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USER'S GUIDE ADAPTEC CI/O MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
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R Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 © 1999 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec, and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Printed in Singapore STOCK NO.: 512061-00, Rev. B MO 2/99
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w w w w Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide R
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Adaptec, the Adaptec logo, AHA, CI/O, ARO, and AAA trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Windows, Windows 95/98 and Windows . Adaptec Technical Support and Services If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec product, check this user's guide first
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CI/O Management Software on Windows NT Server or Workstation 3 Stopping CI/O Array Management Service 4.00 9 Modifying Automatic Start of the Services 10 Uninstalling the Adaptec CI/O Management Software in Windows 11 Installing Adaptec CI/O Management Software on a Networked Windows 95/98 or NT
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Reconnecting to a Server 3-6 Deleting a Server SCSI Device Information Viewing SCSI Devices 4-2 Viewing the SCSI Information Dialog Box 4-4 Viewing SCSI Adapter and Array Controller Information 4-6 Viewing SCSI Channel Information 4-8 Rescanning the SCSI
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Contents Viewing SCSI Device Information from an Array Controller 6-6 Rescanning the Server 6-6 Viewing Array Controller Information 6-8 Viewing Channel Information 6-10 7 Performing Array, Spare, and Disk Operations Performing Array
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Replacing a Spare 10-4 Replacing an Active Array Member 10-6 Responding to an Off-line Array 10-6 Notes on Replacing Disk Drives 10-8 Optimizing Array Performance
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/O Management Software 1-2 ® Conventions 1-3 This document explains how to use the Adaptec® CI/O™ Management Software to perform the following operations: s Install and use Adaptec CI/O Management Software s View SCSI devices s Create arrays and perform array, spare, and disk operations s Replace
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User's Guide explains how to use the Adaptec CI/O Management Software most effectively. Use the Contents and Index to find instructions for specific software commands. You can use the Adaptec CI/O Management Software to perform the following functions: s Monitor the status of SCSI devices, arrays
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typographic conventions: bold Used for key names (... press the Enter key ...) and for options you are told to select (... select Configure SCSI Channels...). Helvetica Used for screen messages (...Save changes?...) and for text that must be typed exactly as shown. Helvetica Italics Used for
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Server or Workstation Stopping CI/O Array Management Service 4.00 2-9 Modifying Automatic Start of the Services 2-10 ® Uninstalling the Adaptec CI/O Management Software 2-11 in Windows ® Installing Adaptec CI/O Management Software on a 2-12 Networked Windows 95/98 or NT Client ® Installing the
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide This chapter describes how to install Adaptec CI/O Management Software on the following: s Windows® 95/98 or NT client s Windows NT® server or workstation s Novell NetWare server s UnixWare server It also describes how to install the TIRPC Communications Module
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NT Server or Workstation Follow these steps to install the Adaptec CI/O Management Software on a Windows NT Server: 1 Start Windows NT. 2 Insert the Adaptec CI/O Management Software CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. 3 Locate the Adaptec CI/O Management Software Setup Appli- cation: - Double-click on the
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 5 Click on Next. The Setup Type Selection screen appears. Figure 2-2. Setup Type Selection Screen 6 If you are setting up a Windows NT server, select Networked System and click on Next. If you are setting up a stand-alone Windows NT Workstation, select
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Installing CI/O Software 7 Click on Next. The Choose Destination Location screen appears. Figure 2-4. Choose Destination Location Screen 8 Use the Browse button to select the pathname for your installa- tion folder or select the default path. Click on Next. The Select Components screen appears Note:
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Figure 2-5. Select Components Screen 9 Select the components you want to install and clear the compo- nents you do not want to install. Click on Next. The Select Program Folder screen appears. Figure 2-6. Select Program Folder Screen 2-6
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. If you previously selected Stand-alone system (choice B) in the Steup Type Selection (2-2) screen, the Components Selected will list only IO Manager Service and Console User Interface. Figure 2-7. Start Copying Files Screen 11 Click on Next to begin copying files. When the files are copied, the
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 12 Click Yes to view the ReadMe file or click No now. Click on Finish. 14 Wait while the system reboots. Note: The NT services for Adaptec CI/O Management Software are configured to start automatically at boot time. After installation you can start
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/O software. The default, casesensitive, password is adaptec. See Chapter 9, Setting Security Options for information on setting security options. Stopping CI/O Array Management Service 4.00 Follow these steps to stop the CI/O Array Management services in Windows NT: 1 Double-click the My Computer
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Figure 2-11. Services 5 Repeat step 4 to stop NobleNet Portmapper. Modifying Automatic Start of the Services 1 Double-click the My Computer icon. 2 Double-click the Control Panel icon. 3 Double-click the Services icon. 2-10
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in Figure 2-12. Figure 2-12. Service Window 5 Select Manual and click OK. 6 Follow steps 4 and 5 to stop the Automatic Start for CIOArrayManagerRPC Command, CIOArrayManagerRPC Event and NobleNet Portmapper. Uninstalling the Adaptec CI/O Management Software in Windows Follow these steps to uninstall
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Guide Installing Adaptec CI/O Management Software on a Networked Windows 95/98 or NT Client This section explains how to install the Adaptec CI/O Management Software on a networked client running under 32-bit Windows (Windows 95/98 or Windows instructions on using the software. If you install Adaptec
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Installing CI/O Software 3 Double-click on the My Computer icon and then double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon. - Click on Cio400 and then click on WINDOWS_95_NT. - Click on disk 1. 4 Double-click on the Setup icon. The Welcome screen appears. Figure 2-13. Welcome Screen 2-13
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 5 Click on Next. If you are running under Windows NT, the Setup Type Selection screen appears. This window does not appear if you are running under Windows 95/98. Figure 2-14. Setup Type Selection Screen 6 Select Networked client (user interface) only
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Installing CI/O Software 7 Click on Next. The Choose Destination Location screen appears. Figure 2-16. Choose Destination Location Screen 8 Use the Browse button to select the pathname for your installa- tion folder or select the default path. Click on Next. The Select Program Folders screen appears
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 9 Select the program folder from the existing folders list or type a new folder name. Click on Next. The Start Copying Files screen appears. Figure 2-18.
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Screen 12 The setup is now complete. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Click on Finish. 13 To start the user interface for Adaptec CI/O Management Soft- ware, go to Start > Programs > Adaptec CI/O Management Software. Click the icon. Note: You must have the proper level of
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Guide Installing the TIRPC Communications Module on NetWare Servers v4.11 and v.5.0 Follow these instructions to install the TIRPC communication module: 1 Insert the Adaptec drive. For more details, refer to the "Installation and Hardware Guide" for your product. 8 Select Continue and access the CD-
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provided with your TCP/IP software for instructions on establishing communications.) For communications supported over TCP/IP, the following steps must the LAN driver. A LAN driver can be loaded multiple times for different ethernet frame types. Follow these steps to install Adaptec CI/O Management
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Software User's Guide 1 Insert the Adaptec CI/O Management Software in your CD-ROM drive. Adaptec CI/O NWSETUP NLM supports installation from either the DOS drive or a netware volume. You need to mount or attach the CD-ROM drive to the system according to the Novell instructions. 2 From the
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CD-ROM and then install the Adaptec CI/O Management Software. Note: Before you install Adaptec CI/O Management Software you must have , select Mount -> Add Mount Configuration -> Local. 4 At the Local Mount Configuration window - Go to the Mount Point box and enter the mount point pathname. - Go
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide Install the Adaptec CI/O Management Software on UnixWare v7.0.x 1 At the System Administration window, double-click on Software Management. 2 Double-click on Application Installer. 3 At the Install From menu, select Other from the drop-down menu. 4 Click on
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v7.0.x Follow these steps to uninstall the Adaptec CI/O Management Software on UnixWare v7.0.x: 1 In the System Administration window, double-click on Software Management. 2 Double-click on Application Installer. 3 In the Application Installer window, click on the cio40 directory. 4 Click on
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3 w w w w Entering and Viewing System Information In this Chapter ® Entering and Viewing System Information 3-2 Starting the Program 3-2 Adding a New Server Address 3-2 Viewing System Information 3-5 Reconnecting to a Server 3-6 Deleting a Server Address 3-7 Viewing a List of Current
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide Adaptec CI/O Management Software allows you to view events taking place on multiple servers or on your stand-alone Windows NT system. In addition, you can view the configuration of SCSI devices, arrays, and other hardware on the system(s). This chapter explains
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application. Follow these steps to add a new server address to Adaptec CI/O Management Software: 1 Click the button. The Add Server appear beneath the server icon in the System Monitor window when the icon view display is chosen. Servers running under Windows NT and NetWare use an IP protocol. You
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 4 Click OK to add the new server information. If the server name/address is not correct, you will see one of the following error messages -
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Viewing System Information Follow these steps to view systems currently managed by Adaptec CI/O Management Software: 1 Click to open the System Monitor window. Each system is represented by an icon in the top part of the window. The appearance of the icon indicates the system status, as shown
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 2 Click the Detail View icon to display detailed information about the system in the top part of the system Monitor window, as shown in Figure 3-2 on page 3-8. 3 Click the Icon View icon icon. to display only the system If the icon appears dimmed,
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Yes to confirm the deletion of the currently selected server. Viewing a List of Current System Events When you run Adaptec CI/O Management Software, you can use the System Monitor window to monitor events on all systems to which you are connected. Event notifications can be sorted according to date
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Follow these steps to view a list of current events in the System Monitor window: 1 Click to open the System Monitor window. Event notifications appear in the bottom part of this window, as shown in Figure 3-2. Figure 3-2. Ssytem Monitor Window 2
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To mark all new event notifications from all systems without reading each individually, click the button on the System Monitor window toolbar. This stops the Adaptec CI/O Management Software icon from flashing when the application is minimized (if so configured). - To acknowledge all new event
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 5 Click the Filter button on the System Monitor window toolbar to filter the event notifications in this window by severity. (See Changing Filter Options below.) For example, you may only want to view critically important events at this time. 6
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Monitor window or Historic Event Log and click on the toolbar. Change the options as described above and click OK. The changed settings apply to this view only while it is open; the settings will return to the defaults if you close and reopen the view or if you restart Adaptec CI
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide Selecting Notification Settings The notification settings determine how you are notified of events that occur on systems to which Adaptec CI/O Management Software is connected. The text describing these events appears in the list of current server events and
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Settings you can select a Direct connection (non-modem) or a Dial-up connection (modem). To enable the Dial-up connection, your system must have Windows Dial-Up Networking (DUN) installed. If you select a Dial-up connection (modem), you must enter a User Name and the correct password in the
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 3 Click on the Recipient List tab to display the Recipient dialog box as shown in Figure 3-7. Figure 3-7. Recipient List Dialog Box 4 In this dialog box
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Log to view historical information for any system to which you are connected. If you are running the console version of the Adaptec CI/O Management Software on a windows NT system, you can view information for this one system. If you are running the networked version of CI/O Management Software, you
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 1 Click to open the Historic Event Log for the currently selected system, as shown in Figure 3-9. Figure 3-9. Historic Log Window 2 View the historical event information for the system. New entries are added to the top of the list as they occur. To
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the initialization file. (See Appendix A, Configuration Settings.) 6 Close the window when you are finished viewing log entries, or minimize it as an Array on page 10-2 for more information. Indicates an array or system problem requiring attention such as a paused channel or a fault-tolerant array
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Additional Preference Information The information in this section describes how to use the Ping, Notification, Filter, Password and Launch tabs contained in the Preferences dialog
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the Filter tab to view the Filter dialog box. Select or deselect the check boxes, to filter the types of messages that appear in the windows. We recommend that you select all the boxes so you are fully informed of server events. The Filter Dialog box appears as shown in Figure
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start Adaptec CI/O Management Software in maximized mode or you can set it up as a status bar icon. Note: We recommend configuring your system to automatically start CI/O as a status bar icon after each reboot. That ensures that you will be notified of any problems that your RAID or SCSI subsystem
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Device Information In this Chapter ® Viewing SCSI Devices 4-2 ® Viewing the SCSI Information Dialog Box 4-4 ® Viewing SCSI Adapter and Array Controller 4-6 Information ® Viewing SCSI Channel Information 4-8 ® Rescanning the SCSI Adapters and Array Controllers 4-9 Differences in Rescan
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Viewing SCSI Devices You can view the status of SCSI devices connected to one or more array controllers or SCSI adapters from the Physical Resources window in the Configuration View. The Physical Resources window contains the Graphical View as shown in
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Viewing SCSI Device Information Figure 4-2. Physical Resources Window - Detailed View Follow these steps to view configuration information for an adapter or controller: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click the icon of the device and select Information from the drop-
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide - Printer - Enclosure Management Processor The SCSI Device icons shown above represent physical devices that appear on the left side of the window. Physical means that the icons correspond to actual devices installed in the server, such as a SCSI
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as the manufacturer, model name, and revision number. Click on the Status tab to display the current status of the selected SCSI device and O/S usage, as shown in Figure 4-4. Figure 4-4. SCSI Information Dialog Box - Status Note: For devices other than hard disks and CD-ROM drives, the Status is not
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Viewing SCSI Adapter and Array Controller Information When you right-click a SCSI adapter or array controller icon and select Information number field indicates which PCI slot contains the card. The Host bus type and PCI bus number are not available for
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Tab Click the Capabilities tab, as shown in Figure 4-6, for a list of features that the selected device supports. Not all features appear for every product and the contents of the list may be different for SCSI and RAID products. You cannot enable or disable the capabilities on the list, it is for
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Viewing SCSI Channel Information When you right-click a of controller. s Devices: number of SCSI devices currently connected to the channel (current) and the maximum number of SCSI devices that the channel supports. The channel itself is counted in
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on page 4-10 for information on discovery. Differences in Rescan Between SCSI Adapters and Array Controllers There are differences in the way the Adaptec CI/O Management Software rescans SCSI adapters versus array controllers. This is due mainly to differences in complexity between an array
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide If SCSI adapters and array controllers are integrated on the same system, the software will typically complete the rescan for the array controllers, repaint the screen, then continue scanning the SCSI adapters. The repaint for SCSI adapters will not
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Device Information - For each host adapter, performs a SCSI Inquiry command to every possible target device to determine the presence and characteristics of all devices Adaptec CI/O Management Software records all information discovered about host adapters and devices in an internal table. If an
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide During this phase, the following are performed: - Iterates through all host adapters and devices - Gathers statistics for each host adapter or device This data is currently only available from SNMP or DMI interfaces. Ì 4-12
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or a Spare Pool 5-14 ® Deleting a Spare 5-17 This chapter explains how to add and delete arrays and spares with the Adaptec CI/O Management Software. You must know the Adaptec CI/O Management Software password to add and delete arrays and spares. See Chapter 9, Setting Security Options, for more
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describe how to create an array with Adaptec CI/O Management Software. Note: When you create an array using different capacity drives, the smallest capacity drive used will determine the actual member size. 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. All array and spare configuration tasks
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View Figure 5-2. Configuration - Detailed View The icons on the left side of the Storage Configuration window represent the server's physical resources-the array controller products, channels, and SCSI devices installed in the system. The icons on the right side represent the system's logical
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the Storage Configuration window, and select Check Partition from the drop-down menu. A small pop-up box displays whether the selected disk has a partition and whether the partition is visible to the operating system. To use a disk with a recognized partition in the array, exit from Adaptec CI
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devices attached to array controllers can be used for arrays and spares. You cannot use devices attached to SCSI adapters as array members or spares. 5 Select disks for the new array by highlighting the disk in the Available drives window and clicking Add. The disk moves to the New member drives
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 6 When all disks for the new array have been selected click printable characters. 8 Highlight the desired RAID type for the array in the Select array type window. The bar graphs on the right show the relative levels of data protection, read performance,
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Configuring Arrays and Spares 9 Click Next. The Create Array - Advanced dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 5-5. Figure 5-5. Create Array - Advanced Dialog Box 10 Select dedicated spares if desired. The disks in the list are the available disks you did not select as array members. The spare(s)
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Note: If you want to distribute cache among arrays, do , skip to Step 18.) To abort the initialization process (not recommended), open the Activity View window, select the icon for that array, and click the Abort icon . A pop-up confirmation dialog
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window, depending on user options selected. Refer to Figure 3-5 on page 3-12 for more information. 18 When initialization is complete, exit from Adaptec -alone SCSI disk as your boot device, we recommend that you assign SCSI ID controller's Hardware and Installation Guide for more information. !
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 2 Click the icon in the Logical Resources window for the array that you to delete an array: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Click the icon in the Logical Resources window for the array you want to delete. 3 Right-click and
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data you want to keep, and delete the partition from the disk. Then start Adaptec CI/O Management Software again and delete the array. 4 When the confirmation message , you can initialize the array later by following the instructions in this section. You can also reinitialize an array that was
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide ! Caution: All arrays except RAID 0 arrays must be a new array that has been defined but not initialized: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Click the icon of the array you want to initialize. 3 Right-click and select Initialize
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Configuring Arrays and Spares To abort the initialization process (not recommended), click on the main toolbar to open the Activity View Window, select the icon, and click the Abort icon . Note: Depending on the capacity of the array, it may take a long time to initialize an array,
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Creating Dedicated Spares or a Spare Pool Each RAID 1, 0/1, or 5 array can have dedicated spares, which automatically replace the disk. All contents of a disk selected as a spare will be lost! 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 5-14
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Configuring Arrays and Spares 2 Click to display the Create Spare dialog box, as shown in Figure 5-6. Figure 5-6. Create Spare Dialog Box 3 Select the Adapter from the Adapter list box. 4 If you want to dedicate the spare to a specific array, select Dedicated in the Spare type field and click
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide you wish to use as a spare from the Select drive window. Disks with recognized partitions are not displayed. This prevents you double-click the icon and click Check Partitions in the SCSI Information dialog box. A small pop-up box indicates whether
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Configuring Arrays and Spares Deleting a Spare Follow these steps to delete a spare to use it as a stand-alone disk. 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click the icon of the spare you want to delete and select Delete from the drop-down menu. You can also press the Delete
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w Viewing Array and Device Information In this Chapter ® Viewing Array Information 6-3 ® Viewing Spare Information 6-5 ® Viewing SCSI Device Information from an Array 6-6 Controller Rescanning the Server 6-6 ® Viewing Array Controller Information 6-8 ® Viewing Channel Information 6-10
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide The Adaptec CI/O Management Software allows you to view information about arrays, spares, and SCSI devices on any system to which you have access. You view this information in the Storage Configuration window. Follow these steps to open the Storage Configuration
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Viewing Array and Device Information Viewing Array Information When you right-click an Array icon in the Storage Configuration window and select Information from the drop-down menu, the Array Information dialog box appears. Figure 6-2 shows the Description Tab and Figure 6-3 shows the Status
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Figure 6-3. Array Information Dialog Box - Status Tab The following information appears in the Status tab of the Array Information dialog box: s Dedicated spares: number of
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When you right-click a Spare icon in the Logical Resources area of the Storage Configuration window and select Information from the drop-down list box, the Spare Information dialog box appears, status. Click Close to close the Spare Information dialog box or SCSI Information dialog box. 6-5
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software scans the system for installed devices such as arrays and SCSI devices. Adaptec CI/O Management Software displays icons for these devices in the Storage Configuration window. You may need to issue a Rescan command while Adaptec CI/O Management Software is running so it can "see" the new
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complete, any hardware changes are reflected in the icons in the Storage Configuration window. Note: You cannot use the Rescan command to recognize an entire array that another disk, and issue a Rescan command, Adaptec CI/O Management Software will detect that the new disk is no longer an array member
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Viewing Array Controller Information When you right-click a controller icon and select Information from the drop-down menu, the Controller Information dialog box appears. Figure 6-5
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Capabilities tab of the Controller Information dialog box lists the features supported by this array controller. The list is informational only; you and the contents of the list may be different for SCSI and RAID products. The following items are controller capabilities that may appear on
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide s Maximum Number of Pool Spares: lists the maximum number of pool spares per array that the product supports. s Maximum Number of Dedicated Spares: lists the maximum number of dedicated spares per array that the product supports. s Auto Verify:
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operational status of the channel (for example, Active, Inactive). s Channel Type: type of this channel-for example, SCSI. s Maximum Devices: maximum number of SCSI devices that the channel supports. The channel itself is not counted in this maximum number. For example, if this number is 15, you can
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7 w w w w Performing Array, Spare, and Disk Operations In this Chapter ® Performing Array Operations 7-2 Reconstructing an Array 7-2 Pausing I/O on an Array 7-5 Verifying Array Integrity 7-6 Blinking Array Drive Lights 7-7 Reactivating an Off-line Array 7-8 Changing an Array Name 7-8
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide Adaptec CI/O Management Software allows you to perform a number of and disk operations 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click the icon that represents the array , spare , or SCSI disk you want to work on. The drop-down menu
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. Be sure the new spare disk is at least as large as the smallest array member. 1 Hot swapping support means that the array enclosure electrically isolates the bad disk's SCSI connector from the SCSI bus while the disk is being swapped to prevent data corruption. Data can still be transferred to and
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spare is created, Adaptec CI/O Management Software should automatically start a Reconstruct operation on the array. If for some reason the reconstruct does not begin automatically, follow the remaining steps to perform it manually. 7 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. Right- click on
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pause and resume I/O on an array: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click the icon of the array you want to pause and select . 1 Hot swapping support means that the array enclosure electrically isolates the bad disk's SCSI connector from the SCSI bus while the disk
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 4 Complete your work with the array disks. Data I/O resumes these steps to verify the integrity of redundant array data: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click on the Array icon. 3 Select Verify from the drop-down menu. 4
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the array. Note: Adaptec CI/O Management Software does not support blinking the drive lights on CD-ROM drives or most other non-hard disk drives. Follow these steps to blink the drive lights of the disks in an array: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 5 Click OK to the drive lights from blinking. 6 for more information. After you correct any hardware problems, follow these steps to reactivate an off-line array: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click on the dimmed icon of
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array name and click OK. 5 At the prompt, confirm that you want to change the array name. This change appears immediately in the Storage Configuration window. Forcing a Spare Forcing a spare means issuing a command for a spare disk to replace a specific disk in an array. You can do this if the array
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide first. If an error message indicates that the pool spare is not at least as large as the smallest disk in the array, add a larger spare. Performing Spare Operations The following are spare operations available in Adaptec CI/O Management Software: s Testing
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drive is the actual spare. Follow these steps to blink the drive light of a spare: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click the spare icon in Logical Resources window and select Blink in the drop-down menu. 3 Look at the array enclosure to see which disk light is blinking
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Disk icon. Note: Adaptec CI/O Management Software does not support blinking of the drive light on CD-ROM drives. Follow these steps to blink a drive light: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click a drive icon in the left side of the window
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to down a disk: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click the icon of the disk you want fail in the next few hours. Adaptec CI/O Management Software generates an event support means that the array enclosure electrically isolates the bad disk's SCSI connector from the SCSI
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Note: Pause I/O cannot assure the same level of protection from electrical noise that you have when you replace a disk in an enclosure that supports a disk: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click the icon of the disk you want
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8 w w w w Scheduling and Monitoring Array Operations In this Chapter ® Setting Scheduling Options 8-2 ® Viewing and Managing Scheduled Activities 8-4 Adaptec CI/O Management Software enables you to schedule certain kinds of operations to run at a later time, or to schedule them to run at
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Setting Scheduling Options The Scheduler dialog box scheduled activities may not run at the specified time. Do not change the system time while Adaptec CI/O Management Software is running. Instead, stop all CI/O components and RPC modules, change
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Scheduling and Monitoring Array Operations 3 If you select Scheduled, select Once, Periodically, Daily, or Weekly. Enter other information such as day of the week or start time as required. Note: If you are scheduling an array reconstruct you can only select the Once option. If you schedule an
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Viewing and Managing Scheduled Activities You can view information about scheduled and currently running activities in the Activity View window. You can abort activities that are running or delete scheduled activities. The Activity View window shows
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priority of a Verify or Reconstruct operation that is currently running (as indicated by a moving icon), rightclick the Activity icon on the left of the window and select Change Priority from the drop-down menu. Select an option and click OK. Note: The priority change applies only while the activity
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to prevent users who do not know the password from even viewing server information. When you install the Adaptec CI/O Management Software the initial password is set to adaptec. The password is case-sensitive and should not be capitalized. The network administrator can change the initial password
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide Changing the Password You can change passwords from any client on the network. Follow these steps to change the Adaptec CI/O Management Software password: 1 Click to open the System Monitor window. Then select the icon of the server whose password you want
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Time-out Options The Password Time-out options allow you to control the way in which users are prompted to enter the system's Adaptec CI/O Management Software password when they issue commands to change a system's array configuration. The Password Time-out options are set individually for each
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide - Prompt on all operations: Requires you to re-enter the password every time you issue a command to change array configuration. - Don't prompt for X minutes: Requires
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disabled for all other clients monitoring that server. At this point, if you close and re-open Adaptec CI/O Management Software for that particular client, guest access privilieges for that client revert back to disabled or disable Guest Access: 1 Click to open the System Monitor window. 9-5
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide 2 Right-click the server icon whose guest access setting you want to change and select Guest Access. 3 When the Enable/Disable Guest Access dialog box
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10 w w w w Managing Arrays and Spares In this Chapter ® Responding to a Critical Array ® Replacing a Spare ® Replacing an Active Array Member ® Responding to an Off-line Array Notes on Replacing Disk Drives ® Optimizing Array Performance Read Caching Write Caching Other Performance Tips ®
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide This chapter explains what to do when you need to replace a failed drive, physically reconfigure the disks in your server, and perform other tasks. Note: These steps apply to devices connected to array controllers only, and do not apply to SCSI adapters.
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b The disk has been removed or its power cord or SCSI cable has been disconnected. If an array disk has been disconnected for this disk will still appear in the Storage Configuration window. If you know that the disk was disconnected accidentally supports hot swapping1, remove the failed drive. 10-3
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a spare drive that is recognized as good by Adaptec CI/O Management Software: 1 Delete the spare. (See Deleting a Spare on page 5-17.) 1 Hot swapping support means that the array enclosure electrically isolates the bad disk's SCSI connector from the SCSI bus while the disk is being swapped to
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hot swapping, pause I/O. (Skip this step if the array enclosure supports hot swapping). 4 Remove the spare and allow I/O to resume. 5 Pause I/O again. 6 Insert the replacement drive and allow I/O to resume. 7 Use Adaptec CI/O Management Software to mark the new disk drive as a dedicated spare
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Replacing an Active Array Member Follow these instructions member. 2 If the array enclosure supports hot swapping, remove the member marked field in Adaptec CI/O Management Software or if the Array icon in the Storage Configuration window looks like
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Managing Arrays and Spares recover the array data if an array went off-line due to disk failure. s You were trying to replace a failed disk in a Critical, RAID 0/1, or RAID 5 array, but you mistakenly pulled the wrong disk out of the array enclosure. If this happens, reinsert the drive you
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Notes on Replacing Disk Drives s We recommend that if you use hot swapping to replace a drive that supports tagged command queuing (TCQ), you replace it with a drive that also supports TCQ. Otherwise, a rescan may not detect that the drive has been
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to arrays controlled by the card. The Adaptec CI/O Management Software allows you to define cache values for optimizing the performance of a specific application. Follow these steps to set caching options: 1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide 4 Select the desired entry from the list. All applications optimized by this setting will appear in the Optimized Application list box. 5 Select Caching enabled to enable caching on this array. When you enable caching, Adaptec CI/O Management Software assigns
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Managing Arrays and Spares 10 Click Save to save the new performance setting. The changes are not written to disk until you exit the application. If a new performance setting has been successfully created, it will appear in the Optimize Performance for list box. 11 When the Optimize Performance
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Write Caching There are two Write caches: the Write-back Cache and the Writethrough Cache. Options for these caches can be adjusted separately for each
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access when creating large arrays on powerful, high-end servers if some array members are connected to each channel. s The array management software and drivers allow you to use disks of various sizes and makes in the same array. To achieve the best performance, however, we recommend that you use
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Selecting a RAID Level for an Array The term RAID means Redundant Array of Independent Disks. An array is a grouping of disks that, by means of
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Managing Arrays and Spares The array management software and firmware support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0/1, and RAID 5 arrays. disk of actual storage capacity from the pair of disks. 1 If the system has a single SCSI channel, the maximum would be 15 disks since no more than 15 drives could be installed
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide RAID 0/1 Arrays Maximum Disks Allowed: 16 (or as allowed by your controller)(must be an even number)1 data is written. Ì 1 The maximum would be 14 disks if the system has a single SCSI channel. 2 The maximum would be 15 disks if the system has a single
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of the Adaptec CI/O Management Software user interface and the way in which array and system operations are carried out. The variables controlling the user interface appearance are in the Windows NT registry. the NT registry, or you can open iomgr.ini in a text editor and manually make changes. A-1
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide I/O Manager Settings The I/O Manager is the portion of the CI/O for problem isolation in I/O Manager systems that support multiple product families (SCSI, RAID). LoadSavedConfiguration= [Yes| No] This option determines whether the ASPI Manager
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of Yes disables non-zero LUNs. The default value is No. ErrorInstrumentation = [Yes | No] This option, if Yes, enables the SCSI Manager to collect error related instrumentation from instrumentation capable drivers. The default value is No. If both this option and the IOInstrumentation option are A-3
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide set to No, then the SCSI Manager will not check for instrumentation capable drivers. IOInstrumentation = [Yes | No] This option, if Yes, enables the SCSI Manager to collect I/O related instrumentation from instrumentation capable drivers. The default
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to override the information obtained from the operating system driver about whether or not host adapters support Wide SCSI. These switches are especially useful with older drivers that do not report to SCSI whether or not a host adapter supports Wide SCSI. The default value for both switches is No
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide AccessibleDrivers = [* | comma delimited list of driver names] This option controls which operating system drivers (and therefore which host adapters) will be managed by the SCSI Manager. The drivers are identified by the driver name returned when the
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names is 255 characters. The names specified in the AccessibleDrivers statement may differ on different operating system platforms. Drivers are only checked for accessibility when a host adapter is discovered; if a host adapter already exists in the device database then this option has no effect
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide StatisticsCollectionInterval= This variable specifies the interval at which system statistics will be collected, assuming that the driver supports every time iomgr.nlm (NetWare) or iomgr.exe (Windows NT) is started. Valid values are s Yes,H-Starts
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No. The default is Yes. [ENCLOSUREMANAGER] EnabledEnclosureInterfaces=SAF-TE This specifies the enclosure management interfaces which are supported by CI/O. Currently only SAF-TE is supported. SAF-TEPollingPeriodInSeconds=5 This is the polling frequency for SAF-TE in seconds. It is the interval at
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, temperature, fans, etc.) of all SAF-TE enclosures connected to SCSI controllers as well as RAID controllers and generates associated events. These events can be viewed through the Historic Log window and are reflected in the Adaptec CI/O Management Software GUI. Also, CI/O will take the following
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide Viewing Enclosure Information Follow these instruction to view information on an enclosure: 1 Click to enter the Storage Configuration window. 2 Right-click the icon of the enclosure you wish to view and select Information from the drop-down menu. The
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information is displayed within the dialog box. (If an enclosure subsystem component has a problem, the symbol is displayed next to the icon of that component.) s Enclosure -displays the channel, SCSI ID, and LUN associated with the enclosure. s Enclosure Information-displays the type, manufacturer
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide The following section explains the information that appears when you the enclosure is displayed in the Temperature Sensors list box. Adaptec CI/O Management Software supports both threshold indicators and temperture indicators. If the enclosure contains
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SAF-TE Enclosure Management Note: Not all enclosure temperature sensors are supported by Adaptec CI/O Management Software. Fans The status of the fans in the enclosure is displayed in the Fans list as follows: OK Malfunctioning Not Installed Unknown
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CI/O Management Software User's Guide Identification of Events The Adaptec CI/O Management Software identifies events related to each SAF-TE enclosure. Each enclosure is identified by a unique address (bus/host adapter, channel, SCSI ID, and LUN). This address is specified for all events logged
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Overall Temperature is out of normal range [ SAF-TE : unique address] Adaptec CI/O Management Software attempts to spin up all other fans to maximum capacity a "SCSI error" event containing SCSI-specific information. The "SCSI error" event is posted because the SAF-TE enclosure does not support some
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide "SCSI error" event is posted because the SAF-TE enclosure does not support some of the SAF-TE-interface commands. This situation does not require any intervention by the user. 7 For each change in the status of the
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SAF-TE Enclosure Management Events for Devices Connected to RAID Boards The following events are for devices connected to RAID Boards only. This information is optional depending on the enclosure implementation - Array rebuilding (all members of an array being rebuilt are identified) - Array off-
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the Glossary This glossary contains terminology used in the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide. Terms specific to CI/O will be designated system. See also Container. array resources Arrays and spares defined by Adaptec CI/O Management Software. auto-initialize A command that allows you to
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or SCSI-to-SCSI external intelligent RAID array controllers to bridge the host I/O interface to multiple backend device channels. bus A set of conductors which connect the functional units in a computer. C CI/O Stands for Comprehensive Input/Output. Refers to Adaptec's CI/O Array Management Software
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to I/O Adapters, Storage Controllers provide additional functions such as RAID support and caching. The term is often used to refer to an device slot A receptacle in an enclosure for inserting and removing a SCSI device. discovery The process by which information about a system or subsystem is obtained
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Guide event log A file used to maintain information about controller activities or errors. event notifications settings Determines how you are notified of events that occur on systems to which Adaptec (a) An operating system layer that provides support for processes to create, access, and organize
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drive. logical device A device which does not exist until configured by Adaptec CI/O Management Software. LUN Stands for Logical Unit Number. The number assigned to a subdevice (logical unit) of a SCSI target. Each SCSI target can contain up to eight subdevices numbered 0 through 7; however, most
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide MIF Stands for Management Information Format. The management allow you to control the way in which users are prompted to enter the system's Adaptec CI/O Management Software password when they issue commands to change a server's array configuration.
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Glossary physical view A view showing physical devices such as SCSI disks, CDROMs, and enclosures. poll A validation of discovery information. pool of spares See spare pool. R RAID Acronym for Redundant Array of Independent/Inexpensive Disks. Coined
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Adaptec CI/O Management Software User's Guide members are redundant, since surviving members may collectively replace distributed application to call services available on various machines in a network. Used during remote administration of computers. S SAF-TE Stands for SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant
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Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. Hard drives that support this technology continually analyze their performance and generate an hardware that controls storage to be managed and monitored. T target ID See SCSI ID. task An actively running process such as disk format or array verification.
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Guide V verify The process of checking the integrity of redundant data stored on fault-tolerant arrays. virtual device Arrays and spares which do not exist until they are configured on the server with Adaptec displays a warning in the Enclosure view window, the Enclosure Properties dialog box, and
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w w w w Index A Aborting a running activity 8-5 Activity scheduling 8-2 viewing activity queue 8-4 Adaptec CI/O Management Software starting 3-2 Adaptec CI/O management software 12, 19 Adding a dedicated spare 5-14 Adding a new server address 3-2 Array blinking drive lights 7-7 bootable, creating
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User's Guide Event notifications setting options for 3-10, 3-18 severity levels 3-17 F Filter options, changing 3-10 Forcing a spare 7-9 G Guest access 9-5 H Hot swapping 7-3 I .ini files A-1 I/O Manager settings A-2 Icons 4-3, 6-2 Initializing an array 5-11 Installation Adaptec CI/O management
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events 3-7 Viewing array information 6-3 Viewing channel information 6-10 SCSI adapters 4-8 Viewing controller information 6-8 Viewing historical server information 3-15 Viewing SCSI adapter information 4-6 Viewing SCSI device information 4-4, 6-6 Viewing spare information 6-5 Viewing/editing server
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Section	Page
User’s Guide	1
Adaptec CI/O Management Software	1
Adaptec CI/O Management Software	3
User’s Guide	3
Contents	5
1 Getting Started	5
2 Installing CI/O Software	5
3 Entering and Viewing System Information	5
4 Viewing SCSI Device Information	6
5 Configuring Arrays and Spares	6
6 Viewing Array and Device Information	6
7 Performing Array, Spare, and Disk Operations	7
8 Scheduling and Monitoring Array Operations	7
9 Setting Security Options	7
10 Managing Arrays and Spares	7
A Configuration Settings	8
B SAF-TE Enclosure Management	8
Glossary	8
Index	8
1	9
Getting Started	9
Overview of Adaptec CI/O Management Software	10
Conventions	11
2	13
Installing CI/O Software	13
Installing Adaptec CI/O Management Software on Windows NT Server or Workstation	15
1 Start Windows NT.	15
2 Insert the Adaptec CI/O Management Software CDROM in your CDROM drive.	15
3 Locate the Adaptec CI/O Management Software Setup Application:	15
4 Double-click the Setup Application icon. The Welcome screen appears as shown in Figure Figure21.	15
Figure 21. Welcome Screen	15
5 Click on Next. The Setup Type Selection screen appears.	16
Figure 22. Setup Type Selection Screen	16
6 If you are setting up a Windows NT server, select Networked System and click on Next. If you ar...	16
Figure 23. Information Screen	16
7 Click on Next. The Choose Destination Location screen appears.	17
Figure 24. Choose Destination Location Screen	17
8 Use the Browse button to select the pathname for your installation folder or select the default...	17
Figure 25. Select Components Screen	18
9 Select the components you want to install and clear the components you do not want to install. ...	18
Figure 26. Select Program Folder Screen	18
10 Select the program folder from the existing folders list or type a new folder name. Click on N...	19
Figure 27. Start Copying Files Screen	19
11 Click on Next to begin copying files. When the files are copied, the CI/O ReadMe file appears ...	19
Figure 28. CI/O ReadMe file	19
12 Click Yes to view the ReadMe file or click No to view the Setup Complete screen as shown in Fi...	20
Figure 29. Setup Complete Screen	20
13 The setup is now complete. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Click on Finish.	20
14 Wait while the system reboots.	20
15 To start the user interface for Adaptec CI/O Management Software, go to Start > Programs > Ada...	21
Stopping CI/O Array Management Service 4.00	21
1 Double-click the My Computer icon.	21
2 Double-click the Control Panel icon.	21
3 Double-click the Services icon as shown in Figure 210.	21
Figure 210. Control Panel	21
4 Highlight the CIO Array Management Service 4.00 and click Stop, as shown in Figure 211.	21
Figure 211. Services	22
5 Repeat step 4 to stop NobleNet Portmapper.	22
Modifying Automatic Start of the Services	22
1 Double-click the My Computer icon.	22
2 Double-click the Control Panel icon.	22
3 Double-click the Services icon.	22
4 Highlight CIO Array Management Service 4.00 (see Figure211) and double-click. The Service win...	23
Figure 212. Service Window	23
5 Select Manual and click OK.	23
6 Follow steps 4 and 5 to stop the Automatic Start for CIOArrayManagerRPC Command, CIOArrayManage...	23
Uninstalling the Adaptec CI/O Management Software in Windows	23
1 Double-click the My Computer icon.	23
2 Double-click the Control Panel icon.	23
3 Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.	23
4 Select Adaptec CI/O Management Software 4.00 and click Add/Remove.	23
Installing Adaptec CI/O Management Software on a Networked Windows 95/98 or NT Client	24
1 Start Windows 95/98 or Windows NT.	24
2 Insert the Adaptec CI/O Management Software CDROM in your CDROM drive.	24
3 Double-click on the My Computer icon and then double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon.	25
4 Double-click on the Setup icon. The Welcome screen appears.	25
Figure 213. Welcome Screen	25
5 Click on Next. If you are running under Windows NT, the Setup Type Selection screen appears. Th...	26
Figure 214. Setup Type Selection Screen	26
6 Select Networked client (user interface) only and click on Next. The Information screen appears.	26
Figure 215. Information Screen	26
7 Click on Next. The Choose Destination Location screen appears.	27
Figure 216. Choose Destination Location Screen	27
8 Use the Browse button to select the pathname for your installation folder or select the default...	27
Figure 217. Select Program Folder Screen	27
9 Select the program folder from the existing folders list or type a new folder name. Click on Ne...	28
Figure 218. Start Copying Files Screen	28
10 Click on Next to begin copying files. Once the folders are copied, the CI/O ReadMe file appear...	28
Figure 219. CI/O ReadMe file	28
11 Click Yes to view the ReadMe file or click No to view the Setup Complete screen as shown in Fi...	29
Figure 220. Setup Complete Screen	29
12 The setup is now complete. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Click on Finish.	29
13 To start the user interface for Adaptec CI/O Management Software, go to Start > Programs > Ada...	29
Installing the TIRPC Communications Module on NetWare Servers v4.11 and v.5.0	30
1 Insert the Adaptec CI/O Management Software CDROM in your DOS-mounted CDROM drive.	30
2 Bring up the server using the following pathname:	30
3 From the NetWare System Console prompt (:), type one of the following commands and press Enter:	30
4 Select Product Options (for NW 5.0) or Installation Options (for NW4.11) from the Configuration...	30
5 Select Install a Product Not Listed from the Other Installation Actions menu.	30
6 Press <F3> key to specify your path.	30
7 Enter the path to the CD-ROM (for example, d:\\). The CD-ROM drive must be a DOS CD-ROM drive. F...	30
8 Select Continue and access the CD-ROM from the Select An Action menu.	30
9 Select NetWare 4.0 TIRPC Runtime and Configuration Files and press Enter. (TIRPC must be instal...	30
10 Press Enter to accept the default choice of sys:\\system\\.	30
11 At the Start Installation menu, select Yes.	30
12 At the Overwrite Existing Files menu, select Yes if you are prompted to overwrite the RPCNET.C...	31
13 At the Installation for Select Files group done message, press Esc twice.	31
14 At the Exit Installation screen, select Yes.	31
15 At the next two screens, press Esc.	31
16 At the Exit Install (for NW 4.11) or nwconfig (for NW 5.0) screen, select Yes.	31
Installing the Adaptec CI/O Management Software on Novell NetWare Servers	31
1 Insert the Adaptec CI/O Management Software in your CDROM drive. Adaptec CI/O NWSETUP NLM supp...	32
2 From the NetWare System Console prompt (:), type the following command (X is the CD-ROM drive o...	32
3 Type the following command and press Enter:	32
4 From the NWSETUP Select Operation menu, select Default Installation or Custom Installation (p...	32
5 At the Install menu, press Enter.	32
6 If the message “File: SYS:SYSTEM\ waspi.cdm already exists!” displays, select overwrite.	32
7 At the end of the installation process, press Enter when you are prompted to update the autoexe...	32
8 Press Escape to exit Install.	32
9 Reboot the system.	32
Installing Adaptec CI/O Management Software on UnixWare 7.0.x Servers	33
Mount the CD-ROM for UnixWare v7.0.x	33
1 Log onto UnixWare as a desktop user and open the SCO Administration Utility.	33
2 Double-click on the File system Manager to open it.	33
3 At the Filesystem Manager, select Mount -> Add Mount Configuration -> Local.	33
4 At the Local Mount Configuration window	33
5 At the Advanced Options window, locate the File Name Conversion drop-down menu and select Do No...	33
6 When the Local Mount Configuration window appears again, select OK.	33
7 Select OK at the next window to start mounting the file system.	33
Install the Adaptec CI/O Management Software on UnixWare v7.0.x	34
1 At the System Administration window, double-click on Software Management.	34
2 Double-click on Application Installer.	34
3 At the Install From menu, select Other from the drop-down menu.	34
4 Click on Find Folder to open the View Folder window. Click on the correct mount-point for the C...	34
5 Click on the CIO400 directory and then click on UnixWare. Use the arrow keys to highlight the c...	34
6 At the Application Installer Window the cio40 icon appears. Click on Install to begin the insta...	34
7 Next, you need to remove the mount configuration. Locate the Filesystem Manager screen and sele...	34
8 Go to the Mount drop-down menu, select Remove Mount Configuration and then click on Yes.	34
9 You can now close the Filesystem Manger window and the Application Installer window.	34
Uninstalling the Adaptec CI/O Management Software on UnixWare v7.0.x	35
1 In the System Administration window, double-click on Software Management.	35
2 Double-click on Application Installer.	35
3 In the Application Installer window, click on the cio40 directory.	35
4 Click on the Remove button to start the uninstall process.	35
5 You must manually remove the ciodata directory from your system.	35
3	37
Entering and Viewing System Information	37
Entering and Viewing System Information	38
Starting the Program	38
1 Start Windows.	38
2 Double-click the icon in the Adaptec CI/O Management Software group to start the program.	38
Adding a New Server Address	38
1 Click the button. The Add Server dialog box appears, as shown in Figure31.	39
Figure 31. Add Server Dialog Box	39
2 Enter the server’s IP address or name, which can be up to 32 characters. This name will appear ...	39
3 Enter a description of the server—for example, Application Server or Video Server. This descrip...	39
4 Click OK to add the new server information. If the server name/address is not correct, you will...	40
Viewing System Information	41
1 Click to open the System Monitor window. Each system is represented by an icon in the top part ...	41
2 Click the Detail View icon to display detailed information about the system in the top part of ...	42
3 Click the Icon View icon to display only the system icon.	42
Reconnecting to a Server	42
1 Click to open the System Monitor window.	42
2 Highlight the server you need to reconnect.	42
3 Click on the System Monitor window toolbar.	42
Deleting a Server Address	43
1 Click to open the System Monitor window.	43
2 Right-click the icon of the server you want to delete and select Delete from the drop-down menu...	43
3 At the prompt, click Yes to confirm the deletion of the currently selected server.	43
Viewing a List of Current System Events	43
1 Click to open the System Monitor window. Event notifications appear in the bottom part of this ...	44
Figure 32. Ssytem Monitor Window	44
2 View the event information for one or all systems. New entries appear on the list as the system...	44
3 To view detailed information about an event, Doubleclick the list entry. The Event Detail dialo...	45
Figure 33. Event Detail Dialog Box	45
4 Click Close when you are finished viewing the Event Detail dialog box. When you do this, you au...	45
5 Click the Filter button on the System Monitor window toolbar to filter the event notifications ...	46
6 Click the Save As button to save the event list to a file.	46
7 Close the System Monitor window when you are finished viewing the events, or leave it open so y...	46
Entering and Viewing Preference Information	46
Changing Filter Options	46
1 Click to open the Preferences dialog box.	46
2 Click the Filter tab. The Filter dialog box appears, as shown in Figure34.	47
Figure 34. Filter Dialog Box	47
3 Select or deselect the check boxes to control which kinds of messages appear in the System Moni...	47
4 Click OK to record the Filter option changes.	47
Selecting Notification Settings	48
1 Click to open the Preferences dialog box.	48
2 Click the Notification tab; the Notification dialog box appears, as shown in Figure35.	48
Figure 35. Event Notification Dialog Box	48
3 Select or deselect the check boxes to control how you will be notified of event notifications r...	48
4 Select the defaults or click OK to save these settings.	49
Configuring Email	49
Figure 36. Connection Setting Dialog Box	49
1 In the Internet Connection Settings you can select a Direct connection (non-modem) or a Dial-up...	49
2 Complete the Identity section with the correct email address, Outgoing mail (SMTP) server (opti...	49
3 Click on the Recipient List tab to display the Recipient dialog box as shown in Figure 37.	50
Figure 37. Recipient List Dialog Box	50
4 In this dialog box you can add, modify, or remove recipients. If you select Add, the Add Recipi...	50
Figure 38. Add Recipient Dialog Box	50
5 Enter the following information in the Add Recipient dialog box.	50
6 Click OK.	51
Viewing Historical Information	51
1 Click to open the Historic Event Log for the currently selected system, as shown in Figure39.	52
Figure 39. Historic Log Window	52
2 View the historical event information for the system. New entries are added to the top of the l...	52
3 To view detailed information about an entry on the list, double-click the entry. The Event Deta...	52
4 Click Close when you are finished viewing the Event Detail dialog box.	52
5 Click to change the Filter options.	52
6 Close the window when you are finished viewing log entries, or minimize it as an icon on the sc...	53
Interpreting and Responding to Event Messages	53
Additional Preference Information	54
1 Click to open the Preferences dialog box, as shown in Figure310.	54
Figure 310. Preferences Dialog Box - Ping Tab	54
2 Specify a Ping interval. This is the interval at which the management client will verify contin...	54
3 Click the Notification tab to change the way in which you are alerted of event notifications re...	54
4 Click the Filter tab to view the Filter dialog box. Select or deselect the check boxes, to filt...	55
5 Click the Password tab to display the Password dialog box, as shown in Figure311.	55
Figure 311. Password Dialog Box	55
6 Select a Password Time-out option to set the level of password protection for this workstation ...	55
7 Click the Launch tab to display the Launch dialog box, as shown in Figure312.	56
Figure 312. Launch Dialog Box	56
8 Select how you want to initially view your application. You can start Adaptec CI/O Management S...	56
9 Click OK to change the option information or to close the dialog box.	56
4	57
Viewing SCSI Device Information	57
Viewing SCSI Devices	58
Figure 41. Physical Resources Window - Graphical View	58
Figure 42. Physical Resources Window - Detailed View	59
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	59
2 Right-click the icon of the device and select Information from the drop-down menu. The icons ar...	59
Viewing the SCSI Information Dialog Box	60
Figure 43. SCSI Information Dialog Box - Description	60
Figure 44. SCSI Information Dialog Box - Status	61
Viewing SCSI Adapter and Array Controller Information	62
Figure 45. Controller Information Dialog box - Description Tab	62
Figure 46. Controller Information Dialog Box - Capabilities Tab	63
Viewing SCSI Channel Information	64
Figure 47. Channel Information Dialog Box	64
Rescanning the SCSI Adapters and Array Controllers	65
Differences in Rescan Between SCSI Adapters and Array Controllers	65
Rescan Details	65
Managing SCSI Adapters	66
5	69
Configuring Arrays and Spares	69
Creating an Array	70
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. All array and spare configuration tasks are don...	70
Figure 51. Configuration - Graphical View	71
Figure 52. Configuration - Detailed View	71
2 Before you start defining the new array, decide what RAID level you want to use, how many disks...	71
3 Click the Create New Array button on the Storage Configuration window toolbar. The Create Array...	72
Figure 53. Create Array - Members Dialog Box	72
4 Highlight the controller from the Select a Controller window. All array disks must be connected...	73
5 Select disks for the new array by highlighting the disk in the Available drives window and clic...	73
6 When all disks for the new array have been selected click Next. The Create Array - Name and Typ...	74
Figure 54. Create Array - Name and Type Dialog Box	74
7 Type a name for the new array. The name can be up to 15 characters, including spaces and any ot...	74
8 Highlight the desired RAID type for the array in the Select array type window. The bar graphs o...	74
9 Click Next. The Create Array - Advanced dialog box appears, as shown in Figure55.	75
Figure 55. Create Array - Advanced Dialog Box	75
10 Select dedicated spares if desired. The disks in the list are the available disks you did not ...	75
11 Select Cache Enabled to enable cache for the array. If the cache-enabled checkbox is greyed ou...	75
12 The assigned checkbox indicates the total number of blocks available for caching.	75
13 Select the desired optimization option from the Optimize Performance drop-down list. Refer to ...	76
14 Deselect auto-initialize to create the array now but initialize it at a later time. You can do...	76
15 Select the desired stripe size from the Stripe size drop-down list.	76
16 Click Finish. The array will be initialized at this point, unless you deselected autoinitiali...	76
17 An event notification is generated when the initialization process starts. An icon for the new...	76
18 When initialization is complete, exit from Adaptec CI/O Management Software and reboot the sys...	77
Making an Array the First Virtual Device	77
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	77
2 Click the icon in the Logical Resources window for the array that you want to make bootable.	78
3 Right-click and select Make first virtual device from the drop- down menu.	78
4 At the prompt, confirm that you want to make this array the boot device.	78
5 Close all applications on the system containing the array. If the selected array does not alrea...	78
6 Install the operating system on the array. See your array controller’s Hardware and Installatio...	78
7 Make sure that you restart CI/O after you reboot the server.	78
Deleting an Array	78
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	78
2 Click the icon in the Logical Resources window for the array you want to delete.	78
3 Right-click and select Delete from the drop-down menu or press the Delete key. A warning appear...	78
4 When the confirmation message appears, confirm that you want to delete the array.	79
Initializing an Array	79
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	80
2 Click the icon of the array you want to initialize.	80
3 Right-click and select Initialize from the drop-down menu. (This option is greyed out if the ar...	80
4 When the confirmation message appears, click Yes to confirm that you want to initialize the array.	80
Creating Dedicated Spares or a Spare Pool	82
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	82
2 Click to display the Create Spare dialog box, as shown in Figure56.	83
Figure 56. Create Spare Dialog Box	83
3 Select the Adapter from the Adapter list box.	83
4 If you want to dedicate the spare to a specific array, select Dedicated in the Spare type field...	83
5 Click OK to save your changes.	84
6 Click Yes at the prompt to confirm creation of the spare.	84
7 Select the disk you wish to use as a spare from the Select drive window.	84
Deleting a Spare	85
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	85
2 Right-click the icon of the spare you want to delete and select Delete from the drop-down menu....	85
3 At the prompt, click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the spare.	85
6	87
Viewing Array and Device Information	87
1 Click to begin the Adaptec CI/O Management software.	88
2 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	88
3 Right-click the icon that represents the device for which you want to view information and sele...	88
Figure 61. Storage Configuration Window Icons	88
Viewing Array Information	89
Figure 62. Array Information Dialog Box - Description Tab	89
Figure 63. Array Information Dialog Box - Status Tab	90
Viewing Spare Information	91
Figure 64. Spare Information Dialog Box	91
Viewing SCSI Device Information from an Array Controller	92
Rescanning the Server	92
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	93
2 Click on the Storage Configuration window toolbar.	93
3 At the prompt, confirm that you want to rescan the server. When the rescan is complete, any har...	93
Viewing Array Controller Information	94
Figure 65. Controller Information Dialog Box - Description Tab	94
Figure 66. Controller Information Dialog Box - Capabilities Tab	95
Viewing Channel Information	96
Figure 67. Channel Information Dialog Box	96
7	99
Performing Array, Spare, and Disk Operations	99
Performing Array Operations	100
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	100
2 Right-click the icon that represents the array , spare , or SCSI disk you want to work on.	100
3 Select the operation you want to perform. See the appropriate section of this chapter for a des...	100
Reconstructing an Array	100
1 Determine which array is in Critical status and which disk in the array has failed.	101
2 If the array enclosure does not support hot swapping, pause I/O to the array before you continu...	101
3 Remove the failed disk and allow I/O to resume.	101
4 Insert a good disk of at least the same storage capacity. Be sure that the SCSI ID of the new d...	101
5 Issue a Rescan command to detect the new disk.	101
6 If you installed a new disk (or disks), make the disk into a spare by following the directions ...	101
7 Click to open the Storage Configuration window. Right- click on the Array icon that looks like ...	102
8 Enter the required information for the Reconstruct operation in the Scheduler dialog box. You c...	102
9 Select an Execution Priority - high, medium, or low.	102
10 Click OK.	102
11 At the prompt, confirm that you want to reconstruct the array member.	102
12 Read the event notifications that appear in the System Monitor window (they may also appear as...	102
Pausing I/O on an Array	103
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	103
2 Right-click the icon of the array you want to pause and select Pause I/O on the drop-down menu.	103
3 When the Pause I/O dialog box appears, enter a pause interval that does not exceed the maximum ...	103
4 Complete your work with the array disks. Data I/O resumes automatically at the end of the pause...	104
Verifying Array Integrity	104
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	104
2 Right-click on the Array icon.	104
3 Select Verify from the drop-down menu.	104
4 Leave the autocorrect box checked so that any data parity or mirroring mismatches will be corre...	104
5 Select OK if you want to verify parity immediately, or select Scheduled if you want to schedule...	105
6 If you select Scheduled, enter a start time, start day of the week, and other information. (See...	105
7 Select an Execution Priority - high, medium, or low. This sets the system resources devoted to ...	105
8 Click OK to start the operation (if you selected Immediate) or to enter it on the list of sched...	105
9 At the prompt, click Yes to confirm that you want to verify parity information.	105
Blinking Array Drive Lights	105
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	105
2 Right-click on an Array icon in the Logical Resources area.	105
3 Select Blink from the drop-down menu.	105
4 Look at the array enclosure to see which disks are members of the array.	105
5 Click OK to the drive lights from blinking.	106
6 You can also click on the Stop blinking lights icon to stop all of the drive lights from blinking.	106
Reactivating an Off-line Array	106
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	106
2 Right-click on the dimmed icon of the off-line array and select Reactivate from the drop-down l...	106
3 At the prompt, confirm that you want to reactivate the array. Be sure that any hardware problem...	106
Changing an Array Name	106
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	106
2 Right-click the icon of the array whose name you want to change.	106
3 Select Rename from the drop-down menu.The Change Name dialog box appears.	107
4 Type the new array name and click OK.	107
5 At the prompt, confirm that you want to change the array name. This change appears immediately ...	107
Forcing a Spare	107
1 Be sure that one or more spares are available for the array. These can either be dedicated spar...	107
2 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	107
3 Right-click on the icon of the array with the suspect disk and select Force a spare from the dr...	107
4 Select the disk that you want to replace.	107
5 Click OK to replace this disk with a spare.	107
6 At the prompt, confirm that you want to replace the disk with the spare.	107
Performing Spare Operations	108
Testing All Spares	108
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	108
2 Right-click the icon of any spare in the Logical Resources window and select Test All Spares fr...	108
3 Select OK if you want to test all spares immediately, or select Scheduled if you want to schedu...	109
4 If you select Scheduled, enter a starting time, starting day, and other information.	109
5 Click OK to start the operation (if you selected Immediate) or to enter it on the list of sched...	109
6 At the prompt, confirm that you want to test the spares.	109
7 When the test is complete the results will be viewable as an event. (The message is also record...	109
8 Replace the failed disk immediately with a good disk of at least the same capacity.	109
Blinking the Spare Drive Light	109
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	109
2 Right-click the spare icon in Logical Resources window and select Blink in the drop-down menu.	109
3 Look at the array enclosure to see which disk light is blinking.	109
4 Click OK to stop all the drive light from blinking.	109
5 You can also click to stop the drive lights from blinking.	109
Performing Disk Operations	110
Blinking the Drive Light	110
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	110
2 Right-click a drive icon in the left side of the window and select Blink from the drop-down menu.	110
3 Look at the array enclosure to see which drive light is blinking.	110
4 Click OK to stop the drive light from blinking.	110
5 You can also click on to stop all of the drive lights from blinking.	110
Downing the Drive	111
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	111
2 Right-click the icon of the disk you want to down and select Down a Drive from the drop-down me...	111
3 Wait until the Reconstruct operation is completed, and then continue with your work in the prog...	111
Pausing I/O to an Array Disk Drive	111
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	112
2 Right-click the icon of the disk you want to pause and select Pause I/O from the drop-down menu.	112
3 When the Pause I/O dialog box appears, enter a pause interval that does not exceed the maximum ...	112
4 Complete your work before the pause period expires. I/O resumes automatically at the end of thi...	112
8	113
Scheduling and Monitoring Array Operations	113
Setting Scheduling Options	114
1 Define a new scheduled operation: Reconstruct an Array, Verify Integrity of Array, or Test All ...	114
Figure 81. Scheduler Dialog Box	114
2 Select Immediate to perform the action immediately or Scheduled to schedule it for later.	114
3 If you select Scheduled, select Once, Periodically, Daily, or Weekly. Enter other information s...	115
4 Click OK to record the scheduling options. You may be prompted to confirm the activity.	115
Viewing and Managing Scheduled Activities	116
1 Click on the main toolbar to open the Activity View window, as shown in Figure82.	116
Figure 82. Activity View Window	116
2 Information about each activity is shown in the window. Each kind of activity has a unique icon...	116
3 To change the priority of a Verify or Reconstruct operation that is currently running (as indic...	117
4 To delete an activity that is not currently running, right-click its icon and select Delete fro...	117
5 To abort a currently-running activity, select its icon and click the Abort button . After you c...	117
9	119
Setting Security Options	119
Changing the Password	120
1 Click to open the System Monitor window. Then select the icon of the server whose password you ...	120
2 Right-click on the system you wish to change the password for and select Change Password. The S...	120
Figure 91. Set Access Password Dialog Box	120
3 Type the new password in the New Password field.	120
4 Type the new password again in the Confirm Password field.	121
5 Click OK to accept the new password.	121
Setting Password Time-out Options	121
1 Click to open the Preferences dialog box and click the Password tab to display the Password dia...	121
Figure 92. Password Dialog Box	121
2 Select one of the three Password time-out options. Here is a description of the options:	121
3 Click Defaults to accept the default settings or click OK to accept the password time-out change.	122
Controlling Guest Access	123
1 Click the Reconnect icon in the System Monitor widow.	123
2 Enter the password when prompted.	123
1 Click to open the System Monitor window.	123
2 Right-click the server icon whose guest access setting you want to change and select Guest Access.	124
3 When the Enable/Disable Guest Access dialog box appears, select or deselect the Enable Guest Ac...	124
4 Click OK to enter the change. Enter the password when you are prompted to do so. The Guest Acce...	124
10	125
Managing Arrays and Spares	125
Responding to a Critical Array	126
1 Click the Array icon and observe the Disk icons of the array members on the left side of the sc...	127
2 Right-click the icon and then select Blink from the drop-down menu to blink the drive light on ...	127
3 Observe which drive light is blinking. This is the disk that you need to replace. If no lights ...	127
a The disk is still connected but has failed so badly that it cannot respond to the Blink command...	127
b The disk has been removed or its power cord or SCSI cable has been disconnected.	127
c The disk does not have an LED that indicates I/O activity.	127
4 If the array enclosure supports hot swapping, remove the failed drive.	127
5 Insert the replacement drive and issue the Rescan command.	128
6 If the array enclosure does not support hot swapping, pause I/O to the array before you continu...	128
7 Remove the failed disk drive and allow I/O to resume.	128
8 Pause I/O again.	128
9 Insert the replacement drive and allow I/O to resume.	128
10 Select the icon of the new disk, and issue a Create Spare command.	128
11 When a Pool spare with a capacity as large as the smallest member of the critical array or a s...	128
Replacing a Spare	128
1 Delete the spare. (See Deleting a Spare on page517.)	128
2 If the spare is in an enclosure that supports hot swapping, remove the spare disk drive and rep...	129
3 If the spare is not in an enclosure that supports hot swapping, pause I/O (see Pausing I/O to a...	129
4 Remove the spare and allow I/O to resume.	129
5 Pause I/O again, insert the replacement drive, and allow I/O to resume.	129
6 Use Adaptec CI/O Management Software to mark the new disk drive as a dedicated spare or a pool ...	129
1 If the array enclosure supports hot swapping, remove the spare that is marked as down.	129
2 Insert the replacement drive and issue the Rescan command.	129
3 If the spare is in an enclosure that does not support hot swapping, pause I/O. (Skip this step ...	129
4 Remove the spare and allow I/O to resume.	129
5 Pause I/O again.	129
6 Insert the replacement drive and allow I/O to resume.	129
7 Use Adaptec CI/O Management Software to mark the new disk drive as a dedicated spare or a pool ...	129
Replacing an Active Array Member	130
1 Perform a Down operation on the array member you want to replace (see Downing the Drive on page...	130
2 If the array enclosure supports hot swapping, remove the member marked as down.	130
3 Insert the replacement drive and issue the rescan command.	130
4 If the array member is an enclosure that does not support hot swapping, pause I/O. (Skip steps ...	130
5 Remove the disk drive and allow I/O to resume.	130
6 Pause I/O again.	130
7 Insert the replacement drive and allow I/O to resume.	130
8 When a pool spare with a capacity as large as the smallest member of the critical array or a sp...	130
Responding to an Off-line Array	130
Notes on Replacing Disk Drives	132
Optimizing Array Performance	133
1 Click to open the Storage Configuration window.	133
2 Right-click on the Array icon and select Optimize Performance from the drop-down menu. The Opti...	133
Figure 101. Optimize Performance Dialog Box	133
3 A list of Optimized Applications will appear. Each entry is prefaced by the word workstation or...	133
4 Select the desired entry from the list. All applications optimized by this setting will appear ...	134
5 Select Caching enabled to enable caching on this array. When you enable caching, Adaptec CI/O M...	134
6 Click the Edit button. The Performance Setting dialog box appears, as shown in Figure102.	134
Figure 102. Performance Setting Dialog Box	134
7 To create a new setting, enter a new name for the performance setting in the Optimize Performan...	134
8 Click the Use as default checkbox if you want to use this setting as the default when creating ...	134

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