Chapter 10 - Operating the BlackPearl System
Monitor the BlackPearl System
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The Visual Status Beacon on the front bezel, and the BlackPearl user interface, combine to
provide a number of tools for monitoring the health and performance of the BlackPearl
system and its components.
• The Visual Status Beacon light bar in the front bezel changes color to indicate the current
status of the system (see
Front Bezel Visual Status Beacon on page 302
).
• System messages provide important information about the BlackPearl system and its
operation (see
Check System Messages on page 305
for more information).
• Icons on the Hardware screen provide overall status of the hardware components in each
group (see
View the Status of Hardware Components on page 306
for more information).
Clicking the text next to each icon displays detailed status information for the
components in the group.
• You can also use the BlackPearl user interface to do the following:
• View the status of services (see
View the Status of Services on page 308
).
• View the status of the database and cache (see
View the Status of the System Pools on
).
• View performance metrics for the drives, CPUs, cache, and network (see
Performance Metrics on page 320
).
• View the current network configuration settings (see
).
• View the status of any Spectra S3 jobs running on the system (see
).
• View the status of media in the associated tape library (see
).
• Reboot or shutdown the system (see
Reboot or Shut Down a BlackPearl System on
).
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