Viewing The Event Log - Adaptec CDP-00277-01-A Installation And User Manual

To identify a disk drive:
1. Start the ARC utility (see
2. Select the controller you want, then press
3. Select Disk Utilities.
The Disk Utilities view provides you with the following information:
Location Model
CN1=DEV1 The manufacturer
information.
Box0=Slot0
Exp0=phy0
The location information of a disk drive is determined by three types of connections:
• Direct attached drives—The connection is determined by the cable connected to a device, for
example CN1 (connector 1) is connected to DEV1 (device 1). For more information, see
Direct-attach Connections
• Storage Enclosure Processor (SEP) managed devices—The connection is determined by an active
backplane. Box0 (enclosure 0) is connected to slot0 (disk drive slot 0 in the enclosure). For more
information, see Backplane Connections
• Expanders—The connections is determined by an expander. Exp0 (expander 0) is connected to
phy0 (phy 0 within a connector). For more information, see
62.
Note: Devices other than disk drives (CDROM, tape drives, etc...) are listed in order
after your system disk drives.

Viewing the Event Log

The BIOS-based event log records all firmware events, such as configuration changes, array creation,
and boot activity.
Some events are not stored indefinitely—the event log is cleared of any non-persistent events each
time you restart your computer; additionally, once the log is full, new events overwrite old events.
To view the event log:
1. Start the ARC utility (see
2. Select the controller you want, then press
3. When the ARC utility menu appears, press
4. Select Controller Log Information, then press
The current event log opens.
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Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide
Running the ARC Utility on page 71).
.
Enter
Rev#
The revision
number of the disk
drive.
on page 61.
on page 62.
Running the ARC Utility on page 71).
.
Enter
.
Ctrl+P
Enter
Speed
The speed of the
disk drive.
SAS Expander Connections
.
Size
The size of the disk
drive.
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78