Monitoring Status Through Software - IBM DS5100 Installation, User's, And Maintenance Manual

v Appropriate host kit for your operating system.
Before any planned system shutdown or after any system additions, removals, or
modifications (including firmware updates, logical drive creations, storage
partitioning definitions, hardware changes, and so on), save the storage subsystem
profile as explained in the DS Storage Manager guide for your operating system.
Save the profile in a location other than the logical drives created for the DS5100
and DS5300.
Always refer to the README that is included with the DS5100 and DS5300
firmware package (whether the firmware is accessed by the Web or CD) for any
special requirements or restrictions that apply to that particular firmware version.
See "Finding Storage Manager software, controller firmware, and README files" on
page xxviii to learn how to access the DS5100 and DS5300 README files on the
Web.
Note: Make sure that you install the DS Storage Manager event monitoring service

Monitoring status through software

Use the DS Storage Manager client to monitor the status of the storage subsystem.
Run the software constantly, and check it frequently.
Notes:
1. You can only monitor storage subsystems that are within the management
2. If you have not installed the DS Storage Manager Event Monitor service as part
Important: Refer to the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager Installation and
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IBM System Storage DS5100 and DS5300 Storage Subsystem: Installation, User's, and Maintenance Guide
Depending on the model, your DS5100 and DS5300 ships with either the
Microsoft Windows host software attachment kit or with your choice of host
software kits (Windows, AIX, Linux, Netware, SUN Solaris, HP-UX, Linux on
POWER, or VMware). The host software kit grants you permission to attach host
servers using the appropriate operating system to the DS5100 and DS5300. The
kit includes a DS Storage Manager Version 10 Support CD that has the
appropriate IBM DS Storage Manager host software. The CD also contains
includes appropriate controller firmware version.
For the latest controller firmware, check the IBM support Web site for DS5100
and DS5300 storage products.
www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/disk
to enable continuous monitoring of the status of the storage subsystem. For
more information about the importance of this information, see "Monitoring
status through software."
domain of the storage-management software.
of the storage-management software installation, the DS Storage Manager
Enterprise Management window must remain open. (If you close the window,
you will not receive any alert notifications from the managed storage
subsystems.)
For more information, see the Enterprise Management online Help.
Support Guide for the appropriate operating system for instructions on
how to install the DS Storage Manager host software.
In addition, to download the latest version of the DS Storage Manager
host software, the DS5100 and DS5300 controller firmware and
NVSRAM, and the latest DS5100 and DS5300 ESM firmware, go to the
following Web site: