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... 51 Custom Configuration (Advanced 51 Including More Systems in Your Storage Space 55 Building a RAID Volume 56 RAID Controller Support 59 Managing Your Storage Space 59 7 Step 5: Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Logging In to Remote Systems 61 Creating Display Groups 63 Setting Preferences and Changing Views 65 Sorting Systems in the Enterprise View 65 Setting...
... 51 Custom Configuration (Advanced 51 Including More Systems in Your Storage Space 55 Building a RAID Volume 56 RAID Controller Support 59 Managing Your Storage Space 59 7 Step 5: Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Logging In to Remote Systems 61 Creating Display Groups 63 Setting Preferences and Changing Views 65 Sorting Systems in the Enterprise View 65 Setting...
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...Groups Adding a System to a Display Group 135 Viewing Display Group Status 136 Removing a System from a Display Group 136 Moving a System from One Display Group to Another 137 Renaming a Display Group 137 Deleting a Display Group 138 15 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives Rescanning a Controller 140 Registering New Controllers 140 Viewing Controller Properties 141 Saving Your Controller Configuration 141 Updating Controller... Failure in Multiple Logical Drives Simultaneously 149 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Logical Drive 149 Multiple Failures in the Same Logical Drive 150 ...
...Groups Adding a System to a Display Group 135 Viewing Display Group Status 136 Removing a System from a Display Group 136 Moving a System from One Display Group to Another 137 Renaming a Display Group 137 Deleting a Display Group 138 15 Managing Controllers and Disk Drives Rescanning a Controller 140 Registering New Controllers 140 Viewing Controller Properties 141 Saving Your Controller Configuration 141 Updating Controller... Failure in Multiple Logical Drives Simultaneously 149 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Logical Drive 149 Multiple Failures in the Same Logical Drive 150 ...
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About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on that helps you want to do this Guide), you can group disk drives into them as remote systems (see page 33). The agent is like a service that won't be connected ... running the agent only by logging into logical drives and build in your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. Chapter 2: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 17 About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is a software application that system. You can manage and monitor systems running . ...
About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on that helps you want to do this Guide), you can group disk drives into them as remote systems (see page 33). The agent is like a service that won't be connected ... running the agent only by logging into logical drives and build in your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers and disk drives. Chapter 2: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 17 About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is a software application that system. You can manage and monitor systems running . ...
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... or Administrative User on the system. (The Administrative User is identical to manage and modify the controllers, disk drives, and logical drives that are part of the local Administrators group, which can, in a Domain configuration, include Domain Administrators.) ● Linux-Enter root for ...log in as an Administrator allows you full access to your storage space. Step 2: Starting Adaptec Storage Manager ● 35 Understanding Permission Levels When you log in to Adaptec Storage Manager, your permission level is any member of your operating system permission level. Note: ...
... or Administrative User on the system. (The Administrative User is identical to manage and modify the controllers, disk drives, and logical drives that are part of the local Administrators group, which can, in a Domain configuration, include Domain Administrators.) ● Linux-Enter root for ...log in as an Administrator allows you full access to your storage space. Step 2: Starting Adaptec Storage Manager ● 35 Understanding Permission Levels When you log in to Adaptec Storage Manager, your permission level is any member of your operating system permission level. Note: ...
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... provide the fully distinguished account name. To set up NDS group membership: 1 Create and populate an NDS group for storage administration. Limited user access is based on NDS group membership. When logging into Adaptec Storage Manager, NDS users must reside within the same NDS ...tree as the server running the Adaptec Storage Manager agent. 2 Install Adaptec Storage Manager. 3 Restrict authentication to the new group by adding this entry to configure NetWare user authentication. Note: The group must be defined within the NetWare Bindery context of -box...
... provide the fully distinguished account name. To set up NDS group membership: 1 Create and populate an NDS group for storage administration. Limited user access is based on NDS group membership. When logging into Adaptec Storage Manager, NDS users must reside within the same NDS ...tree as the server running the Adaptec Storage Manager agent. 2 Install Adaptec Storage Manager. 3 Restrict authentication to the new group by adding this entry to configure NetWare user authentication. Note: The group must be defined within the NetWare Bindery context of -box...
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All the controllers on those systems are also listed in the Enterprise View. (See Logging In ...Menu Bar Tool Bar Status Bar Event Viewer Resize the panels and scroll horizontally or vertically as required, to group related local and remote systems together in the Enterprise View. Using Enterprise View The Enterprise View is an ... Note: See Creating Display Groups on ) and any remote systems that you're logged in to the other features shown below. Step 3: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager ● 40 Navigating the Main Window The main window of Adaptec Storage Manager has three main...
All the controllers on those systems are also listed in the Enterprise View. (See Logging In ...Menu Bar Tool Bar Status Bar Event Viewer Resize the panels and scroll horizontally or vertically as required, to group related local and remote systems together in the Enterprise View. Using Enterprise View The Enterprise View is an ... Note: See Creating Display Groups on ) and any remote systems that you're logged in to the other features shown below. Step 3: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager ● 40 Navigating the Main Window The main window of Adaptec Storage Manager has three main...
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... disk drive shaded half light/half dark blue (as described in light blue is a group of physical disk drives that controller appear in the Logical Devices View. (A logical drive is not part of a logical ... how the disk drives are displayed, as shown at right has RAID 1. Using Logical Devices View When you select a controller in the Enterprise View, information about the logical drives and arrays ...at once. For more information, see Understanding Logical Drives on page 42. Step 3: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager ● 42 Hold your cursor over any logical drive to see its status, ...
... disk drive shaded half light/half dark blue (as described in light blue is a group of physical disk drives that controller appear in the Logical Devices View. (A logical drive is not part of a logical ... how the disk drives are displayed, as shown at right has RAID 1. Using Logical Devices View When you select a controller in the Enterprise View, information about the logical drives and arrays ...at once. For more information, see Understanding Logical Drives on page 42. Step 3: Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager ● 42 Hold your cursor over any logical drive to see its status, ...
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... Manager automatically creates logical drives by Adaptec Storage Manager and automatically maximizes the capacity of physical disk drives in a logical drive: ● A logical drive with three or more information about RAID levels. Note: To create a logical drive with any other RAID level, you group disk drives, set by grouping together same-sized physical disk drives...
... Manager automatically creates logical drives by Adaptec Storage Manager and automatically maximizes the capacity of physical disk drives in a logical drive: ● A logical drive with three or more information about RAID levels. Note: To create a logical drive with any other RAID level, you group disk drives, set by grouping together same-sized physical disk drives...
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... Adaptec RAID controllers ● Linux-up to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers ● NetWare-up to monitor, manage, and modify your changing needs, then create logical drives by repeating the steps in the rest of RAID controllers supported by Adaptec Storage Manager varies, depending on your storage space easier and more effective, continue with Display Groups on page 134 ● Managing Controllers...
... Adaptec RAID controllers ● Linux-up to 12 Adaptec RAID controllers ● NetWare-up to monitor, manage, and modify your changing needs, then create logical drives by repeating the steps in the rest of RAID controllers supported by Adaptec Storage Manager varies, depending on your storage space easier and more effective, continue with Display Groups on page 134 ● Managing Controllers...
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...chapter are optional. Logging In to Remote Systems 61 Creating Display Groups 63 Setting Preferences and Changing Views 65 Customizing the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent 67 You can customize Adaptec Storage Manager to make managing your storage space easier and more ...effective: ● Log in this chapter... Note: The tasks described in to other systems on your network to view and manage all your controllers, disk drives, and logical drives from your local system (see page 61). ● Create display groups...
...chapter are optional. Logging In to Remote Systems 61 Creating Display Groups 63 Setting Preferences and Changing Views 65 Customizing the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent 67 You can customize Adaptec Storage Manager to make managing your storage space easier and more ...effective: ● Log in this chapter... Note: The tasks described in to other systems on your network to view and manage all your controllers, disk drives, and logical drives from your local system (see page 61). ● Create display groups...
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... manage the remote system, select it in the Enterprise View under the group name. Adaptec Storage Manager connects to the remote system and adds it to a display group. 2 Select Change display group, then click New group. For more effective. Systems in a display group appear together in the Enterprise View and enter your user name and password...
... manage the remote system, select it in the Enterprise View under the group name. Adaptec Storage Manager connects to the remote system and adds it to a display group. 2 Select Change display group, then click New group. For more effective. Systems in a display group appear together in the Enterprise View and enter your user name and password...
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The display group is created and the system you selected in Step 1 is added to the display group, right-click on that system in the Enterprise View, select Change display group, then click the display group name. Step 5: Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager ● 64 3 Enter a name for the new display group, then click OK. The system is added to it. 4 To add another system to the display group.
The display group is created and the system you selected in Step 1 is added to the display group, right-click on that system in the Enterprise View, select Change display group, then click the display group name. Step 5: Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager ● 64 3 Enter a name for the new display group, then click OK. The system is added to it. 4 To add another system to the display group.
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Setting Preferences and Changing Views You can belong to sort systems in multiple display groups. Step 5: Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager ● 65 Display groups are sorted alphabetically and appear in the Enterprise View below ). ● Selecting the standard unit of measure shown for disk drives (see ... bar or status bar from the main window, or turning off the Tool Tips (see page 66). you can set Adaptec Storage Manager to only one display group at a time; Sorting Systems in the Enterprise View You can 't include the same system in the Enterprise View alphabetically or...
Setting Preferences and Changing Views You can belong to sort systems in multiple display groups. Step 5: Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager ● 65 Display groups are sorted alphabetically and appear in the Enterprise View below ). ● Selecting the standard unit of measure shown for disk drives (see ... bar or status bar from the main window, or turning off the Tool Tips (see page 66). you can set Adaptec Storage Manager to only one display group at a time; Sorting Systems in the Enterprise View You can 't include the same system in the Enterprise View alphabetically or...
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.... It is possible to include the same disk drive in two different logical drives by assigning one or more disk drives and can change its RAID level or increase its capacity to meet changing requirements. A disk drive with two segments is part of two logical drives, and so on. When a... that can include all of each , as illustrated below. Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares ● 74 Understanding Logical Drives A logical drive is a group of physical disk drives that appears to your logical drives by using just a portion of the space on the disk drive in each disk drive...
.... It is possible to include the same disk drive in two different logical drives by assigning one or more disk drives and can change its RAID level or increase its capacity to meet changing requirements. A disk drive with two segments is part of two logical drives, and so on. When a... that can include all of each , as illustrated below. Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares ● 74 Understanding Logical Drives A logical drive is a group of physical disk drives that appears to your logical drives by using just a portion of the space on the disk drive in each disk drive...
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To create display groups, see Creating Display Groups on page 63. Adding a System to a Display Group 135 Viewing Display Group Status 136 Removing a System from a Display Group 136 Moving a System from One Display Group to Another 137 Renaming a Display Group 137 Deleting a Display Group 138 This chapter describes how to work with Display Groups In this chapter... 14 Working with and manage display groups in Adaptec Storage Manager.
To create display groups, see Creating Display Groups on page 63. Adding a System to a Display Group 135 Viewing Display Group Status 136 Removing a System from a Display Group 136 Moving a System from One Display Group to Another 137 Renaming a Display Group 137 Deleting a Display Group 138 This chapter describes how to work with Display Groups In this chapter... 14 Working with and manage display groups in Adaptec Storage Manager.
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you can add new systems to your storage space grows and changes, you can belong to only one display group at a time; Note: A system can 't include the same system in the Enterprise View. 2 Select Change display group, then click the display group name. To add a system to the display group. Chapter 14: Working with Display Groups ● 135 Adding a System to a Display Group As your display groups. The system is added to a display group: 1 Right-click on the system in multiple display groups.
you can add new systems to your storage space grows and changes, you can belong to only one display group at a time; Note: A system can 't include the same system in the Enterprise View. 2 Select Change display group, then click the display group name. To add a system to the display group. Chapter 14: Working with Display Groups ● 135 Adding a System to a Display Group As your display groups. The system is added to a display group: 1 Right-click on the system in multiple display groups.
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... Enterprise View, right-click the system you can open the display group Properties window. Removing a System from a Display Group To remove a system from the display group. Note: Systems that are not part of display groups are listed at the top of systems within a display group, you want to that belong to remove. 2 Select Change display...
... Enterprise View, right-click the system you can open the display group Properties window. Removing a System from a Display Group To remove a system from the display group. Note: Systems that are not part of display groups are listed at the top of systems within a display group, you want to that belong to remove. 2 Select Change display...
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... View, right-click the system you want to its new display group. To rename a display group: 1 In the Enterprise View, right-click on the display group, then click Rename display group. 2 Enter a new name for the display group, then click OK. The Enterprise View shows the new name of... the display group you want . Renaming a Display Group You can make managing your storage space easier...
... View, right-click the system you want to its new display group. To rename a display group: 1 In the Enterprise View, right-click on the display group, then click Rename display group. 2 Enter a new name for the display group, then click OK. The Enterprise View shows the new name of... the display group you want . Renaming a Display Group You can make managing your storage space easier...
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The display group is deleted and the systems that belonged to it are no longer grouped together in the Enterprise View. Chapter 14: Working with Display Groups ● 138 Deleting a Display Group If required, you delete the display group, the systems that belonged to it are listed at the top of the Enterprise View, above any remaining display groups. To delete a display group: 1 In the Enterprise View, right-click on the display group. 2 Click Delete display group. When you can delete a display group.
The display group is deleted and the systems that belonged to it are no longer grouped together in the Enterprise View. Chapter 14: Working with Display Groups ● 138 Deleting a Display Group If required, you delete the display group, the systems that belonged to it are listed at the top of the Enterprise View, above any remaining display groups. To delete a display group: 1 In the Enterprise View, right-click on the display group. 2 Click Delete display group. When you can delete a display group.
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... drive with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can create a RAID 0 drive segment of 250 GB, for the volume, as shown below. If a disk drive is limited to an equal-sized group of only one logical device at a time. Disk Drive 3 3 999 7 ... A disk drive... can be part of independent disks, a RAID 0 logical drive provides improved I/O performance. Drive segment size is not part of a logical drive)...
... drive with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can create a RAID 0 drive segment of 250 GB, for the volume, as shown below. If a disk drive is limited to an equal-sized group of only one logical device at a time. Disk Drive 3 3 999 7 ... A disk drive... can be part of independent disks, a RAID 0 logical drive provides improved I/O performance. Drive segment size is not part of a logical drive)...