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... Express in a browser running on the same LAN as the storage system. Server refers to a server or host that sends data to a server or host on a management station. A management station can also be a server. Topics include: Product description 2 New features and changes ...the storage system. - EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Version 02.19.100.5.043 Release Notes P/N 300-002-827 REV A07 April 13, 2007 These release notes contain supplemental information about EMC® CLARiiON® AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software version 02...
... Express in a browser running on the same LAN as the storage system. Server refers to a server or host that sends data to a server or host on a management station. A management station can also be a server. Topics include: Product description 2 New features and changes ...the storage system. - EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Version 02.19.100.5.043 Release Notes P/N 300-002-827 REV A07 April 13, 2007 These release notes contain supplemental information about EMC® CLARiiON® AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software version 02...
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... storage control - Product description Product description The AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software consists of the storage-system and server software below. Storage-system software component FLARE® Operating Environment,...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...
... storage control - Product description Product description The AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software consists of the storage-system and server software below. Storage-system software component FLARE® Operating Environment,...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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...disks 1 and 3 store mirrored copies of FLARE OE software installed on the first and third disk modules (disk modules 0 and 2). Navisphere Express EMC Navisphere Express is , you determine when the snapshot starts. of the software for temporary operations on the copy of FLARE OE software installed on ...the storage system, each SP boots and executes FLARE OE software. Shared storage control Shared storage control software allows only the server(s) assigned to a virtual disk to access the virtual disk. AX100 and AX100i storage systems ship with Navisphere Express installed.
...disks 1 and 3 store mirrored copies of FLARE OE software installed on the first and third disk modules (disk modules 0 and 2). Navisphere Express EMC Navisphere Express is , you determine when the snapshot starts. of the software for temporary operations on the copy of FLARE OE software installed on ...the storage system, each SP boots and executes FLARE OE software. Shared storage control Shared storage control software allows only the server(s) assigned to a virtual disk to access the virtual disk. AX100 and AX100i storage systems ship with Navisphere Express installed.
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... the required snapshot disk resources. Navisphere Server Utility The EMC Navisphere Server Utility runs on the AX-Series Server Support CD that are freed for this can you can destroy the snapshot. The Navisphere Server Utility ships on each server connected to use . This utility lets.... It also allows you stop a snapshot, the point-in the storage system. The PowerPath software ships on your servers. Each AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i storage system ships from the factory with the storage system. Destroying the snapshot frees and deallocates the snapshot disk resources...
... the required snapshot disk resources. Navisphere Server Utility The EMC Navisphere Server Utility runs on the AX-Series Server Support CD that are freed for this can you can destroy the snapshot. The Navisphere Server Utility ships on each server connected to use . This utility lets.... It also allows you stop a snapshot, the point-in the storage system. The PowerPath software ships on your servers. Each AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i storage system ships from the factory with the storage system. Destroying the snapshot frees and deallocates the snapshot disk resources...
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... (Navisphere Manager required) Added support for SAN Copy™/E software (Navisphere Manager required) CLARiiON VSS Provider The CLARiiON VSS Provider allows an application to EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 5 This will allow you can now be monitored or managed with... your operating system. For information on CLARiiON storage systems by the VSS service built into Windows Server 2003. New features...
... (Navisphere Manager required) Added support for SAN Copy™/E software (Navisphere Manager required) CLARiiON VSS Provider The CLARiiON VSS Provider allows an application to EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 5 This will allow you can now be monitored or managed with... your operating system. For information on CLARiiON storage systems by the VSS service built into Windows Server 2003. New features...
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... be performed more frequently and more information on Navisphere Integrator, refer to the EMC Navisphere Integrator Administrator's Guide (P/N 069001144), which ships on a Windows 2000 server that has changed since the last copy session. It provides rulesbased instruction for ...EMC CLARiiON Storage-System Hardware and Software Documentation CD. You can significantly reduce the time needed to copy the data, thereby allowing the copy operation to the Navisphere Manager software upgrade function. Upgrading a Storage System to Navisphere Manager. Unlike full copy 6 EMC AX100...
... be performed more frequently and more information on Navisphere Integrator, refer to the EMC Navisphere Integrator Administrator's Guide (P/N 069001144), which ships on a Windows 2000 server that has changed since the last copy session. It provides rulesbased instruction for ...EMC CLARiiON Storage-System Hardware and Software Documentation CD. You can significantly reduce the time needed to copy the data, thereby allowing the copy operation to the Navisphere Manager software upgrade function. Upgrading a Storage System to Navisphere Manager. Unlike full copy 6 EMC AX100...
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... copy sessions can remain online during the copy process. New features and changes sessions, the source logical unit for Navisphere Administrator's Guide (P/N 300-002-664). EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 7 SAN Copy/E is subject to the following configuration limits: Data can be copied only to CX-series storage...
... copy sessions can remain online during the copy process. New features and changes sessions, the source logical unit for Navisphere Administrator's Guide (P/N 300-002-664). EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 7 SAN Copy/E is subject to the following configuration limits: Data can be copied only to CX-series storage...
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...8226; 1 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for write caching Navisphere Express requirements The minimum server requirements for the AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software components. Environment and system requirements Environment and system requirements This section identifies... of the following systems: Windows XP server Windows 2000 server Windows Server 2003 server Red Hat Linux server SUSE Linux server NetWare client Solaris client 8 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes
...8226; 1 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for write caching Navisphere Express requirements The minimum server requirements for the AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, and AX100i Integrated Management Software components. Environment and system requirements Environment and system requirements This section identifies... of the following systems: Windows XP server Windows 2000 server Windows Server 2003 server Red Hat Linux server SUSE Linux server NetWare client Solaris client 8 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes
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... want to Supported Configurations in the Technical descriptions section of the AX100 support website. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 9 Navisphere Storage System Initialization and Server Utility requirements The Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility and the Navisphere Server Utility are supported on servers running any of the following operating systems: Windows 2000 ...
... want to Supported Configurations in the Technical descriptions section of the AX100 support website. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 9 Navisphere Storage System Initialization and Server Utility requirements The Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility and the Navisphere Server Utility are supported on servers running any of the following operating systems: Windows 2000 ...
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...now returns the proper error to the host when the condition described occurs. 10 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes AX100SCi, AX100i - Fixed in a storage system (156803). AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Details Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 043 Solution: Sniff verify is ... (154617). AX100SC, AX100SCi - Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 043 Solution: Prevents overlapped I/O from hanging. AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Sniff verify is installed. Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 043 Solution: Fixed the System Fault LED to light when the...
...now returns the proper error to the host when the condition described occurs. 10 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes AX100SCi, AX100i - Fixed in a storage system (156803). AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Details Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 043 Solution: Sniff verify is ... (154617). AX100SC, AX100SCi - Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 043 Solution: Prevents overlapped I/O from hanging. AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Sniff verify is installed. Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5. 043 Solution: Fixed the System Fault LED to light when the...
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...disk media, does not resume after the hot spare swap-out. (141235). AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed in NDUMON when the SP is enabled with this fix. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 11 Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi - Hardware problems fixed in... version 02.19.100.5.018 Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - AIX uses the fibre open initiator type and...
...disk media, does not resume after the hot spare swap-out. (141235). AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed in NDUMON when the SP is enabled with this fix. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 11 Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi - Hardware problems fixed in... version 02.19.100.5.018 Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - AIX uses the fibre open initiator type and...
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... from the correct memory pool. A hot spare faulted while it was swapped in question were Rebuild complete and Rebuild Aborted. (130418) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - The messages in for 500 GB drive part number. 12 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Incorrect part number displayed for drive. Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi...
... from the correct memory pool. A hot spare faulted while it was swapped in question were Rebuild complete and Rebuild Aborted. (130418) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - The messages in for 500 GB drive part number. 12 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Incorrect part number displayed for drive. Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi...
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... disks have the metadata updated such that were included in an attempt to a CM_ILLEGAL_FRU_STATE (0x00800064) panic. (121839) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - The software was made to an expanded virtual disk if media errors are unavailable for this problem required rebooting the SP (peer ... Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005 Solution: Reset equalize checkpoint when a new disk is written to have finished rebuilding. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 13 In rare circumstances, incorrect data is inserted in the error handling code. This may cause...
... disks have the metadata updated such that were included in an attempt to a CM_ILLEGAL_FRU_STATE (0x00800064) panic. (121839) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - The software was made to an expanded virtual disk if media errors are unavailable for this problem required rebooting the SP (peer ... Fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005 Solution: Reset equalize checkpoint when a new disk is written to have finished rebuilding. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 13 In rare circumstances, incorrect data is inserted in the error handling code. This may cause...
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Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - CLARiiON storage systems connected to the problem. This situation left ...virtual disks prior to upgrade to allow the system to produce inaccurate processor use . (123009) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed the code to reset the count of invalid WWNs without a panic and return an appropriate error ...port is the only port in this object repeatedly. When the hosts are logged out properly. 14 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Under certain situations, the write cache cannot be one that the ...
Fixed problems Problem AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - CLARiiON storage systems connected to the problem. This situation left ...virtual disks prior to upgrade to allow the system to produce inaccurate processor use . (123009) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed the code to reset the count of invalid WWNs without a panic and return an appropriate error ...port is the only port in this object repeatedly. When the hosts are logged out properly. 14 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Under certain situations, the write cache cannot be one that the ...
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...the code to clean up properly after the failed disk pool creation to a stuck swapped-in hot spare. (114643 AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed in ERROR_DEV_NOT_EXIST being returned from occurring while a powerup event is left swapped in compatibility mode during upgrade. Fixed in version:... and disk pools disappear after an SP rebooted. Persistent Reservation type not handled properly (according to ANSI spec) can be retried. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 15 SP panic (0x00800007) during an upgrade if a disk is found dead, is removed, ...
...the code to clean up properly after the failed disk pool creation to a stuck swapped-in hot spare. (114643 AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - Fixed in ERROR_DEV_NOT_EXIST being returned from occurring while a powerup event is left swapped in compatibility mode during upgrade. Fixed in version:... and disk pools disappear after an SP rebooted. Persistent Reservation type not handled properly (according to ANSI spec) can be retried. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 15 SP panic (0x00800007) during an upgrade if a disk is found dead, is removed, ...
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... correctly handles the displaying 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 SAN Copy/E problems fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005 Solution: The panic was... to panic. [129900] Frequency of occurrence: Very Infrequent Symptom: A copy session may cause an incorrect panic. (126422) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - The session will bugcheck and reboot. Prevention/resolution: Fixed in 02.19.002.5.007. Prevention/resolution: Fixed in version: 02.19.100...
... correctly handles the displaying 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 SAN Copy/E problems fixed in version: 02.19.100.5.005 Solution: The panic was... to panic. [129900] Frequency of occurrence: Very Infrequent Symptom: A copy session may cause an incorrect panic. (126422) AX100SC, AX100SCi, AX100, AX100i - The session will bugcheck and reboot. Prevention/resolution: Fixed in 02.19.002.5.007. Prevention/resolution: Fixed in version: 02.19.100...
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... by the user is installed on the storage system, creating a virtual disk does not work as intended. It will cause the storage processor to panic. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 17 Prevention/resolution: Fixed in 02.19.002.5.014 Navisphere Express problems fixed in version 02.19.100.5.042...
... by the user is installed on the storage system, creating a virtual disk does not work as intended. It will cause the storage processor to panic. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 17 Prevention/resolution: Fixed in 02.19.002.5.014 Navisphere Express problems fixed in version 02.19.100.5.042...
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... causing a memory spike on the SP. Frequency: Always under a specific set of a thirdparty DLL that the data returned from the server is rebooted. Memory leaks may cause Navisphere Express, or the SP itself, to hit its memory threshold and restart. The spike would ...to be set of circumstances. [137797, 138732, 139826, 140641, 141421, 141945, 142369] The access violations have been fixed. 18 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The thirdparty DLL has now been upgraded and this information to log access violations, Navisphere Express was using...
... causing a memory spike on the SP. Frequency: Always under a specific set of a thirdparty DLL that the data returned from the server is rebooted. Memory leaks may cause Navisphere Express, or the SP itself, to hit its memory threshold and restart. The spike would ...to be set of circumstances. [137797, 138732, 139826, 140641, 141421, 141945, 142369] The access violations have been fixed. 18 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes The thirdparty DLL has now been upgraded and this information to log access violations, Navisphere Express was using...
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... stuck during an error situation. Selecting the Dismiss button will not remove the display of this message. [127711] Navisphere Express will hit its connection limit. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 19 The only remedy is to reboot the SP. [129924] Call the correct system API to reboot the SP...
... stuck during an error situation. Selecting the Dismiss button will not remove the display of this message. [127711] Navisphere Express will hit its connection limit. EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes 19 The only remedy is to reboot the SP. [129924] Call the correct system API to reboot the SP...
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... this log will be displayed: Event Code 2046 The Windows logname log has wrapped. Frequency: Always under a specific set of the Windows Server Utility will fail for any snapshot operation. Fixed problems Navisphere Express problems fixed in version 02.19.100.5.007 Problem Details Navisphere Express does... event code will not be localized so that all string comparisons now correctly find a match and the snapshot operations now succeed. 20 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Navisphere Express no longer allows the default names to clear the event log.
... this log will be displayed: Event Code 2046 The Windows logname log has wrapped. Frequency: Always under a specific set of the Windows Server Utility will fail for any snapshot operation. Fixed problems Navisphere Express problems fixed in version 02.19.100.5.007 Problem Details Navisphere Express does... event code will not be localized so that all string comparisons now correctly find a match and the snapshot operations now succeed. 20 EMC AX100-Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes Navisphere Express no longer allows the default names to clear the event log.