Monitoring connectivity – Dell PowerVault 160T LTO2 (Tape Library) User Manual

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Recording the information in the display

1. Select Send at the bottom of the Drive Status dialog box.

The Email, Save, or Print Table dialog box is displayed.

2. Do one of the following:

Enter the e-mail address for a recipient into the text box after Email, then select OK.

NOTE:

If you have not previously configured e-mail settings, go to

Configuring E-mail

Settings

. Then return to this section.

Enter a filename into the text box after the Save option. Use the file browser to save to a location different from

the default. The default location is \SNC Manager\app\Client.

Select Print.

NOTE:

You can e-mail, save, and print from a remote client. You can only e-mail from the

local client.

3. Select OK to send.

Monitoring Connectivity

Use the Monitor—> Connectivity command to display status information about the I/O blades or the FC and SCSI

connections on the MCB.

1. If you have created a partition, use the View menu to select the appropriate library or partition. To find out how to do

so, refer to

Selecting a Library or Partition

.

2. Under Monitor—> Connectivity there are three choices: IO Blade, SCSI Channel, and Fibre Channel. The IO

Blade is not available.

If you choose SCSI Channel, the SCSI Channel Status dialog box is displayed.

For an explanation of the data elements that are included, refer to

Table 4

.

Table 4. Monitor—> Connectivity—> SCSI Channel Dialog Box Output

Description

Definition

Port Index

Port number

Location

Blade

Port Mode

Target or Initiator

Status

Operational, Lost Sync

Host ID

SCSI ID

Termination Terminated or Not Terminated

Alternate ID Alternate SCSI ID

Bus Reset

Bus configured to reset on power up or not

If you choose Fibre Channel, the Fibre Channel Status dialog box is displayed.

For an explanation of the data elements that are included, refer to

Table 5

.

Table 5. Monitor—> Connectivity—> Fibre Channel Dialog Box Output

Description Definition

Port Index

Port number

Location

Blade

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