********************************************************************* * ServeRAID Manager * * README.TXT * * Version 8.25 * ********************************************************************* CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 1.1 New features in this release 1.2 Supported operating systems 1.3 Supported controllers and enclosures 2.0 Installation and setup notes 2.1 OS/2 software levels 3.0 Troubleshooting tips 3.1 General 3.2 Microsoft Windows 3.3 Novell NetWare 3.4 Linux 3.5 ServeRAID Manager running as a plug-in 4.0 Web Site and Support Phone Number 5.0 Trademarks and Notices 6.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview _____________ The ServeRAID Manager program is used to configure, administer, and monitor IBM ServeRAID controllers, network-attached storage enclosures, Adaptec HostRAID controllers, and integrated RAID controllers, such as the LSI 1030, that are installed locally or remotely in your IBM servers. 1.1 New features in this release _________________________________ o Support for native OS authentication on Windows, Linux, Unix, and Netware. With native authentication, you log into the ServeRAID Manager on local and remote systems using your standard network user name and password. NOTE: Native OS authentication replaces the Security Manager feature in the ServeRAID Manager agent. The Security Manager is no longer a part of the agent console. o Support for the following features on network storage devices (enclosures): NOTE: These features require enclosure firmware level 2.15 or greater. - Logical drive migration wizard for expanding or migrating arrays - Improved ROM update wizard, featuring a common user interface for direct-attached and network-attached storage devices - Network management tools for configuring network details and Ethernet port settings - New right-click actions for direct access to configuration wizard options: Configure access-control list, Configure target information, Increase logical drive capacity 1.2 Supported operating systems ________________________________ You can use the ServeRAID Manager program with the following operating systems: o Microsoft Windows: + Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server + Windows Server 2003 Workstation/Server/Enterprise Server + Windows Server 2003 for EM64T* o Linux: + Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AS/ES/WS* + Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AS/ES for EM64T* + Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES/WS* + Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES for EM64T* + SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9* + SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for EM64T* o Netware: + Novell Netware 6.5 EP* o UnixWare: + SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and 7.1.4 o OpenServer: + SCO OpenServer 5.0.6a and 5.0.7 o OS/2: + IBM OS/2 WARP Server for e-business *Out-of-box and current quarterly update or service pack Minimum System Requirements: Intel Compatible 500 MHz processor 256 MB RAM 80 MB hard disk drive space 256 color video mode 1.3 Supported controllers and enclosures _________________________________________ You can use the ServeRAID Manager program with the following controllers and enclosures: o IBM ServeRAID-8i Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller o IBM ServeRAID-7t SATA controller o IBM ServeRAID-7k Ultra320 SCSI controller o IBM ServeRAID-7e/8e (Adaptec HostRAID) controllers o IBM ServeRAID-6i/6i+ Ultra320 SCSI controller o IBM ServeRAID-6M Ultra320 SCSI controller o IBM ServeRAID-5i Ultra320 SCSI controller o IBM ServeRAID-4H/4M/4L/4Mx/4Lx Ultra160 SCSI controllers o IBM TotalStorage DS300 storage enclosure o IBM TotalStorage DS400 storage enclosure o LSI-1030 integrated RAID controller 2.0 Installation and setup notes _________________________________ o Refer to the IBM ServeRAID Installation Guide (INSTALL.PDF) in the /BOOKS directory on the "IBM ServeRAID Support" CD for installation information. o To install the ServeRAID Manager on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you must install two packages from the Red Hat installation CD: - compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm - compat-libstdc++--devel-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm NOTE: The version string in the file name may be different than above. Be sure to check the version string on the Red Hat CD. For example, type: rpm --install /mnt/compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm where mnt is the mount point of the CD-ROM drive. o To install the ServeRAID Manager on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for EM64T, you must install the following package from the Red Hat installation CD: - xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-23.i386.rpm NOTE: The version string in the file name may be different than above. Be sure to check the version string on the Red Hat CD. o The ServeRAID Manager generates log files automatically to assist in tracking ServeRAID activity. The log files are created in the directory where the ServeRAID Manager is installed. * RaidEvt.log - Contains the information reported in the ServeRAID Manager event viewer for all local and remote systems. * RaidEvtA.log - Contains the information reported in the ServeRAID Manager event viewer for the local system. * RaidNot.log - Contains the information reported in the Notification Manager event viewer. * RaidErr.log - Contains Java messages generated by the ServeRAID Manager. * RaidErrA.log - Contains Java messages generated by the ServeRAID Manager agent. Information written to these files is appended to the existing files to maintain a history. However, if any of the files reach a size of 5 Mbytes, the file is copied to a new file with the extension .OLD and the original (that is, the LOG file) is deleted and recreated. If a .OLD file already exists, the existing .OLD file is destroyed. o You can configure ServeRAID Manager settings on other servers exactly as they are configured on one server. To replicate the ServeRAID Manager tree and notification list, do the following: 1. Install the ServeRAID Manager on one server. 2. Start the ServeRAID Manager. Using the 'Add remote system' action, define the servers for your tree. 3. Open the Notification Manager. Using the 'Add system' action, define the notification list. 4. Exit the ServeRAID Manager. 5. Copy the following files onto a diskette from the directory where the ServeRAID Manager is installed: RaidMSys.ser --> to replicate the tree RaidNLst.ser --> to replicate the notification list RaidSMTP.ser --> to replicate the SMTP e-mail notification list RaidJob.ser --> to replicate the jobs in the Task Scheduler 6. Install the ServeRAID Manager on the other servers. 7. Copy the files from the diskette into the directory where the ServeRAID Manager is installed on the other servers. 2.1 OS/2 software levels _________________________ This ServeRAID release supports the following levels of code for OS/2 storage management and device driver software: - OS/2 device driver 7.00 - IPSSEND 7.00 - ServeRAID Manager 6.11 Because the OS/2 device driver supports only the 7.00 level of code, you may see version mismatches in the ServeRAID Manager RaidCfg.log file for BIOS, firmware, and device driver levels. 3.0 Troubleshooting tips _________________________ 3.1 General _________________ o The ServeRAID Manager will not start on a server that uses only 16 colors. The ServeRAID Manager supports a minimum of 256 colors. You must switch the video mode from 16 colors to a mode with at least 256 colors. o If the ServeRAID Manager console does not repaint correctly, select the View->Refresh menu item to repaint the screen. o If you initialize one or more drives in a flashcopy source array, the flashcopy target cannot be deleted. To avoid creating a flashcopy drive that cannot be deleted, you must delete the flashcopy drive first, before you initialize the drives in the source array. o When you use the ServeRAID Manager to change the time setting on the DS300/DS400 external storage enclosure, the management station may briefly lose contact with the agent. (In the Event Viewer, you will see a message like "Agent xxxx cannot be contacted".) Wait a few moments; the management station will recover the connection automatically. 3.2 Microsoft Windows ______________________ o If the network connection is disconnected while the ServeRAID Manager Agent is running, the agent cannot communicate with the ServeRAID Manager console. As a result, the ServeRAID Manager will not report task status in the Event viewer. Reestablish network commmunication; then, restart the ServeRAID Manager agent and console. o The ServeRAID Manager is distorted and hard to read. The Java Virtual Machine has a problem with the 256-color palette. Set the Display Properties Settings to a color mode with greater than 256 colors. o If a channel on the LSI 1030 controller does not contain any SCSI devices, the controller will not appear in the ServeRAID Manager. o When you shut down Windows, you see the message "unexpected shutdown". Windows displays this message if the ServeRAID Manager Agent fails to exit within 3 seconds. It has no affect on file I/O or other system operations and can be ignored. 3.3 Novell NetWare ___________________ o When starting the NetWare operating system, the ServeRAID agent fails to start. A message "The ServeRAID agent failed to start" displays when starting the server. The server is unable to load the ServeRAID agent. This is usually caused by loading Java before the ServeRAID agent. In the file Autoexec.ncf, move the line "LOAD RAIDAGNT -BOOT" so that it is before any lines that reference Java. o Due to incompatible versions of the ServeRAID Manager NLMs, there can be only one ServeRAID agent running at a time. If the stand-alone version of the ServeRAID agent is running already, the IBM Director Extension ServeRAID sub-agent cannot be started successfully, and vice versa. 3.4 Linux __________ o If you cannot connect to a local or remote ServeRAID Manager installed on a Linux system, verify that the TCP/IP hosts file is configured properly. 1. Open the /etc/hosts file. NOTE: The following is an example: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost matrix 2. If the hostname of the system is identified on the line with 127.0.0.1, you must create a new host line. 3. Remove the hostname from the 127.0.0.1 line. NOTE: The following is an example: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 4. On a new line, type the IP address of the system. 5. Using the Tab key, tab to the second column and enter the fully qualified hostname. 6. Using the Tab key, tab to the third column and enter the nickname for the system. NOTE: The following is an example of a completed line: 1.1.1.1 matrix.localdomain matrix where 1.1.1.1 is the IP address of the server and matrix is the hostname of the server. 7. Restart the server for changes to take effect. o On certain versions of Linux, you may see messages concerning font conversion errors. Font configuration under X-Windows is a known JVM problem. It does not affect the proper operation of the ServeRAID Manager software. To suppress these messages, add the following line to your .Xdefaults file: stringConversionWarnings: False o Some pop-up identification boxes include complete window frames when running the ServeRAID Manager in bootable-CD mode. These pop-ups may run off the side of the screen due to the extra width of the window frame. This is a known problem of the fvwm window manager on the CD. o On rare occasions, the online help system may generate a Java exception. This is due to a known problem in the HTML rendering section of JFC/Swing. o With Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6, the ARCCONF DELETE command may fail with a Kernel Oops error message. Even though the drives are removed from the ServeRAID Manager console, they may not really be deleted. Reboot the controller; then, issue the ARCCONF DELETE command again. 3.5 ServeRAID Manager running as a plug-in ___________________________________________ o A 'plug-in', as referred to in this file and the ServeRAID Manager online help, specifically refers to IBM Director. o If the server you are managing appears as a '?' icon in the ServeRAID Manager tree, the server might not have any ServeRAID controllers installed. Check the server configuration and restart the plug-in. 4.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number _______________________________________ o You can download new and updated files for the IBM ServeRAID products from the IBM Support Web site: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ o For the latest list of supported operating systems, see the IBM Server Proven - SCSI and RAID Controllers Web site: http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ For supported operating systems on legacy (non-shipping) controllers, see: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/oldservers.html o With the original purchase of an IBM hardware product, you have access to extensive support coverage. During the IBM hardware product warranty period, you may call the IBM Personal Computer HelpCenter (1-800-IBM-SERV in the U.S.) for hardware product assistance covered under the terms of the IBM hardware warranty. 5.0 Trademarks and Notices ___________________________ The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both: Active PCI OS/2 Warp HelpCenter PC Server IBM Predictive Failure Analysis Netfinity ServeRAID Netfinity Manager ServerGuide OS/2 UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries and is licensed exclusively through The Open Group. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both. Adaptec and HostRAID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 6.0 Disclaimer _______________ THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS. Note to U.S. Government Users -- Documentation related to restricted rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation.