User manual LACIE STORVIEW STORAGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

[. . . ] LaCie StorView Storage Management Software User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inter-Server Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Enclosure Section for a list of all drive icons. IMPORTANT INFO: When drives are spun down and depending upon the number of drives spun down, it could take longer than 1 and 1/2 minutes to spin the drives back up. If commands are issued to the drives before they are spun up, the commands will fail. You will need to reissue the commands once the drives are spun up and back online. Fig. 92 - Array Power Management Screen - Configured LaCie StorView Storage Management Software User Manual Managing the Storage Solution page 75 8. 4. Restoring and Clearing the Configuration CAUTION: If your configuration is cleared accidentally and you cannot restore the configuration exactly as it was, you will not be able to restore access to the data. It is recommended to periodically save the configuration so that it is up to date, see 5. 6. 93 - Main Screen 8. 4. 1. Restoring the Configuration 1. From the Main screen Tool Bar click the Archive Configuration icon. The Configuration Archival Operations screen appears. You may click the CLOSE button to cancel and return to the Main screen. The File upload window appears, click the Browse button. You are presented with the browser's "Choose File" window. Select the appropriate file and click the Open button to continue, or Cancel to quit. Click the UPLOAD button to continue to restore the configuration, or click the CANCEL button to quit. After you have completed the configuration restoration, and if you had any RAID 5, 6, or 50 arrays defined, click the Array link on the Main screen for each RAID 5, 6, or 50 array. Perform a VERIFY PARITY operation before using those arrays. This will ensure that the data and parity data are correct. Fig. 94 - Configuration Archival Operations Window Fig. 95 - Restore Configuration Upload Window Fig. 96 - Restore Choose File Screen LaCie StorView Storage Management Software User Manual Managing the Storage Solution page 76 8. 4. 2. Clearing the Configuration Some conditions or situations may call for you to clear the entire configuration. CAUTION: This process removes all arrays, logical drives, SAN LUN Mappings, Snapshots, Snapshot Feature License, etc. [. . . ] A logical unit number will be assigned and used by the accessing host. These LUN numbers are automatically assigned. Up to 256 ODAs can be defined within the array. Each ODA can store up to 64 snapshots, so the snapshot number will range between 0-63. [. . . ]