Using the ServeRAIDTM Manager interface

Before you begin using the ServeRAID Manager, take some time to review the layout of its window interface.

Netfinity RAID Manager interface with numbered call-outs

  1. Menu bar
  2. Tool bar
  3. Main Tree
  4. Main Panel
  5. Event viewer
  6. Status bar

There are a number of ways you can work with the ServeRAID Manager interface. You can:


Menu bar

The menu bar provides standard File, View, Actions, and Help menus. In addition to using the mouse, you can use keyboard shortcuts to access the menu bar. Selections from the Actions menu are also available when you right-click an icon in the Main Tree.

Note: No actions from the Actions menu are available during any of the following:


Tool bar

The tool bar provides quick-path icons for common tasks.


Main Tree

The Main Tree provides an expandable tree view of the systems you are managing. You can perform most of your configuration and maintenance tasks by first selecting the ServeRAID controller, array, logical drive, hot-spare drive, or physical drive objects from this Main Tree.

The Main Tree displays a maximum of the following:

The Main Tree displays a system warning icon if any controller in a system has one of the following:

If any system has a warning icon , the Managed systems icon also displays its warning icon .


Main Panel

The Main Panel provides specific object information or configuration instructions. When the ServeRAID Manager is in the Information mode and you click an object from the Main Tree, detailed information about the object displays in this panel. When the Manager is in Configuration mode, the instructions needed to configure your ServeRAID subsystem appear in this panel.


Event viewer

The event viewer provides advisory and progressive-status information and messages for your ServeRAID subsystem. Every event includes:

Note: All Warning and Error events cause an audible alarm to sound, notifying you of the event.

You can double-click an event in the event viewer and the Configuration event detail window opens. This window contains the same information as the event viewer, but in a larger, easier-to-read window. Some events will have additional details listed in this window.

If the ServeRAID Manager is not in Startable-CD mode, the Manager appends each event to a logging file, RAIDEVT.LOG. If this file exceeds 200 KB, the manager copies the file to RAIDEVT.OLD and creates a new RAIDEVT.LOG. If there is a RAIDEVT.OLD already, the Manager overwrites it.


Status bar

The status bar displays the following information from left to right: