Sun Microsystems X6250 Managing RAID Using the StorageTek RAID Manager, Using Intel NIC Teaming

Managing RAID Using the StorageTek RAID Manager

For Sun servers with an Adaptec-based internal RAID controller, you can use the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager graphical user interface (GUI), Command Line Interface (CLI) or the Adaptec Configuration Utility to build your storage space.

■The Sun StorageTek RAID Manager software is an application that helps you build a storage space for your online data. Your storage space can include direct- attached or internal RAID storage. With the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager software, you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in redundancy to protect your data and improve system performance. You can also use the software to monitor and manage all the HBAs, enclosures, and disk drives in your storage space from a single location.

■The Adaptec Configuration Utility is a BIOS-based utility that enables you to create and manage controllers, disk drives and other devices, and arrays using the integrated RAID controller (Adaptec-based). If you use the BIOS Configuration Utility to create arrays, the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager GUI detects those arrays and displays them as logical drives in the GUI.

■The arrconf command-line interface (CLI) can be used with the Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA to perform many of the same tasks provided with the StorageTek RAID Manager GUI.

Available documentation for the above components may be found on the Sun documentation web site at:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/dsk-cntrl

Using Intel NIC Teaming

Intel® PROSet for Windows Device Manager is an extension to the Windows Device Manager. When you install the NIC Teaming supplemental software for your Sun Blade X6250 server module, Intel PROSet software configuration tabs are automatically added to the network adapters listed in Device Manager.

▼To Access Intel NIC Teaming Configuration Settings

To access the functions available for your server’s network interface, do the following:

1.From the Taskbar, click Start, and then click Run. The run dialog box is displayed.

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