Accusys ExaRAID GUI - Manual (Page 238)

Advanced Functions
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5.6.9 Configuring MSN Event Notification
The RAIDGuard Central integrates with the MSN service to notify users of
system status changes by sending instant messages. Follow the steps
below to configure this function:
1. From the Tool bar in RGC GUI, click the MSN tool button ( or )
to open the MSN Login and Configure screen.
2. Select the Login tab to enter the MSN account and password to be
used by RAIDGuard Central to login to MSN server and send out
messages.
3. Select the Configure tab to set up message recipients and severity level
of the event logs to be sent. Up to 3 recipients can be configured.
4. After the MSN account and the recipients are configured properly,
RAIDGuard Central will connect to MSN server and remain online. You
may check the icon on the MSN button to see if the RAIDGuard
Central is online (Green) or not (Red). For every 5 seconds, RGC will
send out one message to notify the recipients of the latest events. Note
that the messages will carry the events that happened in the past 30
minutes.
* RAIDGuard Central uses TjMSNLib 5.0 as the MSN Messenger client library. TjMSNLib is an
MSN Messenger client library, which is licensed under GPL (General Public License). For more
information about TjMSNLib, please visit the TjMSN website at http://tjmsn.tomjudge.com/.
5.7 VDS Provider
5.7.1 Overview
The RAID controller supports Microsoft Virtual Disk Service (VDS) by
supplying a VDS Provider. It allows you to use VDS-compliant software to
manage the RAID systems on Windows platforms.VDS is a key component
in Microsoft Simple SAN Solutions, and has been adopted by many
leaders in the storage industry.
VDS is a management interface standard on Microsoft Windows for
communication between storage management software and RAID
hardware. You may manage RAID systems from different vendors by VDS-
compliant software as long as VDS providers for the RAID systems are
installed.
Note
RAIDGuard Central leverages TjMSNLib to support MSN notification,
and it currently supports MSN Protocol (MSNP) version 11, and MSN
clients version 7.0 or earlier. It does not support "offline message",
so the recipient has to be online to get event notification messages.