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Installing and running Data Administrator: Dell OpenManage™ Data Administrator Installation and Operation Guide

Overview • Installing Data Administrator • Starting a Data Administrator session • Using the Host Administration window • Arrays, LUNs, disk modules, and their icons • Storage Management window • Array Configuration window

Overview

This chapter describes the following:

• Installing Data Administrator
• Starting and exiting a Data Administrator session
• Using the Host Administration window
• Arrays, LUNs, disk modules, and their icons
• Primary Data Administrator window, which this guide and the Data Administrator online help call the Storage Management window
• Array Configuration window

Subsequent chapters describe how to configure and monitor an array starting from the Storage Management window.

NOTE: This guide assumes that you are familiar with the windows environment for your management station.

Installing Data Administrator

The host on which you install Data Administrator must have the following hardware and software:

• Color graphics console with a minimum of 1024 × 768 resolution
• Windows NT operating system
• TCP/IP Services configured with connections to the servers with arrays that Data Administrator will manage.

NOTE: For information on which hosts you can use and the required software revisions and service packs, refer to the Data Administrator Release Notice.

If an older version of Data Administrator is already installed, remove it as described next before installing a new version.

To remove Data Administrator

1. Log in to the management station as Administrator or someone who has administrative privileges.
2. From the Windows NT taskbar, follow the path

Start � Programs � Dell OpenManage™ � PowerVault™ Manager � Data Adminstrator � Data Administrator Uninstall

3. In the Confirmation window that opens, click the Yes button to confirm the removal of Data Administrator.
4. In the Remove Programs From Your Computer window, click the OK button when the uninstall is completed successfully.

You have removed of Data Administrator from the management station.

To install Data Administrator

1. At the management station, log in as Administrator or the equivalent.
2. Insert the Data Administrator CD into the CD drive.

The installation starts automatically, and the Dell OpenManage™ Data Administrator window with the following Welcome screen is displayed.

Figure 2-1. Welcome screen

If you do not see the Welcome screen, follow these steps to start the installation:

1. From the Windows NT taskbar, follow this path

Start � Run

2. In the Run window, enter the following program name, and then click the OK button:

drive:\setup.exe

where drive is the letter for the CD drive, which is usually D.

3. In the Welcome screen, click the Next button.
4. In the Software License Agreement window, read the license agreement and then click the Yes button to accept the agreement and continue the installation.
5. In the User Information window, make sure that the Name and Company entries are correct, and click the Next button.
6. In the Choose Destination Location window, either click the Next button to accept the default location or enter or select a different pathname, and then click the Next button.

C:\Program Files\Dell OpenManage™\PowerVault™ Manager\Data Administrator is the default location directory where the software will be installed.

7. In the Select Program Folder window, either click the Next button to accept the default folder or enter or select a different folder, and then click the Next button.

Data Administrator is the default folder where the Data Administrator program icons will be installed.

The Data Administrator files are installed.

8. In the Setup Complete window, click the Finish button
9. Remove the Data Administrator CD from the management station's CD drive.

You have completed the installation of Data Administrator.

NOTE: Any user who can access the management station can change or delete the Data Administrator files you just installed. If you want to change the permissions on these files, refer to the Release Notice for Data Administrator for information on what the permissions should be.

What next?

Continue to the next section, "Starting a Data Administrator session."

Starting a Data Administrator session

Before you use Data Administrator, someone must have performed the following tasks:

Any user can run a Data Administrator session from any management station on which it is installed, and can use it to monitor the array. Only authorized users can use Data Administrator to configure or reconfigure an array. A user is authorized if the Data Agent on the server contains an entry for the user, as described in the Dell™ OpenManage™ Data Agent for NT and Integrator Installation and Operation Guide (P/N 3967C).

CAUTION: The agent allows more than one Data Administrator session to access the same array at the same time. As a result, two authorized users are able to configure or reconfigure the same array at the same time.

Before Data Administrator opens its Storage Management window, it must know which servers have arrays that you want to manage during the session. You can specify these servers in one of the following ways:

• Put the server hostnames in a .hosts file in your home directory.
• Put the server hostnames in the file pointed to by the optional environmental variable RAID_ARRAY_HOSTS, and let Data Administrator use this file.
• Use Data Administrator's Host Administration window, which Data Administrator opens if the previous two options are not available.

To start a Data Administrator session

NOTE: Before starting a session, make sure that Data Agent is running on all servers with arrays that you want to manage with the session.

1. Log in to either the management station as Administrator or someone who has administrative privileges.
2. From the Windows NT taskbar, follow the path

Start � Programs � Dell OpenManage™ � PowerVault™ Manager � Data Adminstrator � Data Administrator

The following About Dell OpenManage™ Data Administrator window opens.

Figure 2-2. About Dell OpenManage™ Data Administrator window

3. In the About Dell OpenManage™ Data Administrator window, click the OK button or wait for the window to close automatically in 30 seconds.

Data Administrator looks first in your home directory for a .hosts file that contains the hostnames of servers with arrays to manage. If such a file exists, Data Administrator tries to extract hostnames from this file. If it succeeds, it contacts each server in the file and displays a list of the arrays connected to the server. When it has contacted all the servers, it opens the Storage Management window.

If the .hosts file does not exist, it asks if you want to use the file pointed to by the optional RAID_ARRAY_HOSTS environmental variable. If the variable does not exist, it opens the Host Administration window. If the variable exists, it tries to extract the hostnames of servers from the file pointed to by the variable. If it does not succeed, it opens the Host Administration window. If it succeeds, it contacts each server in the file and displays a list of the arrays connected to the server. When it has contacted all the servers, it opens the Storage Management window.

What next?

If the Data Administrator window opens, go to the "Arrays, LUNs, disk modules, and their icons" section to learn about them.

If the Host Administration window opens, go to the next section, "Using the Host Administration window".

To exit a Data Administrator session

1. From any Data Administrator window with a menu bar, follow the menu path File � Exit.

A confirmation window opens.

2. In the confirmation window, click the OK button.

Using the Host Administration window

Figure 2-3. Host Administration window

The Host Administration window opens when you start a Data Administrator session if no server hostnames are in the .hosts file or in the file pointed to by the optional RAID_ARRAY_HOSTS environment variable if you tell Data Administrator to use this variable. In this situation, the list of host identifiers in the window is empty. You can open the window during a Data Administrator session from the Storage Management window by following the menu path File � Select Hosts. In this situation, the list contains the hostnames of the servers with currently managed arrays. You can add or remove server hostnames from this list. Servers on this list are called managed servers.

To add a server to the list

1. For each server that you want to add, follow these steps:



1. In the Host Identifier field, enter the server hostname or IP address.
2. Click the Add button.

The hostname appears in the list of servers below the Host Identifier field.

2. When the list contains all the hostnames or IP addresses for the servers whose arrays you want to manage, click the OK button.

A window opens asking if you want to save the new host list in the .host file in your home directory. You should save the list if it contains only servers with arrays you will manage in the future. Do not save the list if it contains servers that you will manage in the current Data Administrator session only.

NOTE: If you save the host list, it is written to the .hosts file and never to the file pointed to by the optional RAID_ARRAY_HOSTS environment variable.



3. In the window, click the Yes button to save the new server list to the .hosts file; otherwise, click the No button.




NOTE: If you add the wrong name, you can remove it from the list, as described in the procedure that follows, and then add the correct name.

Data Administrator creates an icon for each array that it finds connected to each server whose hostname you added to the list, provided that the icon does not already exist. Data Administrator creates only one icon for each array, no matter how many servers are connected to the array.

Data Administrator displays these icons in the array selection area of its Storage Management window (see "Array selection area"). Since Data Administrator creates only one icon for each array, just one icon is displayed for an array connected to two servers.

NOTE: If Data Administrator cannot communicate with a server you added to the list, it displays an error message.

To remove a server from the list

1. For each server you want to remove, follow these steps:



1. Select the server's hostname or IP address in the list.

The selected hostname or IP address appears in the Host Identifier field.

2. Click the Remove button.

A confirmation window opens.

3. In the window; click the Yes button to confirm the removal.

The hostname disappears from the list of servers below the field.

2. When the list contains only the hostnames or IP address for the desired servers, click the OK button.

A window opens that asks if you want to save the new host list in the .hosts file in your home directory. You should save the list if it contains only servers with arrays you will manage in future Data Administrator sessions. Do not save the list if it contains servers that you will manage in the current Data Administrator session only.

NOTE: If you save the host list, it is written to the .hosts file and never to the file pointed to by the RAID_ARRAY_HOSTS variable.



3. In the window, click the Yes button to save the new server list to the .hosts file; otherwise, click the No button.

Data Administrator removes the icon for each array on each server that you removed, provided that the array is not connected to another server that is still on the list. It removes them from the array selection area of its Storage Management window (see "Array selection area").

What next?

Continue to the next section to learn about arrays, logical units (LUNs), disk modules, and their icons.

Arrays, LUNs, disk modules, and their icons

For a Data Administrator, an array is accessible, inaccessible, or unsupported.

If this Data Administrator session can communicate with an array, the array is accessible. If this session of Data Administrator has never been able to communicate with an array, it is inaccessible. An array can be inaccessible for any of these reasons:

• Data Agent is not running on its server.
• Data Agent on its server was started by a user who was not logged in as root or with Administrative privileges.
• The array's name is wrong in the Data Agent configuration file on its server.

An array is unsupported if its device entry in the Data Agent configuration file on its server is for a device that Data Administrator does not support. An internal disk on the server is such a device, or an array with SCSI disks.

You can manage only accessible arrays. You manage an array by configuring it and monitoring its operation. You configure an array by partitioning its memory and binding its disk modules into logical units (LUNs). You monitor its operation by watching the appearance of various icons in the Data Administrator windows and examining status and statistics for arrays, array components, and LUNs.

Array icons

The icon for an array consists of an image that represents the array type and the array name.

Array icon images

The image varies depending on whether the array is accessible, inaccessible, or unsupported, as follows:

Table 2-1. Array icon image types

Image	Array type
	Accessible Fibre Channel array that consists of 1 DPE enclosure and 0-11 DAE enclosures
	Inaccessible array
	Unsupported array

The color of the image representing an accessible array and the letter it contains indicate the state of the array it represents as follows:

Table 2-2. Meaning of array icon images

Array names

The default name for an array has the following format:

hostnamedevice_name

where

To assign a custom name to an array

1. Select the icon for the array whose name you want to change.
2. Do one of the following:

Either

Click the Name Array button on the toolbar in the Storage Management window

Or

From the menu bar in the Storage Management window, select the menu option Array � Name.

NOTE: Changing the name does not affect the Data Agent configuration file.

LUN icons

The icon for a LUN consists of an image that represents the LUN's type and a LUN ID.

LUN icon images

The image in a LUN icon varies with the type of LUN as follows:

Table 2-3. LUN icon image types

Icon image	LUN type	Icon image	LUN type
	RAID 0 Redundant individual access array		RAID 1 Mirrored pair
	RAID 1/0 Mirrored RAID 0 group		RAID 3 Parallel access array
	RAID 5 Individual access array		Disk Individual unit
	Hot Spare Global hot spare

The color of image representing a LUN and the letter it may contain indicate the status (that is, operational state) of the LUN as follows:

Table 2-4. Meaning of LUN icon images

LUN ID

The LUN ID is the two digit hexadecimal number that was assigned when the LUN was bound. When a hot spare replaces a failed disk in a LUN, the LUN ID for the hot spare is followed by numbers in parentheses that tell which disk in which LUN it is replacing. For example, if a hot spare with LUN ID 09 is replacing disk 13 in LUN 04, its LUN ID and the numbers in parentheses are 09 (04:13).

Disk module icons and empty disk module slot icons

Each disk module slot in an array enclosure is represented by an icon. If the slot contains a disk module, the icon consists of an image that represents a disk module. If the slot is empty, the icon consists of an image that represents an empty disk slot.

Disk module images

The image for a disk module may or may not contain a LUN ID and a disk ID, as shown below. The image may contain a LUN ID only if the disk module is bound into a LUN.

Table 2-5. Disk module icon image types

Image	Meaning
	Disk module that may or may not be part of LUN. LUN ID (if applicable) and Disk ID are hidden.
	Disk module that may or may not be part of LUN. Disk ID (yellow) is visible.
	Disk module that may or may not be part of LUN. LUN ID (green) and Disk ID (yellow) are visible.

The color of the image and the letter it may contain indicate the status (that is, operational state) of the disk module.

Table 2-6. Meaning of array icon images

Empty disk module slot images

The image for a empty disk module slot may or may not contain a disk ID, as shown below.

Table 2-7. Meaning of empty disk module slot icon images

Image	Meaning	Image	Meaning
	Slot is empty. Disk ID is hidden.		Slot is empty. Disk ID is visible.

Disk and LUN IDs

A disk ID is a decimal number that equals the enclosure address of the enclosure containing the disk multiplied by 10 plus the number of the slot containing the disk. For example, 13 is the disk ID for the disk module in slot 3 of a DAE with an enclosure address of 1. The enclosure address is always 0 for a DPE, and for a DAE, it is set by enclosure (EA) switches on the DAE. The disk slots in a DPE or DAE are numbered 0 though 9.

For information on LUN IDs, see.

By default, LUN and Disk IDs are hidden. You can hide or show either type of ID as described below.

To show or hide Disk IDs

In the Array Configuration window, select the menu option View � Show Disk IDs.

To show or hide LUN IDs

In the Array Configuration window, select the menu option View � Show Disk IDs.

What next?

Continue to the next section, "Storage Management window," to learn about that window.

Storage Management window

Figure 2-4. Storage Management window

The Storage Management window lets you perform the following tasks:

• Modify the host list, which determines the arrays Data Administrator manages
• Specify a name for a selected array
• Bind a standard LUN on the selected array
• Display the Components or Equipment View window to monitor a selected array
• Display the Array Configuration window to configure a selected array
• Display the Array Information window to view information for a selected array
• Display the SP Log window to view the event log for a storage processor (SP) in the selected array
• Manually poll selected arrays to ensure that Storage Management window and all windows reflect the current status of those arrays
• Specify the frequency of automatic polling for the selected arrays

The icons in the Storage Management window represent the arrays that are accessible by the managed servers.

Application icon

The Application icon on the left side of the title bar provides overall status of all arrays managed by the current Data Administrator session as follows:

Table 2-8. Meaning of Application icons

Icon	Color	Meaning
	Grey	Data Administrator has detected no failures in any managed array.
	Flashing amber	Data Administrator has detected no failures in one or more managed arrays, or one or more arrays are inaccessible.

This button appears in all Data Administrator windows.

Menu bar

From the menu bar in the Storage Management window you can access these pull-down menus: File, Array, Options, View, and Help. Many of the menu options are active only when you have selected at least one array icon.

Table 2-9. File menu

Table 2-10. Array menu

Table 2-11. Options menu

Table 2-12. View menu

Table 2-13. Help menu

NOTE: You cannot print information directly from a Help Browser window. You must copy the information you want to print, paste it into a Wordpad document, and then print it from that document.

Array toolbar

The buttons on the Array toolbar give you quick access to many of the operations you can perform using the Array menu. The tool bar is active only when you have selected at least one array icon.

To hide or show the array toolbar

Follow this path from the menu bar:

View � Show Array Toolbar

To display a description of a button's function

Position the cursor on the button for a few seconds without clicking the button.

The description is displayed near the button, and also in the status bar.

Table 2-14. Array status and information buttons

Icon	Name	Click to
	Monitor Array	Display the Components window for each selected array. The Components window lets you display the Equipment View window, which lets you monitor the customer replaceable units (CRUs) in an enclosure.
	Array Information	Display the Array Information window for each selected array. This window displays information about the array's operational state, automatic polling, and server connections.
	History SP A	Display the event log for SP A in the selected array. (See "For SP A".)
	History SP B	Display the event log for SP B in the selected array. (See "For SP B".)

Table 2-15. Array polling buttons

Icon	Name	Click to
	Automatic Polling Disable	Disable automatic polling for each selected array.
	Manual Poll	Manually poll the selected arrays, that is, survey them once for status changes.

Array selection filter

Figure 2-5. Array selection filter

The array selection filter lets you display only those managed arrays on a particular server in the array selection area. It does not affect the list of managed servers and their arrays.

NOTE: If you have an unmanaged array, its icon cannot appear in the area until you manage it again using the Manage Arrays window.

To display all managed arrays for all managed servers

If the Arrays Accessible By filter contains "All Hosts," do nothing. Otherwise, pull down its selection list and select "All Hosts."

The arrays that Data Administrator finds connected to all managed servers appear in the array selection area.

NOTE: Only one icon for each array appears in the array selection area, even if it is connected to more than one server. You can determine if it is connected to more than one server using either the Array Information button or the menu path Array � Information.

To display only specific managed arrays for all managed servers

1. Display all the arrays for all managed servers as described previously.
2. In the array selection area, select the icon for each array that you do not want to manage.
3. Select the menu option Array � Unmanage.

Data Administrator removes the icons for the selected arrays from the array selection area.

To display all managed arrays for one managed server only

If the Arrays Accessible By field contains the hostname of the server whose arrays you want displayed in the array selection area, do nothing. Otherwise, pull down the selection list and select the desired hostname.

Only the managed arrays that Data Administrator finds connected to the selected server appear in the array selection area.

To display only specific managed arrays for one managed server only

1. Display all the arrays for just the desired managed server as described previously.
2. In the array selection area, select the icon for each array that you do not want to manage.
3. From the menu bar, follow the path Array � Unmanage.

Data Administrator removes the icons for the selected arrays from the array selection area. These arrays are now unmanaged arrays. To start managing them again, use the Manage Arrays window as described in the next section.

Using the Manage Arrays window

If you have unmanaged arrays on a managed server that you want to start managing, you can use the Manage Arrays window to make them managed arrays.

To use the Manage Arrays window

1. Select the menu option File � Manage Arrays.

The Manage Arrays window opens.

Figure 2-6. Manage Arrays window

2. If the Host Identifier field does not contain the name of the server with the unmanaged arrays that you want to start managing, pull down its selection list and select the server's name.




NOTE: If the name is not in the list, use the Host Administration window to add it (see "To add a server to the list".).

The names of the unmanaged arrays on the selected server appear in the Unmanaged Arrays list.

3. For each array that you want to manage, follow these steps:



1. In the Unmanaged Arrays list, select the name of the array.
2. Click the right arrow button.

The array's name moves to the Selected Arrays list. If you move the wrong name, select it and click the left arrow button to return it to the Unmanaged Arrays list.

NOTE: You can also move the name of the array you want to manage from one list to the other with a drag-and-drop operation. To drag-and-drop the name with a two button mouse, use both buttons together; with a three button mouse, use the middle button.



4. When the Selected Arrays list contains the names of only those unmanaged arrays that you want to start managing, click the OK button.

An array icon for each selected array appears in the array selection area of the Storage Management window.

Array selection area

Figure 2-7. Array selection area

The array selection area is where you select the arrays on which you want to perform operations. It contains an array icon for the arrays specified by the array selection filter.

Selecting arrays

To select an array

Click the icon for the array.

A black box appears around the icon, indicating that you selected it.

To select an array and display the Array menu

Click the icon for the array with the right mouse button and hold the button down.

A black box appears around the icon, indicating that you selected it, and the Array menu drops down to the right of the icon.

To select multiple arrays

Select the arrays in either of the following ways:

Click the icon for one array, hold down the Shift key, and click the icon for each additional array you want to select.

or

Drag the cursor to create a box around the icons for the arrays you want to select.

A black box appears around each of the icons, indicating that you selected them.

Status bar

The status bar in the Storage Management window contains an Array Status button and two fields that provide information.

Array Status button

The Array Status button provides overall status of all arrays managed by the current Data Administrator session.

Table 2-16. Meaning of Array Status button

Icon	Color	Meaning	Click to
	Grey	Data Administrator has detected no failures in any managed array.	Display the Data Administrator Information Notice, which should say that all managed arrays are operating normally.
	Amber	Data Administrator has detected a failure in one or more managed arrays, or one or more arrays are inaccessible.	Display the Data Administrator Information Notice to find out which arrays are faulted and why.

Information fields

The information fields provide the following information:

• Feedback about Data Administrator operations, such as polling and parameter settings.
• Brief description of an array toolbar button when you position the cursor over the button.

What next?

Continue to the next section, "Array Configuration window," to learn about that window.

Array Configuration window

Figure 2-8. Array configuration window

The Array Configuration window lets you perform the following tasks for the array represented by the window:

• Modify the bind parameters or default SP for the selected LUN
• Change the read or write cache state or the write cache parameters for the selected LUNs
• Display status and fault information for the selected LUNs or array
• Change the array write cache state or SP read cache state
• Enable RAID 3 write buffering for the array
• Partition array memory
• Bind or unbind LUNs on the array
• Change polling parameters for the array or poll the array
• Change the state of statistics logging or display the event log for either SP in the array
• Load Licensed Internal Code (LIC) to the array
• Monitor the state of the enclosures in the array

The icons in the Array Configuration window represent the array's LUNs and disk modules.

To display the Array Configuration window

From the Storage Management window

Either

Double-click the icon for the array whose Array Configuration window you want to display.

Or

1. Select the icons for the arrays whose Array Configuration windows you want to display.
2. Either click the Configure button on the toolbar or follow the menu path Array � Configure.

Title bar

The title bar includes the name of the array represented in the window. For information on array names, see "Array names".

The Application icon on the left side of the title bar provides overall status of all arrays managed by the current Data Administrator session, as described in "Starting a Data Administrator session".

Menu bar

From the menu bar in the Array Configuration window you can access these pull-down menus: File, LUN, Array, View, and Help. Many of the LUN menu options are active only when at least one LUN is selected, and some are only active for LUNs with certain RAID types.

Table 2-17. File menu

Table 2-18. LUN menu

Table 2-19. Array menu

Table 2-20. View menu

Table 2-21. Help menu

LUN toolbar

The buttons on the LUN toolbar give you quick access to many of the operations you can perform using the LUN menu. The LUN toolbar is active only when at least one LUN is selected.

To hide or show the LUN toolbar

Follow this path from the menu bar:

View � Show LUN Toolbar

To display a description of a button's function

Position the cursor over the button for a few seconds without clicking the button.

The description is displayed near the button, and also in the status bar.

Table 2-22. LUN bind parameter buttons

Icon	Name	Click to
	Bind Parameters	Display the Change Bind Parameters window for the selected LUN. Depending on the type of LUN selected, the Change Bind Parameters window lets you view or change some or all of the following bind parameters: read cache state, write cache state, auto assign, minimal latency reads, verify time, and default SP.
	Default SP A	Change the default owner of the selected LUNs to SP A.
	Default SP B	Change the default owner of the selected LUNs to SP B.
	LUN Write Cache Enable	Enable write caching for the selected LUNs.
	LUN Write Cache Disable	Disable write caching for the selected LUNs.
	LUN Read Cache Enable	Enable read caching for the selected LUNs.
	LUN Read Cache Disable	Disable read caching for the selected LUNs.
	Auto Assignment Enable	Enable auto assignment for the selected LUNs.
	Auto Assignment Disable	Disable auto assignment for the selected LUNs.
	Rebuild Time	Display a window that lets you specify the rebuild time in hours.
	Verify Time	Display a window that lets you specify the verify time in hours.

Table 2-23. Unbind button

Icon	Name	Click to
	Unbind	Dissolve the selected LUNs into their disk modules.

Table 2-24. LUN information buttons

Icon	Name	Click to
	LUN Configuration Information	Display the configuration part of the LUN Information window for each selected LUN.
	LUN Statistics Information	Display the statistics part of the LUN Information window for each selected LUN.
	LUN Cache Information	Display the cache part of the LUN Information window for each selected LUN.
	LUN Fault Information	Display any fault information for the selected LUN.

Array toolbar

The buttons on the Array toolbar give you quick access to many of the operations you can perform using the Array menu. The Array toolbar is active only when you have selected at least one array.

To hide or show the array toolbar

Follow this path from the menu bar:

View � Show Array Toolbar

To display a description of a button's function

Position the cursor over the button for a few seconds without clicking the button.

The description is displayed near the button, and also in the status bar.

Table 2-25. Array cache and memory buttons

Icon	Name	Click to
	Array Write Cache Enable	Enable the write cache for the array.
	Array Write Cache Disable	Disable the write cache for the array.
	SP A Read Cache Enable	Enable the read cache for SP A in the array.
	SP A Read Cache Disable	Disable the read cache for SP A in the array.
	SP B Read Cache Enable	Enable the read cache for SP B in the array.
	SP B Read Cache Disable	Disable the read cache for SP B in the array.
	Partition Memory	Display the Memory Partitions window that lets you assign the memory on each SP in the array to the read cache, write cache, or RAID 3.

Table 2-26. LUN bind button

Icon	Name	Click to
	Bind LUN	Display the Bind LUNs window that lets you bind the disk modules into one or more LUNs.

Table 2-27. Polling and monitor button

Icon	Name	Click to
	Automatic Polling Disable	Disable automatic polling for the array.
	Manual Poll	Survey the array once for status changes.
	Monitor Array	Display the Components window for the array. The Components window lets you select the enclosure whose Equipment View window you want to display.

Table 2-28. Array information buttons

Icon	Name	Click to
	Array Information	Display the Array Information window for the array. This window gives information about the array's operational state, automatic polling, and server connections. (See "Array Information window".)
	SP A Information	Display the SP Information window for SP A for the array. This window gives you information about SP A's configuration, statistics, and cache. (See "Displaying SP configuration information".)
	SP B Information	Display the SP Information window for SP B for the array. This window gives you information about SP B's configuration, statistics, and cache. (See "Displaying SP configuration information".)
	History SP A	Display the event log for SP A. (See "Displaying an SP's event log".)
	History SP B	Display the event log for SP B. (See "Displaying an SP's event log".)

LUN selection area

Figure 2-9. LUN selection area

The LUN selection area is where you select the LUNs on which you want to perform operations. It has three sections: SP A Owned LUNs, SP B Owned LUNs, and Unowned LUNs. The SP A Owned LUNs section contains an icon for each LUN currently owned by SP B in the array. The SP B Owned LUNs section contains an icon for each LUN currently owned by SP B in the array. The Unowned LUNs section contains an icon for any LUN not currently owned by an SP in the array. A hot spare that is not in use is an unowned LUN.

Selecting LUNs

To select a LUN

Click the icon for the LUN.

A box appears around the icon, indicating that you selected it.

To select a LUN and display the LUN menu

Click the icon for the LUN with the right mouse button and hold the button down.

A box appears around the icon, indicating that you selected it, and the LUN menu drops down to the right of the icon.

To select multiple LUNs

Either

Click the icon for one LUN, hold down the Shift key, and click the icon for each additional LUN you want to select.

or

Drag the cursor to create a box around the icons for the LUNs that you want to select.

A different colored box appears around each icon, indicating that you selected it.

Disk Field

Figure 2-10. Disk field

The Disk Field shows the disk modules in the array, and which of these modules belong to any selected LUNs. From it, you can display the Disk Information window for any disk module. The field contains a disk module icon for each disk module in the array.

Identifying disk modules that comprise LUNs

To identify the disk modules comprising a LUN using LUN IDs

If no LUN IDs appear in any disk module icons, follow the menu path View � Show LUN IDs.

The LUN ID is visible in the icon for each disk module bound to a LUN.

To identify the disk modules comprising a LUN using color

Select the icon for the LUN in the LUN selection area.

The icon for the selected LUN and the icons for the disk modules that make up the selected LUN are surrounded by boxes of the same color.

Status bar

The status bar in the Array Configuration window contains an Array Status button and two fields that provide information.

Array Status button

The Array Status button provides overall status of all arrays managed by the current Data Administrator session, not just of the array represented by the Array Configuration window. It functions in the same way as the Array Status button in the Storage Management window. For more information on this button, see related subject, "Array Status button".

Information fields

The information fields provide the following information:

• Feedback about Data Administrator operations, such as polling and parameter settings.
• Brief description of a LUN or array toolbar button when you position the cursor over the button.

What next?

Continue to "Configuring arrays".

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