Adaptec 7220ss User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Contents

  3
• Getting Started

  7
  • About This Guide

    7
    • Getting Online Help

      8
  • Accessing Adaptec Disk Array Administrator

    8
  • The Adaptec Disk Array Administrator Screen

    10
  • Navigating Adaptec Disk Array Administrator

    10
    • Changing the Screen Display

      11
• Creating and Managing Arrays and Partitions

  12
  • Creating Arrays

    12
    • Creating a Single-Partition Array

      13
    • Checking the Progress of Array Initialization

      16
    • Creating a Multiple-Partition Array

      17
  • Managing Arrays

    20
    • Adding a Partition

      20
    • Viewing Array and Disk Drive Status Information

      22
    • Viewing Array Status

      22
    • Viewing Disk Drive Status

      23
    • Stopping the Array Initialization Process

      24
    • Verifying an Array

      24
    • Checking the Progress of Array Verification

      25
    • Viewing Verification Status

      25
    • Stopping the Verification

      26
    • Reconstructing an Array

      26
    • Expanding Array Capacity

      27
    • Checking the Progress of the Array Expansion

      28
    • Viewing Expansion Status

      28
    • Changing an Array Name

      29
    • Changing Array Ownership

      29
    • Trusting an Array

      30
    • Deleting an Array

      32
  • Managing Partitions

    33
    • Understanding Partitions

      33
    • Viewing Partition Status Information

      35
    • Viewing Partition Status

      35
    • Viewing Partition Statistics

      36
    • Resetting Partition Statistics

      37
    • Expanding a Partition

      38
    • Changing a Partition Name

      38
    • Changing a Partition LUN

      39
    • Deleting a Partition

      40
• Monitoring System Status

  41
  • Displaying the Event Log

    41
    • Viewing the Most Recent Event

      43
    • Viewing One Event at a Time

      43
    • Viewing a Whole Screen of Events

      43
    • Capturing the Event Log File

      44
  • Displaying Hardware and Configuration Information

    44
  • Displaying Overall Statistics

    47
    • Resetting Overall Statistics

      49
• Managing Spares

  50
  • Managing Dedicated Spares

    51
    • Adding a Dedicated Spare

      51
    • Deleting a Dedicated Spare

      52
  • Enabling Dynamic Spares

    52
  • Managing the Spare Pool

    54
    • Adding a Spare to the Spare Pool

      54
    • Deleting a Spare from the Spare Pool

      54
    • Displaying the Spare Pool

      55
• Configuring the Controller

  56
  • Rebooting the Controller

    57
  • Changing the Date and Time

    57
  • Configuring the Host Channels

    58
  • Understanding LUNs and Viewing LUN Information

    60
    • Viewing LUN Information

      61
  • Configuring the SCSI Channels

    61
  • Understanding Operating Modes

    63
    • Understanding the Active-Active Configuration

      63
    • Active-Active Operation Scenarios

      65
    • Changing the Operating Mode

      65
  • Managing the Other Controller

    66
    • Displaying Information about the Other Controller

      66
    • Shutting Down the Other Controller

      67
    • Shutting Down Both Controllers

      67
    • Killing the Other Controller

      68
    • Unkilling the Other Controller

      68
  • Disabling SCSI Channel 3

    69
  • Changing the Sample Rate

    70
  • Understanding the Audible Alarm

    71
    • Changing the Alarm Mute Setting

      71
  • Locking the Cache

    72
  • Configuring the Battery

    73
    • Enabling and Disabling the Battery

      73
    • Changing the Battery Age/Disabling the Battery Life Monitor

      74
  • Changing the Utility Priority

    75
  • Rescanning All Channels

    76
  • Pausing I/O

    77
  • Restoring Default Settings

    78
• Managing Disk Drives and Enclosures

  79
  • Managing Disk Drives

    79
    • Displaying Disk Drive Information

      79
    • Displaying All Disk Drives

      80
    • Clearing Metadata from a Disk Drive

      81
    • Enabling and Disabling Write-back Cache

      81
    • Displaying Disk Cache Status

      82
    • Enabling and Disabling SMART Changes

      83
    • Blinking a Disk Drive LED

      83
    • Taking Down a Disk Drive

      84
    • Testing a Disk Drive

      85
  • Managing SAF-TE Enclosures

    86
    • Changing the SEP LUN

      86
    • Changing the Additional SEP Settings

      87
• Troubleshooting

  89
  • Adaptec Technical Support

    89
  • Input Problems

    90
    • Problem: The system won’t accept input from the keyboard.

      90
  • Terminal Emulator and COM Port Problems

    90
    • Problem: Screen continuously puts out garbage characters.

      90
    • Problem: Nothing is displayed on the terminal emulator screen.

      91
    • Problem: Screen is updated, but will not respond to keystrokes.

      91
    • Problem: Screen looks correct, but clock is not being updated.

      91
    • Problem: Screen is updated and menus appear correct, but boxes around menus look incorrect.

      91
  • Array Problems

    91
    • Problem: Array is much smaller than it should be.

      91
  • Host SCSI Channel Problems

    92
    • Problem: The host SCSI BIOS scan displays “Device name not available”.

      92
    • Problem: The host SCSI BIOS scan hangs.

      92
    • Problem: Only one array is displayed during host SCSI BIOS scan.

      93
    • Problem: All arrays are displayed during host SCSI BIOS scan, but only one array is seen by the OS.

      93
  • Device SCSI Channel Problems

    93
    • Problem: Not all disk drives connected to the controller device channels are displayed during boo...

      93
  • Problems During Bootup

    94
    • Problem: The controller hangs during bootup.

      94
    • Problem: The controller failed the onboard memory test.

      94
    • Problem: One of the POST diagnostic tests failed.

      94
    • Problem: The system hangs at CT_srv starting.

      94
    • Problem: The system hangs during a disk drive scan.

      95
    • Problem: An active-active controller pair hangs during bootup disk drive scan (typically after di...

      95
    • Problem: An active-active controller pair hangs the host system during normal operation or after ...

      95
    • Problem: An active-active controller pair always fails over after booting up.

      95
    • Problem: One controller of an active-active controller pair displays the following message when b...

      95
  • Warning and Error Events

    96
    • Warnings

      96
    • Errors

      98
  • Using the Loader Diagnostics Menu

    98
  • Using the Loader Utility Menu

    99
  • Understanding SCSI Errors

    99
    • Disk Errors

      99
    • Disk Channel Errors

      101
    • Voltage and Temperature Errors and Warnings

      103
• Storage Concepts

  104
  • Devices

    104
  • Controllers

    105
  • Storage Systems

    105
  • Channels

    105
  • Disk Drives

    105
  • Arrays

    106
  • Free Space

    107
  • Partitions

    107
  • Redundancy

    109
  • Array Types

    109
    • Volume Set

      111
    • Stripe Set (RAID 0)

      111
    • Applications Suitable for Striped Sets

      113
    • Mirror Set (RAID 1)

      113
    • Applications Suitable for Mirror Sets

      114
    • RAID 5

      114
    • Applications Suitable for RAID 5 Sets

      115
    • Stripe Set of Mirror Sets (RAID 0/1)

      116
    • Applications Suitable for RAID 0/1 Sets

      117
    • Stripe Set of RAID 5 Sets (RAID 50)

      117
    • Applications Suitable for RAID 0/5 Sets

      118
• SAF-TE Implementation

  119
  • What Is SAF-TE and What Are SEPs?

    119
  • Enclosure Considerations

    120
  • Administrator Utility SEP Configuration Options

    121
  • Host Communication Methods

    121
• Glossary

  122
• Index

  133