Users Guide

To Locate View Slot Occupancy Report In Storage Management
1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller objects.
2. Expand a controller object.
3. Select the enclosure object.
4. Click Information/Configuration.
5. Select View Slot Occupancy Report from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
6. Click Execute.
If the backplane supports flexible backplane zoning, then only the slots, empty or occupied, of the controller you are viewing
is displayed. The slots connected to the other controller are grayed-out and do not display any information. For more
information on flexible backplane zoning, see Backplanes
Changing The Mode On 220S And 221S Enclosures
Make sure that you turn off the enclosure before you toggle the bus configuration switch on a 220S or 221S enclosure, the
enclosure should be powered off. The bus configuration switch is used to change the enclosure to split bus, joined bus, or
clustered mode. If you change the 220S or 221S enclosure mode with the enclosure turned on, the enclosure may no longer
be displayed by Storage Management and you may notice erratic behavior. In addition, the bus configuration switch on these
enclosures is not rated for frequent toggling.
Enclosure Management
In addition to the enclosure tasks, the following activities may be required for enclosure management:
● Identifying the service tag of the enclosure — To identify the service tag of the enclosure, select the enclosure in the
tree view and click Information/Configuration. The Information/Configuration page displays the service tag and other
enclosure properties.
● Identifying the Express Service Code of the enclosure — The Express Service Code is a numeric function of your service
tag. You can key in the numeric Express Service Code for automated call-routing while calling technical support. To identify
the Express Service Code of the enclosure, select the enclosure in the tree view and click the Information/Configuration.
The Information/Configuration displays the Express Service Code and other enclosure properties.
● Preparing a physical disk for removal — To prepare a physical disk for removal is a physical disk command. See Preparing To
Remove.
● Troubleshooting — For more information on Troubleshooting, see Troubleshooting.
● Removing the wrong physical disk — You can avoid removing the wrong physical disk by blinking the LED display of the disk
you intend to remove. See Blinking And Unblinking A Physical Disk.
● If you have already removed the wrong physical disk, see:
○ Recovering From Removing The Wrong Physical Disk
○ Identifying An Open Connector On The Enclosure
Identifying An Open Connector On The Enclosure
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
If you have not attached the enclosure to an open connector, you may need to identify a connector on the controller that can be
used for this purpose. To identify an open connector:
1. In the Server Administrator window, under the System tree, expand Storage.
2. Expand the controller object.
The available connectors are displayed. These connectors are numbered starting from zero.
3. Identify a connector that is not attached to storage. If the connector is already attached to storage it can be expanded to
display an enclosure or backplane and the attached physical disks. A connector object that cannot be expanded in the tree
view is an open connector not currently attached to storage. Storage Management displays a number for each connector.
These numbers correspond to the connector numbers on the controller hardware. You can use these numbers to identify
which open connector displayed in the tree view with the open connector on the controller hardware.
Enclosures And Backplanes
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