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3. Jost Fibre Speed 2 GHz ast Fibre Soeed Auto rive Fibre Speed 2 GHz ICCOM Fibre Speed Auto iDrive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz IDrive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz l Logical Drive Info E Logical Volume Ir yee Fibre Channel St i System Informatii lho Statistics Prive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Channel 17 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Maintenance Channel 18 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Channel 18 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz EH Ay Configuration E Create Logical Drive Ep Existing Logical Drives FE Create Logical Yolume A Existing Logical volumes e Host LUN Mapping L Configuration Parameters Figure 8 1 Accessing Channel Configuration Window Once the Channel window has been opened and channel items have appeared under the left hand side column of the Configuration window select the channel that needs to be configured Channel Channel 0 Host Fibre Speed 2 GHz Channel 1 Hast Fibre Speed Auto Parameters iD la Channel 2 Drive Fibre Speed 2 GHz Current Data Rate 2 GHz Channel 3 RC COM Fibre Speed Auto Eg Channel 12 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Default Data Rate Channel 13 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Channel 14 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Current Transfer Width Serial Channel 15 Drive SATA Speed 1 5
4. Controller Section 7 2 Communications Section 7 3 System Section 7 4 Password Section 7 5 Threshold Section 7 6 Other Section 7 7 Redundant Controller Settings Section 7 8 Event Triggered Operations Section 7 9 Chapter 7 Configuration Parameters 7 1 Co n fi o u rat j O n Pa ra m ete rs Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 7 1 Accessing Configuration Parameters Options To be able to access controller configuration options either use the Configuration category icons on the Navigation Tree or select the Configuration Parameters command from the command menu to open the Configuration Parameters The configuration window contains many options that are directly related to array performance and should be configured before creating logical arrays The following is a complete list of configuration controls and optional menus that users will have available once the Configuration Parameters option has been selected More information about many of these variables is available in the controller hardware and firmware documentation Accessing Configuration Parameters Options Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 7 2 Controller Configuration Parameters Controller here refers to the RAID controller unit which is the main processing unit of a RAID subsystem The configuration window contains two sub windows Caching and Controller Parameters To configur
5. Part 3 System Monitoring Chapter 11 System Monitoring amp Management Discusses how to obtain the current status of SAF TE PC and S E S monitoring devices and get updates on the status of storage system components Descriptions of how to access these different monitoring devices is given and the type of information that is offered by these devices shown Chapter 12 Enclosure Display The Enclosure View customization is discussed fully in this chapter Detailed instructions on how to access the enclosure view and how to use the enclosure view are given Examples of status messages are shown and explanations of the status messages provided Chapter 13 NPC Utility An independent NPC configuration utility is added for use with Storage Watch installation that comes without the Configuration Client functionality Although not as powerful as the Configuration Client NPC provides basic event notifications over Email LAN broadcast and SNMP traps Appendices X Appendix A Command Summary Summarizes the available commands and command buttons in StorageWatch and the Configuration Client utility Appendix B Glossary StorageWatch User s Guide Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Guide Overview Provides information and definitions of key technology terms used in this guide Appendix C RAID Levels Provides information about the various RAID levels Appendix D Additional References Provides information abo
6. U Unique Identifier 7 4 upload NVRAM to Host Disk 7 7 user configurable message 1 3 W Warning 3 11 wide transfer 8 4 5 Windows Messaging 2 5 Windows platforms 2 4 Index 7 Index Write Policy 9 5 6 9 18 write back cacche 7 3 Write Verify options 7 12 WWN Names s 5 25 WWN port name 5 16 Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Index 8 Index
7. ontroller Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Co n fi Gg u rat i O n Pa ra m ete rs 7 3 Communications To be able to configure the Communications options select the Communications tab as shown in Figure 7 2 from the Configuration Parameters window Tabs Configuration Parameters 5232 Port coms OM 1 3 COM 2 Terminal Emulation Baud rate etwvork Interface Q Lana AN O 00 D0 23 04 63 63 an static CQ puce CQ rarr cor none IP Address h ga d xx XX XXX Subnet hask 255 255 0 0 Defaut Gateway h 92 1xx 1 xxx Apply Figure 7 2 Select the Communications Tab RS 232C Port Raid Inc RAID subsystems controllers come with two serial ports Before proceeding with configuration first select COMI or COM2 by a single mouse click Terminal Emulation Allows you to enable or disable the terminal emulation option If you want to connect the COM port to a computer running terminal emulation enable the option and set the identical baud rate to the computer COM port f Baud Rate Allows you to control the serial port baud rate Select an appropriate value from the pull down menu Network Interface Depending on your network setting select a protocol selection circle to obtain adequate TCP IP support This column is used to configure the subsystem s Ethernet port If the Static box is selected consult your network administrator for appropriate IP address subnet mask and gateway va
8. Chi2 D026 IFT ES amp 18F 4 Size MB 76055 Status Good Speed 2 065 LD 784BBA AE Information Summary Fan 2 functioning normally Device Di Fan 3 functioning normally CPLEPPC750 Cache 256MB ECC SDRAM Firrmware 3 414 Bootrecord 1 31K SNA 2 Fever supply 0 functioning normally CC N TO Er Supply 1 functioning normally r Controler Ai Channel Channel 0 Hast Fibre Speed 2 GHz E U Channel Channel 1 Host Fibre Speed Autol eo Channel channel 3 RCCOM Fibre Speed Auto t Logical Drive ID FS4B6A44E RAID 5 000M6 Chl I SCSI ID O LUN O cpi Lun Figure 4 13 Component Information Message Tags This readout displays the current configuration of the drive including the channel number of the drive slot on the subsystem to which the drives are connected the drive s capacity transfer rate and current status The message tag for enclosure components displays the operating status The Information Summary window displays key information of the subsystem currently selected including the RAID controller s I O channels and LUN mapping status 5 50 Using the Tasks Under Process Window The Tasks Under Process window reminds a user of unfinished tasks being processed by a subsystem The start time and percentage of progress are also displayed on screen 5 14 The Array Information Category Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Bas C Ope rat
9. O NS 9 9 4 Task status Task Description Start Time Status K p Logical Drive 3FBCFS21 On Line Initialization 2004 03 26 17 17 42 Figure 4 14 Task Status Window Using the Logical Drive Information Window The Logical Drive Information window provides the configuration management and monitoring functions available in StorageWatch The Logical Drive View window includes three sub windows Logical Drive Status Front View and Logical Drive Message Logical Drive Status ID RAID Level Status LD Name ae 3 744216 Non Raid 600 Good Ld 1 ep 3EDBBSAS Raid 3 200 Good Ld 2 St Raids Good E TES are r m TUM ni vi ir Ead Eu d il Dito erac e pe dade esee dESEII j 1 Front View RAID JBOD ChI 0 ID 16 JBOD ChEO D 32 Partition s of LD 3EDBBSAS Figure 4 15 Logical Drive information Logical Drive Status This sub window displays information on configured arrays logical drives showing a unique array ID RAID level capacity array status and a name that can be manually assigned Front View This sub window helps users to quickly identify configured arrays by the physical locations of its members Different arrays are distinguished by different colors When any of the member drives is selected by a mouse click the rest of the members will be highlighted by bright blue lines indicating they are members of the selected array Basic Opera
10. Step 7 As shown in Figure 2 10 above enter the IP address or the host name of the controller subsystem and the controller password in the respective fields The default for controller subsystem IP or password is blank Preset IP and password should have been configured other configuration utilities before proceeding with StorageWatch installation Once IP or host name and the controller password have been entered and if you wish to proceed with the installation process select the Next button If you do not wish to proceed with the installation process select the Stop button and if you wish to re select the installation options then select the Back button Software Setup Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual n stal ati O n 2 Installing active now for Infortrend RAID Management Tool Infortrend BEEN Figure 2 11 Installing Active Step 8 If the Next button from Figure 2 11 was selected the Install Active window shown in Figure 2 12 will appear If you wish to stop the installation procedure then click the Stop button If you wish to continue installing the Applet components allow the installation shield to continue through the rest of the procedure Step 9 Once the Applet components have been successfully installed a window indicating the successful installation shown in Figure 2 12 will appear To complete the process and to make the window disappear click on the OK button Softwar
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12. Delea 600 Temp wilhin sale range qd x3 value 8288 V Defaut 298 V Defeul 6 V Vokape wihm acceptable range E svvaue or ana HIY Vk Detail T 5v Detail 55v Vokage within acceptable range Defui 108 v 134 v Voltage within accenmtsble range SNL Conf 1 Trigger Thee Idm E LRL D Threshold rCPU Temp Sensor Lower Threshold rom D To 20 af Upper Threshold from 50 to 100 a Disabled setto 1 Apply Default Cancel 7 8 Password Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Co n fi Gg u rat i O n Pa ra m ete rs Threshold This window allows you to change the preset values on thresholds that are used to monitor the condition of the RAID controller unit s in your subsystem For example these threshold values can be changed if the controller operates in a system enclosure where the upper or lower limit on ambient temperature is much higher or lower than that on the RAID controller Adjusting the default thresholds can coordinate the controller status monitoring with that of the system enclosure It is not recommended to change the threshold values unless out of normal conditions are expected on the installation site To change the threshold values on a specific monitored item for example the CPU Temp Sensor Right click on the item The Configuration button will prompt Left click to bring up the configuration menus WARNING The upper or lower thresholds can
13. Look at the screens below to set the proper settings for the in band protocol to work 2 16 In band SCSI Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual n stal atio n In band SCSI amp Main Menu gt Quick installation view and edit Logical drives Maximum Queued I O Count 256 LUNs per Host SCSI ID 8 Max Number of Concurrent Host LUM Connection Def4 Humb tion Def32 5 Hea Direct access Device Type 8 le Sequential access Device Type 1 gt Processor Device Type 3 gt CD ROM Device lt T ype 5 Scanner Device Type 6 gt MO Device Type 7 gt Storage Array Controller Device I Enclosure Services Device T Unknown Device Type x1f gt First select the Peripheral Device Type submenu and then select Enclosure Services Devices lt Type Oxd gt amp Main Menu Quick installation view and edit Logical drives view view Maximum Queued 70 Count 256 uieu LUNs per Host SCSI ID 8 view Max Number of Concurrent Host LUM Connection Def 4 gt Number of Tags Reserved for each Host LUH Connection Def 32 5 Peripheral Device Type Parameters Peripheral Device Type Ho Device Present amp Tupe x 7f Peripheral Device Qualifier Connected Device Supports Removable Media Disabled Undefined LUN s Onl Select Undefined LUN 0 s Only for the LUN Applicability option Leave other options as
14. OR _ee Fibre Channel Stat Figure 9 15 Accessing Create Logical Volume Window 9 3 4 o Expand a Logical Volume When members of a logical volume have free and unused capacity the additional capacity can be added to existing logical volumes The unused capacity can result from the following situations Certain amount of capacity has been intentionally left unused when the logical drives were created configurable with maximum array capacity Some or all of the members of a logical volume have been expanded either by adding new drives or copying and replacing original drives with drives of larger capacity 9 3 4 1 Opening the Expand Logical Volume Window Step 3 Select a configured LV from the Existing Logical Volumes window shown in Figure 9 16 As shown below all the LVs that have been created will appear below the Logical Volume Status panel Logical Volume Status Click to select a logical volume from the list above Members Logical Volume Parameters D 3EDEBOAS Size MONS Good Expand Properties Avaliable Expand Size max 0 ha f Expand Figure 9 16 Existing Logical Volumes Window 9 20 Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management Step 4 The expand command can be found by clicking the Expand tab under the LV Parameters panel Logical Volume Parameters Expand Properties Available Expand Size max
15. RAID 5 RAID 5 implements multiple block striping with distributed parity This RAID level offers the same redundancy available in RAID 3 though the parity information this time is distributed across all disks in the array Data and relative parity are never stored on the same disk In the event a disk fails original data can be reconstructed using the available parity information For small I Os as few as one disk may be activated for improved access speed RAID 5 offers both increased data transfer rates when data is being accessed in large chunks or sequentially and reduced total effective data access time for multiple concurrent I O s that do not span multiple drives App 12 RAID Levels Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Ap pe nd Ices C 8 RAID Levels Logical Drive Physical Disks C 2 Se lt Sting non dedicated Parity BR o4 C 12 L Block3 L Bocki Blex2 d EAA Parity 3 4 p Blok3 4 S p BlockG Parity 5 6 Eee S25 Block7_ Boks TEAG Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 RAID 10 30 and 50 Raid Inc implements RAID 10 30 50 in the form of Logical Volumes Each logical volume consists of one or more logical drives Each member logical drive can be composed of in a different RAID level Members of a logical volume are striped together RAID 0 therefore if all members are RAID 3 logical drives the logical volume can be called a RAID 30 storage conf
16. These options shown in Figure 2 5 are Centralized Management Stand alone on Host and Stand alone on Subsystem Centralized Management Selecting this option allows you to install the StorageWatch GUI a Root Agent RAID Agents Configuration Client utility and necessary drivers on the computer chosen as a management center 2 8 Software Setup Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual n stal atio n Stand alone on Host Selecting this option will result in the installation of the In Band driver RAID agents for servers that are directly attached to a RAID subsystem and the StorageWatch GUI on the local computer Stand alone on Subsystem This will install the GUI onto the controller subsystem itself The Falcon subsystems come with necessary RAID agents embedded in firmware A RAID subsystem will use a small section of formatted disk space called the reserved space to store GUI files Installed in this mode StorageWatch can be started by a remote browser accessing the IP address assigned to the subsystem s Ethernet port If the on Subsystem installation was selected a user will have to use a web browser to connect to the StorageWatch program To do this a web browser is opened and the controller subsystem IP address entered The StorageWatch program can then be accessed and used to manage the storage array E Setu p Type for Infortrend RAID Management Tool Install all components including G
17. f LUNs per Host ID Each SCSI ID can have up to 32 LUNs Logical Unit A logical configuration of array capacity can be presented through one of the LUN numbers under each host channel ID Most SCSI host adapters treat a LUN like another SCSI device Disk Array Parameters Rebuild Priority The rebuild priority determines how much of the system resources are applied when rebuilding a logical drive Available options are Low Normal Improved and High The higher priority takes up more system resources and the rebuild process completes more rapidly However I O performance in the meantime is inevitably lower due to the resource consumed f Write Verify Options Errors may occur when a hard drive writes data In order to avoid write errors the controller can force the hard drives to verify the written data There are three selectable methods Verification on LD Initialization Writes Performs Verify after Write while initializing the logical drive Verification on LD Rebuild Writes Performs Verify after Write during the rebuilding process gt Verification on LD Normal Drive Writes Performs Verify after Write during normal I O requests 7 12 Other Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Co n fi Gg u rat i O n Pa ra m ete rs 8 Redundant Controller Settings Configuration Parameters Communication Controller System Password Threshold Redundant Trigger Other Redundant Controller Communication Channel Fi
18. is segregated and formatted on each hard drive This segregated portion is called a reserved space Once the installation begins StorageWatch s main programs are automatically distributed to the reserved space 1 12 Conceptual Foundation Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual nt rod u ct O nN There is no need to install the StorageWatch program to your management computer If the arrays are managed by dual redundant controllers in the event of single controller failure the manager interface can failover to a counterpart controller Operators access to the system will not be interrupted The RAID subsystem can then be accessed from a remote station running a web browser StorageWatch now runs in Java Applet mode Applet is executed when the connection is established between aremote browser and the RAID subsystem Web browsers which are often equipped with Java virtual machines can interpret applets from web servers The controller firmware has an embedded HTTP server Once properly configured the controller subsystem s Ethernet port behaves like an HTTP server Conceptual Foundation Chapter 2 Installation This chapter describes StorageWatch requirements and the installation procedure The following sections are covered in this chapter Installation Requirements Section 2 1 page 2 2 2 1 1 Server Running Storage Watch 2 1 2 Local Client Running StorageWatch Manager RAID Chart Section
19. 3 Add LUN Filter 10 8 Add New Schedule Task 5 21 Add receiver 3 12 3 14 add recipient prompt 3 14 add recipient 3 13 Add Spare Drive 9 8 adding spare drive 9 1 9 13 additional capacity 9 20 administrator 3 3 Alert 3 11 Applet Mode 2 8 Application Program 3 10 Array Information 5 12 Authorized Access Levels 5 8 AV applications 7 11 Available Expand Size 9 9 B basis ID 10 6 Battery Backup Unit 12 3 battery backup 7 3 4 Baud rate 7 5 BBU 12 3 Broadcast 1 3 3 14 13 6 Index Index Broadcasting List 13 7 C cache hits statistics 11 11 Cache Hits graph 5 18 Cache Hits 5 18 Cache Synchronization on Write Through 7 13 cache write back 7 3 cache write through 7 3 4 caching 7 3 Cascade All 5 26 Cell Phone Number 3 20 Centralized Management 1 6 1 11 2 8 3 2 Centralized Management Statio 1 7 Centralized Management Station 3 2 channel configuration 8 1 2 Channel Mode 8 4 channel parameters 8 3 Channel window 8 2 3 check boxes 5 25 check circles 5 25 Close All 5 26 color bar 9 24 10 4 COM port 3 21 Command menu 3 4 5 9 10 5 12 Communications 7 5 Community 13 6 Conceptual Foundation 1 11 Configuration Category 5 21 Configuration Client 1 3 1 5 1 11 3 2 5 3 Configuration Parameters 7 2 Configure Task Schedule 5 21 Configure 3 2 Connect Root Agent Server 3 5 Index 1 Index Connection Prompt 5 5 Connection View
20. 4 Tasks Currently Being Processed This window helps users to understand how many unfinished tasks are currently being processed by the subsystem The task status display includes disk drive maintenance tasks as Media Scan or Regenerate Parity and array configuration processes such as logical drive initialization and capacity expansion If you happen to find that you have made the wrong configuration choice you may also left click and then right click on the task information to display the Task Abort Abort command A brief task description start time and a percentage indicator are available with each processing task Array Information 11 5 M O N Ito rl N Q amp M a nN ag e mM e nt Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 11 2 Logical Drive Information Logical Drive Information helps you to identify the physical locations and logical relationship among disk drive members In a massive storage application a logical array may consist of disk drives installed in different drive enclosures The Logical Drive information is designed for today s complicated configurations of RAID arrays The information window helps to achieve the following Having a clear idea of the relationship can help avoid removing the wrong drive in the event of drive failure A logical drive RAID configuration of disk drives cannot afford two failed disk drives A logical drive may include members which reside on different enclosures or di
21. Agents by clicking the Retrieve IP List button You may then use the IP Address pull down list to display all available IPs 5 4 Starting StorageWatch Manager Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Step 3 IP Address Enable SSL I Agent List Please DOUBLE CLICK the TARGET to connect 182 168 4 248 ID 29A A1 8L G1A3 ID 88 A18F R1A7 oo 192 168 199 230 ID FFFFF A18F R1A2 Figure 4 3 Retrieve IP List IPs Managed by Root Agents If you have a specific RAID array s IP address in mind and wish only to manage one array simply enter the IP address to proceed You may select to enable the SSL security option by a single mouse click on its check box Starting StorageWatch Manager Basic Operations Basic Operations C RAID Watch Connection x IP Address 199 199 199 29 Enable SSL Ei Retrieve IP List Show Root Agent List Username estis e tst Configuration Password Maintenance Information Cancel Figure 4 4 Connection Prompt Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Step 4 Enter a user name by selecting from the pull down menu Each user name represents an authorized access level Enter a password to proceed Leave it blank if there is no preset password Click the OK button to start the management ses sion 5 2 2 For Remote Management via Web Browser Any Supported OS Step 1 Start your web browser and enter the IP address
22. Configuration Client utility is not available with the mode 3 installation scheme With mode 3 installation arrays are accessed directly through network connections without installing the manager software and utilities onto a server The NPC utility is automatically distributed to a disk array s reserved space when installing StorageWatch using the mode 3 scheme 13 1 2 To Access the Utility The NPC utility is easily accessed using a web browser over the network 1 Open a web browser program 2 Enter http controller IP gt configure htm in the web browser s URL field 3 A safe content warning message might prompt Click Yes to proceed Warning Security L f X Do you want to trustthe signed applet distributed by Infortrend Inc Publisher authenticity verified by Infortrend Inc A The security certificate was issued by a company that is not trusted lly The security certificate has not expired and is still valid Caution Infartrend Inc asserts that this cantent is safe rau should only accept this cantent if you trust Infortrend Inc ta make that assertion More Details Yes No Always Figure 13 1 Security Warning 4 The configuration utility starts as a Java Applet 13 2 The NPC Utility Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual N PC Uti ity b Configure i iis SSL Notification Process Center Setting Enable SSL r Figur
23. Figure 1 3 Typical StorageWatch Connection Heterogeneous 2 Using a Workstation as the Management Center Applied in SAN Storage Area Network environments Access management over the network is directed through exchanges between a remote manager station and StorageWatch programs that exist on array hard drives Event notification is enabled by installing the Configuration Client and Root Agent onto a management station Redundancy for agents is also supported by installing these modules onto two or more management computers See Figure 1 4 for more details Software Modules Installation Management Center Mode One Root Agent Configuration Client utility RAID Arrays Mode Three Table 1 2 Software Modules StorageWatch Connection over Java Applet 1 8 Featured Highlights Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual nt rod U ctio n RAIDWatch in SAN Environment Remote Browser FC Links LAN Ethernet Configuration Client on e 4 Management Station FAX MODEM Broadcast SA Email SNMP Traps EonStor RAID Arrays Agents on RAID MSN icq Notifications Figure 1 4 Typical StorageWatch Connection Applet Mode Stand alone Out of Band on Host installation This installation provides management access with no centralized management utility Event notification is provided through an independent NPC utility StorageWatch accesses RAID subsystems o
24. GHz 14 Channel 16 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Channel 17 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz E34 Channel 18 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Channel 19 Drive SATA Speed 1 5 GHz Mode Name 2000000023000233 PortName 210000D023000233 Apply Figure 8 2 Selecting a Channel Fibre Host 8 2 Accessing Channel Configuration Window Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual C h an n el Co nfig U rat O nN The following sections describe user configurable channel parameters 8 2 User Configurable Channel Parameters Once the channel has been selected the screen shown in Figure 8 3 will appear in the content window Note that SCSI host channels are used as an example in Figure 8 3 The different options are discussed below Once the Channel window has been opened and channel items have appeared under the left hand side column of the configuration window select the channel that needs to be configured Channel Parameters Falcon Series Host Channel Channel 0 Host SCS Speed 0 NEZ Parameters ID iy Channel 1 Host SCSI Speed O MHz Current Tranzfer Clock 0 MHz Default Transfer Clock WWBOMHz wr Current Transfer Width Marrowe Default Transter Width wee x Termination o Enabled GQ Disabled Parity Check Enabled CJ Disabled Apply Figure 8 3 Selecting a Host Channel SCSI Host Channel Parameters X24 X28 Series Channel Channel D Host Fibre Speed 2 GHz Paramete
25. LLP Channel I A Contiguratica i E Create Logical Driva Logica Drive volume En Exislrig Logical Drives nir LUN Map to SID 15 Create Logical Volume Add d Existieg Logica Veluames pe Host Channel r Host Lun Filters Hosp f Hos i I Condiguration Parameters Logical Drive s or Volume s la io rsa Sire 600M BP ic spe a4 size 20098 ID 3FDCAB89 Size 800MB Figure 10 2 Selecting the Host Channel ID Number Step 3 After selecting the ID the LUN Map Setting window appears as shown in Figure 10 3 10 2 Accessing the LUN Map Table Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual L U N M appl ng m new LUN to host LUN Map Setting Cheewrel Ics Dis X pN Ie 3F 744216 Size BOONE ID 3EDBHSAS Size 200008 Partition s of LD SEDBBSAS feo LUN Cancel Map Lun and Add Fiter Figure 10 3 LUN Map Setting Window 10 2 LUN Mapping 10 2 1 Mapping a Complete LD or LV Step 1 If you want to map a complete LD or LV make sure that the LD or LV has not been partitioned Step 2 Follow the steps listed in Section 10 1 above to access the Host LUN Mapping window shown in Figure 10 3 Step 3 Select the appropriate Channel SCSI ID and LUN numbers from the separate pull down lists above Step 4 Select a Logical Drive or Logical Volume and then select the Partition color bar with a single mouse cli
26. Mode E Create Logical Drive Er Existing Logical Drives PE create Logical volume Existing Logical volumes Media Sean Sh a Host Channel Figure 4 21 Maintenance Logical Drives In the Logical Drives Maintenance mode window you have three sub windows The Maintenance Category 5 19 Basic Ope ratio ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual The Logical Drives window provides a list of all configured arrays Select by a single mouse click on the logical drive you wish to perform maintenance tasks on The Front View window allows you to see the locations of logical drives Note that a logical drive 1s selected by a single mouse click from the list of configured arrays on the upper screen The Functions window provides configuration options with maintenance tasks and the buttons to start a maintenance task 5 6 2 Accessing the Physical Drives Maintenance Window To open the Physical Drives Maintenance window either select the Physical Drives icon from under the Maintenance category of the navigation panel shown below or select through the command menus on the top of the GUI screen ES A16F G Array 192 168 4199 aE E Front View Functions E Array Information E Enclosure view RAID Media Scan Assign spare Copy and Replace eI T Tasks Under Process Logical Drive Information lu Logical volume Intormation Selected Drive Slot 2 P d Fibre Cha
27. Step 8 Provide a retry time value Short Message Service Disable fever o cow port Send period Retry times Figure 3 25 SMS Settings Event Notification Settings 3 21 Co ntig U ratio n C e nt Optio N S Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual 3 5 Event Severity Levels StorageWatch classifies disk array events into three severity levels The first level includes non critical information events such as initialization of the controller and initiation of the rebuilding process Level 2 severity includes events which require the issuance of a warning message Level 3 severity is the most serious level and includes events that need immediate attention Note that the severity levels here are different from the levels used for configuring the notification methods The following provides example events for each level 3 5 1 Level 1 Severity Events examples Controller Initialization Complete Rebuild Initiated Rebuild Complete Rebuild Failed Logical Drive Initialization Started Logical Drive Initialization Complete 000 000 Logical Drive Initialization Failed 3 5 2 Level 2 Severity Events examples SCSI Target Select Timeout SCSI Target Phase Signal Error SCSI Target Unexpected Disconnect SCSI Target Negotiation Error SCSI Target Timed Out SCSI Target Parity Error SCSI Bus Reset Issued SCSI Target Not Ready Error SCSI Target Media Error SCSI Target Hardware Error SCSI Target U
28. assigned to the RAID subsystem Ethernet port or that of a RAID attached server as your URL e g 222 212 121 123 The IP of a RAID attached server is used when the server uses in band protocols to communicate with the attached RAID array After a brief delay while the Java Applet starts the StorageWatch Manager main connection wizard appears on the screen Step 2 The StorageWatch management window should start after a brief moment Note that in Applet mode connecting to the second array requires opening another browser window and entering its IP Note that Java Plug in support is required on browsers used for accessing the array 5 6 Starting StorageWatch Manager Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Bas C Ope rat O ns 5 23 Disconnecting and Refreshing a Connection From the System menu select Logout AIGF Array 199 199 199 299 System Action Refresh Array 199 199 199 299 ation pee RES m T Tasks Under Process ici Logical Drive Information E Logical Volume Information Fibre Channel Status i System Information hob Statistics Hg Maintenance oe Configuration Figure 4 5 Disconnect from a Connected Array Clicking Logout closes the current software session and returns you to the Outer Shell window If you wish to connect to another RAID array enter its IP address and then click OK to proceed Click Cancel to close the connection pr
29. change host or drive port Data Rate Channel Mode X24 X28 only and to add or remove Channel IDs Host Channel SCSI iD 3 Chanel 0 Fost Fibre Speed 1 GHz Parameters og Chanel 1 Host Fibre Speed 1 GHz Channel Mode Current Date Rate 1 GHz Defaut Data Rate but Current Transfer Widhe Serial Node Name 1000002064 412 45 Port Marne 200000206441 2345 amp pply Figure 4 26 Channel Window Channel Mode Only applicable on the X24 X28 series This option allows you to change the I O channel operating mode The channel mode selections can be host drive RCC drive RCC Default Data Rate Should only be applied with limitations on current configuration e g When optical cables and adapters are running on different wavelengths SCSI ID Add or remove IDs by selecting or deselecting ID boxes Parameters SCSI ID Figure 5 27 Host Channel ID Settings 5 24 The Configuration Category Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Bas C Ope rat O ns 5 7 6 0 Apply Click this button for the configuration to take effect Note that changing the channel mode or adding removing IDs requires resetting the controller subsystem Accessing the Host LUN Mapping Window The Host LUN Mapping window allows you to associate configured arrays with host channel IDs or LUN numbers A pop up window allows you to create LUN masking entries with host LUN mapping when access
30. channel 8 6 Setting the Configurations for a Channel Chapter 9 Drive Management Using StorageWatch Manager you can make and delete Logical Drives LDs and Logical Volumes LVs Both LDs and LVs can be partitioned This chapter describes the following drive management features Locating Drives Section 9 1 page 9 3 Logical Drive Management Section 9 2 page 9 4 9 2 1 Accessing the Create Logical Drive Window Creating Logical Drives e 9 2 2 1 LD Creation e 0 2 2 2 Selecting Drives e 9 2 2 3 Setting RAID Parameters f 9 2 3 Accessing the Logical Drive Configuration Window e 9 2 3 1 Opening the Existing Logical Drives Window e 9 2 3 2 To Expand by Adding Drives e 9 2 3 3 Accessing the Expand Command Sub window e 9 2 3 4 Click Expand to Initiate LD Expand f 9 2 4 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion e 9 2 4 1 What Is It and How Does It Work e 9 2 4 2 Two Modes of Dynamic LD Expansion f 9 2 5 Adding Spare Drive Assignments e 9 2 5 1 Accessing the Spare Drive Management Screen f 9 2 6 Rebuilding Logical Drives f 9 2 7 Deleting an LD Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes Section 9 3 page 9 17 9 3 1 Accessing the Create Logical Volume Window 9 3 2 Creating Logical Volumes e 0 3 2 1 LV Creation Chapter 8 Drive Management 9 1 D rive M a nN ag e Im e nt Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual e 9 3 2 2 Selecting LDs e 9 3 2 3 Setting Logical Volume Parameters e 0 3 2
31. control over Fibre Channel network is necessary The LUN Mapping window contains four sub windows Host LUN s Host WWN Filter s WWN Names s and Logical Drive s or Volume s This window also contains a right click menu that creates association with either a Primary controller ID or a Secondary controller ID ES F18F R2 25 Array Der Host LUN Mapping Host LL fat A Cord igursrtice 7 h Cragle Logics Drisas Logical Drivervolums Partian ET Existing Legcal Drives Add LUN Map ta PID ABELUN Map te SID Host Lun Filter s Logical Drive s or Volume s n is 1 LE Create Logical volume em Existing Logica vomis t Host Ghee Ree HostiD Finer Typa p Access L i Comtiquration Parameters BE io 36722216 Sire ence ME cc secebsas size 200M6 ID 3FCXCABEB Size 800MB Figure 5 28 Host LUN Mapping Right click Menu Accessing the Configuration Parameters Window The Configuration Parameters window allows you to change various system preferences options This window uses tabbed panels to provide access to the functional sub windows Each sub window provides configurable options using check boxes check circles or pull down menus The configuration process is completed by clicking the Apply button A mixture of message prompts file path windows text fields and confirm boxes ensures ease of use The Configuration Categor
32. controller subsystems User Configurable Channel Parameters 8 5 C h a n n e Co nfi Q U rat O n Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 8 3 Setting the Configurations for a Channel Step 1 Single click under the Channel window to select a corresponding channel Channel icons are displayed in the left hand side panel of the configuration window The Channel Settings configuration will appear as two separate tabbed panels on the right hand side Parameters and ID See Figure 8 1 Step 2 From the Parameters panel specify a preferred value with configurable item either by checking the pull down menus or check circles of the transfer clock transfer width termination and or parity check You should then click the Apply button for the change to take effect Step 3 If you want to assign a different ID to the selected channel choose the ID panel an ID pool scroll menu should appear as shown in Figure 8 5 Host Channel 3 Channel D Host Fibre Speed 2 GHz Parameters ID Vy Channel 7 Host Fibre Speed Auto Figure 8 5 ID Pool Menu When selecting an ID be sure that it does not conflict with the other devices on the channel Preset IDs should have been grayed out and excluded from selection The ID pool lists all IDs available for current selection Highlight the IDs you want to use by selecting its check boxes and click Apply to create either the PIDs Primary ID or SIDs Secondary ID for the
33. defaulted In band should work fine by setting these two options The adjustments necessary to use in band protocols have been completed Chapter 3 Configuration Client Options This chapter describes the StorageWatch configuration options There are a number of different items that users can configure These include the Root Agent and RAID Agents relationship and the configuration options concerning event notification The Configuration Client Utility 3 1 1 Using Windows Configuration Client Installed in a Centralized Management Station 3 1 2 Connecting to a Root Agent Configuration Client Functional Panels and GUI Screen Section 3 2 page 3 4 3 2 1 The GUI Screen Elements Root Agent Configuration Section 3 3 page 3 6 3 3 1 Root Agent Settings 3 3 2 Root Agent Log Settings 3 3 3 Configuration Client Options Event Notification Settings Section 3 4 page 3 9 3 4 1 Enabling Notification Functions 3 4 2 Configuration Client Options 3 4 3 Email Settings 3 4 4 LAN Broadcast Settings 3 4 5 Fax Settings 3 4 6 ICQ Settings 3 4 7 MSN Settings 3 4 8 SMS Settings Event Severity Levels Section 3 5 page 3 22 3 5 1 Level I Severity Events examples 3 5 2 Level 2 Severity Events examples 3 5 3 Level 3 Severity Events example Event Log Display Section 3 6 page 3 23 Co ntig U ratio n C le nt Optio n S Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual 3 1 The Configuration Client Utility 3 1 1 Using Window
34. depending on the existing SCSI or Fibre host connection for StorageWatch to RAID communications Servers in DAS Direct Attached Storage e g SCSI host models environments require RAID agents for StorageWatch commands to pass through and to communicate with RAID arrays RAID agents are installed onto the servers that are directly attached with a RAID subsystem Stand alone on Subsystems Mode Three 1 6 For remote and server transparent management using the Ethernet connection to the Falcon subsystems or X24 X28 controllers The manager program is installed to the RAID subsystem itself The RAID subsystem then uses a segregated disk space called reserved space to store the program files Access to the array is made by invoking a Java Applet on a web browser that runs anywhere in the network Featured Highlights Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual nt rod U ctio n NOTE RAID agents are embedded in RAID subsystems firmware RAID subsystems installed with Mode 2 or Mode 3 StorageWatch components can be managed by a management station running the Mode I components In this way multiple and far separated arrays can be managed by a single management station Three installation schemes for different access requirements are shown in the diagrams below Note that these diagrams do not include all possibilities StorageWatch supports various configurations and the combinations of machines running components installed in any of th
35. enclosure modules 11 10 enclosure view icons 12 4 Enclosure View messages 12 5 Enclosure View 5 13 11 2 3 12 2 Ethernet port 3 13 event description 1 3 Event Log Config View 5 9 event severity levels 3 11 Event Triggered Operations 7 14 execute expand 9 9 existing logical drives 9 8 Exit command 5 11 Expand by Adding Drives 9 8 Expand Command 9 9 expand LD 9 4 9 20 Index Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Expand 9 8 Expansion Mode 1 9 10 Expansion Mode 2 9 11 expansion size 9 9 extended LUN mapping 10 6 F failed drive 1 5 6 2 5 9 14 Failed drives 6 3 Fax device 3 16 fax notification 1 3 2 2 Fax 3 15 Fibre Channel Status Window 5 16 Fibre Channel Status 11 9 filter setting 10 8 Filter Type 10 7 Front View window 9 3 9 8 Front View 5 15 FTP sites 2 15 Functions Panel 5 20 G Generate Dummy Event 3 5 graphical interface 1 2 1 4 Group Name 10 6 guaranteed latency 7 11 Guest login 3 3 Guest Password 3 7 GUI Screen Elements 3 4 H help topic command 5 11 Hide All 5 26 Host Bus Failover Mode 7 13 Host ID Mask 10 7 Host ID 10 6 Index Host IP 13 6 7 Host LUN Mapping Window 5 25 Host LUN s 5 25 host LUN 10 1 Host WWN Filter s 5 25 Host Side Parameters 7 12 hot swapping 6 2 http server 1 13 HTTP 1 13 l IC 11 2 ICQ contact 3 18 ICQ login 3 18 ICQ User Name 3 18 ICQ 3 18 ID Pool Menu 8 6 ID po
36. from the configuration tree or select the Enclosure command from the Enclosure View as shown in Figure 4 11 The command allows you to access the graphical display of the enclosure s front and rear view window If multiple enclosures have been cascaded you can select a different enclosure by clicking its tab like icons as displayed below Enclosure tabbed panel Hardware Faults Device Type Status Controller Fan 0 Fan F allure Figure 4 11 Enclosure Tabbed Panel Select an enclosure and start viewing devices in the enclosure view window Using the Enclosure View Window Both enclosure windows present a graphical display of different components The Enclosure window is particularly useful in monitoring the status of the physical drives It provides you with a real time report on the drive status using LED colors to represent various operating conditions Basic Ope ratio ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Enclosure View Status LEDs RAID JBOD ChI 0 1D 16 JBOD ChI 0 SSCs S8en eum Figure 4 12 Component LED Display You can also display some information about a particular drive or enclosure module by placing the mouse pointer on its respective icon Message tags similar to those shown in Figure 4 13 appear Enclosure View RAID JBOD ChI 2 1D 113 Redundant Controller is Scanning BBU Disable Fan U functioning normally Fan 1 functioning normally ERC aS Slot 27
37. in file Step 1 Click the Create Plugin tab Step 2 Make sure you have placed the execution file in the plugin folder as described earlier Step 3 Enter Plugin Description Plugin Label and select an execution file from the Application Program field if there are more than one Step 4 Click Create to complete the process Figure 3 11 Create Plugin Receiver Profile Step 5 Select the Plugin tab from panel Click Create Receiver to display an input field dialog box Step 6 Key in the configuration string to be read when the application program starts A configuration argument may look like this plugin userprogram exe uid xx model xxx xxx ip XXX XXX XXX XXX ctrirName N A_ severity 1 evtStr Evt String recv customized string An added profile is listed in the Receiver Data field 3 10 Root Agent Configuration Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Co ntig U ratio n C e nt Optio ns 3 4 Event Notification Settings Configuration Client s Notification Methods Configuration Client provides the following methods for sending notifications SNMP Traps email LAN broadcast fax ICQ SMS and MSN Messenger Some notification methods such as the connection to a fax machine require Windows MAPI support on the servers used as the Configuration Client platform To configure the Event Notification previous NPC settings select Module Config from the right hand side of GUI screen Select by scrolling down th
38. in the U S and other countries SCO OpenServer and UnixWare are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation Inc in the U S and other countries Solaris and Java are trademarks of Sun Microsystems I nc All other names brands products or services are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies StorageWatch User s Guide iii Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Guide Overview Table of Contents Part 1 Getting Started With RAID Watch Chapter 1 Introduction scicecscaccceccssaahecaewwcess iiss deaiiyscantatenesxereesseteeusaevinsiensmeotos 1 1 1I Storage W atl Overview c 1 2 I dL POAUCL TI CSCTI OOM sena vd es ber e edet ae uvbe ees uda dades vada E 1 2 Jd 2 Pet Fe S IIIIOP a eiosteinst e vixi or i Gabeste tei edis Revise brani ant e dE br uda Ii PR UN sU 1 2 1 2 Featured sbiurlirud cr 1 4 JEN AE Go opo Tee NUR Ea quorum 1 4 1 2 2 T COSTE VIEW enaxiistestertatsatestor dentia read atosteztesiiagetodie E ER 1 5 1 23 Powerful Event Notification FE UNCTION ioa ia rta E a e vg n Re bee i bna 1 5 TDA Java based Remoto Manag eme Mienie E A order Puts Ro err eere edant sane 1 5 1 2 2 ASS WO rA T TOLE CU ON oaa itte eto os ctos EEEE er Obat s oem teu OOE OA 1 10 1 3 Conceptual FOUNGAUION S 1 11 1 3 1 Centralized Management Agent Based Installation
39. is needed Windows NetBEUI support for Windows NT if network broadcast support notification is needed 2 1 2 Local Client Running StorageWatch Manager Pentium or above compatible or equivalent PC running Windows NT Windows 2000 XP 2003 or Linux SuSE 8 9 and RedHat 8 9 Windows Messaging MAPI for Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 if support for fax notification is needed Windows NetBEUI support for Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 f network broadcast support notification is needed must be enabled Please refer to your Windows documentation for more information System Requirements Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual n stal atio N 2 2 RAID Chart Before installing StorageWatch and its various agents and modules it is helpful for users to chart their RAID systems Users who operate a single RAID from a local or remote workstation may skip this section For users with multiple RAID systems the information shown in Table 2 1 provides guidelines for charting existing RAID systems RAID System RAID System 1 RAID System 2 RAID System 3 me e me o Centralized storage pool M anagement Center Table 2 1 RAID Charting Table ID Name User designated an ID or name should be a unique identifying label Where a specific geographic reference e g headquarters building 3 equipment room 100 OS the operating system running on the particular system IP Address if available Role the purpose
40. may cause a short delay 4 Click SNMP Trap List from the tabbed panel above E3 Co NUT E SSL Notification Process Center Setting EMAIL SNMP Trap Broadcast Base Setting SNMP Trap List Trap Receivers Severity eE 192 166 1254 192 168 1 254 1 Severity la E Add Remove oy ew Figure 13 6 SNMP Traps Receiver Side Settings Host IP The port number of the agents listening for traps Severity Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station Trap receivers will be added to the Trap Receivers list on the right 5 Click Apply or OK to complete the configuration 13 2 4 Broadcast Notification 1 Click on the Notification Process Center Setting tab and Broadcast to display Broadcast settings 13 6 Configuring the Utility Options Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual N PC Uti ity i Co nfig ure SSL Notification Process Center Setting EMAIL SNMP Trap Broadcast Enabled vi amv o Figure 13 7 Broadcast Sender Side Settings 2 Fill in or select the following configuration fields Enabled Select this check box to enable the notification 3 Click Apply or OK to proceed with configuration Note that configuration will be saved to the reserved space on the array and may cause a short delay 4 Click Broadcasting List from the tabbed panel above Host IP The IP address a broadcast message will be
41. sent to Severity Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station Computers receiving broadcast messages will be added to the Host Name list on the right i Configure SSL Notification Process Center Setting EMAIL SNMP Trap Broadcast Base Setting BroadCasting List HostName Severity 192 166 1 666 1 HostiP 192 168 1 666 u Severity a Add Remove Figure 13 8 Broadcast Receiver Side Settings 5 Click Apply or OK to complete the configuration Configuring the Utility Options 13 7 N PC Uti ity Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual IMPORTANT In a massive capacity configuration it takes a while for the RAID subsystem to write the NPC configuration profile to every disk members DO NOT reset or power down the subsystem before the configuration can be safely distributed to the array Also make sure the subsystem s Ethernet port and related TCP IP settings have been properly configured for the NPC functionality to take effect 13 8 Configuring the Utility Options Appendices The following Appendices are provided Command Summary Appendix A page App 2 A 1 Menu Commands A 2 Configuration Client Utility Commands Glossary Appendix B page App 5 RAID Levels Appendix C page App 9 C 1 RAID Description C 2 Non RAID Storage C 3 RAID 0 C 4 RAID 1 C 5 RAID 1 0 1 C 6 RAID 3 C 7 RAID 5 Additional
42. spare just in case another drive fails and you will need a backup drive In the absence of a spare drive rebuilding must be initiated manually Before initiating a manual rebuild you must first replace the failed drive If you install the replacement drive on the same drive slot that 1s the same channel and ID then you can proceed with the rebuilding process by clicking on the rebuild button otherwise you need to scan in the drive first A failed drive should be replaced as soon as possible For a RAID 3 or RAID 5 array two failed members will cause an irrecoverable loss of data Logical Drive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management The controller subsystem can be set to rescan the drive bus for a replacement drive at the preset intervals The related setting can be found in Configuration Parameters gt Other gt Drive Side Parameters gt Drive Fail Swap Check Period Sec Logical Drives Click to select a logical drive from the list above Front View Functions RAID JBOD ChI2 ID 113 Media Scan Regenerate Party Rebuild Rebuild Figure 9 11 Displaying the Rebuild Command Menu 9 2 Deleting an LD If you want to delete an LD from your RAID subsystem follow the steps outlined below Remember that deleting an LD results in all the data on the LD being deleted and any data that was previously stored on the LD will be irretrievable IMPORTANT Deleting a log
43. window also uses a parallel display and the up then down principle To start configuring an existing array select a configured array from the LD list above Locations of its members are automatically displayed and then the available functions are displayed in the Functions window This window contains three edit commands that can be triggered by Right clicking your mouse button Logical Drives ID RAID Level Non Raid adao Size MB Status LD Name 600 Good Id 1 amp 3FT44218 i JEDE S E33 ns Ao TA Wiew Logical Drive Edit Partition Click to select Delete Logical Drive Front View Functions st above RAID JBOD ChI 0 ID 18 JBOD ChI 0 1D 32 Properties Add Disk Expand LD Assignment Primary Controller x Name Ld2 Write Policy pest Apply Figure 5 25 Existing Logical Drives Window 5 7 3 Accessing the Create Logical Volume Window This window uses the same operation flow as that applied in the Create Logical Drive window 5 7 4 Accessing the Existing Logical Volumes Window This window uses the same operation flow as that applied in the Existing Logical Volumes window Note that this window also contains Edit mode commands that are only accessible by a mouse Right click The Configuration Category 5 23 Basic Ope ratio ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 5 7 5 Accessing the Channel Window The Host Channel window allows you to
44. 0 XP and 2003 or Linux SuSE 8 9 and RedHat 8 9 via the TCP IP protocol future versions will support additional protocols Provides standard disk array functions including examining and modifying controller configuration viewing and monitoring configuration and status of physical drives scanning in new physical drives creating deleting and monitoring configuration and status of logical drives rebuilding logical drives defining spare drives creating deleting and partitioning logical volumes and mapping logical drive and volume partitions to specific host channels ID LUNs Enclosure management functions including displaying multiple enclosures and drives monitoring physical drive power supply fan and temperature status displaying the relative locations of failed physical drives for reduced risk of replacing the wrong drives Supports redundant configuration of important StorageWatch modules to avoid single point of failure StorageWatch agents come standard with subsystem firmware RAID controller real time event notices provide information about various event occurrences including the time when an event occurs event severity and event description Tasks currently being processed by the subsystems are displayed in a separate window with the help of a percentage indicator Selectable event notification via SNMP traps LAN broadcast email fax ICQ MSN messenger and SMS short messaging by severity levels event display by
45. 0 MB fo Expand Figure 9 17 Logical Volume Parameters Step 5 Available expansion size displays in a text box if there is any amount of unused capacity Step 6 Click the Expand button at the bottom of the configuration panel The expand process should be completed in a short while because all unused capacity in the members of a logical volume must has been made useful by the same expansion process The expansion process on a logical volume simply lets subsystem firmware recognize the change in the arrangement of free capacity NOTE You may combine partitions under View and Edit LV Partition Table by expanding the size of earlier partitions such as increasing the size of partition O so that it is as large as all partitions combined to make one partition WARNING Combining partitions destroys existing data on all drive partitions Step 7 The logical volume will now have a new last partition the same size as the expansion Look at the partition by Right clicking the expanded volume and select the Edit Partition command to verify this 9 3 5 Delete a Logical Volume Step 1 Select the configured volume you wish to remove with a single mouse click Right click the adjacent area to display a command menu As shown in Figure 9 18 all the LVs that have been created will appear below the Logical Volume Status panel Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes 9 21 D rive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users M
46. 2 2 page 2 3 Platform Requirements Section 2 3 page 2 4 2 3 1 Platform Limitations 2 3 2 Windows Platforms Software Setup Section 2 4 page 2 6 2 4 1 Before You Start 2 4 2 Installing StorageWatch Program Updates Section 2 5 page 2 15 In band SCSI Section 2 6 page 2 16 f 2 61 What Is It and What Is It Used for f 2 6 2 Related Configuration on Controller Subsystem Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Installation Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 2 1 System Requirements The minimum hardware and software requirements for StorageWatch are listed below 2 1 1 Server Running StorageWatch Pentium or above compatible or equivalent PC running Windows NT Windows 2000 XP 2003 or Linux SuSE 8 9 and RedHat 8 9 A server can be chosen as the centralized management center which uses the Configuration Client utility and can be installed with StorageWatch manager program using the first installation scheme Centralized Management At least one available RS 232C port if network connection GMS modem or remote event notification over the telephone line is desired Hayes compatible modem if telephone mobile phone event notification is desired or fax modem if fax event notification is desired NOTE fax command class 2 0 and above SNMP traps service for Windows NT if SNMP traps notification is desired Windows Messaging MAPI for Windows if support for fax notification
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48. 4 ins OCK a EEUU Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 7 B Mort Dv Mirror 5 A Mirror 7 Block 2 Block 4 7 Block 6 App 11 Appe nd ices Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual C 6 RAID 3 RAID 3 implements block striping with dedicated parity This RAID level breaks data into logical blocks the size of a disk block and then stripes these blocks across several drives One drive is dedicated to parity In the event a disk fails the original data can be reconstructed from the parity information In RAID 3 the total disk capacity is equivalent to the sum of the capacities of all drives in the combination excluding the parity drive Thus combining four IGB drives for example would create a single logical drive with a total disk capacity of 3GB This combination appears to the system as a single logical drive RAID 3 provides increased data transfer rates when data is being accessed in large chunks or sequentially However in write operations that do not span multiple drives performance is reduced since the information stored in the parity drive needs to be re calculated and re written every time new data is written to any of the data disks Logical Drive Physical Disks C 2 Block 1 Block 2 Striping Block 3 NK Blok A p Bok 2 Block 4 M Block8 4 p Block4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 ins OOK aed S DOCK 7 SS C 7
49. 4 03 30 14 556 1 LOO NOTICE 3x6 Staring Mone Scan 2004020 4 4 58et 4 z NOTICE Slot Starting Weta Scan 2004 03 20 911 LGU NOTE St Starting Ve Scan 0004 0 3944 5811 LGUNOTKE Slots Starting Mela Scan 2004130445823 LG ALERT Stott Media Scan Atorted 2004491044583 LOT ALERT Sk Meca Scan Aborted 2004 75 35 14 5823 m Il Meck Sc beri 2004 23 35 14 8079 GO ALERT Siok Meta Scar Started lcoros3otesuis LOU ALERT Skt Varia Scan Aborted ree 1 M eu uA um sum su E a m pum Figure 4 6 GUI Screen Elements The GUI screen can be divided mainly into three separate windows a tree structure Navigation Panel the Information Configuration window and the Event Log Config View window at the bottom Each informational or configuration window can also be accessed through the command menus on the upper left corner of GUI At the bottom of the Event Log window tab buttons allow you to switch the view to the Configuration View display Command Menus The menu bar shown in Figure 4 7 displays the available menus on the Outer Shell window The Outer Shell window contains multiple management windows each providing access to a connected array Basic Operations 0 4 4 5 10 Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Outer Shell window Management window ATbF Array 199 199 199 299 Figure 4 7 Command Menu Bar All menus provide a list of commands shown in Figure 4 9 for inv
50. 4 Click OK to Create f 9 3 3 To Access the Existing Logical Volume f 9 3 4 To Expand a Logical Volume e 9 3 4 1 Opening the Expand Logical Volume Window f 9 3 5 Delete a Logical Volume Partitioning a Logical Configuration Section 9 4 page 9 23 9 4 1 Overview 9 4 2 Partitioning a Logical Drive 9 4 5 Partitioning a Logical Volume 9 2 Locating Drives Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management 9 1 Locating Drives Locating Drives StorageWatch uses visualized icons to represent subsystem drive trays In many configuration windows a single click on a drive tray icon selects a hard drive Drive status is indicated and automatically refreshed using the display of different icons See below for the drive tray icons used in the Front View window which instantly displays drive status By referring to the drive status in the Front View window you can start to create or configure a logical array J a E New or Healthy Used Bad or Missing Drive Spare Drive Drive Following are the things you should know before configuring a logical array All members in a logical configuration are displayed in a unique color Whenever a disk drive is selected by a single mouse click on the visualized icon its status is displayed on the associated configuration window For example when a drive is selected by clicking its icon it automatically appears in the Selected Members column In this way mistakes can b
51. 5 2 Starting StorageWatch Manager The GUI management interface StorageWatch Manager needs to be started by a network or RAID systems manager regardless of which OS is being used Depending on your setup you can start StorageWatch Manager in various ways For both local and distant management and under various OSes starting the program is fairly simple Please refer to the appropriate sub section below for information Default Passwords a default password is required for the Information login Password previously set for One you set in the StorageWatch Default is 1234 the controller subsystem Configuration Parameters press Enter for none window 5 2 1 Locally or via LAN under the Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 Environment NOTE If you are using an Falcon subsystem after connecting to the subsystem the Enclosure View showing images of both the front and rear view will appear Step 1 From the Start menu select Programs AE Raid Inc AE StorageWatch Manager or Double click the StorageWatch Manager icon either in the group folder or from the desktop if a shortcut was added during the installation process The StorageWatch Manager Connect to RAID Agent prompt window should appear on the screen Step 2 Enter the IP address of the disk array system you wish to manage You may select to check a Root Agent IP by clicking the Show Root Agent List button and then select to display the RAID arrays managed by Root
52. 9 7 D rive Managem ent Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 9 2 3 Accessing the Logical Drive Configuration Window Various functions can be performed on configured arrays in the Existing Logical Drives window 9 2 3 1 Opening the Existing Logical Drives Window Step 1 Select the Existing Logical Drives icon from the GUI navigation panel as shown in Figure 9 3 All the LDs that have been created will appear in the Logical Drives panel Logical Drives Click to select a logical drive From ihe list above Front View Functions LO Assionment Presary Controter ow Reve Be a Wire Poler eau Figure 9 3 List of LDs Step 2 From the list shown in Figure 9 3 select the LD that you wish to change its characteristics or configure Once this LD has been selected its members will appear in the Front View sub window At the top of the Functions window three tabs Properties Add Disk and Expand will appear 9 2 3 2 To Expand by Adding Drives Step 1 Select the logical drive you wish to expand from the LD list on top of the GUI screen Step 2 Select the Add Disk tab to display the content panel Step 3 Select by single mouse click from the Front View window one or more drives you wish to add to the logical drive Once one or more drives are selected its status is displayed in the Add Disk content panel Step 4 The Add Dis
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54. AID levels into a single logical volume You can also delete existing logical volumes Before deleting make certain that the data stored in the logical volume is no longer needed Deleting a logical volume erases all information stored on that logical volume NOTE When you delete a logical volume all logical drives assigned to it will be released making them available for new logical volume creation 9 3 1 Accessing the Create Logical Volume Window LVs are created in the Create Logical View window which can be accessed either from the navigation panel icon or the command menu on top of the GUI screen Step 1 To create LVs display the Create Logical Volume window by clicking on the associated icon button in the GUI s navigation panel or the command in the b d Configuration E Create Logical Drive RAID Watch IT Existing Logical Drives Configuration Existing Logical Volumes Enclosure view Create Logical Volume 5 Hast Channel Tasks Under Proce w c Logical Drive Infor arr Host LUN Mapping i Logical olume Infc a Configuration Parameters OR a Fibre Channel Stat Figure 9 13 Accessing the Create Logical Volume Window Step 2 The Create LV window should appear Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes 9 17 D rive Managem ent Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Create Logical Volume Logical Drives Available Selected Members B wo 36088945 Siz
55. AX receiver Figure 3 19 Fax Settings Sender Side From the Module Config window Step 1 Find the Fax settings from the pull down list Step 2 Click on the On Off switch besides the pull down button to enable Fax notification switched ON switched OFF Step 3 Double click on the Current Value field of the Status row to enable fax notification Set Status to Enable if you want the module to be activated every time the Root Agent is started Note that the On Off switch should also be in the On position before you turn off the server or close the utility Otherwise you will have to manually enable the function whenever you reboot the server Step 4 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station Step 5 The Fax device row shows the fax machine s currently available Check for appropriate setup in Windows control panel Step 6 Queue size determines how many events will be accumulated and then sent via single fax transmission Event Notification Settings Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual Raid Inc StorageWatch GU Users manual Configuration Client Options Fax Beveg 000000000 qmwsge ooo o Figure 3 20 Fax Settings Event Notification Settings 3 17 Co ntig U ratio n C ie nt Optio n S Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual 3 4 6 ICQ Settings Receiver Side To set an ICQ contact to receive notification messages Step 1 Right click on the lower half of the config
56. D10 30 and 50 RAID levels 1 3 and 5 are the most commonly used levels while RAID levels 2 and 4 are less popular Appendix C RAID Levels gives information about these levels including the benefits of each Raid Inc disk array controllers support hot swapping where a failed drive can be replaced while the disk array system continues to function Spares can also be assigned so that as soon as a drive fails the spare will be automatically configured into the array and reconstruction will commence Background Information Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual otorag eWatch Considerations 6 2 Definition of Terms This section describes some of the disk array terms used in this documentation Physical drives These are the actual drives installed into enclosure drive slots These drives are displayed in Enclosure View and the Front View of different configuration windows Spare drives These are physical drives that serve as backups When a drive fails the spare automatically joins the array and data reconstruction will commence immediately Dedicated and Global Spares use different colors A Dedicated Spare appears in the same color as other members of the logical drive it belongs to A Global Spare uses the default color black Both Dedicated and Global Spares have an orange cross superimposed on them Replacement drives These are physical drives that are manually configured into the array to replace failed drives In t
57. DD ora iei ess he dust enint etas os tgo agent E pss pups ek d ee Reden apx 14 D 2 StorageWatch Update Downloads amp Upgrading sese apx 14 Ds Uinst lling Storage Watel pensinio idis Racer ardeo sd rebos vet pata docu ok eode noeud apx 14 StorageWatch User s Guide ix Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Guide Overview User s Guide Overview Congratulations on your decision to use Raid Inc s StorageWatch disk array management program This management program allows you to control and monitor disk array subsystems either from a local host or from a remote station connected through a local area network LAN or the Internet This guide discusses how to install and use StorageWatch to manage disk array systems incorporating Raid Inc s SATA based Fibre to SATA SCSI to SCSI and Fibre to Fibre subsystems or the X24 X28 controllers Please note that StorageWatch does not support the display of drive enclosures manufactured by other vendors In addition to StorageWatch you can also use the on board RS 232C menu interface or LCD keypad panel to manage the Falcon disk array systems or systems that incorporate the X24 X28 disk array controllers For more information about these programs see the documentation that came with your hardware X StorageWatch User s Guide Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Guide Overview User Guide Structure and Chapter Overviews The StorageWatch User Guide 1s divided into thre
58. E 112 LUN 1 ix Lun n KO SGI C 112 LUN 2 rxr Um OW EO SCS Kr112 LU 3 1 ax un Oh D 2751 112 LU 4 1 Jiri Lunes Figure 1 1 Enclosure View Window The enclosure window shown in Figure 1 1 provides real time reporting of the status of enclosure components including components that can be accessed through the front or the rear side of an enclosure When a drive fails the system highlights the corresponding LED icon of the failed drive by changing its display color when you remove a drive its icon 1s removed from the enclosure window This feature is particularly useful in cases where a drive fails and you need to identify its exact location for subsequent replacement The enclosure window also appears in other configuration windows showing the logical relationship among the member drives of a logical configuration Drives belonging to the same logical drive will be displayed in the same color This allows users to easily identify members of different configurations To see a cascaded enclosure single click on the JBOD tab on top of the enclosure graphic 1 2 3 Powerful Event Notification Function StorageWatch can notify system administrators of event occurrences and status changes in the disk array system Event notification is managed by another GUI based utility Configuration Client that is installed onto a management station and runs independently from the main manager program Notifications can be sent v
59. E EET pni Statistics R Maintenance Logical Drive Information Configuration F Create Logical Drive Pr Existing Logical Drives iE Create Logical Valume AP Existing Logical volumes Arg Channel ux Host LUN Mapping L Configuration Parameters This window has no CPU Type Tobi Cache Se eegnsa Firmware Version wee T Status J ees Value PPCTS0 jBoctrecord Version serial Mumber Power supply functioning normally I 3414 131K ll 123 IEEE Power supply functioning normally A Fan O Fan functioning normally Sm OA Fen d Fan functioning normally i 95 Fan 3 Fan functioning normally Um j Power Supply 0 E supply malfunctionina it3 Power Supply 1 Power supply functioning normally SES mn 0 3 Fan 2 Fan functioning normally SES Device Channel NCr 2 Device 10 113 an functioning normally Fan functioning normally um OAD Fan 3 Em h Temperature Sensor 0 380C Temp within sate range m i Temperature Sensor 1 320C Temp within sate range SES ee ate sit Temperature Sensor 2 4850C emp within sate range E Voltage Sensor 0 3 44 V Voltage within acceptable range Voltage Sensor 1 L W j Voltage Sensor 2 507 V otage within acceptable range 12286 V otage within acceptable range emp sensor is MOT present I
60. E nclosu re VI ew 12 3 Enclosure View Messages The messages shown in the Enclosure View window provide easy access to information about components on the RAID device that is being monitored When the cursor on the screen is moved over the front or rear panel representation a message tag that reports the status of major devices will appear These status messages are described below 12 3 1 Generating Message Tags Using the mouse to move the cursor onto the relevant RAID device component generates component message tags For example if a user wishes to determine the operational status of a RAID subsystem the cursor is moved onto the enclosure graphic and the corresponding message tag will appear The Enclosure View is closely related to System Information More device dependent information is provided in the System Information window The message tag displays as a summary of module operating status The operating status of each module is shown either as operating normally or failed NOTE Messages do not always appear instantaneously After the cursor has been moved onto the component there is usually a delay of a second before the message tag appears Enclosure View Messages 13 5 E nclos U re View Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 12 4 LED Representations 13 6 As has been described earlier see Section 12 1 the Enclosure View is a direct representation of the physical device RAID devices generally have an arr
61. Navigation Panel 3 5 Connection View 5 7 connection wizard 5 4 5 6 controller parameters 7 10 controller configuration 7 2 Controller Name 7 4 Controller Parameters 7 3 Controller 7 3 controllers 1 2 1 5 cooling FAN module 12 3 create LD 9 4 Create Logical Drive Window 5 22 23 Create Logical Volume 9 1 9 17 create LUN mapping 10 2 create LV 9 1 9 17 18 current status 5 14 Current Value field 3 6 3 14 Current Value 3 11 D data cache 7 3 data transfer clock rate 8 4 Date Time 7 4 Delay Second 3 16 delete LD 9 4 delete LUN mapping 10 2 Delete LUN 10 5 delete LV 9 1 2 9 17 9 22 device components 12 2 directly attached server 5 3 Disconnect Root Agent Server 3 5 Disk Access Delay Time Sec 7 10 Disk I O Timeout Sec 7 11 Disk RW 5 18 download firmware and binary 7 7 download firmware 7 7 Index 2 Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual download NVRAM from host disk 7 7 Drive Check Period Sec 7 11 Drive Fail Swap Check Period 7 11 drive partition mapping 1 4 drive partitioning 1 4 drive selection 9 6 Drive Size 9 5 drive tray icon 9 3 drive s capacity 5 14 Drive RCCOM 8 4 Drive Side Parameters 7 10 dual redundant controllers 1 13 dynamic LD expansion 9 10 E edit commands 5 23 Edit Monitor Controller 3 7 Edit Partition 9 24 Email Notification 13 3 Email 3 13 Enclosure Device Information 11 4 enclosure graphics 11 10
62. Ns per Host ID 7 12 LV assignment 9 18 19 LV parameters 9 19 LV partitions 9 23 LV write policy select 9 19 M Mail Address List 13 4 mail subject 3 14 Maintenance login 5 8 Maintenance 5 19 Managed Arrays 3 8 Management Center 1 8 3 4 management functions 1 3 map LD partition 10 1 10 4 Map LUN and Add Filter 10 4 10 6 10 8 map LV partition 10 1 10 4 MAPI 2 2 mapping logical volume 1 3 Maximum Drive Response Timeout 7 11 maximum free capacity 9 9 Maximum Queued IO Count 7 12 Maximum Tag Count 7 10 member drives 1 5 menu bar 5 9 Message Tags 5 14 12 5 Mode One Installation 1 6 Mode Three Installation 13 1 Mode Three Installation 1 6 Mode Two Installation 1 6 Module Config panel 3 6 Module Config 3 6 3 19 Module Configuration 3 6 Module Redundancy 2 10 Module Requirements 1 12 Index Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual module status 12 5 MSN Account 3 19 MSN contact 3 20 MSN Messenger 3 19 20 multiple management sessions 1 2 Multiple ranges 10 7 multi RAID environment 3 2 mute beeper 7 6 N narrow transfer 8 4 5 navigation panel 11 9 NetBEUI 2 2 2 5 network interface 7 5 Next Window 5 26 no drop frame 7 11 node name 5 16 11 9 Notification configuration options 3 2 Notification Functions 3 11 Notification Methods 3 11 NPC Utility 13 1 O On Off switch 3 11 3 15 16 3 20 Open Bookmark File 3 5 Open Device 5 26
63. References Appendix D page App 14 D 1 Java Runtime Environment D 2 StorageWatch Update Downloads amp Upgrading D 3 Uninstalling StorageWatch Appendices Appe nd ICes Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Appendix A Command Summary This appendix describes the commands available in StorageWatch Manager These commands are presented either in each configuration window as command buttons on the pull down menus or on pop up menus triggered by mouse right click A 1 Menu Commands This section lists and explains the commands available from the menus in the menu bar A 1 1 RAID Watch Program Commands StorageWatch System Menu Commands Base Level Window Command Description Open Device Connects StorageWatch Manager to a particular disk array system for management Exit X Closes the StorageWatch Manager application StorageWatch Window Menu Commands Base Level Window Command Description Next Window This command allows you to switch to the display of the next array being connected Tile All This command arranges currently open windows so that they are all visible and occupy an equal part of the StorageWatch application window Cascade All This command arranges currently open windows so that one is placed over the other but every window is still visible Hide All This command functions like the minimize caption button Close All This command closes all currently open windows and ends all software connec
64. SAF TE or SES devices The Falcon subsystem series supports auto polling of cascaded enclosures meaning t b status of a connected enclosure is automatically added to the System Information window without the user s intervention 11 6 Statistics StorageWatch Manager includes a statistics monitoring feature to report the overall performance of the disk array system This feature provides a continually updated real time report on the current throughput of the system displaying the number of bytes being read and written per second and the percentage of data access being cached in memory These values are displayed by numbers and also in a graphical format System Action a ATBF O1A2 Array 192 168 4 172 T7 Information 35 Enclosure View Statistics Operation Description i T Tasks Under Procese al Logical Dive Information Logizal Volume Information Mte Fibre Channel Status em Iz Cache Dirty 9 5810 i System Information ik SEE r TR Maintenance Logical Dives ua Prysical Dries EEE Task Schedules F Configuration Figure 11 9 Statistics Display Window To access the statistics window click on the Statistics icon on the GUI navigation panel or select the Statistics command from the Action menu Then choose either Ca he Dirty or Disk Read Write Performance MB s by checking the re ective select box p Statistics 11 11 M O N Ito rl N Q amp M a nN ag e mM e nt Rai
65. SN Messenger Settings 3 4 8 SMS Settings SMS is a short for Short Message Service Using the notification method requires the use of a GMS modem Receiver Side To set a cell phone to be receiving notification messages Step 1 Right click on the lower half of the configuration screen the receiver entry field to display the add recipient prompt Step 3 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receivers Step 4 Repeat this process to add more receivers Sender Side From the Module Config window Step 1 Find the SMS settings from the pull down list Step 2 Click on the On Off switch besides the pull down button to enable SMS notification 2 sens E p switched ON switched OFF Step 3 Set Status to Enable if you want the module to be activated every time the 3 20 Event Notification Settings Raid Inc StorageWatch Gul Users manual CONTIGUration Client Options Configuration Client is started Note that the On Off switch should also be in the On position before you turn off the server or close the utility Otherwise you will have to manually enable the function whenever you reboot the server Step 4 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station Step 5 Select the COM port where you connect your GMS modem Step 6 Enter the four digit identification Pin Code required by the modem Step 7 Provide a Send Period in milliseconds for time intervals between messages sent
66. Secondary Controller from the LV Assignment menu If the redundant controller function has not been enabled or the SID s are not assigned on drive channels the LD Assignment pull down menu will not be available Select Write Policy Use the Write Policy menu to select either Default Global Setting Write Through or Write Back The same policy will automatically apply to all logical drives members included in the logical volume 9 3 2 4 Click OK to Create LV 9 3 3 Once the logical drives that will be used in the LV have been selected and all the desired LV parameters have been selected Step 1 Click the OK button at the bottom of the LV creation window Step 2 The creation is completed almost immediately To Access the Existing Logical Volumes Window The Existing Logical Volumes window allows you to perform LV expansion and to change related configuration options As shown below the configuration window can be accessed either from the functional navigation panel or from the command menu on the top of the GUI screen Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes 9 19 Drive Manaaement di configuration RAID Watch E Create Logical Drive uem ee Ep Existing Logical Drives ae 4 3 Create Logical volume Enclosure view 4 p Host Channel T r3 Existing Logical Volumes Ms Logical Drive Infor 1 aca Host LUN Mapping iz kaj Logical S olume Infc T configuration Parameters
67. StorageWatch Java GUI Manager for Raid Inc Disk Array Subsystems User s Manual Revision 2 1 1 Software Revision 2 1 or above Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Guide Overview Contact Information Raid Inc 360 Merrimack St Bldg 1 Lawrence MA 01843 Technical Support support raidinc com Phone 978 683 6444 x222 StorageWatch User s Guide ii Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Guide Overview Copyright 2004 This edition first published in 2004 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in aretrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written consent of Raid Inc Disclaimer Raid Inc makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this user s guide and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further Raid Inc reserves the right to make revisions on this documentation without obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes Trademarks Raid Inc and the Raid Inc logo are registered trademarks of Raid Inc StorageWatch Falcon all series including all 2U and 3U profiles models and X24 X28 are trademarks of Raid Inc Microsoft Windows Windows NT 2000 XP and 2003 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
68. The CPU Temp Sensor Redundant ir Board Temp Sensor Redundant Temp sensor is MOT present is Figure 4 18 System Information Window 5 17 Basic Ope ratio ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 5 5 8 Using the Statistics Window Select the Statistics window in the configuration tree and start calculating Cache Dirty rate or Disk Read Write Performance by clicking either or both of the check boxes System Action ATOF 01A2 Array 092 168 4172 Statistics nd Information Yl el 399 Enclosure view Operation Description i T Tasks Under Process 71 Logical Diis information Logics Volume information 29 SSS md t Fibse Channel Status f IFZ cache Dirty mih System Information li Maintenance Logical Des das Physical Drives sz Task Schedules Configuration Figure 4 19 Performance Statistics Window Cache Dirty If you select Cache Dirty a window similar to the one shown in Figure 4 19 will appear The percentage of cache block in use is displayed in number and the cache hits average displayed in graph mode The Cache Dirty rate provides cached writes data over the last few minutes and indicates data caching consistency and frequency Disk Read Write Performance MB s If you select Disk R W a window similar to the one shown in Figure 4 19 will appear showing the read write performance A real time view of current activity is provided in g
69. UDOR 13 3 19 2 2 EU NODUICOMOT s dati EE ES REA NS Pha NS ev uS ugepuc NIU E Rueda era Reade 13 3 L SIN IVER EL FAD T HV 13 5 13 2 d Broadcast NODTIQUULOT Serinin E part doeet denne TE iue See tse e e a aS IR dU 13 5 PDDCNGICES ccc apx 1 Appendix A Command Summary te errrt ener roten eae sano ae ea oer eus aoa Eee a auae nen De Es aea a P aaa aaa eon Dens Da apx 2 Abs Menu C Ompn llls oasis ktescesadeetuceso totae a oracle temas a t ees dod apx 2 A 1 1 RAID Watch Program Commands sess apx 2 A 1 2 StorageWatch Help Menu Commands Base Level Window eese apx 2 A 2 Configuration Client Utility Commands eeseeeeesseeeeeeeenne eene apx 3 Appendix Bz cGlossary d apx 5 Appendix C RAID Levels iiccseciveciccscscssecdewtaccstaceacssccsstened nab radona ae eepe aep Aeae an oinaan tsaso apx 9 Cals KATIE Dese PO onsen inie e AA dra tes pesa Atte ues apx 9 2 NOMA AT S1OT ACC vaicsidscesssexssbch E A E EEE N O NOOA apx 9 Ca PALEO aaa E AN S apx 10 e EDU OIDA T TRE apx 10 Cae AAT DOA isses ietebbrae rs de tetas e evene udi aut eroe ceo mb uu dedos ede ordures apx 11 C Oe PAT TT apx 12 WEE LOI D SR Pr apx 12 Cos RAIDO S0 OW DU eec tat apd chanced Cu tr bc ced bd etl a sae ie tessa tates dasnea date ei apx 13 Appendix D Additional References ee eee eee eee eee ee eetn sooo seen sese eee e eee ee eese eee ette eee apx 14 Dd Jaya Runtime EnvVIFOHIWIO
70. UI drivers agents and other centeralize management utilities into host computer Ann HOST Figure 2 5 Installation Options 2 4 3 Installing Software Components StorageWatch allows you to install its management utility redundantly onto two different servers This prevents blind time if one server should fail or be powered down for any expected reasons Note that if a server is chosen as either the Master or Slave host StorageWatch must be manually installed on it Software Setup 2 9 nN stal atio nN Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Trak n y Ai Eur yy Hr ra wb INEM Vesey A ZA TTE ER ERR 7 PE Vy 1 s ct single ar redundancy mode of Centralized Ma 5 x KE E Centralized Management C Redundancy Master Host please input slave host ip here Redundancy Slave Hast please input master hast ip here Figure 2 6 Choice with Software Module Redundancy StorageWatch allows you to choose components during the installation process However it is recommended to keep all the default combinations iul x Select or Unselect the components you want Available Components v RAIDYYatch v RAID Agent E Root Agent M Configuration E System files Description Figure 2 7 Optional Components Once the additional components have been selected and if you wish to proceed with the installation process select the Next button If you do not
71. UN Filter Mapping Window You may refer to the Generic Operation Manual that came with your controller subsystem for more details about LUN filtering access control Extended LUN Mapping 10 7 L U N M ap pi ng Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Step 3 Once all of the extended LUN mapping parameters have been selected click OK to complete the process 10 3 3 Adding Deleting a New Filter Adding a New Filter Step 1 Multiple filter entries can be added to a configured array To manually add a filter setting left click to select and right click on one of the existing host LUN s This applies when a newly added server needs to access a previously mapped capacity or when a server needs to be removed from the list of servers that can access the array A command menu displays as shown in Figure 10 8 Add LUN Filter m m 1 Add LUN Filter Figure 10 8 Add LUN Filter Step 2 Select the Add LUN Filter command Step 3 Select a logical capacity you wish to add a new filtering entry Click the Map LUN and Add Filter button Step 4 A new screen will appear in the content window From this screen first select appropriate values for each LUN filtering setting text field Host HBA port names that are seen by the controller subsystem should appear in the Host ID pull down menu See Figure 10 9 F3 Add new filter for a LUN Filter Setting Group Marne Group Mame Host ID 9959590232090344 Please input in hex nu
72. Watch GUI Users Manual This is a view only window This window contains information about the operating status of major components including CPU board temperature and enclosure modules like cooling fan and power supply units If the application includes multiple cascaded enclosures you may also refer to the enclosure view window where a faulty unit is indicated by the lit red LED The color display of the LEDs shown on enclosure graphics correspond to the real situation on the enclosure modules System Information Device Mame Status some CPU Type IPPCT50 x ug Total Cache Size 54 2MB ECC SDRAM m Firmware version laaan m Bootrecord Version 131k wee Serial Number 3460402 m q 3 Power Supply 4 ab Powver supply functioning normally aT i pawar Supply 2 i Power supo functioning horse Lom Fan 1 frees RPM Fan functioning normally pom tw Fan 2 8437 0 RPM Fan functioning normally oe L Fan 3 las44 0 RPM Fen functioning nomially el hs Fan 4 6766 0 RPM Fan functioning normally T CPU Temp Sensor zs G Temp within sate range ir Boardi Temp Sensor 50 0 0 Temp within safe range N Board Temp Sensor Z nc Temp within safe range TOT Battery Backup Battery 3 Power Supply 1 ivi 33V Value 333b v Voltage within acceptable range wp 5v value 5 072 Y Voltage within acceptable range JP 12 Value 12 198 Y Voltage within accepta
73. Window Step 2 The configuration screen shown in Figure 9 2 should appear 9 4 Logical Drive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management Create Logical Drive Front View Selected Members RAID JBOD ChIO ID 16 JBOD ChI 0 10 32 RAD Levet Drive Sire MET 1200 Write Policy Da taut Sirige Size free x LD Assignment r imary Coniroler Intinkzalior Fortin zw mee Figure 9 2 The Create Logical Drive Window 9 2 2 Creating Logical Drives 9 2 2 1 LD Creation To create a logical drive Step 1 Select the physical drives that will be used in the LD See Section 9 2 2 2 Step 2 Select the following RAID parameters See Section 9 2 2 3 RAID Level Write Policy LD Assignment Drive Size Stripe Size Initialization Mode Step 3 Click the OK button See Section 9 2 2 4 Logical Drive Management 9 5 D rive M an ag e Im e nt Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 9 2 2 2 Selecting Drives Step 1 Select members for the new logical drive by clicking drive icons in the Front View window Bad drives or drives being used by another logical drive are unavailable for the creation process Step 2 Drives selected for a new logical drive will be listed in the Selected Members sub window on the right hand side of the screen Step 3 Continue to set appropriate RAID parameters in the select menu at the lower part of the configuration s
74. a configured array A member of a logical volume representing a logical drive Different logical drives are presented using icons of different colors Host Channel A Host channel A logical drive Different logical drives are presented using icons of different colors Partition s of 5D8D9BEB A partitioned array volume is P2 represented as a color bar that Wer a eerie iene can be split into many segments Each color segment indicates a partition of a configured array Configuration Parameters No icons used in the window 5 6 Configuration Icons Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Sto rag eWatch Icons 4 5 Event Log Icons Event Messages Severity Levels e An informational message Command processed message sent ll from firmware A warning message System faults An alert message Errors that need to attend to immediately Event Type Type of messages detected by the subsystem The event view panel displays icons representing specific categories using the same icons as those used in the System Information window Event Log Icons 5 7 StorageWatch User s Guide Part 2 Using StorageWatch for System Management Part 2 describes how to use StorageWatch to manage and configure your system Part 2 explains how to configure both RAID related and I O channel configurations and illustrates hard drive management Hard drive management includes creation deletion expansion and partitioning of logical driv
75. a password using terminal or LCD keypad utilities This preset password can be used for a Configuration login See Chapter 7 for the description of password setup 5 4 Look and Feel 5 4 1 Look and Feel Overview Because StorageWatch Manager is a Java based GUI program it can accommodate the look and feel standards of various OSes At present Windows interface appearance is supported StorageWatch Manager will auto detect and configure to match the OS where it is currently running In the event of a compatibility problem or under unknown OS or OS versions the program will default to Java look and feel Just like other GUlI based applications StorageWatch Manager works entirely with windows buttons and menus to facilitate various disk array operations These windows follow the standard Windows look and feel specifications thus steps for manipulating elements and windows within any StorageWatch Manager window generally conform to standard procedures The management sessions are best displayed in the 1024x768 screen resolution Screen captures throughout this document show the Windows look and feel 5 5 Security Authorized Access Levels Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Bas I C Ope ratio Ns 9 4 2 5 4 3 Look and Feel Screen Elements doa 2 58 1459 4 lana 14 569rt 1 LOO NOTKE So Starting Mode Scan i204 00 30 44 5611 Lod NOTKE Shot Sariro Meda Scan 200
76. add and click the Add Disk button When you have selected all of the new drives you want to add click OK When you return to the partition table you will notice that either partition 0 or the last partition will now be larger than before Follow the directions in the next chapter to map the new partition to a host LUN The new partition must be mapped to a host LUN in order for the HBA host bus adapter to see it 9 2 5 Adding Spare Drive Assignments You can assign spare drives to a logical drive to serve as backups for failed drives In the event of a drive failure the spare drive will be automatically configured into the array and reconstruction or rebuilding will immediately commence Logical drives can support multiple spare drives however this configuration is rarely used due to its high cost and uncommon occurrences of drive failures A practical configuration calls for one spare drive per logical drive after rebuilding on this drive just replace the failed drive and then configure the replacement as the new spare drive NOTE Adding a spare drive can be done automatically by selecting the RAID 1 Spare RAID 3 Spare or RAID 5 Spare option from the logical drive RAID Level selection dialog box when creating a logical drive These options apply to RAID 1 RAID 3 and RAID 5 levels respectively 9 2 5 1 Accessing the Spare Drive Management Screen To open the spare drive management screen please follow these steps Ste
77. also be disabled by entering 1 in the threshold field However users who disable the thresholds do this at their own risk The controller s will not report condition warning when the original thresholds are exceeded You may then enter a value in either the lower or upper threshold field Note that if a value exceeding the safety range is entered an error message will prompt and the new parameter will be ignored Click Apply for the configuration change to take effect Click Default to restore the default values for both thresholds Co n fi g u rat j O n Pa ra m ete rs Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 7 Other I O channel host side drive side and rebuild priority options are included in the Other sub window To configure these configuration options select the Other tab as shown in Figure 7 5 from the Configuration Parameters window tabs Configuration Parameters Communication Controller System Password Threshold Redundant Trigger Net Protocols Other rive Side Parameters Disk Access Delay Time Sec 25 Disk lO Timeaut Sec Drive Check Period Sec bisabled v SAF TE Device Check Period Sec Auto Assign Global Spare Drive pissties Drive Fail Swap Check PeriodfSec SCSI Motor Spin Up i w Maximum Tag Count SMART ost Side Parameters isk Array Parameters Maximum Queued VO Count 256 Rebuild Priority Normal Write verify an Normal Access LUNs per Hast SCS ID y Write Ver
78. and menus on top of the GUI screen The basic rules for using the functional elements in the create window are This window uses a parallel display principle To create a logical drive select its members from the Front View window each by a single mouse click The Selected Members window then displays the disk drives slot IDs and sizes The configuration view also employs an up then down pattern with the configuration process Important Logical Drive characteristics are set each using the pull down menus at the lower part of the configuration screen The creation procedure is completed by the OK button at the bottom of the screen A physical drive selected is highlighted by bright blue lines a second mouse click on it deselects the drive Create Logical Drive Front View Selected Members RAID JBOD Chko D 16 JEOD ChI 0 D 32 RAID Level fra 9 Write Policy Default LD Assignment Primary Controller x Pee eee Figure 4 24 Selecting Members for a New Logical Drive 5 22 The Configuration Category Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Bas C Ope rat O ns 5 7 2 Accessing the Existing Logical Drives Window To open the Existing Logical Drives window either select the related icon from under the navigation panel or select through the command menus on top of the GUI screen The basic rules for using the functional elements in the window are This
79. anual 9 22 Logical Volume Status View Logical Volume Edit Partition Delete Logical volume Click to select a logical volume from the list above Members Logical Volume Parameters a O F726 Size BOONE Good M SED6945 Size 200MB Good Expand Properties Available Expand Size max 0 MBI fo Expand Figure 9 18 Displaying Logical Volume Edit Mode Menu Step 2 You will be asked to confirm that you wish to delete the LV in question If you are certain that you want to delete the LV then select OK The logical volume will be deleted and removed from the logical volumes list Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management 9 4 Partitioning a Logical Configuration 9 4 1 Overview Partitions can be created in both logical drives LD and logical volumes LV Depending on your specific needs you can partition an LD or LV into smaller sizes or just leave it at its default size that 1s one large partition covering the entire LD or LV If you intend to map an entire LD or LV to a single host LUN then partitioning becomes irrelevant Partitioning can be helpful when dealing with arrays of massive capacities and when re arranging capacities for applications that need to be accessed by many hosts running heterogeneous OSes NOTE You can create a maximum of eight partitions per logical drive or logical volume Also partitioned logi
80. ation Section 11 1 page 11 2 11 1 1 The Array Information Category 11 1 2 Date and Time 11 1 3 Enclosure View 11 1 4 System Monitoring and Management Logical Drive Information Section 11 2 Page 11 6 11 2 1 Accessing Logical Drive Information Logical Volume Information Section 11 3 page 11 8 11 3 1 Accessing Logical Volume Information Fibre Channel Status Section 11 4 page 11 9 System Information Section 11 5 page 11 10 Statistics Section 11 6 page 11 11 Chapter 11 System Monitoring and Management 11 1 M O n ItO rl N Q amp M a n ag e Ti e nt Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 11 1 Array Information Unlike its predecessor StorageWatch presents access to all informational services under one Array Status category Users logged in using the Information authorization will be allowed to access the information windows while being excluded from other configuration options Support for device monitoring via SAF TE SES and I C data busses is the same However StorageWatch now uses a more object oriented approach by showing the enclosure graphics which are exactly identical to your X24 X28 or Falcon enclosures StorageWatch reads identification data from connected arrays and presents a correct display as an enclosure graphic This process is automatically completed without user s setup Note that StorageWatch does not support the display of drive enclosures provided by other ven
81. ation Logical olume Information Ae Fibre Channel Status iD System information Maintenance E Logical Drives Physical Drives Enc ask Schedules Basic Operations COLNE NS Faia as a eA 2002 07 03 01 02 09 ontroller Initialization Completed Event Log List VET List Figure 5 30 The Outer Shell System View Window Arranging Windows 5 27 Chapter 6 storageWatch Considerations This chapter introduces the following topics Background Information Section 6 1 Definition of Terms Section 6 2 Operating With Spare Drives Section 6 3 Operating Without Spare Drives Section 6 4 Before You Start Section 6 5 Chapter 6 StorageWatch Considerations 6 1 Sto rag eWatch Co nN S d e rat O n S Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 6 1 Background Information Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks RAID is a storage technology used to improve the processing capability of storage systems This technology is designed to provide reliability 1 e fault tolerance in disk array systems and to take advantage of the performance gains multiple disks can offer RAID comes with a redundancy feature that ensures fault tolerant uninterrupted disk storage operations In the event of a disk failure disk access will still continue normally with the failure transparent to the host system RAID has six levels RAIDO 5 and multi level configurations including RAI
82. ation are configured to operate with write back caching cached data will be constantly synchronized between the partner controllers Upon receiving sequential writes firmware disables write caching on target arrays and also the synchronized cache operation IMPORTANT e The Adaptive Write Policy is applicable to subsystems working in the normal condition If for example a drive fails in an array firmware automatically restores the array s original write policy 7 9 Event Triggered Operations Configuration Parameters Communication Controller System Password Redundant Trigger Other Controller Failure BEU Lower or Failure Power Supply Failed Fan Failure Temperature exceeds threshold Apply Figure 7 7 Select the Trigger Tab 7 14 Event Triggered Operations Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Co n fi o u rat i O n Pa ra m ete rs To reduce the chance of data loss caused by hardware failure the controller subsystem can automatically commence an auto cache flush upon the detection of the following conditions When cache contents are forced to be distributed to hard drives Write back caching mode is also switched to the Write through mode 1 Controller Failure 2 BBU Low or Failed 3 Power Supply Failure Single PSU Failure 4 Fan Failure 5 Temperature Exceeds Preset Thresholds Select the check box es of events you wish the controller subsystem to commence the cache flush
83. ay of status indicating LEDs When a component represented by the LED fails or some other event occurs the display color of related LEDs will also change The physical status of the LEDs will be reflected directly by the LEDs shown in the enclosure view That is if a LED on the physical device changes its display color then the display color of the corresponding LED in the Enclosure View will also change The definition for each LED has been completely described in the hardware manual installation guide that came with your RAID controller subsystem Please refer to this manual to determine what the different LEDs represent LED Representations Chapter 13 NPC Utility Coupled with Mode Three Installation This chapter introduces the NPC utility The following topics are discussed The NPC Utility Section 13 1 page 12 2 13 1 1 The NPC Utility 13 1 2 To Access the Utility Configuring the Utility Options Section 13 2 page 12 3 13 2 1 SSL 13 2 2 Email Notification 13 2 3 SNMP Traps 13 2 4 Broadcast Chapter 13 Enclosure View 13 1 N PC Uti ity Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 13 1 The NPC Utility 13 1 1 Introduction NPC is short for Notification Processing Center The utility is used for sending event messages when the main StorageWatch modules are installed to a RAID subsystem s segregated disk capacity the reserved space NPC is implemented to manage the event notification functions since the
84. ble range Power supply functioning normally Power supply functioning normally Battery charging OF Fibattery fully charged S Fani3 SES q E Fan 0 Fan functioning normally e tts Fan 1 Fan functioning normally uae FAY Fan 2 Fan functioning normally Fan functioning normally EE Temperature Sensor 1 Temp within sate range e I Device Siot 1 te is empty ses M navire siet gt Slat i amp emet d Figure 11 8 System Information Window Step 1 To access the window click on the System Information icon on the GUI navigation panel or select the command from the Action command menu Step 2 Carefully check the display icons in front of the Device Name Devices are categorized by the data bus by which they are connected See the icon list below for more information RAID controller status Status of I2C bus devices Status of SAF TE devices Status of SES devices 11 10 System Information Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Mo n Ito rl ng amp M anagement Temperature sensors A Refresh button allows you to renew the information in cases when loop IDs are changed or when an LIP has been issued Note that by placing your cursor on a specific item its device category is displayed Component status 1s constantly refreshed yet the refresh time depends on the value set for device bus polling intervals e g polling period set for
85. bre Channel Secondary Controller RS 232 Terminal Enabled w Remote Redundant Controller Disabled ww Cache Synchronization an vyrite Through Enabled oF Adaptive Write Policy Disabled wr Apply Figure 7 6 Select the Redundant Tab This sub window contains configuration options related to redundant controller configurations This Redundant window tab only displays if your controller subsystem comes with dual redundant RAID controllers Redundant Controller Communication Channel A display only field Shows how partner controllers communicate with each other Secondary Controller RS 232 Terminal In a redundant controller configuration the RS 232C port on the secondary controller is normally nonfunctional Enable this function if you wish to use the port for debugging purposes Note that access to the secondary controller only allows you to see controller settings In a redundant configuration configuration changes have to be made through the Primary controller Cache Synchronization on Write Through If redundant controllers work with Write Back caching it is necessary to synchronize the unfinished writes in both controllers memory Cache synchronization lets each controller keep a replica of the unfinished writes on its partner so that if one of the controllers fails the surviving controller can finish the writes If controllers are operating using the Write Through caching mode the synchronized cache ope
86. cal drives cannot be included in a logical volume 9 4 2 Partitioning a Logical Drive LD WARNING Partitioning a configured array destroys the data already stored on it Step 1 Select the logical drive you want to partition Move your cursor to the Logical Drives window Right click to display the edit mode command menu Logical Drives am Saetus Click to select a logical drive from the list at Front View Functions RAID JE8OD ChEO ID 16 JBOD4Chl D 32 Properes fui Deg Expand LD Amine ocn Centrale r Figure 9 19 The Edit Partition Command Partitioning a Logical Configuration 9 23 D rive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Step 2 Select Edit Partition from the menu Step 3 The Edit Partition window displays Eel Partibari Edi Partition s of LD 3EDBBSAS Figure 9 20 The Edit Partition Command Window Step 4 If the array has not been partitioned all of its capacity appears as one single partition Single click to select the partition the color bar Step 5 Right click or select the Edit command to display the Add Partition command Click to proceed Add Partition Step 6 The Partition Size window displays Enter the desired capacity and press OK Io proceed e F l 5 ni i r a r m i cM he Step 7 Shown below is a capacity partitioned into two Each partition is displayed in a different co
87. ce a drive if no spares were in use Finally provides a short discussion on StorageWatch preliminaries Chapter 7 Configuration Parameters Discusses how to access the controller subsystem configuration options and the different RAID configuration options that are available A detailed description of how to set these options is given as well as brief explanations of the different parameters StorageWatch User s Guide Xi Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Guide Overview Chapter 8 Channel Configuration Discusses how to access the channel configuration options and describes in detail the user configurable channel options that can be set Instructions on setting the configuration of a channel and how to configure host channel IDs are also discussed Chapter 9 Drive Management This chapter describes the creation expansion and deletion of both logical drives LD and logical volumes LV Different LD and LV options are explained and how to set the different options described in detalis A discussion on partitioning LDs and LVs can also be found in this chapter Chapter 10 LUN Mapping Discusses how to map complete or separate partitions of LDs and LVs to different LUNs Detailed description of the mapping procedure is given A discussion on how to delete LUN mappings is also given and a descritption of the LUN Mapping Table provided Extended LUN mapping LUN Masking and all the associated options are also described in this chapter
88. ck The partition bar appears on the right hand side of the screen An LD or LV not yet been partitioned should have only one partition Step 5 Click on the Map LUN button to complete the process See Figure 10 4 10 3 L U N M ap pi ng Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual I Add new LUN to host LUN Map Setting vo 37744746 size cov p Map LUM Cancel bap Lun and Add Filter Figure 10 4 LUN Map Setting Window Single Partition Step 6 If your RAID subsystem comes with Fibre channel host interface you may select the Map LUN and Add Filter button to continue with another process See Extended LUN Mapping for more details 10 2 2 Map a Logical Drive or Volume Partition to a Host LUN Step 1 First partition the logical drive or logical volume Step 2 Follow the steps listed in Section 10 1 above to access the LUN Map Setting window shown in Figure 10 3 Step 3 When the LUN Map window appears select the appropriate Channel SCSI ID and LUN numbers from the separate pull down lists above Step 4 Select a Logical Drive or Logical Volume with a single mouse click With a single mouse click on the partition color bar select one of the partitions that you wish to associate with the selected channel ID LUN number Step 5 If your RAID subsystem comes with a Fibre Channel host interface you may select the Map LUN and Add Filter button to continue with another process See Extended LUN Map
89. connected RAID controller or RAID subsystem Buttons on a tabbed panel provide access to other cascaded enclosures e g JBODs the Falcon series see Figure 12 2 Enclosure View RAID JBOD ChI 2 1D 8 Figure 12 1 X24 X28 Enclosure View RAID JBOD ChI 0 1D 16 JBOD ChI 0 1D 32 Figure 12 2 Falcon F16F Enclosure View 12 1 2 Component Information Using the StorageWatch Enclosure View it is possible to obtain information and status information about the following RAID device components RAID Controller The RAID controller is the heart of any RAID device and controls the flow of data to and from the storage devices I O Channels n I O channel is the channel through which data flows to and from the RAID controller 13 2 About The Enclosure View Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual E nclosu re VI ew Battery Backup Unit BBU The BBU provides power to the memory cache when there has been a power outage or the power supply units have failed Note that for some subsystem models this is an optional item Power Supply Unit PSU All RAID devices should come with at least one PSU that provides power to the RAID device from the mains Cooling Fan module All RAID devices should come with at least one cooling Fan module The cooling Fan modules serve to keep the RAID device temperature down and to prevent the RAID device from overheating About The Enclosure View 13 3 Enclosure Vi
90. corner of the manager s screen Description ompleted 2 ALERT Power Supoly 1 Fature Detected DICE Staring Creation Logical Drive 0 Completed NCE Starting Creation Logical Drive 1 Completed Tompieted ALERT Poyver Supaly 0 Faure Detected 2 NOTICE Power Supply 0 Back On Line pur cni liim n Controller Time 2008 07 21 18491 0800 Figure 11 2 Selecting Information Windows Maintaining the system date and time is important because it is used for tracking a pending task past events configuring a maintenance task schedule etc Date and time is generated by the real time clock on the RAID controller subsystems 11 1 3 Enclosure View The enclosure view window displays both the front and the rear views of connected enclosures For the Falcon subsystems StorageWatch displays drive trays in the front view and system modules power supplies cooling fans etc in the rear view For the X24 X28 controllers StorageWatch displays FC port modules and LEDs in the front view powers supplies cooling fans and controller modules in the rear view Array Information 11 3 M O nN Ito rl nN Q amp M a n ag e Im e nt Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 11 1 4 If multiple enclosures are cascaded and managed by a RAID subsystem StorageWatch defaults to the display of RAID enclosures and the graphics of the cascaded JBODs can be accessed by clicking the tab buttons StorageWatch i
91. creen 9 2 2 3 Setting RAID Parameters After the physical drives that will be used in the LD have been selected the RAID parameters for the LD must be selected RAID parameter options that are available can be accessed at the bottom of the configuration screen Select RAID Level From the RAID Level pull down menu shown select the RAID level you wish to use when creating the LD Write Policy Define the write policy that will be applied to this array Default means identical to the subsystem s overall setting The overall setting can be accessed in the Caching Parameters section of the Configuration Parameters sub window LD Assignment Choose Primary Controller or Secondary Controller from the LD Assignment menu Select the RAID controller that will manage the logical drive in a dual controller configuration Drive Size The value entered in the Drive Size field determines how much capacity from each drive will be used in the logical drive NOTE Enter a smaller number if you do not want to use up all of the capacity at this time The unused capacity can be utilized later using the Expand Logical Drive function 9 6 Logical Drive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management Initialization Options This allows you immediate availability of the array Online means the logical drive is immediately available for I Os and the initialization process can be automatically completed s
92. ctionality Right click to display the Add New Schedule Task command In the Task Schedules Maintenance mode window you have two sub windows The Task Schedules window displays schedules previously configured that are now being held in NVRAM The Configure Task Schedule window allows you to select a hard drive or logical drive to perform a scheduled task on A drive or logical drive selected is highlighted by bright blue lines and its related configuration options are displayed on the selection boxes to the right of the screen AnApply button allows you to complete the process and add the schedule 5 The Configuration Category This category contains functional windows that allow a system administrator to create logical configurations and to set appropriate configuration settings with system operations This category is available only when logging in using the Configuration access right with correct password This category leads to the following seven 7 functional windows Create Logical Drive Existing Logical Drives The Configuration Category 5 21 Basic Operations 9 Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Create Logical Drive Existing Logical Volumes Host Channel Host LUN Mapping Configuration Parameters Accessing the Create Logical Drive Window To open the Create Logical Drive window either select the related icon from under the navigation panel or select through the comm
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94. d Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual The Cache Dirty statistics window displays what percentage of data is being accessed via cache memory J The Read Write Performance window displays the amount of data being read from or written to the disk array system in MB per second 11 12 Statistics Chapter 12 Enclosure Display This chapter introduces the Enclosure View The following topics are discussed About The Enclosure View Section 12 1 page 12 2 12 1 1 Introduction 12 1 2 Component Information Accessing the Enclosure View Section 12 2 page 12 4 12 2 1 Connecting to the RAID Agent 12 2 2 Opening the Enclosure View Enclosure View Messages Section 12 3 page 12 5 12 3 1 Generating Message Tags LED Representations Section 12 4 page 12 6 Chapter 12 Enclosure View 13 1 E nN clos U re View Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 12 1 About The Enclosure View 12 1 1 Introduction The StorageWatch Enclosure View is a specialized customization that shows a visualized representation of physical RAID controller subsystem components in the enclosure view window of the StorageWatch screen The Enclosure View allows users to quickly determine the operational status of critical RAID device components The Enclosure View shows both the front and rear panel e g the X24 X28 controller head series see Figure 12 1 The Enclosure View of each StorageWatch session defaults to the display of the
95. data is broken into logical blocks and striped across several drives Although called RAID O0 this is not a true implementation of RAID because there is no facility for redundancy In the event of a disk failure data is lost In block striping the total disk capacity 1s equivalent to the sum of the capacities of all drives in the array This combination of drives appears to the system as a single logical drive RAID 0 provides the highest performance without redundancy It is fast because data can be simultaneously transferred to from multiple disks Furthermore read writes to different drives can be processed concurrently Logical Drive C Q Block 1 Block 2 Physical Disks Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 Block 6 Block 8 Block 7 Block 8 Block 7 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 copies of data on separate disks or arrays data is protected against a disk failure If at any time a disk on either side fails the good disks can provide all of the data needed thus preventing downtime RAID Levels Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Appe nd ICes In disk mirroring the total disk capacity is equivalent to half the sum of the capacities of all drives in the combination Thus combining four 1GB drives for example would create a sing
96. dern disk controllers have several megabytes of cache on board Onboard cache gives the controller greater freedom in scheduling reads and writes to disks attached to the controller In write back mode the controller reports a write operation as complete as soon as the data is in the cache This sequence improves write performance at the expense of reliability Power App 8 Glossary Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Ap De n d Ce S failures or system crashes can result in lost data in the cache possibly corrupting the file system Write through Cache The opposite of write back When running in a write through mode the controller will not report a write as complete until it is written to the disk drives This sequence reduces read write performance by forcing the controller to suspend an operation while it satisfies the write request Appendix C RAID Levels C 1 C 2 RAID Levels This appendix provides a functional description of Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID This includes information about RAID and available RAID levels RAID Description Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID is a storage technology used to improve the processing capability of storage systems This technology is designed to provide reliability in disk array systems and to take advantage of the performance gains multiple disks can offer RAID comes with a redundancy feature that ensures fault tolerant uninterrupted disk sto
97. dors 11 1 1 The Array Information Category Once properly setup and connected with a RAID array a navigation panel displays on the upper left of the GUI screen StorageWatch defaults to the Enclosure View window at startup To access each informational window single click a display icon on the navigation window by selecting from the Action menu on the reen See Figure 11 1 for access routes Tasks Under Pracess m Logical Drive Information Eg Logical volume Information Am Fibre Channel Status d System Information Statistics formation f 3 Maintenance A Configuration Tasks Under Process c Logical Drive Informatior E Logical Volume Informati wee Fibre Channel Status Figure 11 1 Selecting Information Windows The Array Information category provides access to seven 7 display windows as listed below 11 2 Array Information Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Mo n Ito rl ng amp M anagement Icon for the Array Information category Opens the Enclosure ViewBlwindow Displays the Configuration Tasks currently being processed by the subsystem a m Opens the Logical Drive information window ky Opens the Logical Volume information window AV Opens the Fibre Channel Status window Opens the System View window Opens the Statistics window 11 1 2 Date and Time Once date and time has been configured on your subsystem they are displayed on the bottom right
98. dow 5 5 7Using the System Information Window 90 0 C a 5 5 6 Using the Statistics Window The Maintenance Category Section 5 6 page 19 f 5 6 1 Accessing the Logical Drives Maintenance Window f 5 6 2Accessing the Physical Drives Maintenance Window f 5 63Accessing the Task Schedules Maintenance Window Chapter 5 Basic Operation 5 1 Basic Ope ratio ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual The Configuration Category Section 5 7 page 5 21 5 7 1 Accessing the Create Logical Drive Window 5 7 2 Accessing the Existing Logical Drives Window 5 7 3 Accessing the Create Logical Volume Window 5 7 4 Accessing the Existing Logical Volumes Window 5 7 5 Accessing the Channel Window 5 7 6 Accessing the Host LUN Mapping Window 5 7 7 Accessing the Configuration Parameters Window Arranging Windows Section 5 8 page 4 26 5 2 Starting StorageWatch Agents Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Basic Ope ratio NS 5 1 Starting StorageWatch Agents 5 1 1 Under Windows NT XP 2000 2003 OSes Once properly installed the necessary software agents start automatically under Windows OS each time the host computer is started or reset e g RAID Agents and Root Agents However the GUI part of RAID Watch and the Configuration Client utility need to be manually started Since the majority of RAID storage applications require non stop operation the Configuration Client utility which is used to monitor and rep
99. e 20008 Size MB B ww 3Fc 10456 Size 20008 Write Policy Detaut Assignment OK Reset Figure 9 14 The Create Logical Volume Window Primary Controller 9 3 2 Creating Logical Volumes 9 3 2 1 LV Creation To create a logical volume Step 1 Select the LDs that will be used in the LV from the Logical Drives Available panel Step 2 Select the following RAID parameters Write Policy Assignment Step 3 Information about the selected LDs will appear on the Selected Members panel Click the OK button 9 3 2 2 Selecting LDs Step 1 Select each logical drive you wish to include in the new logical volume with a single mouse click Select the LDs you wish to incorporate into a LV and click the Add button beneath the Available menu Step 2 All available logical drives are listed on the left There are no limitations as to the number of logical drives that can be included in a logical volume Double check to ensure that you have selected the appropriate members 9 18 Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management 9 3 2 3 Setting Logical Volume Parameters LV Assignment NOTE After the LDs that will be used in the LV have been selected the LV parameters for the LV must be selected LV parameter options can be accessed at the bottom of the LV creation window as shown in Figure 9 14 Choose Primary Controller or
100. e 13 2 The NPC Initial Screen 13 2 Configuring the Utility Options 13 2 1 SSL SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer Handshake Protocol See Figure 13 2 above the initial screen defaults to the SSL option Select the check box if you want to enable SSL connection for the management session with the array Note that the configuration takes effect after you restart the network connection or reset the management station 13 2 2 Email Notification Follow the steps below to configure email notification 1 Click on the Notification Process Center Setting tab The Base Setting screen should appear Configuring the Utility Options 13 3 N PC Uti ity Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 1B Co ntig ure F SSE Notification Process Center Setting EMAIL SNMP Trap Broadcast Base Setting Mail Address List SMTP Server Sender s Email Enabled Subject RAID Event Figure 13 3 Email Notification Sender Side Settings 2 Fill in or select the following configuration fields SMTP Server The Internet mail server used to send event notification Sender s Email A valid mail address the From part of email notification functionality Enabled Select this check box to enable Email notification Subject Allows you to append a subject matter to event notification emails e g Events from RAID 3 array 3 Click Apply or OK to proceed with configuration Note that configurati
101. e Fibre Channel Status Window sse eene enne 5 16 5 5 7 Using the System Information Window sse 5 17 200 USING The Stattsties MVIIOW cioe ate etti toe utut diu paesi ted beim tonat 5 16 5 6 The Mainteiiance ategOry iii ie oor meteo een eoe en ocu e cose eoe aD EP oe ao Ue aeos eo To sU S oce ese agua Sanaa 5 19 5 6 1 Accessing the Logical Drives Maintenance Window sse 5 19 5 6 2 Accessing the Physical Drives Maintenance Window esee 5 20 5 6 3 Accessing the Task Schedules Maintenance Window eese 5 21 35 7 The Conhiguration Cate tory iie ee cete oe hoop Seco Ded E PEEL e e ve eoe ii CCP E Su ee rese nearest ees aene Presa aiek 5 21 5 7 1 Accessing the Create Logical Drive Window esee 5 22 5 7 2 Accessing the Existing Logical Drives Window eese nennen 5 23 5 7 3 Accessing the Create Logical Volume Window sss 5 23 5 7 4 Accessing the Existing Logical Volumes Window sss 5 23 2 72 ACCESSING the Channel WIWIOW see veo pier a duo a na eA Dues nont 5 24 5 7 6 Accessing the Host LUN Mapping Window cesses 3925 5 7 7 Accessing the Configuration Parameters Window sse 5 25 5 5 Arranpme WIHDGOWS cs peeeea ecco ees cute ae eva ee av eue ee Va eae sa OR e PU S UVVE E ERN e Tea S EUR VE NN VA OR V AAAS 5 26 Chapter 6 StorageWatch Considerations
102. e Setup 2 13 nN stal ati O nN Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual iae Installing active now for Infortrend RAID Management Tool Infortrend Figure 2 12 Successful Installation Step 10 If you wish to immediately access the StorageWatch manager then open a web browser and type in the IP address that you used in Figure 2 10 To run the StorageWatch Manager from the controller enter the following into the address bar of the web browser http www xxx yyy ZZz where www Xxx yyy Zzz is the IP address entered in Figure 2 10 2 14 Software Setup Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual nN stal atio N 2 5 Program Updates As Raid Inc s valued customer you are entitled to free program updates You can download the latest version of StorageWatch from RaidInc s FIP sites at ftp Raid Inc com tw in Taiwan For customers granted special access the update files can also be found in the VIP section of Raid Inc s website For more information about this service contact Raid Inc support or an Raid Inc distributor in your area Program Updates 2 15 n stal atio nN Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 2 6 In band SCSI 2 6 1 What Is It and What Is It Used for These days more and more external devices require communication with the host computer for device monitoring and administration This is usually done through out of band connection such as RS 232C ports or an Ethernet port An alter
103. e avoided by double checking the information related to specific disk drive D rive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 9 2 Logical Drive Management This section describes how to Access the Logical Drive LD Creation and Management Windows Create LDs Expand LDs Delete LDs NOTE When you delete a logical drive all physical drives assigned to the logical drive will be released making them available for creation or expansion of logical drives 9 2 1 Accessing the Create Logical Drive Window LDs are created in the Create Logical Drive window and managed in the Existing Logical Drives window These functional windows are accessed from StorageWatch s navigation panel on the left of the GUI screen Step 1 To manage LDs 1 e to create and set related parameters display the LDs creation window by clicking on the Create Logical Drive icon in the functional navigation panel or clicking on the Action menu items located on cae Configuration E Create Logical Drive ET Existing Logical Drives E Create Logical volume P RAID Watch MET Create configuration Create Logical Drive 341 Enclosure wiew Existing Logical Volumes T Tasks Under Proce Host Channel ma Logical Drive Infor zx Host LUN Mappin T tia ppinid Logical Volume infe TL Configuration Parameters OR a Fibre Channel Stat Figure 9 1 Accessing the Create Logical Drive
104. e certain that your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements listed in the System Requirements section Check to be certain that the RAID disk arrays and controllers are installed properly For the installation procedure see the documentation that came with the controller subsystems Follow the directions provided in the Platform Requirements section to prepare for installation and operation under different OS environments 2 4 2 Installing StorageWatch Follow these steps to install StorageWatch on your server s and RAID subsystems Step 1 Insert the Raid Inc product CD or StorageWatch installation CD into your CD ROM drive Step 2 If you are currently running other applications close them before proceeding with the setup process This will minimize the possibility of encountering system errors during setup Step 3 The StorageWatch installer program is included in a CD ROM that came with your RAID controller or subsystem An auto run screen should provide a hot link to the installer program 2 6 oftware Setup Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual n stal atio n E Install RAIOWatch User s Documents CI CD ROM Contents C Contact Us C Infortrend Website O Exit Infortrend Figure 2 1 Product Utility CD Initial Screen Step 4 Click the supported platform on the right hand side to start the installation process L Install RAIDWatch User s Documents Lj CD ROM Content
105. e pull down menus that allow access to create or modify various notification methods There are seven notification methods listed in the pull down menus Along with six different fax broadcast email SNMP traps ICQ SMS and MSN messenger means of informing RAID managers that an event has occurred the severity level of events to be sent via these notification methods can also be configured by the user In order to use fax notification modem parameters must be properly set on the main management station For NT servers Widows MAPI services modem and fax must be ready and running for the notification methods to work If no event notifications will be used skip these steps Before You Start Event Severity Levels Users may select a severity parameter 1 2 or 3 with every notification method The parameter determines events of what severity level s are to be sent to a receiver All severity levels Two levels Warning and Alert Only the most serious events Alert messages 3 4 1 Enabling Notification Functions When all notification settings have been properly configured remember to enable each notification method by double clicking the Current Value field in Status Set Status to Enable if you want the module to be activated every time the Root Agent is loaded The Root Agent runs as an application and is automatically loaded when the server is powered on Note that the On Off switch of each notification method
106. e separate parts and Appendices Part 1 Getting Started With StorageWatch Chapter 1 Introduction Provides information about StorageWatch including a product description a features summary and highlights and a section on basic concepts Chapter 2 Installation Discusses how to install StorageWatch in your systems Discussions include system requirements setting up hardware software installation and how to update your software by downloading updates from Raid Inc s FTP site Chapter 3 Configuration Client Options Describes how to configure the StorageWatch notification function for faxes e mail broadcast and so on Other functionality of the utility are also given a full description Information about the supported notification levels are also provided to aid in the explanation of these functions Chapter 4 Storage Watch Icons Describes the icons used in StorageWatch GUI Chapter 5 Basic Operations Discusses basic operations at system startup These include starting StorageWatch connecting and disconnecting from a disk array system setting up system security display controls working with various disk array windows and exiting from the program Part 2 Using StorageWatch for System Management Chapter 6 StorageWatch Considerations Provides some background information on RAID and defines some terms that will be used throughout the rest of the manual Discusses the use of spares and how to repla
107. e the arrays from it Table 1 1 on page 1 12 provides a guide to what modules need to be installed on which servers Note that items in the bottom five rows of the table are not included with StorageWatch and must be installed or modified by system users For more information about specific platform requirements see Chapter 2 Section 3 Platform Requirements 1 11 nt rod U ct O n Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Mode 1 All Modes Mode 2 Mode 3 Centralized Stand alone on Stand alone on Management Host Subsystem Install Centralized Remote Server w RAID RAID Elements Management Browser Directly Subsystem Server Station Attached StorageWatch Vex Manager Configuration Yes Client Yes if it is used to run Yes StorageWatch Yes if it is JRE used to run Storage Watch pa Table 1 1 StorageWatch Module Requirements Applet Mode in band Embedded 1 3 2 Stand alone on Host Installation Main features of the RAID based installation method are listed below e StorageWatch main programs and the RAID agents used to communicate with a RAID subsystem over in band connection are installed e StorageWatch runs on the RAID attached server as a Java program 1 3 8 Stand alone on Subsystem Installation Main features of the RAID based installation method are listed below e StorageWatch revision 2 0 and above support installation to array hard drives A portion of drive capacity 256MB of disk space
108. e the controller s caching behaviors select an appropriate value from each of the pull down menus as shown in Figure 7 1 Configuration Parameters Communication Controller System Password Other aching Parameters Write Back Cache Disabled Optimization Random io Sync Period Sec Disabled v ontroller Parameters Controller Marnie NIA Unique Identifier HEX Time Zone GMTY Date Time 2004 04 14 71647 SDRAM ECC Enabled Figure 7 1 Select the Controller Tab The data cache can be configured for optimal I O performance using the following variables Caching Parameters Write Back Cache Enabled Host Writes are cached before being distributed to hard drives Improves write performance but may require battery backup support for data integrity in a case power outage occurs Disabled Cache Write Through Used primarily if no cache battery backup is installed and there is increased likelihood of a power failure Optimization Policy Optimization for Random I O More common setting Use this option for environments e g database maintenance with smaller I O transactions Controller 7 3 Co n fi o u rat j O n Pa ra m ete rs Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual f Optimization for Sequential I O Used for large I O environments such as video recording and editing Particularly useful where I O read write must be in sequential order Sync Period Th
109. e three different modes 1 A RAID Server Chosen as the Centralized Management Station Applied in heterogeneous environments where multiple arrays are serving different hosts applications and scattered in distant locations Access management over the network is achieved through data exchanges between a local or remote StorageWatch Manager station can be a RAID server or not and RAID agents which are installed on the RAID servers or RAID subsystems themselves The management center and the StorageWatch station can be two different machines A Root Agent is installed on a computer chosen to be the management center Figure 1 4 shows a typical connection and the table below shows the modules installed and the installation mode required Software Modules Installation Management Center Mode One Root Agent Configuration Client utility RAID Servers servers A B and C via Mode Two in band Independent Array Mode Three Table 1 1 Software Modules Heterogeneous StorageWatch Connection Featured Highlights 1 7 nt rod U ctio nN Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual RAIDWatch in DAS Environment Independent Server E Local Remote Browser Ec EE em Server C ANS aie Server A En s f TCP IP i 2 Java Applet Management i e Station wee RAID Agents on Server E or XE Agents on RAID Root Agent p RAID Agents RAID a on Server T Agents on RAID Notifications Configuration Client
110. e window displays Enter the desired capacity and press OK to proceed zs he Step 7 Shown below is a capacity partitioned into two Each partition is displayed in a different color Repeat the above process to create more partitions or click to view its Partitioning a Logical Configuration 9 25 D rive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual information Edit Partition Edit Partition s of LY 3FEC2034 Index 0 Offset OMB Size 100MB The arrow buttons help you travel from one partition to another 9 26 Partitioning a Logical Configuration 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 set you can map each partition to a specific host LUN StorageWatch supports 8 LUNs per host channel numbered O 7 each of which appears as a single drive letter to the host if mapped to an LD LV or a partition of either Existing host LUN mappings can also be deleted In cases where certain mappings are found to be useless or disk array reconfiguration is needed you can delete unwanted mappings in your system This chapter explains the following LUN Mapping features Accessing the LUN Map Table Section 10 1 page 10 2 LUN Mapping Section 10 2 page 10 3 10 2 1 Mapping a Complete LD or LV 10 2 2 Map a Logical Drive or Volume Partition to a Host LUN 10 2 3 Deleting a Host LUN Ma
111. ect Module Config menu on the right of the Configuration Client screen as shown in Figure 3 8 Select a pull down menu named Root Agent Settings from the Module Name section 3 3 1 Root Agent Settings The Root Agent Settings option is shown in Figure 3 6 3 6 Root Agent Configuration Raid Inc StorageWatch GU Users manual Configuration Client Options Module Config Module Name ire Nery esas Variable Current Value Administrator passvvord Guest password Figure 3 6 Root Agent Setting Administrator Password This allows you to set an administrator s password This 1s the port number the StorageWatch centralized manager station will use to communicate with the Root Agent The default for Administrator 1s root There is no default password for login as Guest Note that this password is independent from the password set for the Configuration login to start the StorageWatch manager program Guest Password This is selected to enable a user logging in as Guest to view the status of RAID arrays currently being managed by the Configuration Client utility Adding RAID Agents IPs Associating Root Agent with Multiple RAID Arrays RAID Agents are the sub modules StorageWatch or the Configuration Client utility use to communicate with a RAID subsystem Multiple RAID Agents can be associated with a Root Agent A Root Agent then summarizes and presents these RAID Agents to the Co
112. ee eee te 8 2 8 2 User Configurable Channel Parameters 11 c eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee ee e ette tette eee eosouo 8 3 Od o6 tane VIO Canine esca ouais stadio tto a a i deir eo aebataeGuss 8 4 0 2 2 TOPIBIWOTIOR os ae attin Ee oed bees eset blc a dado t cud eu i ia i eene tpa i ao DUE 8 4 6 2 3 Default Transfer Clock Un ME e De a A eR RU etel ED cO E rehus 8 4 ODA EDPOOISP ID E SEID cse a E te etai dat chaude ta emi aote ooa cient 8 5 8 3 Setting the Configurations for a Channel 4 4 ecce ee eee eee eee ee eee ee eee e ettet teet eessuuo 8 6 Chapter 9 Drive Management 1 eeeeeeeeeeee ee eeee enne nnn nnns 9 1 91 TeOCAtin DrIVOS c 9 3 9 2 Logical Drive Manas ementi eee eooee vestes uua eee es Paca ev ETIN NOI ES vae ENS UE UNIS EIFE a 9 4 9 2 1 Accessing the Create Logical Drive Window eese 9 4 9 2 2 Crean LOLA DEVE i eden Rete su de rh rte ea Ia RU Le Gu adu edet aii beeen aes 9 5 9 2 3 Accessing the Logical Drive Configuration Window cene 9 6 924 Dynamic Logical Drive EXPANSION eri ete RE AE ER Reve Ua TEE cV E EE Q Tree SPA UR 9 10 9 2 2 Adding Spare Drive ASSIERIORISu ai pecie Up es a e aiaia 9 15 9 2 0 REDUUGING TO CICA DIV CS uda Rr HERR OST R UHR Nee HEURE Poker eee EUE TEE D edu eiu 9 14 92 7 Delen andes itcr RU en UM UE dede ot nent Tar rane Terme Tet er 9 15 9 3 Creating an
113. es and logical volumes A separate chapter also explains how to map logical drives volumes and partitions there of to individual LUNs This section includes the following chapters Chapter 5 Basic Operations Chapter 6 Storage Watch Considerations Chapter 7 Configuration Parameters Chapter 8 Channel Configuration Chapter 9 Drive Management 9 99 9 9 9 Chapter 10 LUN Mapping StorageWatch User s Guide Part 2 Using StorageWatch for System Management Chapter 5 Basic Operations This chapter describes the StorageWatch GUI screen elements and basic operations Starting Storage Watch Section 5 1 page 4 3 5 1 1 Under Windows NT X P 2000 2003 OSes Starting StorageWatch Manager Section 5 2 page 4 4 5 2 1 Locally or via LAN under the Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 Environment 5 2 2 For Remote Management via Web Browser Any Supported OS 5 2 3 Disconnecting and Refreshing a Connection X Security Authorized Access Levels Section 5 3 page 4 8 Look and Feel Section 5 4 page 5 8 5 4 1 Look and Feel Overview 5 4 2 Screen Elements 5 4 3 Command Menus 5 4 4 Menu Commands The Array Information Category Section 5 5 page 5 12 5 5 1 Accessing the Enclosure View 5 5 2 Using the Enclosure View Window 5 5 3 Using the Tasks Under Process Window 5 5 4 Using the Logical Drive Information Window 5 5 5 Using the Logical Volume Information Window 5 5 6 Using the Fibre Channel Status Win
114. ess and the administrator s email address as the recipient mail address Step 4 The Send period hour determines how often an administrator receives event log notifications 3 8 Root Agent Configuration Raid Inc StorageWatch GU Users wawa CONTIGUration Client Options wmesever 18218138 Figure 3 9 Root Agent Log Settings 3 3 3 Create Plug ins Create Plug ins with Event Notification Before you begin The Plugin sub function allows you to add a specific feature or service to StorageWatch s notification methods The add ins can be used to process the events received from Configuration Client utility and extend its functionality Prepare your execution file and place it under the plugin sub folder under the directory where your installed StorageWatch program If the default installation path has not been altered the plugin folder should be similar to the following Program Files gt Raid Inc gt RAID GUI Tools gt bin gt plugin Place the execution file that will be implemented as a plug in in this folder The plugin capability provides advanced users the flexibility with customizing and presenting the event messages received from the Configuration Client utility Root Agent Configuration 3 9 Co nfi Q Uu rati O n C e nt Opti O n S Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual The Configuration Process Figure 3 10 Naming and Associating a Plug
115. ew Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 12 2 Accessing the Enclosure View 12 2 1 Connecting to the RAID Agent it the StorageWatch program Connecting to the RAID Agent has been fully described in Chapter 3 of this To open the enclosure view is necessary to access manual Please refer to this chapter for further instructions on how to open the StorageWatch program 12 2 2 Opening the Enclosure View Once StorageWatch is successfully connected to a RAID device the enclosure view of the device you are using will appear immediately If it doesn t appear or if you have closed the Enclosure View window but wish to re access the Enclosure View you can select Enclosure View from the navigation panel menu as shown in Figure 12 3 E Enclosure View 1 Tasks Under Process m Logical Drive Information i Logical volume Information Ae Fibre Channel Status W System Information Statistics A Configuration Figure 12 3 Accessing the Enclosure View with the Navigation Panel Alternatively selecting the Enclosure View command from the top screen menu bar as shown in Figure 12 4 below will also open the Enclosure View of your RAID device Tasks Under Process m Logical Drive Informatior Es Logical volume Informati ya Fibre Channel Status Figure 12 4 Accessing the Enclosure View Using the Command Menu 13 4 Accessing the Enclosure View Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual
116. fferent drive channels Doing so can help reduce the chance of downtime if a hardware failure should occur With operations such as manual rebuild or capacity expansion using the Copy and Replace methodology it is crucial to correctly identify an original member and a replacement drive 11 2 1 Accessing Logical Drive Information Step 1 To access the Logical Drive Information single click its display icon on the GUI navigation panel or select the command from the Action command menu After opening the information window select the logical drive with a single mouse click A display window as shown in Figure 11 5 should appear Logical Drive Information Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Monitoring amp Management Logical Drive Status J we T a 3F 744216 Mon Raid B00 Ld 1 en SEDBBIAS RAID 3 200 Ld 2 CCGFBCS2I Raids o DD i Sy Front View RAID JBOD Chl 0 1D 16 JBOD Chi 0 1D 32 Partition s of LD 3EDBBSAS Logical Drive Message Date Time Description 3F74421B5 2004 02 05 10 20 10 Regenerate Parity Start 3F744215 2004 02 05 10 23 33 Regenerate Parit Finish Figure 11 5 Opening Logical Drive Information Display Step 2 As shown above once a configured array is selected its members will be displayed as highlighted drive trays in the Front View window The array s logical partition is displayed on the right Each logical configuration of drives is displayed in a different col
117. for NOTE the thresholds on temperature refer to the defaults set for RAID controller 3 board temperature Event Triggered Operations 7 15 Chapter 8 Channel Configuration Using StorageWatch Manager you can modify the configuration of any channel on the controller With RAID controllers like the X24 X28 you can set the channel operation mode to host or drive enable or disable channel termination set IDs set the transfer clock rate for synchronous communication and select the transfer width Channel configuration settings are available under Physical View in the RAID View window This chapter describes the following Channel Configuration features Accessing Channel Configuration Window Section 8 1 page 8 2 User Configurable Channel Parameters Section 8 2 page 8 3 8 2 1 Channel Configuration 6 2 2 Termination 8 2 3 Default Transfer Clock in MHz 8 2 4 ID Pool PID SID Setting the Configurations for a Channel Section 8 3 page 8 6 Chapter 7 Channel Configuration 8 1 C h a nN N e CO nfi o U rat O nN Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 8 1 Accessing Channel Configuration Window I O Channel configuration options are available under the Configuration category which is found in the lower section of the navigation panel To be able to access the Channel window use either the command from the Action menu or select the Channel icon from the navigation panel See Figure 8 1
118. for disk failure recovery when a spare drive is available If a spare drive exists in the same logical drive the controller will automatically mount the spare drive and start data rebuilding in the background Depending on system design it may be possible to remove a defective drive and replace it with a new drive without shutting down the system hot swapping All Falcon subsystems support drive hot swapping The replacement drive must then be assigned as a new spare drive 6 4 Operating With Spare Drives Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual otorag eWatch Considerations 6 4 Operating Without Spare Drives The following are guidelines for disk failure recovery when a spare drive is not available Depending on the design of the system it may be possible to remove a defective drive and replace it with a new drive without shutting down the system hot swapping All Falcon subsystems support drive hot swapping If the replacement drive is installed on the same channel and ID the original drive slot where the faulty drive was you can then proceed with data rebuilding If the replacement drive is installed on a different channel or ID different drive slot or the periodic drive scan function has been disabled you need to scan in the new drive first then assign it as a spare drive of the logical drive which has had a drive failure Data rebuilding will have to be manually initiated IMPORTANT Although the RAID system provide
119. h one can act as a master by initiating a data transfer In Band SCSI ISEMS sometimes in band or In band A means whereby RAID management software can use SCSI cabling and protocols to manage a controller Note in band SCSI is typically used in place of RS 232 for controller management In band is also implemented with Fibre channel host connection Raid Inc Simple Enclosure Management System an I C based enclosure monitoring standard developed by Raid Inc Technologies Inc Glossary Appe nd ices Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual JBOD Just a Bunch of Drives non RAID use of multiple hard disks for data storage JRE Java Runtime Environment the Solaris Java program used to run JAR applications locally or over a network or the internet Logical Drive Typically a group of hard disks logically combined to form a single large storage unit More broadly the assignment of an ID to a drive or drives for use in storage management Often abbreviated LD Logical Volume A group of logical drives logically combined to form a single large storage unit Often abbreviated LV LUN Logical Unit Number A 3 bit identifier used on a bus to distinguish between up to eight devices logical units with the same ID Mapping The assignment of a protocol or logical ID to a device for purposes of data storage data transfer or device management Mirroring A form of RAID where two or m
120. he absence of spare drives you will need to use replacement drives to replace defective drives before rebuilding If a spare drive has been used to rebuild the array you will also need to replace the failed drive manually to create another spare in case another drive fails Failed drives These are physical drives that fail due to some type of error Failed drives appear with red LED marks on their respective icons Logical drives These logical units are the combinations of multiple physical drives Combining physical drives into logical drives gives you a disk array with a certain RAID level To view logical drives use Existing Logical Drives under the navigation menu tree Logical volumes These volumes are the combinations of several logical drives Combining logical drives into logical volumes gives you a single logical unit with even larger capacity Logical volumes or their partitions are mapped to various host LUNs To view logical volumes use Existing Logical Volumes under the navigation menu tree Definition of Terms Sto rag eWatch Co nN S d e rat O n S Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 6 3 Operating With Spare Drives You can assign spare drives to a particular logical drive to serve as backup drives When a drive fails within the logical drive one of the spares will be automatically configured into the logical drive and data reconstruction onto it will immediately commence The following are guidelines
121. he mask then the HBA s port name ID is considered to fall within the range Any HBA having a port name fitting the range will be given the access right thus configured If an HBA s port name fits an ID range that is specified as Exclude then the HBA is forbidden from access to the storage capacity mapped with this entry e Filter Type Filter entry can serve both ends to include or exclude certain adapters from data access Multiple ranges or filter entries can be established for a single channel target ID and LUN combination Each range can have its own Exclude Include attributes The rules for determining whether a particular ID is considered as included or excluded are listed below 1 If an ID falls within one or more Include ranges and does not fall in any Exclude range then it is included 2 Ifan ID falls within ANY Exclude range no matter if it also falls in another Include range then it is excluded 3 Ifthe ID falls in none of the ranges and there is at least one Include range specified then the ID should be considered as excluded 4 If the ID falls in none of the ranges and only Exclude ranges are specified then the ID is considered as included f Add new LUN to host Filter Setting Group Mame Group Name Host ID 9898902352690344 ift s raid inhex number Host ID Mask FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Filter Type nciucie w Access Mode Read ana vwite OK Cancel Figure 10 7 L
122. ia the Internet as email messages via a local network as a broadcast message SNMP traps ICQ or MSN messenger contacts or via fax modem as fax messages 1 2 4 Java based Remote Management StorageWatch supports local or remote management of Raid Inc Falcon series subsystems over a LAN WAN or the Internet using the TCP IP protocol StorageWatch s access to a RAID array can be highly flexible For the ease of installation in different storage environments we designed three installation schemes Featured Highlights T 5 Introduction Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual that can be selected in a selection prompt you will encounter using the installation shield programs Install all components including GUI drivers agents and other penteralize management utilities into host computer C Stand alone on Host Install all components including GUI drivers RAID agent into host computer TH T see Install applet GUI components into the subsystem gt Py C Program Files infortrend Inc RZ i Figure 1 2 Installation Options Centralized Management Mode One For centralized or one to many configurations using either the Ethernet or in band host connection to RAID subsystems Root agent and the event notification utility including the Configuration Client are included Necessary RAID agents are installed onto the management computer Stand alone on Host Mode Two For configurations
123. ibes the new StorageWatch installer and Chapter 3 Configuration Options in the new revision Chapter 3 in the old revision on Basic Operations now becomes Chapter 4 in the new revision More detailed instructions of how to use StorageWatch have been added and new screen captures included Chapter 4 in the old revision on Array Management has been separated into six new chapters in the new revision Five of the new chapters Chapter 5 Chapter 9 make up Part 2 of this revision of the user s guide and the sections in Chapter 4 of the previous edition on S E S management and IIC SAF TE and Fault bus management have been moved into Chapter 10 of this revision All these chapters have enhanced descriptions of how to manage an array and a series of more indicative screen captures have been added Chapter 5 Notification Processing Center and Chapter 6 Event Monitor in the older revisions of the User s Guide have become Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 in the new revision The content of these chapters remains largely unaltered with only a few minor editorial adjustments xiv StorageWatch User s Guide Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Guide Overview Appendix A in the previous revision has now moved to Chapter 13 in the current revision and is followed by a completely new chapter Chapter 14 on Falcon Storage Subsystem panel view customizations The extraction of Appendix A from the appendices reduces the number of appendices from six to f
124. ical drive irretrievably wipes all data currently stored on the logical drive Logical Drive Management 9 15 D rive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual To delete an LD Step 1 Select the logical drive you wish to remove with a single mouse click Right click on the adjacent screen area A command menu will prompt as shown in Figure 9 12 Logical Drives RAID Level Size MB Edit Partition Delete Logical Dire Click to select amp logical drive fron the list above Front View Functions RAID JBOD ChI 0 ID 16 JBOD Chi 0 ID 32 Properties Ack Disk Expana LD Assignment Primary Controller Maire Ld 2 write Policy peer e Figure 9 12 Displaying the Logical Drive Command Menu Step 2 Select the Delete Logical Drive command The delete process is completed almost immediately Step 3 Once the Delete command has been selected a confirm box will prompt asking you whether to proceed or not Step 4 If you are certain that you wish to delete the LD press the OK button If you are not sure click the Cancel button 9 16 Logical Drive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management 9 3 Creating and Deleting Logical Volumes You can create and delete logical volumes using StorageWatch Manager Logical volumes are created by combining logical drives together You can combine logical drives with different capacities and R
125. ide Overview Revision History October 15 2003 Chapter 13 and Chapter 14 have been merged into a single chapter Chapter 13 Panel View This chapter generically describes the panel view and removes the redundant descriptions that were previously in both Chapter 13 and Chapter 14 Part 4 of the previous edition has also been removed and Chapter 13 has been included in Part 3 of the Manual 29 September 2003 Figure 1 1 in Chapter I was changed to show a rackmount enclosure Section 3 1 in Chapter 3 was divided into two sections the first being Using Windows StorageWatch Installed as In Band and the second being Using Web Browser StorageWatch Installed as Applet Section 3 5 Rebooting the Controller was also added Modifications to Table 14 1 have also been made 28 August 2003 This manual has been completely revised from previous editions Previous editions came with six chapters and six appendices the current revision has fourteen chapters divided into four parts and five appendices The main changes to this edition are given below Chapter 1 remains largely unchanged with only minor editorial corrections that do not directly affect the content Chapter 2 has been separated into two separate chapters In the previous revision Chapter 2 Installation described system and platform requirements installation and different configuration options This chapter has been separated into Chapter 2 Installation which descr
126. ide of the GUI screen Note that the utility does not display events that happened before the utility started Event Log Display 3 23 Chapter 4 StorageWatch Icons This chapter introduces icons used in the main configuration access categories Navigation Tree Icons Section 4 1 4 Array Information Icons Section 4 2 Maintenance Icons Section 4 3 Configuration Icons Section 4 4 Event Log Icons Section 4 5 4 1 Navigation Tree Icons i Connected RAID Array a Logical Volume Information Fibre Channel Status F System Information b Statistics a F Maintenance Chapter 5 StorageWatch Considerations 5 1 Sto rag eWatch Co n sid e rat O ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Physical Drive Configuration E Create Logical Drive Existing Logical Volumes Host Channel Host LUN Mappin L onfiguration Parameters Li i Existing Logical Drives E E Create Logical Volume 5 2 Navigation Tree Icons Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Sto rag eWatc h CONS 4 2 Array Information Icons Drive in good condition Drive missing or bad Any drive icon showing a different color from black represents a member of a logical drive or a dedicated spare Black is the default color of a new or used drive A used drive is a drive that had been used as a member of a logical drive An empty tray disk drive not installed recognizes each subsystem by its board se
127. ify on LD Rebuild Write Verify an LD Initialization Maximum Drive Response Timeout mes Figure 7 5 Select the Other Tab Each function is executed by a two step procedure Click to select a desired value from the pull down menu and click the Apply button for the configuration to take effect Some configuration changes may only take effect after resetting the subsystem Drive Side Parameters SCSI Motor Spin Up Selected when hard drives need to Spin up by SCSI command By default all hard drives will start spinning up when powered on Also refer to the documentation that came with your hard drives Maximum Tag Count The subsystem supports tag command queuing with an adjustable maximum tag count from 1 to 128 The default setting is Enabled with a maximum tag count of 32 f Disk Access Delay Time Sec Sets the delay time before the subsystem tries to access the hard drives after power on Default is 15 seconds 7 10 Other Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Co n fi g u rat i O n Pa ra m ete rs f ther Disk I O Timeout Sec Is the time interval for the subsystem to wait for a drive to respond to I O requests Selectable intervals range from 1 to 10 seconds Drive Check Period Sec is the time interval for the controller to check all disk drives that were on the drive busses at controller startup The default value is Disabled Disabled means that if a drive 1s removed from the bus
128. iguration Using Logical Volumes to contain multiple logical drives can help managing arrays of large capacity It is however difficult to define the RAID level of a logical volume when it includes members each composed of a different RAID level App 13 Appe nd ICes Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Appendix D Additional References App 14 D 1 D 2 D 3 This appendix provides direction to additional references that may be useful in creating and operating a RAID and in using StorageWatch and StorageWatch Manager Java Runtime Environment JRE Java Runtime Environment is a shareware product from Sun Solaris Two websites that may be of use relative to JRE are The main Java website URL java sun com The JRE download website URL www sun com software solaris jre download html storageWatch Update Downloads amp Upgrading Raid Inc will provide StorageWatch agent and StorageWatch Manager updates periodically both via our ftp server and as new CD releases Our FIP site can be accessed via our websites at ftp Raid Inc com tw Uninstalling StorageWatch StorageWatch agents and StorageWatch Manager can be uninstalled Choose the Uninstall icon in the StorageWatch group Additional References A About command 5 11 access mode 10 7 access rights selection box 3 3 Account name 3 14 Action command menu 11 9 Action command 5 11 11 8 Adaptive Write Policy 7 13 Add Disk 9 8 Add Host 3
129. ill be 10 Mbytes second under narrow transfer and 20Mbytes second using wide Occasionally under conditions in which SCSI signal quality is poor such as with extremely long cables poor connections or bad termination it may be necessary to reduce the synchronous transfer clock to allow the SCSI channel to function normally Worst case it may be necessary to switch to asynchronous communication mode Furthermore certain older SCSI devices may only support narrow transfer and behave abnormally when attempting to negotiate wide transfer Under such conditions wide transfer may need to be disabled forcing the controller to use narrow transfer mode with that device 8 2 4 ID Pool PID SID The selection with PID Primary ID and SID Secondary ID only appears with controller subsystems that come with dual redundant RAID controllers This parameter sets the IDs to appear on the host channels Each channel must have a unique ID in order to work properly For a SCSI host subsystem ID ranges from 0 to 15 For a Fibre host controller subsystem ID ranges from O to 125 ID O is assigned to SCSI host subsystems and ID 112 113 to Fibre host controller subsystems as the default value for host channels Preset IDs are available with drive channels and it is recommended to keep the defaults For more information on host channel and drive channel IDs please refer to the Generic Operation manual and the hardware documentation that came with your
130. immediately retrieves data from the parity data and other members In this way causes of delay can be eliminated To prepare the array for AV applications the following are recommended 1 Performance with the write through caching mode is better than that with the write back mode on subsystems equipped with redundant RAID controllers 2 Arrays should not be partitioned 3 The priorities for Rebuild or Add drive expansion should be set to low 4 A maximum latency the Drive I O Timeout which determines whether a drive has failed to respond to I O requests is required as the first level timeout T T Co n fi o u rat j O n Pa ra m ete rs Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual The option comes available as a standard function The following options in the internal settings are pre adjusted 1 Reads have higher priority 2 The Smart Sorting algorithm is disabled to avoid latency that may arise due to sorting The firmware is forced to receive ordered read requests the original receiving order Host Side Parameters f Maximum Queued I O Count This is the arrangement of the controller internal resources for use with a number of the current host nexus It is concurrent nexus so if the cache is cleared up it will accept a different nexus again Many I Os can be accessed via the same nexus This function allows you to configure the maximum number of I O queues the controller can accept from the host computer
131. ings from the pull down list Step 2 Click on the On Off switch besides the pull down button to enable LAN broadcast notification cs switched ON Re switched OFF Step 3 Double click on the Current Value field of the Status row to enable LAN broadcast Set Status to Enable if you want the module to be activated every time the Root Agent is started Note that the On Off switch should also be in the On position before you turned off the server or closed the utility Otherwise you will have to manually enable the function whenever you reboot the server Step 4 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station Figure 3 18 Broadcast Settings 3 4 5 Fax Settings Receiver Side To set a fax machine to receive event messages Step 1 Right click on the lower half of the configuration screen the receiver entry field to display the add recipient prompt Event Notification Settings 3 15 Configuration Client Options 3 16 Add Edit Delete Step 2 An Add receiver prompt displays Enter the phone number of the event notification receiving fax machine Step 3 Enter the Outside line dial out number if there is any Step 4 Enter the Delay Second number Step 5 Enter the level of severity of events to be sent via fax Step 6 Repeat this process to add more receivers Note that physical connection and fax service with Windows MAPI should be ready before configuring this function Add F
132. ion of the volume capacity Note that the Related Information column only displays messages that are related to the selected volume 11 8 Logical Volume Information Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Mo n Ito rl ng amp M anagement 11 4 Fibre Channel Status This window is automatically grayed out on subsystems featuring SCSI host channels The Fibre Channel Status window displays information such as WWN port name and node name In storage applications managed by SAN management software or failover drivers this information is necessary Step 1 To access the window click on the Fibre Channel Status icon on the GUI navigation panel or select the command from the Action command menu The events in the window are listed according to the date and time they occurred with the most recent event at the bottom A description of each event is provided Step 2 A Refresh button allows you to renew the information in cases when loop IDs are changed or an LIP has been issued Fibre Channel List Channel 0 Host Fibre ID 42 47 5paad 1 GHz jg Channel 1 Host Fibre ID 112 113 Speed 1 GHz Channel Status Topology Loop Fibre Channel Speed 1 GHz Link Status Link Up Port WWMH 2000002084A12345 Node WWN 1000002064412345 Loop ID 42 47 Fibre Channel Address Figure 11 7 Fibre Channel Status Window Fibre Channel Status 11 9 Monitoring amp Management 11 5 System Information Raid Inc Storage
133. is option allows you to select a desirable interval for the partner controllers in a dual controller configuration to synchronize mirror copy their cached data RAID controllers have defaults for this however this option provides more choices with the sync period Controller Parameters Apply Controller Name A manually entered nickname for the RAID controller This name can also be used to recognize a RAID subsystem in the environment where multiple RAID subsystems reside Unique Identifier This is a MUST for subsystem configuration especially for those with dual controllers or Fibre host ports The unique ID is integrated as unique Fibre Channel node name and port names In the event of controller failover and failback this ID helps host side initiators to identify a RAID subsystem Time Zone GMT Greenwich Mean Time is used here a 24 hours clock To change the clock to your local time zone select a time from the drop down menu Choose the hour later than the Greenwich mean time following a plus sign For example enter 9 for Japanese time zone Date Time Enter time and date in its numeric representatives in the following order month day hour minute and the year SDRAM DCC If the DIMM module installed for data caching supports ECC you may select to enable or disable the error check function here When preferences have been set with the configurations above click this button to apply changes
134. ive with the names of each appendix changing to a higher letter e g Appendix B in the last revision is Appendix A Appendix C is now Appendix B etc The content of these appendices remains the same 20 April 2004 Completely revised for StorageWatch 2 0 but still keep the manual structure Although software revision 2 0 has a brand new look and feel and a different configuration access the available configuration options are basically the same One chapter Event Monitor has been removed for the functionality 1s now combined with GUI screen interface The chapter for NPC functionality has also been removed for the event notifications have been integrated with the Configuration Client utility 10 August 2004 Revised for StorageWatch revision 2 1 Added descriptions for new configuration options including the NPC utility for the Applet mode installation Added Chapter 13 NPC Utility Ist September 2004 Removed description of some ODM functions StorageWatch User s Guide XV StorageWatch User s Guide Part 1 Getting Started With otorageWatch Part 1 introduces StorageWatch to users explains system and platform requirements and installation Part 1 also describes the Configuration Client options and instructs users about the basic operations of StorageWatch This section includes the following chapters Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 3 Configuration Client Options 9 9 o Chapte
135. k panel has two functional buttons Add Disk and Add Spare Drive Click on the Add Disk button to include new members into the array 9 8 Logical Drive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management Step 5 The Add Disk process should immediately begin You may check the add drive progress in the Tasks Under Process window 9 2 3 3 Accessing the Expand Command Sub window The Expand command sub window is accessed by selecting a logical drive and clicking on the Expand tab under the Functions window Functions Properties Add Disk Expand Available Expand Size 100 MB Expand Size 100 Execute Expand Figure 9 4 The Expand Command Sub window Available Expand Size MB If there is an amount of unused capacity in a logical drive the LD may be expanded If there is no amount present in the text box then the LD cannot be expanded Set Expansion Size A value can be entered in this text box if and only if an amount is shown in the Available Expand Size text box The value entered into the Expansion Size text box cannot exceed the amount shown above The value entered here specifies the size of the LD expansion Execute Expand Execute Expand allows the user to determine whether or not the expansion will be done online or offline If the user wishes to do an online expansion then the expand process will be completed once the subsystem finds I O requests from the host are com
136. le logical drive with a total disk capacity of 2GB This combination of drives appears to the system as a single logical drive RAID 1 is simple and easy to implement however it is more expensive as it doubles the investment required for a non redundant disk array implementation Logical Drive C 9 Rund NE MEE d Fus BOOK S 2 pu Ue fee D ad pecs hs OOK T o4 eR Physical Disks A Block E m Block2 4 M Blocka p Block3 4 HMM v Bleck4 Ele In addition to the data protection RAID 1 provides this RAID level also improves performance In cases where multiple concurrent I Os are occurring these I Os can be distributed between two disk copies thus reducing total effective data access time C 5 RAID 1 0 1 RAID 1 0 1 combines RAID 0 and RAID 1 Mirroring and Disk Striping RAID 0 1 allows multiple drive failure because of the full redundancy of the hard disk drives If more than two hard disk drives are chosen for RAID 1 RAID 0 1 will be performed automatically IMPORTANT RAID 0 1 will not appear in the list of RAID levels supported by the controller If you wish to perform RAID 1 the controller will determine whether to perform RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 This will depend on the drive number that has been selected for the logical drive Physical Disks Logical Drive i Striping RAID Levels C Q ins OCK T a M Block8 4 EUN Dee OK Saad M Block6
137. lor Repeat the above process to create more partitions or click to view its information A new partition is created from the existing partition Edit Partition s of LO 3F744216 kaez 0 Offzet DMB Sine SORE Figure 9 21 The Edit Partition Command Window The arrow buttons help you travel from one partition to another 9 4 3 Partitioning a logical volume LV Step 1 Select the logical volume you wish to partition Move your cursor on to the 9 24 Partitioning a Logical Configuration Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management Logical Volume Status window Right click to display the edit mode command menu Logical Volume Status Click to select a logica Delete Logical vi Members Logical Volume Parameters Ie 3EDBBSAS Size 200ME Good Expand Properties Ly Assignment rese Controller Vetile Policy nne Back x Figure 9 22 The Edit Partition Command Step 2 Select Edit Partition from the menu Step 3 The Edit Partition mode window displays as shown below E dit Partition Edu Partition s of LV JFEC3034 Figure 9 23 The Edit Partition Window Step 4 If the volume has not been partitioned all of its capacity appears as one single partition Single click to select the partition the color bar Step 5 Right click or select the Edit command to display the Add Partition command Click to Step 6 The Partition Siz
138. lues Apply Click this button for the configuration to take effect Communications 7 5 Co nfi g u rat j O n Pa ra m ete rs Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 4 System To access the System specific functions select the System tab as shown in Figure 7 3 from the Configuration Parameters window tabs Communication Controller System Password Other System G Mute Beeper a Reset Controller G Shutdown Cortroller ownload J Upload G Download Pv F Download FVVeBR Download MYRAM from Host Disk G Upload NYRAM to Host Disk CJ Save NVRAM to Disk CJ Restore NVRAM from Disk Figure 7 3 Select the System Tab Each function is executed by a two step procedure Click the select button of the function you wish to perform and click the Apply button for the configuration to take effect System Functions f Mute Beeper Turns beeper off temporarily for the current event The beeper will still be activated by the next event Be sure that you have checked carefully the cause of the event f Reset Controller Resets the subsystem without powering off f Shutdown Controller This prepares the subsystem to be powered off This function flushes the unfinished writes still cached in controller memory making it safe to turn off the subsystem 7 6 System Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Co n fi o u rat i O n Pa ra m ete rs Download Upload f Download FW Subsystem firmware can be upgraded u
139. mber Host ID Mask 9969690232690344 m Fitter Type 4989890244 380288 Access Mode Read and Verte we OK Cancel Figure 10 9 Host ID Menu Step 5 Complete the process by clicking OK Removing a Filter Step 1 To manually remove a filter setting left click to select and right click on one of the existing host LUN filter s A command menu displays as shown in Figure 10 10 Remove LUN Filter 10 8 Extended LUN Mapping Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual L U N M appl ng Host Lun Filter s 9959590232590344 Remove LUN Filter Figure 10 10 Remove LUN Filter Step 2 Click on the command to remove an existing filter entry A confirm box appears Click OK to delete the selected filter entry Extended LUN Mapping 10 9 StorageWatch User s Guide Part 3 System Monitoring and Management Part 3 explains how to monitor and manage your storage arrays Descriptions on how to identify the source of faulty components are described Full descriptions of the notification methods are included in Chapter 3 enabling users to constantly monitor the status of their storage array The Enclosure View is also described This section includes the following chapters Chapter 11 System Monitoring amp Management Chapter 12 Enclocure Display Chapter 13 NPC Utility StorageWatch User s Guide Part 3 System Monitoring and Management Chapter 11 System Monitoring and Management Array Inform
140. mber of a logical volume representing a logical drive Different logical drives are presented using icons of different colors Fibre Channel Status A Fibre host channel System Information g A battery module HE A RAID controller unit A current sensor A cooling fan ee 5 4 Array Information Icons Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Sto rag eWatc h CONS An enclosure device connected through an I2C bus A power supply RLE An enclosure device connected through SAF TE SCSI bus m An enclosure device connected through SES Fibre link E A drive tray slot An UPS device IE A voltage sensor 4 3 Maintenance Icons Maintenance This category uses the same icons as in the Logical Drive Information window 4 4 Configuration Icons Create Logical Drives This window uses the same icons as in the Logical Drive Information window Existing Logical Drives x A configured array logical drive Create Logical Volume A member of a logical volume representing a logical drive Different logical drives are presented using icons of different colors Maintenance Icons 5 5 Sto rag eWatch Co n sid e rat O ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Existing Logical Volumes A logical volume Partition s of SD8D3BEB A partitioned logical volume 1s represented as a color bar that PREE EA BERE JL can be split into many segments Each color segment indicates a partition of
141. mmands File Menu Commands Command Description Add Host Creates a new entry by entering Root Agent server IP Exit Closes the Configuration Client application Command Summary App 3 Appe nd ICes Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Tool Bar Commands Open Bookmark Opens a previously saved connection view profile This File profile contains information about Root Agent server and the RAID arrays being managed by a Root Agent Save Bookmark Saves current connection view profile onto your system File drive The default file name is default npc Connect Connects to a Root Agent server usually the one that you RootAgent choose as a management and install the Configuration Server Client utility However you may connect to multiple Root Agent server from a single workstation Disconnect Disconnects from a currently connected Root Agent RootAgent server Help Cursor The Help Cursor helps linking and displaying the associative help topics with a screen element Help Displays StorageWatch Manager on line help Details about the Configuration Client utility are also included Help Menu Commands Command Description About Displays information about the Configuration Client program Root Agent Right click Menu Commands Command Description Add Host Connects to a Root Agent server usually the one that you choose as a Management and install the Configuration Client utility However you may connect to multiple Root Agent se
142. mplements the on board console interface found on Raid Inc s RAID controllers and a line of host based text mode RAID Managers providing the same functionality but with greater ease of use The following sections describe the outstanding features of StorageWatch and introduce its conceptual framework 1 1 2 Feature Summary The list below summarizes StorageWatch features User friendly graphical interface running under Windows or Linux SuSE 8 and 9 RedHat 8 and 9 operating systems compatible with the Java Run time Environment Internet browser access to full program functionality provides worldwide management capability Supports Raid Inc s Falcon series RAID subsystems Communicates with the subsystems over a LAN out of band and the Internet and over the SCSI bus or Fibre Channel using in band command protocols Supports multiple instances of RAID managers over the network allowing multiple management sessions from a single management station situated at virtually any place in the world Illustrates graphically and constantly the operating status of various disk array elements 1 2 Storage Watch Overview Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual nt rod U ct O nN V V W At a glance monitoring of the entire disk array status by StorageWatch and constant monitoring of multiple systems by the Configuration Client Supports remote management over the network of RAID agents running Windows NT 200
143. n Step 5 Provide a valid out port IP that will be used for delivering SNMP traps Usually the default IP detected by the Root Agent will be sufficient If you have more than one Ethernet ports double click to configure it 1 f 5 Fr SNMF trap 7 amp Status Enable severity SNMP Local IP 132 168 4 18 Figure 3 14 SNMP Traps Settings 3 4 3 Email Settings Receiver Side SASL authentication is supported with this revision To set an email address to receive notification emails Step 1 Right click on the lower half of the configuration screen to display the add recipient prompt Step 2 An Add recipient prompt displays Click Add to display another prompt and then enter an address for email notification Step 3 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver s email Step 4 Repeat this process to add more email addresses Add Email recipient Figure 3 15 Email Settings Sender Side Event Notification Settings 3 13 Co ntig U ratio n C ie nt Optio n S Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual From the Module Config window Step 1 Find the email settings from the Module Name pull down list Step 2 Click the On Off switch besides the pull down list button to enable Email notification ON switched ON switched OFF Step 3 Double click on the Current Value field of the Status row to enable email notification Step 4 Select the severity level of events to be se
144. n Figure 9 6 and involves adding more hard disk drives to a logical drive which may require that the user obtain an enclosure with more drive bays The data will be re striped onto the original and newly added disks 9 10 Logical Drive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management RAID Expansion Mode 1 2GB RAID 5 Logical Drive 4GB Add in New Dri Wes 2GB Ete RAID T bngieal Hives OOE erasmi RAID Expansion Figure 9 6 RAID Expansion Mode 1 In the Figure 9 6 above new drives are added to increase the capacity of a 4 Gigabyte RAID 5 logical drive The two new drives increase the capacity to 8 Gigabytes Mode 2 Expansion on the other hand requires the same number of higher capacity hard disk drives for a given logical drive RAID Expansion Mode 2 153 zb5B z GB 2 GB De RAIDS 4GB co oo I 4 GB T 27GB 2GBH 2068 Hew a L3 Gy be lo RAID 5 4GB x Copy and Replace one of the member drives Copy and replace each of the member drives Even if one member drive fails during the copy and replace the logical drive will still be available for access Figure 9 7 RAID Expansion Mode 2 1 3 Figure 9 7 above illustrates expansion of the same 4 Gigabyte RAID 5 logical drive using Mode 2 Expansion Drives are copied and replaced one by one onto three higher capacity drives Logical Drive Management 9 11 D rive Managem ent Raid Inc S
145. nables or disables channel SCSI termination on subsystems featuring SCSI host channels SCSI buses must be properly terminated at both ends that 1s when connecting one end of a SCSI cable to a host HBA the termination of the channel must be enabled on the subsystem side An alternate configuration should be applied when multiple enclosures are being cascaded on the host buses An enclosure situated at the middle of a SCSI bus should have its termination set to disabled 8 2 3 Default Transfer Clock in MHz These parameters set the data transfer clock rate for synchronous communication over the SCSI bus and enable or disable wide transfer respectively Data that is transferred across the bus in synchronous transfer mode is clocked using a synchronous transfer clock signal The frequency of this signal determines the rate at which data is transferred If for example the synchronous transfer clock 1s 10 MHz data transfer rate will be 10 million bytes per second assuming narrow transfer Data transfer across the SCSI bus can be either 8 bits or 16 bits at a time The former is referred to as narrow transfer while the latter 1s referred to as wide transfer At the same synchronous transfer clock rate data transfer using wide transfer will be double that of 8 4 User Configurable Channel Parameters Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual C h an nN el Co nfig U rat O nN narrow With a transfer clock of 1OMHz the data transfer rate w
146. nagement e Host ID A host HBA card s WWPN port name can be used as the basis ID Check all the port names of all HBA cards You may set an ID range that includes or excludes more than one port name or from accessing the storage capacity you specified in the previous process If multiple HBA port names need to be included in an access range that access may be configured to include or exclude a certain number of HBAs from accessing an array a wider range can be set to include more port names For instance a value OxFFFFFFFFFFFFFC is selected and the basic ID is Ox11111111111111 port name IDs ranging from Ox 1110 to Ox 1113 will fall in the ID range 10 6 Extended LUN Mapping Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual L U N M appli ng e Access Mode This field enables the user to select what access rights the HBA will have If you select Read and Write then the HBA will be able to both read and write information to the selected LD LV or partition If you select Read Only the HBA will only be able to read the contents stored on the selected LD LV or partition It will not be able to store any information e Host ID Mask The ID Mask is a 16 bit hexadecimal number and can be changed by the user LUN masking is done by combining the basis ID with a mask similar to the way routing table entries are set up on a LAN WAN If a particular HBA port name ID AND ed with the mask equals the basis ID AND ed with t
147. native means of communication is in band SCSI which transfers configuration commands into supported SCSI commands and uses them to communicate with RAID arrays over the existing SCSI or Fibre host connections The traditional way for controllers to communicate with the host computer has been via software such as StorageWatch using an Ethernet connection With in band integrators have more flexibility They may user the existing host connection instead There are limitations on the use of in band protocols In order for a host to see the RAID controller subsystem at least one logical drive must exist and has been mapped to host ID LUN Otherwise the RAID controller subsystem itself must be configured to appear as a peripheral device to the host computers See the examples below for the procedures of configuring RAID controller subsystems into a peripheral device 2 6 2 Related Configuration on Controller Subsystem Some adjustments must be made to the RAID controller or subsystem and to the host computer s SNMP settings before the two can communicate using SCSI commands The RAID controller settings can be changed using the RS 232C terminal From the Main Menu press the up or down buttons to select View and Edit Configuration Parameters Press Enter and then use the up or down buttons to select Host side SCSI Parameters Then press Enter You will need to make adjustments in the Peripheral Device Type Parameters submenu
148. nd options Users need only point and click a mouse button to select an icon or command The program also displays the current status of various disk drives or enclosure components by changing the color of their respective LED icons With an easy to use interface complicated disk array operations such as logical drive and logical volume creation drive partitioning and drive partition mapping to host channels LUNs can be completed with only a few mouse clicks Featured Highlights Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual nt rod U ctio n 1 2 2 Enclosure View L ATBF OTA Array 192 1884173 Enclosure View LJ Information E jEncosune View RAID re i Tasks Under Process Lixgical Drive Infioemadson E Legal volume infomation 9 Fibre Channel Stabus up 4B Syston Infeemamon lu Statistes Information Summary SS E E Maivienance Dewice Description wi Conteurason L Controler CPU PPCTSU Cache t UND UCC SORAM Pimevare 241A Daotrecond 1 31K SENHA E gt Create Logical Drive Sp chennel Channel Most Fibre Sacer GHz Ir Existing Logical Orwig s Chane Charie 1 ret Pies Speed 2 GHz b Create Logical Volurne I Logical Drive Kx zx8306F RAD 1 23803 4M ae Existing Logical Volumes Logical Deren Kr 3CETESFD RAD 22201 4M 4 Channel B LexewDeve Qn5raD5905 Ran i 1704409 2 HestLUN Mapping fog Dehn AD RCC RAD 1 crit 4i I Configuration P rarmeters xs Lun FARE baat abd beat co Wun CHE SC5
149. nectivity status The connection view automatically updates when an array is powered on or powered down and automatically prompts the user for a status change e g a managed array once disconnected is now connected Generate Dummy Event You can also generate simulated events to test the notification functions once you have configured any or all of the notification methods Configuration Client Functional Panels and GUI Screen 3 5 Co ntig U ratio n Cl le nt Optio Ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual Module Configuration The Module Config panel contains pull down menus that allow access to create or modify various notification methods The panel also allows you to setup an administrator s identity and lets an administrator be constantly aware of all arrays status through notification emails v E S SMTP server 182 158 1 28 Sender mail box est infortrend com tw Recipient Email est infortrend com tw Send periad houn Figure 3 5 Enable an Administrator s Options The Module Config panel provides access to nine 9 configurable items and each item contains two 2 or more setup options Seven 7 of them belong to the notification methods ways you configure to notify a user if event faults should occur settings All configuration options can be modified by double clicking the Current Value field 3 9 Root Agent Configuration To configure the Root agent settings sel
150. nfiguration Client so that system administrators can be notified of system alerts if any faulty conditions happen to these RAID arrays Step 1 RAID Agents currently being managed by a Root Agent are listed in the lower right corner of the GUI screen Step 2 To add or delete RAID agents click the Create button next to the Root Agent pull down list to display an Edit Monitor Controller prompt The same command prompt can also be activated by right clicking the agent list Root Agent Configuration 3 7 Co ntig U ratio n Cl le nt Optio Ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual Agent IP 1 Figure 3 7 Agent List Right Click Menu Step 3 Enter the IP address of the array you wish the Root Agent to manage Click OK to complete the process Edit Monitor Controller tIP 192 168 4185 Figure 3 8 Adding RAID Agent IP 3 3 2 Root Agent Log Settings Following are the methods used to keep an administrator constantly notified of the status of managed arrays As shown in Figure 3 9 when properly configured the Root Agent Log allows an administrator to receive event logs that happened on all managed arrays for every preset time period To configure the Root Agent Log settings Step 1 Enable the function by double clicking the Current Value field in the Status field Step 2 Set an SMTP server address so that event log emails can be sent to the administrator Step 3 Set a valid mail address as the sender addr
151. ng adds extra functionality to the normal LUN mapping which only allows you to assign LUNs Extended LUN mapping provides users with added masking and filtering features This enables users to restrict access to specified LUNs It also enables users to assign different access modes Read and Write or Read only to pre specified LUNs Preliminaries Before you can use the Extended LUN Mapping feature you must first create the logical drives and logical volumes If you want to use Extended LUN Mapping to map an entire logical drive or logical volume make sure that the logical drive or volume is NOT partitioned If you want to use the Extended LUN Mapping to map a logical drive partition or logical volume partition make sure that the logical drives and volumes are partitioned before accessing the Extended LUN Mapping feature Extended LUN Mapping Step 1 Follow the steps listed in Section 10 1 above to access the LUN Map Setting shown in Figure 10 2 Repeat the process described in LUN Mapping to select a Logical Drive Logical Volume or a logical partition Step 2 Select the Map LUN and Add Filter button shown at the bottom of LUN Map Setting window A new screen will appear see Figure 10 7 in the content window From this screen you can enter appropriate values for the following e Group Name Multiple host HBAs can be configured to have the same access rights to a configured array Giving a name can help with the ease of ma
152. nguage items allow you to display on screen instructions commands messages and explanatory legends in a different language The Exit command under the System menu is always available and is used to end all StorageWatch Manager sessions at once Please refer to 5 8 Arranging Windows for details on the use of the Window commands The Help Topic commands under the Help menu brings up the online help contents which is implemented in Java Help format You may click the What s this command move it across the screen and display related information by a second mouse click on the screen element you are interested in The About command under the Help menu brings up a window that provides StorageWatch version information Management Window Commands The Refresh command sends instructions to GUI asking to review the connection status The Logout command under the System menu allows you to disconnect from a controller subsystem and to end the software session This command is only available when StorageWatch Manager 1s currently connected to a RAID array The Action menu brings up sub menus that allow you to access various options under the three configuration categories Information Maintenance and Configuration Look and Feel 5 11 Basic Ope ratio NS Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual The Command menu provides different configuration options only when specific configuration items are selected in a functional dis
153. nit Attention SCSI Target Unexpected Sense Date aw S Sa Sa ee Sa S S a S a S SCSI Target Block Reassignment Failure 3 22 Event Severity Levels Raid Inc StorageWatch Gul Users manual Gonfiguration Client Options f SCSI Target Unexpected Data Over Underrun f Drive SCSI Unrecognized Event 3 5 3 Level 3 Severity Events example f Drive Failure f Enclosure Power Supply Failure f Cooling Fan Module Failure f RAID Controller Unit Failure NOTE The current version includes event notification configuration based on event severity 3 6 Event Log Display Once RAID Agent IPs are associated with a Root Agent its icons and names display on the Connect View panel To check the events that have happened since the Configuration Client started single click on a connected RAID s nd P I me d 2002 07 02 21 42 42 Logical Drive Event Logical Drive Kl21574BDDF Expand CommencedrLD Expansion Event Operati 2002 07 02 21 48 42 ogical Drive Event Logical Drive Id 1574BDDF Init Commenced Operation Started 2002 07 02 21 45 44 Logical Drive Event Logical Drive Ide1574BDDF Expand Stopped LD Expansion Event Operation Ja 2002 07 02 21 45 44 ogical Drive Event Logical Drive Id21574BDDF Init Commenced Operation Started R251 OFS 6RH Mame ID 24201 6 ES A16F R Name ID 3479777 Tao Figure 3 26 Event Log Display Window The event log window displays on the right hand s
154. nnection protocols topology link status WWPN port name and WWNN node name loop IDs and Fibre Channel address The corresponding icon turns gray and is disabled if StorageWatch operates with a SCSI host subsystem These information are useful when configuring a subsystem for a heterogeneous environment such as a storage network operating for multiple hosts and applications Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual ES FIEF R2 2A Array Demo zi icj Array Information I E Enclosure view HI tasks Under Process F m Logical Drive Information L l 3 Lat a jh St i ams LE ELE Maintenance rw E Mente nance F Logical Drives Ri Physical Drives m rel I ET existing Logical Drives lume Information Basic Operations d GHz j 3Hz TS 5S A z Name 200000206 Figure 4 17 Fibre Channel Status Window 25 7 Using the System Information Window The System Information window provides key information about the RAID subsystem and the RAID controller unit that powers the subsystem Enclosure information includes the operating status of power supply temperature sensors and cooling fan units Controller information includes CPU firmware boot record version serial number CPU and board temperature voltage and status of the battery configuration options Array EH Information a Enclosure View T Tasks Under Process E 4 Logical Volume Information s Fibre Channel Status
155. nnel Status W System Information Operation Mode re Statistics Continuous w Operation Priority petaut x Py Maintenance E L Logical Drives comes ee T dd ich Wes A Configuration Figure 4 22 Maintenance Physical Drives In the Physical Drives Maintenance mode window you have two sub windows The Front View window allows you to select a hard drive to perform maintenance tasks on A drive selected is highlighted by bright blue lines and its slot number will be shown in the Functions window in the Selected Drive Slot field The Functions window provides configuration options with maintenance tasks and a button below to apply the configuration 5 20 The Maintenance Category Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Bas C Ope rat O ns 5 6 3 Accessing the Task Schedules Maintenance Window To open the Task Schedules Maintenance window either select the related icon from under the navigation panel or select through the command menus on the top of the GUI screen Task Schedules m i Type io T Medias cen 2004 04 15 17 08 Exerubocn Oros Configure Task Schedule RAID StatTine ibid SOE Phi oo Execute an Controller Inbiekration T Execube Media Scan on at destinslion elements concurrent T Mecia Scan declination Lyra wtected Sio Fropeity ow r Feriod Execution Oncg aw Figure 4 23 Task Schedules Window To begin using the Task Schedule fun
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157. nt to the receiver station Step 5 Enter the mail subject by double clicking the Current Value field Step 6 Set your SMTP mail server through which emails will be sent Step 7 Enter Account name or Password if your mail server requires these two values SASL is the currently supported mechanism Step 8 Provide a valid email address as your sender s address Mail subject RAG Event a a M a SMTP server 132 158 1 28 Account Paseword Pee Sender email address testiftintoetrend com fw a Figure 3 16 Email Settings 3 4 4 LAN Broadcast Settings Receiver Side To set a computer to receive broadcast messages Step 1 Right click on the lower half of the configuration screen the receiver entry field to display the add recipient prompt see Basic Add Step 2 An Add receiver prompt displays Simply enter the IP addresses of a station on a network configured Step 3 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station Step 4 Repeat this process to add more receivers 3 14 Event Notification Settings Raid Inc StorageWatch GU Users Manual CONTIGUration Client Options Note that NETBUES and TCP IP should be active services on your Centralized Management station for message broadcasting Add Broadcast receiver Figure 3 17 Broadcast Settings Sender Side From the Module Config window Step 1 Find the Broadcast sett
158. oking various disk array and display related operations Note that the Command menu is related to the selected items in each configuration screen and only appears when a specific configuration item e g a RAID partition or host LUN entry is selected by mouse click An example is shown below When a configurable item is selected the corresponding command menu and the related commands automatically appear on the menu bar CLINT Array 199 199 199 299 jost LUN Mapping Host LUNES EH Informatic aj Enclo He Tasks Under Process m Logical Drive Information m Logical Volume Information Figure 4 8 The Command Menu Column For a summary of commands see Appendix A Command Summary NOTE Multiple simultaneous StorageWatch Managers can connect to one RAID array Menu Commands The following commands are described in Section 5 4 2 and shown in Figure 4 9 Look and Feel Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Bas C Ope rat O ns Outer Shell Commands L RAID Watch System Language Open Deis English Next Window About Exit Japan Tile All What s this Cascade All Help Topic Hide All Close All AXXXXXX Array 199 199 199 295 Figure 4 9 Menu Commands The Open Device command lets you connect to a RAID array This command triggers the connection prompt Multiple arrays can be managed each in a separate management window The La
159. ol 8 1 8 5 6 ID range 10 6 in band connection 1 12 In band SCSI 2 16 In Band 2 16 Information login 5 8 information type 11 10 initialization mode 9 5 initialization options 9 7 install shield 2 8 installation method 1 12 installing StorageWatch 2 6 installshield jar 2 4 IO channel 12 2 IP address 2 9 7 5 J Java Applet 1 6 Java program 1 12 Index Index 3 Index Java Run time Environment 1 2 Java Run time 1 11 Java virtual machines 1 13 Java based GUI 5 8 JBOD tab button 11 7 L LD assignment 9 5 LD drive size 9 6 LD partition 9 23 LD RAID level 9 5 6 LED Representations 12 6 Linux 1 3 Local client 2 1 2 local management 5 4 logical drive creation 1 4 Logical Drive Information 5 15 11 6 Logical Drive Message 5 16 11 7 Logical Drive Status 5 15 Logical Drive s or Volume s 5 25 Logical Drives window 5 20 6 3 9 4 logical drives 1 3 1 4 6 3 9 17 logical partition 11 7 8 Logical view 1 5 logical volume creation 1 4 Logical Volume Information Window 5 16 Logical Volume Information 11 8 Logical Volume Parameters 9 21 logical volume partitions 1 3 Logical Volume Status 9 25 logical volumes 1 3 4 6 3 9 17 Logout command 5 11 Logout 5 7 look and feel 5 1 5 8 LUN Filter mapping 10 7 LUN map table 10 2 3 LUN mapping delete 10 1 10 5 Index 4 Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual LUN mapping 10 3 LUN 9 23 LU
160. ol item The Configuration Client Utility 3 3 Co ntig U ratio n C le nt Optio Ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual aii Configuration Client JEU Connection View EH IP 192 163 666 193 Version 1 D 1 0 p N min Tool Step 6 The Module Config window should display on the right You may now start configuring event receivers under each notification method window A single click on the pull down button displays all configuration options 3 2 Configuration Client Functional Panels and GUI Screen 3 2 1 The GUI Screen Elements PESE amp Notification Processing Center client Command menu File He ein pras i 2 RlcG pate Tool bar buttons T Connection Views cas i n EH NPC IP 192 168 4 185 Version 0 94 iew Navigation C mmAE Panel 47 NPCIP192 168 5 71 Version Unknown Figure 3 3 Enable Redundant Options Command Menu File commands include Add Host and Exit The Add Host command connects you to a Root Agent host A Root Agent host 1s one that is chosen as a management center A Root Agent can manage multiple RAID agents which are in turn used to access different arrays By connecting to a Root Agent IP all its subsidiary RAIDs are then managed by the management center The Help command provides you information about the current software version The help contents for using the Configuration Client can be accessed in StorageWatch s main program Help 3 4 Config
161. ome time later Selecting Stripe Size The stripe size that is used when the LD is created can be selected from the Stripe Size pull down menu As can be seen the following stripe sizes are available 16KB 32KB 64KB 128KB Default or 256KB Select a stripe size but note that stripe size arrangement has a tremendous effect on array performance It is only recommended for experienced users Stripe size defaulted to this menu is determined by the subsystem Optimization mode and the RAID level selected NOTE If the redundant controller function has not been enabled or the SID s are not assigned on drive channels the LD Assignment pull down menu will not be available 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 desired LD parameters have been selected Step 1 Click the OK button at the bottom of the LD management window Step 2 A confirmation window will appear If you are certain that you want to create the LD with the settings you have selected click the OK button Step 4 If you selected the OK button in the Please Confirm window the Create In Progress content window will display the logical drive creation progress Step 5 Click the Reset button to redo or abort the process When the initialization process begins you can check the Tasks Under Process window to view the progress Logical Drive Management
162. ompt StorageWatch Manager should return to the Outer Shell window Selecting the Refresh button allows you to re connect with an array if a RAID array has been temporarily disconnected e g the RAID array is being reset or the host links being disconnected for maintenance reasons Starting StorageWatch Manager 5 7 Basic Ope ratio ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 5 9 Security Authorized Access Levels Password protection 1s implemented with the Connection wizard to prevent unauthorized access to configured arrays This protection which is implemented along with the security access levels prompts a user for the station password the first time he or she attempts to connect to a subsystem By default no password is required to access an array using the authorization of the first two of the protection levels Configuration Administrator and Maintenance User It is recommended to configure passwords for these two access levels the first time you successfully connect to an array A default password is provided with the Information login The Information users can monitor array status and see event messages A user logging in using the Maintenance access can perform maintenance jobs onto configured arrays and a user logging in using the Configuration login has full access rights to create modify or delete all related array configurations Note that some RAID subsystem controllers may have been configured with
163. on will be saved to the reserved space on the array and may cause a short delay 4 Click Mail Address List from the tabbed panel above Fill in or select the following configuration fields 13 4 Configuring the Utility Options Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual N PC Uti ity Configure zs x SS Notification Process Center Setting Receiver Severity Add Remove ww ow Figure 13 4 Email Notification Receiver Side Settings Receiver s Email Shows a list of all the email addresses that the NPC will use to send a message to Addresses added will be listed on the right Severity Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station 5 Click Apply or OK to complete the configuration 13 2 3 SNMP Traps 1 Click on the Notification Process Center Setting tab and SNMP Trap to display SNMP settings f Cu nfi ure ZEX Enabled i Community pub lic E Figure 13 5 SNMP Traps Sender Side Settings Configuring the Utility Options 13 5 N PC Uti ity Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 2 Fill in or select the following configuration fields Enabled Select this check box to enable the notification Community This is just a string authentication and can be seen as a plain text password 3 Click Apply or OK to proceed with configuration Note that configuration will be saved to the reserved space on the array and
164. operational status 12 5 Optimization for Random O 7 3 4 optimization for Sequential I O 7 4 optimization policy 7 3 Other configuration parameters 7 10 out port IP 3 13 Outer Shell 5 26 Outside line 3 16 P Index parallel display 5 22 Partition Size 9 24 25 Partitions 1 3 9 23 10 1 Password Protection 1 4 1 10 5 8 6 6 Password 3 14 5 8 percentage indicator 11 5 Peripheral Device Type Parameters Reference 2 17 Physical Drives maintenance window 5 20 Physical Drives window 6 3 physical drives 1 5 5 13 6 3 9 4 PID 8 1 8 5 Platform Limitations 2 4 Platform Requirements 2 4 Plugin Description 3 10 plugin folder 3 10 Plugin Label 3 10 Plugin 3 10 Plug ins 3 9 polling period 11 11 pop up menu 1 4 port name 10 6 11 9 port number 3 7 Power Supply Unit 12 3 Primary ID PID 8 6 Primary ID 8 5 Product Utility CD 2 7 program updates 2 15 Properties 9 8 PSU 12 3 pull down menu 1 4 5 25 Q Queue size 3 16 R RAID 0 6 2 Index Index 5 ndex Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual RAID 1 9 13 Root Agent entry 3 5 RAID 3 9 13 Root Agent IP 3 3 RAID 5 9 13 Root Agent Log 3 1 3 8 RAID Agent IP 3 8 3 23 Root agent settings 3 6 RAID Agent 12 4 Root Agent 3 2 3 7 3 15 RAID agents 1 7 routing table 10 7 RAID Chart 2 3 RS 232C port 2 16 7 5 RAID controller 12 2 S RAID levels 6 2 9 17 RAID Parameters 9 6 safety
165. or If a selected array includes members on different enclosures click the JBOD tab button on top of the enclosure graphic to locate its positions Note that the Logical Drive Messages column only displays messages that are related to a selected array Logical Drive Information 11 7 M O nN Ito rl nN Q amp M a n ag e Im e nt Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 11 3 Logical Volume Information A logical volume consists of one or many logical drives Data written onto the logical volume is striped across the members 11 3 1 Accessing Logical Volume Information Step 1 To access the Logical Volume Information single click its display icon on the GUI navigation panel or select the command from the Action command menu After opening the information window select a logical volume by single mouse click The window defaults to the first volume on the list A display window as shown in Figure 11 6 should appear Logical Volume Status Site ME Member Logical Drive s BE i 3F744216 Size 500MB lE sr raa2a Size 600MB Parnes SEENUHISESNUET po Related Information Tae OOS Mz BFT44216 2004 02 05 11 21 33 Figure 11 6 Opening Logical Volume Information Display Step 2 As shown above once a configured volume is selected its members will be displayed in the Members column The volume s logical partition s are displayed on the right as a segmented color bar Each segment represents a partit
166. ore identical copies of data are kept on separate disks Used in RAID 1 Configuration Client An independently run software application included with StorageWatch which permits centralized management using the Root Agent as the bridging element and event notification via various methods including e mail and fax NRAID Non RAID Parity Parity checking is used to detect errors in binary coded data The fact that all numbers have parity 1s commonly used in data communications to ensure the validity of data This is called parity checking App 6 Glossary Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Ap De n d Ce S RAID Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks Originally Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks The use of two or more disk drives instead of one disk which provides better disk performance error recovery and fault tolerance and includes interleaved storage techniques and mirroring of important data See Appendix C RAID Agent The StorageWatch module which manages and monitors a RAID controller and receives StorageWatch Manager commands via the RAID agent RAID agent comes embedded with RAID array firmware RAID agent can also be manually installed onto a server which is directly attached with a RAID array and communicates with it using the in band protocols See description of in band StorageWatch Manager SAF TE SAN SASL SCSI S E S The GUI RAID interface part of StorageWatch SCSI Acces
167. ort array conditions should be installed on a management server installed for 24 7 operation For a higher level of fault tolerance because a server can also fail the Configuration Client can be installed onto more than one server As shown below when installing StorageWatch using the Centralized Management scheme a pair of redundant servers can be specified in the installation wizard prompt The configuration is done by specifying IP addresses for a Master Host and a Slave Host Note that StorageWatch must be manually installed Mode 1 installation Centralized Management onto both the Master and Slave hosts The Configuration Client functionality on the Slave host becomes active only when the Master host fails C Redundancy Master Host please input slave host ip here C Redundancy Slave Host T please input master host ip here i Figure 4 1 Installation Wizard Prompt Redundancy Server Before management can be performed on a particular disk array system you need to first establish a connection from your array to the network or a connection between your array and the directly attached server Once a connection is established successfully management can be started The following discusses how to connect to a disk array Information on disconnection is provided at the end of this section Starung storagewaich Agents lt 7 lt 273 73 FHtC a Basic Ope ratio ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual
168. ot Agent List 5 4 Shut Down an LD 9 16 shutdown controller 7 6 SID 8 5 slot ID 5 22 SMART 7 11 SMS 3 1 3 20 SMTP mail server 3 14 SMTP Server 13 4 SMTP 3 8 SNMP agent 3 12 SNMP settings 3 12 SNMP Trap List 13 6 SNMP traps 1 3 3 12 13 5 Software Module 1 7 9 software requirements 2 2 2 6 software Setup 2 6 Solaris 1 3 spare drive 1 3 6 3 5 9 1 9 13 14 Spare drives 6 3 SSL 13 3 Stand alone on Host 1 6 Stand alone on Subsystems 1 6 Stand alone 2 8 start time 11 5 statistics command button 11 11 statistics monitoring 1 3 11 11 Statistics Window 5 18 Status 3 11 3 16 3 18 Stripe size 9 5 9 7 Subject 13 4 Sync Period 7 4 synchronous communication 8 1 8 4 synchronous transfer clock rate 8 4 synchronous transfer clock signal 8 4 synchronous transfer mode 8 4 Index Index System Information 5 1 5 17 11 10 System parameters 7 6 System Requirement 2 2 system tab 7 6 System View window 5 26 T tabbed panel 5 13 12 2 task description 11 5 Task Schedules 5 1 5 21 Task Status 5 15 Task Under Process 5 1 5 14 11 4 TCP IP 1 3 1 5 2 6 Terminal Emulation 7 5 termination 8 1 8 4 the Channel Window 5 24 the Existing Logical Drives 5 2 5 23 the Existing Logical Volumes Window 5 23 Threshold 7 8 Tile All 5 26 Time Zone 7 4 Tool Bar Buttons 3 5 transfer clock rate 8 1 transfer rate 5 14 transfer width 8 1
169. p 1 Select the logical drive you wish to add a dedicated spare to from the list of the logical drives above In the Functions window click the Add Disk tab The functional window is accessed from the Existing Logical Drives window as Logical Drive Management 9 13 Drive Management 9 14 NOTE Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual shown in Figure 9 3 As shown in Figure 9 10 the Add Spare button appears next to the Add Disk button Properties Add Disk Expand Size ME Add Disk Add Spare Disk Figure 9 10 The Add Spare Drive Button Step 2 From the Front View window select the disk drive you want to use as a dedicated spare with a single mouse click Step 3 After selecting the drive that will be used as a spare the selected drive s status will be displayed and you may click the Add Spare button to complete the process Spare drive assignments can also be made in the Maintenance mode window Note that a Global Spare cannot be added in the Existing Logical Drives window 9 2 6 Rebuilding Logical Drives Depending on whether or not there is a spare drive rebuilding is initiated automatically or must be started manually In the presence of a spare drive the system automatically rebuilds onto the spare drive This process is done in the background thus it is transparent to users However you should replace the failed drive as soon as possible and insert a new drive and set it as a
170. paratively low and allows the expand operation If the user wishes to do an offline expansion then the OFFLINE menu item will begin immediately 9 2 3 4 Click Expand to Initiate LD expansion To initiate the LD expansion follow these steps Logical Drive Management 9 9 D rive Managem ent Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Step 1 Once the LD expansion parameters have been selected click the Expand button at the bottom of the Expand window Step 2 The expand process begins and you may check the progress in the Tasks Under Process window Step 3 The logical drive will now have a new last partition the same size as the expansion You may right click the logical drive field listed above to display the Edit Partition command to verify this 9 2 4 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion 9 2 4 1 What Is It and How Does It Work Before Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion increasing the capacity of a RAID system using traditional methods meant backing up re creating and then restoring Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion a new feature in controller firmware versions 2 11 and later allows users to add new hard disk drives and expand a RAID 0 3 or 5 Logical Drive without powering down the system 9 2 4 2 Two Modes of Dynamic LD Expansion Dynamic Logical Dove Expansion Mode 1 Mode 2 Figure 9 5 Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion There are two modes of Dynamic Logical Drive Expansion Mode 1 Expansion is illustrated i
171. ping for more details See Figure 10 5 for the configuration screen 10 4 LUN Mapping Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual L U N M appl ng Add new Y Y ta host LUN Map Setting Ds Ix 3F 744216 Size 600MB HX 3EDBBSAS Size 20A Partition s of LD BEDBBSA5 Map LUN Cancel Map Lun and Add Fiter Figure 10 5 Select Add New LUN to Host Step 6 Click on the Map LUN button to complete the process if no LUN Filtering setting 1s required 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 window shown in Figure 10 2 Step 2 Left click on a configured LUN and then Right click on the adjacent area A command menu displays as shown in Figure 10 6 Select the Remove LUN Map to complete the process Host LUN Mapping ost LUNs Channel ID SCSI ID un ID Logical Drive volume zi i EE EE PUE Partition Size ME Remove LUN Map Figure 10 6 Delete LUN Command Step 3 When prompted for a password or an answer enter it and click OK The LUN mapping should no longer be listed in the LUN Map table After deleting the LUN mapping it no longer appears in the host LUN s Step 4 To remove additional LUN mappings repeat Step 2 LUN Mapping 10 5 L U N M ap pi ng Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 10 3 Extended LUN Mapping 10 3 1 10 3 2 Extended LUN mappi
172. play window RAID Watch Figure 4 10 Menu Commands 5 5 The Array Information Category The Array Information category provides easy access to information about every aspect of system operation Enclosure view Displays the physical view of all major components including drive slots and enclosure components Tasks under process Ongoing tasks being processed by the subsystem e g array initialization Logical drive Displays information of all configured arrays including the information RAID levels applied and the graphical display of member drive locations Logical volume Displays information on all configured logical volumes information Fibre Channel status Shows information of Fibre host channels including link status WWN port names node names etc System information Is a real time display of the RAID controller subsystem operation status including board temperature voltage battery etc Statistics Graphical and numeric representations of system performance in terms of cache hits and current read write throughput 5 12 The Array Information Category Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Bas C Ope rat O ns 5 9 1 9 9 2 The Array Information Category To access each information window single click its corresponding icon on the navigation tree located on the upper left of GUI screen Accessing the Enclosure View To open the Enclosure View window either select the Enclosure icon
173. pping Extended LUN Mapping Section 10 3 page 10 6 f 10 3 1 Preliminaries f 10 3 2 Extended LUN Mapping f 10 3 3 Adding Deleting a New Filter Chapter 10 LUN Mapping 9 1 L U N M ap pi ng Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users 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 necessary to access the LUN Map Table The LUN Map Table lists the LDs LVs and partitions that have previously been mapped To access the LUN Map Table please follow these steps Step 1 In the navigation panel under the Configuration category click on the Host LUN Mapping where you can find the configuration options with the mapping operation See Figure 10 1 Eu Configuration E E Create Logical Drive o T T Existing Logical Drives m l Create Logical Volume i Existing Logical Volurries m Host Channel RANN T Pu fos As put eae LL n Parameterz Figure 10 1 Select the Host LUN Mapping Window Step 2 The LUN mapping window should appear on the right Right click on the Host LUN s sub window to display PID Primary controller ID SID Secondary controller ID command menu as shown in Figure 10 2 Raid Inc s controllers or subsystems always come with pre configured IDs If it is necessary to add alternative IDs please select the Channel window from the navigation panel ES FAGE 2424 Array Dema Host LUN Mapping rHost
174. r 4 StorageWatch Icons StorageWatch User s Guide Part 1 Getting Started with StorageWatch Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter provides information about the StorageWatch management program The following topics are discussed in this chapter StorageWatch Overview Section 1 1 page 1 2 This section describes the following 1 1 1 Introduction 1 1 2 Feature Summary Featured Highlights Section 1 2 page 1 4 This section describes the following 1 2 1 Graphical User Interface 1 2 2 Enclosure View 1 2 3 Powerful Event Notification Function 1 2 4 Java based Remote Management Conceptual Foundation Section 1 3 page 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 nt rod U ct O n Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 1 1 StorageWatch Overview 1 1 1 Product Description Raid Inc s GUI RAID Manager Storage Watch is a Java based program specifically designed for use in managing Raid Inc s RAID subsystems StorageWatch provides a user friendly interface that represents disk array elements and simplifies the normally complicated process of array configuration StorageWatch also provides real time reporting on the status of the entire array thus making the task of monitoring disk arrays virtually effortless The functionality provided in the Event Monitor sub module in the previous StorageWatch versions is now integrated into the main management screen and the Configuration Client StorageWatch co
175. rage operations In the event of a disk failure disk access will still continue normally with the failure transparent to the host system RAID has six levels RAID 0 5 RAID levels 1 3 and 5 are the most commonly used levels while RAID levels 2 and 4 are rarely implemented The following sections described in detail each of the commonly used RAID levels Non RAID Storage One common option for expanding disk storage capacity is simply to install multiple disk drives into the system and then combine them end to end This method is called disk spanning In disk spanning the total disk capacity 1s equivalent to the sum of the capacities of all SCSI drives in the combination This combination appears to the system as a single logical drive Thus combining four 1GB drives in this way for example would create a single logical drive with a total disk capacity of AGB Disk spanning is considered non RAID due to the fact that it provides neither redundancy nor improved performance Disk spanning is inexpensive flexible and easy to App 9 Appendices C 3 C 4 App 10 Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual implement however it does not improve the performance of the drives and any single disk failure will result in total data loss 2 GB Hard drive O 3 GB Hard drive 1 GB Hard drive 7 0 2 GB Hard drive Logical Drive 2 3 1 2 8 GB Logical Drive RAID 0 RAID 0 implements block striping where
176. range 7 9 RAID systems manager 5 4 SAF TE 11 2 StorageWatch agents 1 1 1 SAF TE SES Device Check Period 7 1 1 StorageWatch CD 2 6 SAN 1 8 StorageWatch GUI 3 2 SASL 3 13 RCCOM 8 4 Save Bookmark File 3 5 read write statistics 11 12 save NVRAM to Disk 7 7 real time event notices 1 3 screen Elements 5 9 real time reporting 1 2 SCSI ID 6 5 8 1 9 14 SCSI Motor Spin Up 7 10 SDRAM DCC 7 4 Secondary Controller RS 232 Terminal 7 13 Secondary ID SID 8 6 Secondary ID 8 5 Selected Members column 9 3 Rebuild Priority 7 12 rebuilding logical drives 1 3 Receiver Data 3 10 receiver entry 3 12 3 14 Receiver s Email 13 5 redundancy 5 3 redundant configuration 1 3 Selected Members panel 9 18 Redundant Controller Communication Channel 7 13 Selected Members window 5 22 Redundant Controller Settings 7 13 redundant controller 7 12 refresh 11 9 remote management 1 3 1 5 2 2 5 1 5 6 Selecting Members 5 22 Send Period 3 8 3 21 sender s address 3 14 Sender s Email 13 4 SES 11 2 severity events Level 1 3 1 3 22 replacement drives 6 3 reserved space 1 6 2 9 reset controller 7 6 severity events Level 2 3 1 3 22 Restore NVRAM from Disk 7 7 Retrieve IP list 5 4 5 retry time 3 21 severity events Level 3 3 1 3 23 severity level 3 11 3 22 severity parameter 3 11 Severity 3 14 3 21 13 5 7 Index 6 Index Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Show Ro
177. raph form and the performance data is constantly updated in MB s Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Basic Operations 5 6 The Maintenance Category 9 6 1 The Maintenance category provides access to logical and physical drives and to perform maintenance functions These maintenance functions help ensure the integrity of configured arrays The operation of the Maintenance window also includes access through the navigation panel and a functional window Accessing the Logical Drives Maintenance Window To open the Logical Drives Maintenance window either select the Logical Drives icon from the navigation tree shown in Figure 4 21 or select through the command menus on the top of the screen When the Logical Drives window is opened the screen shown in Figure 4 21 should appear AID Yatch il Drives iD iin aS 744216 len 3EDBBSAS5 Tasks Under Process c Logical Drive Information me f niniical volume Infarmatinn Figure 4 20 Accessing Maintenance Commands ES FIGF R2A24 Array T Array Information SY Enclosure view Tasks Under Process a Logical Drive Information E Logical volume Information A Fibre chisnnelstatus Click to select a logical drive from the list above ie System Information Ua Statistics Front View Functions 3 Maintenance RAID JBOD ChI 0 1D 16 JBOD Chi0 1D 32 P E EE d Operation Priority pesa Operation
178. ration can be manually disabled to save system resources and to achieve better performance Note that if sync cache is disabled the configuration changes made through the primary controller is still communicated to the secondary controller Adaptive Write Policy Firmware is embedded with intelligent algorithms to detect and to adapt the array s caching mode to the characteristics of I O requests The capability is described as follows Co n fi g u rat j O n Pa ra m ete rs Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 1 When enabled the adaptive write policy optimizes array performance for sequential writes 2 The adaptive policy temporarily disables an array s write caching algorithm when handling sequential writes Write caching can be unnecessary with sequential writes for that write requests can be more efficiently fulfilled by conducting writes onto disk drives following the receiving order 3 The adaptive policy changes the preset write policy of an array when handling I Os with heterogeneous characteristics If firmware determines it is receiving write requests that come in a sequential order the write caching algorithm is disabled on the target logical drives If the subsequent I Os are fragmented and are received randomly firmware automatically restores the original write cache policy of the target logical drives Adaptation for the Redundant Controller O peration 4 f arrays managed by a redundant controller configur
179. re systems that automatically monitor a disk drive s health and report potential problems Ideally this should allow users to take proactive actions to prevent impending disk crashes SMS The Short Message Service SMS is the ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile telephones SMS was created and incorporated into the Global System for Mobiles GSM digital standard Spare Spares are defined as dedicated Local or Global A drive designation used in RAID systems for drives that are not used but are instead hot ready and used to automatically replace a failed drive RAIDs generally support two types of spare Local and Global Local spares only replace drives that fail in the same logical drive Global spares replace any drive in the RAID that fails Stripe A contiguous region of disk space Stripes may be as small as one sector or may be composed of many contiguous sectors Striping Also called RAID 0 A method of distributing data evenly across all drives in an array by concatenating interleaved stripes from each drive Stripe Size A k a chunk size The smallest block of data read from or written to a physical drive Modern hardware implementations let users to tune this block to the typical access patterns of the most common system applications Stripe Width The number of physical drives used for a stripe As a rule the wider the stripe the better the performance Write back Cache Many mo
180. relative to RAID operations fulfilled by the particular system Internet Capable if a server is an Internet server the answer to this is Yes If a workstation will manage RAID systems through a browser note the particular browser software its version number and its support for Java RAID Chart 2 3 n stal atio nN Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 2 3 Platform Requirements StorageWatch 2 1 supports Windows operating systems both for servers RAID management hosts or web servers and for client management stations StorageWatch Manager workstations Support for Java however depends on the Java Runtime installed from OS to OS This section explains what steps that need to be taken depending upon which OS will be used 2 3 1 Platform Limitations Under Windows NT Server 4 0 Windows 95 98 2000 the Java installation program installshield jar ONLY supports Netscape 4 5 or above Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 or above 2 3 2 Windows Platforms StorageWatch supports Windows NT 4 0 for servers and Windows NT XP 2000 2003 for workstations Step 1 In order to use Netscape in Windows append the string append the string user pref signed applets codebase principal support true to C Winnt profiles xusername gt Windows NT or Windows 2000 or C WINDOWS Profiles lt username gt for Windows XP 2003 Step 2 SNMP Service SNMP service for Windows NT if the SNMP agent is
181. rial number and displays an exact es replica of it in the panel Fan 0 functioning normally Fan 1 functioning normally VIEW Fan 2 functioning normally Fan 3 functioning normally Power Supply 0 tunctioning normally LEDs shown on the Power Supply 1 tailed enclosure view correspond to the real LEDs on the subsystem s rear panel As shown in the diagram if an LED corresponding to a failed component is lit red you can move your cursor to the enclosure panel and after holding the cursor there for a while a summary of the enclosure status will be displayed a This graphic represents a rotation button each mouse click on it turns the enclosure graphic 90 degrees clockwise Tasks Under Process Type of tasks being processed by the subsystem The Task status window displays icons representing specific configurations Array Information Icons 5 3 Sto rag eWatch Co n sid e rat O ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Partition s of 5DBD3BEB A partitioned logical drive volume is represented as a color Index D Offset OMB Size 14346MB ZH m bar that can be spli t into many segments Each color segment indicates a partition of a configured array Logical Volume Information Partition s of SD8D3BEB A partitioned logical volume 1s P2 represented as a color bar that PE eee ODE NR RSS ge can be split into many segments Each color segment indicates a partition of a configured volume A me
182. rs ID la Channel 1 Host Fibre Speed Auto Channel 2 Drive RCCOM Fibre Speed 2 GHz Channel Made privesRccoM bd Channel 3 Driva RCCOM Fibre Speed 2 GHz Drive Channel 4 Host Fibre Speed 2 GHz Current Data Rate 2 GH3 inst la Channel 5 Host Fibre Speed 2 GHz RCCOM Default Data Rate Drives RCCOM Current Tranzfer Width Serial Apply Figure 8 4 Selecting a Drive Channel X24 X28 User Configurable Channel Parameters 8 3 C h a n nN e Co nfi Q U rat O nN Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 8 2 1 Channel Mode This configuration option is exclusively available with the X24 X28 series The X24 X28 series controllers allows flexible reconfigurations of its I O channels An I O channel can be assigned as Host Drive dedicated RCC RCCOM or Drive RCCOM channels For example the combination of I O channels may look like the following Dual redundant Controller Models 2 host and 2 drive RCCOM a total of 4 I O channels X28 2 host 2 dedicated RCCOM and 2 drive a total of 6 I O channels Dual single Controller Models X24 4D 2 host and 2 drive per controller a total of 8 I O channels X28 6D 2 host and 4 drive or 4 host and 2 drive per controller a total of 12 I O channels For more information about all possible combinations please refer to the Installation and Hardware Reference Guide that came with your controller 8 2 2 Termination This parameter e
183. rver from a single workstation Delete Host Deletes a Root Agent entry from the connection view Disconnect Disconnects from a currently connected Root Agent server Generate Dummy Creates dummy events for testing the notification Events functions Refresh Refreshes the connection view status Updates the connection information about Root Agent s and the RAID arrays being managed App 4 Command Summary Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Ap De n d Ce S Appendix B Glossary Fibre Also known as fibre channel A device in the case of RAID a data storage device protocol capable of high data transfer rates Fibre channel simplifies data bus sharing and supports not only greater speed but also more devices on the same bus Fibre channel can be used over both copper wire and optical cable Fiber An optical network data transmission cable type which is unrelated to fibre channel above HBA Host Bus Adapter an HBA is a device that permits a PC bus to pass data to and receive data from a storage bus such as SCSI or fibre channel Host A computer typically a server which uses a RAID system internal or external for data storage Host LUN See Host and LUN Host LUN is another term for a LUN rc Inter IC a type of bus designed by Philips Semiconductors which is used to connect integrated circuits VC is a multi master bus which means that multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and eac
184. s Configuration Client Installed in a Centralized Management Station If during the installation process outlined in Chapter 2 the Centralized Management option was selected the Root Agent driver associated agents and Configuration Client utilities will be installed onto your computer Centralized management in a multi RAID environment is achieved through the Configuration Client utility To access the Configuration Client interface please do the following Open the directory in which the StorageWatch GUI was installed This directory was Selected during the installation process and the default access route is named as Raid Inc If you are using Windows first select Start then open the Programs menu and finally open the Rai dInc Once the Raid Inc directory has been successfully opened select the Configuration Client option shown in Figure 3 1 Launch Outlook Expre sm Kol Microsoft Outlook Eh deve Web Start amp j Accessories 1 fj Macromedia eps esses Em Infortrend Inc RAIDWatch be rus Windows Update i Uninstall pe Sem 5 MSN Messenger 6 2 46 Configuration Client Dscumert E Settings gt A Search t amp Help p Shut Down sin d GI Figure 3 1 Opening the Raid Inc Directory Step 1 Click on the Configuration Client shortcut to activate the GUI as shown in Figure 3 2 Users can configure the following items Root Agent adminis
185. s C Contact Us O Infortrend Website C Exit Infortrend Figure 2 2 The Platform Window Step 5 After opening the install shield the following welcome screen shown in Figure 2 3 will appear If your server or workstation is not ready with Java Runtime at least version 1 4 2 the install shield will automatically install Java Runtime onto your machine Please follow the on screen instructions to proceed Step 6 To continue installing StorageWatch click the Next button at the bottom of the window If you do not wish to continue with the installation process select the Stop button Software Setup 2 7 n stal atio n Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual amp Infortrend RAID Management Tool Installation Pro gram Figure 2 3 Welcome to the Install Shield Window Step 7 If you selected the Next button on Figure 2 3 the License Agreement window seen in Figure 2 4 will appear First read through the License Agreement If you are in agreement with the specified terms and wish to continue installing the StorageWatch program select Accept If you do not wish to continue with the installation process then select the Stop button oer iL iL LL EZXZZLLCEU EOSLU LULLULISLEUXLG E License Agreement far Infortrend RAID Management Tool Figure 2 4 License Agreement Step 8 If you accepted the License Agreement in Figure 2 4 a new window with three installation options will appear
186. s capable of displaying any information provided by an SES SAF TE or C data bus Included among various kinds of information typically provided is status for Power supplies Fans Ambient temperature Voltage UPS Disk drives System module LEDs To read more information about enclosure devices place your cursor either over the front view or rear view graphic An information text field displays as shown below Enclosure View RAID JBOD ChI 0 10 16 JBOD ChI 0 ID 32 Slot 2 IB DTLA 3200 Size MBy 200 Status Good Speed 100 ME LO 3F 744216 1 BBU failed q Fan 0 functioning normally Fan 1 functioning normally Fan 2 functioning normally Fan 3 functioning normally Power Supply D functioning normally Power Supply 1 functioning normally Figure 11 3 Displaying Enclosure Device Information More information about each enclosure device can also be found in the System Information window Task Under Process Access the Task Under Process window by clicking on the display icon in the StorageWatch navigation panel Array Information Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Mo n Ito rl ng amp M anagement Task status Task Deseriplian Sart Time ig Drive 3 Meda Scar 2004 04 13 1355 02 B Logical Drive 3EDEBSAS Add Disk 2004 04 13 13 55 31 d c Driva 2 Media Scon 2004 04 43 13 55 02 di Drive 1 Media Scan 2004 04 13 1355 02 Figure 11
187. s uninterrupted disk access even after a disk failure do not leave a failed drive unattended Without replacement the system will not survive a second physical drive failure on the same logical drive A defective drive must be promptly replaced and data rebuilt CAUTION When performing hot swapping be sure to remove only the defective drive Removing the wrong drive will result in complete unrecoverable data loss Use the Enclosure View window or Logical Drive Information window to locate exactly which physical drive has failed Operating Without Spare Drives 6 5 Sto rag eWatch Co nN S d e rat O nN S Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 6 5 Before You Start 6 6 StorageWatch Manager comes with password protection that prevents unauthorized modification of the disk array configuration During each attempt at modifying the system configuration the configuration will be password protected By default StorageWatch Manager station comes with a password for login as an Information viewer For information on how to set a password and other security features see the Setting Up Security section of Chapter 5 Basic Operations Before You Start Chapter 7 Configuration Parameters StorageWatch Manager enables you to modify the configuration of the disk array controller from your manager console This chapter describes the following subsystem configuration features Accessing Configuration Parameters Options Section 7 1
188. sed Fault Tolerant Enclosures an evolving enclosure monitoring device type used as a simple real time check on the go no go status of enclosure UPS fans and other items Storage Area Network is a high speed subnetwork of shared storage devices A storage device is a machine that contains nothing but a disk or disks for storing data A SAN s architecture works in a way that makes all storage devices available to all servers on a LAN or WAN Because stored data does not reside directly on the network s servers server power is utilized for applications rather than for data passing SASL is the Simple Authentication and Security Layer a mechanism for identifying and authenticating a user login to a server and for providing negotiating protection with protocol interactions Small Computer Systems Interface pronounced scuzzy a high speed interface for mass storage that can connect computer devices such as hard drives CD ROM drives floppy drives and tape drives SCSI can connect up to sixteen devices Glossary App 7 Appe nd ICes Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual SCSI Enclosure Services is a protocol that is used to manage and sense the state of the power supplies cooling devices temperature sensors individual drives and other non SCSI elements installed in a fibre channel JBOD enclosure S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology an open standard for developing disk drives and softwa
189. senger address to receive notification messages Step 1 Right click on the lower half of the configuration screen the receiver entry field to display the add recipient prompt Step 2 Enter the MSN Account of the contact receiving event messages Step 3 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver Step 4 Repeat this process to add more receivers Add MSN receiver Figure 3 23 MSN Messenger Settings Sender Side From the Module Config window Step 1 Find the MSN settings from the pull down list Step 2 Click on the On Off switch besides the pull down button to enable MSN notification switched ON switched OFF Step 3 Double click on the Current Value field of the Status row to enable MSN notification Set Status to Enable if you want the module to be activated every time the Root Agent is started Note that the On Off switch should also be in the On Event Notification Settings 3 19 Co nfig Uu rati O n C e nt Opti O Ns Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual position before you turn off the server or close the utility Otherwise you will have to manually enable the function whenever you reboot your server Step 4 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station Step 5 Provide a valid MSN contact by entering its user name Step 6 Provide the associated password MSM messenger imus i e ONE NNNM IMSNusemamg SS IMSNpaseword S Figure 3 24 M
190. sestesesesseesuesesscassesecssescessess 5 4 5 2 1 Locally or via LAN under the Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 Environment 5 4 5 2 2 For Remote Management via Web Browser Any Supported OS eese 5 6 5 2 3 Disconnecting and Refreshing a Connection eese nennen 5 7 StorageWatch User s Guide y Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Guide Overview 5 3 Security Authorized Access Levels eee e eee eere eere eere ertt eene na no orae enano e eee ee reae e eee ee ee teer ena 5 8 54 LOOK and BOO er 5 8 Dl Lookand F ee LO VCLView aonne deitas at Uic luca ciated Patan R 5 8 DARD SHOOT Oe isse ore ceca taro butt E E E ie Mab Uriel ac as EDS EE 5 9 Die COMON MENUS utiscuatasuititeun dit ahoana TA dotes c LP LOS O Aree 5 9 2 4 65 MODUAC OMIM ANOS sod ico ise utes E E E eU SIC MS UI aboseehawns 5 10 5 5 The Array Information C ate BOE y cs orien picco Erro rennen seen ee eorr aon y sana eS cec Eee eon nee veo Dee cce 5 12 254 ACCESSING ING LACOSTE VIEW aesti abies i ia ut iet Dato Lut eats aa 5 13 2 292 Use the Enclosure View WINDOW sse tite tar Etudes toe gt eut obe ees td tee aiia a natal 5 13 3 2 2 Using the Tasks Under Process Window iso tie Fade e inse daos desit teciabe dca pul 5 14 5 5 4 Using the Logical Drive Information Window sse 5 15 5 5 5 Using the Logical Volume Information Window eese 5 16 5 5 6 Using th
191. severity level Supports statistics monitoring for displaying I O throughput with performance number and cache hits rate in percentage Provides innovative user configurable event notification functions through the Configuration Client utility running on a computer chosen as the management center Email notification via the MAPI service of Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 f Broadcast notification over the LAN e Broadcasts user configurable messages along with the event description f Facsimile fax notification via a local fax modem nt rod U ct O n Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual e User configurable fax messages sent along with the event description e Automatic message retransmission in the event previous transmission attempts failed e Notifications to be received by contacts via ICQ and MSN messenger e Notifications to be received by cell phones as SMS messages Provides password protection to guard against unauthorized modification of disk array configuration passwords are set for Maintenance user and the Configuration administrator login access 1 2 Featured Highlights 1 2 1 Graphical User Interface StorageWatch s graphical interface is designed for ease of use It uses symbolic icons to represent configuration levels physical and logical drives and logical volumes on the screen and to identify the current configuration of a disk array system Pull down right click and pop up menus are used with all comma
192. should also be in the On position before you turn off the server or close the utility Otherwise you will have to manually enable the function after your server is rebooted Event Notification Settings 3 11 3 12 Co nfi Q Uu rati O n C e nt Opti O n S Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI User s Manual switched ON switched OFF Figure 3 12 Enabling a Notification Method 3 4 2 SNMP Traps Settings Receiver Side To set a Client Listening to SNMP traps Step 1 Right click on the lower half of the configuration screen the receiver entry field to display the add recipient prompt Step 2 An Add receiver prompt displays Simply enter the IP addresses of SNMP agents that will be listening for trap notification Step 3 Select the severity level of events that will be sent to the SNMP agent Step 4 Repeat this process to add more SNMP agents Add SNMP receiver Figure 3 13 SNMP Traps Settings Sender Side From the Module Config window Step 1 Find the SNMP settings from the pull down list Step 2 Click on the On Off switch besides the pull down button to enable SNMP Traps n otification dal cx E switched ON switched OFF Event Notification Settings Raid Inc StorageWatch GU Users manual Configuration Client Options Step 3 Double click on the Current Value field of the Status row to enable SNMP Traps notification Step 4 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver statio
193. sing the existing management connection whether Ethernet or in band Provide the firmware filename using the file location prompt otorageWatch will start to download the firmware Find appropriate time to temporarily stop the access from host systems then reset the controller in order to use the new downloaded firmware f Download FW BR This allows you to download firmware and boot record together It may not be necessary to upgrade the boot record each time you update your firmware binaries Please refer to the readme text file that came with each firmware version f Download NVRAM from Host Disk The subsystem configuration is saved in NVRAM and can be saved to a system drive This function allows you to retrieve a previously saved configuration profile from a system disk f Upload NVRAM to Host Disk This allows you to backup your controller dependent configuration information to a system drive We strongly recommend using this function to save the configuration profile whenever a configuration change is made f Save NVRAM to Disk The configuration profile can also be saved to array hard drives Each array hard drive will have a replica of NVRAM backup in its reserved space so that when a drive fails or is being regrouped the backup remains intact f Restore NVRAM from Disk Retrieve the previously saved NVRAM backup from array hard drives Apply Click this button for the configuration to take effect All of the Download func
194. sks And the Configuration administrator login has access rights to all three levels Configuration Maintenance and Information Passwords for access levels can be set in the Configuration category under the Configuration Parameters settings Featured Highlights Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual nt rod u ct O nN 1 3 Conceptual Foundation 1 3 1 Centralized Management Agent Based Installation In order for StorageWatch to function properly different software modules must be correctly installed on different servers and stations in a given LAN or WAN Ig Conceptual Foundation StorageWatch communicates with a RAID subsystem either using the firmware embedded RAID agents or agents manually installed onto a RAID attached server Assuming that a given network has multiple RAID systems StorageWatch can communicate with RAID arrays through the RAID agents installed on the servers or on the RAID subsystems A server is chosen as the main management server When StorageWatch is installed onto this server using the first installation scheme two important modules are included Configuration Client and Root Agent The Configuration Client enables automatic notifications of system events and the Root Agent communicates with multiple RAID subsystems that are not directly attached to this server The main management server will also need Java Run time Environment JRE installed if a system administrator needs to configur
195. the controller will not be able to know as long as no host accesses that drive Changing the check time to any other value allows the controller to check at the selected time interval all array hard drives If any drive is then removed the controller will be able to know even if no host accesses that drive SAF TE SES Device Check Period Sec If enclosure devices in your RAID enclosure being monitored via SAF TE SES use this function to decide at what interval the subsystem will check the status of these devices SMART This allows you to configure SMART related functionality SMART is short for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology Options provided in the pull down menu are the actions to be taken if the SMART function detects an unsteady drive Drive Fail Swap Check Period Sec The subsystem scans drive buses at this interval to check if a failed drive has been replaced Maximum Drive Response Timeout ms This option prepares the array for applications featuring no drop frame operations and continuous reading such as video streaming In situations such as swapping a failed drive or the occurrence of bad blocks a read returned after several hundreds seconds would prove too long and cause choppy audio or dropped video frames To ensure a response before guaranteed latency a timeout value is provided for processing read requests If timeout is reported on a specific member of an array the subsystem
196. tions StorageWatch Help Menu Commands Base Level Window Command Description About lt A gt Displays information about the StorageWatch Manager program App 2 Command Summary Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Ap De nN d Ce S What s this Produces an inter active arrow mark By placing the arrow mark over and clicking on a functional menu or push button the related help content page displays Help Topic Displays StorageWatch Manager on line help StorageWatch System Menu Commands Each Connection Window Command Description Refresh Refreshes the status display of current connection in cases when configuration changes are made through a terminal connection to the same array Logout Closes the currently open window and ends the software s connection with the array StorageWatch Action Menu Commands Each Connection Window Command Description Array Displays the second level menu which provides access to Information all information windows Access to the information windows can also be found on the navigation panel Maintenance Displays the second level menu which provides access to all maintenance tasks windows Access to the maintenance task windows can also be found on the navigation panel Configuration Displays the second level menu which provides access to all configuration windows Access to the configuration windows can also be found on the navigation panel A 2 Configuration Client Utility Co
197. tions 5 16 0 9 0 0 9 6 Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Formation of logical partitions is displayed next to the front view window Logical Drive Message Messages related to a selected array are automatically listed at the bottom of the screen Using the Logical Volume Information Window The Logical Volume Information window provides the configuration of a configured volume The Logical Volume window includes three sub windows Logical Volume Status Member Logical Drive s and Related Information ES At 6F G Array 192 168 4 199 Logical Volume Status P a Array Information 4 Enclosure view Size MB Tasks Under Process Logical Drive Information Fibre Channel Status gt E Member Logical Drive s n System Information lC ic 6EB09562 size 1195560MB M ic 1669CE19 size 717336MB Statistios Partition s of LV 5D8D3BEB 3 Maintenance E Logical Drives TTE Physical Drives LA Configuration E Create Logical Drive DYS existing Logical Dri z zi D e M Related Information CE Create Logical Volume Description Expand Size Start Expand Size Finish m Existing Logical volumes 2004 02 05 2004 02 05 EE 11 21 33 x2 Hast Channel Figure 4 16 Logical Volume Information Using the Fibre Channel Status Window The Fibre Channel Status window displays information of Fibre host channel ID connection speed host side co
198. tions will prompt for a file source from the current workstation Upload NVRAM will prompt for a file destination at the current workstation System LE EE EE LE LE ee Co n fi g u rat j O n Pa ra m ete rs Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 7 5 Password To be able to configure different levels of the Access authorization Password select the Password tab as shown in Figure 7 4 from the Configuration Parameter window tabs Configuration Parameters Communication Controller System Password Redundant Trigger Other Maintenance passweord Configuration password Mew Password Mewe Password Confirm Password Confirm Paseyvord OK OK Figure 7 4 Select the Password Tab Maintenance Password Users logging in using the Maintainer s password can access the first two configuration categories Information and Maintenance Configuration Password Users logging in using the Configuration password have full access rights to all configuration options A super user can access all three configuration categories on the navigation tree 7 6 Threshold To access the event threshold options click the Threshold tab under the Configuration Parameters panel Configuration Parameters Communication Controller System Password hreshold Redundant Trigger Other Dureri value UO CPU Teenp Sensor MSE Delad 0 C Delad SO Temp within sate range eu f Boers Tene Sensor S50 Defaul OC
199. torageWatch GUI Users Manual RAID Expansion Mode 2 2 3 E gt 2GB 2GB 4GB 4GB se Drive mu wi Copy and Replace the other member drives one by one until all the member drives have been replaced Copy and Replace each member drive After all the member drives have been replaced execute the r In use AID Expansion to use the additional capacity Unused Figure 9 8 RAID Expansion Mode 2 2 3 This results in a new 4 Gigabyte RAID 5 logical drive composed of three physical drives The 4 Gigabytes of increased capacity is in a new partition RAID Expansion Mode 2 3 3 penn tanani RAID 5 8GB n partitions E Partition ntl y p RAID or m E Expansion m i e EN SS RAID 5 8GB e RAID 5 4GB o i a After the RAID Expansion the additional capacity will appear as another partition Adding the extra capacity into the existing partition requires OS support Unused Figure 9 9 RAID Expansion Mode 2 3 3 9 12 Logical Drive Management Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual Drive Management IMPORTANT The increased capacity from either expansion type will be listed as a new partition Three new drives are scanned in To add the drives to the logical drive select the logical drive where they will be added then choose the Add Disk tab to begin the process described above Select one or more drives to
200. trative settings Notification configuration options 3 2 The Configuration Client Utility Raid Inc StorageWateh Gul Users manual Gonfiguration Client Options f Canfiguratian Client SEES P Connection View i I182 168 4 185 Version 0 94 Model F12F G242 Name ID SS8670 EE S cmin Tool i IP182 158 4 211 Version Unknown IP 192 168 5 74 Version Unknown 18218684 211 Figure 3 2 Configuration Client Window 3 1 2 Connecting to a Root Agent Step 1 From the Start menu select Programs gt Raid Inc gt Configuration Client Step 2 From the command menu select File gt Add Host or right click to bring up the Add Host command and enter a Root Agent IP usually the computer IP where the Configuration Client is installed Step 3 On the Connection View window the connected IP displays Right click to display the Connect commands Click Connect and an access rights selection box appears Select to log in either as an Administrator or Guest qus npa R a UI Eh lA VELLE oy Re MI i eimina aiar ac ast PERRA AOE SOnRhMeCI BUA et ai wpe i a pit irengeratedTommrmn tc vent Ay Li DO Di x f 15 n Caral pol e f sic aiiai d Step 4 Enter root as user name at the first time login and press Enter for Guest login This password can be changed later in the utility Only an administrator can access the notification settings Step 5 Double click the Admin To
201. under a Windows NT environment must be enabled Locate Services under the Windows Control Panel Enable or install SNMP services Refer to your Windows documentation for more information 2 4 Platform Requirements Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual nN stal atio N Step 3 MAPI for Windows Windows Messaging MAPI for Windows NT if support for fax or email notification under NT is needed must be enabled Refer to your Windows documentation for more information Step 4 NetBEUI Support Windows NetBEUI support for Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 if network broadcast support notification 1s needed must be enabled Refer to your Windows documentation for more information Platform Requirements 2 5 n stal atio nN Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 2 4 Software Setup This section discusses how to install StorageWatch in your system Before proceeding with the setup procedure read through the Before You Start section below 2 4 1 Before You Start Before starting the installation read through the notes listed below TCP IP must be installed and running with a valid IP address assigned to a server The server can either be used as a centralized management station a remote client using a browser to access the array or be directly attached with a RAID system using the in band protocols Your system display must be running in 256 color or higher mode or some configuration items will not be visible B
202. uration Client Functional Panels and GUI Screen Raid Inc StorageWateh GU Users manual Gonfiguration Client Options Tool Bar Buttons Tool bar buttons listed from left to right Open Bookmark File In the environment where multiple arrays need to be monitored at the same time this button brings out the previously saved profile of the access to multiple arrays via Root Agent and RAID Agent IPs Save Bookmark File This button allows you to save the current connection profile as shown in the navigation panel as a file to your system drive A file path dialog box displays when selected Connect Root Agent Server This button allows you to connect to a Root Agent server to begin monitoring in cases like when it has been manually disconnected The Root Agent IP is the IP of the computer where you installed your Configuration Client utility Disconnect Root Agent Server This button allows you to disconnect from a Root Agent server Connection View Navigation Panel This panel displays the current connections with different RAID Agent servers This panel also has a command menu that can be triggered by right clicking a Root Agent icon Delete Host Delete Hast Connect Connect Disconnect Disconnect Generate Dummy Event Refresh Generate Dumm y Event Figure 3 4 Connection The Right Click Menus These command buttons allow you to remove a Root Agent entry to connect disconnect or refresh the current con
203. uration screen the receiver entry field to display the add recipient prompt Add Edit Delete Step 2 Enter the ICQ User Name of the contact receiving event messages Step 3 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver Step 4 Repeat this process to add more receivers Add ICO recever Figure 3 21 ICQ settings Sender Side From the Module Config window Step 1 Find the ICQ settings from the pull down list Step 2 Click on the On Off switch besides the pull down button to enable ICQ notification ME o witched ON switched OFF Step 3 Double click on the Current Value field of the Status row to enable ICQ notification Set Status to Enable if you want the module to be activated every time the Root Agent is started Note that the On Off switch should also be in the On position before you turn off the server or close the utility Otherwise you will have to manually enable the function whenever you reboot the server Step 4 Select the severity level of events to be sent to the receiver station Step 5 Enter an ICQ login ID Step 6 Enter a password for ICQ login 3 18 Event Notification Settings Raid Inc StorageWatch GU Users manual Configuration Client Options ME Seana V A RM xa PANNE Frer Pao D Dkig SOS severly o l K nmbe 0 0000 Ca password l aria Y ORR Figure 3 22 ICQ settings 3 4 7 MSN Settings Receiver Side To set an MSN mes
204. ut Java Runtime environment software download and uninstallation Usage Conventions Throughout this document the following terminology usage rules apply Controller always refers to Infotrend RAID array controllers Subsystem refers to Raid Inc Falcon 8 12 or 16 bay RAID array subsystems StorageWatch refers to the entire program and all of its modules StorageWatch Manager refers only to the management interface not to any of the other parts of the software Root Agent is an independant agent of the software which permits one management station to monitor and report the operating status of multiple RAID systems The Root Agent gets information from and sends commands to one or multiple RAID arrays RAID Agent is the part of the software which allows the RAID controller subsystem to talk to the StorageWatch Manager or Root Agent A RAID Agent communicates with the RAID array via SCSI bus or Fibre Channel using the In band protocols or via an Ethernet port RAID Agents are the intermediaries between RAID systems and the Storage Watch program Configuration Client refers to the software utility that allows an administrator to be notified of system events at any of the RAID systems being managed The Configuration Client also enables a centralized management of multiple arrays using a single workstation StorageWatch User s Guide xiii Raid Inc StorageWatch User s Gu
205. ver the network through the command exchanges between a manager station and StorageWatch programs that exist in array hard drives See Figure 1 5 for more details The management session and the NPC configuration screen are provoked as Java Applet Installation Mode Three Table 1 3 Software Modules Management Only Featured Highlights 1 9 nt rod U ctio nN Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 1 2 5 RAIDWatch Installed onto RAID Local Remote Browser FC Links Java Applet Ethernet uc EonStor RAID Arrays gm M wh Wi i WOES vn NT gt RAID Watch Programs gt Firmware Embedded agents http server Figure 1 5 Typical StorageWatch Connection Applet Mode Password Protection StorageWatch Manager comes with password protection to prevent unauthorized users from modifying the configuration of the disk array system With the password security feature you have control over array settings knowing that the currently managed disk array is safe from unauthorized modifications because the correct password must be entered for each access level The StorageWatch management screen has a navigation tree panel that provides access to functional windows under three 3 major categories Information Maintenance and Configuration An Information login can only access the first level Information A Maintenance user login can access the second level the Maintenance ta
206. wish to proceed with the installation process select the Stop button and if you wish to re select the installation options then select the Back button 2 10 Software Setup Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual n stal atio n Installing active now for Infortrend RAID Management Tool Infortrend n E o o InstallShield is copying the application files to your system Click the Stoap gt button to cancel the installation Figure 2 8 Installing Active Step 5 If the Next button from Figure 2 7 was selected the Install Active window shown in Figure 2 8 will appear If you wish to stop the installation procedure then click the Stop button Step 6 Once the software has been successfully installed a window indicating the successful installation shown in Figure 2 9 will appear To complete the process and to make the window disappear click on the OK button Installin g active now for Intortrend RAID Management Tool Eses Infortrend Figure 2 9 Successful Installation Software Setup 2 11 2 12 nN stal atio n Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 2 4 4 Stand Alone onto Host or Subsystem Installation k Setup IP or Hostname of the Controller where applets to install 3 x Input the IP of controller where applets to install IP or Hostharme Controller Pazsweard Stop Back Figure 2 10 Input IP and Controller Password
207. y 5 25 Bas C Ope rat O NS Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 5 8 Arranging Windows Each array configuration window is enveloped in a system view window The top screen Window menu provides you with commands for rearranging the currently open StorageWatch Manager windows You can manually manipulate the window frames to display them as you like or use the Next Window Tile All Cascade All Hide All Close All commands under the Window menu to arrange open windows You may also select each connected array by clicking the listed arrays at the bottom of the Window menu Logical Volume Information a Fibre Channel Status j System Information fig Statistics a Maintenance I Logical Drives EG Physical Drives Controller Initialization Completed 2002 07 03 01 02 09 Event Log List Configuration List Figure 5 29 The Outer Shell System View Window Management of multiple arrays is allowed by clicking the Open Device command under the System menu The Exit command ends the StorageWatch manager session with all configured arrays Clicking the Open Device command is followed by a connection wizard prompt Multiple management windows can be opened 5 26 Arranging Windows Raid Inc StorageWatch GUI Users Manual 9 RAID Watch DX Array 192 169 4242 Array Information Enclosure views Tasks Under Process m Logical Drive Inform

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