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For more information on how to connect, see section 4.3, ”Connecting and Disconnecting from a
Disk Array”.
4.3 Connecting and Disconnecting from a
Disk Array
Before management can be performed on a particular disk array system, you need to first establish
a connection between your Altos RAIDWatch Manager station and the Primary Agent host. Once a
connection is established successfully, management can be started.
Disconnection is used for breaking the link between the Altos RAIDWatch Manager station and the
array. This option is particularly useful in cases where multiple disk arrays are being managed at the
same time instead of restarting the Altos RAIDWatch Manager every time you need to switch to
another system, you just need to disconnect from the current array and then connect to another.
The following discusses how to connect to a disk array. Information on disconnection is provided at
the end of this section.
4.3.1 Connecting to a RAID System while Working from the
Local Primary Agent Host
1 From the File menu, select Connect. or
Click on the Connect command button. The following prompt will appear on the screen:
Figure 4–1 Connect to RAID Agent
Click the Default button.
2 The connection screen shown in Figure 4–2 will appear. Select the IP address of the RAID you would
like to monitor or manage from the Connection View list. Double click the IP address. Double click
the controller icon. Double click the connection method (e.g., In-Band SCSI).