5  MRU Browser GUI: RAID-On-Chip (ROC) Controllers

This chapter includes the following topics:

Overview

Launching the MRU

Launching the MRU in the Browser

Login Screen

GUI Overview

Creating and Managing Arrays

Create an Array

Create a Virtual Disk

View Properties of an Array

Modify Properties of an Array

View Properties of a Virtual Disk

Modify Properties of a Virtual Disk

Initialize a Virtual Disk

Check Consistency of a Virtual Disk

Schedule an Activity

Start Data Scrub

Set Free

Set a Global Spare Drive

Set a Dedicated Spare Drive

Unset as Spare Drive

Rebuild an Array

Migrate an Array to Another RAID Level

Online Capacity Expansion

Delete a Virtual Disk

Delete an Array

Set Up Automatic Event Notifications

Set Locate On and Off

5.1  Overview

This chapter describes the options available in the MRU browser-based GUI when using RAID-On-Chip (ROC) Controllers for creating and managing arrays of virtual disks. The GUI is applicable to both Windows and Linux OS.

5.2  Launching the MRU in the Browser

After installing your MRU software, you can access and control both local and remote adapters using the browser GUI. For remote access, you need to know the IP address of the system with the remote adapter.

For the MRU to function properly in the browser, Active Scripting must be enabled in your default browser.

To enable Active Scripting in Internet Explorer

1.  Select Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level.

2.  Under Scripting and check the radio button for Active Scripting as shown in Figure 5-1.

Figure 5-1  Internet Explorer: Active Scripting

Note: Active Scripting is disabled by default in Internet Explorer distributed with Windows 2008.

5.2.1  Local Adapter

You can access and control local adapters using the MRU Browser GUI. This section describes the procedure to launch the GUI on Windows and Linux OS.

To launch the MRU in Windows OS

You can use the desktop shortcut and the system tray icon to launch the MRU in your default browser. When launched, your default browser opens and displays the MRU login page.

Figure 5-2 shows the MRU desktop shortcut.

Figure 5-2  MRU Desktop Shortcut

Figure 5-3 shows the MRU system tray icon.

Figure 5-3  MRU System Tray Icon

To launch the MRU in Linux OS

1.  Launch your default web browser.

2.  Type the following web address in the address bar, as shown in Figure 5-4.

http://localhost:8443/MRU/JumpPage.php?Target=LoginPage

Figure 5-4  Example MRU Browser Web Address

5.2.2  Remote Adapter

You can access and control remote adapters using the MRU Browser GUI. This procedure to launch the GUI on Windows and Linux OS is identical.

1.  Launch your default web browser.

2.  Type the following web address in the address bar, as shown in Figure 5-5.

http://*Your IP Address*:8845/MRU/JumpPage.php?Target=LoginPage

Figure 5-5  Example MRU Browser Web Address

Note: Alternatively, you can use the system name instead of the IP address in most internal network environments.

5.3  Login Screen

When you first start the MRU, you are prompted for a username and password, as shown in Figure 5-6. MRU user accounts and their permissions follow the OS user accounts and their permissions. Only user accounts with administrator privileges have access to all permissions. Non-administrator users have view-only permissions.

Figure 5-6  The MRU Login Screen

5.4  GUI Overview

The MRU GUI, as shown in Figure 5-7, comprises three sections: the navigation, interaction panels, and event logs.

The left navigation panel displays a tree of the physical and logical devices connected to the Marvell adapter, such as hard drives and arrays of virtual disks.

The right interaction panel allows you to perform specific tasks and view configuration details related to both the selection in the navigation tree and the tab within the panel.

The bottom event-logs panel displays the description and severity of various events, such as informational, warning, and error messages.

Figure 5-7  MRU Main Window

The MRU functionality is further divided into the following subsections:

System

Toolset

Adapters

Arrays

Virtual Disks

Physical Disks

Enclosures

Battery

5.4.1  System

The System window includes two tabs, as shown in Figure 5-8. The Property tab provides information about the system-level components of the MRU software. Click the More button for additional information.

Figure 5-8  MRU System

5.4.2  Toolset

The Toolset tab on the System window includes three subsections: Schedule Setting, Account Manager, and Email Setting.

The Schedule Setting window lists all activities you have scheduled (see section Schedule an Activity for more information). You can delete or edit activities within this window, as shown in Figure 5-9.

Figure 5-9  MRU Schedule Setting Window

The Account Manager window lists the current MRU user, as shown in Figure 5-10. You can perform the following tasks from this window:

Change event notification levels received through email. These events are the same events recorded in the events log on the MRU main page.

Change email address and event notification level.

Figure 5-10  MRU Account Manager

The Email Setting window allows you to email MRU events, as shown in Figure 5-11. This feature requires an SMTP server. Once you have entered an SMTP server address, you can test the connection through the Test Setting button. See Set Up Automatic Event Notifications for more information.

Figure 5-11  MRU Email Settings

5.4.3  Adapters

The Adapter link, as shown in Figure 5-12, includes two tabs. The Property tab provides information about each adapter, such as adapter version and setting information. You can perform the following tasks from this window:

Modify and Restore the configuration.

View adapter version information.

Set various background activity rates.

Set Optimize CPU Efficiency on or off.

Set Copy Back on or off.

Set Auto-Rebuild on or off. For more information, see Auto-Rebuild.

Set Poll SMART Status on or off.

Show/Hide PHY Detail.

Note: Your computer can support a maximum of two Marvell adapters.

Figure 5-12  MRU Adapters Property Tab

The Operation tab as, shown in Figure 5-13, allows you to Create an Array.

Figure 5-13  MRU Adapters Operation Tab

5.4.4  Arrays

The Array link, shown in Figure 5-14, is available when an array has been created. The link includes three tabs. The Property tab allows you to view and modify its configuration.

Figure 5-14  MRU Array Property Tab

The Create VD tab as shown in Figure 5-15 allows you to Create a Virtual Disk.

Figure 5-15  MRU Array Create VD Tab

The Operation tab, as shown in Figure 5-16, allows you to perform the following tasks as applicable to the context:

Rebuild an Array

Migrate an Array to Another RAID Level

Online Capacity Expansion

Delete an Array

Figure 5-16  MRU Array Operation Tab

5.4.5  Virtual Disks

The Virtual Disks link, shown in Figure 5-17, appears after you create a virtual disk. The link includes two tabs. The Property tab allows you to view and modify the virtual disk’s configuration.

Figure 5-17  MRU Virtual Disks Property Tab

The Operation tab, as shown in Figure 5-18, allows you to perform various actions onto the virtual disk as follows:

Initialize a Virtual Disk

Check Consistency of a Virtual Disk

Delete a Virtual Disk

Figure 5-18  MRU Virtual Disks Operation Tab

5.4.6  Physical Disks

The Physical Disks link, shown in Figure 5-19, displays the drives on your computer. The link includes two tabs. The Property tab allows you to view and modify the physical disk’s configuration.

Figure 5-19  MRU Physical Disks Property Tab

Table 5-1 shows the physical disk icons and their description.

Table 5-1  MRU Drive Icons and Description (continued)

Symbol

Name

Description

 

Configured

Device has been configured as part of a virtual disk.

 

Unconfigured

Device is not part of a virtual disk or a spare.

 

Foreign Disk

Device has been used by a different model of controller and cannot be used with the current controller.

 

Offline

The physical disk has an error and has been placed into an offline state. An offline PD might result in a virtual disk being placed in an offline or degrade mode. Check the event log for details about why the PD was marked offline. Replace the PD as needed.

 

Tape

SAS/SATA tape device.

 

CD/DVD ROM

SAS/SATA CD/DVD device.

 

Configured Spare Drive

Device has been configured as a spare drive and has been used.

 

Unconfigured Spare Drive

Device has been configured as a spare drive and has not been used.

The Operation tab, shown in Figure 5-20, allows you to perform tasks on the physical disk.

Set Locate On and Off

Start Data Scrub

Set a Global Spare Drive

Set a Dedicated Spare Drive

Set Free

Figure 5-20  MRU Physical Disks Operation Tab

5.4.7  Enclosures

The Enclosures link, shown in Figure 5-21, displays general information about all currently connected port multiplier or expander devices.

Figure 5-21  MRU Enclosures Link

For more detailed information about the device, click the drop-down button , as shown in Figure 5-22.

Figure 5-22  MRU Enclosure Extended Details

5.4.8  Battery

The Battery link, shown in Figure 5-23, displays general information about the battery that is connected as source for backup power.

Figure 5-23  MRU Battery Link

5.4.9  Help Button

Clicking on the Help Button, shown in Figure 5-24, launches the MRU built-in help. You can browse through help topics or search for a specific keyword using the search or index section.

Figure 5-24  Help Section Button

5.5  Create an Array

You can create a new array from the Adapter link in the left navigation menu.

To create an array

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Adapter link.

3.  Click the Operation tab.

4.  From the drop-down menu, select Create Array, as shown in Figure 5-25.

Figure 5-25  MRU Adapter Operation Tab

5.The available physical drives are displayed, as shown in Figure 5-26. Click on the specific drives to create the array of your choice.

Figure 5-26  Create New Array

6.  Change the RAID level from the drop-down menu.

Table 5-2 lists the minimum number of drives required for each RAID level.

Table 5-2  RAID Level Physical Disk Requirement

RAID Level

Minimum Number of Physical Disks Required

RAID 0

2

RAID 1

2

RAID 1E

3

RAID 5

3

RAID 6

4

RAID 10

4

RAID 50

6

RAID 60

8

7.  Click Submit at the bottom of the screen.

If the chosen RAID level does not support the selected combination of drives, the Submit button remains grayed out.

A new array link appears in your left navigation panel, displaying the new array properties, as shown in Figure 5-27.

Figure 5-27  MRU Array Property Tab

Note: Hover mouse over the array storage allocation bar to view the size of the array.

5.6  Create a Virtual Disk

You can create a new virtual disk and view details about an existing virtual disk from the Array link Create VD tab.

Note: The ability to create virtual disk arrays depends on the Marvell controller.

To create a virtual disk

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Array link.

3.  Click the Create VD tab as show in Figure 5-28.

Figure 5-28  MRU Array - Create VD Tab

4.  Configure the virtual disk as necessary.

Note: Hover the mouse over the array storage allocation bar to view the size of the array. If you have already created one or more virtual disks, they are displayed as segments in the storage allocation bar and sized proportional to their disk capacity. Hover the mouse over individual segments to view the virtual disk’s name and size.

5.  Click Submit at the bottom of the screen.

A new virtual disk link appears in your left navigation panel, displaying the new virtual disk properties.

WARNING

When initializing a virtual disk, you will lose the data on that disk.

The Fast Initialization option is only available when creating a virtual disk.

5.7  View Properties of an Array

To view the properties of an array

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Array link in the left navigation panel, as shown in Figure 5-29. Details about the array are displayed in the Property tab.

Figure 5-29  MRU Array Property Tab

Note: Hover the mouse over the array storage allocation bar to view the size of the array. If you have already created one or more virtual disks, they are displayed as segments in the storage allocation bar and sized proportional to their disk capacity. Hover the mouse over individual segments to view the virtual disk’s name and size.

5.8  Modify Properties of an Array

You can change the configuration of an existing array to enhance its performance.

To modify the properties of a array

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Array link in the left navigation panel, as shown in Figure 5-30. Details about the virtual disk are displayed in the Property tab.

Figure 5-30  MRU Array Property Tab

Note: Hover the mouse over the array storage allocation bar to view the size of the array. If you have already created one or more virtual disks, they are displayed as segments in the storage allocation bar and sized proportional to their disk capacity. Hover the mouse over individual segments to view the virtual disk’s name and size.

3.  Change the properties as needed, then click Modify at the top, right-hand side of the screen.

Note: The Modify button becomes available only when you have changed Properties. To return the editable properties to their original values, click Restore.

5.9  View Properties of a Virtual Disk

To view the properties of a virtual disk

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Virtual Disks link in the left navigation panel, as shown in Figure 5-31. Details about the virtual disk are displayed in the Property tab.

Figure 5-31  MRU Virtual Disk Property Tab

 

Table 5-3 displays the status of each virtual disk by its icon.

Table 5-3  Virtual Disk Status

Symbol

Name

Description

 

Foreign disk

This virtual disk was not originally created on the adapter.

 

Functional virtual disk

This virtual disk operates at its optimal strength.

 

Functional virtual disk with BGA

This functional virtual disk is performing background activity.

 

Offline virtual disk

This virtual disk is not functional. Data cannot be read or written to the virtual disk.

 

Degraded virtual disk

This virtual disk has no fault-tolerance. Consequently, you must rebuild the drive.

 

Degraded virtual disk with BGA

This degraded virtual disk is performing background activity.

 

Partial Optimal virtual disk

This virtual disk has lost HD but has fault-tolerance.

 

Partially Optimal virtual disk with BGA

This partially optimal virtual disk is performing background activity.

5.10  Modify Properties of a Virtual Disk

You can change the configuration of an existing virtual disk to enhance its performance.

To modify the properties of a virtual disk

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Virtual Disks link in the left navigation panel, as shown in Figure 5-32. Details about the virtual disk are displayed in the Property tab.

Figure 5-32  MRU Virtual Disk Property Tab

3.  Change the properties as needed, then click Modify at the top, right-hand side of the screen.

Note: The Modify button becomes available only when you have changed Properties. To return the editable properties to their original values, click Restore.

5.11  Initialize a Virtual Disk

Virtual disks can be initialized using two methods:

Fast initialization. This method erases only the Master Boot Record (MBR) in all of the selected disk drives. All existing data is always erased. Once a RAID is created, this option is no longer available.

Background initialization. In this method, data synchronization occurs in the background while the operating system continues to have access to the virtual disk. This method is similar to a consistency fix. This method only updates the ”r;parity” or ”r;mirrored” data and is a non-destructive method.

WARNING

Running fast initialization on a virtual disk destroys the data on that disk. However, background initialization does not destroy the data.

To initialize an existing virtual disk

This method focuses on initialization only after a virtual disk has been created.

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Virtual Disks link in the left navigation panel, as shown in Figure 5-33.

3.  Click the Operation tab and click Initialization.

Figure 5-33  MRU Virtual Disk Operation Tab

4.  In the Initialize Options box, select an initialization method, as shown in Figure 5-34.

Figure 5-34  Initialize Options

5.  Click Submit.

The Virtual Disk Property tab opens and displays the status of your initialization, as shown in Figure 5-35.

Note: Clicking Submit starts the initialization process immediately. Click Schedule to run this activity automatically at a later time and date. See Schedule an Activity for more information.

Figure 5-35  MRU Virtual Disk Property Tab: Initialization Status

5.12  Check Consistency of a Virtual Disk

The MRU allows you to check and fix the data parity of the virtual disks. Checking the integrity of data on your virtual disk is performed as a housekeeping function or when a virtual disk is not performing activities as expected. Initialize your virtual disk before performing a consistency check.

To check the consistency of a virtual disk

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Virtual Disks link in the left navigation panel, as shown in Figure 5-36.

3.  Click the Operation tab and click Consistency Check.

Figure 5-36  MRU Virtual Disk Operation Tab

4.  Select one of the following options:

Figure 5-37  Consistency Check Options

5.  Click Submit.

The Virtual Disk Property tab opens and displays the status of your consistency check.

Note: Clicking Submit starts the consistency-checking process immediately. Click Schedule to run this activity automatically at a later time and date. See Schedule an Activity for more information.

5.13  Schedule an Activity

You can manually start some activities (rebuild, consistency check, initialize, and migrate) through the Virtual Disk Property window. However, using the Schedule option, you can run these activities automatically at a later date for a specified number of times.

To schedule an activity

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Virtual Disk link and then click the Operation tab.

3.  Select the activity you want to schedule: Initialization, Consistency Check or Rebuild.

4.  Click Schedule.

Note: Clicking Submit starts the activity immediately.

5.  On the Schedule Time Setting window, select your date and time. You can also view a drop-down calendar by clicking the calendar icon beside the date, as shown in Figure 5-38.

Scheduled activities run the following day if their setting day matches their scheduled day.

Note: For Rebuild, choose Only Once. Do not choose Daily.

Figure 5-38  Background Activity Schedule

6.  Click Submit. You are redirected to the Schedule Setting tab where you can edit or delete your newly scheduled activity.

5.14  Start Data Scrub

This feature allows you to initiate a background process that inspects a physical disk for errors and corrects them.

To perform a data scrub on a physical disk

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Physical Disk link from the left navigation panel.

3.  Click the Operation tab and select Start Data Scrub, as shown in Figure 5-39.

Figure 5-39  MRU Physical Disk Operation Tab

5.15  Set Free

This feature allows you to clear the meta data on a physical disk.

To perform the Set Free operation

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Physical Disk link from the left navigation panel.

3.  Click the Operation tab and select Set Free, as shown in Figure 5-40.

Figure 5-40  MRU Physical Disk Operation Tab

5.16  Set a Global Spare Drive

You can assign spare drives that arrays can use for Auto-Rebuild functions. Global spare drives can be used by any array. You must use an unconfigured physical disk. A physical disk that is fully or even partially configured cannot be set as a spare drive.

To set a global spare drive

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Physical Disks link from the left navigation panel.

3.  Select an unconfigured Physical Disk.

4.  Click the Operation tab and select Set as Global Spare Drive, as shown in Figure 5-41.

Figure 5-41  MRU Physical Disk Operation Tab

5.17  Set a Dedicated Spare Drive

This feature allows you to assign a spare drive for dedicated use by a specific array.

To set a dedicated spare drive

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Physical Disks link from the left navigation panel.

3.  Select an unconfigured Physical Disk.

4.  Click the Operation tab and select Set as Dedicated Spare Drive, as shown in Figure 5-42.

Figure 5-42  MRU Physical Disk Operation Tab

5.  Dedicate the drive to a specific array by selecting it, as shown in Figure 5-43.

Figure 5-43  Set Disk as Dedicated Spare for Array

6.  Click Submit at the bottom of the screen.

5.18  Unset as Spare Drive

To unset a spare drive

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Physical Disks link from the left navigation panel.

3.  Select the Spare Drive.

4.  Click the Operation tab and select Unset as Global Spare Drive, as shown in Figure 5-44.

Figure 5-44  MRU Physical Disk Operation Tab

5.19  Rebuild an Array

The MRU can rebuild a fault-tolerant array by reconstructing data from the member drives. RAID 0 excludes rebuild capabilities; therefore, all data is lost if one of the physical disks fails.

When a virtual fails and becomes degraded, the virtual disk icon turns red with a warning symbol next to it.

An array can be rebuilt either automatically or manually:

Auto-Rebuild

Manual Rebuild

Some ROCs support the Automatic Temporary Offline Feature.

5.19.1 Auto-Rebuild

There are two types of Auto-Rebuilds:

Auto-Rebuild with Hot Spare

Auto-Rebuild with Hot Swap

5.19.1.1 Auto-Rebuild with Hot Spare

If the Auto-Rebuild option is on, the MRU automatically rebuilds degraded drives. To use the auto-rebuild process, a spare physical disk must be available.

Auto-Rebuild chooses a disk to rebuild based on available spare disk space. If you want to rebuild a specific degraded disk, turn Auto-Rebuild off and rebuild manually.

Click the Adapters tab to change the Auto-Rebuild status.

5.19.1.2 Auto-Rebuild with Hot Swap

In the absence of spare drive, you can replace an offline physical disk by hot-swapping another physical disk in the same location.The MRU will automatically rebuild the virtual disk when it detects an online physical disk at that location.

5.19.2 Manual Rebuild

You can manually rebuild a virtual disk using the MRU to select any unconfigured drive. You must already have a spare physical disk to start a manual rebuild. See Set a Global Spare Drive for more information.

To manually rebuild a virtual disk

1.  Start the MRU

2.  Click the Array link in the left navigation panel.

3.  Select the Operation tab.

4.  Click Rebuild.

5.  Select the drive you will use for the rebuild.

6.  Click Submit.

Note: Clicking Submit starts the rebuild process immediately. Click Schedule to automatically run this activity at a later time and date. See Schedule an Activity for more information.

5.19.3Automatic Temporary Offline Feature

ROCs such as the Marvell 88RC8180 SAS/SATA Universal Storage Controller support the Automatic Temporary Offline feature. Support is dependent on both the adapter model and its firmware.

This feature allows you to rebuild arrays when a physical disk goes offline temporarily. This can happen when the physical connection to the disk is lost. The MRU automatically rebuilds the array when this disk comes back online, as long as the user has not changed the data on the disk.

5.20  Migrate an Array to Another RAID Level

The Migrate feature allows you to migrate an existing array to another RAID level.

To migrate an array

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Array link from the left navigation panel.

3.  Click the Operation tab.

4.  From the drop-down menu, select Migrate, as shown in Figure 5-45.

Figure 5-45  MRU Array Operation Tab

5.  From the drop-down menu at the top, select the RAID level, as shown in Figure 5-46.

Figure 5-46  Migrate Array

6.  The available physical drives are displayed, as shown in Figure 5-46. Click on the specific drives to add physical disks to the array depending on the RAID level.

Table 5-4 lists the minimum number of drives required for each RAID level.

Table 5-4  RAID Level Physical Disk Requirement

RAID Level

Minimum Number of Physical Disks Required

RAID 0

2

RAID 1

2

RAID 1E

3

RAID 5

3

RAID 6

4

RAID 10

4

RAID 50

6

RAID 60

8

7.  Click Submit at the bottom of the screen.

If the chosen RAID level does not support the combination of selected drives, the Submit button remains grayed out.

You are redirected to the array properties tab where migration status is displayed, as shown in Figure 5-47.

Figure 5-47  MRU Array Property Tab

5.21  Online Capacity Expansion

The Migration feature also allows you to expand the capacity of an existing array without changing the RAID level.

To extend the capacity of an array

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Array link from the left navigation panel.

Note: Hover the mouse over the array storage allocation bar to view the size of the array. If you have already created one or more virtual disks, they are displayed as segments in the storage allocation bar and sized proportional to their disk capacity. Hover the mouse over individual segments to view the virtual disk’s name and size.

3.  Click the Operation tab.

4.  From the drop-down menu, select Migrate as shown in Figure 5-48.

Figure 5-48  MRU Array Operation Tab

5.  The drop-down menu at the top displays the current RAID level for the array as shown in Figure 5-49. Do not change the RAID level as you intend to increase capacity for the current level.

Figure 5-49  Migrate Array

6.  The available physical drives are displayed, as shown in Figure 5-49. Click on the specific drives to add them to the array. You may add any number of drives depending on the required array size.

7.  Click Submit at the bottom of the screen.

You are redirected to the array properties tab where migration status is displayed, as shown in Figure 5-50.

Figure 5-50  MRU Array Property Tab

5.22  Delete a Virtual Disk

If you want to change the size of a virtual disk, you must delete that virtual disk and create a new one with the desired configuration.

WARNING

Deleting a virtual disk is permanent and data cannot be retrieved. However, you can choose to keep partition information from the deleted virtual disk.

After deleting the virtual disk, the additional free space is shown as space available on the physical drives. Any physical drive that is not used as part of a virtual disk is available through the Windows Storage Manager.

To delete a virtual disk

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Virtual Disks link in the left navigation panel, as shown in Figure 5-51.

3.  Click the Operation tab, as shown in Figure 5-51, and click Delete VD.

Two pop-up dialogs appear asking for confirmation of the delete operation.

Note: You cannot delete the virtual disk if your OS is running on it.

Figure 5-51  MRU Virtual Disk Operation Tab

4. As shown in Figure 5-52, click OK twice to confirm the VD deletion.

A third pop-up dialog appears asking if the partition information must be deleted.

Figure 5-52  MRU Delete Virtual Disk Confirmation Dialogs

5.As shown in Figure 5-53, click OK to delete information or Cancel to keep information.

An event message confirming the virtual disk deletion pops-up at the taskbar, as shown in Figure 5-54.

Figure 5-53  MRU Delete Virtual Disk Partition Information

Figure 5-54  MRU Delete Virtual Disk Event Confirmation

 

5.23  Delete an Array

WARNING

Deleting an array is a permanent operation. It cannot be reversed.

To delete an array

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Array link in the left navigation panel, as shown in Figure 5-55.

3.  Click the Operation tab, as shown in Figure 5-55, and click Delete Array.

A pop-up dialog appears asking for confirmation of the delete operation.

Note: You cannot delete the array with virtual disks on it. You must first delete each virtual disk individually before deleting the array.

Figure 5-55  MRU Array Operation Tab

 

4.  As shown in Figure 5-56, click OK to delete or Cancel to keep the array.

An event message confirming the virtual disk deletion pops-up at the taskbar, as shown in Figure 5-57.

Figure 5-56  MRU Delete Array Confirmation Dialog

Figure 5-57  MRU Delete Array Event Confirmation

5.24  Set Up Automatic Event Notifications

The MRU can send event notifications through a user’s email account system. This feature requires a working SMTP email server.

To set up your server address

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the System link, and then click the Toolset tab. From the drop down menu, select Email Setting, as shown in Figure 5-58.

Figure 5-58  MRU Email Setting

3.  Enter your SMTP server address and account information.

4.  Click Test Setting.

If your connection is valid, the following confirmatory message is displayed.

Mail setting test succeeded, please save your settings.

If you see an error message, check your server address and port number.

5.  Click Submit.

The following confirmatory message is displayed.

Setting updated successfully.

To select event notification levels

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the System link, and then click the Toolset tab. From the drop down menu, select Account Manager, as shown in Figure 5-59.

Figure 5-59  MRU Account Manager

3.  Enter your email address and check the events you want emailed.

4.  Click Submit. You will now receive email notifications on the events you selected.

5.25  Set Locate On and Off

Locate On helps you find a physical disk by blinking the LED of the enclosure in which the physical disk is held. The enclosure must support the Locate function.

Set Locate On

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Physical Disks link from the left navigation panel.

3.  Select the physical disk you want to find.

4.  Click the Operation tab and select Locate On, as shown in Figure 5-60.

The enclosure LED of the physical disk should start blinking.

Figure 5-60  MRU Physical Disk Operation Tab

Set Locate Off

1.  Start the MRU.

2.  Click the Physical Disks link from the left navigation panel.

3.  Select the physical disk with the enclosure that is currently blinking.

4.  Click the Operation tab and select Locate Off.