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... Product description The AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software consists of the storage-system and server software below. Shared storage control - Storage-system software component FLARE® Operating Environment, which includes:...AX100 support website* PowerPath for Novell NetWare** PowerPath for Sun Solaris** * For information on accessing the AX100 support website, refer to the support information that shipped with your storage system. ** AX150SCi and AX150i storage systems do not support Novell Netware and Sun Solaris operating systems. 2 EMC AX100...
... Product description The AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software consists of the storage-system and server software below. Shared storage control - Storage-system software component FLARE® Operating Environment, which includes:...AX100 support website* PowerPath for Novell NetWare** PowerPath for Sun Solaris** * For information on accessing the AX100 support website, refer to the support information that shipped with your storage system. ** AX150SCi and AX150i storage systems do not support Novell Netware and Sun Solaris operating systems. 2 EMC AX100...
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Product description FLARE Operating Environment software FLARE Operating Environment (OE) software controls the operation of the AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i disk-array storage systems. AX100SC and AX100SCi storage systems ship with a complete copy of the software for the AX100SC and AX100SCi storage processor (SP). Navisphere Express EMC Navisphere Express is a storage-system-based management utility...
Product description FLARE Operating Environment software FLARE Operating Environment (OE) software controls the operation of the AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i disk-array storage systems. AX100SC and AX100SCi storage systems ship with a complete copy of the software for the AX100SC and AX100SCi storage processor (SP). Navisphere Express EMC Navisphere Express is a storage-system-based management utility...
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... Red Hat Linux server SUSE Linux server NetWare client Solaris client 8 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes EMC recommends using a 1 GHz CPU, with small fonts. FLARE requirements Storage-system type AX100SC or AX100SCi AX100 or AX100i Minimum hardware requirements • 1 SP • 1 power supply • 1 non-volatile cache card...
... Red Hat Linux server SUSE Linux server NetWare client Solaris client 8 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes EMC recommends using a 1 GHz CPU, with small fonts. FLARE requirements Storage-system type AX100SC or AX100SCi AX100 or AX100i Minimum hardware requirements • 1 SP • 1 power supply • 1 non-volatile cache card...
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...043 Solution: Fixed the System Fault LED so that causes the storage system to the host when the condition described occurs. 10 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 043 Solution: Storage system now consistently enables the read ...Solution: Fixed iSCSI cluster and congestion issues. Hardware problems fixed in version 02.19.100.5.043 Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Heavy host I /O from reaching FLARE, which causes the storage system to the storage system causes a cache resource problem, which prevents the front-end ports...
...043 Solution: Fixed the System Fault LED so that causes the storage system to the host when the condition described occurs. 10 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 043 Solution: Storage system now consistently enables the read ...Solution: Fixed iSCSI cluster and congestion issues. Hardware problems fixed in version 02.19.100.5.043 Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Heavy host I /O from reaching FLARE, which causes the storage system to the storage system causes a cache resource problem, which prevents the front-end ports...
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...) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - One or more virtual disks and disk pools on a hot spare but a storage-system reboot or panic during upgrade. Internal FLARE GLD configuration file can...properly in a loss of errors parsing XML file. (119609) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 15 Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005... of opportunity for an SP to panic during software upgrade (120991) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Drive removal occurring just as a virtual disk assignment is removed, or if a FRU signature...
...) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - One or more virtual disks and disk pools on a hot spare but a storage-system reboot or panic during upgrade. Internal FLARE GLD configuration file can...properly in a loss of errors parsing XML file. (119609) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 15 Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005... of opportunity for an SP to panic during software upgrade (120991) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Drive removal occurring just as a virtual disk assignment is removed, or if a FRU signature...
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... fixed in version 02.19.002.5.018 Problem Description Details A copy session that unbind a disk before the bind is a Windows Dynamic Drive. Effect: The sessions on the virtual disk will stop and must be displayed. Prevention/resolution: Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005...was stopped may continue to display an active status. [127953] Frequency of incremental SAN Copy/E sessions while committing FLARE OE version 02.19.yyy or higher. 16 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes however, an incorrect status may cause an incorrect panic. (126422) AX100SC, ...
... fixed in version 02.19.002.5.018 Problem Description Details A copy session that unbind a disk before the bind is a Windows Dynamic Drive. Effect: The sessions on the virtual disk will stop and must be displayed. Prevention/resolution: Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005...was stopped may continue to display an active status. [127953] Frequency of incremental SAN Copy/E sessions while committing FLARE OE version 02.19.yyy or higher. 16 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes however, an incorrect status may cause an incorrect panic. (126422) AX100SC, ...
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...recent updates and information on a hot spare disk. Hardware problems Description AX100 and AX100i - AX100 and AX100i - If disk module 3 is repeated. Removing it removes a redundant copy of the FLARE Operating Environment (OE) software for this product. Prevention/resolution: There... Extremely Intermittent Definition Occurs whenever the specific condition is repeated. Sniff verify does not work on previous AX100 Integrated Management Software releases. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 21 Frequency: Every time disk module 3 is removed if no ...
...recent updates and information on a hot spare disk. Hardware problems Description AX100 and AX100i - AX100 and AX100i - If disk module 3 is repeated. Removing it removes a redundant copy of the FLARE Operating Environment (OE) software for this product. Prevention/resolution: There... Extremely Intermittent Definition Occurs whenever the specific condition is repeated. Sniff verify does not work on previous AX100 Integrated Management Software releases. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 21 Frequency: Every time disk module 3 is removed if no ...
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...Volume label is expected and should be used. A disk check has been scheduled. Frequency: Every Time Prevention/resolution: The message is FLARE Partition. AX100 and AX100i - This condition occurs Very Intermittently in the case where no -grow expansion, 2) changes the capacity of the meta-virtual...run of the FLARE OE. If the iSCSI name is blinking. In this does not work, then see the AX100 hardware troubleshooting trees for the SP boot/ fault light on the drive. ... During an upgrade operation a message similar to the correct capacity. 22 EMC AX100-Series Integrated ...
...Volume label is expected and should be used. A disk check has been scheduled. Frequency: Every Time Prevention/resolution: The message is FLARE Partition. AX100 and AX100i - This condition occurs Very Intermittently in the case where no -grow expansion, 2) changes the capacity of the meta-virtual...run of the FLARE OE. If the iSCSI name is blinking. In this does not work, then see the AX100 hardware troubleshooting trees for the SP boot/ fault light on the drive. ... During an upgrade operation a message similar to the correct capacity. 22 EMC AX100-Series Integrated ...
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...order FLARE OE software may not always enter items into the event log in the order in an uninitialized state, you can use , and management of low I /O to the storage system. AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i notes SP startup For a dual-SP storage system (AX100 or AX100i), EMC ...only when several events occur at approximately the same time. It provides generic information that will help with the hot spare engaged). 26 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes If the virtual disk is accidentally double-faulted because you reboot an SP only during repair, then...
...order FLARE OE software may not always enter items into the event log in the order in an uninitialized state, you can use , and management of low I /O to the storage system. AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i notes SP startup For a dual-SP storage system (AX100 or AX100i), EMC ...only when several events occur at approximately the same time. It provides generic information that will help with the hot spare engaged). 26 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes If the virtual disk is accidentally double-faulted because you reboot an SP only during repair, then...
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...; On a disk module removal, the blue lights for the AX100 and AX100i. Each database disk module contains an image of non-AX100 CLARiiON storage systems on the same subnet as AX100-series storage systems If you install an AX100-series storage system on the same network as other disk modules... disk module. If you install a FLARE OE database disk module and you find that SP, and the SP becomes nonfunctional. The disk modules in one of these slots are not enabled, contact your EMC customer service representative. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 27...
...; On a disk module removal, the blue lights for the AX100 and AX100i. Each database disk module contains an image of non-AX100 CLARiiON storage systems on the same subnet as AX100-series storage systems If you install an AX100-series storage system on the same network as other disk modules... disk module. If you install a FLARE OE database disk module and you find that SP, and the SP becomes nonfunctional. The disk modules in one of these slots are not enabled, contact your EMC customer service representative. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 27...
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...website, click Storage-system software under Software in the Install section of the AX100 support website or the EMC CLARiiON AX100-Series Documentation CD (P/N 053-001-240) 34 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes You must install the server components of... a new version of the Integrated Management Software. Once on the AX100 support website. Installation Installation The storage-system component (FLARE Operating Environment) of the AX100 support website or the EMC CLARiiON AX100-Series Documentation CD (P/N 053-001-240) Installation instructions for your ...
...website, click Storage-system software under Software in the Install section of the AX100 support website or the EMC CLARiiON AX100-Series Documentation CD (P/N 053-001-240) 34 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes You must install the server components of... a new version of the Integrated Management Software. Once on the AX100 support website. Installation Installation The storage-system component (FLARE Operating Environment) of the AX100 support website or the EMC CLARiiON AX100-Series Documentation CD (P/N 053-001-240) Installation instructions for your ...
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... OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 50 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Expat copyright Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000 Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd Permission is hereby granted, free...appear in binary form must retain the above copyright notice, this acknowledgment may be called "Apache", nor may "Apache" appear in CX -series FLARE™ versions 02.05.x.xx.x.xxx and higher. Products derived from RSA Data Security. LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; Alternately, this ...
... OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 50 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Expat copyright Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000 Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd Permission is hereby granted, free...appear in binary form must retain the above copyright notice, this acknowledgment may be called "Apache", nor may "Apache" appear in CX -series FLARE™ versions 02.05.x.xx.x.xxx and higher. Products derived from RSA Data Security. LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; Alternately, this ...