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Introduction
Configuration
Monitoring
Maintenance
Hardware and Software Requirements
Installation
Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows
Setup Options
Uninstalling the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows
Uninstalling the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software through the Control Panel
Uninstalling the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Using the Command Prompt
Uninstalling the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Using the MegaRAID Storage Manager Uninstallation Utility
Prerequisites for Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on RHEL6.x x64 and RHEL7.x x64
Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on RHEL or SLES/SuSE Linux
Uninstalling the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on RHEL or SLES or SuSE Linux
Running a CIM Plug-in on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Installing and Supporting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Solaris 10 (U5, U6, U7, U8, U9, and U10), Solaris 11 (Both x86 and x64), and Solaris SPARC
Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Solaris 10 x86
Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Solaris 10 SPARC
Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Solaris 11 x86
Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Solaris 11 SPARC
Uninstalling the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Solaris 10 (U5, U6, U7, U8, U9, and U10), Solaris 11 (x86 and x64), and Solaris SPARC
MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Customization
Updating the Strength of Public and Private RSA keys
Limitations
Updating the Property File and Vivaldikeys
Stopping the Pop-Up Notification Process
Windows Operating System
Linux, Solaris x86, and Solaris SPARC Operating Systems
Restarting the Pop-Up Notification Process
Installing and Supporting the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on VMware
Prerequisites for Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager for VMware
Installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on VMware ESX (VMware Classic)
Uninstalling the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for VMware
MegaRAID Storage Manager Support on the VMware ESXi Operating System
Limitations of Installation and Configuration
Differences in the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for VMware ESXi
Installing and Configuring a CIM Provider
Installing a CIM SAS Storage Provider on the Linux Operating System
Running the CIM SAS Storage Provider on Pegasus
Installing a CIM SAS Storage Provider on Windows
Installing and Configuring an SNMP Agent
Prerequisite for the Avago SNMP Agent RPM Installation
Installing an SNMP Agent on Windows
Installing an SNMP Agent
Installing SNMP Service for Windows
Configuring SNMP Service on the Server Side
Installing the SNMP Service for the Windows 2008 Operating System
Configuring the SNMP Service on the Server Side for the Windows 2008 Operating System
Prerequisite for Installing the SNMP Agent on a Linux Server
Installing and Configuring an SNMP Agent on Linux
Installing and Configuring an SNMP Agent on Solaris
Prerequisites
Installing the SNMP Agent on Solaris
Avago SAS SNMP MIB Location
Starting, Stopping, and Checking the Status of the Avago SAS SNMP Agent
Configuring the snmpd.conf File
Configuring SNMP Traps
Uninstalling the SNMP Package
Installing the MegaCLI Utility for VMware 5.0
MegaRAID Storage Manager Remotely Connecting to VMware ESX
Prerequisites to Running MegaRAID Storage Manager Remote Administration
CLI Packaging Details
Startup and the Main Window
Starting the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software
Discovery and Login
High Availability DAS Support
LDAP Support
Configuring LDAP Support Settings
MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu
Dashboard View, Physical View, and Logical View
Physical Drive Temperature
Shield State
Shield State Physical View
Logical View Shield State
Viewing the Physical Drive Properties
Viewing the Server Profile of a Drive in Shield State
Displaying the Virtual Drive Properties
Parity Size
Mirror Data Size
Metadata Size
Emergency Spare
Emergency Spare for Physical Drives
Emergency Spare Property for Controllers
Commissioned Hotspare
SSD Disk Cache Policy
Virtual Drive Settings
Set the Virtual Drive Properties
Non-SED Secure Erase Support
Group Show Progress for Drive Erase
Virtual Drive Erase
Group Show Progress for Virtual Drive Erase
Rebuild Write Cache
Background Suspend / Resume Support
Enclosure Properties
Expander Properties
Device Icons
Properties and Graphical View Tabs
Event Log Panel
Menu Bar
Configuration
Creating a New Configuration
Understanding RAID Levels
Selecting Virtual Drive Settings
Optimum Controller Settings for CacheCade
Optimum Controller Settings for Fast Path
Creating a Virtual Drive Using Simple Configuration
Creating a Virtual Drive Using Advanced Configuration
Converting JBOD Drives to Unconfigured Good
Converting JBOD to Unconfigured Good from the MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu
Removing a JBOD Drive
Enabling Security on JBOD
Creating Hot Spare Drives
Changing Adjustable Task Rates
Changing Power Settings
Recovering and Clearing Punctured Block Entries
Changing Virtual Drive Properties
Changing a Virtual Drive Configuration
Accessing the Modify Drive Group Wizard
Adding a Drive or Drives to a Configuration
Removing a Drive from a Configuration
Replacing a Drive
Migrating the RAID Level of a Virtual Drive
Deleting a Virtual Drive
Performing a Join Mirror Operation
Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices
Alert Delivery Methods
Vivaldi Log/MegaRAID Storage Manager Log
System Log
Setting Up the Custom Facility Level in the System Log File for the Solaris x86 Operating System
Pop-up Notification
Email Notification
Configuring Alert Notifications
Editing Alert Delivery Methods
Changing Alert Delivery Methods for Individual Events
Changing the Severity Level for Individual Events
Roll Back to the Default Individual Event Configuration
Entering or Editing the Sender Email Address and SMTP Server
Authenticating the SMTP Server
Adding Email Addresses of Recipients of Alert Notifications
Testing Email Addresses of Recipients of Alert Notifications
Removing Email Addresses of Recipients of Alert Notifications
Saving Backup Configurations
Loading Backup Configurations
Monitoring Server Events
Monitoring Controllers
Monitoring Drives
Running a Patrol Read
Patrol Read Task Rates
Monitoring Virtual Drives
Monitoring Enclosures
Monitoring Battery Backup Units
Battery Learn Cycle
Setting Automatic Learn Cycle Properties
Starting a Learn Cycle Manually
Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes
Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations
Initializing a Virtual Drive
Running a Group Initialization
Running a Consistency Check
Setting the Consistency Check Settings
Scheduling a Consistency Check
Running a Group Consistency Check
Scanning for New Drives
Rebuilding a Drive
New Drives Attached to a MegaRAID Controller
Making a Drive Offline or Missing
Removing a Drive
Upgrading Firmware
Upgrading the CPLD Version
Using MegaRAID Advanced Software
MegaRAID Advanced Software
Recovery Advanced Software
MegaRAID Software Licensing
Managing MegaRAID Advanced Software
Activation Key
Advanced MegaRAID Software Status Summary
Application Scenarios and Messages
Activating an Unlimited Key over a Trial Key
Activating a Trial Software
Activating an Unlimited Key
Reusing the Activation Key
Securing Advanced MegaRAID Software
Configuring Key Vault (Re-hosting Process)
Re-hosting Complete
Deactivate Trial Software
Using the MegaRAID CacheCade Advanced Software
Using the MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 Software
Modifying the CacheCade Virtual Drive Properties
Enabling SSD Caching on a Virtual Drive
Disabling SSD Caching on a Virtual Drive
Enabling or Disabling SSD Caching on Multiple Virtual Drives
Modifying a CacheCade Drive Group
Clearing Configuration on CacheCade Pro 2.0 Virtual Drives
Removing Blocked Access
Deleting a Virtual Drive with SSD Caching Enabled
Fast Path Advanced Software
Setting Fast Path Options
Avago MegaRAID SafeStore Encryption Services
Enabling Drive Security
Changing Security Settings
Disabling Drive Security
Importing or Clearing a Foreign Configuration
Foreign Configurations in Cable Pull and Drive Removal Scenarios
Events and Messages
Error Levels
Event Messages
Glossary