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Chapter 4: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager

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Revealing More Device Information

You can reveal more information about disk drives and logical drives by using the View
buttons (circled below) to change what information displays.

Note:

Not all views are available for all components.

Default View
(Text View)

Click the arrows to expand list
and reveal basic information.

Click this button to see the size capacities of your disk
drives. Disk drives or segments of disk drives that are
included in logical devices are shaded brown.

Click this button to see the size capacities of your disk drives
relative to each other.

If your controller is connected to an enclosure, click this
button to see all the disk drives in the enclosure.
Note: Not all enclosures are supported by Adaptec Storage
Manager. Unsupported enclosures do not appear in
Enclosure View.

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Содержание Storage Manager

Страница 1: ...User s Guide For Direct Attached Storage Adaptec Storage Manager ...

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Страница 6: ...age Manager Agent 14 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager 15 System Requirements 17 Controller Support 17 2 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Installing on Windows 19 Installing on Red Hat SuSE or Fedora Linux 20 Installing on Debian or Ubuntu Linux 20 Installing on UnixWare or OpenServer 21 Installing on Solaris 22 Installing on FreeBSD 22 Installing on VMware 23 Using Adaptec...

Страница 7: ... Getting Help 51 Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager 52 Uninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager 52 5 Protecting Your Data Creating and Managing Hot Spares 55 Enabling Copyback 58 6 Modifying Your Direct Attached Storage Understanding Logical Drives 60 Creating and Modifying Logical Drives 61 Fine tuning Logical Drives 64 Optimizing Logical Drive Performance 67 Verifying Logical Drives 68 Increasin...

Страница 8: ...tivity 107 Notifying Users by Email About Status and Activity 112 Notifying Users by SNMP Trap About Status and Activity 117 Notifying All Users About Status and Activity 118 Changing an Operating System s Event Log Setting 119 Logging Statistics for Remote Analysis 120 10 Updating and Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Updating Adaptec Storage Manager 126 Adding Enhanced Features 126 Setting Pre...

Страница 9: ... 5 Logical Drives 158 RAID 5EE Logical Drives 159 RAID 50 Logical Drives 160 RAID 6 Logical Drives 161 RAID 60 Logical Drives 161 C Quick Answers to Common Questions How do I 163 What s the difference between 165 What options are on the Actions menu 165 What tasks can be scheduled to run at a specified time 168 D Buttons and Icons At a Glance Enterprise View Icons 170 Icons in the Physical Devices...

Страница 10: ...tall and use Adaptec Storage Manager to build and manage Adaptec direct attached storage a RAID controller and disk drives which reside inside or are directly attached to the computer accessing them similar to the basic configurations shown in these figures Server with Adaptec by PMC RAID controller and disk drives System running Adaptec Storage Manager System running Adaptec Storage Manager Serve...

Страница 11: ...Local Area Network LAN and SAN technology and be familiar with the input output I O technology such as Serial ATA SATA or Serial Attached SCSI SAS that you are using on your network Note Because this User s Guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products some of the features and functions described may not be available for your controller or enclosure Terminology Used in this Guide Because this User s...

Страница 12: ...Getting Started In this part Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager 13 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 18 Building Your Storage Space 26 Part I ...

Страница 13: ...About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent 14 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager 15 System Requirements 17 Controller Support 17 This chapter describes Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent explains the concept of a storage space and provides a checklist of getting started tasks ...

Страница 14: ...installed on a system the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent is also installed automatically The Agent is like a service that keeps your storage space running It s designed to run in the background without user intervention and its job is to monitor and manage system health event notifications tasks schedules and other on going processes on that system It sends notices when tasks are completed successf...

Страница 15: ...ur business On the first server segments of space from each disk drive have been used to build two RAID 5 logical drives A second server connected to two 12 disk drive enclosures has been added The additional storage space has been used to create two RAID 50 logical drives The Administrator of this storage space can create and modify logical drives and monitor both controllers disk drives and encl...

Страница 16: ...dministrator can create and modify logical drives and monitor all the controllers enclosures and disk drives in the storage space from the local system see page 27 RAID 50 RAID 60 RAID 5 RAID 5 Server running Adaptec Storage Manager Agent System running Adaptec Storage Manager Network SAN Connection RAID 5EE RAID 5EE RAI 5E Storage enclosures with disk drives installed Storage enclosures with disk...

Страница 17: ... bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Server 2003 R2 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Vista Windows 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 0 5 5 32 bit and 64 bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32 bit and 64 bit FreeBSD 8 7 x Debian Linux 5 32 bit and 64 bit Ubuntu Linux 10 32 bit and 64 bit Fedora Linux 11 12 32 bit and 64 bit SCO OpenSer...

Страница 18: ...e Manager with a Firewall 23 Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the DVD 23 Adaptec Storage Manager must be installed on every system that will be part of your storage space This chapter describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on different operating systems and explains how to use Adaptec Storage Manager with a firewall Note To use Adaptec Storage Manager to configure a RAID controller b...

Страница 19: ...installation To uninstall Adaptec Storage Manager use the Add Remove Programs option in your Windows Control Panel Note Advanced users only To perform a silent installation follow the instructions in Appendix A To install Adaptec Storage Manager on a Windows system 1 Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD The Installation DVD Main Menu opens 2 Select Install Adaptec Storage Manager Th...

Страница 20: ...r Installation DVD Red Hat mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom SuSE mount dev cdrom media cdrom Fedora mount dev hdc mnt cdrom 3 Change to the manager directory Red Hat Fedora cd mnt cdrom ASMCD linux manager SuSE cd media cdrom ASMCD linux manager 4 Extract the RPM package and install it rpm install StorMan rpm 5 Unmount the RAID Controller Installation DVD Red Hat Fedora umount mnt cdrom SuSE umount media...

Страница 21: ...ystem you must remove it before beginning this installation Any customization files you created with the previous version are saved and used in the upgrade To remove Adaptec Storage Manager type the pkgrm RaidMan command To install Adaptec Storage Manager on UnixWare or OpenServer 1 Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD 2 Mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD mount r F c...

Страница 22: ...86 manager StorMan pkg 3 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation 4 Eject or unmount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD Refer to your operating system documentation for detailed instructions Installing on FreeBSD To install Adaptec Storage Manager on FreeBSD 1 Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD 2 Mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD mo...

Страница 23: ...connect remotely from another system you must open a range of ports in the built in firewall using this command esxcfg firewall o 34570 34581 tcp in StorMan For more information see Logging into Remote Systems from the Local System on page 33 5 From a Windows or Linux client connect to the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent on the VMware ESX Server using the ASM GUI Alternatively use the ARCCONF comman...

Страница 24: ... complete when you re building your storage space with Adaptec Storage Manager in bootable CD mode DInstall your Adaptec by PMC RAID controller DRun Adaptec Storage Manager see the following section DCreate logical drives see page 35 For an introduction to the Adaptec Storage Manager window and its features see page 44 DInstall your operating system and controller device drivers if appropriate DIn...

Страница 25: ...Chapter 2 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 25 Adaptec Storage Manager opens 5 In the tool bar click Create The Configuration wizard opens 6 Continue with Creating Logical Drives on page 35 ...

Страница 26: ...cal System 33 Creating Logical Drives 35 Managing Your Storage Space 42 Follow the instructions in this chapter to start Adaptec Storage Manager log in to each system in your storage space and create logical drives For more information see Understanding Logical Drives on page 60 Note Before beginning the tasks in this chapter ensure that Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on every system that wi...

Страница 27: ...e direct attached storage on all systems in your storage space The management system can be any system on your LAN that has a monitor and can run the full Adaptec Storage Manager application Local or Remote Whenever you re working in Adaptec Storage Manager the system that you re working on is the local system All other systems in your storage space are remote systems Local and remote are relative...

Страница 28: ...ber of the local Administrators group which can in a Domain configuration include Domain Administrators Linux Enter root for the user name and enter the root password UnixWare or OpenServer Enter root for the user name and enter the root password Solaris Enter root for the user name and enter the root password User Level Logging in as a User partially restricts your access to the storage space as ...

Страница 29: ...rt menu select Programs Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager The main window opens 2 In the Enterprise View expand Direct Attached Storage then select the local system The Log In window opens 3 Enter your LAN user name and password then click Connect See Understanding Permission Levels on page 28 for more information 4 If Adaptec Storage Manager detects a new controller on the local sys...

Страница 30: ... Change to the directory where Adaptec Storage Manager is installed cd opt RaidMan 2 Launch the Adaptec Storage Manager script sh RaidMan sh 3 If prompted register the controllers on the local system 4 Continue with Enabling Statistics Logging in Adaptec Storage Manager on page 31 Solaris To start Adaptec Storage Manager 1 Change to the directory where Adaptec Storage Manager is installed cd usr S...

Страница 31: ...ormation Click Yes to enable statistics logging If you change your mind you can turn off statistics logging later The Advanced Statistics Manager window opens and you are prompted to enter your proxy server settings Enter your proxy server name and port number if your network uses a proxy server then click Send Call Home test message A message appears indicating either that the test message was se...

Страница 32: ...tec Storage Manager application follow the instructions in Starting and Logging In on the Local System on page 28 Starting the Agent Only To start the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent only follow the instructions for your operating system For Windows see the following section For Linux or VMware see page 32 For UnixWare or OpenServer see page 33 For Solaris see page 33 Windows On systems running Wind...

Страница 33: ... next step is to log in to the remote systems from the local system Once you have logged in to a remote system it automatically appears in the Enterprise View each time you start Adaptec Storage Manager on the local system You can work with a remote system s controllers disk drives and logical drives as if they were part of your local system Note Adaptec Storage Manager has a wizard to help you ma...

Страница 34: ...ue with Creating Logical Drives on page 35 Removing a Remote System If you no longer want to monitor a remote system you can remove it from the Enterprise View of Adaptec Storage Manager Removing a remote system does not take it off line Note Adaptec Storage Manager has a wizard to help you manage the remote systems in your storage space The wizard simplifies the process of a removing remote syste...

Страница 35: ...rning if you try to create a logical drive using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives Express Configuration The Easy Way When you use express configuration Adaptec Storage Manager automatically creates logical drives by grouping together same sized physical disk drives and assigns RAID levels based on the number of physical disk drives in a logical drive A logical drive with three or more phy...

Страница 36: ...o exclude specific disk drives specify a size for the logical drives or to make other changes to the configuration click Modify logical devices See Step 7 on page 39 for more information Note Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives Before you save the configuration verify that the size of the logical drive is appropriate for your operating system ...

Страница 37: ... you create appear as physical disk drives on your operating system You must partition and format these logical drives before you can use them to store data Note Logical drives that have not been partitioned and formatted cannot be used to store data Refer to your operating system documentation for more information Including More Systems in Your Storage Space Note Adaptec Storage Manager must be i...

Страница 38: ...your storage space manually by stepping you through the process of creating logical drives setting RAID levels and configuring other settings To build your storage space with custom configuration 1 In the Enterprise View select the system you want then select the controller you want Note how many available disk drives are connected to the controller this information will be helpful as you create l...

Страница 39: ...of the window enter a name for the logical drive Names can include any combination of letters and numbers but cannot include spaces 7 On the right side of the window select the disk drives you want to use in the logical drive Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number of disk drives Note Adaptec recommends that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same logical ...

Страница 40: ...e Available disk drives are represented by light blue icons A plus sign appears to indicate that the selected disk drive will be a hot spare To remove a hot spare designation from a disk drive Ctrl click it See Creating and Managing Hot Spares on page 55 for more information 9 Optional To set a smaller logical drive size or modify other settings for this logical drive click Advanced Settings then ...

Страница 41: ... be created To make changes click Back Note Some operating systems have size limitations for logical drives Before continuing verify that the size of the logical drive is appropriate for your operating system For more information refer to your operating system documentation 13 Click Apply then click Yes Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive s indicated by a magnifying glass moving acros...

Страница 42: ...e as required 16 Partition and format your logical drives See page 37 for more information 17 When you ve finished building your storage space continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 42 Managing Your Storage Space Once your storage space is built you can add systems controllers and disk drives to meet your changing needs then create logical drives by repeating the steps in this chapter T...

Страница 43: ...ying Your Direct Attached Storage 59 Scheduling Recurring or Resource Intensive Jobs 81 Maintaining Physical Devices 87 Monitoring Status and Activity 103 Updating and Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager 125 Solving Problems 136 Monitoring and Modifying Your Storage Space Part II ...

Страница 44: ...g More Device Information 50 Checking System Status from the Main Window 51 Getting Help 51 Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager 52 Uninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager 52 Before you build your storage space familiarize yourself with the main features of Adaptec Storage Manager and learn to navigate to the information you need ...

Страница 45: ...which type of component is selected in the main window For instance managed systems disk drives and hot spares each have specialized Actions menus For an overview of all Actions menu options see What options are on the Actions menu on page 165 Overview of the Main Window The main window of Adaptec Storage Manager has three main panels left right and bottom in addition to the other features shown i...

Страница 46: ...e logged in to from the local system See Local or Remote on page 27 for more information Expand a system in the Enterprise View to the see its controllers When you select a component in the Enterprise View the controllers disk drives or logical drives devices associated with it appear in the right hand panel of the window as shown in these figures You can perform most tasks by selecting a controll...

Страница 47: ...isk drive to see its status connector ID number and maximum speed You can also click the arrow shown at right to see this same information See Revealing More Device Information on page 50 to change how disk drives are represented To view the logical drives associated with a particular disk drive see The Logical Devices View on page 48 Icon Description System with direct attached storage controller...

Страница 48: ...atus and size You can also click the arrow shown at right to view this same information for all the logical drives at once Icon Description Ready disk drive not part of any logical drive Disk drive with some space allocated to a logical drive and some space available Disk drive with no free space Failed disk drive Healthy global or dedicated hot spare protecting at least one logical drive See Crea...

Страница 49: ...logical drive it belongs to A disk drive shaded in light blue is not part of any logical drive What do the icons in the Logical Devices View mean Five disk drives plus one hot spare comprise the selected RAID 6 logical drive Icon Description Logical drive Logical drive with healthy hot spare Logical drive being initialized Logical drive being modified Logical drive being rebuilt after disk drive f...

Страница 50: ...to expand list and reveal basic information Click this button to see the size capacities of your disk drives Disk drives or segments of disk drives that are included in logical devices are shaded brown Click this button to see the size capacities of your disk drives relative to each other If your controller is connected to an enclosure click this button to see all the disk drives in the enclosure ...

Страница 51: ...d power module status is displayed by status icons in the Physical Device view as shown in the next figure These status icons change color to indicate status see page 106 For more information see Monitoring Status and Activity on page 103 Note By default all Warning and Error level events activate an audible alarm See Testing and Silencing System and Enclosure Alarms on page 95 for more informatio...

Страница 52: ...ninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager To uninstall Adaptec Storage Manager follow the instructions for your operating system Uninstalling From Windows Systems To uninstall Adaptec Storage Manager from a Windows system use the Add or Remove Programs tool in the Control Panel All Adaptec Storage Manager components are uninstalled Uninstalling From Linux Systems To uninstall Adaptec Storage Manager fro...

Страница 53: ...Uninstalling From FreeBSD Systems To uninstall Adaptec Storage Manager from a FreeBSD system type this command pkg_delete Storman x x x x86 or pkg_delete Storman x x x amd64 where x x x is the package version Adaptec Storage Manager is uninstalled Uninstalling From VMware Systems To uninstall Adaptec Storage Manager from a VMware system type this command rpm erase StorMan Adaptec Storage Manager i...

Страница 54: ...andard RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50 and enhanced RAID 1E RAID 5EE RAID 6 RAID 60 RAID levels controllers with the Adaptec Advanced Data Protection Suite include additional methods of protecting the data on your storage space This chapter describes how to use hot spares and copyback to protect your stored data ...

Страница 55: ...gnate a global hot spare see page 55 A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives and will only protect those logical drives A dedicated hot spare that has been assigned to protect more than one logical drive is called a pool spare You must create the logical drive before you can assign a dedicated hot spare To assign a dedicated hot spare or pool hot spare see page 56 ...

Страница 56: ...lected disk drive indicating that it s designated as a dedicated hot spare A yellow plus sign indicates an error See What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean on page 56 for help solving the problem 4 To use the same dedicated hot spare to protect another logical drive create a pool hot spare repeat Step 2 and Step 3 What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean Icon Explanation Action Healthy global or dedicated hot s...

Страница 57: ...the menu bar select Actions then click Delete dedicated hot spare drive or click Remove dedicated hot spare drive from then select the logical drive you want in this example Device 1 The hot spare is deleted or removed and the disk drive becomes available for other uses in your storage space Deleting a Global Hot Spare You can delete a global hot spare You may want to do this to Make disk drive sp...

Страница 58: ...ng a hot spare see page 138 data from the failed drive is transferred to the hot spare When copyback is enabled data is moved back to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced Once the data is copied back the hot spare becomes available again To enable or disable copyback in the Enterprise View right click the controller then click Enable or Disable ...

Страница 59: ...the Capacity of a Logical Drive 70 Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive 71 Deleting a Logical Drive 72 Creating a RAID Volume 72 Creating a JBOD Disk 74 Maintaining an Energy Efficient Storage Space 76 Configuring the MaxIQ Cache 79 This chapter explains how to create and modify logical drives optimize logical drive performance and use Adaptec Storage Manager s power management features to m...

Страница 60: ...gical drive a disk drive with two segments is part of two logical drives and so on A segment can be part of only one logical drive When a logical drive is deleted the segments that comprised it revert to available space or free segments A logical drive can include redundancy depending on the RAID level assigned to it See Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 153 for more information Once a logical...

Страница 61: ...ally sets the size of a new logical drive to maximize the capacity of the disk drives that it comprises However you can choose to set the size for a new logical drive You may want to do this to maximize your available disk drive space or allocate available space to more than one logical drive To set the size of a logical drive 1 Complete Steps 1 through 7 in Custom Configuration Advanced on page 3...

Страница 62: ...ctions in Building Your Storage Space on page 26 When the logical drive is created it appears similar to the example in the next figure where a RAID 5 logical drive includes two disk drives of one size and two of another the disk drive icons indicate that the two larger disk drives still have available space The Full Size Capacity View of the same RAID 5 logical drive shows that the larger disk dr...

Страница 63: ... drives In this example two free segments of larger disk drives are combined with smaller disk drives to create a RAID 5 logical drive 3 Click Next 4 Review the logical drive settings 5 Click Apply then click Yes Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive The configuration is saved in the Adaptec controller and in the physical drives Stopping the Creation of a Logical Drive To stop the creat...

Страница 64: ...sers and storage spaces Only advanced users should change the settings described in this section To fine tune a logical drive 1 Open the list of Advanced settings If you are creating a new logical drive follow the instructions in Step 7 on page 39 If you are modifying an existing logical drive a In the Enterprise View click the controller associated with the logical drive b In the Logical Devices ...

Страница 65: ... protection module Enabled is the default setting Note RAID 10 50 and 60 only All logical drives within a RAID 10 50 60 logical drive must have the same write cache setting either all write through or all write back To quickly change the write cache setting 1 Click the logical drive you want 2 In the menu bar select Actions click Configure write cache then select Enabled or Disabled as required Th...

Страница 66: ... to fastest method Build slowest For RAID 1 logical drives data is copied from the primary drive to the mirror drive for RAID 5 logical drives parity is computed and written Build is the default setting for most logical drives see Quick method below Adaptec Storage Manager performs build initializations in the background you can use the logical drive immediately Clear Every block in the logical dr...

Страница 67: ...tem Note You must reboot the system before the performance mode setting takes effect Performance Mode Performance Criteria Best Performance Dynamic default Automatically adjusts criteria based on controller usage RAID level and disk drive type Online Transaction Process OLTP Database a system that facilitates and manages transaction oriented applications such as data entry and retrieval applicatio...

Страница 68: ...aptec Storage Manager continually and automatically checks your logical drives once they re in use To see if your controller supports background consistency check right click the controller in the Enterprise View then click Properties To enable or disable background consistency check or to set the checking period see page 69 Note If your controller doesn t support background consistency check Adap...

Страница 69: ...he controller 3 In the Logical Devices View click the logical drive 4 In the menu bar select Actions then click Verify 5 To begin the verification immediately click Yes To schedule the verification for later click Schedule set the date and time then click Apply You can also set the verification to recur For more information on scheduling tasks see page 82 Note Don t power off the system while the ...

Страница 70: ... The maximum size of a logical drive varies by controller Refer to your controller s documentation for more information The expanded logical drive must have a capacity that s greater than or equal to the original logical drive To increase the capacity of a logical drive 1 In the Enterprise View click the controller associated with the logical drive 2 In the Logical Devices View click the logical d...

Страница 71: ...logical drive to use the newly added space Refer to your operating system instructions for more information Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive As your requirements change you can change the RAID level of your logical drives to suit your needs You may want to do this to add redundancy to protect your data or improve data availability for speedier access to your data See Selecting the Best R...

Страница 72: ...cal drive is appropriate for your operating system 9 To update your logical drive immediately click Apply then click Yes To schedule the changes for later click Schedule set the date and time then click Apply For more information see page 82 Deleting a Logical Drive Caution When you delete a logical drive you lose all data stored on that logical drive To delete a logical drive Ensure that you no l...

Страница 73: ...e 2 On the toolbar click Create 3 When the configuration wizard opens select Custom configuration then click Next 4 Click Advanced settings select RAID Volume then click Next 5 In the Logical Devices panel select the logical drives you want to use in the RAID Volume Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number of logical drives 6 Modify the Advanced Settings if required See Fin...

Страница 74: ...to the operating system Is not redundant Comprises all available disk space Is not bootable that is you cannot boot the operating system from a JBOD To create a JBOD disk 1 In the Physical Devices View click a Ready disk drive 2 In the menu bar select Actions then click Create JBOD disk Adaptec Storage Manager creates the JBOD disk Creating multiple JBOD Disks in the Wizard To make it easier to cr...

Страница 75: ...ptec Storage Manager creates the JBOD disks Converting a JBOD Disk to a Simple Volume You can convert a JBOD disk to a simple volume Unlike a JBOD a simple volume is a true logical device It comprises a single physical disk and is not redundant To convert a JBOD to a simple volume 1 In the Physical Devices View select a JBOD disk 2 In the menu bar select Actions then click Create simple volume Ada...

Страница 76: ...e You can configure power management for an individual logical drive or for all logical drives on a controller To configure power management for a logical drive see the following section To configure power management for a controller see page 77 To disable power management on a logical drive see page 78 To show devices under power management see page 79 Note Power management is not available on al...

Страница 77: ...off The default is Never Verify drives after Period of inactivity from 1 hour to 24 hours after which an inactive drive a drive that s already powered down is restarted and checked to verify its health Once the check is completed the drive is powered down and returns to its inactive state The default is Never 4 Click OK Configuring Power Management for a Controller The power management options for...

Страница 78: ...e 76 6 Click OK To set the spin up limits for disk drives 1 In the Enterprise View select a controller 2 In the menu bar select Actions click Power settings then click Set spinup limits The Adapter drive spinup limits window opens 3 Enter the maximum number of internal disk drives that the controller may spin up at the same time 4 Enter the maximum number of external disk drives drives in an enclo...

Страница 79: ...on the menu bar then click Show Power Management again Configuring the MaxIQ Cache The MaxIQ cache is a global read cache pool It uses the Solid State Drives SSDs in your system as fast cache memory for read intensive operations You can configure the MaxIQ cache only if you have one or more MaxIQ compatible Solid State Drives installed on the RAID controllers in your system Note For MaxIQ caching ...

Страница 80: ...che To remove an SSD from the cache select one or more SSDs from the MaxIQ Cache Pool list then click Cache The icon changes to indicate that the SSD is Ready 3 Select the MaxIQ cache fetch rate from the drop down list Low Medium High The default is Medium 4 Click Apply The Configure MaxIQ cache pool window closes and the cache configuration is saved To enable disable the MaxIQ cache for a logical...

Страница 81: ... 85 Deleting a Task 85 Disabling the Task Manager 85 Adaptec Storage Manager allows you to schedule some types of jobs or tasks to complete at convenient times Additionally you can schedule some tasks to recur at preset times A Task Manager utility helps you manage the tasks you schedule This chapter describes how to schedule monitor and manage tasks ...

Страница 82: ...o recur at preset times You can schedule these Adaptec Storage Manager tasks Expanding a logical drive Changing a logical drive s RAID level Modifying the stripe size of a logical drive Verifying a logical drive Verifying and fixing a logical drive To schedule one of these tasks 1 Complete each step of the task until you are prompted to click Apply Don t click Apply 2 Click Schedule The schedule w...

Страница 83: ...ed to the Task List For more information about the Task Manager see the following section Opening the Task Manager You can use the Task Manager to monitor and modify the tasks you have scheduled To schedule a task see page 82 Tasks are associated with systems When you open the Task Manager you see the scheduled tasks associated with that local or remote system only To open the Task Manager in the ...

Страница 84: ...operties window In the menu bar click View task for additional detail about any task in the Task List Checking Past Tasks and Events in the Event Log The Event Log displays detailed information about the Task Manager itself such as when scheduled events were modified deleted or completed successfully By default task events are listed in the order they occurred with the most recent event first To m...

Страница 85: ...normal conditions resume if the interruption lasts no longer than 30 minutes past the scheduled start time If a task misses its start time it must be rescheduled For instructions see Modifying a Task If a recurring task misses its start time it is automatically rescheduled to run at the next scheduled interval Deleting a Task If a scheduled task is no longer required you can delete it from the Tas...

Страница 86: ...daptec Storage Manager Scheduled tasks in the Task List will not run while the Task Manager is disabled Re enabling the Task Manager To re enable the Task Manager repeat the steps in Disabling the Task Manager on page 85 selecting Enable Task Scheduler during Step 2 Scheduled tasks that have missed their start times must be rescheduled if you want them to run See Modifying a Task on page 85 for in...

Страница 87: ...tializing and Erasing Disk Drives 89 Working with Solid State Drives 91 Working with Controllers 92 Testing and Silencing System and Enclosure Alarms 95 Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware 98 Updating the Disk Drive Firmware 99 This chapter describes how to manage the controllers disk drives solid state drives and enclosures in your storage space ...

Страница 88: ...ontroller doesn t support the blink function the Blink option won t appear in the menu The LEDs on the disk drives or enclosures begin to flash 2 Click OK to stop blinking the component To Blink Right click The disk drive Disk Drive icon All disk drives connected to that controller Controller icon in the Enterprise View or in the Physical Devices View The enclosure Enclosure Management Device icon...

Страница 89: ...ems see Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure on page 138 Setting a Disk Drive to Failed Before you can remove a disk drive you should set it to a failed state to protect your data Caution You may lose data or damage your disk drive if you remove a disk drive without first setting it to a failed state You can set a disk drive to a failed state if The disk drive is not part of a logical drive or The...

Страница 90: ...ve The initialization begins To initialize all ready disk drives on a controller 1 In the Enterprise View click the controller whose disk drives you want to initialize 2 In the menu bar select Actions then click Initialize all ready drives 3 Click Yes to initialize the disk drives The initialization begins Clearing Disk Drives You can use Adaptec Storage Manager to erase all existing data on any d...

Страница 91: ...ache on page 79 and Logging Statistics for Remote Analysis on page 120 For a list of MaxIQ compatible Solid State Drives see www adaptec com compatibility To view the SMART statistics for a SSD select the drive in the Physical Devices View click the Properties button then select the Smart tab To view wear level and longevity indicators for the SSD select the Status tab What do the SMART statistics...

Страница 92: ...oller the New Hardware Detected window opens and prompts you to register it To stay informed about Adaptec products and special offers register your controllers by clicking Register Now in the New Hardware Detected window Follow the on screen instructions to complete the registration Testing a Controller Alarm Note Not all controllers have alarms Refer to your controller s documentation for more i...

Страница 93: ...troller To disable a controller s alarm 1 In the Enterprise View select the controller you want 2 In the menu bar click Actions select Alarm Actions then click Disable shown in the figure in Step 3 on page 93 The alarm is disabled for that system Rescanning a Controller After you connect a disk drive to or remove a Ready non failed disk drive from a controller Adaptec Storage Manager may not recog...

Страница 94: ...terprise View then select Change default task priority Note This setting applies to new tasks It does not affect currently running tasks Enabling Native Command Queuing on a Controller Native Command Queuing or NCQ lets SATA disk drives arrange commands into the most efficient order for optimum performance To enable or disable NCQ for the drives on a controller 1 In the Enterprise view select a co...

Страница 95: ...or system alarms see the next section For enclosure alarms see page 97 Working with System Alarms Warning or Error level events see page 105 on a system trigger an audible alarm a series of beeps which sound every five minutes until the event is resolved The alarm is enabled by default but can be disabled on any system if required You can also change the frequency and duration of the alarm Note A ...

Страница 96: ...lved You can change the frequency of the alarm if required To change alarm settings on a system 1 In the Enterprise View select the system 2 In the tool bar click Configure point to the system then click General Settings The Adaptec Storage Manager Agent General Settings window opens for the system you selected The alarm settings are circled in the next figure Note You can access other utilities i...

Страница 97: ...ure Alarm If an enclosure has an alarm follow these instructions to ensure that the alarm is working 1 Ensure that the speakers on your local system aren t muted 2 In the Enterprise View select the controller that s connected to the enclosure you want 3 In the Physical Devices View right click the enclosure icon shown at right of the enclosure that you want 4 Select Alarm actions then click Test a...

Страница 98: ... firmware for the controllers in your storage space The ROM Update wizard updates the BIOS and firmware for all controllers of the same type on local and remote systems You can update one type of controller at a time Before You Begin Before you begin download the latest firmware images from the Adaptec Web site at www adaptec com Image files typically come in sets of two or more and have a ufi fil...

Страница 99: ...lick Yes to begin the update Caution Do not power down the controller s during the update 8 When the update is complete click OK Then restart the server s to activate the new firmware images Updating the Disk Drive Firmware Note This task is recommended for advanced users only Adaptec Storage Manager provides a wizard to help you update the firmware for the disk drives in your storage space The wi...

Страница 100: ...he image file name and extension vary by manufacturer Updating the Disk Drive Firmware To update the disk drive firmware 1 In the Enterprise View right click Direct Attached Storage then click Update drive firmware images The Drive Firmware Update wizard opens 2 Click Next 3 Click Add to browse to the firmware image file you downloaded select the file then click Open ...

Страница 101: ...ext Note For SATA drives the packet size must be a multiple of 512 5 Select the disk drives you want to update then click Next Note For SAS drives with Mode 6 support select Save Later to use the new firmware once during the current session and to revert to the previous firmware the next time the drive is started 6 Review the update summary then click Apply ...

Страница 102: ...er 8 Maintaining Physical Devices 102 7 When prompted click Yes to begin the update Caution Do not power down the controller or remove the disk drives during the update 8 When the update is complete click OK ...

Страница 103: ...and Activity 107 Notifying Users by Email About Status and Activity 112 Notifying Users by SNMP Trap About Status and Activity 117 Notifying All Users About Status and Activity 118 Changing an Operating System s Event Log Setting 119 Logging Statistics for Remote Analysis 120 This chapter describes how Adaptec Storage Manager helps you monitor your storage space ...

Страница 104: ...are Statistics Logging You can set Adaptec Storage Manager to collect I O and usage statistics for the RAID controllers in your system and periodically call home to send the data to Adaptec or other contacts for analysis See page 120 Properties Button You can check the status of any component in your storage space by using the Properties button See Viewing Component Properties on page 88 Audible A...

Страница 105: ...e Identifying a Failed or Failing Component on page 137 for more information Note All Warning and Error level events also cause the audible alarm to sound See page 106 for more information Clearing the Event Log To clear all event logs belonging to all controllers in a selected system 1 In the Enterprise View click on the system you want 2 On the menu bar select Actions then select Clear logs on a...

Страница 106: ... below Note If your enclosure does not have an enclosure management device the status icons appear but do not indicate status Icon Status Examples Enclosure Fans Normal Fans are working properly Warning A fan has failed Error Multiple fans have failed Enclosure Temperature Normal Enclosure temperature is normal Warning Enclosure temperature is higher than normal Error Enclosure is overheating Encl...

Страница 107: ...fications are not sent to all systems in your storage space In the Notifications Manager you can specify which systems will send and receive logged notifications then you can add or delete systems as your storage space grows and changes Follow the instructions in this section to Set up logged notifications see the next section Send a test notification see page 109 Modify a system s information or ...

Страница 108: ...r features in this window such as the Task Manager see Scheduling Recurring or Resource Intensive Jobs on page 81 by clicking their tabs 4 In the tool bar click Add system The Add System window opens 5 Enter the host name or TCP IP address of another system in your storage space that will receive event notifications generated by the local system If you are not using the default port number 34571 e...

Страница 109: ...vent 1 In the Enterprise View select the system you want 2 On the tool bar click Configure point to the system then click Notifications The Notifications Manager opens 3 In the Notifications list click on the system you want to send a test event to Note You can only send a test event to one system at a time 4 On the menu bar select Actions then click Send test event The test event is sent A messag...

Страница 110: ...em be sure you enter the updated information on all affected systems To modify system information 1 In the Enterprise View select the system you want 2 On the tool bar click Configure point to the system then click Notifications The Notifications Manager opens 3 Select the system you want to modify 4 In the System Properties window enter the new information or select a new notification level in th...

Страница 111: ...The Notifications tab shown at right shows the red disabled icon Re enabling Logged Notifications To re enable logged notifications repeat steps 1 and 3 in Disabling Logged Notifications selecting Enable Notifications during Step 3 Clearing the Notifications Manager Log The bottom panel of the Notifications Manager displays status information and messages about the Notification Manager itself such...

Страница 112: ...t people Alternatively you can specify that you want events coalesced and receive only one email message for each event type Follow the instructions in this section to Set up email notifications see page 112 Send a test email see page 114 Modify a recipient s information or remove a recipient see page 115 Modify email settings see page 115 Disable email notifications see page 116 Setting Up Email ...

Страница 113: ...ault port Then enter the From address to appear in email notifications If an email recipient will be replying to email notifications be sure that the From address belongs to a system that is actively monitored If authentication is enabled on your SMTP server that is the server requires authentication details before it will send messages to users select Use Secure Mail Server then enter the SMTP se...

Страница 114: ...ipient window The email recipients you added appear in the Email Notifications Manager 8 Repeat the steps in this section for each system you want to monitor with email notifications 9 Close the Email Notifications Manager then continue by sending test messages to all recipients as described in the next section Sending a Test Message To ensure that an email recipient is receiving event notificatio...

Страница 115: ...r stop sending email notifications to a recipient from a selected system To modify a recipient s information 1 In the Enterprise View select the system you want 2 In the Adaptec Storage Manager tool bar click Configure point to the system then click Email Notifications The Email Notifications Manager opens 3 Select the recipient you want then click Modify email recipient Change the information as ...

Страница 116: ... The Email Notifications Manager opens 3 On the menu bar click Actions then click Disable Email Notifications Email notifications are disabled The Email Notifications tab shown at right shows the red disabled icon Re enabling Email Notifications To re enable email notifications repeat Steps 1 and 2 in Disabling Email Notifications selecting Enable Notifications during Step 2 Clearing the Email Not...

Страница 117: ...gement Protocol SNMP traps in your storage space such as disk drive failures and logical drive verifications One system typically the system where the GUI is installed can receive SNMP trap notifications To configure SNMP support on Windows see the next section Linux see page 118 Setting Up SNMP Notifications on Windows Note Be sure your Windows installation includes SNMP support Some older versio...

Страница 118: ...out Status and Activity You can set Adaptec Storage Manager to send status alerts about a specified system to all users who are logged into your storage space You might want to do this if your storage space isn t managed by a dedicated person or if that particular system is off site or not connected to a monitor Event alerts signal everyone working on the storage space that a system requires techn...

Страница 119: ...ating system event logging To change or disable operating system event logging on a system 1 In the Enterprise View select the system 2 In the tool bar click Configure point to the system then click General Settings The Adaptec Storage Manager Agent General Settings window opens for the system you selected Note You can access other utilities in this window such as the Task Manager see Scheduling R...

Страница 120: ...e For more information see Creating a Call Home Support Archive on page 124 and Creating a Support Archive File on page 142 Follow the instructions in this section to Set up the statistics logging frequency reporting interval and contact information see next section Configure proxy server settings see page 122 Send a test message see page 122 Disable Enable call home messages see page 123 Clear th...

Страница 121: ...eld select Adaptec and or Others If you select Others enter the datacenter URL in the text box 6 Adjust the Days to keep statistics logs slider The default is 1 day 7 Enter the storage location for the statistics logs or use the default location Click Browse to select a location in your file system 8 To send customer contact information along with the statistics logs click Send customer contact th...

Страница 122: ...nu bar select Actions then click Call Home connection settings The Call Home connection settings window opens 4 Enter your HTTP proxy server name and port number 5 Click OK Sending a Test Message To ensure that your contacts are receiving logged statistics you can send a test message 1 In the Enterprise View select the system you want 2 On the tool bar click Configure point to the system then clic...

Страница 123: ...ions then click Disable Advanced Statistics Call home messages are disabled The Advanced Statistics tab shown at right shows the red disabled icon Re Enabling Call Home Messages To re enable call home messages repeat steps 1 and 2 in Disabling Call Home Messages selecting Enable Advanced Statistics during Step 3 Clearing the Advanced Statistics Manager Event Log The bottom panel of the Advanced St...

Страница 124: ...select Actions then click Save call home support archive 3 Enter a name for the archive file or accept the default name then click Save Viewing Statistics Use the Statistics Viewer to view IO and usage statistics for the controllers hard drives SSDs and logical drives in your system including MaxIQ cache statistics Click on the component in the main window of Adaptec Storage Manager select Actions...

Страница 125: ...torage Manager 126 Adding Enhanced Features 126 Setting Preferences and Changing Views 126 Managing Remote Systems 128 Working with Display Groups 132 This chapter explains how to customize Adaptec Storage Manager as your requirements change and update it as new versions become available ...

Страница 126: ...o the Adaptec Web site at www adaptec com Locked features features which are unavailable without a key have a padlock icon beside them as shown in the figure at right If you select a locked feature you are reminded that a key is required to unlock it To purchase a feature key also known as a software license key contact your Adaptec Reseller or refer to the Adaptec Web site at www adaptec com To u...

Страница 127: ...ort systems in the Enterprise View alphabetically or chronologically By default systems are listed in alphabetical order To reorganize the Enterprise View 1 In the menu bar of the main window select File then click Preferences The User Preferences window opens 2 Click the Display options tab 3 Change the System tree sorting or System tree orientation setting as required then click OK Note The loca...

Страница 128: ...ol bar and status bar from the main Adaptec Storage Manager window to save space on screen You can also choose to turn off the Tool Tips that automatically appear when you place your cursor over on screen items To change the appearance of the main window in the menu bar select View The options in the View menu are toggle switches which means they can be selected and deselected by clicking them Man...

Страница 129: ...iscovered systems to the Enterprise View without logging in To add or remove remote systems in the wizard 1 In the Enterprise View select Direct Attached Storage 2 From the Actions menu select Manage Remote Systems The wizard opens 3 Select the discovered systems you want to add to the Enterprise View then click Add Click Add All to select all discovered systems To remove a system from the Enterpr...

Страница 130: ... click Apply 5 If you removed systems that you no longer want to manage the Removing systems window opens To continue receiving events from these systems select Continue to receive events from remote system s from the drop down list otherwise select Do not continue to receive events from remote system s Then click OK ...

Страница 131: ...hout logging in select Add all selected systems to managed system view without logging in Choosing this option causes all other options to be grayed out 7 Click Connect The wizard closes and the selected systems are added to the Enterprise View Note Adaptec Storage Manager adds all selected systems to the Enterprise view even if login fails on some systems For those systems try logging in again wi...

Страница 132: ...you change the port you must restart the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent for the change to take effect In the Auto discovery heartbeat interval field enter the number of seconds between each auto discovery check This number determines how often Adaptec Storage Manager checks for changes in remote system resources The default is 360 seconds In the SLP Directory Agent address field enter the TCP IP ad...

Страница 133: ...ay Groups You can organize related local and remote systems into display groups to make managing your storage space easier and more effective Systems in a display group appear together in the Enterprise View under the group name To create a display group 1 In the Enterprise View right click on a system that you want to add to a display group select Change display group then click New group 2 Enter...

Страница 134: ...ay Group Status To quickly view the status of systems within a display group you can open the display group Properties window In the Enterprise View right click on the display group then click Properties The Properties window opens for that display group summarizing the status of the systems that belong to that group Moving a System from One Display Group to Another To move a system from one displ...

Страница 135: ... the Enterprise View right click the system you want to remove 2 Select Change display group then click None The system is removed from the display group Note Systems that are not part of display groups are listed at the top of the Enterprise View above any display groups Deleting a Display Group If required you can delete a display group When you delete the display group the systems that belonged...

Страница 136: ...ifying a Failed or Failing Component 137 Stopping the Creation of a New Logical Drive 138 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 138 Rebuilding Logical Drives 141 Solving Notification Problems 142 Creating a Support Archive File 142 Understanding Error and Warning Messages 143 ...

Страница 137: ... manage See page 33 for more information Check all cable connections Try uninstalling and reinstalling Adaptec Storage Manager Identifying a Failed or Failing Component When your are notified of a Warning or Error level event use Adaptec Storage Manager s rapid fault isolation feature to quickly identify the source of the problem For instance in this example a disk drive has failed To find the fai...

Страница 138: ...If there is a disk drive failure in more than one logical drive simultaneously see page 139 If it is a RAID 0 logical drive see page 139 If multiple disk drives fail within the same logical drive see page 140 If you want to force a logical drive with multiple drive failures back online see page 141 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare When a logical drive is protected by a hot spare if a dis...

Страница 139: ...e failed disk drive must be removed and replaced before the logical drive can be rebuilt If the controller fails to rebuild the logical drive check that the cables disk drives and controllers are properly installed and connected Then if necessary follow the instructions in Rebuilding Logical Drives on page 141 Failure in Multiple Logical Drives Simultaneously If there s a disk drive failure in mor...

Страница 140: ... surest way to recover your data is to restore the failed logical drive from backup To recreate the logical drive after multiple drive failures 1 Start the logical drive wizard select Custom then click Next 2 Choose the same RAID level as the original logical drive then click Next 3 Select the same set of disk drives as the original logical drive 4 Ensure that all Advanced settings are the same as...

Страница 141: ...verify that drive status has returned to Optimal Note If the operation fails follow the on screen prompts to try the Advanced options for forcing the logical drive online Only expert users should try the Advanced options Removing a Failed Disk Drive s Icon Note You can only complete this task on disk drives that are not included in any logical drive When a disk drive fails it may still appear in A...

Страница 142: ... is correct See Modifying a Recipient s Information or Removing a Recipient on page 115 to modify the address 2 Ensure that your SMTP server address is correct See Modifying Email Settings on page 115 to modify the address 3 Try sending the test message again Creating a Support Archive File Your Adaptec Storage Manager service representative might ask you to create a configuration and status infor...

Страница 143: ...Message Text AbortTask Could not stop the specified currently running task AccessControl Could not write the logical drive access control list AddToDiskSet Could not add drives to the specified diskset AgentRemoved Could not remove the specified Agent ArrayInUse Could not delete the specified array One or more initiators are logged into a logical drive s contained within this array ArraysInUse Cou...

Страница 144: ...rt the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent to establish communication with the local system ControllerRescan Could not rescan for the specified controller ControllerRestart Could not restart the specified controller ControllerShutDown Could not shut down the specified controller CreateDiskSet Could not create the diskset CreateLDError There was an error creating specified logical drive CreateSimpleVolum...

Страница 145: ...r DDDUnknownDriveInCluster Failed drive Unknown disk drive in cluster DDDUnknownSASError Failed drive Unknown SAS error DDDUserAcceptedInitChange Failed drive User accepted DDDUserMarked Failed drive User marked failed DDDUserMarkedFailed Failed drive User marked failed DeleteArray Could not delete the specified array DeleteArrays Could not delete all of the specified arrays DeleteDiskSet Could no...

Страница 146: ... name at specified port number FailedToReadNOT Failed to read the notification list file FailedToReadSEC Failed to read the user accounts file FailIncompatible Failed to connect to the specified host name due to incompatible software versions FailOver Could not fail from the active device to the passive device FailoverDiskSet Could not move diskset HostList Could not write the host initiator list ...

Страница 147: ...ChannelInitiatorId Could not set the specified SCSI initiator ID SetContDiskCachePolicy Could not change the specified global drive cache policy SetHostId Could not set the specified controller name SetITNexusLossTime Could not change I_T nexus loss time SetMergeGroup Could not set the specified merge group number SetPartnerId Could not set the specified partner controller name SetSpareSet Could n...

Страница 148: ...oller UserAccounts Could not write the target user account list VerifyArray Could not start the array verify VerifyFixHardDrive Verify with fix failed to start VerifyHardDrive Verify failed to start VolumeInUse Could not delete the specified logical drive One or more initiators are logged into the logical drive Error Error Message Text ...

Страница 149: ...In this part Completing a Silent Windows Installation 150 Selecting the Best RAID Level 153 Quick Answers to Common Questions 162 Buttons and Icons At a Glance 169 Appendices Part III ...

Страница 150: ...ws installation of Adaptec Storage Manager instead of following the installation instructions provided in Installing on Windows on page 19 A silent installation uses command line parameters to complete an installation without messages or user interaction Note If a previous version of Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on your system you must remove it before beginning this installation Use the A...

Страница 151: ...e Properties and Values on page 152 Separate properties with spaces separate feature names for the ADDLOCAL property with commas see examples on page 152 Note Synchronous Installation To install Adaptec Storage Manager so that the exe file does not close until the installation is complete add the w parameter to the exe file and run the application with the start WAIT command as shown in this examp...

Страница 152: ...age Manager Note If you do not explicitly set the installation path the default path is C Program Files Adaptec Adaptec Storage Manager ADDLOCAL Required Note Use commas to separate multiple values ALL Installs all of the following features If you specify ALL do not also specify any of the following values Agent Installs the Adaptec Storage Manager Direct Attached Storage Agent If this feature is ...

Страница 153: ...ves 160 RAID 6 Logical Drives 161 RAID 60 Logical Drives 161 When you create logical drives in Adaptec Storage Manager you can assign a RAID level to protect your data Each RAID level offers a unique combination of performance and redundancy RAID levels also vary by the number of disk drives they support This chapter provides a comparison of all the RAID levels supported by Adaptec Storage Manager...

Страница 154: ...rive Segments A drive segment is a disk drive or portion of a disk drive that is used to create a logical drive A disk drive can include both RAID segments segments that are part of a logical drive and available segments Each segment can be part of only one logical drive at a time If a disk drive is not part of any logical drive the entire disk is an available segment RAID Level Redundancy Disk Dr...

Страница 155: ...des improved I O performance Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For instance a logical drive with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can create a RAID 0 drive segment of 250 GB for a total of 1000 GB for the volume as shown in this figure Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 Disk Drive 4 250 GB 250 GB 400 GB 400 GB Drive Segme...

Страница 156: ...d Logical Drives A RAID 1 Enhanced RAID 1E logical drive also referred to as a striped mirror is similar to a RAID 1 logical drive except that data is both mirrored and striped and more disk drives can be included A RAID 1E logical drive can be built from three or more disk drives In this figure the large bold numbers represent the striped data and the smaller non bold numbers represent the mirror...

Страница 157: ...est disk drive in the logical drive For instance a logical drive with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can create two mirrored drive segments of 250 GB for a total of 500 GB for the logical drive as shown in this figure Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 Disk Drive 4 250 GB 250 GB 400 GB 400 GB Drive Segment Size Smallest Disk Drive Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 Disk Drive 4 Disk ...

Страница 158: ... is striped evenly across the disk drives with the stored data Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For instance a logical drive with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can contain 750 GB of stored data and 250 GB of parity data as shown in this figure Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 Disk Drive 4 250 GB 250 GB 400 GB 400 GB...

Страница 159: ...s the speed at which the logical drive is rebuilt following a disk drive failure A RAID 5EE logical drive protects your data and increases read and write speeds However capacity is reduced by two disk drives worth of space which is for parity data and spare data In this example S represents the distributed spare P represents the distributed parity data Disk Drive 1 Disk Drive 2 Disk Drive 3 Disk D...

Страница 160: ...e is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the logical drive For example three 250 GB disk drives and three 400 GB disk drives comprise two equal sized RAID 5 logical drives with 500 GB of stored data and 250 GB of parity data The RAID 50 logical drive can therefore contain 1000 GB 2 x 500 GB of stored data and 500 GB of parity data In this example P represents the distributed parity d...

Страница 161: ...isk drives Maximum stripe size depends on the number of disk drives in the logical drive RAID 60 Logical Drives Similar to a RAID 50 logical drive see page 160 a RAID 60 logical drive also referred to as dual drive failure protection is built from at least eight disk drives configured as two or more RAID 6 logical drives and stripes stored data and two sets of parity data across all disk drives in...

Страница 162: ...at options are on the Actions menu 165 What tasks can be scheduled to run at a specified time 168 This chapter provides quick references to frequently requested information about basic tasks functions and concepts in Adaptec Storage Manager Note For troubleshooting tips see Solving Problems on page 136 ...

Страница 163: ...osure does not have an enclosure management device the status icons appear but do not indicate status on page 106 Add a new user to Adaptec Storage Manager Any user with a valid network user name and password can log into Adaptec Storage Manager See Starting and Logging In on the Local System on page 28 and Understanding Permission Levels on page 28 Add a remote system Click the Add button shown a...

Страница 164: ...utton won t appear on tasks that can t be scheduled See Scheduling a Task on page 82 Find the Task Manager In the tool bar click Configure point to the system you want then click Tasks See Scheduling a Task on page 82 Find the Notification Manager In the tool bar click Configure point to the system you want then click Notifications See Setting up Logged Notifications on page 107 Find the Email Not...

Страница 165: ...lerts Event notifications also called logged notifications are messages about events on one system that are sent to the event log of another system in your storage space See page 107 Email notifications are email messages about events on a system in your storage space that are sent to specified users See page 112 Event alerts are pop up messages or console messages about all types of events on a s...

Страница 166: ...t Actions to view these options Disk drives In the Physical Devices View click on a disk drive In the menu bar select Actions to view these options Enclosures In the Physical Devices View click on an enclosure management device In the menu bar select Actions to view these options Then select Alarm actions to view these options ...

Страница 167: ...ick Direct Attached Storage In the menu bar select Actions to view these options The Notification Manager In the tool bar click Configure point to the system you want then click Notifications In the menu bar select Actions to view these options The Email Notification Manager In the tool bar click Configure point to the system you want then click Email Notifications In the menu bar select Actions t...

Страница 168: ... Advanced Statistics In the menu bar select Actions to view these options What tasks can be scheduled to run at a specified time You can schedule any of these tasks to run at a specified time Changing a logical drive from one RAID level to another see page 71 Expanding the size of a logical drive see page 70 Modifying a logical drives settings see page 64 Verifying a logical drive see page 69 or v...

Страница 169: ...ces View 170 Icons in the Logical Devices View 171 Buttons in the Main Window 172 Buttons in the Notification Manager 172 Buttons in the Email Notification Manager 173 Buttons in the Task Manager 173 This chapter provides quick references to the icons and buttons that appear in Adaptec Storage Manager ...

Страница 170: ...with error see page 56 for more information Hot spare being built into logical drive after disk drive failure Hot spare built into logical drive after disk drive failure JBOD disk Ready Solid State Drive SSD not part of any logical drive or MaxIQ pool Solid State Drive assigned to MaxIQ pool Controller Enclosure Management Device Locked upgrade feature that can be activated with a feature key see ...

Страница 171: ...con Description Logical drive Logical drive with healthy hot spare Logical drive being initialized Logical drive being modified Logical drive being rebuilt after disk drive failure Array with available space Array with no available space Locked upgrade feature that can be activated with a feature key see page 126 for more information ...

Страница 172: ...see the size capacities of your disk drives page 50 see the size capacities of your disk drives relative to each other page 50 create a global hot spare page 55 create a logical drive page 26 delete a logical drive page 72 configure MaxIQ cache pool page 79 expand and collapse additional information about disk drives and logical drives page 50 access logical drive specific functions such as deleti...

Страница 173: ...otifications generated by the Email Notification Manager page 112 update a recipient s email address or notification level page 115 remove a recipient from the Email Notification List page 115 Button Click to More on view the details of a scheduled task page 84 reschedule a task or change the description of the task in the Task List page 85 delete a task that is no longer required page 85 ...

Страница 174: ...tripe entry is made in the Bad Stripe Table which becomes part of the array and logical drive configuration background consistency check A controller function that continually and automatically verifies your logical drives once they re in use bootable CD mode A way of running Adaptec Storage Manager where the application is not installed but is run directly from a CD C cache A temporary fast stora...

Страница 175: ... segment dual drive failure protection Another name for a RAID 6 or RAID 60 logical drive E Email Notification Manager A utility within Adaptec Storage Manager that emails event messages to selected recipients See also email notifications Notification Manager email notifications Event messages about remote systems that are emailed to selected recipients event Activity on your storage space such as...

Страница 176: ...operational and all data written to the array is protected The array can become Optimal by running a Verify with Fix task initialize Prepare a disk drive for reading and writing I O Input Output Data entering into or being extracted from a system L LAN Local Area Network A network of interconnected workstations sharing the resources of a single server typically within the area of a small office bu...

Страница 177: ...e or other device R RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks For more information on RAID and all supported RAID levels see Selecting the Best RAID Level on page 153 rapid fault isolation The trail of yellow or red warning icons that leads from the high level system view to the failed or failing component rebuild Re create a logical drive after a disk drive failure recurring task A scheduled task...

Страница 178: ...ize Amount of data written to one partition before the controller moves to the next partition in a stripe set striped mirror A RAID 1 Enhanced or RAID 1E logical drive See page 156 striping A method of enhancing performance by spreading data evenly over multiple disk drives Provides no data protection T Task Manager A utility in Adaptec Storage Manager that allows you to schedule a specific activi...

Страница 179: ...ves 90 Log in 52 Log out 52 logical drive level options 167 Notification Manager options 167 overview 45 165 to 168 Remove dedicated hot spare drive 57 Rescan 93 Save printable configuration 94 Save support archive 142 Send test event 109 Send test message 115 Set drive state to failed 89 SMTP server settings 116 system level options 165 Task Manager options 168 Update controller images 98 Update ...

Страница 180: ...bling 97 enabling 97 silencing 96 testing 95 testing controller level 92 enclosure level 97 system level 95 archive file 142 audible alarm See alarm auto discovery 128 automatic verification 68 B background consistency check 68 69 background verification 68 blinking components 88 boards See controllers bootable CD mode 23 to 25 defined 23 24 broadcasting event alerts 118 Build initialize method 66...

Страница 181: ...t spare 138 without hot spare 139 identifying 88 initializing 90 properties 88 relative capacity 50 replacing in logical drives 89 segments in logical drives 63 text descriptions 50 viewing logical drives 49 viewing status 47 within logical drives 39 display groups 133 creating 133 deleting 135 moving systems 134 removing systems 135 renaming display groups 135 system status 134 distributed spare ...

Страница 182: ... hot spares 55 creating 40 deleting 57 glossary 174 Guest permissions 28 H hard disk hard disk drive hard drive See disk drive HBAs See controllers help 51 hot spares 47 48 55 to 57 creating 40 55 creating dedicated 56 creating pool 56 dedicated defined 55 deleting 57 distributed spare drives 159 global defined 55 limitations 55 removing 57 I icons 47 48 49 170 to 171 enclosure status icons 106 En...

Страница 183: ... enabling background consistency check 69 expanding 70 extending partitions 71 fine tuning 64 to 66 forcing online 141 formatting 37 increasing capacity 70 initialize method 66 initialize priority 66 manual verification 68 maximum size 70 mirrored data 156 non redundant 155 options for creating 35 parity 158 partitioning 37 properties 88 RAID 1 156 RAID 10 157 RAID 1E 156 RAID 5 158 RAID 50 160 RA...

Страница 184: ...ifying systems 110 re enabling 111 removing systems 110 test events 109 notification types logged notifications 107 Notifications Manager 107 options 104 status icons 105 tasks 84 N Native Command Queuing 94 NCQ 94 non redundant logical drives 155 Notification Manager Actions menu 167 buttons 172 notification types email notifications 112 notifications 107 to 119 event alerts 118 Notifications Man...

Страница 185: ...cheduled task status 84 scheduling tasks 82 rescheduling 85 supported tasks 82 changing RAID level 72 expanding logical drives 71 modifying logical drives 65 verifying 69 verifying with fix 68 See also tasks Secure erase 90 segments 60 154 Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART 91 silencing alarm controller level 93 enclosure level 97 system level 96 simple volumes 75 size limitat...

Страница 186: ...eting 85 event status 84 missed start times 85 modifying 85 monitoring 84 recurring 82 scheduling 82 status 84 supported tasks 168 Tasks tab 83 TCP IP port number default 107 Technical Support Identification TSID number 3 temperature status icon 106 terminology 11 test events email notifications 114 failed 115 logged notifications 109 failed 110 testing alarm controller level 92 enclosure level 97...

Страница 187: ...ion 50 VMWare installing Adaptec Storage Manager 22 23 W Windows installing Adaptec Storage Manager 19 silent installation 150 SNMP support 117 starting the Agent 32 uninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager 52 write cache 65 write back 65 write through 65 ...

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