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Maintenance Best Practices for Direct-Attached SCSI Solutions
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3.0 Overview of Steps Ensuring RAID Best Practices.
Cabling Practices
• Assure that properly qualified cables are being used
• Assure that SCSI cables are properly secured to the PV22x and controller.
• Verify cables are not excessively bent
• Inspect cabling for cuts, exposed shielding
• Cable length should be appropriate for installation
Maintenance of Arrays.
• Run regular consistency checks on the system.
• Upgrade firmware, drivers and Array Manager in sync with releases.
• Recondition the battery on the RAID/ROMB Controllers (if present).
• Monitor System Event Logs and Array Manager Event Logs
• Establish Best Practices for Backup and recovery of data
Recovery of Arrays.
• Capture system logs and details surrounding array failures to assist in the recovery.
• Write down the exact steps or circumstances that caused the system to get in the
failed state