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Chapter 9. Using the IPSMON command-line program
(NetWare only)
This chapter provides the information about installing, starting, and using the
IPSMON command-line program.
You can use the IPSMON program to monitor a ServeRAID controller for defunct
drives, Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) warnings, rebuild operations, FlashCopy
operations, synchronizations, logical-drive migrations, and RAID level-5E
compressions. Whenever activities occur, this program can log a message to the
screen, to a file, or to both the screen and a file.
You can use the IPSMON program with Novell NetWare 5.x only.
This utility program is provided on the IBM ServeRAID Support for Novell NetWare
diskette.
Installing the IPSMON command-line program
You can install this program for NetWare using the IBM ServeRAID Support for
Novell NetWare diskette. Complete the following steps to install the IPSMON
program for NetWare:
1. Start the server.
2. From the console prompt, type the following and press Enter:
down
3. Insert IBM ServeRAID Support for Novell NetWare diskette into the diskette
drive.
4. From the DOS prompt, type the following and press Enter:
copy a :\ipsmon.nlm c:\nwserver
where a is the diskette drive letter and c:\nwserver is where NetWare is
installed.
5. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive.
6. At the DOS prompt, ensure that you are in the c:\nwserver directory; then, type
the following and press Enter to restart NetWare:
server
Using the IPSMON command-line program
Complete the following steps to run the IPSMON program:
1. From the console, type the following:
load ipsmon
2. Press Enter.
When you start IPSMON, it immediately begins polling all ServeRAID controllers for
specific conditions. If a condition is found, this program logs a message to the
screen, to a file, or to both the screen and a file.
Note: IPSMON continuously polls the ServeRAID controllers until you type
unload
ipsmon
at the system console.
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