NEC Express5800/R110d-1E Guide de l'utilisateur

Universal RAID Utility User's Guide Ver: 2.4 856-127900-605-B 2nd Edition Jun 2011 Copyright NEC C

10 Functional differences from previous version of Universal RAID Utility Ver2.31 and Ver2.4 The following features have been enhanced and changed f

100 Function that can be used in NEC ESMPRO Manager You can use the following functions ("Usable" is "") on NEC ESMPRO Mana

101 Changing of Settings of Universal RAID Utility This chapter describes how to change the settings of the Universal RAID Utility. Changing TC

102 Step 5 If complete to modify all of configuration files, start raidsrv service, raidsrv Agent service and eciService. Click [Start] - [Cont

103 Changing RAID System Management Mode at Start of RAID Viewer The RAID Viewer is started in the Standard Mode by default. The setting can be

104 Notes on Use of Universal RAID Utility This chapter describes the notes on use of the Universal RAID Utility. Operation Environment Use of

105 Installation / Uninstallation DistributedCOM event is registered during installing or uninstalling The following events might be registered

106 About the start when Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 library does not exist RAID Viewer fails in the start if it doesn&ap

11 System requirements This chapter describes system requirements of the Universal RAID Utility. Hardware Computers The computers can contain RAID

12 Runtime component of Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 library To use the RAID Viewer, the runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 lib

13 Others Resources Resource Windows Linux/VMware ESX Available Hard Disk Space 250MB or more (not include Microsoft .NET Framework Ver2.0, the ru

14 Setup of Universal RAID Utility This chapter describes installation and uninstallation of the Universal RAID Utility. Installation image Use the

15 Installation and Uninstallation This section describes the procedure of installation and uninstallation of Universal RAID Utility. kind Descript

16 Preparing installation (Windows) RAID Viewer and Log Viewer use Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 or higher and the runtime component of the M

17 CPU architecture Required component and its vendor x86/x64 [Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package ATL Security Update

18 Next, the wizard appears as shown in the figure to the right. Click [Install] to start the installation. Step 4 At the completio

19 If you need the addition of Universal RAID Utility, you must uninstall the previous version at first. In the following cases, it is necessary to

2 Trademarks NEC ESMPRO and NEC EXPRESSBUILDER are trademarks of NEC Corporation. Microsoft and its logo, Windows, W

20 Step 3 Uninstallation begins. A right screen is displayed while uninstalling it. Step 4 At the completion of the uninstallation

21 Preparing installation (Linux) You must prepare the following packages for using the Universal RAID Utility. If the following packages do not exi

22 Step 2 Log in to the computer with administrator authority to install Universal RAID Utility. Insert the install disk of operating system includ

23 If you need the addition of Universal RAID Utility, you must uninstall the previous version at first. In the following cases, it is necessary to

24 Starting or Stopping Universal RAID Utility This chapter describes the procedure of starting or stopping each module in the Universal RAID Utili

25 RAID Viewer Use [Start] menu to open the RAID Viewer. Click [Start], and point menu in order to [Programs], [Universal RAID Utility] and [RAID V

26 Log Viewer Use [Start] menu to open the Log Viewer. Click [Start], and point menu in order to [Programs], [Universal RAID Utility], [Log Viewer]

27 raidcmd raidcmd is command on console as "Command Prompt" in Windows and console (terminal) in Linux and VMware ESX. The raidcmd is exe

28 Standard and Advanced Modes The RAID Viewer and raidcmd can operate in two RAID System Management Modes, which are Standard Mode and Advanced Mod

29 RAID System Management Mode when startup RAID Viewer and raidcmd RAID Viewer RAID Viewer always starts with Standard Mode. You can change the RAI

3 Introduction This User’s Guide describes RAID System management utility "Universal RAID Utility" the version 2.4. This User's Guid

30 Functions of RAID Viewer This chapter describes the functions of the RAID Viewer. Structure of RAID Viewer As shown in the figure below, the RAI

31 Computer The first level node shows the computer in which the Universal RAID Utility operates. The computer icon indicates the status of the RAID

32 Logical Drive The Logical Drive node exists in the Disk Array node. A Logical Drive node equals a Logical Drive, and shows the number, ID, status

33 Operation View The Operation View indicates the status and results of operations executed in the computer after the RAID Viewer is started. Fig

34 When progress is frequently updated such as initializing a Logical Drive with extremely small capacity, the progress of [Status] might not be ab

35 Functions executable by RAID Controller Menu item Description [Create Logical Drive] Creates a Logical Drive in the selected RAID Controller. [C

36 [Help] menu [Help] menu includes the item of indicating the version and revision of the Universal RAID Utility and the version of the RAID Viewer

37 Functions of Log Viewer This chapter describes the functions of the Log Viewer. Structure of Log Viewer As shown in the figure below, the Log Vi

38 Log View The Log View indicates RAID System operation logs logged by the raidsrv service. You can view the following information on the Log View.

39 Menu Bar The Log Viewer has two menu items, or [File] and [Help] on the Menu Bar. Figure 7 Menu of Log Viewer The following describes each menu

4 Contents Overview ... 8 What

40 Functions of raidcmd This chapter describes the functions of the raidcmd. Command Line To use the raidcmd, specify a command and one or more pa

41 Referring to Information on RAID System This chapter describes how to see the configurations and status of RAID Systems and the RAID System oper

42 Item RAID Viewer Item raidcmd Description - Battery Status Indicates the status of the Battery installed in the RAID Controller. Three possible

43 Item RAID Viewer Description Status Indicates the status of the Battery installed in the RAID Controller. Three possible status are as follows:

44 Item RAID Viewer Item raidcmd Description Disk Array Information Disk Array Information Indicates the number of the Disk Array in which the Logica

45 Number of failed Physical Devices 0 1 2 3 or more RAID 0 Online Offline Offline Offline RAID 1 Online Degraded Offline - RAID 5 Online

46 Item RAID Viewer Item raidcmd Description Slot Slot Indicates the number of Slot inserted Physical Device. This value is a number beginning with

47 Referring to Property of Disk Array For the information on a Disk Array, see the property of the Disk Array. To display the property of Disk A

48 Updating Information of RAID System The management information of RAID System managed by the Universal RAID Utility is corrected by the raidsrv s

49 Configuration of RAID System This chapter describes the configuration of a RAID System by using the Universal RAID Utility. The Universal RAID

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50 Making Hot Spare The Universal RAID Utility can make a Hot Spare to be replaced with a Physical Device in which a failure occurs. Hot spares can

51 About Dedicated Hot Spare Dedicated Hot Spare is a Hot Spare for the specified Disk Arrays under a single RAID Controller. The Dedicated Hot Spar

52 Figure 13 Dedicated Hot Spare 3 Ex 4 : In case of the RAID System in Ex2, you can add more Dedicated Hot Spare likely Ex2. If you add the Dedicate

53 raidcmd Use "hotspare" command. Step 1 Execute "hotspare" command with –mr option and the following parameters. -c : Number

54 raidcmd Use "hotspare" command. Step 1 Execute "hotspare" command with -mr option and the following parameters. -c : Number

55 Configuring RAID System Easily The Universal RAID Utility supports the Easy Configuration function allowing configurations such as creating Logic

56 Step 4 In step 2/3, specify the number of Physical Devices used by Logical Drives (or the number of Physical Devices used for data storage) and

57 raidcmd Use "econfig" command. Step 1 Connect Physical Devices used for Easy Configuration to the RAID Controller at this timing if re

58 Physical Devices Available for Easy Configuration Only unused Physical Devices are available for Easy Configuration. Unused Physical Devices are

59 Ex.: If Physical Devices #1 - #7 can be used for Easy Configuration and two Logical Drives are created, Logical Drives #1 and #2 are created with

6 Operation Procedure of "Create Logical Drive - Custom Mode" ... 65 Disk

60 Items set for Logical Drive The values of other selection items set for a Logical Drive to be created are defined as shown in the table below. S

61 Ex.: If Physical Devices #1 - #7 are used in Easy Configuration to create two Logical Drives and a single Hot Spare, the Hot Spare will be the De

62 Creating Logical Drive Easily The Universal RAID Utility supports "Create Logical Drive - Simple Mode" in which a Logical Drive can be

63 Step 4 In step 2/3, select Physical Devices to be used to create the Logical Drive. If Physical Devices of different types exist in the RAID Con

64 Step 4 After the Logical Drive is created completely, the raidcmd terminates normally. The Logical Drive has been created completely. You can ch

65 Creating Logical Drive Freely The Universal RAID Utility supports "Create Logical Drive - Custom Mode" in which a Logical Drive can be

66 Step 4 If you click [Add] in the [Create Logical Drive (Custom)] dialog box, the [Register Logical Drive] wizard is started. In step 1/3, select

67 Step 6 In step 3/3, select the setting items of the Logical Drive to be registered. [Capacity] should be a value within the Capacity of the Logi

68 raidcmd Use "mkldc" command. A count of Logical Drive created by raidcmd is 1 at same time. Step 1 Connect Physical Devices used for a

69 Creating Logical Drives by "Create Logical Drive - Custom Mode" This section describes the information on Logical Drives to be created

7 Using "Advanced Mode" ...

70 Deleting Logical Drive The Universal RAID Utility can delete a Logical Drive becoming unnecessary.  The function of deleting a Logical Drive i

71 Maintenance of RAID System This chapter describes the maintenance of a RAID System using the Universal RAID Utility. Providing Patrol Read for P

72 Checking Result of Executing Patrol Read You can find the result of executing Patrol Read by checking the RAID Log of the Universal RAID Utility.

73 Checking Logical Drive Consistency The Consistency Check function checks the consistency between the data in the data area of a Logical Drive and

74 Executing Consistency Check for arbitrary Logical Drive The Universal RAID Utility makes a task for scheduled execution of Consistency Check so t

75 Stopping Consistency Check You can stop Consistency Check being executed on the way. The procedure of stopping Consistency Check is described bel

76 raidcmd Use "optctrl" command. Step 1 Execute "optctrl" command with -ccp option and the following parameters. -c : Number

77 Initializing Logical Drive The Initialize writes 0s into the entire area of a Logical Drive to erase the data saved in the Logical Drive. Use the

78 Step 3 After Initialize is started, the progress of the Initialize appears on the Operation View. At the completion of the Initialize, [Status]

79 Setting Initialize Priority You can set the priority at which Initialize is executed in the computer. The procedure of setting the Initialize Pri

8 Overview This chapter describes the overview of the Universal RAID Utility. What is Universal RAID Utility? The Universal RAID Utility enables RA

80 Changing Cache Mode of Logical Drive You can change the cache mode of Logical Drive. The setting of the cache mode of Logical Drive influences

81 Rebuilding Physical Device Rebuild means incorporation of a new Physical Device to a Logical Drive after a Physical Device is replaced with the n

82 Step 3 After the Rebuild is started, the raidcmd terminates normally. Check the execution status of the Rebuild by using "oplist" comm

83 Setting Rebuild Priority You can set the priority at which Rebuild is executed in the computer. The procedure of setting the Rebuild Priority is

84 Checking Location of Physical Device The locate function can be used when you want to know the slot to which a specific Physical Device appearing

85 Changing Status of Physical Device Forcibly The function of changing status of a Physical Device forcibly can be used when you want to change the

86 raidcmd Use "stspd" command. Step 1 Execute "stspd" command with -st option and the following parameters. -c : Number of th

87 raidcmd Use "stspd" command. Step 1 Execute "stspd" command with -st option and the following parameters. -c : Number of th

88 Troubleshooting RAID System This chapter describes the troubleshooting of a RAID System done by using the Universal RAID Utility. The Universal

89 Failure Detection Measures The Universal RAID Utility provides several fault detection measures as shown in Figure 21 Troubleshooting image of RA

9 Structure of Universal RAID Utility The Universal RAID Utility consists of the following modules:. The module that can be used is different dependi

90 Step 2 Click the RAID Controller containing the component in which the failure occurs. The click [Silence Buzzer] on the pull-down menu of menu

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92 Operation in no failures of Physical Devices If all Physical Devices used by a Logical Drive operates normally (with their [Status] being [Online]

93 Operation when redundancy of Logical Drive degraded or lost due to failure of Physical Device If one or more Physical Devices used by a Logical Dr

94 Operation when failed Physical Device is replaced to recover RAID System Using the RAID System continuously with the redundancy of a Logical Dri

95 Operation when the Logical Drive is offline due to failure of Physical Device If you continue to use the RAID System with lost redundancy of a Log

96 Monitoring Battery Status The Universal RAID Utility can monitor Battery status which the RAID Controller detects by the following means. RA

97 Monitoring Enclosure Status The Universal RAID Utility can monitor enclosure status which the RAID Controller detects by the following means.

98 Figure 27 Display of RAID Viewer / raidcmd (Detection of S.M.A.R.T. error) Tree View of RAID Viewer The status of the node of Physical Device

99 Management of RAID System using NEC ESMPRO Manager You can manage the RAID System managed Universal RAID Utility on NEC ESMPRO Manager by NE