Dell MD3220, MD3200 owner manual Starting or Stopping the Host Context Agent, Linux, Windows

•Changing a host type

MDSM automatically detects these changes for any host running the host agent software.

Starting or Stopping the Host Context Agent

The host context agent discovers the host topology. The host context agent starts and stops with the host. The topology discovered by the host context agent can be viewed by clicking Configure Host Access (Automatic) in the Configure tab in the MDSM.

You must stop and restart the host context agent to see the changes to the host topology if:

•A new storage array is attached to the host server.

•A host is added while turning on power to the RAID controller modules.

Linux

To start or stop the host context agent, enter the following command at the prompt:

SMagent start

SMagent stop

You stop and then restart SMagent after:

•Moving a controller offline or replacing a controller.

•Removing host-to-array connections from or attaching host-to-array connections to a Linux host server.

Windows

To start or stop the host context agent:

1Click Start→ Settings→ Control Pane→l Administrative Tools→ Services.

or

Click Start→ Administrative Tools→ Services.

2From the list of services, select Modular Disk Storage Manager Agent.

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