View Events; View Hard Disk Info; Logfile Name; Controller Events - Adaptec 2074700-R Manual

ICP RAID Console
Use Sample Rate to choose the interval at which the ICP RAID controller delivers new
measurements. Depending on the operating system used, the sampling rate can be set to a
maximum of 60 seconds. The default setting is 2 seconds.
Use Logging On/Off to create a log file which records all the statistical values over a
longer period. If you choose On, ICPCON asks for the path/name of the log file. See
Figure 10-108.
Figure 10-108. Logfile Name
10.6.2

View Events

Use View Events to display ICP RAID controller events. Events can also be recorded and
saved into a log file. This menu option gives the administrator the ability to analyze and
supervise array drives. See
Figure 10-109. Controller Events
10.6.3

View Hard Disk Info

View Hard Disk Info menu shows information for hard disk drives (see
Figure 10-110. Hard Disk Information
The hard disk information includes Channel, SCSI ID, Vendor, Product Type, Retries/
Reassigns, Grown Defects and Last Status.
The Retries counter records the number of retries to a hard drive (the counter is
incremented by one unit whenever the ICP RAID controller retries to access a hard disk. If
the counter continues to increase it is likely that the cable is not adequate for the selected
data transfer rate (cable is too long, of poor quality or connectors are of poor quality) or
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Figure 10-109.
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10-110).