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Storage Information and Global Tasks

Dell OpenManage™ Storage Management User's Guide

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.

Property

Definition

These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component. See Storage Component Severity for more information.

Smart Thermal Shutdown
This property displays whether thermal shutdown is enabled or disabled. See Enable/Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown for more information.

Property	Definition
	These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component. See Storage Component Severity for more information.
Smart Thermal Shutdown	This property displays whether thermal shutdown is enabled or disabled. See Enable/Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown for more information.

Global Tasks

To execute a global task, select the task from the Global Tasks drop-down menu and click Execute.

Global Tasks:

Global Rescan

A global rescan updates configuration changes (such as new or removed devices) for all controllers and their attached components. For information on when you may want to do a rescan, see Rescan to Update Storage Configuration Changes.

On non-RAID SCSI controllers, the operating system must be able to see any hardware changes before initiating the controller rescan. Otherwise, the hardware changes may not be reflected in the Storage Management graphical user interface (GUI). Refer to the operating system documentation for information on updating hardware changes. You can also reboot the system to update hardware changes with the operating system.

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.

To do a global rescan:

Select the Storage tree view object.
Click the Information/Configuration subtab.
Select Global Rescan from the Global Tasks drop-down menu.
Click Execute.

Enable/Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown

By default, the operating system and server shut down when the PV220S and PV221S enclosures reach a critical temperature of 0 or 50 degrees celsius. Using the Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown task, however, you can specify that only the enclosure and not the operating system and server be shut down when the enclosure reaches a critical temperature.

If the enclosure has virtual disks that are channel-redundant, then the enclosure can shut down while redundant data continues to be available on another channel. See the Channel Redundancy and Thermal Shutdown section for more information.

To enable or disable thermal shut down:

Select the Storage tree view object.
Click the Information/Configuration subtab.
Select Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown or Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown from the Global Tasks drop-down menu. The Available Tasks drop-down menu displays only one of these tasks at a time, depending on which option is currently selected.
Click Execute.

Storage Controllers

The information displayed for each controller can vary depending on the controller characteristics.

Property

Definition

Status
This property displays the controller status.

ID
This property displays the controller ID as reported by the omreport CLI command.

Name
This property displays the name of the controller. For more detailed information on a controller, click its name.

Slot ID
This property displays the slot to which the controller is attached. On some controllers, Storage Management is unable to display the slot ID. In this case, this property displays Slot Not Available.

State
This property displays the current status of the controller. Possible values are:
Ready — The controller is functioning normally.

Degraded — The controller has suffered a failure of a component and is operating in a degraded state.

Failed — The controller has suffered a failure of one or more components and is no longer functioning.

Firmware Version
This property displays the version of the controller's firmware.
The firmware and drivers listed in the Readme file refer to the minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also supported. Refer to http://support.dell.com for the most recent driver and firmware requirements.

Driver Version
This property displays the version of the controller's driver.
The firmware and drivers listed in the Readme file refer to the minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also supported. Refer to http://support.dell.com for the most recent driver and firmware requirements.

Minimum Required Firmware Version
This property displays the minimum required version of the controller firmware. Refer to http://support.dell.com for the most recent driver and firmware requirements.

Number of Channels
This property displays the number of channels the controller has. Each channel can be attached to array disks or an enclosure.

Rebuild Rate
The rebuild rate is the percentage of the system's resources dedicated to rebuilding a failed disk when a rebuild is necessary. See Set Rebuild Rate for more information.

Alarm State
This property displays whether the controller's alarm is enabled or disabled.

Cluster Mode
This property indicates whether the controller is part of a cluster configuration.

SCSI Initiator ID
This property displays the SCSI ID of the controller. The default value is 6. You can change the default value in the BIOS. In cluster mode, the value is 6 or 7.

Property	Definition
Status	This property displays the controller status.
ID	This property displays the controller ID as reported by the omreport CLI command.
Name	This property displays the name of the controller. For more detailed information on a controller, click its name.
Slot ID	This property displays the slot to which the controller is attached. On some controllers, Storage Management is unable to display the slot ID. In this case, this property displays Slot Not Available.
State	This property displays the current status of the controller. Possible values are: Ready — The controller is functioning normally. Degraded — The controller has suffered a failure of a component and is operating in a degraded state. Failed — The controller has suffered a failure of one or more components and is no longer functioning.
Firmware Version	This property displays the version of the controller's firmware. The firmware and drivers listed in the Readme file refer to the minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also supported. Refer to http://support.dell.com for the most recent driver and firmware requirements.
Driver Version	This property displays the version of the controller's driver. The firmware and drivers listed in the Readme file refer to the minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also supported. Refer to http://support.dell.com for the most recent driver and firmware requirements.
Minimum Required Firmware Version	This property displays the minimum required version of the controller firmware. Refer to http://support.dell.com for the most recent driver and firmware requirements.
Number of Channels	This property displays the number of channels the controller has. Each channel can be attached to array disks or an enclosure.
Rebuild Rate	The rebuild rate is the percentage of the system's resources dedicated to rebuilding a failed disk when a rebuild is necessary. See Set Rebuild Rate for more information.
Alarm State	This property displays whether the controller's alarm is enabled or disabled.
Cluster Mode	This property indicates whether the controller is part of a cluster configuration.
SCSI Initiator ID	This property displays the SCSI ID of the controller. The default value is 6. You can change the default value in the BIOS. In cluster mode, the value is 6 or 7.

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