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2. ITEMS MONITORED BY THE RAS FEATURE

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2.8 RAID Monitoring

[D Model only]

D Model has a RAID1 feature (hereinafter denoted simply as “RAID”) generally known as

“mirror disk (mirroring)”.

The RAID monitoring function monitors the status of the RAID on this equipment. If there is

any change in the status of the RAID, this function notifies a user or an application using the

following methods.

(1) Hardware status window

(2) Event notification

(3) Popup notification

(4) Outputs on the status display digital LEDs

(5) Remote notification

(6) Alarm lamp

(7) The hfwDiskStat, hfwRaidStat, and RaidStat functions in the RAS library

(8) RAID configuration control command (raidctrl)

For information about items (1) through (5), see “CHAPTER 4 CHECKING THE

HARDWARE STATUS”.

For information about item (7), see “6.1.9 Get function for the drive condition

(hfwDiskStat)”, “6.1.10 Get function for the RAID status (hfwRaidStat, RaidStat) [D Model

only]”. For information about item (8), see “5.3 RAID Configuration Control Command

(raidctrl) [D Model only]”.

If you use the MCALL contact of the RAS external contact interface, the external hardware

connected to the RAS external contact interface can detect malfunctions of this equipment.

The following table shows how the state of the MCALL contact changes.

Table 2-5 Status of the RAID and State of the MCALL Contact

RAID status

MCALL contact

Normal

Open

Degraded, Unknown, Fail

Closed

The alarm indicator (as well as the MCALL contact of the RAS external contact interface) is

not dedicated just to monitoring the status of the RAID. Therefore, it will not be turned off

(opened) when the status of the RAID recovers as long as malfunctions are detected in other

monitored items.

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Page 4: ...esult in serious personal injury or death WARNING This symbol is used to indicate potential hazards that may result in serious personal injury or death CAUTION This symbol is used to indicate potential hazards that may result in minor or moderate personal injury NOTICE This symbol is used to indicate hazards that may result in equipment or property damage but not personal injury The heading NOTE i...

Page 5: ...el Using the faulty equipment without repair may result in a fire or an electric shock z This equipment has built in magnetic disk drives Do not hit the equipment or give a shock or vibration to the equipment because that may cause the equipment to fail Should you drop the equipment or damage its chassis disconnect the power cable from the outlet and contact your maintenance personnel Using the fa...

Page 6: ...UTION z If the equipment drops or is tipped over personal injury may result Pay full attention when transporting the equipment z Make sure you do not catch or hit your fingers to cause personal injury when unpacking or carrying the equipment ...

Page 7: ...t may cause the equipment to fail z Make sure sufficient clearance is provided for air intake and exhaust in front of and behind the equipment Otherwise the temperature inside the equipment may rise and that may cause a failure or short life span of the equipment In addition you need to ensure sufficient clearance for maintenance work z Performing emergency shutdown that is unplugging the power ca...

Page 8: ...xternal contacts interface This manual provides an explanation about a RAS external contacts interface Note that this interface is an optional feature Precautions about Fast User Switching The RAS feature described in this manual do not support the Fast User Switching feature in Windows Only the first logged on user can use the GUI library and event objects described in this manual When you switch...

Page 9: ...k capacities they must be calculated using the formula 10n Listed below are the results of calculating the above example capacities using 10n in place of 2n 1 KB kilobyte 1 000 bytes 1 MB megabyte 1 0002 bytes 1 GB gigabyte 1 0003 bytes 1 TB terabyte 1 0004 bytes Trademarks Microsoft Windows Windows NT Visual C and Visual Basic are trademarks or registered trademarks of U S Microsoft Corporation i...

Page 10: ...ting the RAS Setup window 3 2 3 1 3 Using the RAS Setup window 3 3 3 1 4 Editing popup notification messages 3 14 CHAPTER 4 CHECKING THE HARDWARE STATUS 4 1 4 1 Hardware Status Window 4 2 4 1 1 Overview 4 2 4 1 2 Hardware status icon 4 3 4 1 3 Hardware status window 4 6 4 2 RAS Event Notification 4 12 4 2 1 Overview 4 12 4 2 2 Detecting an event 4 12 4 2 3 Example of using event objects 4 13 4 3 P...

Page 11: ... external contact inputs GetGendi and GetGendiEx 6 12 6 1 6 Log function MConWriteMessage 6 15 6 1 7 Get function for the memory condition GetMemStatus 6 17 6 1 8 Get function for the failure prediction status of the drive GetHddPredict 6 19 6 1 9 Get function for the drive condition hfwDiskStat 6 21 6 1 10 Get function for the RAID status hfwRaidStat RaidStat D Model only 6 23 6 1 11 Status displ...

Page 12: ... 8 1 2 Using the simulation function 8 3 8 1 3 Precautions when you use the Simulation Tool window 8 13 8 1 4 Event log entries 8 14 8 1 5 Remote notification 8 14 APPENDIX A RUNNING COMMAND PROMPT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR A 1 ...

Page 13: ...rdware Status is Normal 4 5 Figure 4 3 Example of Displaying the Description of an Icon When the Hardware Status Has an Error 4 5 Figure 4 4 Menu of the Hardware Status Icon 4 5 Figure 4 5 Starting the Hardware Status Window 4 6 Figure 4 6 Confirmation Message when Disconnecting the Drive in Drive Bay1 4 9 Figure 4 7 Message when a Request for Disconnecting the Drive in Drive Bay1 is Rejected 4 10...

Page 14: ...us Display Digital LEDs Control Functions 4 21 Table 4 12 Objects Related to the Hardware Status 4 30 Table 4 13 Objects Related to the RAS Function Settings 4 32 Table 4 14 Objects Related to Operational Modes 4 32 Table 4 15 Objects Related to the Extended MIB for HF W 4 33 Table 4 16 Objects Related to the Trap Notification When an Error Occurs 4 34 Table 4 17 Objects Related to the Trap Notifi...

Page 15: ...the ARRAY_STATUS Structure 6 25 Table 6 14 Values Stored in Each Element of the RAID_DATA Structure 6 26 Table 6 15 List of Values Specified by dwMode in the SetMode7seg Function 6 30 Table 6 16 List of Provided Sample Programs 6 31 Table 7 1 Supported STOP Error Causes 7 1 Table 7 2 Event Log Entries Recorded by This Function 7 2 Table 7 3 Log Files 7 6 Table 8 1 Event Log Entries Recorded By Thi...

Page 16: ...Hardware status window Notification Event notification Popup notification Status display digital LEDs Remote notification Status acquisition using library functions Control Shutdown Startup suppression Automatic shutdown Startup suppression when severe failure occurs Controlling the general purpose external contacts Controlling the status display digital LEDs Library functions RAS library Maintena...

Page 17: ...highest priority real time priority class can run properly the status lamp on the front of this equipment is lit green 3 Watchdog timer monitoring Monitors whether processes are scheduled properly using the watchdog timer implemented on this equipment This function also offers a library to use the watchdog timer GUI function setting 4 RAS Setup window Provides a graphical user interface for config...

Page 18: ...s are on the front of this equipment and notify a user that an error occurred in the hardware of this equipment These LEDs can be used by a user application in order to for example notify the failure of the application 9 Remote notification Enables a remote device to check the hardware status of the equipment This function also notifies to a remote device whenever the hardware status changes 10 St...

Page 19: ... 13 Maintenance Failure analysis 15 Memory dump collection This function records the contents of the system memory in a file memory dump file when the reset switch is pressed after failure occurred for example after the equipment stops unexpectedly By analyzing the data in this memory dump you can investigate the cause of the failure 16 Error cause notification with STOP error code This function d...

Page 20: ...uipment By using this function you can test a user application and check the notification interface of the RAS software without actual hardware failure This manual explains functions 1 through 11 13 14 16 17 19 and 20 For details about other functions see HF W6500 Model 45 40 INSTRUCTION MANUAL manual number WIN 62 0064 ...

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Page 22: ...through 5 see CHAPTER 4 CHECKING THE HARDWARE STATUS For information about item 6 see 5 1 Automatic Shutdown of the Equipment If you use the MCALL contact of the RAS external contacts interface the external hardware connected to the RAS external contacts interface can detect malfunction of this equipment The following table shows how the state of the MCALL contact changes Table 2 1 State of the Eq...

Page 23: ...al contacts interface the external hardware connected to the RAS external contacts interface can detect malfunction of this equipment The following table shows how the state of the MCALL contact changes Table 2 2 State of the Equipment in Terms of Monitoring Temperature inside the Chassis and State of the MCALL Contact Status of this equipment MCALL contact During startup of the equipment or when ...

Page 24: ...led in the RAS Setup window If this function is disabled notification using the methods above is disabled For details see 3 1 3 Using the RAS Setup window NOTE It is not possible for the SMART to anticipate all failures Therefore a drive may fail before the SMART anticipates any failures When a failure of a drive is anticipated back up the data immediately and replace the drive For information abo...

Page 25: ...hutdown When the OS is not running the amount of the drive power on hours is not monitored This function records the serial number unique ID of a drive in the equipment in a drive management information file If you mount a drive that does not match the serial number recorded in the drive management information file the cumulative power on hours for the drive is automatically reset This function is...

Page 26: ... be caused by memory failure and we recommend replacing the memory modules from the viewpoint of preventive maintenance The memory monitoring function notifies in the following methods when the frequency of memory error correction is high 1 Event notification 2 Popup notification 3 Remote notification 4 The GetMemStatus function in the RAS library For information about items 1 through 4 see CHAPTE...

Page 27: ...nterface an external hardware connected to the RAS external contacts interface can detect OS hung up The following table shows how the state of the CPUSTOP contact changes Table 2 4 State of the Equipment in Terms of OS Hung up Monitoring and State of the CPUSTOP Contact Status of this equipment CPUSTOP contact During startup of the equipment or when the power is off Closed When OS hung up has not...

Page 28: ...state of the contact and the thick line denotes the transition of the state of the contact OS monitoring timer starts being retriggered Contact closed Status lamp red Contact open Status lamp green OS monitoring timer is timed out Timer is retriggered OS shutdown starts OS shutdown Timer is retriggered Timer stops being retriggered CPU load is used up by a driver Timer is retriggered Power on OS s...

Page 29: ...s implemented on a process retriggering a watchdog timer periodically This process runs at the lowest priority idle priority class If the amount of CPU time used by processes with a priority higher than the idle priority class exceeds the set value the watchdog timer is timed out By using this feature you can detect a runaway application process and so on You can set up the watchdog timer timeout ...

Page 30: ...is resets the timeout counter of the watchdog timer to the initial value and another program checks whether timeout occurs for the watchdog timer The flow chart for this configuration is shown below Figure 2 2 Example of a Flow Chart of Monitoring the Operational State of a User Program Process a user defined routine Trigger the watchdog timer Watchdog timer Retrigger Check whether timeout occurs ...

Page 31: ...ernal contacts interface the WDTTO contact is closed when timeout occurs for the watchdog timer In this case an external hardware connected to the RAS external contacts interface can monitor the operational state of a user program A program can use a watchdog timer by calling the library function WdtControl For information about how to use the WdtControl function and how the WDTTO contact of the R...

Page 32: ...STATUS For information about item 7 see 6 1 9 Get function for the drive condition hfwDiskStat 6 1 10 Get function for the RAID status hfwRaidStat RaidStat D Model only For information about item 8 see 5 3 RAID Configuration Control Command raidctrl D Model only If you use the MCALL contact of the RAS external contact interface the external hardware connected to the RAS external contact interface ...

Page 33: ... a part of redundant data is corrupted Rebuild The RAID is being rebuilt due to drive replacement or other reason Fail Both drives failed or drives are not connected Unknown Getting the RAID status failed or the array configuration is not normal Figure 2 3 RAID Status Transitions Degraded Normal Degraded Rebuild Fail Media error occurs Degraded One drive fails One drive is disconnected manually Dr...

Page 34: ...ou to select depending on the system operation whether a media error is handled as a failure When you select the setting use the raidctr RAID configuration control command For details see 5 3 RAID Configuration Control Command raidctrl D Model only By default a media error is not recognized as a failure When a media error is handled as a failure a media error is notified of as a error status of th...

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Page 36: ...detecting fan failure Automatic shutdown when detecting abnormally high temperature Automatic shutdown when detecting remote shutdown request Watchdog timer setting Drive Failure Prediction SMART monitoring setting Drive usage monitoring setting Status display digital LEDs setting Popup notification setting Figure 3 1 shows the RAS Setup window The default factory shipped settings are shown in the...

Page 37: ...rt 2 Point to All Programs RAS Software 3 Click RAS Setup 4 If you see the User Account Control window click Yes NOTE The RAS Setup window cannot be used by multiple users at the same time If you use for example user switching to try to start instances of this window from multiple consoles the following message appears If you receive this message close the RAS Setup window on another console and t...

Page 38: ... shutdown default factory shipped setting Cleared This equipment will not be automatically shutdown Automatically shutdown if abnormally high temp has been detected check box Selected This equipment will be automatically shutdown Cleared This equipment will not be automatically shutdown default factory shipped setting Automatically shutdown if remote shutdown is requested check box Selected This e...

Page 39: ...f fan failure has been detected check box the following cautionary message is displayed Enable this function select the check box whenever you can If you click Cancel when you receive the message above the check box reverts back to being selected If you click OK the check box is cleared After an automatic shutdown initiated by this function is complete the power is turned off The remote shutdown i...

Page 40: ...u cannot use the watchdog timer by calling the WdtControl function of the RAS library Retriggered by application programs If you select this item a user application can control the watchdog timer by using the WdtControl function of the RAS library NOTE When you change the setting to Retriggered by application program the watchdog timer is stopped once While the watchdog timer is stopped it will ne...

Page 41: ...e byte numeric characters Type an integer value between 5 and 60 in seconds The default factory shipped setting is 60 seconds Retrigger interval Sets the retrigger interval of the automatic retriggering feature for the watchdog timer by using single byte numeric characters Type an integer value between 1 and timeout 4 in seconds The default factory shipped setting is 20 seconds Note that you can e...

Page 42: ...s enabled default factory shipped setting Cleared The drive failure prediction is disabled If you want to change the current setting click the check box If the drive failure prediction is disabled you cannot use the functions described in 2 3 Drive Failure Prediction Function SMART Monitoring such as indicating a predicted drive failure Watching interval To set the watching interval type a value i...

Page 43: ...e drive usage monitoring is enabled default factory shipped setting Cleared The drive usage monitoring is disabled If you want to change the current setting click the check box If the drive usage monitoring is disabled you cannot use the functions described in 2 4 Drive Usage Monitoring such as indicating if the value of the drive power on hours exceeds the threshold Advanced button Click Advanced...

Page 44: ...om 100 to 20000 in the step of 100 100 minimum 200 20000 maximum The default factory shipped setting is 20000 hours If you want to clear the current cumulative power on hours when for example you replaced a drive click Reset to clear the value Then the following message is displayed If you click OK when you receive the message the value of the current cumulative power on hours is cleared Click Can...

Page 45: ...Items in the Status Display Digital LEDs Setting Show Hardware status check box Selected Hardware status display mode default factory shipped setting Cleared Application status display mode If you want to change the current setting click the check box For details about the function of the status display digital LEDs including its display modes see 4 4 Status Display Digital LEDs Function ...

Page 46: ...n Figure 3 8 Items in the Popup Notification Setting Function is available check box Selected The popup notification is enabled Cleared The popup notification is disabled default factory shipped setting If you want to change the current setting click the check box If the popup notification is disabled you cannot use the popup notification feature described in 4 3 Popup Notification ...

Page 47: ... only Error correcting in memory When memory correction is detected frequently You can disable or enable popup notification for each of the items above Check box for each item Selected The popup notification is enabled factory shipped default setting Cleared The popup notification is disabled If you want to change the current setting click the check box Message editing You can edit popup notificat...

Page 48: ...he change is inapplicable 7 Making the change you made in 1 through 6 effective or discard the changes If you changed the settings in 1 through 6 and want to make the change effective click OK The RAS Setup window is closed and the settings become effective immediately If you do not want the change in 1 through 6 click Cancel Then the RAS Setup window is closed and the changes are discarded ...

Page 49: ...he above the following cautionary message is displayed If you click OK when you receive the message you go back to the RAS Setup window Format of a definition file The format of a definition file is as follows Figure 3 10 Format of a Definition File A definition file consists of sections keys and the values of the keys Each section contains keys and their values A key and its value are separated b...

Page 50: ... due to a drive failure at drive bay2 HDD1 OVERRUN A message displayed when the drive power on used hours exceeds the determined value for the drive bay1 HDD2 OVERRUN A message displayed when the drive power on used hours exceeds the determined value for the drive bay2 DIMM1 ERR A message displayed when an error correction is detected frequently in DIMMA DIMM2 ERR A message displayed when an error...

Page 51: ...inition file do not use another application to edit the same file If you edit a definition file from multiple applications at the same time the change may not be saved properly When you edit a popup notification message make sure that the message clearly states that an error occurred If you continue to use this equipment while error remains your system may be affected significantly ...

Page 52: ...he check boxes are displayed If no items under Events are selected using the check boxes you cannot select an item from the Event list Example of Selecting Fan failure 2 In the Object list select the object you want to check Items in this list depend on the item you selected in step 1 Example of selecting PS power fan The table below shows items displayed in the Object list for each option you sel...

Page 53: ...definition file the following message is displayed Click OK to go back to the RAS Setup window Correct the change you made in the message 3 Restoring default messages If you want to set the popup notification messages back to the default click Set default The following message will appear Click Yes Then the changes you made in the message definition file are discarded If you click No the changes a...

Page 54: ...isition by Using the RAS Library 3 Check on the desktop of this equipment A popup message is displayed to notify that an error occurred in the hardware of this equipment For details see 4 3 Popup Notification 4 Check by using the status display digital LEDs on the front of this equipment The status display digital LEDs are on the front of this equipment and notify a user that an error has occurred...

Page 55: ...SMART monitoring condition Drive power on used hours RAID status D Model only Other than D Model D Model Figure 4 1 Hardware Status Window NOTE This window only displays the internal drives that are recognized during OS startup If you connect a new drive or replace a drive with a new drive for example for maintenance it may take a long time to recognize the new drive at the first startup after the...

Page 56: ...ou click the arrow at the side of the notification area the icon will appear Furthermore if you click Customize you can set this icon to be displayed in the notification area of the taskbar In rare cases the registration of the hardware status icon fails and the following message is displayed If this happens follow the procedure below to retry the registration of the hardware status icon 1 Click O...

Page 57: ...d 10 Fan failed Abnormal TEMP detected Time of drive exceeded 11 RAID error detected 12 Fan failed RAID error detected 13 Abnormal temperature detected RAID error detected 14 Fan failed Abnormal temperature detected RAID error detected 15 Caution Drive failure possible 16 Time of drive exceeded Nos 5 through 7 and 15 When both Time of drive exceed and Drive failure possible happen at the same time...

Page 58: ...en the Hardware Status is Normal Figure 4 3 Example of Displaying the Description of an Icon When the Hardware Status Has an Error 2 Menu of the hardware status icon If you right click the icon a popup menu is displayed Figure 4 4 Menu of the Hardware Status Icon Display Hardware status Click it to display the Hardware status window Undisplay the icon Click it to delete the icon from the notificat...

Page 59: ... of this equipment Figure 4 5 shows how to start the Hardware status window Figure 4 5 Starting the Hardware Status Window 1 Double click the hardware status icon Alternately right click the icon to display a popup menu and click Display hardware status on the menu 2 The Hardware status window opens Notification area of the taskbar ...

Page 60: ... is working normally Excessively low rotation speed Fan failure is detected For details refer to the event log 2 Temperature condition Shows the current status of the temperature inside the chassis Table 4 3 Temperature Condition and Displayed Information Temperature status Icon Information Normal Present temperature is normal Abnormally high temperature Temperature in the unit has exceeded the up...

Page 61: ...ibed value 6 Error The drive is offline OFFLINE 7 The drive is being rebuilt REBUILD 8 Unknown Unknown 9 Not mounted Not Connected Nos 2 and 5 These descriptions do not apply to D Model Nos 6 through 8 These descriptions apply to D Model only NOTE When failure of a drive is anticipated by SMART the drive may experience hardware failure in near future We recommend you to back up the data and replac...

Page 62: ...displayed 8 Unknown Unknown 6 OFFLINE button D Model only Click this button to disconnect the corresponding drive from the RAID This button works only when the drive condition of a drive in the RAID is either Normal Failure anticipation by SMART or Drive usage excess In order to disconnect a drive you must have administrator privileges Log on to the computer using an administrator account and clic...

Page 63: ...llowing message will be displayed and the drive will not be disconnected When you need to disconnect a drive log on to the computer using an administrator account and click OFFLINE Figure 4 7 Message when a Request for Disconnecting the Drive in Drive Bay1 is Rejected You cannot disconnect a drive from a remote session 7 Refresh button If you click this button the latest hardware status is acquire...

Page 64: ...tus window D Model when there is a hardware status error When the fan condition is not normal the temperature is not normal drive bay1 is in a Failure anticipation by SMART condition or the drive in drive bay2 is disconnected Figure 4 8 Hardware Status Window Error Case ...

Page 65: ...to monitor when the event object is set to the signaled state Table 4 6 is a list of events to be reported to a user and their respective event objects Table 4 6 Reported Events No Event Event object name 1 A PS fan failure occurred W2KRAS_PSFAN_ERR_EVENT 2 A front fan failure occurred W2KRAS_FTFAN_ERR_EVENT 3 A CPU fan failure occurred W2KRAS_CPUFAN_ERR_EVENT 4 The temperature inside the chassis ...

Page 66: ...power on used hours of the drive on the drive bay1 exceeded the threshold HFW_HDD1_OVERRUN_EVENT 8 The power on used hours of the drive on the drive bay2 exceeded the threshold HFW_HDD2_OVERRUN_EVENT 9 The RAID status is normal HFW_RAID_ONLINE_EVENT 10 The RAID status is not normal HFW_RAID_OFFLINE_EVENT No 6 This includes the case that getting the failure prediction status of the drive fails Nos ...

Page 67: ...ed More specifically a popup message is displayed in the following cases A fan failure occurred The temperature inside the chassis becomes abnormal SMART anticipates drive failure The drive power on used hours exceeded the threshold A frequent error correction occurs in memory A RAID error is detected D Model only Figure 4 9 shows an example of popup message notification when a power fan failure h...

Page 68: ...re exceeded prescribed value 5 SMART anticipates drive failure A failure may be imminent on the drive of the drive bay 1 6 The value of the drive power on used hours exceeds the threshold Used hours on the drive of the drive bay 1 exceeded prescribed value 7 Frequent error correction occurs in memory In the 1 error corrections have occurred with high frequency 8 A RAID error occurs RAID status is ...

Page 69: ...status display digital LEDs located on the front of this equipment Using this function a user can know an event such as hardware failure occurred In addition a user application can output any status code on the status display digital LEDs by using library functions A status code is displayed in a two digit hexadecimal number Figure 4 10 Status Display Digital LEDs Status indication LEDs The system...

Page 70: ...nticipates drive failure RAID error is detected D Model only When a hardware status code is displayed the leftmost LED in the status indication LEDs is lit For information about the meaning of each hardware status code see 4 4 4 Hardware status codes Figure 4 11 Hardware Status Codes 2 Application status codes An application status code is displayed by a user application by using library functions...

Page 71: ...during system operation for some reason Regardless of the status display mode the STOP error code 80 has the highest priority to be displayed For information about the status display modes see 4 4 3 Status display modes When the STOP error code is displayed all LEDs in the status indication LEDs are lit Figure 4 13 STOP Error Code On ...

Page 72: ...ndow The default factory shipped setting is the hardware status display mode For information about how to use the RAS Setup window see 3 1 3 Using the RAS Setup window Note that if the hardware status is normal and there is no application status code to display the LEDs are all off Figure 4 14 shows an example of what is displayed in the hardware status display mode Dotted lines in Figure 4 14 den...

Page 73: ... offline 1 8 42 Drive bay2 is offline 9 4a Array configuration error 10 4b RAID is in a fail status 11 4c RAID is in an unknown status 12 4d Media error on RAID Nos 7 through 12 Those status codes are displayed for D Model only No 10 When the RAID is in a fail status the system cannot operate normally and 4b may not be displayed No 12 This code is displayed if media error is configured to be repor...

Page 74: ...s Display Digital LEDs Control Functions No Function name Use DLL 1 SetStCode7seg Display an application status code ctrl7seg dll 2 TurnOff7seg Turnes off the currently displayed application status code 3 SetMode7seg Sets the status display mode Those functions mentioned above are offered in DLL ctrl7seg dll For information about the interface to those library functions see 6 1 11 Status display d...

Page 75: ...his function uses Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP to notify hardware conditions This allows you to use commercially available network management software that supports SNMP and to monitor distributed instances of this equipment and other devices all from one location NOTE The remote notification uses SNMP a protocol in the application layer of the TCP IP and User Datagram Protocol UDP in t...

Page 76: ... Management Information Base MIB for HF W The following transitions of the hardware conditions are notified by using a trap 1 Fan condition Normal Error Error Normal 2 Temperature condition inside the chassis Normal Error Error Normal 3 Drive condition Normal Failure anticipated Normal Used hours exceeded the threshold 4 Memory condition Normal Frequent error correction Frequent error correction N...

Page 77: ...tification follow the procedure below to enable the SNMP service 1 Starting the SNMP Service Properties window 1 If you are not logged on to the computer as an administrator log on to the computer as an administrator 2 Follow the procedure below to start the Services window Click Start and then Control Panel Double click System and Security Administrative Tools Services If you see the User Account...

Page 78: ...splayed In the Community rights list select READ ONLY In the Community Name box type the community name you want and click Add 4 Specify whether to accept SNMP packets from hosts If you want to accept SNMP packets from any manager on the network Select Accept SNMP packets from any host If you want to restrict SNMP packets Select Accept SNMP packets from these hosts Click Add The SNMP Service Confi...

Page 79: ...4 CHECKING THE HARDWARE STATUS 4 26 5 In the SNMP Service Properties window click Apply ...

Page 80: ...Community name type the name of the community that trap messages are sent to and click Add to list 3 Under Trap destinations click Add The SNMP Service Configuration window is displayed Enter the host name IP or IPX address of a destination you want to send traps to and click Add 4 In the SNMP Service Properties window click Apply ...

Page 81: ... trap the trap is sent at the timing when the SNMP starts If Windows Firewall is configured to block the SNMP service you cannot acquire the hardware status from a remote device SNMP service can pass through Windows Firewall by default and you do not have to go through the following procedure But if you set up the firewall to block SNMP service follow the procedure below to undo it 1 If you are no...

Page 82: ...4 CHECKING THE HARDWARE STATUS 4 29 5 The Allowed Programs window appears Click Change settings and under Allowed programs and features select the SNMP Service check box 6 Click OK ...

Page 83: ... in the table below Table 4 12 Objects Related to the Hardware Status 1 2 No Object Object number Description Description of the values 1 hfwFan 1 Fan condition group 2 hfwFan fanNumber 1 1 The number of monitored fans 3 hfwFan fanTable fanEntry fanIndex 1 2 1 1 Index number of fanEntry 4 hfwFan fanTable fanEntry fanName 1 2 1 2 Fan name PS fan Power fan Front fan Front fan CPU fan CPU fan 5 hfwFa...

Page 84: ...on 1 Normal 2 Error Frequent error correction 3 Not mounted 21 hfwRaid 4 RAID status group 22 hfwRaid raidNumber 4 1 Number of monitored arrays 23 hfwRaid raidTable raidEntry raidIndex 4 2 1 1 Index number of raidEntry 24 hfwRaid raidTable raidEntry raidStatus 4 2 1 2 RAID status 1 Optimal 2 Degrade 4 Unknown 5 Fail 25 hfwRaid raidTable raidEntry raidLevel 4 2 1 3 RAID level 1 RAID1 26 hfwRaid rai...

Page 85: ... 2 hfwTempAutoShutdown 2 Automatic shutdown when the temperature is abnormal 1 Enabled 2 Disabled 3 hfwRemoteShutdown 3 Automatic shutdown when a remote shutdown is requested 1 Enabled 2 Disabled 4 hfwSmartEnableSetting 4 Drive Failure Prediction SMART monitoring 1 Enabled 2 Disabled Table 4 14 shows a list of the objects related to operational modes and a description of those objects The object I...

Page 86: ...ble or replacing the following y with the object number in the table Object ID iso org dod internet private enterprises Hitachi system hfw hfwExMibInfo x x is an object in the table below or 1 3 6 1 4 1 116 3 45 1 y y is an object number in the table below Table 4 15 Objects Related to the Extended MIB for HF W No Object Object number Description Description of the values 1 Version 1 Version numbe...

Page 87: ...martDetect 3 A failure is anticipated for the drive hddIndex The drive bay number of the drive for which a failure is anticipated by SMART hddStatus 3 Failure anticipated hfwSmartStMsg A failure may be imminent on the drive of the drive bay 2 4 hfwHddOverRun 4 The drive power on used hours exceeded the threshold hddIndex The drive bay number of the drive for which the power on hours exceeded the t...

Page 88: ...n failure fanName Name of the recovered fan fanStatus 1 Normal hfwFanStMsg Revolutions of 1 returned to normal value 2 hfwTempRecover 2 Recovery from abnormal temperature in the chassis tempName Internal temperature tempStatus 1 Normal hfwTempStMsg Internal temperature returned to prescribed value 3 hfwMemRecover 6 Recovery from frequent error correction memName Name of the recovered memory slot m...

Page 89: ...oTrap or 1 3 6 1 4 1 116 7 45 3 Table 4 18 Objects Related to the Trap Notification Operational Modes No Object Trap number Description Notification data Object used Value 1 hfwRasService Started 1 Startup in normal mode hfwRasMode 1 Normal mode hfwRasStartMsg RAS Service is running 2 hfwSimulation ModeStarted 2 Transition to simulation mode hfwRasMode 2 Simulation mode hfwRasStartMsg RAS Service ...

Page 90: ...be acquired For details about the library functions see 6 1 RAS Library Interface To acquire the memory condition Use the GetMemStatus function To acquire the drive condition Use the hfwDiskStat function To acquire the failure prediction status of the drive Use the GetHddPredict function To acquire the RAID status Use the hfwRaidStat and RaidStat functions ...

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Page 92: ...Controlling the hardware by using the RAS library A user application can control the hardware of this equipment by using the RAS library For details see 5 2 Controlling the Hardware by Using the RAS Library 3 Controlling the RAID status using the RAID configuration control command The status of a drive in the RAID can be displayed In addition you can disconnect a drive on this equipment in the RAI...

Page 93: ...nt see 4 2 RAS Event Notification NOTE If this equipment continues to operate with fan failure detected internal parts such as a processor are not cooled down sufficiently and that may cause thermal runaway of the system due to malfunction of the equipment or result in damage to the parts Enable this function whenever you can Even if you do not use this function use a RAS event that notifies that ...

Page 94: ...o a dangerous level the equipment is forcibly shut down and the power is turned off regardless of whether this function is disabled 5 1 3 Automatic shutdown when a remote shutdown request through the contact input is detected If this function is enabled this equipment is automatically shut down when the remote shutdown contact RMTSTDN contact in the RAS external contacts interface is closed By usi...

Page 95: ...brary functions see 6 1 RAS Library Interface To shut down the system Use the BSSysShut function To control the watchdog timer Use the WdtControl function To control the general purpose external contact outputs Use the GendoControlEx and GendoControl functions To control the general purpose external contact inputs Use the GetGendiEx and GetGendi functions To control the status display digital LEDs...

Page 96: ... options With no options The status of the RAID and the drives in the RAID will be displayed When OFFLINE option is specified The specified drive is forcibly disconnected and set to offline When NOTIFY option is specified You can switch whether notification is sent through the interface of this equipment when a media error occurs NOTE You need to have administrator privileges to execute the follow...

Page 97: ...D is under a rebuild process 4 FAIL The RAID failed 5 UNKNOWN Unknown status Nos 1 through 3 If a media error occurs MEDIA ERROR is attached to the end of the displayed status Example If a media error occurs when the RAID is operating normally OPTIMAL MEDIA ERROR Table 5 2 Drive Status Displayed in the Output of the raidctr Command No Displayed Status Description 1 ONLINE The drive is working prop...

Page 98: ...n the RAID status is OPTIMAL Only 1 or 2 can be specified for HDDNO If you specify other values an error message is displayed and the command exits Use the following commands when you disconnect a drive in the RAID on this equipment To disconnect drive bay1 HDDNO is 1 raidctrl OFFLINE 1 To disconnect drive bay2 HDDNO is 2 raidctrl OFFLINE 2 The following shows an example of executing the raidctrl ...

Page 99: ...ministrator privileges when you run the command an error message is displayed and the command exits If User Account Control UAC is enabled start the command prompt as an administrator according to APPENDIX A RUNNING COMMAND PROMPT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR and then execute the raidctrl command If the NOTIFY option is specified alone the current notification setting is displayed The following are example...

Page 100: ...g The specified drive is under the rebuild process 7 An error occurred in 1 errorcode 2 An unexpected error 2 occurred in the function 1 Retry the command If the same error message persists restart this equipment 8 You do not have the privilege to execute this command option Please execute this command option again on Administrator Command Prompt You do not have administrator privileges Log on to ...

Page 101: ...ng on a specified option With no options The progress of the consistency check on the drives in the RAID will be displayed When the START option is specified The command starts a consistency check on the drives in the RAID NOTE You need to have administrator privileges to execute the following action Log on to the computer using an administrator account and then execute the command If User Account...

Page 102: ...cute the raidcheck command without any options the command will output the progress of the consistency check in The following is an example of the output C raidcheck Consistency check xx C If a consistency check has not started the following message is displayed C raidcheck Consistency check is not running C ...

Page 103: ...tput when a consistency check is started by specifying this option When a message is displayed to confirm whether to start a consistency check type y to actually start a consistency check If you type n a consistency check is canceled and the command exits C raidcheck START The consistency check process causes high system load Applications should be stopped Are you sure you want to continue with th...

Page 104: ...this command cannot run at the same time 8 The array is not configured correctly The array has not been configured properly 9 An error occurred in 1 errorcode 2 An unexpected error 2 occurred in the function 1 Retry the command If the same error message persists restart this equipment 10 You do not have the privilege to execute this command option Please execute this command option again on Admini...

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Page 106: ...rnal contact outputs GENDO0 GENDO1 and GENDO2 5 GetGendi Gets the status of the general purpose external contact input GENDI for backward compatibility 6 GetGendiEx Gets the status of the general purpose external contact inputs GENDI GENDI0 GENDI1 and GENDI2 7 MconWriteMessage Records a specified message characters in this equipment s own log files 8 GetMemStatus Acquires the condition of the memo...

Page 107: ...and ctrl7seg dll can be called from Visual Basic NET is required for 64 bit operating systems When you call functions number 1 through 7 9 and 13 through 15 from Visual Basic add _VB to the end of the name of each function Function parameters are the same For example when you call the WdtControl function from Visual Basic use the function name WdtControl_VB The following files are provided as impo...

Page 108: ... Table 6 1 object compatibility is maintained If the operating system is a 32 bit version you can execute the application as is It should be noted that due to the specifications of the OSs the behavior of the BSSysShut function is different from when the function is executed on Windows 2000 When you specify 0 for the first argument an It is now safe to turn off your computer message box is not dis...

Page 109: ...he system after the shutdown reboot 0 The power to this equipment is turned off after the shutdown reboot 0 The system reboots after the shutdown Diagnosis 0 Successful completion System shutdown process has started 1 Shutdown privilege acquisition error 2 Internal error OS shutdown failed Sample program We provide a sample program that uses this function in C For information about the name of the...

Page 110: ...dwCmd dwCmd Explanation of the action WDT_SET 0x00 Specifies the timeout in seconds WDT_STOP 0x01 Stops the watchdog timer WDT_STAT 0x02 Acquires the status of the watchdog timer If a value other than the above is specified this function terminates with an error If you call the GetLastError Windows API function an error code W2KRAS_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned pdwCount If dwCmd is WDT_SET you can...

Page 111: ...on its own are as follows Error code value Description W2KRAS_INVALID_PARAMETER 0x2001 There is an error in the specified parameters W2KRAS_WDT_NONMANUAL 0x2002 This function cannot be used because Retriggered by application program is not selected under Watchdog timer setting in the RAS Setup window W2KRAS_NOT_INITIALIZE 0x2005 Startup of the RAS software has not completed yet W2KRAS_INTERNAL_ERR...

Page 112: ... closed the WDTTO contact becomes open If dwCmd is WDT_STOP The WDTTO contact becomes open In this case the countdown of the watchdog timer is stopped and consequently the watchdog timer will not time out When the automatic retriggering feature for watchdog timer is used The WDTTO contact becomes open The process for this function runs at the lowest priority idle priority class If the amount of CP...

Page 113: ...k line denotes the transition of the state of the contact NOTE In the explanation above it is assumed that the RAS external contacts interface is HJ 7805 21 If you use HJ 7805 22 as a RAS external contacts interface the behavior of the contact is opposite This contact is open when the contact in the explanation above is closed and the other way around OS shutdown starts WDT is retriggered WDT is r...

Page 114: ...DO_OPEN 0x00 Opens the general purpose external contact GENDO0 GENDO_CLOSE 0x01 Closes the general purpose external contact GENDO0 If a value other than the above is specified this function terminates with an error If you call the GetLastError Windows API function an error code W2KRAS_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned Diagnosis If this function completes successfully the function returns TRUE If this ...

Page 115: ... the action GENDO0_PORT 0x01 Performs the action on the general purpose external contact GENDO0 GENDO1_PORT 0x02 Performs the action on the general purpose external contact GENDO1 GENDO2_PORT 0x03 Performs the action on the general purpose external contact GENDO2 Table 6 5 shows a list of actions that can be specified by dwCmd Table 6 5 List of Actions of the GendoControlEx Function Specified by d...

Page 116: ...rovide a sample program that uses this function in C For information about the name of the sample program and where you can find it see 6 2 Sample Programs 3 Behavior of the general purpose external contacts GENDO0 GENDO1 GENDO2 of the RAS external contacts interface Those general purpose external contacts become open when the power is turned on or off Figure 6 3 shows the behavior of the GENDO0 c...

Page 117: ...es with an error If you call the GetLastError Windows API function an error code W2KRAS_RMTSTDN_ON is returned Return values 1 External contact GENDI is closed 0 External contact GENDI is open 0xffffffff The function terminates with an error Diagnosis If this function terminates with an error the function returns 0xffffffff When this function terminates with an error call the GetLastError Windows ...

Page 118: ...xternal contact GENDI0 GENDI1_PORT 0x02 Gets the status of the general purpose external contact GENDI1 GENDI2_PORT 0x03 Gets the status of the general purpose external contact GENDI2 If a value other than the above is specified this function terminates with an error If you call the GetLastError Windows API function an error code W2KRAS_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned If you want to specify GENDI_POR...

Page 119: ... cannot get the status of GENDI because the Automatically shutdown if remote shutdown is requested check box is selected under Shutdown setting in the RAS Setup window W2KRAS_NOT_INITIALIZE 0x2005 Startup of the RAS software has not completed yet W2KRAS_INTERNAL_ERROR 0x2007 An internal error has been generated Other error codes come from the Windows API functions used by this function For details...

Page 120: ...r to easily identify the application that records each log entry specify a message that starts with the name of the application for example Checking log information This function records log information in the text format in the following files When the size of the log recorded in the log file currently used exceeds 64 KB the log file used for logging is switched to another log file ProgramFiles H...

Page 121: ...n an error even when writing to a log file fails for some reason We recommend important information be recorded in the OS event log In order to reduce the amount of resources used this function for example opens and closes a pipe every time the function is called That means this function has relatively large overhead Even when you record multiple lines of message use one function call to output th...

Page 122: ...en this function completes successfully the maximum number of DIMMs is stored in Dimm_Number This value varies depending on the model Each element of Dimm_Status stores a value described in the following table Note that the number of valid elements is Dimm_Number For example if Dimm_Number is 2 the elements up to Dimm_Status 1 are valid The elements after that are reserved The values of those rese...

Page 123: ...on on its own are as follows Error code value Description W2KRAS_INVALID_PARAMETER 0x2001 There is an error in the specified parameters W2KRAS_NOT_INITIALIZE 0x2005 Startup of the RAS software has not completed yet W2KRAS_MEMST_INVALID 0x2007 The memory condition cannot be acquired Other error codes come from the Windows API functions used by this function For details about those error codes refer...

Page 124: ... the operating system is a 64 bit version this function is not supported Use the function hfwDiskStat provided as an alternative pHddData This parameter specifies a pointer to an HDD_PREDICT_DATA structure shown below that stores the acquired drive failure prediction status typedef struct HDD_PREDICT_DATA DWORD Hdd1_Predict Failure prediction status of the drive on the drive bay1 DWORD Hdd2_Predic...

Page 125: ...scription W2KRAS_INVALID_PARAMETER 0x2001 There is an error in the specified parameters W2KRAS_NOT_INITIALIZE 0x2005 Startup of the RAS software has not completed yet W2KRAS_HDDPREDICT_INVALID 0x2006 The drive failure prediction is not enabled In the RAS Setup window select the Function is available check box under Drive failure prediction setting SMART W2KRAS_INTERNAL_ERROR 0x2007 An internal err...

Page 126: ...y n 1 The following values are used to indicate a drive condition Upper 16 bits are reserved The values of those reserved bits are undefined Do not use those bits Table 6 9 List of Values Stored in Disk_Status Defined value Description DISKSTAT_HEALTHY 0x00000001 The drive is working properly DISKSTAT_SMART 0x00000008 Drive failure prediction SMART is detected 1 DISKSTAT_NOT_CONNECTED 0x00000010 A...

Page 127: ...this function terminates with an error call the GetLastError Windows API function to get the error code Error codes returned by this function on its own are as follows Error code value Description HFWRAS_INVALID_PARAMETER 0x20000001 There is an error in the specified parameters HFWRAS_NOT_INITIALIZE 0x20000002 Startup of the RAS software has not completed yet HFWRAS_INTERNAL_ERROR 0x20000003 An in...

Page 128: ...HFW_RAID_STATUS DWORD Array_Count Number of monitored arrays HFW_ARRAY_STATUS Array 16 Array information HFW_RAID_STATUS PHFW_RAID_STATUS Array_Count shows the number of monitored RAID arrays on this equipment 1 Each element of Array shows the status of the corresponding RAID The number of valid elements is returned in Array_Count This value is 1 which means only Array 0 is valid The elements afte...

Page 129: ...status The stored value is a logical sum of some of the following Numbers 1 through 4 denote RAID statuses and numbers 5 and 6 denote detailed information Table 6 12 Values Stored in Status in the ARRAY_STATUS Structure No Defined value Description 1 HFW_RAID_OPTIMAL 0x00000001 The RAID is working properly 2 HFW_RAID_DEGRADE 0x00000004 The RAID is degenerated 3 HFW_RAID_UNKNOWN 0x00000008 The RAID...

Page 130: ...hen this function terminates with an error the value stored in phfwRaidStatus is invalid You can call the GetLastError Windows API function to get the error code Error codes returned by this function on its own are as follows Error code value Description HFWRAS_INVALID_PARAMETER 0x20000001 There is an error in the specified parameters HFWRAS_NOT_INITIALIZE 0x20000002 Startup of the RAS software ha...

Page 131: ...nts to the RAID_DATA structure shown below that stores the acquired drive status typedef struct RAID_DATA DWORD Hdd1_Status Drive status of drive bay1 DWORD Hdd2_Status Drive status of drive bay2 RAID_DATA PRAID _DATA Each element of the RAID_DATA structure above stores a value described in Table 6 14 when this function returns successfully Table 6 14 Values Stored in Each Element of the RAID_DATA...

Page 132: ...urned by this function on its own are as follows Error code value Description RAID_INVALID_PARAMETER 0x2001 There is an error in the specified arguments RAID_GET_STATUS_ERROR 0x2002 An internal error has been generated NOT_RAID 0x2006 This equipment on which this function is being executed is not a D Model RAID_NOT_READY 0x3001 Startup of the RAS software has not completed yet Other error codes co...

Page 133: ...ified this function terminates with an error If you call the GetLastError Windows API function an error code CTRL7SEG_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned Diagnosis If this function completes successfully the function returns TRUE as a return value If this function terminates with an error the function returns FALSE When this function terminates with an error call the GetLastError Windows API function to...

Page 134: ...osis If this function completes successfully the function returns TRUE as a return value If this function terminates with an error the function returns FALSE When this function terminates with an error call the GetLastError Windows API function to get the error code The error code comes from the Windows API functions used by this function For details about those error codes refer to the Windows AP...

Page 135: ...the above is specified this function terminates with an error If you call the GetLastError Windows API function an error code CTRL7SEG_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned Diagnosis If this function completes successfully the function returns TRUE as a return value If this function terminates with an error the function returns FALSE When this function terminates with an error call the GetLastError Window...

Page 136: ...am for the WdtControl function 3 gendoex c A sample program for the GendoControlEx function 4 gendiex c A sample program for the GetGendiEx function 5 MCon c A sample program for the MconWriteMessage function 6 MemErr c A sample program for the GetMemStatus function 7 hfwDiskStat c A sample program for the hfwDiskStat function 8 7seg c A sample program for the status display digital LEDs control f...

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Page 138: ...ds the cause of the blue screen in the event log 7 1 2 Supported causes of the STOP error code This function is activated when a blue screen appears due to a cause described in Table 7 1 Other STOP errors of Windows are not supported Table 7 1 Supported STOP Error Causes Cause STOP error code Contents of the STOP error screen An NMI is generated by the reset button or reset signal is input to the ...

Page 139: ...by This Function Event ID Source Type Category Description 800 HFWRAS_SYS Information HFWRAS 1 Detailed code 2 Note 1 The 1 above contains one of the following messages corresponding to the detailed information 1 Reset signal was input 2 PCI Bus Parity Error 3 Uncorrectable Error at DIMM B 4 Uncorrectable Error at DIMM A Note 2 The 2 above contains one of the following messages corresponding to 1 ...

Page 140: ...plications can be disturbed Make sure that you do not collect memory dump files using the log information collection window while the applications for business use are running on this equipment 7 2 2 Starting the log information collection window To start the log information collection window follow the procedure below You need to have administrator privileges to use this window Log on to the comp...

Page 141: ...ot need and then click Continue 2 If the Gather memory dump files check box is selected you will receive the following message Click OK If you click Cancel you go back to the log information collection window without executing the maintenance operation 3 The following dialog box is displayed Specify the destination directory to save and click OK If you want to cancel the maintenance operation clic...

Page 142: ...YYMMDD_ hhmm directory logsave dat Log data file 2 1 memory mcf Memory dump file windows directory Minidump Minimum memory dump files directory are stored Figure 7 1 Organization of the Folders for Collected Data 1 The name of the directory is YYMMDD_hhmm YY Lower two digits of the year MM Month DD Day hh Hour mm Minute Example If you perform the maintenance operation at 13 59 on Jan 1 2006 Direct...

Page 143: ...ours are also recorded every 8 hours For either file if the log gets full log entries are overwritten from the first entry Table 7 8 shows the name of each log file Table 7 3 Log Files Parent folder File name Description ProgramFiles HFWRAS log temp csv The temperature inside the chassis is recorded in this file at the logging intervals Maximum of 51200 entries temp_mm csv The highest and lowest t...

Page 144: ...csv Figure 7 3 Format of Log Information 2 YYYY MM DD hh mm ss yxxx yzzz YYYY Year MM Month DD Day hh hour 24 hour clock mm minute ss second y Sign or xxx Highest temperature C y Sign or zzz Lowest temperature C YYYY MM DD hh mm ss yxxx YYYY Year MM Month DD Day hh hour 24 hour clock mm minute ss second y Sign or xxx Temperature C If acquiring the temperature fails xxx is replaced with ...

Page 145: ...f User Account Control UAC is enabled start the command prompt as an administrator according to APPENDIX A RUNNING COMMAND PROMPT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR 2 At the command prompt run the tmplogset command The following initial screen is displayed along with the current setting 3 If you type 2 in the initial screen the tmplogset command exits without changing the setting If you type 1 and then press Ent...

Page 146: ...nd press Enter The following message is displayed and the command exits without changing the setting If you do not have administrator privileges when you run the command the following message is displayed and the command exits If an internal error occurs when you run the command the following message is displayed and the command exits In the message above API Name actually shows the name of the Wi...

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Page 148: ...hardware status is simulated the RAS software is set to a special mode called simulation mode In simulation mode monitoring of the actual hardware status is disabled You must never use this equipment in simulation mode for business use This function simulates the following hardware conditions Fan condition Temperature condition inside the chassis Drive condition including drive failure prediction ...

Page 149: ...and checking the notification interface of the RAS software While the equipment is running in simulation mode the following functions are stopped or cannot be used 1 OS Hung up Monitoring 2 RAID Consistency Check Command D Model only In simulation mode the memory monitoring function records an event Event ID 525 in the event log only when memory error is detected for the first time Afterward even ...

Page 150: ...e procedure of using the simulation mode 1 Overview of the procedure of using the simulation function The figure below shows a rough flow chart of using this function From when the simulation mode start command is executed until when OS shutdown completes the RAS software runs in simulation mode Figure 8 2 Procedure to Use the Simulation Mode Running in simulation mode HF W starts Log on to the OS...

Page 151: ...ed to have administrator privileges to run the simulation mode start command Log on to the computer using an administrator account and start Command Prompt If User Account Control UAC is enabled start the command prompt as an administrator according to APPENDIX A RUNNING COMMAND PROMPT AS AN ADMINISTRATOR 2 At the command prompt type the following and then press Enter SystemDrive Program Files HFW...

Page 152: ...ng hardware failure is now disabled NOTE The simulation function performs the following actions while running in simulation mode The status indicator flashes between green and red The CPUSTOP contact switches back and forth between OPEN and CLOSE Every 10 seconds the Windows Exclamation sound is played twice Only when speakers are connected ...

Page 153: ...ices are set to the normal status Figure 8 3 Description of Each Part in the Simulation Tool Window Target Shows the name of each simulated hardware device Category Target Fan condition PS fan Front fan CPU fan Temperature condition inside the chassis Internal Temperature Drive condition Drive bay1 Drive bay2 Memory condition DIMM A DIMM B Click Apply to apply the Setting Click End to exit the sim...

Page 154: ... simulated is set is displayed Immediately after the Simulation Tool window starts is displayed for all hardware devices Apply button If you click this button all Setting are applied to the Status of hardware devices The monitoring function of the RAS software detects change in the Status of the hardware devices and notifies the change through various interfaces NOTE A new hardware status is appli...

Page 155: ...d automatically to exit the simulation mode Before shutdown is executed the following message is displayed Save the data for example and then click OK Minimize button _ button Click the Minimize button at the upper right corner of the Simulation Tool window to minimize the Simulation Tool window Note that when the window is minimized the simulation mode does not exit Close button button Click the ...

Page 156: ...ant to simulate A popup menu is displayed The menu lists the statuses you can select based on the current hardware status 2 If you select a status you want to simulate on the popup menu the selected status is displayed in Setting 3 To apply the status displayed in Setting to the hardware status click Apply As a result the Status in the Simulation Tool window is updated ...

Page 157: ...hen you right click on this item No Current status Statuses in the popup menu Note 1 Normal Normal Error 2 Error Drive The following shows a popup menu when you right click on this item Other than D Model No Current status Statuses in the popup menu Note 1 Healthy Healthy SMART Detected Overrun Not Connected 1 2 SMART Detected Healthy SMART Detected Not Connected 1 2 3 Overrun Healthy Overrun Not ...

Page 158: ...yed 2 If the RAID status is Degrade None is the only item on the menu and is grayed out 3 Transition of the status from Rebuild to Healthy means the rebuild process is complete 4 We suppose transition from Rebuild means a new drive is connected Consequently transition to SMART Detected or Overrun is not allowed Memory The following shows a popup menu when you right click on this item No Current st...

Page 159: ...is detected Ctrl ALt Del is pressed and using the power button at the lower right corner of the screen the equipment is shut down A blue screen appears because for example the reset button is pressed The power is forcibly turned off using the power switch The End button or the Close button in the Simulation Tool window is clicked The Simulation Tool window is terminated with an error NOTE As expla...

Page 160: ...ng the status of the drives in the RAID In the case of D Model the RAID status is determined by the simulation of the condition of the drives used in the RAID In some cases if you select a new status to be simulated for both drives the condition of the first drive you selected may change depending on the condition of the second drive you selected The following example illustrates the case where Of...

Page 161: ... the Simulation Mode PS fan 1 Front fan 2 CPU fan 3 Internal Temperature 4 Drive bay1 5 Drive bay2 6 DIMM A 7 DIMM B 8 The x above denotes the corresponding Setting in the Simulation Tool window 8 1 5 Remote notification This function notifies of the transition of the RAS software to simulation mode using trap notification so that an SNMP manager that monitors this equipment in a remote location c...

Page 162: ...Prompt as an administrator 1 Log on to the computer using an administrator account 2 Click Start 3 Click All Programs 4 Click Accessories 5 Right click Command Prompt and click Run as administrator If the administrator account you used for log on is a built in administrator account simply click Command Prompt If you see the User Account Control window click Yes ...

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