Meridian Data 1 manual Viewing Subsystem Information, Setting an Alias for the Subsystem

•Viewing and Clearing event logs

•Viewing current Background activities

•Running Media Patrol

•Running PDM

•Viewing, Deleting and Scheduling activities

•Viewing, Setting, Renewing and Releasing the Lock status

Viewing Subsystem Information

To view information about a subsystem, click the Subsystem icon in Tree View. Management View displays the subsystem information.

Setting an Alias for the Subsystem

An alias is optional. To set an alias for this subsystem:

1.In Tree View, click the Subsystem icon.

2.In Management View, click the Settings tab.

2.Enter a name into the Alias field.

2.Maximum of 48 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words, and underscore.

4.Click the Submit button.

Setting Redundancy for the Subsystem

To set redundancy for this subsystem:

1.In Tree View, click the Subsystem icon.

2.In Management View, click the Settings tab.

3.In the Redundancy Type dropdown menu, select:

•Active-Active – Both RAID controllers are active and can share the load

•Active-Standby – One RAID controller is in standby mode and goes active if the other fails

4.Click the Submit button.

If you change Redundancy Type, be sure both controllers are properly installed in the subsystem before you restart.

If your subsystem has dual controllers and they are set to Active-Active, you can use the LUN Affinity feature.

Setting Subsystem Date and Time

To set a Date and Time for this subsystem:

1.In Tree View, click the Subsystem icon.

2.In Management View, click the Settings tab dropdown menu and select Date and Time Settings.

3.Under Subsystem Date, select the Month and Day from the dropdown menus.

4.Type the current year into the Year field.

5.Under Subsystem Time, select the Hour, Minutes and Seconds from the dropdown menus.

6.Click the Submit button.

Viewing the Runtime Event Log

Runtime Events lists information about the 1023 most recent runtime events recorded since the system was started. To view runtime events:

1.In Tree View, click the Subsystem icon.

2.In Management View, click the Events tab dropdown menu and select Runtime Events. Events are displayed by:

•Item Number – A consecutive decimal number assigned to a specific event

•Device – Battery, controller, logical drive, physical drive, port, etc.

•Event ID – The hexadecimal number that identifies the specific type of event

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