Nec Express5800 320Ma Administrators Guide Express5800/320Ma

2015-05-18

• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Preface
• Introduction to System Administration
  • System Administration Tools
    • Active Upgrade
    • ftServer Management Console
    • Software Availability Manager
    • ActiveService Network
    • Virtual Technician Module
    • VTM Console
    • Disk-Management Tools
  • System Software Features
    • Fail-Safe Software
    • Services
    • Open Driver Architecture
    • Rapid Disk Resync Disk Mirroring
  • Initial Configuration
  • Documentation
    • Express5800/320Ma Help System
  • Windows Documentation
• Operating and Monitoring Your System
  • System Startup and Shutdown
    • Enabling the System Power Button
    • Managing CPU Element Resynchronization
    • Managing CPU Element Bringup
    • Connecting Serial Port 1 to the Modem
  • Controlling the Modem
  • Remote Access to Your System Desktop
    • Remote Desktop
    • Running ftSMC Remotely
    • Using VTM Console
  • Using the VTM
    • Setting Up a VTM Administrator Account
    • Configuring VTM Administrator Email Paging
    • Configuring the SMTP and SNMP Settings
    • Setting Paging-Severity Levels
  • Windows System Event Logs
    • Setting the Size of Event Log Files
    • Archiving Event Log Files
  • Monitoring Stratus Services
  • BIOS Settings
    • Determining the BIOS Version
  • Enabling IMAPI for Writing to CDs
  • Floppy Disk Drive Volume Letter
  • Serial Ports
  • Uninterruptible Power Supplies
    • System Shutdown with UPS Battery Rundown
    • Changing the IP Address of Systems with a UPS
  • SNMP Traps
  • Installing Hotfixes and Security Updates
  • Important Things to Avoid
• ftServer Management Console
  • CPU and I/O Enclosures and Elements
  • ftSMC Overview
  • Running ftSMC
    • Running ftSMC Directly on Your Express5800/320Ma System
    • Running ftSMC on a Remote Computer
      • Adding the ftServer Management Console Snap-in to MMC
      • Virtual Modems
      • Using VTMs to Troubleshoot Systems
      • Determining the Value of the Send Alarms By Property
      • Opening a Previously Saved MMC Console
    • Running ftSMC by Remote Access
  • Performing ftSMC Tasks
    • ftSMC Interface
      • Details Pane
      • Icons Used in ftSMC
      • Refreshing the ftSMC Display
    • Viewing and Changing Properties
      • Required Operational States for Commands
• Disk Storage Management
  • Data Fault Tolerance
  • Guidelines for System Disks
  • Using RDR for Fault Tolerance
    • Automatic Virtual Disk Expansion
    • Managing RDR Disks
    • Notes on Using RDR to Mirror Disks in Internal Storage
      • Disk Failures during Resynchronization
      • Write Caching
      • Read-load Balancing
      • Mirroring Dynamic Disks with RDR
        • Converting a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk
    • Setting the Active RDR Disk (Plex)
    • Deleting the RDR Configuration on a Physical Disk
    • Removing a Physical Disk from an RDR Virtual Disk
    • Deporting a Physical Disk from an RDR Virtual Disk
    • Creating a Spare Bootable RDR Disk
    • Breaking a Physical Disk from an RDR Virtual Disk
    • Setting or Clearing the MTBF for Disks
      • Setting the MTBF Faultcount Limit for Disks
    • Booting a System with a Backup RDR Boot Disk
    • Reusing Data Disks
      • Reusing a Stored-Data Disk
      • Removing the RDR Configuration from a Stored-Data Disk
    • Resynchronizing RDR Disks
      • Resynchronizing a Backup Boot RDR Disk
    • Recovering and Replacing RDR Disks
    • Verifying RDR Disks
    • Configuring the Priority of RDR Virtual Disk Resynchronization
  • Using Volume Mirroring for Fault Tolerance
    • Mirrored Volume Resynchronization
      • Volume Resynchronization After Rebooting
    • Inserting or Removing More Than One Disk at a Time
  • ftSMC Interface for Storage Enclosures and Subsystems
    • Storage Enclosure Node
      • Slot Node
      • Disk Node
      • Sensor Nodes
    • EMC Attached Storage
  • Mirroring Disks in Your Express5800/320Ma System
    • Mirroring Disks in Internal Storage
    • Configuring and Creating RDR Disks
  • Finding a Physical Disk
    • Finding an Internal Physical Disk
    • Finding an External Physical Disk
• Troubleshooting
  • MTBF Statistics
    • Clearing the MTBF
    • Changing the MTBF Threshold
  • Taking Components Offline and Bringing Them Online
  • Hard Disks
    • Recovering a Disk
    • Replacing a Failed Disk in Windows Disk Management
      • Replacing a Failed Disk with an Uninitialized Disk
      • Replacing a Failed Disk with an Initialized Disk
    • Hardware Installation Wizard
  • Determining That a Component Has Failed
    • Using LEDs to Troubleshoot Hardware
    • Using ftSMC to Troubleshoot Hardware
  • Locating Components
    • Device IDs and Device Paths
    • Diagrams of Component Locations
      • System Elements and Internal Storage Disk Locations
  • When Windows Does Not Respond
  • Delayed System Restart
  • Unresponsive Mouse and Keyboard
  • Remote Event Notification and Service
    • Remote Reporting of Events
      • Autonomous Call Home
      • System Inventory Reports
      • SNMP Traps
      • Event-Log Entries
    • Remote Service
  • Making Dump Files
    • Using the Dump Button
    • System Memory Dumps
    • Dump and Go
  • Online Diagnostic Codes
  • Disaster Recovery
    • Safe Mode
    • Booting From a Spare System Disk
    • WinPE
    • Windows Hotfixes Distributed by NEC Solutions (America), Inc.
• Advanced Topics
  • Disabling Hyperthreading
  • Using Windows Headless Mode and Console Redirection
  • Security Configuration Wizard
• Online Diagnostic Codes
  • Online Diagnostic Test Codes
    • CPU Diagnostic Test Codes
    • I2C Bus Diagnostic Test Codes
    • Primary I/O Element Diagnostic Test Codes
    • Secondary I/O Element Diagnostic Test Codes
• Index