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Summary of Contents for Disk Array controller Software Kit 2.01

Page 1: ...Disk Array Controller Software Kit Version 2 01 Installation Guide and User Manual Operating System Drivers Global Array Manager 2 21 Server Module Software P N 771929 09...

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Page 3: ...l contents of this manual are copyrighted by Mylex Corporation The information contained herein is the exclusive property of Mylex Corporation and shall not be copied transferred photocopied translate...

Page 4: ...n has been advised of the possibility of such damages Any questions or comments regarding this document or its contents should be addressed to Mylex Corporation at the address shown on the cover The f...

Page 5: ...Array Manager Client manual and the RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility User Reference Guide Conventions Throughout the manual the following conventions are used to describe user interaction with the...

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Page 7: ...er Driver for NetWare 4 11 4 2 2 2 Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the Primary NetWare 4 11 4 2 Controller 2 2 Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller into an Existing NetWare 4 11 4...

Page 8: ...Global Array Manager Server 3 12 File List 3 12 Beginning the Installation and Selecting Components 3 13 Global Array Manager Server Installation 3 18 Verifying Correct Server Software Installation 3...

Page 9: ...Installing DAC960SH 4 18 DAC960SH 4 18 Chapter 5 UnixWare Overview 5 1 Special Notes 5 2 Mylex Disk Array Controller Driver for UnixWare 5 3 Creating a Driver Diskette for UnixWare 5 3 Installing the...

Page 10: ...ation for SCO UNIX A 4 Install the SNMP Agent A 4 MIB Compilation and Definition File Creation A 5 MYLEXRAIDMIB Object Definitions A 6 Traps A 6 Controller Information Group A 9 Logical Drive Informat...

Page 11: ...C 3 Running RAIDBLD C 5 Appendix D External RAID Support Enabling External RAID Support Enabling Overview D 1 GAMCONFG Command Line D 1 Enabling External RAID Support GAMCONFG D 2 GAMCONFG Command Li...

Page 12: ...xii Disk Array Controller Software Kit User s Manual...

Page 13: ...Server software for several supported operating systems Disk Array Controller Operating System Driver and Utility Installation Diskettes and CD ROM Mylex Disk Array Controller Operating System Driver...

Page 14: ...IX or UNIXWARE you will need to create a diskette by downloading the driver files from the CD ROM to a new diskette Diskette Format Supported Operating Systems and Versions File list DOS Windows NT 4...

Page 15: ...n CD ROM Table 1 2 Table 1 2 Global Array Manager Server Files on CD ROM Network Operating System Arrangement of Files Supported OS Version s File list NetWare Server Files NetWare Driver Files 4 11 4...

Page 16: ...diskette Network Operating System Arrangement of Files Supported OS Version s File list Windows NT Server Files Windows NT Driver Files 4 0 _INST32I EX_ _ISDEL EXE _SETUP DLL _SETUP LIB DACADM EXE DAC...

Page 17: ...ne monitoring of performance and fault information This is useful if a management package is already in use Support for these protocols includes read only functions Write functions are only available...

Page 18: ...repare a DOS bootable floppy disk to be able to perform certain procedures described in this manual Before starting be sure to read through all applicable instructions to determine the specific requir...

Page 19: ...UNIX A server running SCO UNIX version 5 x 2 MB of free hard disk space Properly installed and configured Mylex Disk Array Controller with the appropriate SCO UNIX drivers Optional If SNMP participat...

Page 20: ...Requirements 1 8 Disk Array Controller Software Kit User s Manual...

Page 21: ...iguration must be properly completed before proceeding with the NetWare driver installation These basic installation procedures follow the Novell Installation manual with only the few minor difference...

Page 22: ...etWare 4 11 4 2 Drivers NetWare version 4 11 4 2 is available on CD ROM Drivers provided in the DOS subdirectory of the Software Kit distribution diskette packaged with the Mylex Disk Array Controller...

Page 23: ...the NW subdirectory of the DOS Formatted NT NW Drivers Software Kit distribution diskette to SYS SYSTEM of the NetWare 4 11 4 2 server Installing Peripherals Under NetWare 4 11 4 2 Non disk periphera...

Page 24: ...dm load tsa410 load tapedai scan for new devices load sbackup Except for the mdac ham driver CDM or NLM files are supplied by Novell Refer to the Novell documentation for instructions on running Sback...

Page 25: ...menu 3 Choose Configure disk and storage device drivers in the Driver Options menu 4 Choose Select an additional driver in the Additional Driver Actions menu NetWare scans for controllers that do not...

Page 26: ...e old driver will be saved NetWare copies the file 14 What you just backed up was the old or existing DSK file Repeat Steps 12 and 13 for the DDI file 15 Select No to decline selection of an additiona...

Page 27: ...w assumes that the CD ROM drivers are available 1 Boot the system from a newly created DOS boot drive and then create or edit the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files to include the drivers required for...

Page 28: ...propriate location for the new drivers e g floppy etc Press Return MDAC HAM will be added from Software Kit 2 01 6 Return to the driver summary by pressing the arrow keys and select the option to cont...

Page 29: ...t NWASPI CDM applications such as GAM 1 The appropriate drivers should be loaded before trying to access the non disk devices For example to use NetWare s Sbackup utility do the following load mdac ha...

Page 30: ...Driver Options in the Installation Options menu 3 Copy NWASPI CDM for GAM support from the Novell distribution CD ROM Be sure you are in this directory DRIVERS STORAGE and copy NWASPI CDM to this dire...

Page 31: ...ntroller HAM Driver 12 Select Yes at the confirmation box to install the driver 13 Press Enter to select the default server boot path 14 Select No to save a backup of the old or existing driver 15 Sel...

Page 32: ...various tools for managing and maintaining a disk array For more details see System Administration DACADM Utility for NetWare 4 11 4 2 and 5 0 on page 2 19 m Caution These utilities can change the st...

Page 33: ...nd and press Enter to run the installation Volume Label gam netware install Note Do not type any extension Type only install Replace Volume Label with the actual volume label of the Software Kit distr...

Page 34: ...OEXEC NCF Refer to Appendix C RAID Fault Management for information If you will be using drives from more than one vendor in the same RAID Group refer to Appendix E The MYLEXDRV SIZ File for informati...

Page 35: ...module is loaded modules Check Is the Ethernet connection good Check Is TCP IP set up correctly Try Ping to find the server Problem Global Array Manager Server will not load Check Is the installation...

Page 36: ...r when the NetWare server is restarted after installation of Global Array Manager This capability will be available because the following two files will be automatically copied into AUTOEXEC NCF at th...

Page 37: ...rs Dacmon will show a separate numbered screen for each controller indicated as DACMON1 DACMON2 etc 1 To load the monitor utility at the server console type load dacmon The loading process begins and...

Page 38: ...etter S represents a standby device C letter C represents a CD ROM drive T letter T represents a tape drive O letter O represents other types of devices The monitor utility keeps track of four types o...

Page 39: ...Utility The Dacadm utility is copied to disk when GAM Server is installed 1 To load the main DAC System Administration utility at the server console type load dacadm When loading module loading messag...

Page 40: ...he title bar Drive Information This selection is used to identify a device its manufacturer its model number and its capacity It also is used to identify the state of the device as well as the type an...

Page 41: ...tion for other types of SCSI devices The controller automatically recovers from the following errors Parity error SCSI bus parity errors during transfer Soft error Check condition data errors from the...

Page 42: ...selection to change the priority that the controller allocates to the rebuild process To rebuild a device perform the following steps 1 Select the Rebuild option from the main Selection Menu and press...

Page 43: ...mes are possible from a Rebuild a Rebuild completed successfully All dependent system drives are Online b Some bad blocks were encountered on the source drives Rebuild aborts The blocks are logged in...

Page 44: ...ocess ALL DATA WILL BE LOST on the drive s being formatted 4 While formatting is taking place the abbreviation FRMT is displayed on the drive s position in the format device window This keeps blinking...

Page 45: ...stem drive is selected Rebuild Rate This selection controls the amount of background activity that the controller allocates to the Rebuild operation The lowest priority setting is 0 zero and the highe...

Page 46: ...d 2 Use the arrow keys to select a drive and press the Enter key A pop up window opens to confirm the Kill Drive option 3 Select Yes to change the state of the selected device to Dead Make Online This...

Page 47: ...n do the following 1 Select Change Device from the Main Selection menu The controller automatically checks the state of all the drives connected to it and displays their status on the Change Device wi...

Page 48: ...e Packs Drive Groups Press the following keys to invoke the identified function Spacebar Inserts a drive into a drive group pack Delete Deletes a drive group from a new pack Insert Displays device inf...

Page 49: ...sk array controller configuration must be properly completed before proceeding with the Windows NT driver installation These basic installation procedures follow the Windows NT Installation manual wit...

Page 50: ...the Mylex Disk Array Controller Configuration Utility to create a drive configuration and initialize the drives for use following the instructions in your Mylex Disk Array Controller Configuration Uti...

Page 51: ...install or when you have finished installing other drivers simply press Enter to continue installation 15 Insert Windows NT 4 0 setup diskette 3 when prompted 16 Follow the on screen instructions to c...

Page 52: ...and you wish to add a Mylex Disk Array Controller later the controller will be a secondary non bootable controller After installing the controller hardware and configuring a disk array follow the pro...

Page 53: ...3 3 From the Control Panel window double click the SCSI Adapters icon Figure 3 2 Figure 3 2 Control Panel SCSI Adapters 4 In the SCSI Adapters box click the Drivers tab to bring the Drivers page to t...

Page 54: ...e Drivers page in the foreground click Add Figure 3 4 Figure 3 4 Add a New SCSI Adapter 6 The Creating driver list progress bar is displayed briefly Figure 3 5 and then the Install Driver box is displ...

Page 55: ...o the floppy disk drive 9 From the Install From Disk box change the path to A NT as shown in Figure 3 7 and click OK Figure 3 7 Change Path to A NT 10 From the Install Driver box be sure the Mylex Dis...

Page 56: ...Diskette 12 Again be sure the path is A NT as shown in Figure 3 10 and click Continue Figure 3 10 Confirm Diskette Driver Path The driver is copied from the diskette The System Settings Change box is...

Page 57: ...d click Add Figure 3 12 Figure 3 12 Add Another SCSI Driver 15 The Install Driver box is displayed Figure 3 13 Figure 3 13 Install Another Driver In the Install Driver box click Have Disk 16 Reinsert...

Page 58: ...s Manual 17 From the Install From Disk box change the path to A DISK as shown in Figure 3 14 and click OK Figure 3 14 Change Path to A DISK 18 From the Install Driver box be sure the Mylex Accelerate...

Page 59: ...ated Driver from Diskette 20 Again be sure the path is A DISK as shown in Figure 3 17 and click Continue Figure 3 17 Confirm Diskette Accelerated Driver Path The driver is copied from the diskette The...

Page 60: ...performing these installation procedures You may also choose to install GAM Client at the same time on the same system Refer to the Global Array Manager Client Software Installation Guide and User Man...

Page 61: ...ROM into your CD ROM drive AutoRun will cause the CD ROM to display the Mylex RAID Management Software Installation menu Figure 3 19 Figure 3 19 Mylex RAID Management Software Installation Menu 3 Clic...

Page 62: ...ure 3 21 Click Next to proceed with the installation or click Cancel to end the installation procedure and return to the menu Figure 3 21 Welcome Dialog Box 5 When the software license agreement dialo...

Page 63: ...all Figure 3 22 Select Components to Install 6 To select Global Array Manager Server for installation click the white box to check the Global Array Manager Server option Note You may also choose to in...

Page 64: ...18 and Figure 3 26 OR Click Change to see the subcomponents screen Figure 3 23 Driver and Program Files must remain selected DMI and SNMP may be selected or deselected as needed If you select DMI Set...

Page 65: ...ure 3 24 Error Must Choose GAM Server OR WSAM Click on OK to return to the previous screen then deselect Workstation Array Manager and click Next This will take you to Installation Summary Figure 3 26...

Page 66: ...tion 10 The Installation Summary screen Figure 3 26 summarizes the components and subcomponents you ve selected for installation Click Next to continue or click Back to change selected components Figu...

Page 67: ...an existing Global Array Manager Server configuration file the following message appears Figure 3 28 Figure 3 28 Existing GAM Server Detected Overwrite Click Yes to overwrite the existing configuratio...

Page 68: ...select Yes or No Figure 3 29 Existing Configuration to be Used Click Yes to proceed Go on to Step 15 Figure 3 30 Click No to return to the screen shown in Figure 3 28 and go back to Step 12 Figure 3...

Page 69: ...lick Next 17 If you chose to view the ReadMe file the Notepad accessory will open and the file will be presented Read the contents of this file for the most up to date information about Global Array M...

Page 70: ...computer Select Yes and click Finish if you are ready to reboot your computer Select No and click Finish if you want to exit setup and perform other tasks before rebooting Note You need not reboot imm...

Page 71: ...e 3 33 Figure 3 33 Existing Configuration will be Renamed This question dialog box Figure 3 33 asks for confirmation that you want to replace the existing configuration file with a new one and informs...

Page 72: ...event notifications from this server enable External Controller support and or enable event logging Figure 3 34 Figure 3 34 Modify Server Configuration File IP Addresses Note If your client is running...

Page 73: ...ns to the configuration file to enable support for these controllers Note If you have only PCI controllers you can leave the box unchecked If you later add External controllers edit the GAMCONFG line...

Page 74: ...k the box which reads Read the Global Array Manager Server readme file now then click Next 27 If you choose to view the ReadMe file the Notepad accessory will open and the file will be presented Read...

Page 75: ...o your computer Select Yes and click Finish if you are ready to reboot your computer Select No and click Finish if you want to exit setup and perform other tasks before rebooting Note You need not reb...

Page 76: ...einstall the software Running Global Array Manager Server The Global Array Manager Server runs on the server and performs the following functions Monitors the controller s and disks in the server Mana...

Page 77: ...You will need to run the following command line from the GAMSERV directory to install the mdacci service manually SystemRoot system32 gamserv mdacci exe DMI Files There are three DMI files MDAC MIF M...

Page 78: ...ped on demand through the Control Panel Services applet DACMON starts in a minimized icon state with the icon placed in the lower corner of the window If an abnormal condition is detected the EVENT VI...

Page 79: ...be copied into a directory such as c winnt system32 gamserv In order for the DACMON utility to work properly you will need to ensure the DACMSG DLL from the gamserv subdirectory exists in the followin...

Page 80: ...r box pulls down to list all the options for this utility Use the mouse to open the pull down menus Click the mouse on an option title to display the various functions available Options Menus Selectin...

Page 81: ...e is changed to ONL Online Click OK to exit the screen Consistency Check Use this option to check the consistency of data across a system drive logical drive When invoked the screen shows all the syst...

Page 82: ...the physical drives are mapped to system drives Drives are identified by their SCSI channel ID and their SCSI target ID Drive Information Use this option to get information about the drives connected...

Page 83: ...ppears providing information about the drives connected to the selected controller Move the cursor to a dead drive box and click on the left button to make the dead drive a standby drive The controlle...

Page 84: ...System Administration Utility for Windows NT 4 0 3 36 Disk Array Controller Software Kit User s Manual...

Page 85: ...er Release 5 0 4 The software is provided on the appropriate GAM Server distribution CD ROM with a file to create a diskette Mylex Disk Array Controller MDAC Driver for SCO UNIX This chapter assumes t...

Page 86: ...installation processes and when updating a previously installed driver wherever instructed to insert the Software Kit SCO OpenServer Driver diskette 1 Insert a DOS formatted diskette into drive A 2 I...

Page 87: ...n with the tape drive installed and that the configuration has been saved The same is also true when using a CD ROM except the CD ROM needs to be set to SCSI ID 5 Prepare the system to receive the SCO...

Page 88: ...Kit SCO OpenServer Driver diskette into the primary floppy drive and press Enter Note When installing SCO OpenServer 5 0 4 you will be asked if you would like to try a replacement of the existing mda...

Page 89: ...ing DAC960 x 0 cache done Safe to Power Off or Press any Key to Reboot where x is the base model of the controller P E or M 10 This concludes the installation of SCO UNIX and the Mylex Disk Array Cont...

Page 90: ...for System Drive number 20 enter 4 for the target ID and 3 as the LUN shaded areas in Table 5 1 Table 4 1 System Drive Mapping Addresses Note The bus number is always zero Installing Peripheral Devic...

Page 91: ...Mylex Disk Array Controller CD ROM Drivers The driver that provides support for CD ROM devices also gets installed as a part of the standard controller SCO UNIX driver installation It is recommended...

Page 92: ...that the configuration has been saved The same is also true when using a CD ROM except the CD ROM needs to be set to SCSI ID 5 Secondary Controller Installation Procedure The procedure for installing...

Page 93: ...kernel cd etc conf cf d link_unix 9 Reboot the system to invoke the new kernel 10 Run mkdev hd to configure the hard disks system drives on the controller Enter mdac for package name Select the targe...

Page 94: ...ed and will ask you to confirm that you want to replace it Type y for yes There is already a mdac installed Do you want to replace it with the version in madac y n q y 4 Rebuild SCO UNIX kernel cd etc...

Page 95: ...meter for controller driver version 4 x or above Use the sar h command to find the Scatter Gather Buffer utilization and the Out of scatter Gather buffers condition to set the buffer parameters Since...

Page 96: ...instructions below This diskette will be used wherever instructed to insert the GAM Server diskette for SCO UNIX 1 Insert a DOS formatted diskette into drive A 2 Insert the Mylex supplied CD ROM into...

Page 97: ...iskette drive 3 Type the following match case exactly as shown pkgadd d dev rfd0 GAM The files are copied The Kernel is rebuilt 4 A prompt to boot this Kernel by default is shown Do you want this kern...

Page 98: ...IZ File for information on setting drive size limits for consistency across multiple vendors drives If you wish to enable dacmon remove the symbol for example etc dacmon disabled etc dacmon enabled 7...

Page 99: ...shown shutdown y i6 g0 Verifying Correct Server Software Installation In Case of Problems Problem An error is encountered when trying to connect to a server Check Is the IP address of the Server corr...

Page 100: ...mally be run from the UNIX system console It may not work properly if run from any of the SCO windows Installing DACMON The installation of this utility is automatic when you install the Global Array...

Page 101: ...Toolkit Inquire Reports the age of the flash EEPROM the firmware version number the state of the System Drives and other similar information Get Device State Displays the current state of a selected d...

Page 102: ...n This utility can change the state of the disk array system and is for use only by experienced computer technicians and system administrators Improper use of this utility may result in system malfunc...

Page 103: ...are shown in a horizontal bar in the middle of the window Use the arrow keys to highlight any controller and press Enter to select it The rectangle at the upper right corner of the screen will reflec...

Page 104: ...ess the Enter key to start the rebuild process The rebuild is complete when all the dependent System Drives are rebuilt At the end of a successful rebuild operation all System Drives dependent upon th...

Page 105: ...ith a file to create a diskette Installation verification and startup of the Global Array Manager Server software and utilities for UnixWare 2 1 x The software is provided on the appropriate GAM Serve...

Page 106: ...5 3 and Creating a Global Array Manager GAM Diskette for UnixWare on page 5 11 If using a Mylex multifunction controller as a primary controller1 see Installing the Mylex Disk Array Controller as the...

Page 107: ...re mdacuw a Enter where F is the name of the CD ROM drive 4 You will get a message asking if you want the disk to be overwritten to continue Type Y for Yes and press Enter 5 Label this disk as Softwar...

Page 108: ...rray Controller driver for UnixWare is included on the Software Kit UnixWare dak driver diskette which was made from the distribution CD ROM During the installation you will be prompted to either Inst...

Page 109: ...hen insert a second non bootable DOS formatted floppy diskette in the diskette drive and run ptf3256 s exe a Use the two diskettes you ve just created when requested in the procedure below To install...

Page 110: ...ak driver diskette as instructed and continue with the instructions provided in the UnixWare Installation Handbook The controller should be detected automatically during the install process Note If in...

Page 111: ...Reboot the system shutdown i0 g0 y If UnixWare is installed on a Mylex controller the Mylex Disk Array Controller driver for UnixWare is already installed in the system Simply install the new Mylex D...

Page 112: ...ert the patch diskette in the file server s diskette drive 2 Type the following match case exactly as shown pkgadd d diskette1 3 When asked for the package name select the appropriate name from the li...

Page 113: ...d third System Drive of the primary controller specify the diskadd command as shown below assuming the Mylex Disk Array Controller is the first or only disk controller diskadd c0b0t0d1 for the second...

Page 114: ...em shutdown i0 g0 y Changing the Controller Configuration If there is a need to change the IRQ of the controller at any time refer to the UnixWare manual under DCU If a Mylex Disk Array Controller is...

Page 115: ...k1 gamsuw a Enter where F is the name of the CD ROM drive 4 You will get a message asking if you want the disk to be overwritten to continue Type Y for Yes and press Enter 5 Label this disk as GAM Ser...

Page 116: ...ems you will use with this server Modify the pathname and filename in the GAMEVLOG command line if you wish to If you wish to enable RAID Fault Management RAIDBUILD and optionally change its default p...

Page 117: ...as shown shutdown y i6 g0 Uninstalling the Server Software To remove the Global Array Manager Server software complete the following procedure 1 Type the following command match case exactly as shown...

Page 118: ...er Server does not load Check Do you have login rights to the root Check Did all of the server files load to the destination directory Do you have sufficient disk space for the installation If necessa...

Page 119: ...GAM file see Global Array Manager Server Software and Utilities for UnixWare for instructions to run this file This utility allows the system administrator to monitor the Mylex Disk Array Controller s...

Page 120: ...eports the age of the flash EEPROM the firmware version number the state of the System Drives and other similar information Get Device State Displays the current state of a selected device Start Devic...

Page 121: ...he installation of this utility is automatic when you install the Global Array Manager Server software DAC960SH Syntax dac960sh The Shell Utility is a menu driven user friendly environment It contains...

Page 122: ...C is highlighted when the shell first appears The currently selected controller is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen Use the arrow keys to highlight any menu item or press the Enter ke...

Page 123: ...the dependent System Drives are rebuilt At the end of a successful rebuild operation all System Drives dependent upon this SCSI drive are brought back to consistency and the state of the SCSI drive is...

Page 124: ...Shell Utility for UnixWare 5 20 Disk Array Controller Software Kit User s Manual...

Page 125: ...MP Installation Overview The installation of the SNMP agent is accomplished in several phases Installing the agent software on the server Placing a copy of the management information base MIB in a dir...

Page 126: ...get directory Consult the management application s user guide for the correct location Starting the NetWare Agent To start the agent enter the appropriate command from the system console LOAD GAMAGENT...

Page 127: ...e To enable the SNMP agent for UnixWare configure UnixWare for TCP IP and SNMP services Install the SNMP Agent The Global Array Manager Server installation will copy the necessary files for the Mylex...

Page 128: ...Example ip public 192 192 192 100 162 ip test2 192 192 192 200 162 For more information refer to manual entries for snmpd trap and snmpd peers man snmpd peers man snmpd trap SNMP Installation for SCO...

Page 129: ...items a session or community name an IP Address in dot notation and the IP Port Number to which to send the TRAP PDU Example public 192 192 192 100 162 test2 192 192 192 200 162 For more information...

Page 130: ...eviceFailed 11 physicalDeviceDead 12 physicalDeviceFound 13 physicalDeviceGone 14 physicalDeviceUnconfigured 15 physicalDeviceExpandCapacityStarted 16 physicalDeviceExpandCapacityDone 17 physicalDevic...

Page 131: ...led 147 systemDeviceFound 148 systemDeviceGone 149 systemDeviceExpandCapacityStarted 150 systemDeviceExpandCapacityDone 151 systemDeviceExpandCapacityError 152 systemDeviceBadblock 153 systemDeviceSiz...

Page 132: ...aps 384 511 are miscellaneous traps systemStarted 384 writebackError 385 stateChangeTableFull 386 NOT USED 387 adapterDead 388 adapterReset 389 adapterFound 390 adapterGone 391 batteryBackupUnitFound...

Page 133: ...r The maximum number of SCSI channels that can be configured on the controller a2ActualChannels 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 2 1 5 Integer Actual number of SCSI channels present a2MaximumLogicalDrives 1 3 6...

Page 134: ...ller cache a2CacheMemoryType 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 2 1 16 Integer Numerical identification of the controller cache memory type Value Meaning 1 DRAM 2 EDRAM 3 EDO 41 DRAM with parity protection 42 EDR...

Page 135: ...608 1 1 1 2 1 24 Integer Numerical identification of the interrupt mode edge level Value Meaning 1 EDGE 2 LEVEL a2NumberOfPhysicalDevices 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 2 1 25 Integer The number of SCSI devic...

Page 136: ...adCacheHit Percentage 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 2 1 36 Integer The percentage rate of read cache hits for all logical drives a2PhysicalDriveReadRequestsCount 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 2 1 37 Integer The tot...

Page 137: ...ex for any search operations against this object This is a READ ONLY object No SET operations are allowed A GET operation returns information about the object whose MIB ID is in the query A GETNEXT op...

Page 138: ...4 1 1608 1 1 1 3 1 4 Integer The RAID level selected for the logical drive a3WritePolicy 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 3 1 5 Integer Numerical identification of the write policy setting for the logical drive...

Page 139: ...ion returns information about the object at the address a3ControllerNumber a3LogicalDriveNumber specified in the argument A GETNEXT operation returns information about the next object at the smallest...

Page 140: ...1 4 1 4 Integer SCSI logical unit number LUN of the SCSI device a4OperationalState 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 4 1 5 Integer Numerical identification of the physical device state Value Meaning 0 DEAD 2 REB...

Page 141: ...6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 4 1 11 Integer The number of soft errors that occurred a4HardErrorsCount 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 4 1 12 Integer The number of hard errors that occurred a4ParityErrorsCount 1 3 6 1 4...

Page 142: ...tion about the object at the address a4ControllerNumber a4ScsiBusId a4ScsiTargetId specified in the argument A GETNEXT operation returns information about the next object at the smallest address great...

Page 143: ...1 1608 1 1 1 5 1 1 Display String A displayable string that shows the revision level of the SNMP agent a5ManagementSoftwareBuildDate 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 5 1 2 Display String A displayable string t...

Page 144: ...alDriveNumber is defined as 0 0 followed by 0 1 1 0 1 1 and so on Controller numbers start at 0 Logical drive numbers start at 0 Table A 8 Logical Drive Statistics Group Table object Data Type Descrip...

Page 145: ...followed by 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 and so on Controller numbers start at 0 Channel numbers start at 0 Target IDs start at 0 Table A 9 Physical Drive Statistics Group Table object Data Type Desc...

Page 146: ...erical identification of fault management cabinet type Value Meaning 1 CONNER CR6 2 CONNER Smart Cabinet 3 SAFTE a8NumberOfFans 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 8 1 7 Integer The number of fans housed in the ca...

Page 147: ...ddress specified in the argument The lowest address of a device a8ControllerNumber a8ScsiBusId a8CabinetNumber is defined as 0 0 0 followed by 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 and so on Controller number...

Page 148: ...particular controller by its controller number a9ChannelNumber 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 9 1 5 Integer SCSI channel number valid for physical drive events and fault management events a9TargetNumber 1 3 6...

Page 149: ...ect fields signifies that the field is not valid for the event being considered This is a READ ONLY object No SET operations are allowed A GET operation returns information about the object whose MIB...

Page 150: ...ormation Group Table object Data Type Description a10ControllerNumber 1 3 6 1 4 1 1608 1 1 1 10 1 1 Integer References a particular controller by its controller number a10OperationalState 1 3 6 1 4 1...

Page 151: ...er is based on the TCP IP protocol For TCP IP to function properly the protocol stack must be installed and unique IP addresses must be configured on both the GAM Server and the GAM Client The IP addr...

Page 152: ...press Enter 5 Move the status arrow to TCP IP Enabled and press Enter 6 Press the Esc key The system prompts you to save the settings Select YES 7 Press the Esc key until the Internetworking Configura...

Page 153: ...mponents and click the Load Software button Configuring the IP Address 1 After loading the software click the Configure button 2 Enter an IP Address for the network card Be sure to follow the rules th...

Page 154: ...Installing TCP IP Windows NT B 4 Disk Array Controller Software Kit User s Manual...

Page 155: ...le tone as each message is displayed Performing an automatic rebuild which starts a drive rebuild process as soon as a failed drive is replaced Performing background consistency checks specifying the...

Page 156: ...is blank for all other operating systems Note Individual command line parameters will be discussed in a later section The correct background run parameter bk will already be present in the RAIDBLD co...

Page 157: ...m value etc Each parameter must be preceded by a dash Several parameters require a value which directly follows the parameter Parameters and values are separated by a space Table C 1 beginning on the...

Page 158: ...g Example raidbld l c myfile log Log All RAIDBLD Information to a File If you choose you may change the default log file name or remove the l lowercase L parameter to disable logging to a file c Value...

Page 159: ...ue s Default Example Description T Values 0 12 00 A M to 23 11 00 P M Default T 0 Example raidbld T 19 Set Start Time For Background Consistency Check If you wish to run automatic consistency checks u...

Page 160: ...define a display console Deleting a parameter and value if present to turn OFF a particular RAIDBLD function e g Removing r to disable automatic rebuild removing R value to turn off background consist...

Page 161: ...nd or a range of channels and targets to be scanned on a generic SCSI Host Bus Adapter This allows you to direct GAM Server to scan only those channels and targets where External RAID Controllers and...

Page 162: ...ettings simply remove the comment line indicator from the beginning of the GAMCONFG command line Once you have removed the you may wish to change one or more of the command line parameter default sett...

Page 163: ...by a dash Parameters require a value which directly follows the parameter Parameters and values are separated by a white space Table D 1 beginning on the next page displays the following information...

Page 164: ...o not scan channel 0 do not scan channel 1 scan channel 2 gamconfg C 01 scan channel 0 do not scan channel 1 Define Specific ChannelstoScan Defines specific channels that will be scanned on the generi...

Page 165: ...Default T 1111111111111111 Examples gamconfg T 1111111101111111 scan targets 0 through 6 do not scan target 7a scan targets 8 through 15 gamconfg T 00110 do not scan target 0 scan targets 1 and 2 do n...

Page 166: ...or values you wish to change 2 Modify the GAMCONFG command line to specify your options 3 After modifying the command line save the file 4 If the file was edited during GAM Server installation comple...

Page 167: ...If hot spare standby drives are to be used in a configuration to take over for a failed drive the hot spare drive s capacity must be equal to or greater than the capacity of the smallest drive in the...

Page 168: ...n of GAM Server there is an instruction to modify the GAMEVENT and GAMEVLOG command lines in the system startup file to specify the IP addresses of client systems and the path and name of the message...

Page 169: ...nitions can be helpful A summary of the byte definitions is provided in the next section of this appendix MYLEXDRV SIZ Byte Definitions The MYLEXDRV SIZ file contains detailed byte definitions for con...

Page 170: ...ion identifier up to four characters in length Use as a wildcard character Vendor Product Revision These 28 bytes are used to specify the drive vendor particular product ID and revision using the form...

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