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Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices

Monitoring Controllers

When Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager is running, you can see the status of

all controllers in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager

window. If the controller is operating normally, the controller icon looks like

this:

. If the controller has failed, a small red circle appears to the right of

the icon. (See

Physical/Logical View Panel

for a complete list of device icons.)

To display complete controller Information, click a controller icon in the left

panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window and click the

Properties

tab in the right panel. The Properties tab lists information such as

Product Name, Serial No., SubVendor ID, Host Port Count, and task rates.

Controller properties are defined in the Glossary.

Monitoring Disk Drives

When Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager is running, you can see the status of

all physical disk drives in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage

Manager window. If the disk drive is operating normally, its icon looks like

this:

. If the disk drive has failed, a small red circle appears to the right of

the icon, like this

. (See

Physical/Logical View Panel

for a complete list

of device icons.)

To display complete disk drive information, click a disk drive icon in the left

panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window and click the

Properties

tab in the right panel. The Properties tab lists information such as

vendor name, device ID, drive size, and physical drive state. All disk drive

properties are defined in the Glossary.

To display a graphical view of a disk drive, click on a drive icon in the left

panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager and click the

Graphical View

tab. In Graphical View, the drive’s storage capacity is color coded according to

the legend shown on the screen: configured space is blue, available space is

white, and reserved space is red. When you select a virtual disk from the drop-

down menu, the disk space used by that virtual disk is displayed in green.

Section	Page
User’s Guide	1
Introduction	7
Creating Storage Configurations	7
Monitoring Storage Devices	7
Maintaining Storage Configurations	8
Comparison of Supported Features	8
Installation	11
Installing Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager on Microsoft Windows	11
Installing Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager on Linux	12
Linux Installation Error Messages	12
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Windows and Menus	15
Starting Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager	15
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Window	16
Physical/Logical View Panel	16
Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel	17
Event Log Panel	18
Menu Bar	18
Configuration	21
Creating a New Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller	21
Creating a RAID 0 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller	22
Creating a RAID 1 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller	23
Creating a New Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller	24
Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters	25
Using Auto Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller	26
Using Guided Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller	28
Using Manual Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 6)	30
Using Manual Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller (RAID 10)	32
Adding Hotspare Disks	34
Using the Replace Member Feature and Revertible Hot Spares	35
Changing Adjustable Task Rates	36
Changing Virtual Disk Properties	37
Changing a Virtual Disk Configuration	38
Adding a Disk Drive to a Configuration on a PERC 5/i Controller or on a PERC 6/i Controller	39
Changing the RAID Level of a Configuration on a PERC 5/i Controller or on a PERC 6/i Controller	40
Deleting a Virtual Disk	40
Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk	41
Clearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller	41
Adding a Saved Storage Configuration	42
Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices	43
Monitoring System Events	43
Monitoring Controllers	44
Monitoring Disk Drives	44
Running a Patrol Read	45
Monitoring Virtual Disks	46
Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes	47
Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations	49
Initializing Virtual Disks	49
Running a Consistency Check	50
Scheduling a Consistency Check	50
Scanning for New Drives	51
Scanning for Foreign Configurations	51
Clearing a Foreign Configuration	52
Rebuilding a Drive	52
Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell SAS 5/iR System or on a Dell SAS 6/iR System	53
Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell PERC 5/i System or on a Dell PERC 6/i System	54
Making a Drive Offline or Missing	55
Preserving Pinned Cache	55
Upgrading the Firmware	57
Troubleshooting	59
Pinned Cache State	59
Windows Installation Error Messages	60
Linux Installation Error Messages	60
Other Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Messages	61

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