Hitachi 9900 manual Lightning 9970V system single- cabinet storage system

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Figure 11 – A Lightning 9970V system single- cabinet storage system.

Lightning 9900 V Series systems have both a predictive maintenance and a failure alert system.

The System Monitoring Network of the Lightning 9900 V Series

Lightning 9900 V Series systems are designed with a system-monitoring network. The system-monitoring cables are connected to all cabinets in Lightning 9900 V Series systems, and they report a variety of system parameters, such as component failure, fan speed, power, voltages, and temperature, to ensure trouble-free operation. This network not only provides for efficient predictive maintenance (replacing a component before it fails), but also for the failure alert system to expedite system repair after a component has failed. This information is passed to the Control Frame, where it can be viewed either locally by the Service Processor (SVP) or remotely by the Hitachi Resource Manager™ storage package across a private LAN on a UNIX® or Microsoft® Windows NT® console. Users can view failure information via SNMP or IBM® S/390® SIMs. System status and alerts are also sent to Hitachi Data Systems Customer Support Centers via the Hi-Track®“call-home” software facility.

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