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README.TXT

ICP Storage Manager (ISM)

as of February 10, 2008

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Please review this file for important information about issues

and erratas that were discovered after completion of the standard

product documentation. In the case of conflict between various

parts of the documentation set, this file contains the most

current information.

The following information is available in this file:

I.) Important information - please read before using/installing ISM

1. General Cautions and Notes

1.1 Critical

1.2 Informational

2. Supported Controllers and Firmware Releases

3. Known Limitations

4. Supported Operating Systems

5. Contact Information

II.) General Information

1. Software Versions and Documentation

1.1 ICP Storage Manager Version

1.2 Documentation on this CD

2. Installation and Setup Notes

2.1 Supported Operating Systems

2.2 Minimum System Requirements

2.3 General Setup Notes

2.4 Linux Setup Notes

2.5 VMware Setup Notes

3. General Cautions and Notes

3.1 General Cautions

3.2 General Notes

4. Operating System-Specific Issues and Notes

4.1 All

4.2 Windows - All

4.3 Windows 2000

4.4 Windows for EM-64T and AMD-64

4.5 Linux

5. Array Level-Specific Notes

5.1 RAID 1 and RAID 5 Notes

5.2 RAID 10 Notes

5.3 RAID x0 Notes

6. ARCCONF Notes

7. Other Issues and Notes

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I.) Important information - please read before using/installing ISM

Summary of content (12 pages)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------README.TXT ICP Storage Manager (ISM) as of February 10, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------Please review this file for important information about issues and erratas that were discovered after completion of the standard product documentation. In the case of conflict between various parts of the documentation set, this file contains the most current information.
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1. General Cautions and Notes 1.1 Critical - Use only one instance of ICP Storage Manager! Do NOT run multiple configuration tools in parallel! Doing so may cause unpredictable results. - Do not use/install parallel to Adaptec Storage Manager (ASM). Doing so may cause unpredictable results. - This version is not released for older RAIDYNE based GDT RAID controllers like GDT8500RZ, GDT85x6RZ, GDT8x14RZ, GDT8x24RZ, GDT8x22RZ. 1.2 Informational - Detailed documentation of the program can be found under help.
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o o o o Windows Windows Windows Windows Server 2008 - All versions Vista - All versions Server 2003 Enterprise, Standard, and Web Edition* XP Professional - Microsoft Windows x64 Editions: o o o o Windows Windows Windows Windows Server 2008 - All versions Vista Ultimate and Business Server 2003 Enterprise, Standard, and Web Edition* XP Professional - Linux 32-Bit: o Red Hat o Red Hat EL 4.0 AS/ES/WS* o Red Hat EL 5.
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5.1 ICP sales Contact ICP sales: (0)89-45 64 06 21 icp_sales@adaptec.com 5.2 ICP online support ICP vortex home page: http://www.icp-vortex.com ICP support: english - http://www.icp-vortex.com/english/support/supp_e.htm deutsch - http://www.icp-vortex.com/german/support/supp_d.htm ==================================================================== II.) General Information 1. Software Versions and Documentation 1.1. ICP Storage Manager Version 5.30 1.2.
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o o o o Intel Pentium Compatible 1.2 GHz processor 512 MB RAM 135 MB hard disk drive space 256 color video mode 2.3 General Setup Notes - You can configure ICP Storage Manager settings on other servers exactly as they are configured on one server. To replicate the ICP Storage Manager tree and notification list, do the following: 1. Install ICP Storage Manager on one server. 2. Start ICP Storage Manager. Using the 'Add remote system' action, define the servers for your tree. 3.
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. Restart ICP Storage Manager. 2.4 Linux Setup Notes - To run ICP Storage Manager under Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x64, the Standard installation with "Compatibility Arch Support" is required. - To install ICP Storage Manager on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you must install two packages from the Red Hat installation CD: o o compat-libstdc7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm compat-libstdc-devel-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm NOTE: The version string in the file name may be different than above.
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1. Insert the ICP Storage Manager application CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Type the following command to install the 32-bit Linux ICP Storage Manager on the VMware ESX Server: rpm -ivh RaidMan-8.40.i386.rpm 3. Install ICP Storage Manager on a Windows or Linux machine. 4. From the Windows or Linux client, connect to the ICP Storage Manager agent on the VMware ESX Server using the ISM GUI. - The ICP Storage Manager agent on the VMware ESX Server cannot be monitored from a guest operating system.
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configuration must have matching forward and reverse lookups. Point your browser to http://yourcomputername:34572. - ICP Storage Manager generates log files automatically to assist in tracking system activity. The log files are created in the directory where the ICP Storage Manager is installed. o RaidEvt.log - Contains the information reported in the ICP Storage Manager event viewer for all local and remote systems. o RaidEvtA.
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- After using a hot spare to successfully rebuild a redundant array, information about the hot spare drive may not display as expected. ICP Storage Manager may continue to display it as a global hot spare. - If you initialize one or more drives in a snapshot source array, the snapshot target array cannot be deleted. To avoid creating a snapshot drive that cannot be deleted, you must delete the snapshot drive first, before you initialize the drives in the source array.
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- RAID adapters do not produce an audible alarm on 64-bit Windows operating systems, including: o Windows XP Professional x64 Edition o Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (all versions) 4.5 Linux - When you delete an array, the operating system can no longer see the last array. WORKAROUND: To allow Linux to see the last array, restart your system. - The controller does not support attached CD drives during OS installation.
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ICP Storage Manager console, they may not really be deleted. Reboot the controller; then, issue the ARCCONF DELETE command again. - On certain versions of Linux, you may see messages concerning font conversion errors. Font configuration under X-Windows is a known JVM problem. It does not affect the proper operation of the ICP Storage Manager software. To suppress these messages, add the following line to your .
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6. ARCCONF Notes - ARCCONF requires the latest drivers to operate properly. Failure to update the drivers may result in the console hanging after a command is issued. - With Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6, the ARCCONF DELETE command may fail with a Kernel Oops error message. Even though the drives are removed from the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI, they may not really be deleted. Reboot the controller; then, issue the ARCCONF DELETE command again.