User guide

Chapter 7 Monitoring SAN Status 97
To view usage graphs:
In Xsan Admin, click the Graphs button at the top of the window and use the three m
pop-up menus in the Graphs window to choose a computer, a data type, and a time
interval.
Memory and CPU resources used by the le system (fsm) process for a volume are
listed under the name of the volume in the Graphs pop-up menu when you choose
the volume’s controller from the Computer pop-up menu.
From the Command Line
You can also check the le system process’s current CPU and memory usage by using
the top command in Terminal to check the process named fsm on the volume’s
controller.
Setting Up Status Notications
You can set up Xsan to send an email or dial a pager to notify you or other
administrators when:
A controller switches to its backup Â
A Fibre Channel connection fails Â
Free space on a volume falls below a specic percentage Â
A user or group exceeds the designated soft quota Â
A serial number is about to expire Â
To send email notications outside the local network, the controller needs access to an
SMTP server.
To have Xsan send status notications:
1 Open Xsan Admin and select Overview in the SAN Assets list.
2 Choose Edit Notications Settings from the Action (gear) pop-up menu.
3 To add a contact, click the Add (+) button and enter an email address.
4 If the address is for an account that will forward the notication as a text message,
click the checkbox in the Text Msg column.
5 Choose the conditions that cause a notication to be sent (next to “Notify if”).
6 Enter a sender name.
7 Enter the mail server address in the SMTP Server eld.
8 To send a test message to all recipients, click Send Test Notication.
9 Adjust settings as necessary and then click OK.