Dell POWERVAULT MD3600F User Manual

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Troubleshooting: Your Storage Array Software

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Starting or Restarting the Host Context Agent

Software

The host context agent software module is the software component that

resides on the server or management station that communicates with the

MD3600f series storage arrays. The SMagent software automatically starts

after you reboot the host.

Windows

To restart the SMagent software in Windows:

1 Click Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools

Services.
or
Click

StartAdministrative ToolsServices.

2 In the Services dialog, select Modular Disk Storage Manager Agent.
3 If the modular disk storage manager agent is running, click ActionStop,

then wait approximately 5 seconds.

4 Click ActionStart.

Linux

To start or restart the host context agent software in Linux, enter the

following command at the prompt:

SMagent start

The SMagent software may take a little time to initialize. The cursor is

shown, but the terminal window does not respond. When the program starts,

the following message is displayed:

SMagent started.

After the program completes the startup process, text similar to the following

messages is displayed:

Modular Disk Storage Manager Agent, Version

90.02.A6.14

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