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RAIDWatch® Effortless RAID Management Java-based GUI Manager for Infortrend Disk Array Subsystems User’s Manual Software Revision: 2.3.X (with

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Chapter 6 Basic Operations This chapter describes the RAIDWatch screen elements and basic operations. ♦ Starting RAIDWatch Agents – Section 6.

RAIDWatch User’s Manual  6.6.3 Logical Drive Information Window  6.6.4 Logical Volume Information Window  6.6.5 Fibre Channel Status Window  6.6.

Chapter 6: Basic Operations 6.1 Starting RAIDWatch Agents Once the RAIDWatch software is properly installed, the necessary software agents start au

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 6.2 Starting RAIDWatch Manager The management software interface, RAIDWatch Manager, needs to be started by a network or RAI

Chapter 6: Basic Operations 6.2.2 Locally or via LAN under Linux Environments To startup RAIDWatch manager under Linux environments, follow the step

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 6.3 Start Using RAIDWatch Manager When the RAIDWatch Manager is launched, A RAIDWatch Connection window will first prompt and

Chapter 6: Basic Operations NOTE: If you are not sure of a RAID array’s IP address, you may rely on the Auto Discovery option in the Configurati

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 6-6: Retrieve IP List: IPs Managed by Root Agents Step 2. If you like to add a new root agent, pull-down the Root A

Chapter 6: Basic Operations Discovery. (See Figure 6-8) The new search result will be showing in the Agent List Window. Figure 6-8: Start Auto Disc

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 4-22: Create Plug-in Receiver Profile...13 Fig

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 6-10: Disconnect from a Connected Array Select Logout will close the current management session and return to the Ou

Chapter 6: Basic Operations RAIDWatch’s main program. Information Default password is “1234.” It is recommended to configure passwords for the first

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 6.5.2 Screen Elements Figure 6-11: GUI Screen Elements The GUI screen can be divided mainly into three (3) separate windows

Chapter 6: Basic Operations For a summary of commands, see Appendix A, Command Summary. NOTE: Multiple simultaneous RAIDWatch Managers can connect

RAIDWatch User’s Manual You may click the What’s this? command, move it around the screen, and display related information by a second mouse-click on

Chapter 6: Basic Operations 6.6 The Information Category The Information category allows you to access to information about every aspect of syst

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 6.6.2 Tasks Under Process Window The Tasks Under Process window (shown in Figure 6-17) reminds you of unfinished tasks being

Chapter 6: Basic Operations 6.6.4 Logical Volume Information Window The Logical Volume Information window (shown in Figure 6-19) provides the confi

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 6.6.6 System Information Window The System Information window (shown in Figure 6-21) provides key information about the RAI

Chapter 6: Basic Operations Cache Dirty (%) If you select Cache Dirty (%), a window similar to the one shown in Figure 6-22 will appear. The percenta

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 6-32: Host LUN Mapping Right-click Menu...28 Figure 6-33:

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 6.7.1 Logical Drives Maintenance Window When the Logical Drives maintenance window is opened, the screen shown in Figure 6-2

Chapter 6: Basic Operations The system can automatically perform a Media Scan according to a preset task schedule. For more details, please refer to

RAIDWatch User’s Manual  Media Scan – You can set up media scan action to a specific physical drive. To start a media scan, select a drive from the

Chapter 6: Basic Operations Front View window and then set the conditions in the Functions window. Click Apply to start the action. 6.7.3 Task Sched

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 6-27: Accessing Configuration Commands 6.8.1 Quick Installation This is a new function in RAIDWatch 2.2 or above ver

Chapter 6: Basic Operations ♦ A selected physical drive is highlighted by bright blue lines; a second mouse-click on it deselects the drive. Fig

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 6-29: Existing Logical Drives Window 6.8.4 Create Logical Volume Window This window uses the same operation flow as

Chapter 6: Basic Operations Figure 6-30: Channel Window On the Parameters page, channel mode, current data rate, default data rate and current trans

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 6.8.7 Host LUN Mapping Window The Host LUN Mapping window allows you to associate configured arrays with host channel IDs or

Chapter 6: Basic Operations window(s) on your screen. You may also select each connected system by clicking the listed systems at the bottom of the W

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 10-8: iSCSI Initiator Menu ...

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 6.10 Multi-array Management Figure 6-34: Opening Device for Multi-Array Management Management of multiple arrays is all

Chapter 7 Configuration Parameters RAIDWatch Manager enables you to modify the configuration of the disk array controller from your manager cons

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 7.1 Accessing Configuration Parameters Options To access controller configuration options, either use the Configuration cate

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters 7.2 Communications To configure the Communication options, select the Communication page, as shown in Figure 7-2

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 7.3 Controller “Controller” here refers to the RAID controller unit, which is the main processing unit of a RAID subsystem.

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters fails, the subsystem firmware automatically switches caching mode to the conservative Write-through. ♦ Optimiz

RAIDWatch User’s Manual If the DIMM module installed for data caching supports ECC, you may select to enable or disable the error check function here

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters ♦ Shutdown Controller. This prepares the subsystem to be powered off. This function flushes the unfinished write

RAIDWatch User’s Manual We strongly recommend using this function to save the configuration profile whenever a configuration change is made. ♦ Save

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters Figure 7-6: The Password Page Maintenance Password Users logging in using the Maintainance Password will be able

RAIDWatch User’s Manual User’s Manual Overview Congratulations on your decision to use Infortrend’s RAIDWatch management software program. This manag

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 7-7: The Threshold Page To change the threshold values on a specific monitored item, for example, the CPU Temp Sensor,

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters Click Default to restore the default values for both thresholds. Click Cancel to cancel this action and go back

RAIDWatch User’s Manual that if one of the controllers fails, the surviving controller can finish the writes. If controllers are operating using th

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters 7.8 Event Triggered Operations Figure 7-10: The Trigger Page To reduce the chance of data loss caused by hardwar

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 7.9 Host-side, Drive-side, and Disk Array Parameters I/O channel host-side, drive-side, and rebuild priority options are incl

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters Drive-side Parameters  Disk Access Delay Time (Sec): Sets the delay time before the subsystem tries to access t

RAIDWatch User’s Manual function to decide at what interval the subsystem will check the status of these devices.  Drive Fail Swap Check Period (Sec

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters  Peripheral Device Type / Peripheral Device Qualifier / Device Supports Removable Media / LUN applicability: If

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Scanner Device 6 MO Device 7 Storage Array Controller Device 0xC Enclosure Services Device 0xD Unknown Device 0x1f Table

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters Both One-way and Two-way (Mutual) CHAP approaches are available through the “iSCSI Initiator” menu under the “Host

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Describes how to configure the RAIDWatch sub-module configuration client and event no

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Disk-Array Parameters Figure 7-13: The Disk Array Parameters  Rebuild Priority: The rebuild priority determines how muc

Chapter 7: Configuration Parameters  Maximum Drive Response Timeout (ms): The main purpose for having a maximum response time on hard drives is to

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 3. Enhance performance using LMDD test in the sequential reads. 4. The Synchronized Cache Communications between RAID contr

Chapter 8 Channel Configuration Using RAIDWatch Manager, you can modify the configuration of any channel on the controller. With RAID control

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 8.1 Channel Configuration Window I/O Channel configuration options are available under the Configuration category, which is

Chapter 8: Channel Configuration Figure 8-2: Selecting a Channel: Fibre Host The following sections describe user-configurable channel parameters.

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Channel Parameters: EonRAID 2510FS Series Figure 8-4: Selecting a Drive Channel: EonRAID 2510FS 8.2.1. Channel Mode This con

Chapter 8: Channel Configuration 8.2.2. Termination This parameter enables or disables channel SCSI termination on subsystems featuring SCSI host

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Furthermore, certain older SCSI devices may only support narrow transfer and behave abnormally when attempting to negotiate w

Chapter 8: Channel Configuration Figure 8-5: ID Pool Menu When selecting an ID, be sure that it does not conflict with the other devices on the chan

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Part 3: System Monitoring Chapter 11: System Monitoring & Management Discusses how to obtain the current status of SAF-TE,

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Chapter 9 Drive Management This chapter focuses on how to create or delete Logical Drives (LDs) and Logical Volumes (LVs). Both LDs and LVs

RAIDWatch User’s Manual  9.2.6 Rebuilding Logical Drives  9.2.7 Deleting an LD ♦ Logical Volume Management – Section 9.3, page 9-18  9.3.1 Access

Chapter 9: Drive Management 9.1. Locating Drives RAIDWatch uses icons to represent subsystem drive trays. In many configuration windows, a single cl

RAIDWatch User’s Manual NOTE: When you delete a logical drive, all physical drives assigned to the logical drive will be released, making them avai

Chapter 9: Drive Management Figure 9-2: The Create Logical Drive Window 9.2.2 Creating Logical Drives 9.2.2.1. LD Creation To create a logical driv

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 9.2.2.3. Setting RAID Parameters After the physical drives that will be used in the LD have been selected, the RAID paramete

Chapter 9: Drive Management 9.2.2.4. Click OK to Create LD Once the physical drives that will be used in the LD have been selected and all the desir

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 9-4: List of LDs From the list shown in Figure 9-4, select the LD for which you wish to change its characteristics or

Chapter 9: Drive Management 9.2.3.2. Expanding LD by Adding Disks To access the Add Disk command page, select a logical drive and click on the Add D

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Usage Conventions Throughout this document, the following terminology usage rules apply:  “Controller” always refers to Inf

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 9-7: The Expand Command Sub-window Available Expand Size (MB) If there is an amount of unused capacity in a logical d

Chapter 9: Drive Management 9.2.3.5. Accessing the Migrate LD Command page To access the Migration LD command page, first select a logical drive on

RAIDWatch User’s Manual WARNING! 1. Different RAID configurations use different sizes of disk space to store parity or mirrored data. When migratin

Chapter 9: Drive Management 9.2.4 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion 9.2.4.1. What Is It and How Does It Work? Before Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion,

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Mode 2 Expansion, on the other hand, requires the same number of higher-capacity hard disk drives for a given logical drive.

Chapter 9: Drive Management RAID Expansion - Mode 2 (3/3)3RAID 5 (4GB)4 GB4 GB4 GBRAIDExpansionRAID 5 (8GB)orRAID 5 (8GB)n n+1partitionsPartitionIn

RAIDWatch User’s Manual NOTE: Adding a spare drive can be done automatically by selecting the RAID 1+Spare, RAID 3+Spare, RAID 5+Spare or RAID 6+S

Chapter 9: Drive Management NOTE: An Enclosure Spare is one that is used to rebuild all logical drives within the same enclosure. In configuration

RAIDWatch User’s Manual the LD being deleted and any data that was previously stored on the LD will be irretrievable. IMPORTANT! Deleting a logical

Chapter 9: Drive Management NOTE: When you delete a logical volume, all logical drives assigned to it will be released, making them available for

RAIDWatch User’s Manual IMPORTANT! The Important messages emphasis on using RAIDWatch management software. WARNING! Warnings appear where overloo

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 9-17: The Create Logical Volume Window 9.3.2 Creating Logical Volumes 9.3.2.1. LV Creation Step 1. Select the LDs th

Chapter 9: Drive Management NOTE: If the redundant controller function has not been enabled or the SIDs are not assigned on drive channels, the LD

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 9-18: Accessing Existing Logical Volume Window 9.3.3.1. Modifying LV Configurations After the LV is created, some co

Chapter 9: Drive Management Write Policy: Write policy can be adjusted on a per logical volume basis. This option allows you to set a write policy fo

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 9-21: Logical Volume Parameters Step 3. Available expansion size displays in a text box if there is any amount of unu

Chapter 9: Drive Management Figure 9-22: Displaying Logical Volume Edit Mode Menu Step 2. You will be asked to confirm that you wish to delete the s

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 9.4.2 Partitioning a Logical Drive WARNING! Partitioning a configured array destroys the data already stored on it. Parti

Chapter 9: Drive Management Step 6. The Partition Size window displays. Enter the desired capacity and press OK to proceed. Figure 9-25: The Parti

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Step 2. Select Edit Partition from the menu. Step 3. The Edit Partition mode window displays as shown below. Figure 9-28

Chapter 9: Drive Management 9.5. Physical Drive Maintenance 9.5.1 Read/Write Test Figure 9-31: The Physical Drive Maintenance Window Step1. To ac

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Revision History November 18, 2006 Added installation procedures for RAIDWatch using Safari browser under Mac OS X. August

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Recovery Process: Firmware might attempt to correct some of the errors discovered on drives. The configurable options are:

Chapter 10 LUN Mapping After creating a logical drive (LD) or logical volume (LV), you can map it as is to a host LUN; or, if partitions are se

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 10.1. Accessing the LUN Map Table When you want to either create or delete a LUN mapping or an extended LUN mapping, it is n

Chapter 10: LUN Mapping Figure 10-2: Selecting the Host Channel ID Number Step 3. After selecting the ID, the LUN Map Setting window appears as shown

RAIDWatch User’s Manual appears on the right-hand side of the screen. An LD or LV that has not been partitioned should have only one partition. S

Chapter 10: LUN Mapping 10.2.3. Deleting a Host LUN Mapping Step 1. Follow the steps listed in Section 10.1 above to access the LUN Map Setting windo

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 10-7: Host LUN Mapping Window (iSCSI Models) Step 1. To access the iSCSI initiator settings menu, right-click on t

Chapter 10: LUN Mapping Host IQN In here you can manually enter an initiator’s IQN (iSCSI Qualified Name); - or – Select from the list of connected

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 2. Microsoft iSCSI initiator uses IQN as the default User name for CHAP setting. A different User name can be specified he

Chapter 11 System Monitoring and Management ♦ RAID Information – Section 11.1, page 11-2  11.1.1 The Information Category  11.1.2 D

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Contact Information Asia Pacific (International Headquarters) Infortrend Technology, Inc. 8F, No. 102 Chung-Shan Rd., Sec. 3

RAIDWatch User’s Manual RAID level 6 is newly added to RAIDWatch 2.2.c. The RAID level 6 function is mentioned in Chapter 2, Chapter 9 as well as a cl

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 11.1 RAID Information Unlike its predecessor, RAIDWatch presents access to all information services under one Array Status

Chapter 11: System Monitoring and Management The Array Information category provides access to seven display windows as listed below: Icon Descript

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 11.1.3 Enclosure View The Enclosure View window displays both the front and the rear views of connected enclosures. For the E

Chapter 11: System Monitoring and Management 11.1.4 Task Under Process Access the Task Under Process window by clicking on the display icon in the

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Event Log List Window The Event Log List window generates the system’s event log list at the bottom of the RAIDWatch screen.

Chapter 11: System Monitoring and Management Figure 11-6: Event View Option Window In the Event View Option window, the tabbed panel on the top of t

RAIDWatch User’s Manual setting(s), host LUN list, drive-side parameters, caching parameters, and communication information. Figure 11-7: Configu

Chapter 11: System Monitoring and Management drive (RAID) configuration of disk drives cannot afford two failed disk drives. ♦ A logical drive ma

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 11.3 Logical Volume Information A logical volume consists of one or many logical drives. Data written onto the logical volum

Chapter 11: System Monitoring and Management 11.4 Fibre Channel Status This window is automatically grayed out on subsystems featuring SCSI or iS

RAIDWatch User’s Manual November 15, 2004 Revised for RAIDWatch revision 2.1.b. This is an initial RAIDWatch version to support iSCSI subsystems. The

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 11-11: System Information Window Step 1. To access the window, click on the System Information icon on the GUI navig

Chapter 11: System Monitoring and Management Component status is constantly refreshed, yet the refresh time depends on the value set for device bus p

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Chapter 12 Enclosure Display This chapter introduces the enclosure display using the Enclosure View window in the RAIDWatch’s main program.

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 12.1 About The Enclosure View Window The RAIDWatch Enclosure View is a customized display that shows a visual representati

Chapter 12: Enclosure Display Action Command menus and then select Information/Enclosure View on the top of the screen. (See Figure 12-3) Figure 12

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 12.3 LED Representations As described earlier (see Section 12.1), the Enclosure View is a direct representation of the physic

Chapter 12: Enclosure Display Figure 12-5: Service LED lights up After servicing the subsystem, the administrator should turn off this service LED

RAIDWatch User’s Manual which the drives are connected, the drive’s capacity, transfer rate, and current status. The enclosure components function a

Chapter 13 NPC Utility Coupled with Mode Three Installation This chapter introduces the NPC utility. The following topics are discussed: ♦ T

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Chapter 1 remained largely unchanged with only minor editorial corrections that do not directly affect the content. Chapter 2

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 13.1. The NPC Utility 13.1.1 Introduction NPC stands for “Notification Processing Center.” This utility is used to deliver

Chapter 13: NPC Utility Coupled with Mode Three Installation Figure 13-2: The NPC Initial Screen 13.2. Configuring the Utility Options 13.2.1 SS

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 13-3: Email Notification – Sender Side Settings Step 2. Fill in or select the following configuration fields: SMTP S

Chapter 13: NPC Utility Coupled with Mode Three Installation Receiver's email: Shows a list of all the email addresses that the NPC will send a

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 13-6: SNMP Traps – Receiver Side Settings Host IP: The port number of the agents listening for traps. Severity: Selec

Chapter 13: NPC Utility Coupled with Mode Three Installation Step 3. Click Apply or OK to proceed with configuration. Note that the configuration wil

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Chapter 14 Centralized Management Utility This chapter introduces the Centralized Management utility. The following topics are discussed: ♦

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 14.1. Centralized Management Introduction The Centralized Management utility provides: ♦ Online monitoring of Infortrend R

Chapter 14: Central Management Utility Step 3. Select the Auto Discovery option from the Module Name drop-down box. (See Figure 14-3) Figure 14-3:

Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter provides information about the RAIDWatch management program. The following topics are discussed in this cha

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 14.3. Centralized Management Connection Centralized Management will display subsystems based on the Agent IP list. The inf

Chapter 14: Central Management Utility NOTE: Icons that are blinking red have warning messages or events that should be verified. 14.4.2 System E

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 14-9: Event View Option The Event log filter option allows you to filter events based on various criteria. (See Figu

Appendices This chapter details the following: ♦ Command Summary – Appendix A, page App-2  A.1 Menu Commands  A.2 Configuration Client Utilit

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Appendix A. Command Summary This appendix describes the commands available in RAIDWatch Manager. These commands are presen

Appendices RAIDWatch Window Menu Commands (Outer-Shell Window) Command Description Next Window This command allows you to switch to the display of

RAIDWatch User’s Manual RAIDWatch Action Menu Commands (Management Window) Command Description Array Information Displays the second-level menu, whi

Appendices Tool Bar Commands Command Description Open Bookmark File Opens a previously saved connection view profile. This profile contains informa

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Appendices Appendix B. Glossary Fibre (Also known as “Fibre Channel”) A device protocol (in the case of RAID, a data storage device) capable

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 1.1 RAIDWatch Overview 1.1.1 Product Description Infortrend’s innovated RAID manager, RAIDWatch, is a Java-based program spe

RAIDWatch User’s Manual ISEMS Infortrend Simple Enclosure Management System – an I2C-based enclosure monitoring standard developed by Infortrend Tec

Appendices NRAID Non-RAID. The capacities of all the drives are combined to become one logical drive (no block striping). In other words, the ca

RAIDWatch User’s Manual SASL SASL is the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a mechanism for identifying and authenticating a user login to

Appendices Striping Also called RAID 0. A method of distributing data evenly across all drives in an array by concatenating interleaved stripes from

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Appendices Appendix C. RAID Levels This appendix provides a functional description of Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID). This includes in

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure C-1: Non-RAID Storage C.3. RAID 0 RAID 0 implements block striping where data is broken into logical blocks and strip

Appendices C.4. RAID 1 RAID 1 implements disk mirroring where a copy of the same data is recorded onto two sets of striped drives. By keeping two cop

RAIDWatch User’s Manual IMPORTANT! RAID (0+1) will not appear in the list of RAID levels supported by the controller. If you wish to perform RAID 1,

Appendices Figure C-5: RAID 3 Storage C.7. RAID 5 RAID 5 implements multiple-block striping with distributed parity. This RAID level offers the same

Chapter 1: Introduction ♦ Severity levels and display sequences are configurable for event notification via Email, Fax, MSN Messenger, SMS Short Mes

RAIDWatch User’s Manual C.8. RAID 6 A RAID 6 array is essentially an extension of a RAID 5 array with a second independent distributed parity scheme.

Appendices Appendix D. Additional References This appendix provides direction to additional references that may be useful in creating and operating

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RAIDWatch User’s Manual 1.2.2 Enclosure View Figure 0-1: Enclosure View Window The enclosure window shown in Figure 0-1 provides real-time reportin

Chapter 1: Introduction RAIDWatch’s sub-module, Configuration Client, that is installed onto a management station and runs independently from the mai

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 1.2.4.2 Mode Two: Stand-alone (on Host) For configurations depending on the existing SCSI, iSCSI, or Fibre host connection

Chapter 1: Introduction Table 0-1 shows the modules installed and the installation mode required: Installation Software Modules Mode One Managemen

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RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 0-5: Typical RAIDWatch Connection – Applet Mode 3. Stand-alone/Out-of-Band (on Host) Installation: This installatio

Chapter 1: Introduction 1.2.5 Multi-Language Support RAIDWatch is a useful RAID management tool that is being used worldwide. The software is current

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 1.3 Conceptual Foundation In order for RAIDWatch to function properly, different software modules must be correctly installe

Chapter 1: Introduction Mode 1 Centralized Management All Modes Mode 2 Stand-alone on Host Mode 3 Stand-alone on Subsystem Installed Elements Cen

RAIDWatch User’s Manual NOTE: If the In-band connection to RAID arrays is used, the RAIDWatch program can access the arrays only when one logical d

Chapter 2 RAIDWatch Considerations Before you begin installing RAIDWatch, the following items should be considered: ♦ Background Informatio

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 2.1 Background Information Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks (RAID) is a storage technology used to improve the processi

Chapter 2: RAIDWatch Considerations rebuild the array, you will also need to replace the failed drive manually to create another spare in case anothe

RAIDWatch User’s Manual shutting down the system (hot-swapping). All EonStor subsystems support drive hot-swapping. ♦ If the replacement drive is in

Chapter 3 Installation This chapter describes RAIDWatch requirements and the installation procedure. The following sections are covered in this

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RAIDWatch User’s Manual 3.1 System Requirements The minimum hardware and software requirements for RAIDWatch are listed below. 3.1.1 Server Running

Chapter 3: Installation ♦ Windows Messaging (MAPI) for Windows 2000/2003 if fax notification support is needed. ♦ Windows NetBEUI support for Window

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Role Centralized Management Center Storage pool …. Internet Capable Yes N/A …. Table 3-1: RAID Charting Table ♦ ID/Name – U

Chapter 3: Installation 3.4 Software Setup This section discusses how to install RAIDWatch in your system. Before proceeding with the setup procedure,

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 3-1: Product Utility CD Initial Screen Step 4. Click the supported platform on the right-hand side to start the insta

Chapter 3: Installation Step 1. Insert the Infortrend Product Utility CD or RAIDWatch installation CD into the system’s optical drive. Step 2. If y

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 3-3: File Manager Window in Solaris Platform Step 5. A Run window prompt will display. (See Figure 3-4) To install th

Chapter 3: Installation password is not available, you may reboot from an installation CD and find the menu item for “Password Reset.” NOTE: You may

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 3-6: The “NetInfo Manager” in the Utilities Sub-folder Step 3. Click on the “Lock” icon on the lower left of the scr

Chapter 3: Installation Find the “password” field, click on the value field to alter it (it should contain just the “*” as an encrypted password). D

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 3.4.4 Installing RAIDWatch on a Solaris Platform ... 3-7 3.4.5 Installing RAI

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 3.4.6 Installing RAIDWatch Main Program (for All Platforms) When the install shield of RAIDWatch main program is launched, fo

Chapter 3: Installation Step 3. If you accepted the License Agreement in Figure 3-10, a new window with two installation options will appear. These o

RAIDWatch User’s Manual The new Central Management utility is also installed in this process. The utility provides Online monitoring of Infortrend RAI

Chapter 3: Installation 3.4.7 Installing Software Components RAIDWatch allows you to install its management utility redundantly onto two different se

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 3-15: Installing Active Step 1. If the Next button from Figure 3-14 was selected, the Install Active window shown in

Chapter 3: Installation Step 2. Once the software has been successfully installed, a window indicating the successful installation (see Figure 3-16)

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Step 1. As shown in Figure 3-17 above, enter the IP address or the host name of the controller/subsystem and the controller

Chapter 3: Installation Figure 3-19: Successful Installation NOTE: 1. RAIDWatch installation onto a Mac machine requires you to reboot your system

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Step 4. If you wish to immediately access the RAIDWatch manager, open a web browser and type in the IP address that you used

Chapter 3: Installation 3.6.2 Related Configuration on Controller/Subsystem The RAID controller or subsystem must make some adjustments as well as th

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RAIDWatch User’s Manual NOTE: Be sure to change the Peripheral Device Type to your preference after the in-band host links have been properly connec

Chapter 4 Configuration Client Options This chapter describes the Configuration Client options. There are a number of different items that us

RAIDWatch User’s Manual  4.4.8 MSN Settings  4.4.9 SMS Settings ♦ Auto Discovery – Section 4.5, page 4-26 ♦ Event Severity Levels – Section 4.6,

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Figure 4-2: Configuration Client Shortcut on Windows Startup Menu Step 3. Click on Configuration Client to

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 4-4: Add Host Command Figure 4-5: Input Root Agent Dialog Box NOTE: The Root Agent IP is usually the computer IP

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Figure 4-7: Connect Commands Step 4. The Configure user dialog box appears. Select to log in either as an A

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 4-10: Left Column of Configuration Client User Interface Step 8. The Module Configuration window will display on the

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Figure 4-12: Major Elements in Configuration Client User Interface 4.2.1 Command Menu • File commands inclu

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 4-8 Configuration Client User Interface • Save Bookmark File: This button allows you to save the current connection profil

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Delete Host: Delete the Root Agent Server by selecting this command. Connect: Select this command to connec

RAIDWatch User’s Manual CHAPTER 7 CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS 7.1 ACCESSING CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS OPTIONS ...

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 4.3.1 Root Agent Settings The Root Agent Setting option is shown in Figure 4-16. Figure 4-16: Root Agent Setting • Adminis

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Figure 4-17: Agent List under Root Agent Setting Right-click on the Current Value section Figure 4-18: Ag

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Step 2. Set an SMTP server address in the SMTP server field so that event log emails can be sent to the administrator. Step

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Step 3. Enter the appropriate data in the Plug-in Description and Plug-in Label fields, and then select an

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 4.4 Event Notification Settings 4.4.1 Configuration Client Notification Methods Configuration Client provides the following

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Figure 4-24: Selecting the Severity Level 4.4.3 Enabling Notification Functions When all notification sett

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 4.4.4 SNMP Traps Settings Receiver Side To set a client listening to SNMP traps: Step 1. Open the Module Config page. Use t

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Step 5. Repeat this process to add more SNMP agents. Sender Side From the Module Config window: Step 1. Fin

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Step 2. To create a new email notification, click Create on the top right of the screen or right-click on the lower half of

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Step 5. Enter the mail subject by double-clicking the Current Value field. Step 6. Set your SMTP mail serve

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RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 4-35: Add Broadcast Receiver Dialog Box Step 4. Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver stati

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options 4.4.7 Fax Settings In order to use fax notification, a fax modem is required and its parameters must be prope

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 4-38: Add FAX Receiver Dialog Box Step 4. Enter the Outside line dial-out number if there is any. Step 5. Enter th

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Step 4. Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station. Step 5. The Fax device row

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Figure 4-41: Add MSN Receive Dialog Box Step 4. Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver. Step 5. Re

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options ♦ Siemens TC35 ♦ WAVECOM Fast Rack M1206 Please contact Infortrend for the complete list of compatible GSM

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Step 5. Repeat this process to add more receivers. Sender Side From the Module Config window: Step 1. Find the SMS settings

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options Step 1. Open the Module Configuration page. Use the Module Name pull-down menu to select Auto Discovery optio

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Step 7. You may turn on and off this option by double click on current value under Status row (see Figure 4-47) or click on t

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options The Agent List Figure 4-49: The Root Agent List If you like to start using the RAIDWatch manager, please re

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 14.1. CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION... 14-2 14.2. SETTING UP THE UTILI

RAIDWatch User’s Manual 4.6.2 Level 2 Severity Events (Examples)  SCSI Target Select Timeout  SCSI Target Phase/Signal Error  SCSI Target Unex

Chapter 4: Configuration Client Options NOTE: The utility does not display events that happened before the utility is started. Event Log Disp

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Chapter 5 RAIDWatch Icons This chapter introduces icons used in the main configuration access categories: ♦ Navigation Tree Icons – Section 5.

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Maintenance Logical Drive Physical Drive Task Scheduler Configuration Quick Installation Create Logical Drive Exist

Chapter 5: RAIDWatch Icons 5.2 Array Information Icons Enclosure View Drive in good condition Drive missing or failed Global Spare Any drive ic

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Tasks Under Process Type of tasks being processed by the subsystem. The Task status window displays icons representing spe

Chapter 5: RAIDWatch Icons Fibre Channel Status A Fibre host channel System Information A battery module A RAID controller unit A current sensor

RAIDWatch User’s Manual Create Logical Drives This window uses the same icons as in the Logical Drive Information window. See Logical Drive Informati

Chapter 5: RAIDWatch Icons Host LUN Mapping A logical drive. Different logical drives are presented using icons of different colors. A logical v