Dot Hill Systems II 200 FC Maintaining Your Array, Using Software to Monitor and Manage the Array

CHAPTER 7

Maintaining Your Array

This chapter covers the following maintenance and troubleshooting topics:

■“Using Software to Monitor and Manage the Array” on page 7-1

■“Out-of-Band Connections” on page 7-2

■“In-Band Connections” on page 7-2

■“Other Supported Software” on page 7-2

■“Enabling VERITAS DMP” on page 7-3

■“The VERITAS Volume Manager ASL” on page 7-4

■“Battery Operation” on page 7-4

■“Viewing Event Logs on the Screen” on page 7-5

■“Upgrading Firmware” on page 7-7

■“Installing Firmware Upgrades” on page 7-7

■“Controller Firmware Upgrade Features” on page 7-7

■“Upgrading SES and PLD Firmware” on page 7-8

■“Replacing the Front Bezel and Ear Caps” on page 7-8

7.1Using Software to Monitor and Manage the Array

This section describes the software management tools available for monitoring and managing the FC, SATA, or SATA SE array with in-band connections.

Note – The SANscape CLI and the SANscape software can also be accessed through the Ethernet port for out-of-band management of the array. See “Setting Up Out-of- Band Management Over Ethernet” on page 4-28.

The following software management tools are provided with your array. The documentation CD provides the related user guides.

■SANscape provides centralized storage configuration, maintenance, and monitoring functions. Refer to the SANscape User’s Guide for in-band setup procedures.

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