Hardware Installation Wizard; Determining That A Component Has Failed; Using Leds To Troubleshoot Hardware; Using Ftsmc To Troubleshoot Hardware - NEC Express5800/320Ma Administrator's Manual

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7. Right-click the missing disk, and then click Remove Disk.
8. On the remaining good disk, right-click a volume and click Add Mirror. In the Add
Mirror dialog box, select the replacement disk and click the Add Mirror button.
Repeat this step for all other volumes on the remaining good disk.

Hardware Installation Wizard

Occasionally, after a system reboot or after hot-plugging an I/O element or a disk, a
hardware-installation wizard may appear, indicating that a "Express5800/320Ma disk
device" has been found. Continue through the wizard steps, but click Cancel at the end
rather than rebooting.

Determining That a Component Has Failed

Component
operation and maintenance guide for your system for general troubleshooting
information related to system hardware. ftSMC indicates a failed component by
showing a white X inside a red box next to the icon of a failed component.

Using LEDs to Troubleshoot Hardware

LEDs, where present, indicate the status of components. The LEDs can help you locate
a failing or failed component. The LED status is also shown by ftSMC in the details
pane of components that have LEDs.
The LED State properties indicate the state of an LED in the system. On your
Express5800/320Ma system, the LEDs are green, amber, and white.
For detailed information about LEDs and particular components, see the operation and
maintenance guide for your system.

Using ftSMC to Troubleshoot Hardware

You can view component icons in ftSMC to see if a component has failed.
To use ftSMC to determine that a component has failed
1. In ftSMC, expand the System Inventory by clicking the ftServer node in the console
tree and pressing the asterisk (*) key on the numeric keypad.
2. Look for Warning (an exclamation point inside a yellow triangle) or Error (a white
X inside a red circle) icons. If you see a Warning icon, click the plus sign (+) in front
of nodes that have a Warning icon until you see an Error icon.
For example, in
icon appears beside the slot that has a problem.
LEDs
and
ftSMC
provide indicators that a component has failed. See the

Figure

5-1, Warning icons appear in three nodes, and the Error

Determining That a Component Has Failed

Troubleshooting
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