5-52 Installing and Using Utilities

Component

MTBF clear

 

Remote

Local

SCSI

To start the module/component forcibly

To start the module/component forcibly

Enclosure

after replacing a module or if MTBF

after replacing a module or if MTBF

 

became lower than the threshold due

became lower than the threshold due to

 

to malfunction and disabled the

malfunction and disabled the

 

module/component.

module/component.

 

Executable in the following module

Executable in the following module state

 

state (this can be viewed on manager

(this can be viewed on manager screen):

 

screen):

Only the red LED is on and the event

 

Broken

 

indicating that MTBF is lower than the

 

MTBF is lower than the threshold.

threshold is registered in the event log.

 

 

 

SCSI

Same as above

Same as above

Electronics

 

 

 

 

 

SCSI Slot

Same as above

Same as above

 

 

 

Remote: Executable from remote management PC by using NEC ESMPRO Manager

Local: Executable on local server by using ft server utility

–: Not support

Procedure in NEC ESMPRO Manager

Perform the procedure below before replacement of a component.

1.Select the target component in the [FTServer] tree.

2.Check the current state with the "State" display on the target component screen.

3.Click the [Clear] button in the [MTBF Clear] of the target component.

The MTBF clearing result can be confirmed by "State" on the target component screen. The result of the MTBF clearing operation is reported by the NEC Express5800/ft series as an alert.

4.Start the component.

Sample screen of NEC ESMPRO Manager

[Maintenance] screen of SCSI enclosure

[SCSI Enclosure] – [Maintenance]