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WD ARRAY MANAGEMENT SETUP

CHAPTER 3: INITIAL SETUP - 12

USER MANUAL

Local Agent Log In

Launch Local AMS. The AMS user interface appears:

Figure 13. Log In to Local AMS

1. Right click on the RAID Machine icon

in Tree View. Select

Login

from the popup

menu. The

Login

dialog box appears.

Figure 14. Login Dialog Box

2. In the Login dialog box, type your

Username

and

Password

, and click

OK

.

Initially, administrator is the only user. Use the administrator's password selected during
installation.

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Содержание Array Management Setup

Страница 1: ...WD Array Management Setup User Manual...

Страница 2: ...m its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of WD WD reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice 2005 Western Digital Techn...

Страница 3: ...e a New User 15 Create an Array 16 Setup Alert Notification 18 Specify Alert Notification Events 20 22 Chapter 4 AMS User Interface Tree View 23 Tree View and Component Specific Menus 24 Object View 2...

Страница 4: ...TABLE OF CONTENTS ii 56 Appendix A RAID Concepts RAID 56 58 Appendix B Partition and Format 62 Appendix C Networking Issues IP Address 62 DHCP Issues 63 64 Appendix D WD Service and Support...

Страница 5: ...r but can also run on the PC controlling the RAID Message Agent The Message Agent runs on the PC that controls the RAID called the RAID PC The Message Agent directly monitors the RAID and sends messag...

Страница 6: ...RAID systems Figure 1 LAN and Internet Connections Router Firewall Laptop computer Monitoring Utility A networked PC Monitoring Utility Company LAN Internet Home based PC Monitoring Utility Modem Netw...

Страница 7: ...before But this network has no file server so the AMS Message Server runs on one of the networked PCs AMS Monitoring Utility runs on both networked PCs If this LAN were upgraded with a suitable router...

Страница 8: ...k that will be involved in your RAID monitoring and management activity Installation Locations In the table below are possible locations for each of the three AMS components Table 1 Acceptable AMS Com...

Страница 9: ...al installations are useless Do not install the Message Server on any PC that may be disconnected from the network such as a laptop or a computer that connects via the Internet Not only will a disconn...

Страница 10: ...before you install AMS For AMS to be configured over a network you must know the IP network address of the RAID PC s in your system The Message Server uses IP addresses to communicate with the Message...

Страница 11: ...to run the installer The opening screen appears Figure 5 AMS Setup Opening Screen 7 Click Next or press ENTER to continue Figure 6 The License Agreement 8 When the License Agreement appears click Yes...

Страница 12: ...box make your choice between Complete Recommended and Custom installation Use the Custom installation to change install locations or to deselect individual components 10 Click Next or press Enter to...

Страница 13: ...assword fields When you are done click Next or press Enter to continue Note If you are only installing the Message Server this dialog box does not appear Figure 10 Installation Complete 14 When the In...

Страница 14: ...Menu To Start AMS click on a Desktop icon or go to Start Programs WD Array Management and select Local AMS Use to monitor and manage the WD SATA RAID Controller in your PC Remote AMS Use to monitor W...

Страница 15: ...elements of your RAID system It works like Windows Explorer with hierarchical menus You can expand individual items to see their components Object View Displays icons representing the devices below th...

Страница 16: ...13 Log In to Local AMS 1 Right click on the RAID Machine icon in Tree View Select Login from the popup menu The Login dialog box appears Figure 14 Login Dialog Box 2 In the Login dialog box type your...

Страница 17: ...r 1 Right click on the My Console icon and Select New Server from the popup menu Click the New Server icon in the Toolbar A RAID Server icon appears Figure 16 RAID System Configuration Box 2 Click on...

Страница 18: ...RAID Machine icon in Tree View Select Login from the popup menu The Login dialog box appears Figure 18 Login Dialog Box 5 In the Login dialog box type your Username and Password and click OK Initiall...

Страница 19: ...lbar Figure 19 User Configuration Box 2 Right click on the User icon to display the User Information View The User Information View displays a request for new user identification and access rights Eve...

Страница 20: ...er of hard drives available The table below lists the RAID levels available with WD SATA RAID Controller and the number of drives required See Appendix A RAID Concepts for a more detailed description...

Страница 21: ...ripe block size The size selected affects how the WD SATA RAID Controller sends and receives data blocks to and from the drives In general a larger block size is better when handling large data transf...

Страница 22: ...he RAID Machine icon Information for the RAID PC appears in Information View 2 Be sure the Enable NT system event log checkbox is checked 3 To reduce the volume of repeated messages check the Anti SAM...

Страница 23: ...is address if it is valid 12 Click the Change button to update your configuration Add User to Recipient List After you have setup email alert notification you must specify who shall receive the alerts...

Страница 24: ...to use 1 Click on the RAID System icon whose alert notification events you wish to modify The Event Alert Setting box appears in Information View 2 The Event Alert Setting box has dropdown menus to h...

Страница 25: ...rted Disk Time Out Array Auto Rebuild Started Array Critical Array Rebuild Resumed Controller Delete Array Array Rebuild Completed Array Rebuild Aborted Array Synchronization Started Array Rebuild Pau...

Страница 26: ...CE 22 USER MANUAL Chapter 4 AMS User Interface This chapter describes AMS s Graphic User Interface GUI AMS adds a graphic user interface to make RAID management functions easier to understand and perf...

Страница 27: ...e 22 An example of a Local AMS RAID system in Tree View Remote AMS Remote AMS adds a RAID Server icon to connect with the Message Server PC to monitor arrays over a network Figure 23 An example of a R...

Страница 28: ...the component you are working with The menu bar and popup menus for Tree View items are identical Object View Object View is visible whenever the Tree View is visible The items appearing in Object Vi...

Страница 29: ...strator shown below Figure 27 AMS Status Bar Normally the Status Bar is visible To show or hide the Status Bar go to the View menu and check or uncheck Status Bar Pulldown Menus The left most Pulldown...

Страница 30: ...ne menu appears Its functions include Login Logout Screen refresh Exit AMS RAID System Menu The RAID System menu appears with the RAID System icon is selected Its functions include Screen refresh Exit...

Страница 31: ...e Server Connect to a RAID Server Disconnect from a RAID server Preference Menu The Preference menu is always the same It allows you to start AMS automatically when your PC boots Check to enable or un...

Страница 32: ...the RAID Server Disconnect Available when you select a Message Server icon Disconnects from the RAID Server Used when you want to shut down a RAID server for repair Delete User Available when you sel...

Страница 33: ...icon represents the WD SATA RAID Controller There are two commands for this item Refresh the screen Disk Icon Controller Icon Right click on the Controller icon to access the following commands Read...

Страница 34: ...this array Delete this array Pause synchronization rebuild Continue synchronization rebuild Refresh the screen Rename the Array User Management Icon Right click on the User Management icon to access...

Страница 35: ...AMS Local AMS User Management Alert Notification Controller Arrays Remote AMS Create a RAID Server Remote AMS works over your network Therefore it requires additional steps the first time you log on...

Страница 36: ...etworked RAID PCs Login to RAID PC 1 Right click on the RAID Machine icon in Tree View Select Login from the popup menu The Login dialog box appears Figure 32 Login Dialog Box 2 In the Login dialog bo...

Страница 37: ...om the popup menu Future Connections to RAID Server The RAID Server remains under the My Console icon until deleted It continues to work as long as the IP address is correct To make a connection with...

Страница 38: ...ete from the popup menu 2 Click OK in the confirmation dialog box 3 Right click on the My Console icon and Select New Server from the popup menu Click the New Server icon in the Toolbar A RAID Server...

Страница 39: ...pears Figure 36 Log in to Local AMS 1 Right click on the RAID Machine icon in Tree View Select Login from the popup menu The Login dialog box appears Figure 37 Login dialog box 2 In the Login dialog b...

Страница 40: ...e User Management icon and click the Add User button on the Toolbar Figure 38 User Configuration Box 2 Right click on the User icon to display the User Information View The User Information View displ...

Страница 41: ...pective fields Check all the appropriate boxes to set access rights Click the Submit button when you are done The new user s name appears on Tree View Change Password Every User can change his her own...

Страница 42: ...heck or uncheck Rights options as desired above 4 Click the Submit button when you are done Delete a User 1 In the Tree View right click on the User icon of the User you wish to delete and select Dele...

Страница 43: ...of repeated messages check the Anti SAMS checkbox and set an acceptable time interval in hours 4 Click on the Email alert on error box if it is not already checked 5 In the SMTP server field type in...

Страница 44: ...dd User to Recipient List After you have set up email alert notification you must specify who shall receive the alerts 1 Click on the RAID Machine icon to which you wish to add an email alert message...

Страница 45: ...which method to use 1 Click on the RAID System icon whose alert notification events you wish to modify The Event Alert Setting box appears in Information View 2 The Event Alert Setting box has dropdo...

Страница 46: ...y Rebuild Started Disk Time Out Array Auto Rebuild Started Array Critical Array Rebuild Resumed Controller Delete Array Array Rebuild Completed Array Rebuild Aborted Array Synchronization Started Arra...

Страница 47: ...ctive boxes to enable these features SMART Check SMART an acronym for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a feature of the disk drive software It monitors the internal performance of...

Страница 48: ...finished sooner but read write requests are handled slower A Low setting assigns most of the system resources to handling read write requests Read write requests are handled at nearly normal speed wh...

Страница 49: ...solving problems on your system To see the Event Log right click on the Controller icon in Tree View and select Read Events from the popup menu In the Event Viewer you can view the events make a perma...

Страница 50: ...ck on the Array View icon and select New Array from the popup menu A Create Array icon appears 3 Select the Create Array icon and go to the Create Array Settings in Information View Figure 20 Array Cr...

Страница 51: ...dary check the box 5 Click the Create button when you are done The new array appears in Tree View 6 Restart your computer The next step is to partition and format the new array using the RAID PC s Ope...

Страница 52: ...Rebuild Sync Rate is irrelevant to the Hot Spare Drive feature 3 Click Submit Array Functional When your array is first created it will display Functional status If you have enabled Scheduled Synchron...

Страница 53: ...on the Array Critical icon to expand it 3 Observe and compare the disk drives currently displayed with those originally assigned to the Array In the example above there are two disk drives attached to...

Страница 54: ...r first action is to identify which disk drive has failed 1 Click on the Disk View icon to expand it 2 Click on the Array View icon to expand it 3 Look for the drive that was part of this Array but is...

Страница 55: ...rocess begins automatically when you replace the faulty disk drive The array recognizes the new or spare drive and begins the process a few moments later If your array has a Hot Spare drive the rebuil...

Страница 56: ...ve must be rebuilt to restore the array To initiate an array Rebuild manually 1 In Tree View select the Array View iconof the array you want to rebuild 2 In Information View click on the Start button...

Страница 57: ...rk means the beeper is enabled Disable Hot Spare Auto Rebuild Disables automatic rebuilding using a hot spare drive or a newly installed replacement drive With this option checked you must initiate re...

Страница 58: ...on Schedule a time for synchronization when the RAID is least busy reading and writing data The early morning hours are often a convenient time To enable scheduled synchronization 1 In Tree View selec...

Страница 59: ...ailable for use but it may run noticeably slower If the popup messages are enabled one will notify you when the Synchronization is successfully completed The array will return to Functional status Sto...

Страница 60: ...ion depends on which WD product you have and the number of disk drives available The table below lists the RAID Levels obtainable with the WD SATA RAID Controller Table 4 RAID Levels available on the...

Страница 61: ...the data written on one disk and copies it to another making a mirror or exact copy This arrangement does not have a significant performance advantage If one disk fails there is no data loss There is...

Страница 62: ...ice Driver Installation under the Installation section for instructions The instructions here are for data arrays only Figure 40 Right click on the My Computer icon 1 From the desktop right click on t...

Страница 63: ...ct any disks to Convert Click the Finish button to Initialize the array Figure 42 Initialized array ready for partition and format 5 Right click on the Unallocated portion of Disk 1 and select New Par...

Страница 64: ...oose Format this partition with the following settings File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label Enter your choice of name Do not check Perform a quick format or Enable file and folde...

Страница 65: ...DIX B PARTITION AND FORMAT 61 USER MANUAL When formatting is complete your array will appear as a hard drive in the Disk Management window above and the My Computer window below Figure 45 The newly fo...

Страница 66: ...Utility on the network PCs To find the IP network address 1 Go to Start Programs Accessories Command Prompt 2 Type ipconfig all and press Enter The Windows IP Configuration displays below Figure 46 U...

Страница 67: ...P address to a computer as it logs onto the network The IP address will remain the same until the computer logs off or disconnects for any reason such as a power failure When the computer logs on agai...

Страница 68: ...vices Obtain warranty information warranty status product replacement RMA status and shipping and packaging information Downloads Library Download installation software and drivers Technical Informati...

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