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A red circle to the right of an icon indicates that the device has failed. For example, the red circle
indicates that a drive has failed:
is running in a partially degraded state; the data is still safe, but data could be lost if another drive
fails. An orange circle to the right of an icon indicates that a device is running in a degraded state.
Properties/Graphical View Tabs
The right panel contains either one tab or two tabs, depending on the kind of device you select
in the left panel and depending on your login mode (full-access or view-only).
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The Properties tab displays information about the selected device. For example, if a controller
icon is selected in the left panel, the Properties tab lists the controller name, NVRAM size,
device port count, and flash size.
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The Graphical View tab displays information about the temperature, fans, power supplies, and
voltage sensors.To display a graphical view of a drive, click an enclosure icon in the left panel
of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu screen, and click the Graphical View tab.
Event Log Panel
The lower part of the screen displays the event log entries for the selected server or for the stand-
alone workstation. New event log entries appear during the session. Each entry has an ID, an
error level indicating the severity of the event, the timestamp and date, and a brief description of
the event.
For more information about the Event Log, see
about the event log entries, see
Menu Options
The following are brief descriptions of the main selections on the MegaRAID Storage Manager
menu bar.
Manage Menu – The Manage menu has a Refresh option for updating the display in the
MegaRAID Storage Manager window (refresh is seldom required; the display normally updates
automatically) and an Exit option to end your session on the MegaRAID Storage Manager
software. The Server menu item shows all the servers that were discovered by a scan. In addition,
you can perform a check consistency, initialize multiple virtual groups, and show the progress of
group operations on virtual drives.
Go To Menu – The Go To menu is available when you select a controller, drive group, physical
drive, virtual drive, or battery backup unit in the main menu screen. The menu options vary
depending on the type of device selected in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager
main menu. The options also vary depending on the current state of the selected device. For
example, if you select an offline drive, the Make Drive Online option appears in the Physical Drive
menu.
Startup and Main Windows
DB09-000202-05 37857-02
Rev. F - May 2011
The MegaRAID Storage Manager software shows the icons for tape drive devices;
however, no tape-related operations are supported by the utility. If these operations
are required, use a separate backup application.
Events and
Figure 20
shows the menu bar.
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A yellow circle to the right of an icon indicates that a device
Alert Delivery
Methods. For more information
Messages.
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