Monitoring status through software, Monitoring, Status – IBM Partner Pavilion DS4100 User Manual

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4.

Complete

step

2

on

page

66

to

determine

the

proper

power-on

sequence

for

your

system.

5.

When

the

internal

temperature

of

the

storage

server

is

below

35°

C

(95°

F),

complete

steps

3

and

4

on

page

66

to

turn

on

power

to

the

devices

in

your

system

and

to

check

the

status

of

the

storage

server.

Monitoring

status

through

software

Attention

To

ensure

proper

operation

when

connecting

DS4000

EXP100

expansion

units

to

the

DS4100,

you

must

verify

that

the

DS4000

EXP100

ESM

firmware

level

is

at

level

9554

or

later.

If

the

ESM

firmware

level

is

lower

than

9554,

disconnect

the

DS4000

EXP100

and

contact

IBM

support,

your

IBM

reseller,

or

your

IBM

representative

for

assistance.

See

the

IBM

TotalStorage

DS4000

EXP100

Expansion

Unit

Installation

and

User

s

Guide

for

details

on

how

to

determine

ESM

firmware

versions.

Use

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

client

to

monitor

the

status

of

the

storage

server.

Run

the

software

constantly,

and

check

it

frequently.

Notes:

1.

You

can

only

monitor

storage

servers

that

are

within

the

management

domain

of

the

storage-management

software.

2.

If

you

have

not

installed

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

Event

Monitor

service

as

part

of

the

storage-management

software

installation,

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

Enterprise

Management

window

must

remain

open.

(If

you

close

the

window,

you

will

not

receive

any

alert

notifications

from

the

managed

storage

subsystems.)

For

more

information,

see

the

Enterprise

Management

online

Help.

Important:

Refer

to

the

IBM

TotalStorage

DS4000

Storage

Manager

9.10

Installation

and

Support

Guide

for

the

appropriate

operating

system

for

instructions

on

how

to

install

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

9.10

host

software.

In

addition,

to

download

the

latest

version

of

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

9.10

host

software,

the

DS4100

storage

server

controller

firmware

and

NVSRAM

05.42.xx.xx,

and

the

latest

DS4000

EXP100

R2

ESM

firmware

(version

9554

or

higher),

go

to

the

following

Web

site:

www.ibm.com/storage/techsup.htm

Note:

The

version

of

controller

firmware

determines

which

version

of

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

subsystem

management

interface

is

displayed.

For

example,

the

interface

for

DS4000

Storage

Manager

version

8.42

subsystem

management

would

be

displayed

when

managing

a

DS4100

storage

server

with

controller

version

05.42.xx.xx

installed,

even

if

the

installed

version

of

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

client

code

is

actually

9.10.

The

DS4000

Storage

Manager

client

provides

the

best

way

to

diagnose

and

repair

storage-server

failures.

The

software

can

help

you:

v

Determine

the

nature

of

the

failure

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IBM

TotalStorage

DS4100

Storage

Server:

Installation,

User’s,

and

Maintenance

Guide

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