Users Guide

Select the Blink task to blink the LED on the enclosure. You may want to use this task to locate an enclosure. The LEDs on the enclosure

may display different colors and blinking patterns. For more information on what the blink colors and patterns indicate, refer to the

enclosure hardware documentation.

Available Reports

View Slot Occupancy Report

NOTE: This option is not supported when the drive is not mapped on PERC hardware controllers running in HBA mode.

Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.

The View Occupancy Slot Report task allows you to view empty slots, occupied slots, or slots split by the backplane zoning

functionality of the selected enclosure. The report provides a diagram that represents the occupancy of physical drive slots. Move the

mouse over each slot to view details, such as physical disk ID, state, and size.

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.

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

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.

Enclosures And Backplanes