Starting or Restarting the Host-Agent Software in Windows

The SMagent software automatically starts after you reboot the host. If you add a storage array after the host server has started, or if iSCSI sessions are created while the SMagent is running, you must restart the SMagent software manually using the following procedure:

1Click Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Services.

or

Click Start Administrative Tools Services.

2In the Services dialog, select Modular Disk Storage Manager Agent.

3If the Modular Disk Storage Manager Agent is running, click Action Stop, then wait approximately 5 seconds.

4Click Action Start.

Starting or Restarting the Host-Agent Software in Linux

The SMagent software automatically starts after you reboot the host. If you add a storage array after the host server has started, or if iSCSI sessions are created while the SMagent is running, you must restart the SMagent software manually using the following procedure.

To start or restart the host-agent software, enter the following command at the prompt:

SMagent start

The SMagent software might take a little time to initialize. The cursor is shown, but the terminal window does not respond. When the program starts, the following message is displayed:

SMagent started.

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Dell Computer Drive manual Starting or Restarting the Host-Agent Software in Windows

Computer Drive specifications

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