IBM Storwize V7000, Troubleshooting And Maintenance Manual

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Procedure
Use the following management GUI functions to find a more detailed status:
v
Monitoring > System Details
v
Pools > MDisks by Pools
v
Volumes > Volumes
v Monitoring > Events , and then use the filtering options to display alerts,
messages, or event types.
Procedure: Getting node canister and system information using the
service assistant
This procedure explains how to view information about the node canisters and
system using the service assistant.
About this task
To obtain the information:
1. Log on to the service assistant, as described in “Accessing the service assistant”
on page 34
2. View the information about the node canister to which you connected or the
other node canister in the enclosure. To change which node's information is
shown, select the node in the
Change Node table of the Home page.
The Home page shows a table of node errors that exist on the node canister and a
table of node details for the current node. The node errors are shown in priority
order.
The node details are divided into several sections. Each section has a tab. Examine
the data that is reported in each tab for the information that you want.
v
The Node tab shows general information about the node canister that includes
the node state and whether it is a configuration node.
v The Hardware tab shows information about the hardware.
v
The Access tab shows the management IP addresses and the service addresses
for this node.
v
The Location tab identifies the enclosure in which the node canister is located.
v
The Ports tab shows information about the I/O ports.
Procedure: Getting node canister and system information using a USB
flash drive
This procedure explains how to view information about the node canister and
system using a USB flash drive.
About this task
Use any USB flash drive with a FAT32 file system on its first partition.
1. Ensure that the USB flash drive does not contain a file named
satask.txt
in
the root directory.
If
satask.txt
does exist in the directory, the node attempts to run the command
that is specified in the file. The information that is returned is appended to the
Chapter 6. Resolving a problem
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