Adaptec DuraStor 7220SS User manual

Adaptec Disk Array

Administrator

User’s Guide

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Contents

1 Getting Started

About This Guide 1-1

Getting Online Help 1-2

Accessing Adaptec Disk Array Administrator 1-2

The Adaptec Disk Array Administrator Screen 1-4

Navigating Adaptec Disk Array Administrator 1-4

Changing the Screen Display 1-5

2 Creating and Managing Arrays and Partitions

Creating Arrays 2-1

Creating a Single-Partition Array 2-2

Creating a Multiple-Partition Array 2-6

Managing Arrays 2-9

Adding a Partition 2-9

Viewing Array and Disk Drive Status Information 2-11

Stopping the Array Initialization Process 2-13

Verifying an Array 2-13

Reconstructing an Array 2-15

Expanding Array Capacity 2-16

Changing an Array Name 2-18

Changing Array Ownership 2-18

Trusting an Array 2-19

Deleting an Array 2-21

Managing Partitions 2-22

Understanding Partitions 2-22

Viewing Partition Status Information 2-24

Expanding a Partition 2-27

Changing a Partition Name 2-27

Changing a Partition LUN 2-28

Deleting a Partition 2-29

Contents

3 Monitoring System Status

Displaying the Event Log 3-1

Viewing the Most Recent Event 3-3

Viewing One Event at a Time 3-3

Viewing a Whole Screen of Events 3-3

Capturing the Event Log File 3-4

Displaying Hardware and Configuration Information 3-4

Displaying Overall Statistics 3-7

Resetting Overall Statistics 3-9

4 Managing Spares

Managing Dedicated Spares 4-2

Adding a Dedicated Spare 4-2

Deleting a Dedicated Spare 4-3

Enabling Dynamic Spares 4-3

Managing the Spare Pool 4-5

Adding a Spare to the Spare Pool 4-5

Deleting a Spare from the Spare Pool 4-5

Displaying the Spare Pool 4-6

5 Configuring the Controller

Rebooting the Controller 5-2

Changing the Date and Time 5-2

Configuring the Host Channels 5-3

Understanding LUNs and Viewing LUN Information 5-5

Viewing LUN Information 5-6

Configuring the SCSI Channels 5-6

Understanding Operating Modes 5-8

Understanding the Active-Active Configuration 5-8

Active-Active Operation Scenarios 5-10

Changing the Operating Mode 5-10

Managing the Other Controller 5-11

Displaying Information about the Other Controller 5-11

Shutting Down the Other Controller 5-12

Shutting Down Both Controllers 5-12

Killing the Other Controller 5-13

Unkilling the Other Controller 5-13

Contents

Disabling SCSI Channel 3 5-14

Changing the Sample Rate 5-15

Understanding the Audible Alarm 5-16

Changing the Alarm Mute Setting 5-16

Locking the Cache 5-17

Configuring the Battery 5-18

Enabling and Disabling the Battery 5-18

Changing the Battery Age/Disabling the Battery Life

Monitor 5-19

Changing the Utility Priority 5-20

Rescanning All Channels 5-21

Pausing I/O 5-22

Restoring Default Settings 5-23

6 Managing Disk Drives and Enclosures

Managing Disk Drives 6-1

Displaying Disk Drive Information 6-1

Clearing Metadata from a Disk Drive 6-3

Enabling and Disabling Write-back Cache 6-3

Displaying Disk Cache Status 6-4

Enabling and Disabling SMART Changes 6-5

Blinking a Disk Drive LED 6-5

Taking Down a Disk Drive 6-6

Testing a Disk Drive 6-7

Managing SAF-TE Enclosures 6-8

Changing the SEP LUN 6-8

Changing the Additional SEP Settings 6-9

7 Troubleshooting

Adaptec Technical Support 7-1

Input Problems 7-2

Terminal Emulator and COM Port Problems 7-2

Array Problems 7-3

Host SCSI Channel Problems 7-4

Device SCSI Channel Problems 7-5

Problems During Bootup 7-6

Contents

Warning and Error Events 7-8

Warnings 7-8

Errors 7-9

Using the Loader Diagnostics Menu 7-10

Using the Loader Utility Menu 7-11

Understanding SCSI Errors 7-11

Disk Errors 7-11

Disk Channel Errors 7-13

Voltage and Temperature Errors and Warnings 7-15

A Storage Concepts

Devices A-1

Controllers A-2

Storage Systems A-2

Channels A-2

Disk Drives A-2

Arrays A-3

Free Space A-4

Partitions A-4

Redundancy A-6

Array Types A-6

Volume Set A-8

Stripe Set (RAID 0) A-8

Mirror Set (RAID 1) A-10

RAID 5 A-11

Stripe Set of Mirror Sets (RAID 0/1) A-13

Stripe Set of RAID 5 Sets (RAID 50) A-14

B SAF-TE Implementation

What Is SAF-TE and What Are SEPs? B-1

Enclosure Considerations B-2

Administrator Utility SEP Configuration Options B-3

Host Communication Methods B-3

Glossary

Index

1-1

Getting Started

In This Chapter

Adaptec Disk Array AdministratorTM is a utility that manages the

storage devices connected to your DuraStor RAID controllers. It is

embedded in the firmware of the controller, and can be used with

any Operating System (OS).

You can use Adaptec Disk Array Administrator to create and

reconfigure arrays, initialize disk drives, manage spares, monitor

the status of your storage devices and more. You can also use it to

access newly-created arrays immediately after creating them.

About This Guide

This User’s Guide describes the features available in Adaptec Disk

Array Administrator and how to use them. It assumes that you are

familiar with the basic functions of your OS.

It also assumes that you are familiar with basic computer hardware

and network administration terminology and tasks, and that you

have a working knowledge of Redundant Array of Independent

Disks (RAID) technology.

About This Guide 1-1

Accessing Adaptec Disk Array Administrator 1-2

The Adaptec Disk Array Administrator Screen 1-4

Navigating Adaptec Disk Array Administrator 1-4

1-2

Getting Started

Getting Online Help

Online Help is available at any time from the Help menu. You can

also press F1 or select Help in a dialog box to display Online Help

specific to where you are on-screen.

Accessing Adaptec Disk Array Administrator

You can access Adaptec Disk Array Administrator using the

RS-232 serial port on the DuraStor 6200S RAID appliance. Use the

port associated with the controller you wish to access. Refer to the

DuraStor Installation and User’s Guide for more information.

You must connect a computer with terminal emulator software,

such as HyperTerminal, to the serial port. You must use a straight-

through serial cable. You cannot use a null modem cable.

Note: If you are using HyperTerminal as your terminal

emulator software, you must be using HyperTerminal

Private Edition (HTPE) 6.3 for the up and down arrow

(↑or ↓) keys to work.

If you are not using HTPE 6.3, you can download it for free

at www.hilgraeve.com/htpe/index.html.

Configure the RS-232 port in your terminal emulator software

using the settings in Table 1-1.

Set the communications parameters for the terminal emulator

software as shown in Table 1-2.

Table 1-1 RS-232 Port Configuration Settings

Setting Value

Terminal Emulation VT-100 or ANSI (for color support)

Font Terminal

Translations None

Columns 80

1-3

Getting Started

To access Adaptec Disk Array Administrator

1On the I/O connectivity panel of the DuraStor 6200SR, turn the

switch to EXT.

2On the DuraStor 6200SR Operator Control Panel, use the arrow

buttons to

aChoose Hardware Menu, then press Enter.

bChoose Mode, then press Enter.

cChoose Serial Port:Ext Mode, then press Enter.

3From the computer connected to the controller, start your

terminal emulator software.

Be sure that your terminal emulator software is set to use the

correct COM port on your computer. See Terminal Emulator and

COM Port Problems on page 7-2 for more details on how the

DuraStor 6200S RAID controller can auto-detect the baud rate.

4Press CTRL-R.

The initial Adaptec Disk Array Administrator screen appears.

5Press Enter.

The System Menu screen appears.

You can now perform all of the functions described in the

following chapters. All steps start from the System Menu screen.

If an alarm condition has occurred, you will see a message about

the problem. This message will also be stored in the event log. See

Displaying the Event Log on page 3-1.

Table 1-2 Terminal Emulator Software Communications Parameters

Setting Value

Baud Rate 115,200

Data Bits 8

Stop Bits 1

Parity None

Flow Control Software (XON/XOFF)

Connector COM1 (typically)

1-4

Getting Started

The Adaptec Disk Array Administrator Screen

Figure 1-1 shows the System Menu screen. All other menus are

accessed from this screen and have a similar appearance.

Figure 1-1 The System Menu Screen

Navigating Adaptec Disk Array Administrator

Use your computer keyboard to navigate Adaptec Disk Array

Administrator. Table 1-3 describes the primary navigation and

selection methods.

Table 1-3 Adaptec Disk Array Administrator Navigation

To Do this

Select a menu item Press the ↑or ↓key and press Enter, or

press the hot key (the letter that is a

different color or is highlighted in a

menu item).

Return to the previous

menu or window without

saving your changes

Press Esc, CTRL-Z, or ←.

Scroll through the available

choices for a setting Press the ↑or ↓key.

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