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Contents
1 About This Guide
Terminology Used in this Guide...................................................15
2 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager
About Adaptec Storage Manager..................................................17
About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent.................................17
System Requirements....................................................................18
Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager....19
A Simple Storage Space ..........................................................19
An Advanced Storage Space...................................................19
Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space..............................20
Adding Enhanced Features ...........................................................21
Unlocking the Enhanced Features.........................................22
Getting Started Checklist...............................................................23
3 Step 1: Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
Installing on Windows..................................................................25
Before You Begin....................................................................25
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager......................................25
Completing a Silent Installation (Advanced)........................26
Installing on Linux.........................................................................28
Before You Begin....................................................................28
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager......................................28
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Installing on NetWare...................................................................29
Before You Begin....................................................................29
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager......................................29
4 Step 2: Starting Adaptec Storage Manager
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Windows.........................31
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux...............................32
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on NetWare..........................32
Starting the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent Only.....................33
Starting the Agent on Windows.............................................33
Starting the Agent on Linux...................................................34
Starting the Agent on NetWare..............................................34
Understanding Permission Levels ................................................35
Administrator Level................................................................35
User Level................................................................................36
Guest Level..............................................................................36
Configuring NetWare User Authentication..........................37
Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager...................................38
Logging Back In ......................................................................38
5 Step 3: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager
Navigating the Main Window.......................................................40
Using Enterprise View...................................................................40
Using Physical Devices View.........................................................41
Using Logical Devices View ..........................................................42
Revealing More Disk Drive Information .....................................43
Checking System Status.................................................................45
Working in Adaptec Storage Manager.........................................46
About the Actions Menu........................................................46
Getting Help...................................................................................46
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6 Step 4: Building Your Storage Space
Selecting a Configuration Method................................................48
Express Configuration: Building the Easy Way...........................48
Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives................50
Next Steps................................................................................51
Custom Configuration (Advanced)..............................................51
Including More Systems in Your Storage Space ...................55
Building a RAID Volume..............................................................56
RAID Controller Support..............................................................59
Managing Your Storage Space......................................................59
7 Step 5: Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager
Logging In to Remote Systems......................................................61
Creating Display Groups...............................................................63
Setting Preferences and Changing Views.....................................65
Sorting Systems in the Enterprise View.................................65
Setting the Standard Unit of Measure...................................66
Changing the Main Window Appearance.............................66
Customizing the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent......................67
Broadcasting Event Alerts from a System..............................67
Changing a System’s Audible Alarm Settings........................67
Changing a System’s Event Log Setting.................................69
Changing a System’s Agent Base Port Number ....................69
8 Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD
When to Choose Bootable-CD Mode..........................................71
Bootable-CD Mode Limitations............................................71
Getting Started in Bootable-CD Mode.........................................71
Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD........................72
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9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
Understanding Logical Drives ......................................................74
Creating Logical Drives.................................................................75
Setting the Size of a Logical Drive..........................................75
Including Different-sized Disk Drives in a Logical Drive.....76
Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Space....................77
Fine-tuning Logical Drives............................................................78
Changing the Write Cache Setting.........................................79
Changing the Stripe Size.........................................................79
Changing the Read Cache Setting..........................................80
Changing the Initialize Method.............................................80
Changing the Initialize Priority..............................................81
Verifying Logical Drives................................................................81
Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive.....................................82
Verifying a Logical Drive (Without Fix) ...............................83
Enabling/Disabling Background Consistency Check ...........84
Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive...................................84
Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive ..............................87
Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive...............................87
Deleting a Logical Drive................................................................89
Working with Hot Spares..............................................................90
Hot Spare Limitations............................................................90
Dedicated Spare or Global Spare?..........................................90
Designating a Global Hot Spare.............................................91
Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare...........................................92
What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean?....................................93
Removing a Hot Spare............................................................93
10 Protecting Your Data
Creating a Snapshot.......................................................................96
Snapshot Limitations..............................................................96
Creating a Snapshot with Backup..........................................97
Creating a Snapshot Without Backup...................................97
Deleting a Snapshot................................................................97
Enabling Copyback........................................................................98
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11 Monitoring Your Storage Space
Monitoring Options....................................................................100
Checking Activity in Your Storage Space...................................101
Viewing the Full List of Events.............................................101
Clearing the Event Log.........................................................102
What Do the Status Icons Mean?................................................102
Using Event Notifications to Monitor Status.............................103
Setting up Event Notifications.............................................103
Managing the Event Notification List..................................107
Monitoring and Managing the Notification Log................109
Disabling Event Notifications..............................................111
Setting Up Email Notifications............................................111
Managing the Email List.......................................................115
Monitoring and Managing the Email Log...........................116
Changing the Email Notification Manager Settings...........118
Disabling Email Notifications..............................................119
Broadcasting Event Alerts to Users.............................................120
Silencing and Testing the Audible Alarm...................................121
Testing the Alarm .................................................................121
Silencing the Alarm...............................................................122
Disabling a Controller’s Alarm............................................122
Viewing Component Properties.................................................122
12 Managing Tasks
Scheduling a Task........................................................................124
Opening the Task Manager.........................................................126
Monitoring Tasks ........................................................................127
Monitoring Upcoming Tasks in the Task List ....................127
Checking Past Tasks and Events in the Event Log..............127
Modifying a Task.........................................................................129
What if a task misses its start time?......................................130
Deleting a Task.............................................................................130
Disabling the Task Manager........................................................131
Re-enabling the Task Manager ............................................131
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13 Managing Remote Systems
Introduction.................................................................................133
Removing a Remote System........................................................133
14 Working with Display Groups
Adding a System to a Display Group..........................................135
Viewing Display Group Status....................................................136
Removing a System from a Display Group................................136
Moving a System from One Display Group to Another............137
Renaming a Display Group.........................................................137
Deleting a Display Group............................................................138
15 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives
Rescanning a Controller..............................................................140
Registering New Controllers.......................................................140
Viewing Controller Properties....................................................141
Saving Your Controller Configuration.......................................141
Updating Controller BIOS and Firmware..................................142
Before You Begin..................................................................142
Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware.....................142
Setting a Disk Drive to ‘Failed’....................................................144
Replacing Disk Drives in a Logical Drive...................................145
16 Solving Problems
Identifying a Failed or Failing Component................................147
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure........................................147
Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare........................148
Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare.................149
Failure in Multiple Logical Drives Simultaneously.............149
Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Logical Drive.....................149
Multiple Failures in the Same Logical Drive.......................150
Removing a Failed Disk Drive’s Icon...................................150
Rebuilding Logical Drives...........................................................151
Solving Notification Problems....................................................151
Creating an Archive File..............................................................152
Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Manager...............................152
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A Configuring SNMP Support
Configuring SNMP Support on Windows.................................154
Configuring SNMP Support on Linux.......................................155
Configuring SNMP Support on NetWare..................................155
B Quick Answers to Common Questions...
How do I...?..................................................................................157
Set up my storage space?.......................................................157
Open the Configuration wizard?..........................................157
Turn off the alarm?...............................................................157
Add a new user to Adaptec Storage Manager?....................157
Add a remote system?...........................................................157
Prevent a user from changing my storage space?................157
Check disk drive or logical drive status?..............................157
Access a feature with a padlock icon beside it?....................157
Log out of Adaptec Storage Manager?.................................157
Schedule a task?.....................................................................158
Find the Task Manager?........................................................158
Find the Notification Manager?...........................................158
Find the Email Notification Manager? ................................158
What’s the difference between...?................................................159
Adaptec Storage Manager and the agent?............................159
Event notifications, email notifications, and event alerts? .159
C Buttons and Icons At-a-Glance
Icons in the Physical Devices View.............................................161
Icons in the Logical Devices View...............................................161
Buttons in the Physical/Logical Devices Views..........................162
Buttons on the Main Window Tool Bar.....................................162
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D Understanding RAID
Understanding Drive Segments..................................................164
RAID 0 (Non-RAID Logical Drives)..........................................164
RAID 1 Logical Drives.................................................................165
RAID 1 Enhanced Logical Drives ...............................................166
RAID 10 Logical Drives...............................................................167
RAID 5 Logical Drives.................................................................168
RAID 5EE Logical Drives............................................................169
RAID 50 Logical Drives...............................................................170
RAID 6 Logical Drives.................................................................171
RAID 60 Logical Drives...............................................................172
Selecting the Best RAID Level.....................................................173
Glossary
Index
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About This Guide
This User’s Guide explains how to install and use Adaptec® Storage
Manager to build a storage space and manage y our stor ed data, whether
you have a single RAID controller installed in a server or a complex
Storage Area Network (SAN) with multiple RAID controllers and
servers.
This Guide is written for advanced computer users who want to create a
storage space for their data. Advan ced kno wledge of st orage networks is
not required, but you should be familiar with computer hardware, data
storage, and Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
technology.
If you are using A daptec Storage Manager as part of a complex storage
system, such as a SAN, you should be familiar with network
administration terminology and tasks, have knowledge of Local Area
Network (LAN) and SAN technology, and be familiar with the input/
output (I/O) technology—such as Fibre Channel (FC) or Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS)—that you are using on your network.
Note: Because this Guide covers multiple Adaptec RAID products,
some of the features and functions described here may not be available
for your controller.
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Terminology Used in this Guide
Because this Guide provides information that can be used to manage
multiple Adaptec RAID products in a variety of configurations from
DAS to SAN, the generic term “storage space” is used to refer to the
controller(s) and disk drives being managed with Adaptec Storage
Manager.
For efficiency, the term “components” or “component” is used when
referring generically to the physical and virtual parts of your storage
space, such as systems, disk drives, controllers, and logical drives.
Many of the terms and concepts referred to in this Guide are known to
computer users by multiple names. In this Guide, this terminology is
used:
● Controller (also known as adapter, HBA, board, or card)
● Disk drive (also known as hard disk, hard drive, or hard disk drive)
● Logical drive (also known as logical device)
Note: For more information, see Understanding RAID on page 163 and
the Glossary on page 174.
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Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager
In this chapter...
About Adaptec Storage Manager......................................................17
About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent .....................................17
System Requirements.........................................................................18
Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager.........19
Adding Enhanced Features................................................................21
Getting Started Checklist...................................................................23
This chapter describes Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec
Storage Manager agent, explains the concept of a “storage space” and
provides a checklist of getting-started tasks.
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About Adaptec Storage Manager
Adaptec Storage Manager is a software application that helps you build
a storage space for your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers
and disk drives.
With Adaptec Storage Manager, you can group disk drives into logical
drives and build in redundancy to protect your data and improv e
system performance.
You can also use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor and manage all
the controllers and disk drives in your storage space from a single
location.
About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent
When Adapt ec Storage Ma nager is installed on a co mput er, the Adaptec
Storage Manager agent is also installed automatically. The agent is like a
service that keeps your storage space running. It’ s designed to run in the
background, without user intervention, and its job is to monitor and
manage system health, event notifications, tasks schedules, and other
on-going processes on that system. It sends notices when tasks are
completed successfully, and sounds an alarm when errors or failures
occur on that system.
The agent uses less memory than the full application. If your storage
space includes systems that won’t be connected to monitors (and
therefore won’t require the user interface described in this Guide), you
can choose to run the agent only on those systems instead of the full
application (see page 33). You may want to do this if system resources
are limited, or if you want more system resources available for other
tasks.
You can manage and monitor systems running the agent only by
logging into them as remote systems (see page 61).
You can also customize the agent settings to suit your storage space
requirements (see page 67).
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System Requirements
● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent,
processor
● At least 128 MB of RAM
● 20 MB of free drive space
● 16-bit SVGA color monitor with a resolution of at least 800 x 600
● CD drive
● One of these operating systems:
● Microsoft
Professional
● Windows 20 03 Server—Standard, Advanced
● Windows XP—Home Edition, Professional
● Red H at
● SuSE Linux—Personal, Professional, Enterprise
®
Windows® 2000—Server, Advanced Server,
®
Linux—Professional, Enterprise, Advanced Server
Note: For the latest on Adaptec’s support of Linux, or to
download driver sources, visit www.adaptec.com.
● Novell
®
—NetWare® 6.5
Note: Adaptec Storage Manager can also be used before an
operating system is installed. See page 70 for more information.
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Data
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Data
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Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager
As your requirements change, Adaptec St orage Manager grows with
your storage space as you add more controllers, more disk drives, more
logical drives, and more data protection.
A Simple Storage Space
The example below shows the sort of simple storage space that might be
appropriate in a home office or for a small business. This storage space
includes one RAID controller and two disk drives installed in a server.
For data protection, the disk drives have been used to build a RAID 1
logical drive.
daptec Storage Manager
Server
RAID 1
An Advanced Storage Space
The example below shows how you can gro w your storage space t o meet
the expanding requirements of your business. For data protection,
segments of space from each disk drive have been used to build two
RAID 5 logical drives. One logical drive stores all the customer
information and the other logical drive stores the business’ s ac counting,
payroll, and personnel information.
daptec Storage Manager
Server
Customer
RAID 5RAID 5
Intern
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Continuing to Grow Your Storage Space
As your needs change, Adaptec Storage Manager will help you grow
your storage space to include multiple controllers and disk drives in
multiple locations.
The Administrator of the storage space shown in the example belo w can
create and modify logical drives and monitor all the c ontrollers and disk
drives in the storage space from a single workstation.
Server
Department 1
Data
Adaptec Storage Manager
Server
RAID 1
Server
Department 2
Data
RAID 50
RAID 5RAID 5
Customer
Data
Department
Data
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Adding Enhanced Features
As you grow your storage space, you can enhance data protection and
improve performance by upgrading your Adaptec controller with extra
features, then manage these enhanced features with Adaptec Storage
Manager.
Adaptec offers a package of upgrade features that can be activated with
a feature key (sold separately). Purchase a feature key to unlock these
features:
● Copyback (see page 98)
● Snapshots (see page 96)
● RAID 1E (see page 166)
● RAID 5EE (see page 169)
● RAID 6 (see page 171)
● RAID 60 (see page 172)
Locked features—features which are unavailable without a key—
have a padlock icon (shown at right) beside them, as shown in the
examples below. If you select a locked feature, you are reminded that a
key is required to unlock it.
To purchase a feature key, contact your Adaptec Reseller or refer to the
Adaptec Web site at
www.adaptec.com.
To unlock the enhanced features with a feature key, see page 22.
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Unlocking the Enhanced Features
To unlock enhanced features with a feature key:
1 In the Enterprise View, right-click the controller you want, then
click Add feature key.
The Add Feature Key window opens.
2 Enter the feature key, then click OK.
3 Click OK to confirm.
The enhanced features are unlocked and are now ready for use.
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Getting Started Checklist
This Guide provides five special Getting Started chapters to help you
install, start, and begin to use Adaptec Storage Manager.
❏ Step 1: Install Adaptec Storage Manager on ev ery compute r that will
be part of your storage space (see page 24).
❏ Step 2: Start Adaptec Storage Manager—or the Adaptec Storage
Manager agent only—on every computer in your storage space (see
page 30).
❏ Step 3: Explore the features of Adaptec Storage Manager (see page
39).
❏ Step 4: Build your storage space (see page 47).
❏ Step 5: Optional—Customize Adaptec Storage Manager and the
Adaptec Storage Manager agent (see page 60).
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Installing on Windows.......................................................................25
Installing on Linux.............................................................................28
Installing on NetWare........................................................................29
Adaptec Storage Manager must be installed on ev ery computer tha t will
be part of your storage space.
To install Adaptec Storage Manager, follow the instructions for your
operating system:
Note: You need administrator or root privileges to install Adaptec
Storage Manager. For details on verifying privileges, refer to your
operating system documentation.
To use Adaptec Storage Manager to configure a RAID controller before
you install your operating system, see R unning Adaptec Storage M anager
from the CD on page 70.
3
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Installing on Windows
This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on
computers running W indows. See S ystem R equi rem ents on page 18 for a
list of supported operating systems.
Note: Advanced users —To perform a silent installation, follow the
instructions on page 26.
Before You Begin
If a previous version of Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on your
computer, you must remove it before beginning this installation. To
uninstall Adaptec Storage Manager, use the Add/Remove Programs
option in your Windows Control Panel.
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD.
The Installation wizard opens automatically. (If it doesn’t open,
browse to the CD in Windows Explorer, then click Autorun.)
2 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Do not install SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
unless you have a specific requirement for Adaptec Storage Manager
to work with SNMP gets and traps. (See page 153 for more
information.)
3 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage Manager on every
Windows computer that will be part of your storage space.
4 Continue with Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Windows on
page 31.
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Completing a Silent Installation (Advanced)
A silent installation uses command line parameters to complete an
installation without messages or user interaction.
To complete a silent installation:
1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD into your CD drive.
2 Open a command prompt window and change to the CD directory.
3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager using this command line string:
setup.exe /s /v“ /qn <OPTIONS>”
This table describes the command line options. Multiple features
can be separated with commas.
Option Required Values
INSTALLDIR Yes
ADDLOCAL No ■ All—(Default) Installs all features.
REBOOT No
\“path to installation directory\”
The installation path must be enclosed in
escaped quotation marks.
For example:
INSTALLDIR=\“C:\Program Files\Adaptec\
Adaptec Storage Manager\”
■ Manager—Installs Adaptec Storage
Manager.
■ SNMPSupport—Installs SNMP support;
requires Manager feature. (See page 153 for
more information.)
■ ASMReadme—Installs the Readme file and
Start menu shortcut.
■ CLITools—Installs Command Line
Interface tools.
Note: Use commas to separate multiple
features.
■ Force—(Default) Forces a reboot at the
end of the install ation.
■ Suppress—Suppresses a reboot unless files
were in use and could not be overwritten
during installation.
■ ReallySuppress—Suppresses all reboots at
the end of the installation.
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Example command strings:
● Install all default features and default to reboot:
setup.exe /s /v“ /qn INSTALLDIR=\“C:\Program Files\Adaptec\
Adaptec Storage Manager\””
● Install Adaptec Storage Manager, Readme, and SNMP support,
and default to reboot:
setup.exe /s /v“ /qn INSTALLDIR=\”C:\Program Files\Adaptec\
Adaptec Storage Manager\“ADDLOCAL=Manager,
SNMPSupport,ASMReadme”
4 After a minute or two, the silent installation should be complete and
the Adaptec Storage Manager icon should be accessible.
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Installing on Linux
This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on
computers running Linux. See S ystem R equ iremen ts on page 18 for a list
of supported operating systems.
Adaptec Storage Manage r includes th e Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
Before You Begin
If a previous version of Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on your
computer, you must remove it before beginning this installation. An y
customization files you created with the previous version are saved and
used in the upgrade.
To remove Adaptec Storage Manager, type the
rpm --erase StorMan
command.
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD.
2 Mount the Adaptec Storage Manager CD:
Red Hat
SuSE
3 Change to the cdrom directory:
Red Hat
SuSE
4 Extract the RPM package and install it:
rpm --install ./StorMan*.rpm
5 Unmount the Adaptec Storage Manager CD:
Red Hat
SuSE
6 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage Manager on every
Linux computer that will be part of your storage space.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/manager
cd /media/cdrom/linux/manager
umount /mnt/cdrom
umount /media/cdrom
7
Continue with
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux
on page 32.
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Installing on NetWare
This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on
computers running NetWare. See System Requirements on page 18 for a
list of supported operating systems.
Before You Begin
You need the latest Support Pack for your operating system so you can
run the supported Java Virtual Machine (JVM). You need JVM version
1.3 or later. To check your JVM version, load JVM, type
Note: For the latest updates from Novell, visit www.novell.com.
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD.
2 From the command prompt, type load cdrom and press Enter.
3 From the command prompt, type:
xx_yy_zz:\netware\manager\install
JAVA -VER SION.
where xx is the product CD, yy is the version number, and zz is the
release number. For example:
adptcd_v2_01
The installation program starts.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
5 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage Manager on every
NetWare computer that will be part of your storage space.
6 Continue with Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on NetWare on
page 32.
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Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Windows .............................31
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux...................................32
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on NetWare...............................32
Starting the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent Only.........................33
Understanding Permission Levels.....................................................35
Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager.......................................38
To start Adaptec Storage Manager, follow the instructions for your
operating system. To start the Adaptec Storage Manager agent only, see
page 33.
Note: You need root privileges to run Adaptec Storage Manager.
To use Adaptec Storage Manager to configure a RAID controller before
you install your operating system, see R unning Adaptec Storage M anager
from the CD on page 70.
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Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Windows
On systems running Windows, you can run Adaptec Storage Manager
as a stand-alone application (like a regular software application), or in a
browser window (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer).
Note: Normally, you only need to run Adaptec Storage Manager in a
browser window if you’re working on a computer that isn’t part of your
storage space (does not have a controller installed). If the computer
you’re working on is part of your storage space, run Adaptec Storage
Manager as a standalone application.
1 Click Start > Programs > Adaptec Storage Manager.
The Log In dialog box appears.
2 Enter the user name and password that you use to log on to your
system, then click Connect.
Note: Each user name has a permission level associated with it. See
Understanding Permission Levels on page 35 for more information.
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Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Linux
1 Type the following command to change to the Adaptec Storage
Manager installation directory:
cd /usr/StorMan
2 Type the following command and press Enter:
sh StorMan.sh
3 When the Log In dialog box appears (see page 31), enter the user
name and password that you use to log on to your system, then click
Connect.
Note: Each user name has a permission level associated with it. See
Understanding Permission Levels on page 35 for more information.
Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on NetWare
To start Adaptec Storage Manager on the NetWare operating system,
type the
LOAD RAIDMAN command.
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Starting the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent Only
Note: For more information, see About the Adaptec Storage Manager
Agent on page 17.
To start the Adaptec Storage Manager agent only, follow the
instructions for your operating system:
● For Windows, see below.
● For Linux, see page 34.
● For NetWare, see page 34.
Starting the Agent on Windows
On systems running Windows, the Adaptec Storage Manager agent
starts automatically when the system is powered on.
To verify that the agent is running:
1 Open the Windows Control Panel.
2 Double-click Administrative Tools, then double-click Services.
3 In the list of services, check that the Adaptec Storage Manager agent
is installed and running. If it’s not, you can choose to restart it.
4 Manage and monitor the system by logging into it as a remote
system (see page 61).
The Adaptec Storage Manager agent’s default settings are suitable for
most storage spaces. To customize the settings for your specific
requirements, see page 67.
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Starting the Agent on Linux
On systems running Linux, the Adaptec Storage Manager agent starts
automatically when the system is powered on.
To verify that the agent is running:
1 Open a shell window.
2 Enter this command: ps -ef | grep StorAgnt.sh
3 If the agent is running, it’s listed as sh StorAgnt.sh.
4 Manage and monitor the system by logging into it as a remote
system (see page 61).
The Adaptec Storage Manager agent’s default settings are suitable for
most storage spaces. To customize the settings for your specific
requirements, see page 67.
Starting the Agent on NetWare
To start the agent:
1 From the NetWare console, type: LOAD RaidAgnt
2 Press Enter.
3 Manage and monitor the system by logging into it as a remote
system (see page 61).
The Adaptec Storage Manager agent’s default settings are suitable for
most storage spaces. To customize the settings for your specific
requirements, see page 67.
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Understanding Permission Levels
When you log in t o Adaptec Storage Manager, your permission level is
identical to your operating system permission level. For e xample, if you
have Administrator permissions on your operating system, you also
have Administrator permissions in Adaptec Storage Manager.
Note: NetWare users only—See Configuring NetWare User
Authentication on page 37.
This section describes the three different permission levels:
● Administrator (see below)
● User (see page 36)
● Guest (see page 36)
Administrator Level
Logging in as an Administrator allows you full access to manage and
modify the controllers, disk drives, and logical drives that are part of
your storage space.
To log in as an Administrator:
● Windows—Enter a valid user name and password for the
Administrator or Administrative User on the system. (The
Administrative User is any member of the local Administrators
group, which can, in a Domain configuration, include Domain
Administrators.)
● Linux—Enter root for the user name and enter the root password.
● Netware—See page 37.
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User Level
Logging in as a User partially restricts your access to the storage space,
as described in this Table.
Users can... User’s can’t...
Rescan controllers Create logical drives
Save activity logs Modify logical drives
Verify disk drives (with and without fix) Delete logical drives
Verify logical drives (with and without fix) Delete hot spares
Identify disk drives and enclosures Perform data migrations
Rebuild disk drives
Create hot spares
Access the same information as Guests (see
below)
To log in as a User, use your normal network user name and password.
Guest Level
Logging in as a Guest restricts your access to the storage space to “viewonly”.
You can see all local and remote systems and view their properties
windows, view event logs, save c onfiguration files and support arch iv es,
and browse the online Help.
You cannot make any changes to the storage space.
To log in as Guest, click Cancel on the Login window.
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Configuring NetWare User Authentication
This section describes two ways to configure NetWare user
authentication.
Out-of-box Authentication
● Administrative Access—Granted exclusively to the Admin user
account, which must be defined within the NetW are Bindery context
of the server running the Adaptec Storage Manager agent.
● User Access—Granted to all Bindery and NetWare Directory
Services (NDS) user accounts. For NDS users, the user account m ust
reside within the same tree as the server running the Adaptec
Storage Manager agent.
When logging into Adaptec Storage Manager, NDS users must
provide the fully distinguished account name.
NDS Authentication
NDS authentication is based on NDS group membership.
To set up NDS group membership:
1 Create and populate an NDS group for storage administration.
Note: The group must reside within the same NDS tree as the server
running the Adaptec Storage Manage r agent.
2 Install Adaptec Storage Manager.
3 Restrict authentication to the new group by adding this entry to the
SYS:\RAIDMAN\RaidAgent.pps file:
agent.group.NetWareStorageAdmin=<fully distinguished group
name>
For example:
agent.group.NetWareStorageAdmin=.CN=StorageAdmins.O=Acme
4
Restart the server.
Limited user access is granted to all NDS user accounts.
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Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager
To log out of Adaptec Storage Manager:
1 In the Enterprise View, click on the local system.
2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Log out.
You are logged out of Adaptec Storage Manager.
Logging Back In
To log in to Adaptec Storage Manager:
1 In the Enterprise View, click on the local system.
2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Log in.
3 Enter your user name and password, then click Connect. (See
Understanding Permission Levels on page 35 for more information.)
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Navigating the Main Window...........................................................40
Using Enterprise View.......................................................................40
Using Physical Devices View.............................................................41
Using Logical Devices View...............................................................42
Revealing More Disk Drive Information..........................................43
Checking System Status.....................................................................45
Working in Adaptec Storage Manager..............................................46
Getting Help.......................................................................................46
Before you build your storage space, familiarize yourself with the main
features of Adaptec Storage Manager and learn to navigate to the
information you need.
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Navigating the Main Window
The main window of
views
, in addition to the other features shown below.
Enterprise
Menu
Bar
Tool
Bar
Status Bar
View
Adaptec
Storage Manager has three main panels, or
Physical Devices
View
Logical Devices
View
Event Viewer
Resize the panels and scroll horizontally or vertically as required, to
view more or less information.
Using Enterprise View
The Enterprise View is an expandable tree that lists the local system (the
computer you’re working on) and any remote systems that you’re
logged in to. All the controllers on those systems are also listed in the
Enterprise View. (See Logging In to Remote Systems on page 61 for more
information about local and remote systems.)
Note: See Creating Display Groups on page 63 to learn how to group
related local and remote systems together in the Enterprise View.
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B
i
d
When you select a component in the Enterprise View, the disk drives
and logical drives (“devices”) associated with it appear in the Physical
and Logical Devices Views, as shown below.
y selecting Controller 1
n the Enterprise View...
...the disk drives connected to Controller 1 an
the logical drives created with those disk
drives appear in the Physical and Logical
Devices Views.
You can perform most tasks by selecting a controller in the Enterprise
view and working with its associated devices in the Physical and Logical
Devices Views.
Using Physical Devices View
When you select a co ntro ller in the Ente rprise V iew, information about
the physical disk drives connected to that controller appear in the
Physical Devices View.
...eight disk drives.Controller 2 is connected to...
Disk drives designated as hot spares have plus signs (+) beside them:
● A blue plus sign (shown at right) means that the spare is
protecting at least one logical drive.
● A hot spare with a yellow plus sign (shown at right) may not
be large enough to protect the logical drive it’s assigned to, or
may not be assigned to a logical drive.
See Working with Hot Spares on page 90 for more information.
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.
Hold your cursor ov er any disk drive to see its status, port number,
and maximum speed. You can also click the arrow, sho wn at right,
to see this same information for all the disk drives at the same time. To
reveal further information, use the View buttons to change how the
disk drives are displayed, as described in Revealing More Disk Drive
Information on page 43.
A disk drive shaded in light blue is not part of any logical drive. A
disk drive shaded half light/half dark blue (as shown at right) has
some space allocated to a logical drive, and some space available.
To view the logical drives associated with a particular disk drive, see
Using Logical Devices View on page 42.
Using Logical Devices View
When you select a co ntro ller in the Ente rprise V iew, information about
the logical drives and arrays associated with that controller appear in
the Logical Devices View. (A logical drive is a group of physical disk
drives that your operating system recognizes as a single drive. For more
information, see Understanding Logical Drives on page 74.)
...eight disk drives...Controller 2 is
connected to...
...from which
two logical drives
have been created
The RAID level of a logical drive is indicated by the number inside
the logical drive’s icon. For instance, the logical drive shown at
right has RAID 1. Logical drives protected by hot spares hav e pl us signs
(+) beside them, as shown at right.
Hold your cursor over any logical drive to see its name, status, and
size. You can also click the arrow, sho wn at right, to view this same
information for all the logical drives at once.
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T
s
Click on a logical drive to highlight the disk drives that comprise it in
the Physical Devices View.
hree disk drives (plus one hot spare) comprise the
elected RAID 5 logical drive.
You can also click on any disk drive to see which (if any) logical drive it
belongs to. A disk drive shaded in light blue is not part of any logical
drive.
Revealing More Disk Drive Information
You can reveal more information about your disk drives by using the
View buttons to change how they are displayed.
By default, disk drives are displayed in unexpanded Text Description
View, as s hown bel ow.
View buttons
Click the expand arrow to see basic disk drive information.
T ext Description View
button
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Click the Full Size Capacity View button to see the size capacities of
your disk drives, as shown below.
Full Size Capacity
View button
Disk drives or segments of disk drives that are included in logical drives
are shaded brown.
Click the Relative Size Capacity V iew butt on to see the size capacities of
your disk drives relative to each other, as shown below.
Relative Size Capacity
View button
A full length bar is displayed for the largest disk drive. Proportionally
shorter bars are displayed for other disk drives.
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Checking System Status
Adaptec Storage Manager includes an Event Viewer and a status bar for
at-a-glance system and event status information.
The status bar (shown below) provides at-a-glance information about a
selected controller.
The status icon indicates if a controller is in a normal
state or if a problem has been detected
The tree path displays the location of the selected object
within Adaptec Storage Manager
The Event Viewer (shown below) provides status information and
messages about activity (or events) occurring in your storage space.
Double-click any event to see more information in an easier-to-read
format. See Monitoring Your Storage Space on page 99 for more
information.
Note: B y default, all Warning- and Error-level events activat e an audible
alarm. See Silencing and T esting the A udible A larm on page 121 for more
information.
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Working in Adaptec Storage Manager
Adaptec Storage Manager provides multiple ways to work with its
menus and windows.
Most menu options are available by:
● Selecting items from the menu bar.
● Clicking buttons on the tool bar.
● Right-clicking on components in the main window. (Only tasks and
windows associated with a specific component are available on
right-click menus.)
For simplicity, the tasks in this Guide are explained mainly using menu
bar options.
About the Actions Menu
Most of the main tasks in Adaptec Storage Manager are part of the
Actions menu on the menu bar. Options on the Actions menu vary,
depending on which type of component is selected in the main window.
For instance, managed systems, disk drives, and hot spares each have
specialized Actions menus.
Getting Help
Adaptec Storage Ma nager online Help includes c onceptual information,
glossary definitions, and descriptions of on-screen menus and items, in
addition to step-by-step instructions for completing tasks.
To open the online Help, click the Help button (shown at
right). Alternatively , p ress the F1 key, or in the menu bar select
Help, then click Search or Contents.
Press the Help button in a dialog box or wizard for help with that
specific dialog box, window, or procedure.
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Selecting a Configuration Method....................................................48
Express Configuration: Building the Easy Way................................48
Custom Configuration (Advanced)..................................................51
Building a RAID Volume...................................................................56
RAID Controller Support..................................................................59
Managing Your Storage Space...........................................................59
Once you have logged in to Adaptec Storage Manager, you can begin to
build your storage space by creating logical drives. (For more
information, see Understanding Logical Drives on page 74.)
Note: You must be logged in as an Administrator to complete the tasks
described in this chapter.
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Selecting a Configuration Method
Adaptec Storage Manager has a wizard to help you build (or configure)
logical drives, and offers two configuration methods to choose from,
depending on your needs:
● Express configuration (basic)—Automatically creates logical drives
by grouping together same-sized physical drives, and assigns RAID
levels based on the number of physical disk drives in the logical
drive.
Use the expr ess method when you want t o use all available disk drives
in the most efficient manner. For instructions, see page 48
● Custom configuration (advanced)—Helps you group disk drives,
.
set RAID levels, determine logical drive size, and co nfigure advanc ed
settings manually.
Use the custo m method when y ou want t o creat e specific logical drives
with any or all available disk drives. For instructions, see page 51.
Express Configuration: Building the Easy Way
When you use express configuration, Adaptec Storage Manager
automatically creates logical drives by grouping together same-sized
physical disk drives, and assigns RAID levels based on the number of
physical disk drives in a logical drive:
● A logical drive with three or more physical disk drives is assigned
RAID 5.
● A logical drive with two physical disk drives is assigned RAID 1.
● A logical drive with only a single physical disk drive becomes a
simple volume, which does not offer redundancy.
Note: To create a logical drive with any other RAID level, you must use
the custom method, as described on page 51. See Understanding RAID
on page 163 for more information about RAID levels.
By default, logical drive size is set by Adaptec Storage Manager and
automatically maximizes the capacity of the disk drives. However, you
can choose to specify a size for a logical drive, if required.
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To build your storage space with the express method:
1 In the Enterprise View, select the controller you want.
2 On the toolbar, click Create.
3 When the wizard opens, select Express configuration..., then click
Next.
4 Review the information that is displayed.
In the example below, Adaptec Storage Manager has used three
equal-sized disk drives to automatically create one logical driv e with
RAID 5 and a hot spare.
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To specify a size for the logical drives, or to make other changes to
the configuration, click Modify logical devices. See Step 6 on page
53 for more information.
Note: Some operating systems have size limitations for logical
drives. Before you save the configuration, verify that the size of the
logical drive is appropriate for your operating system.
5 Click Apply, then click Yes.
Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive(s). The
configuration is saved on the Adaptec c ontr oller and on the physical
drives.
6 Repeat Steps 1 to 5 for each controller on your system.
7 Continue with Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives
below.
Partitioning and Formatting Your Logical Drives
The logical drives you create appear as physical disk drives on your
operating system. You must partition and format these logical drives
before you can use them to store data.
Note: Logical drives that have not been partitioned and formatted
cannot be used to store data.
Refer to your operating system documentation for more information.
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Next Steps
If you have installed Adaptec RAID controllers on more than one
computer, to continue building your storage space:
● From each computer, log in to Adaptec Storage Manager and repeat
Steps 1 to 7 to create logical drives.
●
From your
other computers in your storage space as
local system
(the computer you’re working on), log in to all
remote systems
(see page 61),
then repeat Steps 1 to 7 to create logical drives.
The maximum number of supported RAID controllers varies
depending on your operating system. See RAID Controller Support on
page 59 for more information.
To continue, see Managing Your Storage Space on page 59.
Custom Configuration (Advanced)
Custom configuration helps you build your storage space manually by
stepping you through the process of creating logical drives, setting
RAID levels, and configuring other settings.
To build your storage space with custom configuration:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller you want.
Note how man y a vailable disk driv es are c onnected t o the contr oller;
this information will be helpful as you create logical drives.
2 On the toolbar, click Create.
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3 When the wizard opens, select Custom configuration..., then click
Next.
4 Select a RAID level.
The most common RAID levels are list ed first; advanced R AID levels
are available by clicking Advanced settings.
Note: To build a RAID Volume, see page 56. See Understanding
RAID on page 163 for more information about RAID levels.
5 Click Next.
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6 In the Physical Devices panel, select the disk drives you want to use
in the logical drive.
Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number
of disk drives, as shown below. B y default, A dapt ec Storage M anager
automatically sets the size of the logical drive and maximizes the
capacity of the disk drives you select. (To set a custom size for the
logical drive, see the second bullet below).
Number of disk drives required
● To create a hot spare—Control-click on an available disk drive. A
plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected drive will be
designated as a hot spare. (See page 90 for more information.)
● To set a smaller logical drive size—Click Advanced Settings,
then enter a size for the logical drive in the Size GB box. A vailable
space will remain on the selected disk drives. (See page 74 for
more information.)
● To modify other settings—Click Advanced Settings and
customize the settings as required. (See Fine-tuning Logical
Drives on page 78 for more information.)
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7 If you have no other available disk drives, skip to Step9.
If you have a vailable disk driv es and want t o create additional logical
drives, click Add logical device to open a new tab in the wizard.
Tab for second logical drive
8 Repeat Steps 4 to 7 for each logical drive that you want to create on
the controller.
9 Click Next, then review the logical drive settings.
The example below shows two logical drives with RAID 5 are ready
to be created.
To make changes, click Back.
Note: Some operating systems have size limitations for logical
drives. Before continuing, verify that the size of the logical drive is
appropriate for your operating system. For more information, refer
to your operating system documentation.
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10 Click Apply, then click Yes.
Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive(s). The
configuration is saved on the Adaptec c ontr oller and on the physical
drives.
11 Repeat Steps 1 to 10 for each controller on your system.
12 Partition and format your logical drives. See page 50 for more
information.
If your storage space comprises one or more Adaptec RAID controllers
on a single computer, building is complete. Continue with Managing
Your Storage Space on page 59.
If you have installed Adaptec RAID controllers on more than one
computer and wish to add them to your storage space, continue with
Including More Systems in Your Storage Space below.
Including More Systems in Your Storage Space
If you have installed Adaptec RAID controllers on more than one
computer, to continue building your storage space:
● From each individual computer, log in to Adaptec Storage Manager
and repeat Steps 1 to 12 to continue building your storage space, or
● From your local system, log in to all the other computers as remote
systems (see page 61), then repeat Steps 1 to 12 to continue building
your storage space.
Note: The maximum number of supported RAID controllers varies
depending on your operating system. See RAID Controller Support on
page 59 for more information.
When your storage space is complete, continue with Managing Your
Storage Space on page 59.
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Building a RAID Volume
A RAID Volume comprises two or more logical drives connected endto-end. The logical drives in a RAID Volume:
● Must be built using disk driv es connected to the same controller.
● Must have the same RAID level assigned.
● Must not be striped together.
● May have equal or different capacities.
To build a RAID Volume:
1 Create two or more logical drives that meet the requirements listed
above, and wait for them to build and initialize. F or instructions, see
Express Configuration: Building the Easy Way on page 48 or Custom
Configuration (Advanced) on page 51.
The example below shows two RAID 5 logical drives.
2 On the toolbar, click Create.
3 When the configuration wizard opens, select Custom
configuration..., then click Next.
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4 Click Advanced settings, select RAID Volume, then click Next.
5 In the Logical Devices panel, select the logical drives you want to use
in the RAID Volume.
Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number
of logical drives, as shown below.
Number of disk drives required
6 Modify the Advanced Settings, if required. (See Fine-tuning Logical
Drives on page 78 for more information.)
7 Click Next.
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8 Review the RAID Volume settings.
The example below shows one RAID Volume ready to be created.
To make changes, click Back.
9 Click Apply, then click Yes.
Adaptec Storage Manager builds the RAID Volume. The
configuration is saved on the Adaptec c ontr oller and on the physical
drives.
Adaptec Storage Manager replaces the individual logical drives with
a single RAID Volume in the Logical Devices View. The Event
Viewer shows that the logical drives have been deleted.
10 Partition and format your RAID Volume. See page 50 for more
information.
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RAID Controller Support
The maximum number of RAID controllers supported by Adaptec
Storage Manager varies, depending on your computer’s operating
system:
● Windows—up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers
● Linux—up to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers
● NetW are—up to 16 Adaptec RAID controllers
Note: For the most recent operating system support information, visit
www.adaptec.com.
Managing Your Storage Space
Once your storage space is built, you can add systems, controllers, and
disk drives to meet your changing needs, then create logical drives by
repeating the steps in this chapter.
To customize Adaptec Storage Manager and make managing your
storage space easier and more effective, co ntinue with Step 5:
Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager on page 60.
To learn how to monitor, manage, and modify your storage space, see
these chapters in the rest of this Guide:
● Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares on page 73
● Protecting Your Data on page 95.
● Monitoring Your Storage Space on page 99
● Managing Tasks on page 123
● Managing Remote Systems on page 132
● Working with Display Groups on page 134
● Managing Controllers and Disk Drives on page 139
● Solving Problems on page 146
To find the most commonly asked-about information, see Quick
Answers to Common Questions... on page 156.
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In this chapter...
Logging In to Remote Systems..........................................................61
Creating Display Groups...................................................................63
Setting Preferences and Changing Views..........................................65
Customizing the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent...........................67
You can customize Adaptec Storage Manage r to make managing your
storage space easier and more effective:
● Log in to other systems on your network to view and manage all
your controllers, disk drives, and logical drives from your local
system (see page 61).
● Create display groups to organize related local and remote systems
(see page 63).
● Change display settings, and add or remove features from the main
window (see page 65).
● Change alarm settings, or set the agent to broadcast event notices
from selected systems (see page 67).
Note: The tasks described in this chapter are optional.
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Logging In to Remote Systems
If multiple computers (or systems) on your network are in your storage
space, you can use A daptec Storage M anager to m onitor and manage all
of them from one computer.
The computer that y ou ’re working on is called the local system. All other
computers in your storage space are remote systems. ‘Local’ and ‘remote’
are relative terms, as shown in the Figure below: when you are working
on workstation A (local system), server B is a remote system; when you
are working on server B (local system), workstation A is a remote
system.
A
Workstation running
Adaptec Storage Manager
A
Workstation running
Adaptec Storage Manager
or Agent
Local logged in
to remote
Adaptec Storage Manager
Local logged in
to remote
B
Server
Server running
or Agent
B
Server
Server running
Adaptec Storage Manager
To manage remote systems, you log in to them from the local system.
Adaptec Storage Manager or the Adaptec Storage Manager agent (see
page 33) must be running on the remote system and before y ou can log
in to it.
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When you log in to a remote system, you add that system to the
Enterprise View of Adaptec Storage Manager, as shown in the example
below.
Once you have logged in to a remote system, it is automatically included
in the Enterprise View each time you start Adaptec Storage Manager
from the local system.
To log in to a remote system:
1 From the menu bar, click Remote, then select Add Remote System.
The Add Remote System window opens.
2 Enter the host name or TCP/IP address of the remote system.
3 Enter the startup port number of the remote system. The default
port number is 34571.
4 If prompted, enter your user name and password. (User names and
passwords are case sensitive.)
To save this user name and password, click inside the Save user
name/password box.
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5 Click Connect.
Adaptec Storage Mana ger c o nnects to the r emo t e syst em a nd adds it
to the list of managed systems in the Enterprise View.
6 To manage the remote system, select it in the Enterprise View and
enter your user name and password if prompted.
To create logical drives on your remote systems, see Step 4: Building
Your Storage Space on page 47.
For more information about remote systems, see Managing Remote
Systems on page 132.
Creating Display Groups
You can organize related local and remote systems into display groups
to make managing your storage space easier and more effective.
Systems in a display group appear t ogether in the Enterprise View under
the group name.
To create a display group:
1 In the Enterprise View, right-click on a system that you want to add
to a display group.
2 Select Change display group, then click New group.
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3 Enter a name for the new display group, then click OK.
The display group is created and the system you selected in Step1 is
added to it.
4 To add another system to the display group, right-click on that
system in the Enterprise View, select Change display group, then
click the display group name.
The system is added to the display group.
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Display groups are sorted alphabetically and appear in the Enterprise
View below any systems that are not part of a display group.
A system can belong to only one display group at a time; you can’t
include the same system in multiple display groups.
For more information, see Working with Display Groups on page 134.
Setting Preferences and Changing Views
You can customize Adaptec Storage Manager by:
● Sorting the systems in the Enterprise View (see below).
● Selecting the standard unit of measure shown for disk drives (see
page 66).
● Excluding the tool bar or status bar from the main window, or
turning off the Tool Tips (see page 66).
Sorting Systems in the Enterprise View
You can set Adaptec Storage Manager to sort systems in the Enterprise
View alphabetically or chronologically. B y default, systems are listed in
alphabetical order. The local system always appears first when you sort
objects alphabetically.
To re-sort the Enterprise View:
1
In the menu bar of the main windo w, select
2 Click the Display options tab.
3 In the System tree sorting drop-down menu, select the option you
File
, then click
Preferences
want.
4 Click OK.
.
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Setting the Standard Unit of Measure
You can set Adaptec Storage Manager to show disk drive capacity in
measures of megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
You can choose the Auto-select setting to allow Adaptec Storage
Manager to show the most appropriate unit of measure based on disk
drive size. This option allows different disk drives to be shown in
different units of measure.
By default, disk drives are shown in GB.
To change the standard unit of measure:
1 In the menu bar of the main window, select File, then click
Preferences.
2 Click the Display options tab.
3 In the Capacity display units drop-down menu, select the option
you want.
4 Click OK.
Changing the Main Window Appearance
You can choose to remove the tool bar and status bar from the main
Adaptec Storage Manager window to sav e space on-scr een. You can also
choose to turn off the Tool Tips that automatically appear when you
place your cursor over on-screen items.
To change the appearance of the main window, in the menu bar select
View. The options in the View menu are toggle switches, which means
that they can be selected and deselected by clicking on them.
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Customizing the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent
The Adaptec Storage Manager agent’s default settings are suitable for
most storage spaces. (See page 17 for more information about the
agent.) However, you can customize the agent on any syste m by:
● Setting the agent to broadcast events on that system to all logged-in
users. See below.
● Changing the frequency and duration of the alarm, or choose to
disable the alarm for that system. See page 67.
● Changing the operating system even t log setti ng f o r tha t sy st e m. See
page 69.
● Changing to agent base port number on that system. See page 69.
Any changes you make to the agent settings affect the selected system
only and are not applied to all systems in your storage space.
Broadcasting Event Alerts from a System
You can set the Adaptec Storage Manager agent to send event alerts
about a specific system to all users who are logged into your storage
space network. You might want to do this if your storage space isn’t
managed by a dedicated person, or if that particular system is off-site o r
isn’t connected to a monitor.
Event alerts signal to everyone working on the storage space that
technical assistance is required for that system.
For more information, see Broadcasting Event Alerts to Users on page
120.
Changing a System’s Audible Alarm Settings
Warning- and Error-level events on a system (see page 101) trigger an
audible alarm, a series of beeps which sound every five minutes until
the event is resolved.
You can change the frequency and duration of the alarm, or choose to
disable the alarm on any system. For information about using the
audible alarm, see page 121.
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To change alarm settings on a system:
1 Click the Configure button, select the system you want, then click
General Settings.
The Adaptec Storage Manage r Agent General Settings window opens
for that system.
2 Edit the alarm settings as required. (Select or deselect Sound alarm;
change the alarm interval time.)
Caution: If you disable the alarm, no audible signal will sound
on that system when a Warning- or Error-level event occurs.
3 Click Save changes.
4 Restart Adaptec Storage Manager to apply the new settings.
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Changing a System’s Event Log Setting
By default, all Warning- and Error-level events on a system are recorded
in the operating system event log.
To disable operating system event logging on a system:
1 Click the Configure button, select the system you want, then click
General Settings.
The Adaptec Storage Manage r Agent General Settings window opens
for that system. (See Step1 on page 68.)
2 Deselect Save events in OS event log.
3 Click Save changes.
4 Restart Adaptec Storage Manager to apply the new setting.
Changing a System’s Agent Base Port Number
Adaptec Storage Manager uses four consecutive ports to access remote
systems: 34571, 34572, 34573, and 34574. The default port number for
the agent is 34571. If your system has a conflict with these ports, change
the base port to a different port number.
To change the agent base port number:
1 Click the Configure button, select the system you want, then click
General Settings.
The Adaptec Storage Manage r Agent General Settings window opens
for that system. (See Step1 on page 68.)
2 Enter a new agent system base port number.
3 Click Save changes.
4 Restart Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage Manager
agent to apply the new setting.
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In this chapter...
When to Choose Bootable-CD Mode...............................................71
Getting Started in Bootable-CD Mode.............................................71
Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD............................72
This chapter describes how to run Adaptec Storage Manager from the
Adaptec RAID installation CD in cluded in the kit, instead of as an
installed application. When you run A d aptec St orage Manager fr om the
CD, y ou are using bootable-CD mode.
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When to Choose Bootable-CD Mode
Use Adaptec Storage Manager in bootable-CD mode if you want to
install your operating system on a disk drive or logical drive associated
with your controller. Bootable-CD mode lets you configure the
controller before you install your operating system.
After you have configured the controller and installed the operating
system, install and run Adaptec Storage Manager as an installed
software application (see page 24).
Bootable-CD Mode Limitations
Running Adaptec Storage Ma nager fr om the CD is not an alternativ e t o
running it as an installed software application. Most of the features and
functions described in this
running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD. Bootable-CD mode is
only for configuring your controller before you install an operating
system.
User’s Guide
are not available when you are
Getting Started in Bootable-CD Mode
This is a checklist of tasks to complete when you’re building your
storage space with Adaptec Storage Manager in bootable-CD mode.
❏ Install your Adaptec RAID controller.
❏ Run Adaptec Storage Manager (see page 72).
❏ Build your storage space (see page 47).
For an introduction to the Adaptec St orage Manager window and its
features, see Step 3: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager on page 39.
❏ Install your operating system (and controller device drivers, if
appropriate).
❏ Install Adaptec Storage Manager as a software application (see
page 24).
❏ Continue to build, customize, and manage your storage space as
described in the rest of this User’s Guide.
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Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD
Note:
Before you begin, ensure that your system is set up to boot from a
CD. Check the system BIOS t o see if the CD drive is listed first in the boot
order. For more information, refer to your computer’s documentation.
To run Adaptec Storage Manager in bootable-CD mode:
1 Insert the RAID installation CD into your CD drive, then restart
your computer.
2 When prompted, select the language you want, then press Enter.
3 Review the license information, then press Enter.
The main Adaptec Storage Manager CD menu opens.
4 Click Launch Configuration Utility.
Adaptec Storage Manager opens.
5 Click Create..
The Configuration wizard opens.
6 Continue with Step 4: Building Your Storage Space on page 47.
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Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
In this chapter...
Understanding Logical Drives...........................................................74
Creating Logical Drives.....................................................................75
Fine-tuning Logical Drives................................................................78
Verifying Logical Drives.....................................................................81
Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive.......................................84
Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive...................................87
Deleting a Logical Drive....................................................................89
Working with Hot Spares..................................................................90
This chapter explains how to manage logical drives and hot spares
associated with Adaptec RAID controllers.
To create a logical drive, see
Step 4: Building Your Storage Space
9
on page 47.
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Available
Space
Disk Drives (500 MB Each)
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Understanding Logical Drives
A logical drive is a group of physical disk drives that appears to your
operating system as a single drive that can be used for storing data.
A logical drive can comprise one or more disk drives and can use part or
all of each disk drive’s capacity.
It is possible to include the same disk drive in two different logical
drives by using just a portion of the space on the disk drive in each, as
illustrated below.
RAID 5 Logical Driv
250 MB
250 MB
250 MB
AID 1 Logical Drive
250 MB
250 MB
250 MB 250 MB
250 MB
250 MB250 MB
Segment (250 MB)Segment (250 MB)
Disk drive space that has been assigned to a logical drive is called a
segment. A segment can include all or just a portion of a disk drive’s
space. A disk drive with one segment is part of one logical drive, a disk
drive with two segments is part of two logical drives, and so on. A
segment can be part of only one logical drive. When a logical drive is
deleted, the segments that comprised it revert to available space (or free
segments).
A logical drive can include redundancy, depending on the RAID level
assigned to it. (See Understanding RAID on page 163 for more
information.)
Once a logical drive has been created, you can change its RAID level or
increase its capacity to meet changing requirements. You can also
protect your logical drives by assigning one or more hot spares to them.
(See page 90 for more information.)
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Creating Logical Drives
For basic instructions for creating logical drives, see Step 4: Building
Your Storage Space on page 47.
This section describes three additional scenarios for creating logical
drives:
● Setting the size of a new logical drive (see below)
● Including different-sized disk drives in a logical drive (see page 76)
● Creating a logical drive using available segments of disk drives (see
page 77)
Setting the Size of a Logical Drive
As described in Step 6 on page 53, Adaptec Storage Manager
automatically sets the size of a new logical drive to maximize the
capacity of the disk drives that it co mprises. Ho wever, you can choose to
set the size for a new logical drive. You may want t o d o this to maximize
your available disk drive space, or allocate available space to more than
one logical drive.
To set the size of a logical drive,
1 Complete Steps 1 through 6 in Custom Configuration (A d vanced) on
page 51.
2 Click Advanced Settings.
The maximum size of the logical drive appears in the Size (GB) box.
3 Enter the new size for the logical drive. The size you enter must be
less than or equal to the maximum size.
4 Click Next.
5 Review the logical drive settings, click Apply, then click Yes.
Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. The configuration
is saved in the Adapt ec controller and in the physical drives.
If the disk drives you used to create this logical drive have available
space left over, you can use them to create a new logical drive (see
page 77), or to expand an existing logical drive (see page 84).
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Including Different-sized Disk Drives in a Logical Drive
You can combine disk drives of different sizes in the same logical drive.
If the logical drive includes redundancy, however, the size of each
segment can be no larger than the size of the smallest disk drive. (See
page 163 for more information about redundancy.)
To create a logical drive with disk drives of different sizes, follow the
instructions in Step 4: Building Y our Storage Space on page 47. W hen the
logical drive is created, it appears similar to the example shown below,
where a RAID 5 logical drive includes tw o 16.95 GB disk driv es and tw o
9.766 GB disk drives.
The Full Size Capacity View of the same RAID 5 logical drive shows that
the two larger disk drives still have available space (free segments,
indicated in light-blue) that is not part of a logical drive.
ight-blue segments are not part of a logical drive
You can include a disk drive’s available space in a new logical drive (see
page 77), or add it to an existing logical drive (see page 84).
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Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Space
Free segments on a disk drive can be used to create a new logical drive.
(A segment can only be used in one logical drive at a time.)
To create a logical drive using free segments on disk drives:
1 Complete Steps 1 through 5 in Custom Configuration (A d vanced) on
page 51.
2 In the Physical Devices panel, select the disk drives and/or free disk
drive segments you want to use in the logical drive.
In the example below, two free disk drive segments (indicated in
blue) are used to create a RAID 1 logical drive.
Free segments and available disk drives are blue
3 Click Next.
4 Review the logical drive settings.
5 Click Apply, then click Yes.
Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. The configuration
is saved in the Adapt ec controller and in the physical drives.
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Fine-tuning Logical Drives
You can fine-tune a new or existing logical drive to meet your needs by
adjusting the Advanced settings described in this section. (Not all
options are available for all controllers or all RAID levels.)
Note: The default settings in Adaptec Storage Manager are optimal for
most users and storage spaces. Only advanced users should change the
settings described in this section.
To fine-tune a logical drive:
1 Open the list of Advanced settings.
If you are creating a new logical drive, follow the instructions in
Step 6 on page 53.
If you are modifying an existing logical drive:
a In the Enterprise View, click the controller associated with the
logical drive.
b In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.
c In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Expand or change
logical device.
d Click Next, then click Advanced settings.
Modify the available settings as required for your logical drive (not
all options are available for all controllers or all RAID levels):
● Logical drive size (see page 75)
● Write cache (see page 79)
● Stripe size (see page 79)
● Read cache (see page 80)
● Initialize method (see page 80)
● Initialize priority (see page 81)
2 Click Next.
3 To apply the changes immediately, click Apply.
To schedule the changes for later, click Schedule, then set the date
and time. (For more information, see page 124.)
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Changing the Write Cache Setting
The write cache setting determines when data is stored on a disk drive
and when the controller communicates with the operating system.
● Disabled (write-through)—The controller sends (or writes) the data
to a disk drive, then sends confirmation to the operating system that
the data was received. Use this setting when performance is less
important than data protection.
● Enabled (write-back)—The controller sends confirmation to the
operating system that the data was received, the n writes the data to a
disk drive. Use this setting when performance is more important
than data protection and you aren’t using a battery-backup cache.
Enabled is the default setting.
● Enabled (write-back) when protected by battery—The controller
sends confirmation to the operating system that the data was
received, then writes the data to a disk drive. Use this setting if you
are using a battery-backup cache and performance is more
important than data protection.
Note: (RAID 10, 50, and 60 only) All logical drives within a RAID 10/
50/60 logical drive must have the same write cache setting—either all
write-through or all write-back.
To quickly change the write cache setting, click the logical drive you
want; then, in the menu bar , select Actions, click Configure write cache,
then select Enabled or Disabled as required.
Changing the Stripe Size
The stripe size is the amount of data (in KB) written to one partition
before the controller moves to the next partition in a logical drive.
Stripe size options vary, depending on your controller. Normally, the
default stripe size provides the best performance.
For RAID 6 and RAID 60 logical drives, the more disk drives there are
in the logical drive, the fewer the stripe size options.
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Changing the Read Cache Setting
When read caching is enabled, the controller monitors the read access t o
a logical drive and, if it sees a pattern, pr e-loads the cache with data that
seems most likely to be read next, increasing performance.
● Enabled—The controller transfers data from the logical drive to its
local cache in portions equal to the stripe size. Use this setting for
the best performance when workloads are steady and sequential.
Enabled is the default setting.
● Disabled—The controller transfers data from the logical drive to its
local cache in portions equal to the system I/O request size. Use this
setting for the best performance when workloads are random or the
system I/O requests are smaller than the stripe size. (For more
information about system I/O requests, refer to your operating
system documentation.)
To quickly change the read cache setting, click the logical drive you
want; then, in the menu bar, select Actions, click Configure read cache,
then select Enabled or Disabled as required.
Changing the Initialize Method
The Initialize Method setting d etermines how a logical drive is
initialized (prepared for reading and writing), and how long
initialization will take. The settings are presented in order of slowest to
fastest method.
● Build—(slowest) For RAID 1 logical drives, data is copied from the
primary drive to the mirror drive; for RAID 5 logical drives, parity is
computed and written. Build is the default setting.
Adaptec Storage Manager performs build initializations in the
background; you can use the logical drive immediately.
● Clear—Every block in the logical drive is overwritten, removing all
existing data. You can’t use the logical drive until the initialization is
complete.
● Quick—(fastest) The logical drive is made available immediately.
Quick initialization should be used for new physical disks only.
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Changing the Initialize Priority
The Initialize Priority setting determines the priority for the
initialization of the logical drive. The default setting is High, which
means that the logical drive is initialized as quickly as possible.
Verifying Logical Drives
To ensure that there are no data problems on your logical drives, it is
important to verify them. When you verify a logical drive, Adaptec
Storage Manager checks it for inconsistent or bad data an d then fixes any
problems. (You can also choose to verify a logical drive without fixing it.)
Logical drives with no redundancy (for instance, RAID 0 logical drives)
do not need to be verified.
In Adaptec Storage Manager, logical drive verification can occur in
different ways, depending on your controller:
●
Automatic verification
initialization, Adaptec Storage Manager automatically verifies all new
redundant logical drives. No manual verification is required.
To see if your controller supports build initialization, right-click the
controller in the Enterprise View and click Properties.
—If your controller supports build
● Manual verification—If your controller doesn’t support build
initialization, a Warning-level event notice appears in the Event
Viewer prompting you to verify a logical drive before you begin to
use it. To verify a logical drive manually, see Verifying Logical Drives
on page 81.
● Background verification—If your controller supports background
consistency check, Adaptec Storage Manager continually and
automatically checks your logical drives once they’re in use.
To see if your controller supports background consistency check,
right-click the controller in the Enterprise View and click
Properties
To enable or disable background consistency check, see page 84.
Note: If your controller doesn’t support background consistency
check, Adaptec highly recommends that you verify your logical
drives weekly, following the instructions in Verif ying Logical Drives
on page 81.
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Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive
Note: To verify a logical drive without fixing it, see page 83.
While Adaptec Storage Manager verifies and fixes a logical drive, you
can’t complete any other tasks on the controller. Because the
verification can take a long time to complete, you may want to schedule
it as a task to be completed overnight or on a weekend.
To verify and fix a logical drive:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller associated with the
logical drive.
2 In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.
3 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Verify with fix.
4 To begin the verification immediately, click Yes.
To schedule the verification, click Schedule, then set the date and
time. You can also choose to set the verification as a recurring task.
(For more information, see page 124.)
Note: Don’t power off the system while the verification is in
progress. If you do, the verification will stop.
While the verification is in progress, the logical device is
shown as an animated icon (as shown at right) to indicate
that the task is in progress.
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When the verification is complete, an event notice is generated in the
local system’s event log (and broadcast to other systems, if you have
event notification set up—see page 103).
You can now continue working on the controller.
Verifying a Logical Drive (Without Fix)
Note: To verify and fix a logical drive, see page 84.
While Adaptec Storage Manager verifies a logical drive, you can’t
complete any other tasks on the controller associated with that logical
drive. Because verification takes a long time t o complete, you may want
to schedule it as a task to be completed overnight or on a weekend.
To verify a logical drive:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller associated with the
logical drive.
2 In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.
3 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Verify.
4 To begin the verification immediately, click Yes.
To schedule the verification for later, click Schedule, set the date and
time, then click Apply. You can also set the verification to recur. (For
more information, see page 124.)
Note: Don’t power off the system while the verification is in
progress. If you do, the verification will stop.
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While the verification is in progress, the logical device is
shown as an animated icon (as shown at right) to indicate that
the task is in progress.
When the verification is complete, an event notice is generated in the
local system’s event log (and broadcast to other systems, if you have
event notification set up—see page 103).
You can now continue working on the controller.
Enabling/Disabling Background Consistency Check
If your controller supports background consistency check, Adaptec
Storage Manager continually and automatically checks your logical
drives once they’re in use. (To see if your controller supports
background consistency check, right-click the controller in the
Enterprise View and click Properties.)
To enable or disable background consistency check:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller.
2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Enable (Disable)
background consistency check.
The controller is updated with the new setting.
Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive
You can add more disk drive space to a logical drive to increase its
capacity (or expand it).
Note: The maximum size of a logical drive varies by contro ller. Refer to
your controller’s documentation for more information.
The expanded logical drive must have a capacity that’s greater than or
equal to the original logical drive.
To increase the capacity of a logical drive:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller associated with the
logical drive.
2 In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.
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3 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Expand or change logical
device.
A wizard opens to help you modify the logical drive.
4 Click Next.
5 Click on the disk drive(s) or disk drive segments you want to add to
the logical drive.
If you want to remove a specific disk drive or segment and replace it
with another one (for instance, replace a smaller disk drive with a
larger one), click on the disk drive you want to remove.
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An X indicates that the selected disk drive will be removed from the
logical drive, and you are prompted to select another disk drive (of
greater or equal size) to replace it.
Flashing arrow prompts you to replace the deselected disk drive
6 Modify the Advanced Settings, if required. (See Fine-tuning Logical
Drives on page 78.)
7 Click Next.
8 Review the new logical drive settings. To make changes, click Back.
Note: Some operating systems have size limitations for logical
drives. Before you save the configuration, verify that the size of the
logical drive is appropriate for your operating system.
9 To update your logical drive immediately, click Apply, then click Yes.
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To schedule the changes for later, click Schedule, set the date and
time, then click Apply. (For more information, see page 124.)
Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive
(Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only) If you have
expanded a logical drive, you can extend the partition on that logical
drive to use the newly added space. Refer to your operating system
instructions for more information.
Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive
As your requirements change, you can c hange the RAID level of your
logical devices to suit your needs.
You may want to do this to add redundancy to protect your data, or
improve data availability for speedier access to your data. See
Understanding RAID on page 163 for more information.
Changing the RAID level normally requires one or more disk drives to
be added to or removed from the logical drive. Adaptec Storage
Manager won’t allow you to continue unless you have the right number
of disk drives available.
To change the RAID level of a logical drive:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller associated with the
logical drive.
2 In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.
3 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Expand or change logical
device (see page 85).
A wizard opens to help you change the RAID level.
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4 Select a new RAID level, then click Next. Only valid options are
offered.
In the example shown in this section, a RAID 1 logical device is
being changed to a RAID 5 logical device.
5 In the Logical Devices panel, select the disk drives you want to use in
the modified logical drive.
Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number
of disk drives, as shown below.
Number of disk drives required
If you want to remove a specific disk drive and r eplace it with
another one (for instance, replace a smaller disk drive with a larger
one), click on the disk drive you want to re mov e. An X indicates that
the selected disk drive will be removed from the logical drive.
6 Modify the Advanced Settings, if required. (See Fine-tuning Logical
Drives on page 78.)
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7 Click Next.
8 Review the new logical drive settings. To make changes, click Back.
Note: Some operating systems have size limitations for logical
drives. Before you save the configuration, verify that the size of the
logical drive is appropriate for your operating system.
9 To update your logical drive immediately, click Apply, then click Yes.
To schedule the changes for later , click
Apply
time, then click
. (For more informatio n, s ee page 124.)
Schedule
, set the date and
Deleting a Logical Drive
Caution: W hen you delete a logical driv e, you lose all data st ored on
that logical drive.
To delete a logical drive:
Ensure that you no longer need the data stored on the logical drive.
1 In the Enterprise View, click on the controller associated with the
logical drive.
2 In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.
3 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Delete logical device.
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4 When prompted, click Yes to delete the device, or No to cancel the
deletion.
If you click Yes, the logical device is deleted. The disk drives or drive
segments included in the logical device become available, and can be
used to create a new logical drive (see page 77), or to expand an
existing logical drive (see page 84).
Working with Hot Spares
A hot spare is a disk drive that automatically replaces any failed drive in
a logical drive, and can subsequently be used to rebuild that logical
drive. (For more information on recovering from a disk drive failure,
see page 147.)
Hot Spare Limitations
● You can’t create a hot spare for RAID 0 logical drives, simple
volumes, or spanned volumes.
● You can’ t cr eat e a hot spar e fr om a disk drive that is already part of a
logical drive.
● You should select a disk drive that is at least as big as the largest disk
drive it might replace.
Dedicated Spare or Global Spare?
A global hot spare is not assigned to a specific logical drive and will
protect any logical drive on the contr oller (except RAID 0 logical
drives). You can designate a global hot spare before or after you build
logical drives on a controller; you can also designat e a global hot spare
while you ’re creating a logical drive. To designate a global hot spare, see
page 91.
A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives
and will only protect those logical drives. You must create the logical
drive before you can assign a dedicated hot spare. To assign a dedicated
hot spare, see page 92.
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Designating a Global Hot Spare
This section describes how to designate a global hot spare before or
after you build a logical drive.
Note: To designate a global hot spare while you’re creating a logical
drive, see Step 6 on page 53.
To designate a global hot spare:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a
global hot spare.
2 In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to
designate as a hot spare. (See Hot Spare Limitations on page 90 for
help selecting a disk drive.)
3
Click the
Create global hot-spare drive
button (shown at right)
.
A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive, indicating that it’s
designated as a hot spare. (A yellow plus sign indicates an error. See
What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean? on page 93 for help solving the
problem.)
Hot spare
Any other logical drives created on the controller will automatically
be protected by that global hot spare.
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Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare
A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives.
To assign a dedicated hot spare:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a
dedicated hot spare.
2 In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to
designate as a hot spare. (See Hot Spare Limitations on page 90 for
help selecting a disk drive.)
3 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Create de dicated hot-
spare drive for, then click the name of the logical drive. (In the
example below, the logical drive name is “Clients”.)
A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive, indicating that it’s
designated as a dedicated hot spare. (A yellow plus sign indicates an
error. See What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean? on page 93 for help
solving the problem.)
Hot spare
4 To use the same dedicated hot spare to protect another logical driv e,
repeat Step 2 and Step 3.
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What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean?
Icon Explanation Action
■ Healthy global or dedica te d
No action required.
hot spare
■ Hot spare is not assigned to
any logical drives
■ Hot spare is too small to
protect the logical drive(s) it’s
■ Create at least one logical
drive on the same controller
■ Designate larger disk drive as
hot spare
assigned to
■ Global hot spare was
designated before any logical
■ Create at least one logical
drive on the same controller
drives were built
■ Hot spare has been built into a
logical drive after disk drive
failure
■ Designate replacement or
other available disk drive as
new hot spare; remove ‘hot
spare’ designation from disk
drive (see below)
Removing a Hot Spare
You can remove a global hot spare or dedicated hot spare. You may want
to do this to:
● Make disk drive space available for a logical drive.
● Make a dedicated hot spare into a global hot spare or a global hot
spare into a dedicated hot spare.
● Remove the ‘hot spare’ designation from a disk drive that is no
longer being used as a hot spare. (When a hot spare is built into a
logical drive after a disk drive failure, it retains its ‘hot spare’
designation even though it can no longer protect the logical drives
it’s assigned to. See Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure on page 147
for more information.)
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To remove a hot spare:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller associated with the hot
spare.
2 In the Physical Devices View, click the hot spare.
3 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Delete hot-spare drive or
Delete dedicated hot-spare drive.
The hot spare is deleted, and the disk drive becomes available for
other uses in your storage space.
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Protecting Your Data
In this chapter...
Creating a Snapshot...........................................................................96
Enabling Copyback............................................................................98
This chapter describes two additional methods o f protecting the dat a on
your storage space, Snapshot and Copyback.
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Creating a Snapshot
Note: Snapshot is an upgrade feature; if the Snapshot feature is locked,
see Adding Enhanced Features on page 21 for information on
purchasing a feature key.
A snapshot is a frozen image of a logical drive at a particular point in
time. You can copy the data on one logical device to another logical
device by creating a snapshot. You may want to do this if you want t o
back up your data to tape, clone a drive, or copy the data to multiple
servers.
There are two snapshot options:
● Snapshot Backup—Copies all data on a logical drive so that it can be
moved from one server to another. See page 97.
● Snapshot Nobackup—Creates a temporary copy of a logical drive
for tape backup and reference (uses less system resources than
Snapshot Backup).
Snapshot Limitations
● You can create a snapshot of only one controller at a time; you can’t
create a snapshot that includes multiple controllers.
● The source logical drive (the logical drive that you’re copying) and
the target logical drive (the logical drive that you ’ r e copying to) must
be on the same controller.
● The source and target logical drives may have the same or different
RAID levels.
● You can create up to four snapshots on each controller.
● The size of the target logical drive must be greater than or equal to
the size of the source logical drive.
● You can’t modify any information on a snapshot.
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Creating a Snapshot with Backup
To create a snapshot with backup:
1 In the Logical Devices View, right-click the logical drive you want to
copy.
2 Select Create snapshot, click with backup to, then click the name of
the target logical drive.
The snapshot is created on the target logical drive. The
snapshot appears in Adaptec Storage Manager with a camera
icon beside it, as shown at right.
Creating a Snapshot Without Backup
To create a snapshot without backup:
1 In the Logical Devices View, right-click the logical drive you want to
copy.
2 Select Create snapshot, click without backup to, then click the name
of the target logical drive.
The snapshot is created on the target logical drive. The
snapshot appears in Adaptec Storage Manager with a camera
icon beside it, as shown at right.
3 Use an operating system-level or third-party data backup tool to
move the snapshot onto a tape drive or other server.
Deleting a Snapshot
When a snapshot is no longer needed, you can delete it from Adaptec
Storage Manager.
To delete a snapshot:
1 In the Logical Devices View, right-click the snapshot you want to
delete.
2 Click Remove snapshot.
The snapshot is deleted.
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Enabling Copyback
Note: Copyback is an upgrade feature; if the Copyback feature is
locked, see Adding Enhanced Features on page 21 for information on
purchasing a feature key.
When a logical drive is rebuilt using a hot spare (see page 148), data
from the failed drive is transferred to the hot spare. When copyback is
enabled, data is moved back to its original location once the controller
detects that the failed drive has been replaced. Once the data is copied
back, the hot spare becomes available again.
Copyback is disabled by default.
To enable copyback, right-click the controller, then click Enable or
Disable copy back mode. (The copyback setting is a toggle switch.)
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Monitoring Y our Storage Space
In this chapter...
Monitoring Options........................................................................100
Checking Activity in Your Storage Space........................................101
What Do the Status Icons Mean?....................................................102
Using Event Notifications to Monitor Status.................................103
Broadcasting Event Alerts to Users.................................................120
Silencing and Testing the Audible Alarm........................................121
Viewing Component Properties.....................................................122
This chapter describes how Adaptec Storage Manager helps you
monitor your storage space.
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