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 Storage Information and Global Tasks
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide
Storage Properties
Global Tasks
Storage Controllers
Use this window to view high-level information about your system's storage. This window also enables you to launch global tasks that affect all controllers
attached to the system.
Storage Properties
The Storage tree-view object has the following properties.
Global Tasks
To execute a global task, select the task from the Global Tasks drop-down menu and click Execute.
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Global Tasks:
l "Global Rescan"
l "Enable/Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown"
l "Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy"
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Global Rescan
A global rescan updates configuration changes (such as new or removed devices) for all SCSI controllers and their attached components. For information on
when you may want to do a rescan, see "Rescan to Update Storage Configuration Changes."
To do a global rescan:
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1. Select the Storage tree view object.
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2. Click the Information/Configuration subtab.
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3. Select Global Rescan from the Global Tasks drop-down menu.
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4. Click Execute.
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Property
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Definition
Status
These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.
See "Storage Component Severity" for more information.
Normal/OK
Warning/Non-critical
Critical/Fatal
Smart Thermal
Shutdown
This property displays whether thermal shutdown is enabled or disabled. See "Enable/Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown" for more
information.
NOTE: Global Rescan is not supported on non-RAID controllers. You must reboot the system before Storage Management can see configuration changes
on non- RAID SCSI controllers. Otherwise, configuration changes are not reflected in the Storage Management graphical user interface (GUI).
NOTE: The Global Rescan task updates the Information/Configuration subtab with any configuration changes. To update the tree view, click the server
name which is displayed above the tree view.
NOTE: On the PERC 3/Si, 3/Di, and CERC SATA1.5/6ch controllers, if you pause a check consistency that is being performed on a virtual disk, then the
virtual disk state changes to Resynching Paused. Performing a Global Rescan while a virtual disk is in Resynching Paused state may cause the check
consistency to resume. In this case, the virtual disk state changes to Resynching.