Product specifications

ISIS Toolbox
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The Avid ISIS Connection Analyzer window opens and checks the connection status of all Storage Managers in
the network. The tool displays results in a color-coded grid.
If you place your pointer over a block in the grid, a tooltip indicates to which Storage Managers the status
applies. This is useful when you have more Storage Managers than can be displayed in the dialog box and you
need to use the scroll bars to view a specific connection.
3. (Option) Click Info to display version information.
To update the status of Storage Managers:
1. Click Start to update the status of Storage Managers without reloading the entire Storage Manager list from the
System Director.
2. (Option) To stop the status update operation, do the following:
a. Click Stop.
A confirmation dialog appears.
b. Click Yes.
The update process stops and the main display returns to the previous result.
Log Aggregator Tool
The Avid ISIS Log Aggregator tool allows you to collect a full set of the event logs and system statistics of a
network, including active Storage Managers, Avid ISIS Switch Blades (ISIS | 7500), and the System Director. You
can select which information—from the network, the System Director software, and Storage Managers — you want
to collect in the log reports. This provides you with a system record that you can use to view error and status
messages. The logs provide detailed status information that is especially useful to Avid Customer Support personnel
for monitoring system status during prolonged operations.
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Do not use the Avid ISIS Log Aggregator unless instructed to do so by Avid Customer Support. Improper use
could result in system downtime or degraded performance.
LSI Log Aggregator
The ISIS | 5500 includes an LSI Log Aggregator tool that is set to run daily at 1:00 a.m. This tool gathers data on the
LSI RAID controller. It runs for approximately for 5 minutes and does affect user performance. The log gathering
option are Enabled in the Aggregation Options dialog box and are called “Engine RAID logs and Disk Config logs.”
Using the Log Aggregator Tool
The Log Aggregator lists all components of the shared storage network in a tree view. You can select events to log in
two ways:
• You can view events for all components in the shared storage network by selecting all active Avid ISIS systems
in the Selection window (the highest level in the tree view).
• You can view events for any subset of components by selecting one or more entries in the Selection window (at
a level lower than the Avid ISIS Systems in the tree view).
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You must run the Log Aggregator from a system with network access to the entire shared storage network.
Otherwise, the tool cannot collect logs for all systems connected to the network.
To open the Log Aggregator tool:
1. Do one of the following:
t (Windows) Select Start > Avid > Toolbox > Avid ISIS Toolbox.