IBM 866011U - Netfinity 5500 - 8660, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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5. Click on Connect to initiate a connection with the
remote system.
General options:
You can use the General Options
screen to enable, disable, or reset the alarm; or to set the
polling options.
When you select General Options from the Options
pull-down menu, a screen similar to the following appears.
Polling Options
Poll Adapter Every Seconds
Alarm Options
Disable Alarm Reset Alarm
General Options
Cancel
OK
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Enabling, Disabling, or Resetting the Alarm: The alarm
alerts you if any of the following conditions occur:
Ÿ
A DDD hard disk drive has been detected
Ÿ
A Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) event has
occurred
Ÿ
A ServeRAID controller is not responding
To enable or disable the alarm, click on the box for
Disable Alarm on the General Options screen. Placing a
check in the box disables the alarm; removing the check
enables the alarm.
To reset the alarm, click on the
STOP
icon or click on
Reset Alarm on the General Options menu. Resetting the
alarm turns off the alarm for the current failure. It does not
disable the feature.
Polling Options: You can use the General Options
screen to define how often the ServeRAID controller will
poll, or check the server for any changes that might have
occurred in the server (such as a rebuild or a drive
entering the defunct (DDD) state). You can set a time
interval of from five to 60 seconds. The default time
interval setting is five seconds.
The following events are polled for:
Ÿ
Rebuild started
Ÿ
Rebuild completed
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