User Guide

Xserve RAID Troubleshooting - 5

Diagnostic Tools

RAID Admin and Disk Utility

There are two applications for conﬁguring and monitoring Xserve RAID systems: RAID

Admin, included on a CD with the system, and Disk Utility, which is part of Mac OS X or

Mac OS X Server.

RAID Admin is used for the following:

• Monitoring the status of one or more systems

• Creating or deleting RAID arrays

• Adjusting system settings, including system name and password, network address for

each RAID controller, fibre channel communication speed, drive cache, controller

cache, and LUN masking

• Setting up email notification for system alerts

Disk Utility is used to modify RAID arrays by adding striping or mirroring to existing RAID

arrays.

Note: For more information on RAID Admin and Disk Utility, see the document “Using

RAID Admin and Disk Utility” on the RAID Admin CD that comes with the Xserve RAID

system.

Remote Monitoring

Use the RAID Admin application to monitor the Xserve RAID system from a host

computer. The application allows monitoring in the following areas, each of which is

represented by a tab at the top of the RAID Admin window:

• Info

• Components

• Drive & Arrays

• Fibre Channel

• Network

Note: For information on adding and deleting systems to the RAID Admin monitoring list,

see the document “Using RAID Admin and Disk Utility.”