HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.6 for Windows NT and Windows 2000 Installation and Configuration Guide

4–2 HSG80 ACS Solution Software Version 8.6 for Windows NT and Windows 2000 Installation and

Configuration Guide

The Agent can also be used as a standalone application without Client. In this mode,

which is referred to as Agent only, Agent monitors the status of the subsystem and

provides local and remote notification in the event of a failure. A subsystem includes the

HSG80 controller and its devices. Remote and local notification can be made by SNMP

messages to an SNMP monitoring program.

NOTE: For serial and SCSI connections, the Agent is not required for creating virtual disks.

Installation and Configuration Overview

Table 4–2 provides an overview of the installation.

Table 4–1 SWCC Features and Components

Features Agent Required? Client Required?

Able to create the following:

■ Striped device group (RAID 0)

■ Mirrored device group (RAID 1)

■ Striped mirrored device group (RAID 0+1)

■ Striped parity device group (RAID 3/5)

■ Individual device (JBOD)

Yes Yes

Able to monitor many subsystems at once Yes Yes

Event logging Yes No

Pager notification Yes Yes

Table 4–2 Installation and Configuration Overview

Step Procedure

1 Verify that your hardware has been set up correctly. See the previous chapters in this guide.

2 Verify that you have a network connection for the Client and Agent systems.