User Guide
© 2003, Adaptec, Inc.
© 2003, 2002 LSI-Logic Corporation
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Chapter 6 Monitoring Activities
This section describes the following monitoring activities that Spheras Storage Director performs:
• 6.1 Monitoring All Servers on page 109
• 6.2 Monitoring Events on page 109
• 6.3 Monitoring a Controller on page 113 (monitoring controller activity, reviewing controller configuration)
• 6.5 Physical Disk and Logical Drive Monitoring on page 117 (reviewing physical device and logical drive
information, and locating arrays)
• 6.6 Monitoring an Enclosure on page 123 (monitoring and managing enclosure information)
• 6.7 Monitoring the Battery Backup Unit on page 126
• 6.8 Monitoring Long Operation Tasks on page 128 (monitoring the status of ongoing processes, such as
initialization, rebuild, consistency check, and expanding the capacity of an array)
6.1 Monitoring All Servers
To see a summary of the status of all servers, click on All Servers in the navigation area. The following information is
displayed in the content area:
• The name of each server in this server group.
• The IP address of each server in this server group.
• The operating system on each server in this server group.
• The status of each server in this server group (optimal, serious, warning, or critical).
• The description of each server in this server group.
Note: The status that is displayed when All Servers is selected is the most severe status of the server itself and all of
its controllers. Furthermore, the controllers status is the most severe status of the controller itself and all of its
components. Therefore, examples of the status that is displayed include: Server Not Communicating, or
Duplex Failed, or Physical Drive Failed.
6.2 Monitoring Events
The Spheras Storage Director server monitors the activity of all devices and controllers attached to the server. When a
controller firmware generated event occurs, the Spheras Storage Director Server retrieves those events and forwards
them to Spheras Storage Director client.
6.2.1 Viewing Events
Events are displayed in the content area of Spheras Storage Director. You can select the events node in the navigation
area to see all events for all controllers on a server. If you want to view events on a specific controller, select the events
node in the navigation area beneath the desired controller.