Benutzerhandbuch für Galaxy Metal Gear 65

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Introduction

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• 1.1 The Galaxy 65 System

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• 1.2 The Enclosure Core Product

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• Enclosure Chassis

  2
• Tower Option

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• 1.3 The Plug-in Modules

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• Power Supply/Cooling Module

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• Operators Panel

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• Loop Resiliency Circuit Input/Output Module (FC-AL)

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• Drive Carrier Module

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• Dummy Carrier Modules

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• 1.4 Visible and Audible Alarms

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• 1.5 Installing your Galaxy 65 Subsystem

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• 1.6 Galaxy 65 Technical Specification

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• Dimensions

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• Weight

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• AC Power (450W PSU)

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• PSU Safety and EMC Compliance

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• Power Cord

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• Environment

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• Interfaces

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• Drive Carrier Module Specification

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• Galaxy 65 FC-AL LRC I/O Module Specification

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• RAID Card

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• Software Enclosure Services (SES) Support

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• Operation

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• 2.1 Before You Begin

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• 2.2 Power On

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• Power Supply/Cooling Module LEDs

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• 2.3 Ops Panel LEDs

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• 2.4 Starting the Drives

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• Disk Drives LEDs

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• 2.5 Power Up/Down

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• Galaxy 65 RAID Management

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• 3.1 Managing Arrays and Partitions Using SAM

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• 3.2 Managing Arrays

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• 3.3 Viewing Array and Drive Status Information

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• 3.3.1 Viewing Array and Partition Statistics

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• 3.3.2 Verifying an Array

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• 3.3.3 Changing Array Ownership

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• 3.3.4 Changing an Array Name

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• 3.3.5 Trusting an Array

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• 3.3.6 Deleting an Array

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• 3.4 Managing Partitions

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• 3.4.1 Viewing Partition Status Information

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• 3.4.2 Changing a Partition Name

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• 3.4.3 Changing a Partition LUN

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• 3.4.4 Controlling Partition Access

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• 3.4.5 Changing the Read-Ahead Cache Size

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• 3.4.6 Deleting a Partition

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• System Status

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• 4.1 Monitoring System Status Using SAM

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• 4.2 Setting Up Remote Notification

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• Starting and Stopping Remote Notification

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• Setting Up the Events to be Monitored

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• Setting Up the E-mail Addresses

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• 4.3 Saving Log Information to a File

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• 4.4 Displaying Overall Statistics

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• Resetting the All Statistics

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• Configuring the Galaxy 65 System

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• 5.1 Configuring the LAN-related Settings

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• 5.1.1 Configuring the Telnet Timeout

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• 5.1.2 Configuring the SNMP Settings

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• 5.1.3 Configuring the System Information

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• 5.1.4 Setting Passwords

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• 5.1.5 Configuring the Security Options

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• 5.2 Changing the Date and Time

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• 5.3 Understanding LUNs and Viewing LUN Information

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• Viewing LUN Information

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• 5.4 Changing Management LUNs

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• 5.5 Changing the Alarm Mute Setting

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• 5.6 Controlling Host Access to the Galaxy 65’s Write-back Cache Setting

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• 5.7 Enabling and Disabling the Battery

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• 5.8 Changing the Utility Priority

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• 5.9 Rescanning All Ports

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• 5.10 Pausing I/O

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• 5.11 Saving and Restoring a Configuration File

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• 5.11.1 Saving a Configuration File

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• 5.11.2 Restoring a Configuration File

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• 5.12 Viewing and Restoring Default Settings

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• 5.12.1 Viewing Default Settings

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• 5.12.2 Restoring Default Settings

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• 5.13 Updating Software

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• Managing Disk Drives & Enclosures

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• 6.1 Managing Disk Drives

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• 6.1.1 Displaying Disk Drive Information

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• 6.1.2 Clearing Metadata from a Disk Drive

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• 6.1.3 Enabling and Disabling Write-back Cache

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• 6.1.4 Displaying Disk Drive Cache Status

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• 6.1.5 Enabling and Disabling SMART Changes

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• 6.1.6 Blinking a Drive LED

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• 6.1.7 Taking Down a Disk Drive

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• 6.1.8 Testing a Disk Drive

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• 6.2 Managing Enclosures

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• 6.2.1 Setting the EMP LUN

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• 6.2.2 Changing the Additional EMP Setting

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• Troubleshooting and Problem Solving

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• 7.1 Overview

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• Initial Start-up Problems

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• 7.2 LEDs

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• Power Supply/Cooling Module

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• Ops Panel

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• 7.3 Audible Alarm

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• Audible Alarm Mute

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• 7.4 Troubleshooting

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• System Faults

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• Power Supply/Cooling Faults

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• Thermal Control

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• Thermal Alarm

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• 7.5 Drive Carrier Module Faults

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• Dummy Carrier Modules

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• Auto Start Failure

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• 7.6 Dealing with Hardware Faults

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• 7.7 Continuous Operation During Replacement

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• 7.8 Problems Accessing the Galaxy 65 Subsystem Using the Ethernet Port

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• 7.9 Host Fibre Channel Problems

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• 7.10 Array Problems

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• 7.10.1 Changing the Backoff Percent Using SAM

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• 7.10.2 Changing the Backoff Percent Using the Disk Array Administrator

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• 7.11 Galaxy 65 Subsystem Problems

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• 7.12 Replacing a Module

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• 7.12.1 Power Supply/Cooling Modules

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• 7.12.2 Ops Panel

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• 7.12.3 Storage Manager Module

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• 7.12.4 Insertion/Removal of SFP Modules

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• 7.12.5 Battery Replacement

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• 7.12.6 Drive Carrier Module

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• 7.13 Problems During Startup (When Using the Disk Array Administrator)

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• 7.14 Terminal Emulator and COM Port Problems

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• 7.15 Warning and Error Events

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• 7.15.1 Warnings

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• 7.15.2 Errors

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• 7.16 Setting Up and Viewing the Debug Log

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• 7.16.1 Summary of Debug Log Capabilities

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• 7.16.2 Collecting Debug Logs

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• 7.16.3 Configuring Debug Logs

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• 7.16.4 Using SAM to Set Up and View the Debug Log

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• 7.16.5 Using the Disk Array Administrator to Set Up Debug Logging

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• 7.17 Using the Loader Diagnostics Menu

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• 7.18 Using the Loader Utility Menu

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• 7.19 Understanding Disk-related Errors

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• 7.19.1 Disk Errors

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• 7.19.2 Disk Channel Errors

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• 7.19.3 Voltage and Temperature Errors and Warnings

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• 7.20 Slow Write Performance

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• 7.21 Spare Parts and Ancillary Items

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• 7.22 Upgrading Your LRC I/O Modules

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• A Array Basics

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• A.1 Array Types

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• A.1.1 RAID 0 (Striped Disks)

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• A.1.2 RAID 1, RAID 10 (Mirrored Disks)

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• A.1.3 RAID 3

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• A.1.4 RAID 4

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• A.1.5 RAID 5

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• A.1.6 RAID 50

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• A.1.7 Volume Sets

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• A.2 Comparing RAID Levels

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• A.3 Mixing Disks from Different Manufacturers or with Different Capacities

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• B Accessing Disk Array Administrator Software

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• B.1 Accessing the Disk Array Administrator Using the RS-232 Serial Port

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• B.2 Accessing the Disk Array Administrator Using the Ethernet Port

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• B.2.1 Using the Ethernet Port for the First Time

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• B.2.2 Accessing the Disk Array Software Using the Ethernet Port

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• B.3 Navigating the Disk Array Administrator Software

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• Changing the Screen Display

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• Disk Array Administrator Menu Tree

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• C Creating and Managing Arrays & Partitions

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• C.1.1 Creating a Single-Partition Array

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• C.1.2 Creating a Multiple-Partition Array

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• C.2.1 Viewing Array and Drive Status Information

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• C.2.2 Stopping the Array Initialization Process

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• C.2.3 Adding a Partition

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• C.2.4 Verifying an Array

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• C.2.5 Reconstructing an Array

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• C.2.6 Expanding Array Capacity

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• C.2.7 Changing an Array Name

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• C.2.8 Changing Array Ownership

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• C.2.9 Trusting an Array

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• C.2.10 Deleting an Array

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• C.3.1 Understanding Partitions

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• C.3.2 Viewing Partition Status Information

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• C.3.3 Expanding a Partition

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• C.3.4 Changing a Partition Name

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• C.3.5 Changing a Partition LUN

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• C.3.6 Changing the Read-Ahead Cache Size

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• C.3.7 Enabling or Disabling Write-back Cache

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• C.3.8 Controlling Partition Access

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• C.3.9 Deleting a Partition

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• D Monitoring System Status

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• D.2 Displaying the Event Log

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• D.2.1 Viewing the Most Recent Event

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• D.2.2 Viewing One Event at a Time

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• D.2.3 Viewing a Whole Screen of Events

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• D.2.4 Capturing the Event Log

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• D.4 Displaying Hardware and Configuration Information

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• D.6 Displaying Drive Errors and Resetting Error Statistics

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• D.7.1 Resetting Overall Statistics

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• E Managing Spares

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• E.1.1 Adding a Dedicated Spare

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• E.1.2 Deleting a Dedicated Spare

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• E.3 Managing the Spare Pool

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• E.3.1 Adding a Spare to the Spare Pool

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• E.3.2 Deleting a Spare from the Spare Pool

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• Displaying the Spare Pool

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• F Managing Disk Drives and Enclosures

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• F.1 Managing Disk Drives

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• F.1.1 Displaying Drive Information

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• F.1.2 Clearing Metadata from a Drive

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• F.1.3 Enabling and Disabling Write-back Cache

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• F.1.4 Displaying Disk Cache Status

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• F.1.5 Enabling and Disabling SMART Changes

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• F.1.6 Blinking a Drive LED

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• F.1.7 Taking Down a Drive

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• F.1.8 Testing a Drive

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• F.2 Managing Enclosures

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• F.2.1 Setting the EMP LUN

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• F.2.2 Changing the Additional EMP Setting

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• G Configuring the Galaxy 65 Subsystem

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• G.1 Shutting Down and Restarting the Storage Manager Module

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• G.1.1 Shutting Down and Restarting the Current SM Module

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• G.1.2 Shutting Down the Other SM Module

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• G.1.3 Shutting Down Both SM Modules

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• G.1.4 Other Controller Menu

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• G.2 Changing the Date and Time

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• G.3 Configuring the Host Channels

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• G.4 Understanding LUNs and Viewing LUN Information

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• G.4.1 Viewing LUN Information

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• G.5 Configuring the FC Disk Channels

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• G.6 Changing the Alarm Mute Setting

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• G.7 Locking the Cache Setting

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• G.8 Enabling and Disabling the Battery

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• G.9 Changing the Utility Priority

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• G.10Rescanning All Channels

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• G.11Pausing I/O

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• G.12Restoring Default Settings

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• G.13Updating Firmware

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• G.13.1 Updating the SM, SM Loader and Memory Controller Firmware

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• G.13.2 Updating LAN Firmware

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• H LAN Configuration

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• H.1 Configuring the SM for TCP/IP

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• H.2 Configuring the LAN Settings

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• H.2.1 Configuring the IP Settings

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• H.2.2 Configuring the FTP Settings

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• H.2.3 Configuring the Telnet Settings

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• H.2.4 Configuring the SNMP Settings

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• H.2.5 Configuring the Contact Settings

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• H.2.6 Configuring the HTTP Settings

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• H.2.7 Configuring the Security Options

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• H.2.8 Resetting the LAN Subsystem

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• Glossary

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• Index

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