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NEC Express5800 Series
Web-based Promise Array
Management Professional User's Guide
(Linux Version)
(For N8103-105 Disk Array Controller)
1st Edition
08-2007
856-840000-889-A
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Preface This User's Guide explains the management utility [Web-based Promise Array Management Professional] to be used for operating N8103-105 Disk Array Controller provided by Promise. Some of the features explained in this guide may not be supported in your environment. Please be sure to read the User’s Guide supplied with the platform. The guide is intended for persons who are familiar with Linux functions and operation methods. For details on Linux operation, see Linux Online Help or
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(7) NEC will not guarantee the proper operation of the open source software including Linux kernels. Please be sure to implement and operate the Linux system based on the principle of self-responsibility.
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Contents 1. Overview .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Web-based Promise Array Management Professional.......................................................... 1 1.2 Precautions ........................................................................................................................... 2 2. Installation/Uninstallation ....................................................................
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3.14 Initializing Logical Drive ................................................................................................... 63 3.15 Creating or Deleting Spare Drives ..................................................................................... 64 3.15.1 Creating Spare Drives .............................................................................................. 64 3.15.2 Deleting Spare Drives ............................................................................
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1. Overview 1.1 Web-based Promise Array Management Professional Web-based Promise Array Management Professional (hereafter abbreviated for WebPAM PRO) is a Web-based application that locally or remotely manages N8103-105 Disk Array Controller provided by Promise. WebPAM PRO only supports Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or later (when monitoring from the Linux environment) and Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 or later (when monitoring from the Windows environment) as its browser. After installi
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1.2 Precautions Be sure to read the following notes and precautions before using WebPAM PRO: It is strongly recommended to provide media patrol or redundancy check routinely for all logical drives and HDDs to be connected. Whether the media patrol or the redundancy check is used may be determined as follows depending on the environment of your system. Redundancy Environment in which your system is always subject to load. check --- Redundancy check can continue at a constant rate under
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2. Installation/Uninstallation 2.1 Operation Environment for WebPAM PRO The following operation environment is required for the proper operation of WebPAM PRO. - Hardware NEC EXPRESS5800 server available for the “N8103-105 Disk Array Controller (SAS)” - Software RHEL AS/ES 4 Update 5 or later ML4SP2 or later IMPORTANT: Only users authorized as root are permitted to install and uninstall WebPAM PRO. If you have used Web-based Promise Array Manager (WebPAM, N8103-101/103 manageme
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2.3 Uninstalling WebPAM PRO IMPORTANT: Follow the procedure described in this chapter to uninstall WebPAM PRO. NOTE: WebPAM PRO is required for managing the RAID system. Do not uninstall WebPAM PRO unless you have to uninstall for maintenance including the upgrade of the utility. 1. Go to the folder that WebPAM PRO has been installed. # cd /opt/Promise/WebPAMPRO. 2. Execute the WebPAM PRO uninstallation script as follows. # ./WPPUninst.sh 3. Check that WebPAM PRO has been success
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3. Operation This chapter describes how to start WebPAM PRO and operations on screens appearing after starting WebPAM PRO. 3.1 Starting and Exiting WebPAM PRO IMPORTANT: For a specific controller, do not start more than one web browser or more than one tab in a browser concurrently. You need a certificate for security when logging in for the first time. Install the security certificate according to Appendix A. Opening the WebPAM PRO screen with Internet Explorer 7 always caus
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3.1.1 Controlling WebPAM PRO with a Local Computer 1. Start WebPAM PRO by either of the following methods. - Double-click the WebPAM PRO icon on the desktop. - Select [Application] (the main menu on the panel) → [Accessory] → [WebPAMPRO]. Then click [WebPAMPRO]. Select [Start] (the main menu on the panel) → [Applications] → [Utilities]. Then click [WebPAMPRO]. 2. The Security Alert window will appear. See Appendix A to install the certificate. 3. If the “Securit
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3.1.2 Controlling WebPAM PRO with a Remote Computer NOTES: If using a proxy server for making access to the Internet, you need to bypass the proxy server. See Appendix A for the setting procedure. If a firewall function is running on the system (server), you may not controll from the remote computer. In this case, change the setting to make it possible to connect from the remote computer (e.g. check the port setting for firewall). The procedure provided below is for connecting
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3.2 WebPAM PRO Operation Window 3.2.1 Using WebPAM PRO for the First Time 1. Click the Subsystem/Host Management icon in the Tree View appearing at the left side of the screen. 2. Click the Add Subsystem/Host tab in the screen appearing at the right side of the screen. - 8 -
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3. Make sure that "127.0.0.1" is entered in the Subsystem/Host Port IP address field, and click the [Submit] button. The host PC information appears in the Tree View. - 9 -
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3.2.2 WebPAM PRO Operation Screen The WebPAM PRO window is mainly configured with three parts; Tree View, Management Window, and Event Frame. WebPAM PRO Header Function tab Tree View Management Window Event Frame Tree View The Tree View can indicate the configuration of the RAID system hierarchically in the similar way as Windows Explorer. Each item at a specific level can be expanded by displaying the relevant information at the lower levels. Management Window The information
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3.3 Icons When you click the link to an icon on the Tree View, several setting and status display screens appear on the Management Window. The features grayed out on the Management Window are unavailable. For details of features, see the relevant chapters. Tree View Management Window display Home icon Indicates the version information of WebPAM PRO. Indicates the name of the current logon user in parentheses. User Management tab Administrative Tools icon Subsystem/Host Management
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Tree View Management Window display Indicates the information on BIOS and drivers. In addition, you can provide various settings Controller icon including performance, display battery status and display or change buzzer setting. Indicates the enclosure information. See the following description for details. Enclosure icon Indicates the information on all connected HDDs. Physical Drives icon Indicates HDDs in the enclosure and connected HDDs. Indicates the information on dis
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3.4 Managing Users Creating user account To create a new user account, follow the procedure described below: 1. Logon to WebPAM PRO as an administrator, or a super privilege user. 2. Click the User Management in the Tree View and then click the Create tab in the Management Window. 3. Set the items in the Create tab as shown in the table below: Item name Description Available characters User Name Account used at login Alphanumeric characters of 1 - 31 bytes New Password Password
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Privilege Description Power Users of the privilege can create (but cannot delete) disk arrays and logical drives, change RAID levels and stripe sizes and set or change components of disk arrays, logical drives and physical drives Super Users of the privilege have all access authorities. The users can create, delete or change all disk arrays, logical and physical drives and users. 4. After completing the entry, click [Submit]. If the user is created successfully, message "User was cr
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Deleting User Account 1. Logon to WebPAM PRO as an administrator, or a super privilege user. 2. Click the User Management in the Tree View and then click the Delete tab appearing in the Management Window. 3. Check the checkbox located to the left of each user to be deleted and click [Submit]. The confirmation dialog box appears. Click [OK]. Now the specified user accounts are deleted. IMPORTANT: Administrator accounts cannot be deleted. - 15 -
