Dell 745N manual Enclosure Management

Properties

The Properties command displays controller attributes.

To view properties, perform the following steps:

1.Right-click the appropriate controller.

2.Click Properties.

A Controller Properties dialog box appears displaying Name, Vendor, Status, Type, Firmware Version, and Cache Size of the controller.

Enclosure Management

The PERC 4/DC and 4/SC controllers and Array Manager support storage enclosure management. Array Manager displays the properties of the enclosure's fans, power supply, and temperature probes. Array Manager also notifies you of enclosure status changes through events that are displayed on the Events tab and logged in the Windows Event Log.

NOTE: This section applies only to external storage configurations.

NOTE: PowerVault™ NAS systems support only PowerVault22xS storage enclosures attached to PERC 4/SC and 4/DC RAID controllers. No other RAID controllers or storage enclosures are supported.

Enclosure Components in the Tree View

When you expand a storage subsystem in the Array Manager tree view in the left pane, you see the controllers that are attached to the storage subsystem. You can expand the controller to display the controller's channels. Expanding an enclosure channel displays the enclosure's fans, power supply, and temperature probes. Each of these objects expands to display the individual fans, power supplies, and temperature probes within the enclosure.

Thermal Shutdown

Enclosure management provides a feature that automatically shuts down the operating system, the server, and the enclosure when the enclosure's temperature reaches dangerous temperature extremes. The temperature when shutdown occurs is determined by the enclosure temperature probe's Minimum Error Threshold and the Maximum Error Threshold. These thresholds are default settings that cannot be changed.

Enclosure Fans

The fans that are installed in the enclosure are displayed under Fans in the tree view in the left pane. You can select and expand Fans to display the individual fans and their status information in the right pane. You can also expand Fans to display the individual fans in the left page.

If you right-click the Fans object or an individual fan, a context menu is displayed with a Properties option.

Enclosure Power Supplies

The power supplies that are installed in the enclosure are displayed under Power Supplies in the tree view. Select Power Supplies in the left pane to display the individual power supplies and their status information in the right pane. You can also expand Power Supplies to display the individual power supplies in the left page.

If you right-click Power Supplies or an individual power supply, a context menu displays with a Properties option.

Enclosure Temperature Probes