Hitachi AMS 2100, Hardware Manual

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Introduction
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Hitachi AMS 2100/2300 Storage System Hardware Guide
Failure monitoring features and functions
The AMS 2100/2300 supports failure monitoring solutions, as described in
Table 1-15 .
E-mail alert function
The E-mail alert function e-mails failure information to the previously
registered mail address from the subsystem when a failure has occurred in
the subsystem.
The E-mail alert function can e-mail immediately after failure detection
without a time lag by monitoring. It is able to detect failure occurrence
instantly even at a distant place.
If data in cache memory is lost due to the subsystem going down from a
power outage and battery failure, the email settings return to the settings
that were in effect when you started the array for the first time. If this
condition occurs, check the email settings after recovering the array. Refer
to Help in the Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2.
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Power saving features and functions
The AMS 2100/2300 supports power saving solutions, as described in
Table 1-16 .
Table 1-15: Failure Monitoring Features and Functions
Feature Description
SNMP Agent Support
Function The SNMP Agent Support Function reports occurrences of
failure to the workstation for monitoring the network via the
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) of the open
platform.
The SNMP Agent Support Function does not support IPv6.
When performing the failure monitoring, execute it by IPv4
or use the E-mail alert function.
NOTE: If you are sending E-mail alerts to a service provider, please
contact the service provider or dealer before changing the settings of E-
mail alert and/or management LAN/network.
Table 1-16: Failure Monitoring Features and Functions
Feature Description
Power Saving Support
Function Power Saving reduces the electric power consumption of the
AMS 2100/2300 by spinning down the disk drives which
included in a user-specified RAID group. The drives are still
turned on, but the drive motors are stopped.