Administrator's Guide

Table of Contents

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About this guide

  • Who should read this guide
  • Frequently used terms
  • Publications
  • Hardcopy publications shipped with the IBM IP Storage
  • Softcopy publications
  • Accessibility
  • Web site

    • Quick start

  • Prerequisites
  • Getting started
  • Accessing the Administrative Console
  • Introducing the Administrative Console

    • System configuration

  • Administration
  • Viewing the list of administrators
  • Adding an administrator
  • Changing an administrator's password
  • Removing an administrator
  • Control locks
  • System settings
  • Viewing the model and serial number
  • Setting the date and time
  • Configuring network settings
  • Restarting the appliance
  • Shutting down the appliance
  • RAID
  • Refreshing the configuration
  • Scanning for physical disks
  • Creating a logical drive
  • Removing a logical drive
  • Resizing a logical drive
  • Defining a disk as hot-spare
  • Defining a disk as standby hot-spare
  • Freeing a hot-spare or standby hot-spare disk
  • Virtualization
  • Adding a virtual logical unit
  • Removing all virtual logical units from a logical drive
  • Assigning an iSCSI client to a virtual logical unit
  • Unassigning an iSCSI client from a virtual logical unit
  • Data ports
  • Control port
  • SNMP
  • Enabling or disabling SNMP
  • SNMP communities
  • SNMP users
  • SNMP traps

    • System maintenance

  • Logs
  • iSCSI logs
  • Code
  • Viewing code details
  • Copying code
  • Erasing code
  • Getting the code
  • Setting the active code bank
  • Configuration files
  • Backing up the configuration file
  • Restoring the configuration file

    • Recovery

  • Recovering the IBM IP Storage
  • Recovering the BIOS

    • Appendix A. Troubleshooting

  • Appliance controls and indicators
  • Operator information panel
  • Basic Troubleshooting
  • Basic system checkout
  • Verifying the network connection is good
  • Diagnostic tools overview
  • POST beep codes, error messages, and error logs
  • Light-path diagnostics
  • AC and DC Power LEDs
  • Diagnostics panel
  • Diagnostics programs and error messages
  • Error code format
  • Text messages
  • Starting the diagnostic programs
  • Viewing the test log
  • Gigabit Ethernet adapters
  • Troubleshooting the Gigabit Ethernet adapter
  • Using the diagnostics diskette
  • ServeRAID controllers
  • Troubleshooting the ServeRAID controllers
  • Using the diagnostics diskette
  • Troubleshooting the storage unit (Model EXP)
  • Power checkout
  • Temperature checkout
  • Troubleshooting the IDE drive
  • Symptoms
  • Running IDE diagnostics
  • Administrative Console

    • Appendix B. Notices

  • Trademarks

    • Appendix C. Getting help, service, and information

  • Service support
  • Before you call for service
  • Getting customer support and service
  • Getting help online: www.ibm.com/storage/support/nas
  • Getting help by telephone

    • Appendix D. Purchasing additional services

  • Warranty and repair services

    • Glossary

    Index

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