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Gateway 840 VT-100 User Manual (250 pages)

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Table of contents

Gateway 840 VT-100

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User's Guide

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Contents

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5 SAN LUN Mapping

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Features

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Troubleshooting assistance

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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Accessing the

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Configuration

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Accessing the utility

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Using the VT-100 terminal

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Main Menu opens

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Navigating the SATA RAID

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Menu system

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Menu system (continued)

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Item Description

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Creating Disk

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Understanding arrays

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Creating arrays

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To view an array:

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Field Description

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To create an array:

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Array Configuration, then

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Type screen opens

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Read-ahead cache

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Read-Ahead Cache, then

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Writeback cache

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Writeback Cache, then

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NTER. The Writeback Cache

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7 Press CTRL

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9 Press any key to continue

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Assigning hot spare drives

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Deleting an array

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Expanding an array

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Adding additional drives

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Adding additional sub-arrays

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8 Press any key to continue

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Trusting an array

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Logical Drives

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Chapter 4: Logical Drives

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Viewing unassigned free space

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Creating a logical drive

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Expanding a logical drive

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Deleteing a logical drive

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Modifying a mapped LUN

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Viewing SAN LUN mappings

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Creating a SAN LUN mapping

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Chapter 5: SAN LUN Mapping

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Deleting a SAN LUN mapping

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Modifying SAN LUN Mapping

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Viewing connected hosts

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Advanced

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Setting rebuild parameters

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Yes, then press ENTER

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Configuring auto hot spare

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NTER. The

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Configuring hot spares

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NTER. A list of hot spare

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NTER. The Add or

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6 Press any key to continue

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Configuring the hardware

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Port ID Settings, then press

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Disabled and Enabled

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Controller port data rate

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To change RS-232 settings:

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RS-232 Settings, then press

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Packetized data transfers/QAS

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3 Press

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Select Controller Menu opens

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Clearing the configuration

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Additional

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Configuration Menu opens

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Yes, then press

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Verifying background media

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To include enclosure events:

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Log Enclosure Events, then

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Statistics

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Overview

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Viewing all statistics

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Chapter 8: Statistics

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Dumping data to a text file

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Viewing access statistics

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Viewing readahead statistics

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Viewing command cluster

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Miscellaneous Statistics

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Clearing all statistics

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Event Logs

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Accessing event logs

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Chapter 9: Event Logs

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Controller events

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Drive events

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Controller Port Loop Event

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Messages

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Description Cause Action

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Enclosure events

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Failed drives

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Clearing event logs

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Diagnostics

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Accessing diagnostics

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Using offline diagnostics

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Chapter 10: Diagnostics

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Using online diagnostics

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Controller maintenance

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7 Restart the controller(s)

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Drive maintenance

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Checking RAID 5/50 parity

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Tracing commands

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To monitor commands:

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Shutting down the controller

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Dumping diagnostics

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5 Repeat steps 1 and 2

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Optimizing RAID

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Performance

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Introduction

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Sequential access

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Access size

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Access alignment

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Using RAID 5 sub-arrays

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Promoting faster rebuild

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Technical

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Technical Support

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All Rights Reserved

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Trademark Acknowledgments

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Appendix B:

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