NEC Express5800/120Li Betriebsanweisung

NEC Express5800 series Power Console Plus™ User’s Guide ONL-4140bN-COMMON-119-99-0508

– 7 – 6. Enter the password to permit full access to Power Console Plus, and click [Next]. Installation starts. When automatic setup completes, [Fini

– 8 – 2.4 ENVIRONMENT SETUP Set up the environment as explained below. Setting HOSTS File Setting of HOSTS file is needed when control is performed v

– 9 – Modifying REGSERV.DAT File Modification of the management server information is necessary when control is performed via the network. Modify mana

– 10 – Change of the password permitting the full access To change the password specified at installation that permits the full access, use the passwo

– 11 – 2.5 UNINSTALLING POWER CONSOLE PLUS Take the following steps to uninstall Power Console Plus: 1. Power on the server and start Windows. 2. S

– 12 – 3. Management PC Setup This section explains Power Console Plus setup in a computer that manages servers via the network (TCP/IP). 3.1 OPERAT

– 13 – 3.2 PREPARATIONS This section explains prerequisites for setup. TCP/IP setting for Windows must be completed. Updating of the system must be co

– 14 – 3.3 INSTALLATION Take the following steps to install Power Console Plus: 1. Power on the server to start Windows. 2. Set the provided CD-ROM

– 15 – 5. Specify the directory to install the Power Console Plus, and click [Next]. Installation starts. When automatic setup completes, [Finish to

– 16 – 3.4 ENVIRONMENT SETUP Set up the environment as explained below. Setting HOSTS File Set the server information, management server information,

Preface This manual explains "Power Console Plus" that is used with NEC Express5800 series connected with the LSI Logic disk array controlle

– 17 – Modifying REGSERV.DAT File Modify management server information registered in the REGSERV.DAT file that is provided/browsed by Power Console Pl

– 18 – 3.5 UNINSTALLING POWER CONSOLE PLUS Take the following steps to uninstall Power Console Plus: 1. Power on the server and start Windows. 2. S

– 19 – 4. Features of Power Console Plus This section explains the features of Power Console Plus. The screen as shown below appears when Power Conso

– 20 – 4.1 TOOLBAR ICONS Power Console Plus includes several toolbar icons at the top of the screen. These icons provide easy access to Power Console

– 21 – Adapter Properties Icon Click on this icon to display the properties of the selected controller. Physical Drive Icon Click on this icon to d

– 22 – Logical Drive Icon Click on this icon to display the properties of the selected logical drive. Rebuild Rate Icon Click on this icon to chang

– 23 – Display Log Icon Click on this icon to display the log as shown below. NOTE: Power Console Plus logs all events to Raid.log. Raid.log is crea

– 24 – Help Icon Click on this icon to display information about Power Console Plus.

– 25 – 4.2 MENUBAR OPTIONS The Power Console Plus menus are: Option Description Configuration Choose this option to start the Power Console Plus Wiza

– 26 – Automatic Configuration： The Wizard examines the system (e.g., connected physical drives and check mark on Redundancy checkbox) and automatical

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– 27 – Custom Configuration： You can determine the configuration by specifying in detail the physical drives to be used and the logical drive to be cr

– 28 – Display Choose this option to display the current RAID system configuration. Print Choose this option to print the current RAID system configur

– 29 – Adapter Menu The options on the Adapter menu are described below. Option Description Remarks Update Firmware – This option is not available

– 30 – Option Description Remarks Alarm Control Choose this option to enable or disable the system alarm when the physical drive fails. Fast Initia

– 31 – Properties Choose this option to display the controller properties. Rebuild Rate Choose Rebuild Rate to select the amount of system resources

– 32 – View Log Select this option to display the MegaRAID event log. View NVRAM Event Log The log of NVRAM is displayed. View Bad Block Log The Ba

– 33 – Alarm Control The alarm generates a beeping sound when one or more physical disks fail. The sound continues until Silence Alarm is selected. Af

– 34 – Disable(Enable) Check Consistency Restoration It is set up whether the mismatching detected with the adjustment check is restored. Please do no

– 35 – Physical Drive Menu Rebuild Choose the Rebuild option to rebuild one or more failed disk drives. Select [Abort Rebuild] to stop the rebuild pr

– 36 – Property Choose this option to display the properties of the selected physical drive. If you select [Processor] to display properties, the [

– 1 – 1. Overview 1.1 MAJOR FUNCTIONS Power Console Plus is a utility to RAID system Use of Power Console Plus enables operations (e.g., monitoring an

– 37 – Logical Drv Menu Initialize Choose this option to initialize the selected logical drive or drives. You can view the progress of initialization

– 38 – Properties Choose [Properties] to display the properties of the selected logical drive. Each logical drive can be displayed by selecting the [P

– 39 – You can choose Write Back or Write Thru. Write Policy Description Write Back The controller sends a data transfer completion signal to the ho

– 40 – Progress Menu The features on this menu are available only when a rebuild, initialization, check consistency, or drive reconstruction are in pr

– 41 – 5. Running Power Console Plus This section describes how to run Power Console Plus. Described below is simple terminology and basic operations

– 42 – Displaying Physical Drive Properties Double-click on the icon that represents the physical drive to display the properties of the selected phys

– 43 – 5.1 CONFIGURING ARRAYS AND LOGICAL DRIVES This section describes how to configure arrays and logical drives. Step 1 Choose Wizard from the Con

– 44 – Step 2 Select a physical drive in the Ready status. Click on [Add to Array] button to assign physical drives to the new array. Click on [Accept

– 45 – Setting Advanced Parameter Set each parameter on the screen. NOTE: Some parameter values may be restricted to ensure the system perform

– 46 – Step 5 Click on [OK] in the confirmation screen. The new configuration is saved in the controller. Step 6 Click on [OK] in the confirmation

– 2 – 1.2 COMPONENTS Power Console Plus consists of the following six components: SNMP Agent Install SNMP Agent in the NEC Express server in which the

– 47 – 5.2 REBUILDING PHYSICAL DRIVE This section describes how to rebuild the physical drive. Step 1 On [Physical Devices View] in the main menu, se

– 48 – 5.3 CHECK CONSISTENCY ON LOGICAL DRIVE This section describes how to perform consistency check on logical drive. Step 1 Select an icon of log

– 49 – 5.4 ONLINE CAPACITY EXPANSION This section describes the procedures for online capacity expansion. Add Capacity You can add a physical drive t

– 50 – Adding Capacity using Power Console Plus On the main Power Console Plus screen, verify that the drive(s) that are added display on the appropri

– 51 – The second method is: Step 1 On [Physical Devices View] of the main menu, select the physical drive(s) you want to add, and on [Logical Devices

– 52 – The third method is: Step 1 On [Physical Devices View] of the main menu, select the physical drive(s) icon you want to add, and drag it to the

– 53 – 6. Periodic Consistency Check Make a periodic consistency check on array disks and correct inconsistency detected. Doing so prevents a failure

– 54 – Argument Description arg1 -cons Sets a consistency check schedule. Other arg parameters are used to set time. If no other arg parameters a

– 55 – 7. Notes 1. The following event log is sometimes registered when uninstalling Power Console Plus. But there is no problem. Source: Service Con

– 3 – Power Console Plus components to be installed are different between the target servers and management PC. Server NEC Express server in which the

– 4 – 2. Server Setup This section explains how to setup the Power Console Plus in the NEC Express server configuring RAID system 2.1 OPERATING ENV

– 5 – 2.2 PREPARATIONS This section explains prerequisites for setup. The driver for the RAID system must be installed. The SNMP service of Windows mu

– 6 – 2.3 INSTALLATION Take the following steps to install Power Console Plus: 1. Power on the server to start Windows 2000 / Windows 2003 Server. 2.