re to quickly identify the source of the problem For instance in the example below a disk drive has failed To find the failed disk drive follow the yellow Error icons Enterprise view EN Managed systems FN bou2287c Local system E ER Adaptec W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Wa Controller 2 Adaptec 281054 Enterprise view GA Managed systems E F bou2287c Local system Error is on the local system Wi Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA on Controller 1 W Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA Ej ia Adaptec W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Bx reer m m ive tin D n n Enterprise view FA nn Wi Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Physical devices WN Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Direct attached devices W Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA BE 5 G Adaptect gt m 94 W Controller 1 Adaptec 2410SA Wa Controller 2 Adaptec 2810SA and both the failed disk drive marked with red X and hot spare with yellow are affected Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure When a disk drive fails for any reason it is represented in Adaptec Storage M anager with a red X as shown at right This section explains how to recover when a disk drive fails e fthelogical drive was protected by a hot spare see page 148 e fthelogical drive was not protected by a hot spare see page 149 e If thereisadisk drive failurein more than one logical drive simultaneously see page 149 e IfitisaRAID 0 log
143. rive ssssssscsrrrrrrerer Deleting a Logical DI iVG csesssscsrssrscssssssscessrsssrsssessrssrssrsssesetees Working with Hot Spares ccesesssrscsessecsrsssessrsseessrsssrsssessrserseeteees This chapter explains how to manage logical drives and hot spares associated with Adaptec RAID controllers To create a logical drive see Step 4 Building Your Storage Space on page 47 Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 74 Understanding Logical Drives A logical drive is a group of physical disk drives that appears to your operating system as a single drive that can be used for storing data A logical drive can comprise oneor moredisk drives and can use part or all of each disk drive s capacity It is possible to include the same disk drive in two different logical drives by using just a portion of the space on the disk drivein each as illustrated below Disk Drives 500 MB Each an ie RAID 5 Logical Drive Available Space Segment 250 MB Segment 250 MB Disk drive space that has been assigned to a logical drive is called a segment A segment can include all or just a portion of a disk drive s space A disk drive with one segment is part of one logical drive a disk drive with two segments is part of two logical drives and so on A segment can be part of only one logical drive When a logical drive is deleted the segments that comprised it revert to available space or free segments A logical dr
144. rive segments you want to add to the logical drive Modify a logical device Follow the instructions in the panel below to modify a logical device as desired Then click Next of Click on 4 or more physical devices inthe p RAID 5 Logical Drive 1 RAID level Name b Advanced settings Revert logical device _ View DaB Physical devices Direct attached devices eee as If you want to remove a specific disk drive or segment and replace it with another one for instance replace a smaller disk drive with a larger one click on the disk drive you want to remove Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 86 An X indicates that the selected disk drive will be removed from the logical drive and you are prompted to select another disk drive of greater or equal size to replace it Flashing arrow prompts you to replace the deselected disk drive Modify a logical device Follow the instructions in the panel below to modify a logical device as desired Then click Next Physical devices View gt Click on 3 or more physical devices in the pan Direct attached devices RAID level 5 RAIDS PortO Ready 16 95 GB Name Logical Drive 1 gt Port1 Ready 16 95 GB D Advanced settings amp Port 2 Ready 16 95 GB nl 3 Ready 16 95 GB Port 4 Optimal 16 95 GB Port 5 Optimal 16 95 GB 2E Available Port 6 9 766 GB om Port 7 Hot spare 9 766 GB Revert logical de
145. ror appear in the Event Viewer and in the main Adaptec Storage M anager window to help you quickly identify problems See page 102 e Notification Manager and Email Notification M anager Notification utilities help you monitor these activities on local and remote systems see page 103 and page 111 e Progress of scheduled tasks such as logical drive verifications e Changesin the status of the physical components of your storage space such as disk drives e Changes to the local system such as the expansion of a logical drive expansion or the creation of a hot spare e Audible Alarm A series of beeps sounds whenever a serious event occurs on your storage space See page 121 e Properties Button You can check the status of any component in your storage space by using the Properties button See page 122 Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 101 Checking Activity in Your Storage Space From your local system you can see status information and messages about the activity or events occurring in your storage space by looking at the Event Viewer which displays a log of events Status is indicated by an icon in the left hand column as shown below The icons are described in What Do the Status Icons M ean on page 102 Time Source Description 04 21 50PMPDT bou2287c Bus rescan complete controller 1 04 21 44 PM POT bou228 c Started the bus rescan controller 1 amp 05 05 2005 04 20 36 PM PDT bou2287 Fai
146. ror or Warning level events Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 102 Clearing the Event Log To clear the event log of all recorded activity 4 Inthemenu bar of the main Adaptec Storage M anager window click Actions select Agent actions then click Clear the configuration event log 2 Click Yes to clear the log The log is cleared except for one event reporting that the log was cleared What Do the Status Icons Mean Adaptec Storage M anager indicates event status with icons The Table below lists the three categories or types of events based on severity Icon Status Examples Information The local system successfully connected to a remote system a logical drive was created a hot spare was created a logical drive was deleted A Warning A logical driveisin a degraded state a disk drive is being rebuilt Error A controller has failed a logical drive has failed a hot spare has failed a disk drive within a logical drive has failed Warning and Error level icons appear next to components such as systems and logical drives affected by a failure or error creating a trail or rapid fault isolation that helps you identify the source of a problem when it occurs See Identifying a Failed or Failing Component on page 147 for more information Note All Warning and Error level events also cause the audible alarm to sound See page 121 for more Information Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e 10
147. s 75 SMTP server settings 113 Snapshot creating with backup 97 creating without backup 97 deleting 97 limitations 96 Snapshot backup 96 Snapshot nobackup 96 SNMP 25 SNMP support Linux 155 NetWare 155 Windows 154 Spares See hot spares stand alone application 31 standard unit of measure 66 starting Adaptec Storage M anager Linux 32 NetWare 32 Windows 31 startup port number 62 status controller properties 141 disk drives 42 display group systems 136 Event Viewer 45 Event Viewer icons 102 Notification Logicons 109 status bar 45 task events 127 tasks 127 View buttons 43 status bar 40 45 status icons Event Viewer 102 Notification Log 109 Task M anager 127 storage space 15 examples 19 stripe size 79 striping 164 support customer 3 system groups See display groups system requirements 18 systems 61 local systems 61 remote systems 61 sorting in Enterprise View 65 Index e 188 T Task Event Viewer 127 Task List 127 Task M anager deleting tasks 130 disabling 131 missed start times 130 modifying tasks 129 monitoring tasks 127 opening 126 reenabling 131 scheduling tasks Task Event Viewer 127 Task List 127 Task Scheduler See Task M anager tasks deleting 130 event status 127 missed start times 130 modifying 129 monitoring 127 recurring 124 scheduling status 127 status Error 127 status Executed 127 status Executed 127 status Scheduled 127 Taskstab 126 TCP IP port number default 104 technical support 3
148. select Actions then click Verify File View Remote Actions Help m add AYcr Hints and tips T Events Configure amp Help Enterprise view Clear Logical devices ZEE Expand or change logical device Logical devices 1 Delete logical device D 5 Configure write cache gt Configure read cache gt Change logical device name amp Create snapshot gt Properties 4 To begin the verification immediately click Yes To schedule the verification for later click Schedule set the date and time then click Apply You can also set the verification to recur For moreinformation see page 124 Note Don t power off the system while the verification isin progress If you do the verification will stop Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 84 While the verification isin progress the logical device is shown as an animated icon as shown at right to indicatethat the task Is in progress When the verification is complete an event notice is generated in the local system s event log and broadcast to other systems if you have event notification set up see page 103 You can now continue working on the controller Enabling Disabling Background Consistency Check If your controller supports background consistency check Adaptec Storage M anager continually and automatically checks your logical drives once they re in use To see if your controller supports background consistency check right cl
149. sks you have scheduled To schedule a task see page 124 Tasks are associated with systems When you open the Task M anager you see the scheduled tasks associated with that local or remote system only To open the Task M anager in the tool bar click Configure select the system you want then click Tasks Properties f Events Configure amp Help Q hou2287c Local system 0U2287c Local system gt General settings Notifications ae eh Email Notifications Controller 1 Controller 2 RAID controller RAID controller Adaptec 24105A Adaptec 28105A The Task M anager opens on the Tasks tab of anew window The Tasks tab has two main panels as shown below Tasks Tab File View Actions Help Deletetask GB Moditytask MA viewtask amp H vd General settings m Notifications C Email Notifications Scheduled Start Time Status Recurring Description Tue 05 03 2005 03 40 23 PMPDT Executed Never Expand or change logical device Tue 05 03 2005 04 22 41 PMPDT Executed Never Expand or change logical device Source Task event description Task Manager Task scheduling is enabled Task Manager Task scheduling is disabled 11 44 3VAM PDT Task Manager Task scheduling is enabled 08 3204 AM PDT Task Manager started with tasks Disable Task Event Log Note From the Tasks tab you can access other utilities in this window such as the Email Notification M anager see page 111 b
150. storage space 6 Continue with Starting Adaptec Storage M anager on NetWareon page 32 Getting Step 2 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager In this chapter Starting Adaptec Storage M anager ON WINCOWS csseessereeeee 31 Starting Adaptec Storage M anager ON LINUX ssesssssrerrsierrrrerrerrens 32 Starting Adaptec Storage M anager on NetWare 32 Starting the Adaptec Storage M anager Agent Only seese 33 Understanding Permission LevelS ssssssssssrsssrsrserersrrersrrersrsrrersens 55 Logging Out of Adaptec Storage M anager csesessssssssssssesrees 38 To start Adaptec Storage M anager follow the instructions for your operating system To start the Adaptec Storage M anager agent only see page 33 Note You need root privileges to run Adaptec Storage M anager To use Adaptec Storage M anager to configure a RAID controller before you Install your operating system see Running Adaptec Storage M anager from the CD on page 70 Step 2 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager e 31 Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Windows On systems running Windows you can run Adaptec Storage M anager as a stand alone application like a regular software application or ina browser window such as Microsoft Internet Explorer Note Normally you only need to run Adaptec Storage M anager in a browser window if you re working on a computer that isn t part of your storage space does not have a controller installed If the comput
151. t File then click Preferences 2 Click the Display options tab 3 In the Capacity display units drop down menu select the option you want User preferences Alarm settings Display options Display options System tree sorting Chronological Capacity display units 4 Click OK Changing the Main Window Appearance You can choose to remove the tool bar and status bar from the main Adaptec Storage M anager window to save space on screen You can also choose to turn off the Tool Tips that automatically appear when you place your cursor over on screen items To change the appearance of the main window in the menu bar select View The options in the View menu are toggle switches which means that they can be selected and deselected by clicking on them Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager e 67 Customizing the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent The Adaptec Storage M anager agent s default settings are suitable for most storage spaces See page 17 for more information about the agent H owever you can customize the agent on any system by e Setting the agent to broadcast events on that system to all logged in users See below e Changing the frequency and duration of the alarm or choose to disable the alarm for that system See page 67 e Changing the operating system event log setting for that system See page 69 e Changing to agent base port number on that system See page 69 Any changes you make to
152. t a custom size for the logical drive see the second bullet below Number of disk drives required Define logical devices FollowMe instructions in the panel below to select a RAID level add physical drives and adjust other settvigs as desired Click Add logical device to define another or click Remove logical device tpfemove this one then click Next 4 Physical devices View D GB G S Click on 3 or more physical devices inthe pan RAID level 5 RAIDS Name Advanced settings Capacity display units JGB v Size GB Stripe size KB Write cache Enabled write back Read cache Enabled v Initialize method Build x Initialize priority High x Remove logical device add logical device lt Back Next gt Cancel Help e To createa hot spare Control click on an available disk drive A plus sign appears to indicate that the selected drive will be designated as a hot spare See page 90 for more information e To seta smaller logical drive size Click Advanced Settings then enter a sizefor the logical drivein the Size GB box Available space will remain on the selected disk drives See page 74 for more information e To modify other settings Click Advanced Settings and customize the settings as required See Fine tuning Logical Drives on page 78 for more information Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 54 7 If you haveno other available disk driv
153. t into the logical drive See page 93 for instructions Then designate a new hot spare to protect the logical drives on that controller If copyback is enabled Data is automatically moved back to Its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced No action is required See Enabling Copyback on page 98 for more information Chapter 16 Solving Problems e 149 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare When a logical drive is not protected by a hot spare if a disk drive in that logical drive fails remove and replace the failed disk drive The controller detects the new disk drive and begins to rebuild the logical drive If the controller fails to rebuild the logical drive check that the cables disk drives and controllers are properly installed and connected Then If necessary follow the instructions in Rebuilding Logical Drives on page 151 Failure in Multiple Logical Drives Simultaneously If there s a disk drive failure in morethan one logical drive at the same time one failure per logical drive and the logical drives have hot spares protecting them the controller rebuilds the logical drives with these limitations e A hot spare must be of equal or greater size than the failed disk drive it s replacing e Failed disk drives are replaced with hot spares in the order in which they failed The logical drive that includes the disk drive that failed first is rebuilt first assumi
154. tandard unit of measure shown for disk drives see page 66 e Excluding the tool bar or status bar from the main window or turning off the Tool Tips see page 66 Sorting Systems in the Enterprise View You can set Adaptec Storage M anager to sort systems in the Enterprise View alphabetically or chronologically By default systems are listed in alphabetical order The local system always appears first when you sort objects alphabetically To re sort the Enterprise View 4 Inthemenu bar of the main window select File then click Preferences 2 Click the Display options tab 3 In the System tree sorting drop down menu select the option you want G User preferences Alarm settings Display options Display options System tree sorting Chronological Alphabetical Capacity display units Chronological I OK Cancel Help 4 Click OK Step 5 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager e 66 Setting the Standard Unit of Measure You can set Adaptec Storage M anager to show disk drive capacity in measures of megabytes M B gigabytes GB or terabytes TB You can choose the Auto select setting to allow Adaptec Storage M anager to show the most appropriate unit of measure based on disk drive size This option allows different disk drives to be shown in different units of measure By default disk drives are shown in GB To change the standard unit of measure 4 Inthemenu bar of the main window selec
155. the configuration wizard Express configuration for controller 3 Click this choice to configure your Adaptec 2410SA controller automatically Custom configuration for controller 3 Click this choice to configure your Adaptec 24105A controller manually Ce Ca He 4 Review theinformation that is displayed In the example below Adaptec Storage M anager has used three equal sized disk drives to automatically create one logical drive with RAID 5 and ahot spare Configuration summary Below is the configuration summary for the controller To accept and save this configuration click Apply To make changes click the Modify button Configuration summary Click Apply to save your configuration changes Logical device Size Initialization Hot spare 5 RAIDS 19 367 GB Build Modify logical devices Step 4 Building Your Storage Space e 5O To specify a size for the logical drives or to make other changes to the configuration click Modify logical devices See Step 6 on page 53 for more information Note Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives Before you save the configuration verify that the size of the logical drive is appropriate for your operating system 5 Click Apply then click Yes E Confirm After you apply this configuration the logical devices you created will display as physical drives under an operating system Before you can use these drives to store data you
156. the hot spare When copyback is enabled data is moved back to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced Once the data Is copied back the hot spare becomes available again Copyback is disabled by default To enable copyback right click the controller then click Enable or Disable copy back mode T he copyback setting is a toggle switch Monitoring Your Storage Space In this chapter Montornmng o COIN arrians a 100 Checking Activity in Your Storage SpaCe ssssesseerrersrrerrerrrrersrrs 101 What Do the Status Icons M aN cssesecsssssssssrssessessrserserserseress 102 Using Event Notifications to M onitor Status csessseseseereees 103 Broadcasting Event Alerts to USES ccssscssssssscsssessssrssrssreees 120 Silencing and Testing the Audible ALArM ccescscsssssssssrsseeerees 121 VIEWING COMPONENT Properties ccescssssecssssesssstssestseeserees 122 This chapter describes how Adaptec Storage M anager helps you monitor your storage space Chapter 11 Monitoring Your Storage Space e LOO Monitoring Options Adaptec Storage M anager provides many ways to monitor the status of your storage space e Event Viewer The main window of Adaptec Storage M anager includes an Event Viewer that provides at a glance status information about activity occurring in your storage space See page 101 e Status Icons Three basic icons information warning and er
157. torage architecture that connects servers and disk drives across a network for enhanced reliability scalability and performance Glossary e 1 9 scheduled task Activity such as logical drive verification that is set to be completed at a specified date and time See also recurring task segment Disk drive space that has been assigned to alogical drive A segment can include all or just a portion of a disk drive s space SMTP Simple M ail Transfer Protocol Snapshot A frozen image of a logical drive at a particular point in time Spare See hot spare Storage space The controller s and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage M anager Stripe size Amount of data written to one partition before the controller moves to the next partition in a stripe set striping A method of enhancing performance by spreading data evenly over multiple disk drives Provides no data protection T Task Manager A utility in Adaptec Storage M anager that allows you to schedule specific activity such as expanding a logical drive for atime that s convenient See also scheduled task recurring task TB TeraByte Approximately one million million bytes or 1024 GB TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol A set of communication protocols used to connect hosts on the Internet Glossary e 180 V verify Check a logical drive for inconsistent or bad data M ay also fix any data problems or parity errors Inde
158. troller supports background consistency check Adaptec Storage M anager continually and automatically checks your logical drives once they re in use To see if your controller supports background consistency check right click the controller in the Enterprise View and click Properties To enable or disable background consistency check see page 84 Note If your controller doesn t support background consistency check Adaptec highly recommends that you verify your logical drives weekly following the instructions in Verifying Logical Drives on page 81 Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 82 Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive Note To verify a logical drive without fixing it see page 83 While Adaptec Storage M anager verifies and fixes a logical drive you can t complete any other tasks on the controller Because the verification can take along time to complete you may want to schedule it as a task to be completed overnight or on a weekend To verify and fix a logical drive 1 Inthe Enterprise View click the controller associated with the logical drive 2 IntheLogical Devices View click the logical drive 3 In the menu bar select Actions then click Verify with fix File View Remote Actions Help Gada AYcr Hints and tips Z Events Configure amp Help Enterprise view Clear Logical devices Verify Verify with fix Expand or nae logical device Logical devices 1 Delete logical device D E
159. up 1 In the Logical Devices View right click the logical drive you want to copy Select Create snapshot click with backup to then click the name of the target logical drive The snapshot is created on the target logical drive The snapshot appears in Adaptec Storage M anager with a camera icon beside it as shown at right Creating a Snapshot Without Backup To create a snapshot without backup 1 In the Logical Devices View right click the logical drive you want to copy Select Create snapshot click without backup to then click the name of the target logical drive The snapshot is created on the target logical drive The snapshot appears in Adaptec Storage M anager with a camera icon beside it as shown at right Usean operating system level or third party data backup tool to move the snapshot onto a tape drive or other server Deleting a Snapshot When a snapshot is no longer needed you can delete it from Adaptec Storage M anager To delete a snapshot 14 In the Logical Devices View right click the snapshot you want to delete 2 Click Remove snapshot The snapshot is deleted Chapter 10 Protecting Your Data e 98 Enabling Copyback Note Copyback is an upgrade feature if the Copyback feature is locked see Adding Enhanced Features on page 21 for information on purchasing a feature key When a logical drive is rebuilt using a hot spare see page 148 data from the failed drive is transferred to
160. ve 3 gt 998 400 GB Ei Disk Drive 3 aa ie news Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drive 4 4 1000 Disk Drive 4 400 GB 8 Girne Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 0 Logical Drive 1000 GB Appendix D Understanding RAID e 165 RAID 1 Logical Drives A RAID 1 logical drive is built from two disk drives where one disk driveisa mirror of the other the same data Is stored on each disk drive Compared to independent disk drives RAID 1 logical drives provide improved performance with twice the read rate and an equal write rate of single disks H owever capacity is only 50 percent of independent disk drives If the RAID 1 logical drive is built from different sized disk drives the free space drive segment size is the size of the smaller disk drive as shown below Drive Segment Size Smaller Disk Drive Disk Drive 1 I tl Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 400 GB Disk Drive 2 Unused Space 150 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive RAID 1 Logical Drive 250 GB Appendix D Understanding RAID e 166 RAID 1 Enhanced Logical Drives Note RAID 1E is an upgrade feature if the RAID 1E feature is locked see Adding Enhanced Features on page 21 for information on purchasing a feature key A RAID 1 Enhanced RAID 1E logical drive is similar to a RAID 1 logical drive except that data is both mirrored and striped and more disk drives can be included A RAID 1E logical drive can be built from three or more disk drives d
161. vice 6 Modify the Advanced Settings if required See Fine tuning Logical Drives on page 78 7 Click Next 8 Review thenew logical drive settings To make changes click Back Below is the configuration change initiated by the logical drive reconfiguration function To save this configuration click Apply To schedule the reconfiguration for a later time and date click Schedule To cancel the changes click Cancel Configuration summary Click Apply to save your configuration changes RAID level New RAID level Size New size f RAIDS 5 RAIDS 19 367 GB 33 736 GB Note Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives Before you save the configuration verify that the size of the logical drive is appropriate for your operating system 9 To update your logical drive immediately click Apply then click Yes Chapter 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares e 87 To schedule the changes for later click Schedule set the date and time then click Apply For more information see page 124 Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive Windows 2003 Windows XP and Windows 2000 only If you have expanded a logical drive you can extend the partition on that logical drive to use the newly added space Refer to your operating system instructions for more information Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive As your requirements change you can change the RAID level of your logical d
162. wer and a status bar for at a glance system and event status information The status bar shown below provides at a glance information about a selected controller The status icon indicates if a controller is in a normal State or if a problem has been detected EE Mo problems detected bouz287 o Controller 2 Logical drives Drive 1 The tree path displays the location of the selected object within Adaptec Storage Manager The Event Viewer shown below provides status information and messages about activity or events occurring in your storage space Doubleclick any event to see more information in an easier to read format See M onitoring Your Storage Space on page 99 for more information Date Time Description l 040172005 03 42 53 PM PST bhou228 c Synchronize complete controller 3 logical drive 1 Drive 1 2005 03 41 51 PMPST bou228 c Added logical drive controller 3 logical drive 1 Drive 1 Size 9 7 G D 04 01 2005 03 41 51 PM PST bou2287ct Synchronizing controller 3 logical drive 1 Drive 1 04 01 2005 03 41 50 PM PST bhou2287c Successfully applied the new configuration controller 3 Note By default all Warning and Error level events activate an audible alarm See Silencing and Testing the AudibleAlarm on page 121 for more information Step 3 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager e 46 Working in Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage M anager provides multiple ways to work with its menus and
163. windows M ost menu options are available by e Selecting items from the menu bar e Clicking buttons on the tool bar e Right clicking on components in the main window Only tasks and windows associated with a specific component are available on right click menus For simplicity the tasks in this Guide are explained mainly using menu bar options About the Actions Menu M ost of the main tasks in Adaptec Storage M anager are part of the Actions menu on the menu bar Options on the Actions menu vary depending on which type of component is selected in the main window For instance managed systems disk drives and hot spares each have specialized Actions menus Getting Help Adaptec Storage M anager onlineH elp includes conceptual information glossary definitions and descriptions of on screen menus and items in addition to step by step instructions for completing tasks To open the online Help click the Help button shown at Help right Alternatively press the F1 key or in the menu bar select Help then click Search or Contents Press the Help button in a dialog box or wizard for help with that specific dialog box window or procedure Getting Started P Step 4 Building Your Storage Space In this chapter Selecting a Configuration Method 48 Express Configuration Building the Easy Way cssscssseesrees 48 Custom Configuration AGVANCCA oisi reisinin neire aa Tenai 51 Building a RA
164. x A Actionsmenu 46 Agent actions email notifications 114 event log 102 notifications 106 Alarm Actions 121 122 Configure read cache 80 Configure write cache 79 Create dedicated hot spare drive for 92 Delete dedicated hot spare drive 94 Delete hot spare drive 94 Delete logical device 89 description 46 Disable Email Notifications 119 Disable notifications 111 Disable T ask Scheduler 131 Enable Disable background consistency check 84 Expand or change logical device 78 85 87 Login 38 Log out 38 Properties controller 141 Rescan 140 Save printable configuration 142 Save support archive 152 Send test event 106 Send test message 115 Set drive state to failed 144 SM TP server settings 118 U pdate controller images 143 Verify 83 Verify with fix 82 activity on storage space 101 Adaptec customer support 3 Adaptec Storage M anager Actionsmenu 46 agent 17 agent port number 69 beginning steps 23 bootable CD mode 71 display options 65 66 enhanced features 21 Event Viewer 101 feature keys 21 22 installing on Linux 28 installing on NetWare 29 introduction 17 locked features 21 22 logging into remote systems 62 main window 40 Operating systems 18 remote systems 61 standard unit of measure 66 system requirements 18 Task M anager 126 unlocking enhanced features 22 adapters See controllers ADDLOCAL 26 Administrator permissions 35 advanced settings 53 78 agent 17 alarm settings 67 broadcast event
165. y clicking their tabs Chapter 12 Managing Tasks e 127 Monitoring Tasks Use the two main panels of the Task M anager to monitor your tasks e Monitor upcoming tasks in the Task List see below e Check past tasks and task events in the Task Event Log see page 127 Monitoring Upcoming Tasks in the Task List The Task List displays all scheduled tasks in order of creation and includes basic information about each task Although you can t sort the tasks in any other order you can reorganize the columns in the Task List by clicking and dragging the column heads see the Figure on page 105 The Status column of the Task List shows the current condition of each task e Scheduled The task is scheduled to be completed at a future date and time e Executed The task has been completed successfully e Executed A recurring task has been completed once and will be repeated at the scheduled time e Error Thetask has not been completed successfully For more information about an error double click the task in the Task List to open the Task Properties window Checking Past Tasks and Events in the Event Log The Event Log displays detailed information about the Task M anager itself such as when scheduled events were modified deleted or completed successfully By default task events are listed in the order they occurred with the most recent event first To make it easier to find a specific event click on the colu
166. y than the full application If your storage space includes systems that won t be connected to monitors and therefore won t require the user interface described in this Guide you can choose to run the agent only on those systems Instead of the full application see page 33 You may want to do this if system resources are limited or if you want more system resources available for other tasks You can manage and monitor systems running the agent only by logging into them as remote systems see page 61 You can also customize the agent settings to suit your storage space requirements see page 67 Chapter 2 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager e 18 System Requirements PC compatible computer with Intel Pentium or equivalent processor At least 128 MB of RAM 20 MB of free drive space 16 bit SVGA color monitor with aresolution of at least 800 x 600 CD drive One of these operating systems Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Advanced Server Professional Windows 2003 Server Standard Advanced Windows XP Home Edition Professional Red H at Linux Professional Enterprise Advanced Server SuSE Linux Personal Professional Enterprise Note For the latest on Adaptec s support of Linux or to download driver sources visit www adaptec com Novell NetWare 6 5 Note Adaptec Storage M anager can also be used before an operating system is installed See page 70 for more information Chapter 2 I

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