Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices
Keywords: Nytro SW UG

> Monitoring Controllers and Their Attached Devices

> Alert Delivery Methods
> Configuring Alert Notifications
> Editing Alert Delivery Methods
> Changing Alert Delivery Methods for Individual Events
> Changing the Severity Level for Individual Events
> Roll Back to 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 User Events
> Monitoring Controllers
> Monitoring Drives
> Running a Patrol Read
> Monitoring Virtual Drives
> Monitoring SuperCap
> SuperCap Learn Cycle
> Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes

> This chapter explains how to use the MegaRAID Storage Manager software to monitor the status of drives, virtual drives, and other storage devices.

> The MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to monitor the activity of all the controllers present in the system and the devices attached to them.

> The MegaRAID Storage Manager software does a background check every one hour to verify if the controller and the system time are in sync. If the time difference between the controller and the system is more than 90 seconds, the MegaRAID Storage Manager software synchronizes the time so that the controller time and the system time are in sync.

> When you perform an operation on devices (such as the creation of a new virtual drive) or when devices automatically go from an optimal state to a different state (such as a created virtual drive goes to a degraded state or a SuperCap goes bad), the MegaRAID Storage Manager software gets those events from the controller and gives a notification to you, using different alert delivery methods.

> CAUTION Do not hot plug the SuperCap when power is supplied to the controller card or if there is residual charge on the SuperCap, doing so might damage both the SuperCap and the controller card.

DB15-001059-00-April 2013
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