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Galaxy 65 User Guide
Part No. 43061-02A
Issue 2-0
January 13, 2004
Contents
Main
Notices
Contents
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Preface
International Standards
Potential for Radio Frequency Interference
European Regulations
Safety
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Battery Safety
Laser Safety
Rack System Precautions
ESD Precautions
Data Security
Special Tools and Equipment
Related Documentation
Conventions
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1.2 The Enclosure Core Product
1.2.1 Enclosure Chassis
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1.3 The Plug-in Modules
1.3.1 Power Supply/Cooling Module
1.3.1.1 Multiple Power Supply/Cooling Modules
1.3.2 Operators Panel
1.3.2.1 Ops Panel Indicators and Switches
1.3.3 Loop Resiliency Circuit Input/Output Module (FC-AL)
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1.3.4 Drive Carrier Module
1.3.4.1 Drive Status Indicators
1.3.4.2 Anti-tamper Locks
1.3.5 Dummy Carrier Modules
1.4 Visible and Audible Alarms
1.5 Installing your Galaxy 65 Subsystem
1.6 Galaxy 65 Technical Specification
Tower:
1.6.3 AC Power (450W PSU)
1.6.1 Dimensions
1.6.4 PSU Safety and EMC Compliance
1.6.5 Power Cord
1.6.6 Environment
1.6.7 Interfaces
1.6.8 Drive Carrier Module Specification
see SFP manufacturers specification. Expansion SFP Cable length: as above
1.6.9 Galaxy 65 FC-AL LRC I/O Module Specification
1.6.10 RAID Card 1.6.11 Software Enclosure Services (SES) Support
Chapter 2
Operation
2.1 Before You Begin
2.2 Power On
2.2.1 Power Supply/Cooling Module LEDs
2.3 Ops Panel LEDs
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2.4 Starting the Drives
2.4.1 Disk Drives LEDs
2.5 Power Up/Down
Chapter 3
Galaxy 65 RAID Management
3.1 Managing Arrays and Partitions Using SAM
3.2 Managing Arrays
3.3 Viewing Array and Drive Status Information
3.3.1 Viewing Array and Partition Statistics
3.3.1.1 Resetting All Statistics
3.3.2 Verifying an Array
3.3.2.1 Stopping the Array Verification Process
3.3.3 Changing Array Ownership
3.3.4 Changing an Array Name
3.3.5 Trusting an Array
3.3.6 Deleting an Array
3.4 Managing Partitions
3.4.1 Viewing Partition Status Information
3.4.2 Changing a Partition Name
3.4.3 Changing a Partition LUN
3.4.4 Controlling Partition Access
3.4.4.1 Viewing Known WWNs
3.4.4.2 Creating Nicknames for Host WWNs
To add a new host that is not listed To change a host nickname that is listed
3.4.4.3 Configuring InfoShield
3.4.5 Changing the Read-Ahead Cache Size
3.4.6 Deleting a Partition
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Chapter 4
System Status
4.1 Monitoring System Status Using SAM
4.2 Setting Up Remote Notification
4.2.1 Starting and Stopping Remote Notification
4.2.2 Setting Up the Events to be Monitored
4.2.3 Setting Up the E-mail Addresses
4.3 Saving Log Information to a File
4.4 Displaying Overall Statistics
4.4.1 Resetting the All Statistics
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Chapter 5
Configuring the Galaxy 65 System
5.1 Configuring the LAN-related Settings
5.1.1 Configuring the Telnet Timeout
5.1.2 Configuring the SNMP Settings
5.1.3 Configuring the System Information
5.1.4 Setting Passwords
5.1.5 Configuring the Security Options
5.2 Changing the Date and Time
5.3 Understanding LUNs and Viewing LUN Information
5.3.1 Viewing LUN Information
5.4 Changing Management LUNs
5.5 Changing the Alarm Mute Setting
5.6 Controlling Host Access to the Galaxy 65s Write-back Cache Setting
Galaxy 65 Subsystem internal temperature
5.7 Enabling and Disabling the Battery
5.8 Changing the Utility Priority
5.9 Rescanning All Ports
5.10 Pausing I/O
5.11 Saving and Restoring a Configuration File
5.11.1 Saving a Configuration File
5.11.2 Restoring a Configuration File
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5.12 Viewing and Restoring Default Settings
5.12.1 Viewing Default Settings
5.12.2 Restoring Default Settings
5.13 Updating Software
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Chapter 6
Managing Disk Drives & Enclosures
6.1 Managing Disk Drives
6.1.1 Displaying Disk Drive Information
6.1.1.1 Displaying All Devices
6.1.1.2 Viewing Disk Drive Status
6.1.2 Clearing Metadata from a Disk Drive
6.1.3 Enabling and Disabling Write-back Cache
6.1.4 Displaying Disk Drive Cache Status
6.1.5 Enabling and Disabling SMART Changes
6.1.6 Blinking a Drive LED
6.1.7 Taking Down a Disk Drive
6.1.8 Testing a Disk Drive
6.2 Managing Enclosures
6.2.1 Setting the EMP LUN
6.2.2 Changing the Additional EMP Setting
Chapter 7
Troubleshooting and Problem Solving
7.1 Overview
7.1.1 Initial Start-up Problems
7.1.1.1 Faulty Cords
7.1.1.2 Alarm Sounds On Power Up
7.2 LEDs
7.2.1 Power Supply/Cooling Module
7.2.2 Ops Panel
7.3 Audible Alarm
7.3.1 Audible Alarm Mute
7.4 Troubleshooting
7.4.1 System Faults
7.4.2 Power Supply/Cooling Faults
7.4.3 Thermal Control
7.4.4 Thermal Alarm
7.5 Drive Carrier Module Faults
7.5.1 Dummy Carrier Modules
7.5.2 Auto Start Failure
7.6 Dealing with Hardware Faults
7.7 Continuous Operation During Replacement
7.8 Problems Accessing the Galaxy 65 Subsystem Using the Ethernet Port
7.9 Host Fibre Channel Problems
7.10 Array Problems
7.10.1 Changing the Backoff Percent Using SAM
7.10.2 Changing the Backoff Percent Using the Disk Array Administrator
7.11 Galaxy 65 Subsystem Problems
7.12 Replacing a Module
7.12.1 Power Supply/Cooling Modules
7.12.1.1 Removing a PSU Module
7.12.1.2 Inserting the Module
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7.12.2 Ops Panel
7.12.3 Storage Manager Module
7.12.3.1 Removing the Module
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7.12.4 Insertion/Removal of SFP Modules
7.12.5 Battery Replacement
7.12.6 Drive Carrier Module
7.12.6.1 Removal and Replacement
7.13 Problems During Startup (When Using the Disk Array Administrator)
7.14 Terminal Emulator and COM Port Problems
7.15 Warning and Error Events
7.15.1 Warnings
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7.15.2 Errors
7.16 Setting Up and Viewing the Debug Log
7.16.1 Summary of Debug Log Capabilities
7.16.2 Collecting Debug Logs
7.16.2.1 SAM: Manage/Utilities/Debug Utilities/Save Debug Logs/Save Log Files
7.16.2.2 Disk Array Administrator on Controller A: Utilities Menu
7.16.3 Configuring Debug Logs
7.16.4 Using SAM to Set Up and View the Debug Log
7.16.5 Using the Disk Array Administrator to Set Up Debug Logging
7.17 Using the Loader Diagnostics Menu
7.18 Using the Loader Utility Menu
7.19 Understanding Disk-related Errors
7.19.1 Disk Errors
7.19.2 Disk Channel Errors
7.19.3 Voltage and Temperature Errors and Warnings
7.20 Slow Write Performance
7.21 Spare Parts and Ancillary Items
7.22 Upgrading Your LRC I/O Modules
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Appendix A
Array Basics
A.1 Array Types
A.1.1 RAID 0 (Striped Disks)
A.1.2 RAID 1, RAID 10 (Mirrored Disks)
A.1.3 RAID 3
A.1.4 RAID 4
A.1.5 RAID 5
A.1.6 RAID 50
A.1.7 Volume Sets
A.2 Comparing RAID Levels
A.3 Mixing Disks from Different Manufacturers or with Different Capacities
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Appendix B
Accessing Disk Array Administrator Software
B.1 Accessing the Disk Array Administrator Using the RS-232 Serial Port
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B.2.2 Accessing the Disk Array Software Using the Ethernet Port
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B.3 Navigating the Disk Array Administrator Software
B.3.1 Changing the Screen Display
Accessing DAM
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B.3.2 Disk Array Administrator Menu Tree
Figure 21 Menu Tree (sheet 1)
Galaxy 65 User Guide
Figure 22 Menu Tree (sheet 2)
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Appendix C
Creating and Managing Arrays & Partitions
C.1 Creating Arrays
C.1.1 Creating a Single-Partition Array
The Enter Array Name screen displays.
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C.1.2 Creating a Multiple-Partition Array
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C.2 Managing Arrays
C.2.1 Viewing Array and Drive Status Information
C.2.1.1 Viewing Array Status
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C.2.1.2 Viewing Drive Status
C.2.2 Stopping the Array Initialization Process
C.2.3 Adding a Partition
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C.2.4 Verifying an Array
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C.2.4.1 Viewing Verification Status
C.2.4.2 Stopping the Verification
C.2.5 Reconstructing an Array
C.2.6 Expanding Array Capacity
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C.2.6.1 Viewing Expand Status
C.2.7 Changing an Array Name
C.2.8 Changing Array Ownership
C.2.9 Trusting an Array
C.2.10 Deleting an Array
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C.3 Managing Partitions
C.3.1 Understanding Partitions
Free space
Partition 1 Free space
C.3.2 Viewing Partition Status Information
C.3.2.1 Viewing Partition Status
Partition 1 Partition 2 Partition 3 Partition 4 Partition 5
Partition 1 Partition 2 Partition 3 Partition 4 Partition 5 Free space
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C.3.2.2 Viewing Partition Statistics
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C.3.2.3 Resetting Partition Statistics
C.3.3 Expanding a Partition
C.3.4 Changing a Partition Name
C.3.5 Changing a Partition LUN
C.3.6 Changing the Read-Ahead Cache Size
C.3.7 Enabling or Disabling Write-back Cache
C.3.8 Controlling Partition Access
C.3.8.1 Viewing Known WWNs
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C.3.8.2 Creating Nicknames for Host WWNs
C.3.8.3 Configuring InfoShield
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C.3.8.4 Changing All Partitions to Include All Hosts
C.3.9 Deleting a Partition
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Appendix D
Monitoring System Status
D.1 Introduction
D.2 Displaying the Event Log
D.2.1 Viewing the Most Recent Event
D.2.2 Viewing One Event at a Time
D.2.3 Viewing a Whole Screen of Events
D.2.4 Capturing the Event Log
D.3 Displaying Module Status Information
D.4 Displaying Hardware and Configuration Information
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D.5 Capturing the Event Log, Hardware, and Configuration Information
D.6 Displaying Drive Errors and Resetting Error Statistics
D.7 Displaying Overall Statistics
D.7.1 Resetting Overall Statistics
Appendix E
Managing Spares
E.1 Managing Dedicated Spares
E.1.1 Adding a Dedicated Spare
E.1.2 Deleting a Dedicated Spare
E.2 Enabling Dynamic Spares
E.3 Managing the Spare Pool
E.3.1 Adding a Spare to the Spare Pool
E.3.2 Deleting a Spare from the Spare Pool
E.3.3 Displaying the Spare Pool
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Appendix F
Managing Disk Drives and Enclosures
F.1 Managing Disk Drives
F.1.1 Displaying Drive Information
F.1.1.1 Displaying All Drives
F.1.1.2 Viewing Drive Status
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F.1.1.3 Displaying Drive Errors and Resetting Error Statistics
F.1.2 Clearing Metadata from a Drive
F.1.3 Enabling and Disabling Write-back Cache
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F.1.4 Displaying Disk Cache Status
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F.1.5 Enabling and Disabling SMART Changes
F.1.6 Blinking a Drive LED
F.1.7 Taking Down a Drive
F.1.8 Testing a Drive
F.2 Managing Enclosures
F.2.1 Setting the EMP LUN
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F.2.2 Changing the Additional EMP Setting
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Appendix G
Configuring the Galaxy 65 Subsystem
G.1 Shutting Down and Restarting the Storage Manager Module
G.1.1 Shutting Down and Restarting the Current SM Module
G.1.2 Shutting Down the Other SM Module
G.1.3 Shutting Down Both SM Modules
G.1.4 Other Controller Menu
G.2 Changing the Date and Time
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G.3 Configuring the Host Channels
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G.4 Understanding LUNs and Viewing LUN Information
G.4.1 Viewing LUN Information
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G.5 Configuring the FC Disk Channels
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G.6 Changing the Alarm Mute Setting
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G.7 Locking the Cache Setting
G.8 Enabling and Disabling the Battery
G.9 Changing the Utility Priority
G.10 Rescanning All Channels
G.11 Pausing I/O
G.12 Restoring Default Settings
G.13 Updating Firmware
G.13.1 Updating the SM, SM Loader and Memory Controller Firmware
G.13.2 Updating LAN Firmware
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Appendix H
LAN Configuration
H.1 Configuring the SM for TCP/IP
H.2 Configuring the LAN Settings
H.2.1 Configuring the IP Settings
H.2.2 Configuring the FTP Settings
H.2.3 Configuring the Telnet Settings
H.2.4 Configuring the SNMP Settings
H.2.5 Configuring the Contact Settings
H.2.6 Configuring the HTTP Settings
H.2.7 Configuring the Security Options
H.2.8 Resetting the LAN Subsystem
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