6-20 Installing and Using Utilities

Power Console Plus

Power Console Plus is a utility to control the RAID system of the disk array controller (MegaRAID controller) produced by LSI Logic. Use of Power Console Plus enables operations (e.g., monitoring and maintenance) of RAID systems that are constructed on local NEC Express servers and NEC Express servers connected through networks (TCP/IP). The operations can be done online on graphical screens without the system being stopped.

Major Functions

Power Console Plus has the following features:

„Supporting the Wizard function to facilitate configuration

„Enabling the change of RAID levels

„Being compatible with SAF-TE

„Supporting the performance monitor

„Supporting enclosure functions such as temperature monitoring, power monitoring, and fan monitoring

„Enabling the settings of Write, Read, and Cache policies for each logical drive

„Supporting the save and restore functions for configuration

„Enabling the display of the SCSI transfer rate

Components

Power Console Plus consists of the following five components:

„SNMP Agent

This function is not yet supported. Do not install SNMP Agent.

„MegaRAID Service Monitor

Enables NEC ESMPRO to monitor the MegaRAID controller by registering event logs. Install MegaRAID Service Monitor in the NEC Express server in which the MegaRAID controller is mounted.

„MegaRAID Client

Controls the RAID system on graphical screens. Install MegaRAID Client in the NEC Express server in which the MegaRAID controller mounted or in the management PC that is connected through the NEC Express server and network.

„MegaRAID Server

Enables control of the MegaRAID controller via the network. Install MegaRAID Server in the NEC Express server in which the MegaRAID controller mounted.