Grass Valley PFR 500/E Dec 12 2002 - Manual (Page 36)

Chapter 3 Servicing the PFR500/E
36 PFR 500/E Instruction Manual 20 September 2002
Maintenance procedures using GVG Disk Utility
Several maintenance procedures can be performed using the GVG Disk Utility
installed on the Profile XP Platform for standalone storage, or on the FSM in Media
Area Network systems.
To perform the following tasks, refer to Chapter 3 of the Profile XP System Guide:
• Verifying and loading RAID controller microcode
• Downloading PFR 500 disk drive firmware
• Forcing LUNs online: Recovery from improper power-off sequence
• Forcing a replacement drive to rebuild
• Checking and restoring default PFR 500 RAID Controller settings
• Checking and restoring disk settings
Monitoring PFR500/E status using NetCentral
You can monitor PFR 500/E RAID Storage systems using Grass Valley Group’s
NetCentral monitoring software. Enabled by SNMP, NetCentral can continuously
monitor the storage system and send notifications if there is a problem. The SNMP
agent software required for NetCentral monitoring runs on the PFR 500 RAID
Controller module. As a result, the PFR500 appears in NetCentral as a standalone
device rather than a subsystem of the Profile XP platform.
Communication with NetCentral takes place over the RAID Controller Ethernet port.
To monitor the PFR500, you must connect network cabling, power on the system,
then configure network and SNMP settings as described in the PVS Series Installation
Guide.
Refer to the Profile XP Service Manual for information on monitoring the PFR 500
with NetCentral.