Scsi Enclosure Services (Ses); Setting Up Ses - ATTO Technology FastStream SC 5500E Installation And Operation Manual

6.3 SCSI Enclosure Services (SES)

Drive enclosures may provide a SCSI Enclosure Processor which indicates enclosure health status, drive
identification and drive fault.
The ATTO Storage Controller recognizes drive
enclosures that provide SCSI Enclosure Services
(SES) information. You may use SES to identify

Setting up SES

1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV
Storage Manager, type the IP address of your
controller in a standard browser. On the splash
screen, click Enter Here. In the box provided,
type in your user name and password, and click
OK.
2 The Health and Status Monitor page appears.
Click on the Manage menu item on the left
hand side of the screen.
3 Select Manage Enclosure Services.
4 Click Next. The Enclosure Services page
appears.
5 Select the type of SES monitor and control you
wish to use.
• Pass-Through: the host application
manages SES information.
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individual drives, all the drives in the same enclosure,
all the drives in a single RAID group, or faulted drives.
SES also provides status on power supplies, fans and
thermal sensors in the attached enclosures.
• Monitor and Control by the FastStream:
the FastStream SC controls SES services.
• SES Monitoring Disabled: the host
application does not receive any SES
monitoring information.
6 If you have elected to enable enclosure
services, select the amount of time in seconds
that SES enclosures are asked (or polled) for
their current status. The default is 30 seconds:
you may choose an interval up to 60 minutes.
7 If you have elected to enable enclosure
services, and you want the enclosure to sound
an alarm if a drive becomes faulted, select the
box Enable Faulted Drive Alarm.
8 Choose to test an enclosure's alarm or to mute
alarms. You may also choose to have an
occasional audible reminder of the alarm
condition if it is supported by your enclosure.
9 If Email Notification is enabled (see Section 6.1,
Remote System Monitoring), all SES status
changes are sent via email.