Users guide

155 Intel® RAID Software User Guide
Full functionality support is available for the VMware ESXi operating system, but
it works differently than the normal Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2 framework mode.
The event logging feature for the Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2 Client connected to a
VMware ESXi system behaves as follows:
— There is no support for retrieving initial logs (the events that
occurred before a
client logs in). Only those events that occur after a client logs in appear in the
event logger dialog.
— System log does not display.
— The "Save log" feature is not supported;
however, the "Save Log as Text" is
still supported.
— The "View Log" option allows you to view
the logs saved in a text file on the
event logger dialog.
— The event descriptions might not be
identical to a normal Intel
®
RAID Web
Console 2 Client because the descriptions come from the firmware through the
provider.
— There is no filtering of events, unlike Monitor Service.
— Refreshing of the Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2 GUI after any updates on the
firmware is slower for a client connected to VMWare ESXi hosts, compared to
one connected to Windows/Linux/Solaris hosts.
4. Remote discovery and heartbeat mechanism:
For networks that do not have DNS configured, the
"hosts" file in the machine on
which the Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2 is installed must be edited as follows:
— Add an entry to map the VMWare host's IP
address with the hostname. This is
for the discovery to happen correctly. In the absence of this entry, the VMWare
host would be discovered as 0.0.0.0.
— Add an entry to map its own IP address (not the loop back address) with the
Hostname
. This is to ensure that the Alert Event Notifications (AENs) are
delivered correctly.
For networks that has DNS configured, the "hosts" file in the ma
chine on which
Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2 is installed must be edited as follows:
— When you do the initial configurations for the VMW
are host, provide the
correct DNS server IP address.
— In the hosts file of the machine on which Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2 is
installed, add an entry to map its own IP address (not the loop back address)
with the Hostname. This is to ensure that the Asynchronous Event
Notifications (AENs) are delivered correctly.
5. The VMWare hosts are discovered only when the Framework se
rvice starts on the
host where Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2 is installed.
6. The VMWare ESX3i does not support the heartbeat mechanism to let Intel
®
RAID
Web Console 2 know whether VMWare ESX3i is still connected. When the
connection to the remote VMWare ESX3i is lost, Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2 does
not indicate this. The only option is to rediscover by restarting the Intel
®
RAID
Web Console 2 framework.